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Mainstream Canada. Canadians say "No" to postal increase | By Tony Carlson Talk to people on the average street in Canada and, chances are, four out of five will tell you they oppose any increase in the price of stamps. They're not saying that because they are against all price hikes on principle. Rather, they feel an in- crease is unjustified con- sidering the service they get from Canada Pogt. That's the finding of a recently released: Gallup poll in which 81.5 per cent of respondents said a rate hike is unwarranted. Only 6.6 per cent supported an increase and 8.5 per cent ~ said objection. That's an overwhelming majority in a survey that is accurate within 3 per cent they'd have no- 95 times out of 100. It's significant, too, because it does not repre- sent the complaints of special interest groups with familiar axes to grind. To . be sure, the poll was com- missioned by the Coalition Against Postal Abuse (CAPA), a group of more than three dozen business, professional and other non- profit organizations which have concerns with the way that the post office does business. : But the pollsters ad- ministered the survey in- dependently and in accor- dance with the rules of statistical accuracy to monitor the general public's opinion. The result is the voice of average Canadians, of all ages, all regions, all walks of life, all political stripes saying they've had enough of paying for the inefficien- cy that is fast becoming synonymous with Canada Post. The poll was conducted last fall, just before the post office backed off its plan to raise rates and imposed a price freeze until the end of March. But CAPA did not release the results then out of respect for the sensitivity of negotiations between'the Crown corporation and its major unions. Now, with the ink bare- ly dry on a tentative agree- ment with inside postal workers, senior post office executives are in the final stages of unveiling a rate increase. It would be the third since 1981, back when you could send a recipe to Aunt Minnie or a photo of Junior to Grandma for 17 cents. The price has risen 88 per cent, far above the inflation rate for the same period. The announcement, coming as the country heaves a collective sigh of relief that the economy is not to be crippled by yet another postal strike, leaves crucial questions unaswered. First, of course, how much will the increase be and when will it hit? Second, will those in power - both within the post office and in govern- Terrace Bay-Schreiber News, Wednesday, August 28, 1985, page 11 ment - persist in this in- crease in the face of such substantial opposition from clients and _ voters, respectively? Certainly the post office has made some progress in reducing its deficit, getting a handle on some of the in- ternal problems that plagued it when it was a government department. But there remains much it can do by tightening its own belt rather than pass- ing on its excessive costs to the public. Surely, the opinions of the people of this land ought to count for something. Acid rain has killed fish in lakes By Dan Cass Acid rain has become the most publicized en- Business Directory A Gord Moorey _ Shoreline Insurance Brokerage Ltd. 825-9492 Home ® Auto ® Life © Business additions. window and Electrical. Contracting Poured foundation, framing, insula- ting, drywalling, and taping, textured ceilings, trimming, Kitchen replacement, alumium and wood siding. Plumbing Call Guy Vanee 825-3676 renovating and cupboards, sundecks, 345-2307 "WE GIVE A CARE" FURNITURE & APPLIANCES South Court St., at Fort William Road Thunder Bay, Ont. 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Of the lakes tested, six were total- ly dead (had no fish at all), and many others suffered severely reduced fish populations, especially trout species. The lakes had been apparently normal between 40 and 50 years ago, Dr. Harvey says. The study measured the effects of acidification of lakes at different distances from a pollution source, a single sintering plant. The plant has been in operation since 1939, and was ex- panded in the late 1940s. It now produces about 225,000 tonnes of sulphur dioxide a year, Dr. Harvey says. The Wawa site was chosen since it had a very low background pollution level. *'When we tested in Sudbury, and when INCO shut down (on two occa- sions, for approximately one year each time), we couldn't detect a difference (in the pollutants), so much was coming from the United States," says Dr. Harvey. 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