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112 Euro Examiner Published by Canadian Newspapers Company Limited 16 Baytield Street Barrie Ontario Robb PublisherGeneral Manager Henshaw Managing Editor Walls Editor Emeritus The Barrie Examiner Monday December 13 1976 Unemployment insurance perennial scapegoat Ah pity the federal government We cannot say the poor federal government because many of us work for it two days week paying taxes But it has been hounded from pillar to post of late First there was the generals report condemning spen ding practices in department after department And breath of scandal in the sale of Candu reactors Now Bud Cullen manpower minister introduces bill that would cut 50000 claimants off unemployment insurance That drew howls of indignation from Cape Breton MP Andy Hogan would have devastating effect on areas of high who said it creation unemployment Mr Cullen countered by saying that savings from tougher regula tions would be directed into job projects in economically depressed areas It appears the government has auditor bee in its Could it that the government making it difficult for cheaters with bonnet about unemploy ment insurance It does cost us lot not be argued though is already its army of inspectors off in other dollars Other areas that according the auditorgeneral might effect more humane way to save tax We wonder if the government keeps dragging up employment thing to take the heat the un areas to DOWN MEMORY LANE electrical inspector superintendent 15 YEARS AGO IN TOWN The Barrie Examiner 1961 Thirty volunteer instructors and 180 children gathered at Oakley Park Public School to receive prizes for their salesmanship in the recent YMYWCA candy sale Saturday night was bad night for Denny Doner 22 of Shanty Bay Road Mr Doner was involved in two auto ac cidents within one hour meeting of the 1961 Barrie District Collegiate Board will be held tonight Picture of Eileen Dixon womens editor for The Barrie Examiner drawing Joyce Woodwards winning ticket in the Simcoe County Beverages Orange Crush Contest at Central Collegiate Dec 18 Cleveland The laSt his annual zle with Long flurrv INEERPRETING THE EWE for Ontario Hydro said that the gift of safety is the greatest thing you can give shutouts in LegionChurch minor hockey action at the Barrie Arena on Saturday Providence blanked There were three 50 Barrie beat St Catherines 40 and Chatham over powered Cornwall 120 The Air Cadet color party led Santa Claus on trip through the streets of Barrie on Saturday fire at the home of Ellen Waybrant put an end to any hopes she had of fulfilling her mothers dying wish of keeping the family together for Christmas Barrie is experiencing freezing driz the occasional snow United States concerned with Soviet sale to India By BRUCE LEVETT WASHINGTON CP The United States leader in inter national efforts to hold down the spread of nuclear weapons is reported concerned over the recent agreement by the Soviet Union to sell India heavy water for use in that countrys Cana diansupplied reactor India using material pro duced in Canadian reactor supplied for peaceful purposes set off nuclear explosion in 1974 Two years later after un successfully seeking antibomb assurances Canada terminated all nuclear cooperation with India In addition the US is with holding from India licence to buy enriched uranium pending the outcome of USIndian dis cussions on Indias return to the US of radioactive reactor ma terials which might be used in the construction of atomic WE WANT YOUR OPINION Letters submitted for publication must be original copies signed by the writer Please include your street ad dress and phone number although they will not be published Letters which can not be authenticatcd by phone cannot be published For the sake of space public interest and g00d taste The Examiner reserves the right to edit con dense or reject letter Clint Ramp Examiner 16 Bayfield Street Barrie Ontario Telephone 7266537 Registration Number 0484 Second Class Mail Return postage 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causing con cern among members of Jim my Carters incoming ad ministration Observers here are question ing the political reasoning be hind the timing of the sale Some suggest the Russians may be taking advantage of Carters preinauguration im potence to advance their relations with India Others see it as possibly desire on the part of the Rus sians to avoid an open con frontation with Carter after he takes office Jan 20 month ago during meet ing of nuclear exporting coun tries Moscow proposed new controls on atomic sales The US asked that any decision be deferred until the next meeting to take place after the Carter administrationtakes over During the presidential cam paign Caiter placed heavy em phasis on stronger action to stop the spread of nuclear weapons He said he would make no new commitments to countries which refuse to place their nuclearfacilities underin ternational inspection TALKS NEEDED At that time Carter also said there was need for further ne gotiation between the US the Soviet Union and other nuclear powers on nonproliferatior is sues The Russians have said they would like to see regulations re quiring each nonweapons state to open all atomic facilities to international inspection as condition of purchase from sup plier countries The US favors such plan in principle provided other coun tries agree to abide by it The US originally critical not only of Indias production of an explosive atomic device but 01 Canadas role in that produc tion was later embarrassed to learn that it was US heavy water that was used in the Ca nadian reactor Commercials lucrative TORONTO CP Television commercials are lucrative and more bigname Canadian performers are being lured into the field The performers union the Association of Canadian Tele vision and Radio Artists says commercials accounted for 30 per cent of the showbusiness earnings of all its members last year Radio and television poured more than $65 million into the pockets of professional actors in the country This nearly mat ched the $71 million paid by the CBC in radio and TV talent fees and far outdistanced plays movies nightclubs or any other source of income the union says The basic rate for principal performer in TV commercial set by the union is $161 for an eighthour working day BIBLE Tiiononi Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord and turned not aside from any thing that he com imnded him all the days of his life save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite Kings 155 The reason that God is always waiting with pardon is that He knows none of us are perfect Your Heavenly Father will forgive you in Jesus name All you need to do is ask and MelVC YOUR BUSINESS Why groceries cost less in the US By VINCENT EGAN Business and Consumer Affairs Analyst Thomson News Service If youve felt that prices you pay for groceries are higher than those your United States relatives pay at their super market you are probably right Thats the bad news The good news is that the gap has been narrowing this year Statistics Canada and the An tiInflation Board have just published comparison of food prices in major cities in both countries Inevitably US prices tum out to be lower As AIB member Jack Biddell said They have economies of scale down there that just arent available to usplus of course longer growing season and soil suitable for some fruits and vegetables that cant be grown here However our food prices de clinedtwo per cent in the 12 months ended in September as measured by the foodathome component of the Consumer Price Index In the United States during the same period food prices MiFanwwgw1mamwutouIwwwahue aw¢bo¢ufl Nays rclux lhcrvll lw By STEWART aclEOI Ottawa Bureau Thomson News Service That was an innovative sug gestion by Treasury Board President Robert Andras that the federal government should fire more civil servants for neg ligence and incompetence Next thing you know some minister is going to be suggest ing that civil servants not take sick leave unless they are un well Or if this efficiency kick gets out of hand entirely offi cially bilingual civil servants may even be required to speak second language What does Mr Andras think the public service is all about Has he no respect for tenure And in suggesting that civil servants actually be fired the minister displays decided dis THE WORLD TODAX French world watching Quebec By JOHN IIARBRON Foreign Affairs Analyst Thomson News Service The Frenchspeaking world mainly large conglomeration of independent nations led of course by France herself is looking with mixture of pride and selfinterest at events in Quebec The prospect of an independ ent Quebec would mean the es tablishment of the second larg est Frenchspeaking country in the world It would be larger than the several Frenclrspeaking nations of North Africa called the francophonie com munity in terms of gross national product industrial development and above all as modern society Whether Quebec secedcs from Canada or not before 1980 the Frenchspeaking world is already large After France and Quebec themselves it in cludes close to dozen northern tier countries in Africa both Saharan like Tunisia and Algeria or subSaharan like Senegal the Ivory Coast Cote dIvoire in French Mali Off the southeast African coast there is the huge island republic of Malagasy the for mer French colony called Madagascar and on the main land facing the Red Sea the last European colony in Africa theformerFrenchSomaliland In Asia the new and single Marxist Republic of Vietnam also is Frenchspeaking at least where its leaders and bureau crats are concerned And in our own hemisphere tiny parcels of land and of islands recall the once mighty French presence in North went up by an average of one per cent All such comparisons have to be applied with caution deep discount nofrills store in big city will naturally have an ar ray of bargains that cant be matched by typical smallcity outlet no matter in which coun try its located Other significant differences include grading standards fluidounce measurement packs sizes and the ap plicabiity of sales taxes in variousiurisdictions no strike and excuse him off he has In rush im mliately FROM PARLIAMENT HILL Civil servants being fired interest in tradition This is not the Canadian way The Canadian way in cidentally was well summa rized in the recent annual re port by AuditorsGeneral Macdonell when he said that recognition and rewards in the federal public service have gone to those who could devise ingenious new programs rather than to those charged with the responsibility of restraining and controlling expenditures and ensuring that good value is obtained for the money spent few days later Mr Andras appeared before Senate com mittee and when it was sug gested that more public ser vants be fired for in competency the minister said you are probably correct there should be lot more evi America and the Caribbean FRANCE ON OUR SHORES These include the island of St Pierre and Miquelon off New foundland Guadaloupe and Martinique in the Caribbean selfgoverning territories within France herself the old colony of French Guiana on the South American mainland also selfgoverning There still are other French speaking places like Lebanon created after the First World War as French mandated ter ritory in the Middle East car ved from the dead Ottoman Empire islands in the Pacific like Reunion and the valuable uraniumand nickelrich New Hebrides Islands still French possession For those of us who think only in terms of British Com monwealth of nations and of no other in the world this sweep of Frenchspeaking independent countries territories islands and small lingering colonies is just as impressive Indeed while English speaking Canadians respond to the concept of Englishspeaking nations as farflung as the Frenchspeaking ones have mentioned from Canada to In dia to Kenya to Nigeria Fren chspeaking Canadians respond to the francophonie com munity All this comes to mind these days in the CBC onthespot news reports that the French Navy and ORTF the French state TV and radio network are going to expand their facilities in St Pierre The former will enlarge docks to take the large cruisers of the French Navy the latter will make available color TV sets to the people of the islands French citizens of course to see its ORTF programs And the airstrip on St Pierre will be extended to 11000 feet the length needed for landing the big 747 jumbo jets Why all this Does the Quai dOrsay for eign minist in Paris know something ut Quebecs fu ture intentions we dont know NOT ONLY ANGLOS Or with that historic per fidy which An oSaxons un fairly attach to French are they preparing to make their own contribution to Quebec sep aratism by expanding broad casting facilities in French tc give support to the big French community nearathand now with separatist government Shades of Vive le Quebei libre Charles de Gaulles in discreet cry from the Montrea City Hall during Expo 67 echo Blood is thicker than water the Anglos have said so oftei about Mother England But it just as true in French too dence of that nature SOCIALSIIOCK hope Mr Andras realizes the social implications of what he is saying Can you imagine what it would do to individuals and their families it they had to go through life admitting they were fired from the fed eral public service It would take several gcncr ations to change the basic zilli tude that incompetent public servants get promoted out of the way It even turns out that one of the two public servants responsible for that Olll rageously expensive llll ol the aircraft carrier lioniivtnuirc was promoted for his tlitillS So it is difficult to ininginc what one would have to do oi der to be fired And it would probably be easier to go through life With criminal record than having to admit you were sacked froin the pub lic service Now dont you associatc with that Smith boy son be cause his father was tired from the veterans affairs depart ment Fortunately for our Soilil it doesnt happen very often Not long ago ClaudeAndie Lach ance LLafontainci asked various government depart ments how many persons had been fired and dismissed in the five months after last Mays austerity budget And when you consider that probationzny his Christ mus IHIII period is involved the answers indicate that the personncl managers did remarkable jflll of selecting suitable can didatcs FEW it Take the justicc department for insurancc In that livc nion tli period it hircd loft ncw lii ployccs and didnt dismiss single onc lhc conr inunications dcpaitininl hircd 144 And again the sclcction liocegt was fllSlALlllx llicrc wasnt one tiring Even thc tlilllllilllt dcpnrt llltlll with its lllttlrxillltfr of cm ploycis had good llilllllll iv crngc It hired 220 ncu cinplo ccs and lost only ii by din inisszil iiid most cf the iilll kids such is nicsmiiigrru snid zispokcsinzin The iliicctor of one branch was talking the othci day about ill iiiisntislaclory cinploycc he would lll getting rid of shortly If cant gcl him on lltllll course Ill izcl hiin upnrndcd in another way and he Will he lranvlcrrcdoul lie was askml why Iiididnt inc the guy Arc you iiiddnnffl he replied Its ctisicr to well nuclear reactors to Kori1 Perhaps with the right amount of prodding by Mr An has this will change lint hopc its donc slowlj liccziiisc am not sure our society is read to nssimilzilc disinisscd public servants WlNTE WRR ITS MAGIC ON Culture story the real story By DON OIIEARN Queens Park Bureau Thomson News Service TORONTO Story Last Monday morning The Globe and Mails top frontpage story was on government money for culture The head was Trim Budget Five per cent Cultural Agin cies Ordered By Welch No direct source was given but the report said Culture and Recreation Minister Robert Welch had held meeting with the heads of various agencies And at it he had delivered let ter detailing requirements for provincial grants in the coming year Various allegations were made in the story One that stood out was this If they get increased dona tions from elsewhere they will be deducted from that the gov ernment gives Appalling WELCII SIDE That afternoon in the legisla ture Mr Welch was asked question on the situation He welcomed the question and gave his side It differed with the newspaper report bit on sub stance but particularly on in fcrence Most of all noteworthy was the explainition of the govern ment apparently atrocious po sition on donations The situation actually was he explained that the govern ment was asking for data on in creases in revenues from ad missions and other regular sources Quin different from dona tions NADAS STORY Strong pressure for an invasion Ry non nowiiAN in Occcinlicr 18m delegates who had attcndcd the ou lcdiz ition conference at Quebec Hrc touring their rctpcitwc zrcns trying to per suedc llicir peoplc to suppoit thi Jiinrciitcnt lliot liccnnic tlic Iiritish North Ann riczi Act llic ivil War had ended in thc lnitrd States and tho vic frl probably lhc niost jxrwcrlul in the world Altlioinzh arrow 11 had been killed another 600000 wounded and $5liillion had liccn spcn lliilVl lSlléllllJS than the siificrcd in two world wars and Viclnznn lhc North had become prosperous During the fivil War num iii of tontcdciatc soldiers from the South cscnpcd from prison camps and found slicltcr in Canada Sonic of them for incd snhotcur groups and caused great deal of damage in the northern SillltS There was one ioicnl raid on St Albuns and when the sabotcurs returned to Montreal they vcic put in jail The insisted that tlicv be extradited COLD MORNING IHZHIJI N0 On iuosday morning the met ropolitan edition of the news paper was delivered to homes in the Toronto area lhire wasn one word in it on the Welch explanation tut on the editorial page there was cartoon with ca ricature head of the culture minister and bold word WEL CliAlth lo newspaper man such crude and callous treatment by anadas National News paper was shocking Inquiry later revealed that the newspaper in its early edi tions had carried quite fair report of the Monday afternoon explanation by Welch But that this had been drop ped presumably being crowded out in its metropolitan edition which is its big paper But then did not this make it even worse For it could only infer that those in charge of the final edi tion were not aware of their pa per and particularly its edito rial page Or they were so lacking ii journalistic selfrespect tha they sneered at the basic axion of fairness Quite often these days hear people in public life con Jlaining if usually quietly thz the press can leave somethin to be desired There has to be some sympa thy with them There can be times these days when to be newspaper man is not to be head high As for The Globe and Mail the llolliwaw Bugle would not have been so unprinciplcd but Canada refused until the sa bolcurs had been tried in court The Montreal magistrate ac quitted thcm Dec 13 1864 and there was grcat anger in the northern states livcn John Macdonald was ciitit ul of the decision and felt that it should have been de laycd or avoided at that time In any case it was feared 11 liicielt iii might provoke an invasion of the British North Alilciicilil colonies by the pow erful northern army and this was one of the factors that en tournged the colonies to unite for be tcr defence Iltoitiinately President Abra liiini Lincoln rejected the iron pressure brought on him toinuznlctjanndn Ollilllt llClZi IIVICNIS ltkiSWIioquoiS signed peace treaty with Quebec lTRSE Alt was estimated that 30000 United Empire Loyalists had arrived in Nova Scolia um WI Mackenzie estab lished base on Navy Island 14917 Prince Edward Island voted for prohibition