At 7 ie ke ee id Yagennot RITROL LOR et DEE Eee Teer RRE EEL ban) PAGE 2A, THE HERALD, Wednesday June 1, 1977 A person of Constant activity in the public eye Maureen McTeer didn’t expect to marry a politician. She didn’t belleve in the “white knight in shining ar- mor sweeping you off your feet.” It was just ‘‘one of those pragmatic decisions, in a way. I expected that someday I would marry, but I didn't give it much thought. Some people spend time thinking about that more than others.” McTeer happened to marry the man who became “The Leader” of the Progressive Conservative party. Despite the rigorous pace her husband's job entails, Maureen has continued to rsue her own career in w; two weeks ago, she completed the last of her exams. She maintains an - active role insome women’s groups and campaigns with Joe whenever it is ‘‘con- venient for everyone.” “Everyone” includes the couple’s baby daughter, Catherine. : . During an extensive in- terview with the Daily Herald, Maureen projected qualities of will and etermination behind the image of ali-Canadian niceness, She believes emphatically that her husband will win the next federal election. If he is elected, McTeer _ does not inted to play any assume that is role or authority any not . “legitimately’’ hers. a ve WSetb bass “There will always be people who say that I have influenced decisions that Joe has made because I am married to the leader of the party.” “Joe has always said that he accepts the best and most thorough argument. He doesn't accept an argument because it is made by K or YY, who happens to be his brother or his wife.” Ms. McTeer believes that there is definitely a role she PICKETS RETURN Profile -by JoAnne Ames must play as a contact in the party for women. There are women who want to express their concerns in govern- ment, and who may not have had a chance to do so because they have flet there was no one to whom they could talk. Or they may already have voiced con- cerns and been ignored. Maureen will listen to them, she says. She sees herself as an asset to her husband and to the party this way. And she sees their marriage as an asset. There ‘are a lot of young le who hare looking for a place to put their political commitments. They look at the young people who have “got it together’ and see a possibility that the politics of the party reflects in the relationship of these par- ticular people. Women look at the in- creasing role that other women are taking in the P.C, pry and see an outlet for their political energy. Is the marriage a bed of es? No. “There are some days that 1 wake up, and I think ‘why do I have to do this (campaign)? why can't I stay at home with my daughter?’ “There are certainly strains on the marriage. The strains don't come from Joe. In so many marriages, the problems often come from the husband being so totally involved in what he is doing. “Often the wife is also busy, but in different ways. She may be really involved infection, Maureen McTeer valiantly Despite a severe earache and throat high school students in Terrace Tuesday and her statement brought warm applause joined husband Joe Clark on stage before from the youthful crowd. in Housework... and believe me, that ig no easy job!” What happens is that after a few years, the wife begins tofeel that what she is doing is not as ‘valuable as what . her husband does. “That is especially true of women who work in the home. Their work is not Telephone signals are again crossed VANCOUVER (CP). — Proposed peace talks failed to materialize Tuesday at the British Columbia Telephone Co., resulting ina renewal of rotating strikes. Fickets appeared early in the day at the toll centres in Campbell River, Nanaimo — and Cranbrook, at service centres in Port Alberni, Duncan and Courtenay, and various other locations throughout the East Kootenays. An estimated 1,000 members of the Telecom- munication Workers of B.C. honored the picket lines. The union has been con- ducting rotating strikes for several weeks to protest the company's purchase of distributing frames from a Montreal-based firm in- stead of a subsidiary in nearby Burnaby. The two sides are fighting over interpretation of an arbitration award by lawyer R. Neil Monroe. Monroe clarified his award Thursday saying it clearly meant B.C. Tel should get into production of the frames locally. The union then sent a letter to B.C, Tel proposing they resume direct talks regarding the frames. Company spokesman Keith Matthews — said Tuesday that to his knowledge the letter had not been afiswered. He said the company has not changed its position that it is repared to resume rgaining once the Dr. Noel Hall] report is received regarding a settlement of all contract issues for 1977. Matthews suggested that the over-all issue that ap- pears to be developing is the company's right to manage its affairs, “The company has one and a half billion dollars invested in plant facilities in B.C. and that should give it the right to call the shots”, Matthews said. B.C. Tel has been buying the outside frames, stating they are cheaper than can be produced here. The union disputes the figures. The union gave two reasons for resuming the rotating strikes. One is that the company did not answer the union letter proposing new talks regarding the frames. A union statement said in addition the com- pany refused to attend an- other arbitration to rule on its grievance that members were illegally locked out of the Fort Langley and Hemlock exchanges. Fleet of planes draws P.C.’s flak OTTAWA (CP) — Two. Progressive Conservative MPs were up in arms in the Commons Tuesday over cabinet ministers using jets ddzolitical business at ayer expense. ohn Crosbie (PC—St. John's West) criticized the use of a government jet by External Affairs Minister Don Jamieson to deliver a $1.4 million cheque to the Canada Summer Games committee in Newfoundland last week. Crosbie said that after a brief airport ceremony at St. John’s, Jamieson went on to his riding. Tom Cossitt (PC—Leeds) demanded that the Liberal party reimburse the easury for Prime Minister Trudeau’s jet trips to Quebec and Prince Edward Island during campaigns for the May 24 byelections. Trudeau replied the Liberals would pay for those ips. Crosbie argued that the cheque to the Summer Games committee could have been sent by mail or given to members of the committee who were in Ot- tawa afew days earlier for a ceremony. In that ceremony, the committee gave Trudeau a Newfoundland pup. Par ee Replying to Crosbie’s charge in the Commons, Sport Minister [ona Cam- pagnola said there is no policy against the use of the post office for deliveries like the cheque. Better rates PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. cP - A Prince George Chamber of Commerce brief to the royal com- mission on operation of British Columbia Railway asks for preferential freight rates for goods travelling northeast from here, chamber spokesman Al Cordiner said Monday. Cordiner, who said the brief was still being drawn up, said construction of the proposed B.C. Rail link from Anzac, 70 miles north of here, to Tumbler Ridge, about 60 miles east in the northeast coal area will open up vast markets for the city. He said that by using the pool car system it costs the same to ship goods here frome astern Canada as it does to ship goods from the east to Edmonton or Van- couver and because of recent freight rate changes Prince George now js better able to compete with Ed- monton. a_i, nation sm mcs © mmm mca etme recognized as valuable by much of society.” ° In her own marriage, the problems of travelling, not much time together “that is really private’? and the pursuit of her own studies. all takes a toll. Sometimes, she simply REBATES -COMING VICTORIA (CP) — A check made by the in- surance Corp. of British Columbia of 15,000 rejected safe-driving rebate appli- cations has. found that 500 persons were wrongfully denied their rebates. Education Minister Pat McGeer, president of the Crown corporation, said in an interview Tuesday that ICBC is redressing the administrative error. “Cheques will be going out late this week ornearly next week to these people with the apologies of the car: . poration,” said McGeer. The minister noted that all of the 500 drivers were wider the age of 25. | Bev Penhail; ICBC spokesman, said two weeks ago that ICBC was making the check of the applications afler a reporter suggested at a news conference that .gome applications were turned down because ICBC ‘workers misinterpreted rebate requirements, Single, male drivers under 25 were offered 25- per-cent rebates on their 1876 insurance premiums if they received fewer than six penalty points and were not responsible for any ac- cidents during the 1976 calendar year. McGeer said he couldn’t guarantee there would be no similar administrative - error next year. On a related matter, the ‘minister said that safe- driving rebates will be more extensive next year than this year. . He said drivers who have gone two years without a blameworthy accident will receive a larger rebate than those who have gone only one year without such an incident, —_ Conversely, McGeer said, drivers who are ‘repeaters’’— have blameworthy accidents two ears in a row—will soon ve to pay a surcharge. takes an afternoon or a day to herself. , When she gave birth to her daughter, a nurse who was he} 1g her out gave her “some very good advice;" when things get to be too much, you should take some time for yourself. Go MAUREEN McTEER” will and dete shopping. Go home to your parents place. Just get away. “I'm not advocating that people abandon thelr responsibilities because they feel they've been treated badly. If a woman “has had to do the dishes seven nights out of the week, that doesn't mean that she should run off.” It is important that everyone find time to relax, though. Sometimes, whe leaves everything behind. The commitment that political. life involves for both Maureen and joe is fully recognized by both of them. They know it will mot be easy, and that it will robably be a period of at least 10 years for the both of them. . “But when you talk abou the strains on this marriage... I'd say they are thesame as any marriage in which the husband is really involved in his career.” Political and private disagreements should be handled in the same man- ner, as far as Maureen is concerned. You realize your disagreement exists, but you should not dwell on it. There have been no serious olitical differences so far, and it would have been impolite to inquire about the private ones. In either case, Maureen says, you have to face the person the next day. “There is no sense in degrading someone or drageine them through the mud, You wouldn't want to wake up feeling degraded. Once you realize you disagree, let it go at that. If there's one . thing I’ve learned from watching debates, it’s that you shoul keep your emotions out. When you start disagreeing for disagreement sake, it becomes an emotional point that qou hang on to.” “Tt is inevitable that Joe and I will disagree. on something -political sooner or later. After all, we're both very strong = in- dividuals. $MILLIONS LOST Conventioneers are U.S. bound MONTREAL (CP) — American legislation designed to keep convention business at home has cost the six Hilton hotels in Canada over $20 million this year, the president of Hilton Canada said Tuesday. Reginald Groome told a news conference that the six Hilton hotels in Canada have suffered about 50 convention cancellations in the first five months of 1977. Hilton estimates about 95 per cent of cancellations — , were due to the American law, which since Jan. 1 limits the amount of money that can be written off for tax purposes on conventions held outside the U.S. In addition, ‘‘We have letters on file where con- ventions have been cah- celled because of the political situation in Quebec,” Groome added. He said these can- cellations have occurred only since the Noy. 15 election of the Parti Quebecois government, but gave no further details. In normal times, the chances of a cancellation once a firm commitment is made is ‘one in a million,” he said. , Hilton operations include two hotels and the Place Ville Marie restaurants in Montreal, two hotels in Toronto, one in Quebec City and one in Vancouver. Groome said the Montreal hotel industry anticipates the worst tourist season since 1958 this summer because the U.S. govern- ment has encouraged Americans to vacation in their own country. While the American dollar is worth more than the: Canadian dollar this year, the information is not widespread among tourists who in recent years had to pay a premium on their U.S. money in Canada, Groome said. “And our hotel rates are more expensive than many American tourists are willing to spend because ed operating costs are hi here," he added. | 8 POSITION: © QUALIFICATIONS: RATE OF PAY: HOURS OF WORK: UNION: BENEFITS: APPLICATIONS: “A lot of people in government don’t say things pecause they want a cabinet post. They're afraid that if they fall out of the P.M.’s. favor, they will be out of a job.” Not so in the Progressive Conservative party, ac- cording to Maureen. what is good for Newfoundland may not be good for Toronto. Each M.P. must represent the interests of his or her own = riding. ; It is a tradition in the rty to disagree. Pike itis a tradition in the media saying that the Conservative caucus: is” falling apart. And to have rmination people believe that is ir According to the Gallup poll, Joe Clark is losing support. According {5 § _Maureen McTeer, Gallup polis are not always ac. curate, and the P.C. didnt lose seats in the recen. Quebec byelection, they § “just didn't win”. Joe has had the advantage now that he had in ihe leadership —_ convention, While everybody in the newsroom silts around and speculates about winners or losers, he is out talking to people. With the lady who didn't believe in white knights beside him. Greenpeace ‘in milfoil battle VANCOUVER CP - Greenpeace president Patrick Moore said Monday that his organization is prepared to support the Okanagan Environmental Coalition which is opposed to the use of herbicides in Okanagan Lake. “We plan to get in touch with them and send someone up to help organize the campaign against use of herbicedes to kill milfoil weed in the lake,” said Moore. He said the basic strategy would be to warn tourists that the lake has been treated with herbicide and that they should not swim in it, BIG JOHNS DELICATESSEN GROCERIES 10 AM-10 PM 7 DAYS A WEEK "72 Bittern Kitimat The Universities and Council Prince Rupert contact: Mrs. Alison Watt Assistant PUBLIC MEETING UNIVERSITIES COUNCIL Columbia will be holding a public meeting in Prince George on June 15, 1977. The Council is seeking information fram members of the public on all aspects of university education in British Columbia, encourages ail members of the public to attend. ~ Both written and oral. presentatlons-will be welcomed by the Council. we vawa paar en 1 Thursday, June 15, 1977 Room A, Amante Building : North West Community College . 820 3rd Avenue West 7:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Anyone wishing. -further detalls should Universities Council of B.C. 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