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Ask the Newspaper tunning this ad lor a brochure. or phone: Ra INFORMATION. (604) 345-6311 Calgary 264-0746 ot 264-6061 RESERVATIONS ONLY Alta. BC. Sask Call: 1-(800)-663-4979 — Fairmont HOT SPRINGS RESORT Liberals look for jobs MONTREAL (CP) — “There were last year when it was pure hell.” That's the way former Liberal industry minister Ed Lumbley explains his transition to private life after his fall from political grace in the September 1984 election that sent the Conservatives to power. - 7 While the United States and other countries have a tempting array of academic posts, consulting positions and jobs with private foundations waiting for ex-politicians, Canada offers slim pickings to those who missed or refused patronage appointments. Lumley has not had a job since the crushing Tory victory. Bennett Campbell, former veterans affairs minister and ex-premier of Prince Edward Island, now is selling insurance ina one-man office in Charlottetown to support his wife and eight children. : And Monique Begin, the ‘Liberals’ long-time health and welfare minister who bowed out of politics voluntarily in the fall of 1984, is still looking for a permanent job. FEW OFFERS “The myth is that everybody thinks that job offers run after you,” Begin said in an interview. “That's not the way it works. I was in the civil service before I entered politics. Montres ed lawygr specializing in cultural industries, the perks of office are sorely missed — the chauffeurs, executive jets and private staff to organize a minister's life. * “You'd have to be a liar or a jerk to say y them: a person showing up with a warm car 10 minutes before you have to go anywhere, or taking your kids'to the dentist, or picking up a carton of milk or taking your clothes to the cleaners.” “You have people around to facilitate your work as a minister . . “It allows you. to be more productiv: But everybody knows when they get into politics that they will be leaving such fringe benefits behind one day, he said. = minister to be a Fox, now receiving a $36,000 annual pension, said the toughest adjustment was learning to live without political influence. “You're no longer involved in the development of policy that can affect thousands of people . . polities in the first place.” NO REGRE But for some ex-ministers, like Begin or former finance minister Marc Lalonde, there are no regrets about leaving That's why we go into you don't miss , That's what I did and it’s the only thing I am forbidden to do now. I am cut off from it.” Begin and other ex-ministers acknowledge the initial adjustment’ to private life can be tough. Several said they missed the action — being at the centre of the country's political life. And it was difficult, they said, to adjust to that loss overnight. Lumley complained his job hunting was severely flict-of-int hampered by from representing or being dealt with as a minister. est P ing him ployed by ies he public life. “I needed a new challeng Begin said, “because after several years of being emersed ‘ii action, know I now have a chance to reflect on it. I love teaching.” Begin, who has a $39,000 pension after 12 years in politics, now is a visiting professor Long at the apex of politica! t McGill University ting in Indiana. power as right-arm to prime minister Pierre Trudeau, now a high-priced legal “It's almost like you are guilty without having done anything... There were very few companies that I did not do business with, so I have to turn down a number of boards I was asked to go on.” For others, like Francis Fox, who went from being Lalonde says he loves his new job as a lawyer with one of the country’s top law firms, Stikeman, Elliott of Montreal. “I don’t miss anything. Nothing. One feature he likes best about his new job i Born poor, Lalonde is now getting a minister top of an undisclosed salary the pay. pension on It's much more interesting. It was always somebody else’s money. before.” Learn effective complaining. TORONTO (CP) — Holler- ing, cursing or threatening are not the tools of effective complaining, but an artful complainer faced with shod- dy service or goods will find The most common com- plaints consumer groups re- ceive involve auto repairs, home services, mail-order schemes, door-to-door ‘sales, contract hassles and refund Pp can be ved to his or her satisfaction. Effective complaining is a skill that must be learned, experts say. “People are getting more vocal in complaining,” ‘said Marion Fuller, spokesman for the national office of the Consumers’ Association of Canada in Ottawa. “People are becoming more aware of their rights.” Also, tight financial situ- ations just don’t allow for forgetting about a problem any more. The Expo Legacy . Stes ae By It’s For Every B.C. Community! 1986 is B.C.’s year. And like our B.C. Pavilion, we'll be front and center as the world glimpses the future. And when it's all over, the Expo Legacy Committee of Cabinet will ensure B.C. communities are left with a practical and useful legacy of the year we welcomed the world. Helping communities commemorate our world’s fair, the Legacy Committee has invited applications for funding to develop and build local projects Parks, cultural centres, recreation facilities, and community halls are just some of the eligible community projects. For more information about the Expo Legacy-Committee and funding opportunities, just write: Hon. Jim Hewitt, Chairman, Expo Legacy Committee, ' Parlian «nt Buildings, Victoria, V8V 1X4 Expo legacy. Its time is coming! Sys APSA Province of British Columbia Hon. Bill Bennett, Premier Hon. Jim Hewitt, Minister and exch: policies. As for the latter, “contrary to pop- ular belief, retailers’ are under no obligation to take goods back,” said Greg Snow, information officer at the Ontario Ministry of Consu- mer and Commercial Rela- tions. So find out the store's pol- icy before you buy — be an educated. shopper. “Always shop around, deal only with reputable busi- nesses, and if a contract is in- volved, beware and under- stand before signing,” said Fuller. If you have a valid com: plaint, there are some spec- ific dos and don'ts.” KEEP COOL Don't go.in fighting. Avoid angry statements and abu- sive behavior. Be friendly but firm. “Remember, most compan- ies don’t stay in business by cheating their customers - so try to assume the be said Paul Tuz, president of the Better Business Bureau in Toronto. At most established stores, a phone call or visit will do the trick, provided you have proof of purchase and you're reasonable (don’t try to re- turn a sweater that’s been worn 10 times, for. example). Make ‘sure you have all your facts and state your problem clearly: when and where the-preduct was pur- chased, mode! number, brand name, . what's wrong and solution you're seeking, said Fuller. ~~~ If you don't get results » the clerk, ask to see the office and president. Fuller recommends follow- ing up every meeting or phone call with a registered letter and keep a photocopy of all pertinent documents (sales slip and warranty) but keep all originals. Workers voice concern Postal workers in Castle- gar have joined. their coun- terparts across the country voicing “mounting anger and- concern” about the decline in service and deterioration of, labor relations in Canada Post, says the president of the Local of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers. “Management's obsession with financial self-sufficiency is causing increasing hard- ship.” says Ben Fietz. In an effort to cut costs, management refuses to staff properly in many areas, causing delays to the public's mail delivery and cut backs in other services,” Fietz stated in a prepared release. “In Castlegar, the closing of Saturday wicket services and. the reduction of rural route delivery from six to five days are some examples of service cutbacks locally,” Fietz said. He added that Canada Post has an obliga tion to live up to its mandate. Not only is . it neglecting service to the public, but, by failing to live up to its contractual obligations to em- ployees, it is also accelerating the deterioration of relations between the parties,” Fietz stated. “Postal workers will con- tinue our portest. activities. We are doing everything thin our power to convince Canada Post to change it's priorities and place service and better labor relations back on top of the list where they belong,” Fietz added. At school, Jennifer | should be more than another face in the crowd Both teachers and parents believe every child and your vote can make the difference. When educational opportunities are being limited by education cutbacks it concerns every British Columbian. Say no to overcrowded schools. ON NOVEMBER 16 VOTE FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATES WHO WILL WORK FOR ADEQUATE FUNDING AND SMALLER CLASSES. “A méssage from the Castlegar Teachers’Association” deserves a brighter future Miss Canada flies Home on z gov't jet VANCOUVER (CP) © — Miss Canada‘is coming home to southeastern British Col- umbia aboard a jet provided by the British Columbia government and the New Democratic Party says the trip is extravagant. Labor Minister Terry Seg- arty has comfirmed he has arranged for a° government jet to fly to Calgary to pick up Rene Newhouse, 19, a resident of Segarty's Koot- enay .riding. Segarty has of the province when it could be ‘needed here as’an (air) ambulance,” he said. Segarty said from his Cranbrook constituency office Monday he couldn't say exactly how much the. trip would cost, but the jet costs about $750 an hour to fly. A one-way commercial flight from Cranbrook to Cal- gary costs $76.20 with tax on Pacific Western Airlines, an airline spokesman said. The youth fare, for which known for seven years. ‘The jet carrying Segarty is ~ scheduled to leave Victoria on Thursday morning, stop in Cranbrook in southeastern B.C. to pick up Newhouse’s parents, then continue on to Calgary to~ pick up the blonde, blue-eyed | beauty queen when she arrives on a commercial flight from Tor- onto. The group will then fly back to Cranbrook for a par- ade and party to celebrate the Miss Canada title won by Newhouse last week in Tor- onto. Gordon Hanson (NDP-Vic- toria) his party's transpor- tation critic, said the trip is extravagant and. Segarty should have arranged com- mercial flights for Newhouse and her family. “It's my main concern that a government jet is taken out hi is eligible, is $64.50, including tax. Segarty said he was ap- proached by Cranbrook resi- dents organizing a celebra- tion for Newhouse about the possibility of getting the government jet because corh- mercial flights did not suit their schedule. CONNECTIONS BAD “The (commercial) connec- tions from Calgary to Cran- brook were bad and there was a time delay,” Segarty said. “Rene is only going to be in Cranbrook for. a two-day period and they wanted to maximize the time she can spend in Cranbrook. He said the trip is not being made just to accom- modate Newhouse because the jet is scheduled to stop in Penticton to pick up Con- sumer Affairs Minister Jim Hewitt. CWL holds - tea, bazaar The Catholic . Women's League had a successful tea and bazaar Saturday conven- ed. by Marge LaMarche. Joan Muller was in charge of tickets at the doors which were opened to a capacity crowd that kept the ladies busy selling baked goods, toys and handiwork. The tea tables were attrac- tively decorated with centre- pieces made by Vivian Mur- . phy. The kitchen ladies were kept busy filling plates and making tea and coffee. Kitchen convenors were Diana Pilla and Hannah Brig- geman. Helpers were Josephine Fornelli, Penn O*Connell, Mary Campbell, Margaret Nagel, Mrs. Sibinski and Mrs. Zaluski. Servers were Pat Fields, Allison Arnett and Frances Jakabsze. Convenors and helpers at other tables were: sewing table — Mila Richards and Leona Bozek; toy table — Doreen Moore and Kay Mc- Gauley; pillow and miscel- laneous — Anne Gallo; coun- try table — Vivian Murphy and Irene Horan; tea ticket collectors — Mrs. Zaluski and Mrs. Skivinski. The cake walk was man- aged by Mary Beth Small. ‘The door prize of an afghan made by Marge Schneider ‘was won by M. Rempel of 6th Avenue in Castlegar. The bedspread crocheted by Lena Croteau was won by Sharon Taylor of Robson. Mary Ellen Muller was the baker and decorator of the pumpkin caké won by Molly White. 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Lists obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act show 46 firms or individual lawyers « collected more than $50,000 each as. special prosecutors or legal agents‘during the fiscal year that ended last: April 1. The lists cover outside work done for federal departments, but exclude millions of dollars spent by Crown corporations such as Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. and the Export Development Corp. s Legal work for the EDC has become an issue with the disclosure that former Conservative MP Sam Wakin of Toronto, a close friend of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, has been given work said to be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. fi Many of the lawyers on the Justice Department lists for 1984-1985 were Liberals finishing off work ordered by the previous Liberal government prior to the 1984 election. Future lists will presumably be dominated by lawyers who support the Conservative party. Some of the better-paid Liberals on the lists are all but unknown outside party circles, but a few have been in the public limelight. One of the more prominent is Raymond Langlois: of Quebec, a constitutional lawyer, son of a Liberal senator and a person with close ties to movers and shakers in the provincial Liberal party. Langlois received $358,796.21 in legal fees last year, mostly for defending Ottawa against suits brought by angry _., homeowners plagued by urea formaldehyde foam insulation. Another on the lists is Richard Good of Winnipeg, president of the Manitoba Liberal party. in 1973, who got $259,618.61 for civil litigation work. A third is Paul Dicks of Corner Brook, the current president of the Newfoundland Liberal party. His firm Dicks and Associates got a total of $82,931.54, mostly for narcotics prosecutions and fisheries work. LONG TRADITION All three of these lawyers and literally hundreds of others on the lists are part of a long-standing sweetheart arrangement between law and politics that one ministerial aide says may be as old as Canada itself. The federal government of the day appoints its friends in private practice to supplement work done by full-time Justice Department lawyers. When governments change, so do the lists of lawyers available for that outside work. The system seems to be widely accepted by politicians and lawyers alike and rarely captures much outside attention. One of the rare flashes of publicity came last June, when Justice Minister John Crosbie was enraged by criticism that followed the disclosure that his sons Michael and Chesley ((EENERAL PAINT e PROFESSIONAL were on the Justice Department lists. Both sons subsequently had their firms removed from the lists. New conflict of interest guidelines just announced by the prime minister prohibit i di ives of ministers from doing federal contract work. Nonetheless, the larger practice of awarding legal contracts to political friends — as opposed to relatives — has ‘no shortage. of defenders. ‘The argument goes something like this: It’s better to” contract work out as the need arises rather than adding to the permanent legal staff of the Justice Department. As well, contracting out makes use of legal specialists in different parts of the country. “It's just cheaper to farm it out when you need it, and other things being equal, you tend to farm it out to your friends,” sayd David Smith, a Toronto lawyer and former Liber] cabinet minister. ; Conservative Senator Nate Nurgitz, a lawyer from Winnipeg, says the growth of regional Justice Department. offices has meant far less work is contracted out to private firms today than 15 or 20 years ago. “Justice was better served in the old system,” he says flatly. Nurgitz says the lawyers he’s known who have done work for the federal government have been experienced and qualified. And patronage or not; he personally prefers the contracting-out system. i New Democrat justice criti¢ Svend Robinson, a lawyer from Burnaby, views the system from an entirely different perspective. : Ge The issue isn’t the competance of those who receive government contracts, he says. It’s whether the party in power has the right to dole out taxpayers’ dollars as ifthey were party funds. f Farming out legal work is practised both by the Justice Department on behalf of itself and other government departments and also by Crown corporations and agencies. ‘The outside work for the Export Development Corp. remains largely secret because the corporation is specifically exempt from the Access to Information Act. The argument is that icity could the business the corporation assists. : Documents obtained from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. show that CMHC paid more than $1.5 million to outside lawyers in the 17-month period that ended April 1. iz SOME BENEFIT Stes The federal housing agency doesn't have many lucrative contracts, but lawyers in a few provinces have been able to parlay a lot of small jobs into big bucks. * Liberal appointee Leslie R. Thoms topped the list prior to the 1984 election with $47,335 in legal work for the. St. John’s office of CMHC. Other big earners included Daniel Hays of Calgary, son of the late’Liberal senator Harry Hays, with $17,300 in work, and Bill Code, the unsuccessful Liberal candidate in Calgary West, with $23,711. Of those on the post-election list, Harold W. Veale of Edmonton got-$22,630 in legal work and Roy V. Deyell of Calgary got $19,575. Veale gave the federal Conservatives $2,000 last year and Deyell contributed $1,000, according to accounts filed by the party with the chief electoral officer. Alderman Fora POSITIVE FUTURE Terry Rogers Nov. 16 Castlegar Savings Credit Union OQ" CLOSED Saturday, Nov. 9 Remembrance Day Holiday CASTLEGAR SLOCAN PARK RE-ELECT LINDA KRULL For - School Trustee OTTAWA (CP) — Here is a list by province of lawyers or law firms in Western Canada that ‘did more than $50,000 worth of work for the federal Justice Department during the 1984-1985 fiscal year. The information was obtained by The Canadian Press, under the Access to Information Act. It covers outside legal work for all federal departments, but generally excludes work done for Crown corporations and ~dgencies. BRITISH COLUMBIA Burnaby: Doig, Baily, McLean, Greenbank and Murdoch, $90,194.96. Burnaby: Harris, Campbell and Threlfall, $76,901. Chilliwack: Baker, Newby and Co., $86,095.41. Kelowna: Salloum, Doak and Co., $77,715.75. Nanaimo: Joseph B. Martin, $77,355.82. Penticton: Kinsman and Co., $82,712.31. “WHO GOT HOW MUCH? Prince George: Hope, Heinrich $119,785.05. Surrey: Robert W. Jacobs, $127,690.64. Terrace: Talstra and Co., $94,064,94. Trail: Barlow, Sperry and Bell $62,121.54. Victoria: Jones, Emery, Macdonald, $289,503.29. Whitson and Co., $300,454.50. uf ALBERTA Patrick McCaffery, $244,325.38. Calgary: Macleod Dixon, $129,369.40. Calgary: Walsh Young, $536,601.45. Grande Prairie: Rodnunsky and Grattan, $60,422.36. Lethbride: Virtue and Co., $54,299.01." z SASKATCHEWAN Regina: Koch, Bertram, Scrivens $76,085.06. and Hansen, and Prior, MANITOBA Winnipeg: R.I. Good, $259,618.61. 1 am | ———— ee 365-7232 226-7212 SS ee On Room Rate with this Coupon WE FEATURE: ® Kitchens © Courtesy Van © Heated Pool © Continental Breakfast Jefferson House provides enjoyable, quiet,” secure, comfortable lodging within 3 minutes from city centre. Advanced reservations required. Subject to Space availability. Call tor Reservations 112-509-624-4142 Otfer expires Dec. 31, 1985. 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