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the examiner Tuesday Mar 27 1979 extra OPEC hikes base price of oil 905 GENEVA AP The Organization of Petroleum Ex porting Countries OPEC decided today to raise the base price of crude oil 905 per cent on April bringing it up to the price the oil cartel had scheduled for Oct the oil minister of Qatar told reporters He said the meeting of OPEC oil ministers also authorized members to add on surcharges of up to $4 barrel depending on the market demand The 905percent increase will raise the price for Arabian light crude oil the socalled benchmark of the industry to $1455 for 42gallon barrel from $1334 OPEC in December agreed on fourstage schedule of in creases totaling 145 per cent by Oct The price went up five per cent on Jan to $1334 and the second increase to $1384 was scheduled for April Hopes for amicable medicare accord OTTAWA tPi Prime Minister Trudeau said Monday he hopes the federal government can settle medicare disputes with provinces in friendly and amicable way He refused mons to in the Com commit the government to cutting off federal payments to of fending provinces Two weeks ago he was talking of sanctions against provinces which do not assure medicareisavailabletoall NDP Leader Ed Broadbent had called on the prime minister to establish three month deadline before which all provinces partictilarly Ontario should return Progressive Conservative Leader Joe Clark ar rives in Ottawa early Tuesday morning after hear ing in Regina that Prime Minister Trudeau called Only issue Liberal governments record OTTAWA Cli Progressive Conservative Leader Joe Clark flew back to Ottawa from Regina early today and said he is raring to go into the election campaign called for May 22 in his ab sencc Ours is the only party ca pablc of forming truly nar tioiial government said Iark as he walked off his chartered cxcculivc jet shortly after it am EST The only issue in the election campaign he predicted will be the Liberal governments record the years in which the country has become divided and the economy has staggered Accompanied by his wife Maureen Mcleer and phalanx of aides Clark was greeted by one or two report ters photographer and cold windy weather He said he didnt mind at all being caught out of town at Regina fundraising dinner when Prime Minister Trudeau announced the election date Im just happy its been called at last he said lark added however that lrudcau ought to have had the courtesy to announce the dis solution of the thith Parliament in the House of Commons in stead of making his statement at nationallytelevised news conference VIIIQY ILIIASIII Clark who represents the Al berta riding of Rocky Moun tain said he was very pleased to start the campaign in my part of the country and the part of the country where the last Conservative government came from He said the fact that Trudeau listed five issues in his nation allytelevised address indicated the prime minister has not yet made up his mind on which is sue he will run Most seats ever Broadbent forecast OTTAWA CPI Ed Broad bent New Democratic Party leader says he will campaign on jobs prices and prescr vatioii of medical care the major economic issues which concern the ordinary working family in this country Moments after the May 22 election date was announced Monday night the 43yearold socialist leader expressed delight and predicted his party would win the most ommons seats in its history New Democrats held 17 of 2m seats when Prime Minister Trudeau had larliament dis solved for campaign that Broadbent says should focus on economic leadership There will be 282 seats in the new Commons He told reporters thcdcvclopr nieiit of Canadian resources to build manufacturing industry inside the country instead of ex porting raw resources abroad would underly the NDPs eco nomic platform On the one hand we will outline for the Canadian people otir solution to the critical issue of rising prices the estab lishincnt of fair prices com mission with the power to roll back unfair price increases Broadbcnt said in prepared statement On the other we will con tinue to focus on the need to create employment opportun ities for the more than million Canadians already without work and for the young people and women now trying to enter the labor force PEAKED IN 72 The NDPs historical peak existed after the 1972 election when its 31member party un der former leader David Lewis held the balance of power sus taining the Liberal minority government for almost two years Clark said he was not sur prised that the Liberals seem intent on running campaign of personalities since they have nothing else The election would give his party chance to demonstrate to Canadians that there was an alternative to Trudeaus government Clark predicted his party will pick up seats in Quebec but de clined to talk numbers Con servatives now hold two of Que becs 75 seats Earlier Monday Clark told callers on Regina hotline ra dio show that negotiation of sovereigntyassociation with Quebec would mean the end of Canada ONLY PARTY Sitting down to eat at the Re gina fundraising dinner when the election was announced Clark told 800 Conservatives he is confident the next govern ment will be Conservative majority because only his party offered new sense of un ity and growth for Canada Eat well and get ready he told the party faithful We are not embarked tonight on tea party We are going to be in one rough campaign Clark said the Conservatives will emphasize energy and en terprise in the election He said his party would replace the governmentowned oil com pany PetroCanada with citizenowncd company Shares in PetroCanada would be sold to private Canadian citizens as well as to pension and mutual funds Clark promised that Con servative government would make the country self sufficicnt in energy SMMMNG 0L5 Our new telephone number is 7265333 SIMCOE CARPET June session UPHOLSTERY universality to medicare But Trudeau said Broadbent is not asking him to take federal money from Ontario but from the people who need medicare bl ED BROIBICNI asks deadline Disciplining handled wrong way OTTAWA tCPi The post office had just cause for lis ciplining letter sorter who had fistrfight with super visor at Scarborough Ont lettersorting plant last year although it handled it the wrong way says public service staff relations board adjudicator Adjudicator Maureen Saltman said in decision the five day suspension to Robert Allison after the Feb 21 1978 incident was not warranted and is excessive and the federal department must substitute written reprimand for the suspension listed in his file Allison was struck in the face and on the back of the head by HJ Nicome plant supervisor who received one month suspension for his part in thc fracas Should consider buying Chrysler OTTAWA lCPi Marcel Lessard minister of regional economic expansion says he thinks the government should considerbuying hyrsler Canada Ltd Lessard has been telling re orters that natiotialiation of the the third largest car mailer in the country could be first step toward production of an allCanadian car The purchase would also enable the federal government to distribute benefits of the industry now heavily concentrated in Ontario into less advantaged areas Determined to stop tax racket OTTAWA The government is being cheated out of millions of dollars of tax revenue by taxpayers who invent needy foreign relatives Revenue Minister Tony Abbott said Monday he is deter mined to destroy the racket which has he said reached alarming proportions Claiming dependent abroad is worth an income tax deduction of as much as $840 Taxation officials now check with foreign authorities to make sure every claimed dependent is legitimate Judged on performance says Fox OTTAWA iCPi 777 Francis Fox says his constituents judge him on his per formance as an MP and not on the abortion scandal which forced him to resign as solicitorgeneral last year The main distinction that has been made to me time and time again by number of people in my own riding was that they saw very clear distinction between what they considered to be my personal life and my public life the Quebec Liberal said in radio inter view In their minds should be judged not on that par ticular incident or any other event which may have oc curred in my personal life but really on what type of member of Parliament have been in my riding or what type of minister was when held the position within cabinet Fox resigned solicitor general in January 1978 after admitting to stunned Commons he had helped FRANCIS FOX distinction married woman obtain an abortion by forging her husbands name to hospital document Another company after Nordair OTTAWA tCPi The Makivik Corp northern Quebec lnuit development company has joined the list of com panies interested in acquiring Nordair Ltd The Bank of Commerce in Montreal is ready to support Makiviks bid said company president Charlie Watt in an interview from Fort himo Que He estimated that $25 $34 million would be required to secure the airline Air Canada owns 864 per cent of Nordair shares The balance belongs to the Quebecbased aisse dEntraidc Economique Makivik proposes to purchase controlling interest from Air Canada leaving the national carrier with 25pcrccnt interest Attention focuses on Skylab OTTAWA tCPi The latest Soviet satellite incident in Canadian airspace has focussed attention again on the dangers of falling space objects such as the expected return of the US Skylab space station later this year The interest was lukewarm in Ottawa government circles over the blazing reentry of the conventionallypowcrcd Cosmos 315 satellite during the weekend unlike the furore over the nuclearpowered Cosmos 954 which disintegrated over the Northwest Territories in January 1978 But the US Skylab is more than 77 tons of metal and it is expected to scatter into many pieces when it returns probably in late June or early July Weston may make offer for Bay TORONTO tCPi Shopping at the Bay has long been populartradition But shopping for it Twice this month Hudsons Bay Co has caught the fancy of wellheeled corporate shoppers eager to bring the giant merchandise retailer into their treasure trovcs The latest move in that direction came Monday with George Weston Ltd announcing it is considering making an offer for 51 per cent of the shares of the department store chain the election Monday night for May 22 CP Photo Demonstrators march in peace sabotage try ltAtillliAl It Thou sands of banner waving dcmon strators marched through this Iraqi capital today as fig ptiaii President nar Sadats toes gathered to try to agree on ac tion to SilllttlilLJ his Iltittt treaty with lsracl The big question was how tar Saudi litItlt lIgypts chict ti nancial backer would agrcc to go Iraqs ruling lttnitliist part organized lug rally to kick off the rib League tlttll hants of ltcnlll to lllt minor and liown with thc Sadat rcgiinc rang through the Iraqi capital tilttcial llittll newspapcrs itlltil for con crctc measures against ttlttl on political economic lll format mini and mass lltiItlllllttll ltvcls ligypt responded with an an notiticcnicnl in Cairo that it stispciiditig participation lll ttic league which it toundcd ill 19 but will conttniic to up holdthcrabcuisc lhotisands also inarchcd tor three hours in Damascus to pro test thc treaty lhc march llltlt1ilttl by rchbishoplli larion tapudji tlictlrcck ath olic archbishop ot lcrusalcm who did tinic in an Israeli prison for smuggling weapons to lalcstinian tcrrorists and rian lrcniicr lohammcil li al llalaii SIIIURI Iltt lhc liainasctis lltitltll tlltlltl with rally at 1ltltll Syrian ot ltctals plcdgcd lttll support to thilalcstiniLilarationOrgan iation lltii and its tight tor lalcstinian litlt on thc West ltank ot tinJordan itivcr BELOW IN VAFHOUS SFLCS tMMEDIATE DELIVERY HRLCR BARS WRITE STRUCTURALS FOR SHEETHR PAOCR GALV BOOKLET PLATE PIPE YUBINGLHS EXPANDED METALS GRATING DRILL ROD THREADED ROD ALUMtNUM REBAR MESH RAIL WIIISIN HIlfl 60 DISCO ROAD REXIALE ONYARtO Ala 67 1170 The iaethdad nmtiiig of Arab toicigii and tttitltiltilt fltllllltl was called to discuss ipplicttioii of resolutions zidopcd it an tllIl tidat lllllltttl contcrcnci in Baghdad last iiciitici llnw call tor boycott ot an ligyptian part or person that tlttll with lliil Suspension ot IIgypts llltllilttllltt ltt thc 33 mcmlicr Arab cigtic tlltI lltllltl oi the lcagucs lictiiltpiiitci lroni lairotoaiiothcrribcipitt lriation at an annual Sit billion loud to hpr tlic lalcstinc Liberation IllLdlllitlltill lltt and thc controntatioii stntcs around lsracl lorilan Syria and lraq to build tip their military torccs to light the treacherous pctttc lhi kc lllt was whether aiidi ltlilt would rcdiicc or cut off financial aid to lIgypt of almost $3 billion It year Home Auto lite Business sarjeant Insurance IWBGII Farm Rd Barrie Ont rats CORRECTION In the Sears Days Sole Circular on Page the price point 2999 beside the illustration is incorrect It should read 3099 sizes IO 123499 sixes l4 l6 l8 On Page 20 the prices for SearsO Padic Luxury and luxury Plus sleep sets should read Luxury 39 set 9496 54 set 24396 60 set 29296 Luxury Plus 39 set 23996 54 set 28996 60 set 34946 We regret any inconvenience these errors may have caused mm 24 THE PLIICE PUT Olnterest calculated every 24 hours UNI daily balance Paid Quarterly W2 Interest BARR COMMUNITY Cannirtimon LTD in COLLIER STREET BARRII ONT 7286191 on financing OllAtA itli No inatth who wins the forthcoming federal election it looks Ilkt Alis will be back here for June session of Parliament to vote the government sonic financing Prime Minister Trudeau hititcd that Monday night after calling the May 32 election by telling Liberal lls We may not come together as group before the tttli of June or thereabouts major tcason for the curl call is to get money to kccp the government going Among the pieces of legislation left unpass ed liv the dissolution of laitla giving mcnl was bill the government Slit billion addi tioiial borrowing authorin The legislation is among many bills lctt hanging by lrtidcaus call which came lcss than an hour bcforc thc ommons was to givc par liaincntary approval to govern Ilitlli spending for this anti next fiscal ycar about St billion Most of that moncy was to meet government expenditures for the first quarter of the fiscal ycarstarttng April ltccaiisc the govcrnincnt did not wait for the parliamentary approval it will get along on governor gciicrals warrants pcrniitting spending These must bc retroactively approved attcr larliamcnt inHtsagain Some politicians in all parties say the NDP has good chance of repeating that role after this election Some predict another minority government either Liberal or Progressive on scrvative Other major issues Broad bent cited were energy policy advocating an expanded role for the gmcrnmentrrun Petro anada Oil company and the achievement of equal rights for women in our economy Earlier in the day he 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