The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports is currently drafting the plan at the district and provincial level based on 500 maps of illiteracy rates and the number of illiterate individuals for all villages, districts and provinces.
The vagueness of the proposed federal rules did not stop the premier of Alberta, Ed Stelmach, from giving a defiant warning that he will stand up for the interests of Albertans (read oil industry) and will be examining the constitution to ensure that the federal government's proposed plan does not intrude on provincial jurisdiction.
This vacuum could be filled in part by provincial governors to be elected under the autonomy plan.
Mr Dion has had more success with his improvised idea for an emergency meeting of federal and provincial leaders to come up with a government plan for the economy.
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It has put off needed structural reforms of provincial finance and the state, although it does plan measures to slim the cost of politics.
The shares to be sold are owned by the U.S. Treasury, a union-run trust and Canadian federal and provincial governments, said the people familiar with the plan.
These reductions are attributed in large part to the efforts of provincial and local leaders and their strong commitment to a comprehensive counternarcotics plan that has helped to transition farmers away from poppy.
Plan Nord infrastructure development includes as a key focus extending provincial highway route 167 into the Otish Mountains, a move that is seen as a positive step for the development of mining in Quebec.
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The route is a major highway in Quebec and its extension was included in Plan Nord, an initiative announced last month by mining firms and the provincial government to develop gold and other mining projects in northern Quebec.
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Though Mr. Campbell talks of toughening a balanced-budget law, he has also admitted that his plan to reduce income taxes without making big spending cuts means renewed deficits in provincial finances until 2004.
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