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HOLS OUTLOOK Jamtiatt Hills OUTLOOK published each Saturday by IIAI TON Ml US Home Newspaper of Mills A Division of Newspaper Company Street Ontario I Second Class Mall Number AICOINTINI Pauline MAHKKTINl lit Sharon MactHIKarv PRODUCTION 111- PAIiTMr NT Annie lou 1 Tbeir Outlook Bigger pork barrels it highways But what the neck if Ottawa wants to spend million playing with asphalt in the province Mr la obviously going to Stewart MacLeod Thomson News Service Just as the Olympic Games have become too extravagant to be hosted by most countries and just as economic summits have turned Into ludicrously lavish show tours we may be on the verge of pricing ourselves out of federal We re talking of course about the In Ihe one that Liberal Leader John Turner says going to cost taxpayers some billion He do doubt exaggerates just as Prime Minister Brian did back In when he promised to clean up patronage pork barreling and other forms of vote buying which he said were repugnant to most Canadians But somewhere between Mr Turner billion and Mr Mulroney promised cleanup Is he LacStJean Even if we try to be fair and settle for billion worth of pork there is no doubt that it a dangerous precedent If this is any kind of pattern for future lions we might be forced to scrap ht i An aide to the prime minister wonder that the Liberal premier referred to Tory candidate Bouchard as a good man With political enemies like this helping to bring federal goodies into Quebec who needs political friends Just a few days earlier Mr Mulroney announced that Ottawa would be devoting some million to an econ development plan for Quebec And let not forget that Mr Bouchard said he expects to bring the new federal space agency to the province Think he let that slip without checking with the prime minister I PAST PROCESS What the has done apart that is from teaching us to design bigger pork barrels is Jog servants Into working faster Now take this 1 federal grant announced by Mr Bouchard treatment Surprise surprise said it was lust rapid Nobody will argue with that Oh yes Mr Bouchard has also promised more than from to clean up a local river And be said that COO would be spent on a study on improvement needs the local airport I bet the study will find the airport needs those Improvements Then we World bank like some ThirdWorld country and ask for a loan to finance a It come to thai yet but the way the Mulroney government out money In aid of candidate Bouchard you never know what could happen What probably a certainty Is that Tory candidates in future byelections will expect massive financial aid NOT CONNECTED Natural I the prime minister says the federal largess in Quebec had nothing to do with the electoral hopes of Mr Bouchard the old col lege chum of Mr Mr Bouchard was appointed to cabinet before he even found a constituency But as Quebec Premier Robert is learning with liSSSSrS JS the renting vneawTma that he should resign from his Mon treal seal so a Tory candidate could fulfill all his ridings needs in a by election Might be something that alt MPs from economically troubled areas should consider If all MPs from Newfoundland look turns Gander the to For a tune lit SSolSSS taw to United tad Now there is one wing that an ui provincial Jurisdiction owing this SNAFU by Bruce Bcattle his riding Talk about speedy reac from the bureaucrats It turns out the grant was approved even before the centre made out its ap plication When you consider that It normally takes up to a year to pro cess such applications this is quite a remarkable performance by our federal public service Twos a Crowd UTTL A 2 it- j r ACTUALLY HES READY TO GO HOME IM JUST CONVINCING HIM Gone is the romance Your Business Business Thomson News Service What wandering will sing the death of the Newfoundland railway Where Is that legendary folksinger Woody Guthrie now that the trains have come to the end of the line Or his son whose melancho ly song The City of New Orleans mourned the passing of passenger lines in the 1960s From St John reporter Deborah Wilson writes that Ottawa and the province have agreed on a deal to shut down Ottawa apparently will supply money for highway development and severance pay In truth the railway died In 10SI when the Bullet the pro vince passenger train made Its last run All that left Is the freight service started in Soon that will be gone too When Newfoundland agreed to Join Canada the federal government guaranteed it a perpetual tat Jon link to the mainland Today though rail freight service has become unprofitable and steel rails are giving way to paved highways Its the triumph of progress and General Motors POOR SERVICE If Newfoundland were more populous it may not have had to Rive up its railway which employed thousands of people over the years Trains make sense only when they are used frequently In a sense though Canadian No Railways contributed to its own troubles by offering such poor service that rail users were forced to find a better way Passengers took their cars and industrialists turn trucks CN a Crown corporation burden with more than billion in debt has been closing unprofitable branch lines and selling assets Last Don worry You get your shark pictures We have a Jam the Transportation Act allowed the to abandon up to four per of its money losing lines each year Brushing aside the Newfoundlanders will be looking very closely at what Ottawa is offer in return Is it short term gain for long term George Baker Liberal MP for Gander Twilllngate opposes the closing of the railway which will leave Newfoundland as the only Canadian province without roil Why does Newfoundland have to give up their railway to get a road when nobody else does he asked referring Ottawa promise of much needed highway prove The railway workers who accept Ottawa set dement will hale lost their jobs but their sons and daughters will have lost their op- part unit lea for job as well Mr Baker says The four man run at the PC nomination for the riding of Peel was fairly exciting yet relatively subdued as Tar as lion meetings go Speculation before the meeting was rampant especially on Wednes- Garth members signed up but that he might not be able lo draw support from the other three candidates Carlo Testa Warren and One longtime Tory told me Wednesday afternoon that Garth Turner is finished Most believed he would not be able to win on the first ballot and both Warren and Rod would throw their support behind Carlo Test That situation Is familiar During the Liberal nomination for the pro vincial riding of last year newcomer Bruce Hood had the lead after the first ballot However Ben Colabrese and Joe Hewitt threw their support behind Walt El Hot and Mr Hoed support the first actually dropped ballot to the third from the Rail watchers expect to take full advantage of the new rules Most of the money losing lines are in the Atlantic provinces or the Prairies TIIFRAIL Newfoundland and the rail unions apparently support the closing which has been hanging over the workers heads for years But critics wonder about the long term effects on Ihe province Some rail employees will be transferred to other provinces shrinking the local population This in turn could diminish the Job pro spects of those who stay Perhaps the greatest loss though is romance of the railroad echoed in dozens Depressionera folksongs and mournful love songs no more Casey Jones or A Hundred Miles No more listening while lying In bed late at night to the rushing and wailing of a train in the distance singing a silent song If you miss the train 1 m on you will know that I Bui that the case on Wednesday Although Mr Hilliard and Mr supported Mr Testa who was clearly the only can dldate with the support to beat Mr Turner It appears they deliver the votes About delegates actually left without voting before the second ballot Mr Testa did pick up votes but Mr Turner picked up It was clear that Mr and Mr knew the game plan once the first ballot results were an nounced Mr was automatically eliminated but Mr Hilliard dropped out probably to make sure his voters have to go through a third ballot and that they would stick around for the second vote to sup port Mr Tesla Mr Testa was disappointed in his voter turnout He expected more of his members to show up But percentages did work In his favor According lo his numbers per cent of his members showed up at the meeting and vote for him Garth Turner also according to his numbers brought out only 50 per cent of his new member War ren Hilliard drew less than per cent of his members to vole Turner started his campaign just days before the nomination Mr Testa began his run at the nomination In midMarch It was clear there was some bit on the floor between ballots Asked why the other two candidates supported him Mr Testa replied We re Conservatives Turner He later said Mr Turner victory speech sounds like a Conservative me proving that he Is willing to throw his strong support Into the Tory campaign in Halton Peel Nevertheless It obvious the flashy paper image as tagged by What unclear now is will thai resentment be strong enough in the rid or the Liberals Pierre Klein or whoever runs for la defeat con now probably be described star candidate