por CHIMO, Que. CP hehe

. “becoming :more apparent eac!

~~ that’ the conflict bet t - andthe Quebec government over

_ provinelal: language legislation ould: take: a long time to selve, ©

” Resentment ‘against the govern- ©

ment: is deeply rooted here, ‘ The - ‘situation is complicated by the fact _ ‘that-the'Quebec government firmly ~ belleves ‘its language law is helpin;

Be eat the native people’s way. of. fe rather than threatening it. ¥.

The Eskimo people here and in 12 other Ungava and Hudson Bay

settlements appear to feel they now cant begin to lay the groundwork for eventual self-government.

--* Representatives of. these com- munities will meet here all this week -

“to consider pushing for some kind of ., territorial status within. Con- .. ‘federati on. . 2 The: Inuit “have: ‘demanded that | “provincial employees and newly-—

tween the Inuit. —

_ Inuit-PQ conflict will it - take'time tosolve — a a | |

Cultural Development Minister Camille Laurin, has been ordered by the government to remain here

--along with Michel Sparer, an aide

‘who he helped draw up Bill. 101. : The palr have been told to remain “available to answer‘ any questions

-native people may have. However,

community leaders say “their con: tinued presence here is useless. Payne sald in an interview Monday he and Sparer are waiting word from Laurin on a request to travel to the Hudson Bay coastal town of Povungnituk, more than 300 miles to. the west, where communit

.Jeaders have asked to meet over Bi

10], and where many residents appear uneasy about the stand their

fellow Inuit have taken against the:

language law.

Payne reiterated that a white. paper on cultural development to be’

unveiled soon should propose ways

‘toheal the rift between. the: govern ment and the native people. -

The. nuit say. English - ‘has

Quehec insists that Bill: 401 :

respects the James Bay agreement

guaranteeing the native peoples the

preservation of their language and cult ture.

Payne says the Cree of northern Quebec, many Inuit and other native

ople eleenere support the ob- fectives of the language charter and are upset by the stand taken by the militant Northern Quebec Inuit Association and councils in set- tlements here _ Laurin, sa to come to the North, althoug Inuit say a visit by the -

the

. minister.and by Premier Minister’ —- _ Rene Levesque and federal Nor-_ - thern Affairs Minister: Warren |

Allmand. would be helpful. Eskimo ieaders also :

Ottawa to take over. medical ber- vices hore. The Quebec-run hospital

is the only provincially-operated - service which has not een partially”

; Payne, has no plans: =f of low-priced fuel.

are . discussing the possibility of asking

| driver Brian Loney. Though customers have been

“UP THE Y G60 AGAIN! -

Herald staff

: Co-op gas will likely be the best bargain in town this

raise its gas and heating oil prices which go up from

3.4 to 4.7 cents a gallon at other outlets this morning.

Car gas in most Terrace retail outlets will clear the

90 cents a gallon mark after prices rise to an average

90.7 cents per gallon at the bulk plants in town. Retail

prices for heating oil will jump over three cents per

_gallon to an average of 56.8 cents today. cone federal government allowed six. majrr~oil ©

nies to increase their prices today in addition to

ady approved 3.2 cent a gallon increase. The

2 2 cent increase was effective July 1, but companies

prives for 60 days to allow them to use up inventories

But it appears the Co-op plant is the only outlet in back the increase until the local supplies are sued up at the lower rate. Kevin Bowles, a driver at the bulk

_ plant said rates will probably be raised four to five . cents in three to five days after supplies are used up, g 8 gallon of regular gas at over 90 cents per gallon. ‘Retail rates are presently $8.9 cents per gallon of car fas and §3.1 cents for heating oil.

Esso gas will go up from 86.5 to 89.7 cents per gallon wholesale with individual stations setting their own prices at the pumps. Esso heating oil will retail to

yer's 56.5 cents, up from 53.3 cents says bulk plant

stocking up recnelty on lower-priced heating oil, most | ‘besays. “These increases come so often, people sort. accept the fact.”

“Shell gas will increase from 86.8 to 90.4 cents per

; ‘gallon wholesale, according. to Brian Berdette, bulk “plant owner, Furnace oil will rise from 53.8. to 97.4

gallon before pri

per rel ie expects.

_& on customers recnetly, offering them chances to stock up on heating oil at the old price of 53.8 cents a prices increase to 57.4 y.

The Gulf plant hasn't received a telegram directing ‘them to increase prices says manager John Tymoschuk, but he expects word today ordering an increase of 3.2 cents-in regular gas b wholesale price to 92.1, Heating oil will also rise to 56.6

ringing the

"arrived police reinforcements leave or fully closed by the Inuit pressure ~~ the area. They have backed up their _ traditionally. been- their second tactics, ‘but the residents fear the . - demand by cutting off water supply language and they do hot want tobe: govenrment may shut it down bo | of to’ the offictals’ buildings and forced to use French. They. will’ retaliate against them. carn aa "Bn garbage-collection service. learn French at their own pace, e they’ Payne says Quebec will make no wo oe Payne, apecial assistant to 7 “Say. oo _ _ move to further aggravate the orisis |’ « Bu] "Serving Terrace, Kitimat, the Hazeltons, Stewart and the Nass - 2 RVOLUME 71 No. 83 Price: 20 cents’ = TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1977 }.

- carnival lights reflect off the Shriner’s wheel of for-

tune as It spins for people attending the Wagner Shows _ attractions in Terrace this week. Brian, Gregg made

- BASFORD BOOSTS LANGUAGE RIGHTS

this photo after dark with the shutter speed set for halt second. The camera was hand held.

- Lawyers applaud unity

“ormawa, cP - Gutgoing : ‘President A Boyd: Ferris ras "applauded ‘Monday. as Conair delegates to the

an Bar Association's

Seth. annual convention to beter the 20,000 member

association to support of. a |

single ‘federal State in

‘Canada. -. Justice Minister Ron Basford; who said Con-

-federation is in crisis, also .

was: applauded after a in which he urged the

lawyers to return home and.

toe

“OTTAWA cP - Total

diuction in the economy’ ell at a 2.4 percent annual

rate between April and June this ‘year following a.strong first quarter open the economy expanded at a 5,2 percent rate, Canada reported today. The federal agenc the second-quarter marks the’ third quarter

said

Statistics _

ecline.

personally prom ote linguistic education rights in

their pravinces.,

“Without it, recognition of language rights we will end up with something less.than one Canada,”’ Basford said.

He- emphasized ° that. ’ fundamental

rights in education and other areas must be entrenched in a renewed constitution. ‘Among the rights - was freedom of people to move within thecountry. Ferris,

* .

*

* during thelast year in which production has fallen, but adds that ‘‘it is too early to suggest that the economy has slipped - into recession,,.””

In its quarterly report on gross national product GNP, Statistics Canada also notes that ‘the inflation rate

doubled during. the second . quarter ” to a 8.4 percent

a Vancopver

second-quarter:

lawyer, said the association had to take a position on “the great constitutional struggle that is now un- folding,” and - urged delegates to debate the issue

“and declare themselves

even at the risk of internal division.

The bar - association

traditionally had: avoided

political issues, he noted.

But he felt. thie” issue,

“political , though .it may

be,”’ was worth ‘the risk.

Ferris urged | ’ the association to come up with a declaration on the ah ect by Thursday, when

resolutions are to be

debated. He suggested that ©

‘the declaration — reject: and promote a- federal

government with enough power to hold the country

together.

Like Basford, he also urged the lawyers to take up’ the cause in their home _ provinces.

mm Honeymoon . Cowichan Lake resumed

"WELDERS, MECHANICS UNHAPPY _ Woodworkers return |

«Fesumed normal operation. Monday,

"put union officials warned

that more trouble could be expected from __ the..

- discontented welders and : “" @utomiotive mechanics: = ‘The employees, members

- of the.

International Woodworkers of America, went on strike Wednesday and, at its closed eight mills and af:. fected more than 4, 000 workers.

Port

Employees at

f Alberni and Chemainus

were back on the job after one day, ‘and others - at Bay and

work on Friday night. Workers’ at the British Columbia Forest Products Youbou operation” returned Monday.

The welders mechanics were protesting a decision by their

negotiating committee to

drop their wage demand

this year’s contract talks | which ended in Vancouver ,

last Friday.

Those protesting the move said they wanted a 10-cent- an-hour increase in their

" current rate to bring them in line with the §9,29-an-hour

wage paid to. other adesmen.

moer Stanyer, president of the union's Duncan local, said today that although the men are back to work, the industry can expect further

trouble; from them in the

immediate. future because | He they did not have their

demands met. ‘He said the trouble will

not likely take the form of -

walk-outs, but other. forms of “on-the -job presure."

Stanyer said there is a possible route for resolving the tradesmen’s complaint during the term of | the contract and the union is going to check it out,

k; the walkout’

and -

‘ minister told ‘Asked later by reporters if he meant new legislation -

Meanwhile, IWA_mem- bers on the coast and in the interior will be voting

the next three weeks on. tentative agreements reached late last week.

The: ‘coastal: ‘agreement - “between the TWA: and-Forest:: - Industrial ‘Relations was completed Friday and on Saturday, a similar package was settled on for those companies represented by

‘Interior Forest Relations.

ae package provides. for

a $1,15 an hour increase during:.the “two-year con- tract, on a base rate of $7.01 an hour. There are also improved pension and fringe benefits.

Labor Minister Allan Williams has welcomed the

‘agreement, saying it shows

that with leadership on both sides it is possible for free

.« , after settlement

- VICTORIA CP. - Van ‘.couver Island: sawmilis

= andplywood-

collective bargaining to work without the. tervention of government or

{

a

in- -

athird party. =e ,

Northern. workers *- ‘will vote shortly

‘Members of the International Woodworkers of America in the northwest will-know today the voting

proceedures for yoting-oli this year's contract. oe

P Workers will vote on the package accepted by their : provincial executive during the next three weeks. ==:

“There was no job action in the northwest during the a negotiations,”’ he said. Workers in the area have been : kept informed of the -negoltations . through weekly -

tins,

- More labor control sought by Socreds

1

VICTORIA CP - The

British Columbia govenr- .

ment may change the provincial Labor e to

give it more control over.

internal trade union disputes, Labor Minister Allan Williams said Mon-

day. Williams sald that existing law is inadequate to

‘deal with internal union

problems which threaten

industrial stability in

province. ute ovenrment is nat

to stand idly by

battlegrounds for , Broups which

the contendin may res Tat in the rovince,” the

the legialature.

would be forthcoming: to rectify the _problem, Williams said: think it will, yes.” =

THIRD QUARTER IN THE LAST YEAR

Production falls, says StatsCan, but

annual rate from 3.2 _ in the first three months of 1977,

Reduced personal

spending, as. well as an ‘inerease in Canada’s deficit on the balance of trade in|

goods and: services with other countries, were the main reasons for the poor economic performance. The 10 per-

cent devaluation of. the Canadian dollar over the last several months, which makes imported goods more expensive and adds to in- flation, was a contributing factor.

The increase in prices offset the production decling- to cuase the GNP in current dollar. terms.to rise. at an. annual rate of four percent

seasonally adjusted of $2026 billion.

While cautioning against labelling the economy's

level

‘performance as recessionary, Statistics Canada concedes that

economic. conditions are “obviously not ex-

panslonary . and recession.

cannot be ruled out.”

a the second- quarter fall, the federal agency says the effect of the devalued Canadian dollar- now worth only. about 93 cents U.S, - has been to raise the cost of servicing Canada's. foreign debts while also lowering | con- sumers’ wealth and incomes

by making imports more

costly.

‘

Tet trade unions become.

in industrial ©

The minister made his comments after Bill King NDP - Revelstoke - Slocan asked him if he was aware of an internal dispute in- volying the Teamsters Union, and, if so, whether any action' was planned. .

One killed

“One person is dead and another is seriously injured following a two-car collision at 5:05 p.m, yesterday 30 miles west of Terrace on Highway 16.

Mills. Memorial Hospital

has admitted an injured °

person in serious condition

‘with intarnal injuries.

‘., Police are withholding the Tames of the people -in- volved pending notification of ext of kin.

Personal spending dropped during the secon quarter at a 3,6 percent annual rate, and purchases of new cars were notably

‘lower than in the first three

‘Months. As imports grew in -yolume, and exports were at We same levels, Canada's current dollar deficit on the balance of trade grew to a record $6.5 billion

Williams said in the house - that he was concerned about : the Teamsters situation, but : could not act to rectify the - problem because of Labor : ‘Code constraints, which | prohibit interference by the - government in -inteynal :

union matters.

He told reporters later. that there are unproclaimed - pa labor code: ‘dealing with a labor om-:

maser aT

rts of the

ot anoae”

ministry has ‘shown

they are inadequate to {at :

with internal union disputes. °

_- Weather

Monday: High 1 * ” Low’

‘ High 17 Low 12 Pretty much the same as it was on. Monday...

Tuesday:

| don’ t worry

Investment by business in -

new production operations was Virtually unchanged from the first quarter, with sitstantial declines reco. wad ih new machinery j and equipment buying and in resicsntial building B The deficit on goventment operations widened greatly, because: revenues__de

eclined while pending rose woo