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Blackout's Repercussions: What About Grid System By ARCH MacKENZIE WASHINGTON (CP) -- The searching questions about a na- tional power grid and develop-| ing Catiadian links initio a con- tineniai system seem bound to} arise from Tuesday's great blackout. Both pros and cons exist. Planning for expanded power connections has been proceed- ing in each country. Prelimi- nary Canada-U.S. discussions about the continental approach have been desultory, perhaps because of Canada's appraisal of its water resources which is an integral phase of any such study. At its simplest, a power grid enables connected electrical systems to help each other out--' daily, seasonally or in emergen- cies such as the vast failure Tuesday evening which directly touched more than 30,000,000 people in Ontario and adjacent northern states. Just why the failure occurred will shed light on the inability of the whole electrical complex to bear up. The fact it did not-- and the fact that the electrical "backfire" actually spread be- cause of the grid rather than in spite of it--indicate technolog-! power line designed to tap thejexport capacity of about 7,000,- Columbia River developments. |999 kilowatts from the Peace Manitoba is associated with a U.S. midwest group and mari- time connections would be ex- ipanded by the proposed $227,-\rador. 000 dam on the St. John River) The Jogic behind the FPC in northern Maine. the Federallis that transfers of power via a Power Commission here issued|grid enable individual members a comprehensive report called|to avoid costly emergency gen- Guidelines for Growth of thejerating facilities which other- Electric Power Industry. urged greater co - ordination|peak or emergency demand, among the. 3,600 separate Amer-| The report said: ican systems large and small--| "The Canadian government with the giants all in private/currently is encouraging co- FOR CLOSER CANADA TIES It also urged closer ties with links with Ontario Hydro as a meas- ure of the benefits to be ob- tained both ways. The FPC report estimated that Canada might have further THE OSHAWA TIMES, Thursdey, November 11, 1968 7 and Columbia rivers, the Nel- son and Hamilton falls in Lab- stress on greater collaboration It}wise operate only at periods of ordination among the electrical systems in the U.S. and Can- ada and particularly the long- term export of surplus power in order to expedite the develop- ment of major projects which are too large to be supplied by the present Canadian market." The predominence of pub- licly-owned power in Canada CMHC K the U.S. faces opposition at new eis nee the public and ) Kickbacks, facilitates such planning while SIGNS OF PRIVATE SYSTEM There have been signs that the private interests are work- ing toward their own brand of Rest Of Canada Should Notice The Boomin', Bustlin' Bumaby By CHUCK BAXTER BURNABY, B.C. (CP)--Bur- naby is busting out all over. --A $250,000 building on a one- acre site for Quadra Enter- prises Ltd. The busy municipality of| -- new building for Sandvik more: than 9,000, adjacent to| Canadian Ltd. Vancouver, i$ in the midst of a} --Completion of a 20,000 business and construction boom| square-foot plant for Seaforth rivalling that in any part of| Plastics Ltd. Canada. Setting the pace in the mu- The Lake City project was opened for industrial develop- nicipality's unprecedented ex-jment in 1957, Western Pacific pansion of commercial, educa-!assumed control and manage- tional and recreational facili- ment of the property early this ties is Lake City Industriallyear, and is merchandising Park. sites on the basis of outright Promoters say the 640 - acre|purchase, land lease or the planned industrial community|complete building lease - back a is at the geographical core of|package. the greater Vancouver distribu- tion area. The project is controlled and UNIVERSITY IS BOON Around Lake City there are managed by Western Pacific other developments, including Projects Ltd. of Vancouver--a|'%e $18,000,000 Simon Fraser firm which holds other commer- University, which opened its cial and industrial properties in\400TS in September. B.C. and Ontario. STILL GROWING The company recently an- The new university was trans- jformed from raw forest to a complete campus in about 18 months, and currently houses a nounced new projects for Lake|freshman class of about 2,000 City with a total value exceed- ing $2,000,000. Among them are: --An 80,000 square - foot ex- students. | Other projects in the mush- lrooming municipality include \construction of a new Hudson's pansion to facilities of Nabob Bay Company store and shop- Foods Ltd. --A 40,000 square-foot build- ping centre and planning is un- der way for an integrated resi- versity figs Claude Bissell s minor Ra lie en seen their proper contéxt. or from private sources, there against the abolition of fees." Varsity Fee Secondary To Access TORONTO (CP)--The presi- dent of the University of Tor- onto says the question of free university tuition has been ele- vated into a "great symbolic battle" between students and administrators, In a public lecture at the uni- night, Dr. fees are a cessibility tha' 2 recognized as a basic principle." are the biggest source of private financing for universities and unless there is "some radical revolution in the pattern of private gifts, they are likely to remain so. 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The FT felt haere e | " What happened could be used|'ial of Central Mortgage and "power industry now fs, and as an argument against exten-|Housing Corp. testified Wednes ill be th h 1980, sienifi sive grids, leaving connections|4ay the corporation forwarded|¥" ie ties ble signifi- loose enough to enable single|mortgage money to Kipp's Lane|"antly less vulnerable to nu: Gardens Ltd. for construction of|'lear attack than the load systems such as Ontario Hydro or ucHol d."" | to cut out in time to prevent| second low-rental housing|(Consumers) served. being dragged into massive project in London. It said the "greater intercon- failures. Arnold D. Wilson of Ottawa,|nection of systems enhances It also raises the question: of/4 executive director of CMHC,|survivability; more specifi- the effectiveness of a grid un-|also testified that the agency|cally, it decreases the prob- der attack by nuclear or other|knew in 1961 or 1962 of alleged|ability that a given service military means. "kickbacks" from some sub-area would be totally without Canada has the primitivejcontractors to developers of|Power. Even in 1963 intercon- makings now of a power grid Kipp's Lane Gardens, but hadjnections are so numerous that but province - to - province con-|"0 proof. this eventuality {is very im- nections would have to be in-| His testimony came. during|Probable. creased. They are strongest|the third day of-the trial of| The report's finding may well| now between Nova Scotia and|three men charged with fraud|require another look in_ the New Brunswick and Ontariojand conspiracy involving about|light of the massive failure and Quebec. $2,000,000 in CMHC loans, and|Tuesday but it urged that the Canada-U.S. links are exten-|defrauding various firms in|reduction in standby generating sive, depending on region, as|connection with the loans. capacity which power grids indicated by Ontario's pro} London developer M. 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