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AW Monday Sept 17 1979 the examiner serving barrie and simcoe county Published by Canadian Newspapers Company Limited l6 Bayfield Street Barrie Ontario LAM 4T6 Bruce Rowland publisher CIRCULATION 7266539 NEWSROOM 7266537 ADVERTISING 7266537 CLASSIFIEDS 7282414 Oil business like any other The oilrich Illiddlerlastern nations are currently riding crest of wealthy success with the world knocking on their doors for fuel il production is virtually their only industry and it employs many thousands As the West has come to realize oil coal and natural gas are nonrcplenishable in mans lifetime and therefore our sources wont last orevcr While the Middlellast has increased oil prices throwing the West into some sort of chaos and panic they should remember the lesson learned by us the source cannot be replenished Some time in the future the MiddleEat oil supp ly will run out what then In the meantime the West is frantically trying to discover substitues for oil both for heating and industry One method currently in use in small pumps and some generators is tough nylon bushings which ltqllllt no lubricaton at all Solar heating wood and coal are also substitutes and tests are be ing conducted on the mixing ofoil with other lubricants Each discovery combined with domestic oil sources will eat into the Midtllellasts production as we may no longer re quire their oil As any businessman will tell you no business is surefire bet these days For the world is forever changing The world Giant Brazil By JOHN IIARBRON Foreign Affairs Analyst Thomson News Services Giant Brazil the second largest country in the Western Hemisphere after our own suf fers similar economic difficulties to us but is attempting very different solutions for them Like Canada Brazil faces apparently uncontrollable inflation continued reliance on imported petroleum wide disparity in wage levels between workers and whiteclass managers Also similar to Canada Brazil relies very heavily on her exports to pay her way which includes meeting about $8 billions in interest yments on an immense $50 billions in oreign loans This debt is the highest of any developing nation with the annual outpouring of an additional $75 billions per annum in oil purchases making it impossible for Brazil to increase interest payments on her huge debt As Brazilian president Joao Baptista Figueiredo himself admitted it is not very pleasant situation when oil purchases combined with paying off debt charges are greater than annual earnings from exports Canadas balance of payments situation is not as critical as the Brazilian though we have spent to date about $6 billions more than we have earned DIFFERENT BORROWINGS This country is not major borrower in the international banking area like Brazil nor large recipient of the kinds of private loans which Brazil places abroad with private banks and related financial institutions Nevertheless we experience major cash flows from the United States in the form of 10 By VINCENT EGAN Business and Consumer Affairs Analyst Thomson News Service If Finance Minister John Crosbie is serious in promising that he wont be nice guy lets hope that he will first of all get mean and tough about inflation Consumer prices rose by 84 per cent in the 12 months ended in August up from 81 per cent in the 12 months ended in July The Consumer Price Index tCPll rose to 1928 in August from 1921amonth earlier and 1778 year earlier One of the reasons cited by Statistics Canada for the latest rise was last monthss increase in gasoline prices When it publishes the September CPI on Oct 18 StatCan will again have to point to higher gasoline prices As every motorist knows they took yet another jump around the beginning of September as our prices head gradual higher toward the world level ictated the oil cartel The rising cost of petroleum products is quite simply reduction in our national wealth Yet because gasoline and other petroleum products are components of the CPI large numbers of Canadians are unaffected by the increases INDEXED INCOMES Thats because the earnings and pensions of certain privileged groups public office holders and members of powerful unions are indexed With every rise in the CPI they are paid an additional Cost of Living Allowance COLA This means that they are getting proportionately bigger share of shrinking national economic pie One way to end the anomaly would be to eliminate the petroleumproducts com ponents from the CPI at least for the purpose of calculating COLA cal investment based on generally higher interest rate than is offered by US banks And in this sense like the Brazilians we rely heavily on offshore borrowings for much of our economic growth Brazils Planning Minister Antonio Delfim Netto is making some tough measures ceiling will be clamped on loan interest rates The agrarian sector which he sup ported with statedecreed crop price supports as Agriculture Minister will resume its pri mary place as Brazils major exporter Perhaps the most controversial move by Mr Delfim Netto who was responsible for Brazils economic miracle of the late 19605 and its 11 per cent annual growth is to re distribute national income He will do this by adjusting the lowest salaries in the private sector every six months to ten per cent more than the rate of inflation which now stands at about 50 per cent Higher salaries among the countrys growing managerial class which has ex panded with Brazils industrial diver sification since the mid19605 will be in creased substantially less than the rate of price increases FlEl FROM SUGAR But the biggest crisis which Mr Delfim Netto may not control is the reliance of the country on foreign oil for about 85 per cent of its energy needs He has already announced expansion of the $5 millions allocated by the government for plants to expand the alcohol fuel program Making fuel from the residue of sugar cane refining will be saving grace for country with truly desperate energy situation Inflation needs tough approach Then those people who are on inflation proof incomes would at least have to bear their share of the purely arbitrary cost in creases that are dictated by the oil cartel and would probably feel greater dedication to the cause of energy conservation An alternative often suggested would be to put cap on COLA that is to limit in creases to certain maximum even though the inflation rate might call for even bigger increases There would be protests from those whose incomes are fully protected against inflation and who therefore have no incentive to try to check its growth But the majority of Canadians would surely welcome certain measure of toughness in the face of increasingly ruinous price in creases ZERO lNFlATlON still more revolutionary approach would be to strive for an end to inflation Thats an objective that no government has ever set for Canada nor apparently even considered Pierre Trudeau in 1975 spoke of achieving reduction to four per cent inflation by 1979 but soon gave up the pursuit of even that limited goal The benefits of stability in those prices that are determined within Canada would be tremendous Human ener ies could at last be diverted to worthwhile en eavors in the fields of energy health transportation housing education culture and the like Productivity production and living standards generally would rise Zero inflation may be Utopian dream or it may not But it will be dream unless and until Clark Crosbie and company show the resolve that they have so far only talked about and set tough economic goals As of now there are none IUSINESS 7266537 Parliament Hill EDITORS ADVEQYISING Craig Elson managng editor Stan Didzbalisc1y editor Bill McFarlare wire editor RE PORTE Stephen Nicholls Dennis Lanthier Nancy Figueroa Lori Cohen Tony Panach Richard Thomas Stephen Gauer Sue Bowen camera operator Terry Field Cathy Heather Mary Delaney SALES Wayne Hay Aden Smnh Steve Skinner Barb Boulton PelerCIark CLASSIFIED Freda Stunner Janice Morton By STEWART MacLEOI Ottawa Bureau Thomson News Service Now that the shoe is on the other foot so to speak and the Tories are in power guess its natural that the defeated Liberals try to emulate the winners But by organizing thinktank session and deliberately ex cluding their leader they are clearly going too far This as they should know has been the traditional preserve or battle plan of the Tory party for generations Ever since the days of Sir John Macdonald Conser vatives have excelled at organizing various chinwags and excluding their leaders And if their leader couldnt be excluded they would find someone else to leave off the invitation list One thing about Tory gettogethers you could always tell who was on the way up and who was on the way down And despite this peculiar propensity for public bloodletting the party managed to win the last election But some of those young whippersnappers the Liberal Party seem to have the misguided impression that these excludetheleader revival meetings might have contributed to the victory In any event they have taken wellworn page from the Conservative strategy book and are busy organizing brainstorming session in Winnipeg that wont benefit or suffer from the thoughts of Pierre Trudeau While the Liberal thinkers spend three days staring into crystal balls Trudeau will be left in Ottawa toerre Trudeau While the Liberal thinkers spend three days staring into crystal balls Trudeau wili be left in Ottawa to stroke his beard What has befallen the Liberal Party NEVER BEFORE quick glance through the reference library indicates that never before have WELL DIDNT GET PRIME MINI5TER OHIRA TO AGREE to TAKE IN MORE 50 PEOPLE Len SEViCk manager Calvm Felepchuk Peggy Chapell supervisor Bra anr mo BuSlNEGS Mar GVuuh atffulan Dena is II Inau 00o Saunders Lorne Wass WI Cadogan Stan Wray Bill Raynor PO Glider Ed Allenby Janie Hamel Susan Kitchen Yvonnesperos PRESSRJOM AI Hanson ioreman Mar tleEAKS IRCUL ATION anoik VaVAQv llyr WA slnn Mammy 1th ribonu sa Art lmnv Dmim mum hpn Fred Prince If Pattendon PIERRE THUDEAL stroking his beard Liberal organizers held national meeting and deliberately excluded their leader although there is every reason to believe that Mackenzie held many meetings at the exclu sion of Liberal orgainzers But now Blair Williams Liberal organizers But now Blair Williams former national director of the party is busy arranging the Winnipeg meeting which will attract 150 of the top Liberal thinkers in the country COMPOSING ROOM Jack Kerney toreman Glenn Kwan asst toreman Don Near asst ioreman Tho Barrio Exominot is mombor oi Tho Cornedan Prou CP and Audit luroou at Published 06in except Sunday and Statutory holidays WE KLY by carrier 95 cents VEARLVDyalV $49 10 BY MAIL Barrie Circulation ADC Only tho Canadian Pros may ropublish nows norm in this moor roditod to CF Tho Associotod Pro loulon or Agonco Franco Proooo md local now uorior publilhod in Tho Barrio Exominor Tho Barrio Elannor claims copyright on all original 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difficult to disqualify him as political ac tivist LOOK AHEAD But the wayWilliams sees it if the leader attends this meeting there will be tendency tofocus on the past and present Our con cern is that if you begin with people who represent the institution you begin with reflective meeting looking backward Ylhe purpose is to make the Liberal Party vital alive and interesting and attractive to other people he says Then he added these tantalizing words Its pretty good op pormnity to get the party aligned and fun dantentally move the leadership on some of these points Well Williams can rationalize all he wants about this conference and his guest list but when the Liberal Party decides it can best move the leadership by deliberately ex cluding the national leader when think its time Pierre Trudeau began looking over his shoulder Perhaps Joe Clark who had to master the backward glance before becoming prime minister can give Trudeau few pointers in this ancient Tory art Its little wonder that Trudeau felt moved to remark that my longvterm future is as mysterious to you as it is to me At times like this he must miss the ex perienced counsel of John Diefenbaker BUT HE DIP PROMISE TO GET THEM GOOD DEAL ON COLOR TVS rm duo to tho nogligonco of its warm or othomno and Ihoro shell ho no llabulty for non Insomon at any advormomont boyond tho mount poid for such Publishor rosowos tho right to odlt royuo density or you on odvortin Take Note Top potential of our bay BY ALEX MANJURIS Natural riches abound throughout the Bar rie area but our biggest natural wealth is Kempenfelt Bay yet there it sits untapped Just imagine the tourist dollars which could be injected into our economy especially the downtown core if concerted effort was made to attract the boaters into this area If you have had occasion to use the boat facilities at the city marina then you will understand why boaters choose to go to Orillia and Midland Boaters like everyone else like to be pampered and make to feel as if they are welcome have spoken to several of those boaters this summer in order to get firsthand im pression of what they thought of the marina facilities in Barrie Sorry to say Barrie is lowman on the totem pole as far as they are concerned UNLESS They say we wont dock at Barrie unless it is absolutely necessary you can never be sure if the power supply will be on or off only some of the slips have power hookup there is no easy access to water you never know whether there will be an attendant there the area is littered and the garbage cans overflowing there are no cleanup facilities such as showers and change rooms What facilities are available are not easily accessi ble with only 15 to 20 slips there is no assurance that there would be space available On the other hand Orillia and Midland are bending over backwards to greet the boaters and are reaping the benefits Orillia can accommodate 60 overnighters and Midland 30 so where does that leave Bar rie The city runs the marina in Midland whereas the chamber of commerce runs the marina in Orillia Both these cities have informed attendants who receive the boats as they dock help them tie up welcome them provide keyed showers and washroom facilities for boaters only as well as consistent dependable service bet ween the hours of am and am power supply at each boat slip and convenient handy water supply Midland is blessed to have Gus as harbor master He is the dedicated one The marina is Gus and Gus is the marina they even have hanging potted plants to make the marina friendly pretty place Members of Orillias power squadron per sonally welcome the boaters and hand out stickers with came to Orillia by boat on them Now if you were boater where would you dock Well statistics speak for themselves Orillia will have berthed some 5000 over nighters Midland over 2000 and Barrie around 200 Quite significant difference These figures do not include the hundreds of boats which are considered transient types wich tie up for only few ours An official survey by the provincial govern ment has shown that each overnighter spends minimum of $100 in the community that represents lot of money over the course of the boating season The transient boaters also leave great deal of money in the community Yes there will be expense involved but they do not have to come directly from the taxpayers pockets Ther are governmentsponsored summer student programs and local organizations could become involved You must remember that these boaters do not have handy transportation so they and their money will be injected directy into the downtown core Lets not miss out on milliondollar industry bonanza for the downtown area Since the Downtown Improvement Board represents the downtown business core it would be fitting for them to take up the challenge do not miss the boat fellows Lloyd Armstrong was the one who trig gered my mind into doing this column He is keenly interested in developing proper Bar rie marina into facility which will be the en vy of other waterfront communities and rightly so He should be involved in any scheme or program which might evolve interpreting the news UK business seeks saiety DONOON CP The problem of protecting companies and individuals in Britain from provisions of United States law is expected to go before the House of Com mons for debate next month Canada has protested US attem ts to enforce beyond its boundaries laws rafted to control dealings within the US Legislation to be introduced here in Oc tober will be designed to prevent US anti trust judgments from being enforced in the United Kingdom At the same time there will be call for tighter control over the type of information provided to US authorities when they are carrying out investigations under terms of their ownlaw British jurists are reported to be worried about recent attempts by US lawyers seeking to extend the reach of American laws to foreign companies doing business outside theUS The US argument one familiar to Canadians is that even external activities can affect US interests in highly in terdependent world The British are believed to have been goaded into action by heavy fines imposed on seven shipping companies last June for allegedly fixing prices on Atlantic routes