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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 07, 1978
Page
9
Parti Quebecois ministers begin a province wide consulting tour armed with nearly 500 pages of background material detailing Quebec culture issues. Cultural Development Minister Camille Laurin said the trip will be a major government effort to gather input on cultural policy.
Ottawa reports say Canada awaits a future national anthem as MPs note higher priorities. The Liberal and Union Nationale parties withhold comment on a Quebec white paper proposing cultural measures including price controls for books, a Quebec copyright law, a culture fund of 8 to 10 million, and a push for a Quebec news agency alongside expanded Radio-Quebec.
Ottawa moved to end debate on its sales tax reform bill as Liberals pressed a majority through a motion to conclude second reading and start clause by clause study. The vote 99 to 70 triggered opposition claims of harming national unity with figures like Joe Clark and Ed Broadbent denouncing the move. The bill ties to Finance Minister Jean Chrétien's April budget, allowing income tax rebates to Quebec to replace provincial sales tax reductions, totaling 226 million.
A justice of the peace announced no charges will be laid against The Record’s publisher president K A Baird managing editor Wayne MacDonald and reporter Frank Etherington over police photos of motorcycle club members in custody. Police had alleged possession of stolen property from police files.
Yvon Gariepy, master of the Royal Canadian Mint, says production costs now run two cents per penny and six cents per nickel. Despite losses on small coins, the mint posted a $4 million profit on $62 million in sales last year. Coins for Canada make up about 45 percent of revenue. the rest comes from foreign coin orders. A separate photo shows Henchmen motorcycle club members kneeling handcuffed at police headquarters under guard by officers and a police dog. Chief Brown did not comment.
Ottawa says a U S decision on Canadian sport fishermen may face arrest risks in U S waters while officials press for a broad maritime boundary accord. Georges Bank remains the core issue with Canada pushing equidistant lines and the U S favoring the Fundtion Channel.
A consortium including Petro-Canada Alberta Gas Trunk Line Melville Shipping studies moving Arctic gas by tanker via a 100 mile Melville Island pipeline to a Rae Point port. A National Energy Board filing could come next week, officials say. Polar Gas Ltd. also has a separate NEB application.
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