North-South dialogue draws MPs to international debate
The Commons suspend routine business to discuss the North-South dialogue aimed at narrowing rich and poor nation gaps. Prime Minister Trudeau notes changing global economic order due to OPEC strength and broad concerns since the 1980 election.
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Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Trudeau seeks shift in world order amid North-South concerns
Canada faces rising North-South tensions as Trudeau pledges a House speech on the issue and leaders prepare for a meeting in Ottawa July 2021. A Commons committee warns third world hunger and energy costs demand urgent Western relief and policy review. Flora MacDonald calls a nationwide foreign policy study mirroring 1970s efforts.
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Ministers hold tongues on inflation strategy
Ottawa reports say during a Gatineau Hills cabinet session Prime Minister Trudeau and Finance Minister Allan MacEachen discussed inflation relief plans but offered few details. Trudeau promised a forthcoming shape to measures and a throne speech later to reflect inflation steps.
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Ministers discuss October budget and inflation focus
Ministers outlined broad objectives for an October budget as inflation remains central to economic strategy. There were no concrete decisions on a new anti inflation policy, and no details on an anticipated industrial strategy or timing of its announcement. Energy and Industry ministers offered no changes to the national energy program.
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Union Leader Grace Hartman Faces Jail Time
Grace Hartman, 62, national president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, was sentenced to 45 days for refusing to end an illegal hospital workers strike in Ontario. A ministry spokesman said she must serve time though a judge urged immediate temporary absence, with Hartman already applying for the program and a ruling due later this week.
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Ontario
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