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_ OTTAWA (CP). — The hight nalbgy @ ‘rippling through Canadian society, carrying,

“high tech ‘Shangri-La of smokeless industries’

‘mansions and circult' board millionaires, named eit California counterpart. iy . ae In the last decade: Canadiana ‘have bean introdiieSd 4o:

es such high-tech wonders as home computers, yideo

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- brave new age.” . ‘Don Seater

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."’ pay-telivision, electronic bank tellerg; robots, talking. cash registers and watches that go beep in. theteke them in. , atride. °° :

. Butnot' allt is une itenay? (resid uncomplleated) in the:

‘The same 10. years sof changing technology “have deait & a

body blow to traditional. smokestack industries, wiping qut many of the jobs that gave Canada three decadea of Post

‘war growth and prosperity, About 1.6 milion Canadians are looking for work and the government: offers {lttle hope that unemployment, will decline significantly. befofe the end of the decade.” -

. A confidential government ‘atudy, leaked last apring,

". forecast that up to two million jobs will be wiped out by.1991,

with a majority, of the casualties in the manufaeturing sector. The result will be a wider gap between rich ‘and. poor,

; harder times for women, natives and ‘young People, ¢ and

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a Labor leaders: ‘such ‘as ‘Shirley: Cate, ex president ‘of* the ;Caniidian . Labor: Congress,” agrée-‘thie’

‘oe Canndlnns could: tura: int 2th-certury. "Liidaltes,

een the factory-atotming: British mabs' of: about 150:;- ‘yale -if, technology ead: heotheds of it impact; 1 people. - :

gutldok for” workers’ a uncertain. at best. But. others ‘are | Thadre optimtatic. . “Robert Long, head ot ihe Canadian Advaiicea' Technology.

‘key to the future. Without it many more ‘thian, two million

- Jobs will be lost, he ‘cautions.

~ The Sclencé Council of; “Canada. agit ’ The agency concedes that. techniques: ‘Buch aa: cériputer-

alded-design’ and Thanufattire will’ continue “to displace’;

--Workéra, a8 will robots-oni' Hie praca | Une and com:

putera in the office. ‘-But it! believes. the good will. outweigh the ‘bed ones - Canadiens adjust to the Hew economic order. 7 “The day will come, and some speculate before the tara.

’ ofthe century, when many of us will work, shop, bank and: -

take clagves at a computer terminal: in our, homes,”’'the - council says... * .“Barglary.and fire alarm. services hooked into the cable.

‘TV system, public information retrieval systems and home tutoring’ via special cable channels wil be features ‘Of ; everycay life"

“Letters to _the. Editor

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- To the Editor,

We would like to! take this opportunity to thank the Daily Herald for assisting us in making Summer '83 a SUCCESE.

Our Terrice student office has surpassed ‘student

_placements from last summer and this has partly beén due to the media coverage that we've received, and the mahy others in our community that contributed ‘in ‘Canada’s

National, Summer Employment. Program... Thank: you -[. again, and we look forward to your continuing support next ‘

Sumner. Have. a good year!

; "Sincerely yours, Le - Henry Leong -. ps as 2." Avtene Christie . ; re Mr : SindentPlacement Ofcer

To a the Editor,

Having just returned from: aA visit to Vancouver, certain” _ comparisons were easily’ made.

By and large, the Terrace area is mora quiet and peaceful:

than the’Vancouver area. In a few situations though this is. _

reversed. At the. beach is‘one such situation” |": -

In Vancouver People seem to realize that others may have come to the beach to enjoy the ocean arid the out-of- doort, ~~ td get away from the noisé-and bustle — and sd, - despite the crowding: the people there epace themselves out . 99 that they're not tqoiiear other grotips or ifidividuals, play their music quietly or use earphones and if they bring a dog . as few do, It is kept tied and quiet. Of course, boats have a

' different area away from swimmers.

Here, despite, the fact that the beach'is nearly empty, groups of people will arrive and plop down right beside you or in front of you (this:just happened to. me.as I was enjoying the view of the lake and mountains), turn their raciig on and let their dog shake sand and water all over you antl the book you were reading. Motorboats also race up and down, showing off or towing water sklers — an activity which hag. its pleasure, — but these were taking off and

circling through the swimmers, some of whom were small

children, The beaches were cleaner in Vancouver too. C'm a local persan and I enjoy the beaches with my family ‘andthese who visit. Many tourists come to Terrace for the

- scenery and the quiet and the money they: spend, in tows is is

bemesitting all of us. If itis because we have se much 3 that we have grown careless of our courtesies — lease, lets remember to consider others and so make our ‘ace pleasant for everyone, , Thank you,Tam (Ms.) Pat Carson

. . : ‘ : - iby FRANK HOWARD _ Skeena MLA , ie On ‘August §th School District No. 80 (Kitimat) sent a telegram to Premier Bennett urging that Bill 6, Education -(Interim) Finance Amendment ‘Act, be delayed until

fusther study regarding its impact on the autonomy of local schovl boards could take place, The Kitimat School District

* followed its telegram with a letter on August 10th.

On Avigust 10th School District No. 64 (Smithers) ‘sent a

- letter to Premier Bennett requesting that Bill 6 be thbled

turtil discuasions between. the Minister of Education and the BCSYA could take place, * -

1am advised that other school distriéts made requests simMlar to those of the Kitimat and Smithers school

. districts,

‘The furdamental question here is one of the autonomy of

- School boards. It is not a question of finances, itis a question

of Big Government dictating to local school’ beards what they can and cannot do. It is interesting to note that.the

- integrity and autohgmy of school boards is similarly eroded ~

by another Bill (Bill 3), .

_ OnAugust 16th the government, in an unusual procedural manguever, attempted to ‘slip’ certain Bills through the Legislature. One of those Bills was-Bill 6, the very Bill which school districts have pleaded not be Procéeded with until further studies and discussions could take place, _

if it had not been for a procedural technique which 1

"employed in the Legislature on Auguat 16th we might well

have seen Bill 6 passed, contrary. to the reasonable remies! by school districts, |

don't complain about the fact the government get nside the long standing practice of advising members of the Loyal Opposition that it intended to call Bill @ on the -16th of August. We live by the rules in the. Legislature ‘and can;

sometimes gain-an advantage from them and ‘wometimes

lone an advantage. ; But, what I do complain about is the fact that the attempt

__ by the government to ‘slip’ Bill 6 through was.a slap in the

face of democratically elected schoo! districts.”

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Canada shows positive signs

ighhahes of the Canadian business scene Tuesday.

; ‘the year) are not repeatable,’ Thomas ‘Maxwell, chief

Statistics Canada reported the economy’ grew by an in-. flation-adjusted 1.8 per cent between April and the end of. -

June, exactly the same increase posted in the first three months of the year. —

colntry’s economic health, is increasing at an inflation. adjusted annual rate of 7.2 per cent.” Should the pace continae through the end of the year, the

economy will have more than compensated for the 6.5-per- : cent drop in production of goods and services during 18°

months of recession. |

Meanwhile, the federal. agency sald a. “mild winter and, _ increased “U.S. demand for Canadlan oil ‘helped give the, | country a healthy $4.6-billion energy trade surplus In the.

first half of the year.

That's more than double the aurplus during the sarie .

period last year, according to agency figures on exports and_

imports of oil, refined ail products such as gasoline, as well a8 natural gas, electricity and coal.

Most of the improvement was due to a turnaround in the . trade balance for crude oll and refined petroleum products © - to a surplus of $185.6 million from a defictt of $1.4 billton In*

the first six months of Jast year.

‘Increased sales ‘to the U.S,, where the eronomy was. _ pulling out of the recession, boosted crude oil exports by 48 “per cent during the pertod while oll imports were halved.

"Elsewhere on the energy front Tuesday, Esso Resources. Canada Ltd. was given approval to start work on a major. -

; , economist of the Conference Boatd of Canada, said in an _ interview. - - v

kK . of. . ‘

‘The ending. of tax breaks in Ontario’ to enéourage, con- sumer spending on furniture and appliances and incentives.

Sto promote | construction. of new homes are among reasons.

The two consecu2ve quarters of upbeat news means gross » . cited for a slowdown.

national product, considered the best measure of the ~

“In addition, the euphoria which followed the sharp decline

“in interest rates in the last several months has shattered now that people realize they have probably fallen | as far as... . they are going to fall, Maxwell sald, oe

There also is growing concern that real. disposable in- ‘come — the amount ‘of money people have to spend — is being squeezed, putting a damper on the consumer spen- ding considered essential for a sustained recovery,

_ Maxwell and others argue that the increased but sluggish

a) ample varning of its

Association, says technology, for all ts drawbacks; ts the’.

order admit Canada will . ereated by high-tech.

manufacturing, . [| management, . marketing, : ‘distribution . and: operating ‘|. controls are basically office-centred, information-handling - activities,” he asaya.

» Canadian’ ‘ " parliamentarians.” ‘visited ds last year for a flrat-hand look at ‘its. sence and

teen are based qn‘ a Wyoar-old Canadian Sena a __that. Otiawa ignored. . Ice: no

Ono -aign of thé: scramble to. catch up: ia: presaure

: universities ‘and’ other“ educational: Anatitutions’ to: Pieich “graduates “with Joba” of. the ‘future, “a rend! ‘some - 7 “ educationists oppose ‘on grounds: of quality. are oT

Selence. Minister Don Jobneton gees no alterantive.

A study released Ie laat. apring by his department forecast ” “high demand for the balance of the decade in a broad range - OF. engineering. specialties, including aeronautlcs,:. elec.

. tronles, mining, ‘structural and chemical englneers.-;

Arecent C.D. Howe Institute-study blamed the.current -Tilgmateh of jobs and skills for. 60 per cent of the country" B- _ unemployment. os

- Another sign of the times Ip. Ottawa 8 renewed interest in “pesearch and: development.

‘The-government expects R and D spending to reach: 13

_per cent of the gross national product by mid-lecade, up ' from less than one pet cent at the beginning of the. 16608, ‘Yet even the most ardent advocates of the new scientific

Competition has. escalated to frantic levels in -mniero-

1 -e electronics, reaulting in the firat serious shakedown among’.

“high-tech companies. Some are golng 1 under and others are

paring operations to survive.

One result 1s that Canadian high-tech entreprenciir’ are

_ looking at the’ cheap labor supply, in foreign countries and - ’ considering shifting operations outside. North: America. *

“Over the past two years, every_< ‘competitor in the, ‘con sumer electronic industry haa gone offshore,” notes John

7 ‘Kelly, ‘chairman of Nabu Manufacturing Ltd. °.

Johnston says the sphere: of greatest change . tn the Canadian workplace will be the.office.

“Whether a company’s biwsiness is farming, mining, “transportation or. retailing, .- », its

_. “The automation of office work is an exsential eleritenit in

the transformation of society to the so-called information

age. me * Johnston is the first to’ concede that Canada tices a it

. | fieult struggle adjusting to. tle high-tech revolution but says “it will be worth it if the é d.--

“Society a& a whole will be richer through technological development.” "

Claudette Sandecki’s Schools Slant

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- “Young. People ‘who are graduating : from high schools, or

3 even primary schools, should be aware of the opportunities ‘ they will have, providing they take the right disciplines, " Los says Johnston.

‘have to-fight for its share of Joba

"Roger Simmons’ refiasal to explain why he resigned. from.

the federal cabinet highlights two things: that the public —

expects to be kept fully informed by its elected government officials of their doings, and that news reporters take Very . seriously their duty to secure and convey, such information

. to the publie.. ae

Atelection time, would-be politicians espouse the public’ 3 ‘right to know. And they are ever ready to answer reporters’. questions. for.. ithe. sake of getting their name before the voters an extra time. Once elected, though, ° ‘many politicians forget the democratic platforms that got them. elected, and even object tareporters’ presence and reports,

In Terrace, ‘many elected. board and council members . would prefer to conduct more of the public's bisiness in ‘closed meetings where neither the. interested public: nor news reporters could witness their actions.

Terrace council has. become so publicity-shy that one

~ alderman made a motlon that council should write a letter to every out-of-Terrace critic who writes elther a letter-to-the-

- editor or to the council, - motion was. made « at-

“ consumer spending in the first half of the year was flnanced — . with savings — a phenomenon which cannot last forever. :

- Jn other business developments Tuesday: —. Canadian National Railways announced it will ‘buy

‘substantially more rail this year than it- ‘bought in “1882,

“which Is‘good news for the.country’s two domestic‘rail

. synthetic olf project inthe northeastern Alberta comminity :

of Cold Lake, The proposal approved

_ Conservation Board be similar’ to a multi-billion

by the Alberta Energy Resources : ” period last year. Scotiabank said it earned, $73.8 miilien,.

‘ operation once planned for Cold Lake- but, will be built in:

stages, Energy Minister John Zaozirny ‘said in Edmonton.

The original Cold Lake plan was cancelled a year agoata

time when the world was glutted with petroleum and world .

price levels were falling. :

In its quarterly report, ‘Statistics Canada sald economic.

growth became more widespread in the second three-month

- perlod, with the major source of. atrength resulting from

’ the rail will be used § . program,

the Crown-owned railway, told a Sydney ‘news conference the: vallway's 1984 tracklaying

_ The Bank of Nova Scotia, Canada's “fouritlargest chartered ‘bank, ‘reported : its third-quarter - ‘profit fell slightly from the previous quarter | but it managed to to post a’ _nine-nonth profit far ahead of that reported in the: ‘same:,

down $10:1 million from the. previous quarter - ‘but. $10.7

"raillion higher: than in the same quarter of: 1982.’ But the” The new plan calls for an initial investment of $300 million, tnillion high quarter -o

~ “with drilling possibly beginning this fall, .

bank said for thenine months ended July 31 it made.a profit: - of $200, 8 million, uP 7 million from the. same. we. petio!’ of 1992: ard a Lt. y a

Me - . ~ Ford Motor Co. said it will 1 spend milijens of dollars ta -

'. repair power-steering mechanisms on up to 912,000-cars in «

increased déniand, especially in the United States, for .

exports of Canadian goods,

. While ‘personal spending continued to pick. up, govern: © dropped

. vs wold éffectively close that market to Canadian producers,

ment Spending and non-residential construction ” off. ,

Despite” the strong second-quarter figures, some ; _gconomists warn there may a cooling of the growth rate. . ‘In the bécond half of the year: .

“A Jot of things driving the economy ‘(in the first half of

. North America. The company said that 412,000 cars in: . Canada ‘and 600,000 in the cold-weather U.S. states will be -

aligible for free repairs on their rack-and-plaion steering.

“External Affairs Minister Allan MacEachen will op-

pose plaria ‘by the European Economic Commiunity’ which.

a! government official said. Ina meeting with: pulp-and. * paper industry representatives, .MacEachen agreed the |

, 400-million-a-year market for. Canadian. pulp and paper - |

products must be et open, the official said,

ing'the critic te “bug ofP’. ‘The é—= Aug. . 22 council | meeting, - Fortunately ‘the motion died: for-lack. of ‘a seconder’. or it, -” probably would have passed with the usual 4-3 vote.

“Instead, ‘council gave three readings. to sweeping .

“amendments to the Information access bylaw. The —

amendments would permit a simple majority. vote to” . squirrel any agenda item Into an in-camera meeting, away from: public view.

Both the motion to* tell critics | to “pug “off”, and’ the

. Amendments to the information access bylaw clearly -

. demonstrate the extreme uneasiness of some aldermen toward public’ scrutiny and criticism, ;

But criticism goes with public office: And the courts have ruled such public officials must be open to “uninhibited”, -Bometimes even “caustic” and ‘vehement’ criticism. in

matters related to their official duties. “Office holder's who invite the attention '‘of the public to their work are liable to fair comment and criticism'’, writes Curtis D. Macdougall in his book interpretative Reporting. “Comment or criticiam must be confined to.official acts or : actual qualifications, and there must be an honest purpose to. enlighten. the community, upon the: matter. under

discussion. "

‘prodicers,: Nova Scotia’s Sydney Steel Corp: and Algoma. *.- Steel of Sault Ste, Marie, Ont. Mauricd LeCiair, president of °

“So as not to. inhibit critical, opinionated discourse on ‘matters of public interest,” writes Arthur Plotnik in The Elenienta of Editing, A. Modern Guide for Editors and

- Journallats, “The courts have protected whatis called “fair comment and criticism” against libel damages; but certain criteria’ must be met for this complete: defense: ‘The material in question ‘inust bent Afi evaluation, an‘appraisal, - an apinion, not a statement of fact;. the facta on which the "pinion is based, however, must be stated. The opinion must

~ be expressed without: mrialice, and §¢ must not ascribe sordid “ot corrupt: itiotives. Otherwise, the’ criticism: may. be as

" miany ‘tépies ‘of public:

‘feed and _Aevastating as. the Publisher. believes is astifie

“‘Lueky ie Terrace Politicians, local publishers. tend to _Softpedal crifleism’ Critical Ietters- to-the-editor are often severely cenéored; of fall to'sée print “at All. Reporters ’ devel after sitting through five hour meetings dealing with juttrest) end up with a report “consisting of a few safe linés,éuch ‘ad’ fisting the names of . Service groups to receive merit certificates; honest-to- ", goodness reporting of meetings is avoided, for ‘fear of repercussions from the elected ones. Ths the public is poorly informed.

‘Canadians are asking why. Roger’ siminons' “resigned. “Terrace should also be asking why council Ja ill-at-ease conducting the public's business before the = pull and the news. media. ;

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The opinions eaproniod in. thts ‘eolunin are. those. of the. writer and do not reflect the opinlon of the a board « ad schoo! trustees ‘of School District 8g, ;

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