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National energy policy Angus rink advances advocated by Stevens By SINCLAIR STEVENS MP York Simcoe Development of the Canadian north is being delayed through indecision in Ottawa As the world faces an energy shortage the rich potential of this huge area lies unharnass ed Costs rise Opportunities pass The plight of Dome Petroleum is an interesting ex ample of the problem Ten years ago Dome an all Cana dian company was encourag ed to look for oil and gas in the Beaufort Sea Nine years ago they reached an agreement with federal authorities which respect to this exploration Now having spent over $100 million they still cannot get permission to sink their first of sixteen drill holes Dome feels they have met every require ment laid down to protect the ecology of the area and that there will be no interference with local native groups who live over 100 miles from the drilling sites BUREAUCRACY Part of Domes problem and the problem of similar developers is that the Trudeau administration has kept chang ing the ministers involved with northern development Conse quently there is an almost continuous educational job re quired There is no national energy policy There are no set objectives The Mackenzie Valley Pipeline is further example of indecision at the Ottawa level There is no doubt there are plentiful gas reserves in our arctic region and there is tremondous market in the south for the fuel but Ottawa still cannot make up its mind as to how this energy should be transported to its waiting market There is almost endless discussion review and study Native groups have been funded by Ottawa to study the matter and in turn these groups now make extensive claims including claim to the land itself WAFFLE GROUP One group is currently being advised by Mel Watkins at reported salary of $40000 per year Mr Watkins was leader in the radical Waffle Group of the NDP The matter must be put into perspective Twentythree million Canadians live south of the 60th Parallel North of that line the North West Territories and the Yukon encompass third of Canada with popula tion less than the number of people who pass through the doors of the Commerce Court and the TorontoDominion Cen tre every day This northern population of 50000 is made up of approx imately 55 per cent European descent 25 per cent Eskimo and 20 per cent Indian In my opinion it is important that tany legitimate native claims be settled equitably and promp tly But the settlement of these claims must not delay the development of an area that could be of great benefit to all Canadians During my recent visit to Yellowknife Commissioner Hodgson told me it is often forgotten that most proposed development in our territory is below ground and will have lit tle effect on the natural ter rain An oil well gas well or pipeline will be barely noticeable on the surface DOUBLE STANDARDS Yet Ottawa appears to have double standards When they decided to build the Pickering Airport development that would have great ecology and area impact the Canadian authorities had no hesitation in expropriating or at least freez ing 80000 acres northest of Toronto irrespective of the wishes of the owners of the land There was no suggestion that they would delay the develop ment of the airport until all land settlements had been com pleted They were determined to build the airport and to settle ecology matters and any com pensation claims in due course Similarly when pipelines have been built in the Canadian south the federal government has moved first and settled claims later Why should there be dif ferent standard in the Cana dian north when the WI being of 23 million Canadians is at stake NEWS OF STROUD By MRS CAMPBELL On Monday evening March 15 Mrs Norma Webb was hostess for the Gae 49 club members The guest speaker for the evening Mrs Jane Gebb of Flower Fair brought breath of beauty and spring as she demonstrated flower ar rangements with live flowers tall arrangement for hall or corner table and low arrange ment for coffee or dinner table drew admiring comments The beautiful corsage made was presented to the hostess CANVASSING Mrs Lynda Sylvester presi dent welcomed all and con ducted the business The club decided to take on the doorto door canvass for the Cancer Society and has set up co ordinating committee As this was end of the clubs year Lynda thanked all for co operation during her term of office New slate of officers presi dent Inez Spence vice president Gladys New secretary Teressa Sabin treasurer Pat Drabble welfare Jessy Small and Nor ma Webb SENIOR CITIZENS As Stroud senior citizens gathered for their March 16 meeting they were greeted with toetapping Irish music by Mr and Mrs Bert Mulholland as Bert played violin and F10 accompanied him Gerry Denhart of New Horizons committee spoke briefly to the group and told us in the near future it is planned to try and complete some of the first grants to help with office bookkeeping He also answered questions from members Happy birthday was sung to three members and all en joyed more music supplied by the Mulhollands following ad journment Bid euchre and progressive euchre were en joyed COIN WINNER Congratulations to Mrs Bert Mulholland who was the lucky winner of the coin set donated for the opening of the Toronto Dominion Bank in the plaza Flo also won an IGA bingo card that week Is it the luck of the Irish Flo am sure most of you receiv ed local history question naire sent out by Mrs Lynda Sylvester do hope you filled it out If you first put it aside how about taking few minutes to complete and mail it The ad dress and stamp are already on the sheets Perhaps in six weeks time we will have more of the findings WOMENS INSTITUTE Mrs John Cowan president welcomed members and visitors to the March meeting of Stroud Womens Institute on Thursday afternoon and read spring poem It was decided to give dona tion to the cancer fund through the Gae 49 club which is organizing doortodoor canvas donation was also voted to local minor hockey Apprecia tion was expressed for help at official opening of complex Mrs Hand board director gave the report of the Simcoe Kempenfelt district meeting held Tuesday March 16 District annual meeting will be held May 11 in Orange Hall Ivy with Ivy and Littles Hill Branches as hostesses The theme preserving our cultural heritage to be answered by Convener of education and cultural ac tivities in oneminute talk Delegate to FWIC convention in Prince Edward Island will be Mrs Joseph Walters district president District presidents term will be three years Area convention is to be held November and in Orillia Mrs Raymond Neely con vener of education and cultural activities charge of the meeting Mrs Ayers said boredom is growing problem for many and with all the activities we could become involved in ie WI church work crafts senior citizens and visiting shutins there is no need for anyone to find time heavy on their hands She concluded by saying Lets make boredom just word in the dictionary not fulltime occupation Mrs Neely then introduced Mrs David Collins busy wife was in and mother but with an in teresting hobby artificial flower arranging Mrs Collins said that while artificial flowers may seem ex pensive they are not any more so than fresh flowers They dont need any care will pick up and change the decor of room and when youre tired of our arrangement you can pull them apart and make dif ferent one The speaker brought five types of arrangements and demonstrated lovely one in blue gold and white The Lakelands Senior Citizens club met in Lakelands on March 17 We had our usual fun day little earlier than usual to celebrate St Patricks day Ed Scott acted as Master of ceremonies We were entertain ed by Mr Gracey from Toron to on his accordion He ac companied Tom Saunders of Stroud who sang many Irish melodies Mrs Ewing pro gram convener directed skit called How the story grew which eight members took part and were dressed in old fashioned costumes It showed how little secret could snowball out of propor tion We also had draw in which Mrs Deans and Mrs King won prizes The band entertain ed again with various numbers some Irish and some other wellknown tunes and had singsong accompanied by Mrs Bell at the piano The sick were selcomed back again Mrs Saunders made Irish potato scones Before we went home after pleasant after SWIMM°POOL$ 7280492 Ridge Rd Shanty Buy Call John Campbell noon Mr Saunders sang again for us Danny Boy and Bless This House Mr and Mrs James Brady are in Mexico for holiday and Jason and Kailee the grand children are staying with Mr and Mrs Brady Mr and Mrs William Brady are in Florida and Mrs Edythe Browning of Barrie is staying with Brian and Ricki Sympathy goes out to Mrs Tom Johnstone of Stroud 9th line and her family in the death of her husband memorial service was conducted at St Peters Church Churchill on Sunday March 21 Rev Walter Lee officiated Mr and Mrs Ray Goodfellow Mr and Mrs Eben Sawyer Mr and Mrs Allan Todd Mr and Mrs Edgar Sturgeon Mrs Agnes Kneeshaw and Mrs Hazel Kell returned last Tuesday from 25day tour which in cluded 13 days spent at Port Aransas Gulf Coast of Texas On their trip down they spent the night at Nashville Ten nessee and attended the famous Grand Ole Opry show in packed auditorium which seats 4400 people At Pascagoula they toured the river area and had lunch on the poodle Wheeler Stopping in New Orleans they saw one of the parades celebrating Mardi Gras They saw the King Ran ch home the 860000acre ran ch that breeds the famous San ta Gertrudis cattle as well as quarter horses The 43000 mile trip was in deed splendid holiday Mr and Mrs Don Wice and Janet have returned from holiday in sunny Florida Very crowded they report COMING UP ROSES WEM England CP Chris Fleming 32 came home from trip to the pub recently to find that the outside of his house in this Shropshire town had been covered with vivid flowerpat terned wallpaper The practical joker was Chriss best friend Don Woollam 30 who said he was getting even for joke played on him by Chris AGAINST ODORS SALISBURY England CI Lord Radnor who does not want to open his stately home Longcastle to the public because of visitors BO revealed that he himself does not use deodorant because dont smell enough However Dord Radnor said he does not dislike the smell of people As farmer am used to all sorts of animal smells NOW OPEN TURNEY Industrial Equipment Ltd Evenings Coll HARVEY CASSELL 519 3732343 Government Sales GRAHAM LUMSDEN 416 3898760 lndustrlal it Iunsliurttiun quipiiinnl Sill T2 Sl llVllIl lilNlll iAlllS in Orillia playoffs Having registered three straight wins on opening day an Angus rink skipped by Ar thur Walsh will be returning to Orillia on Saturday to par ticipate in primary playoffs in the 32nd annual Orillia spring bonspeil The Walsh rink was the only entry from Simcoe County to qualify for the primary on opening day Other rinks to win three were from Toronto Rex dale Brampton East York Port Hope and other parts of the province The Dr Wainwright trophy goes to the Winner Clyde Sparks was viceskip for the Angus rink with Bill Glen and Larry Higgins other members of the winning four some Stroud rink skipped by Bill Korpatnicki registered two wins after loss to qualify for the KitchenTire trophy com petition in the secondary series These playoffs also will be held this coming Saturday Some 64 rinks from various parts of Ontario took part in the opening day events Another 64 are slated to go into action this coming Friday with winners Fordeealer qualifying for Saturday playoffs including semifinals andfinals OTTAWA CP The federal dairy policy for 1976 to be an nounced Thursday in the Com mons by Agriculture Minister Farm stabilization legislation planner STONEY CREEK Ont CP Establishment of commis sion to operate an income stabi lization plan for Ontario farm ers will be included in legisla tion to be introduced in the leg islature shortly the Ontario In stitute of Agrologists has been told The societymade up of pro fessional workers in agricul turewas told at meeting this week by Robert Eaton parlia mentary assistant to Agiculture Minister William Newman that the measure may be brought in Thursday The income plan was prom ised by the Progressive Con servatives during the campaign leading up to the provincial general election last Sept 18 Mr Eaton gave some details of the plan including the fact that it would be voluntary and contributory on the part of far mers It would be open to any commodity group whose producers request coverage There might be certain con trols or limits on production that we would pay on some thing like that he said Mr Eaton said Ontario wants its stabilization coverage to supplement existing federal legislation which names eight products for which farmers will be guaranteed what is calculated to be fair price But if Ottawa Would not chip in and help Ontario was pre pared to go alone on stabiliza tion plan to help group of pro ducers Mr Eaton said Stoney Creek is just south west of Hamilton Eugene Whelan is expected to set off wave of protests from the industry and opposition critics who say the current policy is unfair to farmers Mr Whelan has said already that direct subsidy payments to the industry this year will be cut to $262 million $13million cut or about five per cent less than in 1975 The move is in tended to force production cuts to meet reduced domestic and world demand he says While government officials put finishing touches to the new policy this week opposition MP5 and the industry continued to press the government for better deal for producers Federal dairy policy has been an important concern of Social Credit MPs who sponsored special debate on the matter two weeks ago And Mr Whelan was booed by several hundred Ontario and Quebec dairy farmers on Par liament Hill Monday despite his assurances the government would look after their long term interests The government always has acted to keep the dairy industry viable and we will do so in the future he said The Barrie Examiner Thursday April 1976 Farmers boo federal dairy policy But despite these assurances producers say any reduction in the direct subsidies will lead to increased consumer prices for such products as butter ched dar cheese and skim milk pow der The Diary Farmers of Can ada representing between 85 000 and 100000 producers say the industry accepts its respon sibility to cut production to meet market demands resulting in lower incomes for producers However government cuts would compound the problem forcing producers to recover lost income through higher market prices it warns The $262 million is to cover all marketing expenses plus direct subsidy payments Mr Whelan has said no more funds will be available to cover additional costs if production increases in 1976 LIMITS SET Mr Whelan has already an nounced industrial milk sup plies used in the manufacture of cheese ice cream and skim milk powder must be held to 95 million hundredweight in 1976 because of massive domestic and international surpluses Canadians consume about 125 million pounds of skim milk powder annuallyjust over onethird of what now is in storage Mr Whelan has rejected sell ing the surplus as protein source for animal feed saying this would disrupt existing markets and the return would not be fair to farmers in any case John Wise Conservative dairy critic says farmers are not totally at fault for the cur rent surpluses On overproduction of about 15 per cent for 1975 eight to 10 per cent can be attributed to ex ceptional growing conditions Mr Wise said poor market price for dairy heifers held exports down and contributed to increased production These factors are not likely to repeat and just hope the minister doesnt overreact by coming down too hard on pro ducers he said MIGRATION STARTED Discovery of gold on the Klondike River tributary of the Yukon precipated mass migration to the area Limited Edition Sale Look for great buys on all 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