Premier Lougheed flips on Alberta housing pledge
The Alberta premier reverses course on housing funding from the Heritage Savings Trust Fund, saying future commitments will be reduced after earlier plans to finance over 45 percent of new housing starts with a $1 billion annual loan program. The piece argues housing keeps funds at home, aids 60,000 people yearly moving to Alberta, and questions the heritage concept.
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Lougheed
Alberta
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund
Canada
Heritage Savings Trust Fund
NDP
Grant Notley
Heritage Fund
Alberta Home Mortgage Corporation
Alberta Housing Corporation
Global pollution and its far reaching impact across borders
The article argues that pollution is a global issue driven by coal use and lax controls. It cites acid rain, soot in the Arctic and Hawaii, and pollutants traveling thousands of miles from industrial regions. It notes costs of cleanup run into billions and favors preventive treatment over remediation.
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Canada
United States
U.S
Arctic
Barrow
Alaska
Mould Bay
Igloolik
Hawaii
North America
Soviet Union
Europe
Chutzpah and politics in Israel and the Middle East
A discussion of chutzpah as a defining trait in Israeli history and leadership. The piece examines Begin and Schmidt clashes, the Iraq reactor attack justification, and the Jewish state’s need for balance with Palestinian rights. It spotlights Meir Kahane's fringe plan and Shimon Peres's compromise stance ahead of elections.
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Middle East
Chutzpah
Menachem Begin
Helmut Schmidt
Begin
Schmidt
Israel
Hitler
Saddam Hussein
Hussein
Rabbi Meir Kahane
Rabbi Kahane
Meshuggah
Shimon Peres
West Bank
Trudeau to raise monetarist debate at Ottawa summit
Canada faces persistent inflation and high interest rates as Prime Minister Trudeau plans to push monetarist reform at the July economic summit. Sen Maurice Lamontagne criticizes Bank of Canada policy while Bowey and Lawson defend monetarism amid Washington's stance under Carter and Reagan.
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Ottawa
Canada
Trudeau
Paris
London
Bonn
Maurice Lamontagne
Parti Quebecois
Liberal
Senate
Bank of Canada Lamontagne
Mead Lake
Commons
Bank of Canada
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
Washington
Gerald Bouey
Bill Lawson
Joe Clark
Reagan
South
Southam
Quebec faces restive Micmac over salmon rights
Restigouche NB Micmac band resists Quebec control over Atlantic salmon, arguing sovereignty and band bylaws under federal Indian Act. Minister Lessard insists on provincial authority, while chiefs warn of repeated police actions and consent to only federal negotiation.
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Restigouche
Quebec
Lucien Lessard
Lessard
Alphonse Metallic
Parti Quebecois
Metallic
Restigouche Band
Ron Mahoney
Southam News
Mahoney
Rene Levesque
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