Broadbent takes NDP leadership vows to fight budget changes
Broadbent pledges a determined battle against medicare cuts unemployment insurance hikes and oil pricing in a fighting acceptance speech at the national leadership convention He promises a leftward shift and a new national economic plan while preparing for a strong caucus stance on budget measures.
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Winnipeg
Ed Broadbent
New Democratic Party
Oshawa-Whitby
Trudeau
Broadbent
NDP
Rosemary Brown
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Parliament wrangles long session amid sweltering Ottawa heat
Ottawa MPs endure a hot lengthy session with five government bills racing to final Commons stages before a summer recess. Debates drag as legislation on Petro Canada tax changes Medicare limits and unemployment rules move forward while the Senate reopens after a two week recess.
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Commons
Don Jamieson
Government House
Mitchell Sharp
Petro Canada
National Petroleum Corporation
Liberals
New Democrats
New Democratic Party
Winnipeg
Sharp
Gloomy outlook for housing starts in Canada this year
Ottawa reports housing starts in June at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 201,300, down from May. Urban Affairs Minister Barney Dawson says meeting the 210,000 target seems virtually impossible as June figures lag and CMHC data shows a year long slump despite a federal boost of 200 million dollars.
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Ottawa
Barney Dawson
Dawson
Central Mortgage and Housing Corp
CMHC
John Turner
Quang to Fight Deportation Order From Canada
Dang Van Quang, a former South Vietnamese general, contests Immigration Minister Robert Andras’s cancellation of his one year ministerial permit and deportation plan. Quang claims no proof supports the allegations of drug trafficking and corruption. Andras says the decision is final and subject to appeal a.
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Montreal
Dang van Quang
Robert Andras
Quang
Vietnam
Canada
Andras
Ottawa
Nguen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Canadian Olympic tickets curb in Montreal ceremonies
Montreal organizers say exact Canadian public seating for the opening and closing ceremonies is still undecided due to stadium capacity reductions and pending construction reports. They estimate about 60 400 seats for spectators plus 9 000 for athletes and press, with a September lottery for Canadians.
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Gerard Savard
Ken Farmer
Savard
Ontario
Quebec
Senate and
Commons
Ottawa
Workers cross picket lines at $300 million fertilizer plant
About 70 union workers from Canadian Kellogg Ltd crossed two picket lines at the Canadian Fertilizers Ltd site in Brier Industrial Park. They crossed a strike line by the Construction Laborers and General Workers Union and an information line by plumbers and pipefitters who walked out June 14. Laborers on the line are with Commonwealth Construction Ltd, a sub-contractor.
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Brier
Canadian Kellogg Ltd
Construction Laborers and General Workers Union
Kellogg
Commonwealth Construction Ltd
U.S. Egg Producers Threaten Retaliation Over Quotas
UEP director James Fleming says U.S. producers will lobby for broad coun-tervailing quotas if Ottawa does not lift egg import limits. Canada’s new quotas cap foreign supply at 0.36 percent of the domestic market in 1976, with 54 000 cases of 30 dozen eggs for 1975.
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Ottawa
James Fleming
United Egg Producers
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Fleming
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Canada
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