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~ EDITORIAL |

are 11. to 17. has been. ‘proclaimed.
Hospital Week, a week in which we take. °

a look at the health care faciitties in our.
‘community. coe

In most communities this will mean a
in. the - local
newspaper and perhaps an item on the
‘local television station ‘or radio. |
The relationship between: the gover-
ning body of Mills Memorial: Hospital in
Terrace and the news: media has. not
been very geod. for some time now,

however. The hospital board here voted -
.to keep the reporters out ‘of: board
~ meetings a numberof ‘years ago. They

recently reaffirmed this: policy.

The board apparently: felt: ‘they were
not getting the. kind’ of. coverage. they
_wanted so opted’ to. méet. behind closed

doors. They stilt meet.in secret, noteven “
releasing the. minutes of thelr clan- -

destine sessions. | 7

In a situation like this it Is: the. tne. a

stitution and the people of the com-

munity which suffer. The stories which. : ye

; _MONTREAL (UPC) _"
“ When a public. address
‘system broke down at a

meeting in Thetford, Mines

-last. week, ‘Premier Rene.
. Levesque looked out at some’

2,000 persons and shrugged,
“Ts not-my fault.” ;

‘The -premler may have |
been joking, but his com-
ment could well be more
revenling than anyone in the

high school. -auditorium |

‘In the: final week of
campaigning: before
Quebecers .vole on. the

‘province's future; it became

increasingly. clear
Leyesque’s strategy was not
doing what it was supposed

todo: convince a majority of

electors his government’s

- appeal for a ‘mandate .to.

negotiate with Ottawa : WEB:
only that. .
"Phe “yes syeg!” yes" camp: was dealt
_adouble blow. . :
'One- came from ‘Prime
Minister. Pierre . Trudeau's

_ strong attacks on the Parti.

put the hospital in a less than favorable... -

light will always come out. The day to’
day workings of the hospital: ‘and the:

only conclusion you can come to is that
there is something to hide. And we think

the board here Is keeping. meetings.

closed because they are tryliig to hide
some things from: public view.) --

But what of the people who work at the.
hospital? ‘Do we Ignore the human |...

drama and the human interest ‘stories

because the board is too frightened to 7 a

ashamed to open Its doors?

We have decided to do some stories: on
the workings of the hospital and the:
people who are there to Jake care of US aw
despite the board’‘s vehement stand. ot ,

secrecy. °

sad

ATRILL THINKS.

_by Thomas Atrill’

Spring is. sa time of optimism, of new beginnings,
cleaning up, planting, painting, and a-thousand other.
tasks which symbolically throw off the tiresome yoke
of winter.

It is also a time for car-shopping.

Having some time on my hands and. ‘enjoying ‘the
warming sun, I walked down to the local automobile
dealer's establishment for a look around. .

“No, I am not looking for a new vehicle,” I-told the ;

salesman. “I might find a used one, though. Juat let

me look around.” He turned to a waiting customer.

Since I already had three cars in varying degrees of
repair, I did not think of myself as a buyer, just
browsing and enjoying a kick at a tire now and then...
And, besides, cars like people, are interesting to sink
and ‘contemplate.

Over here is a seventy-four Ford pickup, ‘loaded’ as
they say in the ads. it tires with white Iet-
tering, roll bars, pregnant hood to accommodate a
bloated engine, whip antenna, fog lights, quartz
headlights, the works, All for $4,500. Never mind the
rust, the costly ugliness, the tortured and padded
interior. It must have been someone's pride and joy,
even if it gives me the willies.

Then there is the four-wheel-drive G.M., twenty-four
feet long, rated one-ton, with winch, bench seats and
four on the floor. The price is $1,399.00, and I wonder
how they arrived at that price.. Guess it will do eight
gallons per mile, or is it the other way around?

They have a lot of ‘muscle cars’, for those who are
looking for a high-powered car to match their low-
powered brains,. Interesting.

Of the fifty vehicles 1 inspected, I found one that
appealed to me. It was a slate blue Nova with no
extras, no rust, low mileage and a look of careful use
about it. The salesman walked over and told.me that it’
had a history of few repairs and no breakdowns.

, And not devalued by all those high-priced extras,”
not ‘
We talked a while and kicked a few more tires, but

I'll wait a while,” I replied. “If I can get through

spring, I can manage the rest of the year. And who

needs a fourth car, anyway?”

T think he understoed.

Faced with closed door meetings,. the eae?

‘Support seems to

” MONTREAL “(0Po) _
‘Claude Ryan spearheads the
federalist campaign into tha

- homestretch forthe historic
‘May 20 referendum. with two
main concerng — over-
confidénce. and ‘the ai.

_termath to the vote.

The former ‘newspaper

"publisher, drafted two years.
ago by the Liberal Party to-

battle the secessionist Parti
Quebecois. government,
repeatedly warned his ‘‘no"’
followers about the pitfalls of
over-optimism..

But; with the prospects
bright for tha referendum
outcome, Ryan took a

philosophical turn of mind |

during the third week of
campaigning as he worried
about prospects for. social
peace May 21, -

“We must not be led to
believe that the results will
solve our problems once and
for all ” Ryan said in wake of
pol Is giving him a: lead over
Premier Rene Levesque’s
cause of a sovereign Quebec.

“There are underlying
opportunities . which: ‘are.
more far-reaching and
decisive in the long-term
than the.choice offered in the
referendum."

The solemn warning was
accompanied by — an
unusually frank reference to
_the late polling

volatility of the changes,
even in his favor, he‘ said,
signalled a “deep-rooted
Quebec. tran:

malaise” In

. timing~:
resignation, ist two" weeks
before the vote. But, he-did.
‘mot deny Kierans’ charge hiss
‘government
creasingly - dipping. ‘into

’ somberness -in

: “would «mean.

Are the ey. core : y

“because | they’ silat tha =

‘Quebecois’ 8. ca entire’:
referendum’ strategy.“ The
other was.the: resignation, of
Erle Kierans'’ ++ Levesque’s
former. political : ally. “and
friend —: from.-an. agency
governing : Quebec's Ho"
billion pension fund,:”
Levesque tried.to ridicide
certain parts: of . of Trades:
speech — claiming-thé prime
minister -had . com mpared
Quebec to Haiti or
* And, he’ <erittelzed . the
- Kierans*

was)? cine |
persion funds for ow: in-
tereat loans to cover deficits,
* ‘Levesque's efforts to gloss
over the two problems failed .
to lift the- growing mood of -
the yes"

camp,

. Algo contributing ‘to the |
gloom was the erlticism that
outwelghed support on three
different hot-line- shows - _

-including one. in: the, PQ

stronghold of Chicoutimi. ..
More than once Levesque

. | was asked to give a simple.
. “yes” or “no” -whether

sovereignty-association -
political
separation of Quebec. from
Canada. .

Despite Levesque! 5 ability’
to skate around, a direct: -
answer, his performances.
could not have merited much ©
more than a bare passing :

grade,
Asked to comment: on the--

_ small’ show’ “of support, :

Levesque said only that

_from opparrents were “eg

Pe A
sora

te.

“We asked: ‘our supporters
not,.to calf in ‘the’ hot-line
shows because:{t‘doesn't.do

to, hai i only sup-_

portive calls,’ he aaid;:
Ing to ex: plain ‘away : the

lat re “at ? callers. ~~.

. Levesque also declined
comment on advance. poll ,

reports showing the-''no”’ |

‘camp wae steadily galning.
support. ‘'I_|won't: say
anything. about: those polls,
But I will say our serutineers
are not reporting | the. aame ©
figures,”

“Whatever: the ‘inhouse

“yes"* camp canvassing may
be showing, the general
feeling on the campalgn wag .
that: they. will not only lose |
the’ referendum’ but, ‘inless
proponents for. sovereignty-_
_ asapclation can come up with
‘weak the margli nay Be
wi C) may
wider: than indicate.
~ Although of the “yes”
CAMP org:
dnd even though Levesque
repea vithe eurrent
ig in our Favor" —his change
of strategy: Indicates the

/o Myea" forces know they’ te i

Snes

When’ campaigning began,
‘Leveaque'a tour was very
~media-oriented, with few if

any late night meetings and .
relatively. ‘short apeeches.
* Now ‘that tHe tables have-

turned and the. yea” camp
‘is on the defensive, meetings
: are’ scheduled - ‘for later
‘hours, once -as ‘late as .9: 30.
iP mer far. fee late for

QUEBEC

results. The:

~ scending perennial political:
‘tensions. .
“We may, choose between

separatism and federalism —

in the referendum, yet we’
be faced with extremely
acute tensions in the months
and years ahead because the
integration of the new and

the old values. will not have :

taken place.”

Ryan said those tenslns .

were as much a result. of
divisions along linguistic
lines as a struggle between
nationalism (and new
technocratic values. He
branded as “lousy" the 20
years of efforts towards a
constitutional consenstis.
Ironically, the latter
remark came a day after
Prime Minister Pierre
Trudeau, who for more than
A decade fas fought for

~ RYAN. CAMPAIGN -

be te wing |

a
Canadian unity, joined Ryan
‘on a campaign platform in
Quebec where: more than °
wople attended the -

no" p's. largest © and

_ imiogt spedtecular rally ‘yet,

‘The nally: was the. em-

, “bodiment of coordinated

support; for - Ryan's cam-

paign . with its lmpressive —

array of particlpants,, in-
cluding senators Therese

Casgralh, Arthur Tremblay -

and Jacques Flynn and
former, premiere Jean
Lesage and Robert
Bourassa.

Bourassa has also {joined
Ryan o op. a largely symbolic
trip to the James Bay hydro-

§ 6electric complex where he -
rebuked Levesque

‘for
hailing! the project qs .an
example of
capacity for. independent
nationhood.

roe

Bourassa, ‘whose initiation
of the costly project a decade
ago contributed to his. 1976
electoral detent by

Levesque, po “not
the massive facility had been
brought about within
- Canada's federalism,

; “Is comforting for me to
note that James Bay, which
has been so controversial in
years past, has- become a
rallying polnt .
Quebecers,”” he said.

Perhaps the most vivid
‘picture. of the periodic
loneliness 4 politician ex-

ts.will say so

Quebec's .

for.

Levesque’ '§ speeches. have
also lost their pithy brevity

“on for-an’ hour or more,
‘The ‘yes’’. camp was

beginning: to. tum’. to. in."

ereasing larger: evening
“rallies, But even a Jarge ane

nee egeriear hope that
Yea’ organizers hope
some recent ‘support from

Union Nationale, Creditiate

and Liberal party members

_ Will belp turn the tide before -

time-runs‘out. But, at least
‘the first two of those parties

: : are too fragmented to be of

much: help. - :

” The’ Parti Quebecois this
week booked the Paul Sauve
Arena, ‘site: of its wild

- celebration when it came to

power in-1976, for the night of
May 20,:

"But is. beginning. to. look
more: like: something very
unexpected happened on: the
wav to the & arena, =. - ;

and: now sometimes ramble —

long. moan ‘of negativism.

Ottawa; This session of Parliament has bee dhe

_ Nothing: has gore right. -
-Unempicyraent,.’ “inflation, -geparation, B
misery, deepening deficits, and other cloud banks of

_ darkening gloom. have seemed. to transform ‘the’
Commons into a House of impending.doom.:°.°2: .

"So 3 positive word sounds like a trumpet call.

<<.  It'was blown the other day in.the Commons: by 23-
-year patiiamentary veteran ‘Robert Coates, of. Nova

Scotia who-suddenly seemed to have had enough | of the

ing, and stood up-to cheer..."
weeping and wailing, an 4 “Seonstititional 3

_. masochism” . and . apocalyptic - fear: | with - which
“Canadians had ‘been: punishing, ‘even torturing’
‘themselves. : “

No. more,’-he cried, - of: ‘this’

- Quebec. separation, western: alientation, ansaid

in Quebec staged to compete fracturization, Confederation disintegration. as ;
. with one being addressed by by. :
Trudeau. failed to’ spur: the |

etting wildly out: of hand.
& Think instead, ‘he demanded, of our” ‘God-given
advantages that make'us close. to being, the mother
lode of this plariet.”” ot

Tt :was ‘strange beyond. ‘understanding: that when.

- most of. the. rest of the free world is. ‘broadening its

horizons’ with new’ economic and : political “unions
achieving ‘significant material benefits, Canadians
“would even consider marching down a. Foad, ‘that
could -filtimately ‘destroy Confederation. me)

-Yet everywhere you go in Canada today, and from.
what you read and hear in the media, the most com-
mon-perception is that-we'are puzzled, nervous and

_ apprelierisive about the: future, with a sense of malaise
pervading the land.”.

ra tinent ‘and mar

What ‘was wrong with us, believed Bob Coates; was |
that .“twe have centered on our. ‘own deficiencies .

because we have been almost. totally involved in
election campaigning for - the last.two-years.””
>If Canadians are to enjoy. benefits. matching their

potential, they had to stop looking inward and: down,

and instead look up and ‘out,
“We must. ar at the total North. American. con-
et, Canada, the US. and poergan and

tial in
ormer raion hCommissioner to eh
he'was serving in the cabinets of Prime Ministers ‘St.

t'to Hon, rastish,
Ags pet aa

Laurent and Pearson, and more. recently. after’ a
‘career’ as a consultant, special adviser”. to former

Conservative Prime Minister Joe- Clark. : a
All this political and industrial and: business con:
sultative experience has.established Mr, Edmonds'as-

". “a significant figure in the political, academic and |

business community, as a man of great foresight in

- national and international affairs.” «=

His. production of a draft treaty: approach among

Canada, the U.S. and Mexico provides the catalyst for

discussion that can only be of value afia benefit for all

a wee on continental North America, believes Mr.
-*. Coa
* The treaty proposes a structured trade relationship

between the three countries, greatly strengthening t the -

-Gatiadian ‘position, contends Mr.. Edinonds.

He concludes:

‘moment when-we are faced with a great nation

"~~ uncertainty and a sense of malaise and replace it-wi

per

the naht road ahead was
whispered by Ryan before
“the audience of 6,000 it
Quebec. City.

“When I return home at
night, 1 think quietly and 1
tell myself i don’t detest that

man (Levesque),”- he said, -

“We've - often spoken -

together about the future of
Canada,” Rydn mused, “and

I wonder, what: on earth”

separates us, and even more

what. what .could bring us -

together ae .

3 a - “imorning-atter
question that many persons
in Quebec's polarized op-
posing camps. will ask
themselves May 21.

~ a dynamic new sense of ourselves In partnership with —

the .,whole:. North American’ continent.

We oot to begin this reat task. immediately.’ me

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May. Sth, edition of the-

-Terrace Herald by Mr.

Pusey of Stewart, B.C:. I
think: Mr. Pusey: is’ being too.
“catty", . .

Here. are, “the
facts: "

“BEAR”

An M Toot: peledly. bear.

weighing: in: the neigh
bourhood of 4 a ton is not an
animal one should be hunting: .
at closerange. Grizzly bears
are known to run $50 ‘yards

' with their heart completely

shot out of their rib cage and
bears can rufa distance of

700 yards’ in less than a.

minute.

_ A200 winchester magium : 7

rifle of the kind used by Mr. .

. Harvey to shoot the World .
- Book ‘Grinly has a muzzle 7

ia. capable of killing at
distances in excess~ ‘of -5
niles: . Anyone that ‘hunts
knows that a person (even an

- expert marksman) can miss .

moving game, even at cide
range, let alone 700 yards
and there is always a danger
of wounding an animal. ‘-

a | am aware of Mr. Har-
- vey's ability as a marksman
- and would pit him against
" anyone in the area in an off-
‘hand game shooting cozi-

* petition, If Mr, Pusey warits

to hunt’ Grizzly. bears ‘in.
dense bush on. foot Good-
* “Luck tohim. For my part ¥'ll

take my chances at-long -

" Farige with, ‘a magnum rifle,
Bill's Dad .
W.A. Harvey

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