Spin doctors in Ottawa face a tough week as Meech talks stall
Ottawa’s political insiders dubbed the Spinners turn up the heat amid Meech Lake debate. Mulroney defends handling while Chrétien fights a shifting stance. Journalists and Liberals push back as scanning coverage exposes spin versus reality ahead of key caucus meetings and Newfoundland visit. Dutly hosts Sunday Edition at CKY-TV.
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Lowell Murray
Clyde Wells
Globe & Mail
Mulroney
PMO
Globe
Meech
Nova Scotia
Dan Nowlan
Liberal Party
Jean Chretien
Cretien
Chateau Laurier
Wells
Manitoba
Sharon Carstairs
Chretien
Calgary
Paul Martin
Sheila Copps
John Crosbie
Newfoundland
Dutly
Cky-Tv
Conservation in Towns and Dust Bowl Memories
A reminiscence on prairie conservation from the Dust Bowl era. The piece ties towns adopting shelterbelts and tree planting to historic droughts, notes the 1834 windstorm on the eastern slopes, and recalls PFRA efforts led by George Spence and L B Thomson promoting dugouts and new tillage amid topsoil loss.
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CNR
Regina
Neidpath
Red
Rockies
Great Lakes
Washington
Wall Street
John Palliser
Prairie Provinces
Manitoba Proud After Meech Lake Accord Fallout
In the Ottawa crisis Manitoba’s Premier Gary Filmon defends democratic process and vows never again to repeat secret talks. The piece credits Manitoba leaders for holding public hearings and stresses provincial resolve amid national uproar while praising Filmon’s stance and personal resilience.
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Meech Lake
Ottawa
Gary Filmon
Manitoba
Churchill
Izzy Asper
Asper
Quebec
P.S
Promises to Farmers Fall Short in Rate Relief Plan
Liberal Agriculture Critic Laurie Evans calls Manitoba 1990 farm loan relief limited and ill timed. He notes the 23.9 million cap, 40 per acre limit, two installments, and reversion to original rates, arguing the program aids few and fails to reach the promised 200 million.
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Manitoba
New GST shakeup sparks small business debate
Ottawa and Toronto staged press events as Revenue Minister Otto Jelinek unveiled a quick method for calculating GST owed by small firms. CFIB president John Bulloch condemned the plan as a flawed two tier approach that risks harming competition and consumer costs.
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Terry O'Shaughnessy
Otto Jelinek
Ottawa
Toronto
Jelinek
Canadian Federation of Independent Business
CFIB
John Bullock
Bulloch
Revenue Canada
Ing
Muick
Canadian doctors decry no smoking ban on flights
To the Editor Canadian physicians express disappointment with the federal decision not to implement a smoking ban on international flights by Canadian carriers. They argue airline profits and tobacco interests take precedence over Canadians health and welfare and urge leadership from Hon Doug Lewis and his government.
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Doug Lewis
Marcien Fournier
CSP
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Gary Doer
Joe Ghiz
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Laurie E. Evans
Agricul
T—Ure
Russell
Russell Banner
Main Street
Chaloner Publishers
Clayton G. Chaloner
P.O
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United States
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