Diefenbaker accuses gov of blocking Quebec inquiry
Former prime minister John Diefenbaker says the federal government is trying to scuttle the Quebec crime inquiry over fear of testimony. The inquiry’s subpoenas were halted by a court ruling pending Supreme Court decisions on its constitutional validity.
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Gerard McNeil
Ottawa
John Diefenbaker
Quebec Crime Inquiry
Vic Cotroni
Supreme Court of Canada
Montreal
Quebec
Nick di Iorio
Gerard Fontaine
Supreme Court
Federal
Justice Department
Ron Basford
Diefenbaker
Trudeau
Canadians honor bravery as Air Canada stewardess Among 12 recipients
The Canadian Press reports Mary Dohey among 12 Canadians awarded bravery medals at Government House ceremonies. Jeanne Sauve shifts to communications while Romeo LeBlanc becomes acting environment minister. Trudeau gravity on Sky Shops probe and port labor actions feature in Ottawa briefings.
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Air Canada
Mary Dohey
Government House
Jeanne Sauve
Environment
Communications
Fisheries
Romeo LeBlanc
Trudeau
Louis Giguere
Sarnia
Ont
Montreal
Energy
Alastair Gillespie
Beryl Plumptre
Vancouver
John Diefenbaker
Quebec
Ford visits Philippines after Indonesia trip
President Ford tours Manila meeting Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos among 3,000 schoolchildren. He says Pacific nation ties have deepened since his Asia trip and notes 48 years of U.S. presence in the Philippines. Ford and Marcos reaffirm strong alliance and regional commitment.
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U.S
Gerald Ford
Phillipine
Ferdinand Marcos
Manila
Ford
Philippines
United States
China
Armed Forces
Indonesia
Marcos
Jakarta
Suharto
Asia
Alberta moves to set own natural gas prices in talks
Alberta Energy Minister Don Getty announces a bill to let Alberta opt out of Ottawa price rules and set natural gas prices unilaterally if federal talks fail. The province seeks parity with crude oil and plans a Dec meeting with federal ministers to discuss a unified national gas price.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Energy
Don Getty
Toronto
Getty
Ottawa
Energy Ministers
Alastair Gillespie
National Energy Board
Canada
Stanfield urges review of regional development policy in Commons
Conservative Leader Robert Stanfield urged Ottawa to reassess the regional expansion department program during debate on a five year extension of DREE incentives. He criticized lack of policy coordination with other departments and urged coherent, region focused growth with fewer communities receiving funding.
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Ottawa
Robert Stanfield
Stanfield
Commons
Regional Expansion Department
DREE
Senate
Transport Department
Finance Department
Department of Finance
Trudeau defends anti inflation board stance as even handed
Prime Minister Trudeau told the Commons the anti inflation board will rule in a firm yet fair manner on wage and price issues. Jean Luc Pepin denied misquotations about softening hard line. he said initial firmness may ease later if inflation drops from about 10 to four percent by 1978.
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Glenn Somerville
Ottawa
Trudeau
the Commons
Jean-Luc Pepin
Toronto
Pepin
French conversion proposal clouding over Greenwood base
Halifax CP reports storm clouds gather over a plan to convert 405 squadron at Canadian Forces Base Greenwood in Nova Scotia into a French speaking unit. The defense department says cabinet approval is pending though the base faces local opposition and concern over administrative burden. Skeena operates bilingually with orders in French off duty.
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Halifax
Greenwood
Annapolis Valley
Skeena
Defence Department
405
Canada
Quebec
Bagotville
Edmonton
Lloyd Morrison
Ottawa
Maritimes
Morrison
Herb Smale
Gerald Sheehy
Nova Scotia
Annapolis East
Pat Nowlan
Tax clash over Time Reader’s Digest ruling stirs Ottawa
Ottawa officials grapple with a heated bill barring Time and Reader’s Digest advertisers from deducting costs. Cabinet weighs reexamining Thursday amid backbench restiveness as sponsors push amendments and potential kill motions. Public opinion shifts against the 80 percent Canadian-content rule.
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Ottawa
Commons
Liberal
Simma Holt
L—Vancouver Kingsway
Ralph Stewart
L—Cochrane
Bud Cullen
Time
Canada
Holt
Christmas international mail rules and deadlines
Ottawa CP reports that Christmas cards sent abroad may use a six cent stamp and must remain unsealed to satisfy international postal rules. Domestic cards also need six cents and should be sealed. Unsealed international cards may go airmail at twelve cents per first ounce.
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Ottawa
Post Office
United States
District judge appointed in Alberta
Elizabeth Ann McFadyen, 35, named to the Alberta district court effective Jan. 5, announced by the justice department. McFadyen led the Edmonton regional office since 1972 after two years in tax litigation and five in Saskatchewan’s attorney general’s office. She was admitted to the Alberta bar in 1965 after studying at the University of Saskatchewan winning the Thomas Dowrick Brown Prize in law.
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Ottawa
Elizabeth Ann McFadyen
District Court of
Alberta
Justice Department
Miss McFadyen
Edmonton
Saskatchewan
University of Saskatchewan
Thomas Dowrick Brown
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