EMC: Abstract: CBC-TV News in Review: November 1990*

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CBC-TV News in Review: November 1990*

• 1990 ----- color ----- 47 min ----- vhs
• Segments: 1. The Senate and the GST (13 min), chaos caused by a Liberal filibuster in the Senate opposed to the proposed Goods and Services Tax; 2. (a) The UN Children's Summit, (b) Talk-Back with Karen Webb (10 min), new policies being implemented following The World Summit for Children at the United Nations; 3. The Persian Gulf Oil Crisis (10 min), raising of oil prices in Canada, a net exporter of oil, caused by the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait; 4. The October Crisis Twenty Years Later (9 min), the October 1970 kidnapping of diplomat James Cross and labor Minister Pierre Laporte by the Front de Liberation de Quebec, which led to the declaration of martial law in fear of a major FLQ-led insurrection. (Extensive study guide available upon request) (Donated by the Department of Canadian Studies) (Restricted to use by institutions of learning within the State of Washington only)
• Topics: (Canadian Studies, Economics, History: Canadian, International Business, Political Science: Canadian, Television)

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