Overnight Commons session on blue collar strike and grain ships
MPs forced a 3:26 a.m. sitting to debate a broad grain shipment disruption tied to a nationwide blue collar strike. John Fraser pressed emergency consideration as 18,600 workers walked off. a settlement was announced during the session, though longshoremen's actions remained separate.
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Ottawa
Commons
John Fraser
Vancouver South
Canada
Fraser
James Jerome
Treasury Board
Jean Chretien
New Democrat
Social Credit
Gerald Lanier
Chretien
A Question of Priority in Beaver Symbol Bill
Senator Josie Quart argued that a private beaver symbol bill received higher priority in the Commons than bills seeking gender equality. The beaver bill passed the Commons and came to the Senate, while an omnibus equality bill from last October has yet to be debated.
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Ottawa
Josie Quart
Commons
Quart
Quebec
Senate
Sean O’sullivan
Hamilton-Wentworth
Seven South Vietnamese provinces abandoned or lost
The South Vietnamese government acknowledged seven provinces abandoned or lost to North Vietnam and the Viet Cong, including Hue. Binh Long and Thua Thien joined the list, with Kontum Pleiku Darlac and Phuoc Long also overrun earlier, totaling about 13 000 square miles and 1.7 million people. President Thieu blamed outnumbered forces and limited US aid for the retreats.
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Saigon
Hue
Binh Long
Thua Thien
Quang Tri
Kontum
Pleiku
Darlac
Phuoc Long
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Highlands
United States
Thieu
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Dead man tops polls in Alberta byelection
Oscar Rowden won the byelection in HANNA Alberta with 181 votes against 131 for E D Ironside. The provincial government later ruled the council vacancy vote invalid after Rowden had died last week.
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Hanna, Alta
Alberta
Oscar Rowden
Rowden
Municipal Affairs Department
E. D. Ironside
GLT members await ratification of tentative PSAC pact
The 18 600 PSAC workers could gain a 29.25 percent raise over 26 months after mediation led to a tentative government settlement. Union members must ratify, with mixed reactions and ongoing work stoppages affecting grain, air travel, and mail, notably in Toronto, Vancouver, and Halifax.
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Public Service Alliance
Toronto
Vancouver
Winnipeg
Halifax
Alliance
Jim Ainsworth
Prince Rupert
Victoria
Grain Workers’ Union
CPR
Calgary
B.C
PSAC
Election forum outlines for Medicine Hat Redcliff race
Five candidates for Medicine Hat Redcliff discuss major issues in a question and answer series continuing on Page 9. Four Cypress riding candidates present views on the single most important problem on Page 8.
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Medicine Hat
Redcliff
Cypress
Ottawa weighs foreign dredging bids amid Canadian scandal
Public Works Minister C M Drury told the Commons committee that American dredging firms are being considered as summer contractors due to a nationwide dredging scandal. He warned the plan risks harming Canadian crews and outlined options including a Crown corporation to centralize dredging under one department.
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Ottawa
Public Works
C. M. Drury
Commons Public Works Committee
Public Works Department
Drury
Transport Department
Iles d’Orleans
St. Lawrence River
James McGrath
St. John’s East
Max Saltsman
NDP
Waterloo- Cambridge
Jean Marchand
Justice Department
Petro-Canada touted as doomed national oil company
Ottawa critics charge Petro-Canada will be a colossal loss and drain on taxpayers. PC finance critic Sinclair Stevens warns long term investment could reach 50 billion, with 500 million committed and up to 1 billion more borrowable. Crown profits this decade were minimal.
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Ottawa
Petro-Canada
Sinclair Stevens
York-Simcoe
Commons
Canada
Stevens
Bank of Western Canada
Donald Macdonald
Petro
MPs accuse CIA station at U.S. Embassy London operates 100 agents
Labour left wing Tom Litterick alleges the CIA runs a 100 man station at the U.S. embassy in London with agents tapping phones and examining mail. He cites Victor Marchetti and a list of 10 named attaches, while the embassy refuses comment and debate on the motion is unlikely.
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London
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
United States
U.S
Tom Litterick
Labor Party
Tribune
Tribune Group
House of Commons
Litterick
London Evening News
Victor Marchetti
The
Secret Service
KGB
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Defence Research Establishment
Canadian Pacific Railway
Dave Ford
Election Forum
National Oil Company
Western Canada Bank
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