Alberta rerun budget boosts senior aid and gas rebates
The $2.5 billion budget reintroduces a 28 percent personal tax cut retroactive to January 1, 1975 and adds $97 million in operating increases. Senior citizens receive higher guaranteed incomes of 255 for singles and 495 for couples, while municipalities gain 12.7 million for unconditional law enforcement grants and natural gas rebates rise by 14 million to total 70 million. Hospital workers gain 33 million, a 6 million Summer Jobs program funds over 7,500 students, and rural gas expansion rises to 16 million with 4.5 million more to extend service to thousands of households.
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Edmonton
Merv Leitch
Leitch
Alberta
Canada
Ice age unlikely say climate experts at meeting
Canadian meteorologists at a joint conference dismissed fears of an imminent ice age noting no need for thermal wear. Geographers and scientists reported fluctuating temperatures since 1949 with no clear long term trend, while noting potential impacts on global food production and debates over farm income stabilization plans in Alberta.
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Vancouver
Canadian Meteorological Society
Canadian Association of
Sven Orvig
McGill University
Orvig
D. G. Schaefer
Federal Atmospheric Environment Service
British Columbia
Lower Mainland
Gordon McKay
Toronto
Final stand on Senate expansion in Ottawa politics
Liberal Ian Watson and two New Democratic Party members pressed to block an expansion bill that would add Yukon and Northwest Territories seats. They argued the Senate is non representative and should be reformed first. The NDP urged abolition, while the government pressed ahead with the bill and an ocean pollution law.
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Ottawa
Ian Watson
Laprairie
New Democratic Party
Commons
Senate
Wally Firth
Northwest Territories
Stanley Knowles
Winnipeg North Centre
Meat inspection complaints surface in Quebec crime probe
In Montreal, Jules Pepin of Jean Demers Inc testified before the Quebec Police Commission that over 15 years he urged government bodies to tighten meat inspection as his firm faced carrion used in pet food. He alleged better cuts were sent to consumers, while inspectors briefly heightened vigilance after each complaint.
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Montreal
Quebec Police Commission
Quebec
Jules Pepin
Jean Demers Inc
Pepin
Quebec Agriculture Department
Armand Courville
Reggie Food
Vic Cotroni
Federal Packing Inc
Federal Packing
Magog
Iue
Courville
Reggio Pepperoni
Pierre Faber
Alberta opposition leaders rail at 2.5 billion budget
Alberta's opposition leaders criticized Bob Clark's budget as lacking for seniors housing and native communities. Grant Notley lamented tax concessions for oil investors while Liberal head Nick Taylor faulted neglect of agriculture forestry and renewables.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Merv Leitch
Social Credit House
Bob Clark
Clark
NDP
Grant Notley
Ottawa
Commons pass bills for judges pay Senate seats and pollution
Parliament sped through three bills on Friday to raise judges salaries by up to 72 percent, create two northern Senate seats for Yukon and Northwest Territories, and tighten ocean pollution rules requiring permits for dumping in Canadian and international waters. Critics urged reforms to the Senate and questioned ministerial discretion, while a planned Monday debate will examine executive power.
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Knowles
Senate
Liberal
Progressive Conservative
Independent
Social Credit
Liberal Party
Canada
Firth
House of Commons
Commons
Environment
Joe Clark
Rocky Mountain
Clark
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