Page .2, The Herald, Wednesday, October 31, 1979

Public servants said not that bilingual

By PAUL GESSELL

OTTAWA (CP) — Almost
4 per cent of the public
servants whose jobs are
designated bilingual do not
have sufficient knowledge of
a second official language to
meet their job requirements,

Figures supplied Tuesday
by Perrin Beatty, minister of
state for the treasury board,
Show that‘ the federal
government has made no
progress during the last two
years in placing bilingual

Tories
By BILL LEVITT .
OTTAWA (CP) — The
federal government is
prepared to amend the In-
dian Act to allow Indian
bands to manage their own
aftairs using community-
based planning and develop-

ment, Indian Affairs
Minister Jake Epp said

Tuesday,

Epp told the Commons
Indian affairs committee
that Indians ‘‘want to give

persons in jobs demanding
knowledge of both French
and English.

Beatty, responsible for
bilingualism programs In the
public service, tabulated the
figurés at the request of
Liberal MP Hal Herbert
(Vaudreuil).

The statistics indicate
55,685 jobs designated as
bilingual were filled as of
March 30, 1979, but 16,532 of
these federal employees did
not meet language

requirements of their jobs.
The figures resemble those
supplied two years ago by
the public service - com-
mission, the federal agency
which hires and fires
government employees,

The 1977 figures show that
52,209 jobs designated as
bilingual were filled but
16,359 of these persons had
insufficient knowledge of
both official languages to
carry out their duties.

The linguistically deficient

public servants in 1979 in-

cluded 10,095  English-
Canadians and 6,-437
French-Canadians,

“Of.this 16,532, there were .

14,953 employees or 90.4 per
eent (8,825 anglophones and
6,-128 francophones) who
were exempted from
meeting the language
Tequirements of their po-

sitions because of in- .
cumbents” rights, long
service or age eén-

titlements,"” Beatty said ina
letter to Herbert, .

Translated, that statement
means these 16,532 em-
ployees are cemented
their jobs despite thei
deficient language skills,’

“The remaining 1,579
employees or 9.6-per cent
(1,270 anglophones and 309
francophones) were . ap-
pointed to bilingus] positions
on the condition that they
undertake language training

in order to meet the lan- .

Quage requirements of their
positions,” Beatty wrote.

to change the Indian Act

real meaning to self-
determination through
strengthened local govern-
ments,"

Changes to the Indian Act,
which dictates how Indians
are. to be governed by the
Indian affairs department,
would give Indians greater
community strength,

But Indian leaders want
amendments to the British
North America Act to allow
them to be self-governing.

Epp was responding to an
economic development
report that called on Ottawa
to accept the principle of
Indian self-government, °

The report, prepared by
Jack Beaver, was jointly
sponsored in 1078 by the
Indian affairs department
and the National Indian
Brotherhood, whitch repre-
sents the country’s 300,000
Indians who receive feddral
benefits and protection

under the Indian Act.
Beaver, an Indian from
southern Ontario, said IJn-
dians suffered because of the
constant bickering between
the brotherhood. and the
department aver policy.

And Beaver was not im-
mune to the squabbling
either. ;

The brotherhood, unhappy
with his mandate, withdrew
its support in March. Beaver

Transfers just go with the job |

VICTORIA (CP)
Frequent transfers are
occupational hazards for
Moonties, and tgp RCMP
officers say they’ have no
sympathy for members who
refuse to move.

Superintendent Ian Fisher
said that despite high coats
of moving, transfers are for
the good of the organization
and the individual. Once
made, he adds, orders to
move must be obeyed,

Cpl. Al Thiel was bounced
from the force last week
when he refused to move to
Williams Lake in the central
Interior from his post in
McBride,

Thiel, who has spent 14 of
his 36 years with the RCMP,
has gone to the federal
courts to press for an in-

ternal hearing of his case, He
has the moral support of
many in the community of

600.

Fisher said applicants to
the force are fully aware that
they will be moved around,
Members usually are
transferred every two or

three years.

“Mobility is part of the job
requirement,” he said
Tuesday, ‘“‘And there is
always a reason. We don't
‘tranfer just for the sake of
transferring.

“If a member doesn’t
follow what is good for the
organization, well I'm sorry,
but that’s it.’”

Objections to moves have’
increased since grievance
procedures were written into
RCMP policy several years

ago. Escalating casts of
mortgages have contributed
to that trend,

Thiel’s case ig not the first
in which a member has
taken on the force, but a
favorable legal judgment in
his favor would set a
precedent the RCMP would
like to avoid,

“Tf Thiel wins, juet think of
ali the other members who
would refuse to move,” said
McBride resident Don Reed,

RCMP officials in Ottawa
denied that Thiel was
transferred because his
superiors were worried
shout his grass-roots polic-

Ing. ;

“That could not be further
from the truth,” said —
superintendent John Ben-

tham.’ It's absolutely -

preposterdus,”’

Thiel is still in McBride,
located in central B.C, near
the Alberta border> but his
place has been taken.by Cpl
Steve Hrycuik.

Body
identified

VANCOUVER (CP)
Alex John Taylor Shamen,
43, of suburban Richmond,
has been identified as the
man killed Friday in an
accident. in a south Van-
couver industrial plant.
Shamen died in hospital a
few hours after he suffered
head injuries in a fall from
shelving ta a concrete fioor,

~ form those changes wi

continued and managed to

have73 meetings with Indian
people” = and their
organizations,

A brotherhood spokesman
said the report was too
Philisophical. and lacked
pragmatic solutions,

Epp admitted at a news
conference that liis depart-
ment doea not adequately
meet Indlan needs outlined
by Beaver,

“There is a common un-
derstanding between Indian
associations and myself that

‘changes have to be made,”

he sald.

-"“Changes have to be
brought in...in exactly what
take
placeT can't say at this early
stage.”

Epp said those changes
will be worked out with
Indian leaders, - ;

Beaver recommended the
department be overhauled to
become a supportive agency
rather “than an ad-
ministrative and control

agency,
That could be done by .

forming an economic um-
brella organization within
the department that would
focus on development
projects for. Indian com-
munities,

Epp had ho comment on
that but sald several pilot
development projects on
reserves will begin shortly

In an interview, Herbert
said generous job security
provisions granted federal
employees “make, it vir-
tually impossible ta show a
public servant the door’
even if he lacks required
skills

want a person to speak two
languages, 1 hire a person
who speaks two languages
and not send him on a
training course,’ said the
Montreal-area construction
company executive.

Likewise, Herbert said he
would, fire a person who is
unable to fill the
requirements of his job,

Public servants whose jobs

were designated bilingual
should have been given five
years to learn a second lan-
guage or else find another
job, he said,

The minister also wrote
that 47,271 public servants in
Canada receive the annual
$800 bilingual bonus.

“As a businessman, if £

PLACER
PROFITS

VANCOUVER (CP) —
Placer Development Ltd.
reported profits for the
first three quarters of this
year Tuesday of $534
million or $4.41 a share
compared -with $17.6
million or $1.46 a share
for the same period Jeat
year,

The increase waa due to
higher molybdenum and
copper prices, said
company spokesman W,
D. Thompson.

The company also
reported extraordinary
earnings of $92 million, or
$7.59 a share, resulting
from exchange of
Placer's 27. 1-per-cent
interest in Mattagami
Lake Mines Ltd. for a 5.5
per-cent interest in
Noranda Mines Ltd,

Placer's mine at En-
dako, west of Prince
George, has been hit by a
strike which began last
Feb, 14, but workers are
expected to vote on a new
agreement Nov. 1,

Thompson said if the
agreement, recom-
mended by the union
bargaining committee, is
ratified, work at the
molybdenum mine should
return to normal within a
short time, Production at

:Ahe mine had been eut to fs:

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. LUNDON (neuter) —
Chinese leader Hua Guofeng
chose London to make the
strongest speech of a tour of
Western Europe, calling the
Soviet Union a warmonger.

Chairman Hua decided
that- he would echo the
Kremlin and compare Prime
Minister Margaret Thatcher
with the Second World War
British leader, Winston
Churchill,

With her attacks on Soviet
arms spending, Pravda sald
this manth, the “Iron Lady"
was trying on Churchill's

BRIEFS.

not fit,

Pravda sald. ae
Chairman Hua was more
complimentary when he
dined with Mre, Thatcher at

‘her 10 Downing Street of.

ficial residence Tuesday
night. |.
"Just as Winston Churchill
exposed the ambitions of the
Nazis, Prime Minister
Thatcher has unequivocally
identified the source of the
war danger and called for
effective counter
measures,"’ the Chinese
Communist party leader
aaid. I

Leftists try embassy

SAN SALVADOR (AP) —
About 300 armed leftists at-
tacked the U.S. embassy in
this capital of El Salvador on
Tuesday, but were driven
back by U.S. and Salvadoran

troops using tear gas, of-.

ficials said.

Shots were fired and two
U.S. Marine Corps guards
were slightly injured.

Officiald said the invaders
climbed the-embassy fence
but were driven back before
they could force their way
into the embassy building.

The U.S. compound oc-
cupies an entire block and is
surrounded by a high wall
and thick metal fences,

Leaflets scattered on the
sidewalk said “Down with
imperialism” and “We want
to live in peace,” ,

At least 24 persons were
killed and about 100 wounded
Monday In gun battles
between security forces and
leftists in a street demon-
stration elsewhere in the
capital,

Meanwhile, there were re-
ports left-wing activists who
hold 22 persons hostage in
the ministries of labor and
economy occupied the
education ministry Tuesday
and were holding 20 more
employees and visitors
captive,

Everybody agrees but...

OTTAWA (CP) —: MPs
agreed Tuesday that people
should be allowed to work
past age 65 or retire early at
age 60 — but they didn’t do
anything about it, ~

Speaking during debate on
a private member's bill in
the Commons, they said
society must come to grips
with the fact that the
population is aging and that
half of all Canadians will be
at least 65 yeara old by‘ the
year 2000. oar

Rights said

NEW YORK (AP) — Allen’
Neuharth, president of the
American Newspaper
Publishers Association, said

Tuesday the U.S, bill of.

rights may become a bill of
restraints if the U.S,
Supreme Court continues to
put severe limits on pregs
freedoms.

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COPENHAGEN (AP) —
Two Soviet — ships
strengthened for icebreaking
collided in a Danish strait
today, One of them, carrying
scientista to an Antarctic
expedition, was in the wro

after the collision, leaving
one dead, four missing and
94 rescued, officials suid,

They said two of the
rescued were seriously
burned and four had less
serious burns. None was
‘immediately identified.

The Danish naval com-

| yaand said the 9,249-ton

Mnfarctic expédition ship
Dilenelt the 22,692-ton
tanker General

CHICAGO (AP) — A
blustery, snow-laden storm
sent an icy prelude to winter
through portions of the
central and southern plains
of the Unitad States, killing
eight persois, stranding
motorists, knécking out
power’ and sending some
‘Texas residents to shelters to
kéepwarm

Blizzard warnings were in
effect arly today across
western Kansas and west-
central’ Nebraska, and
travellers advisories were
posted for the Texas
Panhandle, northeastern

QUEBEC (CP) ~— The
Quebec Court of Appeal, in
an unusual move, has asked
the provincial cabinet to
promise it will give at least
15 days notice before making
any move to expropriate the
Quebec assets of Asbestos
CoP. Ltd. .

e three-judge appeals
tribunal, which made the
request Tuesday, ws ap-
parently seeking com-
Promise solution’ in the
dispute, which tis seen the
company ask the court for an
injunction barring any
forced takeover of Asbestos
“Corp.

The government has been
arguing there is no need for
an injunction at this time,
because it has not yet started
éxpropriation prdaceedings,

The company, for its part,
says it needs the injunction

because the Quebec cabinet

Lbs Ipint Conference of,

The debate was over a bill
presented by Gus Mitges,
Conservative MP for the
Ontario constituency of
Grey-Simeoe who has long
fought for an end to com-
pulsory retirement at 65,

His legislation died when
the hour setasideto debate it
ended without a vote being
taken,

Nobody disagreed with the
bill and the goyernment gave
no indication of why it did nat
permit it‘to“comie to.a vote.

ee bore)

resthictive
rights and responsibilities in
covering the news, He cited
the court’s recent decision to
allow closed pre-trial
hearings in criminal cases.
“The key issue and the
Teal reason for concern
about the (Chief Justice
Warren) Burger court's
actions (is that) public rights
are going down the tube,"
Netiharth fold a mead ng af
el
gion and Press on First

Amendment Concerns.

Icebreakers collide

Shkodunovich ?ollided in
rough seas in the Great Belt,
between Zealand and Fyn,
Denmark's .two biggest
islands,

The strait connects the
Baltic and orth Seas.

sea lane and caught fite a.dThen~Glenek, ,which was

bound for the Antarctic,
caught fire, and the captain
at first reported 16 of his
crew missing but police later,
said 11 of them were
rescued, |

Danish maritime officials
said the Olenck was sailing
north on the wrong side of
the channel at the time of the
collision. They said the ship
should have been on the east
side of the channel, but was
travelling on the west.

First taste of winter

New Mexico and the
mountains and foothills of
Colorade, the National
Weather Service said,

Two persons were killed
Tuesday when a freak tor-
nado spawned by the storm
smashed a mobile home ina
rural community near Ard-
more, Okla. - ;

Six other persons died in
traffic accidents, including a
man and wornan struck by a
ear when they stopped to
help a vehicte stalled in a
anow-filled ditch in the Texas
Panhandle.

Court wants notice

has given only vague
assurances — rather than ap
ironclad legal promise —
that it will not order a snap
a prepriation at some future

Government lawyers were
expected to make known the
cabinet's reply to the appeal
court's request when the
hearing resumed today.

If the cabinet agrees, the
presiding judge, Mr. Justice
George Montgomery, sald
the court would reject the
company's request for an
injunction on grounds that It
was premature.

Financial sources say As-
bestos Corp.'s aim is to tie
the takeover in court, unt!
Quebec is willing to pay
more than $60 a share in 6°
private share purchase
agreement or the

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