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Halton Hills Outlook publlihrd by The Hills Herald home of Hilton Hill division of Canadian Newspaper Company Outlook PUBLISHER Don Brandpr ADVERTISING MANAGER Carl Sinke EDITOR DaveRowney PHI- SI- Pan I Marshall IKUDLCTtON 1 Milan l hap K llul Western Initiative its been done before rations or cynicism bo t v III join the it at nil the I contusion till bo d v Atlantic Conn I es re the govern establishing these new but it seems we been down tins rond few time And those of who attended a 1973 Economic Opportunities in Calgary can help being bv the similarity of this latest initiative what would spent without the new agency According Mr this new program to bo run by Indian Affairs Minister Bill dm of brighter lights tin cabinet is nothing but a repack of existing programs Hut then Mr Axworthy dispili his ex pi rutin in the business is nut nostril r of Tor in itiaties The samt can said New P ludir td a ithir il about I hi foriniliori thi I jn Hi called it in incredible i- going to The whole idea then to ensure more westo were processed within the region and that the administration of in development be centred in the West This came after then Saskatchewan r Allan tore a strip off Ottawa and told Piem Tnidcau prime minister not to bother reminding him th it mnn federal were from Saskatchewan re the worst kind he said Anyway there were endless predictions back in 1973 that the fact of West would change forever with this new initiative to tht economy And let not forget thi Wcstim Development Fund It was to loaded with billion ad ministered by Lloyd Axworthy Manitoba representative in the Trudcau cabinet and would once again change the face of the West I- IGVMA One of the difficulties with any new development initiative par when It involves a rest rue of existing departments is that it virtually Impossible to idm the new money as opposed to Twos a Crowd Thev too down the road If residents of still troubli with the mini new agent its surprising In a short lime had to to among others the All Council ruler Ihi Development not i is know iboul the new western program sinn fron tht minister was gcncnl in tor instantc part if its objective is to support in to topnient and and inkrists Canadi in dciloi mi of na policies Also while It billion sounds like a lot of It seems to shrink a bit when you consider it to be divid among our provinces our years As one restirchcr pointed out It less than one per cent of provincial spending in the region hinded out is much last in special grain payment to struggling farmers By BILL BUTTLE See theres 23B right in the middle Twos a Crowd Keep this for going through metal detectors All across the nation firms are making money Ml tin In On it 1ik Products profit sjuni to Wto a shin in first nil of Jt fuelled by strong di aid tor pulp paper In HP row to cents a ycir bounced ick i shir passing si hi I inidi problem of how to it ill Linns up runn is booming but tin federal new milnlne will help in small v Hut the reil help will come from sustained growth Hoping fiwyiarold rs nj signal Oil I shikm of tin This is lock rims li r in idi iris will Iki i or old oiks Prm for is upgrading Its Thunder mill is Hoy il 1ePiLL itingmwjols As the good rolled in tin stock m fcxihni its lushest in history iri itlng in for tin million or so people who own shares dirictly millions who own through pension funds Historically the stock market has of lt Big projeils win turn indiiRiin I his yir ill lb it mono is going lo show up in gross All tin good news his worried ir ml i Hon will conn link firs Ibiy say will In all tin si good ptn fits workers will begin dcmamlln Lessons from Irangate By Ben Wallenberg What are the lessons of the Iran contra They art many and big and small A Tin Constitution Lives Is fas mating in this anniversary of America founding document we Mi still debating lis real meaning all the central question of the hearings concerned who has and who should have the real power lo run for policy Should It be the president or Congress don want a presi dent with dictatorial foreign policy powers nor do we want a system with congressional secretaries of stale The Constitution doesn answer the question The hearings haven I an iwerod it But It is a question that a superpower democracy should be bating even it must be at the inter length we have witnessed sometimes drenched in sanctimony and demagogucrv Secrets can usually be kept lies arc usually found out That one good reason why its dumb to try to base a policy on secrets and lies Although he apparently did not know about the diversion of funds Ronald litagan is not a detached dunce in only nominal charge of a runaway staff It was he who pushed for the arms salts to Iran He wanted the to be helped The arms were sold Tht were helped Ronald is not a crippled president While the Congress was hypnotized the hearings reciting their mantra lame duck lame duck the president nominated a justice for the Supreme Court who may well influence US policy for a generation and his negotiators were working out a nuclear arms control agreement that may one day be seen as a first Important step toward a less dangerous world Turf wars never end Secretary of State George was a fine wit ness his judgments about the Iran contra events were wise But his point that foreign policy must be run through the Slate Department Is paro chial It is the president who is elected to run the ex ecu life branch of govern Regarding foreign policy he may at his discretion ask advice from Ihe Department the llonal Security Council the CIA vale individuals or combination thereof National television is even more potent than previously imagined For eirs the public ignored in be fori Oilier Norths the Ik inngs the to the front is witnesses and panel stressed thecontr From a of support public inn polls in to toward a intra position When North the polls took off moving from rouihly to 1 against to i steven Thai support may be but on ihe other hand may be to build upon It G Television is i two edged sword It can be hy Congress lo hector witnesses Usually Ihe witnesses are dcfirential they are lobbyists or gov rnincnt officials who need blessing But when the witness is have no re I son to Congress Ihey can turn tables is North and his CI am not a potted phut Sullivan demonstrated