PAGE Ad, THE HERALD, Wednesday June 6, 1977 herald. Seeetecitetentetet Peat ee Secaceecazeh er vars s : h a im a {The Ontario election: leaders’ profiles} D | S | : iti | if | : 7 : mM his. | Te | Gy, Terrace - 635-6357 | aviS Gal bles his Do tical Il | 2 NS” Kitimat - 632-5706 | | | | | | | : a SS é : By ALLAN DICKIE _ minority government, 52° race and held on to win it. ; if he wins, Davis probably e = BRAMPTON, Ont. cp - Sats compared with 38 for despite strong challenges | Foramanwithsomuchat. will takesometime off athis (aaa & = Premier William Davia has ‘@ New Democrats and 35 from Allan Lawrence, stake, Davis has been a Georgian Bay cottage with & . = been a winner ali his for the Liberals, may former northern affairs noticeably more relaxed jig wife Kathleen and five Published by = political life shorten his career and send minister, ~ and Darcy campaigner this time. "children, engaging in one of i li . iH ble this time - him back to his law prac- McKeough, now provincial _ An aide said it isbecause fis taverns hobbies - Sterling Publishers Ltd. . 3 § gamble this time - the ss # gamble of his’ political ce. Andheistooenamored treasurer. the trauma of the 1975 toating - before recalling i Published every weekday at 3212 Kalum St, Terrace, B.C.A 3% career - is thathe can be qa ° his job to accept that © Thesameyear,Daviawon campaign, when the Tor the legislature in June. 32 member of Varified Circulation. Authorized a$ second class = bigger winner than ever ‘easily at this stage of his a smashing election victory tenure was endangered, If he gets his majority, se mall. Registration number 1201. Postage paid in cash, return He has said F life. as the Big Blue Machine turned Davis into a bit of a Davis is likely to stick during the campaign for the June 9 Ontario election that he desperately wanis a large enough majority to give him the fatalist. “It is like being told you have some kind of horrible disease and then recovering = ‘postage guaranteed. DVERTISING MANAGER AYE EHSES captured 78. of legislature's 117 seats. In 1975, with the party smarting from a series of around as premier until Quebec holds its referen- dum on. whether to leave confederation. If its out a, * segesetes me The premier had been pointin toward his job from he time he attended trough a high school, PUBLISHER GORDON W. HAMILTON: ste Ke Bo . through a law degree at scandals and the winds of from it,” he said. ‘After B 3} MANAGING EDITOR KITIMAT MANAGER eae ial negttiage et Osgoode Hall and his first change said to be sweeping that things can't get worse; cO@e the provincial’ stage = ALLAN KRASNICK W.S. ‘KIM' KIMBLE = eetional anit “which he ‘léctlon to the legislature in the proviene, Davis's Tories they can only get better.” " before his five-year man- ss = feels will pla a criti al Je 180. + postion, (7 (helt minority orous one Sad those whe, date is ron | NOTE OF COPYRIGHT 2 in Canada’s history during In 1961, John Robarts position. lava, vigordus one and those wh> The premier’s friends say The Herald retains full, complete and sole copyright In any = the next few years, minister oe i he eaagation The, Tories have largely competitor eae “the that, despite rumours to the advertisement produced and-or editorlal or photegraphic 00,80 .0. rotate At 47, Davis is at the stayed away from scandals mild-mannered exterior. contrary, he has no im- | content published in the Herald. R \ s the province’s educational in the last 21 months an i : ‘i = permitied without the weltten ‘permission or the Publisher, es OE er aereads. ator system for 10 years until some political experts have As 4 high-school quar- Hares tes but that his . Bill Davis BS te es etesetecoteTetsCatalel falareotabetatsfotetatolelsTiletiinTe“slsletiti'elefitatrfetetrvetersveret —_ & the TOTS election, which left Robarts decided to -step . Praised: the ° minority terback, they recall, he was passion for politics is so But such long-term = es aoel AS RM MOSM SSNS ee ein | his Progressive Con- aside as premier in 1971, government. Eut Davis thrown out of two football strong that the possibility speculation depen § en- Amin the insane Canadian diplomats, we’re told, believe that Britain has set a dangerous precedent by refusing to permit Ugandan dictator Idi Amin entry into the country to attend the conference of Commonwealth heads of government. To Canada, the decision should have been to allow Amin entry and then grill him, face-to-face at the conference table about his violent, insane methods of government. Canadian officials wanted the Ugandan president to answer accusations that he violated Commonwealth, and basic moral, principles upholding human rights and that he caused the death of thousands in his political es. Pthe British, of course, see it inother terms. With his government reeling in the wake of poor showings in recent byelections, Prime Minister James Callaghan did not want to encourage any more anti-government feelings. To have allowed Amin entry would have been to — provoke popular outrage in Britain and disbelief in other nations of the worid. Just this weekend, a Ugandan cabinet minister defected to Britain and said that reports suggesting Amin’s regime had been responsible for the deaths of 100,000 people were “probably correct.” To have allowed such a man in the country, especially at a time of international celebrations for the Queen's jubilee, would have been grotesque. Such is the strength of feeling against Amin in Britain that the minority Labor government is said to have feared that any concession to the Ugandan might have caused defections from government ranks, perhaps even the downfall of the govern- ment. So why Canada’s worry? Our national leaders, striving to be ever inoffensive and diplomatically “correct”, dislike the precedent that Amin’s barring sets. They fear, for example, that other countries will demand New Zealand’s ouster from the Commonweaith Games in. Edmonton next year because its politics stand opposite to their own. And they wanted to tie into Idi Amin head-on on the issue of human rights. That would have only sated the man’s ego even more, and would have detracted from the positive issues that Commonwealth leaders should address. This isn'ta suggestion that human rights should not bein the forefront, but rather that to have shone the spotlight strictly on one deranged, vicious, inhuman brute would have demeaned the other heads of state and cheapened the important summit talks. Amin should not only be barred from such con- ferences. His country should be isolated from world markets until the leader either recognizes the death and suffering he has wrought, which isn't likely, or is ousted. It is not easy to suggest sanctioning a poor country’s trade, in essence causing all the people to suffer, because of one man’s folly, but the alter- native is condoning a regime of insanity, despair, and genocide, Small, diplomatic incidents like preventing Amin from entering another nation serve well in focusing global attention on the evil of the man. TOPPIX 411077 Oy Cricago Trepune NY News Syna inc All Rights Reserved “-And now for the crackpot dissenting opinion.” , servative party with a By TED WELCH TORONTO CP - Stuart Smith has been fighting a long, largely uphill battle to convince Ontario voters that he and the Liberal party are capable of governing the province. ; The 39-year-old psychiatrist first won his seat in Hamilton West in 1975 by about 5 votes. Only a few months later he won the party leadership by a 45- vote margin. Since then, he has been called inept by the members the news media and Members of other parties who accused him of being erratic and indecisive early Davis was the early favorite in the leadership Smith discards reputation in the life of the last minority government, 7 Smith concedes that he made a couple of early mistakes but’ says his. rformance in the house ter became stronger and more assured. The problem di right to .the all-party ievision debate held at the midpoint of the campaign for the June 9 election. He Says he feels he did well in the debate, presenting the Liberals as a credible alternative to the Progressive Conservative government. _ In recent speeches and interviews, he has said his wants his majority back and ia gambling that he can do games for arguing with the referee. cannot be ruled out a. few years from now. — trely on how Bill Davis's - gambl e pays off Thursday. ed him © * supporte as inept. —=s_—- performance in the debate- taxes, rates and fees to the planations - of the such as solar and wind presenting a percentage permitted the ramifications of the power. | He has called for a - private sector by federal proposal in terms of em: anti-inflation board ployment guidelines, ; programs. Veteren political ob- Another major thrust of servers say this proposal ‘ Liberal policy is stimulation and other Liberal of small business. Smith suggestions add up to a. continually portrays the basic plan - take a com- Conservatives as the party plicated problem and come of big business and the NDP up with a solution with wide as the party of big labor, saying the Liberals alone have the interest of the smailt businessman at heart. The Liberal leader also tells voters of the need to conserve Canada’s dwin- dling energy supplies and to conduct research ‘into renewable energy sources positive platform and avoiding at- tacks on the other two leaders:- has resulted in a substantial move of NDP voters to the Liberal cause © and made undecided voters of many former Tory rs. 0 ition critics have dismissed many of the Liberal leader’s policies and campaign promises as unworkable, unrealistic and ‘simplistic, . Premier William Davis was particularly scathing in his denunciation of Smith’s proposal that the govern- ment limit increases in mandatory program of home insulation, costing about $3 billion over a seven- year period. These programs, com- bined with what observers call a small-c conservatism, add up to a package of common sense, hard work and total dedication to the free-enterprise system. He tells audiences they. must lower their ex- pectations if free enterprise to survive, that schools . should return to the basics and teach the henefits of competition and work. — and — social voter appeal. In his public appearances, Smith argues passionately that the government has picked the taxpayer’s kets long enough and the ime has come to call a halt. But so far, he. has shied away from detailed ex- Lewis needs split vote for victory © By CATHY McKERCHER TORONTO (CP) - Stephen Lewis laughs ruefully when he looks back on the 1971 Ontario election, his first campaign as NDP leader. “In those days, the leadership was a constant battle,’ the 39-year-old leader says. ‘Now, it’s a pleasure. I learned that it takes a long time to master political leadership.” Lweis’s comfortable feelings about the leader- ship are evident in -his campaign for the June 9 election, he chats and jokes with reporters on his campaign bus. His speeches are tem- pered with jokes about the early days, much of the humor aimed at himself. The eldest of four children of Davis Lewis, former federal NDP leaber, On-. tario’s opposition leader grew up as a political, animal. By 1956, he was working during the summer for Saskatchewan's CCF government. Five years later he was federal cam- palgn director of the then- gling NDP. Report from Ottawa Testing your fitness By IONA CAMPAGNOLO M.P Skeena IT have had _ glowing reports from Sandspit, Masset, Queen Charlotte City, Kitimat and Smithers on the Fitness and Amateur Sport - Sports Demon- stration Project, It seems that the moving van - home of tne demonstration project has been the subject of delightful curiosity - and the exhibits themselves have nearly been worn out by heavy use, As many of you know, the federal Sports Demon- stration Project is a kind of teaching aid for fitness and sport, It shows the proper use of the latest weight lifting device and how to test your own fitness. It invites you to try a little skating on a teflon skating rink and downhill skiing on a special turf. Exhibits invite you to shoot, serve, bat, jump and run, and 1 am yery pleased ithas seen such an extensive tour in northwestern B,C, OIL TRANSPORTATION A CONCERN Ihave had the opportunity to visit Prince George, Telk- wa, Terrace, Kitimat and TAUGHT IN AMERICA After tow years teaching in Africa-during. which he was banned from South Africa because of his anti- racist beliefs he returned to - Canada and decided to seek office. ft He was elected member of the legislature for Toronto Scarborough West riding in 1983, becoming, at 25, the "Youngest member of the Se. Re-elections followed and he became party leader in 1970. Lewis traces the shift in his political style.to 1972, when the left-wing Waffle arm of the party was or- dered to disband. “We realize it was time to stop being such a com- pave, ideological body,’ said in a recent in- terview. ‘We satrted to temper the party with reality.” As a result,Lewis. who had often been criticized for being too moderate, began to feel at home as party leader. He says the most difficult thing about being leader is the constant separation. Prince Rupert in the last few weeks and I am pleased that so many of you have take han interest in Canada’s energy supply problems, and of course, the proposed Kitimat pipeline. There are some very important decisions to be made with regard to North American energy concerns over the next few months, On July 1, the National Energy Board recommends to the federal government whether construction and Operation of pipelines proposed by Canadian Pipelines is feasible, July 1 is also the last day for submissions to the United States to President Carter on proposed § Arctic pipelines, Then on August 1, the second Berger Report will set terms and conditions that should be imposed if the McKenzie Valley Pipeline is built, The Alaska Highway Pipeline report will also be table with the government by Kenneth Lysyk. Finally, on September he 8 Carter to give his President scheduled decision on the pipelines to. the U.S. Congress. ‘separations are difficult, — from his wife, Michele Landsberg, and their three children, Ilana, Avi, 10, and Jenny, 6. The couple were married in 1963. His wife Michele, associate editor of Chatelaine magazine, has not campaigned since 1971. “Michele is one of my best advisers,’ he. said. “We share an intimacy about polities which transcends the normal ‘political wife’ stuff,” He adds that although the “the integrity of her separate career and per- sonality is really important to me.” _Lewis, a constant nail- biter, likes to have at least one of the children with him, saying he finds it reassuring. — ‘One of my greatest delights has been watching the children grow up, seeing their personalities develop.” He has maintained his interest in African affairs but does not know. whether he would want to return there, Meanwhile, experts have ‘tabled forecasts of rapid energy depletion and stressed the urgen need for either new sources of fuel or vastly increased imports. Transportation of all fuel, either from mid-eastern countries or the Arctic has become a prime concern. It is a special concern to those: of us who live in a poten- tially affected area - nor- thwestern B.C, CANADA LEADS LEGISLATION IN this point in time, in progressive and effective regulations transportation of Examples of legislation are Part 20 of the Canadian Shipping Act and the newly ; amended Fisheries Act (C- | 38), to name two, The Canadian Shipping ; Actregulations-try toensure : that noxious substances do : not get into our waters, while the Fisherles act, when amended, will deal with emergency pollution problems, Tired after a tong evening at the theatre, six-year-old Rhiannon George finds h father's touch comforting. The pleture was taken last REM. Lee Theatre following Contact "7 Showease. " weekend at REM. Lee POSSESSIONS SAR RR RR