Drury resignation vetoed as Commons crisis deepens
Ottawa reports Prime Minister Trudeau rejected Public Works Minister C. M. Drury's resignation and refused a public inquiry into cabinet intervention allegations. Deschenes report cited Drury's telephone call to a judge as improper, while opposition calls for inquiry into Consumer Affairs Minister Andre Ouellet grew louder.
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C. M. Drury
Jules Deschenes
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Andre Ouellet
New Democratic Party
Ed Broadbent
Marc Lalonde
Bud Drury
Calgary gunmen threaten hostages for heroin in standoff
Two armed men held hostages in northeast Calgary demanding 50 heroin capsules and assurances no charges against two accomplices. They said they would die rather than return to jail, while police negotiators and eyewitnesses described the tense Credit Union robbery linked incident.
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William Nichols
White Rock
B.C
Vancouver
John Frederick Gamble
Tracey Perry
Gamble
Janice
Ave
Keith Harrison
Harrison
Nichols
Rahim Kassam
Kassam
Laila
Dianne Perry
Trudeau rejects calls for inquiry amid cabinet meddling row
Public Works Minister C M Drury offered to resign but Prime Minister Trudeau declined. Ottawa rejected an inquiry into cabinet meddling in Quebec Superior Court cases, while Jean Chretien and Marc Lalonde apologized. A Deschenes report was tabled in the Commons as talks between CBC and CUPE stalled. The House resumes March 15 to debate the law and order bill.
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Trudeau
Quebec Superior Court
Treasury Board
Jean Chretien
Marc Lalonde
Jules Deschenes
Otto Lang
CBC
Canadian Union of Public Employees
Commons
Horner defends PWA move amid Calgary Edmonton shift
Alberta Transportation Minister Hugh Horner defended moving Pacific Western Airlines head office to Calgary and maintenance to Edmonton. He said the board ordered the move, not the government, and rejected critics' distortions, promising a measured, profitable future and continued northern development.
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Don Watson
Keyton
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Clark to tour Banff Alberta as opposition leader
Joe Clark left Toronto for Banff to meet constituents as official opposition leader. He said Alberta stops should draw larger crowds than his prior backbencher days and planned a tour through eight communities. He aimed to press for a full inquiry into calls by cabinet ministers to a Quebec judge, a matter Trudeau refused to pursue. Clark and Ed Broadbent planned further cross party cooperation on parliamentary tactics.
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Drury
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Alberta
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Quebec
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C.M. Drury
No exemptions on gun control urged for owners
Fredericton reports that Solicitor General Warren Allmand said there is little hope for shotgun and rifle owners to be exempt from the new gun control legislation. The proposed bill in the peace and security package would also abolish the death penalty and require owners to register firearms with the federal government.
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Fredericton
Warren Allmand
Three Firms Disclose Overseas Payoffs in New Round
Washington AP reports three more multinationals revealed overseas payoffs. ITT paid 3.8 million to foreign customers or officials in five years, General Tire hid a secret 1 million fund mainly for consultants in Arab countries and Eastern Europe, Westinghouse found about 300 thousand in questionable payments over five years with 70 thousand in 1975. All say internal probes followed bribe disclosures and SEC scrutiny. MIT defends that in 80 countries and 50 billion in business from 1971 to 1975 no laws were broken.
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International Telephone and Telegraph Corp
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General Tire and Rubber Co
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Westinghouse Electric Corp
Securities and Fixchange Commission
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