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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.Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Victor de Bedia Oland.Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland – Ewart John Arlington Harnum.Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Hédard Robichaud.Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – William John McKeag.
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Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – John Robert Nicholson.Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Grant MacEwan.Provincial governments Lieutenant governors Chief Justice – Gérald Fauteux ( Quebec).