Tories withdraw GST closure threat in Parliament
Ottawa report details the government retreat from invoking closure on the goods and services tax bill and the NDP pledge to delay. Party leaders accuse each other of stalling while Liberals deliver anti GST petitions and a salami tax protest to illustrate fairness concerns.
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House of Commons
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Michael Wilson
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Third Tory riding pushes Alberta leadership review motion
Lloydminster association drafts a motion linking a leadership review to the party's popular vote drop. Getty's Tories have seen an 18 percent decline over two elections, with Calgary Northwest and Three Hills already calling for a review. Premier Getty silent as leadership debate heads to convention.
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Malcolm Gray
Don Getty
Calgary
Three Hills
Getty
Ernie Isley
California
Alberta Tories
Jim Horsman
Medicine Hat
Progressive Conservative Party
Horsman
Mulroney blocks language resolution over Meech Lake link
In Ottawa the all party bid to back minority language rights faces collapse as Prime Minister Mulroney demands wording endorses Meech Lake. Liberal Turner scorns the move. NDP and other Liberals oppose Meech Lake in its present form. Parties search for a compromise.
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Quebec
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Ontario cities back English only resolutions in Ontario
The Sault Ste. Marie council stood by an English-only resolution amid protests by about 500 outside city hall. Thunder Bay council voted 9-3 in principle to accept a similar English-only bylaw and will hold a formal vote next week. Mayor Jack Masters called the stance a response to perceived bigotry despite a significant francophone population.
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Sault Ste. Marie
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Ste. Marie
Tycho Black
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Gorbachev’s reforms face hardline pushback at party meet
At a Monday Central Committee session in Moscow critics led by Vladimir Brovikov warned Gorbachev’s perestroika risks crisis and anarchy. Supporters touted multi party elections and a presidential system to advance economic reforms as Boris Yeltsin and others argued reforms don’t go far enough.
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Izhorsky
Leningrad
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Yuri Prokofyev
Pretoria seeks ANC help to end state of emergency
South Africa aims to lift the state of emergency soon and asks the ANC for cooperation. Foreign Minister Pik Botha urges Mandela’s release conditions be eased as emergency laws hinder progress. Mandela, jailed 27 years, remains in prison with ANC negotiations ongoing.
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Pik Botha
South Africa
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McDougall lectures Senate on unemployment reform
Canadian Finance Minister Barbara McDougall told a Liberal Senate committee that unemployment insurance reforms will not be significantly altered. She cited studies showing job availability across Canada and argued tightening rules will not hurt claimants, while critics warn the reforms shift 800 million dollars to training and place more burden on workers and employers.
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