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VICTORIA.
REPORT

by FRANK
- HOWARD
_Skeena MLA

Most British Columbians are by now aware of the scope
‘and significance of the July 7 provincial budget and the 26
bills introduced that day.

The legislation affects the employment security of all.
British Columbians as well.as housing security and
educational opportunity.

It is clear that the government ‘had’ hoped that. the
legislation would all pass and be substantially implemented
before British Columbians understood clearly. what they *
were doing. - |

- The package has, instead, " created two: of the largest
demonstrations in B.C.’s history within the first weeks of its
introduction. There are indications, moreover, that this is -

" only the beginning.
Undeterred, the government has been proceeding: Pa if
the legislation were ‘passed. More than one thousand.
persons have been fired from the: government without ~~
reasons and without cause. More firings are coming, we
’ are told, regardless of public opinion tothe contrary. . _
History shows what happens to a government when it”
attempts to squash and suppress dissent in the way that this.
government is doing. - ;
Asober second look is requiredin this cage,
It is with this in mind that the opposition has exercised its: ~
, right to debate and thereby to hold. hack all of the key...
legislative provisions from.passage. ,. -

The NDP ‘is withholding approval -of these bills to
facilitate such a second look. It is only then that the healing

process—which the very future of our province requires— .

vill begin.

Reader’s View.

Lf

by LYNDA RIMMOCK
It's midweek, the oldman's glued to the baseball on TV, so
‘ what does a bored housewife-mother-girlfriend do? Well!
‘Last night almost 200 of them went to Mozarts, at the
Bavarian Inn, for the second “ladies evening" since Paul
Dietrich took over as manager. In the cause of responsible

reporting, yours truly went along to see what all the fuss 7

was about. ;

Having found table, just-before 9 p.m., and with pen and
notebook at the ready, the lights dimmed ‘and onto the stage
came Richard Richards. Wearing’a rubber Frankenstein
mask, and ancilllary accessories, he gyrated superbly to-
‘The Monster Mash” and other related songs. . -

‘On the third number he commenced peeling off his three -
- layers of clothing, until finally, when the audience were
almost in a frenzy of perspiration and expectancy, yes—
you've guessed it—he tookoff his mask! |

Welll! At that stage it was apparent that this well built
young man from London, England had done more for
Anglo-Canadian relations ‘In 10 minutes than Maggie.

_ Thatcher haa done in'the last three years! |

Unfortunately, due to reporting deadlines, I wis not able |
to stay for the second show. However, perhaps that’s just
as well for they say that too much of good thing is bad for-
yout! Or ig It??71! How much does it cost to fly to
Engiand?? oo

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which greeted release. last month of a
cautious: support: ‘from other ‘quarters,’

‘ consensus on the means to that-endm: ~~.

< » Some spokeamen who fee] the legislation’ could succeed in.
:, this alm also say newspapers ‘should be subject: to the

‘. vexdating antidcombines lawa — as any other business 1 aad.

. :not be given special status, 1 -

“ sSoutham Inc. prealdent Gordon Fisher ‘says it Is irénie that.

- a8 8 pastoral assistant in a Catholic parish I the closest she

\ OTTAWA. Zc ZCPy' = = nterise opposition \trom pabi an
rent
tempered: by:

- Even some’ journalists ‘support paris of. the proposed.

~ regulate ‘the newspaper industry. hast

--” Tegistetionn despite. earlier criticism ‘the Bovernmerit a:
| dnterfering with freedom of the press. |

-Mueh' of ‘the opposition has: tSeussed ‘on attennpts. to

2 “restrict the growth of newspaper chains’ and:to set up a 7
a national council to hear complaints about newspapers and
to conduct research on the industry.

- §While most people in the newspaper business. agree en: the’.
necessity of encouraging a diveralty of: views, there. is no.

‘the proposed law to restrict the growth of newspaper chains

could ‘also Amit future competition ” preventing his”

“There were more algns of encouragement Wednesday (oF.
two of Canada’s major barometers of. economic’ activity: I,
the housing and auto industries; ~~. -

Ken Kyle, new chief executive of the Housing and Urban.

‘Development Association of Canada,-dispelled feara that.

housing activity may alow down as interest rates édge upn .
saying homebullders are Confident the recent Increase In.

‘pates is temporarym |

Kyle sald In an Interview he believes mortgage rates will
hold steady the rest of this year and in xee4, Combined with
an .improving economy ‘and an. increasing number of
households in the prime homeowning ebto Mi age group, this
should push home aaled higherm *. -

But In the long termn trouble is brewingn unless govern: ‘

ments can curb deficits and keep inflation under control,

Kyle warned. - : .
He sald higher inflattonary pressures ‘caused by a”

rebounding economy and the size of government deficits .
threaten to push up rates sharply in’ x965 and beyondm
Short-term rates in Canada have been ‘rising for several
weeks, reflecting the volatile Interest rate vironment in
the UmS. .
The latest increase in threed and-t ve-year mortgage

‘rates has coincided with a sharp slowdown in home sales :

and startsm |

But Kyle sald the. industry expects improved sales. and
-atag}s in the fourth quarter and throughout xos4,, .
SELL MORE CARS. :

‘Meanwhile, Statistics Canada said. Wednesday that
Canadian automoblle dealers sold t53, 360 vehicles -in the.
first six months of this yearn up xpmi per cent from the °.
same periqd lasi yearmf sThe value of those. sales-in- -

creased xem1 per cent from Junen x982, to abput %6 billig,

the federal agency saidm -
The figures also show North American ‘mariufacturers’

have generally increased. their share of the domestic. .
“market for passenger carsn thanks to’ an accord ‘bejween.

Canada and Japan limiting Japanese importsm . .
Meantime, sales in June increased for the fourth. con- -

secutive menth to xwnbl2 units, a jump of x13 per cent

from- June, 1932.

+ -The inereasedt demand for aulomobiles i in 1 recent months

és generally considered a sign of renewed consumer. can-”

fidence in the economy.

. Passenger. cars manufactured in? North America ac:

counted for 67,882 of the June totaln up xi. a per cent fron a.
year earlierm

Discrimination

; ‘TORONTO (CP) — - Sister Ellen Leonard says it’s a
simple case of discrimination. .--

“There just arent any other professioris v where women are
excluded,” says. -Leonardn. a vocal ‘member of -a group.

. fighting for the ordination of women in the Roman Catholic

church, .

“The attitude of the chureh towards. women hurts me e and —
see it as sinfulm” ; .

Leonard belonga. to. Canadian. ‘Catholles for. Women’ 3°
Ordination, a lobby group started iri 1961 in Toronto that has
since spread across.the country, It.nowshas about x80 -
members, mostly women, -who meet regularly, cireulate -
newsletters and fry to keep the issue aliven despite little

- support from the Catholic church hierarchy. :

.,“I don't see it as a women’s problem,” Leonard says. “I
see it as a problem facing our churéhm How do we use the
gifts of the whole community? Do we elimingle tO per cent
without looking at themP’> \.

Léonardn 50, a quiet, soft-spoken Woman, has served the ‘

church for $2 years as a Sister of St. Joseph. But herdemure -
* appearance barely hides the emotion ahe feels fora favorite
Isgue and one she is reminded of every day as an associate
professor of systematic; theology at Stm Michaels College,
University of Toronto, .

STUDY TOGETHER.

Her students are masters of aivinity students enrolled at
the Toronto ‘School of Theology, an ecumenical school
comprised of four Protéstant and three Catholic theological -
. colleges, She says it can be heartbreaking to watch: the
studentsn who have worked and. studied side-by-side for
more than. two years, divide . into two. groups upon
graduation. —

Protesiant men. and Protestant women are’ going to: be >
ordained; and the Cathilic women. .... aren't aure what *:

they're golng tobe. - eh

“They have the same, edueationm . “but theres no sort of |

official recognition of the fact that thay ara people who have ~.

prepared for the ministry and theres no kind of structures.
that are walting to receive thenim”

The Catholic church has long complained of a shortage’ of.
priests and encourageil men to consider thé’ priesthood,
most noticeably “in a recent campalgn which -featured ©
billboards depicting Christ on the cross and the words
“Dare to be a priest lke, mem” bo
SICK OF TALK a Pe

But Marta Cordola, one of Leonard's: Catholic students ”
’ who graduates ‘this yearn is sick of hearing ‘about! the -
_ desperate shortages, - oe

“After a while, I don’t even want to hear that talk. — they”

_ are, in effect, creating the shortage’ ‘by: hot ordaining :

womernn Cordola saysmf{—

“It’s not that other things are Turing people from the
Gospeln’’’ she. says emphatically, referring to: an of-
tendreiterated complaint by.the church that its members
: prefer mere wordly careers tha the priesthood, ;

Cordala, 27, would love to bé.a priest.: Instead she Is
working part-time in a doctors office and looking for a job

is allowed to get to the priesthood: .
Pastoral assistants can read the: Scripture at massn
_ counsel parishoners and visit shutins, They also fill. the

“Meanwhile ‘Ottawa’ a a 1a
“ spectaliat jn media law, ‘Bays the legislations secllon
on the proposed Canadian Daily! Newspaper ‘Advisory °

Counelt ensures the. monitoring body haa no real power..

‘ "Its a joke in terms of making it an effective policing.
“organ,” he says
However, with some codoperation by- ‘publishers, the.

council could do-the job of the’ voluntary press councils. .*
* which exiat in all provines except Manitoba and Saskat-

chewann while saving the coatn: Robertson. addsm -.
"DEFINED LIMITS

; Mullculturallam: ‘Minister Jing Flemingn who drew: up the:
” proposals, said in an interview he deliberately limited the
"power of the advisory, counclin ‘allowing, it only to criticize -

the journalist or newspapér involved.

It a: legitimate, credible body says that someone, did
- their Job poorly or made a mistake, th
immensé discipline on journaliste.” .

‘The proposed national council, which would be financed

_ Barometers are. “encouraging.

rth,

on ‘the. other hand, salea af commercial : vehicles
* manifactured in North America dropped 2,7 per cent from

"< Junen x062, to 19,092,

~ Sales of passenger cars manufactured abroad dipped 2.3
“per cent to 20,897, while commercial vehicles manufactured,
, overmous registered récord salsa of 5301, Up 85.9 per. sent
“from June, 1962,

’ The share of the Canadian passenger car market held by |

‘ North American mantfacturers in Junen x63, was 76.9: per’
cent, compared with 73.4 per cent in June, 1962.

. ‘Japanese manufacturers took x7.7 per cent of the market,
- compared with 21.4:per cent in June, 1982, while European:

manufacturers’ 5.5-per-cent share was Up: from t 2 per reent
from June, 1082.

“in other business nefi Wednesday
. Canada trade officials indicated they will try to clairn
$2-milllon worth of trade compensation from the Um&, to”
olfset the economic impact of epecialty steel import quotas .

«and higher tariffs ordered last .month by President

Reaganm Under: provisions of the Genera]. Agreement on
Tariffs and Trade, ‘member countries who. unilaterally °
restrict import: -

-!are obliged to offer other taritf or : trade concession#- ‘to

trading partners.

-— The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce said its
leading economic indicator rose p.10 per. dent in May for its
eighth: consecutive monthly’ advancem The Commerce,
: Canada's second-largest chartered bankn: said five-of the
indicators eight components advanced in Mayn led by the
‘stock price component, which:rose 4.99 per. cent). -

-:. — Dominion Bond Rating Service satd -it reduced debt

ratings for Dominion Stores Ltd., which is suffering from a

_-low level of profitability in retail merchandising and alow ©

return from its natural resource jnvestmentsm The
-Toronto-based service sald it reduced the rating for. all

_ series of the companys sinking fund debentures to tripledB:

‘from A Ziowz and for commercial paper. to Rd2 high). from
‘R-l (low).

. = "The Canadian National Railway Com reported it made" .

a profit of $54.2 million in the first half of 1983, an im-

-., “provement over ita $38.1-million Joss in the first six months °
7 per meen tbe allo
of x962..A payment'to subsidiary CN Rail offas5.2.thillion’, an oe Py ved peiry-ee

from the federal government, under a ‘program to phase out

. the Crowsnest Pass.freight rate for grain, ensured.a profit

for the Crown railway. Profit for the second quarter was
a74.9 million, more than double seconddquarter results of

ne ast 9 million last year.

“y

hurts” women

‘demand for priests i in isolated parts of the country — but in
- those ‘parishesn confessionsn' marriage,” “baptism, the:

"anointing of the sick and the eucharist can only be done

when a visiting priest comes In. This may only be several

‘times a year and is unfair to the congregation, ‘ene

saysm..
GETS NO SUPPORT | .-

If Cordolan who wears a button reading ‘Ordain, women
or stop baptizing them,” had been male, the church would -

| have provided.iboth spiritual and. monetary _ “support _.

throughout the divinity course, she saysm Then,” upon
graduationn she would have been placed in a parigh and the
church would have Looked after most of her living expenses.
sinsteadn she saysn she is told by. parishes struggling to.
meet their expenses ‘that, although they could use pastoral -
assistants, they prefer to walt for the church to-‘give them
another priestn who costs leas because he is subsidized. by.
the diocese and lives in the parish house. |.

But an assistant, who lives in the community, must be
paid a decent salary by the pari in order to liven Cordola
says

The majority of priests are over 50 and due for ietirement
in.the notdtoo-distant future, When that happens, Cordola

predicts the chuch will have a full: ‘fledged eritis. on its

hands.:

The Revm Alan MacNeil of the Archdiocese of Toroato' s.
personnel office alep predicts an escalation in retirement -
and deaths Of priestein the next x0. years,

" "Th'the long haul we are drastically behind ia the number -
of priests we: will need,” MacNeil said...”

' Last year: four priests were ordained inthe , dlocene, t the

a _« largest aera gene in Canadarn Tis year ss or *:
_ “The Catholic men are going’ to be ordhinedg and. thé”. .

. seven are éxpected to be ordainedm :
» CITES THEOLOGY . ar ,

_ But the Vatican has consistently, Trelused to permit the -
‘ordination of women, titing both’ thealogical and cultural
;Teasons. A 1976 Vatican Declaration approved by Pope Paul
". Said the church felt it was obliged to ‘remain faithful to the
“type Of ordained ministry. willed by the Lord Jesua Christ
 and-carefully maintained by the Aposties.”

- SBut Leonard says if the church-is to base its criteria: for
prieats on the qualities of the Apostles, “does this n mean we
should only. have Jewish: ‘prieste?”” .

In January, x083, Pope ‘Jobri Paul signed the sflest raviaion

_ of the Roman Cathotic laws in 66 yearsm He opetied more |

“administrative posts to women and: ‘replaced the word
~Alsymen"” with “lay people! 02"

‘He did'not change the church's position, on ordination:

Gerald Einmett Cardinal Cartern archbishop of Toronton
has told. Leonard: that ‘although he doesn't. {eel the
theoldgical reasons preventing the ordination of women are
that: convincing, in countries, where the church Is very’
strong, such ag Poland, Africa and Latin American or-
dination would not -be. supported for cultural reasons.
SAYS, WANT POWER; .

. Carter algo bas said he feels many. women fighting for
ordination want the power the priesthood represents, which -
ig the wrong motive. .

‘ aBut Lemard says she, woilld only consider. becoming 4

” priest, if she were allowed, if. the role / became leas
authoritative. os

ee

Pan
wr

en I think: ‘that's an

¥ income rsd ain azprilllion government ei !
fund, would make recommendations and publis
“hte - findings. ‘but would have no Ponte oe

siofiam ’. ** 7
basi Jackson, ‘president of the entre for ain

{ Journalism, .which’ represents: 650 reporters ‘and editors.
" nationwide, iarees! hat ‘press’ coundilan ‘Including - the .
“proposed national botlya often lack. the power Lo make, any’
ee people : really: want to hake things ups theylt stil
‘launch Ibe) sults...
“4"'But if they just want an ‘airing, the presi Jeounell will do’ a
good job and it might lap some hands in public and I. can't
feo how:it can possibly.do: anything more than thatm”.
Jackson says that If some kindof agency must be-set wp, :
‘she would ‘also like to see journalists given a chance to air
‘complaints ° while “the; ‘council could -be ‘made into an:
educational tool t explain the functioning of the press) to the
publicm. \
And she pratees its research function, - which in ' very
imaginative and creative and has lots of ‘Potental: to keep
the industry on its toes.”
Fleming has not apecified the kind of research it.

should

. * eonduct but suggests the effect of electronic ‘technologyon
“~~ newapapermn the state of investigative reporting; | ‘pay -

scales for journalisis and ¢ross-ownership of dally ‘and -
weekly papers in the same area a8 possible topicaim.
However,. J. Patrick O'Callaghann president of the

_Canadian Daily Newspaper Publishers Association, . says it
is vital “to avold thesituation whére the door is even opened
a crack because once you've got government. involved in
your business, you'll never get it out of there again,”
“-gO'Callaghann who led’ the vociferous attack oh. the
“proposed bill by the association's 80. publishersa , anys it
‘infringes on freedom of-speech and allows government to
set standards in an industry it should not touch.

SEES NO DANGER’ —

“SBut Ken- MacDonald, a Consumers Association of Canada
lawyer, says he is surprised by the rhetorle coming from.

- the Industry and doesn’t see press councils as a danger to

"free apeech. -
It's a forum by which people who have complaints can
“express those complaintsn"" he saya, The public may even
perceive a national body to be more independent than its
provinel | counterpartsm

Don Whiteside, president of the Canadian Rights and
. Liberties Federation, supports a fair process by which

_ newspapers could be made more reaponsible to the public...

“The idea in princip] of having a press council to listen to
- eltizens. complaints — I don't know what could be wrong
with thai
But Bill McLeman, . former Canadian director of the
' Newspaper Guildn says heis concerned that a reporter who
is called to teatify before the council might oe forced into-a
conflict with the newspaper which employs himm © .
‘And Robertsotisays newspapers which agree to submit to
council Investigations of complaintd ‘should be assured no
legal action will be lodged against them which makes use of
‘evidence revealed at the hearingsm’ _*
Fisher sees no. need for an ongoing review of the
newspaper industry by the council.
Occasional problems such as the simulteineous closings of
: the Ottawa Journal and the Winnipeg Tribune in 1960, which.
_ prompted the formation of the Kent royal . commission on
newspapersn can be handled by special inquiriesn he says.
’ sJackson Says the proposal under which Southam. and
pnd 6, person or
ain con cent of
*Btienal daily circulation would encourage, the “ereation of
new vaicesm”'. .
‘S'It's just sort of putting a handicap c on these hig guys and I:

_ donteven think its a big handicap. It just makes it easier for

the new guys to get into the market.” :
Southam owns 15 of the country’ 's ie dailies, representing

a) 6 per cent of national circulation, while Thomson: has 4l

dalliés with 21 per cent of circulation. “°°"~2-~-.
sin 1991, Thomson, owner of the Ottawa Journal: and -
Southam, which owned the. Winnipeg Tribunen were |
charged by the federal -goverriment. with ' ‘conspiring to
unduly lessen competition and with unlawfully merging and
monopolizing the production and sale of major: daily -
English-language n newspapersm The case is stil before the
courts...

Trade. ‘claimed

WASHINGTON’ cP) 1 Canada. may try. to claim $2

milllon worth of trade conceasions from the United States to
“ pesolve a dispute over import barriers against specialty
steel, U.S, government officials said Wednesdaym

The possibility of a compensation claim arose during

_ Consultations between trade and finance. experts of both
’ governments under’ the provisions of GATTn the General

Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, which sets out: in--
ternational fair-trading rules for more than i0 cowitriesm
Canada got caught last month in a net of UmS. trade

restrictions against specialty steel [ most of it from Europe

— that’ President Ronald Reagan said was: hurting the

domestic specialty steel industry by cutting into American -

‘markets, depressing Prices and leading to layoffs by some

companies.
American officials appeared to ‘agree’ with ‘Canadas

. stance that it has been unfaitly caught in the trade barrier

_ het aimed-at Western Europe but it was. premature to say

whether the U.S. would grant compensation if Canada

" makes a formal claimm
~ “Canada is a fair trader unavoldably drawn into this 80 it

would be safe to say were. sympathetic to the Canadian...

. concerns,” said a top Um. trade official who took part in

. the talks. Another meeting is scheduled. for Septemberm .
“INCREASED TARIFFS

The fourdyear restriction progr m imposed in middJuly

includes increased tariffs on siee] sheets’ and strips and
quotas on alloy tool steeln rods and barsm Canadian ex-

ports of speciaity steel.to the U.Sm wera worth about al1.25 |

-million last year.and were: ‘produced by ‘Atlas Steels Com

Ltd. at plants in Wellandn Ontm; and Tracy, Quem ~
A UmS. official said Canada. was trapped in the barriers

' because of GATT rules that require the U.Sm to ‘apply its
" restrictions,to all countries {rom whieh specialty steel is

_imported. into the: U.9,":
« Under the same rules; the’ countries have a right | to ary to

claim compensation if they have a ‘substantial interest” in
the Import market in disputem If compensation is denied,

the.country may retaliate. with equivalent trade barrlers.

“Whether Canada has the: technical ‘fight: to claim com-
pensation appeared to be in questiow‘ab'a U.S, official said
the term “‘substanttal interest’ is usvally interpreted in a

- way that requires the country to have af least x0 per cent of

the Import market. Canada’s share is about-three per cent.
STrade officials in Britain and other.countries have said
they too may seck compensation or retaliate against the
U.S. barriersm The 10-country European Common Marke!

has harshly criticized the American restrictions. °

, There has been a bright note in the apecialty atee] dispute

ise Conan as a related attempt by somé congressmen to.
= ports of defence pment parte containing |
‘specially steel failedm om . aos