2 3 Stat Wilter-Ptonrap oe =“ a Keith Alford.’ 7 _ Reproduction Ia not permitted without, the written _ _— ~ ' i Page 7, The Herald, Wednesday, August-3,-1983 oe Published, eves) y Weekley 2 at 3010 Kalum Street, : Terrace, B.C, by ‘Sterling -Pubtishers Ltd. Authorized as. sécond. class “mall.” Registration a Number 1201:: Festage pald In cash, ‘return postage Don Schaffer ms Recoption-Ctussitied: oa Carolyn Gibson . NOTICE OF COPYRIGHT ‘The Herald retains full, corripiete and sole’ ‘copyright ~ » “Imany advertisement produced and- oF any editorial - '<"- gt photographic content published in the Herald. “. ' Sue Nelson . . ‘permission of the Publisher, ; ons Letters to the Editor - To the Editor: By .the adverse response to bill:103 soma , thlink the . premiera paragon to Polish politics. Hardly! Yet many of the community leaders see the flight of democracy ‘on the "wings of despair, Others draw parallels'to the past pages of Hitler’s heinous histery, The doom and gloom cast by . thousands at protest rallies wash a sea of people in tides of. fear. _, Perhaps eomething constructive could come ‘out of this ; whole sorry mess; Democracy has been brought to the focal point in this current ‘protest. Démocracy is rule by the _ ‘Majority where the supreme power-is vested in the people. Lets put-the power in the hands of the people. passing’ initiative, referendum and recall legislation. « Now the anxiety of thousands who expend their time, ‘money and energies at protest deomonstrations could have ; their efforts substantiated by law which would be binding - on the politicians. This one piece of legislation would bea giant step toward putting credibility back into polities, stop the corruption of blatant patronage and our political system would begin to function properly. 7 — Yours truly an W. J, Paterson, Director To the Ranges a _ . Skeena Mall’s Bed Race Comiities would like to thank’ " all the participants and spectators of our bed: race. on Thursday evening (July 28), ‘A special thanks.to the Migs Terrace Pageant people, the CFTK crew for helping to build the event, Mr. Jack. Cook for being our judge, and all those who helped on thespot. . : Skeena Mall Bed Race Committee " Squabbles continue WINNIPEG (CP) ~ ~o ~— Opposition Leader Sterling Lyon’ 8 _ ejection from the Manitoba legislature. Tuesday was the: latest chapter in an ongoing series'of squabbles which have stalled government business. | Lyon's two-day suspension came on the heels of three recent incidents in which Progressive Conservatives have walked out’ of the legislature to protest the handling of certain legislation and [government procedure. The fiery Tory leader was booted out after he repeatedly -_ interrupted a speech Premier Howard Pawley was making on the: government's controversial proposal to extend ~ French-language services in the province. __ At one point during the speech, Lyon accused the premier of lying, but later withdrew the remark, The ‘ Opposition. leader continued to Interrupt the premier’s speech and was named by Speaker Jim Walding ... for defying the authority of the chair. The house voted 24-20 ~“\ that Lyon be ejected, - It was not the first time Lyon, well-known for his anti- . Socialist tirades, has been told to leave the legislature, EXPELLED IN MARCH - Jn March, Lyon was-expelled for four days after charging - that the Tories had lost confidence In-Walding as speaker. Tuesday's incident was sparked by Pawley’s an- nouncement that a legislative committee studying the bilingualism proposal would hold public hearings in rural areas during the current session. "Lyon said it was ridiculous for the committee to hold public hearings now, since the current session, which as of . today bas been running a record-breaking 125 days, may end in two weeks, The move came a day after a Tory walkout to protest the government's handling of a proposed amendment to the . Penslon Benefits Act. Division bells calling ‘members to ‘vote on the amendment rang for 20 hours. . That was preceded by a 14-hour bell-ringing incident on Saturday, which came after the Torles moved to adjourn for the holiday weekend. - And there was another bell-ringing episode last ‘Thursday : when the Tories walked out for 10 hours over the way proposed farmlands “ownership legislation WAS . being handled. - Ve RETURN FOR VOTE When the Tories finally returned to their seats Tuesday Sete . for a vote on the pension proposal, it was ‘not wlthout argument, ” The dispute of choice this time was whether to agree ‘to agree that they could start sitting, = ~~” Following the pension yote, which ended in a- 25-20 government victory, Lyon blocked the reading of the morning prayer’ to ask that it be clear for the record that the _ ‘session was starting late by unanimous. consent. . Government House Leader Roland Penner disagreed. “There is no consent that the house aceds uenimous . consent to. sit,"’ said Penner. “There is unanimous consent for us to sit now, we give it 5 freely,” Insisted Lyon, "Sparta: - we _ Clreviation: “ ‘Western Canada Concept: © : - artis Boergy ‘Minlatee Jean. - Tuebday to crack down on ‘companies seeking federal ald A for expensive oil and gas exploration ventures; thehead of a * ‘royal commission onthe economy.warned:that Capai "| Chretien sald ‘Tuesday that ‘under his. proposed’ ‘peogiam: d offshore Will:need approval in. writing ‘from: Ottdwa before driling saris i the coat ofa well Is expected (otal, = “LONpON ap) — ‘More than a year. tales victory: over : Atgentitia inthe Falkland Islands, Britaiy Ie in | a jeeqma * over: the: future of its: “South Allantie colony, “* Although-Britain won the war, ‘it feels it must remain on guard because of. Argentina’ 8. ‘refusal to declare a formal. _ 6nd to hostilities. “~ ... _ But British officials say they must find nother: adlution. , _ The cost of defending the islands, 12,870. kilonyi '.this.year’on top of. an. already strained: defence budget: . “Suggestions are being made that’ the British jtaak force on , the islarids would be better employed in Europe,: where . Brltain has ‘a. key role in the North Atlantic: ‘Treaty ; . Organization. wot As a matter of principle and out of concern for. ‘the 1, 800° islanders, Britaln sent.a huge force to win the. Falklands back on June 14, 1962, in a 74-day war. that cost: 35 British and more than 700 Argentine lives, ; The British garrison on the jalands now: nurmbera 4,000 men along with ships, submarines and aircraft. ° In: June, Britain announced: plans . for a” $933-million strategic alrport on the Falklands, to ‘be- ready. by’ 1965. force is withdrawn or cut: back’ Sharply; Argentina will relnvade the Islands within weeks," Government ‘critics suggest that Britain cannot ‘be ‘strapped forever into defending the sheep-farming outpost — on the basis of two soldiers for every inhabitant — at the . end of @ supply line one-third of the way around the globe. _all-party parliamentary: foreign. affairs committee. ‘in May. of the government's Falklands policy: “Not “aly are ité material and political costs. burdensome, bul the policy itself is reactive and inflexible. . ‘Another report, by Parliament's defence’ ‘oquamnittes, expressed Concern about the impact’ of the Fortress FIRA incenses WASHINGTON. (cP) — The United States Chemical: Manufacturers Association says some of its members are ‘so incensed by Canada’s Foreign Investment Review Act that they plan to ‘stop future investments unless: foreign ownership restrictions. are’ lifted. “ But spokesmen tor some individual companies and a_ chemical industry association: in aad ‘were taken Shack z ‘prepare. _ And, he said unorttately some companies may have erroneous ‘perceptions about: Canada’ 8 foreign in- vestment rules. “All thesame, the association i is usl current appeal by its’ ' president, aggressive. ‘campaign ‘by the U.S, government against .« foreign investment restrictions in Canada, Mexico, Japan and other countries. U.S. chemical companies have about , _ $20 billion worth of foreign investments. Lt . ‘FIRA is singled out in'a report by the U.S. association on investment constraints in 19 foreign countries, including Canada, where U.S. chemical companies have Investinents. It is based on a survey to which 54 of about 170 member companies responded anonymously, g the report to back a The report said 30 of the 54 respondents ‘have significant investments in Canada and “almost all responses to the question whether or not additional investments would. be made replied that in the future’ they would not be made unless restrictions. were lifted.” The report said the chemical companies afe. particularly _ drilling rates that:aré competitive, Chretien ‘said. / “The federal gran{s; including ‘a 25-per-cent Crow share’ + : incentive available to all companies for eligible’ ‘exploration tee, applications for exploration grants-tn ‘the ‘North: , etres from “Britain, has been estimated officially at $638 million. (U.S.) bert Roland, for an. The proposed changés, which have been mubm! way? cablnet for study,:willalsoHmit the: level ‘of grants. ta, as ‘expenses, ran total up to 9) cents every dla: spent for. ‘frontier. exploration. : ; “Bob: ‘Smi y8n offietal with the etrgleum, incentive * Falldands, folley oi Britain's military conimltments 6 ‘NATO, largely” {n the Eastern Atlantic and: ‘the English. Channel, The report saitl:, “Tt is: Important that. the com- : «mitment in the South Atlantic does not indefinitely. absorb an unduly large part of scarce defence resources... ... We . cannot disguise the fact that there will be ‘tubstantial . problems and’ that. there will ‘be. sitet ‘én '.NATO" capabilities,” 2." WEAKENS NATO. : ~ A'study by Bradford University’ 's School of Peace Btudies ° sald the NATO alliance has been weakened by Britain commitment ¢6 the Falklands because one-quarter of the _ Royal Navy's destroyers and frigates are occupted: in the - South ‘Atlantic, -‘tiveto: aix-per-cent rang - “point isfiyé andi six per cent, where ia the high point going to” bee ohh 2 nye Bien or Macdorjald,: ‘whe ‘ends the: “payal, ‘commis | j - eeonomle unlon and. development: prospects. . ‘was in Montreal for private talks with-t busines » -copmmunlty’ leaders. FEARS INFLATION (te on - ‘ ‘ Meanwhile, | former finance tatnister + Donatd Macdonatd sald’ :that while high . unemployment: is’. “worrlaome - Canadians should not be hued about inflation rates. in. kn the . “That's a pretty hightevel; i he told reporters ‘In another tk Ontario’ 5. “minister f ‘industry and trade warned that a proposal to tighten Buy. America. restrictions threatens to wipe put exports al Ontarlo cement -to the United States”. - In a-‘submission to the us. Federal. ‘Highway - Adrainistratioz, Frank Miller attacked propésed amend- ~ metts to the Surface Traneportation Ansistarice Act which would require the use of U,S,-produced cement ori federal . Hanoy yeoject unless its use Increased the overall contract cost by 25 per cent. . _ Implementation of the requirement would i inean that the’ important U.S. highway market for Ontario cement exports _ - now is offectivaly closed,” Miller said. Sir Miles Cliffdrd, a former Falklands governor, argiied ~Foreign Office officials in London say there are no plans to renew broken: zelations with Argentina or supersede . Fortress: Falklands policy, -' The United Nations decolonization committee meats next Monday and will discuss the Falklands issue, and a’ full- scaledebate is ‘set for the’ falt’ session of the UN. General . Asnenty, which, conyenés Sent. 20. man ufacturers : discouraged by. FIRA, ‘under which companies wishing ‘to ~ invest -in Canada or ‘purchase existing businesses are subject to a screening procedure in which they haye to show. their action would benefit Canada. : “The ‘Canadian references in‘ the report ° ‘appeared to ® mystify some of .the Canadian ansoclation’s “member companies. +. George Lambert af Celanese Cariada. Inc, ‘said in an in- - ". terview the. chemical industrywould have agreed ‘two or 0 three years ago that the foreign investment law was an oh tinpediment, but that isno longer’ true, Ottawa had softened - - +> octhe rules-and “‘cleared the air.”*. re Dou An official of Dow Chemical Canada Inc. pall si a would - Surprise me” if there was any plan’ to hold.buck in- vestments. until Canada's foreign investment rules are lifted, . - “Dow favers ‘the free tnovement of, investment from country to country,” he-said, But the negative impact of . FIRA on: ‘investment has. "been largely alleviated /by modifications,” Jean Belanger, executive. director of. the Canadian Chemical Producers Association, ‘sald controversy over FIRA amtong Canadian... and foreign-owned . chemical .companies in Canada ‘4s certainly much less. than it ever. was.” “Basically, the ‘aituatio is a positive one,” he said. “There is obviously not much investment going on these days, but that’s not attributable to FIRA. That's because of the international climate, the recession.” = .. He said complaints about FIRA had virtually died last | year after responsibility for FIRA was shifted'to Industry - Minister Ed Lumley from Herb Gray, a new administrator "was appointed and investment nt eereening procedures were streamlined. . Committee hears. bitter protests EDMONTON (CP) — The Commons tranaport comintites ran into bitter protests against federal “betrayal” Tuesday as It began‘a tour of western cities to hear submissions on: proposed legislation changing the Crowsnest Pass freight | ratea, Farm organizations and the Alberta - government suggested major amendments te. Protect. the incomes of ' grain producers. — - But they aimed their heaviest flre at the federal cabinet’s decision early this year to change the proposed payment. farmula and give the entire 451 million annual: Crow subaldy to the rallways: . - “In return for the expenditure of over ry billion of tax- payers’ money in the next four years, the government has: created legislation that will lead to an ever-escalaiing mess of offsetting subsidies. to protect ‘the interests of other groups (livestock and specialty crop producers).” said Sten | Berg, chairman of the Alberta Cattle Commission. : He sald the refusal to pay any part of the subsidy to "farmers will also “mean maintenance of an ‘extremely costly and inefficient railway and. graintiandling system, and will inevitably lead to ‘higher food Coats ter all Canadians in years to come.” - ting Board, said the Liberal cabinet knuckled under toth the “rresponsible and completely unfounded demands of . Quebec agriculture'' when it made the change. ‘The cattlemen argued that paying the entire subsidy to the railways will push western feed grain Coats about $30 a. - tonne above natural levela by 1990. : ‘Without: government intervention, “Alberta's ‘catile in-. dustry will shrink by more than half, said Chris Mills, manager of the cattle commission. The province could lose - $1. S billion, a a year ineconomic activity and a6 many as 4 000 agreed Tuesday on a policy program. that makes the fight “ against high inflation the prime goal. -Jobs?- Grain growers would suffer. too, Mills said. If hog and cattle numbers fell as predicted, eight million tonnes of : grain could be shifted -out of livestock feeding and into competition with existing volumes of export grain. One way to stop the change would be to draw provincial governments into the mess and have them prop up the “ weatern livestock sector with new subsidies, Eastern’ provinces might tight back with subsidies of their own, Alberta Agriculture Minister“LeRoy Fjordbotten said he would be “gravely disappointed" if provincial treasuries ‘ended up with camspeting subsidies for livestock production. But. he said Alberta might see no other cholee: The province ‘would. “not. stand by and see our producers disadvantaged In any way.” Fjordbotten ‘osked the committee’ to amend the bill to replace the payment to the railways with a partial payment . __to farmers according to a‘ formula known as thé Double 80... - Backers of the Double 80 say it would keep western feed prices at natural levels, thus protecting the local livestock : industry. . A third option emerged when Unifarm;, the ‘umbrella organization representing’ most Alberta farm groups, ac- cepted the Double 80 with a formula to adjust prairie feed drain prices. =~ - The. Unifarm proposal envisages a $10-8-tonne freight levy on. feed sales and elimination of come. grain. elevator handling, charges... The pork producers’ board ssid that with adoption of the Double 80 formula, Alberta hog numbers could increase to two million fram an average of 1.5 million; but the increase - would be B .deop in the. ‘bucket in the North. American mek . Woe, Felstad, chairman of tlie Alberta Pork Producers a Jobs discussed —— Bettine Craxi, Italy's Socialist prime minister designate, . {8 expected to nanie a five-party coalition. government today or Thursday after Jast-minute. haggling over the distribution of ministerial jobs. ‘Experts from, the five partles — Soclalists, Christian Democrats, Social Democrats, Republicans and Liberals — - All that remains is format approval of the program from fhe leaders of the five parties and a final deal between Crax! and other party chiefa on sharing cabinet portfolios. - Then Craxi ia expected to present his government list to ’ President Sandro Pertini, clearing the way for a vote of confidence next week by the two houses of Parliament. The three smallest parties, the Republicans, Social Democrats and Liberals, ratified the program Tuesday night. Leaders of the Socialists and Christian Democrats _ meet today and will probably do the same. . facts behind ‘the demoti crease “already’ prohibitlve restrictions on the: une: of Canadian ateel.on US. highway projects.” rose ao DOLLAR BOUNCES BACK a In other business news Tuesday: ~The Canadian dollar bounced back to’ i. 0s cents U. 8. “after slipping below 61 cents earlier in the day for.ihe first time in six weeks. The currency, which closed ‘Monday at 61.04, sank to 80.97 In noon trading, thanks to a. powerful performarice by the U.S. dollar, which ‘has been. ‘hitting _ _ record highs against European currencies in recent: days. . — A five-day atrike by more than 900 employees of Molson - -Brewery Ltd, ended. when workera voted 60 per cent in - favor of accepting a new.contract. The two-year. agreement. ~ -was worked. out during an 18-hour bargaining session Sunday and calls for wage increases of $1 an hour_. retroactive tolast Dec, 31, Another $1 an hour will be added next Jan.-1. er ar od Power Corp. of Canada reported unauéited ‘net ear- - nings for the second quarter ended Juned0 of $17.7. million or 49 cents a share, compared with $16.2 million or 42. cents a share in the same period last year, For thefirst.six months ~~ of 1983, consolidated: earnings were $22.9 million, compared ~ with $16.5 million in the first half of 1982. Amajor increase in the earnings of The Investors Group, the Great-West Life Assurance Co. and Montreal Trustco Inc, accounted for the - ‘higher profits. es a Claudette Sandecki’s : Schools | Slant a Zz “Dally the similarity grows 4 between public opposition to ‘the Socred’s proposed legislation and local opposition to the District 88 school board's demotion of two principals in 1931. ‘The latest development ls Bennett's refusal tospeaktoa - mass rally outside’ the legislature while the doors of. the building were locked and guarded by police. This evokes. ‘ memories of 200 Terrace residents being locked out of a - school board. meeting while RCMP were summoned to — - disperse the overflow crowd from theschool board building. School boards are a tiny, local example of the larger - Vietoria government, . To understand how Victoria thinks, one need only look closely at a local sebool board.: School - boards are reputed to be Socred dominated. And if one recalls the words of one trustee, “that trustees are elected to “make decision for taxpayers who are either too lazy or too . busy to think about such decisions themselves,” you can see - why the Socreds fee] justified In taking. Whatever measures, . they deem fit. ' Another similarity between the two governments i is the claim. that all those people who have not spoken up in opposition to the proposed legislation, are supporters. There sre many reasons why people don’t Speak up-- silence doed riot necessarily mean support, ’ There are other. similarities between opposition to Victoria and the District 88 teachers’ strike of 1881. - Schoo! trustees get their legal and financial advice from -. the ‘superintendent and the secretary-treasurer, both hired — staff members, Any trustee who seeks advice or . information. from any alternate source is sternly admonished by the board chairman or one of the other - mindguard trustees “the board has these competent, highly ~ quallfied paid individuals to advise the board." - Since all - frustees get the same advice, it follows that all trustees will’ ‘tend to support the same point of view. _ Bennett has hired advisors who play arole paraliel to that of the school board's superintendent and secretary: _ treasurer, It follows that the Socred MLA’s would thus tend. ‘to think alike on any given legislation. “| Bennett protestors are calling fora new. ‘pravinelal. election; in 1961 District 88 parents lobbied the minister of education to throw out the entire school: board, and call a mew. election. | Bennett has publicly’ stated he would tolerate no public opposition to his proposed legislation fram members of his government. In 1961, the chairman of the District 8 school board. stated trustees were expected-to present a united . front to the community; any disagreements had to be kept . within the secret confines of the board. oom... In both instances, members of the government body ‘remained imum, whether it was because. .they truly supported the leader's position or because they were-too chicken to, stand. up alone and. risk belng ostracized by fellow ™mombers. )* . Bennett claims if. the peuple of B.C. understood his - proposed legislation fully, they would be in full support of it, ~ - But note he is doing nothing to explain his legislation to us. Similarly, the Terrace school board told us if we had all the . ins; we would support the board's decision, ‘They did nothing to. enlighten us—instead they kept saying we would have to take their words on faith, but once the legal action was over, thelr position would be . vindicated. In the District 68 demotions;’ a legal inqully reversed the ~ board's decision—it was determizied the school board had shortcireuited the legal steps set down for demoting principals. It well may be, in response to one of the legal actions being comiemplated by. groups opposing the Bennett legislation, that a court will rule Bennett is in office under false pretences, having campalgned for election ona Phony platform. ‘The opinions expressed in this column gre. those of thé writer and do net reflect the opinion of the board of school trustees of School District 88.