: appointees

‘targeted

others. were admitted to
hospital for lesser injuries
such as broken. bones,
“Keith” Jackman, | acting
superintendent, of Motor’ *

Vehicle’, said the ministyy
orders had been issued that -

’ the buses were not. to be put |

back on the read until
defects. had been’ ‘repaired.

Tories would replace

“Jackman anid in an in-
terview in “Victoria that-
Such orders are issyed only:
“ih cases in which the defects
‘are. "believed ‘by the: “ine

‘Bpectors | ‘to pose’. a.
bignificant™ safety hazard,

such ‘as faulty brakes. He,
could’. not.. specify what:
particular faults had’ been
found on the ConMac buses:

“qransport Minister Alex:

Fraser said Wednesday he ~
» systems: would. be ~:com-

‘understands the cause of the
aceldent: on the’ “Maint:
Washington ski hill has been
confirmed as a failure of the
braking ‘system on the. a

: year-did: bis.

7 Sgt. Phil; MeVie, of ‘the
_ Courtenay... RCMP. detach-_

ment said a complete in-

ue

cabinet appointments |

Progressive Conservatives.
government would “replace
all. 3,900 ‘Uberal-cabinet

boards,’ “commissions, “and ©
Crown: ‘corporations if it

stays in ‘office long’ enough,

Conservative  MP-- Harvie
‘Andre. said today... ;
Sands; “commenting on a

-Sotitham News: Téport that'a

commiitee * cbas ;
380 ‘of “the ap.

Tory, ;

* federal. }

they can be revoked at any.
tine + and others are for.’

fixed periods of time or are
“under contract, Senators,
‘fOr: example, are appointed
until: age 75..°

Indeed, 3,900 is oniy ‘an

approximate figure; Noone

hag: completely - accurate

data’ onthe “number -of
cabinel-appointed staff and

officials. In, overnment, he
* Bald

- polniments -

for,” quick . “But “ifwe're in office long
replacement if and when the . “Enough every one of those
party takes power, said he. will. come up for reap-
did not know whether’ the - pointment: and we'd change
figure -is correct, even | every one of them.”

though’ he serves as Heeltedas a hypothetical

chairman-on a related sub-

committee. .. .

;He noted that some of the
cabinet appointments are -
“at: t pleasure” ~- meaning’.

example the members _of
the board of. Alr Canada,
whom he described as “all
Liberals,”

“We certainly Plan & do.

something ' about Grown
corporations’ in : general.
We'll be introducing a
(Crown. corporations bill: to
make .them more ac-
countable... and ‘more

resporiible. to Parliament.

That’s ° going - to mean
changes ‘in the- respon-

sibility of directors of Air

“Canada “and other Crown

. ‘corporations, °

"So we'll-need to make
‘ changes... Now - just- how: -

many Crown corporations
‘there are in,that category —.
I’m not trying to be evasive

_ — I don’t know. '

“Because you know the
other side of the coin is

. there is nobody. in govern-

ment today who can tell you

how many. Crown cor-

porations we have,”

* Salmon: eggs incubated .

“VANCOUVER (cP) —
Seven million coho salmon
eggs are being incubated
now: in British: Columbia
hatcheries to provide gport
fishing for visitors expected
here for the Expo 86 world
transportation ‘and com-
munications fair,

beet project — which can

be expected. to produce
some half milllon catchable”

fish-inder narmelauroivdl? Nisherihen li Gebrgla’ Stralt

million, .

“The potential increase in
sports fishing during Expo
led ta the decision,” said
Swan.

The additiohal coho will.

.provide a buffer ‘effect

against the extra fishing
pressure and ease the drain
on other stocks, he said.
They might also boost
“@btelies'“’for" ‘corhiiercdal

conditions “0 ohakY bee pe waded | Sus PE

undertakent by the federal
goverument-directed

Satmonid . . Enhancement

Program. -' ‘
_Program associate

director’ Harold Swan

confirmed Wednesday that
the‘ hard-fighting coho are
being bred in readiness for
an influx, of Expo visitors
estimated ad high as 15

‘fisherman

But.a prominent union
branded the
scheme. -a
waste” of taxpayer’s money
at a time of crisis for the
fishing industry. ‘

Most of the fish, which
will mature in 1986 since
coho breed.on.a three-year
cycle and the eggs’ were
taken from last year’s

“ridiculous

spawning: run, will be too -
small to be kept. by com-
mercial, fishermen,
Edgar ~ Birch,
tative . of the United
Fishermen - and Allied
Workers’ “Union on the
minimal’ since incubation
trays were available in the

represen-

’ hatcheries and the
__fingerlings will be reared in
temporary’ pens. ‘

A gectntart

Said -

the. -bus's
and: braking

~ spection of
mechanical

-pleted today, but results will

‘not be made public. until the.
_ Inquest : into‘ the’ accident,
‘not expected tobe held until
April. 4 0, . .
‘CouMae, a ‘Sidney, BC: .
; utfit;. which , has « been

yvailable for’, comment

L -hlinee the accident, issued a’

‘-statement . late Wednesday

through’ its. “lawyer, Rick.

Philps.«
CLEAN: SLATE

‘The. ‘slaterment, said’ he

pany. has been: in; ‘the

bus charter b business for r the,

No money has been ‘i

allocated and the details are
still being worked out
although the eggs
beginning to grow in the
hatchery trays,

salmon enhancement
board, : ;
But they will be fair game

for sportsmen, who. -may.
keep fish of 30 centimetres,
said Birch.

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Its buses have been =.

regularly inspected by both
the government and its own
mechanics, it said, adding
the company’s mechanics
checked the bus. which

, trashed just three days

before the accident and.
didn’t find any problems
with the brakes.
Jackman said the Con-
mac buses were due for
their regular inspection
Tuesday and Wednesday,

- and it was these inspections
that disclosed the faults bs

with the seven buses,
“The ‘branch has said.the

. bus involved in’ the fatal

crash was last inspected, in
July, but the company says
the. government gave jt a
elean bill of health in mid-
November, oon
Meanwhile,. . students
returned to Claremont high
school. -in- the . Victoria
suburb of Saanich Wed-
nesday after taking one day
off because of the tragedy.
BUS SAFER.
Ironleally, Kerr’s father,
Andrew Kerr, had advised

-his son to. take the bus
_Tather than his car because

he felt it was safer. ' .
The bus was one of three

chartered by the school to

take 120 students on a

‘traditional semester-break

ski trip. It was carrying
extra passengers because
one of the three buses did
not drive to the top of the
mountain after developing

‘mechanical problems, Its

passengers were divided
among the other buses,
Several of the students
were standing in the aisles
when -the bus lost centrol
and overturned, prompting

‘some obsevers to suggest:
have |

seatbelts would

Let's put tomorrows:
rk force on the job to

possibility of . i
regulations: making seat- .

_ prevented the tragedy.

However, Frank Beemer.
of the Canadian’ Bluebird
Co., in Brantford, Ont., one
of Canada’s. biggest
manufacturers of school
buses, said fitting some
used buses. would be ex-
pensive — $2,500 a bus — or
impossible because the
seats in older buses do not
meet federal standards.

. Fraser sald he is asking
his ministry to study the
inatituting

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