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Friday May 25 1979 NEWSIOOM 72676537 CIICULATION 7266539 7266537 the examiner Published by Canadian Newspapers Company Limited New ruling positive step The Canadian Amateur Hockey Association has come up with new ruling against body checking for players peewee age and below Its good ruling for several reasons Parents will be grateful for the added safety factor in the ruling Its good for the sport as well few might argue that outlawing checking takes away from the game as contact sport That doesnt hold up What it should do is put increased emphasis on youngsters learning basic skills skating stickhandling and shooting While EurOpean development programs have followed that maxim Canadian youngsters emulate the pros have tended to The results are sometimes ludicrous Theres no reason for youngsters trying to check an op ponent when they can barely skate Although theres no rule against it slap shots fit into the same category At the least the new ruling reflects the need for think ing at the minor hockey level We all wondered what was wrong with Canadian hockey when the Russians waylaid our pros last winter Now at last were introd make our hockey right again Dear Sir feel like cheated secondclass citizen and have to let off some steam My husband and have just been denied out vote our names were missing from the voters list Needless to say were mad at ourselves for not realizing sooner that the enumerators had passed us yHowever were also annoyed that people who are paid fair wage to do job dont complete it Its our understanding that enumerators are required to call back three times and then leave notice to the effect it is the householders responsibility to see his name is on the voters list We didnt receive our notice and voters lists seemed to be nonexistant in our neighbourhood When youve been taught to be sure and exercise your right to vote no matter what and youve practic ed the same for 17 and 23 years it frustrating and humiliating to be turned away from the polling sta tion Weve learned our lesson well We Your business By VINCENT EGAN Itnsiness mid Consumer Affairs Analyst Thomson News Service If the election pledges made by the IrogressivcConservativcs can be im plemented which is questionable because they ill be minority government the net impact on the Canadian economy probably wont be imich different than it would have been without change in government Inflation which is at the root of our economic troubles isnt going to go away because of the latest change in power in Ot lawn The key point in the Clark campaign was that Tory government would bring in tax reductions and mcentives such as the dcductibility of mortgage interest and pro perty tax but that the resulting infla tionary effect would be offset by an increase in economic activity Ihat concept the selfrliquidating deficit is an old idea much favored by followers of economist John Kenneth Galbraith as well as by Irlually all politicians of every huc That explains why both the Canadian and governments have each operated at deficit in 19 of the past 21 years The theory in other words simply daesnt work Whatever else may he accomplishcxi by tax cuts budget deficits not only continue but they grow ever larger IlBIJt SPENDING The issue of government deficit spending is closely related In deathbed conversion we want your opinion Something on your mind Send Letter to the Editor Please make it an original copy and sign it The Examiner doesnt publish unsigned 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 reioct letters Letters to the Editor are run every day on the editorial page Send yours to letter to the liter The Isabu Post Office In 370 III Oat NH IM letters to the editor ucing measures that could only hope future enumerators learn their job as well Missed our vote Barrie Dear Sir We couldnt vote in this election even though we had Ron Stewart sign on our lawn We were enumerators They did one side of Caroline Street and left the other side Why Dont they think we want to vote Or was it because there were only five homes and it wasnt wor thwhile am disgusted and disappointed with democratic system think it is about time for change Why not permanent voters list where everyone can make sure their name is on and then eliminate enumerators Its time something was done aboutit only wish that the income tax people could miss us the same way Yours truly Mrs Dianne Hardy missed by the Inflation muddle not much clearer the Trudeau government saw the error of its ways after projecting federal deficit of about $12 billion in the current fiscal year But some of its remedial measures amounted to little more than camouflage such as shifting certain spending programs from the government to crown agencies The Clark pledge to cut the growth of deficit spending would be hard enough to carry out if the Conservatives had clear ma jority given the sheer momentum of the bureaucratic spending process It will be especially difficult for minority government that must face another election sooner rather than later The Tories are aware of the implication of the defeat of two of their strongest candidates in Ottawa ridings where the civilservice vote swung back to the freespcnding Liberals Yet if Clark government fails to trim some of the fat from the federal budget with the help of such devices as zerobase budgeting to deal with bureaucratic empire builders and sunset laws to get rid of useless and outdated programs then its dedication to the task of reducing inflation will become suspect TIME FOR CHANGE When an election produces minority government no one can say with certainty what the results mean But it is at least arguable that many voters wanted primarily change from the 11 years of economic mismanagement that have brought demoralizing inflation unemploy ment lavish government spending trade deficits and weakening in the dollar Its entirely conceivable that even those who voted for Tory candidates didnt really want to register support for such clearly in flationary gimmick as the Clark plan to allow the deduction of mortgage interest from tax able income That plan has been denounced by the Con ference Board in Canada as well as other serious economists and government experts in Washington have said that the lnited States would abandon its similar plan if ll could The Clark government facing the unceri tain future that besets any minority govern ment would be well advised to concentrate on restoring sound government to correct the obvious inadequacies of public policy in such areas as financial controls energy devop ment employment and the like and to defer implementation of the illconceived mortgageintercst deduction BEEN INTIIE lTllOUGllT YOU MIGHT KNOW SOMEONE summer Parliament Hill By STEWART MacLEOD Ottawa Bureau Thomson News Service After 16 years of one government regar dless of its attributes it was clearly time for change Ottawa desperately needed this shakingup particularly within the high echelons of the public service And the Lib eral party Heaven knows can use another periodic recess to realize that it really doesnt have any divine right to rule Partisan politics aside the Tory victory in Tuesdays election should be regarded as welcome respite from the monotonous string of Grit victories which have maintained that party in power for 38 of the last 44 years Yet as Joe Clarks Conservatives From the legislature By DEREK NELSON Queens Park Bureau Thomson News Service TORONTO As the federal election results rolled in from across the land Premier Bill Davis said he was glad to see Ontarios votes producing new national government something Canada needed very much And that was clearly the theme that Davis carried with him even to speech he made in Alberta throughout the campaign xwrmzmg moireo ffmpicozrt xr WHOS LOOKING AMERICA SOME WILD PLACE IT $AY HERE WEll SINCE YOUVE MOVIESMAGGIE Brian Marr decimated the Liberal cabinet of Pierre Trudeau and swept tantalizineg close to majority government there wasnt that national outpouring of unbridled enthusiasm that greeted the initial victories of John Diefenbaker Lester Pearson and par ticularly Pierre Trudeau When Trudeau swished into power in 1968 there were such headlines as New Era Dawns And you couldnt concentrate on reading them because of the celebrations in the streets and the blaring of horns As with Diefenbakers election in 1957 we were all heading for an exciting appointment with destiny LANGUAGE SPLIT Not this time With the sober spectre of separatism lurking around us and with our From the day that Pierre Trudeau finally risked going to the electorate Davis coni mitted himself to Joe Clarks cause in both word and deed Although some in the media tried hard to find it there didnt appear to be anything tentative about Davis support The opposite in fact Davis campaigned for Clark in places like Kitchener Barrie and Oakville where the federal Conservatives annihilated the federal Liberals Some said that Davis was working for the INDIANS MASSACRE YANKEES IIRATES TAKEI OVER AND THEY NOT EVEN MAKE FRONT PAGE The Examiner is member at The Canadian Press CPI and Audit Bureau at Circulations ABC Only the Canadian Press may re publish news stories in this newspaper credited to CF The Associated Press Reuters or Agence France Presse and local news stories published in The Examiner EDITORS ADVERTISING BUSINESS COMPOSING ROOM Craig Elsan managing editor Len Seyick manaoer Marian Gown accountant Jact Kerney loveman P°sf3°° Ian Mulgrew city editor ALES 09 59 Kwan 355 Imema statutory holidays Bill McFarlane wire editor ayneHa Vikki Grant Don Saunders Dave Fullersports editor AdanSml Brenda Woods LorneWass WEEKLYZby carrier Claudia Krause Lifestyle editor Steve Sklnner Jean Bass Wilt Cadogan 90 cents REPORTERS garbjgoulton Stan Wray YEARLYby 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trations of Frenchspeaking voters all remained solidly Liberal And there is little comfort in the fact that Robert Borden had similar problem in 1917 In those days there was no Rene Levesque in Quebec City Premier Davis helped Clark throughout federal election federal lories in spite of Clark that he didnt like the man and that it was only party loyalty that had Davis out there swinging But no intelligent conclusions can be drawn from that kind of speculation What did clearly emerge during the election fray is how irritated Davis was by the Trudeau stand on national unity The federal Liberals did the Canadian equivalent of wrapping themselves in the flag hinting at national doom if they lost power The Examiner claims copyright on all original news and advertising material created by its employees and published in this newspaper Copyright registration number 20385 register 61 National advertismg otlices 65 Queen St Toronto 864 lo 610 Cathcart The advertiser agrees that the publisher shalt not be liable for damages arts ing but of errors in advertisements beyond the amount paid tor the space ac tually occupied by that portion of the advertisement in which the error oc curred whether such error is due to the negligence at its servants or other wuse and there shall be no liability tar non insertion at any advertisement beyond the amount paid for such advertisement We got what we deserved By IAN MULGREW Examiner City Editor Although most Canadians continue to sur vive and earn living the dirges and laments go on in Liberal party headqua rters Despite desperately trying to paint Canada as country being ripped apart by separatist hordes Sen Roy Frith and Liberal party strategists failed to convince us Pierre Trudeau could save us Instead Canadians have voted for political tyro whose only claims to fame are penchant for Poppycock and wife who doesnt like his last name After 60 days and some $50 million are we any further ahead or have we been brought to the precipice WON POPULAR VOTE quick analysis of the results of Tuesdays general election reveals some startling facts Whereas the Progressive Conservatives won majority of seats in the House of Commons the popular vote favored the Liberals at means the party most people believed would best govern this country does not have guaranteed parliamentary support Instead the whims of fate and electoral boundaries have decreed Trudeau unfit to govern the country Whether or not that edict will come to pass remains to be seen More important it means the Liberal par tys picture of Canada is not far from the truth we are nation about to be ripped part along linguistic lines On top of that we are country that has decided to ignore the smoke and continue fidlt dling Rather than electing strong majority government something called for during the campaign we elected government that may not be able to decide who should live at 24 Sussex drive The possibility of another election before years end is only too real as is the possibility of Quebec voting for Rene Levesque and separatism How will you and deal with that Better yet how can weakkneed government elected by your and deal with it LOST 0N DATE Can we honestly expect man who asked whether desecration was on the increase who got lost after his first date with his wife tobe who couldnt decide on which of six essay topics to write decide for us Now that the fever of the campaign has broken and cooler heads prevail where are we Today too many people are asking that question It should have been asked before the vote Instead of listening to the rhetoric and doublespeak we should have been demanding answers and clarity Instead of talking about charisma and fumbles we should have been talking policies and ability There is only one sure thing now The people got the government they deserve Interpreting the news How will Clark pproach US By CATHY MCKERCHER WASHINGTON CP Some concern about Canadas future is creeping into analysis of the Canadian general election and its impact on relations with the United States Both the White House and state department say they expect no great change in the bi lateral relationship following the election of minority Progressive Conservative govern ment led by Joe Clark There is concern in some quarters however about what the EnglishFrench split that characterized voting results will mean for the US and for US investment in Canada In addition there is sense that Prime Minister Trudeaus ability to bargain with the Carter administration will be hard act for Clark to follow Relations between Canada and the US were not big issue in the election campaign And officials here see no reason to believe that some of the nutsandbolts issues the Garrison diversion project the Atikokan power plant the convention tax or border television tax disputes would be affected by the change in Canadian governments MOVE EMBASSY From the US point of view Clarks most controversial election pledge was to move the Canadian embassy in Israel to Jersualem from Tel Aviv The US trying to get Egyptians other Arabs and Israelis to work toward Middle East peace settlement has been resisting Israeli pressure to move its diplomats to city so deeply involved in the dispute US officials are waiting to see whether Clark is really serious about the idea before issuing any statement Presidential spokesman Jody Powell for example refused Wednesday to comment on what may or may not be the policies of new government If move of the embassy is worrisome news for the US officials have found welcome the Clark proposal to bolster Canadas armed forces Allan McKinnon member of Parliament for Victoria who may become the new defence minister said in an interview he wants to see Canada maintain its good standing in both the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the North American Air Defence Command increase the number of soldiers by 5000 and provide them with modern equipment MAKE DEALS The future of these proposals will do nd on what support Clark can get from Par lament and on what he will have to trade as result