Report urges 6.5 billion corporate tax cut proposal
A Vancouver lawyer and a Montreal businessman chair a report urging Parliament to ease corporate taxation. The plan calls for tax-free profits if reinvested, a distribution tax on dividends, and removal of the capital gains tax, funded by gradual implementation to boost private investment.
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Robert Dickerson
Vancouver
Pierre Nadeau
Montreal
Canada
Trudeau
Ottawa
Lang bullets Lougheed over wheat export policy
Ottawa reports Transport Minister Otto Lang defends the Wheat Board after Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed’s Russian trip. Lang cites only potential risk from Lougheed’s visit and says the board has overcome bottlenecks while offering to review any specific information requests. He also criticizes railway performance in grain shipping.
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George Oake
Southam
Ottawa
Soviet Union
Alberta
Peter Lougheed
Otto Lang
Lang
Canadian Wheat Board
Lougheed
Wheat Board
Medicine Hat
Bert Hargrave
Hargrave
Trudeau
Inflation eases in April as tax cuts offset food price rise
Statistics Canada reports April CPI at 8.4 percent year over year, down from 8.8 in March as provincial sales tax cuts from the April budget take effect. Clothing and transportation costs drop due to tax relief, while food prices rise with beef up 8.9 percent and fruit and vegetables higher.
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Ottawa
Statistics Canada
Jean Chretien
Chretien
Atlantic
Alberta
Quebec
Quebec Tax Rebate Bill Prompts Parliaments Battle
Finance Minister Jean Chretien pushes an $85 personal income tax rebate for most Quebec federal taxpayers in 1977. He predicts a major fight in Parliament and with provinces to bypass the Quebec government. Opposition leaders accuse discrimination and blackmail while premiers weigh national unity implications.
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Ottawa
Jean Chretien
Quebec
Chretien
Alberta
Merv Leitch
Broadbent
Rene Levesque
Claude Ryan
Newfoundland
Alex Hickman
Walter Smishek
Saskatchewan
Senate approves three way arms deal in Middle East
Senate passed a 5 billion dollar arms sales package for Egypt Saudi Arabia and Israel. Administration lobbying secured a 54 to 44 vote to approve the deal despite opponents who questioned U S commitment to Israel and said the relationship had been severed.
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Washington
Senate
Carter
Middle East
U.S
Israel
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Carter plan on arms sales to Middle East sparks debate
The vote on the Carter administration arms package triggered strong views across parties. Supporters praise diplomacy, while opponents warn it threatens Israeli security and regional stability. The plan includes F-15s for Saudi Arabia and F-15s F-16s for Israel alongside F-5K jets for Egypt.
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Middle East
Saudi Arabia
Egypt
Carter
Israel
Jacob Javits
Rep. N.Y
Frank Church
Dem
Idaho
Zaire Tests Offense To Retake Kolwezi In Shaba
Zaire drops paratroops around Kolwezi in a counter offensive to regain the copper center from rebels. Belgian sources report European deaths as U S contemplates evacuating 80 to 100 citizens amid ongoing fighting in Shaba province.
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Kolwezi
Zaire
Kinshasa
Brussels
U.S. State Department
U.S
Shaba
British Broadcasting Corp
London
Youth signs for job in Vancouver attracts offers
John O'Reilly, 18, posted a plywood sign reading I need a job outside his Vancouver home. In six hours three offers came, with one firm agreeing to hire for insulation installation. He turned down two offers requiring a car, aims for carpentry work later. He had worked various jobs since finishing Grade 10 and prefers to work over unemployment.
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Vancouver
John O’reilly
O'Reilly
Alberta Weather Modification Board reports modest gains from cloud seeding
In Alberta the rainfall and hail suppression programs show 10 to 30 percent increase in mountain snowpack and up to 100 percent rainfall enhancement in selected clouds during a four year of a five year trial. Officials stress credibility amid media exaggeration and note potential cross border effects with Saskatchewan and Montana. Agriculture Minister Marvin Moore says review of the research mandate will occur at year’s end 1979.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Alberta Weather Modification Board
Agriculture
Marvin Moore
Weather Modification Board
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Don McGillivray
Southam News Services
Patty Hearst
Santa Rita
Joe Clark
Victoria
THE
Associated Press
Rainfall Committee
Montana
United States
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