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Motorists who qualify will
receive a 17.5
discount on their 1977-78
Autoplan Insurance, ac-

. carding to Norman Bort-

nick, General Manager and
Executive Vice President of
the Insurance Corporation.

He said, “To qualify, your
driving record must be free
of blameworthy claims
during the period October 1,
1975 to September 30, 1978,’’
When asked to describe a
blameworthy claim, Mr.
Bortnick replied, “A
‘blameworthy’ claim is one
where the driver, no matter

percent:

who was driving, was
responsible to any extent for
causing bodily injury,
properly damage or
collision damage and for
which a claim or loss has
been paid by the Cor-

- poration.” |

“A person is not

disqualified from receiving -

the Discount if he has made
a claim under his, Com-
prehensive coverage,
ecified Perils coverage,
Perils coverage, ‘No-
Fault’ accident benefits
coverage.”

Mail service
hit by weather

The combination ‘of

’ energy restrictions and

extreme weather conditions
is beginning to have serious
repercussions on second
class mail entering eastern
Canada from the United
States. In a nut shell —
magazines, newspapers and
other periodicals are simply
not, arriving.

The area most affected is
the New York State - On-
tario area. Trucks, which
normally transport second
class mail, are prohibited
from travelling on roads and
highways which cross the
border. In addition, in-
ternational traffic at other
eastern border crossing
points is considerably
reduced.

Emergency measures to
divert natural gas and other
forms of energy from
commercial-industrial uses
to residential consumption,

is resulting in the temporary
closure: of some publishing
houses — including a major
one in Dayton, Ohio, Others
are reporting operating well
below normal. ’

Specific publications
reported to be affected by
this unique problem in-
clude: The Wall Street
Journal, Business Week,
Newsweek, McCall's and
Photoplay. Many others will
be involved before the
current dual crisis con-
cludes. Meanwhile sub-
scribers to periodicals
published in eastern United

tates are advised that the
majority of those
publications are not being
received in the Canadian
postal system at this me.

some: cases publishers
are indicating that editions
will be dropped entirely if

- the situation is not resolved

soon.

Battle of the bugs

An estimated 1,000,000
acres of the province’s
forest land are being at-
tacked by insects and the
Forest Service is planning a
major assault on the in-
festations.

British Columbia's Chief
Forester, E.L. (Ted) Young,
describes the problem as
“probably the worst. ever
experienced by | =the
province’ with indications
the situation is becoming
progressively worse.

Substantial additional
funds have been requested
for the “battle of the bugs’”
this year.

J.M. (Mike) Finnis,
forester in charge of pest
management for the
province, said an estimated
60,000 acres are being at-
tacked. by the spruce bud-
worm, while some 400,000
acres have been hit by the
evasive mountain pine
beetle and others.

“Although the severity of
the problem is known only
too well,’ he explained, “the
solution is still undecided.”’
Millions of cubic feet of
valuable timber are in-
volved with large segments
of the forest resource in-
dustry already affected.
There is also considerable
concern relating to en-
vironmental factors.

“Attack plans" of the

Forest Service include a

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study by George G. Nagle,
an independent forest
economist and planner, who
has been charged with
presenting a report covering
the costs, benefits an
impacts of various ways of
combatting the insects.

It is expected his report
will be ready by mid-Mareb.

Those: planning.” “the ..

project: point .out there. are

several options: salvage of ~

the infested trees by

- logging, a controlled spray

ogram, or doing nothing
in the hope the problem will
resolve itself through
natural means.

Mr. Finnis admits ‘“‘it’s
going to be a dicey decision
to have to make ... and we
have to face the fact there
will be no ‘nice and easy’
solution.” ’

Although the insect
problem covers vast areas
throughout the province,
initial attention will be
directed to a 100,000 acre
region in the Fraser Canyon
region.

Chief Forester Young -

emphasizes there will be a
considerable amount of
“involvement” in the

program. This will include.

ederal forestry personnel,
various other land-use
ministries of the provincial

' government, environmental
‘groups and the general

public.

‘He said, “‘When motorists
receive their 1977-78
renewal form, the 17.5
percent discount will be
shown as an actual dollar
amount printed on the form
which be deducted from
the premium. It sould be
noted that this discount
applies to the insurance
premium but. does not, of
course, include a discount
on the vehicle licence fee.”

“A motorist who receives
a form which does not in-
dicate this discount and
believes he is entitled to it, is
asked to see his Autoplan
agent or a Motor Vehicle
Branch office. He will be
given the discount when he
signs the form affirming his
eligibility. Of course, his
record will:be checked out
later, but meanwhile the
discount will be applied.”

“Motorists who do not
receive an Autoplan in-
surance and Motor Vehicle
Licence renewal form in the
mail should take their

eurrent 1976-77 Certificate of.

Insurance to any Autoplan
agent or Motor Vehicle
Branch office.”

Mr. Bortnick proceeded to
outline a further change on
this year’s renewal form. He
said, “This year, for the
first time, motorists, when
they renew their insurance

ili be asked to provide the
Driver's. Licence number
and marital status of the
Principal Operator for each
vehicle they are insuring.
Taking this information
with you when you go to
renew your insurance will
save time and in-
convenience because the
Autoplan renewal ap:
plication form cannot
completed without it.”

Mr. Bortnick also
discussed the Safe Driving
Discount to all motorists
and the Safe Driving Grant
to Single Male Drivers

Under 25. He said,. “In-

addition to the 17.5 percent

ICBC explains safe driving discount

Safe Driving Discount,
single male drivers under
25, who qualify, will also
receive a Safe Driving
Grant of 25 percent of their
1976-77 Autoplan insurance
premium. However, I wish
to point out that this Grant,
to single male drivers under
25, will not be automatic.
You have to apply for it, and
if you have not already
received an application
form in the mail you can
obtain ‘it from any Motor

‘Vehicle Branch office. All

applications for the Grarit

must be completed and in
the hands of ICBC by April
1, 1977.

Mr. Bortnick again em-
phasized the need for early
renewal of Autoplan | In-
surance. He said, “Autoplan
Insurance and Motor
Vehicle Licences must be
renewed by February 28,

1977. :

I urge motorists to
renew early and avoid the
loss and inconvenience
which can be brought about
by the last minute rush of
late filing.”

Labour Federation
attacks brief _—

B.C. Federation of Labour.

attacked the secret brief
submitted .by the Em-

ployers' Council of B.C. to”

Labour Minister Williams
on December 10: The
Federation said it has ob-
tained a copy of the
document: and will he
considering it at its next
council meeting, scheduled
for February 9.
Secretary-Treasurer Len
Guy said, ‘The fact that
these secret proposals have
been made by the Em-
ployers’ Council indicates
that the Council is at-
tempting to undermine the
right of workers and their

unions to achieve improved.

wages and working con-
ditions in B.C.

The employers’ brief
clearly puts the lie to their
oft stated claim that they
are not anti-union.

Specifically, the em-
ployers have proposed
changes to eliminate
provisions for picketing
allies of struck companies —
a proposal which if im-
plemented would seriously
weaken the effectiveness of
legal strikes and picket

es.

The Employers’ Council ©

also want to eliminate the
right to stop work over
questions of health and
safety, and return to the era
when working conditlons
and people’s health were of
little concern.

Under the guise of free
speech they want the op-
portunity to harass and
intimidate employees who
are attempting to organize a
union — something that is so
reactionary and right-wing
that virtually no _ other
province has adopted it.

They propose to deny

unions access to the names.

of people employed in-a
potential bargaining unit,
which is an outright attempt
to stymie union
organization.

The employers’ demand
for exclusion of employees
from eligibility for union
representation would ef-
fectively eliminate

thousands of workers who.

now enjoy ‘the right to
representation.

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