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\ < Page 10 The Clarington/Courtice Independent, Bowmanville, Saturday, January 30, 1999 Guest of Honor A evening honoring Scottish culture took place on Saturday, January 23rd, at Bowmanville's Baseline Community Centre. The Robert Burns Night dinner began with the carrying of a haggis haggis to its place of honor at the head table. Pictured are pipers Rick Paterson and Gerry Taylor along with Greg Findlay and Doug Delaney, who carried Scotland's traditional dish into the hall. The evening, which was sponsored by the Purple Hill L.O.L., also included a roast bed dinner and a demonstration of Scottish dancing. GM of Canada General Motors of Canada Limited reported revenues from all operations of C$31.8 billion in 1998. In 1998 GM of Canada had three passenger cars and four trucks in the top ten selling name plates in the country - more than any other manufacturer and GM of Canada widened its lead in the light truck segment with sales of 203,662 out-pacing our nearest competitor by over 20,000 units. Total unit sales for GM of Canada (combined production in Canada and vehicles imported for sale in Canada) were 1.113 million million units in 1998, down from a Reports Revenues record of 1.3 million units in 1997. The Oshawa Truck Plant was the lead corporate plant for the launch of the all new Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra and completed a very successful successful launch of this segment leading pick-up tmek ahead of the planned production schedule. Production output remained strong at all other GM of Canada locations as market demand for cars and trucks in Canada and the U.S. remained buoyant throughout throughout 1998. GM's Diesel Division in London, Ontario continues to maintain a healthy order bank for locomotives and launched the next of $31.8 Billion generation light armoured personnel personnel carrier, LAV 111, in September. Maureen Kcmpston Darkcs, president and general manager of General Motors of Canada, said, "We look forward to another exciting and challenging year. The Canadian marketplace is very competitive and we believe great new products like the Sierra and Silverado trucks, the all-new Alero, Grand Am and the Canadian-built Impala and Monte Carlo to be launched later this year will lead the GM product lineup to market share growth in 1999. Defending Canadian Culture Parliamentary Report by Ales Shepherd Can Canadian publishing survive without government safeguards? This is the intent of Bill C- 55, to insure Canadian magazines magazines survive by having access to advertising revenues. The legislation will also make it illegal for Canadian companies to use strictly American publications to reach Canadian audiences. As has been the tradition, TIME and Sports Illustrated arc exempt. If advertising revenues dry up for Canadian magazines, obviously they will go out of business. Thus, our ability to have an indigenous Canadian publishing industry will go by the wayside. Ask yourself, do American publications have any interest in telling Canadian stories? I think not. And looking at the stale of the art in the U.S. it's questionable if they have the ability to tell their own stories to their own people. Ally McBcal, Felicity, Homer Simpson and Jerry Sicnfcld rule prime time television television media south of the border, and here as well, but it hardly reflects anyone's culture, be that Canadian or American. Canada's existence in the northern hemisphere is due to the desire of its people to formulate formulate a unique culture. Part of that culture has been Canadians' tendency to deal with their environment rather than trying to conquer it. As the airwaves, internet, movie productions and magazines magazines Hood Canadian markets with American cultural values, ever increasingly, Canadians will want to find ways of preserving preserving and promoting their cultural life. And on top of all this we will still have to find ways of defining defining ourselves within the soup of mass communication. The threads that bind 30 million million people, occupying the second second largest country on earth, arc fragile. This is why it is appropriate appropriate for Canadians to take measures to ensure our history and our stories can be told. At theatre houses in Canada over 98 per cent of productions arc from outside our borders. A large portion of television originates originates outside our borders. Clearly, it cannot be unreasonable unreasonable for Canadians, who want to sell products to Canadians, to use Canadian periodicals to reach their markets markets thus supporting our economy. economy. Americans cry foul,, citing Canada for instigating restrictive restrictive trade practices. We arc never going to get parity with the Americans when it comes to restricting trade. We have freer trade, but not free trade because powerful U.S. lobbies have a great deal of control over their politicians and the political process. For instance, the steel lobby in Canada doesn't want to sec this cultural issue give the Americans the ability to impose quotas, or other restrictive measures on the shipment of steel southward. The steel lobby in the U.S.. wants to shut the door on imports from everywhere, not just Canada, and they will push that agenda. And any excuse, including magazine advertising, will suffice. Americans only find competition competition good when they are winning. winning. For example, I've noticed they don't want us competing with them in the area of satellite communication. The point is Americans stand up for their interests every day. Therefore, Canadians shouldn't have any fear of standing up to them and saying we will continue to support our cultural industries because standing up means our cultural survival. Toastmasters Exercise Imagination Patience is a virtue and patience was the theme chosen by Chairman Toastmaster Jeff Hancock for the January 19, 1999 meeting. Each member of the head table contributed unique thoughts on the subject "What If..." questions questions elicited imaginative Table Topics speeches. Toastmasters addressed topics ranging from a cigar smoking tiger in the jungle to a polar bear in the shower. The prepared speech program featured Mary Ann Mayc talking about "Breaking down the Barriers" between seniors and others in society. 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