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the eXaminer serving barrie and Simcoe county Friday Feb 16 1919 Published by Canodia Newspapers Company limited l6 Baytield Street Barrie Ontario LAM 4T6 Bruce Rowland publisher NEWSROOM 7266537 CIRCULATION 7266539 CLASSIFIEDS 7282414 ADVERTISING 7266537 What makes Carniva unique Theres nothing like our Barrie Winter Carnival Not anywhere Thats quite claim but one that can well be made What makes the carnival unique is this Community involvement As many as 2000 volunteer helpers from 60 different organi7ations do the carnivalwork The rest of us come down to the Bay to join in the fun Thats total community picture carnival for the people by the people That philosophy of local participation is what Bud Thomas of the Chamber of Commerce had in mind when he along with others spearheaded the first car nival 25 years ago Today the carnival is rated the largest in the pro vince Still is primarily serves he people of Barrie and sur rounding areas thus maintaining its lo al flavor The past three years have been good carnival years financial deficit that on been wiped out thus putt financial position ce amounted to $16000 has ing the arnival in good This year the carnival promises more events packed into smaller area for east Theres another reason that rules ties out of order the right place This weekend think enjo And pray for cold er enjoyment to like carnival Any event for week has its heart in carnival Road alternatives do exist Barrie Planning Board says it lacks the expertise to give residents alternatives to the proposed lunlop Street widening What planning board means is that council has the expertise or at least access to engineering design reports on the matter What it really boils down to is that the city has hot potato on its hands one that council will have to rule on Still it doesnt require great deal of expertise to find out there are alternati ves to the road widening Among the alternatives are turn Dunlop and Coll ier into oneway streets to link up as circle around the affected area widen the roadway to bus layaways refine the the roadway tuneup three lanes provide some curves and generally give reconstruct the roadway as it now exists which is what residents in the area wanted in the first place alternatively do nothing at all until our road needs become clearer Those alternatives should be given full considera tion when the matter next comes before council So too should the question of updating the citys overall roads plan The time for that and perhaps the time to decide what to do with Dunlop ight best come after the an nexation question is settled letters to The following letter was sent to Simcoe Centre MPP George Taylor by Neil Edmonstone of Barrie con cerning the Ontario Arts Council Dear Mr Taylor To disband the Ontario Arts Coun cil and transfer its function to government bureaucracy would be quite unecessary and quite wrong If the council has given its support to selections not compatable with its mandate the remedy is not decapatation The remedy is to criticize it as you have done and expect adhearance to broad guidelines acceptable to the govern ment was one of the original members of the Council and have some knowledge of its beginning It was formed to provide special needed support for the arts in way that we want your Opinion Something on your mind Send Letter to the Editor Please make it on original copy and sign it The Examiner doesnt publish unsigned let ters but if you wish pen name will be used include your telephone number and address as we have to verify letters Because of space limits public interest and good taste The Examiner sometimes has to adit condonso or reioct letters Letters to the Editor are run every day on the editorial page sond yours to Mon to the Editor no nahr Office In 310 mu to the editor would take the heat and pressure off the government To abolish it would be backward step especially at time when the government needs no heat collec tors Even if the Council has made some misjudgments they are quite miniscule compared with its ac complishments Neil Edmonstonc Barrie Dear Sir am writing to ask your help in locating Mr Paul Horton who was the first baby born at Nor thwestern General Hospital 25 years ago The hospital is celebrating its 25th Anniversary this year and as part of the celebrations we are planning dinnerdanceMontc Carlo night to be held September 22 1979 at the Skyline Hotel If we can contact Mr Horton we would like him to be one of the guests at this event He was born on September 1954 to Mr and Mrs Horton who at that time lived at 34 McKay Avenue Stroud We have contacted the assess ment office in Stroud but they had no information on this family We hate to give up at this point and so we are requesting the assistance of your paper in our search Sincerely Ronald Woods Executive Director BUSINESS 7266537 NEWSROOM Craig lson managing editor Ian Mulgrew city editor Bill McFarlanewire editor Dave Fuller sports editor Claudia Krause1itestyte 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the amount paid for such advertisement Parliament Hill By SIIIWAHT MaclJIt ll Ottawa Burtan Thomson News Service After that lepinRobarts report on Canadian unity thought that the term special status had finally bccn hauled out of the closet and clothed in respectability ul apparently Quebec Liberal Leader laudc Ryan is still wary about wearing it No sooner had The Canadian Press distributed details about Qucbcc Liberal proposals for renewed federalism than Ryan was busy denying any suggestions of special status for Quebec dont know what it is about that expression that thins politicians to panic but they certainly damc delicately in its presence And its strange because now that we have become so accustomed to talking about separatism independence and even sotereigntyassociation the term special status seems as comforting is on fedt ration itself And that lcpin llobarts rc port which suggested methods of kccpmg Canada intact certainly didnt shy away from any form of special status The report was chock full of references to the special Character of Quebec its special place itliin the federation and its special responsibilities in maintaining the rrcnchncss of the territory IIABITSIJNUIIR Finally thought special status has bccn accorded respectability and it now can be discussed in the company of uitacconipanicd children But guess old habits are slow to die and as soon as the story about renewed federalism made reference to special status Ryan felt forced to point out that the expression was never used in the working paper That was more an intciprction by lllI press of sonic passages in the document said Ryan as if it maltcrcd And he was equally quick to say that his party hasnt yct decided to support special status again as if it mattered thii you get into the substancc of renewed federalism as when you get into the substance of sovereigntyassoci ation you are facing such enormous potential upheavals that little expression like special slams is Scarccly noticed lust think of the possible fallout from these general observations in the Liberal working paper Quebec must have the legislative power necessary to ensure proper development of Quebec society federal services operating in Quebec must respect the French character and society there must be special rules ermitting special constitutional egislativc or administrative arrangements even if other provinces do not have equal powers There is also an observation that Quebec should have special rcprcscnlation on federal agencies which affect culture If this doesnt amount to form of special status dont know what does SIIIJ II lll And lciiicnilicr what that federally funded lcpin Robarls report said ln new dis tribution lllt powers allocated to all provincial legislatures should proidc tlic framework which makes ll possible for Quebec to lllllll its additional role and rcijnisibility with respect to lllt lircnch hcrilngc in own tciriloiy urllicr should the other lllllllt not ish to avail tlicmsclvcr such distribution powers ri lillltl to this ittltlllltltlill role and responsibility of Quebec should be allocated to Quebec iloiit intemreting the news Khomeinis Claude Ryan still skittish about special status term And that spctialstalus What seems equally clear is that if Claude Ryan hopes to satisfy qubccs nationalist as pirations Willilll the framework of any renewed confederation there are going to have to be far rcaching acconimtxiations His particular problem is to bring about the changes with as little disruption as possible wlnlc convincing constituents that its being done within the federal framework Premier Itcnc Levcsquc has the opposite problem accomplishing much the same thing while convincing constituents its being done out sidc the federal framework Yet for reasons that escape me politicians such as laudc Ryan seem skittish about special status contend would constitute Iran blow to the West LONDON itli Irans lrcc spending ways are over and the new spirit of modern tion and self denial is likely of have major influence on the entire Western lll1lllllt structure The major Cl regime in lc production ii said in Iran at observers bcli not as large lit the tViiite Western olltll to makcupdc tiil export rcvcnucs whi and other pi Now many hrokeii can lustrics th market The disrupt dcfcncc facti madc it clca flucncc illlll ll wants lraii lt itscmpliasisl One of his IBani Sadr llllllllllilllllllill from lran the entire sll will change IllIllltlIhll rcdiictim West is likcli exporters to raise the price of their oil The competition among consumers for supplies is likcly to increase intensifying the prospect of more inflation Irans oil policies may not only upset Western economies but may also force changes in foreign policy The EastWest courtship of the new regime in Tehran is likcly to quicken and undoubtedly some countries will be keenly interested in chang ing their foreign policy to suit Khomeini if the result is higher flow of oil Iran is also likely to become greater focal point for military strategy Set against the Soviet border lran is geographically im portant to the West While Khomeini has rejected the leaders of the Soviet Union as well as the US the elements of revolution against the shah of Iran were supported by those who follow Marx as well as those who follow lvlohanimed The Marxists may be sharply outnumbered by the Moslems or if there is falling out among the various Moslem groups the ever active Marxists may gain more influence Whatever the view the fall of Iran to the Khomeini forces was major blow for the West particularly for the US The shah of llilll was strong supporter of US strategy Now that strength has gone The Uh government was slow in recogturing the forces of change lt now is paying price liven now American officials may be baffled how country can reject the glitter of modern gadgetry and retreat into its own history i1ttt HEY MANFVE BUCKS AND SHE5 All YOURS Your business The Battle of Britain By VINCENT EGAN Business and Consumer Affairs Analyst Thomson News Service Dont feel too smug or selfrighteous about the current chaos in Britain It could happen here Many of the same underlying economic and social forces are at work in both Britain and Canada The difference for the time being is in the degree The Callaghan government there and the Trudeau government here would like to keep lid on inflation although their whole course of action over the years has been such as to stimulate inflation But Callaghans goal runs counter to the traditional labor goal of more And in the United Kingdom the power of the trade unions rivals and at some points exceedsi that of the state Reports from Britain give an example of that power union demanded successfully that man be fired from his job because as teenager in 1961 he had briefly worked for nonunion company For the rest of his life that worker has been marked That potential for blackmail is labors guarantee that its picket lines wont be breached nonstriking deliveryman for instance knows that the unions would force his employer to fire him if he didnt observe the picket LASS STRliGlE lt isnt just the workers Harvard Business School lecturer Daniel Yergin tells of discussion he had with Labor party of ficials on the subject of creating micro processor industry in Britain The partyliners were adamantly opposed because new millionaires would thereby be created and they were still trying to get rid of the ones they had The consequences of this environment of course reinforced by traditional values and class barriers is that such en trepreneurial energy as there is in Britain goes into ventures like property speculation particularly unprtxhictive and often unhealthy activity Yergin writes in The New Republic At the Birmingham plant of British Leyland Motors the ominunistrlcd union halted production because the carmaker hadnt paid productivity bonuses although workers prrxiuctivity had not improved Workers stayed on the job at other BL factories however Productivity of the average British worker is far lower than that of the workers in most countries on the European continent fact seldom mentioned in accounts of the rela tively low pay of totally unskilled British workers VOTE lli We in Canada may not be as far removed from the Battleof Britain as we think Already in many Canadian municipalities teachers unions have virtually usurped the power to tax by imposing inflationary salaryincrease demands on trustees who lacking any desire to resist pass the burden of the increases on to local taxpayers Both Britain and Canada face general elections this year In Britain all signs point to trouble at the polls for the incumbent Labor government of Prime Minister James Callaghan Trade unionists are angered because of the Callaghan governments resistance to work ers demands for wage increases of 40 per cent or more which they expect as matter of right from Labor government Nonaligned voters on the other hand are angered at the Labor governments failure to stop the cruelty of strikes against hospitals ambulance services and bereaved families The most recent publicopinion poll shows the opposition Conservatives 19 percentage points ahead of the Labor government The question is whether the next parliament can regain the power to govern or whether Britain like Iran will slide into mob rule write your mp 99 If you would like to write your Member of Parliament or Member of Provincial Parlia ment printed below are their mailing od dresses It you send us copy of your letter it might be suitable for our Letters to the Editor columns After all if there is matter of concern that makes you want to write to your MP 0r MPP if it is not personal matter it should be of interest to your friends and neighbors too FEDERAL It Ryttord MPNorth Simcoe Parliament Buildings Ottawa Ont Ion Mlno MPPaelDutlerinSimcoe Parliament Buildings Ottawa Ont EIch Stonttl MPYorkSimcoe Parliament Buildings Ottawa Ont Cm Mltgu MPGroySimcoo Parliament Buildlngs Ottawa Ont PROVINCIAL 6cm Yaybr MPPSimcoe Centre Ontario Legislature Queens Park Toronto Gordon Smith MPPSimcoeEast Ontario Legislature Queens Park Toronto Gum McCoy MPPDultorln Slmcoe Queens Park Toronto