Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 13, 1974, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press to Friday june 13, 1974 living costs on stage Price Index figures underline the necessity of his parly s anti proposals. The nip advocates a National prices control Board that would ii ave 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 find production. Or. Trudeau and other lib c r a 1 spokesmen noted that higher food prices were a major component in boosting the Index. Even the opposition parties do not want to freeze food prices the prime minister told a shopping Centre Audi ence near Edmonton. Finance minister John t u r n c r said in Cambridge ont., the May increase is cause for very deep con but was not unexpected because wholesale prices have been building up for months. Food prices and the mid May increase in tile Cost of i u e 1 were mainly responsible. Or. Trudeau said tuesday he would not be preoccupied with criticism Over living costs and he kept Hal pledge wednesday unwrapping parts of his promised new transportation policy. He said in a prepared state ment at Edmonton the policy includes removing freight rate inequities and revamping the handling system. A Crown owned Reserve Frig he car Fleet would be created and port planning and manage ment reorganized. Freight rates and Grain Han d 1 i n g have been persistent complaints in the four Western provinces where the liberals held Only four seals in the last parliament. We Are abandoning the Oul mod cd Frig he Rale Structure which was based on the belief hat Competition would result in lower Rales for the con in mar of railway or. Trudeau said. It would be replaced by a system in which agricultural and Industrial shippers pay an amount which is fairly based on the real Cost of the Short haul rates no longer will exceed those for Long hauls he said. However in special As the and crows Neil pass Rales charges at less than Tost of service Silil would apply. Another element of the transportation policy was added in Montreal by transport min ister Jean Marchand who said a Crown corporation will be set up to Deal with rail passenger problems. Canadian National railways and up Kail had neglected passenger services he cause icy Are not economical to run compared with freight raffle. 8 pcs walk out Kissinger Ottawa visitor of Vii i l 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. 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 on tax Bills because they were All taxpayers or for excluding Farmer members of the Legisla Ture from voting on Bills to do Wilh agriculture. However or. Paully said he did t wish any further Dis Cussion on the Mailer because of the late hour and moved that the question be put on the Section despite the fad Hal several monitors had indicated they wanted to speak. Or. Spivak said he had been Lold by consumer affairs Mill Isler Ian tier null. Who sponsored the Bill Hal the govern ment is nol sure it is workable but wants the legislation passed in the Hope Hal in can work and that in will be pro claimed Only if it is found to workable. The opposition Leader suggested that the government has no business passing legis lation if if is nol sure it will work. He said he Scalion of the bit in question would discriminate against Small businesses which have to use finance companies and Hanks to finance purchases for their customers because inc commission would appear to be an additional Cost of Bor rowing even though the total rate would be the same As the Bank or finance company would charge a customer who walked Inlo the main office. I a r g e department lures which handle their own financing would not have to disclose any such costs he said and thus would have an apparent advantage As far As Consumers arc concerned. Earlier the committee heard a Strong objection from David Evans conditional sales con miracl employed by a Winnipeg Auto Dealership to inc government s Bill 71, proposed amendments to the consumer Protection act. Or. Evans insisted that it s Only a Mailer for himself and Bis employer in know much he is paid for the service he renders on conditional Salzsi Contra Els. I work for what i gel paid he said adding that his Job is the same As Hal of a Bank Loans officer. He said he is paid on a sliding scale throughout he year based on the v o i u m c of conditional sales contracts he negotiates. Or. Evans predicted that if inc Bill goes through As it is lie knows of at least one major car Dealership in Manitoba Hal. Will go Oul of Liu siness. Ill time Lily the buying Public will pay the penalty in increased financing rates he said. I w o d a y conference opens tuesday. A Canadian spokesman said the Secretary probably will 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 Afler the july 8 Federal elec lion. Or. Sharp is also scheduled to Lake advantage of inc 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 scares to discuss possible Ca Nadian Aid to portuguese Afri can colonies. The government has Hen preparing to offer Aid to Anli colonial forces in the colonies indirectly through private Aid groups ill Canada. Meantime however a peace Ful coup d eat in Portugal Lias opened the possibility of direct Aid to Hie colonies by the Cana Dian development Agency with the approval of a portuguese government n o w ready to negotiate Independence for its african territories. The nato conference Mark ing inc of file anniversary of the North Atlantic treaty organization is expected at least to initial a new statement on inc Aims and principles of the Alli Ance. Bui. In is apparently still undecided whether the document will be formally signed at the conference or later by Heads of government. Sources say the statement will refer to the new capacity european members have from their Prosperity to pay for their share of the nato defence Bill and to the continuing need Lor Consulta Tion among Alliance members. Washington Wauls the euro peans to carry a bigger share of the defence Burden Partick 1 a r i y maintenance of . Forces ill Europe. The europeans on inc Thui hand want closer consultation with the . On major issues. They have complained Washington did nol adequately con sult its allies notably during last october s Middle East Cri Sis when . Forces were put on Alert. The new statement is expected to be vague enough to win support on both those Points from the 15 members. Aut Opac claims mounting despite he drop from the previous month however the May claims were Silil 4.2 per cent higher than the claims filed ill May 1973. Or. Uruski said he had hoped thai the number of claims would drop this year to allow a Lopac to recoup some of its 1973 and Early 1974 losses. . 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