Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 27, 1975, Winnipeg, Manitoba Win Nick Tif fuss thursday 27, 1975 demonstrations feared Vancouver won t be armed Camp Bob Douglas Vancouver up a Vancouver police spokesman said wednesday the Force will have to almost double the number of men on patrol if the United nations sponsored habitat conference is held Here next year. Deputy chief Ted Oliver said it is reasonable to expect Large demonstrations at the conference noting that at least persons Are expected to flood into the City Lor the 13-Day event next june. Or. Oliver said More than 200 regular constables and detectives plus another 41 Reserve constables will be assigned specifically to duty at the conference. The number is in addition to the 223 patrolmen usually assigned to guard the City on a 24-hour basis one squad of detectives will be As signed to handle possible cases involving persons with diplomatic immunity at tending the conference. Vancouver City Council has asked for postponement of the habitat conference because of concern that the presence of observers from the Palestine liberation organization Plo might transform the City into an armed Camp. However external affairs minister Allan Maceachen said the government plans to go ahead with the conference despite the request and Urban affairs minister Barney Danson said he does t think Vancouver s concerns about the conference Are were no risks involved in holding it. Toronto conference. But even representatives to attend the told him recently that Only had and that there were so 1j 4 n w a Vij it la Ottawa up Urban if there were provincial of Vancouver conference. Affairs minister Barney Dan position the Hahn at Confer Hie minister also repeated assurances that he and or. Would be required risks involved a holding the and his own estimate was foreign land buyers face control measures Ottawa up a Federal provincial committee has recommended a series of measures to regulate land purchases by foreigners. A report tabled wednesday in the commons by prime minister Trudeau said foreign land buyers Are not yet a problem in All areas but that most provinces want the Means to control them if Nec Essary. So far Only Prince Edward Island and Saskatchewan have legislation restricting . Prison scrapped my says Kamloops . Up a proposed s10 million maximum Security prison slated for construction at Clear water ., 00 Miles North of this Southern Interior City will not be built my leu Marchand said tuesday. Or Marchand said Public opposition in Clearwater is causing the government to consider an alternate site for the prison. He indicated a Likely area would be Lillooet. About 120 Miles North of Vancouver be cause of the depressed state of the area s Economy. Or. Marchand said a s10 million construction project would be quite a shot in the Arm for the local Economy the people of an area indicate they do not want a maximum Security institution therein the govt eminent will Force it upon them said or. Marchand. The Sale of private land to aliens or non residents the report says. It was prepared on the instructions of the prime min ister and provincial premiers and completed More than a year ago. Adequate statistics on foreign land ownership Are unavailable but Prince de Nvard Island appears to be the most vulnerable because of its recreational and tourist attractions the report suggests. An estimated 6.3 per cent of All available land and 11.5 per cent of total Shore frontage is owned by ple who reside outside the province it says. Despite restrictions land owned by outsiders will Rise to 25.7 per cent by 2000 if cur rent trends continue it fore casts. Non residents would own half the province by 20w if no regulations existed. The document recommends some delegation of administrative by Ottawa to the provinces Over acquisitions of land by this could be done through the citizenship act by giving provincial cabinets the Power to decide who is eligible to buy land it says. Trapper s body recovered the body was recovered tuesday of a 36-year-old trapper who drowned Mon Day in Lake Pearo some 130 Miles Northwest of Winnipeg. The Man whose identity has not been disclosed so next of Kin can be informed fell through one Inch thick ice. Sometime monday after before Christmas when it counts guaranteed better deals or we i l Hli had the difference of Money within 30 Days of Purchase 1976 100 solid state with Auto. Color and tuning. 469 95 26" solid state with Auto. Color and tuning Wood console. 599 free calculator when you Purchase of our 25" or 26" 4 year guarantee color . S Christmas gift idea add Remote control to your present . We watch Over our customers two locations 787 Mcphillips 1654 Portage l t d. Barney Danson son plans to go to Vancouver next week to Deal personally with local opposition in the latest threat to the United nations sponsored habitat con Ference. Or. Danson said outside the commons that Vancouver will not be an armed Camp As the mayor of Vancouver suggests during the habitat conference next june despite the presence of the Palestine l i b e r a t i o n organization he reaffirmed Federal support for the in meeting. I expect 1 will go out next week to speak with City coun cil because 1 think there has been a Lack of proper political communication. 1 must take responsibility for Vancouver City Council voted tuesday to ask the fed eral government to cancel the habitat conference. Vancouver mayor Art Phil lips said there would be turbulence if the conference was held and he condemned the recent in Resolution Declar ing zionism a form of racism or. Danson echoed Exter Nal affairs minister Allan Maceachen s comment in the commons wednesday that the circumstances surround ing the habitat conference Are different from the in crime conference which was moved to Geneva from Toron to this summer following an unsuccessful bid for postpone ment by Canada. The Urban affairs minister said there has been no Provin Cial government opposition in British Columbia As there was Only weeks before the ence would proceed. Or. Danson the Only jew ish member of the Federal Cabinet said there has been no formal objection to the conference by the jewish Community. Former Toronto mayor Phil Givens a member of the on Tario legislature and a jew has spoken out strongly on the Issue. Or. Danson had this comment he was t speaking for the leaders of the Community 1 can assure you 1 in the commons or. Dan son assured Peter Bawden South that the government is giving no financial assistance to Plo Maceachen voiced several times earlier in the Day that the government is sticking with its commitment to habitat. Security arrangements would be adequate. Outside the House he said the Security measures won t be a any Way obvious or oppressive. Hope there won t be any need for greatly expanded a or. Phillips said tuesday that million would be needed for extra policing alone and Vancouver would not vote any funds to allow the conference to be held. Or. Danson said the mayor about earlier wednesday he expressed Surprise at the Van Couver decision. Only recently or. Phillips was pressing the government for Assurance the conference would go ahead he said. He had written a letter to the Secretary general of the conference indicating full or. Danson said to reporters. Justice minister Bon Bas Ford former Urban affairs minister and a Vancouver my. Said surprised in that my information from Vancouver police sources two weeks ago was that the Situa Tion for the conference was in ass terrorism concern fails to halt h habitat planning United nations up might encourage terrorist a such As extra police protect a in spokesman said wednesday that officials concerned with the habitat con Ference Are going ahead with their plans to stage it in Van Couver next summer. We Are proceeding with the conference said Nicholas Raymond in formation officer for the habitat secretariat. Raymond would not com ment on the decision of the Vancouver City Council urging the Canadian government to cancel the in sponsored conference because of fears it Tivi ties. We Don t want to Embar Rass anyone on what is a Ca Nadian Raymond said. Both external affairs min ister Allan Maceachen and Urban affairs minister bar Ney Danson reiterated at Ottawa that habitat would be held As planned with the pal Estine liberation Organiza Tion Plo in attendance. We assume that s the Raymond said. As Host country Canada must foot the Bill or the con Tion. Leaders of Canadian jew ish groups have said they will Campaign against habitat be cause of the Plo s involve ment claiming it is a terrorist group. Mayor Art Phillips of Van Couver said the City would not vote any funds to the Confer ence. He said an estimated million would be needed for extra policing alone. Danson said the mayor had told him recently that Only would be required for Security but his own estimate frence s additional expenses was about or. Basford who campaigned for the conference for Vancouver three years ago said it should go for Ward. It is a Chance for Van Couver to be an International Claude Wagner pc St. His party s Exter Nal affairs critic said two weeks ago the government should hesitate before signing an agreement to hold the con Ference while it studies the Plo situation. Shafik Al Hout a Plo official said in Ottawa 10 Days ago that his organization would try to turn world pres s u r e on Canada if this country rejects just one of its delegates to the Vancouver in meeting next year. Or. Danson said the official habitat conference will at tract representatives from 140 nations and a aral Lel conference of non govern mental groups will be Host to to people. The government is invest ing about million directly in organizing the conference he said. Solutions to such Urban problems As housing and transport will be. Demonstrated at the one of the Canadian contributions to the conference was hit by a government decision this summer to re Strain spending. The government decided to turn off the tap on a million fund for the Demon stration program which included a variety of projects guess who wants a calculator for Christmas Here s 5 reasons Why you should buy one wills Orvin t a department a business store. 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