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“EDMONTON (CP) . —
Energy‘and agriculture are
still important, but children -

“and the. physically and

| Mentally. ° handicapped.
_ received moat attention, in.

Thursday's speech from.the.
throne marking the opening’
of the = 1th’ Alberta
legislature, . .

.. LtsGov. Ralph Steinhauer -
read the speech outlining a

Humber | of
previously -

* programs iike: an ‘assured

income plan. io. help per-
'. handicapped
persons obtain health care.
The program — to cover
medicare pramiums and
optical, dental and drug care
= will be available to per-.
bons between ages.19 and 65.
with qualifying income
Texel. ach ik; oo
- The speech also promises
improvements in education
for the handicapped. ‘
.. They include a new
program to ‘enhance
significantly” the assistance

. avallable for children with

mt handicaps; initial
steps tow lanning a fa-
cility for blind and multiply
handicapped deaf children;
and improved services at the

‘ Alberta School for the Deaf,
Other new Programs will
be proposed to expand
preventive dental treatment
throughout the province,
Provide day-time de-
velopment opportunities for

~“ mentally retarded and
' handicapped: children and

provide more residential
space for mentally retarded
children’ living ‘in: smaller
communities. -

“In =the = speech, the
Progressive - Conservative
government says it will meet
& previously announced
“commitment to a dally living:
program making: specified

health aids and equipment .

available. at no cost,
Hospital construction is to
benefit from recom-
mendations for ''substantlal
of new

‘The promises for the
handicapped may go at least
Baal te og
0 ons from s0sition
.- Leader Bob Clark, who said

earlier in the week hey

his: first, priority in the
legistature’s spring session.
. The speech. from the
throne, the official outline of
government intentions for
the session, alsa promises.
‘programs to . restore.
deteriorated school buildings
and to improve’ attendance
tates while cutting the school
dropout rate.
And provincial funding of
_ education is to continue at

the highest level, per capita, .

of any. province in the
country, All this is done in

_ -thename ofthe International

Year of the Child.
- Other major an-
nouncements in the speech

” confirm promises made by

Premier Peter Lougheed
before the March 14 pro-
. Vinclal election in which his
‘ ‘atives swept 74 of 79
Seats. :
~The legislature will
discuss the $300-million
Alberta Heritage Foundation
for Medica] Research.
_ A bill will be introduced to
“implement the $1-billion
municipal debt reduction
program, It offers
municipalities dine per
capita to apply a it non-
uty debts,

_ ‘The budget is‘ to include

money to begin a $750-
million, six-year program of

_ New programs

for Alberta

transportation ald) to.

‘municipalities,

A bili will be introduced to
set-up a new minigtry of
‘economnlp ”” development,
i aimed-at. strengthening the

be. ; province's agricultural and

examine.-all aspects of *

workers' compensation law.

The speech opened with
emphasis on the young and
the handicapped, but it

Tealfirmed ‘the Lougheed :

_ government's interests in
energy, agriculture andthe
federal constitution,

It notes that.the National
Energy Board has decided a
surplus of natural gas exists
in Canada, making gas
exports feasible in the
board's view. ce

The speech tacitly’ an-
tcipates federal government
Approval of such: exports:
“The resultant. cash flows
(from export sales of gas)
will sustaln the jobs asso-
clated with the exploration
aspects of the petroleum in-
“dustry.” _

. Agriculture is recognized

_ having * « ‘‘special

. Significance to Alberta's
present and future economy

as 4 renewable resource.”

The speech promises more
. provincial help io farmers in
farm. busines. management, .
more. money for irrigation

and. substantially, more’

‘Money for promotion. of
Alberta-grown,, food
, porate | affairs
will also become inv
agriculture through a
Proposed Commodity
Futurea Act, .
The spee
legislation will be introduced
in the spring session and will
“ensure that the climate for
commodities futures trading

in the province continues to

‘be a healthy one."

A brief reference to inter-. .

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Harmony in Diversity paper,

government's
- e@onstitution.

position on the

The speech outlines .a°

varlety of ather proposals for
the. spring legislative
seasion, including: .

- —Legislation to more’
‘closely define’ "ethics,

education requirements and
other areas for two unnamed
professions; . -
—Expanded lending to
middle-and_ -lower-income
home | buyers’ through - the
Alberta Home Mortgage

3 .
—More emphasis on pre-

vention of alcoholism and -

drug abuse; : .
Establishment of a
special committee to

examine provincial fisheries

law and management of -

commercial and recre-
"ational fishing;

—Changes to lighten the
_load of property taxes and
more equitably. distribute
unconditional. grants’ to
munelpalities;

~—Establish major new —

financial assisiance to
promote -sound waate
management by
municipalities:

_ And, to
significantly aid offered to
witnesses in trials. ;

Rail unions

have settled ©

had contravened the UTU -

MONTREAL (CP) —

About. 9,000 CN Rail con-
ductors, trainmen and yard
workers have ratified a
three-year contract, -jcining
66,000 other rail employees
who have ratified new labor
agreements, .

. A spokesman for th

_ United Transportation Union
(UTU) said Thursday just
under a third of the unton’s
- CN members voted to reject
the contract, which raises
wages by 28.3 per cent over
three years, The agreement,
retroactive lo Jan, i, was
slgned Wednesday.

- ' According to rules of the
ratification yote, only
‘workers opposed to the
agreement were required to

_ Mail back completed ballots,
All who did not were counted
as having voted to accept.

‘Some union members tn
Thunder Bay, Ont., had.

sought a court injunction, .
peti the union leadership -

convention in handling the
vote. The court refused the

request. _
The UTY still is con-
ducting a ratification vote

for its 7,000 members at CP
Rall, with results expected in

said,

Five unions representing
50,-000. non-operating em-
ployees. an a sixth
representing 5,000

locomotive engineers at the

major railways have s gned
new contracts with essen-

Wally the same terms that -

the UTU received — annual
increases of 10, eight and
eight per cent, Compounded,
it méang a 28,3-per-cent
boost by January, 1982.

. ‘Those terms have been re-
jected by eight unions repre-

senting 20,000 shop-crait

workers — the people who

trains.

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The. consumer, and ,cor-, .

, department,
ofnetives i?

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The Herald, Friday, May 25, 1970, Page 5

Canada’s future >

WINNIPEG (CP) — Gov.-
. Gen, Edward Schreyer said
Thursday that the future of

* _ Canada is at stake.

“No one expects every
Canadian to be able to speak
French and English,” the
former Manitoba premier
told 450 aris, music and
commerce graduates
University of Manitoba's
100th spring convocation.

“More important is the
desire to want to try. Without
this, there is little possibility
of maintaining national
institutions. that are ac-
ceptable ta both groups.”
~ In a speech-after he ac-
cepted an honorary doctor of

laws degree, Schreyer said

universities and colleges”
must promate effective |

communication among
people in Canada’s two main

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Schreyer also cautioned
his audience not to ignore or
downplay the importance of
national ‘unity. ; :

."We need a certain
tolerance or generosity. of
Spirit... We cannot allow -
ourselves to tlre of this
obligation if we wish the
country to endure.”

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