Rent increases deferred for low income housing
A federal provincial meeting of housing ministers decided there will be no immediate rent increases for over 150 000 senior citizen and low income public housing units. Officials will study the issue further with a decision due at the November meeting. Provinces face pressure from Urban Affairs Minister Andre Quellet to raise rents by changing how federal subsidies are calculated.
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John Ferguson
Toronto
Andre Quellet
Central Mortgage and Housing Corp
Quellet
Walter Smishek
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Alberta
Chretien attacks PQ attitudes over Quebec tax stance
In Ottawa, Finance Minister Jean Chretien accuses the Quebec government of protecting its own economy and ignoring the broader Canadian market. He defends income tax rebates for Quebec taxpayers to resolve the nine week sales tax dispute as opposition leaders condemn limiting debate on the budget bill.
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Ottawa
Quebec
Jean Chretien
Chretien
The
Commons
Parti Quebecois
Joe Clark
Stanley Knowles
New Democratic Party
House
Senate
Trudeau defends stand on Treu case in Commons clash
In Ottawa, Prime Minister Trudeau accused opposition MPs of trying to interfere with justice over Alexander Treu, a NATO defense contractor convicted of Official Secrets Act violations. Baldwin, Treu’s co counsel, seeks parliamentary access to ministers and case reasons, while Trudeau rejects political meddling and notes Treu plans to appeal.
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Juliet O'Neill
Ottawa
Trudeau
Alexander Peter Treu
Joe Clark
Peace River
Baldwin
Treu
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Diefenbaker
Prince Albert
Courts of Appeal
Parliament
Supreme Court of the Land
Commons
Department of Supply and Services
Detente linked to espionage, RCMP testimony says
RCMP official Michael J. Spooner testified that detente periods coincide with increased espionage. He described top secret material prepared for the Intelligence Advisory Committee and cited The Sun's 16 alleged Soviet spying attempts. Hearing into Official Secrets Act charges against Toronto Sun Publishing Ltd, Peter Worthington, and Douglas Creighton adjourned to Aug 2.
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Toronto (Cp
RCMP
The
Sun
Michael J. Spooner
Rcmp Security Services
Ontario
Toronto Sun Publishing Ltd
Peter Worthington
Douglas Creighton
Spooner
Intelligence Advisory Committee
Basford explains constitutional reform proposals
Justice Minister Ron Basford said federal plans to revise the constitution should not be read as favoring the status quo. He noted the need to overcome separatists in Quebec means a status-quo approach is impossible. Basford spoke after meeting Alberta’s Lou Hyndman to outline Ottawa’s revision strategy amid Hyndman’s criticism that Trudeau’s document favors central power.
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Mark Cameron
Edmonton
Ron Basford
Basford
Alberta
Lou Hyndman
Quebec
Hyndman
Ottawa
Trudeau
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Claude Bennett
By Douglong
Medicine Hat
9 Trudeau
Pain
Gerald
Jean-Pierre Goyer
Supply and Services
Luc Trudel
Quebec Sessions Court
Kingsway Zorgo S.E
Kin Ae
Eats
Urbo
By Risigs
General Foods, Limited
General Foods
Limited
General Foods. Limited
P.O. Box
Saint John
New Brunswick
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