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ISe. you ut.the Sta-tion - Saturday - 6:00 p.m. 1 rant (N enzies MDnU* FAPNLV RESTAkMN1 VOL. 3 NO. 7 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1973 109CNT Oshawa waterfront set to explodeà? Oshawa and Whitby areas are to receive a mainline shiot in the armn from the Federal Govern- ment if Jean Mrchiand(, Minister of Transport. keeps.a promise made to Ed Broadbent, MP (NDP Oshawa-Wlitby). Marchiand told Broadbent'in a private meeting in Ottawa that lie will mnake represenitatives to the Treasury Board ýand Cabinet to get the Oshawa Harbor Developmnent, Schieme 1, underway as quickly as possible. Thîis will involve an ex- wilI be cap,ýibIe of'lîandling penditure by Ottawa of bc- the largesi ShipS 110W uISing tween $5.5 and $7.5 million the Seaway and would, in for the building of ncw dock- fact, make Oshawa a seaport. ing facilitics, drcdging and He said Ottawa had put otiier work whiclh will trans- one rider on the tentative formi the harbor into a Sea- approvai. That is that the city way port. Imiust complete negot lations, Mr. Broadbent told the as quickly as possible, with FREE PRESS that a recoin- a number of industries in thc inendation fromi Mr. Mar- area to use the facilities. ie chand to the Cabinet would said lie secs no, problemi in alrnos t bc the saine as a go- ibis respect since negotiations ahiead for the project. have been going on l'or somne He said that whcn the work time and arecîlot al ibat l'ar is donc the Oshawa facilities away [roni conîpletion. Whitby and arca boat nianufacturers were out ini force at the Canadiaîi National Boat Show in Toronito. Thiese included Ouyang Boat Works, C.L. Boat Works, Norden Yacht and Whitby Boat Works which bulîit the three craft dep- icted liere.- Photo by Alex Kainins The negotiations are being conducted by the Oshawa Harbor Commission and the office of' the Harborniaster on beliaif of the city. No in- dustries bave been namied yet as potential users but it seenîs likely tbat General Motors wiii lcad the list. ln his jubilation over the prospect for the liarbor, Mr. Broadbent stated that the de- velopinent will have a far greater impact on the region than the proposed Pickering airport. Most large manufacturing transportation as well as high- way and rail. Air transport cornes behiind these three. It is conlceivable that many large conceres, already eyeing the area as a site for future ex- pansion, wiil be favorably swavcd if the harbor devel- opinent gels underway. "lt's difficuit at ibis point to say jLI5t wlhat such a nliove will mnean for the entire arca," said Mr. Broadbent, "but it is certain that the economic ini- pact will bc e flt imniiediately and for many years to couic." Osaw-Wbty Fussin' &feudin' over regionail H.Q. Any spirit of togetherness, supposedly to be engendered by regional governmlent, may be a long way off if present attitudes of Whitby and Oshawa politicians don't change. A rip-rousing debate is going on as to where the new administrative facilities for the new regional counicil should be located. Oshawa wants the new headquartcrs 10 be wihin that city's boundaries as close as possible to the downtowil area. Whiby, incanwhîlc, is eq- ually as determincd to seê the county building, on Ross- land Road, used for the pur- pose. Whilc only a mild tcnîipcst in a teapot at first glance, it is certain to be one grow- ing in volume over the next few mionths, îicary says the County buil- ding doesn't have sufficient space for use as regional gov- ernment lheadquarters. Whiitby councillor, Bob White, says Potticary doesn't know what hc's talking about. "After ail," lie said, "the building bias two floors and there is lots of roomi for ex- pansion." William Newman (MPP Ontario South) apparcntly Cotitinued on Page 7