Tax propaganda war over GST brochures sparks criticism
Liberal critic Doug Young charged the government with a massive propaganda effort costing 14.2 million to promote the goods and services tax set to take effect next January. Finance Minister Michael Wilson defended the project as an explanatory working group while opposition petitions cite potential contempt of Parliament as brochures advance the tax before passage.
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Southam News
Ottawa
Liberal
Doug Young
Young
Wilson
Michael Wilson
Commons Finance Committee
Brian Mulroney
NDP
Nelson Riis
Calgary police dispute jeers report in alleged sexual assault
Calgary police say there is no evidence passers by jeered during a busy intersection incident in which a woman was attacked. Witness Brian Dorscht described a crowd in trucks laughing and taunting as a man with pants down confronted the woman. John Drysdale Small faced court on charges including kidnapping and sexual assault.
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Calgary
Ron Vanish
Brian Dorscht
Dorscht
Guy
Barry Whistlecraft
John Drysdale Small
Gorbachev seeks end to Communist Party monopoly
Central Committee backed Gorbachev's plan to abolish Article 6 and move toward multiparty democracy. Boris Yeltsin opposed dropping the article while Algirdas Brazauskas confirmed adoption. Debate continued amid pressure for reform and hard‑line criticism.
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Mikhail Gorbachev
Svyatoslav Fyodorov
Kremlin
Gorbachev
Communist Party
Fyodorov
Boris Yeltsin
Algirdas Brazauskas
Central Committee
Brazauskas
Baltic Republic
Moscow
Nikolai Ryzhkov
Tass
Turner resigns Opposition post in Liberal leadership shakeup
John Turner steps down as head of the official Opposition but keeps his Vancouver Quadra seat and will return to private law practice in Toronto where he and wife Geills bought a 1.7 million dollar house in Forest Hill. Herb Gray replaces him, with Turner remaining Liberal leader until the June 23 Calgary leadership convention.
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Ottawa
John Turner
Turner
Vancouver
Herb Gray
Windsor
Ont
Gray
Commons
Liberal Party
Calgary
Liberals
Manitoba court bars francophone school boards
Francophone fears a ruling by the Manitoba Court of Appeal limits French language instruction authority. A five judge panel unanimously held the Charter does not permit francophones to create their own school boards, opening French instruction to political challenge.
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Manitoba
Sault Ste. Marie
Ont
Cophone
Manitoba Court of Appeal
Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Arizona judge strikes down English only initiative
Federal judge Paul Rosenblatt rules Arizona's voter approved measure making English the official language violates the U.S. Constitution and is substantially overbroad. The decision in the suit brought by Maria Yniguez and State Senator Jaime Gutierrez follows a narrow 1988 referendum vote. Gov. Rose Mofford welcomed the ruling as a flawed law struck down.
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Phoenix
U.S
Arizona
Paul Rosenblatt
Rosenblatt
Maria Kelly Yniguez
Arizona State Department of Administration
Jaime Gutierrez
Rose Mofford
RCMP Raid Sparks Uproar in Commons Committee
RCMP seized documents and a computer from MP Pierre Vincent's riding office under a breach of trust warrant. MPs demand a senior officer explain police conduct while debating whether riding offices can be used for partisan work and seeking a clearer law.
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RCMP
Southam News
Ottawa
Pierre Vincent
Vincent
Trois-Riviere
Michael Wilson
The
Commons Bureau of Internal Economy
Commons
Gerin
Marcel Danis
Abortion Law Threatens Doctors Chilling Effect Warned
In Ottawa the CMA warned Bill C-43 will make abortions harder as fewer doctors perform the procedure. Dr Judith Kazimirski said criminal and civil risk could force many physicians and some hospitals to stop, with about 325 doctors performing most of Canada’s 64 000 annual abortions.
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Southam News Ottawa
Canadian Medical Association
Judith Kazimirski
Legislative
Canada
CMA
Marcien Fournier
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