Barrie Examiner, 10 Jun 1977, p. 3

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it Marking Royal occasion Ontario LieutenantGovernor Pauline McGibbon holds wallhanging which was presented to her Tuesday by pupils at Walter Perry Junior Public School in Scarborough Ont In return Mrs McGibbon presented students with Silver Jubilee medallions to mark the 25th year of Queen Elizabeths reign CP Photo Incompetent civil servants should be fired demoted FREDERICTON CP The federal government should get tough with civil service unions and start firing and demoting more government employees for imcompetence and negli gence national conference of university professors was told Thursday Dwivedi of the political science department of the Uni versity of Guelph in southern Ontario said civil service un ions have turned the federal bu reaucracy into an assembly line where no one is expected to work more than is absolutely necessary for the continuation of the system He resented paper to the Cana ian Political Science As sociation depicting the civil ser vice as dehumanizing in stitution where the incentive to work has all but disappeared Dwivedi blamed the unions representing most of the 325000 federal employees but said cab inet added to the problem by freezing senior civil service sal aries in 1975 austerity drive What has happened to the good old fashioned notion that people working for the govern ment were serving the public he asked Academics from across the country are delivering papers on various economic and social issues at the annual meeting of the association The group is one of several forming the Learned Societies of Canada which is holding meetings at the University of New Bruns wick SENTIMENT GROWING The political scientists analysing the Quebec election Thursday agreed that separa tist sentiment has been growing in Quebec for years but Eng lishspeaking Canadians were can unaware by the Parti Que cois victory in Novem ber Prof Richard Simeon of Queens University in Kingston 0nt said Anglophones are g0 ing through process of denial seeking to convince themselves that the separatist victory was liiden rents big choice of trucks for moving merchandise or furniture By the my week or month at very economical Featuring Chevrolets and other fine trucks all uyfleld St 7370800 vote against the Quebec Lib erals and not vote in favor of separation Maurice Pinard of McGill University in Montreal said an analysis of election results and survey of some Quebecers showed that eight per cent of Quebecers who supported the PQ in 1973 were federalists and this figure had risen to 24 per cent last fall Quebecers were asked if they were satisfied with the Liberal government prior to both elec tions he said In 1973 57 per cent said they were but last fall only 23 per cent were satisfied Quebec political scientist An dre Bernard argued the vote cannot be explained away so easily Separatism has been the core of an active political movement for 11 years now he said Bernard said there are chil dren aged 10 who have been brought up on separatism and who asked Premier Rene Les vesque when he visits their schools When are we going to have our own country Earlier Arthur Seigel of York University in Toronto said the public debate over national unity is turning into massive propaganda campaign that could make farce of the com ing referendum on separation Davis disappointed but unbowed the examiner Frlday June 10 1977 He plans to continue as premier BRAMPTON Ont CP Ontario Premier William Davis disappointed but unbowed said he plans to continue as premier despite the fact that the electorate did not give him majority for the second consecutive time intend to stay as leader of the party Davis said during news conference Thursday will be at his desk in Queens Park today planning for the recall of the legislature which he said will come within three weeks Davis said in response to uestion that he would like to stay on as premier until after referendum in Quebec but could not commit himself because he does not know when the ref erendim will come Davis who came with handful of seats of getting majority said it was close but close only counts in hor seshoes Speaking to his supporters at his Brampton election head quarters he said that this election does not bring anything to an end in this province ACCEPTS VERDICT He said he accepted the verdict of the voters with humility and gratitude He congratulated NDP Leader Stephen Lewis and Liberal Leader Stuart Smith for the campaigns they waged Davis said he did not believe his failure to get majority in any way repudiated his partys stand on national unity and that if people did not accept it would be here ex plaining to you why somebody else was governing the province The premier also said the general public by and large ac cepted his economic policies since the majority voted again st the socialistic path of the NDP He said he was proud of the campaign waged by the party The Tories increased their popular vote and the number of seats Davis said ontario election 77 Minimum wage losing theme TORONTO CP The NDPs proposal for $4an hour minimum wage may have been the key to the partys poor showing in Thursdays election says party leader Stephen Lewis Lewis talking in knot of television cameras and micro phones at what had been Pyrrhic victory party at his home riding of Scarborough Westwhich he won easily said the minimum wage pro posal was the single most dif ficult issue of the campaign Chastened by the election re sult in which the electorate re duced his partys standing by five seats and lost him the title of opposition leader Lewis was still defiant promising that the NDP would rise again In the NDP we bleed little and then we go back to fight again he told cheering au dienCe of about 400 campaign UNITED ON UNITY And he said the people of Quebec would have some feel ings on the issue of national unity since his position was sim ilar to that of both Smith and one Canada Lewis in that all three favor He said he expected all three will maintain united front on national unity Maior victory for Liberals HAMILTON CP Stuart Smith said Thursdays election result was major victory for the Liberal party We didnt win the most seats but it was victory he told about 600 supporters at down town hotel Unofficial results appeared to give the Liberal 35 seats com pared with 58 for the Pro gressive Conservatives and 32 for the NDP Smith said in an interview the election was predicated on the notion that our party would dis appear It didnt and the fact that we got the same number of seats as at dissolution was victory The people decided to deny Premier William Davis the majority he sought And now possibly as the official opposi tion we will do our best to make it the new minority gov ernment the best possible gov ernment He said the results indicate that Ontario voters prefer the compromises consultations and responsiveness that make up minority government Smith said he will con centrate on solving the serious problems of the economy since LK HOS BACK the people have indicated they understand the troubles On tario faces WANTS TO FIND WORK Ontario must take measures to get the economy back on course and the province has solemn duty to find work for the hundreds of thousands of young people coming on the labor market in the next few years Smith said he was not sur prised by the election results Despite an almostdisastrous start to his campaign he found voters turning to the Liberals in large numbers in the week to 10 days before the election No things that he said dis appomted him were th partys poor showing in Metropolitan Toronto where only Margaret Campbell was elected for the party in St George and the de feat of John Ferris in London South Ferris lost to Con servative Gordon Walker David Hahn campaign treas urer said the party also is pleased at the defeat of Marvin Shore in London North Shore who crossed the floor of the leg islature to join the Tory ranks was defeated by Liberal Ron Van Horne Pictured above are the world renown Littlest Hobos for 1975 left to right Hobo Thorn London Tara and Lance The famous movie and TV dogs when not on tour reside with their owner and educator Charles Esonmann at their ranch in Thousand Oaks California l0 AM930 PM MONDAY to SATURDAY To MONDA he TD SAT JUNE WITH OVER 60 STORES TO SERVE YOU SHOPPING ON ROI T0 FRIDAY 1304307z30 PM SATURDAY 1030 AM2 PM4z30 PM THIS WEEK DNLY AT BAYFIELD MALL iva JUNE HAVIIIII Strawberries Pick your own 45 Bring your own containers North on Anne St left on Sunnidale Rd Follow signs to the 9th of Vespra Open to pm PUBLIC NOTICE TAX ASSISTANCE TO ELDERLY HOMEOWNERS City Council have passed Bylaw Number 7763 which provides for tax assistance credit of up to 5100 against real property taxes for certain elderly homeowners To be eligible the owner must occupy the property as their personal residence be at least 65 years of age before the first of July in the year in which the application is made must be resident of the City of Barrie for period of not less than five years immediately procoding the SOth day of June in which the application is made and must be in receipt of the monthly guaranteed income supplement un der Part2 of the Old Age Security Act Canada Further information and application forms may be obtained from the City Clerks Office The deadline for receiving applications for each year is June 30 sroughon AMCT CMCI City Clerk 84 Collier Street PO Box 400 Barrie Ontario LAM 4T5 Winter or Summer visited the following locations HAWAII ST lUCIA ANTIGUA NASSAU MEXICO FLORIDA East West Coast ENGLAND SCOTLAND WALES JAMAICA CANADA 45 Dunlop St Barrie Our Travel Consultants have personally BARBADOS East West Coast FREEPORT BAHAMAS workers We will live to fight another day But Lewis and his campaign manager Gerry Caplan both saw the S4 proposal as stum bling block in an otherwise wellrun campaign Caplan said in an interview that the minimum wage idea had to be presented because it was party policy approved at an NDP convention KEPT COMING BACK The $4 ke coming back and back an back Caplan said shakin his head In his dress to the cam paign workers Lewis con gratulated Premier William New looks from Levis Authentic washed Levis scientifically wa shed by the manufacturer to make them soft and fade just the way you like them Not the type that is un washed and has been sent out to local laundry We have your size Barries most complete Levi selection Washed or un washed take your choice Never before seen in Barrie at th believable low prices $1 43° $28 Downtown Dunlop St Davis and Liberal Leader Stuart Smith He also warned Smith that the job of opposition leader is tough one He added that Smith has to be given credit He fought good campaign he made gains we must credit him for that he said SEE Page 10 7285353 at the Points Brass and Glenn Try our personalized Free Travel Planning We specialize in Air Sea Bookings Conducted Tours Cruises Charter Vacation Programs Bus Charters Free Ticket Delivery on all air reservations 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