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lollbinlfl11 18 The Barrie Examiner Thursday December 23 I976 Mounting deficit in tourism deplored by North Simcoe MP By DR RYNARI Sinicoc North MP When we are looking over the reasons for our deficits so many of them quite apparent we often overlook the tourist front The deficit in this field alone was over$1 billion Two years ago it was only onequarter of this amount but now it makes up nearly one quarter our total deficit This is Just becoming too large to ignore it means that our tourist operators and all those selling goods and services are not getting their share of out SIde ViSitors defied that big in tourism just has to be considered carefully and remedies taken to correct it The largest deficit was with our American neigh bors according to figures released recently SPENDING DOWN Every Canadian visiting in the United States spends an average of $120 The American visitor in Canada spends only $90 Looking at it in another way the American tourist trade dropped off by over per cent while Canadian ViSitors to the United States increased by almost 10 per cent We did however have an im provement in overseas visitors to Canadasm million last year Globe and Mail gets Commons censure lOHONlO itPi The Globe and Mail in an editorial en titled liy Way of Apology com ments on the newspapers cen sure in the House of Commons Wednesday and reiterates that Speaker James Jerome has interfered where he fias no busi ness being The implications are enor mous the editorial says if the Speaker or any of his delegates can bar reporters or an increase of 20 per cent But here is the rub The average foreign tourist spent around $270 in Canada while the Canadian tourist abroad spent over $500 In the month of October we had almost 612 per cent decline in American visitors to Canada while we increased our visits to the United States by over 14 per cent 1n the same month over 120000 Canadians went overseas This is about 135 per cent increase while foreign visitors to Canada showed an increase of only four per cent Canadians have become real gadabouts they are on one side or the other of any other kind of dispute Will Mr Jerome bar separa tists from the House of Com lrom Parliament because they imom UL Maixists On happen to be on one side or an other iii labor dispute what difference in principle IS there in barring reporters because and apologizes OTTAWA tfi The Coin mons censured the loronto Globe and Mail iednesday for publishing an editorial that MPs unaniminously agreed libelfed Speaker James Jerome lhe flouse approved motion at the open of business con demning the editorial published iednesday as gross libef on the Speaker and gross breach of the privileges of the House Government House Leader Allan MaclJachen took particu larly issue with concluding sentence in the editorial which said Mr Jerome is not Speaker but gambler who plays incredible odds for the popularity of his party He said he took grave ex ception totiic editorial It was unwarranted and unaccep table alter Baker Progressive Conservative floiise leader said his party accepted the cen sure motion against the newspaper without reser ration cw Democratic Party House leader Stanley Knowles and Social Credit spokesman thailesrthur Gauthier liolxlyal agreed Mr Jerome said he was deeply gratified by the show of Commons support The editorial took Mr Jerome to task for accepting recent Parliamentary Press Gallery decision to withhold temporary accreditation to two lorontobased reporters from The Canadian Press who fiad been assigned to cover Parliament while the maJority of CP writers were on strike for first contract Canadian Press management claimed its operations were subJecfed to censorship during the labor dispute as result despite the fact that man agement personnel in Ottawa were accredited to cover Par fiament The House will take no fur ther action on the motion It could have called the pub fisher of the newspaper to the Commons to explain himself Had Commons committee found the newspaper guilty of the charges the House could have had Globe Publisher Itich ard Malone Jailed for the re mainder of the current pélfllil mentary session The last session of Parlia ment lasted more than two years the principle be is allowing to stand cannot anyone With un popular views be barred The newspaper was censured after the House of Commons approved motion condemning an editorial published Ill Wed nesdays Globe and Mail as gross libel on the Speaker Government House Leader At laii MacEachan took particular issue with concluding sen fence which said Mr Jerome was not Speaker but gam bler who plays incredible odds for the popularity of his party In the second editorial The Globe and Mail asks what court in the land would say we had Iibelled Mr Jerome by calling him politician We questioned fiis motives as we would question the movr tives of anyone who tried to rule on the fitness of reporters to cover Parliament Ihe editorial criticmiig Mr Jerome was written because Mr Jerome rejected com plaiiif by Canadian Press that members of the Parliamentary Press Gallery had voted to withhold temporary accredita tion to employees whom the gallery considered Stllkl breakers in the labor dispute now settledf between Canadian Press and its em ployccs Ihe issue IS whether any one the press gallery press management the Speaker or Parliament has the right to rule who is fit and who is not fit to report the business of lflfllif meiit Supreme Court fight for immigration law By JIM POLING OTTAWA 31 Almost five years ago llya lrcst his wife and her parents left the Soviet Union fewish family bound for Canada With the promise of new and good life What they found here were hardship heartbreak and per sonal tragedy Determined to prevent this from happening to others Mr lrest 43 and now livmg in To ronto is fighting oneman battle against immigration laws He wants the courts to es tablish the responsibilities of sponsors and the federal govr ernmcnt to immigrants and acting as his own lawyer has taken the light to the Supreme Court of Canada HIS struggle began soon after April 1972 the day he and his Wife ftita and his iiilaws Saul and Anna BIISOH arrived in Kirkland Lake Ont from the Sovtct Lnion lhey came under the CanadaHussia HcUiiification of Families Program had Canadian government per mission for permanent ILSltltfl cc and an assurance that Mrs Hilsons brother had guaran teed material support lhcy lived for almost two months Willi the brother Albert Kokotow Kirkland Lake lum ber mill owner Hut family problems arose and they found Record year for automakers By HARRY StlllA HlElt TOKYO fAPl Young Japav nesc in white overalls were drivmg one car after another around the clock for 24 hours directly aboard big oceango ing vessel built especially for transportingautomobiles With 2800 factoryfresh mod els loaded the freighter Laurel would set sail for Libya and Britain Another ship being loaded Simultaneously at dif ferent wharf in the port eity of Yokohama was bound for the United States With more cars andtrucks Exports made 1970 record year for Japans automakers despite decrease in domestic sales lhcy produced 77 million cars and trucks of which 45 per cent were shipped abroad Observers agree that manti factured goods sold overseas kept Japans economy chugging along in 1976 and were responSible for what in Japanese terms IS considered moderate growth in gross national product rate of 56 per cent predicted by the gover nment for the fiscal year en ding next March PROSPECTS lll Elf But New York banker in Tokyo said prospects for Japa nese exports in the near future have become less rosy because of an increasingly protectionist mood in Western Europe and the United States decline in foreign sales could very well leaf heavy blow to the Japanese economy in 1977 because of the key role exports have taken lokyo economist said Domestic consumer demand was still too sluggish to make up for drop in exports and 3333bllll0n antirecession pro gram the government adopted in November Will proVide only modest economic stimulation he said Concentrating in such areas as shipbudding steel elec tronics automobiles and ball bearings Japanese manufac turers took hefty market shares in Europe and the United States lheir inroads often aroused charges of unfair trade practices The Common Markets reces SIOHhll industries have coin plained the loudest so far threatening to have restrictions imposed on apanesc goods EEC DEFICIT SEEN Western European diplomat in Tokyo predicted the Common Market nations would run $42billion trade deliCIt With Japan this year up from $32 billion last year and $2 billion in 1974 In the United States Japa nese automakers faced charges of dumping selling cars below Japans domestic prices EXAMINER WANT ADS PHONE 72824I4 themselves without shelter or Jobs ItllNIIIIICIIItIl Mr Hilson consulting engi neer in Russia fell ill and the lainin moved to Toronto to be closer to better medical facil ities They lived in govern mtnlStthldthtl proJect which they conSidered ghetto and Mr Irest began an English course so he could hid work The family that lived what Mrs Hilson described as very comfortable life with two homes and assets of $500 ooo in Russia now found itself in desperate straits The Soviet government Iiad confiscated all their possessions when they left for Canada and they were allowed to bring out only enough money for the trip lhings improved in Septem ber 1972 when Mr Kokotows company began sending Mrs Hilson $400 month and paid hospital insurance premiums forthcfamily Mr Hilson launched su1t against Mr Kokotow for detri mental reliance pain suffering and loss of future wages The Ontario Supreme Court dis missed tfie action in February 1973 and Mr Hilson died 10 months later ARRHZS ON IlGHl But he had asked Mr frest to carry on the legal struggle and the soirinrlaw asked the Fed eral Court to establish Ottawas responsibilities to immigrants The court said it had no Juris diction so Mr lrest carried his handwritten brief to the Federal Court of Appeal which dismissed his pleas Without giving reasons Earlier this week he ap peared before the Supreme Court of Canada and argued for permission to appeal The Judges listened and reserved Judgment an indication that they found the case of some in terest Mr lrest who works for an automotive supply company says that immigrants iiiVited to live iii Canada have no legal as surance that their sponsors or the federal government Will look after them It sponsor did not live up to his commitiiiciil the immigrant must fend for himself Mr Irest says the outcome of his legal light Will determine whether he Will take out ana dian citizenship dont want to be citizen of country where people are delcnceless animals The worst thing of all however is the images we have created on the complaint sheet It is not nice image We are the robber barons Do not go up there is the slogan in many American newspapers Everyting is expensive the hotels the motels the restaurants the taxi fares and goods for sale in the stores The story is always the same it is doing us in and it is going to be mighty hard to change this pic ture Where do we start We must begin if the deficit in tourism is to be cut and we are to balance the budget COSTS HIGHER in the first place according to statistics labor costs are higher in Canada by 50 cents to $1 per hour Construction costs in building hotels and motels is higher because of high wage structures in Canada The financing can be done in the United States for 62 per cent while it is 1012 per cent in Canada Provmcial sales taxes are higher by about three per cent and do not forget that on meal costing over $5 10 per cent tax is charged Many Canadian hotels the Hiltons the Sheratons are American owned lheyre being hurt too But these are the facts We Just cannot keep on With $1 billion deficit yearly in tourism and stay in busmess Perhaps 1977 could be new year breakthrough May we accomplish it and may it be happy and prosperous new year President has his own private railway car AJAX Ont CP When Paul Higgins travels by train hes assured of privacy Mr Higgins 63yearold president of Mother Parkers Foods Ltd has his own private railway car which he bought from Canadian National Railways in 1975 The 95foot rail car built in 1924 and with sleeping accom modation for five had been used by King George VI and the Queen now Queen Mother during their 1939 tour of Canada John Diefenbaker once used it for an election cam paign Mr Higgins would not say how much he paid for the car but said it would cost $1 million to dupli ate at todays prices He said he once lost out on $45000bid to buy an inferior type which later sold for $52000 When not in use the car sets in specwllybuut siding in this area Just cast of Toronto The interior contains lounge galley dining room four bedrooms and shower room Theres also rear ob servation deck as well as bat teries and generator to run the heating fighting and air condi tioning WELLEQUIIPEI Most of its original fittings are intact Mr Higgins said They include brass lamps With parchment shades and rich wood panelling For his trips Mr Higgins hires steward Since buying the car he has taken his family along on sev eral business trips Last Winter he took them to Quebec City for skiing holiday SS students present concert at Coldwater fly SHIRLEY ENNIIIT COLDWAIIJH host of children were on hand along With their parents relatives and friends when oldwater United Church field their Sunr day school concert in the hurr cfi rriday evening Heather Black Nancy Wyley and Paul Walker gave welcoming recitations and superintendent Jane Walker ac ted as and kept events rolling along The kindergarten and nursery classes of Ileleii Illack and Norah Ilrown per formed Christmas Pageant with llenisc llobson and Susie Oliver playing the parts of Mary and Joseph with Ileatfier Hfack Katie Clarke and Lisa tratrix acting and looking like angels lhe shepherds were Janie tiratrix Karen fliirnlord and Stacey Schell and the visemcn were Paul and Andrew Walker and Keith lfIlllIlll rollowiiig this some individual talent was displayed as Denise Hobson Karen Iliirnford and Stacey Schell shared recitation Lines To Remember Patricia Waterson performed piano solo Away in Manger Kelly llafl read the Night Hllfilt liristmas and Lisa and Lynn iratrix sang ltudolph the lied Nosed Item deer is filled 42 Maple Ave ELM TllllNfiS We hope your Christmas and Happiness Joyce Halls class showed originality in skit reminiscent of Carol llurnett Taking part were Joyce Hall Dawn Gill Chris Potter Michelle McAr thur Sherry Burleigh Angela Perryman Lecia and Leanne Potter Bev Nicksy and the real scene stealer Kelly Hall as the cleaning lady Lisa Gratrix Keith Durnlord Stacey Schell and Katie Clarke shaed the reCitation Hells of Bethleham Kathy Waferson read the Gift of St Nicholas and Heather Black reCited its Somebodys Birthday Ihe finale of the evening was pageant presented by the combined classes of Carol tiratrtx Georgie Waterson Karen Ilall Marie llobson and Joyce Hall The children oc cupied the choir loft as they proVided background music while Becky Hass sofoed lxautilulfy with Go Tell It on the Mountain and Itise Up Shepherd and Follow Mary was played by Nancy Wyley and Joseph by Michael liver whiie the shepherds parts were taken by Kelly Clarke Kathy Watcrson and Andrea Hall Susan Gill was the angel Gabriel Rev John Allsop closed with prayer and all ad ouriied to the Sunday School auditorium for lunch and VlSll from St Nicholas himself With Joy from the Management and staff of BRENNAN Meal Market 7288680 It was like something out of movie rolling along in the car through winter carnival he said Travelling by train that way is very relaxing This form of travel has lot of graciousness It costs the equivalent of 20 firstclass rail fares to move the car across Canada coupled to train he said Theres an extra $100 charge for 24hour stay on station siding Mr Higginss father founded the Mother Parkers food pack aging business in 1912 It pro duces tea coffee creamer and hot chocolate By SHIRLEY JENNEIT Jerry Pattulo is patient in Royal Victoria Hospital Barrie following an accident last week Mr Pattulo suffered severe injuries to his knee and underwent surgery We wish him all the best Other Cold water and district residents in Soldiers Memorial Hospital in clude Madeline Walker Iris Bolyea Karen Allsop and Jane Jennett Les Easton is patient at Toronto General and Harry Cuming has just been released this past weekend from the same hospital Good wishes for im roved health to all after Dean Real Estate Ltd held their Christmas party at the Sundial Dec 11 and Maconachies hosted staff New Flos WI plans course NEW PLUS needlepoint course will begin in January with details to be decided at the next meeting of the New Pics Womens institute The members approved sen ding donation to the Sick Childrens Hospital in Toronto again this year at the Christ mas meeting held at the home of Mrs Gerald King of Barrie Mrs Cline Hawn vice president presided with Mrs Harold Smith the convener in charge Mrs Alex Finlay spoke about the meaning of Christmas and LilfiY lt If fi TN BARRIE EXAMINER Ib BAYFIELD ST BARRIE NAME ADDRESS PARENTS SIGNATURE Christmas gift from Avis Special fiveday rate only 32595 plus mileage NOTE All Our Cars Are Automatic Thats value Thats Avis IOI DunlopW Barrie 1266521 Reserve Now Merry Christmas till II Mrs Wanless read The Legend of the Christmas Tree Winners of word hunt con test pertaining to Christmas which was conducted by Mrs George Smith were Mrs Smith and Mrs Wanless Mrs Elmer Atkinson won the draw prize donated by Mrs Smith Mrs Steve Hawn read the motto Favorite carols were sung and there was an exchange of gifts delicious lunch was ser ved by the hostess klr lurilcr uiiii lnl party at the Rolling Hills Restaurant Dec 16 The Senior Citizens wish to announce that future card par ties at the 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