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Barrie Examiner, 3 Nov 1979, p. 4

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plan to prowde special van service for the physically disabled in Barrie report prepared by Bob Kerr head of the local chapter for physically disabled says up to 340 persons would take advantage of the van service if it ever is in stituted here The numbers seem to lend crccdencc to the service becoming reality If only five per cent of the 340 use the service on daily basis as Ald Alex Arthur suggested it would mean 17 riders day This service will never be moneymaker for the city The costs are high Initially there would be $25000 capital cost to purchase the speciallydesigned van llalf that tab would be picked up by the provincial government as would hall of the $35000 year operating costs In the end run it would cost the city $25000 yearly to keep the van running It is proposed the special service would take passengers shopping to see the doctor and other important appointments Without speciallydesigned vehi cle Barries disabledare left with the option of clambering into bus or being driven in car Neither is an appealing alternative At first it was feared the numbers would not be here to support the specral service Since feasibility seems to be the first item looked at for any new municipal service the idea was somewhat in jeopardy Now with the numbers to justify the need Barries general commit tee would bc wise to offer its support to the service After all our physically disabled community though small seg ment of our population does not benefit from many other services most of us take for granted And as society we can do no less than provide for these peoples needs Common sense locking in government spending By DON OIIEARN Queens Park Bureau Thomson News Service TORONTO We hear lot of today of restraint in government spending Fine stuff But it would be even more reassuring if there were more concern about good old common sense in government spending For even in todays society where the two car family is the norm and the dollar can have the unreality of poker chip the aban don of some government spending can be as tounding case in point At hand is the annual report of the Ministry of Culture and Recreation This branch of government sometimes known to cyriics as the ministry of ballots and balls this year will be spending $211 million The cynicism towards this ministry can be overdone In addition to supporting the arts and sports and such curious endeavors as buying tuxcdos for malc quartets it has some responsibilities of significance The library service of the province for example is under its direction But $211 million is huge amount of money thilllON And it becomes astounding when you look at what is being spent or isnt being spent in other highly significant fields To take one example there is the matter of research powerful argument can be made that the whole future health of Ontario and therefore QUEENS PARK the future welfare of the province can de pend on research at this time This rests on the assumption which today is getting to be widely recognized that if On tario is to remain economically healthy let alone prosperous it will have to rely on its ad vanced technical expertise It will have to keep moving ahead in its efficiency in pro duction And the core of this has to be research So what is the government spending for such research The Ministry of Industry and Tourism which has the big responsibility for trying to mould Ontarios economic growth this year is spending total of some $6 million in sup port of research We may not spend quite that much on womens softball But throw in glee clubs hardball support of archery and childrens theatre and it would probably easily be top ped That wise man who once said In very imperfect world government is most im perfect instrument wasnt whistling Dixie Pressure for speedup in oil price inflation By VINCENT litiN Business and Consumer Affairs Analyst Thomson News Scri ice The pressure for speedup in oilprice iri fIation is becoming strongcrday by day Much of the pressure is coming frorn the premier of Alberta who claims that his pro vincc is subsidizing the other provinces by selling its oil at orin $1375 barrel Petcr Loughccd conveniently forgets that central and eastern Canada subsidized Alhcr tas oil industry during the many years of its development phase by paying lunch higher price for its oil than it would have bad to pay to iriiport Venezuelan oil Now the Economic Council of Canada has added measure of respectability to thc Alberta position Projections in its sixteenth annual review just published are based on an assumption of an annual increase of $4 in the price of barrel of oil until 1986 On that assumption it offers cheery pro jcctiori that consumer prices in Canada will rise at an annual rate of 86 per cent until 1982 and til it it per cent from thcii until 1983 In the most recent 12 months Canadas infla tion rate was 96 per cent INIIISTRY CASE The case for big speedup in the rate of in crcasc in thc adriiriiistcrcd price of Canadian ml which has bccn going up $1 per barrel every six months iii recent yearst goes something like this The world price of oil is about $26 Cam dian per barrel as fixed by the cartel the we want your opinion Something on your mindgt Send Letter to the Editor Please make it on original copy and sign it The Examiner doesnt publish unsrgned let tors but it you wish pen name will be used Include yOur telephone number and address as we have to verify letters Because of space limits public interest and good taste The Examiner sometimes has to edit condense or reject letters Letters to the Editor are run every day on the editorial page Send yours to latter to the liter the trainer Post Office Box 370 IARRIE Ont 4M YOUR BUSINESS Organization of Petroleum Exporting Coun tries But the spot price the price that coun tries such as Japan are paying when they arc dcspcratc for more oil ranges up to $50 barrel From that the oil industrys economists argue that the spot price represents the true value of thc commodity that to sell it at anything less is wasteful and that the fact that it costs only pciinics to produce barrel of Middle Eastern oil is irrelevant William Daniel president and chief ex ecutive officer of Shell Canada Ltd says he doesnt rccommcnd that Canadas oil price go up immediately to the world price IThats nice lie and his company would be satisfied with animal increases of ob 31 or $5 barrel The aim of such administered increases would be to narrow the dittcrcntial betwccn Canadian and CS prices The Chicago equivalent price is Sit per barrel higher than the Canadian pricc now COMPENSATION this drastic accclcration in Canadian prices would according to Daniel bring these advantages It would riiininiic tlic compcnsation payments that thc Canadian government makes in order to offset the liighcr cost or ini portiiigOPEC oil into Canada Currently our oil imports ccecd our exports by about 500000 barrels day at $26 barrel If thats an advantagc it would appear to be mainly III bixikkccping scnsc It would provide funds for earlier re llItSlllltIll to reach scltstitticicricy Re investment is almost synonym tor profits III oilindustry talk Daniel believes that it is possible but improbable that Canada will reach selfsufficiency in oil by 1990 iThc Economic Council has just urged the govern nicnt to scrutinie its tax allowances for oil and gas exploration and development to cnv sure the costcitccmcricss o1 ihcsc iricen lives And it would encourage conservation according to Ddllltl which could reduce imports and improve our balance of payments Lets imciid that to say that it might cricoiiixigc conservation among some Canadians whiisc incomes arcn indexed EVERY NIGHT we Snow AFTER moment ANY REéPECT FOR OUR INTELLIGENCE 47H1 Kt MTNIV NEW NEA WATCH ONE 5TuPiDa tNFANTiLE DONT THE NETwong HAVE 40 ZZ Doubts Trudeau will force early federal election By STEWART MacLEOD Ottawa Bureau Thomson News Service For few moments it looked like the old gunstinger again There was Liberal Leader Pierre Trudeau his thumb in his belt his voice rising his eyes burning telling 300 cheering followers that he was on the way back to the prime ministership We have to throw the government out as soon as we can he declared in his most determined declaration since the May 22 general election It was what the good residents of Ottawa West wanted to hear from the man who used to ignite political passions my merely entering shopping centre thought quite frankly we would have fairly long time to rebuild and reflect am disappointed You just have to look at the government to know we dont have that much time in opposition said the soyearold Liberal leader More cheers As the audience left the crowded auditorium there were hopeful comments that perhaps Trudeau was regaining his old fire and enthusiasm Perhaps some said this was turning point Perhaps they could forget his earlier comments about giving the new Tory government an opportunity to pro ve itself Perhaps there really would be an early election and the return of Grit govern ment For few moments it was clearly an up beat occasion PAYS IIEEI Liberal Party President Al Graham said that Trudeaus remarks should be taken very seriously although quite frankly cant think of anything else party president could say about the leader The way things are going said Senator Graham forcing an election may soon be regarded as doing the country favor Soon perhaps but not yet The last time this subject arose in Liberal caucus according to variety of sources there was clear concensus the party would be well advised to let the Tories have fair crack at government Not one voice was rais ed in favor of an immediate election since everyone seemed to agree the people of Canada would probably be similarly inclined to give the new government fair chance to govern And while no one said so there are PARLIAMENT obvious worries about going to the people under the leadership of Pierre Trudeau While the leader didnt say much on the subject he listened carefully And if he has been listening since then he has presumably picked up some rumblings of discontent about his parliamentary leader ship something he hasnt beendisplaying with his traditional zest Even allowing for the fact that it isnt easy to adjust to an op position role Trudeau has not been im pressive during this first month of the new Parliament In fact the entire Liberal party seeth disorganized in its parliamentary at tac And considering the various flipflops per formed by the government in the last few months not to mention the enormous economic problems now being confronted there would appear to be ample material for the Liberals Yet its the New Democrats who seem to be carrying the ball in this respect Trudeau who might be preoccupied with internal party difficulties or even with the Quebec referendum plods through the mo tions every day as the leadoff questioner But his inquiries are not piercing He keeps asking what the prime minister intends to do or what he as done about this that and the other thing giving Prime Minister Clark golden opportunities make exaggerated claims amid applause from his applause loving backbenchers It isnt difficult to detect growing impa tience among Liberal MP5 as they await oratorical outburst from their leader And suspect that Pierre Trudeau had this in mind the other night when he went into that auditorium in Ottawa West With the cheers of his supporters ringing in his cars it was easy to reignite the old flames and in tough talking terms warn the faithful that there is no time to lose The fact that the government might be listening was incidental to this par ticular exercise What he wanted 2as reach his own peoplewith his war crv El Salvador civil war may be second Nicoroguo By JOHN IIARBRON Foreign Affairs Analyst Thomson News Service The continuing civil war in El Salvador has all the markings of second Nicaraguan con flict in the same part of the hemisphere where Nicaragua is situated El Salvador is poorer and at the same time more populous nation than Nicaragua its fellow Central American republic But like Nicaragua under the brutal and immenser rapacious Anastasio Somoza this rich agrarian country has been devoured by small and incredibly cruel elite of families determined to crush all opposition The opp05ition on the other hand is not disorganized rabble of the poor and unemployed but wellstructured and well armed combination of leftwing groups like the Sandinistas who finally won their civil war in Nicaragua But the opposition will win This probably explains why junta of soldiers and civilians unseated Salvadorean president General Carlos Humberto Romero who ruthlessly resisted the rebel groups The junta promises elections and is clearly trying to forestall the same kind of complete victory for rebels which finally was achieved against Somoza and his henchmen in Nicaragua STILL IORE STRIPE But the leftwing groups know this and have continued the civil war just as strongly against the twoweek old junta However unlike Nicaragua there are signs the opposition on the left could split mainly because of the extremist politics of the Popular Revolutionary Bloc Believed to have direct support from Castros Marxist Cuba with weapons and cer tainly with its Marxist ideas the Popular Revolutionary Bloc may be going too far for populatiOn which is weary of the war with its personal dangers and loss djobs El Salvadors Catholic Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero who openly supports the rebel cause is prepared to give the new junta chance to head for representative govern ment The causes of the bitter and very bloody civil war in El Salvador are the identical ones we have seen elsewhere in the Caribbean dur ing the national upheavals in such neighbor ing states as Guatemala the Dominican Republic Panama and of course the most re cent one in Nicaragua These are exploitation of population and an economy by small groups of very rich families who have gained power either through historic land ownership or political patronage The Roman Catholic Church too has been involved in these cruel civil wars on both sides Conservative bishops have supported landowners and the military out of the fear of Communism arriving with revolutionary groups in power REBEL PRIESTS But they have been outdistanced by the number of socalled worker and liberation priests who have gone over to rebels and guerrillas faced as they are day by day with so much suffering Finally there is the concern in Washington that Havana is encouraging revolution in El Salvador as some alleged Castro had done in Nicaragua and is trying to do in the Dominican Republic Kim Pattenoen humor Plenty to grouch about Clark government is one By BILL KNOWLES Im glad that woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning It prompted me to head for the office early so that could write this column while Im still gmuchy But theres plenty to be grouchy about these days and Ill even bet that some of my detractors might agree with me dreamed that Joe Clarks government col lapsed and unlucky Pierre took over again Atfirst it was bad dream but at time of writing it seems to have some merit That Newfiejoke named Crosbie has now and will continue to throw our countrys small busmessmen and women into heavier debt and increasing bankruptcies through his per sonal brand of inflation fighting The chartered banks already usurious bunch have increased their lending rates to point where the little giiy and gal is really getting it in the neck Small business is unable to afford the necessary financing to grow or even to maintain its status quo And this is the Clark method of building Canada What jerks he and his finance minister are The only good thing to come out of the Con servative victory is Flora Macdonald Her views represent the views of many Canadians who have always wondered why we pour our socalled foreign aid dollars into countries that hate us laugh at us persecute those who disagree with them support communism etc can only hope that Floras views on restric ting or eliminating aid to these countries will penetrate the Clark cabinet It might make up for their stupid finance policies Of course that other Conservative leader by the name of Peter Lougheed in Alberta deserves all the criticism he can get through his isolation policies regarding his oil or should say OUR oil Its Canadas oil But he is blackmailing the rest of the country with his prices and we appear unable to stop him Joe says he will take tough line with Pete but wouldnt want to lay too many dollars on it Lets have another election HAS TO LAUGH laugh at the letters to the Editor recently by the two persons that criticize Alderman Mills for his concerns over the method of gathering information used by the Vernons Directories staff Mills is concerned over peo ple being mislead by the Vernons represen tatives and personally believe that misleading approach is used by their enumerators If person comes to your door and claims to be enumerating for the City directory you could not take them to court for telling lie But the words enumerating generally refer to the census By SEAN FINLAY 0f the Ottawa Bureau Thomson News Service Theres no doubt about it when you walk in to Jim McGraths office This is the office of Minister of the Crown Wood panelling rises almost to the ceiling of the office Windows of the office at the private west entrance of the Commons Cen tre Block look out over the front lawn of ParliamentHill James McGrath fits into the office quite nicely despite 11 years as an Opposition MP and the cramped offices that usually means The spacious office the Newfoundland member now occupies is in part one of the spoils of political victory It is also necessity As minister of fisheries and oceans the member for St Johns East is responsible for 2300 small craft fishing and recreation har bors across Canada two Crown Corpora tions the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corp and the Canadian Saltfish Corp Ocean and Acquatic Sciences which includes oceanographic services and laboratory establishments in Patricia Bay BC the Bedford Institute in Bedford NS and one to be opened shortly in Newfoundland the Canadian Hydrographic Service which pro vides hydrographic and mapping services for mariners and fisheries management and con servation programs across Canada 5500 OUT THERE Im responsible for about 5500 people says McGrath who points out that apart from the RCMP he administers what is pro bably the biggest police force in the federal government fisheries protection officers who are empowered to arrest Im the most decentralized department of government says McGrath only have about 10 per cent of my people here in Ot tawa All the rest of them are out there Thats why spend so much time in airplanes Since becoming fisheries minister June McGrath has been up and down the coast of bocquounder Fisheries James McGrath Ottawas flying minister French island of St Pierre and around the KNOWLES RAMBLINGS taking or preelection canvassing done by officials of one level of government or another People are familiar with this real enumerating and generally cooperate as they know they must if they want tobeable to vote But to infer that information gathering for private profitmaking company is by lack of further explanation something similar to true enumerating and imply that it is the duty of citizen to provide the request information is in my personal belief misleading shall look forward to this mat ter coming before council again this month KEPT PROMISE One of the better election promises made by candidate last year was Mayor Ross Ar chers promise to hold publicinput meetings regularily lie tried and no one appeared to care so they have been dropped as well they should be Its sad Here has been the op portunity to question the elected people directly Here the opportunity to question what went on at the iiicamera mcctings are annexation and the rest Here the chance to make your representatives answer publicly to anything you demand And you blew it So quit bellyaching about the councils actions and decisions You dont appear to give hoot Its hard to continue to try to ensure the rights of the strikers at Radio Shack when tlic imported goon squads purposely damage the automobiles of those that are not on stiikc Both sides have rights in this democracy of ours and its too bad that both sides dont share the responsibilities that go with these rights The word Union is becoming bad word lately and it is the unions fault and they deserve it The day of union domination is nearing an end Its no ones fault but their own always believed that despite whatever my personal feeling might be would support any per sons right to act and react within the law may disagree with you but will dcfned your right to your belief Mr Zicmba and the other imported goons should go home and leave the dispute to those directly concerned BC twice to New Brunswick to southern Nova Scotia to Winnipeg several times the coast of his native Newfoundland His summer included three days in fisheries patrol vessel off Newfoundland trip on west coast trawler during which he caught two salmon trip on purse seiner and visits to more fish plants than care to think about Its tough job says McGrath of being minister of fisheries and oceans and manag ing the fisheries of Canada TOLGH DECISIONS Its common property resource have to manage on behalf of the people of Canada and it means making tough decisions That doesnt bother me he says poin ting out that as minister of fisheries he is also responsible for all the mammals of the sea including whales the harp seal the grey seal and the seal pups The Newfoundland seal hunt target of both Canadian and international protest every year will continue under the present rules says McGrath Our policy will be the same as my predecessor Romeo LeBlanci in that regard Ive always been supportive of the way he handled that Other less controversial challenges are ahead McGrath wants to establish new licensing policy for both east and west coast fisheries and hopes to have new policy for Atlantic salmon fisheries ready before too long The challenges lie not only with fishermen theres one with the Canadian public McGrath thinks Canadians should be eating more fish Kennedy relives tragedy WASHINGTON Reuter Senator Ed ward Kennedy of Massachusetts on Thursday night relived the incident at Chappaquiddick 10 years ago in which woman drowned when his car went off bridge and said wish that Id done other things In his first television interview since his aides launched Kennedy for President com mittee Monday Kennedy said It will remain personal tragedy for me Ive accepted full responsibility for it There isnt day of my life that goes by in which dont feel sense of anguish and sense of 1055 about it On the night of July 18 1969 car driven bv Kennedy went off bridge on Chappaquid dick Island Mass His passenger Mary Jo Kopechne 28yearold aide to his slain brother Robert Kennedy drowned Asked Thursday night on ABC televisions 2020 why he did not report the accident until 10 hours later the next morning Kennedy said Ive relived this thousand different times and wished that Id taken other kinds of actions wish had on that evening dont ques tion dont question that But this is the way ned this is the way that it hap pened wish that Id done other things but that it happe this is the way that it happened CANT RECALL Kennedy said he has no clear recollection of how he escaped from the car had the sensation of the impact of water rushing all around of sense of drowning feeling that was going to drown sure that was going to drown The television reporter referring to other disclosures about the 47yearold Democratic senators past began the interview Senator Kennedy you cheated in college you panicked at Chappaquiddick Do you have what ittakes to be president He replied Well that will be question that will be decided by people all over this country during the course of the primaries and the caucuses and hopefully it will be decided after that were to gain the nomiria tion of the Democratic party

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