Autopact Safeguards Lingered Yet Likely Dead Says Ottawa
In Ottawa the government signaled the 1965 Autopact safeguards are now transitional and largely moot as Canadian auto production climbs well beyond the base year. Critics warn removal could hit Canadian jobs. Ed Broadbent vows opposition if safeguards vanish.
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Ottawa
U.S
Alastair Gillespie
Canada
Industry Trade and Commerce
Jean-Luc Pepin
Gillespie
Ed Broadbent
Oshawa
Broadbent
Road report notes fog and good conditions across regions
The AMA reports all highways in Medicine Hat area were in good driving condition at 8 am. Heavy fog reduced visibility to a quarter mile in Brooks with additional fog on Highway 41 near Oyen.
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AMA
Medicine Hat
Brooks
Highway 41
Oyen
Canada signs pact on South Vietnam peace plan
Canada joined 11 governments in initialling a declaration to back peace in South Vietnam. External Affairs Minister Mitchell Sharp noted Canada does not assume new responsibilities and may withdraw from the four country control commission if outcomes are unsatisfactory. The signing was expected later after a plenary session approval.
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Canada
South
Vietnam
Mitchell Sharp
Sharp
Control Commission
South Vietnam
Alberta Plans Land Use Forum After Communal Properties Act Repeal
Alberta moves to form a three member land use forum to study farm ownership, corporate and communal farms, absentee landlords, and foreign ownership. The forum will also consider family farms, multi use, urban expansion, and owner rights, with Horner preferring education over regulation and rejecting land nationalization.
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Lou Hyndman
Alberta
Inquest Hears Hartwell Ate Nurse Flesh After Crash
Hartwell told an Edmonton coroner’s inquest he chose to eat Judith Hill’s flesh after the nurse died in the crash that killed Hill and two others near Great Bear Lake. He said he began after 14-year-old David Kootook died and his own injuries left him unable to continue.
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Hartwell
Great Bear Lake
Cambridge Bay
N.W.T
Yellowknife
RCMP
Edmonton
Ottawa Liberals win budget approval in Commons vote
The Liberal minority government won general support for its budget proposals with the aid of the New Democratic Party and most Social Credit MPs. The vote tally was 143 to 102, Conservatives and one Social Credit member opposed. Next steps include pension increases and separate bills on taxes pensions and tariffs, with a potential old age pension rise to 100 starting April and veterans pension changes.
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Ottawa
New Democratic Party
Social Credit
House
Commons
Alberta Premier faces protesters over Communal Properties Act repeal
Premier Lougheed told 350 south central Alberta residents in Edmonton that repeal will stand and land use rules must follow the Bill of Rights. Indications point to a heated debate in the legislature Friday over a proposed forum with Social Credit’s Jim Henderson criticizing it as too broad and not action oriented.
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Lougheed
Alberta
Edmonton
Pilot describes survival cannibalism after Arctic crash
Edmonton CP reports pilot Martin Hartwell spoke publicly about eating human flesh to stay alive after a Arctic crash that killed three passengers on a mercy flight. He said he only ate after David Kootook, a 14 year old Eskimo boy who helped save him, died 23 days after the crash.
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Arctic
Martin Hartwell
Hartwell
David Kootook
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