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Pets can expose humans to
infectious diseases parasites
COMMONS TAKES BREAK
The Liberal Government's
Election Expenses Bill. received
Royal Assent just before
Parliamept recessed, for six
weeks.
• The Election Expenses
legislation restricts campaign
spending by candidates and
political parties and requires
disclosure of donors who
contribute $100 or more.
The Energy Allocation Bill, the
Oil Export Tax Act and the
Wiretapping legislation _also
received final Parliamentary
approval.
The House of Commons recess
will extend until February 26. The
recess came after 202 days of
sittings. HOUSING STARTS
central Mortgage
and =Housing Corporation has
reported a record number of
housing starts across Canada for
the third consecutive year. There
were 265,000 housing starts in
1973, an increase of 6% over
1972.
MORE CASH TO FARMERS
Canadian farmers' total cash
receipts from farming operations
in all provinces except Newfound-
land for the period of January to
November, totalled an estimated
$6.34 billion, an crease of 31.2%
from the $4,83 billion total of
1972.
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
Unemployment in Canada,
seasonally adjusted, remained
unchanged at 5.6% during the
month of December.
HOUSING BOOM GOOD
Urban Affairs Minister Ron
Basford said on a television
program that if housing construc-
tion continued at its present
record level, it will help reduce
housing prices.
"Construction and production
has exceeded for quite some
years the rate of family
formations in this country.
Obviously, if we maintain this
kind of construction, which I think
we can, we will have a depressing
effect on prices."
Mr. Basford also stated that
most of the budget of Central
Mortgage and Housing. Corpora-
tion is aimed at the housing
problems of senior citizens, and
low income people.
JULES LEGER INSTALLED
Jules •Leger, Quebec-born
career diplomat, was installed as
Canada's 21st Governor General,
in a colourful ceremony in the
Senate Chamber of the
Parliament Buildings.
Mr. Leger is only the fourth
Catiadian and the second of
French-Canadian origin' to serve
as this country's Governor
General.
ENERGY CONFERENCE
At the end of two days of talks,
the federal government and the
provinces agreed to carry on the
voluntary oil and' gas price
freeze in Eastern Canada until the
end of March. They will also work
towards a national price for crude ,
oil after April 1.
The meeting with the premiers
averted an anticipated 12 cent a
gallon increase on gasoline, and
heating, oil in the Maritimes and
Quebec over the next two months.
Pritne Minister Trudeau
announced that the federal
government will 'provide $240
million in subsidies to keep retail
prices at today's levels.
After April 1, a one-price
syttem for crude oil will come into
effect. However, no agreement
was reached on what that• price
will be Or the source of the funds''
needed to finance 'a single
national price.
It was also agreed that the price
of Alberta crude oil will remain
frozen at the present $4 level
through February• and March;
while the price of Saskatchewan
oil for Canadian industrial
consumers will be increased by $1
a barrel next month and for U.S.
consumers by $2 a barrel, with all
the revenue going to the
province.
Energy Ministery Donald
Macdonald told the conference
that the federal government is
looking at new forms of energy for
the future and plans to control the
development of uranium to
guarantee supplies for Canada.
Ottawa will provide funds to
expand the exploration for
uranium and will introduce
legislation to limit foreign
ownership of_ this resource.
There was general agreement
among the premiers that the
conference was a success in that it
moved the country closer to an
energy policy that will serve the
needs of all Canadians.
QUEBEC LIBERALS MEET
Some 1,500 delegates and
observe .rs attended the two-day
convention of the Quebec wing of
the federal Liberal Party in
Montreal last weekend.
Prime Minister Trudeau and
federal Cabinet Ministers from
Quebec attended the convention.
' The Prime Minister called on the
Eastern Provinces to support the
federal policy of "one price for all
Canadians" for petroleum
products.
The 1,230 -delegates
participated in policy workshops
on regional development, energy,
and• inflation and cost of living;
and elected former federal
Postmaster General Senator
Jean-Pierre Cote as President of
the Quebec Liberal Party.
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Man when he domesticated the
dog and cat to serve as his
companion animals, increased his
exposure to infectious and
parasitic diseases. In spite of
some sixty-five diseases that dogs
and cats are capable of transmit-
ting to man, citizens of most
countries show little concern
about the role of pets in the
spread of disease according to
Harry C. Rowsell, Department of
Pathology, University of Ottawa.
The exceptions are Iceland and
Greece where dog ownership is
discouraged b ecause of the
Echinococcus t ape worm problem
which produces hydatid disease
in man.
On the other hand many
Canadians and residents of the
United States protest against free
roaming pets, the damage they
inflect on property, the nuisance
and pollution they produce, the
cause of pet induced • road
accidents and the terror created
by viscious dogs.
Further annoyance to many are
the attitudes and actions of some
pet owners who more and more ,
attempt to turn their pets into
people, pets as surrogate children
or husbands, pets as heirs, pets
over people, pet cosmetics and
pet funerals, Mr. Rowsell said.
In spite of these concerns, pets
increase in number in Canada,.
Each year pounds and humane
societies are forced to handle an
increased number of free roaming
stray and unwanted pets. It is
estimated in Canada that 'in 1973
between 1/2 million and one
Million unwanted dogs and cats
were destroyed.
People not satisfied 'with the
usual pets hayed turned to exotic
animals such as ocelots, margays,
monkeys, boa constrictors,
racoons, skunks., etc.
Documented cases increase, of
infectious disease transmitted to
human beings, of injuries, of the
menacing of human life; caused
by • animals that should have
remained in their natural habitat
The animals as well have
suffered, unnecessarily, because
of the lack of understanding of
proper care for these captive wild
species.
Small wonder there are many
citizens leaning towards the •
promotion of a Petiess society,
Pet owners must develop great
responsibility or face th
unfortunate day of a life with°
pets, resulting In the loss
important and valuabl
companionship -all because the
haven't been fair or responsibl
to their pets or to their fello
citizens, Mr. Rowse
emphasized.
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