g that we all might take for: erfect peak literally stuns the traveller ‘blind orner’. This mountain Is located ‘the | federal !- _ convention, . “but . caucus members - bay. he 0 substantial amount 5 ' support in-edy canicus,” pil Sandwich, sald: “Tuesday, an interview. : “Pye | talked to: 2 oo number. of , my? caucus . - pears’ ‘to ‘be’'a substantial base ‘for John ;Tarner. Bolng to" ‘come -out: of the. woodWwark™ «pretty - quickly ‘once Turner’s: in," ee Wrye said about alx of 34 provincial” Liberals are. “4 back a candidate: from that Two: ~ Hamiiton-area, “under strong pressure” to support Indjari “ . Affairs. But few - “others “pave: : ‘similar obligations to local candidates and Wrye -said as they come around a. backing. roximately 20 miles n NONE OUT WEST appl ne Y orth ma In the number of Libetals = eae “elected, in the: provincial. vaNpUVR: (cP) - _ Since 1979, ‘Ombudernaa Kort Friedman has been looking out for the downtrodden, the litle: guys: and People. frustrated by the system. in British ; ; Columbia... But for | the last six weeks he 's been looking out for attacks by So¢ial Credit politicians, at least one of whom would like - to see him: replaced, Behind the sniping 1s his special report to the legislature alleging: ‘irregularities in the Government's. og-scallng procedures.” It said government scaler did: mot etiepntae: the: torrent: ii'published scholarly-7 volume ‘Of wood iti ‘loyerat one 'sortling ‘groGhd wid Fried- mann. estimates the government’ lost between $1. 3. and: a. million in: royalties as:a result. The ofmbiuidaran also estimated the itiacctiracies cost six. logging: chntractors, between-$4. 5 and $6.3 million. " . TIMING POOR’ | 2 I y General Brian’ Smith criticized the timing of the: report’s rel release, saying It'could have jeopardized an RCMP - . investigation. He has Since snid Friediiann is just doing his job. Social “Credit.” backbencher John “Reynolds: called” Friedmann 'Coirade Karl” and attacked what he sees as: the ombudsman’s anti-government aparaach and, Fried mann'’s. | heritage. : , ° Reynolds wants the 45-year-old Friedmann feplaced with someone lesa Political and his office staff pared to an om-. budsman. and two secretaries from the present level of 32° employees.” wo in early March, Friedmann incurred the wrhth of ‘Human Resources: ‘Minister Grace McCarthy, Friedmann said he was ‘set: ‘ip and misled” by her ministry offi¢ials ‘a year. ago when they promised to'make substantial changes lo. their “‘seridusly flawed” child abuse policy.‘ ne McCarthy’ accused him of looking for a. fight and. not answers and of negotiating through the media instead of “the time-honored government channels". © WON'T APOLOGIZE Frtediniaingi, : 4 precise man who obtained his doctorate in political sclente from the University of Heidelberg and won ps to: Oxford University and the London Bchoot of from iq ‘Arab League countries met in emergency session today to chart ways to énd the Irag-Lran war and were told. the areas ofthe Persian Gulf. Iraq had. requested the “urgent”. conference ‘of Arab forelga: thinisters, which convened in’ mid-morning at the heavily guarded Rashid Hotel. Aral League Secretary General Chedli Kllbi, ia a speech ° indirectly eritical of Iran, said the conferees ‘should view the tele ag “a test of the Arab states’ ability to close their ranks 'tq impose peace, protect an Arab land, and stand’ hard‘ and fast by an Arab people engaged in the defence ofa part of-the Atab nation.” The League was formed in 1945 with the stated goals of * strengthening ..relations among member'-states by co- ordinating - ‘policies in various fields. and’ of mediating - disputes b between members, or between members and third © conflict, afe not attending the Baglidad meeting,.and Tran’ —not' ad member of the League — has sald it would Loajeder, a (Settle we particiatio# in the session “uniriendly ; : re THREAT INS'REGION” = * >. or Kitbl miggested Iran’s latest serles of offensives egalnet Irnq may threaten the whole’ region. “Tha danger we are facing, today, threatens an.Arab_ stata member of the Arab Lea jue whose lands are exposed | to occupation, economic installations to destruction and- people to decimation,” Kiibi said. “But, ‘due to possible complications and - foteign ine terventidns, this danger may ‘well expand tomortow to . themjasi the security of an area which Is 20 dear to all of . ws Kitbi’ apparently was referring to Iran's threat to close the Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the gulf If Iraq attacks, pai ithas vowed to aod the vital Iranian ail terminal of Kharg and. 7 ct.“‘may weil expand tomorrow" to threaten other. = * Beonomics; is concerned 1 about the “scurrilous attempt to” discredit either myself or the office.” = +. But he makes no apologies. — prescribed by the law,!’ Friedmann said. “Thave tried to find resolutions by talking to the ministry * -and the minister. It is only when Tam convinced that the © response is not timely or adequate that I Teport: to the « {legislatiye).assembly.” - ‘AB an acatemic at the University af Calgary, Friedmann world.” “And Friedmagn says prey his Sifice is among the ‘op 4 * three, in Canada. ° (DISLIKES ATTACKS © ” “Sure the personal attacks bother 1 me,” Friedmann said... © - “T think Tam doing the right thing .. . but 1 feel aggrieved by ““poine ofthe attacks: (°° _, “Pn vulnerable: But I put all my work on the record and: - ’ elaborate onit'so the mediaand the other representatives in : the legislature ean. study it,” * People who work with Friedmann say he isa ‘workehdtie ; committed to doing his jab in the best way possible in spite of government | restralnt.. To accomplish this, he has high expectatlons for himself and for his. staff, -Friedmann sald the ‘government's | restraint measures, have forced his office to become more’ efficient. : . vig! But, with another, cut of more.than $100,000 in the recent : budget, Friedmarin‘said the service will start to suffer, although he vowed no one with a legitimate grievance will be turned away. > - " Despite the cutbacks. and the personal attacks, Fried- menn doesn’t, worry: about. whether his contract for the _ $84,000-a-year job will be renewed in’ June 1985, . "] can’t afford to lose sleep over it. E just want to ensure that the office is responsive and effective.” Persian Gulf. areas. threatened f° BAGHDAD. AP) | — Foreign ministers and diplomats ' The United States and Britain have sent warships to the . region, because of the threat. Nearly 20 per cent of the non- Communist wotld’s oil supplies pass through. the’ strait, . The Baghdad meeting tame as.a United Natlons team »,was in Tehran, capital of Iran, to investigate charges by _ Iran that Iraq had employed chemical warfare In the gulf “wat, which began with a dispute over the Shatt Al-Arab > waterway. “Rights recognized * ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — There is a worldwide. movement ta ‘recognize the rights of aboriginal people in internailonal law, a Canadian lawyer’ says. “The | internationalization of the discussion is useful not. -Just because we're discussing rights on the international level, but. because we're making connections we never _| thade before," Sam Silverstone said, Libya and Syria, outspoken Arab i aipporters of Iran in’ the., bee ‘His ¢omments were made to the Native Review Com- ~ mission, whieh ‘ia teviewing the Alaska Native Claims ent Act, Silverstone is legal counsel for the Makivit CORR, native corporation of northern Quebec, - He! ‘said the internailonid aspect is perceived as a threat by some Alaskans who may fear the decisions affecting the state willbe made in world forums. “Problems cross boundaries,” Sliverstone explained. “If you sonnate a Spill inthe Beaufort, it becomes an international lem. Psliverstone helped negotiate the James Bay settlement in * Quebec Ln 1978.-Initiated 1o overcome native objectionstoa - Massive hydioelectric project, the agreement borrowed heavily from the Alaska settlement, - . But he said the natives have not fared well i1i thelr efforts to maintain subsistence hunting and fishing rights, * The commission is in its third week gf. hearings in Anchorage with the focus: now on thter--wtional con- siderations. The $2.6-milllon study is to také 18 months. ‘Tamer goes there will bea ” Wrye, member for Windsor-; : ‘colleagues “ And | there’. ap-" think’some of the MPPs aré Oritario or Windaor and will - earlier as saying that = members will; algo “be? nS Minister John’ Munro if he: 7 . runs, he said... va is “ =Turner, who will announce _ | granted:.ts the scenery and his intentions Friday, will ss of the region we live In. Driving north on the Nass Road, this receive the. bulk. ‘of that - “what I have been doing is following the process exactly” on the rolo'éf ombudamen and _; ol elas -their impact on sodléty "He siiys one of the ‘Pébisons he took ?g" ‘the job as British Columbia's firat ornbudsman was because . “the province’ 8 Ombudsman’ 8 Act is one of the best in the: ° a mad 18 in New ‘Brunswick, . ; it Carleton aB a “member ‘and was ''very ‘helpful to me in my, firat ‘Gampaign. ” a eae ‘1 in Nova Scotia. tected in 1975 at ig: 24 in. ) ‘the: Ottawa-area riding Gf: ‘Renfrew North, ‘sald he... ‘ould have . to consider ‘loyalty to ‘Turner, who represented nearby Ottawa:” federal Eric’ ‘Cunningham, —gontest, : ini siser in - - Eugene Whelan, the third oa . Windedr Liberal, might also ‘Reports this week said - run. - Peterson's | slater-in- law, Cte iS _ Heather, will be: ‘Appointed _ . LOTS oF 10Us a dinegtor of ‘Turner's: cam- . _ Hershel - Ezrin, Peter-. Peterson; a federal: tale iray ‘is somebody who's oe "". for the gis he’s supported - aud helped. os mutans for the’ Ontario leader said Tuesday town and Gray is sort of the it-would ‘be premature to Big Daddy of. Windsor,” comment on the leadership said “Ezrin. jbut:. ‘provincial Whelan or ‘there’ has ‘been speciilation _ Toronto» last April, would that Agriculture Minister “have his support ina tederal - leadershi ip race. paign. She is mairied to Jim ~ ‘son's chief ‘of staff, - said got-a. lot of 10Us out there - “Windsor is-a ‘Liberal “T doubt ‘What MacGuigan . members will huid'a caucus would draw the same kind “ember for ‘Wentworth . aire very atiached to his. way . of fining. I'm with: 7 Tur... “ner. meeting on the-issue when “North, said: ‘There's a the -Jegislature resumes - “great deal of Suppert for “sitting March, 13, eae 4 Wrye'said he will support ’ Herb Gray if the treasury - board president enters the '- _race and would likely make- : ‘another “Windsor-area - candidate his second choice. - Justice © Minister Mark MacGuigan. from Windsor — has already declared his candidacy and Wrye said ‘chairman . of Ton cdvorising space for only per month in our. daily _ Business Directory [ABLE ELECTRIC _ REGTRIC & REFRIGERATION * CONTRACTOR CALL 635-5876 EMERGENCY NO. 635:9653 of support. “I think the guy that. people will be surprised - about is -(Economic Development Minister Don) © Johnston. T’m not saying. how well he'll do, but den’t | underestimate the strength - or of -his - financing _ organization.” The provincial Liberals are anchored {n rural south- western Ontario and often callectivaly viewed “by Queen's Park observers: th. - bemore right wing than ‘the - ruling. Tories. They have only two seats in Metropolitan Toronto. - - Sitting provincial .. menibers are not automatic. ; delégates to ‘a federal’ ~ leadership convention, _ ‘Thirty-one delegates will _ be chosen in Ontario from "among elected Liberals and defeated or. nominated candidates from the 92 ridings the party doesn't hold. Any- member who doesn't get delegate. status . that way will likely go to the convention. as “a delegate from his home riding. __ Wrye noted the impact of Ontario members’ choices ‘ might be a factor in parts of _ province = where provincial . Liberals — represent ridings held federally by Tories. 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