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OTTAWA (CP) — Prime
Minister Clark and his key:
economic ministers have all
hinted that large oil prices
increases are in store in the
months and yeara ahead, but
government officials say
they have not-tried to

* forecast bow consumers will

react,

Will le curtail their
wasteful energy habits, will
py, Fn into thelr savings to

or give up
other purchases so they can
afford to| to keep consuming ex-

pemive 7
.’ “That's the big question, ld
~" gald a finance department

officlal. “Nobody knows.'*
He was not aware of any
government effort to etuay

people’ s béhavior when
faced with large energy
price increases. He thought
finance department
economists might be asked
to look Into the questlon.
“He said the Clark adminis.
tration hopes that by raising
oil prices it will be able to
“knock some sense into the

“consumer's head.” "

The spokesman called it
the . ‘sledgehammer . ap-
proach’ — abrupt. price
increases design to” jot
people into _ conserving
energy.

But studies in the United .
States following that
country’s energy crisis’ of
1973-74 cast doubt oti -this
Strategy. Consumers faced.

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LEGISLATIVE LIBRARY,
PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS,

VICTORIA,
VWO¥-1%4

with a sudden-increase in oll
prices aid not che thelr
energy-hungry lifestyle as
much as they altered thelr
budgets. ;

They accepted the fact
that olf was golng to cost
‘more and gave up: other
things to accommodate the
price jump.

Some economists expect
that pattern to repeat iisell. -

In its July quarierly

review, Mead and Co., a.

Mohtrealbased investment
company says: -

“There ig A consensus
forming that 1973-80 will
follow the pattern ex-
perienced a 1974-75 with.

er. o ices: causing
inflation and a recession.

face

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“AS happened earlier, con-
sumers’ demand for oil will
be relatively Insensitive to

higher prices. An increased
share'of disposable income
will go to energy purchases,
leaving a smaller share to be

‘spent on: other items and

thereby generating slack in
demand and a recession,”
Spending patterns in

- Europe and Japan — where

gasoline costa between $2.50
and §3.20 a gallon — also
provide some reason for
uneasiness.

Canada’s umbassador in
Japan, Bruce Rankin, told
reporters in Tokyo for last
month's economic summit
that he has virtually

abandoned the bellef that

1
Cer y

rising oil prices will force
consumers to conserve.

In Tokyo where it costs
about $30 to fi up the
gastank of a typical Toyota,
people leave thelr engines
running all the time, he said,

The finance official said
the government, is aware
that high gasoline prices in
Europe do not appear to
have led to any significant
reduction in fuel © con-
sumption.

“Nothing seems ‘tobe stop-
ping or slowing down, even

-when they have to pay $2.50

or $2.40 a gallon.” |
The collective respénse of
Canadians torising oil prices

is a crucial element in the -

country’s economic future,

If. they conserve, Canada
will be able to free itself
from some of its reliance on
imports from the ail-
producing countries and
make its own energy
resources last longer.

But if they keep buying
energy and stop buying other
consumer goods, faclories
will have to ecale down
production which could lead
to lay-offs, weak economia
growth and trouble for the
dollar on world currency
markets.

So: far government
forecasting. about an
economic future in-
corporating high energy
prices is. based on framen-
tary signals, said the finance ,

official. He -
several of these:

—Economists have
calculated: that every $1-a-
barrel increase in the price
of oll leads toa jump of about
half a per cent in the cost of
living. The latest reported .
rate of increase in cotstimer
prices was the June Hon
figure of 8.9 per cent,

—~Car lers are
reporting healthy salea of
full-sized cara in splte of
predicted price increases at
the gas pump.

—Demand for
especially | hat used to
produce igh-octane,
unleaded gasoline — seems
to have increased faster than
government planners ex-

‘mentioned

large oil price increases.

pected ‘in the last few '
months. National Energy

Board surveys shaw
sudden in demand

in Eastern Canada this

spring.

An opinion poll this .

month indicated that 60

cent of & selected sample of

Canadians
country is capable

believe tho .

cing more oil than it
needs. Of the 600 persons ;
Interviewed 15 pér cent

foresaw difficulty and 25 per

cent were unable to com:

ment,

“I don't think Canada ;

havegivenit much thought,”

said the finance department -

official. “I haven't. a

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Carter goes to
for aid

timidity of the ‘Congress | in _
dealing with a sensitive .

people

WASHINGTON (AP), —

"President Carter appealed
’ Wednesday y tothe einting
people for help in winning .
passage of his windfall:

its tax on the oil indusiry

and said that if the proposal

is defeated ‘we cannot reach
our energy goals,”’

At a- news ‘ conference

broadcast across the country

In prime time, Carter

forecast ‘‘a massive struggle -

to get the windfall profits tax
bill” through the U, 8.

- The measure already has
the Howse of
Representatives.
Carter also defended
Tapidtire. changes in hie

the need to “create a new

~ feam.to work with me": and
“Thad the choice of dragging -

dt out or getting it over, in
effect, in 48 hours,"

As for criticism of his deci-
sion to name Hamilton

Jordan, a close aide since his _
- days as governor of Georgia,

to be White House chief-of-
staff, Carter denied Jordan’s
authority would . extend

. - beyond the presidential

_ will not be chief of the
cabinet, I will be chief of the
cabinet,” said Carter. “He
Will not be the chief of the

Congreas, The Congress is an
independent body...He will

be chief of the White House

Carter’ | ‘appeal for public
support for the windfall
rofits tax came within
irs of another defeat in the
House of Representatives for
part of his energy program.

The House abruptly halted
debate on legislation giving
Carter standby authority to
ration ' asotine alter
unexpected adoption of an
amendment sharply limiting
his flexibility.

Carter said the House

action ‘illustrates = the

political issue.’

Carter also was asked
about Senator Henry
Jackson's prediction that the
president probably would not
be able .to win the
Democratie presidential
nomination in 1980 and that
the likely candidate would be
Senator Edward ‘Kennedy.

“Three or four years ago, I
was running for president
against Senator Jackson,”
Carter said. “And at that
time he predicted he would
be the next president, His
judgment wasn’t very good

. then.”

In his opening statement,

‘cal /“Thaye 00 apologies: Carter sald he yao “do
ment KB De, eve eto
gee oeeeitent said ihe “wha ae partial of of the" nein

fall profits’* tax.

. Carter argued that “the
American people over-
whelmingly support such a
tax,”’ already approved by
the House of Represen-
tatives. But he added:

“Now It Ja the Senate's
turn and there will he a
terrible struggle by the oll
lobby to gut the windfall
profits tax bill. If this hap-
pens, then we cannot reach

‘ our energy goals,’

Recalling his July 15 ad-
dress in which he spoke
about “a crisis of the
American spirlt,’’ Carter
urged anew ‘a “uniting in
common purpose as we have
done sa often in the past.”

He said: “The opportunity
we now have is to seize
contro] of our energy future
—towork together to cut our

dangerous Hependence on *

foreign cil

“Millions of Americans 7

have responded positively to
what I sald. .

“We have lost confidence
in our institutlons — all of us
know that. But we also know
that we can put pessimism
aside, and move forward to-
gether with patriotism and
hard work.”

Jan Hansen enjoys her‘lunch and the sun —
in Lower Little Park

Photo by Greg Middleton

Firefighters pray for cool weather

FORT SMITH, N.W.T.
(CP) — Firefighters are
squinting at clear skies and

praying for cooler, damp
weather to help control
forest fires that haye burned

Test-tube baby

called a miracle

BRISTOL, England (ary

. = Loulse Brown, the fira

auibenticates test- ube
, had her firat birthday

ously cs and her mother

d her “‘a little

was

celebrated by the family

with a small party at the

eir new suburban home
tear Bristol.

Louise was born July 25,
1976, at Oldham Hospital
nesr Manchester. Two
British doctora had fertilized

~ an egg from her mother's

womb with sperm from her

' - father, and reimplanted the

egg in her mother’s body,
Lealey Brown, 392, could
not have a baby normally
‘because surgeons could nat
unblock the Fallopian tubes
Jeading to her womb.

A month. ago, the Brown3
moved. from their terraced
house in the centre of Bristol
to a house with a greener
view. It haa a wading pool
specially for Louise.

“We could not be happier.
We have a beautiful new
home, Louise settled in
quickly and she is having a
wonderful birthday,’ Mra,
Browa told reporters, I am
the most contented woman in
the world and I would like to
have another baby In-just the
same way.”

Louise, a lively, golden-
haired toddler, took her first.
steps two months ago.

Since Louide was born, the
births of two other teat-lube
babies have been reported,
one, a girl in Calcutta, Indla, '
and the other, a boy, in
Glasgow, Scotland. .

“as

nearly two million acres of
bush in the Northwest Terrl-
tories and northern Alberta.

Ralph -Checkley, N.W.T..
head of fire control, said
there were 121 fires burning
in the territories Wednesday,
bringing the year’s total to
244. Twelve of the blazes
were being fought. The rest

— mainly low-priority blazes _

—~ were left to burn u-
controlled,

mee were concentrated

around Great Bear
Lake, in the Fort Smith area
on the Alberta boundary, and
north of Yellowknife,

New problems were
cropping up, however, ag
more fires were detected
further north, around Inuvik
at Norman Wella, whore

thing p vor
with the dry serib forest.

Weather remains the
eritical factor. The forecast
for the next few days Is for
continued warm ard dry
conditions,

The department of Indian
affairs and = northern
development has already
spent its  $1.1-million
firefighting budget for the
year, and the forest fire

season does not em until
mid-August. Additional
money haa been allotted
however,

Wood Buffalo, Nationa)
Park, which ¢overs the
northeast corner of Alberta
and part of the N.W.T., haa
10 fires burning over a total
of 1.6 million acres. Fire
control officer Gord Mason
sald the park has had 84 fires
so far this year, covering
some 2.4 milllon acres,

Stull, Mason gaid. the total
area burned this year is less
than one-half of one per cent

of the park’s 27,680 square |

kilometres,

Meanwhile, flre crews in
Alberta are battling eight
blazes in the Athabasca
region of northern Alberta.

There were a total of 25
fires burning throughout the
province, but most were
small and under control.
Campfire restrictions
remain in force in natlonal
parks in Alberta and south-
eastern British Columbia.

Checkley said men and
some equipment have come
from: the Yukon: to help.
About 100 firefighters are
working in the Fort Smith

area, 20 around Yellowknife
and 20 near Norman Wells.

So far damage has been
limited to six trappers’
cabins and some trap lines.
A 320,00-acre blaze is being

fought north of Yellowknife.

but remains no threat to the
town.

Checkley is worried aboul |

a small fire on the sth
Parallel, south of Norman
Wells, burning in over-
mature timber and moss. So
far, the fire covers only 800
acres but crewa were having
trouble getting to it.

In Wood Buffalo, last
week's rain has helped
control the remalhing fires,
but. Mason's crew of 68 is
being kept busy battling hot
spots which can turn the
smoldering ground cover
into a full-fledged blaze.

Despite the fires, the park
is open. The campground at
Pine Lake was closed for two
days as fire drew to within
seven kilometres, but has
sitce reopened.

Crews are also battiing a
fire near the whooping crane
preserve in the park’s
northeast corner.

VANCOUVER (CP) — The
largest of three British
Columbia forest industry
unions made it official
Wednesday, announcing its

- §0,000 coastal members had

voted 65.8 per cent fo accept
the induatry’s two-year
contract proposal.

The International Wood-
workers of America
negotiating committee had
recommended acceptance of
the pact, described by the

companies as the richest -

ever offered, .
“We regard this as an
endoraation ,of. the com-

wniltee’s: -Aieve.that ‘it: weed

héll of a good settlement,"
said Jack Munro, western
region president. “We're
pleased to see a two-toone
margin and -especially
pleased that all locals ac-

’ cepted it."

Ciay Perry, union in-
formation officer, said the
vote ‘by the union’s 7,500
. southern Interior members
will be delayed because
some mills have members on.
vacation.

“But ] expect the vote wil

be similar or slightly higher
in favor of acceptance,” .

Perry said.

The 7,500-member
Canadian Paperworkers
Union earller voted 62 per

cent to accept the pact, while |.

the 5,500-member Pulp,
Paper and Woodworkers of.
Canada (PPWC) narrowly
‘rejected it,

PPWC president Angus
Macphee confirmed Tuesday
that the union wauld accept
the pact as soon aa
unresolved local issues at
five mills are resolved.

The contract provides tor
an increase’ of ®) cents an
hour in the first year and
another 90 cents or 9.5 per
cent, whichever is. greater,
in the second year. Base rate

‘under the old contract was

$8.16 ah hour,

The previous contract for
coastal IWA members ex-
pired June 15, while con-
tracts for both pulp and
paper unions and the Interior
IWA expired June 30,.

PPWC members are on
strike at the Canadian
Cellulose operation in Prince
Rupert and at MacMillan
Bloedel's Harmac pulp mill
near Nanaimo.’

Macphee said Kamloo
likely would be next if
strike spreads, Local
negotiating meetings have
been scheduled in Kamloops
and Prince George,

Union negotiators met
Tuesday with officials of the
Pulp and Paper Industrial
Relations Bureau, which
bargains for the companies,

but Macphee admitted that .

the PPWC's 51.6 per cent
rejection vote was too low to
extract anything more at the
bargaining table,

“We're quite convinced
that there was more at the
table if: the other two unions
had shown any spunk,” he
sald,

Macphee said there will
not be a new full mem-
bership vote on the rejected’
settlement, but added “there
will no contract signed until
all the Incals are satistied.”

Meanwhile. Stan Shewaga,

BY IWA

president of the PPWC's Na-

naimo focal, said the union

plans to appeal all the recent

cease-and-desist orders
issued by the B.C. Labor

Relations Board against
PPWC pickets af MacMillan

Bloedel operations in the

Vancouver area, Vancouver

Island and Powell River,

The militant Local 8 set out
earlier this month to shut
down MacMillan Bloedel's
operations province-wide but
were folled when the cam-
pany obtained ceasé-and-
desist orders at all company
mills where collective
agreements with the other
unions were in effect.

former Liberal gov-
ernment's financial
rma is

when i seed

winveter John Crosbie
Provides his promised
economic review,

He also will. be an-
nouncing what he intends:
bis etl banging: from

8 m
the Nov. 16 budget of his
predecessor Jean

“leroable and his chief
financial-economic
sidekick, Treasury Board
President Sinclair
Stevens, have been
issuing assorted statistics
in recent weeks that they

_ Say show the country's
‘finances were left in
ape n they
had thought. ‘
__ Crosbie forecast
Tuesday - a record §7
billlon ‘ deficit in inter-
national trade in goods
and services, for
example, plus a period of
at least three yeara of
tough government
restraint because of what
he . called Liberal
maladministration.
ls expected economic
review today is expected
to compare the present
with forecasts made last

CROSBIE PLANS
FRESH ASsaU UL T

phen. IC oa The Nee, NY.

Various measures took
effect after the Noy. 16.
bud t but moat had still

proved when
Plecre iu prove een
Parllament for the May
22 eléction.

There is a $1.3 billion
reduction in the federa\ .
sales tax to nine per cer,
from 12; increased
personal income tax ex.
emptions for single

persons; an increase in
income tax deductions for -
all working tax payers.to
$500 from $250; changes
in the exclse tax and tax
writeotis to provide In-
centives to business and

nhe Toderal salea tax
cut has been in effect
since Nov. 17.

The other measures
became effective April 1.
Seasonal cuts in tariffs
on fruit and vegetables
also toc* effect and more
reductions are scheduled

October unless

(resbie decides tc make

He hat Sromised that
le has

the first Progressive

be expected ahoctly after
ex after

Parliament assembles

Richest « offer
is acceptable

Tete rere

Lakelse Lake
bylaw passed

Tt may have taken a few years, but a zoning bylaw is
now in force for the Lakelse Lake area, after being
adopted at the regional district meeting in Kitimat

July 21.

The bylaw, said Alice Chen Wing,
director has zoned areas into property

are presently occupled.

ional district
es as they

“If anyone wants to change that zoning, they have to
change the disignation and that requires a public

meeting,” said Chen Wing.

' “Before zoning, people could do a thing
wanted with their property and the residents thers
didn't tind out until after the fact,” she continued.

‘Chen Wing said the bytaw had been first drawn up in
the late sixties had gone through three. readings,

-public hearings, and to the Ministry of Municipal

Affairs before it could be returned to the regional

district for adoption,

“It's a long process," she said.

‘It’s an Involved

bylaw and there has been a Jot of Interest,”
Chen Wing said the bylaw took effect as soon as it

was adopted by the regional district and included
areas around the lake and the Watershed.

Vervve genes seetes