03 May 1971
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
May 03, 1971
Page
1
Former Canadian communications minister Eric Kierans warns Canada faces trouble unless tax policies shift to reward labor investment over capital. He argues service sectors taxed more than oil and mining, cites resource export reliance, and urges balanced input of capital and labor to boost productivity.
In Rawalpindi and Dhaka, officials warn East Pakistan's Awami League failure to quell Bengali resistance nears, while West Pakistan faces bankruptcy fears. Violence mounts as 30,000 Urdu speakers allegedly killed earlier, with fresh clashes in Mohammedpur prompting a government clampdown to prevent retaliation against Bengalis in the west.
Thousands of demonstrators clash with riot police as 2000 troops guard four Potomac bridges and major routes. Protesters block Georgetown and downtown streets, hurl debris, set vehicles aflame, and gas clouds slow commuters during the Mayday actions.
OTTAWA CP report notes party lines sagging in the Commons over government proposed increases for MPs and senators. While most Liberals and Conservatives back the measure, members from both parties pledge not to accept the rises if they become law. One New Democrat supports the bill, opposing by most of the party caucus, with the Creditistes firmly opposing. Debate continues today on the issue.
The Queen leaves London for a 10 day British Columbia visit with Prince Philip and Princess Anne aboard a chartered Air Canada DC-8. She recovers from a sinus infection and plans appearances for British Columbia's 100th birthday celebrations in Victoria and Vancouver. Prime Minister Trudeau and Governor General Michener greet her in Vancouver. MPs discuss salary raises. six renounce the increase, others oppose or defer action until after the next election.
A weekend conference of over 330 journalists backed actions to improve media quality and oppose Quebec news suppression. They approved seven resolutions urging greater journalist and public participation in news decisions, opposing censorship, and backing a provincial press council with owners and readers.
Ottawa Justice Minister John Turner says he neither threatened nor offered to resign over the public order issue amid speculation that he would resign if the government pursued new measures after the Public Order Temporary Measures Act of 1970 expired. Belfast bomb blasts injure no one as five explosions target detectives' homes, including two at senior investigators' houses.
About 30 000 people joined the Edmonton 25 mile march under clear skies led by Gov. Grant MacEwan who received a jacket from the Vancouver hiking association official. Toronto hosted the largest event with about 80 000 participants and roughly 1 million dollars raised. National Walk Week began with major marches in Toronto Ottawa Edmonton and Vancouver and plans for 80 walks nationwide this summer aiming to raise over 4 million dollars.
Prime Minister and Mrs. Trudeau avoided the spotlight by cruising to the Sechelt Peninsula on a British Columbia ferry then returning to Vancouver to dine and meet friends. They reportedly visited Mrs. Trudeau's grandmother at Roberts Creek as over 1,000 May Day demonstrators gathered at Stanley Park and staged a march to the court house while Trudeau spoke at a $50-a-plate Liberal fundraiser. Police guarded the hotel entrances as protesters danced and waved flags, with some banners torn and replaced while Trudeau urged that tech and material gain could bring harmful consequences.
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