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OTTAWA
OFFBEAT

BY RICHARD JACKSON

OTTAWA - Admit it, the federal Liberals know
how f6 work both sides of the streef.

They should — they've had plenty of practice.

So nobody has to tell them that in times such as
these cutting government spending and saving
‘tax dollars may be great stuff for the taxpayers.
Makes the government look good.

But not to forget — and tho experienced
Liberals are the last to let such an essential slip
their political mind — the attitude and potential
votes of the beneficiaries of government spen-
ding. Cutting costs: makes the government look
bad.

So. what to do?

Well, whether it’s $3.5 billion, $4.5 billion, or
whatever Prime Minister Trudeau promised to
trim from government spending fat, the Liberals
know they've got to talk it up both ways.

Saving is great.

But so is spending.

That's the government message.

It doesn’t make sense?

Don‘t quibble.

Sense can be made of the saving-spending
contradiction when you operate a- public
relations staff — not counting special ministerial
flacks known as aides, assistants and advisers —.
approaching the 1,000-man, oops, the 1,000-
person, mark.

On, one hand they’re saving like crazy by
cutting back planned expenditures or actuaily
not spending as much.

1{AAd-You know what can be done with statistics.

50 out come the figures, calculated to please
the frugal taxpayers. The totals are seldom the
same, but again, don’t quibble, saving is saving,
so just be grateful.

But how about all those people on the receiving
end of government spending?

Not to upset them.

Turn on the PR tap.

And out pour the reminders of from whence all
Liberal government blessings flow. ;

Little messages in the pension checues, a word
to the wise in the UIC payments.

But the most unabashed scam of all is that.

great gush of press releases of government.

goodies streaming from the Department of-

Pubtic Works.

They‘re supposed to be on an economy kick in
that department, along with all the others.

But nothing, especially spending, really ever
stops — least of all those press releases — in the
Works Department, making it look like local
Liberal (but never Opposition) MPs are “an-
nouncing on behalf of the Honorable Judd
Buchanan, Minister of Public Works, plans for
the construction of this or that multi-miltion-
dollar project in the riding directly concerned.

No sir, you just can’t keep a gung-ho depart.
ment down. ‘

Not on its spending.

Oh sure, the Canadian Broadcasting Cor-
poration, says the prime minister on the CBC.
netwerk and again at a press conference, is

going to be ‘forced to save $7 million’’ by holding
its 1978-79 current level of spending.

Which has to mean that next year, the CBC
can’t spend as much as a thin dime more than it
has this year.

Except that while ‘saving’ this visionary, this
“pretend” $7 miflion — which was projected for
next year’s increase In spending — the CBC
brass tells the government regulatory agency
that it is going ahead (and damn the spending
torpedoes) with its plans for a second trans-
Canada TV network.

And there isn't a whimper from the very
government that tald the CBC to “save $7
mitlion.”’

It's a case of the government's tongue being
faster than the taxpayer’s ear.

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VICTORIA.
REPORT

BY CYRIL SHELFORD

VANCOUVER (CF) —
The British Columbia
‘government should
prepare a comprehensive
energy plan for the
future, says a report
made public Monday by
the Association of
Professional Engineers of

The report, presented
to Premier Bill Bennett
Friday, calls for a
comprehensive _long-
range plan for the
province against the time
when its supply of non-
renewable resources,
particularly oil and
natural gas, begins to
dwindle.

“(There could be a crisis
in five, 10, or 15 years,
reauiting in the shutting
down of factories, schools
and offices,” said Robert
Handel, association
president.

“We think
provincial government
should decide on an

the

LET'S DO IT NOW

energy policy and a plan.
that should include
getting users to switch
away from oil to natural.
gas, for example,” he
said.

The association's
report calls for a firm
government policy on all
firma of energy: oil, gas,
coal, hydro, nuclear and,
for future energy sources,
such as biomass, wind
power, and solar.

It also advocates re-

_ thinking the exporting of

ral gas to the United
tes.
“Over half of the

natural gas produced in
B.C: is experted to the
US,” the report said.
“On the face of it there
appears to be no im-
mediate problem with the
gas supply in B.C.,
particularly as the export
commitment will end in
about 10 years time.”

“Demands are growing
in Canada and prices are

Look at the alternative

rising rapidly in the U.S.
as its own supplies of
natural gas are depleted.
It’s estimated that gas
from Alaska wilk cost
more than $4 a thousand
cubic feet delivered in the
U.S, double the present
price,

“The temptation to sell
additional gas to the U.S.
will be tremendous.”

The association said
that short-term export of
gas is a reasonable
course, but the provincial.
government should move

. carefully on future long:
term gas exports in case
B.C. falls short,

The report also said
that during the next 10 to
15 years, government
should substantially fund
research and develop-
ment construction of pilot

- plants for conversion of
coal to synthetic gas and
oil, and the study of the
local application of the-
use-onsite process.

Handel also sees a
future need for nuclear
power stations on Van-
couver Island.

“It takes about 10 years
from the design stage to
the first generation of “
electricity. We in Canada
have the proven Candu-
type reactor that has been
50 successful in Ontario,”
he said, adding there are
nuclear reactors are also
operating in Quebec and
one is being built in New
Brunswitk.

He also said that the
B.C. government should
encourage uranium
mining because Canada
and B.C, stand to gain
considerably from the
export of uranium. which ©
would partially, offadt the
cost of incréispig' oll
imports.” B.C: currently
produces about 25 per
cent of its oil needs, About
70 per cent of the balance
comes from Alberta, and
about five per cent is
imported from overseas,

Rese

YORK, England (CP) —
Two Yorkshiremen have
landed a jub Andy Capp
would love. They are being
paid to go un a glorified pub
crawl. ‘

Stephen Crovk, 27, ahd

Peter Cressey, 30, of York
University’s sucivlugy
department are conducting
serious research intu the
drinking habits of the British
peuple. And they are being
financed by a television
cumpany.
“Andy Capp would enjoy
the idea of a free pub crawl,”
said Stephen, “but I doubt if
his horizontal altitude to life
would be conducive to
serious research. We will
haveto keep vur heads fairly
clear in order to watch ulher
drinkers."

PUB CRAWL PAID FOR ..
arch we would lik

Cressy said they would
make a close sludy of what
happens when peuple get
tugether in pubs, clubs and
discus, Du they want to gel
drunk? Du they move from
bar tu bar or frem tabwe to
table? Dues drinking give
them extra confidence? Does
it make them friendly, dif-
ficult ur aggressive?

“We will wry to find out
whether peuple really like
buying rounds of drinks, or
whether they are afraid to

back! out,'"’ said Cressy.

“Many are duwn on buying
rounds because they believe
il makes peuple drink more
than they want.”

The landlord uf a pupular

York tavern said while
Englishmen are famous fur

standing al Ihe bar to drink,
there are signs the cuslum is
waning. .

“This is largely due to the
influence of women," he
said. “Few women enjoy
propping themselves up
agains! a bar and there are
more women in pubs today
than ever ‘befure, Their
escorts usually find them a
table.”

Alfred Heaten, 27-year-uld

‘senior arts student, said

must students enjuy roaming
from ane pub to another and
meeting a variety uf peuple.

“T don’t believe in gving
vut ty get drunk,” he said.
“But if youtind the company
su gard you have a few tov
many, well, that's your
privilege. In a democracy a

et
sgn eke mbes

man shuuld be free tv du
almost anything provided he
doesn’t spoil things for oth-
ers,”

Retired bus driver Bill
Aikinseon, 71, has already
contributed to the pub
research project.

“Apart frum the bovze,
most men go to pubs in

search «uf good fellowship,” -

he said. “They enjoy a game
of darts, working the pinball
machines or perhaps 4 sing-
sung araund a pianu.
“Persunally I'm against
buying, rounds of drinks. A
man knows what he wants
and what he can affurd. He
shouldn't be sirong-armed
into «buying =reunds—
especially when the fellow un
the end of the round usually
gels off without paying.”

WASHINGTON (CP) —
With U.S. election day
two weeks

campaigns
federal, state and local
seate up for grabs Nov. 7.
Polls indicate the most
likely election result will
-be a near stand-off in the
congressional races, with
~ Republicans picking up a
few extra seats.

licans also are
expetled to make some
gains in the gubernatorial
races, But the polls see
‘littie sign of the major
postWatergate comeback
Republicans had been
_ hoping to make.

Although the over-all
U.S. political scene is
expected to change little
after the voting, some of
the individual campaigns
are extremely close.

One of the most
fascinating and brutal
Senate campaigns is in
Massachusetts, where
Republican Ed Brooke,
the only black member of
the U.S, Senate, is trying
desperately to retain his
seat.

Brooke’s messy and
bitter divorce, followed

WORTH LOGKING AT

by disclosures + of
questionable financial
and personal matters,
cloud his chances. But his
Remocrat opponent, Paul

congas, a liberal former
representative who came
from behind to take the
primary, is having his
own support problems.

His campaign workers
admit concern about the
possibility that many
liberals who would or-
-dinarily support someone
like Tsongas might vote
instead for Brooke

because they don't want
‘to see the only black
senator defeated.

In the Virginia Senate
race, Elizabeth Taylor is

_ probably getting as much
coverage as the tax-cut
issue in the campaign.
She is trying to help her
latest husband,
Republican candidate
John Warner, defeat
Democrat Andrew Miller,
who has a narrow lead in
the polls.

Both men are fighting
for the seat left vacant by
retiring Republican
William Scott, who had
the distinction of being
named the dumbest U.S.
congressman a few years
ago by New Times
magazine and Ralph

US. election day nears

Nader’s Congress Watch
organization,

If there is going to be a
woman in the Senate next
year, she likely will be
Kansas Republican
Nancy Landon Kaasen-
baum, daughter of one-
time presidential can-
didate Alf Landon.
Democrat Bill Roy, who
started far behind in the
polls, has come on strong
recently and analysts say
the race is too close to

ct.

In the campaigns for
governorships,
Republican hopes to
recapture California have
been dashed by a surge by
Democrat Governor and
presidential hopeful

. Jerry Brown.

Brown has won needed
points by handling the
implementation of the
tax-cuttlng Proposition 13
with style.

InFlorida, former state
senator Robert Graham
now looms a8 a major
threat’ to Republican
hopes ta recapture the
governorship.

He faces Jack Eckerd,
a millionaire drugstore
chain owner who wanted
to be the successor to the
retiring Democratic gov-
ernor, Reubin Askew.

The Minnesota cam-
paigns have provided
probably more drama
than any other state.
Governor Rudy Perpich,
a Democrat who inherited
the office in 1976, is
showing more staying
power than had been
expected, But he faces a
strong challenge from
Republican Al Quie.

Senator Wendell An-
derson has been playing a
game of catchup ball with
Republican Rudy Bosch-
witz and the two are run-
ning close in the polls.

The other U.S, Senate
race was created by the
death of Democrat
Hubert Humphrey, whose
widow Muriel decided not
to seek election for the re-
maining two years of the
term after filling in for
ber late husband. In a
surprise primary,
businessman Robert
Shorttook, the
Democratic nominee, de-
feated Representative
Donald Fraser who was
endorsed for the seal.
Analysts say many of
Frager’s liberal backers
will not vate for Short,
giving Republican David
Durenberger a shot at the

seat.

- There has been a lot of controversy over the ©
minister’s wolf contro! program. This is due to a.
lack of knowledge as to what he is trying to:
achieve: which is to balance the game and wolf
population rather than seeing all the game
destrayed, then the wolves dying out due to lack -
of feed.
in my letter to the minister | outlined a new"
approach which | expect will be supported by all
sincere groups on both sides as if will give alla
chance to prove their point. This is really the

‘only way it can be resolved.

Letter to Sam Bawif, minister of recreation &
conservation, dated October 13, 1978: “

“Dear Mr. Bawlf: . .

Having not received all the details of your pian:
to spend $500,000 In the next four years to study |
and control the excessive wolf population in the .
north, It is difficult to fully comment; however, it”
would appear to be a definite step in the right

direction. a

I’m concerned that your efforts will be difficult.’
to carry out; due to the lack of knowledge, and:
desire, by many in your ministry to do anything
fo control wolves as they sincerely believe :
(because of faulty educational system) that no”
action is warranted. You are no doubt aware of .
this reluctance by now. a

There are many, on the other hand, in your;
ministry who have practical knowledge of the :
problems and want to see the game animals:
saved, even If it means killing wolves to main-;;
tain a balance. Rather this than losing all our.-
deer, sheep, caribou, etc. and in the end have the :
wolf die out due toa lack of feed ending a com- -
plete cycle. :

I note in the report in the Vancouver Sun of*
October 4, 1978, the study area would be 5,000"
acres, and wolves would be killed in less than;
half of it. If this is true, which | doubt, it will be.”

‘no test as wolves and caribou range over an area

a hundred times that size. The result would be

the same in both areas as lasi winter. an

Areal test can only be carried out in an area as .
large as Tweedsmuir Park which is 22 million:
acres. Even there, when the walves wiped out the,
caribou and deer in the late 1930’s and early

_ 1940's, they moved: In from outside this large’

area. This indicates the size of the problem.

Five thousand acres is only the size of one good
farm, approximately eight square miles, and
wolves will often move.10-t0 15.mbes in:a-night. :
This makes the reported test area completely 3
impractical, Any test area.to- be of value will é
have to be strictly controlled by people who: (1)

want the test to work; and (2) have the knaw-how ;

on how to contro! wolves. -

The area should be in a good caribou area. One-

should have no wolves, The second should have-
no control at all. And if funds are avallable, there. -
should be a third area with limited controt to see.

at what level you can maintain both caribou and ©
‘wolves, The increases and decreases can be

recorded in each area; which.will give sound
information on the three management
techniques. ;

| know from past experience the difference in
the caribou population, at the end of the test
period, will be dramatic and prove to all what
I've been trying to get across for years. Many,-
like myself, saw it all happen before, and saw the
rapid return of game once the predator contro!

program came In. However, It will destroy the |

“Farley Mowatt Myth’, and: show our

educational system (both In grade schocls and ~

universities) to be completely inadequate in
game management; and of a minus value in’
practical knowledge, rather than of a plus value
fo the student.

This recommendation will no doubt surprise
you, however, | think it very important. You
should encourage your game managers to have
thelr say
knowledge will add a great deal and the theorists
will prove how little they know. It won‘t be long
before you know who should be in charge of each

study area, and if the dreamers can maintain a-

larger game herd — good tuck to them {and Ill

concede they are right). You have a lot of good, .

sincere people in your ministry even though
many lack practical knowledge and experience.

This study, if set up right, can be an exciting
experiment for both groups to try and prove their
theory. | would be only too happy to recommend
people who will be helpful; as you must include
non-professionals with practical knowledge,
along with the biologists, to make up a credible

team. All groups must be involved so +
will be accepted. o the findings

The greatest weakness in my recommendat
is the fact that; most of our game will be
destroyed by the tlme the study period is com-
pleted. I'll go so far as to bet with anyone, 50 to

disappear,

one, that fhe game in the non-controlled area will a

In my opinion, It is time to get groups s
Green Peace, Telkwa Foundation, lore cian
and many biologists In your ministry to prove
thelr theory. However, they won't be put to the
fest, unless, you have an equally large area

where control is properly carried out so there Is
-@ talr comparison. Unless, the areas are com: _

pletely separa’-d t
in doubt. P he conclusions will always be

| trust you wilt consider

my recom.

mendations.”

in public. Those with practical -

teens te

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