Page 37 The Herald, Friday, June 20, 1980 MP says gov t used t 1e 10. and 14 “Weeks in the ‘ingmployment rates, previous: year. to collect - benefits. The weeks vary senior | OTTAWA (CP) — The gov- ernment made scapegoats of - thousands’ ‘of. | jobless Canadians during the. 1970s ' because federal officials badly miscalculated unemployment levels,. a former Liberal cabinet minister sald Thursday. Bryce Mackasey, who held the manpower olio in the early 1970s,. told the Commons the government . initiated _ wellorchestrated campaigns across Canada _ highlighting alleged abuses of the unemployment in- surance program so it could justify making it harder for unemployed people to get The tragedy is that the fi- nance. department did not appreciate those people were out of work through no fault ‘ of their own, said Mackasey, | MP for the Ontario riding of Lincoln, He was speaking during second-reading debate on legislation that shifts more unemployment insurance costs to the private sector. and extends: entrance rules that require insurance claimants to work. hetween Miner’s VAL D'OR, Que. (CP) — Rescue workers using a miniature camera have spotted the mudeaked bodies ’ of two of the eight miners trapped underground in the. Belmoral gold mine, a pro- vinecial police spokesman said today. Constable Jacques Letourneau said the bodies were discovered. late Thursday in .a . ventilation shaft near the bottom of the 150-metre deep mine afler the’ camera — which 19 hooked to a television monitor — was lowéred to the area through a narrow le. according “They were completely’ to covered in mid, " he said, “They looked a bit like” in mud and water. : statues.” + Tt was not possible to New - Mackasey. said a ‘group: and are probably. submerged.” Three .other’ « - Letourneau said. “The bodies were the first ' miniature camera detected May 2. in the same, ven-. tiation shaft, but their. bodies have not been found © at} tives Sardar con Always!” : they sighted since. the eight water-marks on the walls of miners were trapped by mud the ventilation’ shaft that - and slime that poured’down , were. well above. -the:.two.. the mine following a, cavein | miners’ heads, Angleating ae : rowhed . © Letourneau ‘said - ‘three. immed af m the ve- other men are “believed: : el ya aii trapped . : _ : probably vale, of fou per. cent. st whveab: of. ae ‘in pats 10, ‘the. beeen public.’ ‘seryan{s: regional . predicted. an ‘unemployment y the . - their efforts ‘to. reath the’, no longer be used. > 7 ‘yecently Stop ON LY SAVE 28% Ey, . . wos pe. Reg. $1.07 sation Limit3 Per Customer ole ASSORTED CLEANING. SATURDAY ONLY + SUPPLIES ee. _ Limité Per Customer a owe IWPALA.* 2doar, Va, auto _ : i979 WONTE CARLO very low miteage, - very clean, V8, auto, rédlo - . om THOT clean, 4 door": an 5 ciNAND V8, auto, tapedeck, _ redwith vinyl roof. - mat gina) 1GN. wie + 635-4941 ‘sophisticated. “Geeraért; * ae ‘Terrace Hotel, ‘recelved" : | fe |. District: Labor Council and - ~ thelocal NDF: ‘Association’ on Br a7 ‘ ‘Thursday. . 200 ONLY SODONLY SO0ONLY SAVE [SAVE 34% | cane ASSORTED GRAFT nae , putt flavors COLOURING BOOK 20 pack Limite Per Customer Limits Per Customer es eee Limits Per Customer, "_Deater No. Lag2A bodies faly found = a “Thelr bodies were Un- . - covered" only’ after rescue an miners,” _ believed trapped: in other identify the bodies, and it -areas of the .mine,. ‘were was unlikely that .rescue | given up for dead by. mine workers would be able-to- officials some. time’ ago. reach. the’ site for several Their bodies have “yet o be. days.1 - Tors of muck still clog found. . e mine, : workers siphoned out mud - _and water from the top of the - shaft, using ps lowered igh a parrot hole from - ‘the gsmetre: level: ‘of ‘the - -geverdl MPs from ‘all parties. -Thuraday news ; conference. mine. . The police spokesman said: rescue ‘workers willicontinue . bodies by pumping out iriud .along'a ramp leading to the — ‘shaft, a task ‘which could: ‘. take at least two days. , He-added the camera wil. “Rescue: oorters had: : using the plece .: equipment when: it tailed a detect “any bodies in _ the - shaft. ‘But Letourneau maid thal, when it-was returned te-its _ | manufacturer in’ Montreal, | -technicians discoverad. At. was ‘malfunctioning, . The camera was repaired." ‘and flown back to’ Val aor : ote mea ie Sa a8 7 | Labor’ says a: fond farewell & a “to Geerearts — “Augie -and.!” “Binara: . ictmer. owners. of - “Away. , “presents. from’ ‘Kitimat-Terrace- aad :. - The labor council has. "appreciated the support:and : friendship they've ‘teceived | ‘| “from. the Geeraerts, said.a * spokesman. . Croft: Randle, . - _ speaking: for..the NDP, thanked “the Geeraerts for |: thelr years. of help... “Some of my best friends are in this room,” ‘said. Augie, Geeraert. peo - “We've always. enjoyed: + agi ‘With you “through - the years,” sald ‘Linora Geeraert. pe to at a : ie the. cate burden.of the™*: to employers and: percent, element . the country,"" he sai splls at: the ae alten ia oa :. Mackasey :.was.' ‘ariong** vironment’ officials ‘told: a -who warned the government. not to react-to high levels of - unemployment: -by: further tightening. eligibllt, ‘rules. A. - Hiberal:. and a Progréasive “Conservative ; ’ called on the’ government to “eliminate . the®-system, ‘of ‘- applying: the unemployment ‘Insurance. program*: ‘differ: ently-in. various ‘regions al - \ the country. - ; Quebec: Liberal. * Rosaire Gendron - (Kamouraska- -Riviere'du Loup) said many.- of his -constituents are not, treated fairly. because ‘the. - unemployment rate used by government does not- ac- * curately. reflect local cond - tong. «| ; ‘Under. ‘the © program, . ’ Canada is: divided ‘into . 48: “economic: zones - and. the. unemployment rate in: each. : “determines how many. weeks, _ & pereon must work, before: qualifying’ for. benefits” and. ‘whether those’ benefits can- be extended. beyond -the:* regular period, “ Geadron sald the. sim ‘ployment raté in same-areas ~ “of his riding -is 40-per ‘cent; but unemployed people: do‘ “not. qualify as. readily . for": “benefits: because. ‘lumped into. the Quebec-Clty: ea, where’ unemployment’: ‘substantially ea S Manitoba" “Conservative” Gordon ‘Taylor’ (Bow River) - _ sald unemployed ‘people: in ‘every: region deserve equal” . treatment. - ‘Tory spokesmen have said: - they: support the.bill in prin: ciple, - while. several New. . Democrats, oppose It. ° . ~~ British: Columbia New: - corn and black beans: Democrat’ Lyle ‘Kristianson ° (Kootensiy-West) - criticized the legislation ‘on grounds that. people .who..aarn. ‘incomes. get the. ‘least - benefits during. times -of . unemployment. . my they “are -. Project. manager Daye mae Carney protests money that’ allowance ‘be “teane” _ - pferred ‘to QTTAWA (CP) Pat Car: ney, an MP and the mother of a As-year-o'3, gon, said Thursday ‘she. is boycotting ‘the’ Commons . until something it-done about the _ lack of travel allowances for single parents. ‘Miss. Carrey “statement’ Thursday” that Commons rules permit spouses of matried MPs to travel to Ottawa six. times-@ _, year. But. the Commons ‘committee. on members’ _-services. refused: this week -after three months of study to take aetion on ‘her, request . ‘Canada, Mexico sign * | Nmiticd: ‘cITy (CP) — ‘Chnada: and Mexico sign an “agtesment today \- ’ Canadian » ‘grain sales and reauitin: technical assistance vin: -BTPas ‘such. as, hog. Bro- “duction, “ Trade ia: Malakar sh Bas Lumley, heading ‘delegation of Canadian - business and, government ‘representatives, ‘sald 'Thureday ‘that Canada: ex- pects to Yell Mexico more : Wheat, rapeseed and. skim milk powder and ‘will look at -the possibility of. exporting .No specific targets. have been ‘set, he said, -but they — will be Wot ad; out thitiss.. ring a. vis ait to Ca ada by. the Mexican . minister of commerce, Jorge . dela Vega” Dominguez. Limit 4 Per Customer SAT. e@ || SAT. Me || S47 1 ONLY: ONLY gBaD a. | [ONLY 1, 400, «| SAVE 00. [SAVE 32% CONSUMER KLEENEX GLASS JARS PAPER TOWEL 12.32 oz. per cases _ zrai pack ° SATURDAY ONLY ; SATURDAY ONLY er x Case t Limit? Per Customer We rese’va the right to limit quantities _At your neighbourhood K mart store \ SATURDAY ONLY—While quantiues last. it’s. Now scaees . ) For Some, a It’s. the — | Future . . For thousands of government etnployees’ = and: teachers across: the province, the Social Credit Government Public Sector ’ Pension Legislation means a CUT inpay - cheques. It also means an UNSURE re- tirement future. Who can tell what the Socreds will do next to deprive these people ofa a securé retirement future? wie iPad For many more people who are already retired it it means a CUT in their pen- sions. In these days of ever increasing inflation, what retired persons can afford | a cut in their pensions? The Social Credit government introduced, this legisla- ° tionWITHOUTeven talkingtothe people affected — THEY TALKED TO THE. “|, EMPLOYERS. — but not.to'the: people - “| | > who the legislation most diréctly affects. If someone did that to you, wouldn't you be angry too? Write the Provincial Sec. § retary — tell him to leave: the public. sector pensions alone! . ey For Others, thornton ‘inid the: nahh alin. y of the four-year study: iste. ~ gasess the ‘impactof dll: spills on Aretie coasts . and. test ‘glean: up. ‘pheasures “Three. small’. pra bay ig WeTE solected by. Inult try’ “from fiearby Pond’s Intet for - h- . the’ ‘tests, goid ‘Thornton. vf . jited the.” . Protection Service in, Ed- Environmental monton. the "1, ‘Researchers are gathering , “soll ‘and will. be; ous of —'en- | the water samples from e.shoreling in preparation - for the first spilis of about 25 barrels or four cubic metres .. ‘of ‘Venezuelan crude, ail: ta to her sot. “Since my job isin Ottawa ‘and my -child ‘ia «in Van-* - couver, it is not clear ‘how I can sit in the House unitil this - couver, Tam returning riding to look after ing tot the committes can agree on: a way, to te: us in Ot-: mt ram not imposing any. . new burden. tax- staernent. payer,” she nid Mn ‘he. a Mexico has, ‘indicated - ig matter 1s resolved,” ” she ; . sald - «(PC “VancouverCentre). said in a — chi a . . ep . wants an additional 200,000. ; itl tons of, wheat Ih the. coming {cultural cooperation t that year ghoul. ‘boost short-term. - “We want. ‘to ‘help Mesled ; t “le meet Its goals,and there are, ag no. conditions, ttached,’’ “Lunley said g that the . _n@greent ana rider a deal | “<2 srfigned i, Oltaw wa by Merican le Or tlillo providing Canada with “ 50,000 barrels of oil adayin§ -.,. exchange for technical co | 11; operation, a 1d as Le - Collver.” se dA "gues ‘Sask. “sn -REGINAYCEY L Unionest e010 Leader: ‘Diek® Callver: Taunt! bisa “y ow ched court action Tihureday** nat against the -Saskatchewan government: ‘for’ Its move to block his party from getting about $50,000 in provincial " grants. When Collver and Dennis. Ham; . both Progressive Conservatives, formed the Unionest Party, . a ‘they became eligible forthe. .”) grants ad the third partyin . the legislature. “ThE ‘party is dedicated sittings of the which ended Tuesday, the government amended the. : law so that only a party which rar in the last: pro- vincial election could get re grants, designed to pay for: - ©. research, secretarial help _ .. and a salary for the leader, The last provincial elec: |. tion was held in. October,. | 1978. Collyer and Ham... ; formed the party Inst April oe A.P. (Tony) Peaill * The appuintmenc of ALP. (Tony) Praill as Customer ‘race District is announced by the B.C. Telephone Com pany. England; Mr. Praill joined BC. Tel in (963 and has held vatiows uinagerial positions in Revelstoke, Vernon and Vancouver. Far the years, Mr, Praill has been in: volved in Persunniel & Indust- rial Relations, most recently as Employee: Benetits & Re- cotds Manager logated in. B.C, Tef's headquarters build ing in Burnaby. Praill is responsible tor Cus- tomer Service in the Ferrace | . District which includes the ~ northwest potion of B.C. and the Queen Charlotte Ine ands. - - Western: Canada joining: the. United . ) States, - : * But during the ‘epring a legislature, = Service Manager for the Ter | i a8 Pott former °*: Born in. Heretihice, . ast Five In his new positian, Mr. .* iv