The Brussels Post, 1981-06-10, Page 2EST
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1981
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FIGURE SKATING WINNERS — Karen
Alexander who got a gold dance, (certificate)
and. Judy Ten Pas who got an achievement
award when figure skaters posed for a picture
afterwards. Catherine Cardiff who got a. Gold
Free Dance award and Carol Wheeler who got a
Gold Dance award were absent when the
picture was taken. (Photo by Ranney)
HOCKEY AND WINNERS These boys were
voted the most valuable and the most improved
players when hockey awards were given out
Sunday night. In the front row are Atoms Most
Improved Player - Mike Chapman and Most
Valuable Player - Dean Nicholson; Novice Most
Improved Player - Shawn Bremner Most
Valuable Player - Neil Pipe; Pee Wees Most
A generous town
Both the walkathons held in the past two weeks did a good job of
raising money for their various causes.
The one held try the Anglican churches of Brussels and Blyth raised
over $1,000 for Participation House, a home for the disabled now under
construction in Holland Centre.
This week, a walkathon held to raise money for minor sports, figure
skating and Doug McArter resulted in proceeds of over $3,000.
Such huge amounts would not have been possible without the
numerous people who took part in the walkathons and the generosity of
those who sponsored them.
These people deserve a vote of thanks. May the generosity the
community has shown continue in future projects,
FLYING UP TO GUIDES — These Brussels Brownies flew up to become'
Girl Guides last Monday night at the United ChUrch. In the front row
frorrt left are Dianne Hall, Cheryl Bride, Cherida Garnita and April Ten
Pas. in the back row are Melody Chesher and Michelle Cowie.
, (Photo by Langlois)
To the editor:
As a member of the Girls' Ringette Team I
was very upset with the minor sport potluck
supper held on Sunday, June 7.
We girls paid registration fee to play and
had to take the left-over ice time from boys
hockey.
Then at the banquet we were not even
Sugar and
spice By Bill Smiley
Canada's Minister of Finance has the
accoutrements of the ideal man for the job.
He's a thick-set, sturdy chap who doesn't
seem to panic easily. He has had years of
experience in Parliament. He is extremely
able in debate, especially on the defense.
And then there's that good, solid, thrifty,
Scottish name, Allan MacEachen.
On the surface, a canny Scot, who's been
Minister of practically everything, except
Prime, and he had a shot at that.
But behind that exterior lurks a Machia-
vellian mind, and a Liberal arrogance that
make him not only the opposite of what he
appears, but also a dangerous man. And a
dangerous man close to the seat of power is a
threat to the entire country.
In his budget speech, MacEachen hinted
broadly that he would consider removing the
indexing of income taxes in relation to
inflation. That would be a savage blow to the
average citizen of this country, except, as
usual, to the very poor and the very rich. You
and I would pay more taxes each year, as
inflation rose and our claims for dependents
and other things remained static.
Fine for the government. A source of
income that would bring in hundred of
millions of new taxes each year, and help to
esase the massive, growing, and embarrass-
ing national deficit.
But for the average Canadian, such a step
would be extremely painful, in some cases
disastrous. More inflation every year; higher
taxes every year. What a nice little
merry-go-round. For the government.
Personally, I wouldn't trust Mr. Mac-
Eachen as far as I could throw a bulldozer
into a swamp. And when it comes to money,
I wouldn't trust the Liberal government that
far. The poor sods are desperate for every
nickel they haven't already squeezed out of
us,
The only thing liberal about our govern-
ment is the way it hands out our money to
bail our large companies headed for bank-
rupt .cy, and buys, with our money, oil
companies at inflated prices in the name of
producing not one single, extra gallon of oil.
But it's good politics. It garners- votes.
When it comes to the rest of us, the
government is about as liberal as Scrooge. If
you or I have a small business, and are going
bankrupt because of vicious inflation and
merciless interest` rates, are we bailed out?
Fat chance. Touch luck, old boy, but you
have only one vote.
Ifyou and I are on pension, barely able to
provide food and shelter, are We assisted?
Sure we are. We'll raise your pension by two
dollars a month or some such, says our
liberal government. Five can's of soup.
introduced as a team because the M.C. did
not know our names. And where were our
trophies for "Most Valuable" and "Most
Improved" players, (in the back of people's
minds).
Sincerely
Brussels Ringette Team
A recent development has alarmed me,
and confirmed my suspicion that letting the
government into your business is the
equivalent of asking a safecracker to look
after the store while you go out for a coffee.
The government, with the sweet smell of
money in it s nose, is trying to move in and
control one of the best examples of Canadian
knowhow and resourcefulness-the Canada
Development Corporation.
This outfit was established by the govern-
ment to enable Canadians to invest in their
own country. The government promised,
tacitly, not to interfere in the company.
Thousands of Canadians invested (no for-
eigners allowed.) A noble concept.
Unfortunately, the Corporation was suc-
cessful. In ten years, with astute manage-
ment and a good deal of skill and daring, it
built up its assets in ten years to $3.4 billion
dollars. The investors were happy, the
corporation confident.
But there's that smell of money. Ridicu-
lous. A government-sponsored or controlled
corporation is supposed to lose money, like
the Post Office or the CNR or any dozen
others you can think of.
Now, the government, goggle-eyed, is
looking at that highly successful corporation
like a snake looking at a fat rabbit, and as a
potential instrument for interfering with the
manufacturing sector of this country, as it
has interfered with the oil and gas industry
to the benefit of none of us.
The government began to lobby the
corporation directors in an attempt to have
them elect its own man, a certain Maurice
Strong, ex Liberal candidate, international
financier, as chairman of the CDC.
Mr. Strong has an interesting connection
with a Swiss firm that picked up abqut
three-quarters of a million in commission for
negotiating the purchase of Petro Fina for
Canada. Nice day's work.
It's a•nasty piece of business, and nobody
knows it better than the business world.
When the first reports about possible
government interference in CDC appeared.
the shares fell sharply in price, reflecting the
market's, and the public's distrust of
government intervention in business.
Oh, it's a nasty, slippery business, !all
around. The government promised to stay
out of CDC'S business. Now, with some gold
on the horizon, it wants in. And so would I,-
probably, if I had run the country so far into
debt.
Financial analyst Ronald Anderson says:
''A policy of subverting the profit-based,
growth•oriented developinent strategy of the
COC would amount to a betrayal of the
Corporations 30,000 shareholders, Many of
the investors have never bought shares
before; they invested in the CDC for the
Same reason' they buy Canada SaVings
Bonds because they trusted the GovernMent
to keep ifs Word." Silly devils.
Valuable Player - Jeff McGavin. In the back row
are Midgets Most Improved Player - Don
Sholdice, Most Valuable Player - Kevin
Kellington and Bantams Most Valuable Player
Mike Smith. The Bantams Most Improved.
Player Darron Chesher was absent when the
picture was taken. (Photo by Ranney)
Ringette team ignored