Canada and the ideal of freedom through a critic's lens
Editorial reflects on a youth essay contest praising Canada as a land of freedoms while warning that leaders and officials often fall short. It cites RCMP abuses, press freedom cases, school access for disabled students, and border politics, urging vigilance to protect liberties for future generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Medicine Hat
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
RCMP
Ndp-Waffle
Parti Quebecois
L’ Agence de Presse Libre du Quebec
Shelley Carriere
Chipman
Edmonton
Alberta
Calgary
Ontario
Bill Davis
Quebec
Southam News Services
Call for Handicapped Centre in Medicine Hat
The Parents of Handicappers of Southeastern Alberta press to establish a provincial funded resource centre for the handicapped in Medicine Hat. They argue 86 children travel to Calgary for services and urge the Lougheed government to allocate surplus funds to build and staff a local centre.
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Medicine Hat
Alberta
Calgary
Parents of Handicappers Association
Lougheed
Oil Geologists Reassess Canada Supply at Calgary Conference
Two thousand petroleum geologists at a three day Calgary conference challenged grim forecasts for oil and gas. They argued Western Canada could hold about 50 TCF of natural gas and that oil discoveries may outpace consumption, shifting the burden of proof to pessimists.
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Calgary
Calouste Gulbenkian
Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists
Canada
Ottawa
West Pembina
Alberta
Sheikh Ahmad Yamani
Yamani
West
Alastair Gillespie
Peter Lougheed
Globe
Mackenzie Valley Gas Pipeline
Husky Oil
Jack Century
Southam News Services
Centre for the Study of Inflation and Productivity Probe
Sylvia Ostry describes the CSIP as a toothless watchdog with a taste for rhetoric rather than action. The $3 million a year successor to the Anti-Inflation Board may serve as an inflation watch without biting. The Economic Council of Canada was tasked by the February summit to oversee post controls inflation monitoring.
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Centre For the
CSIP
Sylvia Ostry
Economic Council of Canada
AIB
Council On Wage and
Ostry
Trudeau
Ottawa
Ottawa Labour Dancers Plot Against Trudeau With NDP
The Canadian Labor Congress tightens ties with the NDP to defeat the Trudeau government at the polls. A Mont Ste. Marie meeting outlined plans to persuade unions to vote NDP, with CLC staff aiding campaigns while labor directors sit with business and government partners.
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Ottawa
Canadian Labor Congress
John Munro
Windsor
CLC Executive Council
NDP
Ed Broadbent
Trudeau
Mont Ste. Marie
Que
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Labor
CLC
Congress
Labor-Government Trust Grows Through Tripartite Inquiries
A Canadian drive toward tripartite commissions links labor business and government to review educational leave for workers and layoffs. Labour minister Munro oversees a new Collective Information Bargaining Centre and CSIP style plans while critics warn of inflationary jawboning and weak enforcement.
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Commission of Inquiry
Munro
Canada
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