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OPEC looking for more WASHINGTON (AP-CP) — The latest 30} 30 per-cent-plus Increase in oil pricea by Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and several other oll-exporting countries is the opening salvo in a price bat le that whit climax next week If the Increase stops at the new levels set Thuraday, it will be a definite victory for the price moderates within the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and one the indus- trial countries can cheer. OPEC holds its annual icesetting meeting Dec. 17 4 Caracas, Venezuela. Moderates, led by Saudi Arabia, and hawks, such as Libya and Tran, are expected to clash over whether there should be a moderate in- crease or a larger increase that would create new problema for industrial nations. OPEC’s current dual pricing system sets a maximum $23,560 U.S, a barrel . VICTORIA (CP) — The House of Commons vote that brought down the federal government Thuraday caught many British Columbians, including Premier Bill Bennett, off guard but a Progressive Conservatlve party official said he is ready for an election battle, Bennett, who Wednesday blasted the federal budget for failing to deal with high interest rates, said he was astounded by the vote which will mean a federal election that will create uncertainty in Canada this winter. Dave Barrett, provincial leader of the New Democratic Party, said on the other hand he was not surprised hecause Prime Minister Clark’s government ELECTION FEBR UAR Y13 Fulton ready for a fight operating “too close to £¢ the precipies tw continue.” & - alteprestdent ot ake ontrvatte . ager Ree 1 e WAR Lang reat ‘th the beginning for the gecond national vote in less a year. “When you're a minority government you have to be prepared,” said Bovey. e Conservatives won an overwhelming majaity of B.C.’ 28 seats in the election last May 22 a8 the province played a crucial role in © delivering Clark his man- date. Former prime minister Pierre Trudeau refused to concede defeat in that vote until the B.C, results came pourlng in, proving to the country that the Con- servatives could form a minority government. Last May, the Con- servatives won 18 of B.C’s the New Democrats took eight and the Liberals had to be content with a squeaker. in Vancouver Centre in which former: Vancouver mayor Art Phillips edged Conservative. economist Pat Cargey Phillips, regarde by some otential national Liberal edder until he ruled himself out recently, was declared the winner after a recount which establiehed him as the only surviving Liberal west of Manitoba, The single seat In the Yukon alao went Con- servative, falling to Public Works Minister Erik Nielsen, who has represented the territory for years. But there have been wide swings of the election pen- dulum in B.C. in recent years, In the 1972.campaign, the NDP returned 11 members to four for the Liberals and eight for the Conservatives. In 1974, the Liberals doubled their seats to eight, NDP strength was reduced to two while the Conservatives climbed to 13. Bennett, who emerged from a staff Christmas party to talk to reporters, would not say which party he was ba on the ederal scene, The remier had ac- cused + eral Finance Minister John Crosbie of bringing down a budget which did nothing for the province. But last spring, some members of Bennett's Social Credit party had arranged a mutual support agreement unmder which the Conservatives would’ vacate the provincial fleld in favor of Bennett's party JIM FULTON... «Only cholce Jim Fulton, the New Democratic Party member of Parliament for Skeena is on his way back to this riding to begin his second cani- paign is less than a year and he’s confident of a win. * Fulton, who took this seat away from the Liberals May 22, defended the opposition Tove to upset the govern- Ament, “The government painted the opposition into a corner,” Fulton said in a interview from Ottawa today, “It was clear thé vate was going to come on elther the budget or on interest rates or energy policy.” Fulton sald the Progressive Conservatives had run on a campaign of reversed that position, - MIngtead Ufa $x Billigi'tax cutting taxes which he said looked good to the voters. The Tories, Fulton said, cut we see an. increase - of over $2 billion. Fulton claimed the Tory budget would mean 60 per cent inflation and called the impact on the North and on those with fixed and limited incomes ‘‘tragic,"’ “We've seen so many flip flops ard inconsistent leadership,” Fulton said of the little more than seven months the Clark govern- ment has been in power. While he did express concern about the cest and timing of an election, Fulton-indicated that the NDP welcomed it. He agreed that hikes in the price of oil were needed but said they needn’t come so fast. Fulton also expressed resentment that the majority of the increase in the cost of petroleum products would go to the oil companies, saying “only the tiniest fraction would go into the energy bank to look for solutions to the energy questions.” Fulton accused the Tories of not Ustening to the op- position parties and con- trasted his party to the Liberals by saying the nation press had noted the positive Proposals put forward by the Cousins considering running here again Rod Cousins, the Progressive Conservative candidate who ran third in the May 22 federal election, says he hasn't decided whether he will run for his party's nomination in Skeena but the local Tories will be meeting soon, Cousins, who was recently elected vice-president of the Skeena Progressive Con- servative Association, did have some criticism of the opposition parties for forcing an election though, . “They truly have misjudged the situation nationally,” Cousins said. ‘'1 agree with the Prime Minister when he said that six months ago the Canadian people voted to change the status quo, change the situation, and move ta a party which was prepared to solve our problems,” Cousins said he felt the Tory budget would have solved some of the problems this country ia facing and fundamental Gags considers It pointed owt, the government's intention to halve the national deficit in four years. “That is necessary for a healthy economy, one which will create jobs,"’ said the former Federal Business Development Bank- em- ployee here, Cousins did have some criticism of the government giving a good part of the gas and oll price increase to the oil companies. He said the government should have considered increasing taxes on the oll cainpanies instead. OTTAWA (CP) — Minister Joe Clay an an. nounced today is that Parliament has n dis- solvedand a general election called for Feb, 18, Clark made the announce- ment In the Commons a few hours after returning {rom a visit with Gov.-Gen. Ed Schreyer where he asked that Parliament be dissolved. Clark met. with Schreyer for 50 minutes starting at 3 a.m, EDT, 10 hours after the defeat of his minority government In the Com- _ mons. The announcement was greeted by loud cheers from. MPs on both sides of the Commons, Liberal MPs then met behind closed doors to discuss who will lead them through the winter cam- palgn. Pierre Trudeau announced three weeks ago that he intends to resign ap leader and a leadership convention haa been planned for March 8-30-in- Winnipeg. yo appeared to bea movement ‘in the Parliamentary caucus to encourage Trudeau to lead the Liberal campa The Clark government, slightly lesa than seven months old,: was defeated 130-133 in the Commons on Thuraday night on a motion — ‘Bponsored by the New Democratle |.Party con- damning the government for its first budget unveiled Tuesday. The campaign could start. almost immediately. Party atrategists met hur: riedly to Work out details iat the 66-day campaign, in cluding such things os. the char of aircraft to ferry the leaders across the country, the printing of campaign literature and the ralsing of money. Anumber of Liberals sald they are not ready for the campaign — that moat of their efforts have been concerned with planning for theleadership changeover — while the Conservatives have been kept on a cam- palgn footing the last few months, New Democratic Party officials sald fund raisers are on the phone trying to find money to replenish coffers run low by the ex- penses of the last campaign, whieh ended May 22. e@ surprising defeat of igh government qihureday t brought pandemonium on the Commons floor as the results of the vote were announced, MPs roared and threw their papers into the | Spectator galleries were jammed with the curious - who had come to witness a rare event — the fall of a government, Clark, whose Con- servatives won a minority May 22, attacked the op: poalton parties at a bret newa conference following the vote for deciding to “disrupt the nation’s business.” "From the first day, the opposition parties showed no interest = in making Parllament work,” he said. “Instead they have systematically obstructed Its business, Now they have brought it te a complete halt." NDP Leader Ed Broad- bent said it was Clark who had caused the defeat by attempting to govern as if he . hed a majority and yet in- sisting on pushing shead with unpopular measures Tories lose on budget PeEasT MINUTE | The Socreds abstained such as the dismantling of Petro-Canada, He also accused Clark of “reneging on a whole series of promises,"’ including a $2- billion tax cut. Instead of the tax cut, his firat budget had raised taxes by $3.5 billion. The Liberals, faced wlth the prospects of a lame-duck leader as they head into the campaign, rallied around Pierre Trudeau to convince him to lead the party through the campaign. JOHN CROSB . budget bombs Campagnolo may run for the leadership but perhaps not here Former Skeena MP [ona Campagnolo, who was defeated here by Jim Fulton in the May 22 federal elec- tion, is reluctant to Aun. wh again. Campagnolo, who is working in Vancouver for CBC television and travels once a week to Montreal to appear in a discussion program, said today she is happy with her new life. While rot ruling out the possibility that she might Tun again and in Skeena for the Liberals, Campagnolo said she feels a ‘“‘sense of having completed her time and service to the country.” From her Vancouver home- Campagnolo said her plans would depend on who runs . . for the Liberal nomination in this area, Still staunchly a Northerner, Campagnolo said today she will consider running. for the leadership of her y if there is no cand ante to volce the concerns of Canadians livin in what she termed the “mid- North," Campagnolo, now 47 years old, commented that the northern riding takes a great deal of stamina and requires considerable travelling. She said that while she gave her maximum effert ta the riding when she was the representative, the demands of dealing with a riding this far from Ottawa were an influence. “Dol want all the travel?”’ she pondered. ‘‘] am content in my new life," she af- firmed. Campagnolg, who defeated long-time NDP ‘member Frank Howard in what was considered an upset, had no good words for the man who took her seat, tumbling one of the Liberals most high profile cabinet ministers, Campagnolo said the only things Jim Fulton has been seen doing are appearing in the House of Commons with a false nose and trying to batter down the door of the Senate. She conceded, however, that Fulton had strong support in the riding. “Wf T don't run it won'tbea priority riding,’’ Cam- paguolo said. “Skeena won't get the attention it did.” In her analysis of the events -in the House ms ht, Compasnole. te Uherale ha defeat the government. “They had no alternative but to go,"’ she said. ‘'They could not have held up their heads.” Campagnolo, describing Finance Minister John Crosbie as abrasive, accused the government of trying to bulldoze the budget through, ‘They tried ta play a game of chicken and failed,’’ Campagnolo said of the Clark government. * no choice ve to IONA CAMPAGNOLO.., ..betler job Transportation pushed costs up By JENNIFER LEWINGTON . OTTAWA (CP) — A sharp rise in transportation coats pushed consumer prices up one per cent in November from October, the largest monthly change since May, Statistics Canada reported today. The latest figures push the Inflation rate for the 12 mouths ending in Novernber to-9.4 per cent, slightly ahead of the 9.3 per cent rate recorded for 12 months to October, Statistica Canada, which measures changes in the coat of a basket of cammanly- Purchased goods and ser. vices, says higher tran- sportation and housing costs accounted for twothirda of the over-all monthly rise. As a result, the consumer price index for all items Blands at 197.8 for Novem.: ber, up from 195.9 the previous month and 180.8 tn November, 1978. That means that the standard basket of goods and services which cost $100 in lo71 — the year the index base was set at 100 — now costs $167.80. The purchasing power of a 1971 dollar in November was about §1 cents, unchanged from October but down from 55 cents & year ago. After making adjustments for quality change, 1990 mode] cars jumped in price by 4.7 per cent in November compared to October prices for 1978 cars. That rise, and higher charges for operating and maintaining cars, were largely responsible for a 1.2- per-cent rige in all items in the index excluding food. e Soviets say 0,5 * ¢ tS a Crisis MOSCOW (AP) — The Soviet news agency Tass i today that ‘‘a itical crisis has broken Fat in Canada,” Tass carried a brief Ot- tawadatelined dispatch on the defeat of the Progressive Conservative government in & parliamentary no- confidence vote over the pra- posed 1980-81 budget. “As a result, the cabinet that has been in power for lesa than seven months had to resign, and early parliamentary elections are to be held In the country,” Tass sald. free skiing for general _ public. TERRACE SKI HILL OPENS The Kitsumkalum Mountain Ski Hill opened this morning at 10.a.m., with all liftsrunning and the Jos Konst, ski hill manager, said yesterday that there were still a few bare spots on the hill, and that skiers should use caution as they should anywhere else at this time of the year, but that 75 per cent of the runs are open, the T-bar is run- hing and that the skilng should be good on the mountain from now on. Konst said that by next weekend, he hopes ta have the night lighting operating, so that the hill night can open = for Konst said that passes are available at the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine’s office in Terrace, and that he invites everyone to come up to the hill and have alook at the new facility. skiing as well.