Trudeau hints at wage and price controls if voluntary limits fail
Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau warned that legislation may be needed to enforce wage and price controls if Canadians do not support voluntary restraint. Finance Minister MacEachen denied that any full scale controls were planned, while Trudeau argued public sector price and wage limits could be a first step toward broader measures.
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Southam
Ottawa
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Trudeau
Allan MacEachen
MacEachen
Commons
Hy Trudeau
Tory
Chris Speyer
Speyer
PM to meet business chiefs
Ottawa reports Prime Minister Trudeau will meet with senior business executives for a three hour private session with Finance Minister Allan MacEachen and about 30 sector representatives. Unions cancel talks citing he won’t listen to wage control concerns and plan coordinated opposition to the budget.
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Ottawa
Trudeau
Allan MacEachen
Canadian dollar slips toward record low on markets
Canada's dollar weakened to 77.11 cents U S as trading continued, edging toward the all time low of 76.86 reached on June 22. The drop since Friday totals about a cent, with 77.35 close on Tuesday marking the prior level.
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Montreal
Canada
Jays Fall to Mustangs in Billings Pitching Slump
The Medicine Hat Blue Jays lost 5-1 to the Billings Mustangs in Billings after winning the first four meetings. Details appear on page 11 with weather notes noting cloudy skies and showers later.
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Medicine Hat
Blue Jays
Billings Mustangs
Billings
Mustangs
Israel weighs Beirut evacuation plan amid Gaza conflict
Israel’s cabinet considers the plan to evacuate the PLO from Beirut as David Kimche heads to Beirut to meet Philip Habib. The proposal envisions a sea evacuation supervised by U.S. Marines and French forces, with mixed signals from Arafat and Salam and ongoing heavy fighting in West Beirut.
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Beirut
Palestine Liberation Organization
Lebanon
Tel Aviv
David Kimche
Foreign Ministry
U.S
Philip Habib
West Beirut
Reuters
Israel
PLO
Kimche
Menachem Begin
Uri Porat
Begin
Reagan
New York Times
Yasser Arafat
6Th Fleet
Israel Radio
Latakia
Syria
Saeb Salam
Habib
Arafat
Bekaa
Salam
West
Disunity the issue in Western Canada Concept splits
Red Deer Alberta reports that the Western Canada Concept faces internal rifts between factions backing Gordon Kesler and Al Maggard. Doug Christie urged unity, saying the party must hang together or be hung separately, while Kesler attended the meeting with Maggard possibly present. Christie advocated separation but avoided taking sides.
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RED Deer
Western Canada
British Columbia
WCC
Doug Christie
Gordon Kesler
Duncan McKillop
Concept
al Maggard
McKillop
Christie
National
Bill Hosford
Maggard
Kesler
Alberta
WCC Urges Referendum On Separation Issue
WCC leader Christie argues a referendum on separation should be held so all voters may decide. He says no alternatives exist except independence and notes little disunity among rank and file, while Hosford cites unity among members but claims executive unrest.
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WCC
Christie
Hosford
Canadians aging but birth rate declines in 1981 census
Census 1981 shows median age rising to 29.6 as the postwar baby boom moves into child bearing years with fewer births. Children under 15 drop 7 percent since 1976, while those over 65 rise. 9.7 percent of the population is aged 65 or older. Divorce rates surge 65 percent to 500,100, signaling social strain amid recession.
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Aileen McCabe
Southam
Ottawa
Canada
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