City council and cultural centre plan sparks heated Medicine Hat debate
The downtown debate over locating the community cultural centre shifts from a simple site choice to a test of civic engagement as downtown businessmen remain largely silent. Proposals include Riverside Park, beside city hall, or a First Street S.E. site with a new park as part of city hall plans. Civic apathy risks overshadowing public input.
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Ian MacDonald
Allied Arts Council
Riverside Park
Community Centre
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Deregulate to unleash competition say economic council
The Economic Council of Canada urges sweeping deregulation across industries to boost competition, lower prices, increase productivity, and curb inflation. It argues private enterprise needs room to prove itself, despite powerful special interests resisting reform and slowing the marketplace’s return.
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Canadian Senate Rebels Threaten Trudeau Patriot Act
The Liberal dominated Senate shows 13 dissidents prepared to vote against the party on amendments to patriate the constitution. The piece questions whether remaining senators will follow conscience or party lines and whether Parliament can endure such upheaval after years of apathy.
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Pierre
Ottawa debate exposes Tory splits and leader under pressure
Allan Fotheringham reports on the 1981 Ottawa debate as the Conservative caucus erupts in disorder over capital punishment and a six month study of homicide. Joe Clark defends a motion he doubts, while NDP MP Father Robert Ogle and others attack the Tory mob amid personal tragedies and sharp heckling.
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Tories
NDP
Robert Ogle
Otto Lang
Saskatoon
Pontius Pilate
Bill Kempling
Allan Lawrence
Ogle
Otto Jelinek
Toronto
RCMP
Brian King
Stanley Knowles
Government spending needs full accounting amid hidden costs
A Financial Times analysis argues that Canada’s budget understates true deficits by shifting costs to private payroll taxes and off-budget oil subsidies. It calls for measuring gross government spending against all revenue and including pension fund borrowings to show the real deficit. The piece cites moves toward private sector funding of unemployment insurance and a large, uncounted rise in total outlays.
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Allan MacEachen
Petrofina Canada Inc
Joe Clark Quietly Remains a Western Conservative Hope
The column weighs Joe Clark against rivals like Crosbie and Mulroney, noting his national appeal yet weak Western surge. It argues the Tories face internal resistance, Ontario dominance, and uncertainty about leadership, with Western strength fragile as Clark’s influence wanes.
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Diet
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West
John Crosbie
Edmonton
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