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PAGE 4 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1981 understanding the difâ€" ference between the J# S3 You don‘t need reminding that almost everything costs a lot more now than it did almost 3 years ago â€" the time of the last postal increase. * But, can you imagine how much operatâ€" ing costs have risen for the postal system that serves the second largest country in the world? The cost of operating and fueling our vast transportation network, the cost of essenâ€" tial equipment and the cost of our work force have all risen substantially. in spite of our best efforts, the combined effects of these increased operating costs have brought Canada Past to the point where it does not have the financial resources necessary to follow through on important steps being taken to improve service. By MARK WESSEL Public opinion is Some of the steps we want to take are: introduce more extensive quality control aiming at a consistent mail service within 4 â€" WA rERLOU UMWIUORRCLLE , PPR LAARRARMITN O , MR D e T C McLean calls ruling ‘ammunition‘ â€" _ It‘s been stretched for almost 3 years. Canada Postâ€"setting things straight for the future. Postes fine letter of the law Mclean said in an and parliamentary interview the recent comvention, says Waâ€" Supreme Court deciâ€" terloo Counservative â€" sion on patriation of.the MP Walter McLean. constitution gives opâ€" We can‘t stretch it McLean said in an interview the recent Supreme Court deciâ€" sion on patriation of.the implement a new serviceâ€"monitoring some of tnese pIanned Tait process which will improve reliability. seen in the following table: Expand letter carrier delivery within many oA nce ieemmmmmnns umm aommmemmcnnmontenmene comemncne communities to provide more complete 1st Class letter in Canada 0â€"30 service. int Ploaaa Intfortnl1IS A Nâ€"3N Increase the avallablmgrol specialized mail services such as Priority Post, Special! Delivery and Electronic Mail. Taking positive action. By soon becoming a public corporation, Canada Post will have the freedom to operate as a more responsive and efficient business, and eventually stop being a subâ€" * sidized arm of government with its resulting burden on the taxpayer. _ But no business can be healthy or effiâ€" cient if it fails to recognize and adapt to the economic realities in which it must function. And the present realtity is that the existing postal rates do not reflect the costs involved in running Canada‘s mail service the way it should be run. _ o _ it is for this reason that Canada Post plans the implementation of new postal rates early next year. Canada position to the Liberal government plan "reâ€" newed ammunition." The court ruled that _ while the government‘s initiative is strictly sent, which the legal, it is unconstitu ruled by 6â€"3 is a tional in that it is proâ€" _ from convention. m without subâ€" McLean said continâ€" stantial provincial con ued discussion since Some of these planned rates can be Canada Post has a national responsibility toprovideflumtroliableandoonplflc mail service possible. The implementation of these new rates is necessary if revenues mtobebrotmnminmmmw- ing expenses ... necessary to ease the > burden of a deficit on the taxpayer. And nmthnmm'damwytodw Canada t to become, through improved service, one of the best mail systems in 1st Class letter in Canada 0â€"30gm _ 30¢ 1st Class letter to U.S.A. O0â€"30gm . 35¢ Parcel Post same city 1kilo $1.10 1st Class Parcel! e.g. Montreal to Vancouver 1 kilo $3.35 Special Delivery $1 plus 1st Class Postage tituâ€" â€" ruled by 6â€"3 is a break the court decision has fostered "a growing McLean said the fedâ€" eral government‘s atâ€" tempt to patriate the constitution with its proposed charter of rights and amending formula will jeopardize the current power structure between the federal government and the provinces. understanding of the He said the federal government is content to take its proposals to Westminster alone, beâ€" cause it will come away with greater powers over the provâ€" ‘"‘The underlying reaâ€" son (for unilateral acâ€" tion) is to ram through their proposals and gain a greater control of resources... it‘s a money grab,"" said The eight provinces opposing the federal government, known as are concerned the proâ€" posed charter of rights will curtail existing provincial powers. MclLean charged Trudeau‘s government with trying to consoliâ€" date federal powers at the expense of the billion cutback of fedâ€" eral transfer payments to the provinces next year. The program afâ€" fected is known as the Established â€" Fundings m (EFP) conâ€" sisti$ of aid for post secondary education, health care and social services. While cutbacks in the EFP are within federal jurisdiction, McLean said the move illusâ€" trates how the federal government is making decisions without conâ€" sulting the provinces. He said the Trudeau government has to conâ€" form to the dictates of federalism ‘‘by reâ€" its other (provincial) partners." Because there is no hard and fast soluâ€" tion," to patriating the constitution, said McLean, there should be further discussion on the matter. Now that the courts have ruled patriation of the constitution legal, the federal govâ€" ernment has anâ€" nounced it will hold a twoâ€"day parliamentary debate before proceedâ€" ing to Westminster. McLean said the Conâ€" servatives will ‘"wait to see what the provinces have to say," on the latest developments before formulating their own strategyâ€" ‘"None of us has A clear idea on what to do right now,‘*‘ he said. An example, he said, the proposed $1.5 rights of