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PAGE 4. WEDNIESDAY, MAY 2,1979, WIIITBY FREE PRESS whitby f Published vrWensa and Photography Inc. àI The Free Press Buling Volce of the County Town Michael Ian BurgBssq Publisher - Managiflg Editor I 13 Brock Street North, The.oniy Whltby newspaper independently owned and operated by Whltby residents for Whltby residents. P.O. Box 206, Whltby, 01 ig, Int. CommunityEditOt -Brian Winter Contributiflg Efior -JIM QUail Droductiofl Manager *Marj Burgess Puint & promotionai -Robin Lyon Manager Classified Ad -Leesa Menard Mailing Permit No. 460 Member of theý Better Business Bureau of Torontb Whitby Chamber of Commerce - i Carson has conflict reader Dear Sir: It is becoming apparent that a certain local Brooklin counicillor is operatlng In such a man- ner as to raise the ques- tion of whether there is a confllct of interest lnvolved. Thaf Councillor is Bob Carson. At the present time he is: 1) An elecfed councIllor and a mem ber of the fown planning commlftee (at present iookIng into BrooklIn development.) 2) A member of the Brooklln Buslnessmen'5 Association. 3) A real estate agent. His Intimate knowledge of the, latest develop- ments' within the town planning department give him an unfair advan- tage, when dealing :-with local people in theý buying and selling of property. At present time his is also actively engaged ln, plans which are aimed at furthering the interests of oniy hirrseif and his downtown business asso- suggests > cates. Councliior Joe Drumm has recentiy mentioned that it appears Mr. Carson's interest seems to be narrowed down ta the local business people. Mr. Carson was elected f0 represent al1 of the people of the North Ward of Whitby and there are a lot of people who are not in favour of Consolldated Building Corp.'s idea of the w'ay Brooklin shouid progress. Urging Mr. Carson to either quit the reai estate business or resign his eiected position now wouid be like ciosing the barn door after the horse got away since most par- cels of land immediately surrounding Brooklin have been bought up by developers' thanks to him and his'feilow real estate agents. This matter bears in- vestigating, by town conibut will they do- it? Namnewithheld by request of Brooklin resident. EDITOR'S NOTE, The fol lowing is a letter from Oshawa Mayor Jim Potticary to the Durham South Area Council Presi- dent of the Ontario Public Se rvice Employees Union, outlining his municipaiityý's position regarding bus service ln the Town of Whitby. The OPSEU, had expressed concernabu the proposed cancellation of 'bus service f0 the Durham Centre for the Developmentally Handi- capped, Whitby Psychia- fric Hospital and Dr. J. Ruddy General Hospital. Mr. Ken Thi1bea u, President, Durham South, Area Council, Box 613, Durham Centre, House 13,- Whitby, Ontario Li N 5S9 Dear Mr. Thibeau: I want to thank you very much for sending me a copy of your letter to Mayor Gartshore regarding bus service f0o theý Whitby Psychiatric H-ospital. Weoffered the, service of the Oshawa Public Uti- tities Commnissioni transit system to the Town' of Whtby, hoýeverFthey would not accepf - if as fhey said if was, too costly. As a matter of fact, the service was offered ta the Town of Whitby at cost. i arn surprised that your people do nof put pressure on the Town Council because i recently heard they spent $750,OOto build a marina for boat owners down at the' harbour. Maybe you could take this up with the Town CounciL and ask themn why thi 's was done when you so badly needed a bus service. Thank you again for advising me of your problem. Yours very truly, James H. Potticary, Mayor, City of Oshawa. Main strea m Canaa A'Dicey Issue By- W. Roger Worth Robert Bertrand is not your average bureaucrat. Armi- ed with a sheaf of degrees from some of the word's leading universities, Bertrand is now slugging it out in the trenches, attempting to pro-' teet Canada's independent businesses from being squeez- Thanks to the theatre Dear Editor: Thank -you and the Whifby Theatre for another fine season of free viewings for Senior Cifizens at the Whitby Cenfennial Building. -You for making us awareof the free nights by distri- buting your paper in our vicinify and the Whitby players for being s0 gene- rous in making the free' nights available. Conduct Unbecoming was excel- lent and for ail those who weren't there we can only say if was much better than most of the highly publicized extravaganzas shown on television. We hope we can again visit the Whitby Theatre nexf, season. Yours sinceretLV John Livingstoné R. R. 1 Locust Hill, Ontario. Preser've old bridge says reader EDITOR'S NOTE The following is a copy- of a letter from a Whitby citizen f0 the Region of Durham asking for pre- servation of an oid bridge across Pringle Creek on Grand Trunk Sftreet, beside the Victoria Street CNR crossing. To the Clerk, Mr. Lundy: Re:'Grand Trunk Street Old'Bridge. in 1976 I requested the Town of Whlfbyf0 pre- serve for historical pur-, poses the old bridge which crosses the Pringle Creek. This bridge was moved f0 that site from a town- ship road affer the f lood of 1927 by horse teams. This bridge could again be moved (on the landof L.E.R.) f0, the park site and be reused on the trail which will cross this land. This is an historical structure and must not be destroyed. - Thank you, Russ Wilde 305 Watson St. Whitby, Ont.. Curlers thank. the Free Press Gentlemen Curling Is now over for the yéar and I W'ish fo' express thanks on behaîf of the Whifby Curling Club for the excellent coverage -you have given us this pasf year. We appreciate the pub- licity received. Thank YYours in Curling, LaaSolly, <Publicity Director, Whltby Curling Club ed by large multinational companies. Bertrand's officiai titie is Director of Investigation and Research,enforcingCaflada's Combines Investigation Act, but he's also an advocate of new legisiation forcing stronger competition, per- haps reducing consumer prices. What's unusual is t hat govemnment bureaucrat Ber- trand bas been allowed to be so publicly outspoken in his denunciation of big busi- ness, seemingly damning the kingpins of Canadian com- merce every chance he gets. "It's a wonder Bertiand stili has a job," says Toron- to businessman Gordon. Quinn. "He realiy bits big Roger Worth is Director, Public Affairs, Canadwan Federation of Independent Business. business where it hurts, charg- ing the multinationals are less than competi tive, in addition to squeezing independent companies." What so upsets Bertrand, ithe successful 1O0-year bat- tde waged by major firms to delay tough, new competi- tion legisiation, bringing Ca- nadian law more, mto lime with standards in the U.S. .The multinationals, oq the other hand, argue vehement- Iy the changes woulat hait needed integration of larger firms, depriving them of the economies of scale that allow cheap production, both for Canadian ýand international markets. Not so, says Bertrand, re- futing presentations made by every major Iobbying group from the powerful Business Council on National Issues to the Canadian Construction Association. '"Every time protected big business has a chance it sim- ply doesn't compete with the rest of the world," 'ýhe says. "Northern -Electric, for ex- ample, sells telephones cheap- er in the U.S. than it does in Canada. How corne?" Bertrand 'also says the multinationais are taking ad- vantageof their position by squeezing small firms, driv- ing some of them out of business. He cites the petroleum companies, concrete manu- facturers, the tire producers and the steel and forestry in- dustries as sectors where big firms are using unfair meth- ods to drive independent distributors and processors out of business. "Some big companies that both- manufacture. products and compete with distribu- tors and processors atý the re- tail and wholesale levels use a 'double pricing system to sq ueeze the competition," says Bertrand. "In some cases, the big firms' price' to the end user is less than the wholesale price to the independent distributor." Bertrand claims many smaller companies, are at' least as, efficient - perhaps more effic ient - than their multinational counterparts. "SmaIl firms are beating the hell out of larger com-, panies, particularly in areas where innovation is imnpor- tant," he says. "The sma 'IL and mediurn-sized business' sector is dynamite in the ta- nadian economy." Berirand's solution to thé' situation as it exista: "Wp need a new competitionbt, and we need it now," he aya. "The surVival of our indepen- dent business conimunity .hangs in the balance.". \ 'N 'N 0 Town turned dow n bus says Oshawa mayor* lu ............