Public participation debate hobbles UN environment prep
Ottawa committee representing provinces and national groups frets over last minute submissions for Canada’s UN Stockholm position paper and regional hearings. Officials warn the process is too tight while critics call the draft bland and insufficient for guiding public input.
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Peter Calamas
Southam
Ottawa
Canada
Stockholm
Richard Passmore
Canadian Wildlife Federation
Peter Middleton
Canadian Association On
Air Canada wary as union launches Christmas work-to-rule
Canada’s Air Line Employees Association says a 3 pm local start to a nationwide work-to-rule will slow service during the Christmas peak. Air Canada plans to maintain operations, with possible extra supervisory duties to limit delays despite stalled talks with the union.
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Toronto
Air Canada
Canadian Air Line Employees Association
Montreal
J. R. Baldwin
Dennis Barclay
Baldwin
Conciliation Board
Bryce Mackasey
Barclay
Benson vows dollar float to continue amid devaluation talks
Ottawa Finance Minister Edgar Benson says Canada will keep the dollar floating for a time and avoid a peg, awaiting a realistic value after U.S. devalues. He noted possible broad currency realignment at the Group of Ten talks and discussed bands for any peg, with Bank of Canada intervention kept minimal. In East Pakistan, Indian General Sam Manekshaw appealed for a ceasefire as Pakistan surrenders or negotiates, with bombardment pausing and talks framed by Geneva conventions.
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John R. Walker
Southam
Ottawa
Edgar Benson
U.S
Benson
Nixon
Washington
United States
Bank of Canada
Canada
East Pakistan
New Delhi
India
Dacca
Sam Manekshaw
A. A. K. Niazi
Daccat
Chittagong
Ambassadors car targeted in London machine gun attack
Jordan's ambassador to Britain Zaid al Rifai was wounded in the right hand when gunmen fired on his chauffeur driven car as it neared the British embassy in Kensington. Police sealed off the area, with 20 detectives and 20 officers on duty. the attack follows the assassination of Jordan's premier Basfi Tell in Cairo weeks earlier.
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London
Reuter
Jordan
Britain
Zaid al-Rifa'i
Rifa'i
Patrick Helmord
Kensington
Basfi Tell
Cairo
Sheraton
Tell
Madeleine Fabre
Duchess of Bedford Walk
Mackasey targets employers over tech change in bill
In Montreal Labour Minister Bryce Mackasey attacked two major employer groups over technology change as he defended Bill C-253 before about 250 experts. He urged an end to fixed positions and highlighted provisions for 90 days notice of change, union reopening rights, and a limited strike option after board appeal.
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Montreal
Bryce Mackasey
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Labor Relations Board
Regional data bank established under local program
The regional data bank, announced by Hon. H. A. Olson, receives 13 284 dollars to aid winter unemployment cuts. It will gather local data on land use, transportation, and population to assist future planning, with Roy Ralston noting 6 000 dollars already set aside and awaiting grant news.
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H. A. Olson
Medicine Hat
Roy Ralston
Wheat sale to China pending in major agreement
Ottawa reports Canada poised for a large wheat sale to Communist China as Wheat Board commissioners Gibbings and Esdale negotiate in Peking. A deal could surpass 117 million bushels delivered this year, with talks aiming for as high as 130 million and total grain exports near 800 million bushels for 1971-72.
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Nick Hills
Southam News
Ottawa
Canada
China
Wheat Board
Charles Gibbings
Bob Esdale
Peking
Gibbings
Esdale
Otto Lang
Japan
Lang
Australia
Hong Kong
Trade Department
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Bazar
Eymard Corbin
Environment
Jack Davis
Davis
New Brunswick
Liberal
United Nations
Arctic
Institute
Trudeau
Southam News Services
Charles Lynch
William Rogers
Secretary of the Treasury
John Connally
George Pompidou
Azores Islands
Andrews Air Force Base
Maryland
Mackasey
Federal Grains Group
Mr. Lang
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