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â€" Epp predicting unilateral action He said his conviction stems from discussions he‘s University of Waterloo professor Frank Epp says he‘s convinced the Trudeauâ€"government will attempt to patriate the constitution this fall, with or without the unanimous consent of provincial premiers. In an interâ€" view, Epp said "I don‘t think they (the Liberals) will wait for all the premiers to agree‘‘ before acting on bringing home.the constitution. Epp was the unsuccessful had with Mark McGuigan, _ tion home" he said. "I think Liberal candidate for Waâ€" Canada‘s external affairs they‘ll make every effort to terloo riding in the last two minister and from "the genâ€" get the support of the preâ€" federal elections and is eral approach‘‘ of the Li miers. but I don‘t think former president of Conrad â€" beral party to constitutional they‘ll wait for all the preâ€" Grebel College at the U of reform. miers to agree." W, where he now teaches. "I feel they (the Liberals) And Epp said he would ‘Unparty‘ has â€" â€"radical goals IF TALKS FAIL TORONTO â€" A new poâ€" litical party â€" named the Unparty has submitted a 13,000 signature petition to the Ontario governâ€" ment‘s Commission on Election Contributions and Expenses for regisâ€" tration as an official party in the province. ‘‘The past two elecâ€" tions,"‘ said Mary Lou Gutscher, Unparty Chairman, "have finally proven to many Canaâ€" dians that the parties elected to government have lied about their proâ€" mises to reduce the size of government. The Unâ€" party was formed in Feâ€" bruary 1980 with one purâ€" pose: massive cuts to goâ€" vernment at all three levels â€" federal, provinâ€" cial and municipal. And we mean to do it." . Other Unparty officials indicated that ntembers are organizing riding asâ€" sociations and provincial parties across Canada. Plans were. also anâ€" nounced for nationâ€"wide advertising campaigns to solicit members and back up local activities. *‘We expect to attract many people who are poâ€" 126th Year * No. 35 * Wednesday, August 27, 1980 * 25 Cents at the Newstand ‘I feel they (the Liberals) all believe the time has come to bring the constituâ€" litically inexperienced," said Gutscher. ‘"The Unâ€" party has developed courses and materials to overcome this situation and we hope to realize an elected representative for every 1,000 members in the Party." To name just a few issues, â€"the Unparty would like to: abolish the Ontario Censor Board, the Niagara Escarpment Commission, all governâ€" ment expropriation, taxâ€" ation, subsidies, U.ILC., OHIP, all agricultural marketing boards, all goâ€" vernment _ regulatory agencies; turn all posâ€" sible government businâ€" esses such as the Post Ofâ€" fice. Hydro, VIA Rail etc. into private comâ€" panies; balance the budâ€" get. stop printing inflaâ€" tionary money, and sell off all government assets to pay off debts., The Unparty will be Ontario‘s seventh poliâ€" tical party to register with the Commission. There are eleven other political organizations circulating petitions in Ontario. By Philip Jalsevac Staff Writer EK INSIDE He said "I would be disapâ€" pointed if the government doesn‘t have a contingency plan if the prem iers don‘t Epp said "the federal goâ€" vernment ha an obligation to consult (the provinces) in good faith. It has also an obâ€" ligation to act. The time to act will be after the Sepâ€" tember conference." ‘"A number of people, inâ€" cluding _ Mr. â€" (Walter) McLean (Conservative MP for Waterloo riding ) are tryâ€" ing to make an issue of the (ad}> campaign,"" he said. And Epp said he would agree with unilateral action by the federal government if talks fail among the first ministers, meeting in Sepâ€" tember on the constitutional issue. Epp also chstised those who would criticize the goâ€" vernment‘s recent televiâ€" sion advertising campaign, designed to gear the public to constitutional reform. In a report in last week‘s edition of the Chronicle, McLean said he believes the Trudeau government "has. by and large, written off the possibility of getting a .conâ€" sensus * from the premiers. He said that is probably the reason the government has initiated its advertising campaign, in order to set the stage for a national reâ€" ferendum on bringing home the constitution. "I‘m rather skeptical of the motives of the Trudeau government (in the ad camâ€" paign)," he said. _ Epp said he could ‘"emâ€" pathize‘‘ with those who complain about the adverâ€" (Continued on page 5) Oscar‘s got the best garden SEE PAGE 10 â€"â€"Stations still divided â€" By the Chronicle Staff City service station operators remain divided on changing or scrapping the byâ€" law that restricts the hours of sale for gas, but a proposal to extend hours to 9 p.m. may get a sympathetic ear in the next round of discussions in September â€" At a city hall meeting last night, about a dozen operators said they were opâ€" posed to totally unrestricted hours. : _â€" About half were in favor of some major change, such as opening up the hours from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. â€" giving an on gas sales bylaw Beaupre off to Minnesota â€" SEE PAGE 14 extra two hours of sale time â€" whiile the other half wanted the bylaw to stay as it is or with some minor modifications. At present, operators in both Waterioo and Kitchener can only remain open for the sale of gas from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and not on Sundays. § They,are permitted to remain open during restricted hours only one week out of the month on a rotating basis. . ~â€"The operators gave their views at a meeting of the city‘s service station adâ€" {Continued on page 3)