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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 5, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press monday february 5, 1968 Ottawa Quebec continued ment in which their representatives Are in a minority or. Johnson declares that any new will Lia Veijo be the product of an agreement our two Ottawa s stand is that the English speaking provinces must act at once to adopt the recommendations made by the Royal commission on bilingual ism and . In its first report issued in Decem Ber. The consequences of not doing now could the statement warns. These that Ontario and new Bruns Wick declare themselves now As officially bilingual provinces and that the others follow., suit in districts where Diane comprise at least 10 per cent of the population. With this essential item out of the Way the conference could then set motion for a study of other Constitution Al matters. The Federal View is that this should be done in a series of constitutional conferences Over the next two years. It gives lowest priority to a new sharing of economic pow ers the area in which Provin Cial leaders have already expressed the most interest. The premiers Are hoping for in creased taxing Powers. On the Issue of French Lan Guage a and education rights Ottawa acknowledges there will be real and practical difficulties in adopting them and of fers assistance province that requests it. And we realize unhappily that there will be some people who jul oppose the very Princi ple of granting to French canadians in English speaking can Ada the rights which English speaking canadians enjoy in Quebec the policy document says. _ it Calls on the premiers to Lead the Way to a policy of linguistic Equality. The Federal government says the second item of priority to dealt with at further conferences should be the Central institutions of the nation including the Senate and the supreme court Canada. The Senate might be reshaped to become the special guardian of individual rights including Protection of bilingualism. Ottawa takes a firm stand however against granting the provinces any direct participation in International affairs say ing there is no evident need to provide the provinces with Spe Cial Powers n this Fiel genuine my my thrust Back Collar toilet tank Ball America s largest seller the master instantly the flow of water after Flushing. At hardware stores at Odds this could Lead to separate foreign policies separate relations with other states separate representation at United states and separate embassies. But it would mean More than that. Separatism abroad would Lead to separatism at Home. We should make no mis take about this is in direct opposition to one of Quebec s major de Ottawa s policy also leaves Little room for provincial encroachment in tax and eco nomic Fields. It says the Federal government m t have the Power be tween persons in order to equalize Opportunity across the country. This would involve As it does now the rights to make payments to individuals for the purpose of supporting their in come age Security pensions unemployment insurance family1 the right to make payments to provinces for the purpose of equalizing the Levels of Provin Cial government services. It must involve too the Powers of taxation which would enable the Federal government to tax those Best Able to contrib Ute to these As its contribution to bilingualism the Federal govern ment will introduce at the next session of parliament an official languages act to make English and French offi Cial languages in every sphere of Federal activity. The legislation would include establishment of a commissioner of official languages. Who would be charged with ensuring respect for the status of both official languages. Life in peril Escapee continued at the same hearing Rice pleaded not guilty to charges of housebreaking with intent to steal Rand Auto theft and was remanded to March 12 for trial. Court was told Rice had been imprisoned i n a minimum Security Section of the Penitentiary known As the farm Annex. Had walked away from the . Jan. 21 during an exercise session on a skating Ricky court was told. Rice had walked South on Highway 7 to the perimeter Highway then hitchhiked to Winnipeg. He was apprehended Jan. 22 by two truck i Drivers on Nanton Boulevard Tuxedo court was told. Sam Wilder Rice s lawyer said his client had been serving a five year term for robbery and would have been released in 1969. Trouble with the other prisoners got so bad on one occasion he tried to commit or. Wilder said. Or. Wilder said Rice had spoken to prison officials about threats from other prisoners but the officials had been apparent in unable to protect him. Provincial premiers and Federal ministers had to wait As workers mopped up inside the conference room at Ottawa today when a Radiator sprung a leak. The confederation room in the West Block of the parliament buildings is the scene of this week s Federal provincial conference on the Constitution. Pearson warns nation continued equally important is to recognize that it lies within our Power to p r e v. E n t this to remove the causes of Discon tent to Lay the groundwork for a great new act of accommodation which will ensure the Hopes and aspirations of All canadians. It is to nothing less than this that we must commit ourselves at this conference. This is not a usual occasion. It is a critical one and our decisions will be crucial for can or. Pearson urged adoption of French language and Educa Tion rights everywhere in can Ada of a constitutional charter of and agreement to embark on a comprehensive process of constitutional review. This review would give que Bec the largest possible scope for development of its own society and its own can Ada. But this process of change must be there be no doubt the continued existence of Canada As a single Federal or. Pear son said. He described As a whole set of illusions the suggestions made in Quebec that if the province were to secede it could then negotiate with Ottawa on of association with the rest of Canada. It is an illusion to think that a declared intention to seek a disputed divorce can be the basis for amicable and product t it e especially when the parties concerned Are still living in the same House or As next door neighbors. It May even illusion to think that in such Circum stances there would necessarily be an that could speak for the whole of English speak ing Canada. Indeed the whole proposal disguises the obvious fact that separation could not be carried out without rupture and loss and no special status Fay off a Diml Emsee Cash from Gac International makes piled up Bills disappear fast sweep Many monthly payments into one. Stop in or Call. Get acquainted with our one step Bill cleaning service. Gac International finance corp. Ltd. Loans up to Winnipeg 205 notre Dame 947-1321 near foliate continued they prefer no matter where they live. Premier g. I. Smith of Nova Scotia said his government is ready to do what it can to give French speaking citizens greater Equality in matters of language and culture. He would also stress the need for greater economic Equality across Canada and would present some arguments for lessening regional disparity in living standards particularly in the Atlantic provinces. Premier Alex Campbell noted that Prince Edward Island has already expressed agreement with the principle of a Bill of rights for All canadians and for the linguistic proposals of the bilingualism and commission Premier Louis j. Robichaud of new Brunswick whose prov Ince is about one third French speaking said Money is the big Gest obstacle to carry out these proposals in his province. If Ottawa wants us to do it they will have to give us the he said. The most expensive recommendation for new Brunswick would be providing for the Edu cation of children in either eng Lish or French in bilingual districts where the minority Lan Guage is spoken by 10 per cent or More of the population. French programs outlined All letters received in French by the Ontario govern ment will be answered in that language. All government departments will be encouraged to provide bilingual services in those Field offices located in areas where there is a sufficient concentration of French speaking per in addition the government will expand the facilities of its translation Bureau to Deal with communications in French. The government also will encourage the use of French in those Ontario municipalities having a sufficient concentration of French speak ing most of these communities Are located in Eastern land northeastern Ontario within the West backing ban act Ottawa up Canada s two Western most provinces were expected to make a Strong pitch for preservation of the British North America act and the constitutional status quo at today s opening session of the Federal provincial constitutional conference. Premiers w. A. of British Columbia and e. A. Manning of Alberta spent most of sunday night Over Battle plans with advisers in separate sections of the chateau Laurier. Premier Bennett took time out for an interview and announced he could t reason to make fundamental changes in the Constitution be cause it has worked very Well in the past 100 in a country with a sparse population spread Over half a continent it is wonderful How Well it has said the social credit Premier. The Only difficulty lies not Constitution itself but in the interpretation of Premier Manning was too Busy to talk to reporters sunday night and announced As he shut his hotel room door that Alberta will make its position perfectly Clear during the course of the conference. The Alberta Premier has been reticent about his government s position on bilingualism and by cultural ism but most observers expect he will take a line Simi Lar to or. Bennett s on constitutional matters. Each area has its differences and these should be fostered and said pre Mier Manning. Premiers Ross Thatcher of Saskatchewan arid Walter Weir of Manitoba were also unavailable for comment sunday night. It is expected both will take More moderate positions on the matter of language rights. Or. Thatcher a Liberal has said repeatedly that if broaden ing language rights in other provinces is necessary to keep Quebec in Canada he would favor Extension of French usage i Saskatchewan schools. Sources close to or. Weir say Manitoba s presentation will in clude a discussion on regional economic disparity and methods of amending the Constitution. Continued ukrainian Home National group re elects slate Nicholas l. I Lozetski of Winnipeg was re elected presi Dent of the ukrainian National Home association 582 Burrows Avenue at the association s annual meeting saturday. Other executive committee members for 1968 Are Daniel b. Krucik first vice president or. Ihor Mayba second vice president Wasyl Kazaniwsky recording Secretary re elected for the 36th consecutive John Dolyne huk financial Secre tary and Alexander d. Rurak treasurer. Counties and districts of Stor Moet Glengarry Prescott rus sell Carleton Nipissing Temis Kaming Cochrane Sudbury and Algoma. Some communities in South Western Ontario also would be affected such As pen Tanguis weekend kill 41 by the Canadian press at least 41 persons died in accidents across1 Canada during the weekend 30 in traffic. A Survey by the Canadian press from 6 . Friday to Midnight sunday local times also showed six persons killed in fires three persons drowned one boy run a snowmobile and a youth crushed at a Mill. Quebec had the heaviest toll with 14 dead in traffic Acci five in one Accident and one dead in a fire. Ten died in Ontario five on three in one fire and a Man. Drowned when his truck went through the ice on Lake St. Clair and a child drowned when wrenched from her Mother s grasp by the flood swollen Waters of the Avon River near Stratford. British Columbia had five deaths. Four died in traffic accidents and a youth was killed when crushed Between a conveyor bucket and a Wall at a Mill. Alberta had five and Mahito Bavand Nova Scotia one each. Two died in fires in sask at two were killed in newfound land. One person drowned and a boy was killed when he fell into the path of a motorized Toboggan. New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island were fatality free. Known suicides slayings Industrial and natural deaths Are not included in the Survey. Hene on georgian Bay Welland in the Niagara Peninsula and parts of the county of Essex. Premier Robarts said the employment of two languages in the administration ments in French speaking Cen-5 tres court officials to take advantage of Lan Guage training facilities. In our View it would be Wisest that these proposals be initiated in the lower courts where most people have then Only Contact with the or. Hobart said the Legisla Ture will consider by March 15 recommendations to provide guarantees for the establish ment of French language secondary schools in areas where there is a sufficient demand., we will then put Forward legislation setting out the framework within which these schools will operate. We Hope that a Large number of such schools will be receiving Stu dents this positive action on the Lan Guage front will undoubtedly contribute to a healthier Atmos phere for the discussion of Ca Nadian or. Robarts said. He told Federal and provincial representatives Ontario is not afraid of constitutional change. Captain gets life for murder Saigon a a . Army court martial has sentenced a special forces Captain to life imprisonment murder of a South vietnamese Man after taking much of the testimony in closed session for Security Rea the seven officer court sentenced capt. John j. Mccarthy jr., 25, of Phoenix ariz., a specialist in guerrilla warfare last tuesday but it was not revealed until today. Mccarthy was convicted in the shooting last nov. 24 of in Chin Hai Lam who apparently worked for Mccarthy detach ment in Saigon. Missioner officer in the detach ment testified that the Captain told him Lam knows too much. He has to another testified he was driving Lam and Mccarthy in a car outside Saigon when Lam was killed. More Powers continued French Canadian. Prime minister Tion of the told Pearson and the provincial pre Miers the Equality to be established Between our two cultural communities depends not Only on extending bilingual ism territorially but even More on extending the jurisdictions of Quebec the Homeland of French Canadian nation the or. Johnson urged decentralization of government Powers shopped for Complete control social Security programs and Power to negotiate International agreements and a share in control Over broadcasting. At a news briefing sunday night one of or. Johnson s key advisers Claude Morin Dis missed the Federal government argument 4hat distribution of Powers should be guided by principles of functionalism and not by ethnic or. Morin Deputy minister of inter governmental affairs told m reporters if you followed that j argument of efficiency to its Yons limit Canada would have no i need1 to exist. It would become part of the United while the Federal government que. Pm their culture to a Federal government where they form a minority. To accomplish its ambitious As no 1 government of French speaking canadians Quebec staked out a vast Field of new Powers that extends to a larger role in labor relations marriage and divorce. The Brief listed Quebec sought priority Powers As social Secu Rity such As old age pensions and family foreign relations and broadcast ing. Quebec asked for the right to negotiate and sign International agreements in Fields of Provin Cial jurisdiction within the Lim its of Canadian foreign this Power is traditionally limited to Sovereign states. And stressing the role of broadcasting in modern Educa Tion Quebec asked for the right to name some directors of the Csc the Board of broadcast governors and share in Federal of designating prepare exhibition Dartmouth . Up rates the Bill of rights no. I in t George Gosley preparing an sex illicit to Vic importance in form the Quebec government rates its claims for new Powers As no. 1 priority. In his opening remarks or. Johnson referred to the Federal government s Campaign to extend official bilingualism beyond Quebec by saying French canadians Greet with some astonishment the proposal to recognize French As an official language now after 100 years of confederation because they have always taken for granted that both our languages were official the Quebec Brief says the his tory of French Canada has dem Quebec is the True National state of French speaking canadians who cannot expected to1 entrust for heritage museum Howe is breaking in the Nova Scotia statesman s shoes. The exhibit features a Model of Howe at a Roll top desk he once used. The museums o e t y. Found clothing of the late 1800s but shoes were a problem. A new pair was purchased and or. Gosley is wearing them so Tiey will look realistic. Attention ladies to remedy your win j Ter clothes drying problems and Frozen hands in two my utes for. Pamphlet free Hall Point pen and How to win a coloured to. 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