Parliament winds up for summer recess in Ottawa
MPs and senators head home for a three month break after final readings on four bills. The Senate approved the budget bill drawing criticism over federal provincial relations while increasing Export Development Corp. funding to 26 billion over five years. A new maritime code was also approved.
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Ottawa
Commons
Senate
Allister Grosart
Ontario
Chretien
Export Development Corp
Crown Corporation
Clark pledges beef protection policy at prairie rally
Opposition Leader Joe Clark told about 1,000 locals in Rosetown Saskatchewan that a PC government would pass laws to shield Canadian producers from cheap beef imports. He said agriculture would be a national priority as he campaigned across the Prairies with Dick Collyer.
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Rosetown, Sask
Joe Clark
Clark
Conservative Party
Wheat Belt
Drayton Valley
Alberta
Vancouver
Toronto
Cal
Dick Collyer
Prairies
Ottawa grants extra time for fighter bid tweaks
Ottawa leaders extend the $2.3 billion fighter aircraft contract bids giving firms another month to improve proposals. Defence Minister Dawson expects some contenders to be dropped in September with a winner chosen late 1978 or early 1979, though a fall short-list is unlikely.
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Ottawa
Allan McKinnon
Barney Dawson
Quebec minister cites heavy overlap in federal provincial programs
Quebec Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Claude Morin says a study by the National School of Public Administration finds 197 cases of overlapping programs between Ottawa and Quebec. He calls the waste and confusion worse each year and notes the scope exceeds prior expectations.
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Claude Morin
Morin
Quebec
National School of Public Administration
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