on*. The Trudeau government is moving cautiously in a very interesting and a brand new direction as far as the foreign publications are concerned in this country. The aim is to drop special' tax concessions for, mostly, American-based magazines. The new policy, if implemented by our govern- ment, will very much affect the future of two of the-biggest American published magazines in Canada, -Tirñe and the Reader's Digest. Time magazine-alone has over 3 million BIRD'S EYE feaders in Canada. Soon affernthe government intentions were made public, the spokesmenf for both publications warned the Trudeau cabinet that they may quit publishing the so-called "Cana- dian" editions. I don't think that too many Canadians are terribly con- cerned about Time and Reader's Digest's future right here in Canada. What I don't understand is why, in the first place, such tax concessions were granted by Ottawa. After aill, Time like any other magazine is a privately-owned enterprise, in business to make money. It just happened that both these publications have access to the public opin: - - ion and they can influence sorne of the readers to theirown benefit with a help from the government;- Therefore, the move. to discard the tax privilege-s isa wise one. Time magazine will still be distributed in Canada and Canadians will be able to find some news about themselves, just in a smaller dosage. I see nothing wrong with this..However, I hate the opinion as expressed in some quarters that the Trudeau government is anti-American and trying very hard to suppress the freedom of the press. Basically, the people in Ottawa have some good intentions, hoping that some of 'y ~S~: r VIEW No End -JIN gAIL In S*ightIel I didn't win the lottery! So what else is new? Had I bought all the tickets but one the other ticket would have been the winning ticket. I've often thought if I ever held any kind of a winning ticket it would be just my luck to give them the wvrong answer to the simple skill testing ques- tion they give you to qualify for your prize. It's not that I have a lot of bad luck you understand, it's just that 'things' happen to me. Take the other day for éxample, when I was zipping along the 401 in Toronto, minding my own business and obeying the laws to the best of my ability. From out of nowhere comes tiiis otiier car and it didn't take a hit on the head for me to come to the realization that this guy was intent on redesigning the front end on my car. After taking a quick glance around i assessed that I was indeed in the right lane but being a coward I decided to head for the wide open spaces on my right rather than stay in my own lane and wind up being dead right. The guard rail stopped my flight for freedom and the other guy got me. Only nine months ago I had my car completely gone over and repainted and this guy in a few short seconds tumed my car into a replica of the beaches at the invasion of Normandy. To-say I was a little bit annoyed would be a mild understatement. After all the the business with the police I pryed my front fender away from the wheel and drove to Doctor Jaciw's office in' Whitby for a checkup. When it came time to have the car repaired a friend of mine, Don Anstey, suggested I take it to Gus Brown Motors because he works there and he- said their body shop did excellent work. I took him at his word and turned my wrecked car over to Glen Salter the body shop manager and then made arrangemehts to rent a car while my mine was in being fixed. I asked Gary Hooey, the rental manager, if he had a car that had a standard transmission and he gave me one of those looks. So I got stuck with an automatic - a new Pontiac with only 800 miles on it and the darn thing took only unleaded gas. Not having a reason to seek out gas stations with nonleaded gas before,. driving that car pre- sented me with a lot of problems. It also consumed gasoline about twice as quickly as my faithful old buggy and one night in Toronto I almost ran out in.the wee hours of the morning. Well as I have said many times before I know I don't live right. i don't need a lightning bolt to come down out of the sky to convince me so in keeping with tradition while I had Gus Brown's brand new rental car in Toronto one night some joker hit the left front fender and took off leaving me to pay for the damages which were in excess of $75. I was speechless - for about three seconds but I can't write here what my exact words were when my tongue became unglued. Driving home all I could think of was how Gus Brown Motors would react when I returned théir brand new car slightly crinkled. To .top things off the insurance company wouldn't pay because the insurance carried on the rental is $250 deductible and as the damages were less than that it meant I got stuck with the bill unless I could find the hit and run driver. I don't have to tell youwhat those oddscome to. I guess it was no surprise to me because from experience I always expect the worst.' In the month and a half preceed- ing the car accident the starter burned out on the car, the motor burned out on the furnace in the house and during one of my Scuba diving classes somebody stole a $100 diving regulator. So at the time of this writing my car is back on the road, Gus Brown Motors Is busy straightening out a wrinkled fender on one of their new cars and I an wandering arou'nd WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESpAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1076, PAGI the money derived from nation-wide advertisers will be us to promote Canadian-based newspapers and magazinesà sincerely, hope that this would happen. I would like to s more Canadian publications which could mean more jol for Canadian writers, photographers, artists and general people who now find it difficult to survive, working fi some of our lesser-known magazines. Most of-tiée time, tl Canadian magazines are beset with financial problems ar lack of talent. While, theoretically, the proposed change in Ottav looks good, I'm sure sorne new problems will surface. F< ~once, the word "Canadian" would have to be used le: patiiotically. It is one thing to be a proud Canadian, bi quite another thing to be able to produce a sellable produ( This week, the word is out that Maclean's may sta a new weekly magazine. A darn good idea, But, there is problem which may enter the overall picture - the inabilit to produce an attractive and well-researched magazine. i takes talent and a heck of a lot of money. Are we reall ready for this giant step in the Canadian journalism? Tim will tell. New Travel, Agency Opens "Your travel is our busi- ness." That's the motto of Rus- sell Travel, a' new travel agency which will open in Whitby on Monday. A husband and wife team AI and Linda Russell, will operate out of 116 Brock Street South, formerly Perfection Bakery, across from Stripe Discount. Mayor Des Newman wil be on hand for a ribbon-cut- ting ceremony to mark the official opening of the agency Everyone is welcome to attend the opening. A lunch- eon will be served. The Russells aren't new to the travel business. AI and Linda have a total of 10 years experience, six in the Whitby area. Prior to this, AI worked for Air Canada as a salesman. A unique trademark of Russell Travel will be twice monthly, travelogues.. I wi.l be thé only travel agency in the area to provide this valuable service. Watch the Free Press for advertising as to dates, times and subject destination. The agency will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mon- day, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday and from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday. A FATE WORSE THAN DEATH... "You know if I wasn't being held here there's no way I'd pose for a picture with a girl! Priscilla is looking through the fence pretending I'm not here....but she KNOWS I'm here. Anyway I'll make the best of a bad situation andintroduce myself: l'm Sam. We're both domestic shorthairs (but I'm cuter). I'm a neutered male (obviously) and 'Pris' is a spayed Female. Pris is only one year old. 'n one and a half! We've both had ail our shots and are litter trained. They say we're both affectionate and I must grudgingly admit Pris isn't really too bad for a GIRL. We're out behind the Ontario Humane Society on Ihickson Road North in Whitby but if you stop at the office they'll show you where we are." Free Press Photo by Mike Burgess in my usual dazed manner waiting for the next disaster to strike. The one nice thing about waiting for these little disasters to strike is that they never keep me waiting too long. Take this past week for instance. I have only had the car back out on the road for less than a week. It runs great looks great and it is a real pleasure for me to shift gears again and drop into any gas station - unleaded gas or not. But my jinx gremlin is still out there somewhere because yesterday my big television set quit and half an hour after that the biggest speaker on my stereo went up in smoke for seemingly no reason. Now you and I know there must have been a good reason but Il probably never discover what it was. And even after all this somehow I know there's no end in sight! Lemsu Kworld THE FAILIY HOBBY CENTR E SHOPS UP TOP IN THE OSHA WA C"ENTRE 723-3393 MACHINE ERMS. Reg. Noir $17"0 Tinted $20» Bleached $2500 La Contessa Beauty Lounge 119 Green St. 668-9262 Scientology The Church of Sciento- logy will present a. free lec- ture on Sunday in Oshawa. 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