Trudeau offers Saskatchewan freight-rate concession in Crow dispute
Prime Minister Trudeau rejected a Saskatchewan demand for a new constitutional deal but offered Blakeney a major concession on grain freight rates. He overruled his agriculture minister and handed the Crow system issue to the Saskatchewan premier as debates on reform open in Parliament. Blakeney vows to withhold support unless amendments boost provincial resource marketing and taxation authority.
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Ottawa
Trudeau
Saskatchewan
Allan Blakeney
Eugene Whelan
Blakeney
NDP
Ed Broadbent
Federation
Whelan
Western Agriculture Conference
Prairie Provinces
London
Vogel
Alberta oil cutback to be larger than expected
Alberta's March oil production cutback will exceed the 60 000 barrels a day plan with the NEB saying supplies will be about 100 000 barrels a day below normal. The cabinet set next month’s limit at 908 000 barrels daily, down from last year’s 968 000, with two further three month cutbacks planned to total 180 000 barrels a day.
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Calgary
Alberta
National Energy Board
Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board
NEB
Ontario
Great Lakes
U.S
Sarnia
Toronto
Montreal
B.C
Prairie Provinces
ERCB
Swan Hills
Judy Creek
Crown
U K may lack majority for patriation
London reports flagging Conservative support for a Trudeau patriation plan. MPs wary range from 75 to 150 with opposition within the Lords and Labour ranks. Cabinet doubts, provincial lobbying, and backbench resistance raise the risk the Commons will not approve the constitutional package.
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London
Margaret Thatcher
House of Commons
Westminster
Trudeau
Lord Hailsham
The
Commons
House of Lords
Hailsham
Tory
Ontario
Roy McMurtry
Supreme Court
Vogel
Burger urges curbs on rights of criminals in crime debate
U S Chief Justice Warren Burger says crime in American cities is out of control and calls for a damage control system similar to national defense. He argues day by day urban violence surpasses international terrorism and prompts fear among citizens.
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Washington
United States
Warren Burger
Supreme Court
American Bar Association
Burger
Richard Nixon
The
New York Times
Canada inflation spikes as prices rise 12 percent
Consumer prices in January jumped 12 percent from a year earlier, the largest annual gain since 1975. Statistics Canada cited a 6.2 percent one month rise in fuel and energy costs, lifting non food items 1.5 percent from December to January, while food increases slowed to 0.5 percent.
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Ottawa
Statistics Canada
Wages rise over ten percent in 1980 under collective agreements
Ottawa reports the year end average wage increase for workers in major collective agreements reached 10.1 percent in 1980, the highest since 1976. The figure covers agreements with 500 or more workers outside construction and excludes cost of living boosts. Prices rose 12 percent in January, while food costs shifted with shifts in fruit sugar turkey and milk prices.
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Ottawa
Labor Canada
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Manitoba
British Columbia
Statistics Canada
Parliament tables long awaited constitutional report in Ottawa
The 25 member special committee report on the constitution is tabled, urging transfer of the 1867 British North America Act to Canada with an amending formula and new charter. Government amendments dominate. PC and NDP positions mixed with limited approvals, while Liberal control shaped the final resolution.
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Ottawa
Canada
Senate Commons
Cracks Delay Canada F-18A Fatigue Tests
Canada’s F-18A Hornet fatigue tests in St. Louis discover a 1 inch wing spar crack marking the 24th failure in the program. McDonnell Douglas will resume testing late Feb or early Mar, with fixes planned for the 13th production plane as Canada eyes a $4 billion order of 137 aircraft amid U S Navy shifts in delivery timelines.
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Washington
Canada
St. Louis
McDonnell Douglas Corp
McDonnell Douglas
U.S. Navy
Bruce Vento
Minnesota
Navy
Thomas B. Hayward
U.S. Naval Operations
Hayward
U.S. Marine Corps
Pacific
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