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; - VANCOUVER (CP) ~The B.C. Government
Employees Union may | have improperly mixed
|. politics and contract issues in gonducting a vote ©
. which shows a majority of 15,008 government

_ -workera favor a strike, aya tt the ¢ government's
chief. negotiator. :

~ back on track,.
“While this mandate .

Mike Davison. made the ‘comment: after: the,

_* - walon’ announced ‘that. two large. components, -
- administrative services and hospital and. allied -
"services, ' voted . 8. 6. Per, cent . in. favor: of
striking. . . fe,

Davison, ° ‘chaltniag of the. Government”
“+ .Employee Labor: Relations. ‘Bureau, “Was.
_referring-to a strike bulletin circulated in some.
" aréas which tied-the vote to'thé government’ 8
reatraint legistation, :

The legislation bitterly. opposed by a 1 broad:. :
. based coalition: called’: Qperation: Solidarity, |
“among other things: calls for reduction of the |
, public service by 25 Per cent, by ‘September,

sconduelve

as 1984. ~The provitclal g government's ‘Public: Secior van

_ Restraint - Act, .one .of- several pieces. of .
_- Tegislation aimed at reducing the government's
projected $1. .G-billion deficit this- year, has not
* “yet. been. ‘passed, but valready 1,600; public
” -employees have. been. dismissed under: the

oe | think the union. may ‘have mingled polities”
: with the specific issue,”: ‘Davisan said; adding *
», there is a-slight chance the legality of the vote”
wo may be questioned by. the: ba

Tim looking at It. Hoi ie

very, very strong case Td

_ to the bargaining table.” “* , f

Union president’ Norm Richards, said, the

union is more interested instry 0, hal ner
‘out a new-agreement: Eee iat ae le:
. “Perhaps this statement of Our’ mem.-

- Proposed bill. |

_ Established 1908

“pership's resolve will help get negotiations

legal position. to serve 72-hour strike notice on
“the, employer, we: fully intend, through the: -'
; mediators - who have ‘been involved..in’ our
oh ~ negotiations, ; to press for a return to: the: |
- bargaining. table). 5 -
“Main issties th the contrast dispute are. layoff ©
’ ‘and: recall rights, ‘seniority’. rights and. ablft:
- rotaitions for- institution’ workers. :
~The vote: ‘wad the -first cast. by- government _
workers since the government introduced its”
restraint legislation duly 7 es
" It.was not-unexpected and Richards sald the.
current climate: of. industrial relations created .
by. the - provincial | -gvoernment is having a
detrimental effect-on the negotiations:
_ The government has atepted ‘ari attitude at
. the bargaining: eee nat

The government has started preparing fora
strike -by ‘the . union’ workers. -
_ Secretary Jim Chabot said last week Victoria’ s”
contigency plan’ includes information: about -
how ‘management employees would used to fill -

. puts the union ina. ga Human Resatrces and Forests ministries,

the Human, Rights Branch and Human Rights

- rights’ violationd. will be handled by. a apecial
board; which:will have the right.nat to consider

t initially gave ‘itself,
ni¢ d regional districts the right

- fire “employees without cause,’ but after
“ aovere crifleisin- that it was violating basic
t ‘modified the legislation ‘to
employers to give . economic
justifications for dismissing workers.

groups and himan Tights activists, and church
Jeadera, wha “say the government has .
~ inhumanly placed the burden of restraint: on the
Tess fortunate :

_- throughout the-province against the _Program.
-Provinclal - . - It’ has also conducted an intensive adverilsing
- rights.are. Jeopardized if restraint legislation i is

~ enacted

Bob Fisher, treasurer. of Terrace’s Royal Canadian Legion:
Branch 13, presents $500 cheques ta,Rhonda (middie) and
Eileen: MeCullovah. The money will help Rhonda’s
language and Ei leen’s nursing training at university.

- These local bursarles are in addition to the branch’s

contributions to the leglon's provincial funds which last.
year awarded 103 bursaries totalling $76,700. Preference Is
given to children of deceased, disabled and other Veterans
with the first consideration being financlal need.

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NEW GLASGOW, sl bonus ith “solid

“There's no. longer any

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Tories: renew strength. in. elections

he launched his career asa - the New ‘Democrats.

- (CP) — Brian .Mulroney’ 3\. Progressive. Conservative. such thing as a safe Liberal parliamentary politician + While Mulroney’ s win in
=. first outing among. the | wins at both ends. at: thé _ seat anywhere in Canada,” with a convincing win in the — safely Conservative Central
electorate brought both | country. in federal the party leader exulted Nova Scotia riding: of ‘Nova was no surprise, the
before 1,00 Supporters as Central Nova. ‘West Coast contest was seen

'~personal Vietory and a  byelectlons, ‘Monday... .

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J “Herald StaftWriter
m >. TERRACE — Over’ 1,000 hectares. of”.
j » foteat is scheduled to be burnt in the -
Texrace-Kitimat drea before the end ‘of:
September., or ot
This area, is part ofa total asoohietanis
, in northwest 'B C. to be burnt this fall; ©.
The prescribed fires are needed to burn,
logging slash, brush dnd deep duff, and to. -
reduce the chance - af: out-of-coritrol .
- wildfires breaking out next Bummer, - ;
: The fires will also prepare sites’for tree,
i planting, and help to control outbreaks of =
"disease and insects which dpstroy five | ~.the forest
_ Himes more timber than’ fires: he
Moat controlled burng: are now lit t by) ae
J\e L

infrared scanners,

: firsts. if

a "Forestry. schedules. burn
_ helicopters carrying sophisticated’ ignition
* devices. After the burn, any hot spots that

~ imay indicate possible sources of future
trouble can be detected by heat-sensing

Mid to late September is the traditional

’ time for the forest service to conduct these
fires, Thik season has seen less than the
‘normal number of wild fires, probably due’

_ to the cool, damp weather the region has

.. Deéert having since early July. |
Héwever, the same weatlier may —

” hamper the timing of the prescribed fires.

ice hopes to conduct. They. -

‘have to wait ton the lorest to n ry a out a bit

Mulroney thanked © the . aS. a-test of the new Tory °
Liberals themselves for the leader’ ‘3° national appeal —
parade: . of party | and’ measure of the
-heavyweights sent out‘on flagging fortunes of the
the campaign. . governing Liberals and the

“We were really dolng New Democrats, | whose
well, but when the people of — ¢p
Central Noya get a real hy

. good look up close at 11 |
cabinet ministers, our
majority shot right up to the
sky.

been slipping alar-

ys
till, winning a Commons
‘8 tis a crucial 3
44-year-old Mul:
‘If Plerre Trudeau inigves to con:
himself had come down; -and caucus
they (the Liberals) wouldn’t © build. straté y fo
have.got a wote.”: oe |

A bonus- camé from |:
British Columbia, four Alaxe-
‘wones:,, away,.. where . :
Conservatives... captured.
~. Mission-Port- Moody from.

ey as he

licy. dnd to
the

. high-profife pergonnel ‘such as the director.of °

While public B tor employees. constitute a

+ is oe not. large percentage of the ranks ‘of Operation
o> Solidarity, rotest movement -has been’

swelled “by: “academics, tenants, women’s

“Operation Solidarity ‘has- staged two large:
- ° | pallies, attended by a combined total of, more. .
.. than 60,000. people, plus numerous others .

campaign, “waming ‘all - workers ‘that their. .

slacks, ‘brown swe

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- Have you seen this man? Elli Adams, a 63-year-old Skeenaview
resident has been missing since Aug. 12. He is five feet, two Inches
tall:and weighs 135 pounds. When last seen he was wearing grey -
. atshirt, plaid facket and carrying a. green
: parka: He had no money and probably did not have the medication

is taking. He may appear disorientated. If you know anything -
concerning Adams whereabouts, please Phone the RCMP at 638-

- Federal deficit. swells”

“OTTAWA (CP) - The

poses which must be paid

. news is cause for slitting,
depends on who you talk.to. Firmig: by. Petro-Canada.

“child close to $700 during the’
fiscal year. which - “ended - - preliminary - °

‘either the government's

- or its total liabilities minus
"assets —.

“agencies,

gross federal debt has out, ranging from Indian
Swollen to almost. $160 ‘band funds to the extra
billion, but whether - the charge on oil and. natural

88 consumptien’ to help
one's wrists, *aving. Ehaase the takeover of
concern of ,a wee yawn foreign-owned. petroleum.

Latest figures. show It cost ~ The figures were: ‘released:
avery . Man, Woman. and. Monday. ity. -thes-Bipanee,
Department's © “"dnftial
: financial:
-March 31 juat to cover $17 — statement for the fiscal Year:
billion worth of *interest that ended March 31; —

_ payments’ ‘and other ~ See
charges on the so-called net Among ather things, they
debt of $119" billion. Showed the government

spent $24.3billion more than

If the government had ine
-it- took in last year, . $911

decided. -to pay off that

burgeoning net debt in one ‘Million less than predicted .

in the ‘April 19 budget but up
cramatlealy from the isa1-
82 spending - ‘deficit of $13. 6
‘billion, .
‘While several economists’
accumulated. spending. _see nothing in the figures to

. deficits sineé confederation PTompt panic, others on the -
economic and political

front, especially the op-—
whatever is owed to the Position Progressive
government as-a-result of Conservatives, hammer at
loans, investments - -and the need. to cut deficita
advances to . federal: dramatically to © spare
; Crown - cor- Tulure -Beneratlons a
porations and. private en- “ nightrare debt. ee
terprise.. oa “Morally.—- — “Speaking,
However, some of those. ‘Canddians should be con-
oans and™ advances have cerned about the debt,” said
“been known, to go sour over Michael Walker, director of
the years. A recent oxainple™ “fhe. ‘small :'é’ conservative .

. fell swoop, every Canadian
would have had ta fork out
$4,607 1 .

The net debt is detined as

which include

‘ranked spot nationally’

for the |

idate party |

involved’ the government
‘absorbing the whopping
- $L.2-billion debt of Crown-
owned Canadair Ltd.

* The government also lost
more. than -$100 million
_ worth of ‘leans, lnan

“guarantees and grants to”

Consolidated Computer Inc.
of Ottawa, a-failing com.
_ puter firm which eventually~-
had to be unloaded. for a
token fee.
On the other hand, federal
~-tfickala argue the govern-

ment’s assets are grossly”
understated because ‘the :

figures focus on liquid
assets. As a result, the value
of all ‘federal buildings,

‘including those .--on-
Parliament Hill, land and ©
parks owned by the.

government are listed_as a
fixed asset worth $1,

The grogs debt, which
the

includes money
gavernment owes on ‘stich
things: as Canada Savings
Bonds, tieasury’ bilis and’
marketable bonds. sold” to
raise money, reached $159
billion by March 31, up from
$134 billion at the end of
March, 1982."~ ~y

it also includes other
Itabilitles such ag govern-

- ment -eniployee \ pension
‘plans

and financial
obi{gations -..
collected: for sci pur.

‘Toney «.

Fraser. ‘Institute In Van- |
couver, 7

He described as myth, the .-
notion that debts piled -up
_ during-bad economic times
get paid off when things
turn: around. :

“The government, is.
‘éimply buying off today’s
voters with .
voters’ money,” he said,
arguing substantial spen-.
ding:
without a resulting decay in
sotlal services.

‘But others say: the deficit,

having a "8

cuts .are possible

estimated to rise to $31.2
billion this year and then

begin falling, is distorted in -
part by the recession which

has ergded tax revenues at

“a atime when the govern-

ment is facing heavier than

.:, Wauial costs for welfare and

employment. Programs.

recovers;:. the “taxes. will:
‘Tecover “and expenditures:

; "will go. down and a lot of the
__ deficit will go away, * said.
- Peter Dungan, | :
director of the Institute of —

, associate

Policy. Analysis . at
University of Toronto.
“But, of course keep your
eyes open. Don't elect a:
spend-thrift. government.’’.:
‘David Slater, chairman of
the Economic Council. of.
Canada, and Thomas
Maxwell, chief economist of:
the Conference Board of’
Canada, also: see no reason’
to get uptight about the

debt.
Among other things, they.

the

argue there is no evidence: |

the government is he vee

“owed:to Canadians and not:
foreigners as is the case of
such developing countries

worry, about,”/Dungan said.

. Maxwell agréed: “Unlike:
the problem/of one country -
ld on another,
you. have/ one group of
citizens with a held. on’

AhAge thes... economy... -

f

another group. It all comes: -

out-in the wash.!"-~ ~~

tomorrow's -He~also said - the high:
- saving /rate of Canadians,.

reflected ‘ in savings ac--
counts, Canada Savings:

‘Bonds and pension plana, .

shows there Is. no shortage.

" of loanable funds in Canada. : a

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