Judge halts refugee backlog program in Canadian case
Federal Court Associate Chief Justice James Jerome rules the backlog clearance program illegal halting further processing of about 100000 claimants. Backlog costs are estimated at 200 million dollars with 8500 processed by Feb 9 1990 and 193 rejected.
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Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa
James Jerome
Toronto
Cecil Rotenberg
Jerome
Barbara McDougall
Canada
Rotenberg
Barbara Jackman
McDougall
Dress-a-thon leaves activist out in cold
Audrey Jensen abandoned her protest of a strip-a-thon before it started amid a hostile crowd in Stettler Alberta. About 200 spectators watched Gary Johnson’s charity event at the Stettler Hotel while Jensen climbed into a pickup and left as jeers rose from schoolchildren nearby.
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Jensen
Gary Johnson
Stettler Hotel
Johnson
Stettler
Edmonton
Don Getty
Canada
Lyle Brown
Maria Hautka
Women In Need Shelter
Gorbachev Warns on German Unification and Polish Frontiers
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev cautioned that any plans to redraw GermanPolish borders during unification would bring serious consequences. He spoke before meeting East German PM Hans Modrow at the Kremlin amid West Germany's Kohl backing down on demanding Poland renounce war reparations.
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Reuter
Mikhail Gorbachev
Helmut Kohl
Hans Modrow
Kremlin
Tass
Gorbachev
Kohl
Poland
Chancellery
Rudolf
Sellers
West Germany
Centreright
Europe
Grit pledges to scrap Wilson sales tax debate showdown
In Edmonton a TV debate centered on the seven percent goods and services tax. Michael Wilson defended the measure while Liberal Doug Young vowed to scrap it and pursue reform. Protests erupted outside as audience members debated tax policy and deficit concerns.
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Edmonton
Michael Wilson
Doug Young
Young
Wilson
Doug
Jean Chretien
Edmonton Chamber of Commerce
Afghan defence minister plots revolt against Kabul regime
Kabul radio reports Defence Minister Shah Nawaz Tanai joined guerrilla leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar in a bid to overthrow Najibullah's Kremlin backed government. Fighting described in Kabul and Moscow targets Najibullah's palace and Defence Ministry amid a civil war that began after 1978 coup.
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Islamabad
Pakistan
Kremlin
Kabul
Kabul Radio
Shah Nawaz Tanai
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
Tanai
Moscow
Najibullah
Defence Ministry
Afghanistan
People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan
Mujahedeen
Islamic Holy Warriors
Flour price rigging charged in Canadian aid program
Eight flour milling firms face two counts each for conspiring to fix prices and bid rigging in supplying wheat flour to the Canadian International Development Agency for aid to famine regions. The scheme allegedly spanned 12 years and over 500 million dollars in flour shipments to Ethiopia Sudan Chad and other countries. The firms named include Maple Leaf Mills Robin Hood Parrish Heimbecker Ogilvie Dover Soo Line Rogers and Kent Mills.
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Toronto
Federal Competition Bureau
Canadian International Development Agency
Ethiopia
Sudan
Chad
Guinea
Vietnam
Nicaragua
Philippines
Africa
Asia
Caribbean
Maple Leaf Mills Ltd
Robin Hood Multifoods Inc
Parrish & Heimbecker Ltd
Ogilvie Flour Mills Ltd
Montreal
Dover Industries Ltd
Burlington
Ont
Soo Line Mills Ltd
Winnipeg
B.P. Kent Flour Mills Ltd
Virden, Man
Rogers Foods Ltd
Armstrong, B.C
Flat tax idea gains traction in Canada
Ottawa economist Michael Walker argues Canadians pay more in taxes than for essentials and endorses a flat tax as a simple fair reform. He says tax reform faces opposition from tax lawyers and accountants but could replace current complexities with a single postal card sized return.
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Ottawa
Michael Walker
Walker
Canada
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