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...national constitutional reform to a halt. His decisive no in the Manitoba legislative assembly not only doomed a complex pact designed to put the Canadian confederation on a new footing but also sent the country's political leadership back to the drawing board. Spurred in part by the Manitoban's stubborn stand, federal and provincial leaders agreed for the first time that a revised constitution must recognize native peoples' "inherent right to self-government...
Atop Winnipeg's limestone Legislative Building stands a statue of a naked boy with a sheaf of wheat under one arm. Manitobans dub him the "Spirit of Enterprise' see something symbolic in the fact that he faces north. Last week every Manitoban looked northward...
...Dogged Manitoban farmers know that Garson, who came into the premiership after a tight-fisted stint as provincial treasurer, is no spendthrift. If he was convinced that now was the time to splurge and make Manitoba a more prosperous province, they" were ready to give him what he wants...
Under the terms of the measure the Manitoban Government will appoint a commission of three members to administer the sale of drink as a beverage in permanent or temporary residences of permit holders. Breweries will be permitted to deliver to the homes of purchasers, and liquor sold in Government stores may also be delivered. This system corresponds roughly to those adopted by the Governments of British Columbia and Quebec...
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