President ’ Lebanese medical students in In brief: ~ Canada supports Israel MADRID (Reuter) — External: Affairs Minister Donald ' Jamieson said Sunday it is Canada’s policy to support the strengthening of the state of Israel. Jamieson, who arrived here Sunday from Tel Aviv for a four-day visit, said Canada backed United States efforts to achieve a lasting péace in the Middle East and he hada pealed to Israeli leaders to do all in their power to secure it, Jamieson will be received by King Juan Carlos and will have talks with Prime Minister Adolfo Suarez, Foreign Minister Marcelino Oreja, Transport Minister Jose Lia and Commerce and Tourism Minister Juan Garcia Diez before flying to Athens Nov. 2. Speaking to reporters on arrival here, Jamieson said the operation of Spain's cod fleet off the Canadian coast, the supply of enriched uranlum for Spanish nuclear power plants and questions related to the aircraft industry were . among economic issues to be discussed during his Madrid _ HE. 4 Food shortage persists SEATTLE (AP) — Global food shortage will be the No. 1 problem plaguing environmentalists for years to come aul R. Ehrlich, a Standford University professor, said turday. Ehrlich, author of the book, The Population Bomb, told an environmental seminar that the food problem will “make or break the human: race within the next few decades,” providing the nuclear war problem does not overtakeit. “From the ecologist’s point of view, the energy problem is one of much to much use, not too little supply,"’ Ehrlich He also advised the audience, gathered for the seminar, to get “the home front involved and educated." ‘He said even complex scientific issues are completely un- derstandable to the lay person. Ehrlich said le should donate 10 per cent of their time to getting involved in running society, “Tf you feel helpless, you will be helpless unless you put in the time and get something done.”' _ Floatplane sinks PARKSVILLE, B.C. (CP)— An Airwest Airlines float- lane, with four people aboard, flipped over and sank ay while landing at False Bay on Lasqueti Island in the Strait of Georgia. oo RCMP in this Vancouver Island community said all four People were rescued by the Western Ferries vessel Captain ‘ancouver. Police said first reports indicate one of the plane's pon- toons ripped off as it was landing and that the plane turned over and sank. ; Norman Franks, an Airwest spokesman, said the pilot and co-pilot were flying two passengers on a charter flight to the island, about 80 kilometres northwest of Vancouver. Juice goes up PENTICTON; B.C. (CP) —‘Ian Greenwood, manager of British Columbla Tree Fruits sald Saturday the grower co- operative Will increase its price of'a43-ounce can of apple juice by as much as 10 cents. . He said consumers will pay about 95 cents for a can of apple juice marketed under the co-operative's Sun-Rype fc: o Greenwood attributed the increase to a poor apple crop and rising labor and production costs. This year’s crop was 20 tons short of last-year's yield. Phones out of order VANCOUVER (CP)—Local and long-distance telephone service was affected here and in surrounding communities Sunday when steam heat from a local distribution system damaged an 1,100-pair telephone cable, Keith Matthews, a British Columbia Telephone Co. spokesman, said. Matthews said backhoes and other equipment were ex- cavating part of a downtown street so company service crews could gain access to the cable. . Telephone service was affected at two exchanges in the city, innearby New Westminster and in Westwood, Whalley and Mission In the Fraser Valley. Wheat to Lebanon BEIRUT (AFP) — Canada has signed a trade agreement with Lebanon and is supplying large quantities of wheat to that country, Andre Couvrette, new Canadian ambassador to Lebanon, told the weekly magazine Monday Morning. Couvrette presented his credentials Saturday to Lebanese as Sarkis. He said the Canadian Embassy, closed during the two years of civil war, had been reopened. Couvrette said Canada has contributed $1.5 million towards reconstruction of Beirut’s harbor facilities. He said a representative of the Quebee government signed an agreement last Thursday to provide 10 grants for uebec universities and hospitals. e told the magazine that Canada had agreed to admit between 1,000 and 1,200 Lebanese immigrants each year during “normal periods.” Listed Here! DAILY HERALD If you wish your Business Phone listed for your custo New Business’s Not listed in our B.A. Yet Directory. E. 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He recaptured the imaltSaanich seat for the Conservatives five years ago and won easily in the July, 1974 general election. A former diplomat department of external affairs, he served in Paris Ankara, Beirut, Laos and Panama, . Munro said in his | to the nomination mevBng in Victoria's Memorial Arena that Canada is in a crisis on. all fronts. COUNTRY IN CRISIS “The economy is falling, the national debt has skyrocketed, the bottom is fa out of the dollar... our soclal and political mores are being eroded... . is it any wonder we’re in a crisis,” He said there are more divisions in this country today than in the lifetime of anyone at the meeting. Pollen said the national leadership of the Liberals has engaged in self-delusion and Canada is “in the midst of economic and political crisis unequalled in our history.” Pat Crofton, the con- stituency associatiaor president, said that the association’s membership had grown in the past two months to 2,400 from 350, It was this growth that prompted Munro to seek a postponment in the nominating convention in early September. Most of the early growth was signed up by the Pollen camp when unre was on holidays. The convention was delayed by the constituency executive after a dispute over the exact cut-off for voting members. Pollen, who was defeated in 1975 when he sought the Social Credit nomination for Munro, 61, says he is are- in the - the provincial election, said he had been approached to ured seek the federal nomination for Esquimalt-Saanich two years ago. His term as mayor ended in 1975, of our natural resources." Speaking at the NDP’s annual provincial meeting here, president Alvin Hewitt of Saskatchewan deplored a recent agreement New Brunswick has signed with the Potash Co. of America (PCA) to develop a potash mine near Sussex, N.B. In Saskatchewan, where the NDP. is in power, the PCA pays between $10 and $15 a ton to the government for potash, Hewitt said. But here the government would ‘lese millions of dollars by charging the PCA only $3 a in. Dave Barrett, opposition leader in B.C. after bein defeated in 1975, said - Saskatchewan, where the government is buying out several potash companies, is an example New Brun- swick should follow. “It distresses me a great deal” to find the Maritimes in the ‘“‘hackwater’’ of economic and social ser- vices in Canada, Barrett said. He biasted the Progressive Conservative ovetnment of Premier chard Hatfield for its loss of more than $20 million in Bricklin Canada Lid. while Liberals trying to buy victory in next election REGINA {CP) - Progressive Conservative Leader Joe Clark said Saturday the Liberal gov- long ernment in Ottawa con- aiders itself aoe we ey law and is pre 4 buy the'next election, He told more than 600 ‘delegates attending the Saskatchewan, PC con- vention that the Trudeau government had “meddled” with amendments to the federal Elections Act, He also spoke to reporters later at a brief news conference. Clark, who said he expects. the next federal election to ‘be held in the s , Said the cabinet had’ tapered ; with the amendments established by an all-party committee and |s trying to raise party spending limits by more than $1 ion. “We all know which party that is intended to help—the Trudeau party, whose political friends have been in the public trough for so o Ww What is more, Clark said, the Liberals want to legalize anonymous political donations. “This is a cyncical at- tempt to bend and to corrupt a reasonably good election law and an election Jaw that deserves a fair chance to succeed. Pierre Elliot udeau and manipulators are getting ‘Teady to buy the next federal election.” OUTLINES POLICY Clark . outlined the economic policies of a Conservative government and said a strong Canadian economy should have taken priority under the Liberals inste of language legisla- on. his - He said Canada’s problem is a lack of confidence in its own economy. As a result, investment money is going ‘elsewhere and the dollar is losing value in international markets. Clark Promised a “gross budget”” from a Con- -servative government, including a $5,000 tax credit for investment in Canadian small businesses, and long- ferm tax breaks for in- vestment in slow-growth re- gions. — He got his greatest ap- plause when he said every ederal Crown corporation would be reviewed to ensure its job could not be done by the private sector. He also promised a review of all regulations to make sure the les governing the business community are both fair and necessary. not investing in ventures in mining. ; “T nearly collapsed in hys- terics when I heard about the Bricklin plant going here in New Brunswick,” Barrett told a fund-raising dinner attended by about 100 pedple. “I never heard such a screwball idea as to develop an exotic sports car plant so they could sell them ta people on welfare and unemployment.” Barrett also criticized Prime Minister Trudeau and federal Progressive Conservative Leader Joe Clark. If Quebec Premier Rene Levesque hadn’t been born, he said, Trudeau would have had to invent him. And he said Clark's regret was that Trudeau had found Levesque first. HIDES ISSUE . He said people’s at- tentions are being diverted from the real issue of unemployment to the issues of language and minority rights. Both are major problems to be dealt with, Barrett said, but not in emotionally charged nationalistic rhetoric. At a news conference later, he said he fears that unless the unemployment problem is eased, the potential exists “for great social unrest,” especially among those taking the “escapist route” Levesque is offering by concentratin on the language an separation issue, Barrett said he challenges Levesque and the other premiers to use the British orth America Act to make whatever changes they feel are necessary in their provinces. “There is absolutely no need for constitutional reform," he told reporters. “There is complete provincial autonomy over resources, over education.” All that is needed, “are tha guts to get out” and make the changes. TERRACE LITTLE THEATRE presents "ARSENIG & OLD LAGE" , ‘WOVEMBER 3, 4, 9, 10, 11 and 12th at TERRACE LITTLE THEATRE | KALUM ST. TICKETS AVAILABLE AT McCOLL REAL ESTATE FOR INFORMATION PHONE 635-2048 LET YOURSELF GO DOWNHILL Fitness. 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