MPs rage over hefty pay raises for government officials
Ottawa turmoil erupts as reports show CN executives earning 18 to 19 percent raises and Bank of Canada Governor John Crow receiving double digit increases. Critics say such sums undermine workers urged to curb wage demands to fight inflation while Treasury Board defends equity and bonuses.
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Eric Beauchesne
Southam
Ottawa
Bank of Canada
Commons
Michael Wilson
Canadian National Railways
John Crow
Crow
Herb Gray
The
Crown
Treasury Board
Robert de Corret
de Cotret
Brian Tobin
NDP
Rod Murphy
Mass walkout looms as Alberta workers threaten strike
Alberta workers union leader warns a mass walkout is possible if negotiations stall. Social workers jail guards have already struck. Local 1 may join if government offers nothing meaningful at the bargaining table. Premier Getty demands workers return to work as contempt charges loom.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Pat Wocknitz
Alberta Union of Provincial Employees
Local 1
Wocknitz
Social Services Department
RCMP
Don Getty
Linda Karpowich
Getty
Elaine McCoy
Calgary
Garson Coon
Terry Willock
Don Sztuniarski
Baltic states plan joint stand on independence in Tallinn summit
In Tallinn the leaders of Estonia Latvia and Lithuania meet to map a common strategy amid Moscow sanctions after Lithuania declared independence. They aim to coordinate economic policy to resist potential blockades while Gorbachev denounces Lithuania and pressures Estonia Latvia. A Lithuanian capital Vilnius reports 112 Soviet military vehicles on public display.
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Tallinn
U.S.S.R
Soviet Union
Moscow
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Kremlin
Arnold Ruutel
Anatolijs Gorbunovs
Vytautas Landsbergis
Lennart Meri
Britain
Sky Television
Vilnnius
Mikhail Gorbachev
Chretien son charged with reported incident in Montreal
Michel Chretien, 21, son of Liberal leader candidate Jean Chretien, pleads not guilty to charges including reported incident and sodomy. He is detained awaiting a bail hearing after an arrest at his downtown Montreal apartment. The alleged victim is a 27-year-old woman.
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Montreal
Jean Chretien
Michel
Raphael Schachter
Liberal
Schachter
la Presse
Chretien
Aline
Schacter
Supreme Court to release files on secret life and death case
The Supreme Court of Canada will publish the February sealed case ruling and all material next Thursday. The nine justices heard the matter on February 2 and the government argued for limited disclosure to avoid affecting an ongoing Quebec criminal trial.
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Supreme Court
Stephen Bindman
Southam
Ottawa
Supreme Court of Canada
Brian Dickson
Quebec
Southam News
Quebec Superior Court
Peter Cory
No change to Meech says Bourassa again
Premier Robert Bourassa reaffirmed that Quebec will not accept any changes to the Meech Lake constitutional accord. He cited a positive climate in talks with other premiers but said no solution had emerged before the June 23 deadline, and three provinces remain undecided.
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Peter Maser
Southam News
Montreal
Robert Bourassa
Quebec
Meech Lake
Bourassa
Meech
Rene Levesque
Ottawa
New Brunswick
Manitoba
Newfoundland
Senate
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Fane Eone Doonesbury
Gordon Wright
Wilson
Detroit
Baltic States
Chretien Son
Lance O’pry
Lamar
Rosenberg
Texas
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