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Thurody March 31 1077 Dave Henshaw managing editor Sean Finlay city editor Randy McDonald sports editor Bill Curran county editor serving barrio and slmcoe county Published by Canadian Newspapers Company Limited 16 Bayfield Street Barrie Ontario ELIO AGOSTINIpubllsher 7266537 was 7266537 Confederation leaders needed Canadians concerned about the Quebec situation could hardly be blamed for feeling there has been too much emphasis given political diversions instead of facing realism The fact that approximately 40 per cent of eligible voters in Quebec elected provincial government Com mittee to referendum on separation in itself indicates the concern is justified But what many want to know is just what is being done about it Some think too much is left to federal govern ment whose policies in recent years have at the very least contributed to the present Quebec situation It might make some wonder if such government is the right one to effectively cope with the existing situation although there is no arguing that it has this Vital respon sibility What should opponents to separatism emphasis bet ter economic deal for Quebec to remain in Confedera tion Many thoughtful Canadians believe the emphasis given the language issue is largely political diversionthat the main problem is economic It brings up the question of what would Quebec lose by separation Much has been made of federal family allowance cheques pensions and other financial assistance Too little seems to be said about the recordheavy federal taxation of recent years in which Quebec people have been taxed for their share The climbing national debt which now is costing tax payers in interest alone whopping $47i6oooooo year according to figures given by North Simcoe MP Dr Rynard must be frightening to many in Quebec as well as other Canadians And then there is the question if Quebec decides to go ahead and secede what about proper negotiations so that this large province will take over its share of this na tional responsibility for which it shared the benefits over the years They no doubt recognize that it would be most unfair to leave all the debt burdens with the remaining provinces if separation is approved If others decided to follow suit for instance would it be at all fair to leave the national debt to Ottawa This of course is simply not practical or responsible but has been causing enough apprehension elsewhere to have its influence in devaluation of the Canadian dollar on the international exchange even though Canadians are certain it just couldnt happen down memory lane FIVE YEARS AGO IN TOWN The Examiner March 31 1972 Cathy Kelly chairman of Barrie Youth Council will represent Bar ries Accent on Youth program at press conference in Ottawa next weekStudy done by York Univer sity at request of Georgian Bay Regional Development Council says new airport sites are needed in the regionespecially in the eastern portionAnnual report of Simcoe County Mutual Fire Aid Association says fire damage in Barrie during 1971 was $67560There is possibility Telecare will expand its services to become an information centre for social services in Bar rieMayor Les Cooke has seen By VINCENT EGAN Business and Consumer Affairs Analyst Thomson News Service Is Canadas incometax structure the even handed equaltreatmentforall system that the government pretends it is Sometimes you wonder when you compare the tax advantages that some people enjoy against the tax traps in which other people may find themselves At function the other day wound up chatting with stranger just back from latewinter holiday trip through the southern United States with his wife and two children in spacious pickup truck and traveltrailer How did the expenses incurred in travelling that way wondered compare with the cost of driving the family car and staying in motels Very favorably indeed it turned out thanks to our tax laws The man said he is an independent con tractor in branch of the construction iii dustry and uses pickups and the railcr in his business For the family holiday he confided he bible thought Come now and let us reason together saith the Lord though your sins be as scarlet they shall be as white as snow though they be red like crimson they shall be as wool Isaiah 118 Its forgiveness regardless forever iotl is love Father give us that same ability and love in Jesus name Amen Thank you sseeM maps of proposed Barrie bypass highway routes details of which have had to be kept confidential my concern about the heat for development on Bayfield Street was one reason for comment that the need for the bypass is ob viousBarbara Kendall 19 of Midhurst is elected president of Students Administrative Council of Georgian College BarrieBarrie Flyers of the Ontario llockey Association Senior league are up against an unknown quantity when they play Sault Ste Marie Canadiens in the first round of Allan Cup playoffsPat Monahan is leading the Flyers in playoff scoring with six goals and seven assists gravy train for taxpayers treats lhcoperation of the truck and trailer as business expense to be offset against business income that would otherwise be taxable In case the tax collector should learn about the southern trip and question its purpose7 which has never happened he takes the precaution of looking in on one or two busmess operations in his speciality in places like New Orleans and Miami Beach Advancing his knowledge you know TAXABLE BENEFIT tontrast that loophole with the tax treat ment ot an employee who is assigned com pany car and uses it occasionally for some xersonal purpose lhat employee had better keep accurate records of the operating costs involved in the personal use of the car and report either these costs or reasonable standby charge as taxable benefit Even if the employees own car is used for company business within the municipal area in which the company is based any travelling allowance paid by the company to the eni ploycc is taxable income although it is possible tin narrowly defined cir cumstancesi that the employee may be able to claim an offsetting deduction for the actual car expenses incurred But to take yet another example an em ployec of transportation company such as local busiine or an international airline isnt taxed on the value of the free offduty trans portation that the employer provides even if the pass privileges extend to the employees dependents Teachers who like to travel are eligible for even greater tax savings than transportation employees or independent contractors NEWSROOM ADVERTISING SALESMEN lan MacMurchy George Fudgeil Don Gaynor Lyall Johnson Barb Bouiton Bill McFarlane wlre editor Roseanne McCabe lifestyle Roll Kralker photographer REPORTERS John Bruce Paul Deleon Richard Dunstan Pat Guergls Scott Haskins Shelia McGovern Sue Routlille CLASSIFIED Virginia Klos Joan Shenstone Freda Shlnner Ifu Inmlume flint icas tcuy hack Ithlll you cultrm the store Parliament hill ll STE ltl Vlacllllill Ottawa Bureau Ihoinson New Sch ice am sitting here wondering whether should accept my responsibilities is anadian llllll and lake the timc to writi the anadian ltadioltlcvision oinniission about thcllu lhc llil llcnvcns knows needs all the hpr it can get Because Prime Minister lrudcnu wants to know and know rather quickly whether there is separatist bins in the French language service of llIl l5 lIt hasaskul thi ltli to conduct and complete an inquuy by July lot it tittiii to nyotil the appearance of it witch hunt the commissions terms of reference wcrc broadened to include both English and French services Mr liudeau in his letter to ltli huirman Ilarry lloylc asked the inquuy to establiin whether these services generally and In particular their public affairs information and news The world today Ily JOHN IIAIlIlIltIN Foreign Affairs Analyst Thomson News Service Forty years ago vast and apparently cm pty Libya was along with Ethiopia the major territory of Fascist Italys once large African empire Benito Mussolini persuaded Italian farmers and settlers to move into his North African colony which he ultimately lost to the Allied armies in their wartime swrcp through Libya in early W43 Last month Fiat the Italian car and in dustrial equipment giant signed dial with the Libyan Arab Bank to borrow $415 million for expansion and development The tables had turned Libya the backward desert colony of prcwar Italy now one of the oilrich Islamic states ofour world was in the dri vcrs scat And industrial Italys leading private conr pany in need of new cash resources was the recipient The deal represents yet another of historys incredible twists of fortune which mark in ternational relations of our time The deal was closed by Fials outstanding chairman iiovanni Agnelli who has managed to keep his company profitable and expanding in spite of the growing economic troubles of the Italian economy he works in LARGE AR BUILDER Fiat is Europes largest car manufacturer having produced Lilmillion passenger cars from its Turin plants in 1976 This high product ion record represents only we want your opinion Letters submitted for publication must be signed by the writer Please include your street address and telephone number although they will not be published Letters which cannot be authenticated cannotbe published For the sake of space public in terest and good taste The Examiner reserves the right to edit condense or reject letter Letters to the editor run Wednesdays and Saturdays on Page Len Sevick manager Ruth Blals supervisor BUSINESS Published daily except Marlon Gough accountant Sunday and Betty Armer statutory holidays DorothY BOWlflnd Subscriptions news stories published In The Examiner WemiY BOWSEF WEEKLY by carrier can Mcparand YEARESYCEVEBMU created by Its employees and published In this newspaper CIRCULATION Jon Butler manager David Jenkins asst manager Andy Haughton Judy Hickey Alva LaPlante Elaine Porter Marg Scharli programming arc lultilliiig thc mandate ot the ltl As we iltl tltlllCl this is not only tall or der it is iinjmssiblc Even Mr Boyle an ctcr nil optimist has said no definitive con clusions can be reached by July And now that have seen the invitation issued by the Itlt to encourage public par ticipalion hayc my doubts whether there will even be time to consider the question of separatist bias IlltHH Illil The assistance of members of the public is sought by the ltlt committee of inquiry on how Iic Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is curing out its mandate particularly in the area of news public affairs and in formation programming Thats howthc up penl begins And then the commission goes on to tell us what llit lil mandate is all about To put it briefly like all broadcasters the lil has the responsibility to safeguard the Libya and Italy turnabout oiiithird oi Fiats $10 billion in sales last year The rest comes from such arrangcincn is as Fiat Allis the companys joint venture with Allisrthalmcrs Corp to make earth moving equipment throughout Europe Libya does not receive major pieccof this action as has been the pattern of Arab iii vcstmcnts in other large Western European manufacturing concerns The Libyan money in Fiat Went this way Iiat sold the Libyan Arab Bank 30 million shares oi which 20 million have voting rights Libya also secured bonds in Fiat convertible to an additional 30 million shares and made Illyear loan to the italian giant of $104 million at six per cent The going rate for industrial loans in cash shy Italy these lays is as high as 20 per cent In exchange for this cash infusion Libya gets two seats on the Fiat board but only 10 per cent of the vote The Agiiclli family still holds 29 per cent of It ml and board control of 50 percent even if the Libyans convert the bonds That would give the intensely nationalistic North African Arab nation only 13 per cent of the Italian firm The coup is an important and in many ways unprecedented one in the current develop ment of European multinational cor porations Fiat for example will continue to sell cars to Israel the deeplycommitted enemy of fiercely Islamic Libya In fact Fiat remains the most popular car in the Jewish state And the Italian firm committed to capitalism continues to assist the USSR in the vast car plant lor building Fiats con st ructed on the banks of the Volga Incidentally that car plant is named after lalniiro Togliatti postwar leader of an Italian Communist party which almost seized control of the Italian nation in the postwar elections of 1947 MULIINAIIUNALPOWER llic Fiat Libyan deal its vast international sales and its commitment to modernize the Soviet car industry all emphasize the separate empires diplomatic activities of the lIIlllll multinational BY MAIL Barrie SiMCOE COUNTY MOTOR THROWOFF ELSEWHERE IN CANADA $4420 Copyright registration number 203815 register 61 National advertising offices 65 Queen St Toronto 8651710 640 Cathcort sc $4420 Year Montreal $34 Year 339 Year sue year An impossible time frame for CRTCs look at the CBC right to freedom of expression and to provide reasonable balanced opportunity for the ex prcssion of differing views on matters of public concern In addition the CBCs mandate includes special responsibilities to provide balan ced service of information enlightenment and entertainment to extend service to all parts of Canada to provide English and French programming to contribute to the development of national unity and to provide for continuing expression of Canadian iden titv And then the BTC invites opinions Do you consider that in the present cir cumstances the CBC is adequately fulfilling this mandate What suggestions do you have for how it might better carry out its mandate in the future From the beginning have been skeptical of this whole inquiryon the grounds that if there is separatist bias in RadioCanada then it is the responsibility of CBC manage ment to eliminate it And if management cant then it should be replaced But thats water under the bridge The CR with questionable judgment accepted the invitation to conduct an inquiry within an impossible time frame and now compounds the problem by appearing to widen guidelines If Royal Commission were given these terms of reference its work wouldnt be completed for five years Even the question of whether the CBC is ex tending servicc to all parts of Canada could bring on blizzard of riefs Every northern community with lousy TV reception is ob viously free to complain And see the com mission is also inviting opinions on whether the CBC is safeguarding the right to freedom of expression That alone could be good for five years And what about the question of balancing information enlightenment and en tertainment Another fiveyear project thats what Now we have External Affairs Minister Don Jamieson saying the CBC should have federalist bias on the grounds that its man date includes fostering national unity won der how this squares with its obligation to provide an opportunity for differing views on matters of public concern No think the CRTCs apparent decision to conduct an entire autopsy on the CBC within threemonth period is ludicrous But it will probably take our minds of separatists PM TRUDEAU tall order The Examiner is member at The Canadian Press CPI and Audit Bureauol Circtfi tlons ABC Only The Canadian Press may republish news stories In this newspa credited to CF The Associated Press Reuters or Agence France Presse and local The Barrie Examiner claims copyright on all original news and advertising material The advertiser agrees that the publisher shall not be liable for damages arising out of errors in advertisements beyond the amount paid tor the space actually occupied by that portion of the advertisement In thch the error occurred whether such error Is due to the negligence at Its servants or otherwise and there shall be no liability nonInsertion at any adverttsement beyond the amount paid tor such odvertlsomen Queens park Conservatism is shining By DON OHEARN Queens Park Bureau Thomson News Service TORONTO From time to time there are indications that there is strong block of good old Tory conservatives in the govem ment On such matters as rent control policy this conservatism has shone throu The government has acted ut reluctantly and often as if it was at the end of gun Of course also it has been highly moralisticwith AttorneyGeneral Roy Mc Murtry and his hockey policy as an out standing example And moralism is in the oldtime Tory tradition But nowhere probably has this con servative approach been so well illustrated as in the gettingtobefamous Blue Jay deci Sion The government after deep thought and long consideration decided not to permit Torontos new big league ball team to sell beer at the Canadian National Exhibition stadium which will be its home park This decision can be nothing but oldtime morality politics Thirty years ago beer probably couldnt have been permitted in ball park without public indignation But we arent living 30 years ago We are living in 1977 and times have changed Every one of the other 25 cities in the American and National leagues has beer in its parks It has grown to be part of the game And we have liquor at other sports ac tivities Our race tracks are full of bars If youve ever been to one of our major golf tournaments you know that booze is part of the scene NOT PROTECTION But in our governments outlook ap parently there is something sinful about sit ting in stand on sunny afternoon wat ching ball game and having cup of beer Yes and it was to be served in paper cups Protection wasnt the angle There wasnt any fear that somebody might try throwing out the first can or bombarding the umpire You cant hurt anyone with paper cup It has been indicated that the government will reconsider its ban if the public shows an interest One will get you 10 that it will be recon sideredand before too long For there will be pressure not only from the public but from within the house here With foolish decision such as this the op position isnt going to let the government off the hook Why even the local police have come out for beer in the park Canadas story Beginning of the end By BOB BOWMAN There is an interesting coincidence in con nection with Newfoundlands joining Canada March 311949 Britain France and other European nations have been involved in war since 1702 and by 1713 they were all weary of fighting The Duke of Marlboroughs victories had strengthened Britains position but France had scored heavcly in North America Thanks to Montrealborn Pierre LeMoyne France had captured Newfoundland and Bud son Bay The fighting in North America had not been on as large scale as in Europe but some of it was vicious Gov Vaudreuil of Canada ravaged the frontiers of New England Many Women and children were killed in the raids that extended almost as far south as Boston The British settlers in New England then hit back and captured Port Royal in 1710 Negotiations for peace in Europe began in January 1712 but the treaty was not si ed until March 31 1713 at Utrecht in Hollan Britain regained Newfoundland and Hud son Bay She also acquired Acadia now New Brunswick and Nova Scotia after great deal of haggling France retained Canada and also IIe St Jean PEl and Cape Breton This protec ted the St Lawrence river as the route to Canada So March 81 is day of special significance to Newfoundland Some historians claim that the Treaty of Utrecht was the beginning of the end for France in North America Fifty years later she lost Canada and gave Louisiana to Spain The only territory remaining to France in North America was the two small islands of St Pierre and Miquelon off the southwest coast of Newfoundlandstill French colonies today OTHER MARCII EVENTS ltIZiMcGill University received royal charter 18iQuebec and Montreal were in corporated as cities 1872First issue of Toronto Mail now Globe and Mail issued lltll5Federal government disallowed BC Chinese immigration act liltiiiAManiioba abolished separate schools toolkit was announced that 189000 im migrants had come to Canada in the fiscal year 87000 from Britain and 58000 from the US