Ellie flame Examiner l6 Bayfield Street Barrie Ontario ELIO AGOSTlNI 3P SEVICK Advertising Manager Publisher anJGeneral Manager HENSHAW Managing Editor The BarrleExaminer Monday March 1977 McCague takes stand jOn regional government An ally George McCague PCDufferin Simcoe said at an Angus Lions civic night function that he will spend much of his time fighting against regional government for Simcoe County McCague should be in position to do battle He has been appointed parliamentary assistant to provin Zcial treasurer Darcy McKeough It was McKeough who said regional government would not hap fpen here unless our politicians can not solve area problems or the public demands it Presumably it is McKeough who Cwill decide if our politicians are get ting along Not exactly black and white proposition There is plenty of room for doubt Will he or will he not Now hopefully we have an ally voice in the treasurers office One of our own person with feel for the area McCague was founding chairman of Georgian College person who says he plans to fight against regional government We hope he is successful McCague has proven he can take stand We believe he has the courage of his convictions Even in the face of pressure from the Conservative party We h0pe that several months from now we are as pleased as we are now with the member for Dufferin Simcoe DOWN MEMORY LANE 10 YEARS AGO IN TOWN The Barrie Examiner March 1967 More than 200 volunteers at tend rally at the YMYWCA to prepare for the second phase of the Ys central building fund for $225000Commercial students from North and Central collegiates earn first prizes in competition with students from 12 Georgian Bay region schools Winners of the Barrie area runoff of the Lions Clubs public speaking contest Mary Bibby and Steve Parker address the regular meeting of the Lions Club of BarrieInnisfil township children were warned to avoid contact with animals while going to and from school following reports of rabid YOUR BUSINESS Early start advisable on income tax forms fox in the areaTemperatures in the district ranged from high of 45 degrees Fahrenheit to low of 23 below zero according to the Camp Borden weather officeA new 14 room addition will be established at the Alliston Public School by Sep tember 1968 if town council ap proves school board recom mendationA testimonial banquet and dance to honor LtGov Earl Rowe will be staged April 13 at the Continental Inn Despite finishing their first season of Senior hockey in the basement of the 10team cir cuit Barrie Flyers fared well in the statistical department according to league statistician Carl Fletcher The Flyers ranked eighth in total of fense By JOHN HARBRON Foreign Affairs Analyst Thomson News Service OTTAWA Listening posts for the worlds major spy net works have not included Ottawa as top intelligence gathering centre since the heady days of 194546 when the Soviet Embassy here mounted one of the major Russian espionage operations abroad Until recently we had no milita secrets worth stealing in the area of hi and innovative itary technology But in the immediate postwar era Canada ranked with Washington and London as place where the secret of the atomic bomb could be secured Canada then as now major source of world uranium had been drawn into the secret of the weapon and its manufac turin Theg Russians knew that the Second World War ended in victory in 1945 not because of the staggering sacrifices of their country and the invasion of millions of German troops but because of our dropping of the bomb on Imperial Japan In spite of their huge manpower in uniform possessnon of the largest tank forces in history conquest and occupation of Eastern Europe and apaneseoccupied Manchuria the USSR in the upcoming cold war did not have the ultimate atomic weapon RUSSIANS VERY CLOSE It now is history that they secured it through their Ottawa Washington espionage operations which also involved key civilians in both Canada and the United States as well as Without the historic defection of one of these the Soviet Embassy cipher clerk Igor Gouzenko here in late 1945 we would not have known of our deep peril In fact we scarcely believed what he was offering us nor the extent of Russian espionage it revealed Other than the Sovret military attache and the am bassador himself who later served in Fidel Castros Cuba incidentally collection of influential Canadians also were involved They included service personnel member of parliament functionaries in crown corporations and private citizens The Royal Commission on Espionage conducted by the latelgupreme Court Justice Roy Kellock rocked the Western wor But now 20 years later Ottawa again is major in telligence gathering centre for the Communist world whose embassies here not only include those from Russia and Eastern Europe but Cuba and the Peoples Republic of China with one for the new united Copmunist Vietnam about to be opened The reason is Canadas new defence commitment the fir st more than decade for sophisticated new weaponry mainly West German tanks and American jet interceptor fighters OUR NEW WEAPONS Our purchase of new Leopard tanks represents the largest foreign acquisition of this German supertank outside of the West German forces themselves Spies showing new interest in Canadian secrets the LRPA Long Range Patrol Aircraft replacement has been ordered And its not so much the technical details of these aircraft the Russians want as information about their unique navigational weaponsfiring and antisubmarine sur veillancee uipment The Lee eed Aurora to be adopted to our antisubmarine aerial surveillance will have package of surveillance equipment complete with computerized onground backup urgique in the world The Russians want to know what it is all ut Hence the expulsion few months ago from here of an air attache who is recognized by Western intelligence as Soviet Air Force expert in gathering air intelligence As in 194546 the Russians and now their Eastern Eu ropean fellow embassies will try and subvert Canadian citi zens involved directly or indirectly with defence business which is about to increase in the number of firms supplying our armed forces One trusts they will find Canadians with trust in these areas much less naive than their counterparts 30 years ago DUPED CITIZENS They were not necessarily Communists but enamored with the Soviet system from the hard 19205 and 305 when Russian Communism looked to them like the wave of the fu ture But its the same old game played by new spies with new goals their own operatives The choice of new fighter plane has not been made but IIIIIIan IllIII impress Jimmy Iarlvr thats one IIIIIIIII Ottawa again is elevated to prominence in the KGBs places of priority for intelligence gathering INTERPRETING THE NEWS Torture allegations embarrass British yJOHN HAY LONDON CP New allegations of torture in NorV thern Ireland have raised questions about the quality of British justice The latest charges come from 3+yearold Roman Catholic schoolteacher who says he was punched slapped kicked banged against walls stripped naked thrown to the floor and knocked out by police at Bel fast detention centre last January After five days of inter rogationone period lasting 17 hoursBernard OConnor said was finally set free without being charged with any terror ist offence His account reported by the BBC this week comes as Brit ain continues to struggle again st an embarrassing case at the European Court of Human Rights where the Irish govern ment has charged the British government with using torture six years ago in Northern Ireland Those allegations supported by the European Human Rights Commission have been largely admitted by Britain althoug it disputes the use of the word torture However the government AN ADAS STORY has insisted such practices were halted six years ago THROWN IN DOUBT Allegations by the teacher have thrown doubt on those as surances and have raised serious questions about the course of British police proce dures There is no law here giving subjects of police questioning the right to see lawyer There are however guides known as judges rules which simply advise police that everyone should be able to communicate and consult privately with solicitor provided that in such case no unreasonable delay or hin drance is caused to the processes of investigation or the administration of justice OConnor who denies any connection with terrorism was arrested and jailed under the Prevention of Terrorism Act which gives police power to hold suspects without charge up tooneweek The judges rules are sup posed to apply to persons held under the act and are posted in every Ulster police station At one stage in his long inter rogation OConnor says he asked to see lawyer Police refused Capt James ook By VINCENT EGAN Business and Consumer Affairs Analyst Thomson News Service Three out of every four Cana dian taxpayers prepare their Own incometax returns The others either have com plicated financial affairs or cant face the complexities of the incometax form Taken step by step however the income tax form is neither as intimidating nor as awesome as it is reputed to be But its good idea to make an early start on it By early March everyone is supposed to have received all the necessary forms to prove the various sour ces of income and types of deductions That may not be the case if you received income from United States securities how ever Corporate trustees in that country tend to ignore the dead line that requires Canadian trustees to supply the proper tax slips by Feb 28 Canadians holding US secu rities would be well advised to write as soon as possible to the corporate trustee and ask for the form showing the amount of interest or dividends paid in 1976 and the tax withheld Heres another step to be taken early in the case of married couple where one spouse earns the bulk of the in come and the other has rela tively small income The Barrie Examiner 16 Bayfield Street 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ma rital exemption of the other spouse can be determined CHILD CARE Another increase applicable to 1976 income is the allowable deduction for child care Single parent families are most direc tly affected by the change described in item 32 in the 1976 tax uide accompanying every blan tax return The deductions have been doubled and now they can be claimed by people who work outside Canada but who are considered to be residents of Canada for tax purposes If you are claiming deduc tion for childcare expenses dont submit receiptsbut do keep record of the names and addresses of those you paid You may not claim the money you paid to one of your own children to babysit another member of the family But if for example there were two neighboring families and an older child in each were paid to look after younger child in the other then the parents in both families would have QUEENS PARK Election issues shaping up By DON OHEARN Queens Park Bureau Thomson News Service TORONTO In one corner free enterprise and the other the envirOnment This would seem to be the way the election is shaping up when and if it happens For some time now and with very noticeable accent recen tly government speakers have been preaching the free en terprise theme In practically every speech by minister you see at least one reference to it and usually some thoughts on the philosoph ies On the other side in New Democratic Party stpeeches you almost invariably ind refer ence to the environment And of course this was capped when Stephen Lewis said that the en vironment would be the main issue in the election The question is of course will anybody win on either is sue Free enterprise now is an old term that has unlikable con notations In principle it is good but in the pular jargon it tends to be mic ey mouse legitimate claim to the allowance The 1976 tax year is the first in which supporting individ ual may claim part of the disability deduction This is deduction of $1310 applicable to person who was blind or confined to bed or to wheelchair for substantial part of each day If the disabled person doesnt have enough income to need the deduction then it may be claimed either by the spouse as in the past or by support ingindividual Definition person who claims childsupport ex emption or an equivalentto married exemption for the dis abled person Last years incomes are sub ject to lOpercent federal sur tax if they exceed about $30000 This is onetime antiinflation measure that has since expired and therefore wont apply to 1977 earnings This years tax guide also de scribes new and advantageous methods of calculating the five allowable spousal transfers those cases in which deductions or exemptions not required by one spouse may be transferred to the other Then with the environment who really cares The suburbanilc in Toronto can get very excited about what is happening with Reid Paper Ltd but is his excitement in tense enough to influence his vote LIBERAL UNllY In the background of course are the Liberals They havent said yet what their main issue may be But from the prcachings of Stuart Smith this well could be national unityan opposition to Quebec separation So who can say or who can tell Our next provincial election might end up leading to the fir st modern civil war in Canada IBL OUGHT Wine is mocker strong drink is raging and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wlseProverb820l Holy Spirit in the nameof Jesus and for the glory of God hold up the person who has been dragged down by drink or drugs touch them now and deliver them Amen PARLIAMENT HILL Same Quebec problems as today seen by Lord Durham in 1840 By STEWART MaclEOD Ottawa Bureau Thomson News Service Some time ago an outsider went into Quebec took look at the controversial educational system and wrote this In Montreal and Quebec there are English schools and French schools the children in these are accustomed to fight nation against nation and the quarrels that arise among boys We have all heard this before in the last few years Then this particular outsider took careful look at the media in Quebec Thosc who are familiar with the literature of France know that the same opinion will be expressed by an English and French writer of the present day not merely in different words but in style so different as to mark utterly different habits of thought those of France and England at present and the arguments which convince the one are cal culated to pear utterly unin telligibletot eolher This difference of language produces misconceptions yet more fatal even than those which it occasions with respect to opinions it aggravates the national animosities by repre senting all the events of the day in the streets usually exhibit division into English on one side and French on the other The articles in the news papers of each race are written in style as widely different as in utterly different lights WONDERINGWHY Just about now you must be wondering why am repeating H1stor1ans newest offermg lots of fun to disagree with By FRASER MacDOUGALL Better than 50 years ago teacher in southwestern Ontario village school called the special attention of her class to typically brilliant descriptive sentence in Robert Louis Stevensons Kidnapped lt read remember very wel the vinegar aspect of the lawyer That distant educational episode sprang to mind as read The Forked Road by Donald rcighton Mclcllanl and Stewart Lul 239 pages $1495 history of Canada from 1939 to I957 Not that Dr Creightons descriptive writing matches that of the great Scottish storyteller But the vinegar aspect is there in full measure as the Canadian historian discusses the Liberal party and its leading figures during the 18year period His robust criticisms of Mackenzie King and other Liberals and of the party too dont affect the books readability They help to enhance an account that is gripping and pro vocative whether you agree with the writers political bias or not Others than political partisans may find things to quibble about since many people likely to read the book lived through the 18 years Their perceptions of events and of society itself may very well differ from these advanced in the book They can have fun disagreeing ldid MOM ENTOUS ERA Obviously Dr Creighton faced an enormous challenge in writing the book scheduled as the 18th volume in the Canadian Centenary Series since it deals with one of the most ac tive and momentous periods in Canadian history It begins with Canadas entry into the Second World War takes look back into the 19303 and then describes the prosecution of the war wartime crisis after wartime crisis the beginnings of the welfare state and its subsequent growth the Cold War discovery of the Leduc oil field in Alberta New foundlands entry into Confederation as the 10th province the Korean War Canadas growing concern about and involvement in foreign affairs and the great political battles in Parliament that led to the overthrow of the Liberals in 1957 after almost 22 unbroken years of power Dr Creighton applies his undoubted skills as historian fruit of 50 years in the field to weaving coherent and organized account of the events the conflict and the personalities of those tumultuous years INTO THE FUTURE He keeps steady eye on the theme reflee ted in the title The Forked Road by which mean the forked road to the future It seems to me that in the 18 years from 1939 to 1957 Canada made number of crucial decisions about its direction It chose one fork of the road to the future and the Canada we inhabit today is for both good and ill very largely the result of that decisive choice To considerable extent he writes the Canada of 1957 had been shaped by the federal government and by the provincial governments to lesser degree not solely by economic and social forces After the Liberal government took office in 1935 it was relatively indecisive Dr Creigh tons theory runs But 1939 and the declaration of war led to drastic change Succeeding fundamental decisions profoun dly affected the countrys growth Canada the book concludes chose new road into the future road leading directly into new sys tem of planning and management of economic controls and social equalization Despite the planning approach the govern ment paid little attention to growing problemCanadas dependence of United States capital taking the attitude that nothing could be done ab0ut it Mr MacDougalliwas for many years the head of the Ottawa bureau of The Canadian Press Thomson News Service these observations at such length After all we have been hearing exactly this type of ex planation ever since bilingual ism and biculturalism became such big issue 15 years ago And with the current focus on separatism and national ani mositiesnot to mention educational rights and separatists in the mediathere is nothing new in any of these quotations Right But it happens that these views were expressed ex actly 137 years ago by John George Durham who was sent from England to study the present and future govern ments of Upper and Lower Canada The Durham Report is fascinating document in light of present day develo ments Some of it could ave been written by our current politi clans It is difficult to conceive the perversity with which misre resentations are habitua ly made and the gross delusions which find currency among the people they thus live in wor of miscon ceptions in which each party is set against the other not only by diversity of feelings and opinions but by an actual belief in an utterly different set of fac ts And back in 1840 this British observer was noting that never again will the present generation of rench Canadians yield al sub mission to British govern ment About the English in Quebec the good Lord had this observa tion They find themselves still minority in the midst of hostile and organized people apprehensions of secret con spiracies and sanguinary de Signs haunt them unceasingly and their only ho of safety is supposed to res on system atically terrif ing and disabling the Frenc And so far as the French dominated National Assembly was concerned it cannot be denied that they looked with considerable jealousy and dis like on the increase and pros perity of what they regarded as foreign and hostile race and instead of legislating in the American spirit and first pro viding for the future population of the Province their primary care was in the spirit of legis lation which prevails in the old world to guard the interests and feelings of the present race of inhabitants founded BC BOB BOWMAN Capt James Cook is best known in history for his explor ation work along the coasts of Australia and New Zealand but he was entrusted with those as signments as the result of dis tinguished service in Canadian waters Later he became founder of British Columbia Cook joined the Royal Navy in 1755 after experience as merchant seaman and quickly earned the rank of master He served with Admiral Boscawen during the siege of Louisburg in 1758 where Wolfe also dis tinguished himself as briga dier In 1759 Cook was responsible for guiding Wolfes fleet up the Lawrence to attack Quebec There were so many ships in the armada that it stretched for miles Cook without any charts of the river did not lose single ship The French at Quebec were astonished at how easily the British fleet had sailed through dangerous wa ters From 1761 to 1767 Cook sur veyed the St Lawrence and the coasts of Nova Scotia New foundland and Labrador Then he began his exploration of Aus tralia New Zealand and other parts of the Pacific including the Hawaiian Islands which he discovered in January 1778 and where he was later killed After leaving the islands Cook sailed to the coast of Nor th America and sighted Oregon March 1778 He sailed north until he came to Nootka Sound on what now is Vancouver Island although he did not know it was an island at that time George Vancouver after whom the island would be called was midshipman with Cook on that voyage as was Capt Bligh who would become famous or infamous later on Cook found the Indians at Nootka to be friendly and used the harbor as base He lear ned from the Indians that scur vy could be cured by drinking water in which spruce boughs had been boiled Jacques Car tier had learned this from east coast Indians in 1535 but eviden tly did not make the in formation public or the lives of many seamen could have been saved Cook wrote in his diary that Nootka would make an ideal base for fur trading with China Although he was killed by Ha waiians on his way back to Britain his diaries arrived safely and their publication led to the development of British Columbia Berrys World 1977 by NEA Inc Im really just nobody but my bleeper makes me FEEL important