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An ex-Ottawa mandarin looks at Canada's growth rate
An ex-Ottawa mandarin looks at Canada's growth rate

An ex-Ottawa mandarin looks at Canada's growth rate

Date12/5/1979
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Original Toronto Star caption: An ex-Ottawa mandarin looks at Canada's growth rate. Better than most, but not good enough, says Sylvia Ostry in Paris
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0072038F
In the president's seat: As chief of Canada's eighth-largest publicly owned energy company, Ed Battle has a lot on his mind these days. He's a Canadian citizen and he's listened to by the Ottawa mandarins who put together this country's controversial national energy policy. Norcen has 27,000 shareholders and $1.2 billion in assets.
In the president's seat: As chief of Canada's eighth-largest publicly owned energy company, Ed Battle has a lot on his mind these days. He's a Canadian citizen and he's listened to by the Ottawa mandarins who put together this country's controversial national energy policy. Norcen has 27,000 shareholders and $1.2 billion in assets.
4/23/1981
Sounding a sweet note for Canada's music industry is W. J. I. Croombs, president of Boosey and Hawkes Canada Ltd. and the Canadian Music Industries Association. Industry, with a growth rate of 10-15 per cent, is holding its annual trade show in Toronto with 46 manufacturers and distributors on hand.
Sounding a sweet note for Canada's music industry is W. J. I. Croombs, president of Boosey and Hawkes Canada Ltd. and the Canadian Music Industries Association. Industry, with a growth rate of 10-15 per cent, is holding its annual trade show in Toronto with 46 manufacturers and distributors on hand.
8/25/1975
Action urged: David Macdonald, director of Ottawa's African famine-relief program, shows areas of Sudan visited by a Canadian fact-finding delegation to Sudan, as Stephen Lewis, Canada's ambassador to the United Nations, looks on yesterday
Action urged: David Macdonald, director of Ottawa's African famine-relief program, shows areas of Sudan visited by a Canadian fact-finding delegation to Sudan, as Stephen Lewis, Canada's ambassador to the United Nations, looks on yesterday
3/3/1985
Karen Kain dances the role of the mother and Jeremy Ransom (holding her) is the son in the National Ballet of Canada's production of The Miraculous Mandarin
Karen Kain dances the role of the mother and Jeremy Ransom (holding her) is the son in the National Ballet of Canada's production of The Miraculous Mandarin
5/4/1993
High among Ottawa mandarins and in the academic world
High among Ottawa mandarins and in the academic world
12/6/1973
Mickey Cohen: A former Ottawa mandarin and a key executive in the Reichmann empire, Cohen says he saw an opportunity at Molson too good to pass up
Mickey Cohen: A former Ottawa mandarin and a key executive in the Reichmann empire, Cohen says he saw an opportunity at Molson too good to pass up
10/18/1988
Protest rally: Mortage protester Viv Woolford - who quit his $25,000-a-year job to organize opposition to high interest rates - looks on during yesterday's protest rally
Protest rally: Mortage protester Viv Woolford - who quit his $25,000-a-year job to organize opposition to high interest rates - looks on during yesterday's protest rally
3/5/1980
Brian Doe, 29-year-old Briton, heads the British Ever Ready Co.'s assault on the Canadian battery market - estimated at $40 million a year. Doe, backed by a hefty advertising budget, hopes to capture 25 percent of battery sales in this country within five years. Growth rate in demand is about 8 per cent annually.
Brian Doe, 29-year-old Briton, heads the British Ever Ready Co.'s assault on the Canadian battery market - estimated at $40 million a year. Doe, backed by a hefty advertising budget, hopes to capture 25 percent of battery sales in this country within five years. Growth rate in demand is about 8 per cent annually.
10/29/1969
Big Daddy urged, without mentioning his name, the re-election of Mayor Philip Givens next Monday to keep up Toronto's explosive rate of expansion and growth
Big Daddy urged, without mentioning his name, the re-election of Mayor Philip Givens next Monday to keep up Toronto's explosive rate of expansion and growth
11/30/1966
Mandarin's mandarins: Herbert Chang, left, is chairman and Joseph Au-Yeung is vice-chairman of the Mandarin Club, an organization for business people set atop a shopping mall at Dundas St. and Spadina Ave.
Mandarin's mandarins: Herbert Chang, left, is chairman and Joseph Au-Yeung is vice-chairman of the Mandarin Club, an organization for business people set atop a shopping mall at Dundas St. and Spadina Ave.
12/9/1988
His craggy good looks have been compared to Paul Newman's but so far stardom has evaded Canada's Scott Hylands
His craggy good looks have been compared to Paul Newman's but so far stardom has evaded Canada's Scott Hylands
7/7/1981
Mr. Big: Harry Gardiner of Hallifax, chosen Canada's Big Brother of the year last night at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, holds a painting awarded to him as his Little Brother, Kelvin Dion, 15, looks at it.
Mr. Big: Harry Gardiner of Hallifax, chosen Canada's Big Brother of the year last night at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, holds a painting awarded to him as his Little Brother, Kelvin Dion, 15, looks at it.
2/23/1982