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THE ^ Christmas ^ Coloring Contest sponsored by «pviiin/ivu Mjr g g RECORD * Coming Nov.24-28 The voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 Mutual Funds How do yours compare to the best?Call Calvin T.Chan Financial Advisor (819)573-6006 / 1 800 561-3718 « MIDLAND WALWYN 75 CENTS Townships Digest Brigham mayor wants tests on Racine dry goods dump Staff Knowlton The mayor of Brigham has decided to call on the provincial environment ministry to carry out soil contamination tests on the now closed Racine dry goods dump.“There is a river close to the dump, and a common well serving 25 homes,” said Brigham mayor André Leroux.“We can’t take the chance.” The Fordyce Road dump has been the subject of several environmental hearings and owner Gabriel Racine has been fined on at least two occasions for dumping goods not deemed acceptable for a dry goods dump.Last spring, the Municipal Commission upheld an environment ministry decision to have the dump closed.Following the closure, the land was to be returned to agricultural use.However, Leroux said he wants to be sure the land is fit for that purpose.Leroux said he intends to bring up the matter with town council and then contact the environment ministry.Today’s Weather Snow Complete weather: page 2 Inside Ann Landers .17 Crossword .23 Births and Deaths .15 Community Forum 6 Classified .19-22 Sports .11,14 Comics .18 1897 1997 Friday, November 21, 1997 Conducting with a smile PERRY BEATON/CORRESPONDENT inti - , ;., .N.f ^Stanstead REGIONAL FORECASTS MAX MIN The weather for the Sherbrooke area calls for 5 to 10 cm.of snow.The complete forecast for the region was unavailable at the time of printing.ENVIRONMENT CANADA: .THE SOURCE OF WEATHER.FIREPLACE InstaU now! Nothing to pay for 6 months! 4350 Industriel Blvd.Sherbrooke 564-8333 Pi MARIN Canada Post: Such a non-working organization Going downhill for more than a century Well that didn’t take long.At 3 p.m.Wednesday our postal employ-ees began their national strike.Seven minutes and 36 seconds later the following note dropped into my electronic mailbox from reader George K.Weller Jr.of Stanstead: Subject: Hi Saw your article in the Record.To compare the Canadian PO and the US PO - I ordered something from the San Diego, CA area a few years ago Mon at 2PM, and it was in my box in Derby Line, VT at 8AM the next morning, not bad service eh?Letters from Florida and California or anywhere in the U.S.normally take two to three days.That compares with two to five weeks for letters from Connecticut to Stanstead.Is there any reason to have such a non working organization as the Canada Post?“George K.Weller, Jr.” I couldn’t agree more, Mr.Weller.Canada Post definitely does not rank high on my list of efficient organizations.One might say that it’s among the highly rank instead.The worst part of it is that at one time the service was excel- Charles Bury Go figure If just 1% more Canadians were physically active, annual savings in health-care costs could be as much as $12,000,000.Sharing a Healthier Future' lent, but it has been going downhill for more than a century.A little over a hundred years ago, policemen from all over Canada came to the Eastern Townships to join in the massive hunt for the celebrated Donald Morrison, so-called Outlaw of Megantic.At the time, the nearest daily newspapers were in Montreal, and the major ones sent reporters to cover the big story.Then as now though, the area around Lake Megantic was isolated and remote, and linked to the rest of civilization only by the rickety railway or a two-week walk.So the reporters had to depend on the mail to get their stories out.My gosh, you’re thinking: that must have taken weeks.Nope.On the contrary, there were several trains a day each way, and reporters could mail their stories in the morning from Sherbrooke or even Lake Megantic, and reread them in the evening after they had reached Montreal, been typeset and printed in the newspaper, the papers put back in the mail and delivered back here in the boonies.That’s not bad: Megantic to Montreal and back the same day, with time to print the paper in between.That was in the 1880s.Today in the 1990s, the same thing would take at least one week and likely two - that is if the post office didn’t lose the letter and no one in the sorting centre took your paper home instead.Of course my comments (ahem) don’t refer to any particular postal employee who may actually handle my own mail, heh, heh, heh.The service here is just fine, thank you very much.Actually I love Canada Post and I’m only saying these things to sell newspapers, heh, heh.On reflection, I guess there are really a few things postal mail does better than the electronic variety.There are no stamps to collect.Without seeing his handwriting, I can’t tell for sure from the above whether Mr.Weller is old, young or in between.With no letter to sniff, I don’t know what he smells like, and if I want a paper copy I’ll have to print it out.On the other hand there’s no postal code to remember or forget.1 didn’t show you all of Mr.Weller’s letter up above.Following is the electronic equivalent of my postal code - the route required to send a message from his house to mine: X-POP3-Rcpt: charbury@Empire Return-Path: sender's address withheld Received: from mx02.together.net (mx02.together.net [204.97.120.62]) by Empire.NetRevolution.com (8.8.7/8.6.10) with ESMTP id PAA06826 for ; Wed, 19 Nov 1997 15:07:36 -0500 Received: from sequoia.together.net (sequoia.together.net [204.97.120.25]) by mx02.toge th er.ne t (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA13847 for ; Wed, 19 Nov 1997 15:07:36 -0500 Received: from dial-70-MAX-RIQC-Ol.ramp.together.net (dial-70-MAX-RlQC-01.ramp.together.net [208.13.204.198]) by sequoia.together.net (8.8.6/8.8.6) with SMTP id PAA19998 for ; Wed, 19 Nov 1997 15:07:29 -0500 (EST) M e s s a g e - I d : X-Sender: Sender's address withheld X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 16:01:26-0500 To: Imagine trying to memorize that?BEN ® by DANIEL SHELTON MM NOW NOW NICHOLAS.YOU'RE MUCH NOW I KNOW HOW THAT m MUST'VE < FELT WITH HIS > _ FINGER IN THE X XT PO NT SUCK YOUR THUMP! TOO PIG FOR THAT.« Jo o' lion-Distributed bvMWAMqi Friday, November 21, 1997 page 3 '¦¦¦¦ TH fc —il Record Liberal MNAs at Bishop’s University We’ll end split-tuition fees - Gagnon-Tremblay By Rita Legault Lennoxville A Liberal government would abolish higher tuition fees for Canadian students from outside Quebec, two MNAs promised Bishop’s University students on Thursday."We believe that the principle of treating all Canadians equally must be maintained," said Liberal MNA Christos Sirros.As part of a Liberal tour of universities and colleges, Sirros accompanied St-François MNA Monique Gagnon-Tremblay for a visit to the Bishop's campus to speak with student government representatives, administrators, and the Young Liberal Association.Gagnon-Tremblay will be at the University of Sherbrooke next week with Liberal leader Daniel Johnson.Last year Parti Québécois Education Minister Pauline Marois announced Quebec universities must charge higher tuition to students from outside Quebec.That was a blow to English universities like Bishop’s where 60 per cent of students are from outside Quebec, mostly from Ontario.The move for differential tuition fees came as part of widespread PQ reforms that also slashed funding to universities and colleges.Now, the PQ wants to do apply the same measures to Canadian college students from outside Quebec.“If we must increase tuition fees, that’s another debate,” Sirros said, adding that it was unfair to raise money off of students from outside Quebec.Gagnon-Tremblay said that it’s not the cost of tuition that upsets students.Quebec still has the lowest tuition fees in Canada.“It’s the message they (the government) are sending,” she said, adding that the influx of students from outside Quebec is positive because students get a better understanding of the province which they can use when they come back later to do business.They also get a chance to learn French, she said.Gagnon-Tremblay said the differential fees, and the fear that Quebec may eventually separate could scare off students, endangering the future of English universities like Bishop’s which depend on other Canadian and foreign students to survive.“We don’t want to force one of the oldest universities in Quebec to close,” she said of the 154-year-old Townships institution.Gagnon-Tremblay said threats that Canadian colleges and universities in the rest of Canada would impose a surcharge on Quebec students has not materialized.V < -i PERRY BEATON/CORRESPONDENT Liberal MNAs Christos Sirros and Monique Gagnon-Tremblay met students at Bishop's University yesterday.MNA Staff Lennoxville Bishop’s University students won’t have to worry about being prosecuted for voting in another provincial referendum, says Liberal electoral reform critic Christos Sirros.That’s because there won’t be another referendum, the MNA for the Mon-treal-area riding of Laurier-Dorion said confidently.“We will make the referendum issue disappear by resolving constitutional issues once and for all,” added St-François MNA Monique Gagnon-Tremblay.Gagnon-Tremblay is convinced the Liberals will win the next provincial election.And, she said, there have been overtures made throughout Canada that show a willingness by other provincial and national leaders to finally resolve the unity issue.She pointed to the recent con-stitutional amendment allowing the creation of linguistic school boards in Quebec as a sign that the rest of Canada is willing to compromise.Sirros and Gagnon-Tremblay were at Bishop’s Thursday as part of a Liberal party tour of universities and colleges.Sirros said the Liberals don’t intend to change the notion of domicile in Quebec’s electoral law which says only people domiciled in Quebec may vote in provincial elections and referendums.Domicile, a confusing legal term which means not only a place of residence but also the permanent home and place where people intend to continue to live, was the notion used to successfully prosecute students from On- tario who voted in the 1995 referendum.But the chill from the Superior Court decision that fined out-ofprovince students for voting in the referendum, will make students think twice about voting in the next election too.“Students won’t take a chance, they won’t inscribe themselves on the electoral list,” Gagnon-Tremblay said.Sirros said that a permanent voter’s list based on electors who have provincial medical insurance cards, may resolve the issue.However Gagnon-Tremblay pointed out there were problems with that list during recent municipal elections in Fleu-rimont, and elsewhere in the province.“There are still some bugs to work out in the system,” she said.Info Tax.Info Tax.Info Tax.Info Tax.Denis Gauthier NOTARY Legal adviser telephone :(819)826-6601 Fax: (819) 879-2962 52, Principal North, Richmond Telephone: (819)879-6601 Fax: (819) 879-2962 572,1“ Avenue, Asbestos mm DUKE, NOBLE.General Partnership Chartered Accountants A.Jackson Noble, C.A.164-A Queen Street, Suite 1 Lennoxville, Quebec, J1M 1J9 (819) 346-0333 Taxation, Accounting, Financial Services, Individuals and Corporations Estate Planning and Settlement, Farm Transfers Serving the Eastern Townships community for over 35 years Offices In: Cowansville Kaowttan 109 William St.339 Knowlton Rd.(514) 263-4123 (514) 243-5021 Asleep at the Wheel - Corporate Director’s Liability Revenue Canada’s Information Circular 89-2R is a must-read for all directors, regardless of the type of corporate structure involved.Simply put, you could be held personally and wholly liable for unpaid corporate remittances including payroll deductions, and the GST & QST.Dennis Glezos, C.A.Both levels of government are moving to assess, with penalties and interest, where directors are unable to prove that they acted with “care and due diligence required to prevent the failure” (to pay).Directors can even be assessed for up to 2 years after their resignation (for unpaid amounts incurred before they resigned).Recent court cases have generally ruled against directors when they failed to take action after becoming aware of potential problems with statutory remissions.If this degree of risk is beyond your comfort level, consider resigning.Dennis Glezos CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT V 251 Queen St., Suite D Lennoxville, Qc J1M 1K5 (819) 823-0800 page 4 Friday, November 21, 1997 Environment group recommends refusing approval for project Greenpeace calls proposed Magnola plant unsafe By Paul Cherry Sherbrooke Greenpeace has filed a brief before an environment panel on the proposed Magnola plant in Asbestos that seriously questions the way the company will process magnesium from asbestos tailings.Greenpeace submitted the brief at the Bureau des audiences publiques sur l’environnement (BAPE) hearings in Asbestos this week.The document, authored by chemist Matthew Bramley, recommends the project not receive approval from the environment minister unless the company avoids using chlorine and electricity in its process of extracting 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proposes to use in separating magnesium from the mounds of asbestos tailings in Asbestos.His document examines only the toxins involved.The green house gases are not part of the study.Bramley said the process of using electrolysis and chlorine creates a highly toxic by-product.He said the company would be producing a combination of furans, dioxines and hexachloroben-zenes that would add up to the equivalent of producing 430 kilograms of PCBs per year, or the equivalent of one-sixth of that produced in the entire United States last year.Bramley cautions that his findings are based on a study done by HATCH in May.HATCH revised its findings in October and the study wasn’t available to Greenpeace until recently.Magnola compares its process to one being used elsewhere in Quebec which is reporting a low output of toxins.Bramley said “ei- ther the other company’s numbers are wrong or Magnola should be fine-tuning their process.” The document reports that some scientists link the toxins to high rates of breast and testicular cancer and endometriosis - the presence of tissue similar to the lining of the uterus at other sites in the pelvis - and sterility.It also suggests the Magnola plant would be operating in contradiction to United Nations environment programs which recommend other methods of processing magnesium other than chemical reduction or electrolysis.Bramley said the process Magnola plans on using “slides completely in a different direction,” of other Canadian companies and governments attempting to reduce pollutants.“It is completely incompatible with current federal programs,” he said.The company is also proposing to store its PCBs and other toxins in a dump site encased in the same type of membrane encasement used by dump sites.“But as Magnola even mentions in their own reports those membranes always end up having holes in them,” Bramley said.“These kinds of substances shouldn’t be handled in this way at all.” The Conseil régional de l’environnement (CREE) also acted as an intervener which noted the value of the project to the region but its president Jean-Guy Depot also said there were concerns over toxins and greenhouse gases the plant would release.Representatives from Magnola said they want to examine Greenpeace’s calculations before making any comment.Auberge owners don’t want to be street owners Staff Knowlton The future of a section of land between the Auberge Knowlton and Route 104 is now in the hands of the provincial transport ministry.At issue is a four-foot wide strip of land between Route 104 and the businesses on that road.When Michel Gabereau and Signy Stephenson bought the former Auberge du Relais last spring, they discovered they in fact owned land that stretched well into the busy street.Last July the couple called in surveyors to have the Certificate of Location renewed, and to confirm the location of the property line.They then called on the Town of Brome Lake to help resolve the situation.The municipality called on Transport Quebec to survey the site.“We do not want to own a section of Route 104,” Stephenson said in an interview Wednesday.“We don’t want to be paying taxes on it either.” Last week surveyors from Transport Quebec surveyed the land along the front of the auberge until the post office to determine where the location of the property line.Their report is not expected before the spring.In the meantime, they won’t be doing any renovation work on the land in question until the matter is resolved, Stephenson said.They have also asked the town to let them know what its plans are concerning putting in sidewalks there.When the report is issued Stephenson said its unclear what will happen next.She said she expects to have to come to a negotiated deal with Transport Quebec and Brome Lake. ¦ THE — RECORD Friday, November 21, 1997 page 5 QPF restructuring Community police come to the Townships æ !» 1~«0&~SS3-378’ p>««; Mint MAURICE CROSSFIELD Laurent Phoenix (Left) and Marcel Gagnon discuss the future of policing in Brome-Missisquoi.By Maurice Crossfield Dunham The Quebec Police Force is undergoing changes that will directly affect how they carry out their job across the province.This week QPF patrollers, detectives and administrators at the Cowansville detachment took part in a three-day training session to prepare them for their new role in community policing.“It offers better accessibility to the police,” said QPF spokesman Cst.Serge Dubord.Under new laws introduced this year, each QPF detachment will cover a regional municipality (MRC).Towns with fewer than 5,000 people must sign a policing agreement with either the QPF or a neighboring municipal police force.The operations of the detachment are then monitored by a security committee consisting of four mayors and two police officers.In Brome-Missisquoi the security committee is made up of two QPF members and West Bolton Mayor Donald Badger, Brigham Mayor André Leroux and another mayor yet to be named.St-Sabine Mayor Laurent Phoenix will act as president of the committee, which will also have input into how Brome-Missisquoi’s $2.1 million police budget will be doled out.The detachment and the MRC have signed an agreement in principle, outlining some of the major issues to address in the final contract.Brome-Missisquoi, like all MRC’s in Que- bec, has until July 1, 1998 to have the agreement signed and the restructured police force in place.Another new change will be the introduction of neighborhood policing, with patrollers assigned to work more closely with a single community out of a “neighborhood” police station.“The Security Committee will decide which areas of the MRC need these offices,” said Dubord.“They will also work to pinpoint local problems and commu- nity concerns.” As an example of a neighborhood police station, Dubord spoke of Man-sonville where a QPF officer is on duty at the town hall during certain hours.But under the new system Mansonville and three other municipalities along the western shore of Lake Memphréma-gog will be covered by police from the Memphrémagog MRC, and not Cowansville.“Each MRC has its particular needs,” Dubord said.“And patrollers will stay in certain communities because it’s the people’s tax money that will pay for it.” “It will be a police force adapted to the rural milieu,” said Capt.Yvon Champagne, who came from the Estrie regional headquarters to train the 27 officers and administrators.“An important thing is that the officers will have to show results.” Champagne said more responsibility will fall on the officers and the detachment commanders, because they will now have to answer to the MRC.“I think the municipalities will like this,” he said.“We will offer better service, that’s for sure.” Phoenix said St-Sabine is presently satisfied with the quality of service it gets.“But there are different regions where the mayors are not as satisfied,” he said.“There are always ways to improve.” QPF officers will also be placing more emphasis on prevention programs.Dubord said as they work in the communities they will develop stronger ties to residents and learn to spot problems.“It’s more proactive.In the past our officers were more reactive,” he said.“That will really change everything.” But Gagnon said while the way the QPF carries out its duties is changing, the cops are still doing the same job.“The philosophy is different, but it’s the same car,” he said.“Our overall mandate remains the same.” Eye on the Hill By Brad Evenson South am News Ottawa Selling drugs is a complex issue Liberal caucus chair Carolyn Parrish urges against reforming C-91, an amendment to the Patent Act that blocks generic drugs from reaching the market for years by tying them up in court.Media reports say Health Minister Allan Rock is considering changing the regulations in response to lobbying from seniors, making it easier for cheaper generics to reach pharmacies and reduce health costs.Parrish: “It’s difficult, it’s complex and I would be very concerned about having it reopened.To re-open this Pandora’s box could be frightening.” Parrish’s election expense returns show over a third - $5,650 - of business contributions to her election campaign came from brand-name drug manufacturers: Merck Frosst: $1,950; Astra Pharma Inc.: $1,000; Glaxo Wellcome: $1,000; Monsanto Canada Inc.: $1,000; Allelix Bio Pharm: $500; Astra Canada: $200; Copps in hot water Heritage Minister Sheila Copps scooped the credit for a dubious land deal in Hamilton harbor.Since early November, it’s been obvious Transport Minister David Collenette would not allow the harbor to be excluded from Bill C-9, a national ports reform bill.The bill would take the port’s administration out of the hands of federal appointees and turn it over to port users, removing Copps’ political control over the harbor.So Copps told commissioners Patrick Dillon and Laurel Wilson -both longtime friends and Liberals she appointed herself - to hand over three water lots to the City of Hamilton on Tuesday for a waterfront park project she was promoting.A few hours later, a Commons committee in Ottawa moved to include Hamilton harbor under Bill C-9.A new port authority made up of its users would be much more hardnosed about handing over land for parks.Late Tuesday, Copps issued a self-congratulatory press release, claiming credit for the whole deal, infuriating fellow MPs who grow tired of her grandstanding.An unanswered question: what does the harbor corporation get in return for handing over the water lots?La Maison Aube* Lumière THE POINSETTIA La Maison Aube-Lumière is a residence for terminally ill cancer patients, in the Eastern Townships.Buying a poinsettia from La Maison Aube-Lumière, means that you are helping cancer patients live the last days of life with respect and dignity.Me Dany Lachance Honorary President CHilmOAM 139 (SJOtos *JiL- Everest Call now to reserve your poinsettia(s) at La Maison Aube-Lumière 821-3120 (phone) or 821-1127 (fax) POINSETTIAS 6 inches 15$ 8 inches 25$ 10 inches 35$ (Taxes and Delivery included) La Tribune t£iS3i3i H^mhoioç RECORD page 6 Friday, November 21, 1997 COMMUNITY FORUM * Sovereignists shouldn’t celebrate partition poll Berry's World If Quebec separatists are delighted with the latest CROP poll showing that support for the partition idea has dropped, their pleasure is to be expected.A few months ago, pollsters found that a majority of Quebecers, even of Yes voters, saw partition as a viable option in the event of separation.The latest sampling finds that a majority, 62 per cent, is now against the idea.But before popping the champagne corks, sovereignists might want to look at two factors?stribution of the support andthtOifrtvxt in which the sampling wasTSajo&Q * First, the distribution.Even though CROP found only 23 per cent of Quebecers supportive of the option, just short of half - 45 per cent - of them are francophones.Next, the context.The sudden interest in an idea that was first floated fifteen years or so ago by Dr.William Shaw and Lionel Albert - partitioning Quebec between separatists and federalists ‘if and when’ - followed what now looks like the crest of a wave that nearly gave Jacques Parizeau the 50% + 1 vote that he was ready to take as a mandate for a UDI.The waning enthusiasm for partitioning that this latest sounding records follows several polls that reveal a serious drop in interest in secession, which of course is the partitioning of Canada.So who should be popping the corks?Separatists or federalists?It is important to understand that partitionists, so called, have never WANTED to break up their province.I say so called because anyone who has been listening knows that what ‘partitionists’ want is to remain Canadian.They want their citizenship - and the territory they already occupy.What they wish for is everybody embracing Canada as their country, but they are realistic enough to recognize that some of their fellow Quebecers will never write off a lifetime dream of being Québécois, instead of Canadian.They also know their neighbors well enough to understand Viewpoint Don Healey that nothing in between, like the offer of labels such as French-Canadian, Distinct Society Canadian or Unique Canadian, will kill that dream for true believers.It is this realism, combined with their own fierce loyalty to both their country and their province that has led ‘partitionists’ to offer their neighbours a compromise.That compromise, reluctant as it is, is the option of leaving, provided those parts of the province that demonstrate clearly in a referendum that they are committed to Canada will not be forced to leave with them.If it is true that Canadians are known for their capacity for compromise, ‘partitionists’ are your classic ‘Canadians.’ But back to the subject.Who should celebrate?Obviously, committed secessionists like Jacques Brassard have taken from the partition threat the message that it cannot be dismissed and must be confronted.And interest in Mr.Brassard’s recent attack on the movement is not limited to politicians, for the man in the street has been mighty busy lately with his paint can, writing unpleasant things on known ‘partitionists’ houses and offices.This makes it pretty clear that at least some separatists have come to believe that the threat of partition in the event of a move toward sovereignty is more than a poison pill.After thirty years and more of keeping federalists on the defensive, the shoe seems to be on the other foot.And signs are that it pinches.Doesn’t this suggest that maybe federalists, some of them ‘partitionists,’ should celebrate?And maybe ease off in pushing the partitioning of Quebec if the partitioning of Canada is less attractive to Quebecers?For separatists, if there is jubilation in this finding, and on the surface there is, why not drink the bubbly too?Could it be that the big wave has passed, with no real damage in its wake?Could it be that Quebecers can return to surfing 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Letters to the Editor Keep up the good work Dear Editor, Thanks for producing the lovely picture of Faith in (a recent) Record.Our pets always make us happy.I thought that Anna May Kinney did such a good job on her article about taking pictures of canines.It is so much more of a treat than reading the local gossip columns.I am an artist and found out some valuable tips from the story.Tell her to keep up the good work.Monica Royea Lennoxville Who has created this reality?Dear Editor, Although this letter will most likely rekindle the dispute over Kevin Major’s book, Far From Shore, I’m too ticked off to keep my mouth shut.I just have to agree with Crystal Grapes in saying that this book is not a great piece of literature and never will be.However, I have been in- formed by persons at Galt that swearing every second word you speak is the norm in the 90s; this is reality don’t you know.I would like to ask just exactly who has created the reality which too many people are accepting as normal.In defense of Mr.Major, 1 have been told of books that were banned in many schools because they had a few swear words in them which have, in the recent past, won prestigious awards.These books are consequently from the 50s, a time when you didn’t need frig and shit to get your point across.Yet no one wonders why books like this were banned, possibly because someone thought it might lead to the type of language we live with now?I’m not saying that every book containing a controversial topic or some bad language should be banned but, maybe instead of trying to pull a line of intimidation such as “This is a great piece of literature,” the people who choose books for class study might try being truthful about their reasons for putting a book like Far From Shore on the curriculum.Derek J.Heatherington Level Four Alexander Galt CLICHÉ RÉPÉTÉ A ÉCLAIRAGE DIFFÉRENT.EN RAISON DU TEXTE IMPRIMÉ SUR FOND GRIS OU DE COULEUR. RECORD: Friday, November 21, 1997 page 7 POSTAL STRIKE Charities appeal for quick end to three-day postal strike Agreement is within reach two sides say By Chris Cobb Southam News Ottawa As Canada Post and union negotiators grappled for ways to end the day-old mail strike, both sides said Thursday that talks were moving slowly but indicated an agreement is within reach.Meanwhile, Canada’s charities appealed for an early end to the strike and, in the House of Commons, opposition Reform MPs pounded the government for the second day, demanding the 45,000-member Canadian Union of Postal Workers be forced back to work.Labor Minister Lawrence MacAulay refuses to introduce back-to-work legislation, insisting that the collective bargaining system is effective and the union has a legal right to strike.“The process works well,” MacAulay said outside the Commons.“Just because we have a strike that is a few hours old doesn’t mean we will change the process.” Public Works Minister Alfonso Gagliano, minister responsible for Canada Post, said the government will analyze the situation day by day.“When the government feels the national interest needs to prevail,” he said, “we will take action.With the collective bargaining system, there is sometimes pain you have to endure, but we hope there will be as little as possible.My priority is to have a negotiated settlement.” Canada Post spokesman John Caines said late Thursday that management had presented the union with a wage offer and 26 packages of contract proposals covering 40 issues.“We’re anxious for a settlement,” said Caines, “but we are a little surprised and concerned that it is taking the union so long to respond to us.” Chief union negotiator Philippe Arbour said the talks were going well, but the union needed time to examine the proposals.“It’s an important process,” said Arbour, “because these are documents which will become our work conditions.It could take a couple of days.” Canada Post letter carriers, earning $50 a day, left the picket lines to deliver more than two million government pension and social assistance cheques across the country.Union and management had agreed prior to the strike that people dependent on assistance cheques would not be hurt by a work stoppage.Otherwise, the country’s mail system is at a complete standstill.Charities, which receive an estimated $800 million a year through the mail, are anxious to see a rapid end to the strike and are urging Canadians to be pro-active and donate using other methods.Charities make a significant chunk of that $800 million in the weeks before Christmas.Patrick Johnson, president of the Canadian Centre for Philanthropy, said Thursday that every day without mail has a negative impact.“Until this dispute is resolved, charities will suffer significantly,” said Johnson, whose organization represents 700 charities.“We urge Canadians to be proactive, but even that will only alleviate the situation a little.” Canada’s banks jumped into the fray Thursday offering help to business and consumers - 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