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I Last sitting before election Returning MP's face toughe,s t problem ever. O'ITAWK (CPI - MPs Parliament. Contents of the The Atlantic nrovinces summer but zt appears in case of a legislative legislation was elimination reorganize the ad- or price increases were return next week to open a speech she will read-- continue to be l,~rdnst hit. unlikely now. Treasury emergency, when they left of ao $8.3-miilion railway ministrativestructureofAlr rolled back. new nesslon of Parliament, expected to contain an RECORD DEFICIT Board President Robert for holidays in August. freight -subsidy for grain Canada, a Crown cor- Measures proposed in the likely the last before the appeal for national unity-- POSSIBLE Andras indieates he plane to movement, use of metric poration, and remove it last federalbudget, March Mxt federal election, with are determined by Prime Also, finance department clamp down on federal Parliament passed 45 measurements by farmers from the control of 31, have yet to be im- high inflation, heavy Minister Trudeau after figures show a szgnifieant _spending and Employment pieces of legislation last and the second stage of a Canadian National plemented. They include a unemployment and Quebec consultation with his cabinet drop in f~eral revenues Minister Bud collen says his session and all but three of major overhaul of combines Railways. controversial tax on in- indel~-ndence hammering ministers, from personal income tax department has no money 19 bills that did not get and competition laws that The others give the vestment above $10,000 o~ .thed~gOrV.erning liberal Opposition MPs put the might lead to a record left for a new yrogram, approval will die Monday has been 11 years in the transport departmentpower gained on life insurance • onus on the Liberals to budgetary deficit of about $8 Before open~g the third and have to be reintroduced making, to prevent urban growth policies when the insured ~Y'Sonly firm promise produce measures to billion for the 1977-78 fiscal session of the 30th in the new session. The The three bills that will near airports and to person dies. about the new session so far combat unemployment, year. Parliament, MPs and government also may not be allowed to die establish stricter controls The government also has has come. from Finance inflation, uncertainty over Hints that a new federal senators meet Monday to reintroduce bills it backed Monday already are partly over 2,300 fishing and started hammering out new Minister Jean Chretlen who controls and a budgetary jobcreation program is in formally end the secondses- down on in the face of heavy through the legislative recreational harbors, financial arrangements says he will announce the 'deficit, among other theworks_ came during the sion that was left dangling, opposition attacks, pr~ess. One would REVISION OVERDUE fate of wage and price economic problems. The regular 10-year withmentsprovincialfor another plang°Vern'that controls, selieduled to be Latest available statistics , - = " r~ sorappedi~December, 1978..ow.eo.n.di.ndo,,.r., ~ revision of the Bank Act is would increase federal A r~ow of national af- its lowest, international Weather overdue and the corporate welfare ~ndiug next year fairs and an indication of value in eight years and _e____ ei a__ affairs department plans by $132 million to about $616 government plans for the inflation at 8.3 per cent for lth idj A warm front passing ovez another run at a two-year- million. mxtsessionwlllbeunvelled the 12-month period ending northwest B.C. will hring old bankruptcy bill that Tuesday when Queen in August, well above the overcast conditions and likely will be watered down. Sine~ the session likely Elizabeth opens Parliament six-per-cent governmenf continuous rain today with Also certain is a bill will be the last before the and reads [he speech from target, a high of eight degrees, designed to close a loophole next general election, in the controls program that possibly this spring, oleo: thelthusbeen20yearssineethrone, sens,8.2percentoftheworkInAugust, 838,000 per- [, Serv|noTerrace, Kiflmat, the Hazelfons, StewartandlheNass [ degrees.T°night's low, three would permit unions and tion-type ~rograms may the Queen opened force, were unemployed. ~VOLUME71NO. 111 Price: 20cents TUESDAY,OCTOBER11,1977 J ~ J moneycompanJes they lostto regainwhen wage the showmonths. up m the coming .... ~,,:,:,z~o.-,:..~: ~. :~.< -~...... :,~........ ........~..~..`~:~.~..........~.~.~.~..~..~..~......~......~.:...~.:~.~..). ................... ..... ................. _ ........................... -'.... ...... .7.. .......................... .~:._................ ............ ................................................ • • ~-. - ............. • ........ ............ ....... ..o. .......................... .. ....... .................. .................................;............ ...;...............;..... ~°~.~;~%~P~;~*°~..;°~;.;~;~°~;~.~°;~P;°`~.°~°°~;~;~°~;~;~.~;~.~e~ Peace prize to marchers OSLO (AP) -- Two women IOTH BODY TO WIN who started a peace Amnesty is the 10th movement in Northern organization to win the Ireland and a London-based peace prize. In selecting it arganization that works for over 53 other candidates, the political prisoners won Nobel Committee called Nobel Peace Prizes on 1977 "the year dedicatp watch on their court eases. M~ae ~obel Committee of bel Committee cited the the Norwegian parliament Northern Irish women's awarded the 1977prize to the "initiative to end the L , no it violence which has marked Anmesty International, for the unfortunate disin- 16 years of effort cm behalf tegration in Northern .of "prisoners of conscience" Ireland, and which has cost and against t~n'ture and the so many lives." desth penury. "Mniread Corrigan and It gave .the 1976 prize to Betty Williams acted out of Betty Williams, 33, and a deep convictionthat in- Malread Corrigan, 32, for dividuaipeople can do eq[aal~ a broad-based meaningfulefforts for peace through conciliatory work," movement ~to ,trv to end it said. ,~ SAW ciii/~REN~ KILLED ....~bIr:- ~O.meland between The two R0man'-Catholic Protestaiit a'hd Roman women launched their Catholic extremists. movement in August, 1976, :~e women launched the after Mrs, Williams saw campaign more than six three children killed by a months:aflar the Feb. 1 runaway car whose deadline for peace prize guerrilla driver had been nominations last year, when shot by British soldiers in all 50 candidates were Belfast. Miss Corrigan was rejected and no award was the aunt of the slain given. Soviet dissident An- children. drei Sakharov won it in 1975. Braving threats on their Mrs: Williams' said in Lon- lives by extremists, the, don: "We've only been women organized peaceful going 14 months and other marches by thousands of Peering through the smoke, fireman helps extinguish blaze that burned the old sawdustinsulation. Firement treated the incident as a Controlled burn. McGowan ~ople have been going for Protestants and Roman Tuck Auto Court to the ground Monday. Owner Alan McGuwan was wrecking the plans to wreck the rest of the building and subdivide the property. years. But I know how hard Catholics in Northern baiidingand burning the wood in a separate fire when the blaze caught in the we workedand perhaps Ireland, the Irish republic after all we have earned it." and England. Last year they Miss Corrigan, moved to travelled to the United tears by the news, said in States to urge Americans to Replaces ,c, tt Wallace ]Belfast: "I accept the prize stop sending money to the on behalf of everyone combatants. thrnughout the world who ' So widespread was the works and longs for peace sentiment m Norway for (and) the many _people who honoring them last year that Former track star jogs to Tory victory Imve suffered and have been Nor*egian newspapers Jailed in the interests of raised $325,000and gave it to ix0moting peace." them as a "People's Peace •KELOWNA (CP) Vic B. Progressive Con- preach and a well-organized himself in a conflict with the seats because they accepted Stepheus said he would . r Prize." They used the Stephens, a British servative convention team of workers behind' old. government expense money fight any plan by Premier The prizes are worth ,money for a trust fund to Columbia track star of two Sunday. ' him. Before the voting, they were not entitled to. Bill Bennett to settle the $141,g00 to Mrs. Williams create jobs, care for or- decades ago an now a The 182 voting delegates The other two competed, Stepheus, 46, told the con- That could mean five issue by retroactive and Miss Corrigan and phans and repair' the Courenay lawyer, jogged to gave Stephens 113 votes, 58 with hand-lettered sigm vention he.had a dream of byelections, Stephens said, legislation. $145,000 to Amnesty In. devastation in Northern an easy, first-ballot victory to Dawson Creek lawyer against Stephens' closed- sitting next to Wallace in the and wouldn't that be ex- ternational. Ireland. in the leadership race at the Larry Lewin and 11 to circuit television messages. legislature and 'afterwards citing." Stephens said he would manager William Fairiey, a All three candidates paid he insisted Wallace must "['he expense money has prefer to run in his home late entry in the race. tribute to retired leader Dr. retain his seat in Oak Bay. since been returned to the ndlug of Comox, where he Stephens' victory had Scott Wallace, but minutes Wallace disagreed. government, jTh constituion lost to Karen Sanford of the been widely predicted. He after the delegates had "A leader must be in the act says the emmbers are NDP in the 1975 election. was the only candidate with cheered Stephens' victory, house," Wallace said. "A not entitled to any extra Wallace has indicated he a slick, professional ap the new leader found top priority is to get the expeusemoney since,that is will make a firm an- leader into the legislature. coveredin their salaries and nouncement on his future "I have to try and per- sessional allowances: plans within a week. suade Vic that he should Charges may consider my strong recommendations that the best way to go is for me to followskirmish resign my seat and have Ferry workers him run in Oak Bay," Charges are being con- the scene he saw an officer Wallace said.