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Reproduction Is not permitted without the: written ae moe permission of. the Publisher. - Soviets suffering WASHINGTON (Reuter) — The Soviet Union is suffering - economic malaise but Moscow is unlikely to institute drastic reforms, Soviet analysts said in a congressional ” study released today: The 1,000-page analysis, comprising 50 studies by US. scholars and: government officials, generally. confirms other reports of slowdown in the Soviet economy and ‘ reinforces previous beliefs that U.S. efforts to impose trade ~~ ‘sanctions to exert leverage on Moscow have not succeeded. __ |The Soviet economy has entered a period ‘of malaise * marked by -a pronounced slowing of overall growth,” ~ concludes Central Intelligence Agency analyst Martin Kohn in a summary of some of the studies. He said It is unlikely. there will be radical corrective — - action even though economic results peobably will fall. short. of official Soviet expectations. “The Soviet economy, despite its monstrous inefticiences’ and irrationalities, grinds on,” he said. = The Soviet leadership “now - realizes economic im- . Fie said a theme of papers; compiled by the congresaion:I joint economic committet, is that western attempts to spply such pressures “run the risk of boomeranging.”’ U.S. Agriculture Department analyst David Schoonover . sniff Moscow probably will choose to use its acarce hard ' currency to buy agricultural products. Soviet agriculture is still relatively inefficient and will be dependent upon imports of grain and other commodities to _ meet commitments to rising standard of living, he said. Ottawa i improves maturity benefits — OTTAWA (CP) — The Commons has agreed to pass in one day this week proposed legisiation that includes im- provements to unemployment insurance maternity benefits caren, BDements Fr the rat ime to people who adopt The legislation, Jong sought by the women’s rights movement and described as long overdue by spokesmen for all parties, ls scheduled to get third and final reading in the Commons Thursday, Peter Black, a spokeeman for Judy Erola, minister responsible for the status of women, sald today. “The timing is perfect,’’ he sald, noting that passage should come on the heels of the second annual federal- provincial conference on women’s lasues, Federal, provincial and territorial ministers responsible for the status of women meet Tuesday and Wednesday in . Ottawa to discuss what progress has been made within their - jurisdictions on women’s issues In the lmat year, = The proposed legislation eliminates rules considered discriminatory to pregnant women and extends benefits to . a parent who takes time off work after adopting a child. An adopting parent-will be entitled to the tame benefits as a natural mother - —aA. maximum of 15 weeks. The package also covers aspects of the Unedipleyment Insurance Act due to expire next Sunday, the key reason for eck | nn ine Package Cirougr the Commons this wee Employment Minister Liord Axworthy, who Introduced the legislation, was told by cabinet he could only go ahead with the maternity benefit proposals if the Progressive Conservatives and New Democrats agreed to pass the package before the Sunday deadline. Other elements of the legislative package: are: ‘almed at strengthening existing parta of the program. : One extends for two years existing requirements that stipulate an individual must work between 10 and Lf weelia ° ina year, depending on the regional unemployment rate, to be eligible for benefits, Tals provision was due to expire. Sunday. Tt also clarifies rules covering benefits for. self-employed fishermen and. tearhers. The two main maternity amendments ‘would: at least 10 weeks around the time of conceptior to bé eligible for benefits. The new system would simply require « women to ghow the same work history required for sickness benefits — 20 weeks of work in the last year... The British general election ' campaign enters its last full week today with opinicer polls” © predicting a landalide victory for the ruling Conservatives, ‘Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who is seeking a. second term of office on June ?, was due to return from the western ecooomic summit in Williamsburg today to resume campaigning. Her party, with the support of between 46 and 49 per cent of those questioned, was at least 16 per cent ahead of the .. Opposition Labor party in weekend. polls. Labor had 30 {6 31.5 per cent support and the fledgling centrist AMlance 18 to” a. Leaders of the alliance of Liberals and the new Social: Democratic party, who are seeking to break the two-party mold in British politics, held a strategy meeting in Scotland . ’ and, pointing to a slight Improvement in the Alllance’s showing in the polls, sald Labor is already a spent force. But Labor Leader Michael Foot said in a television in: hong De remains optimistic despite his party's poor protectioe tor Thacher: Fide and’ "panies leaders | Roy, ‘Jenkias-and David-Beeet'b because of indications that, Irish: ° Republican Army guerrillas are planning a political . assasaination, . : ‘A than named ax one of the suspected guerrillas was. discovered to be living openly at-his home in the Irish . repubile but the police said today the extra protection will _ Continue.» - Atits meeting Sunday, the Alliance decided to adopt what . it called a higher profile and give Steel, the Liberal party's Popular leader, a larger role in {ts television campaign. Steel is second only to Thatcher in opinion polls on Britons' choice for prime minister, but Jenkins remains the. Alliance's prime minister-designate. . ‘Steel and Jenkins said they will limit attacks on the other . parties and concentrate on Alliance policies to the hope of wooing disillusioned Labor .eupporters or Conservative | voters wary of too extreme a brand of conservatism. ‘Conservatives have responded by turning on the'Alliance... . Party chairman Cecil Parkison said votes for the Alliance showing. British police said last week they had given extra ‘ mill Ht kn @ radical Labor. administration: ‘TORONTO (CP) — The Ontario government will remove its controversial handling charge on imported wines. this summer, but likely will replace it with other measures to ' protect domestic wineries. A spokesman for the Industry and Tourism Ministry said the handling charge will be removed by June 30 instead of _ being phased out over several years as originally proposed, ; Removal of the fee, brought about by strong opposition from the United States and the -European: Economic Community, will mean a reduction of up to 66 cents a bottle on the retail price of imported. wines. However, other . federat and provincial levies wilt still keep {hem about 75- ' per-cent higher in price than equivalent domestic wines. The handling fee was placed on all iiiported wines in October, 1981, after the Liquor Control Board of Ontario was told by the federal government to reduce its markups on imported wines in line with the General Agreement on _ Tariffs and Trade. . Low-priced Italian imports were the prime target of the handling charge. Imports account for about 30 per cent of | the Ontario table wine market, with Italy being the largest importer, 12.3 million litres in 1961-82, compared with MONTREAL. (GP) — A sessions court judge today postponed the preliminary hearing of yeteran Liberal MP Bryce Mackasey until Wednesday, allowing defence | _lawyers to review documents presented by the Crown. Mackasey, 61, faces three charges of Influence peddling for a now-bankrupt Montreal tooling machine company that ° Jo a8 peeking federal aviation contracts in 191 and 198%; —Repeal the rule that says a woman must have worked Both prosecution’ ad defece agreed to postpone proceedings after coneulting 25 of the 170 documents which the Crown gathered to support its cage. Meanwhile, preliminary hearings for Montreal Board of Trade president: Robert Harrison and businessman Jean " Bruyere, both charged along with Mackasey in the case, will be set on Wednesday. “Seanions Judge Benjamin Schecter rescheduled their hearings because Harrisoh’s Idwyer waa out of town. - {ini and conepiecy, * cued ot Hibing publ ot ‘Acials and conspiracy... ' "ass he listened to the. tn yal tres ce on ae ota or in prison. . : tome | nvoloes.: Wine handling charge removed ; second place France's 6.2 ‘aillion litres, Government officials did not: ‘say what other inceativesto - protect domestic winerléa would be Implemented. A. spokesman for the Ontario Agriculture and Food: ‘Ministry | said incentives have been considered, but discussions are in _ the preliminary stage.. . my ’ However, importers are worried that the handling tee : ‘eould be replaced by other charges, “The LCBO has 4 knack of fixing things up at the other. end," sald Stuart Culbertson, director of trade research for the Canadian Importers Association Inc. . ‘One possibility is a 10-to ‘15-cents-a-bottle, charge for storage and handling. Ontario wineries Mot pay it. | because they deliver wine dirsctly to the outlet. ‘But whatever additional charges the LCBO places on imported wines, the board's markup policies are what . Take them expensive. The board has a 45-per-cent markup on domestic wines, compared With a 110-per-cent markup on imports. | LCBO figures show that a bottle of domestic wine costing - $1.78. the source retails for $3.66, If the sama bottle were: . imported, it would cost $6.06 at the retail level. , Preliminary hearing postponed - Mackasey has denied in the House of Commons that he was a paid lobbyist for Les Atellers d’usinage Hall itee., 3. ‘machine tooling firm that went bankrupt a year ago: . Accompanied by his wife Margaret and daughteri Brenda and Susan, Mackasey appeared calm and detached terwards how he felt, he sald: “Quite relaxed, really.” “Mackasey, a Montrealers’ who now. represents the : southern Ontario riding of Lincoln, was first ‘elected to the . House of. Commons in 1982. He has been labor minister, immigration minister, postmaster aeneral anda chairman of Air.Canada, . ; Crown prosector Michel Baint-Cyr sald he intends to call “about® 20 witnesses” diring the preliminary - whieh will determine whether enough evidence pine ‘sent them to trial yo “It all stema from my own expéelence with my: things that were lacking, " explaing MacDonald, 1 - Car-seat covers, ata "Han $18.99 “portable highehali, @ soft aprotdilee atfalr to tle Was. @ tot into an <" vestate investment to: evelap. Palliwogs | “thaker, ile beep il real "profit. Aiea he hopes to pay herselt $a hour af : ba ang reenter - °: ‘sale ‘she fond that by the ime her ha 8-up, ahe'd - vas : Ps , “or sa ae ; : Polina heagee aah ot has bas nego bee Materials and wages: But this apring, thanks to-\'a con: , duplicated last year's sales in just five weeks. _ tome on. the northern B.C. coast, Walker found one for. _ Outraged, she told her story to her fisherman haba 7 ‘Tracy, who promptly made one for her. peated. aa oe "Asked by a reporter af ‘retail peice of-$19.99- -ehair, are the hot sellers iow, Macbousld detied i tphenae inter veil see ach large. AE rete “on the part of the MacDonalds, the busirisas. Five months ago Joanna Walker set out to buy: a wo -” clothes dryer, the old-fashioned kind that accordions Into a”, ev tt three-lered drying rack, “After'a trek throtgh five stores near her Powell oe little rickety thing that broke when I took it out of box;"*” . The result was “an extremely slurdy dryer” and s career for Walker.” Walker has been ‘turning out wooden racks at the rate of Quebec actions © “unconstitutional: MONTREAL (CP) — The ‘Quebec government. acted, -uneonstitutionally last. December when it tabled in. “the.” ‘ national assembly a French-only copy of the detailed téema Of:an imposed public service contract, Quebec Supetion. ‘Court ruled today. A government lawyer sald -the decision would be ie The challenge was launched by 12 junior college teachers“. : charged with violating the Quebec Labor Code by striking. “penal Ganughttegsatie chet aenatanas noe dome” 7 - posed through legislation after negotiations broke down. Lawyer Phillip Cutler, who represents the teachers, | : argued two weeks ago that under Article 198 of the British North America Act, the national assembly’ had to table the | annex containing the details of the contract in English as | well: _ Article 188 upecifies that French or English can be tisedin 7 “the debates of Parlidment and the Quebec legislature: It~ 3 ‘also says both languages should be used “in the respective | ‘records and journals of those houses.” Catler argued thatthe term | “records” covers annexes to ‘legislation such as that cutlining the terms of the contract. “The use of French in the New Brunswick legislature was ~ "also affected by the Deschenes ruling because the province - ,« opted into:Article 158 in the 1982 Constitulon’s Chartet of -- ts. cel it or Ne elas "In 1979, the Supreme. Court. of Canada: struck dows - Manitoba's 1890 Official Language Act which had made - "English the official Janguage and upheld the 1870 Manitoba ‘Act, which Includes similar guarantees to Article 133 of the BNA. Act. The decison today would thus influence: in terpretation of the Manitoba Act. . The Supreme Court tater said municipalities and school : boards do not -have to legislate in. English and French. _ although provincial agencies in Manitoba and Quebec ~..: and now New Brunswick —. must use both languages. in Adopting regulations and bylaws. - In 1881, the Supreme Court ruled that quebec deérees; ~ bylaws and regulations had to be bilingual. ‘After today’ s judgment, Cutler told réporters the decision. was “a union victory and a great victory for my cHients:!!:: - Cutler said the ruling means that bills 70 and 1065 off thie | "Quebec government. never existed and public service: workers now have their working conditions exactly. the" . same as they were under the Inst contract, which expired in December, 1962, two or three a day. Sales of about five'a week at €90.00'4'~ rack keep ber in muppites — materials run about $4°0 ° 7 © Ger Gl at adits eye, ‘More than $9,000 charges of striking illegally have heen Jaid and all of them-must be withdrawn, or the court will dismiss ‘them, Cutler said. : “ Juntice Jules’ Deschenes today also dismlssed tare o “agalnst the: 12 juntor' college professors; In aseparate case, Culler said three: unions representing " junior college ‘teachers are claiming more th ‘rom the Quebec government for salaries that were het bald: “under. cutbacks coritained in legislation that was ‘truck we | ‘Letters defined. | i “OTTAWA (CP) — The federal cabinet haa finaliy ap- “proved Canada Post’s legal definition of a letter, after three | rejections and a vigorous year-long debate between postal, officials and business, consumer groupe and municipalities, The new regulations, which take effect Sept. 1, include»: - _ Specific exemptions that bow to some of the complaints. of. _ interest groups which feared the post office was taking ita: : monopoly power over mail too far. ' Under, the new rules, banks are free to move securities . andother documents electronically, bulk mailing is allowed... without postage. ' A letter had. been defined 4 as. “mailable. matter. in any ~ form”: welghing leas than 500 grams. which is “intended for —_ - transralssion to an Septination gr: delivery to’ any Se: - dress." That. detinition, ‘contained in’ ‘earlier sroposalls, ‘Femeins.. . regulations generally. make it clear that-the Be post affice intends. 9 ensure, its, monopoly - Without: , and the new ee Sa tonal business practices. || - tingle container for delivery. Atenas, packaged, this way are. . considered single letters, ‘The definition allows businesses, such as a com peatieo, - . 0 Lae portable Invoice machines where individual bills are:... determined and dropped at a household. . _Htalso contains exemptions from its definition of a letien that were made in previous efforts to. Settle the isaye. Phe: previous, exemptions are private ‘notes. ‘between, - . friends, cheques, items addressed to. the houbeholder, - newspapers, magazines, book, catalogues, blank forme, musical seores, diplomatic -menstaea and: : -anuteripts, ‘ and urgent letters can be hand-delivered iby. employees. Loe