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NEWS RELEASE (CNS658) -->> NOTE TO EDITORS--REPEAT-EMPIRE CLUB SPEECH NOTE TO EDITORS--REPEAT-EMPIRE CLUB SPEECH ----------------------------------------------------------------- Popular support in some wealthier provinces for transferring control of social programs from Ottawa to the provinces does not sit well with some of the poorer regions of the country. This has led to Canada's so-called "have-not" provinces rejecting suggestions on re-balancing federal-provincial social responsibilities as proposed in a report by Professor Thomas Courchene. That is one of the messages Nova Scotia Premier John Savage will deliver to the Empire Club, at Toronto's Royal York Hotel, on Tuesday, Oct. 15 at 12 noon. The Premier will also debunk the myth that transfer payments to the Atlantic Region are perpetuating a syndrome of dependence in those provinces. -30- Contact: David Harrigan 902-424-6600 trp Oct. 15, 1996 - 8:40 a.m.