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Parliament expects .a@ power play OTTAWA (CP) — The Liberal government, whith finds no comfort in the tumbling dollar, ballooning prices or the _ army of jobless, has the numbers on its side where politicians think it counts moat on the floor of the Com- mons. - ~ Butveven having.an unbeatable majority in the House isn’t always guaranteed te make.you look good. _ “Today for’ instance. — the final opposition day of the current session — the Progressive Conservatives get to” ctioose the topic of debate. They are proposing a motion that the government take immediate action to stimulate in- -* vyestment, create jobs, strengthen the dollar, lower Interest ’ rates apd reduce inflation. ~ _Who could vote against all that? Weil, the Conservatives say the ‘Liberals will have to, - since under parliamentary rules the proposal v will fo 1 form n ygof a motion of non-confidence Th the government. “ dithe "government voted in favar, of all.those issues, they would be voting themselves out of office, says Erik Nielsen, the Conservative House leader.” . ; This isn’t the first time the Conservatives have tried to "~~ trap the Liberals during this sitting, Earlier, they tried. to. “gneak in a snap-confidence yote, hoping to catch the government without enough members on hand to defeat the motion, The government resorted ta some fast procedural foot- ..work to delay the vote. - Opposition Leader Joe Clark later pressed ahead with a motion trying to embarrass 10 Quebec Liberals — including _ cabinet ministers Monique Begin and Serge Joyal — who - had expressed discontent with goverament economic policy. . The'l0 closed ranks in the end and voted on the gavern- ment side, even though they had complained that Finance _- Minister Allan MacEachen was putting too much emphasis on fighting inflation and not enough on creating jobs. The wording of the latest non-confidence motion can be changed, if the New Democrats care to offer an amend- ment. Assuming no defections ‘from the: Liberal side, the government should muster a comfortable majority when the votes.are tallied around 10 p.m. EDT tonight. ‘the Liberald have 146 members to 100 for the Con- servatives, $2 for the NDP and one independent, with three seats vacant-in the 262-seat House. Meanwhile, the economic battle will continue on: other . fronts this week, with the powerful priorities and planning committee of the cabinet meeting Tuesday, followed by a — Liberal:caucus meeting on. the economy Wednesday. . The Liberals will Have their hands full sorting out the ‘wreckage from last week, when the dollar continued its - record-breaking slide to below 8 cents US. and interest -. * rates started rising once again. Top corporations now have to pay 18% per cent for. loarié, -- most consumers are paying 20 pet: cent or ‘better for. per- sonal loans, and conventional mortgage. rates’ now. v range from just above 19 per cent to about 19% per cent. _ MacEachen ‘continues. to promise a comprehensive ‘* ‘statement on economic policy before the Commons breaks’ *. for the aummer, but It appears the statement will not-come. before thé start of next week, Since the opposition is sure to demand debate afterward, the summer recess will probably be pushed back to around | mid-July. — : _ “Cover your left eye,. madame." | ‘Sports: = an Don Schatfer . "HEY, GUS! irs ONE OF THOSE LANGUAGE cops: AN G2 g te aid the: rich: 7 JRABHINGTON (AP? ‘Aditionally tries to get, ine count ies ‘tb help ‘the: poor: usivallan Helen Hughes, nalyals department, saya in the recessign of the mid-i?os, uilled the. North ‘out of the: trough. ‘The poor countries can help: receasion-p! -by dismantling import barriers. More orders from the poor. "countries for industrial’ products. and. machitiery’ ‘would: stimulate busintess and create new jobs in the rich: coun _ Arles. - - Brock sald in a. recent speech, the United States already : than it sells to all of western Europe and Japan combined. . There would be even more benefits for both' poor and rich, ‘he said, if the poor countries put up fewer obstacles: He “were— with sky-high ‘a whole host of . ."..protectionist barriers.” . fire - countries not to set up new barriers to their “products; Many of the. poor countries are now able to export ‘in- - dustrial products themselves — with the help of companies ‘and production costs. vw Hughes says the industrial, countries: now charge: an _average tariff of about five per cent of the value of the goods they import. In Latin America, the tariffs average aete40 ‘per cent. - “Trade barriers are dangerous. to the developing coun- tries themselves, as well as to the industrial countries in-the “north,” she told reporters. ‘The developing countries ‘that “have the highest barriers are.the.one that have Brown the =f) Feast.” . Hughes: says ‘some of the countries that have been growing less poor are ‘“‘liberalizing” their imports by dropping tariffs, eliminating import quotas and getting rid of other trade barriers. She cited countries ‘in the Pacific basin, "specifically South Korea and Taiwan. El Salvador borrows techniques SAN SALVADOR (Reuter) — _ BI Salvador's Defence Ministry’ has borrowed U.S. advertising techniques_in a campaign.to polish the-image of Its security forces, tar- - nished by allegations of involvement. in Jarge-scale torture ve .. and brutal killings. . Television and radio spots, full-page advertisements in local newspapers and billboards dotting the lush green countryside of this violence-prone. Central American country proclaim a message aimed at winning over, the population. The message: The security forces: exist fo protect the citizen. ; For years; members of the security forces have. been associated ‘with human-rights abuses on a scale shocking _evén by the standards of Latin America, a region where "iid right-wing rnilitary diceatprshln bayendtenlavied, scant regard for civil vights.:, “Human ‘rights repérta on El Salvador make depressing * reading, with incidents allegedly: involving security per-~ sonnel ranging from the usé‘of infants for rifle target _ of civilians suspected of opposing the government. - Diplomats say the number of disappearances and killings has declined in recent months, @ sign of progress in a country where improvement is measured in terms of bad _things happening less frequently. The campaign to improve the image of the security. forces : ~~ the army, the National Guard, the national police, and ‘the Treastiry Police — began soon before the: March 8 elections and gathered momentum recently. One armed forces commercial shows a. patrol of national . _ guards marching single file along a stretch of Pacific Ocean black ‘Jackboots polished to a high shéen. A group of fishermen walks i the apposite eto, . their weatherbeaten faces cracking into smiles at the sight of the national guardsmen. The fishermen wave, the patrol ; leader Waves back. . The voiceover proclaims: “We are part of the struggle the public wants, the struggle for peace. We are the ones who watch over your security, patrotling the country day and night, without regard to office hours. ‘This is how we fight for peace.’ yo . There is a swell of music and the’ announcer, his ‘voice - solemn, adds: “All for the fatherland together — people and armed forces.”’ . : The National Guard and thie Treasury Police have been particularly. unpopular in. the past, accused of displaying. more : zeal! than ‘others 4n dragging’ suspects ‘from their iHome, teford intékrdgating and Killing them. 2°" "7" onpA Yean-agos thersecretary general of the London: based human-rights’ organizatiorAmnesty International, Thomas - Hammarberg, said in a letter to U.S. State:Secretary - -. Alexander Haig-that members of all security bodies.in EB practice and the torture of pregnant Women to the murder - , Salvador were involved in-torture and murder. “Available information suggests unequivecally that all ” pranches of the Salvadoran security forces, whether. nominally military, military police, or paramilitary have been implicated in human rights violations. which have occurred on such a scale that they constitute. & gross and’ consistent pattern of human rights: violations,” the letter said. ‘It urged Haig to stop sending military eqiuipment to the : government. -. Ina similar vein, former U Ss. ambassador to Et Salvador Robert White told a public hearing in Washington in February last year “.. . The sécurity forees'in El ‘Salvador "have been responsible for the deaths.of thousands of young people and they have executed them on mere suspicion that. they, are leftists or sympathize with leftists.” Acid rain. hard. to. swallow . NEW ORLEANS (CP) — Environment. Mifister John ‘Roberts chose an audience of American sclentists today for -his latest salvo at the Reagan administration about iis . Feluctance to ince the trans-boundary problem of acid ° rain. “The foot dragging and Interference in the development - of scientific information has reached frustrating propor- tions,” Roberts told the Air Pollution Control Association. “The administration's rejection of dur proposal to. réduce sulphur-dloxide emissions in eastern North America by rr per cent. by'1990, and a clear indication that it may be gome - considerable period of time before it will be able to even. begin to discuss, contro! actions, is a: bitter: pill. for us to. swallow,” sald Roberts. - . A text of the minister’s remarks ‘wad released in sdvanee ‘ by his office in Ottawa. American negotiators rejected the Canadian proposal at . the latest acid-rain bargaining session in Ottawa last week, prompting Roberts to. announce what he called an agonizing os reappraisal of the worth of the talks. The Americans say years more scientific study - are | required before they decide how best to ‘spend the large.’ | amounts of -money necessary to‘clean up the problem. Canada and the United States signed a memorandum of . agreement in 1980 committing each country, to negotiate a’ solution-to.acid, rain. _ a Roberts bald one ins every ‘four streams and lakes in the” . "Northeastern U.S. alréady hag been damaged by acid rain. “Fifty per cent’ of | the: acid-rain” problem. in Canada ~ ‘originates: dn the United States; about 75 per cent when the: ~ “rich tourist areas of Ontario are : viewed in isolation, he: dl “.. profits: ‘Wages, salaiiés and. supplementary: income. rose, Z ‘only slightly. “added, - He estimated thatacid rain is caiising a $i-billlon damage . "annually ‘to Canadian fresh-water fisheries’ anda further . 19500" maltiion’ ‘it corrosion damage" ‘eh buildings: and etre ; _ _becovery"iir’the' economy: are probably dependent: He _ tures. - 4 es - Acid rain Is ‘industrial air pollution that combines with | atmospheric molsiura and falls to earth, often hundreds of - . kilometres ‘from -its source,” an _ precipitation deadly we. “expanded production: in. general, ‘js: not ‘imminent. and. . -equatic and plant Ife. Roberts. said Canadians are prepared to: spend. the: : estimated $1 billion ayear between now. and. 1990 9. reduce . acid rain to an acceptable level. a “Given the stakes | have just described: you cant Bee why . - it will bea good investment, The economic: and social cost tof not acting. would be much. higher." ” those in the.U:8.",° : billion to su ballon. -He took issue with the estimates of senior. American ‘of- “flelals, given.ata background briefing last week in Ottawa, . that lt would casi the U.S. up to $7 billion: a year'to im- plement the Canadian: proposal. _ “The cost to the United States of: a s0-per-cent reduction In emmiselons from thermal plants east of the Missiagipp! (the main pollution source) would be $2. 5 to #8 billion by 1990," he‘estimated. ... ‘We are willing to put our money where our ‘mouth, is! can only conclude that the values and factors influericin ‘Canadian decielon making are considerably d ditierent from man GNP falls. OTTAWA (CP) — The gross national product — the value -of.all goods and services produced and sold in the country — | ’ fell by‘two per cent in the first: guarter of the year after . inflation is taken Into account, Statisties Canada said’ today. : It was the, third: consecutive quarterly decrease “in: . "economic growth, reflecting the severity of thé. recession which has driven down economic Production, employment “ and-ineome. ~ 7 on :? Gross national product rose 0. é per cent to: ‘each $344. 6° billion in the first-quarter in. seasorially-adjusted ‘annual terms. Once a pricerise of 2.7 per cent Is taken into account, the real measure is a decline of: two’ per: cent; personal -speniihg:” business investment’ 4nd. ‘corporate .. The’ duarterly: report contained a gloomy’ statement: about the: hear ‘fiture,. saying “any, immediate. prospects ‘for: increased. “consumer: "expenditure. and. improved expo markets.” : This is because there are few algns of growth in Housing, government © ‘spending * “appears - to be! ‘under. continued, . restraint... While governments . do: not. ‘appear. ‘to. be. ~ planing ~ stimulalive Spending programs, the agency said. govern: Tents spent twice as much in the flrat quarter: as they | took in, boosting the deficit of all levels of Eovernment by #2. 8 Cae be ~The ‘agency. sald there were declines ir -eiuployment,..” seh pe, "Hughes sald the World Bank can finance’ some of: the increased purchases of goods from industrialized countries ‘through its $13-billion-a-year loan program. ‘The Wotid Bank makes loans at virtually no interest to ° the poorest countries. The money for these loans comes from a fund to which the U. S. and 32 other countries con- tribute. When a country's earnings increase, it can borrow from . the bank: at interest rates lower. than those: offered’ by commercial banks. The rate is 11.6 per cent, compared to “the 16.5 per cent thal U.S. banks are ankeing fr from thelr best ” customers. oe a - FORT ST, JOHN, B.C. (CP) - - Yukon native ‘ndlans underwent devastating andirreversible social change when. ska: Highway was constructed 40.: years’ ago, aa akers - Alaska Highway symposium Sunday. - Frank. Duerden, a geography professor at Toronto's Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, said the native Indiana in the territory-became diseased, displaced and alienated when ‘thousands of U.S. troops and civilian contractors - poured into the region in 1942 to begin construction. “The highway was instrumental in the demise of man- land ‘relationships and reinforced the reliance ‘of this population on the products and demands of urban Canada,” - Duerden said. ~ Julie Cruickshank, whe works with the University of B.C.’s Yukon native languages project in Whitehorse, added that —in terms of the project's effect on the Indians — “the Alaska Highway: ‘can serve as an example of low a seemingly short ‘term project: can have long-term effects. aan Cruickshank said the 4 000 people who lived in the Yukon tetritory at the time were overwhelmed -by the huge Numbers of foreigners who entered the area to build ‘the 2,400-kilometre road. from Dawson Creek, BCS to Fair- banks, Alaska. at Poor: ‘countries cain and should : alp. pull. rich «countries out. of epesslon,, says the; clilef Secale ‘of the World. Bank: = ‘an. ‘organization ' that 2 " Hughes’ 4 thinking followé that of William Brock, the vu. 8. ; : “prada representative,” Pa beath -‘gplls more of its manufactured foods tothe poor countries ” *___ We wanted them In the system, and they came in asthey — tariffs, quotas, Licensing systems and «Brock says the poor countries should open ‘thelr markets . in return for. protnises from the Us. ‘and other Industrial. from abroad that have rélocafed because of cheaper labor head of the bank's. econémic. was thé poor countries of the Southern Hemtsphere: eth told, delegates. attending the commemorative a She said. the Indians migrated. trom their “small, ea -¢lusively-native settlements to communities along the high- hunting... ‘Many native women ° produced illegitimate children by the soldiers. Alcohol: related problems in- creazed, as did disease. - way, thus creating overcrowding and’ problems with | - This: latter concern, she said, was the most devastating. 7 “This was certainly -the most immediate and horrifying "..impact of the highway. Small populations can't afford to - lose their numbers.” ‘Once the two- “year construction period” -eided: ~-Cruickshank said, the population boom Felaxed. But the’ -- ethnic balance was permanently ‘altered, with the wins. ‘becoming a minority, group in the: Yukon. Ken Coates, a ‘doctoral candidate at the University af Indians were not entirely negative. from the “limited: opportunities slong the road.” He added offset by improved medical facilities.’ ~, Page discussed the originsof.the Alaska Highway natural ga, ie projet via B.C, and Alberta; The pipeline, originally acheduled to Start in ‘i977, ‘wad’ this: “April set back at. deait. until’ 1989, sof the'utility's proposed Liard River hydroelectric prolect, discussed the. impact the 447 billion. project would have on.” : the: Alaska Highway; should i come‘on stream. . ~ Mathers said ‘about 875 kilomietres.of the highway: “would have to be reconstructed. and a further 150 kllometres of acces road built -if- the Cravn-owned utility: receives 7 ‘ regulatory ‘approval for-the Project.“ ~ Hydro's preferred site for the project is ‘located ‘betwen Fort Nelson, B.C.; and Watsoh Lake, Yukon, Mathéta raid “about 8,700 hectares would be flooded by the project, ‘eh __ Hydro hopes: to have operational ty th the late Wits. The: symposium, which attracted military’ strategists, historians and several army. vetérans from across Canada’ - + and the U;S., also included an address Sunday by Bob Page, a: ‘professor in the department’ of ‘environmental dnd resource studies ‘at Trent! ‘University in Peterborough, Ont. ~ BA GC. said earlier that the effects of the highway on the: Costes said i in his paper that in economic: terms, the at- ; traction of the fur tradwcontinued to draw natives away. that the outbreak of disease among the people was partially ‘. {which involves the building of 7,688: : nétees of pipeline'to bring natural gas. ‘from the north ‘Coast of Alaska, dérogs southern Yukon 'to.the southern U.S. John Mathers, B,C.’ Hytito's' ‘environmental co-ordinitor |.