Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 31, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free july report Price of clothing criticized ff9ffl the flows representatives of Canadas textile and clothing Industry have criticized a study made Public yesterday which says canadians pay More than Neces sary Tot clothing because of govern ment measures to protect the Domestic textile the prepared by Harvard economist Glenn Jenkins and released yesterday by the North South said a protectionist import quota sys tem has created jobs in the textile Industry but at an extremely High Cost to the Federal government could Cut the average canadians clothing Bill by almost a simply by letting him shop the markets of the Jenkins said in his controversial it urges the government to abandon a Twoy Earold Trade policy which forces Consumers to buy expensive Canadian made clothing instead of cheap Gar ments from Hong Korea and 11 other developing imports from these countries Are rigidly a typical Low income family would save a he his commissioned by the North South a private Agency which promotes fairer treatment of the worlds poor could not have come at a More sensitive in two the textile and cloth ing the Agency which regulates is to recommend to the government whether to abolish the import its report is sex Cabinet of of pipeline opposed by Lalonde by Mary Janigan up news service Ottawa Energy minister Marc Lalonde vehemently opposed this months Cabinet approval of the controversial Canadian Section of the alas Kan natural Gas sources say that while the hard nosed minister was publicly defending the billion pipeline against a concerted new democratic party he was privately prolonging Cabinet discus Sions with his Strong he just did not feel that it was in the Lon term interest of Canadas natural Energy says a key Cabi net he took All of the heat in the commons but behind the he was against it when asked about this report yester Lalonde cant say any thing Cabinet with a big he i fully support it and strolled into a Cabinet meeting without further the original pipeline scheme a liquor bargain no crime continued from Page i Leyko retrieved the Bill on the counter and counted out receiving 60 cents in he gave a tip to an employee who wheeled the liquor out to outside the store Leyko told a Man of his court was on police seized 75 bottles valued at from the Home of Ley Kos about Worth of liquor is still to be judge Ubienski said Leyko took advantage of a liquor commission using the Money he saved from the Purchase for his own but since the cashier at no time had Possession of the Money to which he was no theft was the judge the while not May still be subject to civil judge Ubienski added gravely that no doubt Justice will catch up with him in the proved by the commons in 1977 permitted a line that would take alaskan natural Gas from Prudhoe Bay through the Northern Brit ish Columbia and Alberta into Southern United states no Canad an Gas was to be since both business men and politicians on both sides of the Border have worried that the alas Kan Gas will Cost too much to make it increasing reserves have been found in the Southern so Foothills concocted a scheme to build the Southern portion sell Canadian Gas and funnel the profits into construction of the Northern Seg sources say that Lalonde Felt that the Mere existence of the costly Southern portion would encourage the nation Al Energy Board to approve increasing natural Gas exports to pay for the he was also disturbed that there was no agreement negotiated with the United states to Swap alaskan Gas in re turn for Canadian exports when the remainder of the line was his Cabinet including economic development minister Bud Olson and Industry minister Herb argued that the key Issue was they argued that the total project is Worth about billion to Canada and that it will bring direct and indirect Man years of employment and provide Canadian steel Mills with billion in the item that clinched the Cabinet decision was a White House Assurance that the remainder of the pipeline will be confronted with this document and the majority of his tru Deau gave his agonized and Lalonde stepped into the opposition maps cited his own words uttered last fall when the tories were toying with the notion of pre build and when they had just approved massive natural Gas at that Lalonde warned the worst thing we could do is to Export Gas for a fast Buck or in order to support a faltering he called for a Gas Swap and he supported five year not the current seven year natural Gas Export the minister even went so far As to Brand tory natural Gas Export plans As one of the greatest sellouts in Canadian this Lalonde relied on the Job Factor As his he said that Gas Swap deals were not administratively possible or administratively Wise in the current Oil subsidy loss will raise Eastern Price Ottawa up a government decision to drop a Federal subsidy paid to move Domestic crude Oil by pipe line to Montreal Means Oil prices in Eastern Canada will increase by about half a cent a gallon almost imme Federal Energy department officials said today the decision was taken by Cabinet earlier this month As a Cost cutting it is retroactive to july the decision governs an barrel transportation subsidy introduced several years ago when the inter provincial Oil pipeline was extended to elimination of the subsidy will Lead to higher prices in Montreal and Points East As refineries seek to offset their higher Federal officials said the decision was unrelated to the current Oil pricing dispute with Alberta and will save the Treasury about million a year in direct another 30 million saving stems from the corresponding reduction in payments to offset the difference in the Cost of Domestic and imported the subsidy was originally introduced to encourage Montreal refineries to buy Western Canadian it Al Lowed refineries in Toronto and Montre Al to pay the same Price for Domestic the increase of half cent a Between and cents a is in addition to further Price jumps expected at the end of september As a result of higher wellhead prices for Domestic Alberta is expected to act alone to raise prices following the breakdown of negotiations with the in anticipated to take effect Fri would not be passed on to Consumers for about to an increase of a barrel would raise the Price of Home heating Oil and All other Petroleum products by about seven cents a gallon or cents a the current Domestic Oil Price is a less than half aver age world petted to generate a major debate this there is a Strong argument for Leav ing the limits in of Canada opened the door to a flood of cheap dresses and childrens Wear from the far thousands of Quebec textile workers would lose their jobs and Many Small towns in the province would be All but wiped off the map but Jenkins shoots Down this traditional justification for protecting Cana Dian jobs with several though Provok ing he calculates the import restrictions kept textile employees at work last the average worker earned but his Job Cost taxpayers in sheer economic it would have been better to allow All to go on unemployment insure Cecil general manager of Rice sportswear of said the proposal to lift Protection of the Canad an garment Industry would Likely decimate most manufacturers in Manito it would put us Down the tube and probably put everyone else Down the except for the High fashion Indus Van you just cant com Pete with 25centanhour Yan disputed the figures used in the Harvard economists arguing that at least half the clothing currently sold in Canada is Many Low income families Given the Choice be tween imports and Canadia made products Are choosing the Domestic he the Only country which has followed the suggested path of removing restrictions on All imports is which is flow trying to buy its Way Back into the said As a cold weather Canada can not afford to wait for Winter clothes from other parts of the he there Are about 100 clothing factories employing roughly workers in the statement that import quotas Cost every Canadian family a year is scarcely said Eric president of the Canadian textiles Institute in last per capita purchases by canadians of domestically produced textiles and clothing were about while purchases of imported textiles and clothing were about he Peter executive director of the Canadian apparel manufacturers inst said academic economists afe really not in touch with i just find it very hard to make his Jenkins numbers fit with the facts of the Domestic garment makers compete on a Day today basis with importers and so keep each other he Stephen Montreal manager for the International ladies garment workers said i prefer to pay 50 cents More when t a shirt or a piece of furniture or a pair of rather than pay a Dollar for unemployment insurance or social Assis Manitoba world beauties the five finalists in the Manitoba miss world Canada contest show off the latest in Beach Wear in the Competition held yesterday at the Holiday Judy Winters right won the contest while Anja wag makers left was first Colleen Black second from Kim Gayer and Melanie Richter also made the Jerusalem israels capital Egypt considers breaking off negotiations in protest from the news services Jerusalem israels parliament yesterday approved legislation Declar ing All of Jerusalem to be the jewish states defying International protests that the Law threatens to derail the Middle East peace reacting to the said it will consider suspending its negotiations with Israel on palestinian self the Bill was adopted in the Knesset parliament by a vote of with three after prime minis Ter Menachem begins coalition and the labor the largest opposition combined to defeat two dozen Las minute Zimbabwe to enter in United nations the in Secu Rity Council yesterday unanimously endorsed the application by Zimbabwe for membership in the United the state will be admitted to the world body when the in general Assembly acts on the councils recommendation at a special session called to debate global economic French election dates set Paris the expected two rounds of voting for the next French presiden tial elections will be held april 26 and May the Cabinet decided yes under the French the two news Roundup leading candidates fight out the second round if no candidate gets an absolute majority on the first presidential election by Universal suffrage for a seven year term was introduced by president Charles de Gaulle in bomber crashes up a air Force fb111 fighter bomber crashed yesterday afternoon while on a routine Low level exercise near a Cana Dian base but a defence depart ment spokesman said both Crew Mem Bers ejected Angele information offi cer at the Bagotville located about 175 Kilometres North of Quebec said the and navigator Shallington were picked up by a Canadian forces murder victim list climbs los Angeles the number of possible victims in the so called free Way killer Case climbed to 44 yesterday As authorities added three More people to the list of those they believe Are among the the los Angeles county District attorneys office claims William Boom has killed 14 of the Benins Vernon is charged As an accomplice in six of those drug ring moves North police said yester Day a loosely organized drug ring based in Detroit has moved its opera Tion to several southwestern Ontario communities in an attempt to replenish heroin supplies with heroin Susti at least five Detroit residents have been charged with various drug of fraudulently impersonating doctors and drug related conspiracy investigations by the ramp and municipal police forces Are continuing in connection with a series of breaking at drug stores in several area communities and into at least one robbery or at tempted ramp Constable Rob Roy of Strat the head of the said a number of southwestern Ontario municipalities including Mit Wingham and Stratford have been hit by members of the the ramp said there May be As Many As 12 involved in the and police believe London and Sarnia township May be involved in the groups civil servants fined Edmonton four members of the Alberta Union of provincial employees were fined each and 17 others were fined each wednesday in court of Queens Bench for defying a court backs work no matter How important the any movement to defy the Law is an exercise in jus Tice William Stevenson said in handing Down the police have virtually ruled out the possibility that striking jail guards were involved in an attack on the child and wife of another guard who had crossed picket Julius Rawlyk said but John president of the Alberta Union of provincial employ which represents the guards who re turned to work said wednes Day the Union will conduct its own trends predicted Montreal the proportion of French canadians to the rest of the Canadian population is Likely to drop significantly by the year two Montreal demographers but in Quebec the ratio of Tranco phones to anglophones could go Rejean Lachapelle and Jacques Hen pm predict in a 400page study to be published this in Overall Canadas French speaking population is Likely to drop to Between 21 and 24 per cent from the 1976 census figure of 26 per says the saw secret Billy says r the los Angeles times Washington Billy Carter has told Federal investigators that president Carter gave him state department cables reporting favourably on billys controversial 1978 trip to Joel the governments chief attorney in the said although the cables carried Only a Low secrecy Billy Carters if would fur ther entangle the president in the controversy Over his Brothers service for the Radical libyan identified by the Cia As a Bank Railer of International president Carter acknowledged Dis cussing the Low classification cables with his but said through Ray a Deputy White House press that he did not recall show ing Billy the texts or giving him Lisker also said in an interview with several reporters that Billy Carter lied to him and an Fri agent when they were questioning him about compensation he had received from the Lisker also indicated that Billy tried to cover up the nature of a pay the presidents who has be come a major political also refused to answer listers questions As to whether he had attempted to influence through his brother has Lillian or a ban on shipping american aircraft to Libya Billy responded to the question with an expletive and said it was none of the governments Lisker told Billy Carter first mentioned the state department cables when Lisker and Fri agent Richard Fugatt were interviewing him 16 in a Motel room in Lisker said that he had spread out on a Coffee table the copies of the cables from the charge affaires in Tri and that Billy glanced at Ive got that Cia Cable Lisker quoted Billy As chief of the foreign agents registration unit in the department of said it noted that they were state not cables and asked Billy where he had obtained Jimmy gave pm to Lisker Billy you mean the president Lisker asked Billy Billy nodded affirmatively and i got them at the Lisker said that something we want to look Lisker said at the White Jenkins said the Low classification Given the state department cables meant they were confidential or for official use Lisker said the cables described the arrival in Libya of a Georgia Dele gation that was headed by 1 dont know if he was telling the truth when he mentioned the Lisker he does pull your but be added that vill follow n the question of the cables 19 the president ;