auto Going where the gas is cheaper OTTAWA (UPC) - Americans are crossing the Canadian border and buying $50 million worth of cheaper gasoline ai year, Energy Minister Marc Lalonde told the House of Commons. rejected estimates by Conservative MP and former Toronto mayor David Crombie that Americans were buying close to $100 milhon worth Law shouldn't interfere-Pepin OTTAWA (UPC) - Transport Minister Jean-Luc Pepin said the federal government should not compel Ford Canada Ltd. to recall up to 1.5 millon automobiles with suspected defective transmissions. Pepin told the House of Commons the government had authority to issue defect warnings to manufacturers and consumers but not the power to recall the velicles under suspicion. “The system as it cxists now has been sufficient in 99.9 percent of the cases...” he said. “I don't personally belicve that the law should TORONTO (UPC) Volkswagen Canada Inc . said Monday it was notifying some 20.400 Canadian owners of diescl Rabbits to brning them in for inspection and cngine modificabons at the cad of August The Company said a was responding to sSOmc Com of gas for their trucks and cars. Crombie charged that Canadians were subsidizing “the foreigners”and action should be taken = im- mediately. The energy minister told the House that most Americans were crossing the border at Ontario points and that federal officials were intervene to obtain an ob- we that can be reached means.” .S. government has tentatively ruled that the automatic transmissions in about 16 million Ford cars may be defective, causing the vehicle to jump from park into reverse with the engine running. Nearly 100 deaths and hundreds of accidents in the U_S. have been blamed on the transmission problem. If Ford ts ordered to recall all suspect vehicles, the recall would be the largest in automotive history. A transport department VW has a prob plaints about self accelerabon by the dicsel model “Phas condition involves a very marginal engine mcrease in revolutions which lasts for only a flew seconds and occurs only under crxcepbonal circumstances monitoring the situation and would advise him of “any action to take”. He said no statistics on Americans crossing the border were available but the “best ‘guessestimate’ is that $50 million would be close to reality.” “If you take into con- sideration that Ontario picks up road tax, which accounts spokesman said as many as 1.5 million Ford cars in Canada could be affected if the U.S. government im- plements a recall order. On Thursday, government said it would await U.S. developments before deciding if action would be taken against Ford Canada Ltd. Pepin said he had ordered departmental officials to prepare for a possible recall, but noted Ford was diSputing the American government's “tentative” decision. He added there was “no proof” that the automaker’ was responsible for the problem It does not affect the safe the operation of the vehicle.” the (company said Volkswagen said owners will be asked to schedule an inspecbon oat ther local dealer for installation of a modification kit free of charge Pope to visit Brazil VATICAN CITY (UPI) Pope John Paul I] wall visit 13 cittes, onc yal and two leper colonies when he tours Brazal for 12 days beginaing later thes month ins the longest papal tnp outside Italy in modern times. the Vatican Tucsday The itincrary reicased by the Vatican showed the 60 year-old John Paul's Junc 3O July 11 trp will be the most gruciling he has undertaken mance he was ciected pope 19 months ago. announced The pope's Brazilan tour begins in the South Amencan nation’s ultra modern capital of Brasilia and ocnds io the isolated Amaron River city of Manaus just south of the Kquator In between, John Paul will visit Brazil's two biggest cites, Rao De Janciro and Soo Paulo, pray at the nation’s shrinc to Mary tin Aparecuis and stop at cvery major city oon tts south Atlantic coast By the time the pupe NORTH VAN returns home he will have travelled more than J7 SOO miles, celebrated 13> mayor masses and been away from the Vatican {2 days. one longer than any papal trip in modern times The pope will arnve in Bramha at noon local tame following ao flight of about 11 hours from Rome After celcbrating his first outdoor mass, John Paul will confer with Brazil's president and meet with the nahon’s diplomatic corps before rctring for the night AUTO BRAKE LTD. ¢ Ga. 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