A4 - Sunday, February 13, 1983 - North Shore News . the world aintes via BEES co By UNITED PRESS CANADA ae ee OTTAWA—Opposition critics are outraged the federal government has completed a new um- brella agreement with the United Sates on weapons development’ without consulting Parliament. Conservative MP Altan McKinnon said Thursday he did not object to the weapons tests—which include the controversial dismayed that the pact empowered the Depart- ment of National Defence to negotiate secret sub- agreements with the Pentagon. The umbrella OTTAWA (UPC) —Bus- iness bankruptcies rose 9 per cent in January over the same period last year, ‘féaving some $132.6 million in unpaid debts, the Corporate Affairs Department announced Friday. Fully 828 businesses fell victim to failure in January, up from 764 in the previous month and 759 in January 1982, the department's bankruptcy branch reported. The recession took a heavy toll on Canadian business last year, forcing OTYTAWA— The New Democratic Party pro- posed Fnday a sweeping 10-year program = to rebuild the = railways, create 485,000 jobs aad retain the Crow's Nest Pass freight rate for western grain farmers In a joint’: announce ment by NDP Leader Fd Broadbent in Saskatoon, Sask | and Transport cnuc Les Benjamin in Outawa, the NDP called on) Transport) Mintster Jean Luc Pepin to abandon his program to POK YO) C anadtian Top Japancesc is. kkuropean tiade offmals reinforced and comimilancats ‘Outraged’ at weapons pact agreement was signed Thursday in Washington. “Parliament -will be further removed from in- fluencing the government in any way on inter national commitments,” the Tory defense critic said. “Parliamentarians will have no meaningful input into the process.” McKinnon proposed that such agreements be Watertront taxpayers on their own in West Van IF WATERFRONT property owners in West Vancouver want to appeal their property taxes, they are on their own. West Vancouver council won't go to bat for them with the assessment review board after all. Council voted Monday to withdraw the appeal it launched on behalf of the FROM PAGE A3 placed before Parliament for debate before they are signed. He said in most democracies elected representatives ratify treaties and foreign agreements. Bankruptcies still climbing a record 10,765 busines- ses into bankruptcy com- pared to 8,055 in 1981. There were also 2,539 personal bankruptcies in January, up 37.8 per cent from the 1,842 personal bankruptcies recorded in January 1981. Quebec businesses were hardest hit in January. with 322 bank- ruptcies. Ontano had 239 business failures while 105 businesses weat under in British Columbia and there were 82 busi- ness bankruptcies in Alberta. NDP proposes job plan gradually increase freight costs fivefold to western grain producers in favor of dhe NDP scheme The NDP has vehemently —oppused all federal suggestions to change the Crow rate which has allowed western farmers to ship the grain ata fraction of the actual shipping costs In this latest campaign to protect farmer, the NDP os sending ts alter native to all major far ming groups and asking for thea endorsement Japan rejects import quotas partocrs ues sontative Drade Kepic Willaam Brock and after by humans and cared for by people in Horseshoe Bay.” She says of the laying of charges against the suspects: “The main thing we can get out of this is the fact that people have got into their heads the idea that there are too many Canada geese and Se, they can start killing them. These birds are protected under federal laws and you are only allowed to shoot them under permit, in certain areas and at certain waterfront property owners because of the costs m- volved. “We discovered that we would have to make separate appeals for each property - and that means about 360 homes,” explained Mayor Derrick Humphreys. dangerously close to getting in volved in an area where we should not be,” he said. It is not council’s place to interfere with individual owners’ rights and business, he said. It was up to them to launch their own appeals. “Our staff does not have __“Once council starts‘ the capacity, the numbers or the time to do it,” he said. 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