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ii The Barrie Examiner Wednesday December mo MINISTER Huang Hua Chinas new foreign minister has strong western contacts He has been ambassador to Canada liaison with Washington and until called back to Peking as result of the governmental shakeup following Mao lse tungs death ambassador to the United Nations Relief for Quebec in 77 By DAVID GERSOVITZ MONTREAL UP The Quebec labor movement and the provinces strikeweary public can look forward to some relief in 1977 from the disputes that dominated the last 12 mon ths lhe optimism widely shared by business and labor circles should give the new Parti QueL becois government breathing space as it struggles to keep the provinces unemployment rate from hitting record levels this winter The forecast of more peaceful labor relations analysts say is based on two factors Key sectors of the prov1nces work force have con tracts which extend until at least 1978 and organized labor is generally favorably disposed toward the new government Before it was defeated Nov15 the Liberal government ot Robert Bourassa signed collective agreements With Quebecs 85000 elementary and high school teachers 80000 nonprotessmnal hospital workers 10000 HydroQuebec employees and 25000 nurses and hospital technicians When the PQ took over it had only to watch labor and man agement in the provinces vol atile construction industry cross the TS on an agreement reached on the eve of the elec tion lollowmg twomonth strike PRAISE REFORMS Publicly at least most labor leaders say they are encour aged by the ambitious soc1al re forms in the PQ electoral pro gram even though many pro posals would appear to fall short ot the radical soc1al and political objectives of the major labor federations Labor greeted the nomination of Jacques Couture as labor minister With general approval At the same time Mr Cout urea former priest commu nity political organizer and Montreal mayoralty can didate has no experience in labor relations Given this inexperience and the general Quebec economic situation he will likely be wat ched closely tor signs or yielding to pressure trom the business community to back down on PO campaign prom ise for major overhaul of Que becs Labor Code Busmess reaction was frosty to Mr Coutures recent deCiSion to boost the minimum wage to $3 an hour It promises to be even colder toward any labor code overhaul which in cludes proviSions to assist workers in small and medium sized businesses to form union PPOSE SPENDth UTS On another front Quebecs major labor federations have served notice they expect the new PQ government to abandon Liberal austerity programs de signed to slow the increase in government spending on the public school system and health and welfare The cabinet has said the aus terity measures must stay for the time being Education health and welfare already con sume more than 55 per cent of provincial spending it they have trouble selling labor on their decisions Premier Rene Levesque and his cabinet will likely turn to group of wellplaced labor of ficials who play an active role in PQaflairs They include Jean Gerin Lajoie PO officer and sen ior official th Quebec Feder ation of Labor and Guy Chev rette Mr Coutures parlia mentary secretary former vicepresident of the Quebec Teachers Federation Mutual mistrust mushroomed during protracted negotiations earlier this year between Quebec and the 180000 teachers hospital workers and civil servants Labor had helped set the tone for the talks In 1974 by reestablishing com mon front of public service workers rutr Frozen Predressed aGRADE Limvax == Frozen Young Predressed Canada GRADE TURKEYS 59 LB SIZ Frozen Young Predressed Canada GRADE Deep Basted BUTTERBALL TURKEYS 10f14 LB SIZE mt Empire or Pioneer Canadian my Side Bacon SLICED LB PKG Store Sliced Mixed Cold Cuts Beerwurst Headcheese Tyroler Blood Tongue Summer Thuringer imfim17flvl wjarvfic Crab LegsLB Store Sliced Mixed MM Salami LB it WK WTWW Wmmnra Frozen Young Predressed Canada GRADE TURKEYS 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