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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 29, 1983
Page
4
Peter R. Mosley editor John A. Weimer business manager and W B Bill Hartley production supervisor are listed as key staff roles at the newspaper. The item presents the names and titles in a traditional masthead format.
The piece critiques Prime Minister Trudeau's 7:00 PM lecture claiming government success against inflation. It argues the decline resulted from global Reaganomics and monetarism, not Ottawa policies, and questions the credibility of promised shipbuilding and capital recovery funds amid an election. It notes staged delivery and misleading arguments.
Vatican commentary questions Lech Walesa and Solidarity as Poland faces possible church led union influence. Editorial fallout hints at church roles influencing politics, urging the church to avoid taking over labor movements while warning of state repression and broader moral duties.
Statistics Canada projections point to a seven percent GNP rise by year end 1983 and inflation under three percent, signaling a rebound from the worst recession since the 1930s. Yet job creation lags, factories continue to close, and competitiveness is crucial to sustain gains.
A Canadian Labor Congress article by Robert Hackett reports that unions are underrepresented in TV news coverage. Analyzing 1,500 CBC and CTV clips from 1980 finds unions at nine percent, focused on work stoppages, with frequent mislabeling of disputes and bias against workers.
The North South Institute evaluates Canada’s aid to Bangladesh through CIDA. It notes food aid skewed to government and urban workers, centralized decision making slowed rural projects, and tied aid favored Canadian products. Poor reach to the poorest and internal Treasury Board constraints hampered innovation.
Alan Poirier argues against water fluoridation describing it as medicating the public, questions cost effectiveness, and calls for personal responsibility while noting Montreal’s salt usage and safety advantages. He cites Martin Hill and reflects on public health versus individual choice.
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