Page 2, The Herald, Thursday, May 10, 1984 ¢ SR dea AT | Pubeed every weekday at 3610 Kalu Street, Terrace, B.C. by Sterling Publishers Ltd. authorited a8 second clees mall. Reglsiration Kumber 1201. Postage paid in cash, return postage quaranteed ‘Terrace: Cireviation: 605-4957 68-4000 Pubilaher - David Hamilton’ Editor: Advertising Sales: Brian Gragg Nick Walton . 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The three men sexuaily assaulted a thirteen-year-old Inuit girl; leaving her pregnant, In his reasons for sentencing, Judge Bourassa said the men were a credit to their community and country and they were living ina normal fashion. He also sald he hopes he has not set a precident, and that the girl should be grateful that the three men pleaded guilty to the charge. Judge Bourassa said he hapes that the expected baby will grow up in a positive home at- mosphere, Judge Bourassa’s wards are shocking. Just when the new Bill C-127 was bringing some light and hope, those in respected positions of influence and power pass judgements such as this. Apparently Judge Bourassa is not aware of the trauma suffered by the victims of violent sexual crimes regardless of their age or state of sexual maturity. Surely our society will not accept judgements such as this that only fake into consideration the well- being of offenders and deny the victims justice. These men’s actions do not reflect behaviour that credits any community or country. It is up to each of us to help set community slandards and to reject imposed values such as those that Judge Bourassa wouldhand us. Our children are too valuable to be mistreated. We urge all members of this community to voice their outrage at this type of slap-on-the-wrist sentencing by writing a letter to the office of the attorney general, the local MLA or the editor of the local paper. The Sexual Assault Help Lien of Terrace unites with the other assault centres of British Columbia and the Northwest Territories in voicing their disapproval of Judge Bourassa's Gecision. We must force those who sit on the benches of our court system to match the punishments with the crimes! Coin minted OTTAWA (CP) — The Royal Canadian Mint has issued a commemorative dollar to celebrate the 450th anniversary of Jacques Cartier's voyage to Canada. The coin features the French explorer, flanked by two of his men, standing on theshore before a large cross bearing three fleur- de-lis. The other side shows Queen Elizabeth. __..YET ANOTHER GRISLY MURDER WILLQUITE PROBABLY GO UNSOLVED AS, ACCORDING TO, “POLICE, THIS WAS EITHER THE SETLING OF _ SOME UNDERGROUND DRUG ACCOUNT OR THE WORK OF SOME DERANGED DIPLOMAT... * “ competitive practices” WASHINGTON (AP) — President Reagan’s Democratic critics in Congress predict he will get some of the money he wants to bolster El Salvador’s armed forces, but it will not buy a military solution to the “chaos and anarchy” he says Communists) are spreading in Central America. ‘Democrats branded Reagan's televised address Wednesday night as a “sabre rattling’ call to arms that paid only lip service to efforts for a negotiated settlement and could lead to another debacle like the Involvement of U.S. marines in Lebanon. But they conceded Reagan will win at least a limited grant of ad- ditional funds to buttress’:-the’ Salvadoran~army: against «the ‘.on- Slaught .of ‘Marxist-led guerrillas. Reagan’s apeech was' his most strongly termed defence yet of his Central American poliies, com- paring his critics to those who concluded in the years before the Second World War that “the aggressor's ‘appetite would be satisfied’ with just one more conquest or international tran- sgression. ‘What we see in El] Salvador is an attempt to destabilize the entire region, and eventually move chaos and anarchy toward the American border,” he said. ‘We have provided just enough aid to avoid outright disaster but not enough to resolve the crisis, so El Salvador is being left to slowly bleed to death. “The simple questions are: Will we support freedom in this hemisphere or not? Will we stop the spread of communism in this hemisphere or not? Will we act while there is still time?” Reagan asked. Senater Paul Tsongas (D-Mass.} one of the Senate’s harshest critics of administration policy in the region, said, ‘The president will get his aid, but not for the right reasons,” “The Republicans will support their president,” Tsongas said. “The Democrats to a large extent will give the president what he wants just so that we will not be blamed if anything goes wrong.”’. Senator Claiborne Pell of Rhode Island, the senior Democrat on the foreign relations committee, called: thé address “a strong and in my view sabre rattling speech that ignores the wishes of the leading Money for the military. countries of the area, who prefer the negotiating route to the military one.” . : Reagan repeated his previous pledge to keep U.S. troops out of - § Central America, saying the argument is “definitely not about plans to send American troops Into combat in Central America,” But he said that without-more aid EE Salvador may not be able to. withstand a Cuban-backed guerrilla offensive that the United Statés believes is planned for the fall. : And hedivulged a new assessment of the strength of Cuban forces in leftist-ruled Nicaragua, saying the Cuben force there has grown from 65 in 1979.¢o 10,000. Reagan called munist reign of terror" and said the Sandinistas “seek to export their terror to every other country in the region," World Court rules against U. | THE HAGUE (CP) — The World Court called on the United States today to stop its support for military actions aimed at overthrowing the leftist Nicaraguan government. The court, however, has 10 powers to enforce its orders. The ruling followed Nicaragua’s allegation that U,.§.-directed attacks are jeopardizing its citizens and its sovereignty, The ruling was delivered by court president Taslim Olawale Elias of - Nigeria in the Peace Palace, seat of the World Court since its formation in 1946. Anticipating the Nicaraguan complaint, the United States an- nounced April 6 that it would not accept World Court jurisdiction over Central American disputes for a period of two years because it did not wish “to see the court abused for - furthering ‘a propaganda cam- paign,"’ said a U.S: State Depart- ment statement, The i6-member court began . deliberations on the question of jurisdiction after “preliminary hearings were concluded April 27. In the complaint filed April 9, Nicaragua accused the United. . Nicaragua's -. Sandinista government “a Com-..’ ; President Reagan . a S. action States of waging “armed attacks" to try to overthrow ita leftist govern- ment and asked the court to issue interim “measures to protect its sovereignty, BACKS REBEL GROUPS The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency supports two groups of rebels who are against the Nicaraguan’ government — the Nicaraguan - Democratic Force, based in Honduras and fighting mainly In northern Nicaragua, and the Revolutionary Democratic Alliance, based in Costa Rica, and aperating in the south... ’ Word of CIA involyement in the rebel mining of Nicaraguan harbors in the:spring prompted protests In the U.S. Congress, as well as from some U.S. allies abroad, Leftist Sandinistas in Nicaragua came to power in 1979, after over- throwing the pro-U.5. rightist regime of Anastasio Somoza. . During the preliminary hearings, the US.. representative, Davis Robingon, asked the Worla Court to dismiss the Nicaraguan complaint, claiming that Nicaragua had never recognized the World Court's authority. Deregulation planned _ Airlines will gain | greater freedom "Minister Lloyd Axworthy announced | :< today a form ‘of airline deregulation > to allow carriers within two years to price fares as low as they want 1 without seeking approval from the Canadian Transport Commission. Axworthy announced measures to. ‘| allow airlines to apply to fly whatever routes they want in ~ southern Canada, using whatever - typeof aircraft they prefer, however Often they wish. ; ‘But .consumer and industry - representatives agreed Canadians ‘shouldn't expect farea to tumble overnight simply because of the increased competition and relaxation of rules Axworthy has - ordered, The minister proposed to reduce restrictions to allow companies such as Wardair Ltd. or other financially fit charter airlines greater freedom to apply to fly anywhere in Canada. - And he has told Air Canada, the Crown-owned carrier which controls - almost two-thirds of the domestic - market, to refrain from such “unfair ass Ut : dercutting prices to drive other airlines off routes. - — - _ The minister hopes the reduction “of regulation — he calls it: Dispute will gain * liberalization — will lead to a competitive system giving -con- sumers greater cheice on price and service. . oe “The whole thrust of the policy is getting away from the government telling the airlines what to do,” he told a Commons ‘committee today. - The loosening of _ pricing restrictions will take place over the next two years, but his - other proposals will take place ‘much sooner. . ae Conservative transport critle Don Mazankowski sald the move li: “a step in the right direction,” but he doubts consumer expectations of quickly lowered fares will be met. New Democrat transport critic Les Benjamin said the plan undermines Air Canada. WILL TAKE TIME . . Don Watson, spokesman for the Alr ‘Transport Association of Canada, said the measures will help unleash the highly regulated in- dustry and may lead to lower fares. But such results take time, he said, Ken MacDonald, general counsel for the Consumers Association of Canada, also praised the proposals and said they'd take time to take hold. ” ignored, U.S. offers land FORT SMITH, N.W.T. (CP) — The Northwest Territories’ legislative assembly openéd its second session Wednesday in an elementary school gymnasium decorated with handcrafted native hangings and municipal flags of the ‘territory's most southern town, The assembly, holding its first full session in Fort Smith since 1955, has ng permanent building and travels throughout northern communities as part of the government's policy of bringing the legislature to the ’ people. The afternoon’s opening procedures were largely ceremonial, with scarlet-uniformed Mounties leading Commissioner John Parker to the Speaker's chair for his opening address. When the assembly's 24 members - - get down to business téddy ane [isue they.are expected to deal with.i8 the . federal government's plan to in- traduce French as an official language in the territories. John Munro, minister of. Indian and northern affairs, surprised the territorial government in March when he announced plans to make French an official language In the North, where only two per cent of the population is French-speaking. Native leaders and government members expressed concern over _ First full of N.W.T. the move, saying native languages, seven of which are spoken, along with English by territory residents, would be pushed to the back burner, The territorial government also protested that Ottawa shouldn't unilaterally introduce French, ’ saying it would prefer to introduce its own bilingualism legislation. In his opening speech, Parker said the government will place particular emphasis on the development of renewable resources. It has also restructured several departments to address economic initiatives sup ported at the assembly's las session. Parker touched upon education, tourism and the need for improved . telephone and ambulance services in the North. He ‘also’ reniarked ‘sti Pope Jotin --Fort:Simpson, saying the Influx of visitors will strain the community's facilities, . / “It is fitting that (the Pope's) meeting with native people should take place here, ih the Territories, at a place where native people com- prise a majority of the population and where they have gained a significant measure of control over their own destiny,’ Parker said. The Fort Smith session is expected to last about two weeks. session assembly held since 1955 _ WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite a jurisdiction dispute with Canada over half of the area, the Reagan administration is offering about 5.7 million hectares off the corste of seven U.S. northeastern states for oll and gas leasing. . The sale, for next September, was announced Wednesday by Interior Secretary William Clark, who said more new offshore discoveries are “badly needed,’ particularly in the Northeast where dependence on oil imports is heavier than any other region of the United States, | Interior officials estimate that the sale area contains as much as 140 million barrels of oil and 3.1 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. William Bettenberg, director of the department's Minerals Management Service, said about half the area in the sale is claimed by Canada. LEASED TO 5 FIRMS The Canadian government already has let leases to flve com- panies — Texaco, Mobil, Dome Petroleum, Standard Oil of California and Fairholm “Paul's scheduled ‘September visit to-. Development — in the area but no- drilling has begun, U.S. officials say. Bettenherg said the sale would be divided into two parts, with the disputed area omitted if the Inter- natlonal Court of Justice at The Hague, Netherlands, has not resolved the competing jurisdiction claims of the two governments by then. John Turner ‘Many Meetings in 282 federal ridings convention delegates who will help choose the next prime minister end today. Early soundings indicate John Turner is the favorite among the 1,074 elected delegates who were willing to state a preference upon their selection. But about one-third of the elected delegates are atill calling themselves uncommitted, waiting to be wooed by Turner and the other six candidates hoping to replace Prime Minister Trudeau. people automatically have a vote at the June 1416 leadership conventian in Ottawa because of their role in the party. These delegates Include MPs, senators, party executive members and provincial politicians. Turner was in Toronto Wed- to elect the Liberal leadership’ In addition, an estimated 1,500 nesday, . borrowing © a predominant theme from the campaign of one of his rivals, Economie Development Minister Donald Johnston. “ Turner predicted that Ottawa's investment in two Crown-owned alrcraft companies will even- tually hit $5 billion and called for an “urgent review” of federal ownership of commercial en- terprises, “Canadair and de Havilland .. , are prime examples of what can go wrong when the government gets Into commercial businesses and fails to exercise proper supervision and control,” Turner told a luncheon audience. CRITICIZES DEALS Johnston, early in the leadership campaign, was critical of some of the dealings of the federal government's money- losing Crown corporations, such as de Havilland and Canadair, ncommitted delegates wait Justice Minister Mark MacGuigan is another leadership candidate who has been calling for less government intervention. in industry, During a campaign stop in Toronto Wednesday, MacGuigan appeared to direct criticism - at - Turner, without mentloning him by name. ’ 7 Some candidates, ‘in just a few short weeks,” have discovered women’s issues and realized there is injustice-in the federal public service, MacGuigan ‘said in a speech to a group of Liberal women, Turner has been criticized by some Liberals for appearing out of touch with women’s [ssues. ‘He entered the campaign saying he was opposed to af: firmative action — a_ policy forcing employers to hire more women — but later in the cam- paiga won praise by saying ing to be companies wishing to do business — with the government should be forced to pay men and women equal pay for work of equal value. A draft version of a. speech prepared for MacGuigan by his staff contained a. more blunt criticism = of '.-Turner — but MacGuigan deleted the remarks in his address, MacGuigan also attacked a proposal by Jim Coutts, a key Toronto Liberal who is not tunning for the leadership, to establish a. | government- . subsidized program to give all graduating students a job for up to two years. ‘ QUESTIONS EMPHASIS No one can question the goal of ensuring jobs for young peoile, MacGuigan said, but we should be trying to find jobs for all Canadians, - ib-year-old . just * Suggestions ‘that . stiffer sraduating trom high school has no more right to a job than & 35- year-old single mother trying to raise two children on unem- ployment insurance," Energy. Minister Jean Chretien Was campaigning In Ontario Wednesday. northern In Thunder Bay, he ‘rebuffed un controls are needed, in ight of two widely-publicized shooting incidents in Quebec City. In one of the incidents, three Quebec government employees were fatally. shot in the provin- ce’s national assembly. , Even with laws on arms contral People can do the same type of thing," Chretien. told reporters. The person responsible for the Shooting rampage in the national assembly is‘“sick in " he eid. ie the head,