Has the economy suffered from week-long public sector strike? STERLING NEWS SERVICE ang economy and on individual asury Board Pres- The Canadian government, arguing that the economy has suf- fered from a weeklong public ‘sector strike, introduced legisla- tion Monday ordering an end to the work stoppage despite rau- Cous protests by 20,000 demon- strators, *' Opposition parties planned to block the bill's passage into law for several days, arguing that the ruling Conservatives should BOgORNE and not legislate. ‘The strike by 70,000 workers, which entered its second week Monday, has paralyzed grain shipments, caused flight delays at some airports and slowed goods moving across the border with the United States. -'“The. government is increas- ingly concerned about the impact the strike is having on the Cana- fdent Gilles Loiselle told reporters after introducing the bill. its initial position and said it should return to the bargaining table, H About 500 striking members picketed at Toronto's busy Pear- son ional Airport and Air The by police at 20,000, gathered to protest against the government's freezing their pay this year and imposing raises of 3 percent in each of the next two years to cut the budget deficit. Public Service Alliance of Canada president Daryl Bean told strikers to defy the legislation, which would impose stiff fines on those who do not return to work. “We are, not going to be shoved around, We will not waver,”.Bean told the strikers. “Our cause is just.” A quasi-judicial board ruled Monday that the government has been bargaining in bad faith because it has not budged from Canada said it cancelled four flights and delayed others, But the union said it would lift the picket lines that have delayed airline traffic, Customs officers will no longer hold up private traffic but will continue to slow commercial vehicles, The union also offered to remove picket lines that are blocking grain shipments if the government withdraws the legis- lation and appoints a mediator without conditions, Analysts say the cost to the economy was rising, as auto man- ufacturers complained they couldn’t get parts, grain exporters worried about losing customers Attorney general defuses fraud charges STERLING NEWS SERVICE + The attorney gi 1 of area businessman, said he had been asked for a bribe in for iving a govern- Qntario defused a potential scan- dal for Canada’s Conservative Monday by droppi privately brought charges of fraud and obstruction of justice E5 high-level government and police officials. . An investigation into fraud charges against one official, for- mer public works minister Roch LaSalle, will proceed. : The attorney general's office withdrew most of the charges, including those against junior sports minister Pierre Cadieux, because of a lack of evidence. > The charges were filed by a private citizen in an unusual action last July. He charged there was a conspiracy of bribery and Kickbacks to defraud the Canadi- an government involving a wide array of Conservative party politicians and the chief of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Glen Kealey, : former Ottawa obituary Peter ‘Pat’ Kinakin On Sunday, September 15, 1991, Peter “Pat” Kinakin of Ootischenia passed away at the age of 62 years. Funeral service for the late Mr. Kinakin will be held at the Castlegar Funeral Chapel on Thursday at 11:00 am with burial at 12 noon at Ootischenia Cemetery. Mr. Kinakin is survived by two daughters, Verna Abietoff of Castlegar and Linda Long of Chilliwack, two sons, Ken of Abbottsford and Lome of Castlegar. One sister, Nancy Ostrikoff of Summerland and one brother, Paul Kinakin of Grand Forks. Mr. Kinakin was born July 12, 1929 at Ootischenia. He grew up and lived all of his life there. During his life he worked in Sawmills beginning at Waldie’s Mil and then for Celgar. he also did carpentry work. He enjoyed fishing and woodworking. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Castlegar Funeral Chapel. wu tit Available ma - Columbia Avenue (1000 block) ‘7th Avenue (800 block) _ this route for Sept. only Please contact Denise at 365-7848 ment contract. The Ontario attomey general's office said in court Monday that charges against LaSalle would be stayed pending an investigation. “The charges against all other accused as framed and currently before the court are withdrawn by the Crown,” said Brian ‘Trafford, 1984. In court Monday charges were also withdrawn against Senate Speaker Guy Charbonneau, Sena- tor Michael Cogger, former gov- ernment ministers Andre Bissonnette and Michel Cote and former Newfoundland premier Frank Moores. Charges were also withdrawn against Bernard Roy, a former aide to Mulroney, and other for- director of criminal p mer orp aides. for Ontario, the province where the charges were being heard. “Tam 100 percent not guilty,” LaSalle said following the coust’s decision. Royal Canadian Mounted Police commissioner Norman Inkster said, “I knew that there was no evidence whatsoever. My teputation has been sullied, the office of the commissioner has been sullied, and the force has been placed under suspicion without any grounds whatsoev- er.” Kealey, who for three years shouted insults at cabinet minis- ters outside Canada's Parliament ment about the action. “It was a politically motivated decision,” he told reporters. The decision will be a relief to the Conservative government of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, which has lost several govern- ment ministers to charges of cor- ronton since first taking Pow. in ‘The Ontario | Prosecutor said it was a miscarriage of justice to have ever charged the RCMP officers. Last Thursday Conservative Senator Cogger was charged with accepting a bribe in a different and the tourism industry said it was losing business, Finance’ Minister , Don Mazankowski said the govern- ment could not afford to pay pub- lic employces any more, ‘ “Most of these people want to go back to the good old days of spend today and borrow tomor-, row,” Mazankowski said. “Those’ days have come to an end.” Opposition parties said they would oppose any moves to push through back-to-work legislation and the government predicted it could take a week to become law. “This is a free country,” New. Democratic Party Leader Audrey McLaughlin told demonstrators. “Is it not too much to ask for free collective bargaining?” Customs officials are banned from striking but instead are working to rule, snarling traffic at border crossings. About three dozen grain and oilseed vessels were stranded off the West Coast as shipments were halted in one of Canada’s most important export industries, ., « The support of the grain han- dlers allowed the public service union to halt grain movements from across the prairies at a time when the:elevators are bulging with the harvest of a near record ate necessary. 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Three meals a day are provided to the workers at the Celgar expan- sion project who are living in the new construction camp right next r. ‘The entire camp complex presently holds some 200 people—all of whom are at work on the new It’s not exactly the Four Seasons but the temporary facility has more to it than some would think. ‘The camp is being geared to hold more than 1,400 workers present- ly constructing the new larger mill. “As far as I know they even have chefs working in the kitchen,” says Guy Hurst, who says he's working as a “sniffer.” Camp lingo for people who wander the mill site checking gas levels. — Industrial catering? Doesn't sound too appetizing, but the food Cen- trone and his staff put together is given high marks by the people who cat it, “The food really, is compatable to’ restaurants,” he says. “The only complaint I've heard is the men want steak and prime rib on the menu so often, they plain when it’s hed salmon or The kitchen crew are all employees of National Catering, the firm which secured the contract with olga to provide a living site and cafeteria. Every day, the workers can choose from a buffet style set-up of dif- ferent menu items. “We have to have a big variety if people are cating all they want three time a day,” says Ce This dining spot reserved for the employees Feeding the Celgar expansicn project workers is no easy task — just ask the guys below One concession the chef says the kitchen doesn't make is special | dictary meals. But, for vegetarians, Centrone says there's the salad bar | and menu items like pasta and perogies. He says there’s three types of milk available including skim milk, “People are changing their eating habits because of a fear of choles- terol,” Centrone says. The requests of cach camp change depending on what is popular in | socicty at the time, “But even with the fear of cholesterol, give them prime rib and they'll eat it.” A camp cleaner, Brian Miller, says his present accommodation is similar to the 10 other camps he's worked at. “When they first come in everything tastes good, but if they eat, cat, cat, pretty soon it tastes the same." According to the contract Natio: al Caterers have, there are certain items which must make regular on the. menu, For The kitchen employs five cooks who are resp for p the feast, In charge is head chef Moe Centrone. Centrone, who says he really is a certified chef, has been in the industrial catering business for some instance’ steak must be offered at least twice a week. The kitchen also has Chinese food once a week.” “Construction has a book'that specifies what ‘we should . have,” says Centrone. ‘like’ steak and roast. beef twice a: ' Ee Breakfast is served from7 ; 8 am., More than 16 brands of» cereal are in stock to choose - fix from, plus fresh pastries made | on the premises. Lunch, served from 12-1 p.m., features several entrees, as well as a help-yourself salad bar with everything in it from fresh to cae-" sar salad. “For lunch today, we had roast | lamb, poached salmon, beef pie, ped p green peas and cauliflower,” says Centrone, In the evening, the cafeteria opens its doors at 5 p.m. for sup- per. Main courses are always varied and Centrone tries to offer something for every taste. “We serve three choices of meat every meal and four choices of vegetables,” he says. On one of the evenings the kitchen served BBQ pork, deep fried prawns, french fries, mashed potatoes, broccoli, baby carrots, and the big-ticket item—steak. “The men form a camp committce that’s comprised of one representative from every trade,” he says. “If they demand steak we have to provide steak. We're supposed to have it twice n week but-not on! Friday, because.a lot of guys. go home after work. a At 61-years old, the Italian-born Centrone has worked in a heavy-construction environment for 40-years. And while his food has so far kept the workers happy, “It's s comparable to most,” he says. “The larger the dion re it offers.” He says the guys who eat at the camp expect the food to be what they want. “If the food wasn't first quality they'd be throwing it against the walls.” the reason for his longevity in the business has been an ability to keep food costs down. “That’s why the company hired me, I’m able to stay under budget,” he says. “It’s like working in any cafeteria. The only problem is the men eat for free. If a guy comes in here he can eat all he wants.”