Word: macdonald
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Ultima MacDonald said she thinks the delay was cuased by "the long, complicated ballot...
...more of a hitting club," said sophomore defenseman Mike MacDonald, "because we can't match the speed of last year's team...
...least once in recent history, moreover, revelations of Cabinet discussions had brought down a Labour Prime Minister. In 1923 the first Labour Cabinet in Britain's history attempted to quash the prosecution of a communist for incitement to rebel. Ramsey MacDonald, who was Prime Minister at the time, claimed that he had not been consulted in the matter and had not acquiesced in the decision. This outraged the professional civil servants who play a much more important role in Whitehall than in Washington. The Cabinet Secretary circulated a memo around government offices in which MacDonald's assertion...
...felt he had little choice but to opt for controls. Scarcely a month ago, popular Finance Minister John Turner focused public attention on the issue when he gave up trying to win support for voluntary wage-price restraints and quit the Liberal Cabinet. His replacement, former Energy Minister Donald Macdonald, was promptly handed two choices by ministry staffers: an outright 90-day freeze on all wages and prices, plus other rigid measures-the policy advocated by the Conservatives-or a program of selective controls combined with cutbacks in federal spending. Macdonald and Trudeau chose the latter, partly to avoid...
...Trudeau-Macdonald plan is aimed at cutting inflation to 4% in three years, but it plainly faces formidable obstacles. It covers less than 50% of Canada's work force, exempts key industries such as agriculture and fishing, and is opposed by the powerful Canadian Labor Congress. Moreover, it permits wage boosts up to 12% for workers who have been unable to catch up with past increases in the cost of living. To be effective, it will clearly need strong support from the frequently independent-minded governments of the nation's ten provinces. In addition, it is markedly different...