The Sherbrooke record, 15 septembre 1977, jeudi 15 septembre 1977

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separate Quebec become a banana republic or figuratively float across the ocean to France “To hell with that,” he told the annual meeting of the National Conference of Editorial Writers Quebec French-speaking citizens were “the first whites” to settle in North America and their future was here, in a new.healtheir relationship with Canada as equals.In a post-speech question period Levesque came down hard on a U S.editor who asked him if there was any analogy between Quebec’s hopes and fears for the future and South Africa’s apartheid and the minority whites’ struggle to retain control of Rhodesia “It’s incredible to hear a question like that without the idea of it being provocative,’’ the premier said There was a 150-year tradition of democracy in Quebec, not a race segregation to justify such a question to him Being outnumbered 39 to 1 by English-speaking people on the North American continent, predominantly-French Quebec had to restrict possible assimilation of its immigrants into the English way of life “before it endangers our own population balance ” Levesque took note at the outset that he was addressing an assembly of important opinion-molders The banquet room of a downtown hotel was crammed to the doors with more than 300 editors and their wives.He recalled that the last time he spoke in Calgary, to a university campus meeting before the Parti Québécois election victory last Nov 15, he was regarded as “entertainment.” He said, Ottawa, in trying to retain power over all of Canada, had attitudes that tended to become jaundiced and “a bit warped’’ Just before last November's election, Prime Minister Trudeau had called the separatists extinct.“Should anyone rely exclusively for background on that type of judgement?” There were only five million French-speaking people in Quebec but other nations less strategically located and not as richly endowed with resources as Quebec have made a success of statehood, he said.He said the unity of the United States was harmoniously established from the start on similarity of language and culture.It was thus possible to integrate immigrants into a stable PMs agree .BNA Act begs revamp CALGARY (CP) - The premiers of Alberta and Quebec agree that the burden is on the federal government to make the next move in the national unity debate.Rene Levesque, making his first appearance in Western Canada since he was elected premier of Quebec last fall, said “if other people want to come up with a new, true Confederation, maybe there could be something there.” But he left the responsibility with Ottawa to make the first proposal.“It’s up to them the federal government to use their imagination and convictions to draw it up,” he said.Later, Peter Lougheed of Alberta combined a call for Canadian unity with one for more provincial power within Confederation “I’m a Canadian before an Albertan,” he said addressing a dinner gathering of the National Association of Editorial Writers here, the same group that had earlier heard Levesque.“We want the people of Quebec to stay within Confederation,” Lougheed said.( Record Highlights ROCK RECOIL— George Alfano, Sutton Junction's only rock impressario says he’s a hated man following his attempt to organize a rock festival this summer.Page 3.SPORTS— Beavers will play the Rookies of the New York Rangers in an exhibition game here tonight, and coach Delage promises the team will “go all out”.Page 13.BIRTHS, DEATHS 12 FAMILY 6 CLASSIFIED 10 FINANCIAL 2 COMICS 11 SPORTS 13 EDITORIAL 4 TV 7 They say it is better to he poor and happy than rich and miserable - but some of us would settle for being moderately rich and just moody.«*¦ \ © 1977 by NE A Inc *7 say the LIBERALS got control of the networks and MADE them replace violence with sex!" setup In Canada, however, there were two large racial groups.French and English, w ith quite different language and cultural aspirations Whatever the political structure were reasonably homogeneous it could last a long time But attempting to manage two or more diverse cultural identities within the same framework was always shaky Canada's framework had been dangerously shaky, not just since the Parti Québécois was elected to power, but from the coun try’s beginnings “When, 200 years ago.we were taken over in a conquest, the people of Quebec already had deeper roots in North America than anyone These are reasons to remain The urge and the staying power were there IDENTITY REMAINS “In two centuries, that sense of national identity never disappeared the aspiration for national fulfilment was never lost The Liberals had resorted to scare propaganda but the Parti Québécois was elected anyway.“In French Quebec we re not looked upon as disrupters or destroyers.We’re looked upon as continuers and perhaps fulfillers We’re not hostile to the rest of Canada it’s basically for our own fulfilment.’’ The European Economic Community had found a newT formula for unity that assisted progress and broke barriers yet left its separate peoples in charge of their own affairs The U S and Canada had been able to agree on a route for the Arctic gas pipeline following the Alaska Highway It didn’t take any great imagination to see that a separate Quebec and Canada could live together har moniously under a new set of arrangements.“Instead of trying to shore up institutions that are visibly crumbling, why don’t we open up our minds to the possibility of a new start, and become better neigh bors.better partners and.eventually, better friends than we've ever been?’’ Whoever said dog was man's best friend was obviously a sexist.I i be rat Ion aside, our four looted friends have become dependent on man Best buddies and woman for all the creature comforts of life.The SPC’A has been doing it best for a number of years.The Sherbrooke shelter is now into their annual fund-raising campaign, asking animal lovers in the Townships to help.Details of the 1977 campaign are on page 3.photo Peter Hutchinntfn Police moving in Marion drama B\ JANET COTTON ( Record Reporter) SHERBROOKE Quebec Police moved on the Marion kidnapping late this morning as more than 50 cars and 200 men were reported outside television station CKSH Police and television reporter Normand Maltais refused comment, but sources say the police were escorting Mr Maltais to a ransom drop-off spot designated in a six-page communique this morning The message was dropped off at a business establishment in the city’s east end at 2 a m.A message broadcast to the kidnappers of the 57-year-old credit union manager last night said Caisse Populaire de Sherbrooke Est officials were prepared to continue negotiation, but required immediate proof that Mr Marion is still alive The message also requested that the kid- nappers send a list of possible intermediaries to accompany CKSH-TV reporter Normand Maltais in the ransom drop-off (Yedit union officials had earlier refused to allow Mr Marion’s son Pierre, 31, to participate in the drop-off for fear he would become a second hostage Quebec Police have postponed a planned province-wide man hunt for Mr Marion at the credit union’s request, but a police spokesman said the force still has 450 men on alert to begin the search Tuesday’s message to the kidnappers warned that police activities could lx* suspended only “tern Dorarilv” and that Caisse Populaire authorities would be unable to halt the manhunt if they were not provided with proof their hostage is still alive and details of how the ransom should be delivered within “hours ” Hydro doubletalk clouds hearings QUEBEC (CP) - Two days of legislature committee hearings this week into Hydro-Quebec’s activities have sharpened curiosity about the contents of the Quebec government’s energy policy to be an nounced this fall Hydro’s request for an average 20-per-cent increase in rates for 1978 was the major news to come out of the hearings which ended Wednesday.But Energy Minister Guy Joron dropped some clues about his white paper on energy and opposition members as well as Hydro officials showed an obvious eagerness to know more, particularly about the prospect of large-scale nuclear power development Hydro sees such development as inevitable.although its position at the hearings seemed more discreet than at similar hearings in the past Bertrand Goulet UN Belleehasse put the question squarely to Joron: “Are you Group raps rate hike MONTREAL (CP) — The government should reject Hydro-Quebec's request for higher electricity rates until the utility changes its rate structure to benefit small consumers over industry, a coalition of 20 consumer and union groups said Wednesday.Spokesman Jean Panet-Raymond said the group will press the demand on Energy Minister Guy Joron to head off Hydro’s 20-per-cent proposed rate increases for next year Queen's visit to include speech to Parliament OTTAWA (CP) - The Queen will open Parliament, make a nationally-broadcast speech and travel to nearby Wakefield, Que .on a steam driven train during a six-day visit Oct.14-19 The prime minister’s office said the Queen will read the government’s policy-previewing speech from the throne Oct 18.opening the third session of the 30th Parliament during her silver anniversary visit to Canada She last opened Parliament 20 years ago.in 1957 A day after she arrives with her husband.Prince Philip, the Queen will visit City Hall, place a wreath at the national war memorial, visit a museum, attend a lunch with Canadian athletes, watch a Canadian Football League game, view a rowing regatta, visit the Cameron Highlanders and a concert with Prime Minister Trudeau The following day.Oct 16.the Queen will attend an outdoor thanksgiving service on Parliament Hill, tour the national archives, then board the steam-driven train for Wakefield That night, the Queen will give a state dinner at Government House, then make a speech to the end the dav with dinner and country Durelle 'admitted shooting' NEWCASTLE, N B (CP) — An RCMP officer testified Wednesday that Yvon Durelle.former Canadian and British light heavyweight boxing champion, told him on the night of May 20 he had shot a man to death earlier in the evening The Crown is expected to complete its case today in Durelle’s Supreme Court trial before Mr Justice Ronald C.Stevenson The former boxer, 46.is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of Albain Poirier, 32, of Baie Ste.Anne, N B .outside Durelle’s Fishermen’s Club in Baie Ste Anne last Monnaie Ste Anne last May Constable Owen Patrick Arthur of the RCMP in New castle testified that when he arrived at the club Durelle waved at him from the park ing lot Arthur quoted Durelle as telling him: “I plugged him I plugged him ” GAVE GUN TO POLICE He said while he was taking Durelle to the police cruiser Durelle handed him a 38-calibre revolver There were five shells in the gun Arthur said Durelle then made a preliminary statement in which he said he had tried repeatedly to bar Poirier from the Fishermen’s Club but Poirier refused to stay away for or against nuclear power9’’ He was told to wait for the white paper Hydro president Robert Boyd’s remarks on the subject typified the public utility’s cramped style: “Obviously, everything will depend on whether the white paper will allow us to build nuclear power generating stations.” Joron has not bothered to hide his aversion to large scale nuclear power development “Most countries of the world that have a choice, that have other options besides nuclear power, will pick anything else before that,” he told the committee “It is a last resort.” On the strength of Hydro’s previously announced plans to start a program for construction of more than 30 nuclear power stations starting in the 1980s.Atomic-Energy of Canada Ltd AECL had begun building a heavy water plant at La Prade.Que .to supply the new facilities Hydro already has one nuclear station in fitful operation at Gentilly and a second is expected to begin operations in 1979 If the Quebec nuclear program goes no further than that, the AECL project “runs the risk of folding,” a Hydro official said Joron said that AECL has not yet invested 20 per cent of the $1.5 billion that would be needed to complete the La Prade plant “They estimate that they have not yet passed the point of no return, but it’s getting close Thev let us know that ” He added “They are very curious to know what is in the white paper Obviously, that will influence their decisions ” EUGENE WHELAN .considering retirement Eugene Whelan ponders retirement OTTAWA (CP) — Eugene Whelan says he has no regrets over decisions made during his nearly five years as minister of agriculture but adds he is thinking about retiring from federal politics Whelan made the com ments Wednesday during a lengthy interview only days before Prime Minister Trudeau is to shuffle the cabinet Whelan has been rumored to be among a number of ministers who might be* affected by the changes “I’d consider staying if they asked me but I haven’t talked to anyone about it yet,” the 53 year-old veteran of 15 years in the Commons said Whelan, an affable politician who often boasts that he speaks neither of ficial language, has enjoyed a measure of popularity among the farm community with his earthy approach to politics projected by a cultivated rough around the edges image But.as food prices have risen by more than 12 per cent in the last nine months while net farm income has declined, his popularity has begun to sag A staunch defender of marketing boards, he has come under increasing attacks recently from consumer representatives who argue that the boards hold prices at artificially high levels to stabilize returns to producers But Whelan stands by his policies, defending Canadian farmers as “the most productive in the world.” Farm output has continued to increase despite rising costs for energy, machinery and fertilizers, he said, arguing that federal programs now in place will help protect farmers from the inflationary spiral of the last several vears > I 2 — TIIF SHERBROOKE RECORD — THl RS.SEPT.15.1977 Unemployment keeps wages down OTTAWA (CP) - In the current period of extreme unemployment, there is little pressure on employers to improve wages and working conditions, says NDP leader Ed Broadbent “With more than a million out of work, the job market has become decidedly biased in favor of the employer." Broadbent said in an article he wrote for the Canadian Labor Congress (CLC) newsletter •With dozens of people clamouring for every job that becomes available, there is little pressure felt by employers to improve wages or working conditions ” Those who suffer most are the non unionized workers.Broadbent said But union strength also suffered “Strike-breaking, for instance.is more prevalent and more often leads to a victory for the employer when there is massive unemployment,’ he said -Similarly, the pace of organizing new bargaining units slackens during high unemployment periods Statistics Canada figures for July showed that almost 900,000 workers were without jobs The figures for August are due Tuesday and it is expected the jobless tally will be even higher Broadbent said the actual jobless figure is more than one million because official statistics do not take account of those who have become too discouraged to continue looking for work TRAGEDIES INCREASE Broadbent said human tragedies such as family breakups, violence and suicides increase as J CORRIDORS OF POWER — The boardrooms nation are caught in a bitter irony.High unemployment keeps wages down but the drain of the unproductiv e on the economy is causing many a brow to furrow.ftholit Peter Hutehinnon unemployment nses The economic costs also are high when large sections of the population are idle and unproductive “Last year, for instance, with unemployment running at 7 1 per cent of the labor force, the total cost to the working population amounted to about $9 billion ” About $2 billion of that total represented the cost of supporting unemployed workers and their families through the Unemployment Insurance Commission (UIC) “and this figure doesn’t include the cost of welfare payments for people denied UIC benefits.” Broadbent said unemployment cost $1 billion in lost taxes which were not paid because people lacked income.“And another $6 billion to $7 billion represented the cost of production lost to the economy because of the high level of joblessness,” he said.“This results in higher prices for everything we buy.” Broadbent said the federal government “lacks the political will needed to find a real solution to the record high unemployment and all that’s left for the government is the hope that people will become complacent and accept the problem.” MEMO Teletronix pulls out head office MONTREAL (CP)—Tektronix Canada Ltd., which sells and services electronic testing instruments, has moved its head office from nearby Pointe Claire to Barrie, Ont., a company spokesman said Tuesday.Company manager Warren Clark said 20 staff members.with an annual payroll of about $250,000, were involved in the shift of administrative and financial operations out of Quebec.Tektronix’s Montreal office, with 12 sales and service staff, remains open Clark said the move was decided on 18 months ago because the firm wanted to be closer to major Ontario markets, but lie added Tektronix was having difficulty attracting managers to Quebec because of the provincial government’s language law The company is a subsidiary of Tektronics, a United States manufacturer of oscilloscopes New England pipeline in doubt CONCORD, N.H.(AP) — A recommendation that Rhode Island rather than Maine serve as a liquefied natural gas terminal has cast doubt on a project to stretch a pipeline across northern New England The federal power commission said in a statement Monday dealing with the environment that Prudence Island in Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay is preferable as a terminal site to Sears Island off the cost of Maine and Saint John, N B A spokesman for Tenneco, an international gas pipeline company that wants to build the terminal, said in a telephone interview from Houston, that “on paper Prudence Island seems convenient ” Joe Guarino, environmental control director for the project, stressed, however, that the commission’s report deals only with environmental concerns “It’s nothing but just a recommendation.” he said “A lot of things can happen They have not considered the social or economic aspects.” Tenneco has proposed building a 568-mile pipeline from Saint John to Pennsylvania and pumping the gas through Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and New York A terminal in Rhode Island would be only 50 miles from an existing Tenneco line.Guardino said An administrative law judge and the power commission still must review the data before making a final decision on the location for the terminal Canada won't cash in on drop TORONTO (CP) — Canadian coffee prices are unlikely to decrease in line with those in the United States, a spokesman for a major Canadian coffee manufacturer said Monday.Alan Scrivener, a vice-president of General Foods Ltd , said the Canadian industry is “still working off beans stockpiled at high prices ” Several major coffee distributors in the U S have announced wholesale price reductions of up to 20 cents a pound for ground coffee and three cents an ounce for instant coffee Scrivener said one of the reasons Canadian coffee drinkers are forced to pay higher prices than in the U S is because of higher markups taken by retailers in Canada Scrivener said coffee is being sold for $4 49 a pound in most Toronto supermarkets while retail prices in New York range as low as $3.89 Wardair willing to fly domestic MONTREAL (CP) — Wardair International Ltd is ready to provide long distance domestic charter service if the federal government approves such charters, the company’s president said Tuesday “We haven’t got the short haul equipment so we would not offer charter service from Montreal to Toronto,” Max Ward told a news conference.“But charters from Montreal to Edmonton or Vancouver are within the capacity of our DC- 10s.” Ward was here to announce the Edmonton-based inter national charter company’s entry into the Montreal market, a market he forecasts will match Toronto’s from which Wardair now gets 52 per cent of its sales He expects to sell $15 million worth of charter flights to Montrealers during the year beginning in December, through Wardair’s marketing company Intervac which has just opened an office here The company will offer twice-a-week flights from Montreal to Miami beginning Dec 20 and will be offering flights to Paris, Spain and Athens beginning next spring Unemployment expected to rise Program to combat jobless rate OTTAWA (CP) — The federal government is working on a major job creation program in an effort to counter an expected worsening of unemployment in the winter months Sources said Wednesday the program likely will be announced later this month or early in October, by whoever succeeds Finance Minister Donald Macdonald, who resigned his cabinet position Tuesday.Prime Minister Trudeau may give some indication of his plans at a news conference scheduled here Friday following his Washington visit.Trudeau is attending ceremonies for a new Panama canal treaty and meets President Jimmy Carter today to seal an agreement on an Alaska-Canada gas pipeline Macdonald had told reporters earlier this year the government was preparing a job creation program, adding it likely would be announced early in August But he later backed away from it, saying the program would be too costly.The unemployment rate has risen steadily, reaching 8.1 per cent of Canada’s work force in July.That left 878,000 workers jobless.Government sources say the monthly unemployment statistics have been under close review in an effort to pick out the age groups that might bene, u most from a new jobs program.Statistics Canada figures for July showed 14.7 per cent of workers between ages 15 and 24 unemployed COST UNCERTAIN There are no indications how much the proposed fall-winter program might cost So far this year, the government has announced plans to spend $458 million on job-creation up to March 31, 1978, the end of the fiscal year Macdonald projected a $7-billion deficit on government operations in his budget statement last March 31.Total federal spending then was expected to be about $42 billion.When the government was considering a jobs program earlier this year it still was trying to work out a deal with business and labor for an early end to the mandatory wage and price controls program For the purpose of implementing the Companies Information Act (SRQ 1964 chapter 273) the Service des compagnies of the ministère des Consommateurs Cooperatives et Institutions financières is in the obligation of bringing the following notice to your attention It is mandatory that your company comply with the requirements of the Companies Information Act Companies that have not yet forwarded their annual return as required under the act had until September 1 to comply with this requirement using the form prescribed in the act for this purpose Companies that have not received the prescribed form regarding annual returns are requested to apply for the forms at the address given below Companies found in default of 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pertinent in work Including the respon sibilities In programming and/or work in the public sector that would be accepted as a diploma EXPERIENCE Bill 65, regulations and the operation of the office of the Minister of Social Affairs Knowledge of the area to be served and the rura life milieu along with a flexibility and identification of the needs of the area 3 APTITUDES Dynamic, enterprising, creative, capable of making decisions and showing good initiative Capacity to work with a team in various fields Capable of working with the general public and with the Administrative Council.REMUNERATION In accordance with the salary scale as prescribed by the Minister of Social Affairs and the qualifications of the can didate APPLICATION: Each candidate must forward their application form along with their curriculum vitae to the following by Monday, October 17, 1977.C.L.S.C.“Fleur de Lys” Monsieur Falconio Tardiff, President 450, 2e Avenue Weedon, P Q JOB 3J0 \\ Shouldn’t yourp; work just as hard ro aycheck ryou You've got .i g(X)d job, a demanding one You put in long hours and you re paid a guSromOnt, - kiosque bn &«(lCM b*.noui couni try kiteA*n i>okt $*if* V 4 — THE SHERBROOKE RECORD — THURS.SEPT 15.1*77 editorial THE SHERBROOKE RECORD Air regulations favor foreign travel charter The voice of the Eastern Townships Established February 9, 1897.incorporating the Sherbrooke Gaiette 'est 1837) and the Sherbrooke E *ammer (est 1897) Published Monday to Friday by Townships Communications Inc Communications des Cantons Inc Publisher: GEORGE ROY MacLAREN General Manager: NORMAN NICHOLL Editor: JAMES DUFF Tel.: 56?9525 .Simple answers An elderly gent walked into The Record's offices yesterday afternoon with a sorry tale.He's 84, keeps house for his bedridden wife.The two of them don't live too high on the hog with their pensions, but he's a cheerful soul who asks nothing more than to be left alone to hunt and fish.Seems that at the end of last month, a group of kids broke into his chalet on Fraser Lake, broke all the windows, smashed the doors, and generally wrecked the place.The Quebec Police Force investigator asked a few careful questions in the neighborhood and pried the truth out of the seven young culprits, all of them between the ages of 12 and 15.The damage was extensive, but as our visitor pointed out, the chalet was neither new nor palatial and he figured he'd send register ed letters to the fathers of the boys concerned, asking them to split the $625 to replace the windows."Trouble is," he added, "it's not worth replacing those windows because someone's likely to come along and break 'em all again.Looks like I'll just have to board them up for the winter." "That chalet's been there since 1934, I'll tell you, it disappointed me to beat hell, to see it all smashed up," our visitor said.His health isn't bad, but he's not up to major carpentry.If it was up to us, we'd put those kids to work fixing the fellow's chalet.It's far too easy for parents to pay for their children's misdemeanors; in the town where we grew up, the police chief used to use kids who'd run afoul of the law to polish the municipal vehicles.Let's just say a few Saturdays spent washing the mud off a backhoe cured the win dow breakers once and for all.Part of the blame can be laid to the current system which protects the juvenile delinquent against publicity.Although it's a good and necessary thing to shield a youth against the full social effects of minor indiscretions, it tends to make Social Welfare judges extreme ly cautious in punishing the lawbreaker, even if he specializes in armed holdups on grocery stores.So why not encourage a return to a simpler system of values?Put those youngsters to work repairing the elderly gent's cottage, supervised by the fathers who apparently don't have enough time to keep an eye on their sons.What could be simpler?JAMES DUFF OTTAWA (CP) - A top federal tourism official says federal regulations on charter flights are “ab solutely illogical” and should be overhauled to give domestic air passengers a better deal than they can get travelling abroad But some airline lawyers and members of the Canadian transport commission raised questions about the impact on regular air service of the program proposed by Thomas Fletcher, assistant deputy minister of tourism in the industry department Fletcher said at a commission hearing that he finds it unacceptable as a tourism official that “the range of opportunities for Canadians to travel within their own country is less than the range for them to travel outside their country ’’ He proposed a domestic version of the popular advanced booking charter (ABC) system widely used on transatlantic flights.But his program would have much more liberal rules to encourage as much cheap charter travel as possible within Canada The commission is holding hearings on whether domestic ABCs can be permitted without seriously undermining regular air service URGED REVIEW David Orlikow, New Democratic MP for Winnipeg North, told the commission cheaper fares for travel are essential He urged a review of domestic air policy with social needs placed ahead of commercial considerations.Fletcher said if a domestic ABC program succeeded in convincing 10 per cent of Canadian air travellers to travel in their own country rather than the U.S., it would generate 4,500 more jobs and $90 million more for Canadians He said he believes a domestic ABC program with liberal rules would expand air travel and not cut into regular, scheduled air traffic He said that was the conclusion of U S government authorities in per mitting ABCs there this year But Edgar Benson, commission president, suggested the U S is a much richer and bigger market than Canada Benson said Canada cannot be considered as a single market The market for tourism in remote centres was different than it was in bigger cities BOUND TO GROW Under questioning by commissioner J B G Thomson, Fletcher agreed most travel in Canada and the U S.is still by automobile But he suggested that air travel is bound to increase as the price of gasoline rises Fletcher said a federal-provincial tourism ministers’ conference in Yellowknife, N.WT., decided last Friday to ask the transport commission to launch domestic ABCs.He said his own department would like a domestic ABC system with looser rules than the international version BOOK AHEAD Under international ABC rules, travellers are required to book 45 days before flight departure and stay abroad for a minimum period to qualify for special discount fares Fletcher said his depart ment would like the advanced booking period reduced to 30 days with no minimum stay requirement and no distance limit.John Hamilton, CP air counsel, suggested this might cut into the businessman traffic earned by regular scheduled airlines, but Fletcher disagreed CP Air and Air Canada say they think their charter-class fare plan is better than ABCs but the Consumers’ Association of Canada (CAO, travel industry groups and other airlines have expressed support for a domestic ABC system Fletcher said he thinks the CP Air-Air Canada charter-class plan can be continued even if ABCs are introduced Federal and provincial tourism ministers have long been concerned about the cost of air travel discouraging Canadian tourists from travelling within their own country, he said Hamilton suggested high hotel and food prices might be more important than air fares in influencing Canadians to travel abroad rather than in Canada But Fletcher did not agree Fletcher said his department spends about 20 per cent of its promotion budget on tourism encouraging Canadians to travel at home The rest was spent on promoting Canada in other countries Closed door policy ending China reaching for technical help IT'S /ALL LUCKY DAY BOY.Y'ALL NEED A NEW FINANCE MAN AN Y0UN6 BERT HEPE’S A GONNA BE DUSTED .AH MEAN.AH WELL.HE'S AVAILABLE.N \ M/ "> r Lr t y ¦WV // n :1 * ù )