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Economy first the examiner Tunay Jan 20 1078 Chretien told by PC critics OTTAWA CP Finance Minister Jean Chretien was ac cused Wednesday of devoting too much attention to Quebec issues at the ex of the national economy Opposition Leader Joe Clark and other Progressive Con servatives said Chretien is after the Quebec Liberal leadership and is parttime minister who devotes too little time to his portfolio Sinclair Stevens MP for York Simcoe and Conservative fi nance critic said as soon as Chretien is put under pressure over the sa ing economy he quickly wraps himself up in the flag and ends national unity In reference to Chretiens speechmaking in Montreal Monday Clark said the government might produce new eco nomic measures to combat unemployment and inflation if the minister spent more time in Ottawa was fightin against separation not like the leader of the Opposition is going to Quebec City on Friday to try to make cozy deal with the separatists Chretien shot back Clark says he is meeting Premier Rene Levesque to make firsthand assessment of provincial oals He and Stevens demanded new eral budget before the end of February at least month earlier than the govern ment plans to announce it Otherwise Stevens said its time we got rid of him Chretien In toughlyworded speech during secondreading debate on bill intended to pave the way to removal of wage and price controls Stevens called Chretien desperate and ac aised him of exaggerating the countrys prospects for economic growth this year Diefs condemnation try tails OTTAWA CP Former is prime minister John Diefenbaker was un successful Wednesday in an attempt to have the Com mans condemn the activities the Cuban army in Africa He said such condemnation is needed because the threeL year friendship between the Trudeau and the Cuban governments has left the impression in Africa and Asia that Canada approves theCuba actiom Cuban actions agaimt non Communist regimes was threat to peace he said The MP from Prince Albert did not get the necessary unanimous ap proval to put motion Some reports have said Cuba has about 2000 soldiers involved in fighting in the civil war in Ethiopia JOHN DIEFENBAKER Cuban army issue Election Speculation Iaid to rest OIiAWA CP Speculation about the timing of the next federal election was laid to rest Wednesday in the Commons when New Democratic Les Benjamin announced the date as Nov The MP from Regina Lake Centre startled MPs by saying his information was based on 1978 transport department ca lendars that identified Nov as statutory holiday and election day Ministers blinked until Benjamin explained the calendars were printed in the United States and carried the dates of all US holidays The traditional day for local state and federal elections in the US is Nov The calendar igiores Canadian holidays Embarrassed transport department officials said later they had no idea how many of the calendars were printed or why they were printed in the US Benjamin moved motion instructing the government to have its calendars printed in Canada School board ready for strike PEMBROKE CP Renfrew County board of education is ready with contingency plans when secondary school teachers begin their strike Monday The teachers voted Tuesday to take strike action over con tract negotiations They have been without contact since August the teachers seeking an eight per cent increase and the board offering six per cent Of 420 teachers in the bargaining unit 315 voted support of strike action But the teachers have not said what form their strike will take whether full withdrawal of service or selective rotating strikes of the farf lung board area So Wednesday night the board released letter it will circulate to parents today advising them that schools will open as scheduled Monday but that students will be tran sported home from schools affected as soon as it becomes apparent what form the strike will take But the board would not say what other contingency plans it has in mind Negotiations are scheduled to resume here Tuesday after break of two weeks Prince to visit Toronto LONDON CP Prince Philip will fly to Toronto on Feb 10 for weekend activities that will include preliminary meeting on the 1980 Commonwealth study conference Buckingham Palace officials said Wednesda These confer ence are held every six years In 1980 Cana will play host to industrial and labor leaders from man Commonwealth countries Prince Philip will return to L0 on on Feb 12 MIDHUIST COLLEGE Are you thinking about UNIVERSITY IN 78 You can qualify in Sept by taking Grade 13 now at Midhurst College Complete grade thirteen semester course starts Feb ends June filihburst College MIDHUFIST ONT LOL 1X0 705 728 9885 threecar accident on Collier Street late Wednesday after noon was one of several that confronted Barrie city police in the last 24 hours icy roads made for difficult driving In volved in the Collier Street collision were vehicles driven by More wrong doings by RCMP Question triggers objections MONTREAL CP law yer for the Keable commission raised questions Wednesday on whether the RCMP was in volved in more improper or possibly illegal acts But theattempt drew quick objections from lawyers for the RCMP and SolicitorGeneral Francis Fox Commission lawyer Michel Decary provoked the exchange when he asked senior RCMP officer whether the RCMPs theft of computer tapes con taining Parti Quebecois membership lists was an isolated action In the Jan 1973 raid Mounties took the tapes from the compter room of publish ing firm copied them at an other computer centre and then surreptitiously returned them Decarys question imme diately drew request from RCMP lawyer Richand Mong eau that the protection of the law be accorded second time to his client RCMP Supt Jo seph Nowlan Seconds later SolicitorGen eral Foxs lawyer Michel Rob ert objected to the question on the grounds that any other ac tions similar to Operation Ham as the raid was dubbed fell out side the commissions man date The question might also tend to reveal the contents of an in ternal RCMP report compiled Threecar accident investigated Bruce Willison and John DeJardinc of Barrie and parked vehicle owned by Remco Construction Ltd No further details on the accident were made available Examiner Photo last June under Nowlans direc tion which outlines an undis closed number of improper ac tions by the Mounties Robert said COVERED BY AFFIDAVIT The Nowlan report is covered by an affidavit from Fox which forbids the commission headed by labor lawyer Jean Keable from examining it or revealing its contents Fox applied the ban on national security grounds using his absolute privilege to withhold state se crets from the courts under the Federal Court Act After lengthy exchange be tween Robert and Keable Decary asked in more specific terms whether Nowlan knew of Stockpiling of nickel considered as solution SUDBURY Ont CP Stockpiling of nickel by the ed eral and Ontario governments ins to be considered as solu tion to this citys economic problems an NDP member of Parliament said Wednesday John Rodriguez MP for Nickel Belt said stockpiling period would allow govem ments and companies to take more rational approach to reducing nickel production while the world market remains in slump Rodriguez told an Ontario legislature committee that such step must be taken to ensure the economic stablity of Sudbury and the livelihood of its workers The committee is studying the elimination of about 2800 des at Inco Ltd and of about 750 at Falconbridge Nickel Mines Ltd in Sudbury Rodriguez said another legis lature committee visited Sud bury in 1972 after lnco had laid off 1200 workers The 1972 committee on cul tural and economic nationalism was told by Inco officials at that time that they had mis calculated world markets and were faced with producing nickel they could not sell Rodriguez said the comlt mittee submitted report to the Ontario government and that lnco moved into another profitable period and the reports recommendations were forgotten And here we are today hear ing exactly the same ratio nalization from the mining cor poration and the same plans from the municipalities emv ployees and the citizenry at large he said About 2200 of thejobs at Inco are being eliminated by layoffs and about 600 by attrition NEED SIICAIEGY Rodriguez said an economic strategy for the mineral sector of the Ontario economy is needed immediately and public ownership of these natural re sources must be considered temporary import tariff on imported raw nickel should be established The freight rate structure in Northern Ontario also should be lowered to make it less expensive to ship out finished product rather than raw materials in another brief to the com mittee the Sudbury and Dis trict Labor ouncil said it be licves that governments have responsibility to do something now about the citys current economic plight Council president Elmer McVey said the people of this region no longer are in mood to accept the companys so called economic crisis as their own anymore NAME BRANDS including Kaufman Sorel Regular CSA apprOved feltlined boots Nunn Bush Commuter Boots and large assortment of fleecelined boots Wide widths in stock Cakes Sons Mens Footwear and Shoe Repair I20 Dunlap St East Downtown Barrio 7289155 any other operations exactly likeOperationlIam After consulting with Lawyer Mongeau Nowlan replied Nor Decary then asked in the period 197172 were there any other operations conducted by the RCMP which consisted in the temporary removal of ob jects documents or files from their owners Lawyer Mongeau then stepped to the witness box and held second hurried con sultation with Nowlan He then requested that the matter be discussed behind closed doors Scars CORRECTION In The Examiner January 25th there was an error concerning the Lighting Department This error states our lowest price this season on Kenmore Water Wheels Humidifiers It should not state Our lowest price this season We regret any inconvenience this may have caused RE TAI mfTTVTLl Drea wOuId like prisoners working Ontario prisons should not be warehouses where prisoners are left to sit and do nothing until their terms are finished said Frank Drea Ontario Minister of Correctional Ser Vices Speaking to the Simcoe County Bar Association Wednesday in Barrie Drea said work rovides people with dignity and only through work will prisoners be able to show the public they are responsible people Thro gh the federal governments earned remission program risoners will be able to work ir way to an early parole he said Under the present system all they had to do was sit and do nothing he said There are some prisoners which society must be protected from he said and lese people must be held in dosesecurity Buthereferred to situation involving Millbrook Penitentiary maximum security prison south of Peterborough where two prisoners were allowed out this Iyear to clear snow from fire ydrants Diverting prisoners to training centres and com nunrty resources centres the government is saving the $50000 per prisoner it would lave to pay to construct new imtitutions he said That money would be better spent on human services such as services for the retarded he said Drea said his minist must also review the way it clgssifies prisoners coming system Some would be better suited to health or treatment centres Drea said the mandatory agrk girlBaa can only be cess is accet tie public ed by Unless there is public ac ceptance dont mean applause but acceptance were doomed he said Chretien is disappointed OTTAWA CP Finance Minister Jean Chretien said Wednesday he is disa pointed and finds it incredible tbusi ness has not acted faster to take advantage of $2 billion in tax breaks offered in last years budget Chretien speaking at con ference on research and devel orment attended by many busi nessmen added that the rivate sector will have to act or pressure on the government to again intervene in the economy will 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