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Barrie Examiner, 11 May 1979, p. 9

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the axnmlnor Friday May 1979 From foreign interests Cl tl 5e mPSn Reclaim economy Broadbent to emergency landing TORONIU CPi Progres sive Conservative Leader Joe Clark joked with reporters Thursday as his chartered clee tion jet limped on one engine to an emergency landing here Later he joined most of the other 70 passengers on the Air anada in signing light hearted letter of appreciation to the live person crew oyer tlie handlingol the situation very very eiy sincere thank you said the letter ad dressed totlaude Taylor prcsi dent of Airmada Asked if he was frightened lark said No get used to these The one thing that gave me some satisfaction was that knew if anything happened all of you reporters would be with me The aircrafts starboard en gine stopped 23700 metres mer shawa as it was climb ing at 300 knots heading from Hamilton int to Prince Ed ward Island It was the first serious in cidcnt on the lark plane in 111 708 miles of flying since the campaign started in March That includes 60 flights and 80 hours and 12 minutes of flying time After two hour delay an other plane was provided and Ink prixeeded on his May 23 eleetiolt Itilll The incident began with loud bang Inside the aircraft there was momentary silence and then the cabinet crew Margaret ltedfern of akvillc iit and Bruce Lalointe of To ronto continued serving re freshments Some passengers rushed to their seats Television cam crmen grabbed their cameras and starting filming just about everything in sight lark was cool He rushed down to the rearmost seats next to the engine and laughineg ac cused Toronto Sun columnist of causing the trouble few passengers visibly frightened but joked as cameras rolled Capt ieorge McKay of Oak ville nt brought the plane down to perfect landing on runway 32 at Toronto Inter national Airport Passengers clapped and cheered and purser Bob Bur nett of Mississauga said the pilot should be given thank you very very very much mimicking Tlark McKay said turbine bearing had failed We set down the engine and landed on runway 32 routine operation The letter to Taylor was writ ten by sotne reporters who der cided it would not be appro priate to send it to the chair man of the board of the com pany Bryce Mackasey former Liberal cabinet minister were most Control of constitution would be one move PM ltlREAl t1i Prime Minister Trudeau said Thur sday that reelected Liberal government would mm to throw off the countrys con stitutional colonial link to Britain within 30 days of the May 22 election rerigniting reform process that has but fled domestic governments for 32 years Trudeau told 1500 supporters his government will recall lar liamcnt within month to pro pose joint omnionsSenate declaration calling on Britain to hand over control of the 1867 British North America Act Canadas underlying coir stitutionallaw With this symbolic gesture out of the way Trudeau would meet provincial premiers again to work on formula for chang ing the law at home That federalprovincial con ference would follow the elec tion within 60 days and it the leaders managed to agree we will uncork the champagne Trudeau said But should these talks founder once more there have been 10 unsuccessful attempts at constitutional reform in the last 52 years he would begin twoyear hunt for new solut ion If the two sides reached an impasse Ottawa would ask ar nadians through referendum to decide on future formula for changing the constitution DIXISIONIHNIHNG Their decision would be bind ing on federal and provincial governments Trudeau made the comments during detailed 75minute elar boration of proposals he sketched Wednesday in Toronto to crowd of 18000 in Maple Leaf Gardens Abandoning his fighting style of the previous night Trudeau spoke conversationally methodically outlining points for and against constitutional reform His spoke mainly in French with oiin smattering of English drawing subdued attentive response He noted the frustration of past attempts to find way to plant the constitution in Canada with universally acceptable system of overhauling itne of the chief hurdles he said has been the election of separatist May be advised about tax setup YITAWA tlt Whichever party forms the government after May 22 may be advised by officials to end the present in come ta system with its built in annual reductions in per sonal tax rates Liberals and Progressive Conservatives hac both pledged to reduce the federal deficit at the same time promising new spending programs and tax breaks Federal spending now ev ceeds income by more than $11 billion year leaving the gov ernment to borrow more than 20 cents of every dollar it spends to cover its deficit Spoltesinen for both parties say priatcl they may have to consider ending five ycarolii income lav proyision which automatically compensates for the rising c05t of living This provision automatically raises taxpayer exemptions each January to match the years costofliving increase In the 1979 taxation year for example the basic personal in cotne IilV cxeinption went to $1 $50 rom $2430 in 1078 SEWING MACHINE CO Your ropnuiitativo In this area Mn Brenda Harris 7263041 MnM¢vls Burpltam 7371407 PRESENTATION AND SALE AT CC PANT SHOP BAYEIELD MALL THURS 430930 FRI 430930 HARDYaGLENWOODS SAT 930600 government in Quebec under Premier Rene Levesque If the issue was not settled soon it may be the cause of the breakup of our country Trudeau said Yet provinces continued to balk Those who are asking us most for change are also saying we wont let you change and you cant change without unani mity iof the provinces This rigid formula requiring unanimous fedcralprovincial approval for any constitutional amendment stood in the way of settlingtheissue No threatening on constitution CHARLOIIEIWN CPI Joe Clark made clear Thursday that Progressive Con Servativc goveniment after the May 22 election would consider constitutional change only in cooperation with the provinces He would neither threaten nor put gun to the heads of provincial premiers 0n claiming the countrys un derlying law from Britain the 1867 British North America Act 77 with formula for changing it domestically Instead he said series of federalprovincial meetings would discuss constitutional re form There have been 10 major at tempts by the two levels of govlt ernmeut to rewrite the con stitution since 1926 All have failed and the constitution re mains British statute Clark rejected Minister Trudeaus Prime latest proposal immediate steps to claim the constitutional law and possible national referendum on formula for changing it But be indicated Clark government might use national referendum to counter any Quebec independence votc ENGINE QUIT Clark turned his attention to the constitution after joking off an engine mishap in his char tered DC9 campaign jet which resulted in an emergency land ing in Toronto Thursday morn mg He told an enthusiastic au dience of 750 in jammed gym nasiim here the trouble we had th the engine today is nothing like the trouble Prime Minister Trudeau is going to have with his own engine Earlier he told small group in nearby Montague We can beat the Liberals with one engine tied behind our backs TORONTO CPi Govern ment should move to raclaim the economy from foreign inter ests before claiming the con stitution from Britain Ed Broadbent leader of the New Democratic Party said Thurs day First we must regain control of our economy thats the real issue Broadbent told about 2500 delegates to teach ers convention here He was responding to pledge by Prime Minister Trudeau Wednesday to make the British law that stands as Canadas constitution domes tic statute if the Liberals are reelected May 22 Broadbent said he feels that most Canadians want their own constitution but one issue transcends all the question of resources We are at potential turn ing point and want those resources instead of being pro cessed in the United States Japan and Western Europe want these resources kept at home Foreign domination of the economy and leadership have been Broadbents two main themes and his aides say hell stress them to the end of the campaign The NDP wants Canadian re sources owned by Canadians controlled by Canadians and turned into finished products by Canadians BRING IT HOME want to bring Canada back home to Canadians Home Auto Life Business sarjeant Insurance 100 Bell Farm Rd Barrie Ont While Broadbent campaigned in Toronto Dennis McDermott president of the Canadian Labor Congress said in an interview he is pleased with organized labors campaign of support for the NDP McDermott said he was doubtful about the value of la bors socalled parallel cam paign for the NDP but after seven weeks he has concluded its no longer question of success or failure it is quesr tion of degree of success Workers from coast to coast had taken up the challenge Broadbent had relatively quiet Thursday greeting rush hour commuters downtown and speaking to the teachers before settling down to prepare for Sundays televised debate with Trudeau and Progressive on servative Leader Joe Clark He told the teachers Trudeau had attempted to pit Prairie farmers against organized labor in Ontario by telling Saskatchewan utdtence last week that the NDP had abandoned its Prairie roots for support by big labor bosses in Ontario He also said Clark had not re acted well under the pressure of the election campaign taking contradictory stands on Quebec The RC Party believes the farmer has right to fair profit Ron Stewart cares independence medicare and the government oilcompany PetroCanada If Clark had done so badly in an election campaign what would he do under the real pressures of governing Canada leave you simply with this question Broadbent stays in Toronto today returning to Ottawa Sat urda FORBIDDEN T0 LOITER Country schoolteachers in 19thcentury United States were ordered to wear at least two petticoats and forbidden to loiter in ice cream parlors Lets gel Canada working again Authorized by the 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