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k. Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, February 4, 1998 9 Local artîst featured at Oshawa Art Gallery The newest show at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa, called 'Reconstructing Nature' is a joint exhibition by artists Marilyn McAvoy, of Nova Scotia, and Maralynn Cherry of Orono. The exhibi- tion opened on Thursday, January 29th, ,A description of -the show states; "The images within Maralynn Cherry's and Marilyn McAvoy's work- appear to be stili lifes with an impulse to create memory, narrative and history. Layers of meaning are constructed around the very rNÉ FROm PDARLIAMEN» HILL Alex Shepherd The automotive sector lias a profound influence on Durhanm. In fact the country's economic recovery lias been driven by the export sector and GeEneral Motors of Canada Is one of our top five exporters. 0f course General Motors is our largest employer local- ly and is the largest employer in communities as far away as Peterboroughi and numer- ous towns in between. Canadians produce somne- thing like 20 per cent of al Northi American automobiles while consuing onily 10 per cent. We ail have to be con- cerned about the competi- tiveness of the automnotive sector. That's one of the rea- sons why the govemment is conducting a study into tlie countiy's tariff structure. The study lias touclied off a tremendous amnount oif uni- formed verbiage around the issue of tariffs and the auto- essence of nature and our rela- tionship with it, as welI as the fictional construction of mean- ing.qI Many of Cherry's pieces use woolen rovings coiled or braid- ed or otherwise wrapped around glass globes magnify- ing natural objects such as leaves, or containing other such items within them. Maralynn Cherry is pictured here with a piece from her "Dream ScrolI" collection. This work called Water Scroil is painted on muslim cloth. motive industry. First, there is the tariff related to parts coming into our market from offshore. Under NAIFTA there is free flow of parts, and to a lessor extent, fully completed auto- mobiles. I'say toa lessor extent as tariffs on Mexico for fully completed automobiles are gradually being pliased out. By the way people talk about government perma- nently removing import tar- iffs on offshore parts comîng into Canada by auto manu- facturers you would think this is an alarming occur- rence. The fact is there have been no împort tariffs on any domestic man-ufa<,cturer since 1965. If you, take a look undler the hiood of youir domiestical- ly produced vehicle you will see there is no such thing as a 100 per cent North American automobile. Therefore, imposing tariffs hits Auto Pact and non-Auto Pact manufacturers equally. Some suggest we should reimpose parts tariffs to man- ufacturers a way of penetrat- ing foreign markets, especiail- ly Japan. This is difficuit to justify when Japan lias no import tarlffs on parts or fully completed automobiles. Speaklng about fully com- pleted automobiles Canada imposed a 6.7 per cent tariff on importation of fully com- pleted automobiles by any non-Auto Pact country. An Auto-Pact companry can import foreign manufactured vehicles fully exempt from duty on the condition they produce a similar amount of product locally. Honda and Toyota dlaim they too meet these rules and want to be treated equally. The Big Three, GM, Ford and Chrysler, want their import- free-automobile-advantage retained and the import duty on Toyota and Honda also retamned. But some of the debate misses the point. There is the issue of the downward trend of the Japanese/Korean cur- rendies and economics. For instance Toyota, Honda, Subaru and Mitsubishi deal i Yen which lias declined in value in rela'- tion to the Canadian dollar by 7.9 per cent during the last eight months, Hyundai, a South Korean manufacturer, deals in Won and that lias declined by 59 per cent in relation to the Canadian dol- lar. This makes a 6.7 per cent duty seem somewhat irrele- vant. From a marketing point of view Canadians have shown a desire for significantly cheap- er automobiles. Since most of the Auto Pact companies export their product to the United States one could argue they could use this dominance to flood the Canadian market with cheap- er imports. If any Auto Pact company had an equity relatlonship with Hyundai the concern would be even greater because Korea has a tremen- dous amount of over capacity in automobile manufacturing. It's in the interest of autoworkers in Durham that a review of tariff policies occur and that the debate not degenerate Into Auto Pact versus non-Auto Pact coun- tries. After ail durlng 1996 Auto Pact companies brought $196 million worth of fully-com- pleted-offshore automobiles duty-free into Canada. They also brouglit $1.3 billion worth of fully completed auto- mobiles from Mexico. The labour force at General Motors is almost hait of what it was before NAIFTA. Further competition from cheaper Southeast Asian irI'ports should be a concern tb ail of u1R Bowmanville Toastmasters Toastmaster Mike Sullivan chaired -the meeting of Bowmanville Toastmnasters on January 27, 1998. He opened the meeting sharmng his memories about a recent unplanned vacation. The liead table members Toastmaster Nancy Barnes and Toastmaster Marilynn Dow expressed their thouglits about vacations. Two new members won trophies - Toastmnaster Cam Berry for sparking the busi- ness meeting and Toastmaster Vanessa Hughes for the best table topics pre- sentation. An innovative program idea involved a large number of members by teaming them into groups of two givlng impromptu presentation based on articles in various Toastmaster magazines. Come and join us any Tuesday evening 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. to see Toastmasters in action. For more information please caîl Irene Konzelmarn 983-9423. Missing Oshawa Girl Located 1At approximately 5:40 p.m. on Tuesday, January 27th, 1998 police located 7 year old Genevieve BEGBIE at a Native Indian drop-in centre in downtown Toronto. The child was unharmed and brouglit back to Durhiam Region Police Headquarters in Osliawa, where she was reunited with lier family and later turned over to lier aunt Mim DaRosa of Osliawa. Benevieve BEGBIE, 19 years of age appeared, at a Bail Hearing in Oshiawa Provinical Court on January 28th. 1998 on an Abduction charge and was remanded in custody until Thursday, January 29th, 1998. 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