Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 9, 1973, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press wednesday May 9, 1973 nip caucus divided on mayor s Boffl Spivak progressive conservative Leader Sidney Spivak suggested in the legislature tuesday eve Ning that the new democratic party government caucus is divided on the. Issue of How the Winnipeg mayor should be elected. The suggestion was Holly de Nied by premiered Schreyer a i d labor minister a. R. Russ Paulley. Originally introduced by Jean a11 a r d ind. Who was absent from the legis lature tuesday evening Bill 21 would provide for the Winnipeg mayor to be permanently elected at Large. Urban affairs minister Ben Hanuschak has proposed an amendment that would give second Reading to the Bill this Day. Six months hence the six months hoist procedure by which a member indicates his desire that a Bill be shelved for the current legislative session. Speaker Peter Fox ruled out of order an attempt by Gordon e. Johnston l Portage la Prairie to Amend the Hanus. Chak amendment by having it read six Days six months hoist Amend ments according to Legisla Ture Rule cannot be amended or. Fox ruled. Debating the Bill As it now stands before the House or. Spivak noted that the Premier. Liberal Leader Izzy Asper the conservatives the social credit member j. M. Froese and the Independent members of the House All agree the mayor should be elected at Large. There is unanimity of feeling on this subject yet we can t pan or Spivak the reason he suggested is that there is no agreement on the other or. Paulley replied that or. Piyak was trying to use the six months hoist As a political Issue. Though the Premier and other government members have indicated the government s commitment to in Oloc Tod at Large Winnipeg mayor it is not a simple matter to take in Isola Tion. Harry Enns pc Lakeside criticized the government for the Coy Little political Gam they Are trying to play on this Winni Eggers have a god Given right to elect their concern voiced about Hydro Power Supply Donald w. Craik pc Kiel expressed concern for a Mani Toba Power shortage this year because Manitoba Hyde and drawn Down water Levis on Lake Winnipeg to Export Power to other areas. Premiered Schreyer said he could hardly believe my ears at the question and asked or. Craik to reflect on the idiocy of that there Are no control structures on Lake Winnipeg to allow it to be drawn Down he said. Or. Craik said he meant Lake Winnipeg and the entire system sending water to the Nelson River including Lake of the Woods the Winnipeg River and Cedar Lake. The Winnipeg River might be drawn Down the Premier said without accepting the statement As True. He said he would Check the matter with engineers Manitoba Hydro. The fore Bays of dams on the tributary Rivers to the Nelson system could be Down he said but not Laki Winnipeg itself. Las debate Road conditions Rural municipalities in Manl Toba Are either delighted wit the condition of their provincial roads or up in arms Abou them depending upon Whon you believe. J. Douglas Watt pc a thur Rose in the legislator tuesday referring to a Resolution on the roads passed by the Union of Manitoba municipalities to ask if the govern Man intended to upgrade the cond Tion of the roads. Road condition depends o the weather Premier e Schreyer said. Some Are undoubtedly in worse condition than when the present govern ment took office others a better. According to highways min ister Peter Burtniak the municipalities Are More than a Tiff cd with the present cond Tion of provincial roads. Real estate Board Bill introduced a Bill which would Mak technical changes in the act incorporating the Winnipeg Rea estate Board was introduced of second Reading in the leists Ture tuesday by j. Frank John Iton pc Sturgeon explaining Bill 33, or. John Iton Laid it would provide i continuity on the Board i director of the real stat Board would have Only a of them elected annually. It would provide for mor satisfactory arbitration of i Putes Between members of Ali corporation ind would give Ria estate salesmen a orca scr a in affairs of the real stat Board. Debate on the Bill was a Jourod by Bud Boyce nip Winnipeg Nayor he said he said the do is just trying to get on the Ood Side of popular mayor sevc Juba of Winnipeg before in coming provincial election. Or. Schreyer explained that the nip is returned to Power next election it will the City of Winnipeg the Hange it at least six months before be 1974 Winnipeg municipal sections to provide for the Calion of the mayor at Large. And if another party wins the Section the Premier said it Ron t be by a decision this government has Lade on the Issue. Joe Borowski ind Thomp on said he accepted the pre Mier s intentions on the subject it if he is double crossed As e was on the school Aid what an he or. Borowski was referring o the split which occurred in he nip caucus last session Hen the Premier put Forth for free vote in the legislature his proposal that the Issue of state id to private schools and other educational issues be studied. Or. Schreyer replied that on policy matter such As the v i n n i p e g mayor Issue i frankly cannot conceive of an ther course of action that would be followed by any gov in mint that is led by late arrival gets gibes it looked us if tuesday s question period would have hardly anyone to answer questions when the Manitoba legis lature opened its afternoon sit Ting. Progressive conservative Leader Sidney Spivak Survey ing the vacant front benches opposite him asked that ques Tion period be delayed and the House recess for five minutes to let the front seats be filled up. Hardly said municipal affairs minister Howard Pawley from his second few Vantage Point. It s very or. Spi Vak said to address particular questions. There Are three ministers present and i m not sure they re the acting acting acting acting ministers for the first minister or the minister of finance or others and i wonder if realistically it could be delayed until they Are in a Posi Tion to be with Morris Mcgregor pc Vir Den agreed saying he had an important question for an absent minister then noticed the Premier had taken his front Row Centre scat. He moves in pretty quietly. He s a pretty sneaky said or. Mcgregor whose question concerning the racing commission went unanswered. Government to detail aircraft use the Manitoba government agreed tuesday to accept an order for return which seeks in formation concerning the use of government aircraft by Cabinet ministers and members of the legislature. The order for return was moved by Liberal House Leader Gordon e. Johnston Tage la and was accepted by the government in spite of a warning from speaker. Peter Fox that the wording was unacceptable to the rules and would set a precedent. We have nothing to acting government House Leader a. Ii. Russ Paulley said in in questions draw Little response Liberal Leader Izzy Asper went fishing tuesday for information on Advance lighting but the Only response he re celled from premiered Shreyer was the recommendation that he compile his questions into a formal order for re turn. Or. Asper wondered if the firm held a loan of to from the Manitoba development corporation if it had defaulted on the loan and if the government were taking the firm into receivership. Dictating the government i acceptance of the order. The order contains a list of 17 questions concerning the use of government aircraft including one which asks what the policy is with regard to wives and other relatives of Cabinet min ister travelling on government aircraft. Speaker Fox maintained that the wording of the order was unacceptable under the rules of the House and twice offered to meet with or. Johnston to re draft the motion. Or. Johnston however refused and limply deleted the preamble which made reference to the controversy in Ontario Over use of government aircraft in that province. Or. Paulley said it was not establishing a precedent in his opinion provided the preamble was left out. Northern affairs minister Ron Mcbryde said much of the information requested in the order has already been tabled in legislature this session. But he gave an undertaking to provide answers notwithstanding the strange wording of some of the questions. Fish can absorb Mercury in dangerous quantities especially near Industrial areas. Magazine honors Nureyev new York a Rudolf Nureyev of the British Royal Ballet was awarded dance Magazine s annual award for foreign Genius this week. Brothers William Lew and Harold Christensen won the award for native Nureyev defected from the soviet Union s kirov Ballet 12 years ago and has since danced with the British Royal Ballet while making guest appear ances with other companies. Bill editor of dance said Nureyev has been seen Uve and on film by More people than any other living dancer. William Christensen is the director and founder of Ballet West in Salt Lake City. Harold is director of the san Francisco Ballet school and Lew is company s Artis tic director. Or. Como said the award to the Christensen Brothers was for their great and incalculable contribution to they also have devoted to Tell lives to teaching others to per mayor will drive cab Toronto up Mel Lastman of suburban North York noted for his promotional stunts plans a Short career Ai a taxi Driver. Mayor Lastman Host bad boy Chain of appliance stores has made him a millionaire Heads a special committee of metropolitan Toronto investigating cab business. He mid he wants to get first hand knowledge of tha cabby s problems and has already acquired a cab Driver s licence. He plans to rent a cab for three weeks. The mayor who in the past gained Fame by offer ing passers by Bills for said he will have no qualms about accepting tips. Warm Welcome London up the Stock Exchange s youngest w o m n member Jane Barrie 26, a Given a warm reception when she made her first appearance in the previously ill male Cham Bers. 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