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get-together of the ec provinciel

_ premiers with Prime Minis-
.ter Trudeau turned. out (in
‘the language's ‘of the used. oar
lot)'to be'a lemon...
The proclaimed nurnose of
. the. conference | - ‘energetic-
ally. promoted by. Mr. Trud-
eau and his henchmen for
_ several months i in advance. --
was, you. may recall,

See See See at ee ae OE,

foally all us “out. of the -
economic doldrums and set.
us. firmly on. the path to”

. Prosperity once more. oe

- For fairly obvious. reasons this co umn i is ‘not’. Si
| noted for lavishing Py, upon our saga crop of | te

tive by the federal. govern

i ment.

‘Just how this miracle was” i

‘to. be achieved within 72

hours, under the glare of TV. .
by . an embattled”
10.
“ premiers ‘with widely differ-.

ing regional . ‘approaches to

lights,

prime | “minister - and =

the. problem .was.. never
. explained. “And,

remotely approaching —
didn’t materialize. . BS

‘Wdeed, afer | uebec’s
separatist Premiere Rene |.
Levesque Staixea on im

disgust before the gavfesi

formally closed, ‘his fellow:
premiers were hard put to ie

even to .come with
motherhood type of joint

communique calling i in vague -
more.
private enterprise and less"

_ general terms for ~
government. spending.
Period. a

The whole affair, snorted
Levesque, amounted ~

election extravaganza’’ by
the Trudeau government.

Naturally, M. Levesque is |

hardly an unbiassed’ com-
mentator, but on this occa-

sion he also happened to be

right.

With the public opinion |

polls running against ‘him,
faced with the imminent
need to call an election and
“an economy -near pre-war
depression levels in many

we have over 260.

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to.
nothing more than ‘‘a pre-.

this ©

He failed. ‘The only’ v vigor-

ous. initiative... during :-:the:
entire three days came from °
B.C... Premier ‘Bill: Bennett. -
With his wide-ranging, eare-
- fully “ researched: proposals - A

for ‘setting . the | Canadian ..:
economy ‘asa. ‘whole ‘on the os

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" path to recover y ane sucigui.
Bennett. suddenly. emerged
as avstatesman of national.

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POSITIVE APPROACH

he mufied one or two of his

- oral presentations, though: he
‘spoke well. in -others.. - But
that’s beside the point. His’
strength came from- the
‘positive,
proach of his thinking, and .
from the detailed prepara-’

servants had obviously done

their. homework extrenely
; thoroughly -- embarrassingly -

so, in fact, compared to

anything provided by the,
federal government .or the:
other provinces. They stood-
head and shoulders at’ ~
pointless
gathering of our temporary .

out:
otherwise

political masters. _

As you might expect, of
course, . the B.C. proposals

‘didn’t get very far -- for the

‘moment, at any rate. Mr. |. mo

Trudeau, fighting for -his
Political life, doesn’t take

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a: “squabblin ing ‘for:
. “hat

sectors, ‘the prime ‘minister _
- Simply. liad to attempt the
illusion of a vigorous initia-

“BC.’s |

According to those present

re . a- gains: with the Public Service |r
4Y-- Staff: Relations: Board, “not
d. “ Canada~ Post,”

into . the ~ ‘polite.

a making the best | he could for «
‘himself out of the situation |
on the time-honored divide-
. and-conquer. principle. my

father, “former.

Meet competition as. sors ako Aree . c
ae oe

participa ants put together. |

‘Some of their. thoughtfully

decumented | pians for. “pulling _
- Canada out ‘of ‘its’ present *.
“mess: could well. be eB Sees Sg foe
-whose moment is arriving --. | "Ping
7 even though they were swept’ f° eg
‘Canada-wide ° ap- _ temporarily under. the: ‘carpet. f. -

by .the more. selfserving '

| a members of, the conference. on _
“tory work that: lay behind. it.”

' Bennett and his senior civil

‘The Socred government’ Ss
achievements..thus , far’ in

running the ‘affairs of ‘our.
own province ‘are open to ~
debate, to put it charitably. 1 ——-—
suspect the premier himself. "=

can. hardly be ‘too. happy
about the: continuing antics

_ me offer

M- more to the list - a
e,-.- Labor & Trades group of the. Pre
Public’ Service «Alliance “of . peace
sonal pante $ Randall Litchfield - Unioi

mM. ° reports in™ “The - Financial

Post... .

Premier Bennett may have ”
been. a trifle naive if he.
. expected any: other’ ‘immed- -
- Jate outcome. He is, after all,
a: comparatively new. boy. at.
mes these © affairs, ;

‘which © his:

~ Premier aa
~W.A.C.. Bennett, sometimes
_ didn’t bother to attend at.all.. -

: ‘But. he Shouldn’t_ be discour- BCS. “stand: tall

a alone |

coors is ‘something © that
— " deserves to be added to ‘the
record a

“Theo consensus 5 of impartial ee
media. observers was that [72
‘premier «and . his 4%
: delegation: contributed more oR
“stature © with | little visible. “of. ‘soli rth

“ stanley laursen
personal |

Ss : ‘rang ed tot win him votes Met a. : ; oe oT
_ ‘fourth: ‘term of. office: gs

7: ‘plough the GIT bar

‘offices :“across + : the? ‘country

, -and are. quite. capabie- of.
“point: ©» throwing. another wrench
the ‘conference degenerated = ge

regional —
: which | “such «in

‘(which they: did again’ the

other week) into the already ~
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year and is getting .impa-

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| : Here-is the ‘rub: ‘GILT ‘has- -
- been — ‘working © without a.

- Saint John, .
oKt's s “not that. their —
“easily.
of” “some * of ‘his cabinet a
colleagues in Victoria. But at
‘east there seems to-be no
question about what hap-
pened last week in Ottawa. .. ©

. a strike. action: ey. 2: 2:1. ae
Mr. ‘Bennett: at. Jast ‘put, | wet
BC. firmly. On: ‘the. ‘map. of”

‘week and.

-on - the

AT Now ‘add one. . honor their.
‘the General; —

2000 - workérs,

between the. two unions, a and

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