PAGE 6, THE HERALD, Wednesday, September 21, 1977 Pipeline agreement officially signed — OTTAWA CP-Canada and the U.S. formally signed ana agreement Tuesday to build a natural gas pipeline across the Yukon to move Alaskan fuel to U.S. markets. But indusrty and government officials agree it will take up to one year beforea all the necessary approvals are granted for construciion. The agreement was signed by U.S, Energy Secretary James . Schlisigner and Deputy Minister Allan MacEachen, the two who negotiatied the deal in Washington that started in August and ended this month. Under the pact,t the two governments agree to a pipeline across the Yukon, British Columbia and Alberta to move Alaskan natural gas to market. A spur line to move Canadian as could be added id esired in the 1080s. MacEachen described it as a remarkable feat to reach agreement in one month of talks, adding that the agreement ill stregthen the traditional bond between the two countries. Schliesinger praise the pipeline agreement for providing gas to the two countries at less cost than would otherwise be possible, saying he felt it marked the start of a new era of co- operation between the governments. Schlesinger later repeated to reporters comments he made in Washington that the pipeline will bring large additional columes of Canadian naturai gas to the US. starting atearly as 1979. MacEachen said no agreement to ship ad- Freeze ordered — on pipe land By JIM POLING OTTAWA (CP) — The federal government an- nounced Tuesday an im- mediate freeze on all new jand dispositions along the route of the proposed Alaska-Yukon natural gas pipeline. e freeze, which will include mineral rights, will be in effect until the final pipeline route has been established, said Hugh Faulkner, the new Indian affairs and northern development minister, in a telegram to the Council for Yukon Indians (CYD. The corridor affected will be of sufficient width to cover possible route changes, the telegram added. The only areas ex- cluded would be some territory surrounding municipalities— lands that might .be required for ex- pansion... |: Palikter told the CYI that Bev nient officials have n told to evaluate with the CYI the land affected to indentify areas of im- portance to native He also said prepared to discuss with the natives the possibility of an advance payment for native land claims. An inquiry headed by Reis Kenneth Lysyk, which studied the possible economic and social im- pacts of the pipeline, recom- mended that Yukon Indians receive $50 million in federal funds to help them implement their claims. The money would be subtracted from any final settlement. Faulkner’s message to the CYI was sent as Canada and the U.S. signed an agreement on pipeline construction. ; The line will carry Alaska natural gas to the lower 48 states and will traverse roughly 500 miles of the southern Yukon before picking up existing lines in northern British Columbia and Alberta. The route generally will follow the Alaska Highway. ‘ Foothills Pipe Lines Ltd. has proposed starting construction next year but the CYI, representing the 7,000 Yukon Indians, has said it wants its land claims settled and implemented first. Faulkner said special measures will be im- plemented to protect Yukon society from disruptive effects of construction and to ensure Yukoners benefit from economic development associated with the pipeline. ditional gas has been _in- cluded in thepipeline aggreement, but the U.S. energy secretdryf felt he had a pregmatic agreement” on such ship- ments from. Canadian of- ficials. He declined to name them Those shipments would come as time swaps, with Alberta gas being whipped to the U.S. when the southern portions of the pipeline are completed in 1979 or 1980. The gas would be returned to Canada when the Alaskan suppliescome on stream around 1962. Canadian officials say no formal agreement has been made and describe such proposals as a floating, attractive concept. Any agreement on natural gas swaps will need the support of Alberta, the producing province, and sources say that in return the province wants a preferential tariff fr its petrochemical products going into the U.S. market. Although the formal . signing, attended by Prime Minister Trudeau, ameks a major milestone for the foothilisg group, company officials agree a lot more work remains to be done before the pipe laying starts. * Included is the size and operating pressure of the ripeline. a matter Foothills resident Robert Blair says is being studied by his engineers. Foothills propose a four- foot diametre pipeline operating at a low pressure while some U.S. officials are pushing to make it a high- pressure line. _ Butthroughout regultory hearings leading up to the proposal Foothills fought a rival propsal for a high pressure line as an untried technologythat should not be used. That decision will have to be made before the com- begins to negotiate thee details of its financing. atragements, which also will have to be approved b the National Energy Board, the federal regulatory agency, ~Ron Rutherford, executive vice-president of Foothilis,said he figures the financing plan will not be ready for presentation unitl next fall, Bank agrees to delay in release of employee SHERBROOKE, QUE., CP-Officials of the Caisse Populaire de Sherbrooke- Est conceded a point to the kidnappers of Charles Marion today, agreeing to d delay of up to three hours between payment of a ransom and the time of Marion’s release. The concession came in a reply to a letter believed to be from the kidnappers threatening to cut off Marion's head if the ransom was not paid within 48 hours, Creidt union officials agreed toa delay of between 90 minutes and three hours. It had been understood earlier that the credit union wanted Marion released immediately upon payment of the ransom. “Gt is evident that we are not happy with you reply,” the message read, “but in order to put an end as soon as possible to the detention of Charles Marion we concede youa delay of from 12 hours to three hours.” Thethreat to hehead Marion was contained in a six-page letter sent late . MOnda to the Daily Journal de Montreal. _—iIt was reported to bear Marion’s signature written seven times as evidence that he is still alive. Marion, 57, a loans manager at the credit union, was kidnapped 44 days ago from his country cottage in Stoke, 15 miles northeast of here. A message from the kidnappers demanded §$1 rillion in ransom, but there have been reports the credit union is offering $250,000. Bright forecast too optimistic says consumer group toronto cp-The Conference Board in Canada is being too optimistic when it predicts that the economy is going up,’”” Ruth Lotzkar said today. But I do know food, clothing, and major ap- pliances are going up in price.”’ Donald Montomery, secretary-treasurer of the Canadian Labor Congress, said the board is ‘the only voice that's whistling that tune.”” ‘The board's batting average hasn’t been out- standing enough to make me believe it's right and the rest of the world is wrong.” The board, a private research group, predicted that the Canadian economy will be grow somewhat stronger in the nexr 15 months and that inflation will begin to moderate. Dou Peters, a vice- president and — chief economiat for the Toronto Dominion Bank, decribed the forecast as too op- timistic “although our own forecast does, indeed, show that we have turned from a recession to moderate economic growth.” B.V. Gestrin, vice- president and economic adviser to the Canadian Imperial Bank of Com- merce, said he was sur- prised at the forecast. “There's not much tangible evidence things will turn out the way it says.” LAW OFFICE OPENS KARL DOUGLAS BARRISTER AND SOLICITOR ANNOUNCES THE OPENING OF HIS PRACTICE SEPTEMBER 15, 1977 104-369 CITY CENTRE, KITIMAT Located between the Credit Union and Douglas Channel Realty record or report stand.” RCMP admit to one MP bugging OTTAWA (CP) — The RCMP said Tuesday that at least once since 1947, a member of Parliament has been subjected to electronic surveillance by the force. Robert H. Simmonds, RCMP commissioner, said this information contradicts an Aug. 18 statement by former commissioner M.J, Nadon that the force had not used electronic surveillance against any MP during a criminal investigation since 1947. Simmonds said in a statement the electronic- surveillance incident preceded the federal Privacy Act in 1974 and was in no way Con- nected with security service operations of the force. “This action was undertaken on the authority of an officer of the force but was not made subject to any rtaining to the investigation and was thus unidentifiable in force records,’” he said. “It would not have come to light at this time except for the fact that the officer responsible felt compelted to bring this matter to the commissioner’s attention after he became aware of the press release of Aug. 18 and in consideration of the public damage that could ensue if the erroneous statement was allowed to ssing of the . two, PHONE 632-4727 632-4728 Canada urges peaceful change in Rhodesia OTTAWA (CP) — Ex- ternal Affairs Minister Don Jamieaon urged an in- ternational gathering of parliamentarians Tuesday to continue pressing for a peaceful transfer of power in Rhodesia from Ian Smith’s white minority government to the black Majority. Tn a wide-ranging speech on world affairs, Jamieson singled out Smith's government, supported hy South Africa, saying it “seems resolved to rule or ruin the state.” “None of us can condone continued intransigence and denial of majority rule by the Smith regime in Rhodesia,’ he said in an address to parliamentarians ‘from 3) Commonwealth countries. About 270 elected legislators are meeting here for the 23rd Commonwealth . Parliamentary Conference. Jamieson urged his audience to ensure their countries uphold economic sanctions against Rhodesia approved by the United Nations. “By continued pressure and continued negotiation we must seek a’ peaceful solution,” he said. The minister also en- couraged Commonwealth countries. to continue boycotts of sporting or- ganizations, teams or sportsmen from South Africa “or any other country where sports are organized on the basis of race, color or ethnic origin.” SUPPORTS EFFORTS And he stated the Com- monwealth’s support of efforts to end South Africa’s illegal presence in Namibia an e fight of the Namibians goal of “self- determination and true in- dependence for their country.” _ Citing Uganda as a source of concern and distress for Commonwealth countries, Jamiesonsaid parliamentarians should not take refuge behind the tra- dition of non-interference in the affairs of other countries . “when blatant oppression ENERGY TIP: Fix that. leaky faucet, At one drip al’ hat water ptt secand you're los: ing almost 175 gallons ol water a month. ‘ OMINECA ‘example, appears within our mem- bership.” ; The heads of governments of Commonwealth countries censured Idi Amin's rule in Uganda at their recent meeting in London. “‘We as rliamentarians can do no ess,” Jamieson said. Jamieson recalled that South Africa was forced to leave the Commonwealth many years ago because of its “outrageous doctrine of apartheid.” However, using this the minister said the Commonwealth ‘cannot vigorously demand respect for equality and basic rights in one area or state unless we demand and apply the same standards every- where,” Still, he advocated a continued goal of eradicating apartheid “both because it right and because the conflicts that it engenders work their harm upon other regions.” Sovereign Quebec studied by unity group OTTAW CP-The Task Force on Canadian Unity is leaning more toward Quebec proposals for soverign association with Canada than the current form of federalism a3 it begins its search for a policy somewhere between the reed Scowen, the commission’s executive ‘director, said Tuesday. Scowen said the com- mission will look at all options-including the Quebec proposal for economic association with limited political links to Canada-in. itsm15-month west for a workable Con- ederation. . But he added that he came away from the commission's first policy meeting last Friday con- vinced that the group would “end up a jot closer to souve- rainete-association than the status qui’ when it offers its ndings. - Scowen top officialat the commission led by former . Hberal cabinet minister Jean-Luc-Pepin and one- time Ontario premeir John Roberts, made the com- ments at a briefing twodays before the unity group opens a series of hearings across the country. The first is in Halifax. Unlike commissions, group views known as it goes along, Scowen said. other royal the unity It would attempt to an- . swer three questions: Do Canadians believe fun- damental changes are needed if Confederation is to survive and, is so, would they be willing to accept such changes? What problems are the results of current power-sharing arrangements between the federal and provincial governments and houw can they be solved. What do the people feel is good about the current economic, social and political system. The Task Force was determined to be in- lans to make its — dependent of the Trudeau government. It did not gubscibe to the;country’s official language law that guarantees prople the right to deal with the federal government in either French or English. And it did not subseribé to unity prescriptions offere by Keith Spicer, a former of- ficial languages com- missioner. Scowen described the commission”’s mission an extremely pretentions undertaking based on the belief that Canada’s unity problem could only be solved by political, social economic,, cultural and psychological changes. “We are added that he expects the commission to produce an_ exciting nationalunity policy offering something different than wither Quebec in- dependence or current federalsim. He said he would not be suprised if ther polic became part of the offici platform of all political parties in Canada. _ Scowen said the com- mission hopes to work with all governments and groups Name _ as itgoes about its work. It was not at war with the Parti Quebecois govern- ment Quebec. As it travelled across the country, the commission would meet with each premeirand members of his cabinet before holding hearings with the public. At the briefing, Scowen listed several changes in the commission’s trave 1 itinerary. It altered the dates it would be in Quebec City because they coinceded with the Nov. 15 anniversary of the Parti Quebecois’ election,,Scowen said. 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