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McKinnon welcomed

VICTORIA (CP) — Ap-

paintment of Allan
McKinnon as federal defence
‘and veterans’ affairs

minister was . welcomed
Monday by” Canada’s top
‘aval officer. -

‘. Vice-Admiral | Andrew
‘Collier, commander of
“Maritime Command, * aid
the appointment was fitting
in view of McKinnon’s in-

_ formed role as defence critic
dor the last few years.

-.: Collier, -who retires June
2, said he was surprised.
McKinnon was also

given the veterans’ affairs

portfolio. as well as defence
taut, because most veterans’
programs are being phased
out, the duties ehowidy not be
too oner Hs,
Rear-Admiral . Michael
Martin, ‘ commander
maritime forces, Pacific,
‘sald = MecKinnon'a ap-
Trem ee must be locked at
apositive paint of view.
He has been pretty
positive about defence over

“McKinnon, a

armed forces In 1965 with the
rank of major, .

“He has an insight into de-
fence matters not avallable
ta other members of the

‘eabinet due to his. close

connections in defence

matters and having fellowed
what has been

happening, ” Marin sald,

He aid McKinnsn’s
reaffirmation to Canada’s
commitments to NATO and
NORAD, combined with his
stated intentlon to re-equip

and strenghten manpower in
the armed forces, are
positive step. ;

Larry Harrison, provincial
secretary of the Royal Cana--

dian Legion, said his group
has nothing but positive
feelings about McKinnon's
appointment.

John Colling, chairman of
the Veterans’ Righta
Association here, said
veterans upset with the
turnover of veterans’ hospi-
tals to provincial govern-
ments would have to wait
and see how the new
minlater will turn out.

He said his. association
would be pressing for the
amalgamation of veterans’
clinics with defence
department facilities.

Choices applauded _

TORONTO (CP) —
Minister Joe Clark's cabinet

(Tuesday by some members
“a the: Canadian business
“community.

"Sam Hughes, president of

"He wae

shecame

T

. “the: Canadian Chamber of | § ,

“Commerce, said there is “a
“lot of business experience

“backing up the senior [i

upositions,”

-pleased that
Hobert Rene de -Cotre
economic si
development and trade
minister after: losing the
“election but receiving the
“ministry by way. of a Senate
“appointment.- .

.,,Hushes sald Rene de Cotre
a icons But on the

“ote scene but should be |

geod in that job.” .

tithes also cited the
appointments of Sinclair
ens as treasury board
“Tninister, John Crosbie as

, finance minister, Michael

; Wilson as minister of state —

‘for international trade as
particularly good choices.

ge faa

Af Lover conbervatives for:his
“Pe fitst--cabinet Monday,
4. selecting advisers larg y

Patrick Lavalle, president

_of Canada, was pleased with

The - appointees

of the Automotive Parts the strength placed in the tremendously familiar with
,eholees were applauded Manufacturers Association economic portfolios. .

They're his decisions.

automotive parts and the
auto industry,” he said.

Rene de Cotre had been
president ef the Conference
Board in Canada and Lavelle
Gescribed him as -being

"very familiar with’ the .

problems that have plagued
the industrial heartland.”

- Lavelle was also happy |
with the emphasis placed on

international trade and
noted. that his association
has recommended. . the
splitting of this area away
from finance and industry,
trade and commerce.

sald..

“]. presume Wilaon knows

something about — in-
ternational trade —- he’s
from Dominion Securities.
He'll have to bone up on the
auto-pact agreement. —

“It's one of the most im-

- portant agreements ‘in our
. international trade and ‘I'll

nen to bring him up to

‘OTTAWA | (CP)
’ Prime Minister Joe Clark
favored progressives

of his awn generation and

middleroad outlook to

guide the country's

political,- economic and.
| affairs.

He rejected many Con-
servatives of the 1957-1963

- Diefenbaker era — thorns

in the. side of his
predecessor as  Pro-
Zressive Conservative
leader and former boss,
Robert Stanfield. :

Though he appeared to
restructure the cabinet,
appointing a 11l-member
“inner cabinet” of super
ministers led by himself
plus a series of specialist
subcommittees, Clark
broke little new ground.

Pursuing long-
este }lished pattern,
Clark's appointments pay
off political debta out-
standing since he won the

party leadership at a
. divided 1976 convention.
‘Ina tradition ap old ag

i aGoy
Ceaafeder elon: ee

hig cabinet aa
far as possible by region,
promising to reinforce
representation from
Quebec as soon as he can
find recrults, from that
province for the Senate
and his cabinet.

The Clark cabinet thus
is incomplete, But so far
it Is strongly Clarkish in
its tone,-with middle age
favored over old-line
veterans, the political
middie stream over the
party's right wing.

The only veterans of the
Diefenbaker — ad-
ministration, and two of
the oldest appointments,
were drawn from the
Senate to provide ' some
extra Quebec _—srep-

_Yesentation — Jacques
Flynn, 63, in justice and
Martial Asselin, 55,

- foreign aid minister,

Passed over were such

Progressive was the key

“Quebec, with. more to
-come. -

Tory warhorses as
George Hees, Alvin
‘Hamilton, Walter Din-
ss vgitade? Marcel-cambert _
all members of Diefen-
baker's cabinet — and
’ Diefenbaker himself, -

So were Eldon
Woolliams, Lloyd Crouse,
Otto Jelinek, Frank
Oberle and party presi-
dent Robert Coates, all
associated with the right —
wing of the party.

However, Clark picked
four of his 1976 rivals for
the leadership, all of
whom swung their sup-
port behind him in final
ballots — Flora Mac-
Donald, Sinclair Stevens,
ee and Heward

raf

Regionally, the 30-
member Clark cabinet
includes five each from
Atlantic Canada and the
Prairies, three, from
British Columbia, one
from the North, 12 from
Ontario and four from

The precise structure
and dperation of the
cabinet remains unclear,
even to some of the ap-
pointed ministers. Clark
has superimposed six new
cabinet’ committees on
four existing commiltees.

Among the ap-*
pointments, eight’ are
designated. ministers of
state. Some appear to be
assistants to other
ministers who — head
departments, others
seem to have a co-
ordinating role among
several departments. But
Clark. says all eight
ministers of state are in
the “full cabinet.”

His new, so-called inner
cabinet has 11 members,
including one minister of

state,
Just how this
overlapping: and in-

terlocking structure will
work in practice remains
to be explained,

oh

“are |

“Oops, how.about hat — it isn *t out of fuel aera all? AUN te’

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ies sone

“It’s a positive move," he

* Indian

OTTAWA . (CP) — The ap-
polntment of -Manitoban
Jake Epp.as minister of

Indian and northern affairs -

took native leaders ‘by.
surprise and has raised some
fears about whether., the

minister can handle’ civil

servanta under ‘him.

Amold Goodleaf - et the
300,-000-member National
Indian Brotherhood said
Tuesday that the
organization had no profile
of Epp's voting pattern on
matters and
suggested Epp hag not been
toa involved,

“That ralses the basic fear
that he will be overrun by the
bureaucrats that sre still
around,” Goodleaf, special
assistant to brotherhood
president Noel Starblanket,
said in an interview.

“His appointment came as
somewhal of a surprise.”

Harry Daniels, president

af the Native Council of
Canada, sald he knows little ©

about the new minister. The
council had expected Dr.

” Robert Holmes, Progressive

Conservative Indian affairs
critic in the last Parliament,
to gat the post.

The council represents
about 750,000 Metis of mixed
Indianwhite blood residing
mainly in the Prairies, It
also represents another
750,000 non-status Indians
seatlered throughout Can-
ada. Neither group Is
covered by
legislation, .
- “We're ready to work with
the minister and hopefully
we can strike up a rapport,”
Daniels sald,

Epp's Manitoba riding of
Provencher contains 7,000

Indians covered urider the

federal '

| SOME FEARS: TOO
_ Surprises for sonie.

” federal Indian Act and 7,000
Metis and non-atatus In-
dians. ;
Shortly after Epp was in-
ducted into cabinet Monday,

the 40-year-old Mennonite .

said he wants to mark his
ministry with, “perception
and ‘So-eperation "

the’ immigration
rite in the last Parliament,
said he would draw natiyes
intohia circle of advisers and
incorporate their con-

tributions -insteading of

re

sim imposing his will.
imply imps that means

native appointments into the‘
upper echelons of declslon-:

making remains to be seen,

‘Epp was non-commital
about the- fate of several
high-ranking civil servants
in his ministry or whether
natives would be appointed
assistant deputy ministers.

-He said he will sound out
his cabinet colleagues for
some advice.

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Gondtest Bad 169 the
brotherhood, iy to
meet “Epp. ‘to “dldites . the

‘Indian Act’ “adendinents,
constitutional +Hike}2 Indian
government: iimnd bindian
-Fepresenta tion ia'i4 Hepart.
ment. ADRia lo eal .
“We're also’ reddy to
educate the - minigger,”
Goodleaf said: -
“We've had to do It five
times in 10 years," he said.
“Another one is not going to
make any difference.”

noisomé | skank?‘ du

Clark’s first party as
prime minister was the
sweet, sweet smell of suc-
cess,

More than’
Progressive Con-
servatlves — cabinet
ministers, MPs, party
workers,;. organizers,
fund-raisers, aldes and
families — were there for
a whiff, and they guiped
down their first real
breath of. power with
gusto.

Hours earlier, Clark
and his cabinet had been
officially sworn in at
Government House, and
the party was thrown as a
thank you gesture for
those who had helped end
16 years of Liberal rule.

The bash took place at
Stornoway, residence

6)

only real fragrance at in

reserved for.the leader of .

Sweet smell of anaes

OTTAWA {CP) — The ..
party’ was crashed bya ‘a

the Offiglal oppontien, 7

was time the Clark’ 8
found something better.

There was the skunk, of
course. It shawed up just
as the prime minister was
in the midst of greeting
iis long Hne of guests, A
Mountle set off in hot
pursuit, his hand on hia
gun holster, chasing the
critter away.

However, a hint of his
aroma remained,

The grass was uncut,

And the roses weren't
yet In bloom.

The crowd - that
gathered under four large
striped marquees — set
up in the event of rain, but
used to shade guests from
the sun — sipped cool
Canadian champagne
from - table-top fountains
and allowed things would
be different at 24 Sussex
Drive.

‘

oat there, were, a te
mA by | Mp oi onthe
thee the crow mires |

and daughter Catherina, 2
1-2, move in this weekend. :

Liberal Leader Pierre
Trudeau and his three:

sons: will take over.
Stornoway sometime:
later. :

For food, the prime .
minister laid on smoked:
sturgeon and salmon,
fresh stawberries, raw
vegetables and caviar,

And there were . soft
sounds froma small
musical combo.

But the real music had’
a political ring. [t came’
from Clark, ensually’
dressed in a suede jacket:
and open-necked shirt, his‘
ministers, tidy in three-
piece pin-atripea and
ordinary Conservatives,
humming happily along.

- These are the men i in Clark’s new cabinet

~ OTTAWA (CP) ~The new

: Conservative cabinet. of Joe

Clark in bri

Joe Clark,39, prime
minster; First elected to
Commons in 1972 and now
MP for Yellowhead, Alta.

Chosen Conservative leader
. atid leader of the Opposition

in the Commons Feb, 22,

. 1976.

Senator Jacques Flynn,63,
justice minister and leader

of the government in ‘the

’ Senate: Member of the
' Commons from 1968 until

1962, Mines -miniater in:
Diefenbaker government in
1062. Summoned to Senate
alter defeated In 1962

. goneral election. Leader of
_the opposition in Senate from

1067.
John Crosbie; 48, finance

_ minister: MP for St. John’s

.. Wealthy

\. Progress!

West, Nfld,, since 1678."
lawyer from
prominent business family,

. Former Liberal who served
- as Newfoundland finance

minister from 1972-74 a8 a
ive, Conservative.

" Was critic on the department

of industry, trade and

: commerce In Commons,

earning a reputation for

"quick wit.

Sinclair Stevens,§2,
president of the treasury

board, a millionaire lawyer
and financier from Toronto.
Failed in early 19608 bid to
establish the Bank of
Weatern Canada. First
elected to Commons in 1972
for YorkSimcoe, now York
‘Peel, Served in last
Parliament as chlef Con-
servatiye finance critic,

Allan McKinnon, 62,
defence minister: . Firat
elected to Commons in 1972
In Victoria and defence critic
for Conservatives for most of
the time since, Retired army
officer.

Ray Hnatyshyn,45,
minister for energy, mines
and resources: MP for
Saskatoon West, formerly
Saskatoon-Biggar, in
Saskatchewan since 1974.
Lawyer with an easy-golng
personality and‘a special
interest in civil rights.
Deputy House leader In the
last Parliament.

David Crombtie,43, health
and welfare minister: First
elected in Oct. 16, 1078,
byelection ia Toronto
Rosedale. Mayor of Toronto
from 1972 to 1978, reelected
three times, Got party into
trouble by saying the gov-
ernment should be willing to
negotiate
association with Quebec,

sovereignty-

Robert de Cotret,34, trade
and commerce minister:

First elected in 1978 by- °

election in Ottawa Centre.
Upset May 22 after being
touted as. cabinet material.
An economist and former

president of the Conference

Board in Canada,

_ Walter Baker,48, president

of the Privy Council and
revenue minister: MP ‘for
Nepean-Carleton in
suburban Ottawa since 1972,
A lawyer and Conservative
House leader in the last
Parliament. Has an in-
tensely partisan and often
ponderous style.

John Wise,43, agriculture
minister: MP for Elgin in
Ontario since 1972. A former
da farmer who is
generally well-respected
among farm groups. Party
agriculture spokesman since’
1974.

Don Mazankowski,43,

transport minister and:

minister responsible for the
wheat board: MP for
Vegrevilla in Alberta since
1968. A Conservative tran-
sportation critic since 1974
and: critic on government
operations since 1976.
Lincoln Alexander,57,
minister of labor: MP for

Hamilton West .in Ontario
since 1963. A iawyer, his
shadow portfolios in
previous Parliaments in-
cluded housing, labor,
welfare, manpower,
migration aid government .
operations.

James McGrath,47,
minister of fisheries: MP for
St, John's East, Nfld., for 17
of the last 22 years, A father
of six, he’s spent virtually all
his working years in politics,
serving for the last two years
as. chairman of the Con-
servative caucus committee
on social policy.

David MacDonald,42, state
secretary and minister of
communications: MP for
Prince and then Egmont on
Prince Edward Island since
1968, Former United Church
minister who was kicked out
of Clark's shadew cabinet in
1877 after broke party ranks
in the Commons by voting
against Immigration
legislation. Reinstated, he

“Was culture critic and

statusof-women spokesman
in the last session.

Roch LaSalle,49, minister
of supply and services: Only
French-Canadian Con-
servative MP elected May
22, Elected since 1968 from
Quebec riding of Joliette.
Has served ‘since 1976 as

im-"
- employment

Clark's Quebec political

‘lieutenant. Left party ranks
.for two years to sit a8 an
Independent In early 19704.

Ron Atkey,37, minister of
and = im-
migration: First elected: in
Toronto St Paul's in 1972,
lost in 1974, and beat state
secretary John Roberts May
22. Lawyer and professor of
constitutional Law.

John Fraser,47, post-
mastergeneral and minister
of environment: MP for
Vancouver South since 1972
and chief party spokesman _
on labor. . Unsuccessful
candidate for party iead-
ership when Clark chosen In
1975. Tough debater,

Allan Lawrence,33,
solicitorgeneral and con-
sumer affalrs minister: MP
for DurhamNorthumberland
in Ontario since 1972 after a
14-year career In the
provincial legislature,
Among the provincial
cabinet posts he held were
attorneygeneral and juatice
secretary. A politician with a
temper, he’s served as
Conservative food and
resources critic,

Erik Nielsen,53, public
works: First elected as MP
from Yukon in 1957. Lawyer
who has been freauent critic
of solicitorgeneral's

department over the years.
Served on Commons com-
mittee investigating
penitentiary system. Strong
advocate of Alaska gas

pipeline.

Elmer Mackay,42,
minister of regional
economic expansion: MP for
Central Nova in Nova Scotia
since’ a 1971 byelection. A
lawyer who also participated
in his family lumber
business, he gained a
reputation as a pariia-
mentary muckraker and de-
voted considerable time to
grilling government on
RCMP security service
wrongdoing,

Flora MacDonald,53,
minister of external affairs:
First elected in 1972 from
Kingston and the Islands.
Only woman ameng 13
candidates for party
leadership in 1978. Party
constitutional expert in the
jast Parliament.

Jake Epp, 39, minister of
Indlan affaira and northern
development: MP for
Provencher in Manitoba
since 972 after an 11-year
carcer teaching high school.
Conservative caucus
spokesman on immigration
for six years, he is con-
sidered a moderate.

Senator Martial
Asselin,55, minister of state
for the Cunadian In-
Agen Ea Development

ency: er appoint
to Senate in’ 1972." Served
briefly in  Diefenhaker
eabinet before perional
defeat in 1968-electlon. Re-
elected in 1985 and 1968, Vet-
eran Canadian delegate to
international conferences.

Bill Jarvis,43, minister of
state for federal-pravincial
relations: MP for Perth
Wilmot and now Perth in
Ontario since. 1972. Was
Bolicltor-general critic for
the party in the last Parlia-
ment,

Heward Grafftey, 51,
minister of state for social
programs: Country lawyer
from Quebec Eastern
Townships riding of
Mississquoi. Elected since
1958, was knocked out of 1976
Conservative leadershi
contest on first vate. Serv
as consumer and corporate
alfairas critic in last
Parliament. Bilingual ang-
lophone, he and Roch
LaSalle are the only Con-
servative MPs from Quebec.

Perrin Beatty, 39, minister
of state 1(treasury board):
represents Wellington-
Dufferln-Simeoe con-
stituency in Ontario. First
elected in 1972. During last

Parliament criticized gov-
ernment handling of Loto-
Canada and waa treasiry
board critle. .

Robert Howie, 50, minister

_ of state (transport): MP for

YorkSunbury in New

Brunswick since 1972.

‘

Steve Paproski, 50,
minister of state for fitness
and amateur sport- and
multiculturalism: MP for
Edmonton Centre in Alberta
since 1968. Former Ed-
monton Eskimos lineman.
Party whip in the Commons
for three years arid one of the
three MPs to support Clark’s
1976 party leadership bid
from the start,

Ron Huntington, 88,
minister of state for small
business and industry: MP
for Capilano constituency in
the Vancouver area in 1974.
Businessman. Chairman of
the Commons standing com-
mittee on public accounts in
last Parliament.

Michael Wilson, | 41,
minister of state for in-
ternational trade: Elected
for first time May 22,
defeating Liberal energy
minister Alastair Gillespie,
Has worked for securities
company, spectatizing in
government finance and
international markets,