920 Year Book 1978-79

Fundy-Royal, resigned from the House of Com­ fédéral government announced spending of $13,6 mons to become head of the new Human Rights million in the next 18 months for films, exhibits Commission, Aug. 15, Manpower and Immigration and other projects designed to tell more Minister officially became the minister about their country. Sept. 16, Prime Minister of employment and immigration with the merger Trudeau announced 11 changes in the Cabinet; of his department with the unemployment among ministers appointed were Jean Chrétien to insurance commission; new législation set up the Finance, to Industry, Trade and Canada Employment and Immigration Commis­ Commerce, and to the newly created sion, the Department of Employment and Im­ Ministry of State for Federal-Provincial Relations, migration, and the Canada Employment and Sept. 20, Canada and the US formally signed an Immigration Advisory Council, Aug. 19, Nine agreement in to build a natural gas pipeline provincial leaders rejected Québec Premier across the Yukon to move Alaskan fuel to US Lévesque's call for reciprocal language agree­ markets. Justice Minister announced ments to guarantee English-language éducation the appointment of the first women named to the for English-speaking neweomers to Québec from BC and Nova Scotia suprême courts: Constance other provinces in return for the same rights for Glube, Halifax city manager, to the Suprême Court French-speaking minorities in the other of Nova Scotia and County Court Judge P,M. provinces; the nine premiers asserted that lan­ Proudfoot to the Suprême Court of BC. Sept. 29, guage rights were not to be subject to deals. Aug. Appointed to the Suprême Court of Canada were 22, Rev. George Milledge Tuttle, Edmonton, William Estey, head of the Ontario Court of Appeal elected Moderator of the United Church of and chief justice of Ontario, replacing retired Mr, Canada. Aug. 24, Northern Québec Inuit commu­ Justice Wilfred Judson, and Yves Pratte, former nities demonstrated against Bill 101 in Fort chairman of Air Canada, replacing Mr. Justice Chimo, forcing closure of ail provincial offices Louis-Philippe de Grandpré. Sept. 30, As part of an and removing ail provincial fiags, Aug. 26, The overhaul of bilingualism policies in the public Québec National Assembly passed Bill 101, the service, the fédéral government announced a Charter of the French Language, phasing out of language training and bilingualism pay bonuses by 1983; those wishing to advance in the public service would still hâve to be bilingual, said Robert Andras, président of the Treasury Board. The Suprême Court of Canada upheld a September New Brunswick lower court ruiing that two or more Sept. 6, The Canadian Wheat Board announced its breath analysis samples are necessary to convict a first sale of wheat to Vietnam, approximately person of driving while under the inffuence of 120,000 tonnes (4,4 million bushels), to be shipped alcohol. from Pacific Coast ports between October 1977 and March 1978. Fédéral Finance Minister Donald Macdonald resigned from the Cabinet for personal reasons and said he would not run in the next fédéral élection, The législature was October dissolved and a provincial élection set for October Oct. 3, Finance Minister Chrétien announced II. Death of Leslie McFarlane, 74, playwright, government plans to transfer 2,500 full-time and producer, and author of the first 20 books of The 1,500 part-time public service jobs out of Ottawa in Hardy Boys séries, in Whitby, Ont. Conversion of the next five years. The fédéral government highway signs from miles to kilomètres was begun announced a formai inquiry into possible violations in ail provinces except Québec and Nova Scotia. of the Combines Investigation Act by members of Sept. 7, Cindy Nicholas, Scarborough, Ont., be­ a government-approved cartel in the marketing of came the first woman to complète a two-way, non- uranium, Oct. 6, Québec Superior Court Judge stop swim of the English Channel; her time of 19 Perry Meyer ruled unconstitutional a section of the hours, 55 minutes chopped 10 hours off the world province's Charter of the French Language requir­ record. General Motors of Canada declared it ing ail court documents to be filed in French; the would not commit itself to new federal-provincial BNA Act assures that either English or French may voluntary rust résistance standards on its 1978 be used in Québec courts, Oct. 7, Stephen Juba, models despite government plans to legislate the mayor of since 1956, announced he standards if the industry failed to meet them. Sept. would not seek re-election in the October civic 9, The fédéral government and the Public Service élections. Oct. 11, In Manitoba's provincial élection Alliance of Canada agreed on a bilingual bonus of Sterling Lyon's Progressive Conservative Party $800 a year for bureaucrats required to use both ended the eight-year NDP government of Ed officiai languages, The Québec government Schreyer, winning 33 seats; the NDP won 23 and launched a 10-year program to educate Quebecers the Libérais one, Oct. 14, The Senate agriculture on nutrition and counteract the growing number of committee recommended stiff new restrictions on malnutrition-related diseases. Sept. 13, Québec beef imports to protect Canadian beef producers appointed Yves Michaud as permanent delegate to from low-priced world compétition, Oct. 15, international organizations to promote an exchange William Rowe elected leader of the Newfoundiand of views with the rest of the world. Sept. 14, The Libéral Party, defeating incumbent Ed Roberts.