set up to ensure that day-to- day business continues.

“The rule is that the gov- ernment continues to be the government and that nec- essary government business needs to be disposed of,” a senior Privy Council official said Tuesday. “We've set up a system to ensure that hap- pens.”

The system, in place until after the Sept. 4 election, is the same as that used during the usual summer recess.

Under the system, most cabinet policy committees are folded into a special operating committee.

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As a result of changes to electoral laws during the past four years, the campaign will last a minimum of 50 days rather than 60 days.

And i incurred by of can. didates and as many as 16 political parties will be linked for the first time to the consumer price index, the yardstick used to measure inflation. .

Spending is expected to increase by about 30 per cent over the 1980 level, boosting this election's total cost to about $95 million from $64 million four years ago, chief elec- toral officer Jan-Mare Hamel says.

In 1980, candidates were permitted to spent $1 for each of the first 15,000 voters in their riding, 50 cents for each of the next 10,000 and 25 cents for each remaining voter. Parties were allowed 30 cents for every voter in ridings where they had candidates.

Campaigning by interest groups will also be controlled, unless a right-wing lobby group is successful in its legal battle against the most reeent amendment to the Canada Elections Act.

The amendment prohibits individuals or interest groups from spending money during an election campaign to promote or oppose candidates unless an official party

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In 1974, when) stamps cost seven cents, Ottawa paid about one-quarter of the cost of candidates’ campaigns. However,’ a8 postage stamps increased in value, compen- sation sometimes outstripped campaign costs.

cent of the popular vote, the Conservatives won 1 with 32.3 per cent and the. ‘elaimed 32 seats 19.6 cent, ike.

The Social Credit party had 1.7 per cent of the popular vote but elected no MPs. The combined ‘support of other political parties was 1.7 pet cent and 0.6 per cent of the ballots were spoiled:

As a result of resignations and deaths, the current in

The legislation now ensurés federa! r do not exceed 50 pér cent of actual expenses. Parties, will receive refunds for 22.5 per cent of their expenses.

An independent arbiter, Charles Dalfen, was chosen earlier this year to allocate broadcast time to the registered political parties, a job previously performed by the CRTC.

The six and one-half prime-time hours every broad: caster is required to set aside for paid political advertise- ments during the last 29 days of the campaign are divided according to a formula spelled out in law

The Liberals will be entitled to purchase 44 per cent or 173 minutes, the Conservatives, 33 per cent of 129 minutes and the New Democrats, 18 per cent or 69 minutes.

Only three of the six minor parties have indicated an interest in broadcast time. The Liberarians, the Communist party and the Rhinoceros Party agreed to share the remain ing 19 minutes.

di the C is Liberals, 145; Conservatives, 100, and the NDP, 31. There is one Independent MP and five seats are vacant.

Other legislative changes since 1980 eliminated the public posting of preliminary voters’ lists to save money and prevent harassment of women living alone, and improved access to polling stations for the handicapped.

A controversial proposal for proportional representa: tion, mentioned by the Liberal government in its first throne speech after the 1980 election, appears to have been put on a backburner, along with plans for changing electoral boun daries.

‘A system of proporational represenation would allow politicans other than those elected to claim a Commons seat if their party won a certain precentage of the popular vote. Asa result, each party would likely have MPs from every part of the country.

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accepts the cost.as part of its election expenses.

The Toronto-based National Citizens Coalition says the amendment violates the freedom of speech clause in the Charter of Rights and has mked the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench to strike it down.

The law places no limit on the amount of money an individual or interest group can spend promoting or opposing issues as long as a candidate or party is not linked

to the issue.

If an individual wants to advertise during the campaign but cannot find anyone to assume the expense, he or she may collect 25 signatures, pay $200 and run as an independent candidate subject to normal expense limitations.

Interest groups may advertise in support of or against candidates and parties if they register as a political party

Robinson expects improved relations

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Robi: side- stepped questions Tuesday about his preferences for the Sept. 4 general eleetion, in- dicating he expects improved relations between his coun- try and Canada no matter whow ins.

Robinson, who announced that a U.S. consular agent to Newfoundland will be ap- pointed, said Canada has made progress in easing complaints within the Rea gan administration about Canadian investment regula tions, energy policy and Can ada's role in NATO.

And he said it was encour. aging that both John Turner

and Brian Mulroney have shown a willingness to work toward better relations after the election.

He said Turner had visited him to bring greetings from the Canadian government on the American 4th of July hol iday and he quoted the prime minister saying “there isn't anything we can't solve to gether.”

Giving equal time to the Conservative leader, he quo- ted Mulroney telling Presi dent Reagan during a recent trip to Washington that “best friends ought to give each other the benefit of the doubt.”

But the burly, baseball loving Robinson, who some- times has been a controver- sial figure in diplomatic cir cles because of his frank opinions on Canadian affairs, also indicated there are still

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chafing probk between the two countries, chiefly on the acid rain question.

He said 1985 won't be an election year and in the edsed political atmosphere, Canada and the U.S. should be able to begin implementing a 1960 pledge to devise a joint, long: term plan to battle acid emissions in both countries.

Along with the Newfound. land consular agent's ap- pointment, the ambassador announced that the State Department also plans to ap- point a consular agent at Re gina, where the consulate was closed in 1976.

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Liberals recuperating

TORONTO (CP) — With Ontario shaping up as a key battleground in the federal election campaign, Conser. vative and NDP political ma chines in the province ap- pear to be more finely tuned that that of the Liberals.

‘The Liberal party, still re- cuperating from its recent leadership campaign, will need a little longer to get its election apparatus in gear in Ontario, which has the coun. try's largest bloc of seats, said Reva Karstedt, Ontario executive director for the party

“It’s a little early.” said Karstedt. “Another week or so and we'll have a better handle on it.”

Conservative and NDP

‘ spokesmdn. in. the 96-seat

province said they have been ready for an election for some time. Prime Minister Turner announced Monday an elec tion will be held Sept. 4

Although pleased by poll results showing their party ahead, some Libera! officials have indicated their organ- izations will be slow off the mark

One Liberal insider who asked not to be identified told the Toronto Star: “Believe it or not, things really have been dormant in terms of election preparedness.

CAUSES CONCERN

“While the Tories were having huge nomination meetings all over the place, no similar effort was hap- pening (among Liberals) be cause of the leadership race, and that's got to be a source of some concern.”

In the 1980 election, On tario elected 52 Liberals, 38 Conservatives and five New Democrats. A shift of only 10 or 15 seats in southern On tario could tip the balance of power in what is expected to be a tight race.

But the Liberals are trail ing in organization to the Tories. Only about one-third

of the party's candidates have been nominated in On tario and there is no active Ontario campaign chairman.

While the Liberals spent the last three months con centrating on the party lead ership, “we have not sat idly

by,” said Bill McAleer, the Tories’ Ontario i chairman. been on a campaign footing since April 1, he said.

The NDP, too, has been election-ready for several months, said top party or

ganizer Hugh Mackenzie.

A meeting of the party's Ontario wing in Hamilton last weekend drew about 900 delegates and activities who rallied to an unofficial elec tion call from leader Ed Broadbent.

Newspaper says Tory promises could cost

OTTAWA (CP) — The Ot tawa Citizen says Progres sive Conservative election promises could cost the fed. eral government more than $20 billion over the next five years.

The newspaper says the figure comes from a docu ment carried into a Tory planning meeting Tuesday by John Crosbie, MP for St. John's West in the last Par liament. The top page was seen by at least one reporter

The document put a five- year price tag of between $5.5 billion and $6.6 billion on policies announced last week in Prince Albert, Sask., by party leader Brian Mulroney, the newspaper says.

And it gave an estimate of more than $20 billion for “all the programs we have com. mitted ourselves to” — an apparent reference to pol icies unveiled in Prince Al bert and others yet to come.

The Conservatives have so far refused to say how much their election promises will cost and what the net impact will be on the federal treas ury

Mulroney appeared flus tered when asked to com ment on the estimate of $6.6 billion, but called it exces sive. “The Liberals have been peddling that figure since this morning.”

Crosbie made no effort to conceal the document he was carrying and later confirmed

that it was not a Liberal document.

“If you say you saw it and it was under my arm, then it would be my Thad

a short-term cost to get the economy moving again,” Mul-

roney said Tuesday. Among the policies already lasinatlon ot

no Liberal papers.”

At the same time, how- ever, Crosbie refused any detailed comments and said no cost estimates were dis- cussed at the planning meet. ing

The Conservatives ac knowledge that their policies for the Sept. 4 election won't be cheap, but they suggest any short-term losses will be largely offset by revenues obtained through more jobs, increased production and bet:

are a wellhead tax on oi] and nat- ural gas that now raises about $2 billion a year in favor of a tax on company profits.

Tax breaks for investors in mines and a freeze on freight rates for western grain are among the other policies the Conservatives would follow if they form the next govern: ment.

Prime Minister John Tur. ner has criticized the Con. servatives for keeping their

ter gen erally.

“There's a cost in every thing, and I indicated there's

cost under wraps, but the Liberals have offered no details of any of their plans.

Coalition will yell long, loud

TORONTO (CP) After waging a bitter fight to pre serve the right to speak out during elections, the National Citizens Coalition intends to yell long and loud during the next two months to get gov ernment out of the economy and politicians away from the public trough

Coalition vice-president David Somerville says that since winning a court chal lenge last month against a

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A film series will be held in the Adult Classes. All Invited! JULY 8 — “Deceived” by Mel White . . . A Documentary footage of the rise and fall of Jim Jones and why he was deceived

JULY 15 — “The Return” by Hal Lindsey fullfilled Prophecy, filmed in the Holy Lond

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JULY 29 — “Armageddon” by Dr.John Walvoord .

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gover attempt to limit non-party spending during elections, the coalition is “looked upon all of a sudden as a lot of reasonable fellows talking a lot of sense.”

He outlined Tuesday dur ing an interview how the 30,000-member lobby group intends to spend about $700,000 in advertising dur ing the campaign for the Sept. 4 election promoting abut six key issues.

“We feel that the political pendulum has been swinging back toward the centre (from the left) for some years now,” Somerville said.

“Whereas some ideas that the coalition had before may have been looked upon as beyond the political pale, now all of a sudden even the Lib erals are beginning to talk about them.”

Somerville and Colin Brown, 70-year-old founder and president of the admit: tedly conservative but stead. fastly non-partisan group, can scarcely keep the smiles off their faces these days.

Last month, an Alberta Court of Queen's Bench judge ruled that Canada Elections Act amendments banning in terest groups from spending money to oppose candidates or parties during election campaigns violated free speech provisions of the Charter of Rights and Free- doms.

The judgment is to be for mally delivered to the gov ernment today and it must file appeal by July 31. Al though there is no word yet from the Justice Department on an appeal, the coalition doesn’t think it likely.

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SEAN BONDAROFF . SHSS valedictorian

GRADUATION VALEDICTORY ADDRESS

EDITOR'S NOTE: Following is the valedictory address given by Sean Bonderoff at this year's Stanley Humphries Secondary School graduation ceremonies.

Good afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen:

It seems we are all gathered here today for some common reasons. One of these is hearing the class valedic torian give an address about graduation. This address usually talks about grad, the pain and parting and the sweet sorrow of it.

I tried writing something like that but it didn't come out quite right. It didn’t sound like me or the class of '84. I feel that these grads are very different from most and they therefore deserve something out of the ordinary. So, instead of the cliche type of speech, I will try to relate to you a story. It may help us all to better understand what is happening here today.

The story is about 186 very special individual people. It begins 12 years ago, when many of these people didn't even know each other. They did have one thing in common though — they were all entering their first year of elementary school.

These individuals attended their separate schools learning things like reading, writing, arithmetic, art, and music and having their minds shaped by the system. This shaping included learning more important things like co-operation and friendship — things that would become more valuable assets than they could realize in the future.

So, after seven very educational years, they emerged from this first part of the system. They were ready to move on to bigger and better things having graduated from tots to teens.

In Grade 8 all these people joined forces to form the class of '84 (probably the scariest moment in teaching his- tory). From there, they struggled through their last four years of high school as a group. The struggle brought them all closer together and made each one a better person.

So now their struggle has finally paid off. For these same people stand before you tonight. They are all in the prime of their lives and ready to take their next big step in life

After 12 years of advancing as a group they must say goodbye and advance as individuals. They are now young adults.

This group holds the key to the future. These are the lawyers, the bartenders, the thinkers, the doers and maybe even the leaders of the future. By looking around, you can see much promise rests here.

The ceremony tonight means many things then. It means 12 years of effort by this class as a group. It means our entrance into society and our exit from the protection of childhood. But most of all, it means thanking our lucky stars that we have made it this far as well as thanking all the people who have made it possible.

So firstly, we thank our parents, who have put up with us over the years. You called us radicals but always knew we would make something of ourselves gne day.

Next, we thank our teachers. We tried to make you proud in everything we did — hard as that was most of the time. Among the teachers there are = certain few that deserve special thanks: Mr. Dodds, Mr. Farrell, and Mr King whose frequent pep talks kept us in class even on sunny Fridays (no hard feelings guys). We thanks Ms. Bonowicz for all her hard work and organization in making today’s ceremony possible. We could not have done it without her.

And 80 in closing, I'd like to especially thank the grads for giving me this opportunity. I hope I have not let you down, and I would like to leave you with this one thought.

In the words of Sir Frederick Banting: You can do or be anything you want in this world, within reason, if you are willing to work and think hard enough and long enough

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Many experts now believe interest rates, including rates. for will continue rising at least through this fall:

Prince Phillip to visit

FREDERICTON (CP) - While the royal tour has been postponed because of the federal election, Prince Philip will still be in New Bruns wick Monday

The prince will pay a pri vate visit to Canadian Forces Base Gagetown, honoring his commitment to present new colors to the Second Bat- talion of the Royal Canadian Regiment.

Original plans for the royal visit called for the ‘Royal

Couple to split up Manday, It is billed as a private with the Queen going to visit, undoubtedly to avoid Sackville and the prince conflict with the election heading for the sprawling campaign. But the public is Gagetown base, south of invited to a presentation Fredericton. parade at the base. Precise Despite postponement of details of the visit have not the Canadian tour, Lt.-Col. yet been released. W.J. Aitchison, commanding officer of the Second Bat talion, said in a news release The Royal Couple now is Tuesday Buckingham Palace geheduled to visit Canada has confirmed the Duke of Sept. 24 to Oct. 7, but a re- Edinburgh will present the vised itinerary is not yet colors as scheduled. available.

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