On Special Silky Control Top PANTY HOSE VW PRICE All Assorted Styles & Colours people, especially politicians, who have crossed swords with the 50-year-old president of the Canadian Fey Ind dent Busi: an organization representing 64,000 small businessmen in all parts of Canada and frequently called,the country’s most effective lobby. He's been known to charge to the podium of a public meeting like a fast yweight, flushed with ii ity and lqoking like a guy fresh from a tuneup victory over a couple of man-eating reptiles. But, he says, that's the professional side of him. Married with a son and a daughter, Bulloch says the family plays some tennis in the summer and goes cross-country skiing in the winter. “But the most exciting thing for me is a Sunday afternoon nap.” TIES RUN DEEP It's impossible though, to separate Bulloch the individual from Bulloch the family man and Bulloch the voice of small business. Family ties run deep and, through them, the small business connection. “My father was the epitome.of what small business stands for — the backbone of this country. He passed his values of life on to my three brothers and me. “We learned about entrepreneurship over the kit chen table. And by entrepreneurship I mean all that’s best — integrity, honestry, fairness. Fancy words, aren't they? But that’s what our father believed in and tried to teach.” John Bulloch Sr. operated a successful clothing store in Toronto, but he's best remembered as an individualist who, when he felt strongly about a public issue —and he frequently did — used to take ads in local newspapers to run a personal editorial. “He taught me not to be afraid to speak out if you believe in something,” John Jr. says. One of his brothers now operates the still-successful clothing store. BATTLED MINISTER That kitchen-table training stood Bulloch in good stead 14 years ago when Edgar Benson, then federal finance minister, produced a white paper on tax reform. Bulloch was furious about his proposals — they later mostly died on the vine — which, he felt, would wipe out Canada’s middle class. He took a year’s leave from his job of teaching business at Toronto's Ryerson Polytechnical Institute to organize protests. Out of his Canadian Council for Fair A ag Cae ie ‘Taxation, set up with a few friends, came the existing small-business " Z federation. ‘ The shift wasn't easy. For the first nine years of trying to get the federation off the ground, Bulloch didn't take a holiday. “When you start something, the load’s on your shoulders to make it succeed. You've got to work to build, and then you build to make it -work.” Now his federation has a staff of 150; and an essential job is to keep in touch with what members think abou almost any issue you can name. Backed by computer analyses and direct mailings to MPs, the federation makes sure its points are known. ‘This success has changed Bulloch’s approach to life. He has become much more philosophical, though his thoughts still centre on what is — or should be — happening to the country. ‘A sample, which he drops into a conversation about. his home life: “Back in the '60s and ‘60s society, education and the whole kit was aimed at producing people who could make it in big business or government. After all, they produced three out of five new jobs at that time. “But now it’s small businesses and corporations that are producing the jobs. This has to be recognized, but it's going to call for a complete overhaul of our social values, the educational system, the tax system — you name it. “Have we got the guts to do this?” Bulloch still takes about two hours work home with him every night — “but it used to be a lot worse than that.” He saws his hands through the air, drawing imagin- ary graphs. Job production, international competition, unions, polities — he talks about them all, often in a jumble of thoughts. Politics? “['ve been approached by a couple of parties to run, but I can't see why I shoud tie myself down to the thinking of a party caucus. I'd rather be independent.” Then Bulloch grins and puts his hands behind his head. “Yep, we've got a pet, the biggest dog in the world. It’s the only dog to flunk obedience school. My daughter brought it home two years ago as a puppy and I took one look at its feet — as a puppy, they were the size of snow- shoes. “It's a malamute and in the summer it sheds like nothing you'd believe. “T have to keep a roller in my office so I can get the dog hairs off my suit before I meet people.” See? You can't separate Bulloch the family man from Bulloch who's all business. 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The earnings broke a GM record of $3.51 billion set in 1978, a year before the American car industry plung- ed into a four-year sales slump that it began to shake off just last year. earnings for GMC in Los Angeles next summer, Canadians will head for Cali- fornia. And coastal skiers have been moaning about cold weather, while conditions have been variable in the Okanagan and Kootenays. “Nobody has pushed the panic button,” says Ski Area Marketing Advisory Council chairman Michael Duggan of Silver Star Mountain in Ver- non. “Most of us would like to see some snow in the next couple of weeks, but in this business you have to be ready to take what comes,” he said in an interview. In most of B.C. a summer of disillusionment is lowered by a winter of discontent. “The bottém line is that on revenues of just over $2 bil- lion, 1983 was down half a per cent over spokesman for the Tourism Ministry. And it may get worse. “I don't see any growth this winter,” said Tourism Industry Association of B.C. spokesman John Dye. “Tf I look at ‘84, I don't see any growth. If there is any it will be marginal. “When there's an election on, Americans are inclined to stay home — and there goes a big slice of the market. Then there is the Olympics, which is going to spin off some bus- iness. iness.” 1982,” said a PO im lost, the home town big. “November was terrifie in the Greater Vancouver area,” said Dye. “It was a hell of-a month. If we had Grey Cup every November, winter would be a breeze. And if it always snowed soft white powder, skiers would have nothing to com- plain about. Instead it was: very: cold, then warm and wet, then very cold again. “Things@@re going sur- prisingly well, given the kind of weather we have had,” said Hugh Hancock, market ing manager of Blackcomb Skiing Enterprises. “We have had weather patterns that are totally in- consisent, really cold and no snow, really warm and rain. It’s been phenomenal on the West Coast. “Revenue is ahead of last year and it’s holding up nice- iy, but our skiers’ visits are off five to six per cent to this int.” The final men’s World Cup downhill race of the season will be at Whistler in March — and every hotel room in town if booked. “From now on until the end of March, our future looks really good in terms of vol- umes of people,” said Judy Schlingloff, of the Whistler Chamber of Commerce: Provincial Ministry of Tourism statistics for the first 10 months fo 1983 in. dicate 1.5 million U.S. visi tors stayed at least one night, an increase of 9.8 per cent over a year earlier. Defasco Inc. profits up HAMILTON (CP) — Dof- asco Inc., Canada’s second- largest steelmaker, reports a near doubling of profit last year as the strong recovery in the auto, appliance and CREDIT UNION RRSP Credit Union NOTE: During the lost minute rush, Feb. 25 10 29. rec will be ovoilable the next bus When you invest in a credit union RRSP we'll issue your official tax receipt on the spot- whi When you're ready to file your income tax return your RRSP receipt is ready when yeu Kootenay Savings Castlegar 365-3375 South Slocan 359-7221 lie you wait. Deadline: February 29th, 1984 housing industries helped in. crease demand for its con- sumer-related steel products. Before payment of pre- ferred dividends, the Hamil- ton-based company made a profit of $120.5 million, 89 per cent higher than the $63.8 million it earned in 1982. The other major Canadian steelmakers, top-ranked Stel- co, also of Hamilton, and No. 8 Algoma Steel of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., have yet to re- port their 1983 financial re. sults but both are expected to be deeply in the red. In the first three quarters, Steleo lost more than $59 million, while Algoma lost slightly more than $100 mil. lion. The reporter » & Wo-year veteran of Ottawa, was look{ng for aul Cosgrove, former public works minister and’ minister of state for finance. Cosgrove, 49, now is of the par y on reform of the Senate. Capital Notebook Both men are slim, about the same age, balding with a fringe of grey hair, and Liberals. The 51-year-old Allmand made the news again last week when it was recalled in documents from the McDonald commission into RCMP wrongdoing that some Mountie security men thought him to be a left winger. They weren't quite right. In fact, Allmand, a hockey player so avid that he suited up against teams of convicts when he was solicitor general, played an accomplished game on defence in his latest match this week against the parliamentary pages. JES PLAIN FOLKS Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan would like it known that when it comes to getting a job or going to university, his children. are “jes plain folks.” The Ontario farmer became indignant last week in debate on financing of secondary education when Nelson Riis, New Democratic Party finance critic, suggested that not many young people are fortunate enough to have a cabinet minister for a father when they go to university TAX DEPARTMENT UNDER THE GUN By MADELAINE DROHAN OTTAWA (CP) — Each weekday afternoon Bruce MacDonald joins millions of housewives and shift workers and flicks on his television set. But instead of watching soap operas he watches his boss, Revenue Minister Pierre Bussieres, being dissected in the Commons. Since early November, the Progressive Conservatives have used the 45-minute question period to grill the minister on the policies and operations of the tax department. At the same time, their charges of unnecessary aggression have been echoed in the private sector. As deputy revenue minister, MacDonald is receiving as much heat as his boss, albeit not as publicly. A soft-spoken, grey-haired man with bags under his eyes, he doesn't fit the popular image of the hardnosed tax collector. But after Bussieres, who is the political head of the department, MacDonald is the ‘chief taxman, and; as he admits ruefully, nobody likes the taxman. Until this recent rash of bad publicity, MacDonald and his department have kept a low profile but Tory accusations have forced them to defend themselves, a process hampered by the department's policy of not releasing information on individual cases. When asked about the most frequent Tory claim — that his department has been instructed by a cash-strapped Liberal government to get tough with taxpayers and recover some of the $3.5 billion in unpaid taxes — Mac. Donald shakes his head and laughs. “I swear on my mother’s grave that’s not true.” ADMINISTERS POLICY If people want the law to be changed, then they should approach the Finance Department, he says. Revenue Canada. only administers tax policy. The Finance Depart ment sets it. MacDonald sees the current furore as politically moti vated. With their teeth into a good thing, the Conservatives are not going to let go until they have extracted every bit of political mileage possible. He admits there are problems in his department, just as there are problems in every large bureaucracy. But most can be attributed to an increase in workload that has not been matched by an increase in staff. Overworked staff tend to be short with people and make mistakes. Many of the initial mistakes are corrected quickly, but it still leaves the public with a bad impression, he said. Of the 45,000 objections filed last year, 35,000 were settled at the district level and most were in favor of the taxpayer, he said. Conservatives Perrin Beatty and'Chris Speyer, who have led the Tory attack, are demanding a public review before a parliamentary committee with the power to it and d They also want a guarantee from Bussieres that civil servants who testify will not suffer reprisals, In the absence of such a review, the Conservatives have decided to hold their own public hearings, which start next month. One staff member said she has noticed more hostility from taxpayers calling in. “Everybody talks about us in the department ‘now that we are being harassed.” There is a public perception that the department has adopted a new policy of aggression. Like MacDonald, Gordon Riehl, senior tax partner with Deloitte, Haskins and Sells, attributes it to staff problems. Toronto lawyer David Nathanson, who conducted a study of Revenue Canada for the Canadian Tax Foundation, says he has noticed a greater intransigence on the part of tax officials, forcing more things to go to court. UNIQUE KITCHEN D OF CASTLEGAR presents Kitchen Cabinets and Vanities by Sales and showroom opening soon! + 23rd Street. South Castlegor {next 10 G.L.S. Electronics) PHONE WALTER HOLUBOFF \T 365-3848 for layouts end price quotations. can, if they can find a& job.” ry LEARN ENGLISH Energy Minister Jean Chretien, said to have his eye on the “Boss's” job, apparently sought some advice from a Tory with experience just before Christmas. Chretien is said to have approached John Crosbie, who put up a good battle in last year’s Progressive Conservative leadership contest. ’ “Do you have any advice for me if I run for leader?” inquired Chretien in his heavily accented, though good, English. “Yes,” deadpanned Crosbie, who was hurt badly in his campaign because of his lack of French. “Learn English.” NEW PORCHES As if House of Commons Speakers don’t have enough to worry about in controlling the excesses of unruly MPs, they also must watch their heads when they use their private entrances in winter. So the government is spending $275,000 to build covered porches over side entrances used by the Commons and Senate Speakers and visiting heads of state to protect them from the peril of falling ice and snow. What's more, it’s only taken the Public Works Department about 68 years to get around to it. The “hazardous” conditions have existed since 1916 when the Centre Block was rebuilt. The new porch on the Commons side of the building will cost $135,200 and, to keep things in their proper perspective, that on the side used by appointed senators will be modestly more at $137,700. George Hees, the Progressive Conservative MP on his way to becoming the dean of the Commons, observes with delight that the more things change in Ottawa, the more they remain the same. ity Council. It was set up because “it has become » elear that close co-operation between government, industry AER tase Swill be necessary if Canada is to maintain and competitive position both in the home jot tnd abroed Last week, Finance Minister Marc Lalonde announced the'Canadian Labor Market and Productivity Centre as the “weleome outcome of . . . the effort to develop a new national ip of labor, management and governments to meet the tough competitive challenges of the '80s.” MAGGIE'S ROLE Margaret Trudeau, estranged wife of Prime Minister ‘Trudeau, appeared recently in the role of a celebrity maitre d@’ at a restaurant in the local Delta Inn of the Provinces. She showed patrons to their seats and watched over tion of her sushi recipe in the kitchen. She was the first of a string of Ottawa celebrities who'll be doing the ‘Eugene Whelan's children are jes plain folks when it comes to looking for a job.' same job over the next few months. Proceeds from sale of Canada workers in the B.C.- Yukon region are operating under a quota system and that attempts have been made to cover up the exis- tence of such a system. Robinson, at a news con. ference in his Burnaby rid ing, said he got his infor mation from a tax office em- ployee who wished to remain anonymous, fearing repre cussions. Robinson produced a copy of a performance review in which he said a refs to quotas in the B.C. region and then an attempt to cover-ur the existence of those que tas,” he said. Robinson said he would be calling for a full public in- quiry in the House of Com- mons later this week or early next week. He also suggested that B.C. Kimmons, director for the Vancouver regional office, be suspended pending the inquiry. Kimmons, in a téljphone interview, denied Robinson's charges. “There is no quota system and there is no cover-up,” he said. “I'd certainly like to see Mr. Ri 's evidi . But quotas had been blanked-out. “There's an attempt to mislead the public about we have never received, nor been given, instructions for quotas to be imposed.” the dinners are-going to the Canadian Diabetic A CAMP SINGER \ Cherie Camp, the musical daughter of Tory stalwart, author and pundit Dalton Camp, has issued her first record album, entitled simply Cherie Camp. A singer of contemporary ballads, many of which she has co-written herself, Camp appears on the cover sur- rounded by rows of cherries. On her upper right arm there is a tattoo; a dagger inserted between her initials: One keen observer of politics ventured to suggest that former prime minister John Diefenbaker, whom daddy Camp helped ditch in late 1962, might see some special symbolism in that tatoo. HOMEGOODS FURNITURE WAREHOUSE Tues. - Sat., 9:30 - 5:30 China Creek ‘Drive a Little to Save a Lot” [_ This is one in a series of advertisements designed to,explain how CP Rail is working today to meet Canada's transportation needs of the future. “KNOWING WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS CUSTOMERS WANT” Mountains of minerals, forests of lumber, the produce of farms and finished goods from factories. CP Rail moves them from where they are to where they are needed. Raw materials like ores and concen- trates, potash and coal, sulphur, pulpwood. Farally prcceened goods like woodchips, i , food products, iron and steel. Finished goods like trucks and cars, refrig- erators, frozen foods, machinery, shoes and bedsheets. = At some point in the distribution cycle, just about everything that Canadians eat, use, wear, work on, work with, import or export, is carried by CP Rail. ORGANIZING TO PROVIDE TOTAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS CP Rail's job is to meet the needs of its shippers — more than 30,000 customers who rely on the railway to get their goods to market. Safely, quickly, cost-effectively. Meeting the requirements of our customers means knowing what our customers’ customers want. We talk to our customers and to their customers to get a clear picture of their total transportation needs. Then we organize our- selves to meet those needs in the most efficient manner possible. It takes know-how, experience and innovative thinking. The kind of thinking that comes from marketing teams dealing with specific commodities or industries — people who learn all they can about their customers and their businesses. That's what marketing of railway freight services is all about. We work as partners with our customers to design transportation systems that make sense. For example, a new CP Rail spur line has been built to serve new petrochemical plants in the 10,000-acre Strathcona Indus- trial Park 19 miles (30 km) north of Edmonton. It took perseverance to get the rail project from idea to reality. It involved cooperation and planning with municipal developers, the provincial government, federal agencies and CP Rail's industrial shippers. ee RC Gilmore; vice-president, marketing and sales, directs the worldwide efforts of CP Rail’s team of marketing, sales and pricing specialists in meeting the transporta tion needs of shippers. He also represents Canada as a member of the Coal Industry Advisory Board of the 26-nation International Energy Agency in Paris. OPENING NEW MARKETS Similarly, the railway worked with British Columbia's lumber industry to open up new markets in Ontario and Quebec and along the U.S. eastern seaboard. The answer was lumber transfer yards in the East — special facilities for transferring lumber directly from rail cars to inventory or for truck delivery to customers. These new transfer yards mean shorter transit times, prompt delivenes, rate stability, increased volume and improved profits. Another example of market planning is CP Rail's potash unit trains, which move regularly from the mines of Saskatchewan to special bulk handling facilities close to . farmers in the U.S. Midwest. Trainloads of potash leave the ‘mines for lowa and Illinois, operating on fast turnarounds for efficiency and lower costs. It means higher export sales for Canada and continuing employment in Saskatchewan's mining industry. CP Rail handles coal out of Southeastern British Columbia and sulphur from Alberta in similar kinds of trains - solid trainloads of Partners with industry —- Ken l, CP Rail regional marketing manager members of his Toronto-based marketing team frequently meet to review quit ize that if our customers have a good solid future, so do we. a single commodity bound for West Coast terminals. Marketing a railway’s service means providing the nght kind of freight car for a particular kind of shipment Such as covered hopper cars that load from the top and unload from the bottom, yet still protect the contents from the weather. Used to carry potash, cement, gypsum. Tri-level flatcars to carry automobiles. Bulkhead flatcars to carry lumber, brick and tiles. Gondolas to carry steel products, ores and concentrates. CONTAINERS FOR SHIPS, TRUCKS, TRAINS Of course, there are containers, too. Twenty and 40-foot containers that come to Canada by ship and are moved inland by train, with whisky, machinery, sporting goods, kitchenware and other imports. For the efficient movement of a wide range of products within Canada, such as appliances, fresh, frozen and packaged foods, tools and electronic equipment, CP Rail has developed “domestic” containers. CP Rail's domestic container is available in a variety of sizes and types. Domestic con- tainers are carried by highway vehicles to intermodal terminals for 89-foot flatcars and then move by train to other terminals across the country. The containers are put back on highway vehicles for final delivery to customers Stee! is transferred from a rail car at CP Rail’s Montreal steel distribution centre to a highway trailer for final delivery. Other transfer centres, located in key parts of Canada, provide rail/road/water links for such troleum, lumber, potash and commodities as agricultural implements. fering to THE “STEEL EXPRESSWAY” In Canada, CP Rail is like a steel expressway - a fast, limited-access system supported by feeder lines. Freight gets to destination quickly and efficiently. Doing our business well means a trans- portation system for Canada that helps make Canadian goods competitive at home and abroad. Ultimately that means a more pros- perous country, with jobs for its people and a better future for all. An efficient transportation system which recongnizes the needs of our customers’ customers, developed and run by railway men and women who know their business, helps keep Canada's economy rolling.