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Continuity not
visible in Quebec

Ottawa Le Droit: According te recent newspaper
stories, government employees in a branch of the
secretary of state dealing with official-language
minority Groups may have been ‘“‘forced’’ to Jeave
their Real ons because they were ‘toa favorable” to

speaking groups outside Quebec.
That almost seems an absurdity.

Since 1969, the secretary of state department has
always strived to recruit program directors and of-
ficers who were openly sympathetic to these groups
and who wouldn't hesitate to get “involved” on their

As a matter of fact, it was even from the midst of
these French-speaking minorities outside Quebec thal
most of these people were recruited.

Those who worked with ihe provincial associations
in the early 1970s well remember the devotion, ob-
jectivity and competence of these people. ...

But here we're being told of the departure of Gerard
Gagne and his assistants who are cut from precisely
that cloth. ...

It's nobody’s secret that relations between the
secretary of state and French-speaking cornmunities
outside Quebec aren’t good and the mainreason is that
all that stays the same in the department is change:
change of minister, change of directors, change of
officers, changing structures, changing policies.

And all that occurs without anyone really knowing
why. not even at the ministerial level. ...

Us certain, in any case, is that the word
“continuity” isn’t part of the little lexicon of these
public servants and that the French communities
outside Quebec, whose precariousness now is well
known by everybody, must join with this government
phantom which is opening its heart to Quebec’s
anglephone element to find a more sympathetic and
less cantankerous clientele.

Ina few days, State Secretary John Roberts wil! an-
nounce some “‘new’’ measures.

In light of what's currently happening in the official-
language minority groups branch, the most ac-

ceptable thing he could do for us, would be to give

someone higher up the whole file on French minorities
outside Quebec. ...—Guy La-combe(Nav. 10)

Quebec economy
in rough shape

Chicoutimi Le Quotidien: Yor the first time in quite
a while, the unemployment rate in the Saguenay-Lac-
Saint-Jean region (10.5 per cent) is slightly below that
for the remainder of Quebec (11.5 per cent). At least
that’s what the most recent Statistics Canada report
has disclosed.

Yet that’s not a consolation since the Quebec
economy has never been in worse shape,

The causes are complex and multiple, but even if
certain investors are withholding projects because
they haven't yet absorbed the shock of the election of
an independentist government, the principal causes
result from other factors such as the sluggish
economic recovery of the industrialized countries of
the Western world and a social democracy which has
become almost cancerous. ...

Too many citizens wish to feed from the breasts of
the state to the point of draining the economic forces.

Furthermore, one ascertains that if nationalism—
that will of identifying oneself with the quite distinc-
tive character of Quebecois society in the AngloSaxon
context of North America—manifests itself with more
vitality than ever, on the other hand the application of
social democracy progressively turns to failure.

Too many people seem to await all from the
“Provider State.” Isn't Premier Rene Levesque, who
has associated this concept of social democracy with
his political program, in the process of establishing

In Quebec, one still enjoys the politics of con-
frontation, and the bosses, like the union leaders,
mutually accuse each other of being in collusion with
the state in order to disturb the balance of power,

HERMAN

8) 977 Unbrersct Preis Syndicate

“You got nothing to smile about.”

Fight favourable for West

By CATHY McKER-
CHER

WASHINGTON (CP) -—-
The rupture in Soviet-
Somali relations, with its
threat to support of Soviet
naval and air operations
in the Indian Ocean re-
gion, may turn out to be a
significant advantage to
Western powers, par-

ticularly the United
States.
Indeed, Somalia's

decision to expel about
6,000 Russian advisers
and force closure of all
Soviet military bases in
that country marks
another major sethack
for the Kremlin in nor-
theastern Africa.

Originally, the Soviet
Union wooed both
Ethiopia and Somalia
with military equipment
and other aid.

But with Somaili-
bDriists ecte
rebels attempting to win
contro] of the Ogaden
desert from Ethiopia, the

rem
decided to throw its full

By HOWIE COLLINS
OTTAWA (CP) — The
Commons public ac-
counts committee returns
to a year-old controversy
today ina new attempt to
follow the trail of agents’
fees paid in the overseas
sales of nuclear reactors.

J. Lorne Gray, the now
retired president of the
federallyowned Atomic
Energy of Canada Lid.,
heads the list of witnesses
as the committee reopens
its inquiry into the $17.8
million already paid in

AECL

support behind Addis
Ababa after failing to
rsuade Somalia to halt
ts military activities.
SECRET TALKS FAIL
Somali President
Mohammed Siad Barre
warned that continued
Soviet and Cuban
military backing of
Ethiopia would place
relations with Somali in
great jeopardy. The
Kremlin tried re-
conciliation but secret
talks proved useless.

Now the forced
evacuation of Soviet
bases will end docking
and port facilities which
helped sustain Soviet air
and naval operations in
the Indian Ocean. The
Russians still have bases
in Aden, South Yemen
and Ethiopian ports on
the Red Sea but the
Somali bases were much
closer to the Indian
Ocean operational area,

The Somalis have been
bitter about Russia’s

ee

fees on sales to Argentina
and South Korea.

Last January Gray said
he could offer the com-
mittee little help in fin-
ding out who got a $2.4-
million fee in the Argenti-
nian sale, saying the
money was paid into a
Swiss bank account at the
instructions of its Italian
partner,

The partner, Italim-
pianti of Genoa, handled
the arrangements with
the agents and now
refuses to say who they
are.

support for Ethiopia. In

addition, Somalia has
cited growing numbers of
Cuban troops fighting

a
soldiers. The U.S. state
department said Monday
that Cuba has increased
its troop commitment to
550, up from about 150 a
few weeks ago.

Somalia is not the only
country in that region
where the Russians have
lost ground. Five months
ago Sudan ejected its
Soviet advisers and five
years ago Egypt ousted
Soviet military and
civilian personnel.

LINKS SHIFT RAPIDLY

In fact, events have
shown that old alliances
can shift rapidly. At one
time Ethiopia was a

strong U.S. military
customers.
Ethiopia is the larger of

the two countries but
Somalia is supported by
oil-rich Arab states,
including Saudi Arabia,
Egypt, the United Arab
Emirates and Kuwait
—_ ee 2:

Fete rote F

Allan Lawrence,
Progressive Con-
servative MP for North-
umberland-Durham who
chaired the committee
last winter, said he feels
the money can be traced
if the government makes
the effort.

NO REQUEST MADE
Lawrence visited Italy
this fall and was told by
government officials
there that Ottawa had
made no official request
for information in the
Ttalimpianti case

Learning disiabilities don’t
mean child is stupid

MEDICINE HAT, Alta.
(CP) — Victor is in Grade
6. He can't read or spell
but gets excellent marks
in mathematics.

Fred Kramer, student
personnel services officer
for the Medicine Hat
School district, says 20
per cent, or 1,200 of the
students in city schools
share Victor’s problem in
one way or another. They
have learning
disabilities,

Kramer told a recent
seminar there students
have nothing to be
ashamed of. Woodrow

‘Wilson, 26th president of
the United States, could
not read when he was 11,
Thomas Edison, when
still young, was called
mentally défective and
considered himself a
dunce. Albert Einstein
was unable to speak until
age three and at seven
repeated words to
himself before speaking
out loud. John F. Ken-
nedy = and Winston
Churchill overcame
learning disabilities.
FELL BEHIND CLASS

During his first five
years of school he moved
fram program to

program in attempis to
solve learning — dif-
ficulties. He developed a
sharpened sense of hear-
ing and was able to
progress by listening to
the teacher. But in Grade
6 he fell behind the rest of
the clas.
Becauge Victor
displayed good com-
rehension, teachers
abelled him lazy or
difficult, a belief rein-
forced by his good marks
in mathematics,
Raynar,
elementary school
counsellor, said problems
such as Victor’s are
common and, if they are
not discovered at an early
age, emotional damage
from continual failure
and frustration will
result.
USED TO FAILURE
“Once a student
reaches junior high
school he is used to
failure,”’ Raynar said, ‘A
lot feel they are dumb,
Stupid and cannot learn.”
The student begins
finding new ways for self-
expression and learns he
can he good at being a
clown even though he
cannot learn. Once the

an

‘time

student stops trying to
overcome the problem he
turns ta smoking,
delinquent behavior,
drugs or minor thievery
and attains selfesteem in
these areas. :

Ray Burkett, a senior
probation officer, said
studies have indicated
that 80 to 90 per cent of
juvenile delinquents have
learning disabilities.

Raynar said emphasis
must be place on
determining learning
disabilities in primary-
grade children. By the
such children
reached high school the
problem was clouded by
the child’s frustration
and anxiety and it
became necessary to deal
with the emotional
problems befcre work
could begin on the
learning disability,

But special senools and
rooms to train such
children did more harm
ihan good. Taking them
totally out of the normal
classroom _ reinforced
their belief that they were
stupid and made it more

difficult for the child to —

maintain a relationship
with his peers.

The U.S., while trying
to stay out of the conflict,
has not completely with-
drawn an earlier offer
made with Britain and
France to supply small
quantities of defensive
weapons ta Somalia.

The U.S. also has
started moves to open a
civilian aid program for
Somalia, thinking in
terms of food, farming
and health care. Un-
doubtedly, Somalia will
also be looking to the
West for greater military
help while gambling that
morale problerns among
Ethiopian troops may
finally crack Ethiopian
defences.

If Ethiopia prevails in
the conflict, the Russians
may be abie to maintain a
stronghold in the area but
US. officials note that in
losing support of So-
malia, and the earlier

rejection of the Russians.

by Sudan, the Kremlin

has only one strong ally

left i the Horn of Africa.
me 2 oe ae

dirt upturned again

He
representation from the
government would get
information from

Switzerland on — the
holders of the bank ac-
counts, despite that

also. telt a

country’s secrecy Jaws,

Lawrence said he also
wants to question Gray on
his role since retirement
as a consultant to the
parent company of Ital-
impianti.

Ross Campbell,
chairman and president
of AECL, and John
Foster, president until he
was fired last spring over
losses on the Argentinian
sale, also are to appear
before the committee.

Energy Minister
Alastair Gillespie said

last July he had re-

quested Foster’s
resignation as president
after learming the
company would lose $180
million on the Argen-
tinian dea}.

Foster was to have
been given new
responsibilities with the
government company
this fall, but resigned
effective Oct. 31 to join an
agency of the world
Energy Conference.

RAISING QUESTIONS

Ron Huntington,
Conservative MP for
Capilano who now chairs
the committee, says the
members also will be
raising more questions
about the fees paid to an
agent in the South Korean
sale.

United Developments
Inc. of Tel Aviv already
has received $15.4 million
in fees, but the auditor-
general felt there was
insufficient documen-
tation to back $8.1 million
of the payment,

Huntington says he
hopes the committee can
complete the hearings
and present its report to
the Commons before
Christmas,

Slow growth
in store

By VIC PARSONS
OTTAWA (CP) -
Eight of 10 provinces will
experience growth rates
of less than three per cent
this year but a modest
recovery in 1978 will
bring some _—=—sim-
rovement, a private
crecasting agency said

Monday.
Alberta and British
Columbia, with real

growth rates of 5.5 per
cent and four per cent re-
spectively, will be the
only provinces to exceed
the threeper-cent level,
the Conference Board in
Canada says in a quar-
terly forecast. ;

The board, a private
research agency which
includes representatives
from business, labor and
government, said On-
tario’s growth of 2.5 per
cent this year will fall
short of earlier pre-
dictions and Newfoun-
dland will show a real
decline of 1.1 per cent.

Next year, the board
said, five provinces will
have growth rates of five
per cent or more. The
national avers e in 1978
is expected fo 9 per
cent Compared with this
year’s 2.9 per cent.

But five of the
provinces will have 1978
unemployment rates of
more than 10per cent, the
board predicts. The five
are Quebec and the four
Atlantic provinces.

The national unem-
loyment rale is expected
by the board to be 4.1 per
cent next year, the same

as this year.
SEES LITTLE CHANGE
The board said

measures announced in
the Oct. 20 “minibudget”
of Finance Minister Jean
Chretien will not alter the
economic outlook sub-
stantially.

Three industries—
agriculture, fishing and
construction—will ex-
perience declines in real
output this year, the
board said, and below
potential growth is ex-
pected for manufac-
turing, utility and service
sectors.

The mining industry,
which showed strength
early in 1977, has
weakened as the year has
progressed. Forestry is
the only industry which
the board says will ad-
vance strongly this year.

Next year agricultural
and fishing production
will be higher, con-
struction is expected to
contribute significantly
to the over-all recovery
and manufacturing
should be up, although
still short of capacity.

However the stron
outputs in mining an
forestry of this year will.
fall in 1978, with neither
industry likely to match
1977 performances.

In 1978, Ontario, New-
foundland and Prince
Edward Island will join
Alberta and B,C. as

lona’s a
hard

Some letters in the past
criticized our MP, Mrs. I,
Campagnolo for lack of
action on certain issues, |
would like to write about
the help I have received
from her office in the past
few months.

I should first say that I
am not a member of the
Liberal Party, and this is
the first contact I have
had with her office.

My problem began
when I received a job
offer with an overseas
company, and tried to
obtain a Canadian
Passport.

I discovered that when
my parents obtained
their Canadian citizen-
ship many years ago, I
Was not registered even
though they had
requested it. I was told
that it would take 6-9
months to obtain my
citizenship throug
normal channels.

My job depended on m:
being available for work
in a much shorter time. I
tried to speed up the time
required for the paper-
work. As anyone who has
dealt with normal
overnment red tape:
ows, this is almost
impossible.

provinces with produc.
tion growth above the
national average.

A summary of the
outlook for the provinces
regionally follows:

Ontario: Real
economic growth in the
manufacturing and

service sectors this year
has been lower than
previously expected. In
its last forecast in
August, the board had
predicted growth of 35
per cent but now has
dropped that to 2.5 per

cent.

In 1978, Ontario growth
is expected to be 5.2 per
cent and the unem-
ployment rate is pre-
dicted to drop slightly to
68 per cent from a 1977
average of seven per
cent.

Quebec: Despite very
weak growth this year in
tg oeohds pr o
sector, the service sector
will pick up the slack and
1977 growth will be 2.8 per
cent, is below the
national average.
Although Quebec’s
growth next year will be
45 per cent, it will per-
form badly in comparison
to the rest of the country
with the third lowest rate
among the provinces, the
board said,

Unemployment will
continue to grow to an
annual average of 11 per
cent in 1978, up from 10.3
per cent this year.
RECOVERY SLOW

Manitoba: Real
economic growth this
year will be only ninc-
tenths of one per cent but
will rise to 3,7 per cent in
1978, The improvement
next year will be too slow
to bring about any major
reduction in unemploy-
ment so the jobless rate
will be 5.8 per cent, down
marginally from 5.9 per
cent in 1977.

Saskatchewan: The
province faces two
relatively poor years with

real growth this year of
1.4 per cent and in 1976 of
2.8 per cent due to low
prices for agricultural
products. The jobless
rate of 45 per cent,
second lowest in the
country, will be the same
next year,

Alberta: The provinciai

wth rate this year will

3.5 per cent, with only
the agricultural sector
showing weakness. In
1978, real output will in-
crease to 5.7 per cent.
Unemployment next year
will decline to 4.1 per cent
from 4.4 per cent this
year.

British Columbia: Real

owth will increase to
ive per cent in 1978 and
there will be a significant
improvement in the
unemployment rate. Next
year e jobless rate will

7.9 per cent compared
with 8.5 per cent in 1977.
Construction and the
service industries will
contribute most to growth
in 1978.

worker

I contacted Mrs.
Campagnolo’s office for
help. I must say that my
regard for MB's has
increased tremendously.

One of her aids, Ms. L.
Lambert spent many
hours, some of which
were far past her normal
work day, contacting
Various gover nm
officials. She did all the
paperwork, and in less

an two months
received a travel
document and my
citizenship, ;

feel that an MP which
is concerned about
constituents as _ in-
dividuals rather than
issues hwich will gain
votesis a valuable person
have as our
representative. The party
to which they belong
should be a secondary
issue, Unless our MP i8
willing to work hard to
represent us, we will gain
little regardless of the
party to which they
long.

I would like to tha nk the
many people in her o
and fa the Citizenship
Dept. which have helped
me in the past few
menths.

Sincerely yours,
T. Dimitrov