Ottawa debates tightening social programs and tax cuts
Ottawa's social policy review signals possible changes to family allowance, old age security, and tax deductions. Officials consider reducing exemptions and adding a surtax or tax credit, with a broader reform agenda likely to unfold through 1987 and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Maser Southam
M.ws
Ottawa
Michael Wilson
Finance, Health, Employment
Privy Council Office
Russ Robinson
Douglas Purvis
Queen’s University
Brian Mulroney
Johnston
Terrance Hunsley
Canadian Council On Social Development
Hunsley
Doug Frith
Frith
Macdonald Commission
Sikh radicalism splits British Columbia Sikh community
Vancouver's Sikh community faces division as Bhindranwale supporters gain influence at the Ross Street temple. Authorities allege links to Air India and Narita bombings with arrests and trials in BC. Leaders Sukhbir Brar and Talvinder Parmar loom large amid Khalistan activity. Canadian police and CSIS probe intensifies. Charan Gill warns of rising fear and racism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry Glavin
Gemini
Vancouver
Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale
Guru Bazaar
Main Street
Bhindranwale
Ross Street
India
Khalistan
Punjab
British Columbia
Sadhu Bhinning
Bhinning
Watno Dur
Air India
Tokyo
Narita
Inderjit Singh Reyat
Malkiat Singh Sidhu
Vancouver Island
Sidhu
Canada
Sukhbir Singh Brar
Brar
United Arab Emirates
International Sikh Youth Federation
Tenth Regiment
Talvinder Singh Parmar
Babbar Khalsa
Tigers of the True Faith
Parmar
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Canadian Security Intelligence Service
Charan Gill
Organization
To Fight
Prison youths play soccer under war scarred Iraqi desert skies
In Ramadi a 17 year old Iranian boy Ahmad Taqi watches a long Gulf War pickup game in a desert camp near Baghdad. He and other captured youths play while propaganda and loyalty dictates their roles. Taqi wears a Saddam Hussein portrait to please his captors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Travers
Southam
Ramadi
Iraq
Middle East
Ahmad Taqqi
Taqi
Baghdad
Revolutionary Guards
Ayatollah Khomeini
Saddam Hussein
Doonesbury and the Iranian War Children’s Toll
The piece portrays youths conscripted into Iran’s war effort amid trench warfare and human wave assaults. It notes plastic keys to paradise around necks and Allah charms as they join battle, with brothers killed in zones Iraqi troops call deadly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taqi
Iraq
Hussein
Iran
Children at War Across the Globe Shock Societies
Garry Trudeau surveys how conflicts from Iran to Libya and southern Africa enlist or harm children. He notes Libyan barracks schools teaching teens to use weapons, youths in South Africa’s anti apartheid struggle, and child casualties in Lebanon and other conflict zones, stressing long lasting impact on families.
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Ayatollah
Iran
Gulf
Africa
Libya
Muammar Gaddafi
Southern Africa
South Africa
Chil
Lebanon
Beirut
Wafika Wairiy
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Stanley Hartt
Patrick Johnston
National Anti-Poverty Organization
Hartt
Wilson
Gill
Allah
Doonesbury
Zonker
Curtis
Debrett
Garry Trudeau
U.S
African National Congress
Tanzania
Zimbabwe
Mozambique
Uganda
Yu, Queen
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