Castlegar News November 20. 1985 Westcoast Seafoods located at Castlegar Mohawk FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22 10.a.m. 107 p.m Thank You Thanks to Dr\Ward. Dr. Merritt, and treatment recently at the Castlegar & District Hospital In addition, my sincere thanks and professional concern and assistance oth were excellent Visits from friends were also vely much appreciated. JOHN HOLDEN 3 Days use of the 10,000 sq.ft of crystal clear, odorless hot springs pools A day's use of the Villa Sports Centre with racquet. squash, tenis, € room with) Ihydrataness equipment. hot pools, Jacuzzis and sain SHOW THIS ADVERTISEMENT TO 7, THEN BOOK NT. ‘A special place for famnily reunions, weddings; group conferences, seminars. and your annual Christmas party SEATTLE (AP) — Protectionist legislation aimed at Canadian lumber would damage U.S. trade with Carinda, its best customer, British Columbia Premier Bill Bennett said ‘Tuesday. ett was speaking to the National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association, which has 14,000 member U.S. lumber dealers The A on President Instead of passing protectionist laws, the United States jghould negotiate with Canada, Bennett said. Then, both "Agus ns should comoperate to improve thir weed prestuct kpt-ahares in Asia and elsewhere. “Here. in the Northwest particularly we're on the edge of the Pacifie Rim, which is the fastest growing market in the world,” he said, “New here, in Asia, in the Middle East Reagan and Congress to defeat moves to restrict imports of lumber and wood produets from Canada ‘The restrictions could jeopardize two million jobs that peal ade tC nada and would result in a net loss of up to 28,000 U.S. jobs in 46 states while increasing Rousing conta the resctlon ea The only states gaining jobs would be Oregon, Georgia. Jabama and Mississippi, said Harry Horrocks, a spokesman the association. Bennett spoke of even wider consequences tpn on Canaan tinker, profi and argued that Canada trades The repercusions of protectionist legisiion range far beyond the forest sector,” he said. “There is a present danger of a chain reaction that, once started, will be beyond stopping.” Even more dangérous,” he said, protectionist legislation aimed at Canadian wood products weuld “light fuse that trigger an explosion of retaliatory protectionism not only between our countries but around the sodeven In Afr. Our comblond fret industries, wothing together and not against each other, can compete and, I believe, beat any of our interoational competitors, and 1 include the Scandinavians and the Russians.” The premier also restated Casada’s assertion that it does not subsidize its forest industry. “Our stumpage system is differeat from your timber allocation system. Our transportation advantages in terms of productivity, because we have taken advantige of new technology, even though oir average Canada could argue that the United States subsidizes some of the products it exports to Canada. ympanies supply almost 100 per gent of th cominercal ireraft sold in Canada“be Su “Should Canada conelude that this industry, with its heavy reliance on government contracts, is subsidized?” world that would devastate all the trading Canada is the largest purchaser of U.S. goods, buying twice as much as Japan, the second biggest buyer, Bennett REISMAN APPOINTMENT QUESTIONED OTTAWA (CP) — Trade “wmpmar partie bs Ambassador Simon Reisman (© handle all the arrange: should be working full me ments leading up to freer trade talks. He hinted thea that if the Liberal MP Lloyd Axworthy Americans signal sid Tuesday to proceed and Reisman sumes the fulltime’ re ibility of chief negotiaor, he Feature story, C3 the pineredible Weston Ltd. and Bombardier L 4. 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Sponsored by the Castlegar Public Library and the Castlegar News “Il be delighted to do that if the honorable member will promise that when Mr. Reis hat you don't hightail it out of town and hide again,” Mulroney said, Axworthy, MP for Winai pegFort Garry, took the prime minister's offer at face value and released 1 letter Tuesday eveding accepting the conditions. conta apm iota Cas Pi esi lg Cann ea ee ther = BILL BENNETT trade threatened Canada is “the best customer your country ever had,” Banat sid Canada bought more than 20 percent. or 45 billion, of U.S. exports in 1964, while the United States boaaht 76 per cent, or $67 billion of Canadian exports that OTTAWA (CP} — Science Minister Tom Siddon will become federal fisheries minister while British Columbia backbencher Frank Oberle has to take his portfolio, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney announced today The move scotched widespread speculation that Gerald Merrithew ick, pow forestry minister, would be shifted Fraser who resigned in S tainted tuna affa been promoted to cabinet TOM SIDDON how fisheries minister Siddon, who represents the Vancouver area riding of Richmond South Dela, was an engineer and professor of ed to th He was parliamentary secretary to fisheries minister Oberle named science minister Jim Meath during the minority Conservative govern memt under Joe Clark in 1979,80 Sidon was appointed minister of state for seen and technology when Mulrosey formed his frst cabinet Sept. 17, 1984 Oberle, born in Germany during Adolf Hit i regime, Fepresents the sprawling northeast British Columbia riding of Prince George Peace River first eleeted to the Comm and was re-elected in 1974, 1 under Mulroney but 3 ‘and was one of two hotly-rumored successors to Merrithew in forestry if be veral times after Fraser and Masse resigned that he wanted Masse back in cabinet and there were many indications he wanted to fill both posts at the But prime surprised opposition questioners Tuesday in the Comnyns by saying ~ only hours after the RC! Deputy prime minister Erik Nielsen had been handling the portfolio since Fraser resigned in addition to his duties as defence minister and chairman of a wide-ranging review RCMP commissioner Robeyt of all pee spending. Simmonds said Tues day “a few investigative days are left in the Masse probe, Simmonds said a ‘report was handed to elections commissioner Joseph Gorman only a few days go but Gorman asked for “further loose ends” wo be cleared up. lection spending investigation {a rem Goon ty hie prthls Steg Gv cena after he contradicted statements by Mulroney about by d federal government after the affair was made public BALANCED BOOKS BY 1986 UNLIKELY Postal deficits to continue. OTTAWA (CP) — Michel onto businessman Alan Mar ible chment, was commissioned Py the government in Juny ind released by Coty on “ rat a ree ing $1 byltion when teak created b}Par liament in 1981 to replace the saded by Tor- this year ‘a wscingh + Weddin, $1, $10 0nd $5 wi be monde ast, second ond third rite ech categerr spread media reports have the New Democratic Party. in claiming shi Keeper, NDP The pont lice has en following a five year buyfoess plan designed to wipe out its akernateday delivery and deficits by 1986-87, but Cote” greatpr use of group boxes to said he accepts the conclusion cut operating costs ofthe Marehment report that On behalf of the four larg: the deadline must be re ined. ‘The report urged the gov ernment to sett new dead testing any further slne of 1980 nd threaten the cute in postal service, The agency, with “privatization” signatuies were guihered by Slee Wy meets the target the unions tnd improves postal service . “AllCanadias are entitled to acceptable standards. ~ ‘oreceive the sate quality of USED postal service Keeper std, Cote side is 00t passing ‘Talk about overstuffed!" 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