Te SS important, in the coming months: ; thatiwe maintain, “a .cheerful and positive attitude’. in- regards to Canada. If we see.only the negative aspects of the things that threaten our country it will breed more dissent and force false promises from the politicians. Not false on purpose, perhaps, but false in the long run because things are moving:fast and times are new-and traditional political platitudes : are. becoming irrelevant. Problems are op- portunities. If we harp on the “problems, the discussions that we will have before this election will be mainly . negative. But if we see them..as opportunities many. good: things can come to pass in the:coming months and years. “Let me give you some examples. . The: petroleum shortage is definitely an ‘Opportunity. The car business i in Canada is in the doldrums. We have let ourselves slide: into a lazy ' position’ “as producers of some of the parts, for the Anierican car manufac- turers: And, in their turn, they have all been ignoring the forecasted petroleum shortages and thé con- sequent related lifestyle changes. This head-in-sand position’ ‘has placed them:in a position of declining sales in a market small car sales .are sti owing in leaps and bounds .. | on "THE BIRD’S YEAR END INVENTORY IS JAN. 31 ' ALL TRADES AND DEMOS MUST Go!!! YEAR END _ CLEARANCE! tobe modified Small imported cars now take 60.per cent of the North American car market totally ludicrous position for the North American automakers to be caught in. STILL TOO LARGE It’s my feeling that the new cars being produced in Detroit. are, while smaller,. still too large. ‘The automakers are trying to reach a compromise position and have spent millions retooling for what are really (in terms of gasoline at -European prices) medium size cars. 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