Ellir 113mm Examiner Published by Canadian Newspapers Company Limited 16 Boyfield Street Barrie Ontario Wilson Advertising Manager Henshaw Managing Editor The Barrie Examiner Wednesday February 1977 Would extending controls not serve the majority With all the concern over con tinually rising cost of living it is dif ficult for many to understand the strongly waged campaign which ap pears to be gaining political momentum to phase out wage and price controls For the great majority of Cana dians who are ordinary consumers dependent on average incomes the end of controls can only mean higher living costs and reduced standards Under the circumstances can hardly be blamed for feeling resentment over what they consider the campaign led by privileged groups who consider that the con trols are preventing them from pushing their own selfish demands beyond the cost of living index This of course could only mean even greater taxes over todays record burdens and higher consumer costs for the majority Too little has been said about how rising production costs have been adding to unemployment When industries can produce goods cheaper in other countries than at home there is this delicate situation which some might con Stevens YorkSimcoe recently called atten tion to one aspect in the shoe in sider Sinclair dustry Certain types of synthetic clothing and other materials made various countries which are retailed in Canada also might well be pro duced here on competitive market basis This too has contributed to unemployment the cost of which has had its effect on the sagging economic position There are those who might argue with some justification that govern ments are major causes of inflation they by their substantially higher Spen ding which has greatly increased taxes and costs of goods But it is inconsistent to say the least to demand that controls be abandoned at this critical stage when the need to retain them actual ly appears to be greater than ever So reports from Ottawa indicating the antiinflation board may be phased out are stirring real concern for many people With more hikes coming in such things as electric bills heating costs and gasoline to mention few many feel there is dire need for even tighter controls rather than abandoning them Suggestions of simmering debate in Ottawa between board MP for terest become in economists and senior political ad visers on how to end controls appear to be diversionary tactics The economic trend is becoming more and more such that govern ments have to face whether they wish to protect the majority iii or carriedaway with steppedup campaign which could only mean even higher living costs and more inflation still adversely affecting everybody allow themselves to DOWN MEMORY LANE 15 YEARS IN TOWN The Barrie Examiner Ian 31 1962 Bruce Owen Barrie lawyer is elected president of the Barrie the Canadian Mental Mrs Moorby is first vicepresident Rev Bell is second vicepresident Mrs Jean Morris is secretary and Victor Knox is treasurer story and photographs tell story of Mrs Margaret Smith first speech specialist hired by Barrie Public Wilson Moorby and Murray Finlayson representing Barrie and District Association for Retarded Children research branch of Health Association School Board Mrs among delegates at seminar Psychiatric Research Institute London manding action HIRED RY lARll Qlilï¬lilitt IS Englishspeaking adv1ser found the choice was easy MONTREAL Pr For Da vid Payne the first English Speaking adviser hired by Parti Quebccois ministcr the Choice was easy The 32yearold formcr lllftr logy Student saw what nc rc garded as the unpleasant face of the provinces lllfl2l gov ernment when he was lfitfh ers union leader during stor my contract dispute in thc 15977 76 academic year The Bourassa govcriiincnt was arrogant and had bccomc frighteningly rcmovcd from the people said Payne He was bitter about thc gov ernmenfs attituth in contract talks It was not romantic idealism that drew me to thc Parti Quebccois said Mr Ltlir lBarrtr txamiurr 16 Hayfield Strcct Barrie Ontario Telephone 726115117 Registration Number 0484 Second lass Mail Return postagc guaranteed Daily Sundays and Statutory Holidays exccpfed Subscription lillts daily by carrier it cents weekly $44 20 yearly Single copies cents By Mail Barrie $4420 yearly Simcoe County $3400 yearly Motor Throw Off $3900 yearly Balance of Canada $3600 year 1y National Advertising Offices 65 Queen St West Toronto 11541710 6401athcart St Mon treal Member of the Canadian Press and Audit Bureau of fir culations The Canadian Press is ex clusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches in this paper credited to it or The Associated Press or Reufer and also the local news published therein The Barrie Examiner claims Copyright in all original adver tising and editorial material created by its employees and reproduced in this iicwspiipcr Co yright Registration Num r20815registertil Payne It was not difficult choice to make Discovering when he camc to this country from his native Yorkshire in 15971 that he hail an enormous appetite for French culture and society in QuflXt he bcgan to bclicvc that the ideal of bilingual and biculfural tanada was pcr fection that could hardly beat taintd IINOIHHIS liNOIfill lle campaigned for Parti Oucbccois candidates in thc 1973 and 197i elections and wrofc campaign brochurc last year entitled Enough is llnough As adviser to the ministcr rc sponsiblc for cultural develop ment Mr Payne has the diffi cult task of interpreting the as pirations of English speaking Qucbccers to the government llc says Englishspeaking Qucbcccrs are asking them sclvcs what Quebec is the samc question that French spcaking Quebccers have been asking hemsclves for years feel very much part of that questioning and share the anXicfics of the anglophoms hcsaitl lhis isthcmosf iiitcr esting momcnf in Quebec his tory comiiigol igc and thcrc is no purpose in just standing usidc can contribute to the tll1 ulation of somc of thc ques tions 11c said he finds it normal and Squadron Foresters Mrs Robert Hodges is elected president of Nurses Alum held at Thildrens ol Symons com olficei inspects Grey and Simcoe nae of Royal Victoria Hospital Audrey Mapes is first vice Feature president June Bates second victL president Joy Surgenor secretary Chuck Edward scores goal with assists from Garner and lariepy as Bay City Falcons lose 61 to Meaford fhevies suspension is over and he returns to with Meaford Ilowie liorbes fivegame Falcons against necessary that it people in their own land make thcir own tltlSlOllS on their own destiny omiiig from outside thc country perhaps one is privi lcgcd to bc iblc to look objcc tivcly ill the SllUitllOll which compensates for the lack of having Xptlltllttll it country SllDIIZD IN IIlltOlli Mr layiic was the second of 10 children born to faintly in Yorkshires busy lecsporf lle studicd for seven yciirs of Romes itcgollfftl lnivcrsify and rcccivcd dcgrccs in philosophy and fhcology as well as diploma in sociology from Louvain 11c spent his summers trav clling throughout IIuropc and thc Middlc East working for while on archeological dig on thc island of retc thn he arrived in Canada Inc spcnf the first months frav clling around the country by bus and hitchhiking Attracfcd by fhc life and his tory of the Qiicbcc pcoplc he settled in Montreal 11c first Worked as religious studies teacher at secondary school and then became junior col lcgcliumanificstcachcr He has had to postpone plans to study for ii doctorafc in humanities with specialty in iiifhroixilogy Im learning more this way Mr Payne said of his po lit ical career Transair fights back to get into the black WINNIPRO ttfli After several financially troubled years lrnnsair Ltd is begin ning to look liken winncr Although company president llillOltl TopcforesHs1977iis flat year for flic airline in dustry hc says Wc at Iraiis air linvc comc long way in thc litSl six months 2y consolidating opcmtioiis and selling unprofitablc asstls lianuiii might break even this year especially if the lillt in llitiPi If is sciking are up pichd The company showed third quarter profit of $447000 last ytill following loss of $523000 in the some period of 1975 lilycu with the favorable third quarter the nincmoiifh position was loss of $12 million On thc posit ivc siilc liaiisair sold two Argosy frcightcrs to lrciich firm closed its heavy maintenance depot in Winnipeg lo cut 04 jobs off the payroll and reorganich personnel to cut furflicrFiocinployecs wMywgt4w marges antiwar News Beyond separatism Potash and wages GARRY lllltll WASHINOION tli llic iiiuclipublicich problem of scixirtifism in Quebec may not be the only reason why US financiers llltl businessmen arc hesitatiiig about investing in iinzidii lwo tradc repicseiitiitivcs one from Ottawa and one from Quebec suggested in recent conversation that their in vcstmcnt promotion efforts arc being liiiiiipcrcd more by zinn ditiii wagc trends and the Sits kafchcwim potash takcovcr pol icy Whilc tlic fcdcial oft icinl coii sidcrcd VilLLtS wcic most troubling to business thc provincial officiiil giivc first plticc to the potnsli isstlc lIttcli liowcvct tigiccd the two liic tors illt far more damaging to tnniidiiin intcrcsts lllifll the possibility of an independent Quebec ontinucd hugc transfusions of capital lll tlic form of loims or dirtct invcstmcnt lS iicccssiiiy for nniidinn cco iioiiiic growth llllfl rcsotircc dc vclopmcnt The basic ticnd pcicciyid by businessmen is that iinii dinn wugcs liic been rising instcrthan iiithcl whilin llittllitll pitkliictiyity hits bccn IfliflltllIL ill it slower ittt gociiiiiiciit study siiiil lS wiigc gniir in lltTti iiiat clicd piixluctivity gains so that llltlltilll labor costs wcic un chzttigcd on it ttiiit basis lii imudii unit labor costs rosc Ti pci cciif Minor in ropcnii couiifrics showed dc cliiicsinuiiit liiborcosts llllllll loioiito coiiiiltiiig llllll FROM PARLIAMENT HILL Crusade to save Confederation PM should be able to make hay Ry Slll lfl liiclJiOD UllilHil Rurciiu Thomson cw Scri ice can undcistiind thc im inciisc frustration being filt by opposition party leaders as liiiiic Minister liudciiu sets out on another crusnili to Sith onlcdcintion lltlt is lllilll wtiosc ptltillftl popularity has sunk to unusual dcpfhs whose party is bcgin iiing to display dcciidciicc whose chances of winning thc next clcction secm icmotc and now comes this great notional caiisc which could well give liitii iiiiothci liveyciir lcnsc on 24 Sussex Drivc And thcrc is very little that any of the opposition lcailcrs can doabout it Mr liiidczni is clearly at his best in showdown situation And as he launchcs his offcn sivc against Rciic chcsqucs separatist govcrnincnt there is CANAI AS STORY Mackenzie King was in trouble lty BOB BOWMAN Mackenzie King scrvcd as prime minister of aiizida for moic than 22 years longer than any prime minister in the British Toiniiionwctilth Yet he was nearly finished aftcr his first four years in office llis sccond general election as leader of the Liberals was in October 192 and the result wasonscrvativcs11ft Liberals 101 md 28 others mostly Pro gressives However he was able to con tinue in office by getting the support of the Progressives It was slender margin to keep control of the House of om mons lhc knockout punch came Feb 1926 when 11 11 Ste vens Conservative member from Vancouver revealed de tails iii the House of Commons of graft in the customs depart ment and nationwide smug iiiiiii Tifflino And he said unto tier Daughter thy faith hath made thee wliolc go in peace and be whole of thy plague Mark 531 His word carried authority then and it carries the some authority today He sent His word and hcalcd them lliblc Digest in book form $200 post paid ltox 53351 lliifon Rouge La 70min cyciy likcliliood hc lll inlly it great dcnlol lllillt11tmll bc hind liiin tonsciy illll lcidcr loctliiik and MM ltciiiociitic lAittltl lid ltioiidlwiit may wcll dcvclop iiioic cllcctiyc litilltlts to tlfifl with this toiilciliiitioii but Ii liudcnii hip pens to bc primc ministci and thc chict spokcsiiixiii for nimtln Apiirt lroiii lll lfitlllliil ibili tics this givcs him lilll hcid sttiif lIvcn thosc iiiiiidiniis who dislikc Ir liudcnu and his part might find It hit iw kward opposing him 1S lii bi comes Iockcd in battlc with the lorccsof indcixiidcncc The prime ministcr has Sltltl that Mr Lcycsquc wont llti fate to use illl his HHUIS of manipulation its lic tries to con vmcc Qlltltttll to support his party liy tlic illllt tokcii tlic federal Liberals scarcely quiil ify itS innocents lllll it comcs topolitics lll glcrs ring that scemcd to im plicatc Jacques Rurenu lhc minister of customs Prime Minister King ip pointed ii speciul committee to investigate the changes and if substantiated them on liiiic ltt lhc Progressives felt they could not support the govern ment any longer and if bcciiinc obvious that it would be defeated ill the House of om mons It was then that King went to Vill Lord lfyng and asked him to dissolve Parliament so there could be another general election llyng refused and this precipitated the onstifutioniil crisis one of the most dramatic political battles in anndiaii history However what King may not have known at the time was that he was in more danger from his own party than he was from Opposition Leader Arthur Mcighen or his licufeiiniit ll 11 Stevens Some important members of the Liberal party began to feel that they had made it mistake in electing King as their leader and bcgiiii plan to have him rcmovcd lhcir choice was harles Dunning forlncr prc inicr of Saskatchewan who had joined the federal government King always at his best un der the most difficult circum stances was able to turn the onstifutional crisis to his ad vantage and stayed in power rcccntly estimated that tannda has the highest hourly wagc rafc for males 11 manufac turing ST The liiifcil Sfiitcs came second at $4140 wliilc chdcii was at Silt and West lcrmany was fit 53 72 Wtli wiigcs intl othcl labor costs cattng up an increasing share of operating costs iin zidzis wage levels appear to bc making businessmen look clscwhcic for expansion oppoi tunitics Saskatchewan potash policy sicms to llft lllOlt of psy chologiciil ctlict thnn tii cco nomiconi inc lliltlo tilllllfll stud lllt word iintioiinliiition still has great impact on the biisi iiiss mind llc added that onc actual govciiiicnt litktOVtl ls more frightening to bust iiissiiicn lllilll tiny llllOtllll of thii lr liudciiii goes to thc pcoplc isking for iiiun liflt on ltcliilf of lttlflitlISlll lic is not likcly to cliiffci iiphis up pcnl by discussing thc pliilo sopliictil tlllllltlltt hc might how with lr link or Mr iltiitflllllll Opposition of lltlillitS iic ilicody prcilictiiig it highly pcrsoiinl ip proncli who is the bcst iiinii to fiikc on lfciic chcsquc that will bc cry difficult tocoiiiitci li lliondbcnl has already icciiscd the prone ministcr of making scpaintism ptlSOlliIl issuc lliiNDIlciiilcisaiiiltliiit Mr lriiilcnu in suggcstiiigtlint he would leave fcdcial politics it Quebec votcs for iiidcpciid ciicc has lifklll lhc most serious political question of otir liycs and has pcrsoiiiilicd it illltlllll£fllfflll llicic may be good grounds for saying this it hit lifltl but think Mr llioiiilbciit was pro mature 11 his criticism can find no cvidciicc of Irma in speech that most people ruled as lllllllillll and so fair is per sonnliiifion is conccrncd thc primciiiiiiistcrmcrcly said this as he spokc to businessmen without it tcxt Its obvious that it Oucbcc opts for indcpcnilcncc wouldnt stay long in federal politics Id have lost my bet dont even know it thcrc would be many from Quebec who would want to go and work in Ottawa ltsnot that nice lts ii speculation about political rcalignments The fact that the Saskatche wan govcrnincnf is proceeding by ncgotintcd purchase lciiving cxproprintion as weapon of last resort is rarely mcntioncd in business pfllOtlltftlS cvcnf ual Rusincssmcn and financiers appear morc politically sophis ticatcd than two dccades ago but are still suspicious of any thing rcscmbliiig economic nar tioimlism oisocinl democracy Studies ltltilSttl in January by two businessiiricntcd my stitufcs iii Washington nofcd iinadiiin resourcepolicy fren ds and warncd that in their view somc provinces in anadit are showing hostilc attitudes not lill icmovcd from thosc of lhiidWorldcountries beautiful city btit you can live clscwhcic foo tut probably the same con ditioiis would hiivc to bc mode for the otlici Sidc If the rcfci cttdttin loi indcpciidcncc is lost llltli wi ill llitVt to stop tlk mg about if for least 13 otLIIl £il Well am just iiskiiigqucs tioiis making suggcstions Wc havc one to think about this to gctlici ltlI SO llll lINOltilI find it difficult to fault Mr lrudciiii for suggesting he would ltf fcdcral politics if Qiicbcc lltttllllt indcpcntlcnt doubt whether he would have much choice in the matter With Mr lrudcnu and Mr chcsquc slugging it out toe to toc its going to bc extculineg difficult for the opposition par ty leaders to have iiizijoi im pact on the issuc know didnt exactly fall out of my chair with excitement when Mr liirk fold lliilifax tlltlltlltf that onscrvntive government would he prepared to sit down and negotiate with tlicpioviiices lhit did twitch hit when he said tonscrvsifivc piirty organ Nation in Quebec now is begin iiing to pay off Trouble is he didnt say how Mr lrudcaus star billing may be largely undeserved at this time But its going to bc mighty difficult shoving him of lstagc Berrys World badheadedl lltllti itlA ltlt My group is VERY disappointed in the ow percentage of people in top positions who are QUEENS PARK Rent decontrols now tied to AIB By DON OHEARN Queens Park Bureau Thomson News Service TORONTO The govem ment has finally come out and said it It will not be decontrolling rents at least until the A18 con trols are dropped And even then on the word of Consumer Affairs Minister Sidney Hand elman We may never return to the way things were before rent review TENANT ACTION Mr Handelman was reported in the press as saying that pos sibly there might be some eas ing in the controls to the extent that when an apartment be came vacant it would be re moved from under control This however seems un likely For one thing it could lead to extreme pressures by landlords against existing ten ants to try and get rid of them and decontrol their units Another suggestion is that re vicw procedures be initiated by tenants instead of automati cally being undertaken by gov ernment as at present One day we might see this It could be form of semiper manent legislation in line with llandelmans forecast that we may never return to the com pletely uncontrolled old days But again it seems there will probably belittle change in the existing system until AIB is dropped IIANDELMAN BROAD For someone who has suppo scdly been rigidly opposed to controls llandelman has recen The handicapped neglected market By VINCENT EGAN Business and onsumer Affairs Analyst Ihonisoii News Service One group of consumers that has been largely neglected even by the consumer move ment itself is the physically handicapped Nobody seems to be sure just how large group that is but if figures can be applied here then onc out of every scvcn aiiadians has some form of physical handicap Siiicc the totals are unknown the extent of the problems the handicap face is also obscure Heres one indication however The physically han dicapped unemployment rate is 30 pci cent according to studies cited by Susan Paquctfc writing in thc currcnt issue of ziniidiimoiisumcr As consumers the physically handicapixd fucc chain of commercial handicaps in the iiizirkctpliicc The first for those using whcclcliiiirs is transportation Public transportation is 111 ittttSlltlt and so wheelchair users must pay more to use specially equipped cars or vans of their own or to uscfaxis That in turn tends to restrict THE WORLD TODAY Sabia appalled at her own church lty IOIIV HARRRON Fttltll Affairs Analyst Thomson News Sciy ice The cclibafc hierarchy of the Vatican functioning as it does in secluded and unreal en vironment has told us and the atliolic faithful that the chur ch will ncycr ordain women in to the priesthood because Christ was and remains man The Vatican also based its de cision on the doctrine of Thomas Aquinas from the 121h century and because as its statement says lirist chose all men for his Apostles and they in turn chose only men as their successors One should remind the ex perts in the Vaticans oiigregafion for the Doctrines of the Faith the former cen sorship body called The 11on Office that Christ was also Jewish therefore should his message go out only to the lcws In fact hiisfs own admoni tion was to go out and preach to the Gentiles who make up with ii very small number of Jewish converts all atholic congrcga lions Laura Sabin devout Roman Catholic vigorous campaigner for womens equality in our society and former chairperson of the Ontario Status of Women ouiicil is appalled at my own church lllRtlIDECLINE No wonder the validity and the integrity of the church is being questioned she says It cant go anywhere but down in the estimation of intelligent people The decision which French Jesuit in the Congregation says is final and that one could not possibly think of change of mind was made at the time some ntholic and Anglican groups were alk ing about chur ch union Well this probably means an end to such progressive develr opinent now that Anglican YOUR BUSINESS tly been showing quite broad outlook on the program Only short while ago it would have been thought incon ceivable that he would make statement such as his we may never return It seems likely that we have misunderstood the minister rather than that he has been changing so much For he still makes strong ar guments against controls He cites figures to show that they have probably cut housing starts way down that the re sulting shortages could lead to high escalation and notes that the cost of operating apart ments has been rising very steeply In1974 and 1975 fuel and util ities rose more than 30 per cent cost of repairs was up 23 per cent mortgage interest rates were up more than 30 per cent and property taxes more than 18 per cent But at the same time he doesnt hold any strong brief for landlords He points out fhatmany of them jumped in to grab what they could before controls came in and says that if there were decontrol many of them would probably be back for another big bite What he is against is govern ment running everything which is why he would leave it up to tenant initiative to take control actionan approach which might have some questionable sides but overall probably should be agreed with them to accommodation located fairly centrally in their communitieswperhaps to new and expensive highrise apart ments since wheelchairs usually face too many barriers in older buildings Most budgetconscious con sumers make practice of comparisonshopping That kind of economy is impossible for the physically handicapped person who finds it major un dertaking just to get to near by store at all Some changes for the better are being made however For example Dominion Stores Ltd has recently redesigned two of its supermarkets in suburbs of Toronto to make them more convenient to wheelchair users and other handicapped persons It has provided food counlt scllors to answer questions as well as more accessible shelv ing wider spaces at checkout counter and special wash rooms supplement to the National Building ode has made it pos sible for the physically handilt capped to enter and use public buildings without assistance Such improvements are slow to be included in buildings in the private sector however bishops in the lnifed States and anada have already ordained small numbcr of women into the Anglican priesthood What persuades the senior ec clesfiastical bureaucrats who run the Roman atholic Church and Pope Paul VI to resist these winds of global change in society and human relation ships The present senior manage ment of the Vatican acts like that of great btif failing cor poration whose head office is convinced it is always right though external factors affect ing it insist otherwise It is true that many devout atholics with other problems like trying to make ends meet will not exactly have sleepless nights about the decision even though they dont agree with it But it does come soon after the atholic church has re pcated its opposition to birth control and abortion in world of desperate overpopulation which results in the procreation of unloved sick and doomed children It is the reactionary stand of the afholic church on so many of these issues at one time which practicing btit liberal ininded atholics cannot under stand and now find it impos sible to accept One major move out of the iniddles ages for the holy father would be to accept the married priesthood as in the Anglican and Lutheran faiths NO llERNll ES In terms of structure they have similar episcopal organ izations to Rome llut their spiritual leaders also face as married priests the same costs and pressures of raising families large or small as their flock elihatc priests will never fully understand these llowever that change is not likely from the Vatican either Instead the Vatican bureau crats and the holy father tragi cally remove themselves from modern realities