Canada backs two tier income plan for welfare reform
Welfare ministers from Ottawa and provinces agreed in principle on a two tier income support system that could lift a family of four to about $4 800 annually. Details such as implementation date cost sharing and administration remain to be resolved with a September meeting to decide.
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Southam News Services
Ottawa
Marc Lalonde
Quebec
Lalonde
Claude Forget
Canada
Forget
Statistics Canada
Commonwealth leaders seek common ground on new world economic order
At the Commonwealth conference in Kingston Jamaica Prime Minister Forbes Burnham urged forming a committee to sort conflicting proposals for a new economic order. He backed producer cartels and stronger roles for the developing world while Prime Minister Trudeau supported commodity groups with consumer representation and indexing proposals.
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Jamaica
Commonwealth
Forbes Burnham
Guyana
Trudeau
Burnham
Harold Wilson
Wilson
Canada
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
World Bank
Canada replaces NORAD borders with two Canadian regions
Defence Minister James Richardson announced a major NORAD shift placing Canadian air space under Canadian control for the first time since 1958. A new Canadian Air Command will be based in Winnipeg to oversee Western Canada while North Bay continues Eastern Canada.
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Ottawa
James Richardson
Defence Department
Winnipeg
Canada- U.S
NORAD
Canada
North Bay
Edmonton
U.S
Air Command
West
Mobile Command
St. Hubert
Que
Maritime Command
Halifax
Canadian Forces Training System
Trenton
Ont
Ottawa urged to expand farmer input on stabilizing grain incomes
Opposition critics pressed the government to broaden farmer listening sessions before a stabilization fund for poor crop years is finalized. MPs favor public meetings nationwide and direct farmer advice as the bill heads to committee for study.
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Ottawa
Commons
Progressive Conservative
New Democratic Party
Joe Clarke
Rocky Mountain
Lorne Nystrom
NDP
Yorkton-Melville
Otto Lang
Wheat Board
The
Prairie Provinces
British Columbia
Ottawa Energy Minister Delays Gas Export Price Decision
Energy Minister Donald Macdonald said Canada has not decided on a new price for natural gas exports to the United States. Cabinet discussed the matter with a possible 50 to 60 cent rise from $1 per thousand cubic feet, aiming for Aug. 1 as the effective date. No final decision yet, with possible cabinet committee review and ongoing diplomatic exchanges. The price shift could add $500 million to $600 million to annual export bills.
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Ottawa
Donald Macdonald
United States
Macdonald
U.S
Department
Strict limits on tickets for Montreal Olympics in Canada
Medicine Hat residents must travel to Calgary or Edmonton to buy Olympic tickets through Eaton's Canada the exclusive agent. Two million tickets exist with 60 000 for Edmonton and Calgary each. Purchases limited to 20 per person during first 90 days, in person sales only. Sales pause for a month then resume September 2 for bulk purchases. Canadian residents only.
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Medicine Hat
Calgary
Edmonton
Canada
Eaton's
Toronto
Montreal
Canada limits Vietnamese refugee intake at 3500
Immigration Minister Robert Andras said Ottawa will take up to 2000 airlifted refugees from the United States and another 1000 awaiting transport from Bangkok Hong Kong and Southeast Asia. He noted about 92 nominated relatives remain in Wake and Guam and that 500 to 1000 more may materialize, with many likely settling in Quebec due to French language fluency.
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Ottawa
Canada
Robert Andras
United States
Bangkok
Hong Kong
Southeast Asia
Andras
Wake
Guam
Vietnam
Saigon
U.S
United Nations
Quebec
South Vietnam
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