Word: ottawa
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Ottawa...
GORDON LESLIE Ottawa...
...bound to be buoyant. The year had begun with some 500,000 unemployed, and with spreading fears that Canada's postwar boom might be collapsing. Not only did such fears turn out to be unfounded, but 1955 turned out to be the best year Canada ever had. In Ottawa last week, the chief watchman of the country's economy, Trade and Commerce Minister C.D. Howe, cited these indicators...
...past year, Canadian politicians have protested loudly about U.S. wheat exports, angrily claiming that U.S. "giveaways" and bargain-price wheat deals were ruining Canada's foreign markets. Last week Canadians found themselves on the receiving end of a similar blast. New Zealand filed an official protest in Ottawa against the dumping of low-priced Canadian butter in Europe, where it is underselling New Zealand butter...
...Saskatchewan, idle farmers swamped the National Employment Service with job applications. Last week the government offered a stopgap plan for the government to guarantee bank loans to farmers with stocks of unsalable grain. The scheme disappointed many farmers, who had hoped for straight cash advances on their crops. Meanwhile, Ottawa prepared to send a delegation of trade experts to Geneva this week to fight for renewal of the International Wheat Agreement and its system of orderly marketing. If they fail, the international fire sale in wheat may start in earnest...