A report by the Task
“Force,en ‘Canadian Unity,
which says. Quebec should
be allowed. to ‘separate from
‘Canada if. the province |
wishes, has. been hailded by.
’ prime minister Trudeau as “a
landmark in ‘efforts to unify

the country”.

But Quebec. Premier. Rene
Levesque ‘says the report
doesn’t go far enough and
describes it as “a sort of half-

way house:

neither in nor out”.

The report recommends
changes in
system
and the. judiciary and was
generally positively received
by the leaders of all three

sweeping
Canada’s political.

- national political reporters.

However, there

- like a half
pregnant: woman. You” are

was
widespread confusion across

Que

the co ntry over in-
terpretation of. its contents

and reaction by provincial -

premiers was varied.

‘Primarily, the report calls ;

for ‘greater power - at
provincial government level,
seeing this as the: answer to
regional differences and
English-French differences. ;

On_ this point,
Trudeau feels it is optimistic
to think :that the provinces
will take care of minority

languages. .

e
Provincial "governments
should have control over
such matters as natural
resources, culture,
problems, ‘environment,

manpower and immigration. ,

generally non-committal
about the report but said he

ec seperation choice’

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RENE LEVESQUE "
“half in, half out” -
is pleased the B.C. gevern-

ments ideas on greater

.provincial participation were
B.C. Premier Bennett was’

being _accepted along with
this province ’s recom=

mendations “for changes in.

Children die in bus tragedy —

Four children ‘died. and 29
people were injured - in-
cluding the driver when a
bus chartered for a school
ski outing was-sliced in half
by a truck in Barrie, Ontario,
Thursday morning.

Good news.

The accident occurred in.
treacherous road conditions

_ and the bus, carrying pupils

of Weston School, was

severed at a 45 degree angle.
Although it had been

known: which pupils were on

on the trade front

_ Canada recorded a record
trade surplus. last year.
Figures released by Statistics
Canada show an_e en-
couraging $3.5 billion excess
of export trade over imports.

approval.

Variance approval.

For information on either

or both of these propenies,
please write or telephone in
confidence, as indicated below
Separate offers for each parcel
are to be submitted by 4 p.m.
February 15th, 1979 to:

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Approximately 343.741 sq. meters
(3700 sq. ft.) non-conforming tot size,
able to be built upon subject to Board of

While Canada imported
just under $49 billion, export
totalled more than $52
billion; the largest share
going to the United States.
Secondary trading partners

. were Japan and Britain.

The Corporation of the District of
West Vancouver offers two
residential irregular-shaped

LOTS FOR SALE

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upon subject to Board of Variance

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the outing there had been no

check kept on how they had |
been divided among various

chartered buses and it was
some eight hours later

before grieving parents knew —

just which children had died.

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Fitness is a national issue.
We call it Body Politics.

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the senate and supreme
court.

The report calls for
‘sweeping changes in both
the Senate and the House of

> Commons. ~

The Senate, it shys, should
be abolished and replaced by
a council of the federation,

_ with 60 members. These
‘would be appointed by the

-. provinces and would have

the power to check federal

"interference,

-

The Commons would also
_ be expanded by 60 members,
chosen by political parties

_ on the basis of popular vote

to avoid one party being

over represented i in any. area
of the country.

oy

The Supreme Court of

Canada would have i1-

judges insteand of the
present nine. Five of these
would-be from Quebec, with
the remaining six from other
provinces.

Quebec would have
“Spécial powers to safeguard
its French heritage, although
generally the report backs
the federal
stand on bilingualism:

Premier Levesque
received news of the report
in Washington, where he has.
been addressing U.S-

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businessmen - to reassure
them -as to Quebec's future
and has been gaining: --
growing acceptance and
support for his ideas con-
cerning that province.

Ware

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