B C plans gas agency to regulate natural gas
Victoria BC government aims to draft a fall bill creating a Crown agency with powers to produce process transmit and market natural gas in the province. Attorney General Alex Macdonald called it urgent and said action may come this session. The move would end Westcoast Transmission's monopoly by reclassifying it as a contract carrier.
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Victoria
British Columbia
Alex Macdonald
B.C. Energy Commission
Macdonald
Crown Agency
Dave Barrett
Crown
Westcoast Transmission Co. Ltd
B.C
Alberta Gas Trunk Line Co
Ed Phillips
Westcoast
Commission
Italy Accepts Libyan Apology After Warship Strafe
Libyan fighters attacked the Italian corvette Pietro de Cristofaro in international waters off Libya, injuring two sailors. Prime Minister Abdel-Salam Jalloud apologized to the Italian ambassador, saying jets did not realize the ship was Italian and promising assistance. No formal protest will be made.
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Rome
Reuter
Italy
Libya
Pietro de Cristofaro
Mediterranean
Abdel-Salam Jalloud
Jalloud
U.S. not surprised by Canadian beef tariff
U.S. officials quote relief at Canada's reimposed three cent per pound beef tariff and 1.5 cent live cattle levy while noting little immediate impact on cross border cattle traffic. They say the move restores balance amid a period of market distortion and parallel Canadian imports from the United States.
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Bruce Levett Washington
United States
State Department
Canada
U.S
Agriculture Department
Eugene Whelan
Whelan
U.S. Agriculture Department
Saskatchewan premier unveils anti inflation drive on air
Premier Allan Blakeney used a 62 minute radio television broadcast to announce policy steps to ease inflation. Abolishing medical care premiums, raising welfare payments, and boosting the minimum wage to two dollars an hour were laid out, with broad coverage across provinces media. Critics quickly assailed the measures.
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Garry Fairbairn
Regina
Allan Blakeney
Saskatchewan
Lloydminster
Blakeney Budget Prompts Inflation Warnings In Regina
Opposition Leader Dave Steuart condemns measures as inflationary while praising higher welfare payments. Regina Chamber of Commerce president Austin Hunt and local businessmen fear inflation from the announcement and the higher minimum wage. Blakeney acknowledges some inflationary effect and outlines steps to hold cost of living, with two staged welfare increases starting Nov 1 and Jan 1 to align with federal family allowances.
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Dave Steuart
Steuart
Regina Chamber of Commerce
Austin Hunt
Regina
Blakeney
MPs Back on Holidays Back on Session In Canada House
MPs return to work after a summer recess extended by a rail strike and inflation concerns. The Liberal minority government proposed measures to cushion rising living costs for pensioners and families while opposition calls pressed for broader controls and a larger family allowance. NDP leader David Lewis praised parliament as constructive and outlined a shopping list for resumed sessions.
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National Rail
New Democrats
Conservative
NDP
David Lewis
Lewis
Syncrude
Athabaska Tar Sands
Alberta
Otto Lang
Lewis condemns Syncrude oil sands plan as rip off
New Democrat Leader David Lewis attacked Alberta and Syncrude Canada's Athabasca oil sands development as an obvious rip-off. He urged a fully public plan and a federal national oil policy to cover the Syncrude deal. The plan envisages about 1 billion dollars total, with 700 to 750 million borrowed and Alberta contributing 200 million for 20 percent equity.
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Ottawa
New Democrat
David Lewis
Alberta
Syncrude Canada Ltd
Athabasca
The
Commons
Canadians Seek Refuge Inside Chilean Embassy
Five Canadians have taken shelter in the Canadian embassy in Santiago after Chile's coup, with three others detained. Ambassador Andrew Ross said Canadians in the embassy number about 260 abroad, and the scene includes several non-Canadians seeking safe passage. Canada will support rescue efforts and arrange safe conduct where possible, while recognizing the new regime is not yet recognized.
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Guy Demarino
Southam
Ottawa
Santiago
Chile
Andrew Ross
Ross
Mr. Ross
Salvador Allende
Canada
Mitchell Sharp
Sharp
Department
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