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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 22, 1981
Page
4
The piece criticizes Finance Minister Allan MacEachen for not rewriting the November budget, arguing that modest changes won’t curb inflation or reduce rising government spending. It warns that high interest rates and taxes threaten productive capacity and calls for policies to restore confidence and cut nonproductive spending.
Philadelphia Flyers player Paul Holmgren received a five game suspension and a $500 fine for swinging at NHL referee Andy Van Hellemond. The column argues for harsher penalties, including longer suspensions or indefinite bans for assaulting officials, to restore sportsmanship and protect referees.
In Longueuil a dozen reporters awaited Joe Clark as he arrived with his entourage at the Holiday Inn. He refused comment instructing to talk to his press secretary and left via the elevator. A Gallup poll shows Clark with higher popular support than Trudeau and the Liberals. His party frets that he fails to win public affection.
Allan Fotheringham assesses internal Tory strife over Joe Clark's leadership. He cites Blaikie’s ambitions, staff troubles, and dissent within the caucus as Clark fights a perceived coup and a potential move toward Mulroney or Crombie in a party facing Liberal dominance. The piece frames Clark as weak but the target of organized opposition.
The Reagan administration begins a new campaign to rally NATO allies over Poland's martial law and to pressure the Soviets. Law, Haig, Weinberger, Meese, and Eagleburger outline possible sanctions, IMF pressure, and halted food aid as tools while noting banks and debt influence.
A spoof awards list ridicules late 20th century U S politics and culture. It lampoons figures such as Ronald Reagan George Bush and Alexander Haig, plus FBI fingerprint delays and nepotism in Chicago city payrolls. The items mix political quotes cost concerns and social behavior with sharp wit.
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