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EXAMINER TELEPHONES Circulation 7266539 Classified Advertising 728 2414 All Other Departments 766537 Ulir flame Examiner Wigwam lt Ithh YearNo 277 By HOWARD COLLINS OTTAWA CP Charges of financial mismanagement and possible wron doing riled the Commons on Friday adding uel to controversy that has landed the Liberal government of Prime Minister Trudeau in trouble on several fronts As allegations that two governmentowned companies may have been involved in bribes and payoffs swirled about him in the House for the fourth day running Mr Trudeau said his government is considering ways to impose more direct control over such firms Among the disclosures Polymer Corp while still owned by the government paid $2 million in rebates to customers either in cash or into numbered Swiss bank accounts Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd AECL gut $24 million into Schaan Liechtenstein ank account as an agents fee in sale of nuclear reactor to Argentina but still does not know the name of the agent AECL also paid $81 million to United Developments Inc of Tel Aviv for promoting reactor sale to South Korea without proper documentation for the expenses ASSAIL LANG MPs also mentioned $115000 fraud case involving sale of tickets for Air Canada another government company and what they described as abuse of government aircraft by Transport Minister Otto Lang who tried to fly nanny for his seven children from Scotland free of charge on defence depart ment aircraft The financial mismanagement issue has been bubbling in the House since Monday when AuditorGeneral Macdonell repor ted that the government is close to losing corr trol over its $40 billion annual spending He mentioned in particular the sloppy financial The Barrie Examiner Barrie Ontario management at AECL One of the major questions as the op position hammered away at the minister Friday was whether government made sufficient effort to get to the bottom of prime the case involving Polymer since taken over board But he was unable to assure the House on Friday that the matter had been resolved saying he could not reach Mr Drury trave ing in the west Mr Drurys office said he will have no comment until Tuesday Mr Henderson says in his letter that Polymer had agreed to bill European by the Canada Development Corp CDC and renamed Polysar Ltd Mr Trudeau told the Commons he was ad vised of the issue in March 1973 letter from the former auditorgeneral Maxwell Hen derson and assed it along to Charles Drury who was at time president of the treasury who was Canada Saturday November 27 1976 willmmLiber313 reel under miSmanagement attacks customers at inflated prices and then re mitted the difference to Switzerland He said it allowed customers to duck taxes at home and circumvent foreign exchange laws Polysar and CDC officials said Friday the rebates were volume which the company tabulated at the end of the year They denied any illicit or illegal acts were involved Polysar says it is not concerned about the issue of customers dodging taxes saying that is their own business But Mr Henderson points out in his letter to the rime minister that while it might be de fen ed from corporate viewpoint it could cause serious and undesirable con sequences if government company was in volved QUESTIONS TIMING CDC president Anthony Hampson questioned Mr Hendersons timing in waiting AT HIGHWAYS 400 401 STATIONS Oil company agrees to gasoline price cut TORONTO tCP Imperial Oil Ltd has agreed to lower gasoline prices charged to motorists at service stations on Highways 400 and 401 James Snow minister of transporta tion and communications an nounced Friday Mr Snow told the legislature he hopes other gasoline com ggnies will reduce prices by tween five and nine cents on those highways mean the price of gallon of regular gasoline will drop to 839 from 929 cents at Newcas tle to 859 at Maple and 879 at Ingersoll The question of stations charging higher prices on those highways than at offhighway stations was raised last spring he said Service centres on Highways 400 and 401 operate on lease agreement based on percen pergaiion rate ne saiu PRICE INCREASE As costs increased the sale price also increased As result the service centres have been paying their rental per centage on inflated costs Mr Snow said Mr Snow said the ministry has changed its leasing agree ment with Imperial allowing it to reduce from gross revenue an amount to compensate for increased costs based on the condition that the company pass on to the con sumer the full benefit of the agreement in the form of lower prices Outside the house Mr Snow said he expects other oil com panies will find it to their ad vantage to lower prices He said the ministry will monitor prices to ensure that companies who have leases changed do not raise prices purchase discounts Tom Smith of Utopia new president of County Feder culture says agriculture are eseential to the county and that annexa VIEWS tion of land around Barrie is ridiculous and unnecessary For more on the views of this important man in the Simcoe County community turn to Page 11 Examiner Photo AIRS HIS the Simcoe ation of Agri tourism and Kinzie clears air onp Willard Kinzie has decided to clear the air land holdings area roperty issue surrounding his in the Barrie Mr Kinzie mayoralty can didate in the Dec election said the reason for the decision recent confusion of names for two development businesses He said he is onetenth is the He said the decrease will tage of gross revenues not on He said the agreement is later UZTIIIMTUMAT Woman told to move out or face writ Viola MacBride has to get out of 258 Dunlop St by Monday morning or face writ suing her for delaying construction of multimillion dollar apart ment building Ron Routledge president of The Urban Expansion Group told The Barrie Examiner Friday afternoon his company is ready to take the matter to court The last thing we want to do is to get into litigation with widow he said But weve told her to come to terms by Monday or well issue the writ and the trespassing charges Mr Routlcdge said the supreme court issued the writ but his company has not yet servedit He said Mrs MacBride is costing the company about $1000 dav in cnnstnirtinn the new Ba club condominium apartment evelo ment Mrs MacBride as moved in to 258 Dunlop St part of the construction site claiming she still owns the building She says the developer has not made final payment on the $45000 selling price to her WONTGIV r1 Mr Routledge said his com pany is waiting for final mor tgage statement from Mrs MacBride to make the final payment but she has refused to give the statement Were prepared to the moitdgage off in court said An while were in court anyway well ask for damages caused by the delay in con struction He said the unfortunate thing is that she may lose any money she has coming to her Mr Routledge said he has also sworn out petty trespassing charge against Mrs MacBride but has not ser vediteither He said letter explaining the situation to Mrs MacBride Essa may amend new bylaw prior to it going to 0MB Essa Township may be amen ding its new zoning bylaw before it goes to the Ontario Municipal board for approval Reeve Eugene Smith said Friday Reeve Smith said township council will discuss at its meeting next Thursday what response to make to protest by residents in the townships northeast corner over the open space conservation zone place on their lands under the bylaw given third reading Oct petition signed by an es timatcd 40 to 50 residents in the north end of concessions to and 11 calling for removal of the zoning was presented Thursday at an allcandidates another look at it he said Meanwhile opponents of the bylaw are sending registered letters to township clerk Arthur Roth with their objections to the bylaw for consideration by the Ontario Municipal Baord Deadline for objections which may also be filed in person is Dec Mr Roth said today the new bylaw is consistent with land use designations in the town ships official plan in effect smce1973 He said there was no zoning on the land prior to enactment of the official plan was personally delivered Friday afternoon by George Snow progect manager Mr now apparently discussed the matter with Mrs MacBride the Ex pansion Group does not want her to pay any of its costs to move the other tenants from the building Until last Saturday there were 13 people living in the building which is single family residence converted to apartments The tenants rented the units from Mrs MacBride Mr Routledge said as part of the agreement in the property sale his company allowed Mrs MacBride to rent the apart ments until the building was going to be demolished In June the company asked her to vacate the building by August but one tenant refused to move When the other apartments were vacated Mrs MacBride decided to rent them again Mrs MacBride moved into thebuildingIastSundaynight Tom Barton Barrie lawyer representing The Expansion Group said if 1e a1 action is takenthe writ an charge will be served by city police of ficers But we hope we dont have Logo that far he said Mr Barton said legally Mr Routledge has no responsibility to the tenants in the building because they rented the apart ments from Mrs MacBride But Mr Routledge has hired two real estate agents to llnd other accommodation for the tenants Mr Routledgc said last Saturday the Urban Expansion Group moved one couple Cliff and Lillian Willoughby to new apartment and rebated them $60 in rent He said the group had to move some people to Bracebridge before the Willoughbys could occupy the new apartment Beth Trudeau first year Georgian College student is moving Monday into an apart ment which his real estate agent located Mr Routledge said The developer also helped with arrangements with Air Canada for Charlene Sorrey and her twin babies Misty and Mandy to return to Prince Ed ward Island last week He said the couple also received $65 in rebated rent Mr Routledgc said he was told Friday the agents found an apartment for Lorraine Bren nan and should be able to re until now to make his concerns public We told him at the time that he had it wrong and if he felt that strongly we told him to contact the auditors about any im proper doings Mr Hampson said Both the AECL and the Polymer cases will be delved into by the Commons public ac counts committee in the wake of allegations by MPs that they fear bribes and payoffs to foreign government officials may be in volved New Democrat leader Ed Broadbent said Friday he thought it extraordinary that the igeraime minister would wait for 312 years fore following up the Polymer issue Allen Lawrence PCNorthumberland Durham the public accounts committee chairman said at the very least there is tax evasion and it looks like there could be bribery and kickbacks DANCE ON DORIS llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllIIllllllllllllIlIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllIIlllllIllllllIllIIlllIIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllIlllIllllIlllIlllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllIIIllllIlllllllIlllllllllllllllllll locate Itaimo and Anneli For smaii and their two children by Monday Neither Mrs MacBride nor her lawyer were available for comment Friday Eighteenyearold Doris Gaudette of Angus was one of eight starters in the Angus Leo Clubs dance marathon who hopes to dance for 24 hours straight to raise money for the fight against mus cular dystrophy The mar athon started Friday night at the Angus Lions Club Hall and continues until pm tonight See story and pic turcs on page 11 Examiner Photo shareholder in Kemp Bay Developments Ltd in Barrie but does not have any interest in Kempenfelt Holdings Ltd in Vespra Township According to recent ap praisal the value of my Kemp Bay interests in the city amoun ts to less than $75000 he said Kemp Bay owns no property WILLARD KINZIII imperative that council mem ber whose affairs come before the city declare his interest and withdraw from the discussion and vote meeting in Thornton The way theyre zoning here there freezing our land William Burchell spokesman for thc objectors said Friday The zoning which covers more than 1000 acres in the townships northeast corner as well as extensive tracts else in surrounding townships Mr Kinzie said he sold all his other Barrie properties several years ago But he said he still owns Innisfil which he and partner David Brubacker bought farm in years ago the property is still actively farmed he said Mr Kinzie said he believes any municipal or other govern ment is well served by involved people who are ruled by clear cut conflict of interest rules The rules he said make it CAPSULE Township NAIROBI Ke AP about ii of Scotland formed by friends him their king Quake rocks Manilla MANILLA Reuter slight earthquake shook the Philip pines capital Saturday but there were no reports of damage the Geophysical Observatory said The tremor registered an in tensity of three on the Rossi Forel Scale of nine Mother children perish COBIJEN Ont tCI woman and her two children were killed early today in fire which engulfed the bedroom of their apartment in this community 80 miles west of Ottawa Dead are Cheryl Burns 21 her twoycarold daughter Tammy and six monthold son Benjamin KING AMIN FOR SCOTS Radio Uganda says there is movement afoot to make President Idi Amin the king The broadcast monitored today said Ainin has been in in Scotland that they consider where in the municipality restricts land use to conserva tion activities agriculture recreation nurseries golf courses or driving ranges and buildings connected with these uses Approval from the Notta wasaga Valley Conservation Authority is necessary for any building permit issued for construction within the zone The bylaw states that no person shall use any land or erect alter enlarge use or maintain any building or struc ture except as permitted in keeping with the above restric tions The bylaw like all zoning bylaws permits existing buildings and land uses to con tinue as legal nonconforming uses but future use or construc tion would have to comply with thebylaw Mr Burchell said major concern is the desire of residents to sever parcels for their children Such residential uses would not be permitted under the bylaw Reeve Smith said he is not en tirely happy with the bylaw as it stands but would not say what specific changes should be made think we need to take oop¢ odenxo It wasnt inactivity that pro mpted Barrie Colts net minder Hal Hake to perch atop the crossbar durin the third period of Thur ays MidOntario Junior Heckey game which opgsed the Colts and Owen und Grey Bruce Steelcrs He had his work cut out for him ing the score respec tab Owen Souwwon 74 mm TAKING BREATHER This quiet moment came with 50 seconds left when play was halted for several minutes by fight See pic ture story Page 12 Ex aminer Photo Innisfil police get salary boost Officers of the Innisfil Town ship Policc Department will receive an acrosstheboard salary increase of nine per cent this year The pay hike for the officers is contained on oneyear con tract which was signed bv the Innisfil Police Commission and the Innisfil Township Police ASSOCIallon Nov 19 first class constable with at least 36 months experience with the township will now receive $17150 compared to $15375 last year second class constable with the force 24 to 36 months who received $13980 in 1975 will receive$15250 this year third class constable who has been with the force from 12 to 24 months will now receive $13600 as compared to $12815 last year The salary for fourth class constable who has been with the township police for six to 12 months is $11650 unchanged from last year Fourth class constables with one to six months with the force will be paid $11280 up from last years salary of $10485 The five sergeants will now Peel 318600 com red to $16660 under the ier of the 1975 contract iliiL The township police in spector new position this year Will receive $20600 The contract settlement had been held up for nearly month because the two sides could not agree on salary for the force sergeants The contract was settled one day before Peter Barton prov1ncial government negotiator was due to in tervene We held out as long as we thought was advisable said township police commission chairman Roy Lennox We gave in but think we will be alright Marian Laurier secretary treasurer of the commission said the township police of ficers will receive an eight per cent increase immediately retroactive to Jan 1976 The remaining one per cent of the negotiated increase has been submitted to the federal gover nments antiinflation board for consideration She said the contract also prowch an increase in the yearly clothing allowance paid to the forces two plainclothes officers The clothing allowance will go to $400 this year com pare with$300 last year lni telling you for the last time No you cannot come over and try the chair for size Plans Barrie performance Canadas topranked ama teur male figure skater is com ing to Barrie Ron Shaver winner of last months Skate Canada competi tion for the second time will be at the Barrie Arena Dec 19 to perform special exhibition as part of the Huronia Winter Games Shaver has been second only to Ioller Cranston in Cana dian mens figure skating in re cent years He was eighth in the World Championships in 1975 and he has placed as high as fifth at that competition The Cambridge Ont native aggravated an injury midway through the 1976 Winter Olym pics and it forced him out of the icmaining Olympic com petition as well as the World Championships which followed