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Co gen Anderson, left, and Michelle Gieselman, right, will be entering the
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woodwind quartet, flute solo and alto saxophone solo.

Blame soothed public?

SHERBROOKE, Que,
2):'+-. Blame levelled: at
police for ‘the shooting death

- of: ‘an: fnnocent man: in a.
police tatd last month was -

inte tehded ‘only to soothe the

pubes thé head outa a

aint police umoryen

“Andre Nadan president of
. the?"" Quebec

~uniong) ‘Tepresent more than

corgiier’ § ruling on the role
police i: played in the
machine-gun shooting of
Serge Beaudoin “was ex-
cessive” ‘and. unfairly :im-
plied: the. three officers
Involved : were | criminals.

Nadon conceded it is‘clear

errors, but he argued that

three-day. : inquest:
strong
raid and offered some
_ justification | ‘for .
- actions.

* “We think (the decision)

‘morg: nuanced so © the
policemen wouldn't ‘have
been’. qualified -
criminals, " Nadon said..
Coroner Denys . Dionne
ruled: Monday ‘that: Sher-
Ce Detectives . Roger
Dion. Yvon Castonguay and

foreé . and acted with
negligence when
raided Beaudoin's room at a

“mote ;in nearby Rock
Forest on Dec; 23.

Police fired 21 shots in the
operation. they: had hoped
would “net -them two
suspects in the killing | of a
Britk’s guard in Sherbrooke
the day before.

NoT BINDING ©

“finding” the
criminally responsible for
the death of the Quebec City

Andr¢ Bedard said Tuesday
a decision will be made
quickly as to whether
charges will be laid against
the policemen. —

were- suspended with *pay

Sherbrooke police Chief
Maurice Houle sald it ls not

known: yet whether Salvail,

who. supervised the rald,
will | be suspended,
Sherbrooke ' policemen

declined official . comment
| Tuteday, along with Mayor.
Jean-Paul Pelleiler, himself
a former Sherbrooke police
chief.’

Despite ome public

: Police.
_ Federation, ‘whose member- °

10,000": ‘policemen, ‘said a

the :': offigers: committed -
evidence presented at the.
was.
‘enough to warrant a .

police:

as

Michel . Salvail committed «
“crimes,” used excessive —

they.

Dionne stopped short of .
policemen -

carpet layer. His ruling is’.
not binding on the Crown .
and Justice Minister Mare...

“Dion and’ Castonguay
shortly ‘after, the shooting. ~

support, morale | was low
both at the Rock Forest and -
Sherbrooke’ police stations..

“T feel. pretty terrible
‘police, Chief: Richard
“spent: “the: night after
Dionne’ 8 decision writing a
document called What Do
We. Do Now? which will be
‘gent‘to a local newspaper.
An’ unidentified senior
Sherbrooke policeman said
officers “felt funny’’ and
hesitant riding “around in
patyol ears equipped: with
12-gauge shotguns,

‘TIP OF ICEBERG’

In... Montreal, .. the
Prisoners’ Rights - Com-
mittee welcomed. Dionne’s
ruling, saying it represents
achange in attitude because *
it blamed police. However,
the ‘Rock Forest shooting
was just “the tip, of the
. iceberg” of police abuse. of
power, said. committee
spokesman Steve Fineberg.

Beaudoin’s . “mother,

should have been a little ~

today," said Rock Forest -

-Phyentedis, vadmilting- bes» centre
versations on the: streets of":

“Cecile, also sald- she was -

satisfied with the coroner's
ruling, b
very. upset.”

The ruling by Dionne, 0
. Sessions judge, i-wag,, the
of . ‘must!

Sherbrooke, 190 kilometres
_ east of Montreal, :
“It’s severe, but it will be
a lesson to the police,” said
cashier Lise Letendre,
Hotel . worker 1
Lessard called the decision
“hard” and’ commented:
“A Cop can make a mistake
_Tike anyone’ else.
“You never know how
you'd react in the same
situation," said Lessard,

“They are human beings —

like anyone ‘else, They can
panic sometimes.”

Come Poulin, lawyer for

the- Beaudoin family and

Jean-Paul Beaumont; a co-
worker of ‘Beaudoin : whe.
survived the shooting;:has |
said a civil guit will be filed:

within two weeks. ;

“Guides issued.

OTTAWA (CP): _ “The
Public Service Commission
issued . guides

Tecommending “that public

servants not. engage, .in
many election... activities °
“most people consider basic
rights,

‘Cominission ~ thairman ~
Edgar’: Gailant . said © the
rights of public servants as
citizens’ “have to -be
balanced against the right
of the public to be served in

a truly impartial manner.

You can't have it ‘both
ways,”. .

‘He said the. commission, -
through which public ser-
vants are hired, issued the
- guides because it has been
besieged ‘ ‘by: employees
concerned about what they
ean. doin election years,

‘ The™ guides urge public
, Setvants ‘not to. campaign
“personally dor or, against
any ‘party or candidate in an

, .,@lebtion; not to.raisa money

or... run, the, finances of
i partles of candidates; not to
‘hold. ‘party office or be
delegates to party or
leadership conventions; -and
not to run for provinclal or
federal office’. without
* commission approval.
“The - commission-.’ sald
public servants can vote,
_ Join and make contributions
_to_a political party, attend
meetirigs of a political party
and ron for election
provided they get approval.

’ today .

Gallant said some of. the

concerns were raised by the

experience of Neil Fraser, a

former Kingston, Ont., tax -

‘auditor fired: for criticizing
* the - Liberal
policy on metric-conversion..

. Gallant said. he expects |
the federal government will.

_ Clarify the rights to free
expression and asseciation

of public servants: outside |

the political arena. -
‘Commissioner . Jennifer
McQueen said, “This isnot

a question. of hard and fast .
‘rules; it's a question of .
’- geting with prudence. and -

common ceiise.”  .
Gailant said spouses of
public .. servants

guides.

He'-said that. previously,
public servants were taught: -

they had to avoid partisan
" politips, but that tradition -

has , been weakened Bs.

people aseerted individual
rightd.

enjoy. - considerable — job
security and right of appeal

under existing public. ser

vice legislation.

As recently as 1967, many ,

blue-collar public servants.
lost their jobs with each
change in government,
“How long will pollticlans
want. to maintain these
protections for public
servants if they find
themselves fighting them in
political platforms?”

; CHARLOTT

* encourage

but™'she was “still

eons". |

Pierre

” equivalent

, outside ..
” ‘preferential treatment on
_ capital gains and dividends,

. pointed,’
government -

‘of Canada.

aren't |
- subject to the commission’s -

He’ sald ‘publle servants”

(CP).;— The: Canadian
touriam industry can expect
little change -in'” federal -

{ taxation policies. to help

boost it- out of its economic
rut, the federal, minister for:
toueen paid: Tuésday.“
Canadian. ‘Tourism:
tidustey, ‘Associatlon | has |
been, looking for’ ‘signe oF
encouragement. - “from,
government:-to help : the
industry turn around ‘pn 4984
and regain: its loat ‘tourist :
trade, especially” from the
United States; ©." .--
But David Smith, who is

small business, did not held:
out much hope: for -relief
from high excise taxes,
especially those on gasoline,
in his address ‘to. the
association’s annual -
meeting in Charlottetown ¢ on :
Tuesday: night. : :

“The price of. “gas, is. ‘the
result of 0 “agreement.
between _ “. federal
government me ad ;
producing provinces and it
took years to get that |
agreement,’ " the minister
said.

country are: in ‘a. deficit:
position and they: ‘require
those, © ‘revenues: “Tt. is...

. ‘probably a bi bit uniealistic ‘to: ae
‘assume that because of the... ;
‘portion of gas revenues.

drawn from - tourists, “that

somehow we're going to ~
. drop the. hundreds . . of
“millions "in. | ‘goverrimént at

revenues to give them’ a

break.”
. “MUST BE POSITIVE ©

Smith repeatedly asked

the audience t6 accentuate
in their.
-business, estimated to be.

the positive -

-worth about $18 billion to the

‘Canadian ‘economy: and a

: Large-scale employer with
‘more than one million
.also | federal minister ; for :

people working ‘in, various
hospitality. trades.

The
., that.
Canadian tourism is still

‘feeling the effects of the

"recession and: a ‘$2-billion“

_ trade deficit caused by the

large outflow of Canadians
to foreign destinations and .
the reduced number of U. s. :

the

“All the provinces i in ‘this

-problems,”

visitors,
“Sure _—stthere

“Everybody's got’ -

problems, - but let's ac:

centuate the positive.”
He

‘promote Canada asa tourist

Leaders. complain

' 2 short despite the govern-
to

TORONTO
Investment

(CP)
industry

that the federal Finance
‘Department’ won't change

held ‘ins registered .
retirsment: savings plans. to
more equity
investment’ by individuals.

Canadian companies are’
badly in need: of equity.
.capital, not only to shore up - ;
debt-laden balance sheets,
but to ensure continued

Exchange spokesman said -
that | for’ Canadian com-
panies. to raise enough: of

““ment’s
leaders are’ complaining - promote savines.

taxation rules for stocks. |

economic progress, they’ §
say. - a
A Toronta Stock

‘rule es on. RRSPs will have tos

‘be altered..
While last week’s federal

’ budget proposed expanded

contribution ‘limits for
RRSPs starting in 1985, the
tax bias against holding
stocks inside a plan — fully
‘taxed as income on with-
drawal
changed despite lobbying ©
efforts from the investment .
community. .

In contrast, the December .
. 1979 budget of Conservative

finance minister John
~ Crosbie proposed establish-
ment of a capital component
within an RRSP, which
would make. taxation of
’ capital gains and dividends
on stocks  . roughly
io treatment
outside an RRSP,

Because stocks held
“RRSPs — receive

' the lion’s share of the total
'$25-billlon RRSP pot is

_ fixed-income investments, =

“Sam deeply disap-.
said ‘Keith
Douglas, president of ‘the
Investment Funds Institute
“I have long

— was. left un-..

believed that full taxation —

on equities in plans is an

anomaly, with no basis in

‘policy, that ought {0 have
‘been. removed a long time
ago, ne ‘

Andrew Knlewasser,

‘president of the Inveatment

Dealers _ Association of
Canada, said he can’t _un-

. Gerstand why there are two
different tax systems for -_

‘stocks inside ‘and outside
plans.
One Finance ‘Departement

official. in Ottawa said

stocks are fully taxed inside |
an RRSP -because capital
losses are fully deductible,
compared with a 50 per cent

deduction outside the plan.

. But industry spokesmen .
fear that if the tax rules are

not changed and more. §—

money goes into fixed in-
come investments through:
‘expinded RRSP con-
- tribution limits, the pool of

- available funds to buy

stocks outside RRSPs ‘will

_ be Insufficient,

., Economists at Dominion
Securities Ames Lid. of '

‘Toronté- emphasized this

point’ in their budget
commentary, nating that
capital formation may fall _

initiatives

a _ federal, minister.
acknowledged

f are |
Smith said. .

said Ottawa has ©
committed $22 ‘million’ to

‘ destination re 1984.” ;

: “We're going: after the:
Americans,
‘ching a big: television

‘We're’ laun-

campaign all . across’ the

northern tier. of the United
States: in“,April, we've.’
Booked i more than $8 million,
worth of air. time alone and
that will have « 8 Positive

impact. ae
Harry Steele, president of

Eastern. Provincial. Air-.

ways, told the conference
earlier: In the day the

‘tourism industry i is choking

to “death on government

regulations, He said Canada
‘will never attract tourists
until the hospitality -in-.
. dustry can offer them value-

for thelr money.
NOT MAIN REASON

But Smith. does not feet
the high price of gas, liquor

and cigarettes. is the main

reason tourism is in trouble.

“When you consider the

break Americans get on the
exchange rate (on ‘the

dollar), it’s not really such a
. bad deal here -- there’ sa lot

of good things we'ean sell.”

Smith turned his attention
to the ~ policies - and
procedures of Canada

Customs during his speech, .
a sore point: at ‘the’ con- |
vention since an invited .

speaker from Florida had
problems with Q
officlals when he landed in

_ Toronto : “en, route - to the

meeting.

Barry Pitegoff, director
of marketing research’ for
the . Florida ‘Tourism
Division, was detained,
questioned. and chad his
passport restricted to 10

custonis-

_ visitors.

_Thatiniald, Weenexday, Fabrisry 22, 1984, Pape?

id. unchanged.

‘ days in Canada because of
video tapes and slides he

was bringing with him ag
‘part of an audio-visual

presentation. The.thrust of
Pitegofi's, address was the

importance” of ‘friendliness

and hospitality * . in
establishing a secure tourist
trade,

‘Smith said a memoran=
dum sent to customs of-
ficers across Canada last: |
fall, will hopefully result in,
“more cammon sense and
more politeness” on thes
part | of customs officials:
when dealing with forelgng
He said — they
memorandum sets out clear>
policies and procedures by;
which people attending;
meetings and conventions:
and incentive groups are?
allowed entry to Canada.

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