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. Pear Juice 398 mL-tin — 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. * Southam ‘Inc, — which “Thank you” Tournament Chairman Jim Greyeyes Parents Restaurants f LEAVING A TRAIL? | . 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