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Friday, October 10, 1980

- Opposition to the B.C. Tele-
phone Company application
for 12.5 to 15 percent rate in-

creases continued to mount as _ -

Tegional hearings by the Cana-
dian Radio-Television and
Telecommunications Commis-

sion began Oct. 1.

Scores of members of the
Telecommunications Workers
Union turned up at the main
Tegional hearing in Vancouver
Monday to back presentations
by three of their members and to
hear submissions by several
Organizations and individuals
including the B.C. Federation
of Labor, the Communist Party
and various municipal represen-
tatives.

_ Still at issue pending a deci-
sion by the Federal Court of

is the status of the
regional hearings which are cur-
rently being conducted by a
CRTC staff member, rather
than the full-fledged panel

See B.C. TEL page 3

CP LEADER MAURICE RUSH. . . ‘B.C. Tel ra

TRIBUNE PHOTO—SEAN GRIFFIN

rease unwarranted and unnecessary.’

Rebuild
merchant
marine,

says OFL

— page 5 —

Grenada
a target

of CIA
plotters

— page 8 —

Trudeau constitutional plan
divides, polarizes country

As Parliament began debate this
week on prime minister’s

between Broadbent and Allan

Blakeney and the Saskatchewan.

with a simple change of nameto the
“Canada Act.” The second point

VLC backs
action day

for right
to choose

Women’s organizations in
B.C. have set November 30 as a
“‘day of action for the right of
women to choose an abortion’
following the disbanding of
therapeutic abortion commit-
tees at two major hospitals.

Sponsored by the Concerned
Citizens for Choice on Abor-
tion, the rally received backing
from the Vancouver Labor
Council this week.

Tuesday the VLC went 9n
record in support of th 4.C.
Federation of Labor’s call last
week for the province to take
abortion policy out of the hands
of hospital-boards.

The Federation and the VLC
have charged that the actions of
“‘pro-life” forces on the boards
of Surrey Memorial and Vic-
toria General hospitals in
disbanding abortion commit-
tees have removed a fundamen-
tal democratic right of women
and means that women residing
in Victoria or Surrey will suffer

discrimination according tof}

where they live.

In Surrey, medical staff this
week voted ‘‘non-confidence”’
inthe board of Surrey Memorial
and called on the provincial
government to take over ad-
ministration of the hospital.

‘We feel a legitimate medical
service has been removed from
the hospital irresponsibly,”’
Don Fransen, head of Surrey

Trudeau’s constitutional proposals NDP, political forces in Canada intheplanwouldaddabillofrights | yjemorial’s medical staff said
it was quickly apparent that the ‘are divided against themselves,’ to the constitution and the third | jis week.

unilateral action designed to Communist Party leader William _ point would guarantee that no fur- The doctors have given the
resolve the constitutional crisishad  Kashtan told the Tribune in anin- ther amendments would be made ministry of health until Nov. 15
only sharpened differences and terview Monday. for two years or until an amending =| 1, take action or they will resign
deepened further the political crisis ‘‘What we face now isadeepen- formula could be worked OUD With 45 ait medical committees in
blocking constitutional change. ing of the constitutional crisis; a the provinces. However, aftertwo | jhe hospital. A spokesman for

With the Liberal Party itself polarization of forces in the coun- years the federal government | 4. provincial government ad-

divided between the federal try,” he said. would have the right to impose an | ritted that the hospital would
Liberals and provincial Liberals in Trudeau’sthree point planto br- amending formula and proceed to | 116+ function for more than two
Quebec and other provinces, with ing the British North America Act amend the constitution. weeks if the doctors boycotted
the Conservative Party divided bet- home to Canada is. “‘totally inade- Those proposals fall far short of the medical committees, and ac-
ween Joe Clark and the federal quate’’ said Kashtan. the promises made to Quebec dur-  } 5:5, by the government would
caucus and Bill Davis and the On- The Trudeau plan wouldseethe ing the referendum campaign \ 4. necessary.
tario party, and the NDP divided BNA Act “‘patriated” to Canada _— See REFERENDUM page 3

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