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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 30, 1973
Page
1
Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan hopes the United States will grant Canada an exemption from its soybean and cotton seed embargo. He warns no assurances exist and notes US interest in Canadian meat protein. He plans a detailed statement soon and cites possible actions for livestock amid the policy debate.
Ottawa reports the government halted exports of oilseeds and their products at midnight Friday night. The embargo covers soybeans, soybean cake and meal, rapeseed and rapeseed cake and meal, flaxseed, linseed cake and meal and fish meal, all used in livestock and poultry feed, in response to a similar U S embargo.
CHICAGO RP Canada imposed an embargo on soybeans and byproducts as the United States moved to curb exports to conserve fodder for cattle hogs and poultry. Trade Minister Gillespie said the controls are temporary and mirror the U S action. Prices rose as markets reacted with limits on oil futures and higher meal costs while Canada seeks to protect domestic needs and its customers.
Ontario and Ontario Hydro filed submissions with the Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board arguing the Alberta Gas Resources Act is unconstitutional and that Alberta may not reconsider gas permits. Ontario warns of possible natural gas rationing next winter as already-purchased gas from Alberta could be cut off. The dispute centers on 125 billion cubic feet per year sold by Consolidated Natural Gas to TransCanada PipeLines for Eastern Canada, originally for the United States.
Ottawa reports that British Columbia and Alberta are set for growth in the 1970s while Saskatchewan and Manitoba may struggle to meet even minimal objectives if current trends persist. Growth will favor urban centers, prompting calls to boost rural jobs, agriculture processing, small manufacturing, local services, and regional market oriented plants.
In Santiago curfew troops patrolled after forces loyal to President Allende crushed a morning revolt. Seven people were killed and 22 wounded in fighting near the Moneda palace. Allende blamed pockets of civilians tied to the rightist Fatherland and Liberty group. Col Roberto Souper, named as rebel leader, is jailed.
CALGARY (CP) The Alberta government will not sell its energy resources at below fair market value. Getty, minister of intergovernmental affairs, said Ontario’s legal challenge to Alberta’s constitutional rights in pricing natural gas did not surprise him. He noted Ontario Premier Davis has several ways to oppose Alberta’s gas policies, including Ontario Hydro’s submissions to the Alberta energy resources conservation board.
SAN CLEMENTE Calif AP President Nixon asks all Americans to cut personal energy use by five percent in the next year proposing slower driving and less air conditioning and heating. He backs a $10 billion five year energy program and a cabinet level energy department while tapping Gov John Love as energy adviser and urging governors to lower speed limits to save fuel.
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