28 Jul 1983
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jul 28, 1983
Page
1
Ottawa will cut the natural gas tax to 15 cents per gigajoule from 45 cents to give producers extra 23.3 cents per gigajoule with Alberta border price changes. The move plus an 18 cent cut last February cuts revenue to $555 million this year from $1.3 billion, aiming to keep consumer prices stable for six months.
More than 15 000 demonstrators and hundreds of civil servants gathered on the British Columbia legislature lawns to denounce Premier Bill Bennett s job cuts and rights reductions. Speakers including Art Kube of the BC Federation of Labor warned of potential industrial relations chaos as the BC labor movement launches Operation Solidarity.
The federal government will allow successful bidders on government projects to hire workers paid below minimum wage if they can prove cheaper labor. Finance Minister Marc Lalonde announced the policy, citing high wage settlements in Nova Scotia and Ontario that exceed the Fair Wages and Hours of Labor Act. Contractors may request exemptions from the act to hire cheaper workers, such as a plumber paid $10 an hour instead of the statutory $12 in Ontario.
The Medicine Hat Stampede Parade marked its 37th kickoff with about 275 entries, a jump from last year’s 200, as residents lined First through Third Streets to watch horses floats cars and bands roll past after a ceremonial signal from a helicopter and a British Army unit.
The Conference Board of Canada says the peak of the recovery may be behind us with a sputtering economy into 1984. Growth this year is 2.8 percent, rising to 2.9 percent next year, while unemployment hovers around 12.3 percent this year and 11.7 percent in 1984. Housing starts rise and energy and food prices are inching upward.
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