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WWW Political 79 will end in Spring QUEBEC CP Political 1929 like the fiscal year will en some time next sprin in Quebec with the longawated referendum on sovereigntyas socration The referendum will in fact mark the end of political dec ade that began April 29 1970 when for the first time mem bers of new party advocatin Quebec independence werg Elected to the national assem After 10 years of debate over Sears CORRECTION In Sears Wrap it up Now rate the following items are not available On Page 25A Item Lego Galaxy Explorer Item Star Wars Figures Item l5 rocking cradle Item Bedding set and on Page 28A Item Mini cassette Sears regrets any in convenience this may have caused our customers Velvets AND Mf RS CLWCARQS PCO Elks Regular Prices $129 to $17 Corduroys 38 USE Oufl LII SVLE CAIO AHEEgtCA umss CMWEI MASTERCNARGE whether Quebecers prefer inde pendence or federalism the outcome of the referendum could launch new phase in Quebecs political evolution The polarization on the ques tion intensified during 1979 as politicians and partiesjockeyed for position and every political development every govern ment measure was weighed for referendum implications As the battle lines were being drawn for the referendum it became obvious that 1979 would go down as year of adjust ment of comings and goings for politicians cabinet ministers and even political parties fin CuNllIflA nutImus om 0N Hwy 89 just west of COOKSTOWN Open days weak Fully licensed 7051589751 lt Tweeds Wool Blends to $8888 PARTY IIIS The most visible victim was the oncemighty Union Nation ale party Unable to find its place on battlefield controlled by the Parti Quebecois and the federalist Liberals the UN was scuttled by its leaders and strategists Claude Ryan former news paper editor who became Lib eral leader in 1978 and who is credited even by his op patients with having roused and reorganized party that was mauled by the PQ in the 1976 general election The resurgent Liberals swept all six byelections held in 1979 including one April 30 that gave Ryan seat in the assembly and were quick to interpret ALMOST HERE QUEENS HOTEL 18 the examiner denooday Dec 1979 these successes as clear signs that the tide has turned against the PQ and sovereigntyassoci ation The most noted departure was that of cabinet minister Robert Burns one of the origi nal seven PQ members elected to the assembly in 1970 rally The most visible winner was ing figure for the smcalled dis sident or radical leftist wing of the party and the man who in troduced Quebecs Referendum Act In announcmg his decrsron to resign for health reasons last Muy Burns forecast that the PQ would lose the referendum and the next election STRONGIIOLI FALLS The Montreal riding of Mai sonneuve which Burns had held for nine years fell to the Liberals Nov 14 serious jolt SPORT JACKETS Elks Regular Prices $85 to $95 Corduroys Velvets Tweeds Donegals $4250 Newest heathery tones New Fall styles to the party in power Another leavetaker was Fa bien Roy who quit to lead the federal Social Credit party in the May 22 Canadian general election He left behind him to die on the order paper bill he had introduced with much fan fare aimed at assuring recogni tion of Quebecs right to selfde termination On Sept 21 Premier Rene Levesque shuffled his cabinet for the first time dropping two and lightening the load of sev eral ministers who as proven crowdpleasers will be much in demand for the referendum campaign As the fall unfolded with the government mired in difficult contract negotiations with the public service unions the PQ thanked its lucky stars that Le vesque had decided last June that the referendum would take place next spring rather than during November as many had wanted WEDNESDAY IS LADIES DAY HORSESHOE VALLEY 8352014 750 Downtown Toronto Eaton Centre Dufferin Mall llon Mills Shopping Centre Square One Golden Mile Scarborough Town Centre Ccdarbrac Plaza Bayyicw Village Towne Countryc Square Fainicw Mall Hillcrest Mall Rexdalc Mall Jane Finch Mall Sherway Gardens Shoppers World Danforth Brampton Albion Bramalca CityCcntrc Oshawa Shopping Centre Sheridan Mall Pickering Lpper Canada Mall Newmarkct Georgian Mall Barrie Burlington Mall Hopcdalc Shopping Centre Oakyille Eastgate Square Stoney Creek Jackson Square Hamilton Plus lany thcr locations Throughout Ontario Guards still walking line Ontario AttorneyGeneral Roy McMurtry told legislature on Monday that he will seek prison terms for leaders of illegal strike by Ontario iail guards However jail guards were still walking the line on Monday night at Torontos West Detention Centre CP Laserphoto Not end of stormy career for Brown some people feel TORONTO CP When John Brown was sentenced Nov 21 to three years in prison for defrauding the Ontario government of nearly $1 million many people felt it was the end of stormy career for the 57yearold social worker But others feel Brown is just in holding pattern One for mer friend says that Brown will revamp the penal system from within and make mint from book about it John will have the inmates in group therapy The jailers will be begging for his release The former NDP member of the legislature pleaded guilty to the $975000 fraud but the day after his plea he told meeting of senior staff of his Browndale treatment centres for emotion CERAMIC WORKSHOP AND counsrs $2000 FOR 20 WEEKS GREENWARE CUSTOM FIRING SUPPLIES wwrnon 7262646 snoxro BONELESS HAM 229 SCHNEIDERS FRENCH ONION LOAF 3m ally disturbed children that he was not guilty Brown told the group he used the guilty plea to protect their work with emotionally damaged children The fraud involved rental property and managerial serv ice contracts in connection with Browndale which this year will spend $85 million in Ontario public funds caring for 250 chil dren WIFE ALSO CHARGED In December 1977 fraud charges were laid against Brown and his wife Debby who is executivedirector of Browndale Ontario Brown dale International Ltd Brown Camps Residential and Day Schools and Brown Camping Supplies Ltd When Brown pleaded guilty charges against his wife and four companies two of them privately owned were stayed The Crown is appealing Browns threeyear conviction asking for fivetoseven year sentence plus fine that ap propriately reflects the amount of the fraud separate civil court action is expected to be launched soon by the attorneygenerals office to recover the money owed to the government The combined fine and and civil lawsuit could cost Brown healthy chunk of the material DEVON RINDLESS IS FLAVORS ICE CREAM litre trappings of his 20year success as social worker entrepre neur which include $400000 home and parcels of land throughout Ontario AN EXCEPTIONU MAN His aggresive operations in the field of childrens mental health led Justice Richard Hol land to call him an ex ceptional man just before sentencing him to three years behind bars Former Ontario New Uemo cratic Party leader Stephen Lewis describes Brown as the dedicated rescuer of profoundly troubled children Lewis recalled time when he was called by constituent to help knifewielding youth who had gone berserk in To ronto apartment Not knowing what to do he called Brown whom he had just met The boy was whimpering in corner like wounded ani mal John spoke to him in gentle voice The whimpering stopped The boy looked up John picked him up carried him to the car and on the spot took the boy into treatment But not everyone applauded Browns style of treatment Early in his career he was criti cized for hiring young in experienced and untrained frontline workers to handle ex tremer difficult children He became notorious for un derpaying his staff yet requir ing them to pay for their own therapy sessions with him Foreign currency reserves go up OTTAWA CP The gov ernment last month paid back $200 million borrowed pre viously to support the dollar as the Canadian currency rose sharply in November on inter national money markets The finance department re ported today that reserves of foreign currencies at the end of the month stood at $397 billion up $516 million from month earlier This increase was after the government repaid $200 million in US dollars borrowed pre viously to bolster foreign re serve holdings that had been badly depleted in defending the dollars value There still is $300 million in US dollars owed to Canadian banks because of the earlier borrowing The dollar closed Monday at 8593 cents US up about 16 cents from month earlier Analysts say the rise is largely due to Canadas relative Swiss Movement Quartz MK or 18K gold Space oge technology centuries of Swiss ex perience Fin 54 DIINLOP ST IARRIE 728 II eagleser IS our It Nt IORD Itilliltflltih We put as much care into selecting our lewellery as you put in giwng it Nuggets strength in energy in the face of possible shortages arising from the turmoil in Iran The Bank of Canada uses its US dollar holdings to buy Ca nadian dollars when demand for them drops on international money markets This helps to ease their decline in value Similarly when demand for dollars increases the central bank sells them getting US dollars in return Selling Cana dian dollars prevents toorapid rise in their value MONITOR CHANGES The government does not want the value of the dollar to drop too far or too fast because the lower purchasing power abroad makes imports more exr pensive and adds to domestc inflation Similarly the central bank works to prevent too rapid rise in value because this makes Canadian goods more expensive abroad and can af fect export sales Prices from $57500 Jewellery