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IOUR CANADA

By John Fisher of the Council for Canadian Unity

Ge)

Conseil pour l'unite canadienne —

Winnipeg is about 1400
road miles from Montreal.
It'a a good three day trip
by car. Imagine trying to
walk from Winnipeg to
Montreal! It’s a lot further
through the bush but in
1814 an incredible strong
man walked to Montreal
and return, The 3600 miles,
he considered, was in the
course of duty. In the St.
Boniface Museum is the
sword, sash and~ pouch
used by this walking
Winnipeger.

Lord Selkirk who estab-
lished: a settlement of
Scots at Winnipeg was in

Montreal, Word of impend- ©

ing trouble must be sent to
Selkirk. A Metis buffalo
hunter, Jean Baptiste
Lagimodiere offered to
carry the mail. He left on
Hallowe’en night. The
lakes were frozen, so living

off the land was pretty
tough in the sub zera cold.
Each night he cut spruce.
boughs and slept- in the
snow. Each day he had to
catch his food. He slipped:
and fell . through — the’
winter. When he arrived at
Lord Selkirk’s house during

a formal ball, Jean stagger-, :

ed across the floor and de-
livered the message to
Selkirk, He Jooked like
a wildman, unshaven, un:
washed for five montha,

‘stinking of life in the wil-

derness, After a brief
sojourn in Montreal he
Teturned to Winnipeg, the
hard way. Thirty six hun-
dred miles to deliver the
mail.

John Fisher, Executive
Vice President of the
Counell for Canadian’ Unity
was Canada's Centennial
Commissioner.

Rescued skipper

finds a new bond

VANCOUVER (CP) — The

advantages to being a

captain are not always

strictly one of rank.

When the crew of the White
Eagle, the 27-metre yacht
that sank in the mid-Pacific
July 21, was rescued by the
Russian whaler Vidnyy last
‘week, skipper Jon Van
Tamelen enjoyed some
‘amenities on board not

available to his alx com-

panions

“There Is a bond between
captains," Van Tameten
said, ‘And when the Russian

Van Tamelen, 42, and his
J5-year-old ‘ son Todd,
arrived in -Vancouver
Sunday night after a flight
from Hawaii. Algo on the
plane were four other crew
members: Don Holton,
electrician, Sara Miler,

cook; Anne Mathisen, and

Marguerite Maby.

Lloyd ,Parker, the White
Eagle’s owner, arrived in
Vancouver Friday.

Van Tamelen and son Todd.
‘were both fit and in good

spirita when they agreeted
family and friends at the

ekipper fouhd out I was the ‘airport.

skipper of the White Eagle,
he invited me up to his

m for a meal of
vodka, caviar and home-
canned Russian ehicken
while the rest of the crew ate
down in steerage.”

The seven Canadiana had
spent nine days adrift in a
life raft after the yacht
caught fire : ami gank, =

“We kept our spirits up,”

“he ‘said, “And the thing that.

made wi feel most secure
while we were in the liferafts
was this,” he said, patting a
beown case he was carrying,

. our sextant, Each day at
noon, I'd take a reading from
the sun and get our exact

“position,

Translators s4iry

Dogrib language

YELLOWKNIFE, N.W.T.
(CP) — When Herb ‘and Judy
Zimmerman say they are not

afraid of making long-term’

religious commitments, they
mean it, -

The couple has spent most
of the last 15 years tran-
alating the Bible into Dogrib,
‘dialect spoken by about

2,000 Indians in six set-
ements in the Northwest
Territories

So far, they have tran-
slated the Gospel of Mark
and about one-tenth of Luke
and John, They cheerfully
look forward to another nine
or 10 years to complete the

Project.

“Translating is a bit Uke
riding a roller-coaster," says
Zimmerman.

Tt's slow going up
fast coming dewne ma
preparation work takes a
long =i time."”

Zimmerman served four
in the U.S. Navy
fore attending a Bible
achool at Three Hills, Alta.,
in 1952. He met his future
wife there, and they
aduated from the school
four years later. They have
two children.

In the last eight ‘years,
they continued studies in
ice and theology and
started work for their
present employer, Wycliffe
Bible Translators based in
Huntington Beach, Calif.

In 1964, the couple moved
to the Northwest Territories
and began the translation
work, They Ilved with the
Dogrib Indians, learning
their dialect and their
customs,

Some people wonder why
the Zimmermans spend
years translating the Bible
into a dialect that may soon
be on the road to extinction.

“We know the Scriptures
had never been translaterd
into Dogrib and had a feeling
a! divine commission about
dolng it," Zimmerman said.

“T have seen many pastors
speaking to congregations of
50 people. Just because
we've had the King James
version for 300 years doesn't
mean that every translation
has to be useful for that
pericd of time.

“Our conviction is that
there is abgoiutely nothing in
this world as important as
the Bible.

BY CONSERVATIVES
Subsidies being considered

By JOHN FERGUSON
OTTAWA (CP) —~ The
(Qlark government ic con-
sidering subsidies for low-
income renters as it takes a

hard look at its promised -

mortgage and property tax
deductibity plan for ways to
remove its inequitles and
possible negative side ef:

“An aide to Elmer MacKay,
minister responsible for
Canada Mortgage and

‘Housing Corp., said there is

no. question the government.
remains committed to the

mortgage and property tax .

plan — a cornerstone of the.
Progressive Conservative
election platform,

But he said the. govern-
ment lg looking at how lower-
income homeowiers .could.
get more benefit ‘from it*as*
well as considgring a limit on

‘the duration of the program.

Including subsidies for

‘ ‘renters would’ meet’ a’
‘criticism that the plan offers,

nothing for the roughly 40.
per, cent of the population
who ‘don’t own homes.
“There is no consensus at
this point until numbers are
in,” he *Baid.
Finance Minister John

‘Crosbie, who believes the

mortgage plan had big ap-
peal for voters In the May 22
election, sald last week the
plan will be part of his fall
budget. But he added that
‘ways to implement it still are
being examined, ;

“Everybody's aware of all’
the arguments against it,”
MacKay’s aide said “All the
criticisms are being
examined.”

He said MacKay favors

‘some! s6rks of. shelter.

‘Bifowance -forthe '

He expected Mackay miata
Make a recommendation to
cabinet on the shelter

allowance and the mortgage .
plan by the end of August.

Ashelter allowance for the’
elderly — estimated to cost
about $62 million a year —
would provide. subsidies to
those who now pay above a
certain percentage of in-
come for rent, The max-
Imum usually considered is.
30 per cent.

The cost of extending
shelter subsidies to low-
Income families also is being

“the Conservatives
promised to phase in over
four years deductions of up
lo $000 in moti, interest:
and ‘up to $1,000 in property‘
tax before calculation of
federal income tax, They es--
mated it would cost $400

orfin lost tax revenue,in -
the firgt year, ris -to'$i., 6 ny
billidn ‘a year at th
the fourth.
Critics of the plan gay it is

tran ae nee Hite Inorg Haile

unfair because those with the
highest incomes and the

largest mortgages would get: °

the most benefit.

The government is consid-
ering passing along the
benefit in the form of a. tax
’ eredit to meet this criticism,
This would mean the tax:
saving would be the same
regardless of income, -

Critics also point out that:

only about half the five
million homeowners in

Canada have outstanding .

mortgages. The rest are
fully paid.
The government is’

examining the possibility
that homeowners with fully-
paid mortgages would
refinance to take advantage
‘of the tax benefit, ;
Critics aay. ‘a ‘singe of refi-
“dtain
“fun

and drive up interest rates ©
further.

Ontario property not cheap

KENORA, Ont. (CP) —
Prices for cottages and
vacation land around Lake of .
the Woods in northwestern
Ontario have risen steadily
in recent years, but realtors
Bay the sales boom is con-

The price for average cot-
tages on the lake is about
$50,-000, they say. Cheaper
cottages can be found but
buyers are told not to expect
extras such a5 insulation and
boat ‘houses. .

Lakefrorit lots in preferred

areas such as Clearwater

Bay are fetching about
$36,000 without cottages,
while prestigious summer
homes along the 256,-000-
Kilometre shore. line can
bring $200,000.

David Pearce, co-owner of
Standard Realty, says most
of the market pressure

eqmes from Winnipeg,
buyers. He says the demand
may double prices within
five years.

“Most cottage property
sells in 60 to 90 days with
really expensive units going
ag long as two years. But
they all sell. I don’t know of
one that hasn’t."’

Wayne Marcino, president
of the Kenora Chamber of
Commerce, agrees
Manitohans are putting a lot
of money into. the Lake of the
Woods area. ,

“People seem willing to go —
sinto deep debt to enjoy the

beauty of the area.
Everybody around here ig
pretty happy with the way

‘things are going."

"Joining the rush cao people
wishing to sell their Lake

the $4,-000 price fer a lot near
Victoria Beach, about 110
Kilometres north of Win-
nipeg, would be little more’
than a down.payment for a
piece ‘of prime property
around Shoal Lake, at the’

‘west end of Lake of the

Woods. -

Pearce says the ‘steady de:
mand for cottages result
from longer vacations and
the new willingness of banks
to. grant more and bigger

‘mortgages for recreational.

property

“Many people out here?
have six weeks vacation and
couldn’t think of a better
place to spend the time than
at the cottage," Pearce says.

- “A’ lot of ‘professional

people seem to take three-
Jay weekends, They can’

nave even more tinge at the

Winnipeg cottages, although ke

_ FEEDLOTS FO UGHT |
Meat prices could i increase |

VANCOUVER (CP) -
Beef and pork prices will
increase faster than ever if
municipalities keep fighting
the expansion of feedlots and
bog operations throughout
the province, says Pat
Hibbert, president of the
British Columbia Federation
of Agriculture.

The federation said In a
brief to the provincial
cabinet that proposed ex:

nsicn in the beef and pork
ndustries within the
agricultural land reserve
has been “short-circuited"
at the municipal level,

“For political reasons, re-
gional districts and
municipalities have put
together bylaws preventing
beef and hog operations from
expanding, even though the
land is available for such
use," Hibbert said, “If this
continues, production won’t
meet demand and prices are
sure to rige because we'll
have to import more food."

Hesaid residents of Surrey
and Kamloops recently put
pressure on their local

governments to prevent the.

establishment of 80-aere
cattle feedlots, They fear the
smell and noise from such
operations would be un-
bearable.

aie oni, beens the
mate amloops is.
ideally suited for such an.
operation,” said Hibbert,

odors would be
ay ‘t contra]. ‘

TODAY IN.
HISTORY

The British garrison of De-
troit, besieged for three

months by Indians, made a. Trinidad.
night attack on Pontiac's:

camp at Bloody: Run 226
years ago today — in 1783,

Atithough the siege of fizzled =m

out, Pontiac's rising was a
succesa and the Indian
leader captured eight of 12

“British forts. it collapsed

only when Britain and

France made peace. Pon- ~

tiac, who was assassinated
in 1769, seems to have been
one of the few Indians who
recognized the menace of
colonization to his race,

1408 =— = Christopher
Columbus discovered
1700 — The first US:
patent was issued to Samuel
Hopkins for chemical for-
@ used in soap and

glass.
—~ The Rupert’s Land
Act becahe law

1914 — Austria ordered
general mobilization. ,

1963 — The United Nations’
Security Council asked
member states to block
Portugal's purchase of arms,
for use in maintaining rule
over African colonies,

Ken Chambera, secretary-
manager of the Kenora
publicity board, says
Manitobans, like their On-
tario nelghbors,- may be
spending more vacation
money in Canada because
they are: nervous about.
possible gasoline shortages
in the United States.

"- It'enot only thereal estate
agents who are benefiting
from the boom.

Local tourist officlals say -
Manitobans have helped
boost. downtown sales and
kept hotels filled, —

“Operators says business
ia up and hotel bookings are
up and most people seem
vers happy,” says cham:

“This is the best -year for
tourism that we've had in the
past few ‘years, " ,

OTTAWA OFFBEAT |

BY RICHARD JACKSON ©

Ottawa,-The new Conservative government's big 7

‘problem, says Prime Minister Clark, “is restoring,
confidence.”

Confidence in government, the bureaucracy, in
Canadian institutions, :
“Government - is. ‘suffering from real public. akep-
‘ticism,” he says, and’ until “trust” is restored the

‘ ‘administration is going to be crippled in its aims and -

efforts.

Fair ball.

. That public skepticism, that lack of trust, that
-suspicion of the government and bureaucracy is the
, legacy of the years of former Prime Minister-Pierre
Trudeau, of ‘‘cooked’’ statistics, of “cover up" on
public information, of deliberately. misleading
statements, of an arrogance of such dimensions thatno.
effort was made to conceal the administration's.
racial “ the taxpayers.

fin inally was. enough. ates ea) atsbouia
ante he vote was. fors 2 ea vanaH A

Anything, the voters believed when they went to the
polls, had to be better than what had been for the last
11 years.

So what happens?

The new team takes the field.

And from the look of things, right off the top the Tory
moves could be straight out of the Liberal playbook.

Take the handling of the economy.

You'll remember that during the election campaign,

- the Conservatives were asking voters to choose bet-

ween the old Trudeau policies. of what was called
“managing”. of the economy, and the new Clark

program of “getting the economy, and moving
again.”

Listen to that playback carefully, and it’s difficult to
know ‘one methodology from’ andther,: hard to -
distinguish the difference between “managing” the.

* economy, and “getting it moving again."

The Conservatives made it sound Ilkea big deal.

And so now what have we got?

"It’s difficult,” confesses Conservative ‘Finanace,
Minister John Crosbie, to assess how ‘Conservative,

management will} different from Liberal. mt

Fhe Tories are even using the same term
“management. “

Which leaves you with the nagging suspicion that.
with the economy the Liberals weren't all that bad,
nor the Tories . now that much better.

It sounds like a bit of the old political con since
during the campaign the Tories made it sound like

a something big, suggesting it could be a turning point in
'. the nation's fortune.

Similar’ argunenta have
‘also prevented hog
operations from expanding .
in Vernon and the Fraser
Valley. The municipalities

. there will only allow farmers

to spread manure on their -
fields once a.year’ and have ©
demanded they purchase ex-
pensive aeration equipment’

efore ede: expanalon is
approved

“Once you add’ up all the
costs, it would be easler to
move to Alberta and set up
an operation there;” sald
Hibbert.

He sald the provinee.
should enact legislation

making unlform’ standards
for farm expansion and
suggested an experiment in
Chilliwack, which’ used
buffer zones to ate
farmland: from residential
‘areas, should be used more
extensively.

Municipai Affairs Minister .
Bill Vander Zalm sym-
pathized with the farmers,
but said there has to be a
“‘welghing of interests’
before action is taken.

agian’ there was the business of the sinking Canadian
ar,

* The Conservatives were denouncing the Liberals fo~
What they called “propping it up.”

* (Asif, as the dollar hovered prée’iriously just above

‘the below 85 cents, it was a high crime to try stopping

it slipping closer to 80 cents.) ”

But tow that Crosbie nas an inside look af the
‘Finanace Department and the Bank of Canada, he

: allows that those in charge of federal financial affairs -
don'tregard it as “propping up" the dollar, but more a -

‘matte of. “amoothing out the ups and downs. "

‘And those insiders at the Bank and the Finance
Department are those very same people who, when -
" they were working for the Liberals, were going to get.
the-old heave-ho from the Conservatives.

Why? .

Because not only were they Liberals themselves,
but they were short of _foanctal smarts,

Now what?

“T think,” says Crosbie, ' they’ re an ‘able group,”
and there's no need to dump any of them even if they

are the same people who were supposed to be financial
thickheads. .

So where does that leave us on election promises,
Programs and policies?

; Crosbie puts it this way: you've got to realize there! 7

.& difference between what a leader promises in an

election campaign and what a finance minister is able -

to do.
So much for confidence in government.

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