: — iivirotim ministers TOD Canada. - arid nine Phropeun countries are expected today to sign International covenant to make significant cuts dn fer chemical Pollutants that make acid rain.” . Erich Weber, an adviser to the West German ‘governmieit on acid rain, sald the convenant, would cominl| the coun- _ tries signing it to reduce sulphur, dioxfde ‘emisxions by 20” . per cent and inake. significant. but. unspecified reduction in’: : entlasions of nitrogen oxides by 1903, The two: ch the key ingredients of acid rain... . Canada: haa “Sireddy decided, to ,reduce its emissions ‘by 50 ) per cent by 1984. Weber’ said He hoped that at a ‘future miciting “the # cointrles would’ ‘agree to make ‘specific « cuts: in- altrogen. oxide emlasions, .* - . oo ae | 38 atep-by-atep précess, “4 te sald. cs “You can’t get any more in, this International businiens.* ar The convention is significant because it represents. the © only international’ ‘effort, to reduce: air: pollution that. has:" been blamed for Sead Inkes, ying” “foreate, corrodltig « ileals are acia ‘rin ‘Ontario promises jo TORONTO (CP) — Pinning its hopes on the private bector. ; and continited economic recovery, the Ontarlo gevernament- promised Tuesday to create jobs for youth, improve the lot: of. working women .and ‘help’ reatructute parts of the. economy's industrial base. Ina throne speech heavy on policy but skimpy on detail; the.Progresssive Congervatives also pledged to bring in provincewide testing in schools, help francophones and farmers and revise environmental assessment procedures.’ They also intend to classify or censor pornographic. videos viewed in the home and set up & task force to take a hard look at the operation of Ontario's financial industry, ” The speech, a rough blueprint of government policy in the — next year, was read to a packed legislature by Lt, Gov John Black Aird on the first day of the government's fourth year: in office since regaining its majority in 1081, . “The central task before our province : is ‘to take full, falr- ° and: durable advantage of the recovery presently-under ‘"- way,” the speech said, noting that Ontario. has out- performed the rest of Canada in rebounding from the mast - painful recession in half a century, The speech also promised the spring budget would - provide nioney to create jobs for unemployed youths and... sald.an existing ministry — as yet not designated — will be responsible for all youth employment programs, About 176,000 Ontario workers between the ages of 15 and’ 24 have no joba — an unemployment rate of 17.6 per cent, nearly twice the province's overall jobless rate. Opposition partles have relentlessly criticized the governmeit's youth ° employment program. EXPLAINS TESTING , Premier William Davis tolda news conference before the throne apeech was read that the school tesling, expected to be phased in over three years, responds to concerns of af * Finland are represented at the conference, sponsored. by : : members, -ndonuume a Protection Agency, said the Valted States would ‘not Canada. he “press unuc at ed ccf to oet the United respond to presaure. And he said he wasn't bothered by the States to join it ina contro] program. Weber said European j -comatrien face: ‘slmilar Froblems with their. neighbors. a i. ae f 7 “ | in; Pe . ; have so far refused to cut their: ‘pollution emissions. to- East! Ge _ ‘1 DON'T RESPOND' reporters ‘when asked whether, he ‘might. return ;:to Washington to pags on the message from the conference that an international program to reduce acid rain is needed. Green said the. American public would not be swayed by press reports about damage from the airborne pollution to demand a clean up... ade ti ada: and West Govier, Feince, ~, Switzerland, Austria, Demnark, Sweden, Norway and . ” the Economié: Commission for’ Europe, @ United Nations: | ‘body that: includes. Canada * ma ‘the United States 98 ~ dhugh Green, assoctate administrator of the Environmental ; - polnted references by all ministers to those countries which . . “I don't, respond to, anybody's. pressure,”. Green ‘told. ’ Although Green was granted only ‘abserver status and did - ~-Canadkin representatives have used ihe conference’ to’ put ~ pressiiré:on the ‘United, States, to curtail its :acid: rain. * “notaddresathe gathering, he repeated to reporters the U.S. position that more research is needed before a siriet control . effort can be adopted. Betray tay 60 per. cent ‘of-acid rain. ames on, fas ide comes front: US, sence a _ sald that while more research is needed, “we certainly know enough to be able to take the necessary political . decisions. today." Nationa should not use the need for ‘Tegearch as an excuse for inaction. me While European: ministers did not mention the United ‘+ States or their own more cautious neighbors by name, the _{ Carl-Dieter Spranger, head: of. the: German delegation, . i ‘parects th the cabin 6 syelem lacks discipline. . Detalls ‘are : departmental’ ‘Grade 13 exams dropped by the province in: 1867 and won't be used by ihiversities td assess applicants; Although’ that could eventually happen; he-sald. Liberal Leader David Peterzon and NDP Leader Bob Rae : ' condemned the speech for lacking significant proposals. . . Elsewhere in the speech; the’ government said it will ask — school boards and Crown "agenclea to set-up affirmative: ‘action Programs to ‘give more and better: Jobs to. women. Moreover, about: ‘9,000’ regular part-time’ civil servants, -. most of whom are: women, will be given full-time em- ployment benefits. For farmers, | the government promised to set Up an ad-. * visory council on agriculture and establish a development ~ iad to support : tesearch, on’ new crops: ‘with Commercial ‘Ontario’s francophones were aldured at the number of” French-speaking healthcare workers would. increase, while legislation ensuring French and English students the Tight to an education in their own language would be in- troduced. ° As for the task foreé, Davis told reporters: it wasn't directly prompted by a series of crises the last few years in ’ the trust industry, including the controversial flip ale of 11,000 Toronto apartment units in late 1982 which led to the government takeover af three trust firms. However, it reflects the government's concern that . technological. change is profoundly altering the. ‘nature of. ihe financial © industry, he said, Technological cliange is also changing the car industry, | and Davis said-the goverament will spend money to help retool auto- “parts ‘companies ‘and ‘Provide, incentives for investors In ‘hi techology. - Rebels blast Soviet oll tanker MANAGUA (AP) — The Sandinista government of Nicaragua saya US,-backed rebels planted a mine which ‘ blew a hole in the hull of an incoming Soviet oll tanker and . . injured five crew members. The Soviet yews Agency Tass said the incident occured Tuesday in Puerto Coaster te aa reat onan " a Nlescaguae Rasifie, THY Hlcavaguah Burs d crew members patched a hole in the hull and the Lagansk wag able to dock . and unload its cargo of oil. The’ Foreign Ministry asked “the international com- munity to give Nicaragua the technical and military means necessary to defend itself from the terrorism being unleashed by the United States," There was no immediate response from U.S. officials. The United States provides ald and training for the Nicaraguan Democratic Force, a Honduras-based rebel group trying to overthrow Nicaragua’s-leftist government. Therebels have warned several timea that they would mine Nicaraguan ports, InEl Salvador, leftist guerrillas in the eastern part of the country stopped motorists along a highway Tuesday and confiscated hundreds of the identification papers needed to vote in Sunday's presidential election, sources in the area reported. . Voters must present government identification cards at the polling stations when they vote in the country’s first presidential ‘election since 1977. Belamino Garcia of the’ . Central Elections Council said people who lose their _ identification ‘papers can get- them replaced before the eleotlonen tant wi eeiiseo! aati d es LOT ceractts The: rebela,;: whoshave- been battling: the ?U.S.batkett: yet ea aigiw aa ur isa Yank °C government in 4 fouf-yedr clvif war; are boycotting’ the election, saying their candidates would be easy targets for _ Tightist death squads that have been linked to government security forces. The clandestine rebel Radio Venceremos sald late Monday the guerrillas will take “drastic measures" against public officials who pressure citizens into voting ' Sunday. The government has said it will impose fines as high as §20 a person on those who do not‘ vote. The Soviet seamen injured at Puerto Sandino were were’ taken to a hospital in Chinandega, 130 kilometres northwest of Managua, sald a Nicaraguan rhilitary source se who spoke on condition his name not be used. A Nicaraguan government delegation went to the Soviet . Union on Monday to discuss the military situation with Soviet officials, the office of. the ruling junta reported. -, The Sandinistas, who took power in July 1979 froni rightist President Anastasio Somoza, receive aid from the Soviet Union and Cuba. “ : Doctors protect Polish immigrant — MONTREAL (CP) — Doctors at a Montreal hospital are. seeking legal advice on whether to apply for a court order that would allow. them to treat a Polish immigrant who swallowed a twisted plece of wire Tuesday in a desperate attempt to stave off deportation. ; ’ Dr. Denls.Gravel of Notre Dame Hospital said Jan Niemiec, 48, has refused treatment to remove the wire -- the length of telephone book — lodged in his throat and stomach. Niemiec |s in no immediate danger, said Gravel, the surgéeon in charge of the hospital’s emergency services. But his condition could worsen rapidly if the metal punctures an organ or other complications develop. Niemiec swallowed the wire — the third time he made such an attempt at blocking his deportation — after being . told he would be sent to Poland on a flight Tuesday, However, Immigration official _Raymonde Bellerive said arrangements for Niemiec’s departure weren't complete. But she said the federal government will carry out the. deportation order as goon as Niemiec is well enough to travel. Niemiec arrivied in: Canada in 1981 after living, illegally in Austria for 10 years. He applied for refugee status but was turned down because he has a criminal record in Canada. and he did not come into the country through normal: , ‘ channels, : Niemlec saye he will not return to Poland because he fears he will be tortured and killed, William Siemtenskl, an ‘ official with the Canadian Polish Congress, said Tuesday, _ Slemienakl said he sent a telegram to immigration’, : Minister John Roberts on Tuesday asking for a delay ih the: deportation while a search is mae for a third country’ willlng to accept Niemier.. 9 2.5010 > He has not received a: reply’ i the telegram; Len Westerberg, an aide to berts, 3 sald’ the mir was aware of Siemlenski’s telegtni bit. thefdle : order would stand. ane 4 Niemiec’s lawyer, Jullus Gray; aide had appli ithe’ appeals division of the Federdil, Catirt‘more tharia month: - ago to have the case reopened but‘ Ke has recelved ‘ho decisici. ; Paar Gray'said he anderstéod the deportation order woul hol’ _ beexecited imtil Federal Couti had decided on the appeal. . Immigration Departnient officlals have gal Niemiec is inadmissible because he was not processed: through