'; Page 2, The Herald, Tuesday, April 21, 1981 a TERRACE. “AIUIM AI daily herald General Olfice - - 635-4357 Published by Circulation - 635-4357 . Sterting Publishers 3 Publisher — Garry Husak 4 ‘ Editor — Pete Nadeau CLASS. ADS. . TERRACE. 635-4000 CIRCULATION . TERRACE - 635-6357 Published every weekday af 3010 Kalum Street, - Terrace, B.C. Authorized as second class mail. Registration number 1201. Postage paid in cash, return postage guaranteed. NOTICE OF COPYRIGHT:.- . The Herald retains full, complete and sale copyright In any advertisement produced and-or any editorial or pholographic content published ‘in the Herald. Reproduction is not permitted without the. written permission of the Publisher. ‘Budweiser selling well in Canada _ TORONTO (CP) off afler a big marketing , Nobody in Canada cares for’ push, but fizzle in a few U.S. beer, right? weeks. Not necessarily, thought “The brand will even- the marketers at Jobo tually settle out with a more Labatt Lid. of London, Ont, or less stable market which introduced a share,” Widdrington said. Canadian version of Bud) “But wedon't know what we weiser in Ontario three could sell if we had enaugh weeks ogo. product,’ - Labatt president Peter _, Following up its success —in Ontario, Labatt .in- _Widdrington one troduced Budweiser in ee aad io 2 mt hittor Quebec two weeks later and ‘grabbing woven per cent ye sold out its inventory in a day. the beer market — & Thofact that Budweiser is stunning figure by brewing already the world's largest industry standards. selling brand of beer and is ‘heavily advertised on US. television gave it a tremendous start in the market, Widdrington said, _ And, with the summer - - beer drinking season nearly “here, the timing could not be : better. Beverage analyst Susan In fact, Labatt says it Keohane of Wood Gundy ‘might be hard-pressed to Ltd. of Toronto said Bud- “meet summer demand for weiser has maintained a . [Budwelser, promoted inthe five to six per cent share of U.S. as the King of Beers. the market in Sas- The beer industry has katchewan, where it has ‘seen overnight wonders been available for nine '-before — brands that take ~ months. 7 te i . June amid the euphoria that followed the Quebec “referendum, they launched an intensive series of talks they hoped would lead to agreement on constitutional reform. = An agenda was set for a series of meetings among senior = federal and provincial cabinet ministers on an agenda of 12 “categories of constitutional power sharing. [t was hoped the “meetings would lead to agreement on patriatlon of the Brit- ‘dish North America Act from Weatminster. a The week-long September conference went into overtime but failed to reach agreement and Trudeau decided to act “alone with a patriation package that included four of the | Hesues under debate. . ‘The four are patriation itself, the amending formula, a * charter of rights and constitutlonal guarantees of 2 ~ equalization payments from the rich provinces to the - *, poorer ones. “ That left eight of the 12 constitutional power-sharing -" issues for later constitutional debate, some of them key + ones to the provinces fighting the constitutional initiative. i ‘The eight are a constitutional preamble, reform of the ~ Senate, the makeup of the Supreme Court, offshore - © resources, powers over the economy, fisheries, com- ‘_ munications and the transfer of more responsibility for ” family law to the provinces. Asurvey of the provincial governments by The Canadian : Press shows that there has been little change in the various : peavineial positions on these issues, And for geographic or yp other reasons, certain issues remain much more imporant * to'some provinces than fo others. ; The coastal provinces, for example, are concerned about ‘. the way the federal and provincial governments share “ control over fisheries and offshore resources. Alberta and - . Saskatchewan list control of offshore resources as a * priorily concern. [In general, the eight provinces opposing the Trudeau . package —- all but Ontario and New Brunswick — will back, * each other's key demands in return for backing on issues : important to them. The Canadian Press asked the provincial governments _ whether their position had changed on the issues over which there was disagreement last September. In general, there . is little change. —Newfoundland. The province’ '3 major concern is getting recognition of its 100-per-cent ownership of offshore resources and control of the rate of development to prevent ', o-rapid growth that could ruin the province's heritage and way of life, Ottawa offers 75 per cent but wants to retain final say in the rate of development, arguing that speedier development than is desirable for the provinces might be ~ necessary "in the national Interest.” ” The province also iid the’. wants’ ‘greater 10 premier gathered at sath 24 Sussex Drive residence last - OTTAWA by RICHARD GWYN OTTAWA -Late in May or more probably in June, Plerre Trudeau may resign as Prime Minister after suffering, for - the first time in his life, utter and total defeat. - Or, at about the same time, he may be acclaimed as the most creative Prime Minister since Wilfred Laurier and John A. Macdonald, and soar to a peak of personal popularity he's never before equalled. Four to six weeks after their April 28 hearing of the case against Trudeau's constitutional package by the eight “dissident” provinces, the nine judges of the Supreme Court of Canada will deliver their verdict. if the judges decide, even by the narrowest of margins ~ “Tt only takes one goal to win the Stanley Cup,” as Justice ~ Minister Jean Chretien hag said — that what Trudeau Is doing and the way he ia doing it are legal, then he wins everything. The constitutional battle will be: over, no matter that some premiers, such as Alberta's Peter: Lougheed, have said they will fight on because Trudeau’s constitutional package, even if within the letter of the law, still breaches ” the spirit of federalism, . Trudeau would get his legislation quickly through the Parliament at Ottawa, and as quickly. through the British Parliament at Weatminster. He may . even reach his long-sought New Jerusalem by his original target of July 1 Canada Day. The constitutional battle will be over as definitively, but with an entirely different outcome, if the nine judges décide in favor of the provinces. . Trudeau would have no choice but to resign. The Supreme Court would have ruled that-Trudeau, for the past year, has tried to subborn Parliament, the provinces, and the British Parllament, into being parties to an illegal act, as his critics all along have claimed. I¢ would mean as well that Trudeau, by stubbornly pursuing his private obsession, has wasted an entire year during which his ent could have addressed these problems, such as inflatign and’ employment, which affect Canadians far more directly than do constitutional abstractions. Others besides Trudeau either will win everything or be left with nothing. Conservative Leader Joe Clark has almost as much to win, or to loge. So do the provincial premiers, both the eight who oppose Trudeau and the two, Ontario’s Bill Davis and New Brunswick's Richard’ Hatfield, who support him. — - Clark has staked bis Yeadership o on the constitutional struggle. If it goes his way he will have made it almost __ Trudeau has. his own view | ap tT | Biche “ee vine tnvialee controlled by Of mi teal ‘le Ottawa is willing to offer some control over; ‘the inshore fishery but not ocean stocks and won't give up licensing. —Nova Scotia. The province says it should receive the same benefits from offshore resources as if they were onshore. Ownership of onshore resources is clearly granted to the provinces under the British North America Act. There is a disagreement with Newfoundland on the fishery, however, with the province arguing the federal government should retain control over such things as licensing of fishermen. —New Brunswick. Premier Richard Hatfield supports: the federal government although he disagrees with one aspect. He thinks that Ontario should have been forced to become officially bilingual — providing bilingual services in the courta and legislature — as now required con- - stitutonally in Manitoba and Quebec. — —Prince Edward Island. Justice Minister Horace Carver - says the province remains opposed to the principle of the federal government acting without provincial consent and ° that questioning the provincial position on the.12 items ls “academic and hypothetical,’ ~ “(All of the items are now off the discussion table,” he said. ‘We see little merit in basically getting back to the 12 same items again.” The province, along with Manitoba, opposes, the tranafer’ af family law responsibility to the provinces, saying it: would result, for example, in varied divorce laws across the country. —Quebec. The province has traditionally held the position that the constitution should not be brought home from Britain until theré is agreement on division of powers In a new constitution. Even if Liberal Claude Ryan wins the April 13 provinclal election, the position would be similar since Ryan has said he is opposed to federal unilateral action. Premier Rene Levesque has insisted on a preamble thet recognizes the province's right to self-determination and of the distinciness of French-speaking Canadians in the country. The province wants control over communications within its boundaries to better enable It to deal with protection of French culture. It also wants a say in the appointment of judges to the Supreme Court of Canada. Ottawa and the . * provinces were cloee to agreement on giving the provinces a say over communications exclusively within a province while Ottawa retains power over Interprovinclal and n- ternational communications. —Ontario, The support of Premier William Davis for the constitutional package has been erucial for Trudeau. Davis impossible fof erities to lodge, him. af i goes:the other way, Clarke will have taken the Conservatives down a * political blind-alley, just as did the late John Diefenbaker when he opposed, to the limit and beyond, the new Maple Leaf flag in 1984. ‘As went Diefenbaker, so will go Clark. If the dissident premiers win, they'll have proven their case that Canada is a. decentralized federation of “autonomous communities", in ‘the phrase of the ° Newfoundland Supreme Court. They will be able to trade future constitutional change for jurisdiction, (fisheries, natural resources), and to establish their right to “opt out”’ of national programs, suchasa Charter of Rights. - Ifthe premiers lose, Trudeau will have given substance to his old slogan of “One Canada”. Victory would give him the momentum on other federal-provincial fronts, such as the ” Ottawa-Alberta oil war. The provinces, almost certainly, ‘would have lost their last chance to expand their jurisdiction. Although Trudeau has promised to hold future constitutional talks, these are unlikely. to get anywhere? Trudeau may no longer be around: his successor ‘may not - be interested; anyway, everyone will be too exhausted. For all Canadians, the slakes, at one step removed, are ’ considerable. Elther we will get a new constituion, or we: won't. « Getting a new constitution will mean, for a'start, ainend ta all the talk, More profoundly, it will mean a far greater change in our political system than has yet been recognized One the Bill of Rights has been entrenched in the constitution, disadvantaged Canadians, such as the handicapped, woinen, native peoples, cultural and racial * minorities, Will be able to preas their suits against discrimination ‘in. the courts. The handicapped, for- example, may be able to demand that all - public transportation, from Air Canada 747s to municipal buses, be re-equipped for their particular needs. The Canadian tradition of political compromise and of creative muddle may become overlain with Americanstyle juridical confrontation as Individuals and groups seek to. redress their g@rievances, not in Parliament and the provincial legislatures, but In the courts: Other Supreme Court decisions have been freighted with political significance. In 1976, the Court onfirmed the legality of Ottawa's wage and price controls leglalation. fn 1979, it supported the provincial claim that Trudeau's — proposal to change the Senate’ by unilateral federal - legislation was illegal. Never before, though, will a decision of the judges decide * the political futures of so many of the country's most important public officials, Their declarations, whether for the majority or the minority, will be scrutinized as nothing they have said or written before has been. Their motives will be questioned. Note will be taken for instance, that Chief Justice Bora Laskin consiatently has supported:the _ federal side, while Mr. Justice Jean Beetz (once a'colleague ” pf Trudeau at the University of Montreal, Ironically), as consistently has favored the provinces. The unusual aspect to the unprecedented importance of ee en ee ee eee ee premiers after the constitution is brought home from Britain but thinks further meetings now would be of no value. “We do not see how another, conference of first ministers now would be able, in view of the apparently intractable attitudes among several participants, to come up with an agreement among goveraments on the specific elements in _ the federal constitutional package," he said. - —Manitoba. Premier. Sterling Lyon has Jed the fight against the charter of rights and remains oppased te to transfer of family law to the provinces. As chairman of the annual premiers’ meeting this year, Lyon hag been a key player in the organization of ‘provincial Oppos lon to the Trudeau package. : —Saskatchewan., Premier Allan Blakeney withheld his final position on the contitutional package while he con- tinued to bargain with Ottawa on a number of key demands relating to the proposed amending formuja and provincial ‘control of resources. ‘Blakeney ‘demanded the | right for the provincial govern ‘ment te pase legislation in the field of interprovinclal and interprovincial trade in natural resources, Ollawa gave him interprovincial but balked on international. The federal government also refused to give in to his demand that the provincial governments get the right to call a national referendum on future constitutional changes, 8 Tight now proposed by Trudeau tobe held exclusively by Ottawa. Alberta. The province wants the censtitution brought - home with an amending formula but gays that substantive issues of constitutional change should be dealt with Canada, Its major concerns are natural resources. The province wants limitations put on the federal government's ability to use its emergency powers to overrule provincial actions. Jntergovernmental Affairs Minster Dick Johnston also says the province is not as strongly opposed to reform of the Senate to more broadly reflect provincial viewpoints, creating a House ‘of the Provinces. Proponents of such re- form say giving provincial representatives more power In the Senate would be a way to check Ottawa's power, = - . “Depending on the details, we would be probably willing to look at the matter,” Johnston said, * in. ' Until sow, Alberta hos sald the way to Himit Ottawa's power is to transfer it to the provinces. —British Columbia, As a coastal province, B.C. backs! -greater provincial control of ‘offshore resources and the fisheries as well as provincial control of résourcés, But. Premier Bill Bemett is alo a strong proponent of & reformed Senate to give greater provincial representation. ' ‘A reformed upper chamber would get the right to approve federal sppointments, and federal egisiation affecting ; Provinelat jurisdiction. Kine RACE PROBLEM IN BRITAIN 'S THEIR, OOIN FAOLT. | OTHER 7eY UOULDN’T HNO THESE PROBLEMS IF HAD STOPPED Foe, \ . . NG THEIR CAN Mou es l Hl \\\\s-a0 Ir KNOW CHAT MEAN e ‘* Veames GOSNELL MRT ( Feel THE SAME. aay * circumstances Trudeau has created by hia unyielding determination to force through constitutional change on his own terms, it isn't in the least unusual, Today's political circumstances are abnormal. The only equivalents in modern political times are the dramatic events Trudeau himself stage-managed by his resignation and then return as Liberal leader late in 1979, and the melodrama of the collapse of the Diefenbaker's government in 1963 after his own cabinet ministers had turned on him during the “Night of the Long Knives’. Since last-summer when Trudeau began his Long’ March toward a new constitution, harried all the way by the - guerilla tactics of the dissident provincial premiers and of . the federal Conservatives, the ebb and flow of political fortunes has been more extreme, more abrupt and more extravagant than in recent memory. Individuals unknown a year ago, like Saskatchewan Attorney-General Roy Romanow, have become household names. ‘Equally, Saskatchewan Premier Allan Blakeney, ‘long judged-dhe ablest of the premiers, abruptly -has lost “respect and credibility, as much in the capitals of his fellow- | premiers as in Ottawa. . Last summer, quick constitutional success: ° seemed certain for Trudeau. He came charging out from. his triumplrin the Quebec referendum with the patie De behind, 3 him and with the Premiers on the run. ~ Quickly, things came apart... Trudeau lost momentum at the Seplember federal-provinelal conference when a _ “mole” (still undetected) leaked a cynical-sounding tederal atrafegy paper that ended with a smartalecky quotation from! Machiavelli. He turned public opinion (64 per cent. according to Gallup) away from the way be was doing things, although not from what he actually proposed to do "by imposing closure to cut of constitutional debate in the Commons. He misjudged the extent, and depth, of opposition to him among British MPs at Westminster. As always, Trudeau recovered, He changed clauses in ‘the Bill of Rights to wiri support af his critics — civil libertarians, women, the disabled, native peoples. When debate resumed in the Commons, the Conservatives ran out of things to say. pinion at Westminster shifted to Trudeau's side, The Manitoba Court of Appeal ruled in his favor, and againat the provinces in the first of their sults: against the constitutional package. . As always also, Trudeau overestimated his strength, He misjudged the ability of the Conservatives to organize and to sustain a filibuster to prevent bim from bringing in a” motion to Limit the constitutional debate, as a politically acceptable alternative to imposing closure again. The Newfoundland Supreme Court ruled unanimously in favor. of the provinces. ‘The elght premiers claimed in a telex to Trudeau to have'agreed on a ‘new Canadian patriation plan" and demanded “that he meet with them to create a “made in Canada constitution”... This time, his opponent underestimated Trudeau. From a dead halt, he moved back, then sideways, and then forwards again. ; Under pressure from Trudeau, the Conservatives, ‘whose " caucus all along has been divided (Ontario MPs support the - Bill of -Rights}, agreed to a time. limitation motion. Although Clark claimed, "We hive gained all we sought", to Trudeau's ae er eee batts e Court; in cow eva di ation already had left him no other choice. (The judgement of the third court, in Quebec, due next week, while still important,‘no longer can be decisive, either way.) , Trudeau also changed his mind about the premiers. He | _ would meet with them he declared, elther on April 16 when. " the eight “qissidents” meet in Ottawa to finalize their 0 own agreement, or later. Embedded in Trudeau’s.offer was a large, and a sharp, _ book. He would meet with the premiers, be said, and might accept their proposed constitutional amending formula (a. modified form of opting-out to allow provinces to exempt themselves from future constitutional changes), provided . in exchange, the provinces accepted his constitutlonal agenda — the Bill of Rights, language.education rights, mobility rights and equalization. In effect, in return for future considerations, Trudeau would gain in the present everything he seeks, An angry - Manitoba Premier Sterling Lyon said of proposal of the eight premiers, "Of course it's supposed to mean ho Bill of _ Rights”, The affair took on thé air, in Trudeau's phrase, of “A comedy of errore’’, Just agreeing to meet with the premiers though, Trudeau ed a decisive psychological edge. Either the eight will fail to agree among themselves on thelr own . amending formula, and look foolish -- “There are still a Burnber of loose threads," admitted Quebec Premier Rene - Levesque — or, éven if the eight agree among themselves, Trudeau will be able t: manoeuvre them inte looking unreasonable when they fail to agree in exchange to accept the: ‘reat of his constitutional package. Once again, Trudeau has his constitution within his reach, The decision of the SupremeCourt either will hand it . - to him, or enatch it away forever. As go the nine judges, 80 will go. Trudeau, almost. certainly Clark, and perhape Bev lal premiers - 8.C.’s Bill: Bennett, for instance, whose New Democrat opponent, Daye Barrett, supports Trudeau's —- constitutional package. As for the rest of us, we'll watch, front the sidelines, our political landscape being transformed. ie “Let me know if you' ever need a. good defense lawyer."