| CASTLEGAR NEWS, April 6, 1983 Socreds stan} their elec VANCOUVER (CP), — Premier Bill Bennett huddled with is Social Credit colleagues in a local hotel here Tuesday for a photo session, strategy discussion and a peck at a slick new tel advertising in what is widely seen as.a prelude to a provincial election call. _ ft. Soered candidates said after the meeting — which included party candidates from most constituencies, their They refused to say how thoy. got, that iinpression, were ‘told that on saying “it was done under yery. Candidates‘ emerged * from) the closed-door session’ call. clutching two plain’ brown ‘pa, white vinyl books prepared in'advance for. candid ites! by the Socred headquarters. ° The first lists the Socred government's record ‘and campaign managers and the staff of the party's B,C., headquarters — that they're ready to hit the campaign trail Thursday. The ads are expected to start running Friday, and a sample was shown in advance to the candidates and campaign workers at Tuesday's meeting. -+, While no dollar figures for the ads were released, party insiders ‘said they represented “big dollars.” Party workers said the theme of the ad campaign will remain a closely- ed secret until the ads start running. Candidates said that although no specific election date was mentioned in the ‘session, they left with the “strong impression” that Bennett would announce Thursday explains g ranging from the B.C. home mortgage program to tho financial intricacies of B.C. Place. The second is a campeign directory; listing phone per packages, Inside were ° and of; Socred’ ‘offices throughout B.C. es i During ‘the strategy session, candidates had their picture taken with Bennett, and the cabinet malnlater. of their. qi - General ‘Allan’ illiama ‘announced / choice. u They also were filmed by a crew working for the re-election: : Socreds and listened to an upbeat 2: minute ‘address by 5 Bennett. Bennett himself had little to’ aay. about t! except to admit that some electidneering, agenda. afternoon in Vancouver r thi t Be voters will go to the polls on May’ 5, Toyota plant won 't Haase TORONTO (GP) — Toyota Motor Co.'s $23-million parts plant in British Columbia is a welcome, ‘development .. but does little :to resolve the country’s automotive trade difficulties with Japan, do- mestic industry spokesman said Tuesday. “We're gald to see the plant built here, but it has taken a long time and in no way offsets the thousands of jobs lost in the industry in the last few. years,” said Wendy Cuthbertson, infor- mation -director for’ ‘the United Auto Workers Union. Earlier Tuesday, Toyota announced in Tokyo it had set up a subsidiary, Canadian Autoparts Toyota Inc., in the The plant, capable of produc- ing 20,000 aluminum wheels a month, will be built by 1985 and employ about 100 people. ° Industry spokesman said the Tokyo announcement confirmed a deal reached in November by the B.C. and federal governments. with Toyota and‘ its’ Canadian subsidiary. Under the agreement, Toy- ota gets some relaxation of import duties and Canada gets the wheel production, 75 per cent of which will be shipped to Japan for assem- bly on new vehicles with the rest, destined for the North It is understood the candidates and thelr bey workers i but. said Ji carmakers have along way to wag Ottar a to take ay go ‘before’ they provide as* ‘ much benefit to Canada in terms of jobs as we provide them in new car sales. © Considering Toyota accounts for close to one- third of the $2 billion in an- nual car and truck sales in Canada by Japanese compan-: ies, a $28-million investment’ is almost nothing, he said. CALLS IT PLOY “It’s a clever ploy the Jap- anese use,” said DesRosiers, reseach director of the Auto- motive Parts Manufacturer's Association of Canada. smarket. Dennis DesRosiers, a burb of Delta to produce aluminum car parts. ik for the car parts industry, welcomed the in- “By any measure the amount of production they'll be doing in Canada will be minimal.” - _ Feeling trapped. - with your: old-furniture? MITCHELL SUPPLY Has the solution... For your wood refinishing needs: Formbys © See the difference © Strip paint and varnish the easy Formby method. DEMONSTRATION Saturday, April 9 °10- MANUFACTURER REP. ON HAND 4p.m. strict content Jegislation for- th - cing the companies to shift ' more production to Canada. The lobby group has been es- y change. for, “duty: free. access tothe Canadian market. In Ottawa, the federal In-"** _ small investment, : pecially . critical of the’ Jap-.: reduced * 1981: by 40 per’ cent: to, $8.7 million, while at the same time, accounting . for . one- quarter of new-car. sales, Other industry observers * said Tuesday the B.C. plant is. * wagen auto-parts plant plan- ned for Barrie, Ont., which: ‘-the West German automaker agreed: to establishin_ e: Bring a piece of your old furniture and we will demonstrate in minutes how 10 cetinGh iust like new FORMBY'S INTRODUCTORY REFINISHING KIT It's all you need to discover pisces of how easy it is to make an old furniture look eautiful again. $17° Price effective to May 1, 1983 > introduction Refining ie her 490-13th Ave. 365-7252 ‘an ing start even if it, is such a B. VANCOUVER: AC C. rs di : Knehn’ who: strongly: advo-~ Bert, H. Cherrington, aged T1, died suddenly at Castle- gar, and ; District: “Hospital, March 25, A resident of Castlegar for 44'years, Mr. Cherrington is survived by his wife Mabel, two. sons,’ Kel and. Earl of ‘grandchildren; a sister, Dor- een Burn of: Kelowna; and t Senate thiy” be thade to the Crippled Children’ 's Fund in Trail. Cremation was held and interment followed in Ross- "land Trail cemetery. - Scallion funeral. held Deirdre Scallion (nee Sav- ille) of Castlegar passed away suddenly on ‘April 1, age 29. Born Feb. 18, 1954 in Edmon- ton, Alta,, Mrs. Scallion is a : survived by her parents, } Harry and Hazel Saville: of ictoris, six “-¢ated the move despite fierce "opposition . from * first .vice- president Doug Smart. who. will:go up against, Kuehn to- day-in a leadership’ vote. Kuehn fold delegates to, the meeting ‘that the New ,Demoeratic: Party has as uch'as promised them that change i if it wins ‘the’ next ‘any day. “I believe that will be-the -” * provision ‘of the: NDP if it __ gets into office,” Kuehn told “the raucous special evening session. He said that former - -NDP labor minister Bill King made the ) promise in a Feoant “meeting. “He made it very clear to "upithat as far as he is con- , cerned, teachers can have full bargdining rights. if, it. is” under the labor code," Kuehn, said: Under the School Act, tea- cher have the right to nego- tiate only salaries, not work: Pry: membership’ ref. ing conditions or other. con- diderations, with their school ‘board employers,“ Howeyer, Smart ‘said he doubted: whether teachers would: have any more stic- cess | bargaining under the labor code. aoe - Surplas will. he * VANGOUVER (CP) — A- record $23: million surplus “collected .by- the: province's school -boards’ last year is saving teachers’ jobs in 1983, says, B.C School Trustees Association presigent Gary Begin. Begin was responding to charges by Larry Keuhn, B.C. .Teachers’ Federation :president, at the opening session of the fedoration’s annual general imectlb in Vancouver Monday that school ‘board’ accumulated large surpluses in 1982 ‘at employees’ expense. Kuehn sald that while’ boards were cutting back be- cause. of lack of financing, they were “building up sur- _ Pluses by not paying us and our non-teaching colleagues, making us pay for education rather than ‘them aang? for © ~ Kinnaird won't. VANCOUVER (cP) — The one , Coreylee or Toronto; at ion of Labor de- cided Tuesday not to appoint en, “and Gregory, all of Edmon- ton; and two sisters; Faye-: Lynne, and Charlene, both of Edmonton. Memorial services will be : held at the Park Memorial Funeral Chapel in Edmonton. Funeral arrangements under ‘the direction of’ the Park Memorial Funeral Chapel in cooperation with the Cast! | gar Funeral Chapel. a new to sut Jim Kinnaird, who died of a heart attack Feb. 17: The federation’s executive council voted unanimously to keep secretary-treasurer Mike Kramer at the helm for the time being. . - : "Kramer took over day-to- day “operations of the feder- ation at the time of Kin. Xe haird’s ‘3 death. be. replaced. First vice-president Jack Munro said the. ‘executive council is “satisfied and con- fident that the programs and functions of the federation are being run according to our. polices as set-by con- vention. . “We see no need to rush into making a decision at this -time.” The next federation con- vention is set for November, but no presidential election is achednled until the fall of 19 scope” going under the lal not the only way to that, nor is: it the. e.best Smart instead. advocated asking. for amendments. to the. School Act which ond allow bargaining. of work! conditions, :,. but. would’, give teachers. the.’ “right strike. Opponents also pointed: erenditm when 60 per cent of teachers voted against seek: ing tho right'to‘strike.. ~ Tuesday's motion to, seek ‘the leglalative.. changes 378. more money from _ tho gov- ernment.” But Begin. sald achodl boards saved the money last fall because they were con- cerned about severe cutbacks in 1983. The government had changed its policy so that, for the first time, boards were allowed to use any 1962 sur- pluses to balance thelr, 1980 budgets. > Normally, he’ explained, such surpluses go toward re- ducing the mill rate. an Whatever money was saved — whether it came from cutting school days, re- ducing substitute teachers time or eliminating field trips — will all end up saving eh chers’ jobs, he said. “ “I -resent Mr: Ruetin's snarky remarks that we have done something out of the ordinary. Begin said that shine the $23 million in surpluses, the $42 million the government has recently promised to turn to the education system wouldn't have been sufficient . to maintain pupil-teacher ra- tios at the September, 1982, : level. ‘The Following. Bills May Now Be Paid at Castlegar Savings Credit Union © WEST KOOTENAY POWER & LIGHT © ¢ INLAND NATURAL GAS . © B.C. 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