January 29, 1986 DAYS ONLY! Ly ar 30-31 Inventory SAVINGS Ya Price SWEATERS SUITS & SPORTCOATS WINTER JACKETS SHIRTS 10 7O% >15 LADIES WEAR JEANS Coalition wants benefits cut By TONY VAN ALPHEN TORONTO (CP) — The National Citizens’ Coalition, which wants a drastic cut in unemployment insurance payments, supports the elim ination of benefits to preg- nant women and particularly young workers, who can re- turn home to “live with their families.” David Somerville, vice- president of the ultra-con servative group that claims membership of 30,000, told a federal inquiry into unem- ployment insurance Tuesday that maximum benefits should be cut gradually from the current $297 a week to a maximum of 75 per cent of the federal minimum wage — about $185. Somerville, whose group's motto is “For more freedom through less government, said the coalition also be- lieves workers under 21 should not pay premiums or collect benefits. “They can live with their parents, friends or relatives,” he said, prompting guffaws from some members of the commission and audience. He also told the commis. sion that pregnant women should not collect benefits through the unemployment insuance plan. Ottawa should find another social program for them. Commissioner Guylaine Saucier said that would make women “guilty” for getting pregnant, but Somerville ponded that pregnancy is voluntary and people paying unemployment premiums shouldn't have to subsidize it. In addition to the coalition brief, the Retail Council of Today, We’ve Got A Working Partnership ... One That’s Building Canada urged a reduction in the eligibility period for ben efits and the United Auto Workers called for an ex tension if the rate of un employment is more than six per cent. Somerville said ‘the coali tion speaks for many ( dians who agree with the group's views, but commis sioner Jack Munro replied: ‘For Christ's sake, it does not! “It doesn't give a damn about people,” said Munro, a regional president of the In ternational Woodworkers of America. The retail council, which represents 15,000 members, has called for a major reform of the unemployment in surance system. Among recommenda. Ottawa should crop the maximum benefit period to 26 weeks from 50; workers should be more responsible in justifying claims and finding employment; and workers should be encouraged to take lower paying jobs while “topping” their wages with unemployment benefits. The council would also like the insurance program inte. grated with a universal in come program. Meanwhile, the United Auto Workers urged that the eligibility period for claim ants be extended by 13 weeks if the jobless rate goes beyond six per cent; that the maximum benefit level be inereased to 66 per cent from 60 per cent of earnings; and that coverage for part-time workers and those over 65 be widened. Wally Majesky, secretary treasurer for the Ontario Federation of Labor, said the problem is not that benefits are too high but that there are too many people unem- ployed. The commission hopes to file a report by late summer. It heard about 160 briefs from. around the country be- tween October and mid January and expects a sim ilar number in Ontario in the next few weeks. iS yy ALMOST THERE . . Mayor Audrey Moore awards girl guide Lorraine Paszty a citizenship badge after city is now only two away from recei highest award a girl gu ing her all-round cord, the can earn at her level U.S. wants similar pact WASHINGTON (CP) — The United States will try to negotiate a bilateral free trade agreement with Can ada similar to the one it con cluded last year with Israel, U.S. Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter said Tues. day Speaking to a meeting of trade officials from Israel and the United States, Yeutter said the agreement with Is. rael will be a model for countries wishing to reduce trade tensions. Westcoast Seafoods located at ' Castlegar Mohawk FRIDAY, JANUARY 31 10.a.m. to7 p.m Now Introducing an Yeutter added though, trade talks with Canada will be much more complicated than those with Israel, since Canada is the United States’ largest trading partner. Two-way trade with Israel was about $3.6 billion U. last year; Canada and the United States are the world’s two largest trading partners, with $120 billion of tradeiast year. Yeutter said the U.S. Israeli free-trade agreement which went into effect last Sept. 1, e US. of ficials to try to negotiate at least one more free-trade pact, with Canada, and there could be still others. Negotiations with Canada are to begin later this spring. Officials’ have said the United States is also consid ering a free-trade pact with BR AEE NA AEE EME RESTRICTIONS continued from tront poge severe impact between the two ve hicles She was not wearing There were five people in the vehicle at the time of the accident but only four seat belts. Fotheringham was thrown out of the vehicle and onto the roadway, the report says. the Association of South East Asian Nations, a political and economic grouping of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Yeutter also called Tues- day for a further 10 to 15-per-cent drop in the ex change value of the U.S. dollar, saying’it is nééded for substantial reductions to be made in the trade deficit. “Another vehicle following unavoid ably struck the deceased on the road a seat belt way.” the report adds. Ogiow’s recommendation states that “Motor vehicle passengers be res tricted to seat belt capacity in any by law.” Insurance Exclusive! passenger vehicle except those exempt Ask for meeting TORONTO (CP) — Pro vincial education ministers have requested a meeting with the secretary of state over a forthcoming federal report on post-secondary education they say is in accurate. “We have a number of con cerns regarding this report,” Jean-Pierre Ouellet, New Brunswick's education minis- ter, said in a prepared state- ment Tuesday. “Byt central to all of them is our un- happiness at the total in adquacy of the consultation with the provinces which has taken place in preparing this report.” Ouellet, whose comments came at the conclusion of a two-day meeting by provin. cial education ministers, said the only section of the report they have seen deals with may affect WASHINGTON (AP) — ‘The loss of Challenger in The explosion of the space Tuesday's explosion “may Explosion shuttle Challenger may foree chase some more people out still more insurance under- of the (insurance) market- writers out of the increas- place,” said Robert Tirone, ingly risky business of in-. vice-president of Alexander suring space payloads, indus- and Alexander, a New York said. insurance brokerage. The life of teacher Christa McAuliffe was insured for $1 million by Corroon and Black . absorb insurance could even consider launch- Inspace Inc. of Washington, a satellite, the officials which gave her the policy Tuesday. free as a goodwill gesture. Uther astronauts were of policies, but none has purchased shuttle life insurance since the first two flights in the orbiter program, the company said. Gail Granato, assistant vice-president of the com- pany, refused to say how much the personal coverage would cost the astronauts. Tirone warned of potential insurance problems at con- ber, saying there is “a grave to find out what happened,” Tirone said after the loss of Challenger and its seven crew members. 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