Extra spending cuts wanted by Andras in Ottawa debate
Treasury Board president Robert Andras urged faster federal spending cuts but said deeper reductions would hurt provinces and social programs. He cited 1977 spending below projections by 870 million while inflation nears nine percent in May and unemployment tops 900,000.
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Carol Goar
Ottawa
Treasury Board
Robert Andras
Andras
the Commons
Lincoln Alexander
Hamilton West
John Rodriguez
Nickel Belt
Social Credit
Eudore al
Lard
Rimouski
Baldwin defends conflict claim in Treu secrets case
Tory MP Ged Baldwin denies a conflict of interest in acting as co counsel for Peter Treu in the Official Secrets case while pushing for a new trial in the Commons. The Alberta MP and lawyer will also advise Treu, who is free on bail awaiting appeal of a two year sentence.
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Damian Inwood
Southam
Ottawa
Ged Baldwin
Peter Treu
Alberta
Treu
NATO
Baldwin
House of Commons
Commons
Trudeau
Ron Basford
Quebec
Basford
Montreal Star strike halts daily for second day
Production workers at the Montreal Star walkout after failed contract talks. ITU and Graphic Communications Union members picket while 500 Newspaper Guild members report to work. The paper's plan to computerize may threaten up to half of the compositors. The Star, with 170,000 weekday circulation, joins strikes at Le Soleil and La Tribune.
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Montreal
Montreal Star
International Typographical Union
ITU
International Printing and Graphic Communications Union
Graphic Communiiations Union
Star
W.A Goodson
Goodson
Quebec
le Soleil
Quebec City
la Tribune
Sherbrooke
Rape law change proposed by Ottawa council
The Advisory Council on the Status of Women urged Ottawa to cut proposed rape sentence levels, warning tougher penalties could deter courts from convicting accused rapists. It cautioned that replacing rape with indecent assault in the Criminal Code might slow guilty verdicts and hinder prosecutions.
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Ottawa
Advisory Council On the Status of Women
Broadbent criticizes Trudeau plan as distraction from problems
In Quebec City Ed Broadbent warned that Trudeau's constitutional package risks diverting attention from Canada’s real issues. He urged abolishing the Senate, supported entrenching human and language rights, and cautioned Ottawa on GATT talks affecting manufacturing versus exports.
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Kevin Dougherty
Quebec
NDP
Ed Broadbent
Trudeau
Senate
Broadbent
Canada
Geneva
Ottawa
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Medicine Hat News
Harvey Andre
Calgary Centre
Ron Huntington
Pc—Capilano
Commons Public Accounts Committee
Insurance Bureau of Canada
the Insurance Bureau of Canada
Jasper Ave
Edmonton
Bureau Dassurance du Canada
Tynan Kant Sag
Furniture West
Tynan
Doehring's
Furniture Place
Thurs
Tory
Martin
Billy
Allan
Robby MacQuarrie
Prince Edward Island
Rockland
Maryland
Joe Clark
Britain
House of Lords
Canadian Textile and Clothing Industries
Amalgamated Textile and Clothing Workers’s Union Executive
PTT
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Yukon
Western Canada Lottery Foundation
Express
P.O
Calgary
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