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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 08, 1981
Page
4
Doctors refuse the 13.3 percent fee increase and demand 30.5 percent plus extras for telephone consultations. The piece argues lack of independent salary review, nonbinding negotiations, and calls for system reform with para-professionals to curb costs while paying doctors fairly.
PQ policy convention delegates declare separation the party’s primary aim and demand the next election be fought solely on sovereignty. Premier Levesque warns against abandoning gradualism and good government amid Quebec’s weak economy and high deficits.
Rene Levesque informs Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau that Quebec has issued an order-in-council claiming a traditional veto over the constitutional plan. The letter reads as an ultimatum and shows Levesque will not negotiate. The veto issue remains to be clarified amid Quebec and two other provinces seeking Supreme Court guidance on Ottawa's action.
Mike Royko argues office Christmas parties, criticized by clergy and editors, still serve a humane role for stockboys to vent grievances. He notes excesses harm families yet acknowledges benefits and foreshadows social dynamics within the workplace.
Allan Fotheringham notes Pierre Trudeau's relaxed playful behavior in Vancouver and Ottawa as he taunts Flora MacDonald and jabs at Jim Coutts. He reports on the leadership race chatter, Munson's shift to TV, and Claude Papineau chosen as Parliamentary Press Gallery president amid a culture-fluctuating Liberals.
The Canadian Industrial Renewal Board led by Paul Desmarais aims to restructure modernize and rationalize textile and clothing sectors with 250 million in funding. It will decide grants retraining and consolidation with limited parliamentary oversight raising concerns about corporatist control.
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