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The survey was done using documents filed by the companies in the United States, where regulations require that any company selling securities in the United States reveal the salaries, bonuses and benefits awarded their best-paid executives. The top earner the survey found was Frank Stronach, chairman of Magna International Inc., who received $1.85 million in compensation last year. Stronach is the only businessman known to beat hockey superstar Wayne Gretzky's $1.8-million salary with the Edmonton Oilers. Other big earners include G.R. Albino, who made $1.03 million through salary and’ stock options as chairman of Rio Algom Ltd. of Toronto, and Northern Telecom Ltd. chief executive E.B. Fitzgerald, who drew $1 million. The best known executive on the list, Conrad Black, earned $245,000 in cash as chairman of Norcen Energy Resources Ltd., a 41-per-cent increase over 1984. But that figure does not include compensation from other Black companies such as Argus Corp. or Hollinger Inc. The survey found that 49 executives with the titles of senior, group or executive vice-president received an average of $289,027 in 1985, up 11 per cent from the average of $260,338 paid to an equivalent group of 19 vice-presidents in 1984. A group of 13 presidents and chief executives didn’t fare so well. They earned an average of $401,436 in 1985, 8 10-per-cent decline from 1984. That could be because many pay packages are linked to performance and corporate growth slowed significant ly in 1985. Are top executives worth that much money? Consultant Don Lewis of Sibson and Co. thinks so. “Big salaries are a measure of what the guy can do for his organization,” he said. “If he performs, he's entitled to every penny he gets. If he doesn't, he'll be out on his ear.” Amnesty says executions hidden Hundreds, perhaps thou- sands, of executions go un- reported annually in many countries, including Iran, Iraq and China, Amnesty International said Tuesday. In its annual survey, the London-based international human rights organization said it documented 1,125 ex. ecutions in 44 countries in 1985. But those “were only_part of a much larger unknown total,” said Amnesty, which opposes the death penalty as a “violation of the right to life.” In China, where more than 40 offences are punishable by death, Amnesty said 135 people were executed includ- ing three “shot after being convicted of holding ‘sex and dance’ parties.” Amnesty said “many gov- ernments fail to announce or deliberately hide execu- tions.” don't see it, I'll finditt” Give your newsletters migeting bulletins, “ete., @ professional appearance Camero-ready type for CASTLEGAR NEWS 365-7266 APPROVED AUTO REPAIR SERVICES Assure tioner mer driving. Maloney Pontiac Buick GMC has been appointed the B.C.A.A. Representative for the entire area. Make sure your vehicle safety standards, have it checked today! 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Last year, Aus- tralia became the 28th coun- try to ban executions. Ano- ther 18 reserve it for extra- ordinary offences such as treason in wartime. Nevertheless, Amnesty re- ported that last year at least, 460 people were executed in Iran, 137 in South Africa, 45 im Saudia Arabia and 57 in Pakistan. Canada abolished capital punishment in 1976. Canada's last executions were in 1962 when two men were hanged at Toronto's Don jail. of ethnic Turks in Bulgaria have been imprisoned or forcibly re-settled during an official campaign to assimilate them, Amnesty International said today. Some people were repor- ted to have been deliberately killed, said a study published by the worldwide human rights movement. Some of the jailings and reported deaths stemmed from violent clashes, but others were the result of non- violent opposition to the campaign, the new study said. HIKE . . . Ten members of the South end church youth group spent part of Sunday afternoon hiking around the Mel Deanna Trail. Some of group is shown resting on one of the wooden bridges spanning mars! Costtews Photo ON OPENING DAY Expo sunshine likely VANCOUVER (CP) — Ah, Vancouver in May. Cool wea ther, moderate tempera tures, spring rains, Expo 86. Rain! At Expo? Yes, rainfall is a possibil ity, but a betting visitor with Ts PRICE* LUnaTED AE OFFER REGULAR 85495 PROKIGE NOW LOWEST PORTRAI WE GUARANTEE IT! re SALE] some faith in past perfor maneces can expect to carry, not hold, an umbrella on opening day May 2. Vancouver is renowned for its rain, but it’s not as bad as it seems. The average annual amount of rai ll is 1,540 millimetres during 160 days of the year. Environment Canada only issues forecasts five days in advance, but records are kept for 30-year periods, and the chances of some sun ap- pear good. The chance of rain on May 2, when Prince Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales, along with Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and other dignitaries open the exposi. tion, is about one in three. The average amount of rainfall, assuming it rains, is 2.8 millimetres and the aver age amount of sunshine for May 2 is 6.3 hours. The average temperature for May 2 is 14 degrees OPENING SOON ARROW LAKES WILDERNESS RECREATION *® Guided Trail Rides * Camping * Hourly Horse Rentals * Fishing DRY CREEK RANCH Deer Park Robson-Raspberry Improvement District Annual General Meeting Wednesday, April 30 7:30 p.m. — Robson Hall Celsius, but the all-time high was 23 degrees. The weatherman also has something to hope for “Roughly speaking, there is a one in four chance of a beautiful day,” he says.” Dulsrud honored at dinner The Kinnaird Women’s In- stitute honored Marge Dul- srud at a farewell dinner held recently at the Fireside place. Mrs. Dulsrud was pre- sented with a W.I. spoon and wished good health and hap- piness in her new home in Ontario. Other recent activities of the Institute have included contributing to a cookbook to be distributed across Can. ada; demonstrating wreath weaving with grapevines; compiling a scrapbook on Nepal; delivering an Easter cake to Raspberry Lodge residents; and holding a cof. fee party and bake sale. A draw made on the hand made quilt was won by Mar ilynn Zaytsoff. The quilted cushion was Senator on crusade to stall trade talks By NORM GREENAWAY WASHINGTON (CP) — U.S. Democratic Senator Max Baucus, who once walked across his home state of Montana to raise his political profile, says his crusade to stall the opening of freer-trade talks with Canada may be lonely for now but not for long. Surrounded by pictures of his grandparents’ Montana sheep farm and momentos from his 14-year career as a state and federal politicians, the affable lawyer says he's optimistic that his quest to win concessions from Canada on its timber-pricing policies will bear fruit. He reluctantly admits many of his colleagues don't share his unbending view that freer-trade talks should not be allowed to begin until the lumber issue is settled. But Baucus, a marathon runner who jogs about 32 kilometres a week, has not given up. More senators and representatives will take an interest in his campaign as the late April deadline approaches for giving the Reagan administration the greet light to begin those negotiations, the 44-year-old senator predicted confidently in an interview at his homey Capitol Hill office. “The closer that date comes, I think they are going to start focusing more on the issue and I think you'll find more resistance to starting the talks.” In the meantime, Baucus, who is married with bne son, has spared no effort in making lumber the No. 1 trade issue on the bilateral agenda. He organized a special Senate debate on the topic and uses every committee hearing and public speaking engagements a chance to hammer away at alleged subsidies in the Canadian timber industry. He makes no apologies for the blitz and takes credit for forcing the Reagan administration to take the matter seriously enough to reopen lumber negotiations with Canada earlier this year. He also suggested Canadian government and timber industry representatives who have been beating a path to his office for months could lobby him until hell freezes ovér and he still wouldn't change his view that Canadian lumbermen benefit unfairly from government-subsidized, timber-cutting fees. “| guess one reason’I haven't changed my mind in absolute candor and all honesty is because the Canadians and the provinces have not come forth with a good reason for the subsidy,” he said. “I hear lots of arguments, listen to the music as well as the words and I read between the lines and look at the body language and look at the demeanor of everybody speaking and I just sense very strongly that they themselves like the system but they themselves have a hard time justifying it in an international free-trade arena.” Canadian government officials eq@mplain that he is Gose-mirided on thé isste and Fefises™ td listen to their Trade talks ‘sideswiped’ arguments on why Canadian timber-eutting fees should be lower than U.S. rates, LOSES JOBS Baucus’ enthusiasm for the iséue is undoubtedly a reflection of the situation in his home state, where he says hundreds of lumber workers have been thrown out of work because of cheap lumber imports from Canada. Baucus, re-elected to a second six-year senate term in 1984, plays down that angle, insisting his efforts on trade matters, whether aimed at Canada or Japan, another favorite target, are in the interests of securing fair trade. * The “fair trade” phrase has become a popular chant in Washington, where elected politicians, faced with a powerful U.S. dollar and record $148.5 billion U.S. trade deficit last year, are under increasing pressure to protect hard-pressed industries from foreign competition. Baucus said Canadian lumber imports, valued at more than $3.3 billion Canadian last year and accounting for about 30 per cent of the U.S. market, should be cut in half even if it means higher prices to American consumers. “I think most Americans, Montanans, homebuilders would prefer to compete evenly rather than enjoy lower- prices because some other country is indulging in an unfair trade practice.” He laughs off his reputation as a thorn in Canada’s side on the lumber issue and siezes the first opening in the interview to highlight his “friend of Canada” status on an equally contentious issue — acid rain. LOVES NATURE The son of sheep ranchers with a love of nature that he traces back to childhood memories of summers in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta, Baucus said he feels as “strongly about acid rain as I do about lumber.” He also cited his two-month, 1,100-kilometre trek across the mountains, valleys and hills of Montana during his 1972 campaign for election to the state legislature as helping to push environmental issues to the top of his political agenda. President Ronald Reagan's recent endorsement of a Canada-U.S. envoys’ report that concluded acid rain is a serious transboundary problem is a “negligible baby step forward,” he said. Baucus, an advocate of tougher controls on acid-rain causing emissions from U.S. industrial sources, said he was surprised that Prime Minister Brian Mulroney let Reagan “off the hook” on the issue by accepting the president's endorsement as a welcome beginning. “I saw it as the president trying to help the prime minister look good politically in Canada,” said Baucus, a member of the Senate environment and public works committee. “But I was very disappointed that his words were not matched with a controls program and a financial commitment.” . TORONTO (CP) — Canada has been assured that the White House is “pulling out all che stops” to persuade the U.S. Senate finance com mittee to allow freer trade negotiations to proceed swift ly, International Trade Min ister James Kelleher said Tuesday The committee merely “sideswiped” Canada when it threatened last week to scut tle the so-called fast-track approach to the negotiations, Kelleher told newspaper ex ecutives attending the annual meeting of The Canadian Press, the national news. gathering co-operative. The committee's real pur. pose was to send a message to the Ronald Reagan ad ministration that Congress feels it is being ignored in trade matters, he added. “We got caught at least temporarily in a spontaneous outburst of sensational frus. tration at a variety of admin. istration policies, not the least of which is its inability to reduce America’s trade deficit.” Kelleher reiterated that Canada wants Reagan to use his influence to persuade the senators to allow freer trade talks to proceed on schedule, without preconditions such as resolution of a bitter lum ber dispute. He said the Mulroney gov. ernment has been assured the White House will be “pulling out all the stops” to do so but did not specify who had given the assurance. 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