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PAGE 4, THE HERALD, Friday, September 15, 1978 °

Ottawa
Offbeat

by Richard Jackson

OTTAWA - Detest or deify him - and few can
ignore him such is his compulsion - when Prime
Minister Trudeau leaves the national stage
Canadians will lese the mast talented actor of
living political memory. —.

tmpulsive, he could leave on a whim.

Sensitive, he could anticipate an invitation by
the; Liberal party to qo.

Stubborn, aware of the odds of. triumph ‘and

disaster, he could tough It out and let the votes go.

where they may.
Any of these scenarlos are possible. - ;
He sald from the beginning that he wouldn’t

’ oufstay his welcome, and In any event. would

leave when he felt he had enough. That's the first
eventuality.
As to leaving before he Is actually pushed out

of the party door, the liberals have been very .

skilful with their disappearing act for unwanted
leaders. Always done with style, this vanishing
trick and never. with pity.”

Prime Minister Mackenzie King was: ““per-
suaded“ to leave and died of a broken heart, in
the loneliness of his Gatineau cottage a year
later.

Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent was all but
shamed out of his leadership as a loser, and left,
broken in spirit,

Prime Minister Lester . Pearson was even
pressured out, [ust one week before he would

have celebrated his 71st birthday and fifth an.

niversary. in. office.
Liberals love winners, can’t, abide losers.:
While ‘there is ‘talk that Trudeau could go

voluntarity or be “pushed’*; he ls a-leader like no:

other the Liberals ever have had, and being his
own man as no other prime minister betore him,

just as likely ‘could ignore fhe party pressures.

, ermments of. ‘Manitoba,

“That's nothing new — my teachers are always threatening to strike me.”’

Western muscle lacking ©

OTTAWA (CP) — The
mood in Western Canada is
fast becoming unpleasant
and the federal .govern-
ment’s constitutional reform
plans virtually ignore this
alienation, says the Canada
West Foundation.

Spokesmen for the foun-
dation, a non-profit group set
up two years ago to promote
western interests if the
constitution is re-written,

. appeared. Thursday before

the joint Senate-Commons
committee on the con-
stitution.

"TI don't. want to sound

alarmist, but Quebec. has |

served as a mode! for

_weatern Canadians as & way.
‘of getting attention to our
problems,” said.Stan Rob- '
chairman . of the:

erts,
foundation.

Roberts, former’ vice-

“: president of Slmon: Fraser
University in Burhaby, BiC.,
‘made it clear the’ ‘Calgary: :

based foundation, financed.

-in.part by its 300 members -
ov-
: should scrap all thought. of

and partly by: ‘the |
as-

He Is at once their heaviest handicap and -

richest asset.

He dominates the emotions and Imaginailons Lo.
of Canadians with his flair for the outrage’us, .. ..-

He can stand up his Queen and do handstands
‘with his sons. me,
He can be charming and obscene.
But he can never be boring. .
And that’s what makes him different - itt no
better nor worse in performance than most
other leaders - because he is never the same. |

Only the fresh flower In his lapel, plucked In.

winter from .the Governor : General's’
greenhouses across the drive from his home at24

Sussex, and in summer from his own gardens.

atop the escarpment of the Ottawa River, . Is
unchanging.

_An actor without a peer In politics, he creates -

his own changing roles with the: masks. and
costumes.

Thére was the first-term Trudeau of thie. giddy
post-Expo years, leather-coated,
tieless and trendy, flashing along In his tow-slung
silver Mercedes. -

Now, a decade later, In more subdued times,
he is immaculate In the trimiy-tailorad con-
servative blue, grey or brown pin-stripes, on
forma! or public occaslons.

When he gives you the Infrequent. peek behind
the official prime ministerial facade, you see
him in a domestic setting as the casually : slacked
and sweatered single father,

Up front of the press, at his infrequent con-
ferences where he is so “In charge” of
proceedings, he teases and toys with the cap-

tivated - and captive - reporters, and. he Is: the

macho bachelor of old, the graceful one-and-a- .
half-backward-gainer off.the diving board, the:
‘far-younger-than-his-years athlete, . the boy. -

friend again of Barbra Strelsand and other

talented beauties, the thumbs cupped Into his

belt, palms pointed downwards man’s man.
Maybe the thing that gives him all this pizzazz

is the knowledge that polls show less support of “

Quebec separation than 10 years ago - and that,
he always has sald,.ls the name of his game. |

sandalled, -

“NEW YORK (CP) — There

_. are signs that the. reign of

Nicaragua’s

is failing against military

and ecenomic pressures by a’.
‘broad coalition of opponents. .

‘The hard-pressed dictator

has ‘declared. a state of.
_ emergency and suspended
constitutional guarantees as .

he struggles gainst a rapidly
deteriorating situation.

The United States, which
originally trained and
equipped the national
guard—the force - which
brought the Somozas to
power and has kept them

',there—has displayed. a

pine off policyon the
wing crisis, After sup-
pring the Somoza family
r 40 years, Washington has

merelysuggested that-
mediation *

by = the
Organization of American
States might help to end the
fighting.
MANY DIE.
The struggle against the
Bovernment was launched
Sandinista. Liberation
nt guerrillas last week
and-has claimed hundreds of
lives. The government
initially. dismissed the
rising as scattered .sni-'
pers, but the fighting has be-
come heavy in several urban

" centras.

British

-members 10

_allowing
.Spokesmen of their regions,

the
although there arg reporis of

OTFAWA (CP) —. The
federal government hopes to
put the provinces In the awk-
ward position of helping

prove that Parliameat can.

abolish the Senate without
thei consent. -

The federal goverment
says it has the right to
change unilaterally con-
atitutional ‘provision

relating to the Senate. The
provinces, opposition parties
and even some Liberals say
federal-provincial —
agreement is needed,

To clarify the position, the
government plans to ask the

Abolishing the Senate

Supreme Court of Canada for
& ruling. ‘
Constitutlonal experts fear
the federal government can
word this reference to its
advantage, so Prime
Minister Trudeau announced
Thursday that Justice
Minister Otto Lang will
consult his provincial
counterparts on the wording.
Trudeau also told- repor-

tera that he is willing to hear .

the views of opposition
parties, senators and a joint
Commons-Senate committee

"studying the issue.

But the federal govern-

ment will still have the final.

say on the wording and itis
convinced it will win, _

“Tt share Mr. Lang’s view
that we can and will win the
case," Trudeau said,
HOPES FOR AGREEMENT

Trudeau said he hopes that —

forthcoming hegotlations

. With the provinces will result
‘in agreement to federal

proposals ta change the
Senate into a House of the
Federation, filled almost
equally by provincial and
federal appvintees.’*

However, the government
has” slaled on several ac-

katchewan, Alberta and
Columbia, — is
determined to see a united
Canada preserved. ;

“But we have very grave
concerns about our lack of
muscle in the Parliament of
Canada,” said Roberts.
NEED REAL STRENGTH

He said much of this alien-
ation could be decreased if
the government is prepared
to redraft the constitution to
put real regional strength
into Parliament.

.The foundation recom:-

mends several steps to ac-
compllsh this, :

It wants the provinces to
be given a role in appointing
national
regulatory bodies such as the
Canadian wheat board and
the National Energy Board.

Party discipline in the.
House of Commons should be

“rélaxed on certain issues, |
MPs to act ‘as .
penst of: other institutions of

even at the cost.of solidarity
within political parties.
The ‘federal government”

Guerrillas are reported to
be using heavy automatic

dictator, weapons in place of light
- Anastasio’ Somoza,.may be.
. toppling amid the civil war
_ now raging.

The. Somoza. family has -
_tuled the Central American -
‘country for ‘more than 40
years, but its grip. on power -

arms mustered at the start
of the conflict.
Thefuseto the Nicaraguan.

- powder keg began sputtering
.in earnest last January after :

the assassination of Joaquin
Chamorro,. a ‘newspaper
publisher and outright op-

‘portent. ‘of. Somoza. - Critics

blamed his’ death an the
government ‘and ‘began
violent demonstrations and a
two-week national strike:
‘Then, late in August, So--
moza's authority was badly
shaken by a daring terrorist
riad. Guerrillas
hundreds of hostages in the
capitol building in Managua
and exchanged them ° for
jailed political prisoners,
cash and safe passage to
Panama. :
OPPONENTS: COMBINE

The latest unrest has com-
bined various facets of the
opposilion in commion cause,
including left-wing
guerrillas, roman Catholic
clergy, students, labor and
business leaders.

Against this, Somoza has
7,500-man; guard,

some defections © ‘to the

guerrillas, -It ‘was’ the

American-trained guard that

‘brought. Somoza’s father,
Anastasio ‘ Somoza, Sr.,. to--

power more than 40 years

‘ago, The younger Somoza, a
West
dnherited :the mantle on his

Point © graduate,

father’s assaeination in 1963.

casions that-it “will not be
held hostage. by one

* province’’ and serap its

constitutional . proposals
because of provincial op-
position.

The provinces and Senate-
Commons committee

wanted the government also

to refer proposed con-
slitutional changes regar-
ding the monarchy to the
Supreme Court. The federal
government maintains it is

ng no changes and
re ses to refer that
question.

seized -

President

making any major change in

the ‘constitution without —
_ provincial consent.

The foundalion calls for

_certain changes in the

Senate but suggests the
federal government abandon
its proposed House of the
-Federation and calls for an

elected Senate based on a '

redefined’ electoral map
designed to make sure all

-regionsof the country have a

strong voice.

This new Senate would be
able to veto. legislation
temporarily. It could send

" any piece of legislation back
- to the Commons but would be
unable to . Stop it a second

. Oo MUCH POWER | :
_ Thegroupsays itis critical .

‘that the new constitution in-
clude provisions to stop the
growth of power of the

cabinel and” the prime’

‘Parhament.

It also urges that the. con-
stitutiorial reform: package ..
. be enlarged |

"Since then, he has ruled
the country of 24 million
people as ‘president and
virtual dictator. His regime
has been condemned by
Amnesty ‘International for

_ torturing and killing military

prisoners. The U.S. even--
tually suspended its military .

aid program to Nicaragua
“because of human Fights

violations. . .
Somoza has long described

himself as the country’s only

defence: -against com-.

* munism, but that claim has ,

finally been rejected: ‘not

to inglude .

provisions to improve the
House of Commons..-
Roberts confessed the
‘foundation has ‘been unable
to ‘come up with many ac-
ceptable ways of reforming
the House of Conimons.
- “If you're a westerner and
there's a Liberal govern-
ment-in power, you know

‘you're going to be under-

represented,” Roberts said.
“But we haven't been able to
come up with a saleable
formula te make the Com-

. Mons more responsive to the -
- underrepresented regions ‘of

this country," -”

He said some members of:
ihe foundation are convinced
lhe only solution is ‘to alter

_ the entire electoral: process,’

replacing the ‘traditional

representationby- population a
approach with anew system :
‘in, which’ each “province.
would be assigned a certain
proportion of the seat inthe ..

Commons.: Sng
“It is a solition’ “hut we,
don't think the people ‘of.

Interpreting the news

only by left-wing opponents,
but by the business com-
munity 8s well,

. There have been repeated ;

calls from many quarters for

Somoza’s resignation, both ©

before the. fighting started

-and since; but he has vowed,

to remain in office until his
present six-year term. ex-
pires in 1981.

if Somoza is ousted, ‘the
question remains whether:
moderate elements could

k. out .a postSomoza |
agreemen th “the same time, there is no evidence that any

. Mining has resulted': from construction of the
: road or that, if any nine were developed in the _
.", area, that the road could be used to transport. :

_fereement witht the radicals,

Bloody struggle
continues |

MANAGUA
Anastasio
Somoza, in.a bloody struggle
to save his government,
mobilized national guard
reserves Thursday in the
fight against. rebels in at -
least seven Nicaraguan
cities and towns.

* Three key cities in Nica- °

ragua’s poptilous . nor-
thwest— Leon, -Eatell and
Chinandega— remained in
rebel hands, their national ,
guard garrisons hemmed in.

by insurgents. Somoza’s —

commanders were trying to.
get reinforcements in to
relieve the besieged troops,
and street fighting was
reported continulng in all
three citles,

New rebel attacks were re-
ported agains! two towns—
Dirlamba, 32 kilometres
south of this capital city, and
Penas Blancas, on the
border with Costa Rica. A
national guard spokesman
sdid the border town attack
was repulsed, but there were
no details on the Diriamba
fighting.’

‘Sporadic street . fighting
was reported continuing in
two other towns—Rivas, 130
km south of Managua, and
Masaya, 30 km to the
southeast, where guard
troops who won contro] of the
town Tuesday were mopping
up rebel stragglers.

Bodies were being burned

(AP) —

in the streets of some towns
by Red Cross workers.
HUNDREDS DEAD

The casualty toll from the:
anti-Somoza rebellion, in its
sixth day, could not be deter-

-mined precisely, Red Cross

officlals eatimated at lenst
500 persons had been killed
and 1,000 wounded since the

. pitched battles erupted

Saturday."

The | Nicaraguan war

‘threatened to involve other
Diego Landa

countries,
Lt.-Col,
Cerano, defence minister in
neighboring Honduras, sald
other Central American
armies might go to Somoza's
ald if the Nicaraguan
president asks for assistance .
under the Central American
mutual defence pact.
In Panama, about 1,500
people were sald to have en-
rolled Ina voluntary brigade
that organizers said would
fight against Somoza’s

forces if he accepts outside ©

help.
A national guard
spokesman claimed that
three guerrilla attacks in
southern Nicaragua Tuesday
and Wednesday were
launched from Costa Rican
territory and that some of
ihe guerrillas were
foreigners, but he did not say
what nationality. Somoza
has accused Cuba of being
behind the current uprising.

by Jim Smith

Bureaucrats aud politi-
cians are not stupid.

Admittedly, thisinforma-
tion may come as a tremen-
dous shock to many Cana-
dians, (In some parts of the

country, it may even rank as

stop-the-press news.) But it’s
true, Bureaucrats and politi-
clans are not stupid.
Unfortunately, those same
bureauersts and politicians
are often petty, jealous and
more concerned with pro-
tecting their own little ad-
ministrative kingdoms than
with doing whatever happens
to be best for Canadians in

_ general at that moment. This,
_ in tum, makes the bureau-

crats and politicians appear
stupider than is actually the
case,

- This pettiness and empire-
building has resulted in hor-
rendous internal divisions.
The fight between Quebec

‘and the rest of Canada isnot
between races, Rather, it’s
between politicians. Alber-
tans generally like other Ca-
nadians. Britis Columbians
love Nova Scotians. But re-
lations between the provin-
cial and federal government
are almost unanimously un-
healthy, And Canadians at
lurge are payinga heavy price

. for this political intrigue.

A quick explanation of
one aspect of Canadian tax’
law will illustrate the nature

ancl cost of this administra- '

tive empire-building. -

In 1924, Ottawa intro- |
duced a manufacturers’ sales ©

tax to raise: money. The tax
‘applies to goods as they leave
the manifacturers' handsand

“it does bring in a great deal”
-of money every year. But it -

‘ig not a |yood tax.’

facturens include delieery

For instatice, : some manu- -

Not Stupid But. . .

costs in their price; others
don’t, The manufacturers
who Include delivery must

charge the federal tax onthe ~

delivery cost, The other man-
ufacturers get to ship the
goods tax-free. So some
manufacturers pay higher
taxes than others pay.
There's a lengthy list of
other problems associated
with the manufacturers’ sales
tax but the point should be
clear: this is not a good tax.
A federal retail sales tax,
on the other hand, is excep-
tionally good. It is easily ad-
ministered, treats all products
alike and the consumer pays
exactly the same amount of
tax as what the government
collects. But Ottawa refuses
toreplace the manufacturers’
sales tax with a retail sales
tax because the provinces
would collect the retail tax
money and pass it along to

Ottawa, The federal govern- -

ment’ doesn’t want to give
the provinces collection

powers — so the consumer

suffers on.

Sometime soon, Ottawa
will try to replace the manu-
facturers’ sales tax with a
wholesale sales tax; The new
tax is barely better than man-

 ufacturers’ tex and isdefinite-

ly inferior to a retail. tax. .

‘However, Ottawa will still -
be able to colleet the money —

directly — and that’s all that _

matters in Ottawa. .

Stupid, no. Dishonourable -'
and petty, definitely. This -
isn’t good goverament;thisis  -

bureaucratic tyranny. Cana-
da deserves beiter admini-
strators — anda federal retail
sales tax. :

“Think small" ia aneditorial |
measage from the Canadian
Federation af Indepandent-
"  Business©® .

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ated

‘VICTOR iA

constructior) of the Omenica Mining Road In
northwestern B.C. and an examination of the
future of all mining and forestry roads In the
province. . ,

“It.has been shown that construction of this

particular -roaid has been very costly to the en-

vironment with no compensating benefit to the . :

mining | ‘industry. ” Lea sald.

The Omentca Mining Road, bullt under con.

tract by the Ministry of Mines and Petroteum

Resources, has been under construction at.
various times sin ce 1940, It runs north of Fraser -—

Lake through Ger'mansen Landing + to-the Sustut
region. | | \
Lea. said stud, \es by the B.C, - wildtite

Federation. show ‘construction methods used
have endangered fis h and animal populations. At

‘supplies in or-minerai's out, Lea said.-

- New Democrat mines ‘critic -
- Graham Le'a has Galled for an immediate halt to ©

: Fre rom 1 the Opts tion |
Canada are ready to accept“
. it vel. aie wouldn't wash.”

-“Why this read Is being bullt and why. millions a

of dollars have alread'y been spent on. it are
mysteries known only to @ select few in the mines

ministry,” Lea sald. ‘Th rey apparently have not

been willing to explain it' to their minister who

has Issued a rebuttal fo thie Wildlife Federation’s |

claims which Is much less ‘than adequate,’”’ Lea
sald. (is
“Presumably the. road was built to assist

. exploration ‘but the eviden ce Is that the only ’
“successful, exploration. in’ thie region’ has been’ ;

done with helicopters.’”

He’ noted ‘there are two simall communities ,

along the road, but it Is not the function of the
mines ministry to be building roads far public
access.

“The sad ‘story of the Omeni va Mining Road

brings Into question the whole n vatter of. roads
built by the mines ministry and the forest

have at one time had justification for road-
bullding-but that justification must b € questioned
when, In fact, the roads. are belng us td as public
access.’’

Lea, who was the highways minis ter in the
NDP government, said all road buildi'ng In the
province should be. brought within central
planning taking into account environme, ntal and.
economic impact.

“ts it not ridiculoys that the hig ihways

‘department must do environmental impact

studies before proceeding with road work, when
the ministry of mines can hire a machine a ner

fo run a caterpillar through the forest at wi II?’’.

Lea said the government should appoint a t ask
force under the Cabinet's environment and La nd
Use Committee to examine the whole question of
mines and forests roads. Such a group shou! d
represent all disciplines involved as well ax}
representatives of the forest and mining tIn-
dustry,’ he said.

_ministry,”” Lea sald, “‘These departments may —