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A long time ago, the
wellknown | Fathers — of

in future, all of “Canada

would stand. together,
sharing equally in the good

and the bad. But something —

went wrong along the way:

and now the impoverished
_ Maritimes are part of the
same Confederation as
wealthy Alberta and On-
tario.

- Iatreasingly - _ and quite

aside-‘from the. well-known”
_ sovereignty issue in Quebec - |
‘+ Confederation has become
a matter of every province
for itself. The noble concepi .

of one for all and all for one
has gone by the boards.

One example of the course
we're taking can be found in

Quebec where, by provincial
decree, it has been specified |
that construction workers

from outside Quebec will not
be permitted to work in that

province unless it can be.
determined that workers :

with similar skills are not
available locally.

Quebec's: action invited
immediate |

troduced legislation barring

Quebec tradesmen. Other |
regions can be expected to

follow suit.

But let’s not dump all the
blame on one province. Last _
year, for example, Ontario - |
shopping for new.
public transit vehicles. The
lowest bid came from MLW - Bi

a Quebec: ER
but the @
contract went to Ontario's
Hawker-Siddley at a higher

went .

Worthington,
based outfit —

price.

Alberta, meanwhile, gives.

preferred status to its own

contractors for. pipeline .
construction.

, ca

only

from _
Ontario which has in- .

Outside a

contractors.
- when: there aren't" any |
firms available.

Manitoba stipulates” ‘that -

generating . plants _ there,

. Competent. enguneers. from —
anywhere else in Canada are

out tof luck.

The ¢xamples of ‘begear-
your-neighbor
within Confederation. are

‘almost endless. It's) im-

possible now to ignore the

‘fact that Confederation just

isa’t working out the way the

' Fathers planned it. The.
provincial leaders are to |

blame — but so is Ottawa,

which has failed to develop a_
comprehensive.

naiional
development policy. The
provincial ploys are born out -
of frustration with an

| economy that has stagnated. .

‘There is an important .

lesson here for Canadians...

| Although v we © operate © one of

Manitoba- based |
_ consulting engineers — be.
_ employed ‘on- ‘nuclear.

policies ;

the. “goods * “coming into
Canada pay no duty whereas. Po
‘the U.S. for example, taxes
more. than 90% of its .im-'
trade aa
_ representatives. the .
» Geneva ‘trade negotiations a. oa
sare’ ‘talking | about | cutting: J oe
tariffs even further ‘in ex- @
_ Change for non-tariff con--
‘from . other @ a

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cessions
, Countries. |

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But agreement on s tariffs i is i
a-relatively casily attained:
- state; being nothing ° more
than a matter of arguing over |

. easily defined numbers.
- Non-tariff. barriers,on the -

other hand, are far more
‘readily Ez
: defined: So, if we can't’ cope
with wade barviers within
our own borders, how can’ &

‘subtle and: less.

our naive “boy scout” ap-

- proach to international trade’
in. Geneva. accomplish °

_ anything of value? There's a

lesson on international trade .
‘to be found in our own in- |
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