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PAGE 14 WEDNESDAY1 MARCII 13 1985, WHITBY FREE PRESS Maple season B"a ,ke 5.1,0k T _o n 1 Conservation Authority will run ita ever-popular Maple Syrup Demon- stration at Purpie Woods Conservation Area from March il to April 12. This will be the ninth demonstration, and everyone is invited to corne and join in the annual "'sugaring off" season. Authority staff will lead tours of the sugar bash, illustrating In- dian, pioneer and modern methods of producing maple syrup. Fresh maple syrup produced at the sugar bush will be sold as ifis available at $9 per litre and $550 per 500 ml. Maple sugar and maple butter will also be available for sale. As part of the authority's conser- vation education program, over 4,000 elementary students wlll attend the demon- stration. These tours will form an important part of their Canadian history program. The annual pancake weekend will be held on March 30-31, in co- operation with the Durham A .M. Kiwanis Club. Tours of the sugar bush will start at the parking lot every twen- ty minutes from 9:20 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Pony- be available for chidren at a cost of 50< each. Pancakes and maple products will be on sale. Purpie Woods Con- servation Area is located north of Oshawa at the south-east corner of Slmcoe Street at the loth Concession Road. Admission, parking and guided tours are free. For more information, please contact the Cen- tral Lake Ontario Con- servation Authority at 579-0411. Bridge resuits The following are the resuits of last week's play at the Whitby Duplicate Bridge Club as reported hy Mrs. Jim Wharrle. North and South: Mr. and Mrs. George Magvas, 78; Mrs. Hugh Baker and Mrs. Jack Frost, 77; Mrs. P.N. Spratt and Mrs. Donald Wilson, 761/2; and, Bob Pugh and James Dynes, 731/. East and West: Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Win- ter, 73; Louise Pelten- burg and Grace Swan, 72; Bill Nelson and Frank MacNell, 681/; and, Mrs. Bruce McColl and Mis. Douglas Maundreil, 671h. Speaking to You ~Y~b By SCOTT' FENNELL, MP /. > (PC - Ontario) Canadian import quotas on Japanese cars will ex- pire at the end of this month. The recent action taken by the U.S. to relieve any form of quotas on Japanese automobiles bas caused many Canadians to become nervous that their govemnment wiil foilow suit. The fear is that a subsequent incrèase in Japanese imports would est into sales of domestic cars and cost jobs. Personaily, 1 sincerely believe that Canada is not ready to do away with the quota system. Until we build a more substantive secondary manufacturing sector to provide Canadian jobs, we are depandent upon what we have. To do away with quotas would not only allow Japanese importa to swamp the Canadian market wiping out tens of thousands of jobs, it would also mitigate any leverage we might have to encourage Japan to make investment com- mitmenta In Canada similar to those it bas made in other countries such as the U.S. It is a well known fact that the economic growth of the past year was driven mainly by the Canadian automotive industry. In a sense, ail Canadians depand on this industry, whether directly or indirec- tly employed by it, or not at ail; it la good for al Canadians to have economic growth in this country. Perhaps the U.S. can afford to open up to Japanese importa because the Japanese have already made substantial investments there, and because the U.S. does have a great deal of other secondary manufacturing in existence. If we IôSe jobs in the auto industry, then we are depandent upon our raw materials to provide the standard of living to which we have become accustomed. Unfor- tunately, sales of raw materials alone will not ta able to accomplish that. In fact, the trend in inter- national trade is toward manufactured goods con- stituting a greater percentage of the total volume of trade. The time for decision making on this issue is near at hand. A decision to maintain quotas wil not be easy particularly in the face of the government's commitment to improve conditions for free trade and reduce protectionism. However, out of Most of the industrialized nations of the world, Canada stands alone as being the only nation that the Japanese auto industry bas not moved to make sub- stantial investment in, and this situation must ta remedied if we are to maintain a balance of invest- ment in the North American continent and keep Canadian jobs. That is my opinion. a