Labor minister backs organized labor in Commons
In Ottawa on Wednesday Labour Minister Breee Mackasey defended organized labor amid questions on inflation. He cited the British Columbia tow boat settlement as proof wage gains exceeded six percent, arguing profits and rents also fuel price increases and stressing the need for balanced inflation controls.
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Ottawa
Breee Mackasey
Mackasey
British Columbia
Prices and Incomes Commission
Ottawa farm marketing bill sent to committee for debate limit
Government moves Ottawa farm marketing bill from Commons to the Senate agriculture committee after opposition agrees to cap second reading debate. The bill would create a national farm products marketing council and marketing agencies for interprovincial and export purposes, excluding dairy and grain.
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Ovtawa
Commons
Sute
New Democrats
Jock Horner
Crowscott
Counel
Council
Privy Council
Donald Macdonald
Macdonald
Cities gain voice in national urban policy plan
Trudeau housing minister proposes a three level forum with provinces and municipalities to coordinate urban policies. He urges sharing all federal city impacting actions and resources to set objectives and priorities. Canadian Federation of Mayors leaders react with cautious support as Ottawa eyes formal urban council talks.
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Halifan
Robert Aneras
Wednesdas
Canada
Trudeau
Andras
Canadian Federation of Mayors and Municipalities
Atives
Sou
CEMA
Nixon shakeup trims dissident and reshapes budget office
Nixon dismissed a dissident and announced a major shakeup of the White House staff and cabinet. George P. Shultz will head the new Office of Management and Budget, replacing the old Bureau of the Budget, with cabinet rank preserved. Robert H. Finch will join the White House staff as a presidential counselor after leaving HEW. James I. Hoen, critic of administration policies, was fired as education commissioner amid the moves.
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Wasteington
Niven
United States
Nixon
Wedoe
George Po Shultz
Seolnon
Dante
Office of Management and Budget
Opty
Robert H. Finch
Health, Education and Welfare
White House
Dames I. Hen
Cambodia
Unemployment Guidelines Backing Sought From Unions
Ottawa reports John Young chair of the federal prices commission urged trade unions to accept six percent guidelines to curb unemployment. He warned the unemployed would suffer as the rate sits around 6.7 percent and called for voluntary adoption to slow wage restraint and price pressures.
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John Young
Prices and Incomes Commission
NDP
Tommy Douglas
Department of Labor
Ottawa
Canada
Taber
Comes Commission
Mini packages in postal talks escalate Ottawa strike mood
Negotiations on the postal dispute resumed in Ottawa with both sides sticking to a tactic of mini packages. Rotating 24 hour strikes spread across Ontario and western Quebec as the government and postal unions dig in over wage and job security, with no signs of imminent settlement.
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Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Dennis Neeld
Associated Press
Amman
Beirut
Lebanon
Reuters Mows
Philadelphia
Ottawa
OP UC
Ontario
Quebec
Council of Postal Unions
Treasury Board
Com Drury
Begum
Cecil Harper Ehret
Give-aways go up in smoke in Canada tobacco shift
Four Canadian cigarette makers from Benson and Hedges to Rothmans canceled intensive give away advertising programs including coupons and certificates. Coupons already in packages will be honored, but future promotions end. Industry spokesmen blamed federal criticism and government stance on marketing. Consumer Affairs Minister Basford welcomed the move and urged other industries to follow.
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Ottawa
Canada
Tadas
Rothman
Televo
Mom and
Rocchio
Paul Pare
Montreal
AtrPare
Pare
John Munro
Ran Basterd
Ohe
Basford
Ommand
Vale of Gas
Non-resident control of Canadian oil refining revealed
Ottawa reports show non-residents controlled about 99 percent of Canada's petroleum refining industry based on 1967 tax returns. Assets of refining concerns with majority non-resident voting shares totaled 4.7 billion dollars. Foreign ownership figures for manufacturing companies and total assets of related operations are noted, with emphasis on the high share of non-residents in refining and manufacturing.
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Jean-bLuc Pepin
Omdustry and Commerce
Inca
Oshawa Whitby
Pepin
Corporgtrons
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Denis Kennedy
Urban Policy
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Canadian Union of Public Employees
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