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Wants strong economy Throne speech highlights OTTAWA(CP) throne speech opening. the second SORT a ‘ON FHE OREGON COAST Highlights of the session of the 34th Parliament on Monday ¢ A new national sales tax will replace the current federal sales tax * Unemployment insurance programs will be changed to ‘‘create greater incentives for employment." _ Strong economy - tops Tory list OTTAWA (CP) Canadians could see social programs threatened and a return to the soaring unem ployment and inflation of the early 1980s unless the federal deficit is dealt with, the government sdid Monday at the reopening of Parliament In a throrie speech read by Gov. Gen, Jeanne Sauve, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and his Conservative government cited creation of a strong economy as their top priority But: the massive national debt — a ‘legacy of past deficits” — threatens economic health and the ability **to meet other priorities,” the speech said There were hints that’an overhaul of the unem ployment insurancessystem — in part to meet the trainir needs of free trade with the United States — might be part of the government’s cost-cutting éfforts. “Iv is also my government’s intention to restructure unemployment insurance benefits in order io eliminate in- consistencies (and) Lo create greater incentives to em: ployment.” The speech, opening the second session of the 34th Parliament, actually sends legislators back to work in ear nest for the first time since Mulroney won a second con: secutive majority last November The 295-seat Commons was recalled in December, with a one-issue, seven-paragraph speech to pass the Conser vative government's free-trade deal with the United States by Jan. | Sauve, readiig what is to be her last throne speech before retiring at year end, said it would take the “utmost resolve’ of the government to deal “with the massive national debrand said**atrexpanding eednomy is the only way to maintain the social programs which Canadians cherish."* Also stressed, were environmental protection, main tenance of a “caring, compassionate’? society and fostering of Canada’s “cultural and national uniqueness The speech also renewed Mulroney's pleas for ratification of the Meech Lake constitutional accord, saying it is “indispensable to the further evolution of the ‘Canadian Constitution.” It promised’ more privatization of Crown cor porations, reintroduction of a national child care program, new conflict-of-interest standards for MPs and a com: mission to investigaté reform of election laws There were also, te usygl array of general pledges without details, timetables or pricetags. The speech promised tougher environmental standards, a review of the Young Offenders Act, a reform of the legal system and sen, tencing practices and a renewed fight against AIDS and drug abuse And it ducked the question of abortion policy, saying only that the recent Supreme Court of Canada ruling which threw the issue back in the government's hands would be studied A royal commission would also be struck to study new reproductive technologies such as artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization, embryo transfer and surrogate paren thood 0. Box J, Gold Beach, Oregon (503)-247-6676 Toll-free in U.S.: 1-800-FOR-JOTS (1-800-367-5687) Take advantage of the many potential tax deductions available to commission salespeople. At H&R Block, we know which ex penses are deductible. And we'll find you the biggest refund you're’ entitled to. We want to save you as much money as possible this year Don't be confused by the many tax law changes. The specialists at H&R Block always have the answers you need IF THERE'S EVER A TIME FOR inte encenenencennn nti ee nam it’s Now 1761 Columbia Ave., Castlegar * 365-5244 Monday to Friday 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m © New legislation will be proposed toimprove water quality * Anenvironmental partners fund will promote, environmentally safe products © Bankruptcy laws will be changed and new business laws will be propose: © The legal system and sentencing practices will be reformed * A royal commission will study reproductive technologies, such as ar lificial insemination. and- surrogate motherhood © Immigration levels will be ex panded © A new citizenship act will be proposed * A law will be proposed to establish a race relations foundation 4ee New tas poreringeontictof interest among parliamentarians will be introduced * Acommission of inquiry will be asked to recommend changes to elec tion laws Speech lacks new ideas OTTAWA(CP) Despite their big, new m date and lots of time to think things through, the governing The speech says change is coming to the $10.4-billion. a-year unemployment insurance plan “to improve the Conservatives came up with few fresh ideas in Monday's speech tromthe throne program's effectiveness and its fairness."” It doesn’t - specity how Further, UL t ‘ensure that the resources available are used more effec ANALYSIS tively” and “to create greater incentives to em ployment.” Whatever is planned, Ottawa's tampering with unemployment igeurance won't sit well with the op: position, labor or Canadians in disadvantaged fegions. But it wasn’ta surprise because Mulroney hinted at changing the system during last fall’s election campaign Asked then whether the plan might be changed or refornitd, he replied; ‘*We'll take a look at all of those things)... atan appropriate time.”” That time has apparently arrived Either Prime Minister Brian Mulroney\ and his fits would be ‘‘restructured’’ to Tory legions don’t hdvé much to offer Canadians or they're so intent on cutting the deficit that policy making has been hamstrung Mulroney — author-in-chief of the speech read by Gov. Gen. Jeanne Sauve — blamed it on the bank a count as Parliament got back to business for the first time since Christmas. The speech sets out the government's plan for the new parliamentary session and sounds the alarm about a very scary deficit, estimated at about $29 billion an: nually Thirty-one cents of every dollar raised by Ottawa goes toward paying interest on the debt. The speech doesn’t mention that the Tories were running things « while about half thé country’s $330 billion accumulated ational debt was piling up. The rest of the speech was familiar fare. The en vironment will be protected. Competitiveness will be encouraged. Child care legislation will be introduced. The legal system will be reformed When it came to the most emotionally charged sub- ject of them all, abortion, the Tories promised only more study of two Supreme Court decisions that left Canada without an abortion law Lhe speech signals that the next federal budget will cut spending and boost revenues. It says a new national — sales tax is coming, but details about cost-cutting measures must await the budget But it’s clear from the speech that unemployment insurance is on the budget-trimmers’ target list Clean-up touted OTTAWA (CP) New laws to regulate toxic chemicals and improve water quality are the mainstays of the federal government’s bid to clean up the environment Also in Monday's speech from the throne Was a promise to set up a fund to encourage the use of recyclable products. The government also said it will_subject all new laws to an en vironmental review Some of these measures were proposed by the Conservatives after they were first elected in 1984 Opinion polls have consistently in dicated Canadians believe cleaning up the environment should be a top ptiority, and the Conservatives promised during last fall's election campaign to put it near the top of their agenda The throne speech, laying out government plans for the new session of Parliament, included promises to limirthe environmental impact of toxic chemicals with a new environmental protection act and introduce new legislation to clean up lakes and rivers Our Cue-Strata Machines join the Interac* network of ABMs: Now that we're part of both the Interac and Exchange networks, you can use thousands of automated banking machines all over North America. 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Dick Huisman, named president of the Calgary based Greyhound Lines of Canada Lid. late last year, sees opportunities for his bus line to attract hordes of new passengers. “There is a need for us to do more than we have done in the past, looking at reasons why people would want to travel on the bus and seeing whether we can motivate them to dothat,’* Huisman said Phe motivations could range fronr speciat express runs between major cities and improved schedules, to a seat reservation system and even video entertainment systems and cellular telephones on some buses. Huisman, a former vice-president of Canadian Pacific Hotels and Resorts, said increasing the number especially those aimed at passengers who want to travel faster and of passengers means increasing services in more comfort One idea is an inter-city service aimed at business travellers that would offer more speed and amenities than regular buses , But his immediate goals are to build up the com pany’s passenger, courier and charter businesses. This could include buying or merging with other courier businesses “My first priority is to optimize what we have in the Greyhound has plans to raise bus-travel image Ahice tings charters, passengers and the courier business," Huisr aid. **1 think the cou is the best-kept secret “TL keep running into people who have a’ need for Courier services anid have never heard of us," he said “We have a network of 550 locations where We travel through on a scheduled service. | think we have an ex cellent opportunit d that and we will spend money in that area, PROFITS ROSE Greyhound reportéd a. 28-per-cent increase sin profits from $17.7 million in 1987 to $22,6 million last year, Revenues increased 9.4 per cent (0 $263.4 million. Ridérship fell 3.8 per cent in 1988, bul increased slightly during the fourth quarter Huisman thinks more people have been sensing good value in bus travel, at_a time when airline ticket business prices are on the rise “We had @ good year last year,"" he said. “In the bus business itself, we saw some growth in passenger (raffic at the latter part of the year and we see a con tinuation of that in the first three months of this year Greyhound operates more than 400 buses, serving points between Toronto and Vancouver and north'as far as Whitehorse, Yukon. Huisman wants more effort devoted to separating the company’s passenger and courier businesses, using courier trucks instead of buses in some cases, while still taking advantage of Greyhound’s passenger foute net work for some courier deliveries. IBM tops Forbes’ list again NEWYORK TAPS Terao MAT Business Machines Corp. was the most valuable company in the United States 1988 for a fifth straight year, Forbes. Mayizine plans.to report in its May 4 issue The world’s largest computer com. pany was worth $71.8 billion US at the end of 1988, going by the price of a share times the number of shares out standing, Forbes said. Following IBM oi the Top 10 list were: Exxon Corp;;-$56:7—bitfion; seneral Electric Co Kootenay Office Outfitters Ltd 12-9th Avenue South Cranbrook, B.C. VIC * Laser Printing * Plain paper * Large memory * Multi job function * Plus more Canon FAX-L92O0 The“Show Me" 426-224) 368-3644 Machines t , $40.4 billion; American Telephone .and Telegraph Co., $20.87. billion General Motors Ask About The Canon Camcorder Draw Corp., $30.85. billion, “an aie, TERRAROS Valu “Your Satisfaction is Our Main Concern’ Mystery caller TORONTO(CP) male caller set off the hottest rumor on An anonymous Bay Street on Tuesday, boosting the share price of Domtar Inc higher sharply “Dpmitar trading. The man said in mysterious calls to some stockbrokers and newspapers that Domtar Inc. was about to be taken over by Canadian Pacific Ltd. through its forest products subsidiary His-rumor swept through Toronto's financial district and spilled over to Montreal and New York, touching off a stampede of investors who drove up chester, manage ceat the exchange shares. Domtar’s share price But by mid-afternoon, both com panies and the Quebec government, which owns about 44 per cent of Dom- tar, had denied the company was on the verge of being acquired Common shares of Domtar soared as high as $18 but closed at $16.38 on the Toronto stock market, up $1.25 on ~ Couvelier worried Ottawa may cut payment VANCOUVER (CP) British Columbia would be outraged if the federal government tried to reduce the $29-billion federal deficit by cutting transfer payments to the provinces, Finance Minister Mel Couvelier said “We are very worried that federal government’ may they may try to trarr sfer their deficit onto the shoulders of cheap way out the provinces,” Couvelier said Transfer payments include funds Ottawa shifts to the provinces for health, post-secondary education, housing and transportation We in BC we've paid our dues feel very strongly that that we've cut out costs to fit the available sums we’ ve had," Couvelier told about 100 people ata Vancouver Board of Trade break fast. “It would be very inequitable given our fiscal responsibility.”” “ithink there withimdoubredty bea backlash from all provincial gover nments,"’ Couvelier told reporters later. “But 1 can-also assure you that B.C. would be outraged.” Couvelier spent most of his time at the board breakfast — his traditional first post-budget speaking stop stressing his government’s fiscal prudence in the provincial budget last Thursday Many of the questions, however, related to the federal government's budget plans that were revealed during the federal throne speech Monday, in cluding a nationat-sales-tax to replace the existing federal sales tax “No province has indicated yet whether they will fold their own sales tax under the federal umbrella and we haven't either,”’ Couvelier said, ad ding it will be discussed when the finance ministers mect in Ottawa on Friday We will as a government be taking @ position on it in the next 30 days or so,"’ he said u Sunday Brunch 10:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m Reservations 825-4466 heavyVolume of 692, The Toronto Stock Exchange was mulling over whether to investigate the ‘I's. probably a likely. candidate,” of market surveillan- pa Domtar stock was unchanged on Monday at $15.13 on volime of 42,160 — is," AL first glance, a takeover of domtar by CP Fores} Products makes some But a sense, analysis said CP Forest Products could easily boosts shares 159 shares, finance an acquisition and ihe Quebec government had said in the past “it would be willing to sell its Domtar shares if the price was high enough said Neil Win Domtar ‘tis one of the few com s Where you know the shares can be bought if somebody is willing tq pay the right price, whatever the tight price said Raymond kilroy products analyst at Nesbitt Thomson Deacon Inc forest alysts said Domtar probably won't be sold until next year, alter a Quebec provincial election =e Doctors have been practising “wellness” for years, and we welcome the B.C. 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