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[" Inside Townships Week, meet the two Hélène\u2019s who are exhibiting their works in downtown Sherbrooke: Hélène Roy and Hélène Plour- de; find out why Montreal\u2019s humor museum is good for more than a few laughs; and reviews of recent albums.Also, the misadventures of \u201cCissy\u201d Letarte.Inside © Happy Easter, everybody! Don't forget: The Record will not be publishing Easter Monday.® Agriculture Canada is accused of interfering with an investigation by provincial game wardens.See Page 3.® Railways: short-line business may be the only future.See Page 5.Townships \u2026 I\u2019m feeling well \u2014\u2014 = bl QOU Weather, page 2 DE LU X Weekend Sherbrooke PONTIAC © BUICK © GMC Friday, April 9, 1993 The best inventory 50 cents in the Townships! Births, deaths .\u2026\u2026l1 (81 9) Classified.vee 8-9 569-9351 Comics sossosasosseus sossscuccs 10 1567 King St.W., Editorial \u2026\u2026\u2026csscecosrss 4 a SHERBROOKE Farm & Business .7 To - LIVING .\u2026\u2026oscosressessessesscess 6 Sports .\u2026\u2026.\u2026.\u2026cc 12-13 UN committee: Quebec not fair By The Canadian Press Quebec\u2019s controversial French-only sign law infringes on the right to freedom of expression, a United Nations committee has ruled.Gordon McIntyre, a funeral home owner from Huntingdon, petitioned the UN two years ago, saying his rights were violated because he couldn\u2019t have an English sign.McIntyre was informed of the ruling Thursday.He said he\u2019s pleased with the decision, but unhappy the complaint had Bourassa awaits tests before deciding future By Don Macdonald QUEBEC (CP) \u2014 Premier Robert Bourassa says he is waiting for crucial test results on his skin cancer before deciding whether or not to resign.Bourassa, looking fit but subdued Thursday during his first news conference in more than a month, said he is feeling well despite the \u2018difficult\u2019 cancer treatments he has undergone.Heis to returnto a U.S.hospital in early May for tests to determine the effectiveness of two series of treatments with the experimental interleukin-2 therapy in February and March.\u201cI can\u2019t make a decision before having all the information,\u201d he said.\u201cEvery time a political leader is sick there are medical and political rumors.\u2018\u201c(But) what\u2019s important for me is that the results are as en- By Dianne Rinehart Hugh Segal, the prime minister\u2019s chief of staff, said Thursday he\u2019ll stay out of the race to succeed his boss, partly because some perceived his candidacy would be \u2018\u2018an old boys\u2019 gangup\u2019\u2019 on fron- trunning Defence Minister Kim Campbell.Meanwhile, Campbell suggested the country might not need all 50 of the new EH-101 helicopters it proposes to purchase.For the first time, she said she is willing to look at whether some may not be needed.Those members of the Tory party who are displeased with a seeming victory for Campbell have little time left to draft another candidate.Campaign rules require candidates to declare them- Segal says no while Tory-clock ticks on} selves and file a $10,000 deposit by Tuesday.Segal, 42, told a press conference he had backers and money, but neither the \u2018burning desire\u2019\u2019 to run nor the support of female cabinet and caucus members to help kill the perception he represented the old male guard hanging on to power.In other developments, a Gallup poll suggested support for the Tories had been building since Brian Mulroney announced his resignation Feb.24.And the Ottawa Citizen reported Constitutional Affairs Minister Joe Clark may not be out of the race after all.When Environment Minister Jean Charest got into the See TORIES Page 2 couraging as possible and the news conference will come after.\u201d Rumors have been circulating around Quebec that the premier is about to announce his resignation.The premier, who was operated on in January for a recurrence of his malignant melanoma, said he will make a decision about his political future based on the test results as well as \u2018\u2018the general context, family and other factors.\u201d Bourassa has been convalescing at his Montreal home since early March when he returned from his second series of treatments at the National Cancer Institute In Bethesda, Md+ - He returned to the National Assembly on Wednesday and was at question period again Thursday where he answered questions on Quebec\u2019s unemployment situation.See BOURASSA Page 2 a + ~\u2014 to be taken to the UN.\u201cI used to be a fairly strong Canadian, but I\u2019m not a Canadian now very much \u2014 when 1 have to go to the United Nations over my country to get a little justice,\u201d McIntyre said.In Quebec City, deputy premier Lise Bacon noted the government is already looking at changes to the sign law and said the ruling isn\u2019t embarrassing.\u201cWe're already discussing the language issue and I don\u2019t think we have to change the course of the discussions because of that,\u201d she said.\u201cIt\u2019s surprising.We make our own laws and we can do it Liberals ready for new look at language law?\u2014 Page 2 A by ourselves.And we are a tolerant and open society and I don\u2019t think we should feel diminished by such a statement.\u201d Claude Ryan, the minister resonsible for Quebec\u2019s language laws, said in the National Assembly that he had not read the ruling and had no comment.Outside the Assembly Ryan said the government wants to see the document but also questioned the credibility of the UN committee.See UN Page 2 on 5 Ina LLC i REE Myriam Huot and Emilie Therrien gave a lift to Geneviéve Soucy Thursday as the lithe trio showed their stuff to promote the Quebec girls\u2019 gymnastics championship to be held at the Collège de Sherbrooke April 23-25.For more, see page 13.CTI RI SRR\u201d TS RECORD/PERRY BEATON Cults don\u2019t hurt us, says Hydro By Conway Daly MONTREAL (CP) \u2014 A Hy- dro-Quebec probe says 15 employees have had links with doomsday cults but it was mostly on their own time, with no significant misuse of corporate facilities.Rollande Montsion, Hydro- Quebec\u2019s auditor general, said in a report issued Thursday that she found no evidence of systematic favoritism towards employees who belonged to the eults.Montsion said eight employees are or have been members of the Order of the Solar Temple, an organization that urges the stockpiling of weapons to prepare for the end of the world.And nine employees have links to the Academy for Research and Knowledge of Advanced Science, a Solar Temple offshoot, the 10-page report said.Two employees have connections to both the Solar Temple and the academy.The study followed a preliminary report last week on links between utility employees and Luc Jouret, a 45-year-old European homeopath described as a founder of the Solar Temple.Hydro-Quebec offices were used after-hours by Jouret for three meetings in 1988 and four in 1989 that drew between 10 and 50 employees, for which he was paid $4,394, the report added.The auditor general found the utility paid $3,106 to compensate those who attended for their expenses.The meeting topics included The Meaning of Life and Self- Realization, and Management and the Manager\u2019s Health.The probe was ordered by Hydro-Quebec\u2019s chairman Ri- See HYDRO Page 2 Youville Hospital upgrades Alzheimer\u2019s care SHERBROOKE (CK) \u2014 After an arduous labor, the You- ville Hospital has finally given birth to a new wing for its Alzheimer\u2019s patients.The hospital officially inaugurated the expanded wing Thursday.Work started last March.\u201cIn the past, our patients who Youville Hospital\u2019s new wing means health care workers and doctors can give Alheimers and other patients better care.RECORD/PERRY BEATON had Alzheimer\u2019s had no space to move except in the corridors,\u201d said chief nurse Jacqueline Francoeur.\u201cThat also meant they had easier access to private rooms of other patients on the floor \u2014 who didn\u2019t appreciate those visits.\u201d The hospital had to figure out how to reorganize its space so both groups were satisfied, so that Alzheimer\u2019s patients\u2019 freedom wasn\u2019t curtailed and others could keep their privacy, Francoeur said.The number of bedridden patients has increased from 18 to 25 since 1988, she said.An additional ten are able to walk around.Francoeur said the new wing, which caters visually to patients with soothing colors and color-differentiated floors to guide them along the hallways and into the dayroom and cafeteria, has had a relaxing effect on the patients.\u201cThey\u2019re more calm,\u201d she said.The space allows for the patients to wander a bit and handle objects, Francoeur told assembled visitors.The design compensates for disorientation, memory loss, loss of social skills, and low self-esteem.The hospital wanted to improve patients\u2019 quality of life by giving them more functional freedom and less physical constraints, said Luc Mathieu, assistant to the general director.It also wanted to decrease medicine and drug dependency, provide better security and ease \u201cdisturbing behavior,\u201d he said.Youville did that, Mathieu said, by creating more space and bringing a variety of personnel to the floor, including therapists, psychologists and activity co-ordinators.More basic training is also given to staff, who also offer support for patients\u2019 families, he added.Mathieu said an observation period before and after the changes showed patients\u2019 health improved along with their level of free movement, and a significant decrease in the need to use restraints, without the safety of patients being put in jeopardy.Patients also wander less, he said.Mathieu added that the special unit allows a better chance to study and care for confused patients with behavioral problems.Programs will be evaluated to improve care according to patients\u2019 needs, he said.The hospital completed the $485,000 project with $260,000 from its own budget and the Ministry of Health and Social Services funding the rest.Contributions also came from Youville\u2019s Women\u2019s Auxiliary, which bought the furniture.Jacqueline Francoeur.New wing offers patients better quality of life.{Service Jnglia Lice à | Jeli SERVICE COUPON | Jricitis SERVICE COUPON | Jrieglia SERVICE COUPON | ! 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threatening to secede and join Eaton Township because of a tax revolt, Pouliot says Ascot\u2019's part of the contract is too much to bear.The prospect of the Liberals ready From CP files QUEBEC \u2014 Premier Robert Bourassa says he doesn\u2019t want to interfere in cabinet, caucus and Liberal party discussions on Bill 101 by giving an opinion on possible changes.\u201cAll I can say is the climate in 1993 is not the same as in 1988,\u201d he said.\u2018I don\u2019t think the majority of Quebecers are enthusiastic about the notwithstanding clause.\u201d Bourassa\u2019s government imposed the Constitution's notwithstanding clause in 1988 to override a Supreme Court ruling and maintain the province\u2019s French-only sign law.The clause must be renewed this year and the government is looking to change the sign law and other aspects of Bill 101.Bourassa said Language Minister Claude Ryan is looking at four options on the sign law ranging from reimposing the notwithstanding clause to allowing bilingual commercial signs.He admitted the sign law and other issues like the Constitution have been used by Quebec\u2019s competitors to sully the province\u2019s image abroad.UN: A recent ruling by a UN committee that the sign law contravenes the United Nations Charter of Human Rights \u201ccould be an element\u201d in an eventual government decision.Liberal MNAs appear ready for a softening of the language law, but are divided about how far they should go.Commenting after a special caucus meeting on the issue late Wednesday, several said they want to avoid the use of the Constitution\u2019s so-called notwithstanding clause, while others weren\u2019t sure.The clause was invoked to continue a ban on outdoor commercial signs in languages other than French, after the Supreme Court ruled the prohibition was unconstitutional.\u201cThe climate was very different in 1988; you can\u2019t compare the two situations,\u2019 said Claude Ryan, minister responsible for the law.\u201c\u201cWe had been placed in a very difficult situation in 1988 because of the decision rendered by the Supreme Court which forced us into a corner and obliged us to react very rapidly, within a matter of a few days.\u201cThis time, time is on our town's population shrinking suddenly just makes things worse, he added.\u201cWith that over our heads, we can't really take the chance of getting another bill for at least $900,000.\u201d - But Ascot is not assured of the changes it wants.There will be \u201chard bargaining\u201d over the deal because Lennoxville too thinks it pays too much, Lennoxville Mayor Duncan Bruce said.Lennoxville councillors tried this winter to opt out of the Metro force and save money by paying Sherbrooke to police the town next year.Lennoxville residents forced the council to abandon the move.TOO MUCH Which leaves both sides saying they pay too much.Pouliot said Thursday Ascot has told Lennoxville it wants to end the contract in December.That is the only way to avoid automatic renewal, and to reopen the deal, he said, stressing Ascot definitely wants to continue to share the Metro force with Lennoxville.Pouliot insisted relations between the two neighboring towns are fine.and was confident negotiators would find a satisfactory solution.Bruce said Thursday he hadn't yet heard that Ascot wanted to re-open the contract.But he acknowledged Ascot \u201chas been saying for a while it wanted a 50-50 split\u201d on costs.But Lennoxville also wants a better deal.Bruce said.\u201cWe want to pay less, they want to pay less, so maybe there\u2019ll be some hard bargaining.\u201d Lennoxville councillors have said their town should pay less than 40 per cent of costs.Under the 1993 agreement, each of Lennoxville\u2019s approximately 4000 residents pays $141 for the service, compared to $89 for each of Ascot\u2019s 93000 residents.Robert Pouliot.\u2018We can\u2019t really take the chance.\u2019 for new look at language law?side, we\u2019ve more control of the agenda.\u201d Jean-Guy Lemieux, member for the Quebec City riding of Vanier, agreed the mood has evolved but said he\u2019s not ready for full-scale reform of the language law or to rule out use of the notwithstanding clause again.Deputy Premier Lise Bacon, who represents a Montreal ri- Feds must By Caroline Kutschke SHERBROOKE \u2014 The decision by a United Nations committee that Quebec\u2019s sign law violates the rights of En- glish-speakers was viewed with some puzzlement by a founder of the Réaction Quebec lobby group.Murray Powell said Thursday the ruling was positive.\u201cThe international community recognizes the language laws are not acceptable,\u201d he said.But he felt the federal government was supposed to respond to the ruling, not Quebec.He also said it\u2019s up to the federal government to protect its Continued from page one \u201cCanada is a member of the United Nations organization,\u201d he said.\u201cWe have respect for that organization although its not always been beyond reproach.Premier Robert Bourassa said the UN ruling \u2018could be an element\u201d in the government\u2019s decision on the sign law.He added that the sign law along with other political issues have been used by the Quebec\u2019s commercial competitors to damage the province's reputation abroad.The UN ruling says the sign law\u2019s restrictions infringe an article of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights which reads: \u2018\u2018Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.\u201d Law 178, adopted by Quebec in December 1988, bans the use of languages other than French on almost all outdoor commercial signs.Melntyre\u2019s sign read \u201cKelly Funeral Homes.Proprietor: Gordon McIntyre.\u201d After the ruling, McIntyre said the lobby group\u2019s priority is to embarrass the government.\u2018\u201cWe\u2019re probably going to go to a lot of the big papers in the United States and let them know.\u201cI don\u2019t care what they do here in Quebec, I can put up with it another couple of years and (then) get out.\u201d The government must decide by December if it will again invoke a constitutional clause that protects the sign law from court challenge.Ryan has said BOURASSA:\u2014\u2014 Continued from page one He will keep regular hours when the Assembly returns from its Easter break on April 20 until he returns to the cancer institute for his tests in early May.Randy Kinnear, Publisher Charles Bury, Editor Guy Renaud, Graphics Francine Thibault, Composition Subscriptions by Carrier: brooke, Quebec, J1K 1A1.ER Lloyd G.Schelb, Advertising Manager Richard Lessard, Production Manager Mark Guillette, Press Superintendent weekly $1.80 Subscriptions by Mail: Canada: 1 year- $78.00 6 months- $39.00 3 months- $19.50 1 month- $16.00 U.S.& Foreign: 1 year- $159.00 6 months- $97.00 3 months- $65.00 1 month- $34.00 Bourassa told the news conference his priorities are the economy, public-sector unions fighting a wage freeze and changes to the province\u2019s French-only language law.the CIRCULATION DEPT.819-569-9528 FAX: (819) 569-3945 KNOWLTON OFF.: 514-243-0088 FAX: 514-243-5155 569-9511 569-6345 569-9525 569-9931 569-9931 569-4856 569-9931 Back copies of The Record are available at the following prices: Copies ordered within a month of publications: 60e per copy.Copies ordered more than a month after publication: $1.10 per copy.These prices do not include GST Established February 9, 1897, incorporating the Sherbrooke Gazette (est.1837) and the Sherbrooke Examiner (est.1879).Published Monday to Friday by The Record Division, Groupe Que- becor Inc.Offices and plant located at 2850 Delorme Street, Sher- Publications Mail Registration No.1064.Member of Canadian Press Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation he favors some modifications to the law, to avoid using the clause.tie comm TEA Equality party member Robert Libman said the UN ruling sends a clear message to the government of Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa.\u201cI think this will add a great deal of momentum to the push to change the sign laws.\u201d Julius Grey, the Montreal lawyer who prepared the case that was presented to the UN, said he\u2019s pleased.\u201cBut one must underline that no negative inferences should be drawn about Quebec,\u201d he said.\u201cOnly good jurisdictions such as Canada, France, Italy and so forth accept the jurisdiction of that court.Countries that are major (human rights) violators do not.\u201d ding with a large English- speaking and immigrant population, said she\u2019s ready for change.\u201cWe have only to look at the polls to know there\u2019s less intolerance than there was a few years ago when I was responsible for language,\u201d she said.Several cabinet ministers \u2014 including Treasury Board President Daniel Johnson, Finance Minister Gérard D.Lé- vesque and Justice Minister Gil Rémillard \u2014 won\u2019t take a stand yet.Transport Minister Sam Elkas said the caucus had a \u2018good exhange\u2019\u2019 about the issue.Elkas has threatened to resign in the past if the government invoked the notwithstanding clause.\u2018\u201cI can\u2019t accept the idea of renewing the notwithstanding clause,\u201d he said.Ryan said everyone in the 88- member caucus will have a chance to express their views before the government makes a decision.Party president Jean-Pierre Roy said that won\u2019t be done before the party\u2019s general council meeting in Montreal on April 24 and 25.guard language rights \u2014 Powell citizens\u2019 rights.\u201cThe federal government abdicated its responsibility.\u201d said Powell.\u201cIf the UN is treating Quebec as a sovereign nation, then the prime minister and Kim Campbell are traitors and should be tried in the court of law.\u201d \u201cIt looks as if the federal government tried to shove off the problem to the Quebec government,\u201d he added.\u201cBut we have a federal charter of rights and freedoms which should now protect my rights, your rights and every French- Canadians rights in the country.\u201d TORIES: Continued from page one race, he said he didn\u2019t want to ever have to explain to his children why he didn\u2019t take a shot at it.In Segal\u2019s case, however, he did not want his family to undertake the burdens necessary for him to win the campaign so late in the game.Despite Segal\u2019s decision not to enter the race, candidate Jean Charest said Thursday that the draft-Segal campaign had made a difference.Charest had hoped that Segal would throw himself into the race and draw votes away from Campbell.\u201cMr.Segal made his contribution,\u201d Charest said after speaking to about 200 Quebec campaign volunteers.\u2018\u2018The IE Doonesbury Réaction Quebec is waiting until \u201cwe know the position of the provincial government,\u201d after a Liberal Party meeting April 25 before taking any other action, Powell said.\u201cThen Réaction Quebec will do everything possible to make sure they go in the right direction,\u201d he said.\u201cWe will not accept anything less than bilingual signs.\u201d If the provincial government doesn\u2019t scrap the sign law, Réaction Quebec will take steps to see that the issue is raised in the House of Commons, he said.Murray Powell.Ruling is positive.message is there for the members that they must think carefully about their choice.\u201d \u2018\u2018As a candidate in this race I ask nothing more than to express my ideas and if the membership is thinking twice, they're going to be thinking about me, added the environment minister.Charest broached the issue of unemployment insurance in a brief speech to the volunteers, saying he would continue the job of streamlining begun by the Conservative government.And he suggested that his age won\u2019t work against his bid for the leadership.\u201cI may be only 34 but I'm the candidate with the most experience in the race.\u201d en haie Fok RIAA HYDRO : Continued from page one chard Drouin after project manager Jean-Pierre Vinet and Herman Delorme, who is not an employee, were both charged with conspiracy to procure silencer-equipped firearms.Vinet, 54, and Delorme, 45, who were arrested March 9, are both involved in the Order of the Solar Temple.Vinet has stopped working for the provincial utility for an indefinite period.Provincial police who tapped Jouret\u2019s phone believe he is in Switzerland.His Montreal lawyer, Jean-Claude Hébert, has said he expects Jouret to return to Canada within a few weeks.BY GARRY TRUDEAU Variable but warm conditions this weekend.Friday will be warm and windy.High: 14 to 16.Saturday: Rain.High: 10 to 12.Low: 3 to 6.FUNNY.YOU DON'T USUALLY SEE AVALANCHES UP ON UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE © 1992 GB Trudeau YEAH, BUT I WONDER WHAT a TRIGGERED IT.YOU'VE GOT ICE THING BUT THAT TOSETUP AN UN- BOULDERS HERE THE SIZE STRUCTURE OVER CAMERAS ON, OF REFRIGERATORE 1 THERE, WAS UKE ITS A MEDIA BUILDING A IT BURIED EVERY- NO,SIR, THATS 6 PLATFORM.IM HONEY HUAN, HERE'S A SCHEDULE FOR NEXT I SEE HE'S YES, SIR MR.YES?SIR, MEDIA COOR- WEEKS EVENTS.WE'VE SET UPA FONDALIVE MEREALL HEDLEY?DINATOR FOR THE | MEDIA PLATFORM WHERE YOUCW HUMAN DRAMA INTERVIEW THE KEY PLAYERS IN 4 INLERG HEE THE SEARCH FOR MR.DUKE UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE.© 1993 GB huoeou 7 \\o Do 1177 4 UNIVERSAL PEISS SYNDICATE © 1993 G 6 ruse, GOOD EVENING.IN ASPEN \u2026.ÂS DOZENS OF RESCUE WORK- WORD OF THE RESCUE EFFORT TODAY, AN ASTONISHING ERS BEGAN TO DIG FOR FORMER SPREAD QUICKLY, AND BY DAYS TALE OF SURVIVAL BEGAN U5, AMBASSADOR DUKE, TRAPPED END, HUNDREDS OF CURIOSATY TO UNFOLD.IN Hi5 CABIN BY AN AVALANCHE.SEEKERS HAD ASSEMBLED HERE, INCLUDING SEVERAL MEMBERS OF ASPENS CELEBRATED ALM COLONY.y Miller Features Syndicate / a \u2014\u2014\u2014 AC 0 an am - ER wm re Ta mms AE a i en Hu ATO A went py mg pe ON pt BS - on \u2014 = 1 2 \u2014 a mb _\u2014 vu \u201cvw \u2014\u2014 ie REET IDE AN mm a\" \u2014 RF 2m Sa ape 2 \u2014\u2014\u2014 mate \u2014\u2014 = ~\u2014\u2014 Paul Gervais.million.\u2019 FQF blames Agriculture Canada Ottawa slowed the hunt for deer poachers By Dan Hawaleshka SHERBROOKE \u2014 Quebec\u2019s largest wildlife group says fe- .deral officials tried to stop a poaching investigation by provincial game wardens.The Quebec Wildlife Federation says senior civil servants at Agriculture Canada tried to pressure Quebec game wardens into abandoning an investigation which this week culminated in raids which netted five men suspected of poaching large numbers of white-tailed deer.\u2018Yves Olivier, Eastern Townships vice-president of the Fédération Québécoise de la Faune (FQF), told reporters Thursday the pressure tactics were used to protect \u201csome very important people.\u201d Olivier refused to identify anyone or say what proof the federation had.However, he said the federation is willing to show its proof to Crown prosecutors if asked.INTERFERENCE Olivier said high-ranking Agriculture Canada officials pressured Quebec Ministry of Recreation, Hunting and Fishing (MLCP) game wardens to \u201cslow down the investigation.\u201d He said Sherbrooke-based wardens did a \u201cmarvelous\u201d job but the same was not true of wardens in the Beauce region, who he said were influenced by federal officials.\u201cWe want Agriculture Canada to cease all intimidation and interference vis à vis the MLCP,\u201d Olivier said.Game wardens in Sherbrooke this week announced the culmination of a two-year investigation by arresting five men suspected of capturing whitetail deer for use as hunters\u2019 targets and as breeding stock on game ranches.The men allegedly brought down the deer with tranquili- zer-filled darts fired by gun, then transported them to the fenced-in game farms.Poaching live deer is believed to be a new phenomenon in Quebec.But the five men arrested were only the \u201cplumbers\u201d in the poaching ring and the leaders are still free, Olivier charged.\u201cThere are a lot of people involved,\u201d he said.\u201cThe names will come out very soon.\u201d BRISK TRADE Game farmers may only keep deer which are born in captivity, and each one must have a federal identity tag.Both Olivier and local FQF Supreme Court refuses to hear Montjoye man wanted in U.S.OTTAWA (CP) \u2014 The Supreme Court of Canada refused Thursday to hear an appeal by a Quebec man facing extradition to Florida on drug- smuggling charges.Michel Chouinard, of North Hatley, is accused of participating in an operation that smuggled eight tonnes of marijuana from Jamaica to Florida by sailboat between 1985 and 1988.But a Justice Department lawyer says Chouinard has another avenue of appeal \u2014 di- Sherbrooke\u2019s $2 million surplus may mean a tax break By Shawn Apel SHERBROOKE \u2014 Mayor Paul Gervais had a rare opportunity Thursday to announce some good economic news: a $2-millipn, budget.surplus for the city.And his reaction was \u2018also rare for a politician: Gervais didn\u2019t brag about the happy surprise PHOTOMATRICE CROSSEH:LD rectly to Justice Minister Pierre Blais.Chouinard\u2019s lawyer has advised federal officials that he will ask the minister to block extradition on constitutional grounds, said Michel Vien, a Justice Department lawyer.Chouinard has been fighting the extradition since a grand jury in Florida made the request in May 1990.Twenty-nine suspects were listed in the American indictment, including two other Quebecers.They are Pierre Gervais said the extra money should mean Sherbrooke won't have to raise taxes next year.But otherwise, he said the 1992 surplus was no big deal, despite the city\u2019s projection last June that it would finish the year with a $1.8-million shortfall.A few savings here and there \u2014 and some sound manage- Gilles Doyer, also of North Ha- tley, and Jean Bouthillier, of Rosemont.Bouthillier has already asked the justice minister to intervene in his case, while Doyer is still tied up in legal proceedings.Doyer and Chouinard are charged with conspiracy, possession of drugs for trafficking purposes and importing drugs into the United States.Bouthil- lier was not charged with importing, but faces the same two other counts.ment \u2014 did the trick, Gervais said.\u201cIt's quite a normal pheno- menom,\u201d Gervais told reporters at city hall.\u201cWhen you're preparing your budgets in the fall you have to plan for many things.In June we saw a deficit if certain ten- dancices continued, so the council took certain measures \u201cObviously i it\u2019s s better to finish the year with a surplus of $2 million than with a deficit of $2 RE-CORD/PERRY BEATON RECORD/PERRY BEATON president Yves Castonguay said some Agriculture Canada officials also did a brisk but at least negligent trade in ear tags normally used to identify domestic deer.Both federation spokesmen said any of the estimated 75 game ranchers in the Eastern Townships could ask for 20, 30 or 40 tags even if they only needed two.The remaining tags could then be used to identify deer illegally taken from the wild.\u201cThey will give you 40 tags to correct things where it could.\u201d Gervais said he was pleased, but that the amount is really : only a drop in the budgetary bucket.SURPLUS IS BETTER \u201cObviously it\u2019s better to finish the year with a surplus of $2 million than with a deficit of $2 million, but it\u2019s only 1 per cent or so of the total budget.\u201d Gervais said the city saved about $700,000 when it signed a new contract with police, and an additional $200,000 because Transport 2500 jobs SHERBROOKE (SA) \u2014 Quebec is cutting about 2500 Transport Ministry jobs, saying Thursday that restructuring of the ministry is due after the implementation of the so-called Ryan Reforms.The cuts were announced in a statement from Transport Minister Sam Elkas.Elkas said the restructuring will also lead to the creation of four new regional management divisions, as the ministry seeks to maintain a presence throughout Quebec.The changes follow the assumption of responsibility by By Maurice Crossfield LENNOX VILLE \u2014 Bishop\u2019s University students are outraged at plans to build a glassed- in walkway over the arches which connect the Johnson and MeGreer buildings.Construction of the walkway began Wednesday, two months ahead of schedule.The plan to build above the century-old archway was passed by the university Building Committee nearly two years ago.Students at Bishop\u2019s and Champlain Regional college, which shares the riverside campus, were for the most part unaware of the plan until a picture recently appeared in the Campus student newspaper.The photo sparked a high level of emotion from the student body.\u201cWe were hoping to organize some sort of protest to save the arches.\u201d said Champlain stu- The RECORD\u2014Friday, April 9, 1993\u20143 and they won\u2019t check that at all.\u201d Olivier said.He said he didn\u2019t know if the federal officials were simply negligent or had criminal intent.Olivier said a live eight-point whitetail buck can easily fetch $1200 on the black market, while ten-point bucks go for $1500 and smaller deer run from $500 to $300.He said the men who caught the deer earned only a fraction of that amount and the bulk of the money went to owners of game farms who charged hun- I the contract was negotiated without lawyers as expensive mediators.Other expenses were postponed for a later date, or accounted for in the capital spending budget.The final surplus could drop to about $1.5 million, pending approval by the provincial government for some municipal tax revenues.Sherbrooke is also sitting on about $2 million it saved in recent years, for a total of at least $3.5 million.Gervais stressed the money is locked away for a rainy day ters a larger amount to kill the animal in a controlled \u201chunt\u201d inside a fenced enclosure.Provincial president André Pelletier said his group, which represents 340 fish-and-game clubs with 250,000 members, has \u201call the proof we need.\u201d In a telephone interview from Montreal, Pelletier said he can back up the accusations with written statements \u201cfrom people who were pressured\u201d by federal officials.\u201cI tell you.there are heads that are going to roll,\u201d he said.pp 260666060678 Wildlife federation spokesmen Y ves Olivier and Yves Castonguay say Agriculture Canada interfered with a poaching investigation by Quebec game wardens.\u2014 or a snowy one, if harsh winter storms in November or December force Sherbrooke to spend extra money cleaning streets.The city won't allow itself any treats with the extra money.\u201cThere\u2019s no chance we\u2019ll change our approach.We're still going through a recession.\u201d \u201cWe're trying to make sure we don't have to raise taxes.We didn\u2019t this year and short of a catastrophe we won't have to again in 1994.\u201d Ministry to slash in wake of reforms Quebec\u2019s 1400 municipalities for many roads which until April 1 were maintained by the province.Municipal Affairs Minister Claude Ryan announced the reforms two years ago as a way for the province to save money.Elkas warned in December the Ryan Reforms would lead to cuts in the provincial workforce.Quebec promised financial help Thursday to the 1385 permanent and 1250 seasonal employees who will be let go by the Transport Ministry.An unspecified number of offices will al- dent association president Tanya Bolduc.\u201cBut they caught us off guard by starting early.\u201d Bolduc, like many Champlain and Bishop\u2019s students, is concerned with the way the new structure will affect the appearance of the campus.\u201cIt\u2019s a shame that we have to sacrifice esthetics for the laziness of profs who don\u2019t want to go outside,\u201d said sociology student Josie Scortino.Chad Schella, president of the Bishop's students council, said he was surprised that such a project had been planned.Schella sits on the university building committee but was not involved in the initial decision to build the walkway.He said this year\u2019s committee has not discussed the plan.\u201cI was quite surprised when I came to school and saw what they were doing,\u201d Chella said in an interview Thursday.Two Bishop's student council Construction has begun on a glassed-in second storey addition to this bricked 1890s walkway at Bishop\u2019s University., so be closed.Sherbrooke and Cowansville will have Transport Ministry offices which will be served by the Western Quebec division.Directors will be named soon for regional offices, but the ministry will need about a year to .implement all its changes, according to the statement.The way the ministry spends money has changed drastically in the last 30 years, Elkas said in defence of the cuts.In the 1960s, 70 per cent of the ministry\u2019s budget went to build and maintain roads.That figure has fallen to 20 per cent today.executive members speculated Thursday that those who sat on the Building Committee two years ago probably found the plan acceptable and chose not to inform or consult the student body.Dean of students Tom No- wers said the walkway, while not attractive, will be of great use to the university.\u201cI believe that they wanted freer movement between McGreer and the rest of the campus.\u201d Nowers said.\u201cThat way the administration won\u2019t be completely cut off from the rest of the school.\u201d The McGreer building, now under renovation, will house the university's faculty and administration offices by this fall.It was formerly occupied by Champlain, which is moving into a new building nearby.Dominique Blouin, a first- year Bishop's science student, calls the project unnecessary.\u201cIf you can\u2019t walk from McGreer to Johnson outdoors,\u201d U students miffed at double deck for archway \u2018 EE EE Blouin said, \u201cthen you\u2019re pretty - sad.\u201d ola.4\u2014The RECORD\u2014Friday, April 9, 1993 the The Voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 Editorial Workin\u2019 \u2019til the sun don\u2019t shine What a drag it is getting old.\u2014 The Rolling Stones Or, rather, what a drag on Canada\u2019s Old Age Pension system all of us will be when we do get old.Statistics Canada released figures this week foreshadowing the nub of what will no doubt become the country\u2019s greatest debate during the second decade of the 21st Century: how to supply a growing number of seniors with adequate pensions and health care while the proportionate number of those who pay into the system diminishes.In the 1991-92 fiscal year, the Quebec Pension Plan for the first time paid out more in benefits than it received in contributions.That may be just a blip because of the recession: fewer people working means less money paid in, but other numbers StatsCan released drive the point home.By the time today\u2019s 22-year-old Canadian reaches 65, the proportion of those aged 65 and older will have doubled from the present 11.6 per cent to 23.2 per cent.Assuming no massive immigration of young people, or a huge \u201cecho echo\u201d baby- boom, almost one in four Canadians will be eligible to draw a pension under today\u2019s set-up.One in eight Canadians will be over 75.The health-care implications of the huge increase in the elderly are equally staggering.Already stuck trying to drain the swamp of debt, federal and provincial governments will have an ever-increasing number of alligators chewing the backside of the health-and-social security system.We came to expect the universality of old age pensions and universal health care as we grew up, blissfully assuming the proportion of wage earners and beneficiaries would remain constant.Obviously, something will have to give, and it won\u2019t come easily.The first inkling of the elimination of universality showed up on your tax return form a few years ago when the maximum allowable RRSP deduction was substantially increased.Those earning real incomes who start building that nest egg early will be able to live comfortably off their own or company- enhanced pension once they retire.While the worst off will most likely be supported by a continuation of the Guaranteed Income Supplement.The Old Age Pension system as we know it will be gone, a victim of unrealistic expectations in the face of cold, hard demographics.The government of the day will be able to point the finger at those who don\u2019t heed the warning today and say, \u201cWell, you had your chance in the mid-'80s to start, so don\u2019t turn to us now.\u201d In the meantime, perhaps it would be wise to whistle a few bars from Linda Ronstadt\u2019s Blue Bayou: Saving nickels, saving dimes.Workin\u2019 \u2019til the sun don\u2019t shine.IAN MACDONALD Letters Ahoy, crew of HMCS Skeena Dear Sir: I am writing to various newspapers across Canada in the hopes of making contact with members of the ship\u2019s company who sailed on the Canadian Navy ship, the HMCS Skeena, during the war years 1939-1944.It has been almost 49 years or more since we said our \u201cso-longs\u201d and went our separate ways.Hopefully there may be some crew members who have taken up residence in your area.My family and friends have arranged a reunion for myself and my friends in July of 1993.I hope that some crew members may read this letter and contact me so that I may send them an invitation.If any of your readers served during these war years or know of anyone who did serve on the Skee- na, they may contact me at the following address: Taxed to the sky To the Editor, Please print this letter for the Tory candidates.To our Jean Charest and Miss Kim Campbell, and the rest of the Tory candidates: First of all, if you touch medicare or the old age pensions, you sure as hell will get burned as the people will not JAMES A.\u201cWOODY\u201d WOOD Service No.V-19800 R.R.1 Blenheim, Ont.NOP 1A0 I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for printing my stand by and let you people do as you want.We the people are not all stupid even if you think we are.You have : taxed us to the sky to help with the deficit and the deficit gets bigger.But you people travel the world over on our money and at the same time try everything possible to squeeze more money out You had à choice sir.you could have said NO!\u201c BRAN MULRONEY 1984.