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as lqu When $3 an hour is too much private members bill that would have given Ontarios 75000 domestic workers $Slanrhom minimum wage went down to defeat lhursday in the Ontario legislature at the hands of the Progressive onservat ive party lheres timely if pathetic irony in the defeat It comes only days after report published by the National Council on Welfare which points out that 13 million ana than women live at or near the poverty line lhe domestics almost all of them Women are part of that ugly statistic They are women who like so many others may have fortsalve education or training for marriage and motherhood When their family is grown or if marriage fails they are forced onto the labor market and into lowpaying jobs The amount the bill would have given domestics $120 for 10 hour week of physicle labor isan insult by itself More insulting is the comment ofolle of the bills opponents who argued that many people could tiot afford domestics if they hail to pay the $3 an hour We wonder if that includes Mlls who earn 313000021 Veai and up Its little wonder that women are increasingly vocal about strengtheningand enforcing equal pay laws lts little wonder too that women are thinking twice about depending on marriage to provide them with meal ticket for the rest of their lives While they may want husband and children they are also preparing themselves to be self sup porting That means education and training for well paying jobs with financial reward Public policy intentional or not that downgrades womens participation in the labor force extracts price It is policy that looks upon women as secontlary earners makes inadequate provisions at every step and fails to ensure equal pay and equal opportunity The price is poverty or near poverty The price is the legislature saying 33 an hour in unreasonable for 75000 women vorkers Its price women shouldnt be asked to pay Sir The Officers and Cadets of No 102 Squadron Royal Canadian Art Cadets wish to thank the more than 5000 citizens of Bar rie Angus Stroud and the surrounding areas for their excellent support of the squadron personnel involved in the tagging for funds drive on Oct The generous response will ensure that the training of Better Citizens for Tomorrow will continue and the generosity of the donors is gratefully acknowledged Captain Jack Commanding Officer 102 Rt tAitt CS Harrie Sir am an inmate confined at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility Lucasville Ohio would sincerely appreciate the privilege of retaining touch with society The truth of the matter sir is realize that Your business By VINCENT EGAN Business and Consumer Affairs Analyst Thomson New Service The colder weather may not be inviting for some activities but it ushers in better season for anyone planning to buy house house is the biggest purchase most people ever make and the purchase of first house is an especially important decision You need all the help you can get and thats why the offseason is preferable You wont be distracted by summerblooming flowers nor will leafy foliage obscure your view of the roof and other structural details As you hunt make special note of the short comings of any house that interests you Then spe vice about those shortcomings nd the money to obtain professional ad qualified real estate appraiser illof broker an architect or surveyor can be an invaluable layman might appear quaint and rustic could spell disaster to an expert source of advice What to Some vendors or their agents may try to pressure you into thinking that you ought to commit yourself immediately without taking time for an inspection or other steps Dont allow yourself to be pressured Its far better to take gamble on losing the 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 it you wish pen Home 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 edit condense or reject letters letters to the Editor are run every day on the editorial page Send yours to lotion to the Editor The Examiner Post Office Box 370 BARRIE Ont 14M letters to the eitor my present stagnant environment alone is far cry from an adequate preparation for freedom It is far less than what one needs to gain the proper perspective one associates with productive citizenship Hopefully through your medium you will be so kind as to provide me an opportunity to discover meaningful mutual friendship Among my interests are reading music sports chess and writing Other than the meager prison wages earn 1316 monthly am totally destitute Hence unable to bear the burden am humbly im posing on you May extend my appreciation thah you have even taken the time to read my letter am Very truly yours William Perryman Southern Ohio Correctional Facility Post office Box 45699 Lucansville Ohio 45699 USA for house hunting house toanother potential buyer than to take chance on buying wreck iEI LAWY It Also be sure to retain the professional ser vices of lawyer before you succumb to the temptation to sign on the dotted line in order to move into your dream home at once The seller may have an honest face and probably is honest But its just possible that the property is greatly overpriced That means its essential that you or your representative carry out an investigation of sales of comparable properties recently Otherwise you might not be able to negotiate intelligently on the price and could end up with white elephant on your hands Almost always buyer has to borrow the difference between the down payment and the full selling price Assuming that you need mortgage make your offer to purchase conditional one that can be withdrawn should you be unable to obtain commitment for the mortgage loan from lending institu 10 When the lender is pondering your applica tion for mortgage the uppermost question will be your ability to meet the payments lherelore go prepared to any meeting with the lender Be ready to show evidence of your financial standing and your income OTHER COSTS Tempting as it may be to make the biggest possible down payment on the house and thus reduce the size of the loan oti which you have to pay todays unprecedented interest rates dont use up all your life savings in one massive attempt to have small mor tgage You will find that housebuying entails numerous other outlays your lawyers ac count the fee to the expert who surveys the property the transfer tax the legal fees of the mortgage lenders and several other miscellaneous items One rule of thumb is to allow three per cent of the selling price as reserve to take care of these costs On top of all of that youll have to pay hefty fee to mover and meet installation charges or deposits for the various utilities premiums on insurance protecting the house against fire and other risks and other such outlays THERES one THING THAT THE MFGENERATION Frith TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT Parliament Hill By STEWART MacLEOD Ottawa Bureau Thomson News Service Admittedly its an easy target but am not about to join the chorus of criticism being aimed at the Clark government for its failure to mention the socalled Quebec problem in its first throne speech The chorus already has enough voices This is living in fools paradise said Opposition Leader Pierre Trudeau appear ing incredulous at the fact that the throne speech didnt refer to the looming Quebec referendum He just couldnt understand it And this sentiment has been expressed freely by many others across the country There are many areas in which would criticize the throne speech including the sweeping generalization thats its basically waste of time but would be hard pressed to condemn Prime Minister Joe Clark for his failure to give us few inspiring paragraphs on Quebec Just what did we want him to say anywway For at least 15 years now suc cessive throne speeches have talked about the necessity of constitutional reform to make Quebecers feel more at home in the Canadian federation The constitution was going to be overhauled patriated gilded in gold etc etc and each time throne speech pledged new initiative there would be an outcry of skepticism or perhaps even outrage from certain provincial capitals DIDNT HELP think any of us would find it difficult to argue that the mere mention of the Quebec problem in any throne speech has con tributed in any way to our national well be ing In fact it just might be that all these pious paragraphs were an aggravation to cer tain people Actually like Joe Clarks approach to na tional unity Its true that we dont credithim with the expertise we bestowed on Pierre Trudeau and perhaps we still regard the Liberal leader as the greatest living expert on Quebec but think it would be mistake to underrate Clark in this area In any event its not bad idea to try this new laidback approach to problem that preoccupied previous governments to the point of distrac tion There has been far too much confrontaton in this respect the prime minister has said His view is that every specific proposal com ing out of Ottawa becomes target for Quebec Premier Rene Levesque and do not want to give him the target he seeks Hence the prime minister doesnt intend to spend so much time talking about constitutional change as his predecessor did Until there is national concensus in favor of such changes he feels that federal initiatives will lead to further unnecessary confrontations NEW CLIMATE Our first prioritv is to demonstrate that backgrounder Kim Pattenden the national government can get to work on the daily problems that confront Quebecers as well as other Canadians We want to demonstrate that there is national govern ment that is willing to work in the interests of all Canadians and we cant do this if we re giain preoccupied with the Quebec referen um He says that if the government is successful in its demonstration and if it is able to Caveat emptor By LEONARD NOBLE The Policemans lot is not an easy one Perhaps that sounds like trite statement to make but two recent inquests in Toronto point our the serious and onerous role of the policeman in our society Both of the aforesaid inquests involved the shooting and killing of black man by white police officer in the course of his duty In both inquests the respective juries came back with decision completely exonerating the police officer from any wrongdoing and stating that racial discrimination was not factor in the unfortunate incidents Regrettably in todays complex world where confrontation with ones fellow man seems to be the order of the day the officer is all too often called upon to be the umpire In many cases this is impossible and of course as soon as the officer makes deter mination as to the rightness or wrongness of the situation or withdraws because he feels the matter is not within his jurisdication he immediately incurrs the wrath of the party he has not agreed with or possibly both par ties if he fails to take sides CLOSE SCRUTINY The policemans conduct both off duty as well as on must appear to others as that of saint otherwise he is immediately branded as being less than worthy of wearing the uniform He is consistently bombarded by corn plaints that must be investigated and that range from barking dogs at midnight to capital murder without excluding the miriad of offences in between as set out in the Criminal Code or some quasicriminal act of parliament that is the responsibility of the policeman to enforce Whether in the heat of summer or in the cold of winter he must spend long tedious hours doing his paper work talking to poten tial witnesses staking out locations and mum ExominorioomomborotihoCmdion PmflondAudtIuroouot GWfAIQ0nhtMMMsmmwulmmWhfi cmditod to CF to Aucciotod Prou hunt or Agni Fm Pm and local rim 1w publishd in TM Ionic Exorninov loirou novsnrtsmo BUSINESS gm pubum dyxmy CMO non 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Fred Prince yl Aiken $4100 year ML YERH lT TOOK YOU GENERRIION T0 RINSE PCs ignoring Quebec problem might not be bad approach establish new climate of cooperation with the provinces then constitutional talks might beprofitable In the meantime he feels it is more important to see what can be achieved through cooperation under the present system am sure that we will be able to demonstrate to Quebecers that system that Mr Trudeau couldnt make work this new prime minister can make work and there is consequently some better reason for them to stay as an active part of the nation Policemans lot not on easy one waiting patiently for possible offence to take place listening to tips and taking the time to check them out as well as host of other related matters that go to make up the less than glamorous aspects of police work He puts in more tediouis hours usually after having been up all night on the midnight shift waiting to give evidence for the Crown But then the facts he has worked on so diligently may not support conviction 0n the other hand conviction may not lead to long enough sentence that in the opinion of the officer should have been meted out by the presiding Judge There is little or no recognition given to the officer for his day to day efforts in being servant of the public Usually it is the op posite in that all he hears are the complaints from people that he is not doing his job cor rectly Consequently it is only his self satisfaction that must sustain him in making him feel that he is fulfilling an important role in society which of course he is LIFE ON LINE On top of everything else he puts his life on the line every day he goes out on the job yet he usually gets short shift from municipal councils when salaries are being discussed He does not enjoy the luxury of time in determining his every action when he decides his life is in danger and that in his opinion he must use his gun as last resort in order to protect himself This is not to say that his actions should not be scrutinized and investigated thoroughly to ensure society that he in fact did act correct ly particularly in circumstances where death has occurred That is part of the enjoy ment of living in democracy and am sure that any responsible police officer would not want it any different than it is All of which causes me to make the remark that made in the first place the policeinans lot is not an easy one Canadian wines tremendously improved TORONTO tCPi Hugh Johnson noted wine critic once wrote that Canadian wine had foul taste an artificial scent and soapy flavor Domestic grape obviously was not among his favorites However it was eight years ago that Johnson was scolding Canadas fledgling wine industry Since then the industry and the bouquet of its product have improved dramatically Today the Wine Council of Ontario lists wine makers Theyre supplied by 900 grape growers who have 25000 acres under production mostly in the Niagara Peninsula Last year those growers produced 73000 tons of grapes which when made into wine and sold represented gross sales of $18 million With that kind of numbers in the front office it seems clear that wine makers despite stiff production costs have latched on to growing industry and are within grasp of major profits DEVAIUATION HELPS Part ofthereasan fortheindusuysgrowth has been the sag in he international value of the Canadian dollar and the resulting higher prices for foreign products In short the price of palatepleasing French wines has become prohibitive and Canadians are turning in increasing numbers to the more affordable domestic product Barnes Brights Charal Chateau Gai lnniskillin Jordan Andres London Winery and Podamer Champagne the nine makers listed by the wine council are becoming familiar names around Canadian tables And the growth in consumption figures is startling In the first three months of 1979 the sale of domestic wine in Ontario rose to more than seven million gallons compared with 36 million in the same period last year In addition domestic champagne now mtsellstheimported It seems to us wantxvariety Brian is Wines roduct four to one Canadian oofiumei ys Ed Arnold pres ent has its good side too Its helped to make the Canadian wine dnnker very discerning and knowledgeable This isnt surprising when you realize that the LCBO Liquor Control Board of Ontario lists almost 1100 domestic and foreign wines to choose from LT SELECTION Don Triggs of Chateau Gai says the variety trend mentioned by Arnold has left the market fragmented and forced some wine makers to narrow their product line and work for specific group of consumers Chateau Gai has dropped 40 wines in the last year Two of the five topselling wines in Canada today are domestic products fact Triggs points to when noting that three years ago there wasnt single Canadian product in the topIO The Ontario wines bear no resemblance to the wines tasted several years ago said Johnson after recent trip into the expanding Canadian wine industry he had shunned decadeearlier Mbyibompbymondpumhodinthhnmm Thondvortiw ogrm that tho pubtizhov shall not In liobio for 0908 arising out on in advdisarm beyond tho amount paid tor the spoon aduch occupied by that portion of tho odwrtiumont in which tho error occurfod whothor such or rorisduotolhonogiigoncooim manhoromomnoondthmthoitbono Imlity tor non insertion of any advrtiurnont Mend tho mount poid tor ouch Thu Publisher rourvu tho right to edit Invite clunin or roiozt an educator roiiionaiionginotnmondodnnnhgmiot The world today PLO works at new image By JOHN HARBRON Foreign Affairs Analyst Thomson News Service Zehdi Terzi the distinguishedlooking Palestinian lawyer who is the very effective Permanent Observer of the Palestinian Liblt eration Organization at the United Nations was photographed kissing the Popes ring during his UN visit Mr Terzi was not showing off nor looking for more of the positive publicity which the PLO has been receiving recently He is devout member of the Syrian Catholic community in Lebanon and practicing Christian in an organization which is of course predominantly Moslem Nevertheless the new publicity circulating around Yasser Arafats man at the UN and close confident of the PLO leader is part of the new image of the PLO in the world Indeed all the news has been upbeat for the PLO and the cause of Palestinian home land especially since the crisis over Andrew Youngs direct contact with Mr Terzi the private talk which lost Young his job as US Permanent Representative to the UN The PLO are currently very pleased with Prime Minister Joe Clarks positive remarks on the justification of the Palestinian case as the Western leader who made the election promise to move the Canadian Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem In the past even Moshe Dayan tough minded Israeli Foreign Minister and former war hero admitted to the reality of the Palestinian cause statement he has not since rebutted US BLACKS AND PLO And finally the recent visits of American black leaders to Arafats headquarters in Beirut may do nothing for US foreign policy but they certainly suggest the PLO have new constituency among the US population The stumbling block for the PLO is that organizations refusal to admit to the existence of the state of Israel and to resist the statement of Resolution 242 of the United Nations from 1967 that Israeli military occu pation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip cannot continue What infuriates the PLO about Resolution 242 is that it never once identifies these re gions as Palestinian homeland but as part of future bargaining deal with Jewish state which the PLO insists isnt there These stands of the PLO led naturally to its bitter rejection of the SadatBegin meetings and the Camp David Treaty even though President Sadat is deeply committed to Palestinian state Meantime the PLO and its more extremist divisions continue to terrorize Israel with gierrilla raids bombings in public places threats and assassinations of West Bank Arab leaders who cooperate with the Israelis The PLO has more than enough financial resources to mount whatever diplomatic military or terrorist actions it chooses Its net worth is of course unknown But at least one Arabowned bank in Beirut may be dominated by PLO directors and accounts Contributions to the PLO both from Arab leaders and wealthy businessmen and from worldwide Arab rankandfile are believed to be in the millions for possible total net worth of $50 million PLO SURVIVES All this has been done in an organization which also has survived brutal punishment first from the Jordanian Army when the PLO was expelled from Jordan in 1970 and since then through the Israeli air and land raids on PLO camps homes and training centres in southern Lebanon Interpreting the news What about oil profits NEW YORK CP Windfall oil profits resulting in unexpected taxes are making mockery of Jimmy Carters promise in 1976 to protect the American consumer against ar bitrary and excessive energy price increases That promise described as the Democratic partys contract with the people helped to place Carter in the White House three years ago But campaign promises on energy particularly cost control have gone out of existence because of the uncontrolled double digit inflation due to soaring world oil prices The Democrats said in 1976 they intended to keep tight rein on big oil firms claiming that the Republican energy policy under former president Gerald Ford was failure because it was based on illusions As examples the Democrats cited The illusion of free market in energy that does not exist the illusion that everincreasing energy prices will not harm the economy and the illusion of an energy program based on unobtainable independence As Carters term of office approaches its final year today he is having difficulties in getting the heavilyDemocratic Congress to approve choppedup energy program that gives more breaks to oil companies than it does the consumer LIFT CONTROLS There is strong pressure from consumers and others to reimpose controls on heating oil and diesel fuel lifted in W16 Prices of heating oil have jumped more than 60 per cent since last winter placing heavy burden on the consumer whose ear nlngs are restricted by tax system not indexed for inflation The $1level for gallon of gasoline meanwhile already has been broken and is heading for higher levels No heating oil kerosene and diesel fuel which cost less to refine than gasoline ap peartobeheaded for thesametllevel