Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 6, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press tuesday february 6, 196? Rene Levesque is the 12ih presence Ottawa special the unseen 12th presence at this meeting of 10 provincial premiers with the Federal government is that of Rene Levesque the hollow eyed apostle of Quebec Independence. His name is never mentioned but the potential threat he represents both to the Federal government of Lester and the provincial administration of Daniel Johnson was strongly reflected in the postures of both men. The prime minister hit out directly at the Levesque thesis of an Independent Quebec within a Canadian common Market when he said As someone not without experience in inter National negotiations i should like to state my View that any such proposal rests on illusion indeed on a whole set of illusions. It is an illusion to think that a declared intention to seek a disputed divorce can be the basis for amicable and productive negotiations especially when the parties concerned Are still living in the same House or As next door neighbors. It May be even a illusion to think that in such circumstances there would necessarily be an a a that could speak for the whole of English Canada. The whole proposal disguises the obvious fact that separation could not be carried out without rupture loss and or. Levesque s influence on or. Johnson s attitude at this conference was less obvious but just As important. If he had come to Ottawa and reiterated his previous demand for too per cent personal corporate and succession taxes he would have been turned Down Flat and or Levesque might then have been fable to claim that there was really no sense in carrying on further discussions to pre serve confederation. On the other hand the Johnson Brief to the Confer ence does speak of an agreement Between our two nations and there Are enough items in it to satisfy ail but the most Rabid nationalists now following or thinking of following or. Levesque. While the Quebec Premier in t exactly asking Ottawa to. Finance Quebec s path to Independence he is also refraining from bringing those things to a head which would prevent the Federal government from financing Quebec until it is prepared to make the final option of whether or not it intends to remain part of Canada. The heart of the Quebec position is to Call for a decentralized Federal sys tem. We must build a new Type of or. John son insists and we must remember that time is not on the Sicle of today s t h e Middle ground to which or. Johnson sub scribes is a two partner Canada in order to maintain a 10-partner what he Means exactly in t Clear. If he merely wants the Federal govern ment to represent the two sociological and linguistic nations in Canada in order to preserve the system of 10 provinces As it now exists he is not far from the Federal position. If on the other hand he big que. Deficit forecast continued is implying that there must be created a special association Between. Quebec and As the spokesman for French Canada and Ottawa As the voice of English Canada he is. Really for the creation of two associate states. By stressing that Quebec should become the spokes Man for All f French Ottawa in perspective h Peter c. Newman this explains the urgency of or. Johnson s demands for a larger slice of income tax reve nue at the current Federal provincial constitutional conference in Ottawa the paper says. The newspaper says there is speculation that if Ottawa stands firm on tax sharing or. Johnson taxes blame the Federal liberals and Call a snap provincial election calling for a Sovereign Quebec with Fuu Access to income taxes. The paper quotes an unidentified Quebec government spokes Man As saying the province will end the current fiscal year March 31 with a deficit. This compares with a Defi Cit of. In 1966-67. Ottawa up finance minister Paul Dozois of Quebec today described As greatly sex a report that que Bee faces a. Budge deficit for the next fiscal year. Or. Dozois told reporters the report seems to be based on Ini tial spending estimates which often Bear Little relation to tin government s final spending plans. These reports Are greatly sex he said adding tha he does not want to commen further on budget speculation. Canadians he seems to he leaning toward. The latter Point of View which neither Ottawa nor any of the provincial governments Are prepared to accept. John Robarts of Ontario came the closest when he referred to Quebec As the heartland of French another escalation in the Quebec position is inclusion for the first time not Only of the right to sign external treaties with other coun tries in areas of provincial jurisdiction but a More substantial role in external Aid As Well. Under or. Johnson s definition of. The division of governmental Powers the Federal spending Power Ottawa s Only direct link with voters except for the collection of taxes would disappear. In effect Only the members of the Quebec legislature would have the authority to speak and legislate on All matters that directly affect the daily welfare of the citizens. It was this demand which prompted Joey Smallwood Newfoundland to question what role would remain for the Federal maps from que . Is this a joke is this a farce Don t they represent the people who elected them this is the nub of the problem. For. Confederation to have any meaning que must be governed jointly from Ottawa and Quebec City. If Quebec s rights Are to take precedence Over those enjoyed by any other pro Vince Canada know it would cease to exist. We might still have a country of sorts but it would t be the Canada we be known for the past 100 years. Here the Road or Lester Pearson re marked in his moving open ing speech. If we have the Resolution to choose the right new course and to follow it steadfastly i can 4young provinces rapped continued Manitoba . 1873 . Saskatchewan and Alberta 1949, Newfoundland. Nova Scotia and Manitoba approved in principle the Federal government s plan to extend bilingualism beyond Quebec with linguistic Bill of rights opposed by Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia. Although premiers Thatcher of Saskatchewan and Manning of Alberta detailed plans to extend use of French in their school systems with several Quebec s claims to greater pow ers. Premier Johnson sat silently during the afternoon session appearing to look uncomfortable at times As one after another o his fellow premiers endorsed Strong Central government leaving Little room for increased Quebec Powers. Asked at the conclusion of the session whether with monday s evidence of resistance Quebec could Ever realize its ambitions for More Powers or. Johnson replied abruptly Well officials in both the federa and provincial delegations said the real debate during the conference will begin today a the first Day session was entirely devoted to set statement by the 11 government leaders . Bans my for life Vancouver up a Doc Tor who received a suspended sentence last month for perform ing illegal abortions has Bee banned for life from practising in British Columbia. This is the effect of a Rulin handed Down monday by the . College of physicians an surgeons. It erased the Nam of or. William Mcken Crick me Callum 58, of West Vancouver from the . Medical Register or. W. G. Mcclure Colleg registrar said there is no pos sible Appeal against the ruling or. convicted o five charges of performing Legal abortions. See few limits to what we May achieve together1 As a people. But if we Lack the courage to choose or if we chose wrongly we will leave our children a country in fragments and. We our selves would have become the failures of Conedera or. Pearson to constitutional Reform is. Eminently sensible. It to begin with an entrenched Bill of rights followed by a new division of Powers. Had he agreed with Quebec to go at the problem the other Way around there would have been chaos because no existing framework would have existed into which the new Powers could have been redistributed. J also once the division of Powers had been renegotiated it s highly doubtful whether Quebec would have been willing to talk about at the Start of the Confer ence or. Pearson outlined its three main goals As agreements to accept the x main recommendations of x the bilingualism and Sicul Tural ism commission agreement on principle that certain Basic rights should be constitutionally secured for All canadians and agreement to. Embark on a comprehensive process of constitutional review. At the end. Of the opening Day it looked As if the prime minister would attain Only the third and least impress Ive of his objectives. Rene Levesque study seeks wider role for re laity Vatican City Reuters Pope Paul s Council of the laity opened a week Long meeting monday to discuss plans for set Ting up Lay bodies around the world that will have a bigger say in roman Catholic Church work these bodies which will con suit and advise local Bishops in diocesan proposed by a Congress of laymen Here last september. The Dun cil also will discuss Vatican Cen trial Goy Enmen t. And what Lay men can contribute to the ecumenical movement. Headed by Maurice Cardinal Roy of Quebec the Council was set up last year by the Pope to enable laymen to engage More actively in Church affairs. Grenoble olympics now open Al j. Continued and team officials from 37 coun tries. Canada s delegation of 80 ath letes and officials was one of the most parading in the Lucky 13 position. Nancy Greene of. Rossland ., the world cup skiing Champion and top Canadian candidate for a Gold medal had the Honor of carrying they Canadian Flag youths storm Centre in War protest Frankfurt West Germany a about Young demonstrators Amis americans get out of Viet at the . Trade Centre monday after police stopped them from forc ing their Way into the american consulate. About a dozen demonstrators taken into custody. Fights pollution Portland Ore. A Amy Steinback 9 is so concerned about in Portland that she sent her 25 cents allow Ance to gov. Tom to help fight air. Pollution. The Grade 3 student wrote i am very sorry that the air was Ever dirty. Last night it was so thick you could t see the Street Light the paper said that ours is thicker than new York. Here is 25 cents to help you proudly in front of her team. The canadians stepped smartly past the reviewing stared in their White Coats ringed with yellow Green and Black. White Navy Blue ski Slacks Brown suede boots and Bright red gloves completed the costume. In. The meantime the Mush ability of manufacturers names on skis to be used in the games remained the air after a three hour special meeting of the International olympic com Mittee s executive Board convened by p re s a n t Avery Brundage a life Long fighter to or even a taint of it out of the olympics. Speculation t h a t skiing might not be. Recognized As an olympic sports but would be simply called world Chan Pion ships As a result of the hassle. 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