Quebec
told;
'Keep
vote
fair'
OTTAWA
(CP)
-
Prime
Minister
Trudeau
said
today
the
Quebec
government
should
ensure
that
its
referendum
on
whether
the
province
should
separate
from
Canada
is
carried
out
fairly,
"No
person
would
feel
bound
by
a
rigged
referendum,"
Trudeau
told
a
news
conference.
The
prime
minister,
who
said
his
cabinet
would
be
studying
next
week
the
policy
paper
on
referendums
released
recently
by
Quebec,
also
offered
federal
input
in
the
Quebec
referendum.
He
noted
that
the
Quebec
government
has
said
it
will
not
be
bound
by
a
negative
vote
on
separatism.
He
wondered
whether
others
should
feel
bound
by
a
yes
vote.
Also
at
the
news
conference,
Trudeau
said
the
government
hopes
to
resume
talks
with
business
'and
labor,
because
the
government
cannot
pull
the
country
out
of
its
economic
slump
without
the
co-operation
of
the
private
sector.
Trudeau
said
the
value
of
the
Canadian
dollar
has
dropped
in
relation
to
the
U.S.
dollar
because
Canadian
productivity
is
lower
and
wages
are
higher.
The
value
of
the
Canadian
dollar
is
about
93
cents
compared
to
the
U.S.
dollar
and
"I
think
that
is
good
...
it
will
force
us
to
live
more
within
our
means."
Double
murder
trial
set
Three
Prince
George
men
were
committed
for
trial
on
charges
of
first-degree
murder
after
a
preliminary
hearing
ended
in
provincial
court
here
Thursday..
Provincial
Court
Judge
George
Stewart
found
sufficient
evidence
to
commit
for
trial
Kehar
Singh
Gill,
40;
his
son
Meva
Singh
Gill,
20;
and
John
Arthur
Haw,
19.
The
three
were
charged
in
connection
with
the
deaths
June
11
of
Piara
Singh
Thind,
34,
and
his
wife,
Gurdip
Kaur
Thind,
24.
The
Prince
George
couple
were
shot
to
death.
Haw
and
Meva
Gill
were
also
committed
to
stand
trial
on
a
charge
of
conspiracy
to
commit
murder.
The
pair
elected
trial
by
county
court
judge
without
jury
on
the
conspiracy
charge.
Kehar
Gill
was
remanded
to'
Tuesday
today
for
a
committal
decision
on
the
conspiracy
charge.
The
murder
charges
will
be
heard
before
a
B.C.
Supreme
Court
judge
and
jury
this
fall,
or
early
next
year.
The
men
will
be
held
in
custody
pending
trial.
Fotheringham
of
the
Vancouver
Sun,
Pat
Durant
of
the
Vancouver
Province,
and
Eli
Sopow
of
The
Citizen.
Davis
was
asked
if
a
statement
made
Thursday
by
John
Southworth,
president
of
Orient-West,
a
coal
consulting
firm,
was
true,
Southworth
said
the
government
told
him
it
has
scaled
down
development
in
the
northwest
to
only
one-half
million
tons
a
year,
from
an
anticipated
10
million
tons
a
year.
Davis
at
first
refused
to
give
a
direct
answer
to
the
question,
but
after
continued
interrogation,
said
"the
northeast
coal
development
was
slower
in
coming"
than
anticipated,
and
the
government
was
studying
the
"alternative
WILLIAMS
SAYS
CLAUSE
WILL
BE
DROPPED
Labor
Code
certification
vote
change
'an
error'
VICTORIA
(CP)
The
British
Columbia
government
will
eliminate
a
controversial
change
to
the
Labor
Code
which
would
have
required
a
union
seeking
certification
to
gain
at
least
5S
per
cent
backing
In
a
vote,
Labor
Minister
Allan
Williams
said
Thursday.
The
current
requirement
of
50
per
cent
plus
one
will
remain
in
effect.
Williams
said
in
an
Interview.
The
minister
said
the
55-per-cent
clause
in
an
amendment
bill
introduced
Tuesday
was
mistakenly
included
because
of
a
drafting
error.
He
said
the
change
was
not
being
made
in
response
to
widespread
criticism
and
said
he
takes
full
responsibility
for
the
mistake.
The
amendment
to
the
Labor
Code
of
British
Columbia
Amendment
Act,
1977,
probably
would
be
introduced
in
the
legislature
today,
Williams
said.
He
also
said
another
amendment
probably
would
be
introduced,
but
did
not
specify
what
it
would
contain,
saying
only
that
it
was
minor
and
would
not
change
the
substance
of
the
bill.
Under
terms
of
the
bill
Introduced
Tuesday,
a
minority
of
workers
at
a
given
unit
could
have
prevented
a
union
from
The
15
Copy
Giti
".
Friday,
September
9,
1977
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21!
No
175
becoming
bargaining
agents.
This
was
pointed
out
to
Williams
on
Tuesday,
and
he
said
that
interpretation
was
correct.
He
explained
then
that
at
least
55
per
cent
of
workers
par-ticipatingjn
a
certificate
in
vote
must
back
the
application,
or
it
would
be
defeated,
Also,
the
number
of
workers
backing
the
request
for
a
certification
vote
would
be
increased
to
45
per
cent
from
35
per
cent,
the
minister
said
Tuesday.
But
on
Thursday,
Williams
said
that
what
was
Intended,
but
of
operating
small
scale
on
an
interim
basis."
The
waffling
by
Davis
on
the
coal
served
to
set
the
tone
of
the
Question
ebate
in
which
press
members
complained
that
direct
and
honest
answers
were
not
being
received.
That
in
return,
drew
a
response
from
moderator
J.
L.
Whitehead,
president
of
the
Journal
of
Commerce
publications
that
perhaps
"more
positive"
questions
should
be
asked,
Some
press
panel
members
construed
that
to
mean
a
muzzling
of
serious
and
urgent
economic
questions
and
the
forum
soon
disintegrated.
zen
Prince
George,
British
Columbia
Sfeef
skeleton
MORE
THAN
8
PER
CENT
Citln
photo
by
Dav
MUn
Construction
of
the
$
10
million
Project
400
on
George
Street
is
progressing
with
the
erection
of
the
steel
skeleton
for
the
building.
It
took
only
a
few
weeks
to
reach
this
stage.
The
complex
willi
house
government
offices,
shops
and
a
twin
theatre.
Teachers
set
pay
goal
The
Prince
George
Teachers
Association
will
seek
a
salary-benefit
package
increase
this
year
"substantially"
above
last
year's
eight-per-cent,
association
president
Doug
Smart
said
today.
He
said
that
a
prime
concern
of
teachers
at
an
upcoming
general
meeting
Sept,
19
would
be
to
ensure
that
federal
anti-inflation
board
provisions
allowing
for
additional
compensation
for
groups
entering
their
third
year
of
negotiations
under
the
AIB
are
followed.
Smart's
comments
echoed
those
of
B.C.
Teachers'
Fede
ration
president
Pat
Brady,
who
pointed
out
Thursday
that
teachers
are
the
first
group
to
head
into
third
year
negotiations
under
the
AIB
guidelines.
Under
the
AIB,
third-year
groups
would
receive
additional
compensation
if
the
cost
of
living
index
exceeds
eight
per
cent.
Brady
says
this
would
put
the
permissible
limits
of
wage
increases
for
B.C.
teachers
entering
their
third
program
years
at
about
8.4
per
cent,
although
the
exact
amount
would
depend
on
whether
the
AIB
uses
the
September
or
NORTHERN
B.C.
FIELDS
October
consumer
price
index,
Also,
there
are
provisions
for
such
groups
to
receive
a
share
of
productivity
in
the
country,
which
is
now
running
at
about
five
per
cent,
Brady
said
the
teachers
could
not
agree
with
any
practice
of
using
arbitrary
date
which
would
restrict
Increases
to
a
limit
lower
than
actual
increases
in
the
cost
of
living.
The
BCTF
president
charged
that
teachers
were
discriminated
against
by
being
placed
retroactively
under
the
wage
control
program
in
1976.
Reduced
coal
scheme
admitted
Citizen
staff
reporter
VANCOUVER
Provincial
Energy
Minister
Jack
Davis
admitted
today
during
a
heated
"face-the-lssues"
press
forum
here
that
development
plans
for
northeast
coal
have
been
scaled
down,
He
said
the
government
is
now
studying
other
priorities
like
hydro,
power
and
natural
gas.
The
comment
was
made
during
the
final
day
of
a
B.C.
Chamber
of
Commerce
economic
symposium
in
which
a
media
panel
was
initially
asked
to
opose
questions
to
Davis,
Art
Kube
of
the
Canadian
Labor
Congress,
and
David
Fraser
of
the
Vancouver
Board
of
Trade.
Press
panelists
included
Allan
PM
issues
language
challenge
OTTAWA
(CP)
-
Prime
Minister
Trudeau
challenged
the
10
provincial
premiers
today
to
fulfill
commitments
they
made
to
guard
minority
rights
in
education.
Trudeau
proposed
a
constitutional
amendment
which
would
grant
all
students
the
freedom
of
choice
in
the
language
of
education.
However,
some
temporary
exceptions
would
be
allowed
in
Quebec
because
of
perceived
threats
to
the
French
language.
Trudeau
said
at
a
news
conference
that
he
hopes
the
enshrinement
of
minority
rights
in
education
would
lead
to
a
bill
of
rights
protecting
all
aspects
of
human
rights.
Earlier
this
summer,
Quebec
Premier
Rene
Levesque
offered
to
sign
reciprocal
agreements
with
the
other
provinces
guaranteeing
schools
for
minorities,
but
the
other
nine
premiers
rejected
(he
proposal,
Executions'
carried
out
NAIROBI,
Kenya
(Reuter)
Fifteen
prisoners
were
executed
by
firing
squad
in
Kampala
today,
foreign
diplomats
in
the
Ugandan
capital
.
reported.
A
Ugandan
Information
ministry
official
said
he
heard
a
volley
of
shots
at
5.10
p.m.,
10
minutes
after
the
hour
appointed
by
the
Ugandan
government
for
the
public
not
specified
In
the
legislation,
was
that
In
the
request
for
the
vote,
a
55-per-cent
backing
would
mean
the
certification
would
be
automatically
granted.
He
said
he
read
the
legislation
before
the
Tuesday
news
conference,
but
didn't
catch
the
error,
but
when
he
was
defending
the
section,
he
began
to
realize
that
the
clause
might
be
mistaken.
Former
labor
minister
Bill
King
(NDP
Revelstoke-Slocan)
termed
the
minister's
about-face
a
major
mistake.
"He
Inflames
the
industrial
relations
climate
in
the
province,
and
now
this,"
said
King.
"I
would
expect
more
care
and
prudence
from
the
minister."
Williams
announced
the
mistake
at
a
meeting
with
about
15
representatives
of
the
B.C.
Federation
of
Labor.
Len
Guy,
federation
secretary-treasurer,
said
that
even
if
the
mistake
were
rectified,
it
wouldn't
eliminate
the
disastrous
effect
the
bill
would
have.
The
bill
also
would
allow
employers
the
right
to
refuse
to
give
union
organizers
a
complete
list
of
all
employees
and
would
give
employers
greater
freedom
to
convey
its
sentiments
to
a
union
during
an
organizing
drive.
Guy
complained
that
the
federation
was
not
consulted
while
the
bill
was
being
drafted
and
that
Williams
only
agreed
to
Thursday's
meeting
after
it
was
forced
upon
him.
He
said
the
federation
asked
that
the
legislation
either
be
withdrawn
or
allowed
to
die
on
the
order
paper,
but
that
Williams
would
not
agree
to
either
request.
Guy
said
the
federation
intends
to
conduct
a
special
meeting
Tuesday
with
union
business
agents
from
across
the
province
In
order
to
discuss
the
bill
and
plan
opposing
action.
$
I
BILLION
REVENUE
Big
bonus
seen
in
pipeline
deal
OTTAWA
(CP)
-
The
Yukon
could
receive
up
to
$1
billion
in
revenue
from
a
northern
pipeline
under
terms
for
its
construction
negotiated
with
the
United
States,
Government
House
Leader
Allan
MacEachen
said
today..
MacEachen,
outlining
the
terms
for
the
agreement
settled
Thursday
between
Prime
Minister
Trudeau
and
U.S.
President
Jimmy
Carter,
also
said
the
U.S.
might
end
up
paying
the
full
cost
of
part
of
a
spur
line
to
move
Canadian
gas
from
the
Northwest
Territories.
The
agreement
allows
pipeline
construction
in
Alberta
to
start
in
1979
and
In
the
Yukon
in
January,
1981,
seven
months
earlier
than
recommended
by
the
Lysyk
inquiry
into
the
social
and
economic
impact
of
the
line
on
the
territory.
The
line
will
initially
carry
only
Alaskan
natural
gas
to
U.S.
markets,
but
a'
277-mile
spur
line
could
be
added,
if
the
government
feels
it
is
needed,
in
the
early
1980s
to
move
gas
from
the
Northwest
Territories
to
domestic
consumers.
Under
the
agreement,
the
proponent
of
the
line
in
Canada
Foothills
Pipe
Lines
(Yukon)
Ltd.
-will
be
required
to
make
an
advance
payment
of
up
to
$200
million
to
compensate
for
the
social
and
economic
impact
of
the
line.
It
would
be
credited
against
future
tax
obligations
for
the
line.
Foothills
also
will
have
to
make
tax
payments
of
$35
million
to
the
Yukon
during
construction
and
$30
million
thereafter,
with
provision
to
increase
the
amount
for
inflation.
The
government
said
the
tax
system
over
25
years
is
expected
to
provide
three
times
the
revenue
of
the
$200-million
fund
suggested
by
the
National
Energy
Board
and
twice
the
amount
recommended
by
Lysyk.
Early
recommendations
for
the
National
Energy
Board
to
re-route
the
pipeline
away
from
the
Alaskan
Highway
to
pass
near
the
community
of
Dawson,
making
it
easier
to
build
a
spur
line
to
move
Canadian
gas,
were
rejected
in
the
negotiations.
Instead,
the
U.S.
will
pay
at
least
two-thirds
of
the
additional
miles
of
spur
line
needed
as
a
result
from
Dawson
to
Whitehorse.
Their
share
could
rise
to
100
per
cent.
See
also
page
7
Man
charged
with
arson
in
oil
blaze
NANAIMO,
B.C.
(CP)
A
West
Vancouver
man
was
charged
Thursday
with
arson
and
manslaughter
after
a
multi-million
dollar
fire
Wednesday
destroyed
14
tanks
at
a
bulk-oil
storage
depot
on
the
waterfront
here.
RCMP
charged
Ian
Michael
Tychonick,
28,
who
was
found
with
his
clothes
burning,
inside
the
Shell
Canada
Ltd.,
compound
where
the
fire
started.
He
was
rescued
by
RCMP
officers
and
taken
to
Vancouver
General
Hospital
where
he
remains
in
critical
condition
with
burns
to
90
per
cent
of
his
body.
The
fire
spread
to
tanks
owned
by
Chevron
Canada
Ltd.,
and
representatives
for
both
Shell
and
Chevron
said
their
storage
facilities
were
writeoffs.
c
TODAY
This
week:
Killed:
Injured:
20
Arrested
as
impalred:24
This
year:
Killed:
21
Injured:
658
To
same
date,
1976:
Killed:
13
Injured:
445
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INSIDE)
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The
National
Hockey
League
owners
and
players'
as
soclatlon
have
reached
agreement
on
a
new
contract.
Page
13.
'Fiddler'
.
mourned.
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27
A
ridge
of
high
pressure
over
the
province
should
bring
Prince
George
mainly
sunny
skies
today
and
during
the
weekend.
The
forecast
high
today
is
17,
the
low
2.
The
high
Thursday
was
14,
the
low
5
with
.2
mm
of
precipitation.
On
this
date
last
year
the
high
was
18,
the
low
8.
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4
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19
THE
WEATHER
J
NOW
HEAR
THIS)
Recent
Citizen
stories
about
marijuana
seeds
being
found
in
birdseed
and
the
RCMP
discovery
of
300
pounds
of
marijuana
growing
in
Longworth
have
got
some
people
thinking.
At
a
meeting
of
the
Fraser-Fort
George
Regional
District
in
Mackenzie
Thursday,
director
Art
Stauble
said
a
study
should
be
done
to
determine
if
residents
of
Longworth
and
Penny
are
"growing
birdseed"
before
the
CNR
is
requested
to
continue
a
way-freight
service
to
the
area.
The
directors
decided
to
ask
that
the
service
be
continued,
no
matter
what
they
grow
there.
With
all
the
fuss
about
a
so-called
arms
dump
near
Prince
George
for
the
Protestants
in
Northern
Ireland,
one
well-known
local
Irishman
was
walking
around
with
a
big
grin,
approaching
friends,
opening
his
coat
and
asking
in
a
conspiratorial
voice
"Want
to
buy
a
gun,
cheap?"
An
oil
spill
reported
in
Wednesday's
paper
inadvertently
became
much
larger
than
it
actually
was.
Though
the
report
said
7,000
gallons
spilled
from
the
home
heating
truck
into
the
McMillan
Creek,
it
should
have
read
700
gallons.
Saturday's
ceremony
to
open
the
new
multi-million
dollar
section
of
the
Yello
whead
Highway
will
take
place
at
noon
on
the
airport
hill,
just
west
of
Aitcheson
Road.