PAGE 2, WHITBY FREE PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY, 31, 1973 - I ,THIS WEEK ê.,i from Ottawa OIL AND GAS--CANAL)A FIRST Energy Minister D)onald Mac- Donald said in the I-bUSe of Com- mons that the government is studying the possibility of a two- price sNstem for oit and gas to protect Cnadians against the effect ot'a United Sta tes pctrolcum sh or tage A Toronto Star editorial Iauds the niinister's suggestion stating that 'Canada's abundance of oit... should bc turned 10 the advantage of Canadians, both in conservation of the resource for our future needs and in reasonable prices to Canadian consumers." RECORD AGRICULTURAL EX- PORTS, Canadian t'armer,, exported a record $2, 135 billion in agricul- tural produrcts in I197 2 - exceedîng the two billion dollar mark for the firi tïime. Expanded sailes of whecat, bar- ley, pork, caille hides and furs, were Iargely responsible for the $ 15 1 million increase over the previous export record set in 197 1. PRICE AND WAGE FREEZE OP- POSED Premier Wiliami Davis of Ont- ario doesr't think Canada's econo- mie situation is serious enough to warrent wage and price controls. He told the Ontario Legisiature .4my own view is that we have flot reached that point." PRIME MIN ISTER MEETS WITH PREMIERS At the conference with pre- miers in Ottawa, Prime Minister Trudeau urged increased co-ordin- ation of federal and provincial government programs. MIr. Trudeau said that "a strong federalism re- quires both a strong federal govern- men t and st rong provincial govern- ment-;." Thec Prime Mînister arnd the premiers are meeting for three days 10 discuss primarily the fin- ancing of» three cost-sharing pro- grams - medicare, hospital insur- ance and post-secondary educa- t i on. COUNCIL ON MULTICUtTLRA- LISM The HIon. Stanley Haidasz, Minister respon'ibIe for Multi- cultu ral poliey, announced - the first appointments 10 the Consul- tative Council on MuIticulturalisrn. The Council consists of a Na- tional Chairman, Jullus Koteles t'rom Winnipeg; two Vice-Chair- men, Agathe Lacou rcière-Lacerte from Quebec City and Lino Ma- gagna from Port Credit, Ontario. Ini addition, there are five regional chairmen t'rom Nova Scotia, Que- bec, Ontario, Alberta and British Colum bia. The full membership of the Council is drawn from every ethnie group in Canada and the minister will use the Council 10 improve his communications with these groups. WESTERN CONFERENCE Prime Minister Trudeau and the premiers of the four western provinces will hold their Conf'cr ence on Western Economic Oppor- tunities in Calgary, July 24, 25 and 26. The Conference, the first of ils kind in bbe history of Canadîan federalism, will consider ways to broaden the economic and in- dustrial base of Western Canada. Earlier this month, Mr. Trudeau said the "Conference is another step that we are taking....in order to try to resolve the kind of alienabion which exitN in the western part of Ibis country." Lettei Dea r Sir: As a n er to the Editor: rnember of the Wh - itby District Scouters Club and Camp Committee, 1 was very unliappy at Central Lake Ontario Conservation Depar- tment's decision flot to let the Boy Scouts and Girl Gu- ides use the lands of our own town's Heber Down Park for camping this year. This park has always been available to the scouting and guiding groups in the past. Scouting and Guiding gr- oups, and families help with the rebuilding of the pool, etc. 'Mie Sixer Camp wbich bas been held at Heber Down's in the past, liad to be moved and rearranged this year as the park was CLOSED to us. We moved to private pro- perty, causing many problems and hardships of the volunteer members and friends. Arr- angements for drinking water, toilets, tables for cooking and eating etc., are flot as easy to arrange as they may think. Thtis camp had approxim- ately ninety persons to ac- commodate. The Cubouree and Field Day Camp, June 15, 16 & 17 will be much bigger, having three hundred attending. Originally planned for Heber Down, it had to he arranged for private pro- perty as the park is closed to US. 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