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Jaat: ‘November; ‘the Saskatchewan wing .

was ‘crushed with about: three percent'of
the’ vote. in ‘that t provines' election’ leat: aes:

April. .

hothouse: for new political: ‘movements. in.

1980 have . taded: The other. major

separatist group, West-Fed headed ‘by. .’.
Edmonton businessman Elmer Kniitson, .
was absorbed by the WCC in'enrly 1982 and

Knutson failed in his, attempta to become a:
major figure in the Concept.

But long-standing: Western’ gridvances 7

“about metrication, gun contrals and what

is generally regarded as the - “federal , :
government's drift, toward: voctallam have 7

not been “settled.

~" WCC -spokesnien in ‘both Alberta and woe
"Saskatchewan : say there is still Ife: in wie

movernent.

“1 Alberta was ‘the breeiing ground of the

Western Canada Concept. It was Gordon.”
Kesler’s victory in an Alberta byelection a |

year ago that stunned othr polltictans in

the ‘province and. created a wave of .

Interest in the WCC, -::

‘Tie Conservatives branded the wee: as.
separatists in” ‘tha Alberta election and

that; ad much as voter unfamillarity with

the: ‘year-old: party, caused its election LO

disaster,

Kesler; head of the Concept party - an: :
Alberta, now says the party must soften Its

~ stand; ‘I feel that if separation is to be the

thrust-of the party then I cannot posalbly . .

‘lead ft.” .

‘the ‘Alberta party will sort out the tsave

at its next'polley convention, scheduled for
‘Nov, 35. Meanwhile, former WCC leader
Al: ‘Maygard and former president Wea

Weatmore are ‘trying to put together a.

-“separation- -firat” party In Alberta, -

What Kesler means by hie statements on
separatism will remain in doubt until the

party puts something In witing at-its policy

Convention. “as
Kesler. was always a moderate on ‘the

‘laaue and claimed he way.falealy labelled .
a a separatiat when all’ he. wanted ‘ was, to 7

WEG alive on. prairies.

: The Brith
Columbia wing of the Western Canada .

VICTORIA (CP) ~
Concept; which last :year, attracted 1,000

people to a'rally in the heart of the Soclal —
Credit Bible belt, now would have trouble -

filing a telephone booth. ° soe

-.In March, 1962; a rally drew $00 and 100
were turned away in Fort St. Jahn, a Social: .
Credit stronghold. A few weeks ago, only”

two people showed ‘up in the town to hear .

. Doug: Christie, the party's founder and
B.C. Jeader. y .
» The WCC, which last year was expected -
Ae ‘usurp .part of the Social ‘Credit -
“ ponstitivency. and possibly. spoil . ‘Premier

~ Bill Bennett's chances of forming another

‘government, has disintegrated in B.C.
amid, disillusionment and ‘internal strife.
“In Alberta, It took about 12 per cent_of

> the: vote In the last provincial election’ -
. although the only WCC sitting member

was defeated. In B.C., the party is visible.

"only. because. of its constant internal

squabbling, described by Christie as the

A “Joe: Clark syndrome."

- Many supporters left after the beating
they. took at the B.C. founding conventiort,
‘when: ‘Christie's: - backers. crushed .

moderates and those who wanted to soft-

_ -pedal deparatism. Among them was Brian
~ Westwood, ‘the. former provincial
: Conservative leader who took some Torles -

{Into the WCC: with him — and: back out

> again.

Westwood: sald the more than’ 2,000
puippofters who ‘have left ‘the WCC are .

opposed: to Christie's: hard line, and
predicted that as: long .as emphaaig.. on
separatism. is maintained by: the. party,
“thers will be total collapse’ or. chaos which
_ds-what there ig now.

Nevertheless, - inelsts ; Westwood,

Western alienation is growing even if the. -

party 1 da dying. oe,

“The. ‘economic mess, ‘that we're in. is’
/maleing: At’ grow: People. ‘are angry~and.-
they; tetmad and they' refed up. Wthe woe”

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MONTREAL (cP) — La Presto sald”
“today Premier Rene Levesque misled the’
“Quebec natlonal assembly in 1979 when he »
‘ said his office had in no way been involved“
~ dn negotiations which resulted in an out-of-
‘court: settlement of a $31- million lawsuit.’ '

“The suit was launched by theJames aa ,
provincial §Crown -

_ Energy: Corp., a
"corporation, against the construction wing
- of. the Quebec Federation of Labor.

- The newspaper said the corporation had =.
. already spent $900,000 in legal fees at the:

‘time the $200,000 settlement was reached

_ and its lawyers had Initlally thought they
had 4'good chance of getting moat of the

$31 million claimed.

The corporation suit included $1.2 7

million for physical damage to the site and
to corporation equipment...

' The newspaper said veveral-décuments- a

and witnesses state that a good part of the

; “The Alberta wing failed to élect {majo :

part isl a golug concern’ ce Pee
“Everything's” scooled ° off | since ihe”
; election," Rouse said in an interview. “But.
- we've’. had executive meetings every.

April 15-6" in’ Saskatoon’ where ‘we’ Te *
- expecting 400 to 500 peaple.-. eet

+, We're getting our act together. We're

; ‘getting: ‘our:-policy-in. place and: we'll ‘be

ready for any byelection that comes up.”

-. Kesler has said if he had it all to d6 aver

“party strictly on free enterprise, -and
‘ Accountability and a republican syatem of
government.”
. Where that leaves former allies and”
‘potential recrulte is an open question. « -
Rouse. has no sympathy: ‘for Tence-
sitiing: “As far ap the neparatist ‘angle is.
“-concermed, we “will go on 8. separatist

referendum. rene oe

Kesler makes no bones about b his interest.

in recruiting “Ray. Speaker, formerly a
Prominent: Social Credit politician and now
"an independent member of the legislature.
Speaker flirted with the WCC a year ago -
although in the end he could not accept Its
. _ separatist leanings, Since the election: ‘he
~ has: talked about forming a free. .
enterprise” alternative to the

area Kesler wants. to cover,

"Some of the: better-known figures within
the WCC ranks apllt with Kesler during the
* election. and ran-as independents.
-. Howard Thompson, who came within 40
votes of beating Kesler-at last summer's
WCC jeadership convention, says he haa
_ Withdrawn completely from: ‘ party
activities,
Former membership chairman Jean

* Ferguson and Calgarian Diane Abloncry,. ..

a-familiar figure at WCC conventions,"
popped up recently at a. meeting of “draft
~- Lougheed” organizers trying to convince
- the Alberta premier to run for the federal

. Conservative leadership,

collapses, it won't be very y long ‘before:
. somebody filis that vold.”' a
Christie, he said, ‘talks constantly and
consistently all over the. province that we
‘must amputate ourselves from Canada.”
But Westwood said this is totally against
the :perty’s - constitution which clearly
. indicates that an attempt must be made to -
“solve the problems of Western allenation..
' and if those attempts are not frultful: and...
negotiations break down, then a.
~ refereridum on separation is put. forward.
“There is an awful lot of people out there _
that are prepared to go that route but
there's not very many people .that ‘are
prepared to say ‘we regolsg to leave right
now.’ bea ~ .
Christie's 5 attitude will never get him or
- any other: wec candidate elected, said
Westwood, ‘but: if Christie goes, ‘the:
. Movement will snap back — whether it will —
anap back under the same name in the:
same manner, I don’t know but it will snap
back very quickly. " .
7. Christle, a 36-year-old Victoria lawyer,

“said he always has made it clear that

Independence is necessary, He clalms his
‘party will field 30 candidates:In the next
B.C. provincial election, and has a gocil
" chance of making inroads because it is the
only one offering a different point of view.

“The Socreds are going to fight the

_ election on the ald cliche of free enterprise
and megaprojects, the NDP are going to
fight it on a larger deficit: and more
. government spending, “What's new about.
that?"

The WCC. position, “ig the strongest one’

' there is in terms of an alternative to
federal policies of “ anti-Americanlem,
_ Protectionism, heavy taxalton,
“government involvement, equalizatio:

. and resource control,” sald Christie, _ .
~ “And we do represent the antithesis of
thé major Haatern control that benefits -
" from the federal ayetem as It. ds. me

‘Quebec misled -

"_ negotlia ofia took place in in the’ . premter's

: “hiiatreal office and that.two key. members. .

of his: personal staff: Jear-Roch Boivin
‘onan Yves Gatithier — participated. - .

Claude:. Laliberte, -the . corporation’s
president | and general manager, told the

"newspaper he was ¢alled ta Bolvin’s office
in December; 1978, and was told that the «
premier’s. office. wanted the lawsuit .
dropped and a settlement negotiated.

- On Feb. 20, Levesque was asked in the |
“assembly by Liberal Fernand Lalonde:
“Ia it true that, part of these negotiations
(for an. out-of-court séttlement) occurred -
in the presence of the ‘premier or one of his
representatives?”

reached, the premier’s office had nothing
todo with it. The decision belongs i to those
who adriinister the-corporatlon”... . It
Hoesn’t concern us.”

month | ‘and we're having a’ “eonvention .

“again he would concentrate on. building ‘a

“basis, but it wall be Independence by. |

‘Conservatives, which is also the broad °

Levesque réplied: “If a settlement was -

NB gone. ‘way beyond the medical

’g really-a free-for-all.” 0007,
ble to,call.a toll-free number and ,
‘eport. basie physigal Blatistles — age, sex, “weight, ;
elght, health problems and food prefererices —toa:
puter “fed “with” more’ than | 11,000. dietetic ~-
uations, plus. the latest. research on. nutritlon are. :

ne Within 30 minutes after the call, a diet and: exerelse 2
L plan worked out by the eomputer will bein the ‘mall:
' for & fee of ahout $25. :
The service-will also offer plans for specific health
‘conditions - ‘such as” ilcers,* diabetes, hypertension, 7
I cardiac probleins and kidney. disease, ao -
Benoit,-a hefty 46-year-old addicted to chocalsite mF
bars, says he is negotiating, with three U. Ss. firms: :
interested in marketing his plan and has been told he”
- could makeas much as $18 million from the business. =.

-' Benoit’s elimming. plans: — the result of diets he’
* gtudied from. eo US, ‘and - ‘Canadian hospitalg: = =
: produce: an average: weight lose of about a kilo a week ;
over 60 to 90 days. . oe
"If too. large a. weight: ‘Joss in too ‘short, time is
requested by a customer, the computer will balk and
atiggeat the correct. time frame for a caller's needs,
Moat of the diets average -1,200 to 1,800 calories a -
‘day, depending | on... physique and ©. activity ~
‘requirements. No diet belaw $00 calories a day ‘will be.
preacribed. Under 800, it's: a very. Irrational, diet," "
“he says." *
Benoit says the exercise component of the program ;
ls essential to reactivate flabby muscles and improve, -
looks and fitness.’ . :
' Another distinctive feature is the 21-day duration of: 7
the diet. The latest nutritional research shows it takes:
a minimum of 20 days to alter salting habita,; Benolt ©
. bai ;
.. “My purpose: with this diet Is to get. the patient: to
‘learn to eat differently. Most people who have a
_ weight problem just need to be shown how much 7
nutrition food contains. no :

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* Church flourished -

‘st. THOMAS, Ont. (CP) = ‘Three years ago, Rev, Etil
Lindenburger of Bt, Mark's United Church had everybody
behind-him.:. =
~ Hired in late 1978, he was backed 100 per cent by the board

‘of the church's congregation and there followed a perlod of -
_ dynamic growth for the parish under the energetic S6-year- .

old clerle with socia] activist ideas. * :
‘Two years later it. had all collapsed. Seven.of the nine
“members - of. the church's pastoral. relations’ commitiee ”
- wanted him. to.go,-pattof.the edhgregation \ Was after his
’ sealp and another part was driiting to other churches. His .
~~ pulpit was declared vacant on June 90, 1982.
. Some of his supporters say Lindenburger, who came from
. the small Albert town of Fort McLeod, would not adapt to
the social cusioms pf-St: ‘Thomas. He wasn't "the teacup.
and banquet type,"' sald one, and this angered the more
. traditional members of the congregation. The preacher, -
however, says he has never been given adequate reasons:
for his firing, .

_ As a-result, Lindenburger’ 8 lawyer has served notice to :

the: ‘United Church of Canada and ‘six members of, the
_ congregation. that he intends to sue for. wrongful dismissal:
‘and relnatatement. The. case “gould ‘have: fardreaching
consequences for church-state relationa.. _ 2

Lindenburger’ 5 “problems started | heating: up dn
December, 1981, with rumors of a petition against him by. a
small group of St. Mark's” ‘members.. ~
"News of the alleged petition spread. quickly, splitting the
congregation into camps. supporting and. opposing the.
_minister.

- Ata meeting ‘the following month, a petition signed by 18
members of the congregation was presented to presbytery
officials, ‘faulting the minister for ‘swearing, dressing
-Inappropriately, conducting undignified services, breaking

promises, himiliating people, hurting members of long- i

standing and several other alleged | misconducts.
Four days later the presbytery executive advised him to

~ authority ‘of the presbytery,

‘Lindenburger says the church ‘has never emplained the
“reasons ‘for. such action to his satisfaction. He says he has
never had. a fair and open hearing in church coirts. hag.
“never seen the petition that-contalned the allegations about
his conduet and doesn’t. know who his accusers are.

. Ronald Manes, his lawyer, believes he has been treated
~ unfairly and feels the internal discipline of the church could

"be subject to common law and its concepts. of civil rights.

Churches have been exempt from hurian rights codes to
date because legislators have been reluctant to tamper with
belief aystems, says ‘Rev. Lois Wilson, United: Church
moderator between 1980 and '82. > -

' But Manes argues that the United: Church differs from’
“other religious groups in Canada in that it is a, creature of
legislation. It was formed in 1925 through a merger of
Methodist, Congregationallat and ‘Presbyterian churches.
’ -byain act of Parliament. The federal act was ratified by the
“provinces,” .

. By doing this, Manes says the church put itself in the
"position of having to accept the same fair hearings statutes
‘that-apply to any ‘tribunal or review body created by the
‘goveriment. :

Quite. apart from its common law implications, Manes

"thinks. Lindenburger’s, dismissal violated church law,

-basing his: argument of a ruling bythe church's judicial .
committee, an advisory body to the general council, before
“the council's national Meeting last August. -

~The committee ruled that evidence it received indicated
Elgin Presbytery didn't give Lindenburger the chance to be
“fully informed of the complaints against him or to defend
himself properly before his accusers.

Choreh officials have refused to discuss the case because .

Lindénberger had. hired -a Jawyer and ' announced: his
intention to sue the church.
‘Lindenbtirger, meanwhile, admits he's. sometimes

aggtessive, opintonated and stubborn but says he is also:
caring. However, he says his persortal attitudes are not:

‘legitimate grounds for dismissal, especially without a ‘fair
hearlng.

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- smorgasbord Of:
'. programs, from ° satellites’
_ ‘and & poor man’s service to

resign, ‘but he refused. However, his: pulpit: was later -
declared vacant because “he failed to maintain the peace
and welfare of the church" and refused to recognize the.

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as might put: its: The aky,
is open, the.eky. is open,”..
- In Canada, at least for the
time: -heing, TV ‘viwers can :
Walch “virtually'. +‘ any
- program they can, pall down:

of from our “newly: opened are
a | skies. ;

- Thisis thanks to an ‘about:
soy .
» government, : :

“prinounced ..- ~ earlier’ ”*
“month that: it was: ‘geting

. out vof.- thé ::-video® police...
business, : Instead,” “Ottawa,
“has elfectively. sald,. ‘to. the:

. Chagrin of some; thatifa TV
signal comes down’ from’ a
* satellite,: it ls fair game,

' The broadeast. strategy

. “contained two sections with:

+ Implications, for the average
- Viewer: one opening up
“satellite “regulations and
- dealing: :: with
proposed. new: services. on
cable television. Or, if you
will, “Tieh: -
new

be offered on cable. -.

] >the well-heeled, who can
afiord to. plunk “down the

money. for . a. satellite

__ Peeling dish, have access -

to”. ‘about 8 channels.
. Between *' - them, these

“channels : offer. roughly 350 :
“movies: ‘a month, ranging -
.. from the. ‘antique Father et [7
the .Bride ‘to the” cirrent ~

.. Diner, according toa recent
” program: guide. There are
upteem sports specials -_
- including: dozens of
basketball’ | games and
everything .~ © from...
gymmastics to: akling . - Bl.
well as. specials -: with
everyone . from. Barry:
‘Manilow : ta: Playboy
bunnies,

But the.
sell for between $4,000 and
$4,000; -3t costs even more

fora device to train the dish —

‘On a ‘particular satellite. |
- Barry Murphy, president

of the Ottawa-based SaTe)

" Constulants, agrees that
_ cost Isa major factor for

-huyers:.He says‘he has four’:
Categories .. of:

“Fhain
_ Customers: |
communities,

‘rolated

and’ ~ lastly”

“Individual
homeowners. 7

> Still, since ‘the palley was.

announced in early March,
sales of satellite dishes have
boomed: ;

“Many. ‘people ..

because’ ‘théy- weren't -sure
_ what was going to happen,”
says Harold: Syevens, vice-.
president.
Electronic Syatems Ltd, of

Tororite, “But satellites are. -

respectable now.” ©
His company, which sald
it'sold 70 systems: in 1982,

sold 50 the first week after |
‘the broadcast policy was’ {

announced.
Roger Myers, president of.
Steveris’s ° - company, —

predicted ‘that. within six 7

years dishes..less than a

metre in’ diameter: will be. .7
mass-produced . tor about am

$500.

- The breakthrough would .

came. through | the use of

high-powered - satellites — |
such-as Canada’s new Anik -

_ C—.whose signals could be

- picked .| up by the emalier .

dishes, *:
But becauseof the present

costs, dishes remain beyond. -

‘the means of most Viewers. .

. And as Kevin. Bhea,

_ marketing director. -:
Rogers Cablesyatern, vain
out “Gf you think you, can

buy a satellite ‘(dish) and —
have-free TV for 10 years,

you're wrong." ;.

Shea says: Home - ‘Box |

Office; the U.S.- pay TY
. lant, and.

Sey confident. ‘any. injunctions.”

-goul

mt battled and says ‘thatevenif-;
**  HBO"and others: scramble.”
* their’ signals’ “there's ° “still ©

~ indicated. that It sees cable
-man tg

- galled. ‘Uera,"& variation of
pay Tv.

“existing Canadian. stations.

‘| wall carpet, close to schools and bus.

_- But cot is
_ considerable. * Dishes now |:

'.. eable = ¢

_ operators, bars and taverns”.

Satellite . ¥

_ Showtime,

"pated pe programs. * Bes 4
-: Shea ‘also predicta that

by D. §,. program owners _awalting a-decision by’ ‘the

“and: others to battle those Canadian’ Radio-television  - ,

pirating their signals, ‘and | Telecommunications . .
oS But Murphy. ‘says he Is"| “ oe on establishing

ld bes * successfully.

the group; ‘hope’.
Ants to choose from." ; °

“He ‘also Bays he. doubts.
‘that many satellite services,
will scramble their: signals «
“because of the . high cost -
; involved. A spokesman for
the HBO said the ‘system.
will cost between. 8 to #10
million. ee

* In its ‘broadcast. stritegy, |
however, . the federal
government: - “clearly

CRTC, “however! ‘has “not

as the way of the future. The
‘government added that it
would allow cable to provide
a, new Faft of ‘gervices | -

would hive four channels:

"For a price, viewers could’
buy these tlera, which would -
bring. in. new channels,
including sports,,.news dnd:
movie “networks - ‘from’.
‘abroad aa well as new or

 that-one of these third ders
‘might include an all-sports
channel, much like ESPN
now offers” in’ the .U.S,,'a
‘music channel, a health and
" consumer oriented channel
and

: non-programming movies. - .

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Bill’ Alten, a 1 spokesinan’ a:
for! the. Canadian’ ‘Cable:
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