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. That paid for answers to about,4,675 of 5,889 written questions during the last session“of Parliament.

But the cost is not going to put an end to one of the few routes the MPs have to get detailed answers: from Liberal cabinet ministers. :

By the second day of the new parliamentary session’ which began last 180 written had been put on the order paper, including one asking for the salary range of 114 officials of Canada Post Corp.

However, no MP came close to beating iformer, Conservative MP Tom Cossitt, who had submitted more. than 150 written questions in the first few. days of the last session,

who died March 16, 1982 and was succeeded jin the Commons by his wife Jennifer, aimed a healthy portion of his questions at Prime Minister Trudeau and his spending habits. The rest of the questions were aimed at such things as the RCMP, public servants and their salaries, national security and Crown corporations,

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limited success in getting replies through the “years showed up one last time last week, when all the unanswered questions died with the 3'-year session.

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__ | Thirty-one of the 46 unanswered questions from 1980 were from Cossitt; as were 255 of 801 from 1981 and 127 of 199'from 1962. In addition, there were 288 questions from ‘1983, i :

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<The government tables daily ‘any replies it has ready .

to written And MPs often

way to the Canadian Transport Commission who received pps from Air Canada. The question was first submitted almost seven years ago and finally resubmit- ted the first day of the last session. No Tory has picked up the banner yet. e The names and salaries of executive and special to all cabinet

too few questions are answered too slowly. *

Liberal John Evans, parliamentary secretary to House Leader Yvon Pinard, says the decisions on which questions to answer are left up to the particular minis in charge and there are no orders requiring any minister to answer any question, f f q

‘He admits some questions may not be answered

because of their Also, time « for ch of the ‘ x and’ cost are: considered by the ministers. f x

Gilles Gui: chief di for parli 'y returns, says it costs the government an average of $160

for eachi:answer from each department or Crown °

corporation.

And some of the written questions during the last session, which began April 14, 1980, involved up to 75 different departments and agencies.

Information Cossitt sought and never received. includes:

e The names and jobs of anyone connected in any

e The names, job designations and annual salaries of all defeated or former Liberal candidates and members. who have received appointments from the government.

e The the use of T Department aircraft by ministers and MPs and a variety of specific questions on ministers’ use of the planes.

Cossitt also wanted information on trips by Trudeau to New York, Algeria, Washington, Australis, Korea, the Philippines, Fiji, and Cancun, Mexico, in 1981 and their cost to the taxpayers,

x But those questions will continue to prick the government for at least one more session. They've been reintroduced by ‘Tory external affairs critic Sinclair Stevens.

However, that effort does not qualify a question for success, as emphasized by another Cossitt question buried in the pages and pages of now-dead requests:

How long, he asked, will the government let a

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Tories retuse to devulge policies

By ROGER SMITH a

OTTAWA (CP) — About six months under the iron rod and silky charms of Brian Mulroney, the Progressive Con: ser areah lot fairly chi jing at the} get at the Grits in an election fight. iN

Brief flares of dissension over election nominations.and.. control of party funds were extinguished as the rookie leader, capitalizing on the party's will to unite to win, quickly exerted control.

Mulroney put his own team in place, appeased his defeated leadership opponents and started to find his feet after a shaky start in the Commons.

Long past are the fears that a divisive leadership campaign would destroy the party's popularity: Current polls suggest the Tories would win a massive majority government,

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cin Oe “policy —is an old bugbear for Mulroney. It hurt during his unsuccessful leadership bid in 1976 and threatened to hurt again this time as an adviser warned that delegates had a ‘feeling there is no substance.” That is one reason why Mulroney published a book of : speeches called Where I stand at the outset of his campaign. Now that he is leader, critics and political opponents are asking where exactly his Tories stand and there are signs the payty is torn about whether, when and how it should answer. Mulroney’s broad outlines suggest a Tory government would be less tighter or ding and closer to the United States. He also spelled out a fairly specific

peace policy. SAID LITTLE NEW

sketching election strategy and looking for star candidates. Shadow cabinet ministers and special task forces are assigned to study policy. A four-pronged transition team is laying the steps for a Tory takeover.

: WHAT TO DO?

About the only nagging questions hanging over the Mulroney honeymoon are what the Tories plan to do if they win and how much they plan to tell beforehand.

Vagueness on policy hasn't hurt so far. Many voters

“seem willlig to support the ‘Tories simply otit of anger at thetabarals. But'that coiild -

Prime“Mintster Tritdedd "ana the T1bérals, change if Trudeau goes; and some péedple may want more specific reaons to vote Tory.

Policy — or, more accurately, the perceived lack of

In his response Friday to the throne speech, Mulroney

1p calls to improve productivity, civilize, labor relations and ease the tax burden on entrepreneurs. But he said little new about what the Tories would do.

It remains to be seen how he will achieve the conflicting goals of cutting the federal deficit and some taxes while spending more in a variety of areas such as defence and health-care funds for the provinces.

Former finance minister John Crosbie gave perhaps too frank’a hint of what seems to be the prevailing view when he said in recent interviews ‘ory policy would remain a Ablitted shidew" and’s “moving target™ election,

<P 52H you walt to find out, leet ‘ubs,” ‘said. ie. said he hadn't checked with Mulroney.“but I don’t think his vie ore any different.” . le reasons that voters are ready to elect the Tories on

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the basis of their general approach and aversion to the Liberals so why should the party risk being put on the defensive by making specific promises too soon?

The Tories have long memories. In 1974 their lead in polls evaporated after Trudeau ridiculed Robert Stanfield’s policy on wage and price controls. Attacks on promises to shift the embassy an Israel and to dismantle Petro-Canada may have helped deny them a majority in 1979 and contri- buted to their loss in 1980,

“I don't see why Mr. Mulroney should spring fully clothed with policy in every direction when it’s neither wise nor n »” sald Crosbie. “But when we need policy, there'll be lots of it around.” 5,

External affairs critic Sinclair Stevens says the demand for details is an attempt by the Liberals to get the spotlight off their own record.

Indeed, Trudeau advisers admit the long list of Promises in the throne speech was an effort to set out Liberal principles and smoke out a detailed response from Mulroney.

Stevens says the Tories will announce policies during an

election campaign, no sooner. Even then, he thinks they .

should remember Trudeau won in the 1980 election by king the Tory g record and making few

promises. 2 “Soni Tories cringe at the suggestion their only plank

will’ be'‘changé:' They ‘say policy to flesh’ out basic Tory”

is being developed by caucus by five tasks forces on specific economic issues and by Charles McMillan, Mulroney's policy adviser.

Churches named deputy

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“in the Heart of Downtown Castlegar” CLOSED THIS SUNDAY, CARL'S DRUG OPEN. OPEN LATE THURS. & FRI., TILL 9 P.M.

Castlegar’s Sandra Chur- ches will join other members of the B.C. Youth Parliament at the legislature in Victoria from Dec. 26 to Jan. 1.

Churches is sponsored by Mayor Audrey Moore, MP Lyle Kristiansen and MLA Chris D'Arcy to participate in this event. This year she has been asked by the Min- ister of the luterior, Deanna

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NEW BRUNSWICK LITERACY LEVEL IN QUESTION.

By CHRIS MORRIS FREDERICTON (CP) —'The shocking results of an English competence test at the University of New Brunswick have forced to the surface new questions about the level of literacy in the province, but there are no new answers. i i

Forty-two per cent of 760 freshmen at the university's Fredericton campus failed a writing test adi é

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destructive myths prevent- ing ‘many'women from ‘ex- Ploring ‘their full potential, says.a feminist therapist. Sleeping Beauty celebrates the’ re. woman’ waiting for Prinee Charming, Batya Chivers said. Snow White is a taphor. for moth :

recently to evaluate competence in such areas as grammar, style and punctuation. f

The high failure rate has opened a Pandora's box of opinion on whether the province's school system is doing its job when it comes to teaching children how to read and write the Queen's English.

“Students who come to university should be capable of expressing themselves clearly in English and the only way, in'my view, they'll ever achieve this is by having more practice in school,” said James Woodfield, assistant secretary of the university and an English professor.

The test was required for all students not enrolled in an

h in which the, good mother “is’al- ways: passive and always dies.”

As for Cinderalla’— not to be confused with the \ Cin- deralla*complex which deals with how women give away power — her job of sweeping ashes typifies society's view of women's: work. F

Chivers said the tales, in- nocent enough in themselves,

C “ed concepts which ‘affect’ all ‘alry-tale hi es represent ~

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“What we have to do is to realize what we have been deprived of and build it into our life, It’s not too late, at any age, to get-out of this victim position.”

‘The feminist

Lack of female bonding is a devastating impact ‘of. fairy tales, she said. Women are conditioned to view other. women as rivals and tend to fear betrayal by.) fe: friends, ae

Bhe said she hopes one re-

y tales slammed

children.’A lot of traditional psychology still refers to that as a must.”

Despite gains made by the women’s movement Chivers said many women still don't want to appear too intelli. gent. They are caught para-

who also teaches bioener- getics — a system which uses

sult of her ops will be some informal bonding. Another motif is’ the en-

doxically between being true to themselves and being true to concepts of femininity, as bei

specific physical to improve emotional states: — draws heavily on the book Kiss Sleeping Beauty Goodby by Madonna’ Kolbenschlag for inspiration. LS

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But she has used‘hér:own background in’ bicenergetics, yoga, dance, movement ther- apy and meditation'to:design workshops : which’ ‘aré.““ex-

English course or in what the iY as an equivalent course. It was administered for the first time after the university senate passed a regulation making it mandatory.

RECEIVE COMPLAINTS

Woodfield said the test was in response to businessmen who complained that too many university graduates applying for jobs were unable to express themselves clearly either orally or in writing. Sieg

Many students interviewed after the results: were released were shocked by the low marks. They thought the test, in which they were asked to write a short essay anda precis of a test piece, was quite simple.

“It wasn't really hard, but there's nothing worse than an essay,” sighed one business student who failed.

People involved in education at junior high and high school levels were quick to jump on the bandwagon defending their English and the of their students.

George Little, head of the English Department at Simonds High School in Saint John and leader of the provincial NDP, said the brouhaha over illiteracy in the public school system is based on a misconception.

TEST ‘INACCURATE’

“Any one short test of a student's writing is bound to be inaccurate because that’s not what writing is about — it's a Process not a product,” Little said. :

“Tve got some students this year who are the best I've ever seen... students write with a great deal of thought and concern for what they have to say, and they are given an opportunity in New Brunswick schools to write more than ever.”

Little and several school supervisors suggested reading and writing problems seem to be on the increase because more students are going to universities these days, not just the cream of the crop as in years past. Universities, now accept aboiit 20 per cent’ of high school graduates, up from the average four per cent ushered into the ivy halls of learning 80 or 40 years ago.

Richard Thorne, vice-principal of the Saint John High School, said he once chided a university professor over the i practice of iting any student who

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“Oh, we're not that busy,’ ” the professor told Thorne. DISPUTES FINDINGS

Bert Hanratty, presideht of .the New Brunswick Teachers’ Association, said it is doubtful there is a di in English 1 skills. He said good students are doing better than they ever have and poor students are staying in school longer and going to university.

H he said ig in New }

schools makes it more difficult for teachers to carry on‘the kind of extensive writing practice Woodfield would like to see. * Hanratty said New Brunswick has one of the highest student-teacher ratios in the country, with an average of 29 or 80 students to a class and many approaching the maximum of 84 students.

Tronically in 1976, the latest year for which figures are available, New Brunswick also hsd the second highest number of people who finished school before Grade 9.

A report on illiteracy by the Canadian Commission for UNESCO said the 1976 figures show that 36.7 per cent of New Brunswick's population of 440,820 quit school by Grade 9. The only province with a higher drop-out rate was Newfoundland.

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