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3n MN vwfifi waxy mme ua Vu auwslgh Saturday Dec 1979 CIRCULATION 7266539 NEWSROOM 7266537 the examiner Puoiisned by Canadian Newspapers Company Limited 16 Bayfield Street Barrie Ontario LAM 4T6 Bruce Rowland publisher ADVERTISING 7266537 CLASSIFIEDS 7282414 Federal election totally unwanted Like it or not here we go again federal election has been called for February 18 the second in the past 18 months Most Canadians we think are not ready or eager for this election It leaves the country in drift when it needs firm direction and resolve What does it mean It means at least another two months of coun try without parliament It means $60 million in election expenses money that could be used elsewhere to create jobs and new wealth for the country The leaderless Liberals and New Democratic Party are responsible for this election They brought the government down over the Crosbie budget budget that called for cut ting the deficit and turning the coun try on the path towards energy self sufficiency They didnt like the idea that Canadians should pay more for gasoline and home heating fuels Neither does anyone But Sitting back and subsidizing those costs as we have done in the past does nothing for coming to grips with the problem The problem is we depend on Arab oil And the price of that oil rising by leaps and bounds is totally beyond our control policy of conservation and energy selfsufficiency is no only laudible but essential to the coun try Finance Minister John Crosbie could have given us sugarcoated budget but he gave us tough one instead And he was right It told Canadians what the real cost of liv ing is today not the creditriddled system weve come to believe is real The Opposition parties did not listen to the cold reality contained in the budget Nor did they give the Tories chance to prove if their methods are right They saw an op portunity and forced us into this totally unwarranted and unwanted election simcoe yesteryear This picture of the staff at the Barrie Carriage Company was taken circa I905 on the steps of the building that now forms the front portion of Tan dy Leather on Bradford Street The firm produced the mica Side curtains used in the early horseless carriages After an unsuccessful attemptlto convert to automobile production the business failed and the budding became the site of Clark and Clark Tannery Photo courtesy of Beleskeyl letters to the editor Sir would like to make few observations regarding last weeks strike of correctional officers across the province On behalf of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union and in particular the Cor rectional Officers from BaiTic Jail Camp Hillsdale Camp Dufferin Yanier Institute and the staff of Oak Ridges who were with me on the picket line would like to say thank you to number of people To the various police forces who had business at the jail or courthouse to the staff of the courthouse and St Marys school and to all members of the public who had business at these two places thank you for your pa tience and understanding when approached by our members at the picket line To all mcmbcrs of the media for honest and factual reporting as well as impartial editorials thank you Such good press is rare in this ty pc of situation Yes this was an illegal strike in the eyes of the law but laws are not always right Lndcr the human rights code all citizens have the right to freedom of speech freedom of religion freedom of assembly and many others but we as civil servants are stripped of these rights we are not allowed to speak for or against political candidate in elec tions When laws are oppressive then we have to try to change them maybe out stand will be noticed by the political party in power and allow civil servants their rights without hav ing to break the law To the citizens of Barrie thank you for your waves and cliccry smiles as you drove past You really kept our morale hiin Thank you to our fellow unionists who sent us coffee and doughnuts Larry F017 President Local 313 Ontario Public Services lnion Supreme Court overturns French language ruling III liltt OllAW itlt Englishspcaking Quebecers may have won court victory Thursday but future battles will have to be fought in the political rather than the judicial arena sas llohcrt Litvack one of the law we want your opinion Something on your mind Send Letter to the EdIIOI Please make it an iginal copy and sign it The Exanonei doesnt publish unsigned letr leis but if you wrsh pen name will be us ed Include yam telephone number and address as we liavoto veiityletters Betause oI space limits public interest and good taste The Examiner sometimes has to edit condensem reject letters lettcis to the EditOi are run every day on the editorial pagi Send yrwis to letters to the Editor The lxominer Post Office Box 370 BARRIE Ont HM 4T6 yers who led successful challenge to Quebecs language law Litvack was one of six Montreal lawyers who set out two years ago to contest portions of the language legislation which restricted the right to use English in the provincial courts and legislature Their efforts ended with victory when the Supreme Court of Canada overturned scyen clauses of the Charter of the French Language Litvack who did most of the research and handled much of the courtroom argument was naturally pleased with the result But he has no illusions that it solved the problem of EnglishFrench language tensions It does not create official bilingualism in Canada or in Quebec Litvack said shortly after the verdict If we want to move at all from here on weve got to do it politically not It thecourts The problem from Litvacks point of view is that the judgment dealt only with the very narrow issue of language rights in the courts and legislature There are other cases outstanding against the legislation in Quebec including one which will challenge restrictions on English language schooling and another disputing the proyisioii that all commercial signs and advertising must be lll French BUSINESS 7266537 ADVERTISING EDITLRS Craig Elson menacing €640r zLZESWCK ma 39 SianDiozbaliscitr96I or Aden Smith BiIIMcFariane wireeaiior REPOR TE RS Stephen Nicholls Dennis Lanthier Steve Skinner Marion Hearty Calvin Fetepchuk Peter Clark eroa Egricgohegnu IanMacMurcm To pane Carol Boweis Richard Thomas CLASSIFIED Sue Bowen camera operator Terry Field Cathy Heather Mary Detanev Peter Roberts Alison Merkei Freda Shinner Janice Morton Carol Bowles PopeteHsJes The World Today By JOHN IIARBIII Foreign Affairs Anal st The influential and powerful Jesuit Order has been ordered at Pope John Paul IIs request to cleanse itself of shortcomings The Spanish priest Reverend Pedro Arrupe who heads the largest religious order in the Roman Catholic Church has responded accordingly In his letter to all members of the Jesuit Order around the world he asked them to employ appropriate firmness in seeking remedy for regrettable shortcomings in their work for the church What could have possibly brought this tough and written reprimand to this most Catholic of the churchs orders and one pledged to personal loyalty to the Holy Father The actions of Washington DC Jesuit Father William Callahan tells part of the story since he heads an activist group openly advocating the ordination of women And Pope John Paul II in spite of his great affability immense warmth and undeniable charm made it clear he was opposed to women in the priesthood Also remember the more pronounced activities of Jesuit Father Edouard Schillebeeckx the very controversial Flemish theologian who is actually facing an ecclesiastical trial Father Schillebecckx who has written spirited study of the divinity and human nature of Our Lord actually will go on trial before the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith INQLISITION AGAIN This used to be called the Ilolv Office of Peggy Chapeil superwsor WE KNOW YOU GUARDS ARE OUT THERE DROP THOSE PICKET SIGNS AND COME IN WITH OUR HANDS DOWN Bureau at BUSINESS COMPOSING ROOM The Exammer is member at The Canadian Press CP and Audi Marian Gough accountant Jack Kerney foreman Publisheg my up Circulwws ABC only the Canadian Press may republish news stzries Deiva Mills Glenn Kwan asst loremar Sunday and mi newspaper credited to CF The Associated Press Reuters or gene Vikki Grant Don Saunders siatutorv holidays FrancerPresse and local news storiesauteurl The E° Connie Hart Lorne Wass WEEK LY ar The Examiner claims copyrionton at one news and aoveltls no material John Shunk Will Cadogan 9s gait ner created by its employees and published in thlsnewspaper Eli CU LATION SalTianayfibr by Carrier COpyright registration number mus register at We manager $49 to en st Toronto sumo wcathcan Andy Haugmon 555 manager Ron Gilder National advertising oltices 65 Que Mug 50 Ed Allenov Alva LaPlante Jame Hem L553 wan Susan Kitchen Elaine Burton YVonne 5995 CherylAiken PRESSRODM Al Hanson foreman Don Near 355 toreman Fred Prince Kim Pattenden uit Order to cleanse shortcomings the Inquisition and we all know what horrors it perpetrated in the name of Christ on dissident priests scientists writers and in tellectuals The 439 yearold Society of Jesus was founded by Spanish priest ignatiOUs Loyola former soldier once severelywounded in discipline where the pursuit of intellectual ex cellence is concerned Today it has about 28000 members working in schools colleges religious institutions in about 100 countries During his American tour the Holy Father praised the kinds of intellectual activities on which the Jesuits thrive and called for an end to conflicts between science and religion on the 100th anniversary of the birth of Albert Einstein Since his US visit and the rise of fun damentalist fervor and political response in Islam the Pope has travelled to Turkey to make peace with the Eastern Orthodox Church and to visit Moslem communities Nevertheless John Paul II is most con servative church leader reflecting the old fashioned authoritarianism and fun damentalism of the modern Polish branch of Roman Catholicism He is truly uneasy with ecumenical oc casions has spoken out against abortion the concept of the married priest and if the priesthood open to women Go raise tree By TRAYNUII NIIIII This column first appeared Christmas of 1077 It is here repeated by request Editor Hows that we gasped via stretched vocal chords as we turned our head around full circle little to the south our lco replied from the other end of the room directing us in the raising of the sevcirfoot scotch piiic Christ mas tree dont know south from ground squirr rel we shouted What do you mean left or right She was leaning and peering cvcrywhich way Eli left littlcto the left We were III horizontal Itlttrltll position on the floor head shoulders and the upper half of our torso under the tree We adjusted the screws and legs on the metal cup sup porting the trte Hows that we granted That better think so but ALMOSTSIlltlEKIIl Good God woman we almost slimknit resting our face on the floor as our neck muscles screamed for relief Ive been under here for about 20 minutes and the crazy thing still isnt right Weeell its hard to tell You come out and have look at it We scrambled out winciiig as sharp pine needles pierced olir shirt We shuffled over to the vantage point and squinted at the tall tree Its mile out we said angrily turning to look at her Something wrong with your eyes Its not that bad Cleo pouted Look at the top its leaning way over to the left Maybe its the window frame behind it thats out shc ottercd llultil squirmed back under the tree and needle infiltrated our left eardrum FOR ALL SEASONS Why didnt you get one of those little ar tificial trees anyway we shouted pulling rough branch from between our teeth Youre the one who wanted the Heal Me toy lco replied wanted an artificial one She was angry and shouting by now We cooled down somewhat Lets remember its Christmas happy time AI AYS Tlll SAME It is happy time as far as Im concern ed she shot back You always lose your temper putting up the tree Every year its the same Every year final twist of two of the three screws Hows that now But she was in the kitchen bashing pots and pans around in great huff Do it yourself if youre so smart she called We spent the next 10 minutes scrambling from under and scrambling back under the tree muttering all the while Finally we get It We sat on the Chesterfield breathing heavi ly aching We were wondering when shed come around when sudden movement by the window caught our eye We looked just in time to see the tree topple with timberisli roar Cleo came round the kitchen door looked and lay against the door convulsed with laughter Merry Christmas she screamed bet ween giggles Our shoulders drooped BY MAIL Barrie $tMontreai 910 The advertiser agrees that the publisher shall not be liable tor damages aris ing out of errors in advertisements beyond the amount paid for the space oc 839 00 tualty occupied by that portion of the 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whopping increase in the federal excise tax on gasoline the Quebec minister and his colleagues now having glorious opportunity to rewrite the balance sheets in their unen ding efforts to convince Quebecers that federalism is losing cause And it could go great deal further than that Rember back in1978 when federal finance minister Jean Chretien brought down his proposal for temporary reduction in provincial sales taxes and Quebec deCided to fight it Well the same Mr Parizeau came out the winner in that bout rejecting the fed eral plan but abolishing the tax on shoes clothing and furniture products which are manufactured in the province mom BENEFIT The Parizeau counterplan was certainly of more apparent benefit to his province than the proposals of Mr Chretien And the Quebec minister and his Parti Quebec government didnt leave political stone un turned in exploiting the situation Does the Crosbie budget give him Similar opportunities Well judging by the speed of Mr Parizeaus detailed reaction suspect he sees it that way And when he was asked whether he intended to milk this for all its worth he replied Perhaps more Within minutes of the budgetary an nouncement from Ottawa Mr Parizeau was telling Quebecers that the propposals Will cost them $600 million year which amounts to $100 for every man woman and child This he said effectively wipes out the federal subsidy that comes to the province to offset the cost of imported oil What we have not had to pay to the ayatollahs must now be paid to Ottawa he said And you can bet your bottom dollar that we will be hearing that phrase being repeated during the winter INTERPRETINQ THE NEWS PARLIAMENT HiLL He had clearly done his homework for the budget Searcer 17 per cent of the sums distributed by the federal government will be given to Quebecers even if we still represent 27 per cent of the Canadian population he said Even the tax credit for mortgage in terest would be relatively less important in Quebec where there is higher percentage of tenants But its that excise tax on gasoline that is obviously Mr Parizeaus main weapon DOUBLE TAXATION This he said is further federal invasion of traditional provincial area and gasoline taxes have generally been used in the past for rovincial road construction Now they are being funnelled out to Ottawa He is of course demanding that the increase be cancelled Then he said the provincial government could leave the tax in place and use the proceeds in ways that would directly benefit the people of Quebec We could for example reduce the general sales tax from eight per cent to five per cent or we could lower our personal income tax by 12 per cent or we could reduce property taxes by close to 25per cent Those are probably rather appealing proposals for the people of Quebec and they will be reminded of them every time they fill their fuel tanks And the reminder would be even mare shocking if the provincial gov ernment decided to impose an equivalent excise tax and then blame Ottawa for the intrusion and the double taxation It matters little whether Ottawa is morally or constitutionally right or wrong The question is whether the federal government can afford to become locked in such drastic dispute the midst of the referendum campaign The answer of course is no am sure Mr Crosbie considered the Quebec reaction beforehand and thought about alternative proposals so he is probably ready for the inevitable war of words But on the face of it it is difficult to see how Ottawa can win this particular propaganda skirmish with Quebec Namibia rears its head By JOHN WARD UNITED NATIONS CPt Britains efforts to bring about negotiated set tlement in Zimbabwe Rhodesia have put the question of Namibia on the back burner Namibia also called SouthWest Africa has been administered by South Africa since the First World War For the last decade or so the South Africans have governed the territory in defiance of UN resolutions Western countries including Canada have been trying to develop program to bring independence to the min eralrich territory But talks on Namibia have been sporadic in recent months and UN diplomats concede that the territory will have to take second priority until the Zimbabwe Rhodesia question is settled Britain has dispatched new governor Lord Soames to Salisbury to oversee new elections and end the sevenyear guerrilla war that has claimed thousands of lives and strained Rhodesias economy to the point of collapse LIFTS SANCTIONS London has also lifted the economic sanctions imposed on the breakaway colony in 1966 declaring the threat to international peace and security which moved the UN Security Council to order the embargo has ended The UN does not entirely share Britains opinion however and legal opinions in dicate the ban can only be lifted by Security Council vote Black African states are reluctant to lift the restrictions until they see concrete evidence that black majority rule is forthcoming in the country Canada is likely to review the situation week by week before taking any decision on the question of the economic sanctions Meanwhile the Namibian situation languishes Diplomats here were once optimistic about the future of the terntory In fact it was once thought that negotiated solution in Namibia would be of great help in bringing settlement about in Rhodesia In an ironic twist the situation now is reversed Salt useage on roadways subject of critical study By VINCEI EGAN Business and Consumer Affairs Analyst Thomson News Service The lavish use of salt on winter roads is the subject of yet another critical study As usual it appears to have fallen on deaf ears in provincial and municipal govern ments The latest study of road salt and the en vironment was published by the University of Torontos Institute of Environmental Studies on Dec week later Prof Philip Jones in dicated that there had been no reaction from the authorities responsible for the use of road salt sodium chloride Dr John Vallentyne an associate of the Institute said that current application of road salt in the Great Lakes basin exceeds 28 million tons year Thats 20 times as much as was being used just quarter century ago Its equivalent an nually to 175 pounds or 80 kilograms for each person in the basin an area of 300000 square miles ONSENSLS To weigh the value of road salt Dr Jones formed group and invited the participation of representatives of car manufacturers environmentalists and the United States Salt Institute While the group conceded that salt corrodes automobiles highway bridges underground ipes and cables kills roadside vegetation amages carpets and leather boots and works its way through the soil and into drinking water wells the consensus was that no salt would immobilize Ontario says the University of Toronto Dr Jones thinks that the use of road salt involves many unresolved issues He is currently examining snow and ice control Some earlier critical studies have con centrated on the economic aspects of road salt an estimated $10 million in annual damage to Ontario roads corrosion damage averaging in excess of $200 per car and other costs SALTY WATER The Institutes study on the other hand is YOUR BUSINESS concerned with environmental aspects It sampled the water in wells nearest to heavily salted intersections and found that they contain excessive amounts of sodium chloride up to 500 milligrams per litre The American Heart Association recommends maximum of 22 milligrams per litre in drinking water for patients on low saltdiets Dr Jones said there is strong cir cumstantial evidence that the high con centrates found by the Institute are road salt condition Regrettably there are no adopted standards for sodium in drinking water and as result the supplies are not monitored on regular basis Throughout this winter the Institute will be continuing its testing of the sampled wells with high concentrations of sodium Dr Jones has alerted the provincial ministries of health and environment to the potential hazards NOT GUILTY The salt industry like the tobacco industry maintains in effect that the case against its product hasnt been proved It finds disadvantages in the use of abrasives as an alternative to salt except in extremely cold areas where the salt re quirement would be too high or ineffective Dr Jones and the Institute have had discussions with municipal officials and elected representatives about possible at ternatives to the current highvolume use of road salt and plan to carry out an evaluation of techniques for dealing with snow and ice At the North American Snow Conference to be held in Toronto in April the findings will be reported to all provinces and states that face the problem of dealing with snow on the roads