Code of conduct imposed on Ont. students
Ontario passes the Safe Schools Act setting provincewide standards for student behaviour. The code lets teachers suspend for a day and principals expel for up to a year for serious offences. It requires Canada singing but drops the Citizenship Oath. students may face mandatory discipline programs on reentry.
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Colin Perkel
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O Canada
Safe Schools Act
Janet Ecker
Canada
Tories
Day survives highway crash amid leadership bid
Canadian Alliance hopeful Stockwell Day escaped a high speed taxi collision on the Gardiner Expressway. The taxi hit a tire in the lane at about 100 km/h, ripping off the cab’s right rear tire. Day, on his way to Pearson International Airport, later said he grabbed his wife and cellphone.
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Day
Pearson International Airport
Maheux
Seagram in Talks With Vivendi Canal Plus for Three-Way Tie Up
Talks confirm a potential three way strategic combination involving Seagram of Montreal Vivendi and Canal Plus. Estimated deal value ranges from 30 to 32.7 billion US dollars with股 Seagram shares jumping on the news and Vivendi's size advantage noted.
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Ake
Seagram Co
France
Vivendi
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Seagram
Canal Plus
Canal
Toronto
America Online Inc
Time Warner Inc
Gold-plated pensions reach Alliance MPs amid retroactive buybacks
Canadian Alliance MPs who once denounced the pension plan now join it as 301 MPs qualify. Over 30 former Reform MPs may pay about 50000 retroactive premiums to cover seven years in Ottawa and gain immediate access to minimum benefits of 19000 a year at age 55. Ian McClelland signs on, accepting political heat for the shift. Reformers long attacked the plan, recalling 1995 protests in Parliament.
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Ottawaanadian Alliance
Paaanleor
Alliance
Ottawa
Ian McClelland
Edmonton
Barriers persist for women above glass ceiling study finds
The Conference Board of Canada reports visible barriers remain for women reaching top roles. Based on 600 executives and 94 interviews, private sector women average 20 percent into senior leadership, half the rate of public sector. Women feel undervalued while male CEOs largely disagree.
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Ottawa
Conference Board of Canada
Barbara Orser
Orser
Government moves to extend disability benefits to RCMP officers
Veterans Affairs Minister George Baker will drop a clause denying disability compensation to RCMP officers while employed. The bill also extends disability benefits to serving soldiers for the first time. RCMP Commissioner Phillip Murray urged excluding Mounties, while groups like the Royal Canadian Legion support the change.
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Baker
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National Council of Veterans Associations
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