Government pensions are indexed to cost of living.December 14 - Muriel McQueen Fergusson becomes the first female Speaker of the Senate of Canada.December - The government's Parliamentary Flag Program begins.November 9 - Anik I, the world's first non-military communications satellite is launched.October 30 - Federal election: Pierre Trudeau's Liberals win a minority.September 27 - The sale of fire crackers is banned in Canada.September 15 - David Barrett becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing W.A.C.September 12 - Heritage Canada is established.Except for one returned in an attempt to negotiate a ransom, none of the paintings have been recovered nor have the thieves ever been identified publicly. September 4 – Armed robbers steal 18 paintings, including a Rembrandt, along with 38 pieces of jewellery, from the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, valued at $2 million at the time in what is not only Canada's largest art theft but its largest theft of private property ever.September 1 - An arson attack on the Blue Bird Café in Montreal kills 37 and leads to nationwide changes to fire codes.August 30 - Frank Arthur Calder becomes the first Native Cabinet minister in Canadian history when he is appointed to the Cabinet of British Columbia.July 21 - Global Television Network network licence approved by the CRTC.
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July 14 - Donald MacDonald of the Canadian Labour Congress becomes the first non-European head of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions.June 16 - The Churchill Falls hydro-electric facility opens.May 31 - The "member" level of the Order of Canada is created.April 15 - Canada and the United States sign the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement.February 25 - The Pickering Nuclear Power Plant opens.February 1 - The Atlantic Pilotage Authority is established.January 18 - Frank Moores becomes premier of Newfoundland, replacing Joey Smallwood, who had governed for 23 years.January 1 - Canada's capital gains tax comes into effect.January 1 - Canada's ban on cigarette advertisements on film, radio, and television goes into effect.January 1 - Winnipeg is merged into a megacity.Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Stuart Milton Hodgson.Premier of Saskatchewan – Allan Blakeney.Premier of Prince Edward Island – Alexander B.Premier of Newfoundland – Joey Smallwood (until January 18) then Frank Moores.Premier of New Brunswick – Richard Hatfield.Bennett (until September 15) then Dave Barrett Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Stephen Worobetz.Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Hugues Lapointe.Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – John George MacKay.Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – William Ross Macdonald.
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