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New appointments to

consumer council

The Honourable Bryce
Mackasey, Minister of
Consumer and Corporate
Affairs, announced recently
ll. new two-year ap-
peintments to the Canadian
Consumer Council. He
also appointed for an ad-
ditional one-year term Mrs.
Marjorie MHartting,
execulive director of the
National Anti-Poverty
Organization.

The most widely known of
Mr. Mackasey’s new ap-
pointees tothe Consumer

- Council is probably Mon-
-freal. Canadiens goaltender

Ken Dryden, whose off-ice
energies have been devoted
to activist consumer law
both in Canada and with the
Ralph Nader group in the
U.S.. The new Council ap-
pointees are drawn from —
across a wide spectrum.
They range from a working
farmer, to prominent
academic and legal figures,
all expert in various con-

. sumer interest fields, from

the secretary-general of a
major trade union
organization, to a small-
town department store
manager. And
geographically, from a.

an

Newfoundland’s outports, to.
a rural community-activist
in northern British
Columbia. .

The Canadian Consumer
Council, which has a total of
23. members, meets
regularly in private with the
Consumer and Corporate
Affairs Minister in Ottawa.
Its function is to provide him
with independent, non-
governmental views and
advice. at the early
development stages of his
department’s major

: programs and legislation.

the

Equall
the.

important
Counci:

provides

- Minister with an important

source of knowledge and
understanding of how dif-
view
issues affecting
consumers, - a

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‘As Minister of Consumer
and Corporate Affairs,”
declared Mr. Mackasey, “I
see a major part of my job
as fighting inside and out-
side the cabinet to help
consumers get a fair deal
for their dollar at a time
when inflation is on
everyone's mind. That is
one reason why I count
particularly on the views of
Council members at this.
time. Equally important, I
intend to introduce before
Parliament next fall several
important pieces of “new

society" legislation, to” legislation: ~~”

make our free enterprise
system work better for the
eonsumer and for all
Canadians. For that reason,

IN HOSPITALS FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN

Shriners aid handicapped for 104 years

Hi 1972, Dr. Fleming, a
member .of the , Masonic
Fraternity, with friends of
his, formed the first Shrine
Club, the Mecca Temple in
New York. Many Shrine

Clubs have been formed;
since, and the governing.

body, The Imperial Gran
Council came into existence
in 1876, In 1894 the mem-
bership had risen to more
than 27,000 and today there
are over 930,000 Shriners
around the world, In 1920, a
committee was established
to build a hospital! for
crippled children and on
September 16, 1922, the first
Shrine hospital opened its
doors in Shreveport,
Louisana. The first patient
admitted, a little girl with a
club foot who had learned to
walk on the top of one foot
rather than the sole, There,
the history of all the many:
Shrine Hospitals for Crip-
pled Children to follow,
Started.

Today there are 15 or-

* thopedic hospitals in the

continent of North America,
one in Hawaii, one in Mexico
and two in Canada. In 1966,
the first burn institute in
Galveston opened its doors,
followed by the burns

hospital in Cinncinati and .

Bostom (1967 and 1968
respectively}. The con-
struction costs of all these

hospitals amounts to over 75°

million dollars. The total

too, I place a very sp ecial budget for all hospitals is

reliance on these men ani
women — hoth as in-
dividuals and as
representatives of various
organizations, places and

professions in our country.

The Canadian Consumer
Council, first established in
1965, has participated in the
development of new federal
consumer programs and

Library news

A number of books about
the north area of British
Columbia are available at
the Terrace Public Library.

Besides “The History of
Terrace” by Nadine Asante,
copyright 1972, there are a
number of titles which
recreate the pioneer spirit,
history and lore. of owns
and communities of this
picturesque: province. The

- following are sonie of those

at the Terrace Library:
“The Queen Charlotte
Islands” by Kathleen
Dalzell, “The Skeena: River
of Destiny’ by R. Large,
“The History. of the Nor-
thern Interior of British
Columbia” by Adrien
Morice, “Steamboat Days
on the Skeena River” by
Wiggs O'Neill, ‘Bella
Coola’’ by Cliff Kopas,
“Pioneering in Two Worlds”
by Adella Pohle, “A History
of Prince George" by F.
Runnails, ‘‘Bacon, Beans 'n
Brave Hearts” by Russell
Walker, ‘‘Rain People”
Ocean Falls) by Bruce

Ramsey, “Muskeg, Rocks
and Rain!” {Prince Rupert)
by Phyllis Bowman.

A ten volume pamphlet
set entitled ‘‘Our . Native
Peoples” from the Queen’s
Printer and several books

on native tribes and way af ©

life can be borrowed.

Clippings from local

newspapers are kept on file
and may be seen upon
request. The clippings are
on special events, political
and historical topics,
regional planning,
recreation and communily
interest subjects. It is an
effort of the library to
‘become a depository one
where history facts can be
kept, maintained and made
available for the future.
“The History of Terrace”
was published’ by the
Terrace Public Library
Association in the fall af 1972
and was reprinted in
February of 1973. Copies are

still available for purchase -

at the Library for $4.29.

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approximately 35 «million
dollars each year.

Hligible for treatment in
‘any of the 21 Shrine
hospitals is any child under
16 years of age, regardless
of race or religion, whose
parents or guardians are
unable to pay for treatment
and transportation, the
patient must pay absolutely
s-work is 100

ercent charitable. The
-hospitals' ask only, the
parents or guardians for
wholehearted cooperation
and understanding.
Everything from clothing,
toilet articles, laundry,
barbering, dental care,
braces, crutches, food to
other necessary ap-
pliances

are provided _

without cost to those in need. .
Children who can be helped
in any way are taken by
Shrine hospitals and treated
in the orthopedic or burns
hospitals. As an example,
one girl burned over 90

percent on her body, at this .

moment, in treatment and
she will survive her ordeal
in spite that it will take
years till this unfortunate
child will be walking on the
streets of her home town as
any other child again.

The specialists and ex-
perts involved in all the
work are continuing their
research work constantly
improving the treatment
and facilities available day

by day. All this requires_

tremendous amount of
monies which are raised by
the Shrine Clubs and
Temples and also comes
from investments, per-
manent contributions and
voluntary ‘© subscriber
memberships, wills and
bequests, gifts and con-
tributions from Shriners and
non-Shriners, alike, .
The Shrine hospitals
handle a approximately seven
thousand new cases an-
nually. The average
patients stays in burns
ospitals for approximately
46 days, costing 18 to 250
thousand dollars. The
average patient stays in the
orthopedic hospitals for

approximately 30 days,

Mackasey pleased

Asked to comment on the
widely reported existence
of a senior-level official’s
report to the Government on
the subject of food policy,
The Minister of Consumer.
and Corporate Affairs,
Honourable Bryce
Mackasey, issued recently
the following statement:

“I'd be very surprised if.
such a report did not exist.
Without doubt, Canada
needs a national food policy-
-itis every bit as essential as
a national energy policy,
housing policy, or tran-
sportation policy.

“The real question is what
that food policy should be.
Obviously, such a food
Policy for Canada must

retect Canadian producers
by assuring them a decent
income for their work. And
just as obviously, suth a
food policy, at the same
time, must assure the

policy I support must also
reach beyond the narrowly
defined interests of any
group of Canadian
producers or consumers to
reflect the wider con-
siderations of Canada as a
whole.For example, Canada
is or could be a major ex-
porter of many food com-
modities. This creates both
economic opportunities and
moral obligations for us asa
nation.

“As long as some people
of the world are faced by
long term uncertainty wit
regard to food supplies, all
governments, and
especially those of food
exporting countries like
Canada, haye a moral
obligation to respect their
commitments to the less
fortunate.” ;

Mr. Mackasey said that
recent media reports about
internal documents

Canadian-consumer~proper prepared by. officials on food

nutrition at decent value for
his or her food dollar,
particularly at a time when
all Canadians are concerned
over inflation.

“But of course, in a
country as abundantly
blessed as Canada, where
food ressources are such an

‘important part of our

prosperity, the kind of food

policy matters reflect the
federal: government's
ongoing concern and work in
this area.’

Referring in particular to
the work of the Food Prices
Review Board, the Throne
Speech of 1974 and the White
Paper on Inflation last fall,
Mr. Mackasey noted that
the Government has long

costing around two thousand
dollars. Of course, during
treatment operations must
be performed and X-rays
taken, braces furnished and
physiotherapy treatments

given, Till now over 15.

tiliion patient days have
been logged in all the Shrine
hospitals,

From our local area we

have nine children from the ,

Terrace area, three from
Hazelton, two from Kitimat,
one from Cedarvale and one
from Stewart in treatment.
Two new applications from
our area are in progress at
this moment.

The Shrine hospitals are
acknowledged in the
medical profession as one of

with food

laced a very high priority
an the food questions facing
Canadians, and these have
been a subject of constant
review.

‘Mr. Mackasey — said,
however, he hoped that
reports about the work on
food issues at the level of
officials wuld not be
*distorted. “I think it is
especially unfortunate that
every public discussion of
food policy seems to be
limited to the pros and cons
of supply managemeent~
which should be seen as a
tool of agricultural polic
and not an end in itself.

“True enough, supply
management, stabilization
measures, and marketing
boards are all useful tools--
whose wise use, where
appropriate, I firmly sup-

r

“But it seems. quite
possible to me that, in some
instances, there may be
better means to assure
decent farm incomes

without burdening Canadian .

consumers or neglecting
.Canada's moral obligations-
--and export oppcrtunities—-
aS a major food producing
nation,

“There aré” lsd © em-
ployees whose past records

and involvement in the —

the finest in the world and
are meant to be both a
physical and mental sanc-
tuary for handicapped
children. ;

These hospitals are
planned and designed for
the patients, rather than
vice versa.” The record of
success achieved in these
Shrine hospitals and the
treatment available is truly
phenomenal. The Shriners
are confident that the great
progress still will be made
towards saving lives,
reducing suffering and
insuring that a crippled or
burned child will be enabled
through treatment and care
received, to live a full and
useful _ life.

report

strike would in combination |:

normally have justified
discharge. The panel’s

decision prevents it. This is - -

inconsistent with rational
labour relations policy.
“There are many more
inconsistencles outlined in
the actual appeal which is 13
pages long. It contains’
detailed arguments against
the panel’s decision. But the
‘thrust of the arguments is
that only ‘a short term
solution has been found. that
far more problems, both for
the company, the Labour
Relations Board and em-
ployees are bound to crop up

‘if this decision is net

rethought,”’ concluded Mr.
Clifford.

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