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IW Monday Apr 18 1977 NEWSROOM 7266537 CIRCULATION 7266539 the examiner serving barrio and slmcoe county Published by Canadian Newspapers Company Limited to Bayfield Street Barrie Ontario ELIO AGOSTINIpublisher ADVERTISING 7266537 CLASSIFIEDS 7282414 Consulf people on tax reforms Ontario government proposals for property tax reforms continue to stir apprehension of ratepayers con cerned over the future tax outlook tpdating assessments more in line with todays values is understandable although the proposal to assess com mercial and industrial properties at twice the rate of homes has provoked various discussions There are many who feel that business and industry should be better able to stand higher taxes than home owners On the other hand this increased cost will likely get back to the consumer in increased prices for goods As some might say it is vicious circle Proposed taxing of government properties and also of some charity properties now exempt such as YMCAs for example would appear to have implications which havent been too fully explained so far The city of Toronto with the legislative buildings and large government administrative office structures would be likely to gain the most Just how much the city of Barrie might be affected depends on just how it is done If it is the intention to make Georgian College and all the schools subject to property tax it could bring con siderable upward turn in property taxation Such change also would affect most municipalities in the county although some more than others Reeve Howard Campbell of Oro was far from alone in terming taxing of schools impractical and ridiculous While this would boost municipal revenues on the one hand it would be the ratepayers who would be hearing the burden with higher school taxes The Oro reeve pointedly asked the wisdom of such move In this Simcoe County tourist area many also find it difficult to understand why government which gives taxpayers money for grants to aid recreation on the one hand shouls propose substantial assessment increases for golf clubs These and other tax reform proposals have beenunder study by special governmentappointed commission for over year Many ratepayers feel provincial government parties should make their stand clear on the issues involved in any election campaign so the voters themselves can register their verdict at the polls down memory lane 10 YEARS AGO IN TOWN The Examiner April 18 1967 Barrie taxpayers face sixmill tax increase this year as their share of the districts $2500000 high school bill Thats $1632 more for the average home ownerFlying of ficer Emil Bileski is commissioned from flightsergeant Base Borden announcesConstance Hardy chief librarian says an addition is needed for Barrie Public LibraryMayor Les Cooke is one of the first customers of Barries new meter maidsAld Roberts city finance chief says Ontario is being driven to socialism by excessive real estate taxesLakeview Restaurant wins Golden Chef Your business By VINCENT EGAN Business and onsumer Affairs Analyst Thomson News Service Sorry to nag but do you have an uptp datewill The necessity of having will and the perils of procrastination have already been discussed more than once in this space But even if you are ainongthe minority who have will you should check to ensure that it still meets your current situation As time goes by it not only brings nearer the ultimate need for will but it also may change the circumstances upon which your will was based Experts say that you should review and perhaps amend your will whenever there is significant change in your circumstances such as move to different province the arrival of children or grandchildren major increase or decrease in your assets Lets say for example that when you made out your will you were on top of the world and decided to leave $10000 to your favorite charity and the rest of your estate to your spouse And lets also say that since then your in vestments have turned sour and that your es tate would be worth only $12000 if it had to be liquidated today If you died that charity would still receive its $10000 and your spouse would have to make do with only $2000 TIME TO REVIEW That particular problem could be avoided by stating specific legacies in percentage ter ms in your will with maximum clearly set out The more general problem of outofdate wills can be overcome by making periodic check of your will to ensure that it still corresponds to your wishes If you then decide to make new will by all means destroy the old one so as to eliminate any possible confusion Unfortunately reasons for postponing review come to mind readily as excuses for not making will in the first placem reluc tance to contemplate ones own immortality awe of lawyers and their fees the miscon ception that one shouldnt bother about small accumulation of assets Everybod knows really that the time will come and that its betterwho matter how lit Award sponsored by Canadian Restaurant AssociationBarrie Kinette Club plays host to Zone interclub dinnerLacrosse once major summer sport in the county may be resurrected locally as centennial project meeting is called by Dr Beaton onetime Orillia lacrosse star ADS Kinzie bakery is offering cherrybanana loaf and loaf of potato bread both for 79 centsMusic Centre on Toronto Street is offering used pianos from $150Brights Wines is promoting Canadian wines saying why pay $150 or more for labelTex aco is selling seveninch power saw for $2795 Updating wills often important lle you possess to make your own decision about the dispersal of your belongings than to leave it to some stranger on the provincial gchrnmentspayroll As for lawyers they dont bite and lhc fee for drafting legally acceptable will is ccr lairin much smaller than the charges in volved in winding up an estate of person who dies without having made will tIts false economy to Wlilc out your own will with no witnesses socallcd hologrnph will isnt valid in all provinces IIXIKlTOIIS ROLIC Whether you are making first will or reviewing an existing onc give special thought tothcchoiccof cxcciitorand trustee Customary choices are professional and member of your family The essential point is that they be reliable persons of good sound judgment The executor is responsible for lar number of steps that have lo be taken on chalf of the deceased There is not much point in establishing good estate plan and drafting solid will if the persons chosen to execute them are mediocre writes Jean Money in Estate Planning For anadians published by Mac millan Co at $905 The testator often underestimates the llll portance of choosing the right persons to exccuteliis will Good sources of information and lips are the booklets on wills estates and trusts that are distributed free by major trust com panics life insurance firms and somc provin CIal governments But the most important tip of all is this Do itnow 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 cannot be published For the sake of space public iii terest and good taste The Examiner reserves the right to edit condense or reject letter Letters to the editor run Wednesdays arid Saturdays on Page BUSINESS 7266537 Bill McFarlane wire editor Roseanne McCabe lifestyle Rolf Kraiker photographer FOR TE RS John Bruce Paul Delean Richard Dunstan Pat Guergis Scott Hasklns Sheila McGovern Sue Routlille Parliament hill 37 By SIIZIIARI IucIJCOl Ottawa llllilll Thomson News Service letting back to some of lliosc strange political happeningsoflhc last fcwwccks the one incident likely to produce the most serious repercussions was the decision by onservntivc Leader Ioe lark to slap the wrists of Ilavid MacDonald one of his most talented Mls Its tempting to laugh ill the entire ludicrous exercise and lllaclhinald himself doesnt appear to be taking it too se riotist but there are growing number of Tory Mls who dont find it particularly amusing If all the public statements on the Interpreting the news Lyall Johnson Barb Boullon Dana Graham CLASSIFIED Ruth Blais supervlsor Virginia Klos Joan Shenstone Freda Shinner NEWSROOM ADVERTISING BUSINESS Dave Henshaw managingedilor Len Sevick manager Marlan Gough accountant Sean Finlaycity editor SALESMEN Betty Armer Randy McDonald sports editor tan MacMurchy Dorothy Bowland Bill Curran county editor Dan Gaynor Wendy Bowser Gall McFarland CIRCULATION Jon Butler manager David Jenkins asst manager Andy Haughton Judy chkey Alva La Plante Elaine Porter Marg Scarll Published daily except MOTOR THROWOFF ELSEWHERE IN CANADA Sunday and statutory holldays Subscriptions WEEKLY by carrier 85 cents YEARLY by carrler BY MAIL Barrie $442oayear SIMCOE COUNTY $34 year Montreal $39a year sabayear Actions by Clark puzzling we to some of his followers subject appear to be overstressing the cause of party unity they are easily offset by some of the caustic comments you hear around the corridors of Parliament Admittedly this happened at an un fortunate time with the public opinion polls indicating drastic decline in Tory popu larin and with Jack Horncr going through contortioits with his conscience his con stiluciicy and his country about becoming Liberal In fairness to Mr Clark he no doubt has many thingson his mind these days llut its still difficult to justify his reaction to MacDonalds alleged sin voting against it governiiienl bill that the Tory caucus lliltl decided to support Pipeline project delay is feared from protests Hy GARRY FAIRIIAIRN WASHINCION ltl The US state department has in effect advised members of ongress to be skeptical of testimony given by Canadian natives concerning proposals to build pipeline across Canada from Alaska series of native leaders from the Yukon and Northwrst lcrritories have told the House of Representatives subcommittee on public lands that they will oppose coli st ruclion of any gas pipeline from Alaska un til and unless their land claims are settled by the Canadian govornincnl Some leaders have gone further saying that they will not allow any pipeline con structioii until land claims settlement is fully implemented and natives develop the mechanisms necessary to control such development That process they say will take 15 years or more Other hat ivc leaders have vowed opposition to any pipeline at any time across the nor thern Yukon the route envisaged for the $10 billion Arctic gas project US legislators have expressed concern that Canadian native opposition could delay pipeline construction for years just as US lawsuits on environmental and landclaim grounds delayed the transAlaska oil pipeline IllAII DELAYS Backers of the allAmerican proposal to move Alaskan gas in ships without crossing Canadian territory argue that the energy Shull United States cannot afford delays that may result from similar Canadian lawsuits That position has been buttressed by the vows of Canadian native leaders to fight courl battle against any pipeline authorization which precedes settlement of land claims The stand of the natives however have been undercut by state department ol ficials testimony recently before the sub committee Lawrence liaicht director of the depart rnents office of fuels and energy said in statement that Canadian law will not permit use of court action to block pipeline if the federal government decides to adopt such project The jurisdiction of the federal Parliament in ptiss laws relating to transit pipelines and to native rights and claims is quite clear Raicht said Accordingly there appears to be no possibility that Canadian federal legislation on these matters could be in validated in the courts APPEALS IICRMIITIII Raicht noted that the Canadian Federal Courts Act allows for an appeal to the courts if the National Energy Board NEB makes decision that fails to provide natural justice exceeds board jurisdiction or is based on an erroneous finding of fact that it made in perverse or capricious manner But he said those theoretical grounds for appeal are unlikely in practice We understand that the Canadian courts have left great discretion to the ad ministrative board or body involved Indeed we know of no case in which an NEB decision to issue certificate of public convenience oi necessity has been effectively challenged in the courts The Canadian pipeline decision is to come this summer before the US decision If Can ada proves pipeline across its territory US egislators and officials will have to weigh the words of the state department ainst lhosoof Canadian notivesin deciding other the Canadianapproved pi elinc can in fact be built without excessive dc ay As penalty tlark ctinsidercd stripping MacDonald of his title of regional develop iiicnt critic but after discussions with the IIgmonl ftll he decided on lesser penalty MiicIXiiiald would merely be dropped from the Btanmbtr political strategy planning committee dont know exactly what was going through Clarks mind when he reached this decision but rightly or wroneg he is being blamed by some within his own caucus of bungling questionable balancing act llnving dropped lack Horncr as transport critic some lls say Clark was anxnius to avoid any accusations that he was being un necessarily rigid with right wingers So the argument goes he decided to be tin necessarily rigid with socnlled left winger Perhaps this never entered Clarks mind but he has vet to convince his colleagues Cerr tainlv no one seems to be taking serious view of the leaders contention that an op position shadow cabincl should display the same solidarity as governing cabinet Members of cabinet can debate and alter legislation and patch up disagreements long before bills are presented to Parliament But the opposit ion shadow cabinet has no such so cret opixntunitics and furthermore its primary role is to oppose questionable legislation It is ridiculous to suggest that 30 members of shadow cabinet should display uniform reaction to legislation they had no hand in preparing ONLY ONE OIIOSEI In the case of the governments im migration bill virtually all Conservatives supported it lint MacDonald didnt like it so he voted against it At this point it mi ht be worth mentioning that individual Li crals frequently vote against government legislation without facing any form of discipline Seems passing strange that Tories cant enjoy the same privileges In any event it didnt take Clark long to react or rather overreact If he was indeed trying to offset his earlier action against rightwinger Jack Horner Clark may have misjudgprl the mood of his own caucus liccausc there has been precious little criticism of what he did to the Crowfoot MI When member of your shadow cabinet is openly negotiating with the primcminislcr with view toward possible cabinet post he an scarcely ex wct promotions Even llorncr didnt object to iisdeuiotion If on the other hand Clark is serious about shadow cabinet solidarity then he is clearly guilty of ignoring the traditions of the on servaitve party Aild if he persists with his discipline his shadow cabinet will cxlxrience greater personnel rotation than the Toronto Argonauts supimsc the incident will be forgotten eventually but right now Clark could get along much better without all those cryptic criticisms from his own benches Ilc already had enough problems without creating new ones The Examiner ls member of The Canadian Press CP and Audlt Bureau of Circula tions ABC Only The Canadian Press may re publish news stories in this newspaper credited to CF The Associated Press Reuters or Agence France Presse and local news storles published in The Examiner The Barrie Examiner claims copyright on all original news and advertising material created by Its employees and publlshed ln this newspaper $4420 Copyright registration number 203815 register 6l Natlonal advertlsing offices 65 Queen St Toronto 8644710 640 Cathcart 51 The advertlser agrees that the publisher shall not be liable for damages arising out of errors in advertisements beyond the amount paid for the space actually occupied by that portion of the advertisement in which the error occurred whether such error is due to the negligence of lts servants or otherwise and there shall be no liability for nonnsertion of any advertlsement beyond the amount paid for such advertisement Queens park New power for audits By DON OHEARN Queens Park Bureau Thomson News Service TORONTO Without much public notice the government here has taken quite bold and courageous step Treasurer Darcy McKeough has introduced new Audit Act in the house An apparently technical act which like securities legislation or insurance legislation should be calculated as having only limited public interest But this one is different For it concerns the function of the provincial auditor lt greatly strengthens the powers of the auditor and in doing this the government in effect is giving its main watchdog more teeth ALWAYS NIROI£ISIAL Both here and in Ottawa the position of the auditor has always been controversial In principle the auditor is an officer of Parliament whose essential purpose is to see that public money is properly spent In Ottawa of course there has been an almost constant tangle between the official and the government as to how far he can go in doing this and the monies that are allowed to him Here for years the office of the auditor was almost ludicrous Rather than being an officer of the legislature he tended to be servant of the govenimcnt In fact when Leslie Frost was premier the then veteran provincial auditor Harvey Cot nam actually was his principal financial ad viser Naturally there was very little criticism of the government in his annual re ports In recent years the situation has improved but there has been agreement it still could be much better And now the govemment is going to make it so CHECK IHIIEALCIIACY Among the things the new Audit Act will provide for is that the auditors financial needs will be approved by the Board of In ternal Economy which is dominated by private members rather than by the govem ment And he will make his report directly to the Speaker He will be specifically directed to report on the economy and efficiency of expenditures And his powers of auditing Crown agencies and Crowncontrolled corporations will be ex pandcd When the bill is approved as it undoubtedly will be ntarios auditor will be in stronger position than Ottawas On behalf of the governments intentions think quote from McKeough in introducing the bill is worthwhile The immediate danger of modern govern ment is that size and complexity may diminish our capacity to check bureaucracy and to debate better ways of doing things stronger auditor can not diminish the re sponsibilities of this legislature but this of fice can help us perform our tasks more com petently and thereby enhance the good name of this system of government which we cherish Canadas story 1885 rebel created stir By BOB BOWMAN During the Northwest rebellion in 1885 In dians besieged Battleford for most of April Other communities were in great dart er The story in this space on April describ James Mowals ride from Edmonton to Calgary for help The Indians were unpredictable Sioux from Moose Woods reserve led by Chief White Cap passed through Saskatoon on their way to join Riel at Batoclieand did no harm The rebellion was teirible experience for many isolated settlers on the prairies They either abandoned their homes and sought shelter in communities or else put up barricades and hoped to be able to defend themselves One of the centres was Yorkton and Ot tawa sent Major Watson to organize its defence He held meeting April 18 and for med group of 10 volunteers They built stockade later known as Fort Watson which meant bringing in 2400 logs 11 feet long It was hard dangerous work but proved to be effective Another dangerous job was hauling sup plies froin the CPR railway line Men were paid $10 day but had to guarantee to travel not less than 20 miles day They also acted as ambulances for the wounded soldiers Riels uprising at lied River in 186970 was successful from his poiiil of View but con ditions were great ly different in 1885 The railway had been built which enabled troops and supplies to he moved quickly The North West Mounted Police had arrived on the prairies in 1874 and were tower of strength Another factor was the telegraph line that had been installed with the railway It made it possible to relay information and iii structions in minutes whereas in 1870 it had taken weeks to exchange information bet ween Fort Curry and Ottawa OIIIIIR AIRII Ill EVENTS 1740 Issue of playingciird money was in creased 1840 Commission was up ointed to study losses iil Lower Canada rebel ion WithJohn Ross Robertson founded Toron to leleflrum