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16 The Barrie Examiner Tuesday March 15 1977 is cs Ms First of the season hristine McCaig irade pupil in Sariiia iit has sweet tooth for maple sap as it drips fresh from the tree at the anipbell onser vation Area near IIlllll Ont Christine and some of her classmates toured the area observing methods of gathering and boiling the maple sap tl Photo Municipal employees had biggest pay hike OTTAWA tLIt Municipal employees have had the biggest average wage gains sinCe 1907 ahead of provincial govern ment employees and the private sector Robert Andras president of the federal treasury board said Monday Andras told meeting of ptlt sion experts in Toronto that wage increases awarded tederal government employees were in fourth place although the figures do not include fringe benefits copy of the speech was released here Andras quoted federal statis tics showing wages in the public and private sector iii creased tli per cent in the 190$ 76 period In the same time municipal employees received average increases of 132 per cent provincial employee wages were up 129 per cent private sector Workers 120 per cent and the public service 113 per cent He said the figures do not in clude fringe benefits and more work is obviously required before the issue of who is leading whom can be con clusively answered in terms of total comtxmsation Andras said he would an nounce within few days the consultants appointed to review the financing of the public serv ice pension plan which has been criticized by experts in the private pension industry The public service plan is iii dexed to rise with inflation but pension experts say federal eiii ployees are not making large enough contributions to pay for it The difference would come out of taxpayers pockets they say Uganda seen topic at June conference OTTAWA Clt External Affairs Minister Don lamieson said Monday he is certain the question of Violations of human rights in Lganda will be lis cussed at the June join monwealth conference in Lon don He said it is also possible the matter will come up with other human rights issues at confer ence of Western leaders in Lon don in May The minister answered ques tions about the matter in the Commons as 113Tommonwealth high commissioners listened in the galleries They were guests of Speaker James Jerome because Mon day was Commonwealth Day Finance Minister Donald Macdonald speaking in place of Prime Minister Trudeau who was absent praised the Com monwealth as forum where countries can express their views and be sure to be heard Replies to that statement from opposition foreign affairs spokesmen all contained criti cism of Uganda Jamieson told David MacDo nald PC Eginonti in the Commons and reporters outside the Tommons that the agenda of the Commonwealth titadsof government conference is drawn up by the omr monwealth secretariat lie was not clear how the matter ol Uganda will get before the prime ministers but he was sure that it would He said the May summit con ference bringing together the leaders of the United States Britain Canada West tier many France Italy and Japan may deal with human rights In other external affairs lilillr ters John Diefenbakcr tltT Prince Albert called on the government to devote two lays to discussion of external affairs matters in the Commons so MPs could make known their condemnation of human rights violations in Uganda and the Soviet Union Have You Set The We invite you to see our complete line of WEDDING INVITATIONS Boyield Moll 7286431 Criticism for select committee Ombudsman accused of intimidating members TORONTO CP Con servative and Liberal members of select committee of the On tario legislature studying the working of the ombudsmans office accused Ombudsman Ar thur Maloney on Monday of in timidating elected members The pervading atmosphere at Queens Park that if Maloney is criticized too strongly be will quit makes some members hesitant to oppose the ombuds man said one committee mem ber in an interview following the meeting The criticism began to flow after Paul Yakabuski Con servative member of the legis laturc for Renfrew South said during committee session that the ombudsmans office has grown too quickly and should be pared down in the next fiscal year Some of the functions now Richard gets remand TORONTO CP Keith Richard lead guitarist with the Rolling Stones rock music group was remanded to June 27 when he appeared in provin cial court Monday on charges of March 26 BAYFIELD MALL IAYFIELD ST possession of heroin for traf ficking and possession of cocaine Free on $25000 bail Richard arrived in court in blue velvet suit with white scarf HWY 26 26 NORTH part of the ombudsmans office might be performed quite well by the legal profession and the elected members of the legisla ture and the House of Com mons he said About 125 persons now work in the ombudsmans office As part of his reply Maloney said his office dealt with 72 complaints from Yakabuskis riding up to last July and also outlined four cases involving the provincial natural resour ces ministry Yakabuski is parliamentary assistant to Resources Minister Frank Miller MEMBERS CONCERNIII Larry Grossman Con servative member for Toronto St AndrewSt Patrick took ex ception to Maloneys response saying it was an example of the type of intimidation members of the legislature receive when they criticize Maloney or his of fice Grossman said Yakabuskis remarks represented fair com ment and that many members are concerned about the size of Maloneys office the money it spends and the wide range of policy it considers Grossman said that by releasing the information that the office dealt with 72 cases in Renfrew South Maloney was intimidating Yakabuski Nonsense replied Maloney adding that Grossman totally misun derstood what was being said Richard Ruston Liberal member for Essex North riding said he too is concerned about the attitude Maloney takes when criticized Ruston said he felt the om budsman reacted defensively when confronted with Yaka buskis criticisms In an interview following the committee session Grossman said there appears to be an un derstanding around Queens Park that if member goes too far in hassling him Malo ney the ombudsman will re Sign WOULD CHOP BUDGET That sort of attitude in timidates and inhibits us he said Grossman said Maloney is far too clever to threaten outright that he will resign if the house attempts to change the terms of reference for his office but the undertone is very clear Grossman said his con stituency office can handle small individual problems fas ter and more cheaply than the ombudsmans office He suggested reducing Malo neys next budget by $1 million and allowing members to hire an additional staff worker PRESENTS TRAILERAMA77 PARTICIPATING DEALERS RUSS CHURCH MOBILE HOMES LTD LEISURECRAET CAMPERS BAYFIELD MALL VISIT WITH US AT SIMCOE COUNTYS LARGEST INDOOR SHOPPING MALI WTII CLIMATE CONTROLLED COMFORT OVER 60 STORES TO SERVE YOU MALL HOURS OPEN To AM 930 PM MON TO SAT 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