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> Mitterrand: said the conference goal would-be’ to:.'
*? what he called “the ‘organization
e reconsiruction of an international economic: order.”
‘Hea compared the proposed conference to the i

~"Laldnde ‘sald: Caiada” ‘will be glad: to: hear France's

Asked ‘whether he- shared. European ‘

_ Greater than in the pant."

‘| Mltterrand’s proposal: call an international sumintr to- ‘tat
: ‘the world monetary system; Finance Minister‘ Marc ‘Queb
* ‘Lalonde.sald in Paris on , * dow
‘Lalonde, who attended atwo-day minitoral nieeting of “awhile holdin
the. Organization for, Economic’. Co-operation :"“and - aggressive “¥
“Development, said. “Canada has had for the last: neveral ‘
years a floating exchange rate that hai served It: wéll.”. :

retton the T
‘Woods meeting where fixed exchange rates were decided.
This syatem-was ‘abandoned by the United States in’ 1071,

_ Arguments ‘on the’ issue ai the end of the nignth when ‘the ;
Be heads of“state: and governments “of ‘the: ave
: ~ Industrialized: ‘countries ‘meet in Williamsburg, ane:

“posible failure of thé Willlaniaburg summit, Laloada lauald
” he felt the actual disagreements: within. the seven are: “nat

, shooting
in the:trd quarter of 18.

“ithe annual ‘rate during

"upswing supports its theory that the Cansdian economy a:
: moving onto'a recovery path.” =
And the chairman’ of the: ‘Canadian Imperial ‘Bank of :
(Corhmerce said in Vancouver that the prime lending rate
could fll tonine per cent within thenent ai to hine months,

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~ Surplus gained ~

OTTAWA (CP) — The country chalked up a 4.01-bition
. merchandise trade surplus in the first quarter of the year.
: 680 million more than in the same ‘period’ of. 1962, a year -
when a record $17.8-billlon surplus was, posted, . é
. However, due to a sharp increase in Imports during. the’
“quarter, the surplus was $940 millon less than in the fourth”
quarter of last year and less than that recorded in any of the
two previous quarters, Statistics Canada said today... ve
. Exports increased by 2.1 per centto: 920.63 billion during -

the first quarter, following a-e.i-per-cent decline inthe |". -

" fourth quarter of 1982, a 3.8-per-cont increase in the. third

and a 5.%-per-cent rise in the second... - ;

- Imports jumped nine: per cent to $16.61 billion. in the
quarter, following ‘a 13.2-per-cent detine in the fourth’

quarter of last year, a 3.8-per-cent increase in the third and.

a 0.3-per-cent decline in the second..

During March, exports declined more ‘than imports,
reducing the monthly merchandise trade surplus by- 4
million to $1.39 billion. While alightly less than in February...
the surplus was above the $1.22 billion recorded in January.

The trend, which trade. “experts argue gives a. better

_ picture. of what's happening than month-to-month or’ |.

querter-to-quarter changes, shows. a half-year decline if

 @xporta ‘and imports has ended.

However the turnaround in Iniports. appears . to’ be
-somewhat stronger and to have’ begun in December, a
month earliér than the turnaround in exports, As a result.

; the trade surplus has been ‘shrinking | faster since tt peaked

’ Also hurting exports duririg the month was a ‘ML-per-cent

in mid-1962,

Motor vehicle products have been mainly respons! ble for
the turnaround in both exports and imports, *
However, during. March motor vehicle products were

: > wlth unemployment and a downturn in econcinic activity to.
“|, reduce demand for oll until OPEC is weakened ¢ and. dn no
~ danger. of regaining {is strength.

economic indicators, was 114 per cent. : The bank said the «. i ‘high sania Maret 18.
* wm Canadian Occidental. Petroleum Lid .
i’ is negotlating: with it# parent to take « over: |Canada-Cities

- Service Ltd.;also of/Calgaty. ‘Occidental Petroletim Corp.

‘of Los Angeles got:controlof Canadian-Cities Services when

“it took over Cities Service Oo; of Tulsa, Okla., last June.

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"CALGARY (CP) —

Shaffer, In a new book on oll pover, outlines a thesry that

I. the Canadian, United States, British, French and German
| governments deliberately chose to extend the recession in
‘an‘effort to breakup the cartel and stop a shift in world
| etonomic power to the OPEC nallons.

.” Shaffer notes that Henry Kissinger and Waiter Lavy, in

| oe |op PEG weakened? |

- The world’s rich industrial ‘tations -
o are taking advantage ofthe receasion to.weakeri thé power
ofthe Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, says
_ Ed Shaffer, an economics professor at the University of
i Alberta, ey

. thelr capacity.as consultants to the U.S. government; had
-- talked about the need to create anofl-surplus andthe —
', desirability of a receasion to deal with increasing OPEC”
‘economic strength.’ :

“He said: the industrial nations appear willing. to nut up -

_ "We: are engaged in economic warfare,” said: ‘shatter, "

among the goods showing the largest declines | dn both
exports and imports...

“Largest declines. in exports. during the month were tor
“erudeoil, down 25 per cent to $195 million; lumber products,

- down 16 per cent to $845 million and motor vehicle products, |
down 3.3 per cent.to $1.54 billion following a ‘20-miltion °
increase in February. . ;

Largest increases in exports were for organic’ chemicals,
~ up 94 per cent to $145 million; wheal, up 11.1 per cent to $445 -
million, following a $100-million increase in February, and
iron ores and concentrates and scrap, up 100 per cent to $100

million.

Largest decline in importa during the month. was.for -
motor vehicle products, which-fell by 15.7 per cent to $1.37
billion, following a $380-million increase in February. ;

- Crude oll imports showed the largest incease, rising by”
38 per cent to ed million after a #250:millton decline in
February. “

Marb was due to a weakness in trade with the U.S,
the month, the turnaround from the downward trend is .
- largely due to a general pilrup in trade with the U. ‘S., which
accounts for more than two thirds of all Canada’s trade. -
Exports to the U.S. in March declined by 3.5 per cent or .
et inillton to $4.99 billlon following ‘an iicrease”of #085 -
millio in February, :

or $%6-million decline in sales of goods to Japan, following a
$75-million increase in. February,

Imports from ‘the U.S. in March fell by nine per cent or :
$285 million, following & $265-niillion increase in February.

- Reagan wins.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President reagan will narrowly
win approval in the House of” Representatimes
“foreostruction ofthe MX missile, say House supporters. .

. Both the House ad Senate are. expeted to. vote soon on
whether to build the MX, a 10-warhead missile Reagan says
is needed to improve the aging U.S.-land-based nurlear
deterrent and tofore Soviet Concessions at arms controls —
hilks.

“ay wouldn't be over-optimistic but I think it wilt pais (in
the House),” said Representative Samuel Stratton (D-
N.Y.) after the semsion between Reagan and: ‘the
congressmen,

- “1 told him.I thought ‘he was winning and he seemed
surprised, " said Repreentative Roy Dye’ De).

Before the congressional session, Reagan met with his.
national security counell to discuss Possible a
_ arms reduction proposal. ra ear»

The meeting ‘‘was not a. decision-making, ‘seasion,” aald...
an administration official who declined to be hamed.

. Congress has rejected two previous plans for basing the
MX and Reagan named a blue-ribbon panel headed bY ay
Brent Scowcroft, former national security adviser, ‘to come
up with a plan that would pase, ;

Reagan ” hes publicly. endorsed ~ “the ; panel's .
recommendations, which included changing his proposal at"
the Strategic Arms ‘Reduction Talks in. _ Geneva,
Switzerland...

The talks, scheduled to resume June 8, have been stalled
by Soviey resistance to a U.S. proposal that would do Away
with a large number of land-based missiles that make up
the heart of the. Soviet nuclear firce. "

é

- Trudeau. sees two. issues .

‘OTTAWA (CP) — Prime Minister Trudeau said Tuesday
‘the issue of crulse missiles — and their testing in‘Canada —
is separate from overall US. ‘nuclear policy and should be
dealt with that -way.:

«Trudeau told the Commons.the NATO decision to: deploy” -

ruise and Petshing 2 missiles ‘in Eurdpe to counter the.

soviet Union’ 8 SS-20s ig a \ logical attempt to. deter nuclear ,

woes. it not make sense. in Europe to try. ‘and have «.

“counter threat to the Soviet Union so that it will riot use te
S8S-20e on western Europe any more than It would-use Its-

ICBMs Mona, range: missiles) on: ‘the United States?” he :
- bald,

Broadbent raised the subject a day renune Trudeau's tat
released an open letter.to Canadians on the isaue and the .
~publte: controversy thet has resulted,

he told Broadbent, referring to the ‘decision t digicyy
misalles in Europe ‘while pursuing an - ‘arms-reduetion -
agreement. with the Soviet Union. .

Meanwhile, Opposition Leader Erik Nietsen’s | attempt to
embarrass the NDP over its opposition to the cruise.
apparently backfired.

_ Nielsen asked the government, ta ‘Telease. idocunients
showing the former NDP. governm
approval of. Ottawa's use of a weapons ‘range. in that
‘province for the cruise tests.

- But,” Broadbent . later told reporters the. provincial .

government had written aletter in March, 1982, specifically

opposing the crulse tests in Saskatchewan. |

Broadbent castigated Nielsen for raising’ “irrelevant.

" issuea”” while saying nothing.on the cruise debate. ”
~btrieau agreed with Broadbent that Canada’ ‘should act as’

~ ‘8° /peaceful power. and--try to bring about nubear -

- The prime minister told the Commons NATO's efforts to”

“deter nuclear’ war~ are separate from. the overall Us.

nuclear. policy. owe i;

~ “f am not supporting President Reagan's overall sae
to:

policy. Itis not my purpose to de so. Thave not been asked
do so. What Iam supporting is NATO's two-track pollcy, "

ott oye

ATLANTA (AP) — The beginning of menopause’ should:
me ihe end of female sexual activity, say doctors who

the main problem for older women s may he finding -
willing and able partners. “

“Sexuality during the postmenopausal yeara is extremely”
“variable,” said Dr. Jarnes Batts, professor of obatetrica and -
aynecology atthe -Medical- College. of Peaneylvania in.
Philadelphia. mo,

“A woman's interest in eex during the menopausal years.
and beyond will depend on, the physiologic: and paycho- |
emotional changes she experiences. Her sexual expression
will di d on the availability of a sexual partner.”

There is a general. misconception that sexual interest and:
activity should end at about 60, around the time @ Wonian

‘‘réaches menopause, Batta sald,’ :

But the ‘dging process ‘merely produces: changes ina

woman's. sexual response cycle, not the end of It: Some of
- those changes may require education and treatment, Batts

‘told-a news conférence Tuesday, at the annual. meeting of’

the. American’ Collegeof Obstetricians and Gynecologists. .
In their later years men and women both slow down, but a
woman haa the ‘ability . to have sexual experiences.

bbe arm her life while a man’s activity will dectears a5 ue

Grows older, Batts said. oe o.

Heart attacks, strokes, hysterectomy @ or Prostatectomy
Should not preclude an active sex life for anyone, says the’
National Institute on Aging. In fact, “a pattern of regular

“sexual activity helps to preserve sexual. - ability," the

institute advises.
A réceht study at the Univetsity of South Carolina dald.
most sexual problems expérienced by: menopausal women

ate catised by the loas of lubricant in the vagina, which can -
Fest ‘in palnful tears inthe vaginal wall- during

oe gee iy

~ Menopause doesn’t @

i

‘disarmament instead of contributing to an arms bulldup.

m ‘He Bald there are only a few Canadians who have such
_ antl-Ameriean feelings...

Commons. security: guards hustled several, anti-cruise
" protesters out of the Commons after they rose silently, from. «
the Visitors gallery wearing “No Cruise” ‘Tabirts. . :

end. sexuality

“Interdourse. Tha stindy fouid the problem was alleviated by
nal doses of the’ female hormone: ‘estrogen. . ,

“What we. want is for people who are interested in sex fo
‘get Proper counselling,” Batts said,-“If itis not there, they
should certainly consider it, because it ls a pleasurable p part
of life,”’ - :

For older women; he said, finding a suitable S0x partner
may be difficult because:

=. Many. older women are separated, widowed or never
married.

_» == Oftén the husband is having petfarmance. problems
and sivolda sexual. activity. If the wife attributes .this.
avoidance to her declining physical attractiveness, she too ”
may avoid sexual activity in order to mare herself the pal

of frustration of rejection. TS abet i
Amin 'Inferest in mx fs usualy lntiated by what ti

sees..So.a woman's loss of youth and: attractiveness \

decreases her chances for meaningful sexual enco
“One of the beat treatmerita for weds i's TMA im

- understanding husband,” Batts ald. “If you love somebody -

and'‘they look a little different, _tilat Ls’ not phat’ is

Important.” Ot ea fe,

, ae aad tas
‘after menopause may not be ‘for all womer), Dr: vied
Seltzer, : director. of obstetrics and gynecology, 9)
Queens Hospital « Centre, Jamaica, N: ‘Yy ‘told: ‘the " oe
Frenference.

“1 doa’t think we should impose upon woisien the idea that
they should continue to have sexual, relations If-they don’t

_ want to,” shesald: “They should not take this as a mandate ©
to have sex." ”
Reltser said doctors are telling older women that sex ts
there, if they can continue to enjoy it; and will be there as
loot as they want to enjoy it 4,

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ent of Saskatchewan's. :

‘ the possible regulation of new

: ‘tmnanagem

* wh’ has a PhD from’ Columbia Mniveratty and ‘teaches .
~eiergy economies.

| “The war will continue, | he bald, as dong as ‘the industytal
|. fations feel they can “politically gét away” with preaching
“,. restraint: and not doing onything to prevent or care, the’

But Shatfer said the idea of prolonging: ‘the ‘recedslon. is

_ something elected officials can’t live with for. too. long.
.. “There is political presuutre mounting to do- something
‘about it.

Me said OPEC, if it can maintain price stabllity until the

> “world recession ends, may be able to win this akirmish in
|. the power war: ‘The pressures to break up OPEC will abate
with an économie turnatound and stable oil prices,” .

.| > Shalfer, in his book’ Canada’s: Oil and the “American
., Empire, mentions another factor in the decision to stretch

out the recession — the race to-develop new technology. to

ladt.

The first nation to develop the new technology, he sald, .

would be a world power, as the U.S. was because it
effectively had control of the world oil supply before OPEC.

‘But to develop such technology would: require Reavy
investments and a shift of national income to: inveéstrient
from consumption, sald Shaffer, a private economic

_ Consultant in New York City in the 1950s and early 19606. '

“tiving standards. We are witnessing a deliberate policy in

‘from consumption to Jovestment ‘

Rate matched _

“TORONTO (CP) —The federal government appearsto be

increasing regulations at a rate at least equal to that of the

' 19706, says the president of the Canadian Manufacturers

Association...
For example, the Department: of Transport: estimates
300,000 goods will fall under criteria that trigger application
of a proposed regulation" governing’ transportation of

| dangerous goods, Roy Phillips told a meeting of thé review .

boardof the Canadian General Standard Board on Tuesday.

The proposed regulations are almost incomprehensible
andar alternative approach to regulation, proposed by the
CMA; would restrict the appiteation to about 3,000 goods,
‘Phillips said... -

“This shift can only be accomplished through a drop in’
"alll major industrialized countries to shift national income -

. Reducing. the . regulatory burden is critical’ to. the |

competitiveness of Canadian industry, Phillips sald. An

analysis of $2 major’ industrialized countries by the |

European: Management. Forum: ranked Canada’ ith An.
_ ‘terms of the detrimental effect of rules, regulations and

tobea a

"bureaucracy on the. efficient conduct of business.
- But, while Phillips sald regulatory reform a

‘dead issue in the federal government, an Ottawa consultant

wha! specializes in the area said the reform move needs help

_4in the form of a-push from the business community.

“The key to ‘the campalgn is political, ‘momentum ..... -

"There is still strong interest (in the Aideral government) in
regulatory sot at it neéds a push,” said Eric Milligan.

The recent uncement that 14_ federal government
departments an agencies will push semi-annual agendas,
spelling out possible and,
of progress, he sald.’

‘During the recession; business groups -ecusea | thelr

_ efforts on helping their membership survive, but as they...

prepare for A recovery, business is- becoming nervous about

technologies, Milligan said.

‘posed regulations, is evidence

"Milligan noted the teri regulatory reform ia, within the -

federal’ government, being replaced by the. phrase
agement of regulation.” Business interests have a
‘stake’ in Some regulations,’ such . as- those

foes crm
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A cfm ot board report concluded. fegulations should
Not ‘be imposed on industry tintess | consultatlon with all
affected : parties ‘ensures industry cannot ‘rectify’ the
problem with voluntary self-regulation, which can be more
_ etlective and cost-efficient.

‘The review board of the standards hoard passed

" pesolution urging federal and provincial: governmenits to

use. -exxjathig ‘standards, devéloped under ‘the National
in legislation soverning’ manditory

Citing the Britiah white paper: §
international | Competitivetiess,

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And telecommuniestion industries, -

of stendards for quality. assurance, da.
“price eSapetiion productivity, an