Immigration policy lines held as Ottawa refuses easing
Immigration Minister Robert Andras rejected calls to soften Canada’s tougher policy after the November 3 closure of a loophole that let visitors seek landed status. Opposition leaders urged compassion for those caught, while the Immigration Appeal Board flagged a rising backlog with 647 appeals in the latest month.
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Ottawa
Robert Andras
Commons
Canada
Andras
Alexander
NDP
Lewis
Immigration Department
Immigration Appeal Board
Grits win second nonconfidence vote amid Social Credit split
The Liberal government survives a second non confidence vote in Ottawa by 139 to 114 as the Social Credit party defects from the cross to oppose the government, signaling reduced backing from a 15 member bloc. New Democrats back the government in this vote, while Conservatives push the motion citing unemployment and rising living costs.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Social Credit
New Democrats
Real Caouette
Road report notes highway frost on 41 and muddy side roads
The AMA reports local highways in good winter driving condition at 8 a.m. with frost on Highway 41. Side roads in the Hilda area were muddy and impassable in spots.
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AMA
Highway 41
Hilda
Albertans gain tax break from $46 million plan
Premier Lougheed unveils a $46.24 million Property Tax Reduction Plan to cut costs for homeowners renters and municipalities. The package promises about $141 average savings for homeowners and up to $100 for renters with credits claimed on 1973 taxes and provisions for municipal and education funding.
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Gordon Pollard
Edmonton
Peter Lougheed
Provincial Education Foundation
New Education
Dave Russell
Kidnap Victim Marilyn Lastman Returns Safely
Marilyn Lastman wife of Mel Lastman 39 mayor of North York Toronto was kidnapped Monday and returned home unharmed about 11 PM after a 10 hour ordeal. Police said no ransom was paid and the chief noted she appeared shaken but well and declined to say if she was freed or escaped.
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Marilyn Lastman
Marylin Lastman
North York
Mel Lastman
Toronto (Cp
Lastman
Toronto
Harold Adamson
Adamson
Murders rise during hanging ban debated in Parliament
Statistics Canada figures show average murders rose from 222 to 376 annually after the partial ban on hanging took effect, with 1971 at 422 non police murders. A Montreal criminologist found the increase cannot be attributed to the ban, impacting the debate on extending or ending capital punishment.
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Ottawa
Solicitor General’s Department
Commons
Trudeau
Statistics Canada
Quebec
Montreal
Ezzat Abdel
solicitor-General
Nixon backs plan for ceasefire ahead of inauguration
Saigon sources say the United States and South Vietnam will declare a unilateral ceasefire on the eve of Nixon's inauguration to pave the way for a Paris peace pact. The move aims to allow prisoner exchanges and formal signing by the four parties, with unresolved points to be settled after the ceasefire. Negotiations with Haig and Thieu continue as Kissinger and Tho had earlier drafted terms.
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Saigon
United States
South Vietnam
U.S
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
North Vietnam
Thieu
Paris
Hanoi
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Henry A. Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Haig
Thieuw
Washington
Kissinger
Tho
Gov't Accepts Mail Proposal From Conciliation Board
Ottawa reports the federal government accepts a conciliation board plan to settle the postal dispute. The plan calls for a 65 cent an hour wage increase bringing postal clerks to 3.69 and letter carriers to 3.54. Unions rejected the plan but workers nationwide approved it last week. A Letter Carriers spokesman said comments were premature.
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Gov't
Ottawa
Conservatives Charge Liberals Broke Unemployment Fund Rules
Opposition MPs accuse the Liberal government of violating the law by exceeding the unemployment insurance fund ceiling. Treasury Board President C M Drury defends legality and promises to date when the limit was surpassed while the inquiry weighs calling the auditor general on special warrants.
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Ottawa
Treasury Board
C.M. Drury
Commons
Miscellaneous Estimates Committee
Drury
Liberals
Auditor General
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