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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 28, 1978
Page
5
Foreign Correspondent notes possible routes to advise the Queen on constitutional matters. A letter of intent may be sent for consent, or an official from the Privy Council could deliver it, or the chief law officer might seek an audience.
Canada's Justice Minister Ron Basford met Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace to brief her on proposed constitutional repatriation. The hour with the Queen followed Basford's Windsor Castle tour and a private briefing with her secretary. The meeting, amid a state visit by Romania's Nicolai Ceausescu, underscored Canada's closer ties to the Palace and the Prime Minister's cautious stance on monarchy.
Aging Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito, 86, faces a likely last major party congress as the six republics and two autonomous provinces rely on a soon to be restructured leadership. Stane Dolanc emerges as a leading candidate for secretary general, potentially shaping post Tito power amid ethnic tensions and nonalignment policy.
President Carter recalls the U S ambassador to Chile and orders a pause on bombs bound for Pinochet’s junta amid investigations into Orlando Letelier’s assassination. Justice Department investigator Eugene Propper pursues leads, negotiates witness extradition, and questions U S policy toward Chile.
Prime Minister Trudeau argues for a purposeful national identity while critics claim his push to create a new Canadian nation belittles past achievements. The Commons speech draws mixed applause as observers question leadership and decentralization, with language policy reference to James Richardson.
The article portrays Trudeau defending bilingualism and equality for both languages and proposing a new constitution for Canadians. It contrasts Trudeau's vision with Joe Clark's cautious stance, noting Clark questions parliamentary mandate and accuses the government of partisan motives in reforms.
The Carter administration faces stalled peace efforts in Rhodesia and South-West Africa as Moscow and Havana gain space. South Africa resists Western concessions after the Shaba incident, with front-line states backing insurgents to widen the plan to include surrender of Walvis Bay.
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