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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 27, 1978
Page
3
The piece argues Geneva is a costly locale for Canadians to visit while officials attend GATT talks in 1978. It claims GATT favors the US Japan and West Germany, imposes universal tariffs, and blocks side deals for poorer nations like Canada. The tone is critical of public expense and the perceived inequities of the trade talks.
John Bulloch of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business criticizes GATT as a fraud and argues for one on one trade talks to protect weaker nations like Canada. He warns group negotiations favor powerful economies and calls for renewed bargaining and bringing negotiators home from Geneva.
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business promotes a “think small” editorial stance encouraging small business focus. It emphasizes practical solutions, reduced regulation, and local entrepreneurship to drive growth and resilience.
A lyrical ode to Canada's frontier, peoples, and unity. It celebrates settlers from diverse backgrounds including Inuit, English, Scottish, Irish, French, Norse, Jewish, Slavic, Mediterranean, and German communities, and extols shared national progress under Queen Victoria's decree. The piece envisions a pluralist, thriving nation built on cooperation and cultural blending across regions and ages.
Premier Sterling Lyon stressed the importance of agriculture to Manitoba and the North American market system while welcoming about 2,000 delegates from 55 countries to the 6th International Cereal and Bread Congress in Winnipeg. He praised farm families as hardworking and influential, urging delegates to recognize the farmer’s central role in productivity.
In Winnipeg, the center of western agrarian settlement, agriculture forms a core of the provincial economy. The city hosts the Canadian Wheat Board, Canadian Grain Commission, Canada Grains Council, and major grain companies, with the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange and a leading agricultural research hub. The premier praised the international congress on feeding a growing world population as a peaceful, humanitarian goal. Forest fire data show 1,442 July fires across Canada, 89,000 hectares burned, with season totals at 4,723 fires and 160,000 hectares.
Renewable Resources and Transportation Services Minister Ken MacMaster reports Manitoba’s forest fire acreage this year will be about 15 percent of last year’s total. About 15,000 of 37,200 acres burned occurred in a major Snow Lake fire. last year’s loss was 255,718 acres. Fighting costs are expected near 2.5 million dollars versus 3.5 million last year.
Comparable figures show 7,164 fires and 644 000 hectares, while seasonal decade averages stand at 6 070 fires and 873 000 hectares.
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