- By GEOJ«3E ASilE, MPP* (PC-DURIAM WEST) E ne]rgy debate- is.flot a gam,.e There is a great temptation to treat'the Ongoing national debate On, energy prices aid security of supplies as a game ... to.simply pick straight winners and losers. This temptation produces easy agswers ... if you didn'twIn, then you must 'bave lost. It is very important that we do not get caught up in this.game, and forget about compromise. As Canadians, we must find compromises,-à nd not resort to straight win/loÎsesituations. Compromise was an essential element in forming Confederation, aid, it Is equaily essen- tial for keeping a healthy country. The federal governmnent and ail of the provincialgover- ninents agree on many points surrounding the 011 issue. There is'a- general goal sbared by ail for c=de -où, self- sufficiency; for some form of consumer protection; on, the whole question o f conservation; and on' the potential of an "energy fund". We ail agree the resource belongs to the provinces in which it-is produced, and we agree this resour-, ce shold provide to the owning provinces a reasonable' financlal return. How we differ is with the.definition of' wbatis "reasonable." As a case in point, let's compare the much publicized proposais presented by Premier Lougheed in Vancouver last month with the position offthe Governmnent of Ontario. -Alberta wants to move toward world prics at a faster pace.'Ontarlo does not agree. We don't see the relevance of world price as a bendunark for prlcing Canadian crude c11. But we do agree that'higher costs for production should command a hlgher price for oil.a - Aberta believes construction of cil sands and non- conventional oilplants should be at a faster (but agreed upon) schedule. Ontario agrees witb Aiberta. - Aberta suggests more incentives should be offered to producers to increase recovery from our exijsting on fields and to find new cil supplies (provided producers continue to reinvest as they are now doing). Ontario agrees, but with some qualifications on Canadian ownership. - Aberta would like to substitute. natural gas for oil products . Ontario agrees, where this' is economnical. .- Aberta wants to export surplus'natural gas, from BC and Aberta' on' appropriate terins.'Ontarlo does agree provided1 Canadian domest.ic requirements have been assured. - Both Alberta and Ontario would like Newfoundland and Nova Scotia to be enèouraged in developing their own oil and natural gas potential. - Aberta and Ontario agree to supporting a western elec - trical grid based on Manitoba Hydro's potential. - Aberta and Ontario agree it should be mhade m'ore< at- tractive for Ontario Hydro to buy BC and Aberta coal in- stead of U.S. coal. - Aberta and- Ontario agree to continuing frontier ex- ploration in Canada's Artic. -Alberta and Ontario agree we should concentrate our research on the best possible substitutes for cil. -Alberta feels conservation should be encouraged ,based on' price. Ontario does not believe that gouging consumers to.enforce conservation ils sensible or equitable. 'BY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER5, 1979, PAGE' 19 in summary, Ontario disagrees wlth Alberta on only two points'. We do flot believe Canada sbould move to world. prices per se, (but we agree the price must be increased), and we do lot believe conservation should be enouaged thrugh higher price (although we do believe conservation should-be encouraged). Settlng aside these two points, On- tario would bave no dlfficulty lIn reachlng an easy accomi- modation on every one of Premier Lougheed's proposais. This is the point that needs to be stressed. I hope I bave made It clear that the areas of agreement are far greater than those of disagreement. The energy debate itself is a discussion between fellow-Canadians, and we' are in essen- Uial' agreement about the ends we would like to achieve...our debate its only on the means to that end. TYPVVRTEa * * s.. e- * sLAES * DE!1 s *M S.LCRC-CRETR a eOYMIA *ING ACHNE - N ERVO EETOI ACLOS e MIHClOA *ITTO NT a TLEHOE NSVEIN MCHNE appoted for Picering The federal government wiil appoint an investigator to, listen to the grievances of expropriated residents in the Pickering Airport site.ý Scott Fennell, the rookie Progressive ,Conservative MIP for, Ontario riding said last week that Eric Neilsen, the minister of public works bas agreed in pri4ciple to bave "a fresh face" act as bis personal represent'ative to, sort out the problerns lef t behind by' the former Liberal administration. "There is no doubt that an objective perspec *tive , is nieeded," Fenneil said. "The cailous mess left behind by the Liberals bas resulted in terne feelings. We're hoping' that someone new - someone whoïs not a departinent of public works officiai or an expropriated resident - wiil be a fair -judge of the situation." Former owneèrs of 41 properties on the airport site, have not yet reached com- pensation settiements with the federal goverrnent over their expropriations accor- ding to Fenneil. Some, he said, have com- plained bitterly of unfair and devious -tactica used by federal land agents, several cases of which were outlined in Walter Steward's recently released: "P'aper Juger- nauts" - a book about the Pickering Airport. "This person wiil not' be an, independant arbitrator,"P Fenneil stressed. "He will be objectively reviewing the facts and ailegations in the unsettled cases. He wil then, if I bave my, way, report 'to the minister on ways the specific problems can be solved. " The "breakthrough for Pickering" as Fenneli likes to ,cail it came after several meetings with Neilson. Fenneil said that he wil announce the resuits of bis m~eetings with department of public works officiais sometime in the next couple of weeks.* G..Copeland, D.P.M. A.J. 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