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‘The study also has shown a single cigarette during preg- nancy can affect fetal activity patterns.

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3 Sections (A, B &C)

split.

divided.”

By LESLIE SHEPHERD

OTTAWA (CP) — Progressive Conservatives have ended their 15-day boycott of the Commons and agreed to return for a long-awaited: vote. v

Conservative Leader. Joe’ Clark said today the government has accepted his party's two key demands for ending the unprecedented impasse which has crippled Parliament since March 2.

Those: demands were. that ‘the government split -a massive: energy bill and-call other businéss for debate while the three. House leaders negotiate on how it will be.

“In our view, Mr. (Liberal House Leader Yvon) Pinard has conceded these’ two pointa,"""an

“In our. view, | is is victory. for democracy,” 8

For the last ‘two weeks. the. ‘Conservatives nee been

g their

to show up for an salon

* themselves March 2 to’ pi

boycott effectively halted Pl other. business. --

The vote now will:be held later. today. ‘The Commons © will then‘ adjourn» and resume’, normal ‘operations ‘Thursday’ when .the opposition can choose ‘the topic of

debate.

Clark said he will introduce’ a ‘motion at. that time

asking the ‘government to’ consider . implementing par- in 197!

-y reforms p

“pleased

Clark told reporters following a morning caucus meeting. “We take him at his word that this measure will be

Conservative House’ Leader Erik’ Niclsen “said he

presumes Pinard will ‘call’a House leaders’ meeting -

immediately after the adiourament vole to discuss

dividing the 149-page energy bill.

He expects those

could continue until Monday — - will, te Daca as

usual,

Nielsen, who devised the procedaral strategy creating ° the impasse, said he thinks his proposals to split the bill into 10 chunks, with the opposition agreeing to some limit. on debate, will -be the starting point for those talks.

The Proposals: were made in a létter to Pinard earlier

this week.’

The Tory decision ‘followed Pinard’s annnoucement Tuesday that he is “absolutely committee” to ‘dividing the bill ifan agreement can be worked out to limit the débate.

He offered the Conservatives six days to negotiate the

‘split —'triple the time suggeated last week — and said

could ‘start

“ment vote, sad continue until Monday. i

after the adjourn-

Pinard said he hoped the Tories would accept the offer and stressed what he called good intentions on his part. “I was sincere Friday dnd I am even more sincere.

today,” he said.

Pinard said there is“no doubt” the proposal by Nielsen on how to deal with the massive energy; bill |is.a reasonable starting point for the. talks,

the 149-page Energy Security Act aims to encourage.

of the

parecer oil and natural gas taxes already. in effect, allows: Ottawa to give Petro-Canada. another $6 billion and establish new. Crown, energy: companies, gives, cabinet sweeping new powers and permits expropriation | of Quebec land for export of Labrador power to the U.S.

The Conservatives object to several provisions and also argue that inclusion of such a vast array of matters in one bill is'a trick to Amit t intelligent Hen 7

industry,

School lance drop with new formula

“year is more likely assessed at. $69,000 this year — mean- .ing.an additional 16 per cent ‘inerease i in school taxes,

“Phe new financing formula “handles the commercial and

~ industrial sector slightly dif-

ferently than the Yesidential

| - sector.

Under. the-new formuls,

the: mill rate forthe com-. lustrial

» don

a year or two.” He said ‘there may be some elements in the new formula the board hasn't noticed.

As well, ‘Anutooshkin said’ Education’ Minister Brian Smith - has ‘assured school boards the provincial govern- ment is not interested ‘in usurping ‘local autonomy of school boards.

“There may be a certain amount of: control he is takingy: ‘but ‘at’ this ‘time’ I ow what ‘it will be,”

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. barely one per cent.

However,.. that:’ does

mean: school taxes. will ‘de

“crease this year. On the'con- ‘trary, school taxes fora a home “assessed at $60,000: will in- crease. $36 this year — from

$308 “last: year. to: $844 *in.’-

1982. That's alz per cent in-

FIVE. WEEK. SHUTDOWN ©

Celgar Garkeis laid off

By CasNews Staff - BC Timber announced this week’ it will’ close: both “its

total of 500 | IWA workers — 340 at -Celgar and 150 .in Nelson.

Celgar sawmill in Castlegar -

and Kooténay Forest Prod- ucts sawmill in Nelson for a minimum of five‘weeks start- ing Friday.

The shutdown will affect a

Jack Sigalet, southern In- z

terior, woods products man- ager, blamed the closure on a

« eontinued poor lumber mar-

ket. “With demhnd and price

Terrorist spared Dozier's life

VERONA ITALY (AP) —

A confessed Red Brigades terrorist said today” he spared the life of U.S Army Brig.-Gen. James Dozier when police broke in to free the kidnapped American be- cause he couldn't bring him- self to hat. him.

“Thad all the time I needed to shoot the general,” said Giovanni Cuicci, 23. “I could not succeed in seeing him as

: an enemy but only as a man

who. was sleeping.”

_ Cuicci : testified “on the fourth day of the trial of 17 alleged terrorists charged with the kidnapping Dec. 17 of the highest-ranking U.S. officer at the NATO base in this northern Italian city.

Dozier told reporters after his rescue that one of his

captors was pointing a pistol at his head - when Police stormed: the. apartment’ in Padua where he-was im- prisoned in a tent,

Cuccio said he was, guard- ing: Dozier on 'Jan.:28° when the group's ringleader, An- tonio Savasta, came and told him the police were coming.

2“Savasta gavemea pistol,”

he said. “The genera! was - still ‘sleeping. The general: ; woke up when the. police’ broke the door down. I tried :

to tell him with gestures to stay calm, that nothing would happen.”

Ciucci: said police hit him on the head with a pistol and

he was arrested. He did not ~

tell the court he had_pointed the gun to Dozier's head.

for the company's "s products at extremely low “levels, ‘the company. is’ forced to; curtail

Mained in a

Sigalet added that B.C. Timber has not laid off any salaried staff. yet, though i itis the situ-

release, _ 2 Sigalet added, .“No firming in either. prices, or demand is

expected for at least the next

finishing and; shipping | ui continue at the two mills as market ‘conditions permit.” In’ an interview with the Castlegar News, Sigalet said

the downturn in the lumber.

market. first started in the fall of 1979. “This slump is ‘30 ‘months

he

‘The company aid off close to 150 workers at its Koot- enay Forest Products ply- wood operation in late Feb- ruary. Those workers will be off until April.

The latest round of layoffs come less than ‘two. months

-after workers” at Celgar, re-

turned to work following a four-week Christmas shut. down, |;

Sigalet.“said the workers were called back after the

(four-week shutdown because *. B.C. Timber officials thought

the markets would pick up in February and March.

» He ‘said this is “tradition- ally a good time,” but this year that never

long... That's a long time,” : said.

ation. However, he added the company. already reduced its salaried staff by nearly. 35, including its woodlands divi- sion. *

- "Those reductions: were through terminations and re- tirements as‘well as layoffs.

Sigalet confirmed that two weeks ago.he asked . B.C. Timber's head office in Van- couver to close the mills be- cause of a stagnant lumber market.

He-said the company “will . continue to monitor the mar- ket ‘during the “next five weeks to determine what ac- tion will be taken at the end of the shutdown. .

The closure of the two mills means that all but one of B.C. Timber's seven saw- mills across B.C. will be down by Friday.

‘At the same time as the Castlegar and’ Nelson clo- sures, -B.C. Timber an- nounced it is closing its Pohle and Skeena sawmills in Ter- race for a ‘similar five-week period. -

The only mill still operat- ing after Friday will be Plat- eau Mills near Vanderhoof. It is also B.C. Timber’s most

highly

i said ‘latest. figures include the cutbacks ordered earlier this year fol-

lowing Premier Bill Bennett's’ new. public sector. restraint’:

program.

He added that the provin-

- eial: government had» some

td jus they too will pay more in

~Seiool taxes this. year.

Inall, 50, of the province's 75 school districts will benefit from. the’ new. financing for-

mula.

In the other 25 school dis- tricts,, residential school tax- es’ will: increase more than they. would: have under the old formula — but only by, a maximum $96 over last year.

Meanwhile, Anutooshkin was still unsure exactly how

* the new: system will affect

the local district. He said the district has only been given

need for basic education and any additional courses or programs were added at the total expense of the local district.

Anutooshkin ‘added that depending ‘oh the new for- mula, Castlegar school dis- trict may have less money to spend on new programs — but again he said :he couldn't really tell at this time.

Under ‘the. new. formula, the. provincial: government collects . all. industrial. and- cial - property: taxos": for schools, With the old for- -mula, the'75 schoo! districts

hand in‘ school in'the old. fir formula

lected taxes fat fice :

with its basic education levy. - With: that levy .the gov- ernment calculated what

each ' school district’ would |

and industrial. :

The new system will sep-

arate the board's gross oper- - continued on poge A2

PPWC asks for labor hearing

By oe wise: Staff

Pulp, ripe rer ‘Wood-- workers of Canada Local 26, which

figures by the government and hasn't yet had time to work out its 1982 budget under the new for-

‘As well, most homes in the: mula.

Castlegar school district will + pay an average 15 per cent more on top of the 12 per cent increase. That's because property, assessments.in this increased an average 15

peed penesnt this year. Thus, a $60,000 home last

“We have not actually done a budget on it,” he explained. “It would be too m early to say

really; won't. know the full

extent. of the new. formula .

until i i operated with it “for

Constitution bill

now in

LONDON (CP) — Justice Minister Jean Chretien ar- rived in London’ today, ‘con- fident that his third “final, trip”.to.London will be the last one before Britain makes

Canada. truly. independent by approving the new consti- tution;

Chretien will be watching Thursday ‘as British lords speak during. second-reading debate ‘on the Canada bill.

But hé isn't ‘expected to stay around for final approval and royal assent, tentatively slated for March 25, choosing instead to take a long- planned vacation’ with his family.

Royal assent, the final step

-in' the patriation’ package's “journey through Westmin-

ster, will clear the way for a visit to Canada by the Queen sometime in April to sign Canada’s new constitution into law.

When Chretien came to. London last Di ber’ with

final stage

the request ‘that Britain use its control over Canadian constitutional changes one last time by approving a new constitution containing a for- mula so future changes could be made in Canada, Canadian officials jubilantly éalled it the “final trip” to London. But Chretien's current vis- it is his second transatlantic hop since then as approval of

. the replacement for the Brit-

ish North America Act of 1867 has taken longer than he had hoped.

He watched two days: of debate in the British Com- mons last month.

Canadian officials are con- fident no hitches will develop to slow progress through the Lords, even though 37 mem- bers of the upper house have signed up to speak Thursday.

Despite the long list, Dan- iel Gagnier, first secretary at the’ Canadian High Commis-

inwed on poge A2

ing employees at’ seni College,

whether it was a case of the

“employer (the college) retal-

iating against union members for their. decision-to switch unions.) 2°

‘There are provisions i in the

arbitration hearing under the; B.C. labor code to determine - whether the college's new. facility proposals constitute a technological change within the meaning of the code.’ ”

The issue stems from the college hiring three consult- ing firms to look at ‘its facility, maintenance and food services activities — in- . eluding an investigation into.

- contracting out work. per-

formed by PPWC members. The investigation started last October — shortly after

members voted ‘to: change:

from the Canadian Union of Public Employees to. the PPwce.

Local 26 vice-

which

‘permit the college to contract

iwork outtif: the college can sayé money.

* But a proposal put before a closed session of the college board: last ‘night in Nelson doesn't show any “savings at all, says’ Geller. }:”

“Maybe we- just have bi- seed, eyes,” he says.

He says the college, in its, proposal to hire Exertia — an Illinois based firm — hasn't demonstrated how it would save. money.

Geller notes that the union wants the college to. show where it would save money.

The union Friday was pre- sented with the proposal.

Steve Geller told the Castle: gar News this morning the issues at stake are whether or not the college is free to make changes or whether the changes come under the pro- visions of the labor code. Also at issue are the cir- cumstances under which the studies were initiated —

College Leo Per: ra refused comment on whe- ther the proposal was passed at last night's meeting.

The proposal called for adoption of the Exertia ap- proach to the studies.

“If they went to the board with what they told us they

‘continued on poge AZ

A Castlegar girl Sunday captured the award as top student debator in B.G

Cheryl North, a member of the Stanley Humphries

: Secondary School junior debating team was named’ the top junior debator in’

{the province at the B.C.

Top debator ;

championships held in Chil-

liwack over the weekend. The team of North and

Ruth Ehman were third in the province out of 40: ju-

nior teams. The senior team of Sandra Churches and John Landis came 14th out of 40 top teams.

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