Besides providing 3 area jobs, teas also add to the beauty of the region,

_ Canadian exports show healthy increase

OTTAWA (CP) —

Canada said today.

‘ But analysts caution itis still too early to say 2
whether the latest increase i in trade. ‘signals an.

. -peonomic. ‘turnaround. -

: "The: trade sector is not- showitig, quite’ ‘the
; increasing pulse of economic activity that some ......
 -.of the. other indicators, are,” said Phil Cross, -
: ~.¢hief of Statistica, Canada's current economic, ot

analysis division. ./.”

“The agency reported Wednesday that one eof

. broadest: indicators,. of . overall domestic
- economic activity,- gross: “domestic - product, -

. leapt 1.6 per cent in-January, the largest one:
month rise’ in more than seven years and the.
third-conseeutive monthly increase. a

In contrast, exports have been less firm, as ;

- the 3.5-per-cent- Increase to $6.99 billion’ in -
_ February. followed a S.¢-per-cent decline in!

January.

... The increased - economic activity in recent’ .
“months: seems to be led «more by domestic |
' demand:and Jess by external demand than in...
“apt, recoveriga, Cross said vit) osaKkd desilniitigay, shoit-tetin trétide; white not as current: ase 7 "Exports to tesUSi rosel by’ 55 pert tent inc!
lo OT 44f fact thisls sustained, for'aréduplenores (edie miGHthly’ figtites, ‘pthe a“iore *acburdté*”

months, we'd call It a definitive recovery. Al ;

i,

-PARIS (Reuter) —. The

‘Soviet diplomats and
"officials - expelled from
’ France this week were part —

_ of an espionage network
- that succeeded in stealing 30
per cent of France's. high-
“technology © secrets, _ the
newspaper Le Figaro said
Thursday. «
_ Several - ‘other’ national
- dailies, quoting intelligence
sources, presented similar
accounts of the extent ‘of
alleged Soviet’. penetration
-of French defence secrets.

. indicated
and" displeasure over the
expulsions.”

~The - ~’Socialist-led
. government, which includes
four Communist ministere,

ARDMONA.

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— Exports grew faster’ than’ 7
imports in February,. giving: the country: a”.
monthly. trade-surplus of $1,44 billion, $200

‘million more than-in- January,’ Statisties - "

» billion. :

expelled 47 Soviet officials

on Tuesday, accusing them

of systematic espionage in
the field of military science
and technology. Moscow

has denied the charges.
‘The: press “reports suid

President Francois |

. Mitterrand decided on. the
~. expulsion . after receiving .

from. hils ‘counter-esplonage
service, kiown.as DST, a

. dossier describing in detail .

a massive Soviet espionage

. ‘operation in France...

“By ‘multiplying. the

number of its. agents in:
France for the past three
‘years, the - KGB: -(Soviet

security police) succeeded

in procuring about 30 per. .
- eent -of France's
technology,"

high |
Le Figaro

this point J don’t see any icebergs floating :
- around, but a -note. of caution is quite
oo " “appropriate.”
“Export: strength in February Was- ‘due: to
ms increased - Sales ‘of wheat,.. motor. vehicle
» products, aircraft and lumber,
: Exports, boosted by increased sales of wheat, 7
’ motor-vebide products, aircraft and lumber,
rose by 3.5 per cent or #55 million to $6.99

Dampening ‘that growth: were ‘dedines in
‘exports: of precious. metals ' and industrial
 tachinery. .
. ‘The increase in exports followed d a5. sper-cent
decline in January and a 0. S-per-cent increase .
~ In December. ~
- . Meanwhile, ‘a’ ao-per-cent or “$370-miillion :
inerease in imports of motor-vehicle products,
was largely responsible for a marginal 0.7-per-
’ gent or $35-million rige in overall imports to
$5.55 billion. .
> The gtowth in imports in n February followed .
-- increases of 3.1 per cent i in January and 7. 7 per
- cent in December, - . . oan
Trade specialists warn that monthly figures
can fluctuate widely-.and. be misleading. They

- Blcture of what is happening.

sald,

The newspaper quot an
unnamed senior official
from the Interior Ministry,

responsible. ‘for DST, -as

saying, the Soviets ‘had

gathered. ‘information ”

overall] exports,

The “current trend is for: a continuing
slowdown in the decline in both exports and
‘imports which began’ in ‘mid-1982° and a
reduction in the trade surplus from its peak i in -
August, last yéar: .

. A substantial slowdown in the decline in.
: exports of - motor ‘vehicle’ products, which
"account for 19.3 per cent of all exports, is the
main contributor to the slower decline in

As well, the upward ‘trend in exports of
. lumber, chemicals, natural gas, wheat and-

refined copper is helping arrest the decline. in

overall exports.

A turnaround in: the trend for imports of

-motor-Vvehicle products imports, which now are

in imports.

to pick” ‘Up.

foc

‘aireraft, missiles and their’ .

guidance systems,

submarine technology and’:

nuclear weapons, including |

‘the French neutron: bomb.

Soviet sgents had. shown .

: sirong

‘ increasing, combined with a_rise in the trend:
for imports of finished products and fabricated -
materials sections is helping arrest the decline

” Trade with the U. S., which accounts for more :
than two-thirds a all Canada’ 's trade, conlinues ;

ty

“Tn February, exports ti to the US, rose for the :
‘fourth: consecutive’ -month, while | imports. :
increased for the fifth straight-month.

a. Pebbhaey'to $.16bilion while’ imnperte fet ‘the’
U. 5. rose by seven per ‘cent to $4.28 billion.

Soviets charged with stealing secrets

interest

aircraft equipped with

Exocef ‘missiles and had

intensified espionage at the
: big
submarine base at Toulon,
- Le- “Figarg said;

- Soviets. see new race

"trials, .today removed. a/

: first degree murder, March

‘investigation of complaints of din seeks
in choosing delegates, °

The. Clark and Mulroney camps ‘have
been criticized for stacking meetings with

“instant Torlea” and: shildren’ to select :

delegates..

Mulroney has: “endorsed “Crombie's
., Proposal. and: Clark. has ‘added’ that |i
‘abuses are _

found’ "these People ©
(delegates) wilt be thrown out

Complaints have been filed. ‘sothing to:

‘disqualify detegates chosen ‘in“1¢- ‘Quebec

- ridings. ‘and at- leant: 10. others ‘scattered —:
*, across ‘the. rest of: Canada.’ ‘:More | are
expected as. the May. "1s “deadline . a

approaches, -

Riou said his conimittee will study the.
complaints. in private next week and make :

public its decisions. ©
The committée can call another meeting
in ridings where it finds serious problems ° -

or can substitute an alternate delegate in . ;

less drastic sltpations: . | -

About 700¢delegates — adult anid youth - _

have been selected to date, More ‘than a

third of the 282 federal ridings have chosen | 7

_ theiy six delegates, :

There could be as ‘many ad 4, 100°.
June: convention,’
provincial, -

legislators and others workers whe qualify“
‘ automatically, but past practice indicates’
few of the automatic: qualifiers will show:

delegates. at the
including.. party officials,

up.

In. Kamloops, B.C., ,szome executive: _
- members of the party’s riding association"
- threatened .to quit Wednesday after .a

delegate-selection meeting attended

Tuesday night by jast-minute ‘members -

Fecruited by an Amway: Corp. distributor,

_- Riding president Betty Thomas called on
the party's national executive to require

that aiyone electing UE must have

“ network -- ‘of - small distributors, .

been a party member.for least one year.

Two! of ‘the’ four delegates . “elected
‘Wednesday are Amway distributors.

_ Amway is a U.S.-based corporation that.
“sells “household - products’ through a
and .
“ company president Richard De Vos is an .

~ ardent supporter of the Republiean party ‘

: fy the US. °

East, members of a local soccer ‘club and

other ‘Mulroney ‘supporters. threatened to.
wip up d radio reporter's. notepad and coat” .

. after ahe criticized them because they had —

” ta be told by a Mulroney aide when. to vole 7

and when not to vote.

‘The . soccer’ team members “and

; supporters ‘ were also at a pizza and beer -

"party Jast Saturday before.being bused in

to elect two pro-Mulroney youth delegates.

Wednesday night, one adult Mulroney:

- delegate and three independents were |

* elected:
Clark and Mulroney are considered to be

far ahead of the'10 other candidates at this

atage, but delegates are not committed to
vote for any particular candidate.
An other developments: an

~;' sNewfoundland MP “Soha Crosbie told

- reporters In Vancouver this will be his first

and last run at the party's: top job.’ .

“— Candidate Peter Pocklington - said
Ottawa has ordered him to either’ sell

‘Fidelity Trust Co., the 12th. largest trust

firm in Canada, or pump $16 million into it.
‘The Alberta millionaire, who insisted

- there is no risk'to any depositor with the ©

company, said in Calgary the federal
government has given him two weeks to
* decide, What | to » do.

Judge removes’ press gag

OTTAWA (CP) — Justice
‘Janet Boland, ruling that a
free. press is..a positive
‘influence in erisuring fair

Citizen;

‘temporary order which had |
prohibited publication of the

name of a man chi ed with |
arg any

publishes ' the
‘The’
Press; the CBC;
. Bushnell. Communications
“Lid., which owns television Irresponsible
station CJOH: Fo ot

'Greenspon argued that in
contest

Ottawa _ contempi- of court; There
Canadian had been no suggestion of ~
and contempt: in, this case.
“There is no eviden @ of

reporting,"
she said,” ve

A basic * quality of the -
judicial system is absence

between - ‘of secrecy: “The public has

vAt an: ‘otherwise “quiet nomination- —
meeting at Notre Dame-de-Grace-Lachine - a

Ontario “Supreme.

in naval a

Mediterranean | -

“Prior restraint - should

only ‘be - imposed on the |

press in - extraordinary
circumstances," the
Court .
‘judge said, “There are no.

extraordinary
circumstances in ~ this.

' case,” i ii Oe .

 eautenice " Gréenspon,

Jawyer | for’ a 2E-yearold
’ Ottawa man accused of.

‘Slaying Roxannne Nairn, 17, -

_ on March 27, had sought an

order prohibiting
publication of the name of
his client, James Robinson.
The order Greenspon
sought would: have allowed
publication of the name only |
af the. end of the appeal .
process if the man was

convicted, A temporary gag‘
order was issued by Justlee -

John Osler March 28 until

arguments. could be heard

by Boland this week.
Opposing the order were

provisions of the Charter of -
Rights and Freedoms which
‘guarantee freedom ‘of the
press and those | ‘which
guarantee the right to a fair .
trial, the: Tight to a fale trial
- should prevail."

He ‘contended | that
publication of his .client’s-
name. and - the “lurid. .
detalles” of the. atabbing ; at A...
party. in, suburban, Nepean.

” would damage. the _
"presumption ° ‘of innocence |
‘guaranteed by the charter.

Boland ssid presumption '
of innocence means.that the
prosecution must prove
beyond a reasonable doubt
that @ person is guilty.

It does not mean he or. she’
cannot be fingerprinted,
and it does not guarantee
anonymity until conviction,

There are numerous
procedural “safeguards to
guarantee a fair’ - trial,

among them ‘charges of

~a right to be informed.” -
‘And ‘openness prevents
-abuse of the system, said
the judge. ““The press is a
positive influence in
ensuring a fair trial.”

Greenspon, indicating he

_ would appeal, asked for a -

continuation ‘of the gag
, order until, the, Appeal, was
“beard... sey
- He noted ‘that Boland and
two. other Supreme ‘Court
justices had issued such an
order after ruling that the
‘Ontario Film Censor Board
can’t slash movies.
Boland replied that the
. censorship case was quite
different. The board, which

_ employs dozens of people,

would have been put out of
business by the court's
ruling, so a stay order was
issued pending the appeal.
She refused Greenapon's

request for a stay. .

+

MOSCOW (Reuter) -— The official Soviet i
news agency. Tass. said today that. US.

President Reagan's ‘proposed
development: of -an effective. American

antl-ballistic missile system would léad ‘to

anew arms race in offensive weapons.

Tass’s military affaira commentator,

Viadimir Bogachov, repeated the Soviet

‘line that the U.S, Is-planning to develop

such a system so it could launch a nuclear
war with impunity.

“In the circumstances where both sides.

have ABM (anti-ballistic

systems, iti is likely that a new round ‘of
rivalry in“ the field ‘of: creation of
manoeuvrable warheads able to
_overcome the anti-missile- defences"
would result, he said. |

“A quantitative spiral of all ‘lypes of
offensive weapons will also begin.”

Bogachov said:it has been generally
agreed that "both sides’ agreement -to
‘refrain’ ffom-~‘effective . anti-nuclear
defences has been a stabilizing factor. This
is’ what the United States now Is
threatening to > destroy, he declared.

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