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Jun Wdsp war TORONTO CF Robert Jackson head of the Ontario commission on declining school enrolment whose recent com ments have been criticized as being racist said Wednesday he did not think the statements were provocative when he made them Jackson appearing before legislature committee said he is not racist and he did not anticipate the reaction that fol lowed his remarks which he described as having been made in halfjoking manner Jackson director of the On tario Institute for Studies in Education in Toronto from 1965 to 1975 was criticized and scolded at the 3hour meeting of the committee An NDP motion calling for his dismissal was defeated when Progressive Con servatives and Liberals on the committee combined to vote iv against it The controversy surrounding His dream comes true Not racist he tells committee JaCkson criticized scolded at meeting interim report It continued after he made comments to the news media about testtube babies and said the founding racial groups of Canada may be facing racial suicide because of immigration from Third World countries He had said that he was wor ried about the eventual ex tinction of Canadians of Eu ro an descent and that test tu babies may be ossible way out of the difficu ties we arein WASN SERIOUS Jackson told the committee he would never have made the remarks if he had known they would be taken seriously He said the use of the term racial suicide when he actually meant national suicide was most unfortunate thought was presenting only fact but apparently put it too bluntly Jackson said the countries of the Western world face serious population problems because of swer then it must be planned to avoid racial tensions such as Britain is experiencing He said he was sorry for the remarks and was gladhe had been given the opportunity to hear the opinions of the com mittee members Jackson said the next two stages of his report ex cted to be finished in Septem will contain no remarks or ram bling that people may find offensive Ron Van Horne tLLondon North said he wanted Jackson to stop the nonsense and get on with his job of studying declin iho examiner Thursday May 1a 1973 ing enrolment and suggesting workable solutions NDP Leader Michael Cassidy said his party felt the remarks were an affront to women and all ethnic people TOUCHY ISSUE The reference to racial sui cide cant belp but stir up ra VILLAGE SQUARE of Stayner Across from the Post Office 4283560 cial tensions that we in public life should be working to stamp out Cassidy said Odoardo Di Santo the NDP member for the Toronto riding of Downsview who was born in Italy said immigrants are reacting with anger and frustration Closing Out Sle Annual Sidewalk Sale Village interiors has savings up to The Bedrogm Shoppe TWellfYfOUryearold Gary MacDonald had his dream come true in Ottawa Tuesday when he met the woman he loves Minister of Fitness and Amateur Sport Iona Campagola on Parliament Hill The Ottawa journalism student in shown with the Minister after she had signed Tshirt she once wore that MacDonald bought at charity auction for $55 She may be grandmother but to me shes like film star he remarked after their meeting AP Wirephoto Rise seen in growth rate WASHINGTON CP US embassy analysts in Ottawa have predicted substantial in crease this year in Canadas economic growth rate but added that the increase will be insufficient to produce sig nificant decline in the current high unemployment rate The semiannual embassy re port on the Canadian economy made public here said that the 1978 increase in Canadas gross national product GNPi should be four to 45 per cent com pared with rate of 26 per cent last year Main support to this growth in GNPthe value of goods and services producediiwould be increased exports and steady increase in consumer spending The report said excess pro ductive capacity and tem porary slowing of energy in vestment are likely to bring about stagnation or decline in real private investment spending While businessmens con fidence has improved recently their reluctance to invest con tinues in other forecasts the enr bassy report said that despite the beginning of phased rc moval of wage and price con trols the inflation rate should decline with consumer prices rising by seven to 73 per pvnt this year compared with eight per cent in 1977 NOINFLATIONSlltGlC Since much of business and labor will effectively remain under controls this year and since weak demand will probably restrain wage and price goals the embassy said it is unlikely wages and prices will accelerate substantially in the immediate postcontrols period The report called anadian economic policy prudent but noted that anadas deficit in international payments limits the governments room to nia noeuvre Although anadas trade sur plus tripled to billion last year the outflow of interest payments dividends and tour ism spending rosc even more producing currentaccount deficit of $4 billion last year The report noted the sharp decline in the value of the nadian dollar but made no pre diction as to its future course The report said opportunities for LES investment in Ianada will increase as GNP growth accelerates and the Foreign Investment Review Agency has not recently been major obe staclc to foreign investment In its regional analysis the embassy said disparities in eco nomic performance will remain wide For Ontario the report said growth should be at the national average with hope of more exports to the United States offset by weakness in automotive markets and depressed resource sector Overall private investment may decline in 1978 Ontario importers are reluctant to consider new lines and ex porters will havc to work hard at selling to the Ontario mar ket Youth 17 needs kidney OTTAWA li lhc Chil drens Hospital of Eastern On tario has issued North meri can alert for kidney donation for immediate transplant into l7yearold patient Dr Norman Wolfish chief of the urology department said Tuesday the teen ager whose name was not released is rely ing on an artificial kidney to re movc poisons and wastes from his blood However he is one of iclii tively few persons with kidney disease who cannot be main tained successfully on the dialysis machine Wolfish said We would like to get kid ney into hiiii as fast as possible dont think would consider his condition critical but it is urgent Jackson began last week when their declining birth rates If he released his commissions mass immigration is the an The Village Boutique Have Crafts Candles Giftware Bedroom and Bath Boutique items reduced up to 70 for their Sidewalk Sale 70 On living room bedroom and dinette suites lamps and tables Special savings on sleep chair and sofa beds for the cottage Open daily till pm Friday till pm 4283560 Chargex VELVET TOUCH st ELLIS HEARING AID CENTRE ESTABLISHED SINCE 1945 Hearing Aids OPEN HOUSE May 22 27 Come Watch Well take it off for you Open Sat till pm md Sunday 125 pm Holiday Monday till Phone 4283233 YQVIYolfl 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