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_ OTTAWA
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| Canada with a unique op- ;

pening in tandem, which will
present the government of {

portunity to demonstrate to
the people of British
Columbia that we are not the
forgotten people of the
Canadian federation. [am .
referring specifically ta the:
development of a coal port
and fail and other in-
frastructure for the tran-
sportandexport of coal from Ba:
the rich fields in our
province's northeast.

The first event was the visits hére by a large number of

federal cabinet officers, as well as Prime Minister Pierre .
Trudeau, to meet with their provincial counterparts both in -

group and individually to try té. deal with some very real
concerns that can only be resolved by co-operation between
‘the. provincial and federal governmeits.. to

| million a year coal deal to ‘ De .
Japanese steel industry-- a deal that. would mean $70-million . in Cincinnati, ra a
‘a year in direct revenue for. the proylocial :government- odd occasions that I was watching NBC (an.

everyone in this country, including bormeowners,
businessmen, farmers, consumi So

ew af the new TV programa ‘that the networks have ~~

; eT , put’ very f netwe
My cabinet colleaae unis Pris a up for public consumption have interested me, 50...

the problem bluntly but truthfully, =.
He said Canada ison the verge of losing an immediate
supply metallurgical coal to the

because Ottawa is dragging: its feet on a-rait cost-sharing . .
agreement. ty a Ben
Estimates are that. by 1990 Japan will need to double. its, :~
coal Imporis;purchasing an addition $8 billion worth in terms
of 1930 dollars. . a eee
There is no reason B.C, should not get a good piece of that '

: . And, is only one of our potential customers in master
market. And, Japan is only po wer are als, ; Gian

the Far East. Korea and Taiwan, just to‘name two,
looking for increased supplies! ee
Ottawa must share the cost of infra-structure such as port’ -
and rail lines since the federal govenrment will be the major: -
beneficiary-of,the tax revenues:‘from coal sales. <0" "5...
_-The government of Canada hai.a great opportunity here to

commercial. for an -upcoming show called
fine The premise, apparently, was to give the common“

" Jately I've been sticking to the old ‘Monty Python ‘reruns, —
ne mixed with a liberal aprinkling of hockey, games and WERP

On one of the

d Rockford Files, another favourite now gone), I noticed a”.
: ‘Speak Up,-».
an; the grimiest member of the great unwashed, a chance”
speak his peace about world affairs. « ee
L couldn’t help but wonder what Fred Silverman, the'old *"
termind behind classics like Laverne and Shirley and ~:

Whatashock, 0
Bither I'd been asleep for the four years since Network was °

in the theatres, or [had missed something terribly.

If you saw the movie Network,” with Peter Finch, Faye ~

show that British Columbia is a part of Canada, and & great | Dunaway, William Holden and Robert: Duvall among others,

"s Angels, had cooked up this time, s0I made a point: ~

2 RE

4 It 48 a new ide in provincial-federal relations and willbe opportunity to allay the fears of those in the West who zay the’ ' you would certainly have recdgnized-the scene that was ~ :
i ° Y the first time we have had this type of cabinet-to-cabinet~ . country des not-work forthem 7 ated, shamelessly — on _ pues, ort fa .
: BY. meeting. The success of these meetings wilt bé a very | And, 1 say again, the opportunity is aunique one ata very, ‘The character Peter Finch won'the best ac or Oscartor /
7 RICHARD... significant step forward in relations between our province very.critical time in the political development of this coun-. was ‘that of the mad prophet: of the whe ays, & oon ; is
“. , JACKSON . | and the federal government. ‘But, if the meetings-fail, that try.) parody of a populist who exhorted all v MTie oed a Hell se
4 os "J. will also-be very significant to British Columbia... “,.. i "We ‘have the. opportunity with federal co-operation to‘; Ro to thelr windows and’shout out them, "mma a
ale: 4 ieee The meetings offer a great opportunity to this provinee.”: reinforce and develop the economic links with Japan and and I'm not going to take it anymore.”"*_ tthe”.
St “But they offer an even greater opportunity to the government. other areas of the Pacific. Rim, which will be vital tothe. Elther Speak Up, America! is an elaborate parody of the °-
OTTAWA — His curiosity and secmingly insider , o£ Canada to show that its concerned with those things:that- futire. prosperity of this'country: |: ', inch character in Network, or life is injtating art Ina most.
knowledge knows no” limit and’ “Terribie.Tom” ” ¥e in British Columbia, and in Western Canada, ate'con-".. . ‘The proposed rail and port facilities will not only ahlp.B.C.." strange and irritating way.’ -<aLxnows newswoman’
Cosaitt’s list of questions on the Commons Order ‘cerned with- that we be heard in the pawer centres of this ‘coal and forest products.’ They will carry grain fromthe * . There are two Hosts. 0 is the well-known alae “4
P lengthens by the d: eet CUD. a o: 0s 38. jinalries and from our own Peace River Country, potash from” Felicia Jeeter, whose ever-smiling eres host and glib’
aper lengtnens by the day. It is something that an ‘increasing niimber. of British’ Saskatchewan and much more. =... Feading of the script compliments the ottier host. |
Eight years. Conservative MP for the Eastern On- cotumbians were wondering about. And that is the question’. The development will unlock # treasure house for British’. The other host is the formerly notorious Marjoe Gortner," |”
tario riding of Leeds-Grénvile, and before that about whether or not their interests are adequately taken into Columbia, and urflock opportunities that have been.waiting ex-child evangelist turned actor, now Ce TN eS —_
perennial bagman and Liberal Party boss for the-old’ account by the federal government, and.whether or not their * -all these years for a government with the vision and courage: . Marfoe spent his early years stumping the soul ern hae
United Empire Loyalist constituencies along-the St.‘ voices are heard. vp ake things happen, fe) Spending the word of God. When he got a little older-he °:
_ Lawrence, “Thomas Terrific" currently is the new The events of the week will be the key to finding the an- ‘We are confident that Ottawa shares In the vision of the, rejected that life, calling ina scam. =» Abe
Tory Supply and Services critic in Joe Clark's shadow swers-to these questions. es future for British Columbia that we' see, and will show the He may have loat the faith, but he’s never lostthe touch. At os
cabinet. ; = ‘The second event was the visit here by Japanése-Prime _courage.and forsight to do whet is required of ‘the fetieral the beginning of the first show, he cameon the air stomping, .
. poo ; Minister Ohira on Tuesday and Wednesday, an event thal’ ‘government to bring. this bright hope to fruition... -- preaching and shouting ‘about how ‘this program was dif. “

- But the honor, responsibility or whatever the ap- ; oe 4 tole ey Pe, ferent, about how now it was time for the individual to speak ©”
pointment is supposed to bestow isn't slowing down en up, and about how the most powerful volee if the world was
Parliament’s "super sleuth," 3 MOM

To get his question mill rolling, he’ opéned the new they ve beet giving It tous for 2 long Aine ereaking _
parliamentary session with 406 queries, many of them Mot wade in cevital tetters. penn .
se ey his former : te ole in i nd ue ai
~~ i an atois of the southern evangelist.
secretary — he becomes a double threat to the iinet ate, the sertended concern over what the common’
Liberals with him and his wife, through years of , man thinks, is-one of the most abhorrent examples of ; ff
working togethers functioning now as a team in the art hypocrisy everto be promulgated on tv. This, remember, is
of tracking down ‘‘the rascals’’ in government. an NBC program. N s-owned by Warner Com-
nny — to the Liberals anyway — * munications; ‘one of the larger corporations in the USA,
because “Thomas Tremendous” stands tall with the ‘which in turtis probably owned bya bigger firm:
RCMP, Canada’s security and counter-intelligence Now, companies that big really don't care a tinker’s cuss. , |
: services and public servants, high and: low. “tin the Mm |. about what you or I think. In fact, they care about us about as
Ing ot thse vather ams “aside” con at 4 Re ee eee
Utnetdo’? . ee ae aa _. proper mans: I ' i: : .
: n sfsons, many of his cuetns fave te fuse en Magen : ng Cares about Geveloping solar energy.
, ton, Ian Fleming, Jolin.LeCarre and other @x- Het ; Watnée cards fdat eaonph to‘dvoldl putting things on-the air’!
‘ ‘ah prea daciaatd iis Webi 2 ecb aa Se ernie tetevatae ba Ceri ane cut the
: He opens. his list with questions about. two well- - word “orgasm” out of An Unmarried Woman, aud that’s why
4 known CBC personalities responsible for une of the prograins like Speak Up, America! stay on the air when
i ‘ a intelligent but touchy programs like United States get the_~

Pree tt
oa): connected with the infamous traitor trio, Maclean, -.. The program pretends to impartially present the opinions
Burgess and Philby. eee _of the general public, in places like Cincinattior Missoula, 50")
7 He strikes closer to home with a question as to . that the audience.at home can draw their own contlusions- =~
a whether a former External Affairs security.agent is ‘|. from the material presented, 7 :
yy on $100,000 bail from Kingston Penitentiary. ©. " What bull, Fora start. not o Mari :
t He speaks of “suicides” of certain members of . . _ What bull, For a start, not only 1s Marjoe giving it hls
if ol ee ; evangelical best, but there is a live studio audience p: in

. External Affairs, and through his questions siiggests- |: a ei et a | -each and every show, 50 as to react with applause or to ;

, the government “covered up)’ these deaths rather | ” Ro | the good guya (the middle-American God-fearing types that

than Jet there be siiepicion of treason in High Places. on ete a _-hold the same opinions) and the bad guys (wierdos, hippies,

He 5 Aa: . ae am . . as -- qil-company executives), respectively. me os

. “eatherbed” and... the _"Taschereau.” ee "Careful He could be another Carter rescue p. lan.' . And, shades of Network again, the audience is manipulated. ;

i In some way he got his hands on ‘‘Featherbed” and rs — —— : : in the grand ‘style of the southern preacher by good ol’ |

. was threatened with prosecution by former Solicitor re Marjo 2 lee ‘

| General Jean Jacques Blais if he refused to surrender ra ; i ‘M REPORTS en Bot ae at in atiy food attempt to manipulate the opinions of the :
en ee orn ene ee Be eo au , the materlal presented, the little 5 es by folks
& They were eyeball to eyeball, and Blais blinked a ; fo ee a Le Just like you and me, are clipped together #0 ch the

_ irst. oe ‘ - x Z AL . 8 : . maximum contrast is created by the speakers: One for, one !

= Cossitt kept the file. ; o omm eC nt f O MW”) t eC os e IS tu 4 e _ against, one popular, one unpopular, so that there is an awful ~!

m On it he presumably bases a series of questions asto . ™*- hallinta , ew oom. . _ Tot of laughter and angulsh generated.

i who in External Affairs, the Prime Minister's Office, © =  ° a i a Se oe or ira conn Auber bi a ce
the media, academe and certain professions were '. 7. ByFRANK HOWARD . . the questions in order. “The press’ agree that the put get iat it arte at wae, ppening,4 still couldn't help
serving as agents ‘‘at high Jevels” of a foreign power. Why has Premier Bennett chosen to refuse answers premier should answer. The public agree. An rr ee

Object of the file was to “identify and neutralize” to legitimate“ questions during discussion of: his “unknown woman in the public. gallery was right on’. . In the second program, which airéd-April 29, a segment’
but not necessarily charge or even fire them. . estimates? Why does he respond to specific questions whenshecalledout, “Wehavearighttoknow!” about the people's fectings on thé Rebate baby plan”.
‘The “Tas¢hereau File” was a secret document by ignoring them or by making accusations against One of the fundamental parts of our democratic Whereultra-intelligent bables'ére produced by inseminating, ~
cillled from the Royal Commission Report on Soviet the NDP? Why does he say it is not his responsibility parliamentary system is that government is intelligent women with the sperm df Nobel Prize winners, -
Espionage following the sensational Igor Gouzenko and we should discuss it with some other minister? responsible to the people and to: the. Legislative Pay highlighted by the Paul‘Anka song You're Having My |
case and “‘sealed’’ for 30 years. a Here is a. list of some of the questions: Assembly. Government must meet with the MLAs, - pa a aera animation where the head of the".
For some unknown reason, when that 30-year in- Did the premier convene a meeting with Victoria who are the elected representatives of the people, and superimposed aie herds otmewbers Ciderly mucho the
terdiction expired, it was resealed, presumably, businessmen relative to a jet foil service between give an accounting of its activities.. Based wpon this | delight of the studio audience. ~ aad :
suggests Cossitt in his questions, by a high officer in ‘Victoria and Seattle? Has taxpayers money been accounting, the Legislature makes'a decision as to © eg ms
Prime Minister Trudeau's office. - invested’ to support this jet foil service? Was the whether or not taxpayers’ money will be provided to | Several-things rankle me greatly about this program, «=!
The suspicion always has been thatthe Taschereau premier aware that this service would operate under government. _ oo _. Thefiratis that by calling this news, and by pretending that. ": 7
File” was just too hot to handle and must be “iced” the American flag with an American. crew?. He It is virtually impossible to make a decision about the Hosts are news-people, the network is alientating the "a
indefinitely. refused to answer. voting to give the government more of the taxpayers’ elpless and uninformed public further and further from the ..i_ 3
i Mente mings ative public servants, one in. Prime ° “Where any Social '  moeny when so many items are not accounted for, not TOM OWB ”E
of inister King’s office, were prosecuted for espionage, Credit campaign ills answered. De et ie The second is that by |
. but Cossitt in his questions charges that ‘‘others’” had paid out of the premier’s At one point I was moved by a sense of sadness to manipulating: the, crictioos “t Mey ewes the froduser
od the benefit of - a government coverup. office? Will the premier. ask the Premier a very simple, a very uncomplicated taking away any chance for the rather gullible viewer to “
a “Were they then, or at any time since," queries confirm that a secret. question... Let me quote it from Hansard bf Apri] 29th: ’ formulate a national reaction to the Issues. that are 90
i super-sleuth Cossitt,, ‘cabinet ministers, who were “Social Credit fund was “Does the premier believe that the general public: - superticlally dealt with-on the program. —

network's leading shows. 2 we *
Had one of them visited Cuba, publicly praised:
Castro, and as a gesture of admiration of the Com-
munist leader and:revolutionary, cut sugar cane for
im? . ea
He even connects spies with the National Gallery,
asking if it recruited the artistic services’of the British
traitor Anthony Blint, the Queen's recent.adviser on
art. Then he ties Blunt, who has been.denounced in the
British Parliament, with another art dealer allegedly

"they, why weren’t they prosecuted and where are they

administered through his

has the right to kriow what happens in hid office?” I _

_ thirteen weeks, goodbye treatment.

-*. As if that’s not enough, the producer of the show is George

Schlatter, ex of Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-in.. Laugh-in, is

|. you, don’t ‘recall,-combined the good taste of The Erotic |
“Adventures of Candy, the wit and humour of Howard Coseli. -
and. the stern intellectual commitment: of Wayne and” i

 Sehuster. ° : . cy

Ia Schlatter's production of this program is similar in style, if I
_ only slightly more slick and glih through a process of aging.’ -;

The third is the use of the evangeliéal Marjoe, whe really .

office? Who were the &
signing authorities for
that fund? Why did Mr. §
‘Dan Campbell, a top {
‘employee in the §
premler'’s office,
dispense -$1,000 bills for §
election expenses with |
Instructions that. no §
receipts were required?
Why did Mr. Campbell

didn't get a “yes” answer. ‘I didn't get a ‘‘no’’ answer. .
I didn’t even get a “‘maybe’’ or a’ “‘sometimes”an.
swer.. 1 got a long; rambling commentary involving
such matters as.the proposed Annacis.Island bridge
with the’ closing. statement from the premier that

now?" *
These, and all other questions, under the rules of
Parliament, must be answered — sooner or later —
4 but definitely answered. _ mot
_ Tom Cossitt has a vast network of Informers, some

i in high places in government, and since he hasn't
blinked when threatened with jail because of his inside

knowledge, his sources trust him implicitly.

turns on the afierburners in presenting impartially the .:!!
“news”. He has reverted back to his preacher days , pad this °:T
time instead of hitting the shills for manay for God, he's doing. -;
itfor Mammion. A regression even for him, tobe sure,
\ The fourth is that the people who are hiding behind a caring
“certainly we're accountable.”")). 0 7-3. facade are ‘the same people that Garry Trudeau called”

As I said earlier, accountability Is part of our pqontemptible Rteedheads” in Doonesbury: the big moneys '’
inherited parliamentary system. But, the theory of 9% Pare: eble iat maniteste itself variously as network’ | -
accountability and the practice of refusing to answer. °*eculives and oll company executives, among others, "|
questions are two different things.- 1, __.What really gripes me about this Is that jn’ oad
_ Does a premier who refuses to answer for the ac- and aay what they're doing, they're hiding ited ta sting .
tions of his employees last year deserve to have furids viewers around so badly that no-one really knows whit.
approved for another year? Does the premier ‘in a’ they're watching after a while. eo ot
democratic society have a responsibility to answer the .
questions posed. during his estimates. about ex-.

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q letters to be considered for publication must be these are legitimate questions relating to the penditures of taxpayers’ dollarg? = «+ " °.. .  Theyreally are, And not only is that yy
: signed. CE : operation and expenditures in the premier’s office. The woman in the galery :must-haye felt ve.y sa ad “not only - a aalling, ible very, very a
= The chairman of the committee agrees. He has ruled strongly that the taxpayers had a right to know. ‘Don’t speak up, America, wake up. You're being lied to.

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