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Newspaper
Pas Herald
Location
The Pas, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 07, 1966
Page
3
The column notes inflation rising after a year of steady gains, with wages up an average of 12 percent and 56 percent for workers since 1960. It cites rapid industrial expansion, higher taxes, and a money shortage as factors, and warns that consumer willingness to pay drives inflation. John J. Deutsch links tariffs and dollar pegging to higher Canadian prices, urging union action as a cure.
In a continued CBC report Simpson sought comment on a meeting with the CBC President but was ruled out of order. Miss LaMarsh said the President was busy with the Commons Broadcasting Committee and cabinet meetings. The piece questions CBC public relations and notes Thompson private TV operation as having scooped them with the Grey Cup film.
Boxing Day this year falls on December 27 and employers face no legal obligation to pay overtime or holiday rates on that day. When Christmas is Sunday the holiday shifts to Monday, delaying Boxing Day. Law requires at least one and a half times regular pay or a compensatory day off for workers on the Monday following the holiday in certain conditions.
Observance of the Tuesday Boxing Holiday is left to individual employers and no law requires overtime pay. The article notes employers are not bound to pay higher rates for this holiday. It discusses how practices vary by company and region, with some offering notional time off or shift differentials at management discretion.
Page text notes Boxing Day declared as a paid holiday by many unions. Mentions players accepting it as a paid day off and references The Pas Herald dated December 7, 1966.
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