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runnyx 75 Ernaa wsso wn mvJuno 28 1979 NEWSROOM 20 653 CIRCULATION 776 6539 the examiner servmg borrie and simcoe county Published by Canadian Newspapers Company Limited lb Baylreld Street Barrie Ontario LAM 4T6 Bruce Rowland publisher ADVERTISING 72676537 CLASSIFIEDS 72824 The irony of Skylab Ilo you walk out the door in the morning wondering if youll be struck down by lightning Does any reasonable person sit home at night worrying if meteorite is about to crash through the roof Of course not Yet to some extent the concern over the fall of Skylab sometime next month seems equally futile Admittedly theres chance piece of the abandoned space station could hit down somewhere in Ontario It could even fall in your own back garden But the odds against that are incalculable Whats more you know its not going to happen So whats all the fuss It seems to us that the Skylab scare is less real danger than turning away from reality Dont misunderstand us Were all for being prepared for any emergency such as the Ontario government has already advised But surely there are other dangers more worthy of widespread concern than Skylab The danger on our highways and from swimming and boatlng accidents are three that come to mind for the comlng holiday weekend The irony of Skylab is that while we gave to the heavens for problems we somehow manage to ignore the real problems right here on earth Goodness knows theres enough of those without worrying about debris from outer space barrie landmarks Paul Stewart built this unusual house at 87 Berczy St in the mid 1880s Mr Stewart was for many years printer In the Cookstown area and moved to Barrie as Deputy Treasurer of the County The house design takes full ad vantage of its location You can well imagine the view of Kempenfelt Bay from atop the shingled turret which is of special note The world today By JOHN IIARIIRON Foreign Affairs Analyst Thomson News Service The contentious move to armed forces unification which divided the nation in thc mid1960s is longforgotten The Canadian military person indistinguishable as sailor soldier or airman in his common green uniform is an accepted even ignored element in our national life Yet the original move to unify the three traditional services Royal Canadian Navy Canadian Army and Royal Canadian Air Force divided many Canadians then as few issues in the postwar era to that date Older Canadians with battlc experience in two world wars clashed inside and outside the forces with Paul Hellycr the Liberal Defence Minister who introduced the revolutionary change Armed Forces Unification came along at the same time as our new flag For veterans associations the combination of change flag and uniform was devastating But that was long time ago Today eleven years after the act to unify our armed forces became law on February 1st 1968 60 per cent of the men and women in the green uniform have known nothing else The remaining 40 per cent mainly older and senior NCOs and officers who served in the uniforms of the HCN RCAF and Army will continue to reduce in number as retirement for them looms closer Allan McKinnon the new Conservative Minister of National Defence made an election promise he would investigate the unification process if the Tories came to power 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 odit condense or reject letters Letters to the Editor are run every day on the oditoriol pogo Sand yours to otters to tho Editor to Exoutlnor Post ottlco Box 370 MIIIE 0M MM Problems remain with unification And now with his new ministerial responsibility as former officer who served 26 years in the prounification military and earned Military Cross as World War Two warrior he has the chance to carry out that election mandate But those lingering diehard anti unificationists who have never given up mainly in aging veterans clubs who ex peel the minister to undo the process will be disappointed Changing conditions since 1965 especially those centering around the economic restraints of the late 705 have justified the merger of three support services which was main element in unification Without it the Canadian Armed Forces risked the prospect of dissolution from development of their own making This was the creation in Ottawa headquarters and the commands of an administrative tail which outdid the three fighting elements in size and influence These latter are much smaller than in pre unification years But as senior military officer put it to me unification has preserved the three sharp ends planes ships tanks They may be small and in adequate but they are sharp and they are there What Defence Minister McKinnon and his small investigating committee yet to be appointed are likely to emphasize are ways to return strong sense of identity which the post1968 service personnel are already concerned about In superb inhouse study of Integration Unification prepared by senior officials of the armed forces themselves last April frank admission Io made of this growing problem Common identity trends fly against the very nature of man He wants to identify with small groups underlined in which he has distinct place and function in which his individual skills and weaknesses are recognized by the groups leader com mandingofficer RESTORE lNIT IDENTITIES These small groups not defined in the forces paper sound suspiciously like the old naval division air force squadron and army regiment none of which in effect has disappeared with unification Nevertheless changes within the unification structure can be made to strengthen these without turning back the clock These are the kinds of shifts the new minister will soon investigate and possibly implement BUSINESS 7266537 EDITORS ADVERTISING BUSINESS SOTZOSINGROOM Len Sovlck manager Morton Gouqn accountant ac erney oreman griiatfilimniilagilgfdm SALES Delve Mills Glenn Kwon asst torernan BIII McForIone wire editor Bert Stevens gm 63 Eggseaxggfs Dave Fuller sports editor Wayne Hoy Jenni art wm Cam Claudia Krauso Lifestyle editor Aden Smith sun WP REPORTERS Steve Skinner Bi Raynor Stephen Nlcholls Barb Boult0n Rm Gilder Dennis Lonthler Calvin Felepcnuk Ed Mlenby Nancy Figueroa CIRCULATION Lori Cohen Richard Thomas Stephen Gauer entertainment Betty Armor camera operator Terry Field Peter Hsu CLASSIFIED Freda Shinner Janice Morton Parliament Hill By STEWART MacLEOD Ottawa Bureau Thomson News Service All prominent federalists and these include Prime Minister Joe Clark and Opposition Leader Pierre Trudeau are expressing confidence that come next spring Quebecers will reject sovereigntyassociation and demonstrate once and for all that they want to remain within Conferation As Clark put it Quebecers Will choose to build their future in great country which offers them an unlimited potential And as Trudeau added am firmly convinced that Canada will emerge from the Quebec referendum test stronger and more unified than ever Next spring is when Premier Rene Levesque will ask the people of Quebec to vote Qui in referendum which will ask whether his Parti Quebecois should negotiate with Ottawa and the other provinces for form of sovereignty that would include economic ties with the rest of Canada The proposal has still to be defined with crystal clarity but Levesque says the referendum will essentially ask for mandate to repat riate all our taxes and legislative powers while maintaining economic links with Canada The federalist forces are being led by Quebec Liberal Leader Claude Ryan who later this year will define his proposals for renewed federalism He seems confident that Quebecers will reject sovereigntyas sociation then defeat the Parti Quebecois government and get on with the business of making Quebec feel more comfortable within Confederation PUBLIC CONFUSED If the referendum were held right now there would be no reason to dispute the scoops THATS OK urs AN our our Peggy Chapell supervisor Brad Howcm Dana Homewood TEXXOII GAS SERVICE STATION Janie Hamel Susan Kitchen Barbara Strigl PRESSROOM Bill Halkes manager Steve White assistant manager Alva LaPlante Published dolly except Sunday and statutory holidays WE EK LY by carrier 95 cents YEARLY by carrier $4940 BY MAILBorrle 910 Tho odvortloor ogrooo that tho publllhor shall not bo lloblo Ior Moon arising out oI orron in odvortloomontl bayond tho amount paid Ior tho Ipoco omoIIy occupiod $3900 by that portion oI tho odvortloomont In whlch tho orror occurrod Mor ouch or ror duo to tho nogllgonco of It larvalm or othorwlu and thoro shall bo no llabillty for non lnIortIon oI any odvortllomont boyond tho amount paid Ior ouch SIMCOE COUNTY MOTOR THROW OFF $4150ayear Lisa Warry Al Hansmr loreman advortiiomont Elaine Porter Don Near asst foreman ELSEWHERE IN CANADA CherylAiken Fred Prince Looayear Kim Pattenden LAlDE RYAN hes optimistic federalist optimism of Ryan Clark and Trudeau The Parti Quebecois has had its difficulties this spring losing several byelec tions one cabinet minister and fair smattering of support Public opinion polls have suggested the party may be in deep trouble with its confusing options and Levesque himself has acknowledged that he faces major marketing project This is no doubt chief reason why he decided to hold off the referendum until next spring rather than trying his luck this fall Although be emphasized the fact that the mom Public fear misunderstanding over Quebec referendum issue federalists need the extra time to define their option its unlikely that the premier was motivated solely by his sense of sympathy for Ryan The public opinion polls indicate the PQ has even more work to do in eliminating fears and misunderstandings The premier has promised to begin this process in October when he will release White Paper spelling out the details of sovereigntyassociation month later the Liberals will bring out their blueprint for re newed federalism Then the war of words can begin in earnest So far the only official guides are the PQs Between Equals rather vague outline of its intentions and the Liberals Choose Quebec and Canada which is largely an attack on the PQs proposals LONG AMIAIGN The Liberals are expected to hold full scale policy convention in December which will serve as launching pad for the actual referendum campaign And about the same time Levesque will be revealing the exact wording for the referendum Following the Christmas recess the Quebec legislature will spend at least 35 hours debating the referendum question Once the question is adopted probably in late February the government must wait 20 days before issuing writs and announcing the dates for the actual vote The premier has said it will be after Easter which falls on Aprilfi lot can happen in this period And one of the things thats bound to happen is that Levesque will frame question that even staunch fcderalists may have difficult time rejecting In fact its conceivable that the question may be so general it will effectively embrace renewed federalism thus crippl ing Claude Ryans campaign CALIFORNIA Tho Iorrlo Exomlnor II monitor of Tho Canadian Prou and Audlt mow oi Orwlotlom ADC Only tho Conodlm Pro My ropublloh otortoo In thlo Wpor crodltod to Tho Alloclotod Prou louton or Agonco Franco Prouo Cid local nowo station publluhod In Tho Barrio lxomlnor Tho Iorrlo Exornlnor claims oopyr IM on all orlglnol noon and odvortlulng motorlol crootod by Ito omployoos and publllhod In this nmpopor Copyright rogil trotlon numbor 20w routs tor Tho Publilhor rosowoo tho rtghl to odtt rovho IOIIIIY or roiod on advorlllm From the legislature Rent Review Act gets appraisal By DEREK NELSON Queens Park Bureau Thomson News Service TORONTO The only major bill to receive royal assent in the justconcluded sitting of the legislature was the Residential Premises Rent Review Act The other 750dd bills included amend ments to such acts as Trees Local Improve ment Hunter Damage Compensation Dog Licensing and Live Stock and Poultry Protec tion All important no doubt but none are liable to keep anyone awake nights worrying about their import The changes to rent review were another matter They were more than just house keeping Rent review used to be in one act while landlord and tenant relations were in another Now theyre combined The ceiling for annual rent increases remains at six per cent although cabinet can vary that figure in future without having to put bills through the House as it has in the past RENT REGISTRY And so tenants wont get suckered by lying landlord therell be rent registry kept that will record past rents of all apartments under rent control meaning those built prior to 1976 But the key change is to the landlord and tenant portions of the act Residential Tenancy Commission will be established to handle landlordtenant disputes with the hope that such conflicts will be settled expeditiously Under the old legislation landlords and tenants had to battle out their differences using the expensive and timeconsuming method of going through the courts The NDP however have r¢$ervations about the commission Critic Jim Renwick NDPRiverdaIe said the commission will have twopart function First it mediates any landlordtenant clash to see if the matter can be settled by agree ment Which is fine But if that fails the commission holds an inquiry and hearing then makes judgment the whole process leaving lot to the com missioners discretion to which Renwick ob iects Actually he seems to be crying wolf far too early Bill 163 is long and complicated 141 clauses to be exact and includes the usual quota of passages commanding people to be reasonable in what they do Like the courts did with the old act the commission will have to interpret such phrases and how just its decisions and methods are can be best examined over time TORIES T00 The NDP objected to so many sections of the act that they finally voted against it on final passage even though theyd already spent five months on clausebyclause examination of the bill in committee Not that the Conservatives were estatic about the final bill either MPP Bruce McCaffrey PCArmourdale who chaired the committee suggests the bill errs in treating all landlords regardless of size as identical and all areas of the province regardless of vacancy rate as the same The Liberals who were in the middle like the bill and the compromise result doesnt appear to be all that bad Backgrounder US consumers confused angry By JOHN WARD NEW YORK CPI Dwindling and ex pensive gasoline supplies continually in creasing food prices and worries about the future are making American consumers confused and angry Caught in tightening economic squeeze the country may be moving into long summer of discontent The mood seems bitter but undirected There is ample bad news but no single villain on which to focus consumer wrath People are spending hours in line for ex pensive gasoline Food prices are going up and the consumer price index pushes higher each month The fuel shortage prompted the in dependent truckers to strike demanding cheaper more plentiful diesel fuel and that has curtailed produce deliveries New York City expects meat shortage by the weekend Some states are trying gasoline allocation plans but in some New York for instance officials are already drawing on next months emergency allocation to meet this months demand Nothing could have bit harder at the fabric of American life than the current gasoline shortage Commentators have made the point repeatedly American life is predicated on the availability of cheap energy particularly gasoline DISTRIBUTE BLAME Consumers are not soothed by the gloomy sometimes contradictory pronouncements from Washington Officials have blamed current problems on everything from the Iranian revolution to gouging oil companies The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries gets lions share of the blame but the liberal political body Americans for Democratic Action have called for the nationalization of the oil companies Some politicians have added to the worries by predicting that heating fuel will be scarce next winter and what is available may cost 50 per cent more than last year Economic indicators are slumping car sales dropped 262 per cent in midJune and the future seems to hold more inflation less growth and leaner times