Synthesis: A review of events reported in the Canadian press
Volume VII Number 4
http://www.connexions.org/CxArchive/Synthesis-1979-Volume07-Number04.pdf
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Date Written: 1979-04-30
Publisher: Canadian News Synthesis Project, Toronto, Canada
Year Published: 1979
Pages: 28pp Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
Cx Number: CX12236
Synthesis is the journal of the Canadian News Synthesis Project. Previously known as the Canadian News Synthesis Project (1974 - 1976), Synthesis analyzes and presents current news coverage of the most important economic, political and cultural forces in Canadian Society, using major newspapers from across the country.
April 1979 issue.
Abstract:
Is the new General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs a step toward liberalized world trade? An in-depth look at GATT indicates loopholes to tariff reductions as non-tariff barries remain; GATT pact discriminates against Third World nations, more than 60 Third World nations boycot initialling of GATT documents in April, criticize GATT as the "rich man's club"; federal election campaign nearing end, critical issues receive little attention; controversy over Ontario's deteriorating health care system continues; OHIP premiums rose 13 per cent last year, yet patients still pay supplemental fees to doctors who dropped out of OHIP program; Ontario government reduces active treatment hospital beds in province.
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