A4 CASTLEGAR NEWS, June 5, 1983 { CASTLEGAR NEWS 7, 1947 MAYS, 012, 1960. 1978-AUG. 27, 1900 PUBLISHE! A.V, CAMPBELL — PUBLISHER AUG, 7, 1947-FEB, 15,1973 Burt Campbell EDITOR — Ron Norman REMAN — Mickey Rea CIRCULATION — Elaine Sallis ony advertisement belong e Y a vested in and belongs to Castle News Lid.; provided, however, that copyright in that part and that part only of red Irom repro proots, engravings, alc. provided by the odvertiver shall remain sn and td. 10 Will we be secure? Perhaps the most Important bill introduced by the Liberal govern- ment in the 15 years that Pierre Trudeau has been Prime Minister has, for the most part, gone un- noticed by a large segment of the Canadian public. The legislation is Bill C-157, an act to establish the Canadian Secu- rity Intelligence Service — a civil- ian security force that will operate independently from the RCMP un- der the direction of Ted Finn, a career public servant. First draft of the legislation was brought down in mid-May, but it is only now that we are beginning to ice as proposed by, Solicitor-Gen- eral Robert Kaplan has some fright- ening aspects to It. The RCMP secu: rity officers who stepped outside the law in Quebec during the 1970s were — like any other Canadian — accountable for their actions. Only last month an RCMP inspector was handed a suspended sentence and six months’ probation for his role In the 1973 theft of computer tapes containing the membership lists of the Parti Quebecois — a legaliy constituted political party. The same cannot be said of the new secret service. It will be per- mitted to step outside the law if it e P the ful oO the bill and its far-reaching effects on C | of avery pol 1 the _legislation’s guidelines, CSIS agents will oper- ate within Canada and around the world to “collect, U and - to Canad! dd is di r ble and necessary.” And victims of the crime have no recourse through the courts. The new secret service will have such wide-ranging powers it may’ prove to be more of a threat than the retain information and intelligence respecting activities that may on bi ds be 1 forces it is intended to stop. Legis- lation allows agents to open mail, leoh of constituting threats to the security of Canada.” | . As well, CSIS agents will be permitted to break the law when it is considered “reasonable and necessary for the performance of their duties.” The concept of an independent security force is generally.a good one. It means ‘the RCMP, which used to provide the service, will no longer be identified with Canadian security, but will be able to con- centrate instead on the duties for which most of us know them — as peace officers. It is important that the RCMP not be identified with what is in essence a secret service. The prob- lem with a secret service and &ational police force being one and - the’sdme was only too apparent in the recent scandals that dogged the RCMP and its activities during the 1970s in Quebec, The scandals touched every member of the force, whether he happened to be in the security branch or not. However, the new secret serv- tap and tid ine pr ly income tax, medical records and census data with the app: lofa Federal Court of Canada judge. But the justification for those acts isn't whether there is probable cause to suspect that an individual or group is breaking the law, but only that the acts aré “reasonable and necessary” to perform their jobs. Mr. Kaplan's bill, plainly and — simply, is too broad. It must be amended to place tighter controls on the CSIS and make it account- able to Parliament — not the gov- ernment of the day. Governments of any stripe have a tendency to overlook situations that are dif- ficult to deal with — as in the caso ‘of an embarrassing errét. bya secret agent. Only through our duly-elected Parliament — as recommended by the McDonald royal commission — can Canadians be sure that their new secret service does not become the problem instead of the. solution, FRED MERRIMAN The six o'clock news tells us that Michael Walker of the Fraser Institute has been asked to share some of his opinions with the provincial caucus, I couldn't be more pleased. Ihave been an avid reader of the various publica- tions issuing from the Institute and would recommend those publications and the thoroughly researched facts which are contained therein. For any who may not have heard of the Fraser Institute, I suggest you acquire a copy of any of their more popular studies and decide for yourself whether they are as biased as the news reports read by Tony Parsons indi- cated. He called the authors of those bli right-wing intel That was unfair. Most people know that statistics can . be manipulated to create any desired impression. Many would also accuse the Fraser Institute of favoring business because it is supported by private capital. That may be partly true. However, it would also be fair to say that thousands of readers like myself across Canada also support the Institute by purchasing their well-researched and factual pres- entations, Despite my own tendency to favor free enterprise, I was attracted to their literature because the authors made a solid attempt to remain as objective as possible. Any opinions expressed with- in the books were the result of the study at hand. The authors of these same controversial publications are “degreed” economists, who have the special talent to present some normally dull facts and figures in an easy-to-read way. ‘ Here are a few scattered items from their publications which may interest the curious reader: the average indi- vidual Canadian now contributes will- ingly or grudgingly 42 per cent of his or her gross ‘wages or salary directly to government in one form or the other. That is to say, in direct point of sale taxes, or indirectly by paying for an item that has attracted taxes and fees payable to the g at the LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Remember When? 35 YEARS AGO From the June 3, 1948 Castlegar Nows The Castlegar Ferry closed down at midnight last night, this being partially due to the condition of the road ap- proaching Pass Creek bridge. _ 8 # Canadian Pacific Air Lines passen- gers, mail and express are boing taken across the Columbia in Mr. West's boat, and by taxi from there to the airport, a * « * The high schools were closed on Wednesday night on an order from Mr. S. Humphries, chairman of the School Board District No. 9. .* *. . . The Great Northern. Railway has been cut off from Nelson by a washout at Waneta. . . * Notice:. Owing to the ferry being closed down and the uncertainty of film delivery, the theatre will be closed next week. Watch for the announce- ment of opening in ‘next week's issue of this paper. : : 7 . * A special meeting of the council to the Castlegar Board of Trade was called Wednesday afternoon by presi: - dent S.C. Watson to deal with the re- quest of Premier Johnson of setting up a collection agency for flood relief. 25 YEARS AGO From the June 5, 1958 Castlegar News Margie Obetkoff, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter F. Obetkoff of Castle- gar, graduated as a nurse from the Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, May 26. Margie was born in Castlegar and took all her schooling here. She gradu- ated from SHSS in 1955. . . . Five good-looking, intelligent girls will be competing for Rose Queen June 20 at the Kinnaird Improvement Soci- eo Editor, Castlegar News: An open letter to all Canadians: In recent months I have received a great number of letters and petitions protesting against the possible testing of Cruise missiles in Canadian territory. ‘it was ih it Ip to, send a personal reply to all those who had expressed their concerns'to:me, ‘I’ gave a public response when I spoke last month at a dinner in honor of Vice-President George Bush. Because this’ whole question con- tinues to weigh heavily upon the con- - sciences. of those in government and - the general public, I have now decided to address myself directly to Canadians through this open letter. My purpose is to explain the position of the Gov- , ernment of Canada on the testing of the eruise missile, and on the broader issue of disarmament. By way of a preamble, let me point out that our freedom to discuss and argue issues is what gives to our democracy its greatness: and its strength; but that same freedom can also make us appear vulnerable in the PIERRE TRUDEAU «anti-nuclear hypocrisy of the West. Indeed, there is a segment of -public opinion in western Europe which has already adopted that policy.’ During the first special session. on - disarmament at the United Nations, I proposed, in the name of Canada, a strategy of suffocation. It was designed to smother, even in the laboratory, the, face of Soviet i In recent years, the Soviet Union has deployed hundreds of new SS-20 mis- siles, each equipped with three nuclear warheads, capable of reaching all the great cities of western Europe. How- ever, there has not been any significant. various stages of manufacture. May I list just one example? A - simple long-lasting flashlight battery was imported from Hong Kong at eight cents each. Yes, there was a margin of profit to the enterprising importer. You can guess the rest. Just as an aside, it has always interested me to watch labor and management go at each other's throat for a piece of the pie while the tax collectors quietly smile to themselves as their share is quite often greater than the other two put togeth- er. When, for example, is any news report gaing to indicate the take home pay of a negotiated settlement? I knew a chap who turned down a raise because the increase moved him to a tax class that more than offset any “apparent” addition to his monthly sal 5 Or how about the old classic “rent controls"? The Frayer Institute gives facts and unbiased figures to show that removing rent controls will reduce the rent paid by those who are now strug- gling with the landlord each month. It is a matter of supply and demand. No investor will build an apartment building or a rental home unless he has the clear right to charge sufficient rent to make ends meet and hopefully pre- sent a reasonable return on his capital. If he does make a reasonable profit, then others will follow. We would then have more reital homes and apart ments than people to fill them. Ameni- ties would increase and rents would decrease. I am pleased the provincial government has discovered the Fraser Institute. itburst of public either inside or ojitside the USSR- ” That the Soviet people have not pro- tested against this action of their leaders surprises noone. What is sur- prising, however, is that those.in the West who are opposed tp new jAuclear Pp a) ry silent about’ the installation’ of the 'SS-20s. In contrast, they are jnow tak- ing to the streets to oppose the possible deployment of American Pershing I and cruise missiles to protect Europe against the Soviet nuclear threat. What is particularly surprising in Canada is to see p “of any new nuclear weapons systems. Obviously, my prop- osal had to apply to both sides or to neither, There certainly was no sugges- tion in that proposal that the West should disarm unilaterally. Because our strategy of suffocation was rejected by the Soviet Union, as evidenced: by the continued deploy- ment of the SS-20s, a weapon. much superior to the SS-4 and 5, there was no question of urging its acceptance by the NATO countries alone. That is why we allied Ives with the two-track Trudeau's open letter Into the trap of over-simplification for those who are content to talk about how many bowls of rice could be pur- chased for the price ofa missile, or who i for anything at all on defence. I do not deny that there is an ele- ment of truth and validity in an uncon- ditionally pacifist position. I simply say that it is‘simplistic to ignore the real, complex and often immoral world to which our “moral choices must apply. The Pope himself recognized this fact in a message he sent last June to the second United Nations special session on disarmament. “In current condi- tions,” he wrote, “deterrence based on balance, certainly not as an end in it- self, but as a step toward a progressive disarmament, may still be judged mor- ally acceptable.” I believe that the Soviet peoples de- sire peace just as much as the Peoples of the free world. But I also know that the Soviets are very heavily armed. In these circumstances, it would be al- most suicidal for the West to adopt a policy of unilateral disarmament, or a policy or ig the ety’s Cr Rose Ball. Norma Waldron, Eileen Goresky, Polly Nazaroff, ‘Gail Leitner and Sharon Newman have been picked by SHSS principal W. Roy Brown and his staff on the basis of their scholastic standing to compete for the crown and a $100 scholarship. . 8 Castlegar has a woman as chairman of its village council. Mrs. Elizabeth: Rysen, who was elected, a commissioner in December and t60k offi has T Sf'the’ Village since last Friday and will be ‘until Monday. se a % An oldtimers picnic’ will be held in July by the Renats Women's Institute, This was decided at a tecent theeting. : 15 YEARSAGQ..: *, "> From the June 6, 1968 6iitigger News Prime Minister Trudeau visited the Castlegar area for a short tine Monday and ‘the impressions left duting his brief stop will probably last. a long time. His charm was evident through- out the 65-minute-long sesaiot, during which he answered questions from news media personnel, college stud- ents, parents and children. On hand to greet » Wearing orange and white mini-dresses, were Trail Fiesta queen candidates. - se * The local highways department has been it of new means of defending ourselves against the Soviet SS-20s, That is the kind of heroic moral choice which an individual could make in his personal life, but does anyone have the right to impose that choice upon a whole nation, or upon the community of free coun- tries? When the choice is between stead- fastness or weakness in the face of totalitarianism, history. should‘ have taught us that to refuse to-risk one's strategy of our NATO partners. Those two tracks are to seek to negotiate the removal of the Soviet SS-20s, and at the same time, to prepare for ‘the deployment of new American missiles - in Europe so as to pressure the Soviet Union toward serious negotiations, and so as not to leave our European allies in the possible testing of cruise missiles in Canadian territory, but not opposing the fact that similar missiles are already being tested in the Soviet Union, as was confirmed in December by General-Secretary Andropov. Because people in the free world feel powerless to influence the leaders of the USSR, there is a great temptation to direct the whole force of their anguish and their protests against the " aa Position, if the negoti- “a ations on intermediate range nuclear forces ended in failure, ‘ Having declared our support for the two-track strategy, Canada should bear its fair share of the burden: which that policy imposes upon the NATO alliance. " ‘It is hardly fair to rely on the Ameri- cans to protect the West, but to refuse to lend them a hand when the going gets rough. In that sense, the anti- life in defe f liberty is to risk losing liberty, without any guarantee of saving one's life. . That is why the Government of Canada has chosen, not without anguish or full awareneés of the risk, to join our NATO partners in adopting a policy of strength in reaction to the Soviet Union, In supporting the two-track strategy of the Atlantic alliance, however, we shall insist that progress be made sim: ultaneously on both tracks. This com- bination of steadfastness of purpose and willingness to negotiate seems to be bearing fruit, as witness the latest offer of General-Secretary Andropov to take into account the numbers of war- heads as well as missiles. Indeed, are we to think fe that this \d flexibility of Mr. Androp of some only decisis who are to public opinion, namely the leaders of the democratic countries, Having con- vinced themselves that it is useless ta denounce the SS-20s, people find it easier, I suppose, to forget about them, The strange result of this f verges on hypocrisy. They're eager to isa ty ward show of Are we to believe seriously that, on two it take refuge under the A um- brella, but don’t want to help hold it. When we seek to apply moral prin- ciples to this issue, it's easy to become is that it somehow becomes possible to portray the Soviet Union not as the aggressor, but as the innocent target. This represents a curious amnesia and reversal of roles, which the Soviet leaders are quick to exploit for their own purposes, They hope, obviously, that one-sided information, and one-sided protests, will lead to the unil di trapped in which are either too complex or too simple. The former can paralyze us. The latter can deceive us. Into the trap of over-complication fall those who insist that no moral position is valid which does not take into account every possible future break- through in nuclear weapons technol- ogy, every possible future difficulty in the actions of the other side. since last Di ber, the Soviets would have contemplated pub- licly a reduction of their nuclear forces if we had weakened in our resolve? To me, the answer is clear. And it is absolutely essential that the United States continue their efforts to nego- tiate the removal of the SS-20s in ex- change for the non-deployment of new American missiles in Europe, or at least to negotiate smaller numbers of missiles on each side. I hope that my explanation of our policy will have established that, were continued cn page AS by deputy highways minister Tommy Miard to oversign the sharp curve east of the Kinnaird Bridge. Education minister Don Brothers in- formed the Castlegar News late last week'that oversigning means that if a certain speed seems reasonable the speed limit should be ‘reduced even further. * 8 : Creeks and streams throughout the Kootenay area went on the rampage over the weekend as heavy rains and warm nights combined to cause dirty, muddy creeks to overflow their banks. There was no damage in the immed- iate Castlegar area, although highways department crews made continual checks of possible danger points, 5 YEARS AGO From the June 8, 1978 Castlegar News There was more bad news for beer drinkers yesterday as the supply dwindled before noon: to 30 dozen bottles of imported stock on Castle- gar’s Liquor Administration Board outlet shelves, . An LAB spokesman said a new shipment of beer may arrive today to relieve the shortage caused by the cur- rent labor dispute between the Brew- ery and Soft Drink Workers Union and the Brewery Employers Labor Rela- tions Association which has shut down four major B.C. breweries, 8 ® Danny Walker of Castlegar. over- came a late charge by defending cham- pion Bill Perehudoff to win-the 1978 Sunflower Open by a single stroke at the Castlegar Golf Club on Sunday. 8 8 The 1978 executive of the Castlegar Villa Society was elected at the annual meeting held last Wednesday in the Legion Hall. Brita Haley is the new president, along with secretary Renee Porter. SAULAUECUUUULLUUUUUSTUUEUUENEEUESESRSESEONGCARQOSSUQ0UQQGGOOUNGEUOSUDLCUUSUUTESUESCUAIEONUC0 HUSNEMEEUNSUEUALEOOOQOLCUNESLNLLUCGULOGUACEXSELELEQOLESEEOEEUCQOOECOETSOCOOOOOEEL ‘MORE LETTERS ‘Trudeau's open continued from page Ad 4 we to agree to collaborate in testing the guidance system of the Cruise mis- sile, it would be because of our solidar- ity ‘with the other Western democ- racies, in a world which has turned a deaf ear to our suggested strategy of suffocation, ; That being said, however, I would add that we should not abandon hope for the ending of the nuclear arms race. School Board. Editor, Castlegar News: An open letter to the Board of School Trustees, Schoo} District No. 9: As the Chairman of the parent group of Kinnaird and Valley Vista Elementary schools and your appointee to replace Bert Rourke as the parent iP: ive on your S i dent Search Committee, I would like to take this opportunity to commend you on your decision to include commended All the people of the-world, whether thoy be friends or enemies, value their own lives, and the lives of those they love. If the discovery of the. terrible secrets of the atom gives us the power to destroy the whole planet, there is a still more powerful foreé which can’. save it — our love for our children, and our love of life. ,. Therefore, I shall continue to believe: * ‘that our strategy of suffocation is the best strategy. . The great powers of the world refuse to accept it now. But that will not stop’ us from repeating our proposal ‘at; every opportunity, until the recogni- .: tion of its truth frees us all from moral.’ anguish and from fear. a PE. Trudeau. Prime Minister Support — appreciated Editor, Castlegar News: ~ it is with deep regret that the Food Depot has closed its doors, * We graciously thank the church atives from the various disciplines on the aforementioned committee. In the past year, this board has shawn great leadership in its open- door and cooperative policies, I look forward to serving for and working with, you in future.-This is definately a giant step in creating a relaxed, positive climate in our educational community, . Kay Johnson Castlegar groups, service clubs and the many private individuals for their kind support, A special thanks goes to Mr. Ed Nicols and'partners who donated the Speedway Building, in which we operated since the latter’ part of January. % To our recipients — we wish you the very best and hope that soon things will be much better for you. Sharon Demke Volunteer Staff nh MN ST Sex study Students surveyed VANCOUVER (CP( — A survey of a group of uni- versity students showed that a high proportion of both men and women had asked dir- ectly for séx and been asked directly for it, a University of Windsor sociology professor has found. Eighty seven per cent of women and 73 per cent of men gota positive response. Robert Whitehurst’s study,. aimed at illuminating attitudes, roles and behav- ioral changes of students in terms of asking for sex, was presented to a session of the Canadian Sociology and An- thropology Association, meeting as “part of the Learned Societies of Canada conference. The survey asked 216 undergraduate students their views on modern sexual activity on campus and about asking and being ‘asked for. sex. Whitehurst's, paper was read out to the meeting by a Services substitute, as he didnot at- tend the conference in pei son, : AD ee vee ate held is for Genelle man Gladstone (Stony) G. Mel- rose of Genelle passed away in Trail Regional Hospital June 1, age 67. Born in 1916, Mr. Melrose was educated in Tessier, Sask. and joined the Armed Services as a young man, serving overseas. On his return, he worked for the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool as an elevator agent and in 1947 moved to Trail where he started working for Com- inco on July 2 of that year as a plumber and later as a mill- wright. , He retired in 1981 and en- joyed fishing and travelled a great deal. Mr. Melrose was a member of the Masonic Lodge and the Royal Can- adian Legion in Trail. He is survived by his close friend, Bernice Watson of Trail; his brother Cameron bod pecan ce FIDDLIN' AROUND . .. Fiddlers'.contests are not just jor the old, as young musicians ‘demonstrate during (Sai i Old Time Fiddlers’ contest Saturday at Stanley Hum- —CoaNews Photo by Cheis Grothom phries Secondary School. Laine - OTTAWA (CP) —;Recent -erashes of cruise missiles in the United States will have no immediate effect on prop- osals to test the weapon in Canada, External Affairs Minister Allan MacEachen ys. . The U.S. still has not made a formal request for the proposed tests of the un- armeds missile over north- eastern Alberta, he told the Commons. NDP defence critic Terry Sargeant urged the govern- ment to change its thinking on the issue in light ‘of the U.S. decision this week to suspend temporarily further tests of the air-launched cruise. -. The nuclear-capable mis- sile has failed in its only two test flights — Dec. 19 and In both cases, a cruise was launched from the wing of-a, eae ene and his wife and two sons of Winnipeg, and many friends in the area. A memorial service will be held at 11 am. in the Castlegar United Church, 2224 - 6th Ave. on Monday, June 6th with Rev. Ted Bris- tow officiating. No flowers by request. Mother & Daughter 1217 - 3rd St. 365-7782 The Friendly and helpful staff at ~ West's will be pleased to assist you in selecting your special outfit. 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