Legion delegates vow unity while delaying youth voting rights
Delegates at Canada's Royal Canadian Legion national convention pledged to marshal resources for unity amid a crisis described as severe as past world wars. They backed a cautious plan to extend privileges to younger members, rejecting full voting and office rights for veterans' sons and daughters. Ontario's 651 delegates led opposition, supporting branch level voting for successors only.
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Philip Mail
Edmonton
Royal Canadian Legion
Canada
Legion
Ontario
Eastern premiers and New England governors urge fisheries boundary resolve
A conference of eastern Canadian premiers and New England governors urged Ottawa and Washington to quickly and amicably settle the fisheries boundary dispute. Both sides had already barred commercial fishermen, provoking reciprocal action, but attendees declined detailed discussion.
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John Soosar Whitefield
N.H
New England
Ottawa
Washington
Canada
United States
U.S
Corporate links questioned in Ottawa patronage debate
In the Commons Conservative Elmer MacKay accused federal and Quebec Liberals of steering contracts in the capital region by drawing up lists of eligible firms for NCC projects. Ed Broadbent pressed for disclosure on Donald Macdonalds post cabinet directorships and possible conflicts of interest. Outside, Judd Buchanan rejected patronage claims over Hulls Les Terrasses de la Chaudiere project, while MacKay cited 1975 meeting notes suggesting ministers cleared firms with political approval.
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Carol Goar
Ottawa
Commons
Elmer MacKay
Central Nova
Quebec
New Democrat
Ed Broadbent
Finance
Donald Macdonald
Judd Buchanan
Hull
Que
MacKay
Jean Marchand
Oswald Parent
Bourassa
National Capital Commission
NCC
Ottawa- Hull
Broadbent
Macdonald
MacDonell-Douglas_ Corp
Defence Department
Liberal Party
Barney Dawson
Edgar Gallant
Senate plan for decorative Senate ceilings and art dropped
Ottawa reports the government halted a 20 year debate on stained glass paintings and tapestries for the Senate. Public works has no timeline to act while Senator Josie Quart says the plan was shelved after the committee filed its report.
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Ottawa
Senate
Josie Quart
Canada boosts 1979 fish share outside Atlantic limit
Fisheries Minister Romeo LeBlanc announced Canada will raise its 1979 share of fish outside the 200 mile Atlantic limit and set first-choice reserves for stocks within the zone. The action, taken after Bonn talks, aims to increase East Coast catches while transferring some quotas to foreign partners through reserves and new regional administration. Canada also hikes cod and redfish quotas on Flemish Cap and increases redfish and yellowtail flounder quotas on Grand Banks and edges of the zone.
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Ottawa
Canada
Romeo LeBlanc
Bonn
International Commission For the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries
Greenland
Rhode Island
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization
LeBlanc
Grand Banks
Fiat Unveils 1978 Super Mirafiori With Twin Cam
Fiat introduces the 1978 Super Mirafiori featuring a twin cam engine, side window defrosters, revised suspension geometry for glued-down roadholding, and five speed standard transmission. Automatic and air conditioning are optional. limited units available. Test drives scheduled at Fiat dealers.
Canadian Minister Welcomes U S Waiver on Fish Duties
Fisheries Minister Romeo LeBlanc and critics James McGrath and John Crosbie welcomed the U S decision to waive countervailing duties on about 200 million dollars of Canadian fish imports annually. The move relieves tension amid a broader dispute over borders and fishing management.
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Ottawa
Romeo LeBlanc
U.S
James McGrath
St. John's East
John Crosbie
St. John's West
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