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Page $.] March 14, 1979 - North Shore News ~

Chretien — inflation
problem over to the people —

Finance Minister Jean
Chretien says he will rely on
“the public understanding”
of Canada’s. sensitive

economic situation rather |

than introduce further wage
controls. -,

Chretien was answering
opposition concerns ex-
presses in the. Commons
Monday over the threat of

an impending rash of high

wage demands.

Their fears came as the
result of a report by the
Conference Board of Canada

that unidns were. preparing Z-

for tough bargaining sessions
this year because of high
inflation, - less
power and the feeling that
anti-inflation legislation had

spending

se

controlled incomes but not
prices.

But Chretien says there
are no controls Projected for

‘announced that

this year and insists there is

no way partial controls can
work.

Meanwhile, the NDP has_

renewed its calls for the new
National Commission on
Inflation to have the power
to roll back prices.

That same day, Ottawa
_duties
charged on some fruits and
vegetables are to be cut by

amounts from 2-15 per centy. |

The reductions will apply -

primarily to fruit and
vegetable juices, raisins and
potatoes and have been
ordered because of the 16
per cent price increases for
produce’ reported ‘in
January, considered a major

The seal kill starts in full

Anti-sealing protestors
have failed to ward off the
annual seal hunt near the
coast of Newfoundland,
which started in full this
week.

Eight protestors remain in
jail on the Magdalene
Islands after a violent clash
with supporters of the hunt,

during which they had
painted seals with a harmless
red dye to make their pelts
valueless.

The seal savers’ problems
were compounded this week

by bad weather, which
prevented them from
reaching the hunt area.

Feds blamed |
in Cranbrook crash

Inadequate federal
regulations have been cited
as part of the cause for a
plane crash at Cranbrook
last year which killed 43
people, according to the
Edmonton Sun.

A report on the crash,
made out by _ transport
minister Otto Lang, is said to
have been leaked to the
paper.

Europe uses
new money

Euromoney, the new Eur-
opean monetary = system,
came into use Tuesday, with
all Common Market count-
ries except Britain agrecing
to use the new currency for
trading.

The system is intended to
stabilize fluctuations in curr-
encies of member countries
but Britain fears it would
suffer more using the new
money than sterling.

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Garden Spots

ingredient of spiralling food

and the economic outlook
also looked brighter as the
Canadian dollar returned. to
above 85¢ in U.S. terms, up
.5¢ from before the weekend

‘and a full cent from a week

ago.

B.C. Pen

. phase-out begins

It has been confirmed that

- the B.C. Penitentiary in New

Westminster, considered
one of the most archaic in

Canada, will definitely close |

in three years.

As the first step to its.
‘phasing out,

40 prisoners

Service to:
Inglis, General Hectric,

- The :
Coach House
announces

Our New
Dining Room Menu

Pacific Salmon Filet

Poached Sole § tuffed

with Shrimp

Prime Rib of Beef
New York Steak
Sirloin Steak
Cornish Game Hen
Scallops and Shrimp

All dinners include Vegetable,
a Loaf of Country Bread
and a Crispy Salad
with House Dressing

Open Mon. - Sat.

> p.m.

700 Lillooet Rd.,

N.V.
985-3111

Hot Point, Westinghouse, Tee thatiot Renee

Apartment and Condominium owners take advantage
of our ‘Inflation Fighting Service Call’’

cole hers 980-0811
os. ; Johnstone Services Ltd.

have been moved in recent

weeks to smaller institutions ~
in the Fraser Valley. _

Spokesman Jack Stewart
says the prison population
will have dropped to 90 by

November.

_

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with dinner

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