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The sweep of Bill 101 has been far-ranging, touching almost everyone from the small 'shopkeeper, who must give prominence to French in display signs, to those in the corporate" board rooms who must now carry on their day: to- day business in French. Thesreaction to Bill 101 has been predictable. Some small shop owners have served notice that they will pay the heavy fines or even go to jail, rather than alter the names of their businesses, some of which have been family-owned and in the same location for generations. Other large businesses, simply said they would pack up and move their head offices out of Quebec. And some did. - Suddenly, last week the Parti Quebecois govern- ment showed the first signs of moderation in its language policy, with the announcement that certain companies will be allowed to carry on their head office business in English. Basically, any company that conducts at least half of its business outside Quebec will be eligible for special agreements, and those with less than half their business outside the province are also eligible provided they meet certain conditions. While the concessions are by no means an about- face on the part of the PQ government, they are significant. First of all they would seem to indicate oer AIRBORNE REGIMENT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT J Joo0480Ur / >» § e - that the Quebec government recognizes that the - backwards to help them attain this goal. international language of business, commerce, in- dustry and technology is English, and that forcing a complete switch-over to French would put many Quebec-based firms at a distinct competitive dis- advantage. » Aside from this, 'the economy of the province of Quebec has been stung, and stung badly, by the exodus of head offices out of Montreal, taking thgusands of jobs as they go, not to mention all the spin-off of benefits. It would appear that as much as the leaders of the Quebec government may cherish and dream of a completely independent and French state, the rest of Canada and the world is not going to bend over In short, Quebec simply can't have it all ways; it can't be marching to one tune while the rest of the business world marches to another. PIO 3 ANN Pan Bola Te A XY § ANT eA IASI $n It was only a matter of time Giors the reality R caught up to Mr. Levesque and the men and women in his government, who in the past two years, at least - publicly, have shown themselves to be rather idealistic and at times naive. Fool' S Gold 'As if the Federal government hasn't run off enough money in the past few years, there are now plans underway to mint a $100. gold "national unity" coin, which you can buy for $150. ~The Fed Will"pocket the profit, which if all 200,000 of the gold coins are sold, will amount to $10 million. The coin is supposed to be of interest to collectors, but surely the federal government should have learned from the fiasco over the Olympic coins; that there is little numismatic interest in mass produced coins, especially those that cost $50. more than their face value. The Olympic gold coins have proved to be'a poor investment, their value not even increasing at the same rate of inflation. Collectors are not interested - because there are too many of them in circulation, TN and speculators prefer bullion, or coins with gold content, the future value 'of which is entirely dependent on the world market price for gold. The "'national unity' theme which will be on one side of the $100. pieces is nice and commendable, but it certainly has been worked to death lately. And while $10. million (the potential profit) is also nice, the Fed could save that much in a year by shaving less than one per cent from the unemploy- ment insurance payroll. . There is one hope for the coin, however. If Canada collectors could very well be scrambling to get their hands on. them, as a keepsake from a country that smothered in national unity. Lo FE Er Tt da v1 STIR SRST TT = ea TI a 2 Ea ) ey a 7 TEN . wine-stains that won't come out. And so on. Another thing you should look after before twelve rolls. Adhesive tape for blistered heels. Seven-iron to practise golf swings TRAVEL PLANS When you are going on a trip, your first hope is that you wil get there in one piece, - preferably the fairly large piece in which you began the trip. Not a lot of little ones. Your second hope is that you will not be hijacked. Or, at least if you are, that the hijackers will insist on landing on the island of Bali, where the terrified hostages will be comforted by nubile, young, bra-less, top- less ladies, waving fans and things around to keep them (the hostages) cool. Another vague hope is that the airplane gets off the ground. It didn't help our frame of mind when one didn't recently at Toronto Birger. and instead wound up in a ravine. Then, of course, it is to be hoped that once the thing gets into the air, it returns to terra firma. This is fairly important, they tell me. Next, it's rather essential that you have a place to lay your jet-lagged head when you get there. Marriages are made in Heaven, it says somewhere. Divorces are made niley when the room clerk says, "Sorry, sir. Your reservation definitely states August 15th, and this is July 15th. We haven't a thing for the next two weeks." This experience is far, far worse than being left at the altar. It's basic that you should leave bé&hind instructions for the disposal of your pro- perty, in case you are kidnapped in the red "light district of Hamburg, or, in the case of wives, decide' to run off with the one-eyed -Afghanistan pilot you met in the discotheque in Rome. We've drawn up a list 'for just that purpose. Kim gets the grand-piano. 'Hugh gets the lawnmower and the colour TV (they have some great programs in the jungles. of Paraguay). Kim gets the lawn sprinkler for The Boys to run through, their favorite sport. My sisters get the old beds we outfumbled them for when my mother's estate was being divided. My wife's sister gets the huge linen tablecloth with the * you commence a trip is to get well rested. Maybe that's why I'm taking - off this afternoon in a bus of hooligans to drive, round-trip, 200 miles and watch a double header baseball game featuring the worst major league team in the world, Toronto, and arriving home at 2 a.m. Four hours on the bus. Four hours in the grandstand. After a day's work. "You're crazy", my wife said, unequivocally. She's right. It's extremely important when you are packing, not to leave out anything vital to your well-being. Make a check:list: laxative pills, tranquillizers, stuff for ath- lete's foot, piles ointment, dandruff killer, a travel iron to press out the furrows on your forehead. And so on. Naturally, you need six dictionaries: Canadian-cockney; English-French; French - German; Schweitzer - Deutsch; Toronto - Italian; Joual - French. And so on. Let's see. Oh, yes, you need money. When the Europeans came to Canada first, they brought lots of coloured beads, and received in return for them prime furs, "good as gold. When Canadians visit Europe, they take choking great rolls of banknotes, and receive in return for them - you guessed it - coloured beads. Seems fair enough. Let's have another look at that list. Uh. Yup. Electric toothbrush. Extra dentures in case of breakage. Hair dye. Threé quarts of underarm deodorant.© Toilet paper, while waiting for audience with Pope. Hey, where's the booze? Heard a guy had to pay $45 for a quart of rye when the Old-Timers played hockey in Holland last winter. Wait a minute, now. Have to call the cops and listen to their amused snorts when I asked them to keep an eye on the house while we're away. Leave the house key under the eleventh stone on the patio.we'll never find it when we get home. Cut off the newspapers - sure sign you are not home when there are forty-two of them on the porch. Put out some ant traps to make sure they haven't demolished entire house while we're away. And so on. You know something? My wife may be crazy, as I suggested here recently, but she's not dumb. She never wanted to go on ® . does go down the drain in the next couple of years, ~ this trip in the first place. All she wanted to do was have a normal summer: swimming, playing golf, picking berries, enjoying the grandboys, nagging me about the weeds. 'Well, by George, we're going anyway, and she can lumpit. As long as she doesn't lump me. You're nobody unless you've been to Europe. That is, of course, unless you've been to Newfie. Then you're 0.K. My greatest consolation is a line from a letter my son wrote on my birthday, "Tribulations, frustrations, rotten kids and neurotic spouse. All these things shall pass away." Thanks, Hugh, I needed that.