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COMPOSENG ROOM EDITORS aovenrismo BUSWESS Jack Keriicy foreman Craig Elson managing editor Len Sayicli manager Marian Goutlhi 000 Stan Didzbalis my editor SALES DEIVB MiIS DonSaunders Bill MltFartane wire editor Ade 5mm cftkll Lorne Wass REPORTERS come at WiltCadogan nd Stephen Nicnoits Syeze Shnzyer Stan Wrav Fridav Nov 21979 serwng ar I20 co cou Benniséanthier MarionHardv gilRYmt ancy igueroa it mGildet Puolisned by Canadian Newspapers Company Limited LonCohen $2ank°° EdAllenby ATI l6 Boylield Street Barrie Ontario LAM 4T6 Ergafgfififfii new cinssmeo Stephen Gauu Andy Haughton aSSIstani manager ymne 59 Bruce Rowland publisher e999 Chapell SUDQWSOT Doug Bon ifirgtiiaumm one or Freda Shinner Alva LaPiante illness in Cathy Heather 19 M°° Lisa want so on NEWSROOM CIRCULATION ADVERTISING CLASSIFIEDS BUSINESS M6 Duane Ian MacMurchv game 3mm Fred pm 7266537 7266539 7266537 723241 7266537 Men Glenn Kwan St torernan Don Near asst foreman Kim Pattenoen Published daily except Sunday and 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insertion ot any advertisement LSEWHERE IN CANADA beyond the amount paid tor such advertisement The Publisher reserves the right to edit revise ciassltv or reiect an adver Blah month is upon us Blah What else can you say about this month The leaves are slimy and the rain is falling It is November This augurs as vintage November which means awful We missed our Indian Summer last month Instead we got the wettest October in history In November the trees are bare and you can see more Sky But so what What is there to see up there now but pail without end Its too soon to skate Its too soon to think about crisp days and cross country skiing And its too late by far to lie lit the sun Its too late for everything It is November We have little faith in November Ilallmvccn that pagan ritual llsltctcd in the month and theres something right about that Hail to thcc black spirit What else happens in the barest month The days turn black morn ing and night as the clocks fall back The month is not complete without at least one cold Neo Citr ran becomes the national drink Save us from November At home we fuel up our furnaces outfit ourselves for winter think about Christmas coming and wonder how well ever pay for it all At school the afternoons for foot ball games run out and students worry as they cram for first semester examinations Everywhere it seems theres no light at the end of the tunnel The nothing month is upon us Its month to look for small favors any favors to break the pattern There must be something good to say about November But we cant think of it letters to the editor The following lcttcr with all attached sheet containing 36 signatures of support has been sent to icorgc Taylor MII Simcoc South on IIH subjch of acid rain Dcar icorgc We were appalled to read of Dr Harry Par rotts the environment minister decision prcsuniably rcachcd in cabincl lot to act im inctliatcly on perhaps what has become the most prcssing cnvironmcntal issue facing ir talto acid rain lhcrc arc two things certain about acid rain The firstis that it will not be easily dealt with and the second is that it is extremely dangerous Left unchecked acid rain could cvcntually and not in the too distant future claim most of the lakes ill thc northern part of thc provincc The latest available evidence also shows that acid rain destroys vegetation lhc wholc ecological balance could be dcstroycd ill heavily contaminated areas Whilc acknowledging that Iltc problcm is difficult onc and that further study into the causes atld origin of acid rain is required the gtwcrnmcnts inaction to this point is inex cusably Enough is known sulphur dioxide emissions turn into mild form of sulphuric acid about thc conditions which lead to acid rain and the companies that help create those conditions tojustify some form of action The governments immediate goal should be to have the International Nickel Company Sudbury reduce the volume of sulphur dioxlt idc it cmits and approach thc governments of neighboring states and if necessary the NH fedcral govcrnmcnt and demand similar slcps bc takcn south of the border At tlic very least you could show the people lit tle sign of indignation trace of anger The government could acknowledge that severe problcm faccs us all Icrhaps however that is asking too much frotn govcrnmcnt that year ago when Cicorgc McCaguc was environment minister said acid rain was not problem at all follow ing the issue in government publication of an article by an employee of the government that warned of the potential dilemma lwo issues anger us The first is the rain itsclf We fear that the air and water may not be fit for human use 20 years from now Or put more directly we are concerned about our lives The second docs not promote scnsc of fear hilt Sense of frustration And that conccrn is that the government of this province is so utterly afraid of challenging thc industrial sector with the result that pro blcms of tltc magnitude of acid rain are left unchallcngtxl until it is too latc to act under Death stalks NEW OSNABURGH tint CI 77 Death and drinking arc stalking this Ojibwa In dian reserve 300 kilomctrcs north of Thundcr Bay and Chief Roy Kammawaish is afraid thcrc is no solution to thc combination Chief Roy Kaminawaish of the Ojib wa Indian reserve at New Osooburgh 300 miles north of Thunder Bay is afraid there is no solution to the problems his people face from drinking Certainly it is obvious to all today that we cannot destroy the very roots of our existence on this planet air and water in the quest of creating fully industrialized state Somewhere it seems to us there is line that should be drawn when it comes to issuses such as acid rain Is it not the responsibility of government using data available to it from all sources to make that determina tion We are pleading with you as our represen tative to government that exists to serve us to make known our concerns in the strongest possible terms Yours truly June MacFarlane Barrie Sir You report Social Credit MPs walkcd out of the Commons to protcst dcnial of their speaking rights as nicntbcrs of legitimate political party They were elected under the new Canada Elections Act 1977 as party the same as the Liberals Conservatives and NDIcrs nly approved political partics were allowed on thc ballot The candidates for each political party could only appcar on the ballot with thc writ ten endorscmcnt of the leader or his authorizicd rcprcscntalivc ic Liberals nccdcd thc signaturc of Trudeau or Gordon Ashworth Conservatives nccdcd thc signature of 100 Clark or Lowell Milrray NII nccdcd the signature of Ed ward Broadban For the first time in Canadian history thc name of the political party as well as the cati didatc were on the ballot lhcrcforc the voters clcctcd the party and thc candidatc It follows candidate so clcctcd cannot cross the floor withotlt the written consent of the leader of his party Prior to Tim Election Act of I977 cati didatc was chosen by the implied consent and will ol thc people of thc Riding Association and was rcsponsiblc to his riding Now he must havc tltc written consent of thc Lcadcr not the President of thc Riding Association which is step towards lic tatorial pow cl II is not only the Socrcds who havc bccn dcnicd tltcir rights but all Canadians arc in thc proccss of having dcinocracy dcnicd Yours truly David lilnc Painswick Indictn reserve The 28yearold father of three says five violent deaths in the last year can be at tributed to drinking And he worries about his own sanity in the face of his heaiy responsibility as leader of the 500msidcnt community canoc tipped when three Ojibwa began fighting over an almostempty whisky bottle while crossing the lake after an all day drinking rty woman drowned Two men fr the reserve began arguing while having few drinks before setting out on moosehunting trip An argument about who was the better hunter ended when one man grabbed his hunting rifle and shot his friend to death An attractive 16yearold girl with history of alcohol and behavior problems wandered into the bush and hanged herself less than two months after being released from reform school Residents voted nine years ago to keep liquor off the reserve But access to Pickle Lake only mminutc $18 taxi ride away made the vote ineffective You cant control it when there is booze in every other house including mine the chief says Sometimes you get so depressed at it all that you just give up and join in What are you going to do when you go into other peoples houses and theyre drinking Theyre all people who voted for me MAN YOURE GETTING To BE DRAG WHEN min 5TARTED Muoolue You You WERE RICH WHAT HAPP lIWIlIIu ENED TO You REESE 68 d7 WW Stock exchange wooing Iittle guy to invest By VINCENT EGAN Business and Consumer Affairs Analyst Thomson News Service For todays younger generation of stock market investors 1972 not 1929 was the watershed year That year ended with stocks on the Toronto Stock Exchange selling at nearly 18 times their current pershare earnings and yielding return of only 26 per cent Volume of trading on the TSE in 1972 reached 19 billion shares Stock prices went still higher in early January 1973 but then the party ended During the next couple of years prices dropped sharply In 1974 alone prices on the TSE declined by 292 per cent on average the typical stock sold at only 658 times earnings Trading volume fell proportionately thus confirming the fact that thousands of Canadian individual investors were turning away from the market discouraged both by their losses and by Ottawas new policyof taxing any stockmarket gains as though they were earned income At the same time inflation exploded in Canada jumping from 48 per cent in 1972 to nearly 11 per cent in both 1974 and 1975 So much for the old theory that good commoh stocks were hedge against inflation BREAKDOWN Just as in the Dirty Thirties the financial industry found itself unable to carry out prop erly its role of channeling Canadians savings into equity investment in our industry And Canadian corporations found it next to impossible to increase their equity base through issuing stock to the public Up to point that may not have been such bad thing Certainly the 1960s and the 19205 had seen the investing public grow far too eager to put its money into dubious ventures with catchy names or faddish concepts The position of the mid19705 investor became even worse in late 1975 when the Trudeau government imposed freeze on dividend payments as part of its antiA inflationprogram the same program that allowed wages to go on increasing each year Today the financial community the stock YOUR BUSINESS exchanges and their members along with the investment dealers are looking for ways to encourage corporations to issue new equity and to get individuals to take their money out of the mattress and invest it in stocks now selling at somewhere around eight times earnings on average TWO VIEWS However not all stockbrokers and in vestment dealers adhere to their industrys party line that the individual ought to be encouraged to come back into the market While the stock exchanges are proclaiming that the individual investors participation is vital because it deepens the market for among other things junior industrial stocks good many stockbrokers prefer to deal only with institutional investors in surance firms and the like and not to clutter up the place with the little guy The stock exchanges and the Investment Dealers Association of Canada have drawn up the Canadian Investment Plan to en courage individuals to invest In brief the Plan would allow any Canadian resident resident to claim tax credit of up to $5000 year with lifetime maximum of $50000 for any new money invested in the listed common stock of Cana dian public companies Plan is obviously inspired in part by the Registered Retirement Savings Plan con cept Its likely that the Plan would by at tracting new capital tend to enhance the prices of Canadian stocks That in turn would encourage corporations to raise new equity capital and to expand their operations The Canadian Investment Plan deserves serious consideration On the face of it it could be far more efficient and less in flationary than the Tory governments silly scheme to create new tax loophole for mortgage interest Czech dissidents imprisoned by Stalinist government By JOHN IIARBRON Foreign Affairs Analyst Thomson News Service Czechoslovakias Stalinist government stepped deeper into the abyss of totalitarianism and repression with the disgraceful prison sentences it imposed last week on six citizen dissidents Vaclav Havel distinguished Czech playwright whose plays have appeared on the Canadian and American stages and five others were convicted of subversion of the republic and given up to four years each ill prison This was merely for criticizing the abject failure of the Czech government to live up to its human rights protection measures These were guaranteed by Czechoslovakia as one among 35 nations many from the Com munist bloc when they signed the Helsinki Agreement in 1975 promising to honor human rights Other charges made against the six who included prominent Czech economist newspaper editor and television com mentator were sabotage and the usual ac cusation of being in the pay of the Central Intelligence Agency The six convicted last week and the four still to be tried belong to very active sub group of the now worldfamous Charter of 77 Human Rights Movement This is very brave gatheringtogether of about 1000 Czech citizens who publicly monitor and attack their own governments shocking record on human rights and who ex perience as result chronic police sur veillance and personal harassment SHAH TRIAL Their trial was the typical sham event of Communist nations lasting mere two days scarcely time enough for the defendants lawyers to gather together material on behalf of their clients In fact the governmentappointed lawyers for the defence were also sham One of them praised the prosecution lawyer in court for his loyalty to socialist values while apologizing for his assignment to defend the dissidents The trials were held in tiny room of the JUStice Ministry next to large and empty room which the trial judge said had been booked for another trial This meant that none of the foreign or even Czech press or lawyers from the West invited to survey the trials was present but had to stand outside the courtroom By our legal procedures standards the Czech performance was farce and travesty of justice exceeded only by the tragic charges brought against these brave and distinguished Czechs The prison sentences though severe enough for men and women in their prime were re duced in length probably because of the strong opposition to these trials by the Czech ministries of foreign affairs and trade which are trying to expand Czech trade with the capitalistic world The Czech government badly needs to expand its commercial and technical ties with the West in Canadas case being the recent recipient of equipment for major new paper mill in that country In fact if External Affairs MacDonald is really serious about penalizing nations violat ing human rights but needing Canadian aid or technology she can start anytime with the Prague government and terminate any future major commercial deals with the Czech regime The long decline of this once great Czech democratic state through both Nazi German and Soviet Russian imposed totalitarianism and tenor is one of the most tragic developments of modern European history By STEWART MacLEOD Ottawa Bureau Thomson News Service It was obviously painful process but Prime Minister Joe Clark deserves some credit for quickly biting the bullet and publicly reversing himself on that illadvised campaign promise to move the Canadian em bassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem He could have fudged for few more months while awaiting complete report from Robert Stanfield the former Tory leader who was assigned the unenviable task of extricating Clarks government from its needless quandary Instead he asked his predecessor to drop him quick memo the rest of the recommendations could come later so he could reverse his oftrepeated promise and let the matter rest Stanfield was fast to oblige Appropriate recommendations regarding the location of the Embassy in Israel seem so clear following the consultations have already held that wish to submit them to you now said Stanfield To the surprise of no one he said the em bassy should stay in Tel Aviv and that Canada should not even open consular office in the disputed city of Jerusalem Any embassy move said Stanfield must await the resolution of Jerusalems status as part of just and lasting comprehensive peace settlement OTHER FACTORS While Stanfield based most of his arguments on the issue of peace think its fair to assume that if this were the only consideration that nothing would be said until he had completed his final report The need for the interim letter and the fast government announcement involved economic considera tions We dont like to admit it of course but it was the fear of prolonged Arab economic boycott that was getting to us And these fears set in the moment the Clark government assumed office armed with that ridiculous commitment to move the embassy thoughtless promise that was tossed out for the obvious purpose of winning Jewish votes in the May 22 election And while ex ternal affairs officials held their heads in hor ror Clark repeated his pledge after assuming office That he declared in reference to the proposed move is the policy of the government of Canada Incredibly some of his ministers even By DEREK NELSON Queens Park Bureau TORONTO There are number of ways one could describe the provincial govern ments reaction to the high rate of interest initiated by the federal government Sidestepping through minefield is one Skirting thcedge of political precipice while skidding around the economic corner on two soft tires is another Justifiably too Both Liberal oppOSition leader Stuart Smith and New Democratic Party leader Michael Cassidy have been peppering the Con servative benches with interest rate questions in the House What they want is to nail down the provinces official view of being either for or against Ottawas high interest rate policy What position was taken How was it put If no position was taken why not Smith asked about meeting last week between provincial Treasurer Frank Miller and federal finance minister John Crosbie TWO CHOICES But simple questions dont necessarily command simple answers in the House Both Miller and Premier William Davis have responded to opposition taunts by recounting what Smith calls the two sides to the interest rate question Towit Low rates will produce lower Canadian dollar which means higher inflation resulting from higher import costs and maybe too decline in investment as well as reduced borrowing capacity High rates mean stronger dollar cheaper imports and dampening of economic ac tivity to bring inflation under control But trying to fix one position or the other on the provincial government has proven as difficult as nailingjelly to door BOTH SIDES Davis for example answered one sally from Cassidy about socalled overheating In the economy this way Interpreting the news Carter prepares for Ottowo By CATHY MCKERCHER WASHINGTON tCP President Carters visit to Ottawa next week appears aimed more at underlining the current warm state of CanadaUS relations than at making any dramatic new advances It is understood here tnat the trip will be considered success it it results in in dications of progress on some bilateral is sues particularly in the field of energy The symbolic value of the trip the first to Ottawa by US president since 1972 is also important for the politicallytroubled US leader and for Prime Minister Clark Carter who will be accompanied by his wife Rosalynn State Secretary Cyrus Vance and senior officials will address Parliament hold meetings with Clark and meet with former prime minister Pierre Trudeau It is likely the longdelayed northern natural gas pipeline designed to move Alaskan natural gas through Canada to the lower48 states will be discussed US representatives are expected to raise the question of whether Canada will make available enough natural gas to allow pre building of the southern portions of the pipeline Sponsors of the project say putting the southern legs in operation while con struction proceeds on the northern sections is an integral part of the SHbllllOn project WOULD PROVIDE BOOST Financing is also likely to be discussed Some credit due to Clark for reversing embassy stand PARLIAMENT HILL wanted to share the credit for this explosive promise and others have had substantial input into the question said Immigration Minister Ron Atkcy as though he had just helped establish the United Nations What Canada wanted to do said Prime Minister Clark was demonstrate its support for Israels right to exist It was time Canada became leader rather than follower SHORT DISPLAY Well this heady demonstration which was not needed anyway was shortlived Within hours of Clarks renewed declaration our new government was rattled by the enormity of the reaction In Tel Aviv Prime Minister Menachem Begin interrupted party convention to tell cheering supporters that the embassy of great country such as Canada will be in Jerusalem But that was only one side of the reaction In Arab capitals there was anger And at time when these countries were flexing their muscles over oil and we were realizing our dependency on them there was immediate talk of boycotts against Canada And the Palestine Liberation Organization referred to us as an enemy Soon Canadian firms began reporting that business with Arab countries was falling off no new contracts were being negotiated Losses were into the millions And while Prime Minister Clark and his gogernment tried to pour some Canadian oil on the troubled Arab waters by saying the embassy move was really longterm ob jective there was no soothing effect The Arab countries wanted stronger reassurances than this So Stanfield was appointed an ambassadoratlarge to make recom mendations involving Canadas relationship with the Middle East But everyone knew his overriding objective was to get the govern ment off the hook on the embassy move He made the best of botched situation and Clark to his credit lost no time in announc ing to Parliament that we do not intend to move the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem Queens Park skirts issue over high interest rise FROM THE LEGISLATURE am not an economist One can argue whether or not the economy needs heat taken out From our perspective we want to see more economic growth but would say we are also concerned about inflation The opposition would like the provincial Conservatives to share the blame with their federal kissing cousins for high interest rates and the obvious drawbacks to such policy Alternatively they wouldnt mind another Queens ParkOttawa word war such as has erupted over oil prices SNEAK BY But if all the government does is explain what the choices are without endorsing any of them it is difficult to pin one nasty result or another on provincial Tory policy have to be concerned about the effects on the Ontario consumer Thats my major job Miller said To that end the government is jawboning the banks to go easy on existing loans by for example keeping payment the same amount but letting it be stretched over longer period of time by taking more of the money as interest rather than principle Actually there is some reason to believe thats all they should do As Miller an engineer by profession points out his economic advisors are split on whether the high interest rate route is the right way to go If the experts dont know it is logical for politician to dodge and weave between the alternatives Analysts say encouraging statements by either or both leaders may be major boost for financing prospects Clark has promised to raise the issue of westtocast oil pipeline competition now nearing resolution in the US Interior Secretary Cecil Andrus angered Canadians by recommending the allAmerican Northern Tier pipeline rather than any of three com ting proposals involving Canada as the st way of moving surplus Alaskan oil inland The Canadian concern is that the Northern Tier plan which involves shipping oil to Washington state oil port and piping it inland creates the risk of an oil spill off Canadas West Coast Another energy matter that may arise is the possibility of increased Canadian elec tricity exports to the US It is felt here that US markets might rovide secure basis for hydroelectric deve opment in Canada Other topics which may be discussed in clude efforts to develop an agreement on air pollution the Garrison Diversion project and economic and trade issues An agreement for managing vessel traffic in the Juan de Fuca Strait may besigned Another agreement nearing completion provides for more cooperation and con sultation in antitmst prosecutions including voluntary information exchanges