Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 13, 1974, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press thursday june 13, 1974 living costs on stage continued Day earlier with progressive conservative Leader Lobert is Anfield leading the attack on he Liberal government. Campaigning around the Nia Gara Peninsula for the july 8 election or. Stanfield called the May increase of 1.7 per cent in the Index alarming and further proof that his proposed prices and income controls Are needed. There s now no doubt about lie failure of the Trudeau government s anti inflation pro Gram and there can be no about the appropriateness of our he told a packed High school auditorium in Hamilton or. Tru Ileau s anti inflation policy consists of do nothing and nothing doing the ethic of liberalism now could be described As eco nomic notion that those who have the least mat Ter the in Edmonton new demo c r a t i c party Leader David Lewis said the latest consumer Price Index figures underline the necessity of his party s Anli inflation proposals. The nip advocates a National prices control Board that would have the Power to Stop Price in creases and a two Price system to keep the Domestic Price Down on a Range of Canadian produced commodities. Social credit Leader real Caouette said the May figures provide a basis for More strikes across the country be cause salaries cannot reach the Only his party would equalize consumer purchasing Power and production. Or. Trudeau and other lib c r a 1 spokesmen noted that Light a food prices were najor component in boosting he Index. Even the opposition parties do not want to freeze Ood prices the prime minister old a shopping Centre Audi ence near Edmonton. F i n a n c e minister John 1 u r n c r said in Cambridge but was not unexpected i cause wholesale prices have icon building up for months. Tood prices and the increase in the Cost of fuel were mainly responsible. Or. Trudeau said tuesday in would not be preoccupied ill criticism Over living costs and he kept that pledge wednesday unwrapping parts if his promised new transportation policy. He said in a prepared state ment at Edmonton the policy includes. Removing freight rate a equities and revamping the Grain handling system. A own owned Reserve freight car Fleet would be created and port planning and manage nent reorganized. Freight rates and Grain Han d 1 i n r have been persistent complaints in the four Western provinces where the liberals iced Only four seats in the last parliament. We Are abandoning the out noded freight rate Structure which was based on the belief hat Competition would result lower rates for the con Sumer of railway or. Trudeau said. It would be replaced by a system in which agricultural and an walk out continued was paid a commission by a Bank or finance company to fill out a financing contract on the item to disclose the commis Sion he was paid for filling out the finance contract. Or. Johnston told the com Mittee he is a commission Salesina he is a manufacturer s agent Selling Machin Ery and is paid a commission on his sales but does not have anything to do with finance and or. Shafransky suggested that this constituted a conflict of interest and or. Johnston should not speak or vote on the Hill. Based on the real Cost of the Short haul rates no longer vill exceed those for Long lauds he said. However in p e c i a 1 As the mar limes and Crown Cost pass charges at less than Cost of service still would apply. Another Clement of the Iranor Jor tation policy was added in Montreal by transport min Ster Jean Marchand who said a Crown corporation will be set up to Deal with rail passenger problems. Canadian National railways and up rail had neg i cited services be cause they Are not economical to run compared with freight Raffic. Progressive conservative members of the committee immediately objected saying that kind of a ruling could Lead to All members of the legislature being excluded from voting 011 tax Bills because they were All taxpayers or for excluding Farmer members of the Legisla Ture from voting on Bills to do with agriculture. However or. Paulley said he did t wish any further Dis Cussion on the matter because of the late hour and moved that the question be put on the Section despite the fact that several members had indicated they wanted to speak or. Spivak said he had been told by consumer affairs min ister Ian Turnbull who sponsored the Bill that the govern ment is not sure it is workable but wants the legislation passed in the Hope that it can work and that it will be pro claimed Only it it is found to be workable. The opposition Leader suggested that the government has no business passing legis lation if it is not sure it wit work. He said the Section of the Bill in question would discriminate against Small businesses which have to use finance1--companies and Banks to finance purchases for their customers because tic commission would appear to he an additional Cost of Bor rowing even though the total rate would be the same As the h a n k or finance company ulily charge a customer who ont., the May increase is for very deep con Industrial shippers pay amount which is fairly Kissinger Ottawa visitor by John Hay Ottawa up Secretary Henry . State Kissinger is .0 Fly Here from the Middle East next week in time for the Start of the nato foreign ministers meeting at which All 15 member countries Are expected to be represented. A . Embassy spokesman said wednesday that or. Kis Singer arrive from the Middle he is tour ing with president probably monday night. The t w o d a y conference opens tuesday. A Canadian spokesman said the Secretary probably Wilt meet external affairs minister Mitchell Sharp briefly perhaps Over breakfast or lunch. But a full scale meeting be tween or. Sharp and or. Kis Singer has been put off until after the july 8 Federal elec1 Hon. Or. Sharp is also scheduled to take advantage of the nato meeting to hold private talks with newly installed foreign ministers from France West Germany and Norway. And he will meet Portugal s new foreign minister Mario Soares to discuss possible Ca Nadian Aid to portuguese Afri can colonies. The government has been preparing to offer Aid to anti colonial forces in the colonies indirectly through private Aid groups in Canada. Meantime however a peace Ful coup d eat in Portugal has opened the possibility of direct Aid to the colonies by the Cana Dian International development Agency with the approval of a portuguese government now ready to negotiate Independence for its african in Railor ies. Walked into the main office. I a r g c department stores which handle their own financing would not have to disclose any such costs he said am thus would have an apparent advantage As far As Consumers arc concerned. Earlier the committee heart a Strong objection from dark Ivans conditional Sale s con tract representative employed by a Winnipeg Auto Dealership to the government s Hill 71 proposed amendments to the consumer prot Calion act. Or. Evans insisted that it s Only a matter for Zimsek and his employer to know much he is paid for the service he renders. On conditional sales lure court decision will find the fogging Ota again in 1 i contracts. I work for what i get paid he said adding thai his Job is the same As thai of a Loans officer. He said he is paid on a sliding scale throughout the year based on the volume of conditional sales contracts he neg Oriales. Or. Evans predicted that if the Bill goes through As it is he knows of Al Casl one major car Dealership in Manitoba Hal will go out of business. Us Lima Cly the buying Public will pay the Penally in increased to Iii inning rates he said program illegal. The Manitoba court of a peal in a decision handed Down this week dismissed an application by Irene Stein for an interim injunction to halt the cily s spraying program to control the Leaf eating canker Worms. In its decision however the court discussed the Issue of whether an environmental Impact study of the program is required As indicated the ques Tion is an arguable said a report from City solicitor Duncan Mannox. 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