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The federalists won a- victory In Quebec
yesterday but the rest of Canada should take
notice ofthe 40 per centwho voted ‘oul’. = =
There Is litle doubt that Rene Levesque will:
have to go back to the voters and probably
within months to try to renew his . now
questionable mandate to govern Quebec. Prime
Minister Plerre Trudeau must surely ‘elther
bring the provincial leaders to the fable and
renegotlate confederation or face. bringing the
constitution home unilaterally and forcing anew.
deal on the provinces." = ae

The separatist cause In Quebec has suffered a
set back. You can not, however, now dismiss the
separatists asno longer a force todeal with; -

While Claude Ryan, who took the federalist
cayse to victory, will probably run against
Levesque Inthe next Quebec provincial election,
the sizable proportion of Quebeckers who voted
‘non’ gives the seccessionists a strong power
base to continue. _

The only way ¢o avold not [ust a repeat of the
Quebec referendum but perhaps even a rerun of
the more viclent FLQ era, Is to renegotiate
Canada’s federal system. A large number of
Quebecresidents obviously want It, undoubtedly
a larger number than voted yes 10. negotiate °
sovereignty association. TS :

We have also seen In the past few weeks the
continually growing desire of the West for a new
deal. There ls little doubt that It is time for a
change, the question Is only what kind and -
whether or not the Trudeau government can
come through with its: promisés to Quebec
without further allentating the west. ©

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EDITOR'S

JOURNAL
by.

L GREG MIDDLETON

‘The arguments against technological change are as
old as the wheel. That changes in technology will put
people out of work is about as inevitable as the
passage of time, death of governments spending all
the taxes they can possibly collect. ;

The latest battle over the issue

union and B.C, Tel, _ ro

Now, while I have no great fondness for a company
which continues to raise rates in the name .of im-
proving service and then either charges for previously
free services like directory assistance Or discontinues

‘services like telling you the correct time, I don’t t
think they have any choice. eee

Whether you believe as some do that multinational
corporations are huge inhumane monsters, or. see
them as I do, as almost primal creatures, obeying
simple drives, such as devour and multiply, you must
admit the inevitable. If there is more advanced
technology, the company will use it. - :

Some will argue it is to lay off employees, people
who demand ever increasing wages and benefits, a
share in the profit. Others will say it is to divert profit
to the company producing the technology, usually a
subsidary. ] think it is a simple, child-like desire for a
new toy.

Corporate executives have to justify their existance
too, you know. They, perhaps more than most, are
desperate to produce something.-The farther away
you are from directly supplying your own needs, the
broader and more sweeping must be the things you do.
So, senior management must make broad changes in
their charges to be noticed and to feel a sense of
satisfaction a lesser man might get from getting wood
to heat the home or meat to put on the table. -

Thus, for the sake of vanity and new toys, some
telephone operators here lose their jobs. True, they
are mere menials who are but cogs in a now com-
puterized wheel. They should not matter. I should not
care.

‘The other day, however, I phoned information to ask
them to find a phone number for me. I was calling ©
from a telephone booth. The directory there had been
torn to shreds. It would have been an easy number for
any local operator to find. The little bit of local
knowledge was all that was needed.

Directory assistance is now, however, all cen-
tralized in Vancouver. The Vancouver operator
couldn’t help me. -

So I write this out of personal pique. I know that the
telephone company’s need for new and better toys, the
requirements of a computer age, an era when workers
demand more than even just a living wage, forces
them to centralize. .

But, for what it is worth, for a moment I felt for
telephone operators who are going to face transfers or
those who won't be hired in the name (attrition) of
modernization. Even though it was out of a small
personal discomfort, I was on your side, as futile as it

sultation with com-

the local. Member of

. tawa. - -

‘manipulation, There are many. cases documented

‘of technological
change involves. the telecommunications workers |

‘would be voting on dif-

Comment

As a Member of Parliament,- 1
that I should not get involved in. any. attempt to
mislead the people living in my.constituency. For this
reason, I have joined my colleagues’ in the New
Democratic Party in refusing to participate in. the

makeshift assessment policy devised by the Minister _
of Employment and Immigration ‘for
" “funding for Summer Youth Employment

deciding on
projects

Inthe past, decisions on. &
which projects should be &
funded were made by the |
minister - after con-

mittees in each con- Bi@
stituency appointed by

Parliament, The com-
mitteés were struck so as
to be as representative as
possible of the com-
munities from which they -
were drawn.
* ‘These committees were given the entire package of .

"information required to adequately assess the

projects involved. They were told how much money
would be spent in the riding. They were told how mech
each program wouid cost, how many employees would
be hired, and exactly what the project hoped to ac- |
complish. Armed with this information, the com- °
mittee would approve as many of the projects as they

could given the budget limitations set down by: Ot-

“This system was not perfect. Although the minister
nearly always rubber-stamped the decision of the
committees, there was often room for. partisan .

where the minister would write to.a'successful ap-.
plicant without mentioning the local committee or the

Jocal Member of Parliament, but would write to an

unsuccessful applicant regrettably informing him that -
after consultation with his Member of Parliament his |
project was disallowed. Naturally, this only took place
in areas where there was an opposition Member .of
Parliament. - a

“Will you stand still? ’m
a no hot chocolate

-. directly. eive’a inf
| necessary to make informed decisions.-on.: which .
- projects

on day parole and if I'm late getting back, "| sax
Chil.) ef Pond eept his cto.

not.

“J am unable to support this project.” The total

‘ amount requested was in excess of half a million

dollars. I was not told how much money was allotted to
Skeena, I was not told how many of the projects I could
approve. | , so . ou

It was clear to me, as it was clear to all NDP: MP's, -
. that this was a devious shell game onthe part of the
minister, He had no intention of taking my opinions’

into consideration. He probably had no intention of
spending more than a pittance in Skeena. What. he

wanted was a political out. He wanted to write to the

unsuiccessful applicants saying “after consultation

with Jim Fulton I regret to inform you that your

project has. not been approved.”

We in the NDP do not play
and when'the minister wants real consultation, I am.
ready and willing.to co-operate fully, So long as he is
only looking for a political scapegoat to ease him out of
adifficult situation, I am not going to take part.

Pi reasons

im his Parliamentary. Caucus; Conservative Leader
. Joe Clark hopes to: hang: an long enough to take his:
“party won get

"But. in-his first

area awhisper with rumors

those sorts of games. If _

- was informed,

‘baker.

he

. next two or three years means to
‘on the basis of what I consider to be real and”

It "was an amazing

for mé tonight!”

" MUAREPORTS
the legislature _

"if a member wants, or heeds, to be absent let that o
member take the full responsibility for. the absence..

ByFRANKHOWARD
This report is really about “pairing”. The goverh-
ment has made much about ‘‘pairing” recently and I

think it worthwhile to explain what this parliamentary
device involves. a :

It is basically an
agreement between two
members that one of
them will not vote in the |
House when the other is
absent. It is assumed that
members would agree to
“pair” only. when they

ferent sides of any
motion, I can’t see any
reason why two members ‘|
who would be voting the
sanie way would want to |
“pair unless they both
wanted to be absent from .
their duties in the House an
an excuse. .

d to use “pairing” as

Now, the crux of this matter of “‘pairing’’ is this: Ifa
Socred cabinet minister wanted to be absent from his
duties in the House to attend a Socred meeting, or 4
cocktail party, or whatever, and asked me to “pair”
with him he would be asking me to abandon my
responsibilities to people in Skeena and not vote in the
House while the Cabinet Minister is absent. In other.
words, I would be physically present here in Victoria
attending to my duties, bit would agree not to
represent Skeena in a vote in the House, regardleas of
what the vote may be about. : "

Lsimply do not believe that

[, or any other member,

should be placed in that position. I know that the
Socred government can counter with the argument
that “pairing” is a two-way street; that my “pair”.
would accommodate me if I wanted to be absent. In
my view that is equally wrong and only compounds the
matter of béing ‘absent from one’s dutie tn the Hause,

’ refused to ‘pair’.

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Recently, Forestry Minister .Waterland wrote a

column for one of the papers.in his riding. He quoted ©
from another column written by Health Minister Mair,
complaining that he was unable to be absent from the ..

House because of the absence of a system. of
“pairing”. Mr, Waterland also referred in his column
to a “...nrobile constituency office tour of seven Yale

constituents as he woild’lie to ‘...because. NDP

" Let’s get a couple of things clear. First, May ath to

Legislature on those days. That's what he is being paid
for. If he wanted to shirk his duties and spend those

attempt to lay it’ off on. someone — else.

Secondly, let me ask 4 question. Would it be fair to
people in Skeena for me to deny you the right of
representation by vote in the House simply to ac-
commodate a cabinet minister who can’t take the time

to visit his riding on weekends as other members do? .
The government has decided, over the objections of ©
the NDP, to eliminate the two traditional night sittings —

of the legislature, thus showing that they don’t want to

work in the legislature at nights. Now it looks. like - ‘
some of them don't want to. work on certain days _

during the week as well.

'

home on weekends if that’s the only time you want to

do any busineess. Don’t hide, like immature children, ,

behind this thing called “pairing’’.

The government may talk of
“paired”, but if they keep on the way they have these
past few months, people '
government is in fact “impaired”.

~(” CONSUMER
‘| COMMENT _

Lillooet communities.” That tour was from May 5th to.
sth. Mr. Waterland said he couldn't see as many of his -

" . telephone.” . oe Do
ath was a Monday to Thursday. The Legislature isnow Even answering innocent questions like “‘Are you watching
in session and was meeting on those days. It Is Mr.’

Waterland’s duty and responsibility to be in the —

television at the-moment?" can let you in for trouble, With °
. thls and a few added questions, someone posing as a.T.V.”

- get, but-also learn whether it’s colour, portable, of new of”

days travelling through his own riding then let him —
take the full responsibility for that absence and not.

For goodness sake Mr. Waterland and Mr. Mair, go

the desire to be

are going to conclude that the.
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BY
-. RICHARD -] |
JACKSON. |

OTTAWA — Regardlessof the loyalty — or lack of it, |

into another. election: and win. :) 77.0: 05 os.
st post-election: blic post-mortem, |
under. questioning” on * the: CTV ‘network, eqreful
reading ofthe transcript. diacloses that. “‘it’s:not im~ | -
possible” he will:be'asked to step aside, and failing, | -
that, shuffled into the discard ata’ future leadership.
convention.-- Me” oe Sete m ae ' eee Je ig
~“Biverybody-on Parliament Hill except Clark ‘himaelé :
seems aware the peril is clear‘and present...
Ben some of his formerly strongest ‘partisans, his:
companion “Red Tories” in ‘his short-lived “inner
cabinet” are no longer with him. ow wees ae
A few of them who were front and centre have faded ‘
into the background when it sharing -

‘comes. to. sharin
responsibility for the lack of strong collective cabinet. .
Jeadership;' an’ incredibly: amateurish and. unco-“
ordinated ‘campaign, fatal.-hesitation. andthe ‘it:

believable blundering that brought them all toppling

down on the first budget vote". 60 ut yt
Meanwhile, the marble corridors of Parliament
that he is not only under
siege for his failure'in leadership, but being quietly: .
undermined by: two or three members of his former”
inner _ cabinet. plotting. to. replace... him. -
While admitting ‘there is “obviously some unhap-
piness" in‘the- Conservative caucus ranks, and even
some -individuals ‘wie “may. be- challenging” him
behind his back, he insists he is uncomfortable’ in his ;
shakey leadership,” °F
“What. . leadership?” he . Was = asked,
‘ “Where is the leader,”: he was. further prodded,’
“when you have told the party you wart a general:>
meeting this fall to review thé leadership — and the!
party hasn't called #77"
His call for the meeting, so far had been ignored, he |
because ‘‘those whg are less than ef: |
thusiastic with your leadership don’t want it.” - _:.;
Those opposing an early leadership reyjew have two

abt WG ane ane UP ab a ster ¥
L. More -rope, for .Glark :to:! hang himself in;
ates Toby

MY apwooqahe

party than would bave

When he got around to ‘‘image,”’ it was made clear
to him that it was more his own than the party's that
wasinquestion, = 9
He spoke of his personal ‘‘attraction,” adding that
he was not being “entirely facetious.”
Thenhe let it all out: - ve
“] think,’’ he-confessed, ‘that there’s no question
that part of the problem the party encountered was the
people were worried about my ability to seize issues,.
to directly strongly lead the party, ©. oe
- “[ have to face the fact that I've got to find over the:
become better known::

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necessary strength.” ; rae
post-mortem, but the ‘most
Clark, calm as a mill,

St eh

astonishing thing was that Joe

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by CONSUMER AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS CANADA |
Although often seeming rather inconvenient or a waste of!

time, responding to most surveys and public opinion polis

generally takes little effort and ty serves a usefil |

:. Statistics gathered through such: methods can in-"!

. PAIrpoRe
fluence the policies’ and ptactices of both government and!

industry, which in turn affects us through such things as the *
television programs, consumer products, or ever: social ,.,
programe that.are made availalbe tows. =:

But unfortunately, mixed in with the legitimate pollsters
and survey-takers, are a few pranksters, burglers and con-
artists. ‘To protect yourself againat such frauds, it Is im-
portant to realize that you are under no obligation to answer.
‘questions, . But if you do choose to respond, you should be-.
very careful about what information you give to a stranger, :
whether in‘a shopping mall, at your front door, or over the. ;

)
!

ratings surveyor can tell not only that you have a television ©

id; in short, whether a trip to your house to steal it would be ©
worthwhile, vs SO
Otter apparent surveyé include “contests” which may:
turn out to. be just a come-on to get you to buy something.’
Regardless of how you answer the question, the caller is-
prepared to offer you a special bonus gift or a discount on the 5
purchase ofa product. -Who hasn't been offered ‘ten free -»
vists to the health spa with the purchase of a Ilfetime
membership” or “a. free tropical plant for allowing a
‘salesman to come to your home to ask a few questions about
vacuum cleaners”? teal .

‘Hf asurvey appears legitimate and you choose to answer it,
first find out the caller’s name and the name of the copay
conducting the survey. Before you give any Information,.-
‘check with that company and with the Better Business:
Bureau to make sure that it is in fact legitimate. [f you
‘catiriot obtain any information, or if the survey then appears .
suspictous, check with your local police detachment to en-
sure that It [s not simply a ruse to gain information or access"
tp yor house, and to alert them to a poasibly frawdulent, |
~The Professional Marketing Research Society. also can (A
check on the legitimacy of a survey, and will tovestigate
complaints against questionable or objdctionable. surveys.::
Enquiries or complaints should be directed to the Society. at:.+T’

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