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Because inflation is‘ only partly caused by | pressure on inflation caused by limiting government employees’ incomes. The $28 billion « deficit will force ‘the government to ‘borrow Very heavily in the money ‘riging interest rates the’ eemerny will continue to” _ crumble. _ . 3 get people back to work. To do this we must reduce i ° ; ‘the interest rate far enough to encourage economic. Be activity. T suggest we lower it to 6 per cent or 8 per “cent. In: order to stop the banks, insurance com-. the maneythey’ve.generated.in this: BS. ‘OTTAWA (CP) -- The sanie police who can't tela condo being debated on Parliament Hill. On past performance, that means that if the proposed ‘Jaws are passed, the police will be back in the bedrooms.of _ the nation en masse. ‘ In spring hearings, most witnesses urged: the Commons justice committee to strip the law of “morality”. provisions - and confine it to clearly-defined criminal behavior. . » hy wouldn't want to see a three-time bum pincher go to In a move that must be considered too inte prison as a habitual criminal,” too late one can only call Finance Minister | Halifax lawyer who appeared before the committée: Allan MacEachen's budget frightening. Itrobs Like other witnesses, she warned that the new offences of Peter to pay Peter white Paul goes begging en- Sexual assault and aggravated sexual:assault, which will _ the streets. - " Instead of declaring war on inflation and high interest rates McEachen has swung over to the enemy’‘s side at the expense of taxpayers and workers. Hit by rising costs workers are asked to either roll back or freeze their salaries while - inflation and Interest rates go.skipping merrily along with no restraints whatsoever. On top of that MacEachen did his best to conceal a huge tax increase that will go on mounting year after year. One might be more inclined to accept the sales pitch of a snake oll merchant - at least that’s easler to swallow. Before homeowners, smail businessmen, farmers, fishermen, in- vestors, borrowers cheer they should deduct . what he is taking away’ before he gives them money back. ° ‘The philosophy of this. government seems to.. be: “When cracks appear in the plaster slap plaster on It and If that cracks Slap plaster on It and If that cracks slap plaster. on it and if that - cracks slap plaster on It... Meanwhile Its the _ house that’s falling down and it will take more... plaster than you or | have fo prop It up. /Ob- ‘viously this government has no notion of the economic crisis Canada faces. What is worse than this budget and the last budget: Is :-MacEachen’s promise to give us another one in the fall. While we can only. hope that the next one has some coherent, across- the-board program. to.achieve the reduction of inftation we also suggest that after three strikes the player. should be called out and the next better brought forward, “of felling dollar — orrawA. (CP) -— Alberta_Premier_ Peter. “Lougheed. threw icy water today on any thought of reopening. the province’s energy pact with Ottawa to postpone a 10-per- cent increase in the wellhead price of oil Thursday. “Do you want a 50-cent dollar,’’ Lougheed -said when, asked his views as he entered a first ministers’ meeting on the economy at the prime minister's residence. . Lougheed did not elaborate, but the implication was that . he now believes alterations to hard-won energy agreementa | @ Would further erode investor confidence in Canada and‘send the dollar even lower. The dollar was 77.43 cents U. 5, today in morning trade, ; - Prime Minister Trudeau told the Commons on the eve of ‘hig meeting with the premiers that he would sound out the - producing . provinces of Alberta, British ‘Columbta . and - Saskatchewan on the possibility of reopening the deals to put off the increase, * ; _ But Trudeau also appeared | torule out the: idea, saying the. | ‘public: interest would not be well served by adjusting the | energy of arduous negotiations. =; Trudeau was responding: to. ‘New Demooratlc Party ‘Leader Ed Broadbent who asked thatthe goverament show - it is prepared to take concrete action to ease inflation by at least postponing the increase, which is four percentage _ points higher than loose price guides made Public Monday: in the federal budget. - Finance budget that prices set by federal agencies, which rule on air fares, telephone and postal rates for example, would be monitored by cabinet and rolled back if increases beyond . - six per cent were considered unjustified,-. . . At the same time, MacEachen announced plans. to restrict wage increases for: federal. public servants to six per cent this year and five per cent next. | The wellhead price of oil will increase Thursday by $2.23 a barrel to $25.75, or ‘by about 10 per cent. Xa yate: generator -of jobs..during recession, depends .on.a- '_ Byzantine -round__of.. political . negotiations centred in ents, which were achieved. after 18 months Allan MacEachen promised in the _ cover everything from bum-pinching to what is now ‘known ” as rape, aren’t clearly defined. ; “Nearly all women's groups said another category should be added to cover nuisance offences such as towel-slapping. Otherwise, men accused of minor offences might wind up in jail for years. ; The women pointed out that by making sexual assault, the minor offence, punishable by up to 14 years in prison, ‘the politiclans were handcuffing judges. will keep Canadian mane) in Canacs With B per cent to8 per. cent mortgages new houses federal goverament employees and, give $750-rnillion - - for Job creation, The budget will give $3,000 to (some) : new house buyers, new house prices will Increasd by - 93,000 in the'next few weeks (what else iasnew). The |. . ‘budget will give $1.3 billion to small budiness, home . SS. bullders, farmers, and investors. Exactly $1.3 billion . ; Will be taken for pensioners, and all income: tax * ~~ payers by the removal of the “Indexing” provision in The ‘effect of the abcve shuffling of the extsting’ \. Wage settlements there will be litte: downward it “* freeze.- This means that the increased _ . Markets, this-will cause interest rates to'rise|_ With : What should we do? The first concern ibs. to be to. x: panies, ol: companies, and other -anti-social gangs | ire . if counfry to the U.5.,in search of higher interest rates. : = , we must ‘being: in “foreign exchange controls. " | This . Experts’ view ‘from a condom will be enforcing vague new sex laws now " * willbe affordable to thousands of Canadians, We will’. be buying staves, fridges, ete; These purchases will 8 ‘mean-that companies can-hire back employeéa:. b, i mest the growing orders. ‘These new. working people. ° ¥ wil i turn take advantage of the low interest wae “Obviously. as ‘people start to buy 1 moce, demand” ; will be greater but the "supply" of goods-can't In- ‘erease overnight (it takes a. while to bulld: new housing, fridges, etc.), Soit nothing were done prices - would increase so fast that’ even though the inferest rates are low, and would encourage ua to buy, the quickly ris|ng prices would destroy ‘any .economle activity in "hurry. So when we lower the intereit _Tatea we must at.the same time bring in a price ecbnomic activity caused by the lower interest rate will be used to purchase more; “not pay mare! By ‘purchasing ‘more, more people work, °© & . If down the road too much of the increasing wealth ~ § is going to increase wages rather than to create new 8 joba ‘then wage controls. for higher pald employees -. OR may have to be considered. . 3 "_ Ourchoices are simpla,: either we have an econemy that. serves ua or we continue tobe ite eonomnie slaves! ee we, “Tage Daw netutetntate etal a*tatataratetaatatarstamanetatatete tin atyt et et cornet eratita ne ear staratatet ea sex changes ’ The most menacing provision would make ita cclme to-- produce a sexually-explicit representation. of anyone who " was under 19 or who appeared to be,.under 16.. said.Lorenne Clark, a. It would be up to the person charged to prove that the ¢ statue, photo, ‘painting or play depicted someone who was over 18... Justice Minister Jean Chretien and hia officials had to . admit Tuesday that they have never seen “kiddie porn" in ‘Canada, and can’t find anyone else who has, including - members of a special committee detailed a year ago. to look into the matter and make recommendaitons. 7 - Chretien said the absence of evidence of @ problem is “irrelevant. woos. * . He wants the law to be ready for “kiddie porn” if it ever. ; does appear, which seems unlikely, given the severity of . existing laws. When the maximum offence is 14 years or more, a judge . coriditlonal discharge. This means a mandatory jail, if not prison, sentence for. ‘the bum-pincher and the towel-slapper. ~ - Many women stiggested far lighter maximums 5 for sexual ~ assault. The women warned that by making parents’ lable: to. prison sentences for allowing “sexual misconduct" by. their . children, a mother who helps her 15-year-old daughter. get birth control devices would be risking prison... — 7 They also told the politicians that the goal of the Criminal. ° “Code is not to stamp out sexual exploration by children, it is |; to protect them from coercion and exploitation. The most criticized feature of the Criminal Code - amending bill before the committee is the part containing ~ the so-called “kiddie porn” provisions. ” There is no evidence “kiddie porn’’. is ‘produced in “Canada, and it would be seized.at the border by customs. © ’ officers who-have already prevented the entry’ of 15,000 books and magazines... - If someone did bring it in, the wide-ranging obscenity - provisions in the code appear more than adequate to deal. ‘With it. ¥et the govecament has-come up with a slew of provisions that criticd-say-could be used to drape statues, strip ltbraries, censor theatres, and reduce magazine reading to. the TV Guide. . Export deal is discussed : WASHINGTON - _ Canadian sale of subway cars to New York City, rated the! (CP) -~ A projected billion-dolla . biggest single industrial export in Canada’s history and a Washington... : A pivotal session isa mooted meeting as early as today betweenU.S. Treasury Secretary Donald Regan and ’ Richard Ravitch, chairman of the New York Metropolitan . Transportation Authority. ‘The MTA is the contracted customer for 825 subway cars'from Bombardier Inc. of ‘Montreal, backed by a subsidized Canadian. government \ ‘* are needed: to-get police off ith back. .. = cannot impdse a suspended sentence, or give an absolute or. ms, “Pe elf Meanwhile, magazine dlstributors: are wondering how they are going to deal with a vague and menacing law: They- say it will sweep many popular magazines off the shelves. - When Chretien’ introduced. the bill, it contained . a: provision reducing the-age of consent to 18 from a and ‘allowing group sex in Private. - Homosexual groups welcomed thjs chiaige "f Basar . Police“hiad:been ‘using ‘the’. ‘common, “bawdy: pouse ” provisions of the code to raid homosexual bath houses and - -Fesidences as “public” places where acts of “indecency” ° were being performed. “Of course, the raids just drive the homosexuals back into _ Bublic parks or bars. - As for the couples who advertise in newspapers for other : couples to join them for some fun, the otlier couple 1a most - likely to be a pair.of policemen out to trap them. © Rod McLeod, Ontario's chief Crown prosecutor, pleaded with Chretien to remove the groupsex provision. The Canadian. Association of Chiefs of Police also, complained -about the Proposals, saying they didn't go far enough. Chretien removed the group-sex provision, restored most -.7of the current jail-bait provisions, and made the kiddie-porn : ‘provisions even tougher and vaguer than they were. Officials defend the vagueness of terms like “gexually explicit conduct," * saying the courts will interpret them for _ the public. People like the magazine distributors: know what that . means — heavy legal bills to fight charges of criminal -Toan. which is under attack in Washington asa violation.of . trade agreements. ; Canadian’ Trade. Minister Ed Lumley urged a_Regan- Ravitch encounter in separate talks Tuesday with both men. _— in-person with Regan in Washington and by, telephone: ‘ ona U.S, proposal, strongly backed by Canada, to raise the with ‘Ravitch before and-after. The Regan response Was... ‘cool, U.S. and ‘Canadian officials said,. but Ravitch was m re positive, - e eventual’ outcome, Lumley hopes; would, clear the “way for Caneda to toughen the- terms of: its. export: oe ‘Why should Raviteh go for ‘an increase to 11, 185 per ent, : adding. an estimated $100: million: to the ‘subway purchas -, Supporting loan te New: York to placate Washington without ; appearing to. renege'of a promise. Ottawa hopes that woild save the - subway deal’ from mo menacing legal and financial pressures. These include the - threat of U.S. penalty surcharges on the’ Bombardier im- « ‘ports, subsidies backing a Bombardler rivat and a formal. U.S. Complaint already lodged agalnst Canada for unfalr ‘trade practice. : Recession pressures: “have “already devastated ava Cariadian business and employment projec as _ development of the Alberta, oilsands, the eke Canade . natural gas pipeline arid,the proposed export of Ontaria _ electric power to Pennsylvania. ‘A proposed compromise In. the complex New’ York sub- way dispute would simultaneously free Ottawa froma” promise to provide New York with a low-interest purchase © “~Joan: that flouts “international export-credit rales,“com- ~ Pensale the MTA with - U.S. bedieits and. encourage eH yo . D> . a “+--The.Canadian government is an active backer of the © - Bombardier sale with its subsidized purchase loan to New York through Ottawa's Export Development Corp. The — behavior that could put them in prison for 10 years for selling. magazines popular with the public. After all, police in. New Waierford, N.S,, last year selzed . an edition of Esquire magazine because of & cover story - reference to “condos,” which: ‘they evidently thought ‘ referred, te “condoms. ’ ” ; Washington to abandon proposed penalties against the deal. . Regan’s shortanswer Tuesday to Lumley, aides sald, was to ask in effect why Washington and.New York should be expected to help rescue™-Ottawa. from: a political and financial mesg of its own creation: ; B. ‘slalf, - Go slated the chairman pf va Write a column designed tolet ta ot ‘the pellets will be dropped ‘oi 308 | "Use of picloram ia’ ‘Ontario. is - controlled by - the. a cc) oy CLAUDETTE BANDECKI. 2 The, main purpose of Tuesday's” spécial + iptameen’ meeting wai to see if the trustees cannot work as 4 unit to B function proporly without disruption to themselves as a ‘the confidence Of the tha ‘board:as an-in- board or to their staff, and to troduction to my disciplinary hearing conducted before a lawyer from the firm of'Campney and Murphy, legal ad- visors to B.C: ethoal boards. Tvmiays - Perhaps. Although maybe the true PUrposs Oo: f theeting was to persuade me to quit writing a critical % Herald column. “ So delermiied is the board to shit meup they have run up ‘a four figure legal. bill, much of it having to do with:my: 2. colurnns, ‘To professional services rendered”, Campney ‘-and Murphy's statement reads, “including: advising “assistant secretary-treasirer on statements made about school board in newspaper and corresponding with ‘you about same; attending on chairman of board and secrelary: R ‘treasurer on procedure in case of breach of confidentiality. - of board ‘business; reviewing and’ advising on letter. fh editor on pupil disciplinary procedure; attending - a. superintendent. and chairman of board to develop policy on. disclosure of confidential information and means of ina: Plementing palicy; advising secretary-treasurer as to form... of policy; and ta all the other necessary attendances and... ce, bil , . tis impossible to guess how much of the $4577.98 is at! - cixinted for by the subject of confidentiality, and how much. is owning to legal advice legitimately needed to deal with board business, Whatever the amount, it announces clearly’ to what lengths the board will go to keep its activities out dt. - the public eye. Oddly enough, Ihave not seen any of the letters thet must “have been written requesting the legal adyice, nor have I seen any of the legal opinions that the lawyer's statement implies must have been writter to the board on these ‘ matters. As a duly elected trustee, I would expect to be provided with copies of this correspondence. ‘ The fact I have not been permitted to sea any of this correspondence suggests to me that the legal opinions have supported board. business being conducted in an open ’ fashion in full pubilc view, something this board is reluctant todo. It also suggests to me that information is being kept from me. If the board is 20 determined to put an end to my Herald column; the cheapest; surest way to accomplish this would be for the bord to do its business up front, in public, as it should. If the’-board: provided the public with financial statements and informatiod as it ought, there would be no. financial: figures for me to “leak”. If all committee ‘moetings except senaltive personnel matters were open to: the public and media, there'd be no “‘confidential" items for: - me to disclése. And If trustees lived/up to their Code: of - Ethics, as they frequently admonish 8 to do, there'd be little. for. me ia eritipiee. i. stntil therkoardhdoemalbof these Veit ay “Y aha ae is happening on thé “Tnaiae”. és ee et me the ~-eaders out there who find my column informative... If it _ also makes the board uncomfortable, the board can decide to mendits ways. Otherwise 1 am prepared to live with the situation - me versus the board. At least I know exactly. wherel stand and where my pPesition is coming from. Aa do the votera. ‘The opinions expressed in this columns are see of the writer and do not reflect the opinion of the board of school | trustees of School District 88. -Tordon studied - ” sxuur STE. MARIE, Ont. (CR) — - Two areas of North : Carolina will be studied’ this summer to determine whether. the defoliant Tordon, other herbicides or the age of. the - population ‘contributed to a substantial increase in, cancer deaths in 1970 and 1680. ° Bryant ‘Haskins of the North Carolina Department of Human Resources. said ina telephone interview. cancer- ‘deaths in Cher . the'US, nation kee ahd Macon counties jumped from below average to 10 per cent’abave it: He said ‘both counties in tie Smokey Mountains have been subjected Great Lakes Bower Ltd. of Sault Ste,. Marie -recently _begen spraying Tordon 101 east of the city along its distribution lines and along some roadsides. A similar | roadside spraying program is planned for the Wawa aren, . north of the ‘Sait. Great Lakes algo plans an aerial drop of another form of the herbicide, Tordon 10K, pellets, along transmission lines in the-Montreal River area, © - The spraying program will cover about 40 hectares, while hectares,‘ “Environment Ministry, which Issues Heences for its We," ‘The 12:membey North Carolina study group, made ‘up of offer to lend the MTA 85 per cent of the purchase-price at a—. doctors, . statisticians and environmental: officials, will firesale annual. interest rate of 9.7. per cent ‘undercut competitors and undermined an international export-eredit floor of 11.25 per cent in such deals,_. By coincidence, a dectiion is due today in the Paris-based : ‘Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. export-credit floor to. 12.25 per cent. But Lumley told Reagan ‘and repoeters Tuesday. “that Canada would boost its loan rate to New York only if the: MTA requested:a revision. * ; prite? : ‘Lumley and other. authorities suggested it would be-to. ‘avold .the possibility’ of . countervailing “penalty. ‘levies: ~ against the Canadian imports, which could:cost the MTA even more under its contract with Bombardier, ae - ‘It could-also. head ‘off a proposed matching U.S. loan * subsidy supporting a rival bid from the competing Budd Co. ~ of Troy, Mich., putting pressure on Ravitch to Btart.over... Budd has just petitioned the U.S, Commerce Department. for countervailing duties that would olfset what It. contends. are-two forms of unfair Canadian government subsidies — the : taxpayer-subsldized credits to New. York and grants to Bombardier by Ottawa’ 5 s department of regional economic expansion — — DREE. a Also pending before ithe U.S, government. is an. ap. * plication to counter the Cariadian Joan with & matching rate to flnance:the Budd bid through the U.S. _Export-Iniport “Bank. : nrteie _, thbropk, il, were invalid, have raised suspictons: about the” begin its research-in-July.’ Haskins said he emmecis the : ' group to report its findings by early fall, The Department of Buman Resources is compiling data” on pieloram to use in:the study. Soil and water saniples, - including well. water, will also be tested for traces of. the. chemical, Haskins paid: = - , Dr. Melvin Reuber of Columbia, Md., a leading Us.” " pathologist | who reviewed teat slides from earlier studies : carried out by Gulf South Institute under. contract ‘tumors in. hich had been fed picloram. . wt _ ail sui sir atten nae otk ¥ ideq following 11.8, En’ : concluded -lhere: wera same Serious deficiencies in Gulf South testing procedures. Oe eb a, -Reuber's findings, ‘combined valth acleratie by by Us. ‘and: “Canadian tegulatory agencies that picloram tests carried - out by Industrial Biotest Laboratories of Nor- Picloram manutnctured by Dow Chemical Co; ‘alrice i : is being restudied in-order.to replace the’invalid tests," Despite the lack of: recent. docimentation to; prove its , safety: the Canadian and U.S. governments have. allowed ‘pleloram to remain on the market under a restudied-use category. New studies belng conducted hy the manufac-. turer won't be completed uintit 1068, say’ government af- fictals.,” fly ca ; to the National Cancértnsiitute, said he found cancerous animals. o to speayings 6 of Tordon, a defoliant containing the chemical ae * pletoram, /: Protection . Weicy ‘audit of the : laboratey: in: 1979 whith’ « o