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WHITBY FREE PRESSWEDNESDAY JULV 6, 1983, PAGE 2 80,000 direct auto industry jobs, could be created OTITAWA - More than 80,000 direct auto in- dustry jobs ln Canada could be the difference if recommendations made i an auto task force report subrnitted te federal minis ter Ed- ward Lumley recently are adopted. The 80,000 Jobs would include 40,000 jobs in the motor vehicle and auto- motive parts industries wlth another 40,000 in supplier industries 111w steel, rubber, glass and textiles. In addition, it is projected about 50,000 secondary "spinoff" jobs would resuli from the general increase in auto-related employ- ment. The task force, initiat- ed to examine issues'in the Canadian auto in- dustry, including the loss of 24,000 jobs since the peak years of 1978-, 1979, is made up of representatives from groups directly involved in auto manufacturing, including the motor vehicle manufacturers, independent parts makers and the United Auto Workers union. The task force is co- chaired by UAW direct- or for Canada, Robert White, and Patrick La- velle, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Asso- ciation of Canada. The trade policy changes recommended by the task force would require ail vehicle manufacturers sellng i the Canadian market to make binding com- mitments - phased in over a period of time - comparable to the commitments presently undertaken by- auto- makers operating under the Canada-U.S. Auto Pact. Vehicle makers which meet these com- mitments would be aliowed duty-free ac- cess to the Canadian market. The objective is to en- sure that anyone -selling motor vehicles in the Canadian market wil make a commensurate commitment to produc- tion, investment, pur- chasing and jobs in Canada. Once that has been achleved, the report recommends, then the federal govern- ment should negotiate with ail autemakers an increase in the level of their commitment to Canada. The trade policy framework also identi- fies the need for Canada to develop strategies and incentives to en- courage the develop- mnent and expansion of a world-competitive imdi- genous automotive par- ts industry in Canada. "In formulating the trade policy framne- work,"1 the summary of the report says, "the task force has attempt- ed to find a balance be- tween free trade and protectionism. The direction we have pur- sued provides for duty free entry of vehicles and components - if off- shore manufacturers are, in turn, sensitive to the needs of Canada's economy." The report aiso em- phasizes that its propos- ais are no different'from those already in place in other -auto-produclng nations: "Our proposai does not break new ground; rather it follows the leàd of other countries determined to develop and maintain modem and efficient automotive industries." And, i fact, the pro- posais track the tradi- tional Canadian ap- proach to auto trade policy. The trade policy recommendations are a key part of a broad auto policy strategy mapped out in the report which emphasized a sound labor management cli- mate and on-going con- sultation between gov- ernment and industry participants. The recommendations also include correction of tax inequities; encourage- ment of technological innovation; retraining of workers; and provi- sions to ensure that any structural changes in the industry will occur with minimal negative effects on workers and their communities. The t.ask force rec- omxnends tbat' until such time as the govern- metn Is able to impie- ment the proposed trade pollcy framework, the current voluntary re- straint arrangement with the Japanese pro- ducers should be 9ttengthened and con- tinued. The task' force was created just last Decem- ber and its report repre- sents, according to tas. force spokesmen, the achievement of a con- sensus within a fairly short perÎod of time, "with ail sorts of com- promises on ail sides." The report itself is a serious examination of the Canadian auto in- dustry, tracing the de-' velopmnent of the indus- try, the effect of the Auto Pact, the impact of offshore ,competitors and the overali import-, ance of the auto indus- try to the Canadian economy. Its findings show that auto, manufacturing is an industry 'of funda- mental importance- to the Canadian economy. It accounts for 100,000 direct jobs and another 100,000 in direct jobs in Canada and supplies 60 per cent of Canada's ex- ports in manufactured goods. Furthermore, its im- portance to Canada will continue to be as vital in the future as the key role it currently plays in the Canadian economy. With Canada's competi- tive advantage in re- sources and energy, wlth her highly skiiled workforce, with produc- tivity and quality as high as any in the U.S., Europe, or1 Australia, and with the major com- mitments in investment made by the, domestic producers which have made the Canadian automnotive ihdustry modern and highly pro- ductive, Our auto manu- facturing sector bas a vital future which the Canadian government can only Ignore at this country's economic peril, the report says. Because, the report says, even wlth its hlgh productivity, the Canadian industry faces limitations which cor- porate action alone can- not solve. "Despite the strengths of the Cana- dian automotive in- dustry, institutional barriers wil limit the abiity of our industry to compete with offshore imports in the absence of a revised trade poilcy environment," the report says. Offshore imports now account for three of 10 cars sold in the Cana- dian market - the seven- th largest in the world. But since offshore auto makers have littie or no production in this coun- try, Canada is denied any benefit either for the economy or in jobs from this large market segment. The Whitby Public LiIbrary will have an exhibition of water- colours by Oshawa ar- tist John Van Bruggen, from July 4 to 29 in its auditorium. 1For this exhibition, entltled "The Interior World", the artist has selected 27 paintings completed over the past tWo years. A majority of works are drawn fr ten month stay in sterdam and froni ther travels in Soul France and Italy. The works reveal artist's playful chant for a sort "ivisual punz whereby famillar o] ts 0f everyday perience are inad tently displacedf Speakmg to You W:zm BysCoTT ' FENNELL, M.P. (PC - Ontarjo) Durlng the past week the Progressive Cona vative Party moved speedily to pass leglslatior create a Canadian Aviation Safety Board.1 presnt concern for aviationi safety was initlated the Conservatives and 1 strongly favoured passage of thlsBill. In 1979, when the Clark government was in offi Transport Minster Don Mazankowski actedj mediately on our election promise and appoin Justice Charles Dubin to head a much-nee inquiry into aviation safety. Dubin carried ou complete reviewof air safety across Canada anc 1981 published three volumes of recommendation Dubin wrote that the standards of Canac aviation safety were not as good as internationa set standards, part of the reason for this was U aviation safety was becomlng increasingiy subji to political consideration. There was, for exam; a Canadian content requirement that in one insfi ce led to the purchase of inferlor equlpment. Dul also reported that equipment instailed at airpo was out of date and asafety hazard. Conservatives regard aviation safety as a cruc issue. The new legislation creates a board, remoy from government intervention, wbich wil vestigate air -accidents and hazards te aviat safety. The investigations will ail be made public. The most serlous drawback i the proceedings that Dubin banded in bis thre volume. reporl years ago. The present legisiation only acts ont recommendations of the firat volume and it h taken two years for the Liberals te, produce tl vltally important legislation. Wth the frequency of air accidents, our party i it was of the utmoet importance te move this]E qulckly to proteet flot only air transport passengei but also members of the general public who can ad b. ùdured as a restat of an airpiane accident. om a their normal contexts SAln- and- in their new ifur- surrounding, acquire thern' novel and unforseen dimensions of meaning. i the The artist's "interior Pen- worid" candidly ex- -t 0 f press a state of mind liirgpy which finds a com- bjec- pellng interest 'in the ex- world 0f children. Iver- John Van Bruggen from graduated fir om'the On- tario Colege of Art in 1980. Since' then he has exhibited at Gailery 76 i Toronto and twice in the Oshawa Art Assqciation Annual Show, winming two honourable mentions and a purchase award. He is currently exhibiting at the McQuaig Gallery in Toronto. In addition, during the past year John has taught - chidren's art classes both at the Durham McLaughlin Gailery iser- and at the Durham n t Board of Education Art The Camp in Haliburton.' d by The, artist's most the recent achievement was the completion of a Fc, comic book story, in ace, collaboration with bis ate brother Anthony. The ýded story, entitled "Swine it a Song" wWllb. published ýd in by Vortex Comics in n. July. lin The officiai Opeming [an Ngt for the exhibition that frome held on July 8 ject fremets 9 p.m. pie, sereci. nt will b. tan- evd bin Drts CURTAIN CLEAN-UP cial To remove soap ved deposit or mildew from i- a plastic shower cur- ion tain, place it in the - washing machine and X is fil with hot water. Add t 2 two bath towels and 75 the millilitres (one-third lias cup) each of detergent bis and bleach. Run the wasber tbrough the en- felt tire cycle, then rinse 311 again in plain bot eter ~rs, te which at least 250 mL hso (one cup) of vinegar has been added. - Car winner TORONTO , .... A Whitby resident has become a Super Loto auto winner in June 26 bonus draw, the Ontario Lottery Corporation an- nounced today.. Sally 'Kent, of St. Peter St., won a General Motors Grand Prix. The cars were part of aspecial promotion featuring 500 Canadian- produced ,automobiles as bonus prizes in both te May 29 and June 26 raws. I The draws .ais featredreglarp* of $1 million an $100,000, and thousands of other prizes. To date, 397 of the Maycars (97 in Ontario), have been claimed across Canada; 92 of the June cars (31 in On- tario) have also bewm Thserwflibe pru.t. to the wlnner at a local dealership within the next few weeks. 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