Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 21, 1976, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg Frei press Friday May 21, 1976 ramp forced to take action Morris carries new Power Ottawa up commissioner Maurice nation said thursday the sky shops Case came to Light More than a year ago while mounties were working on the Hamilton dredging Case. Or. Nadon before the com Mons Justice committee had been asked whether com Mons revelations last no vember about the sky shops affair impeded the ramp investigation. It forced us into taking search action we were not ready to or. Nadon re plied. The committee had before it ramp spending estimates of s547.8 million for 1976-77, up million from the pre Vious year. Or. Nadon was asked by Francis Fox Argenteuil Deus montages whether allegations of political interference with the Force Are Cor rect. Since 1 have been commissioner there has been no interference by the present gov e r n e n t or. Nadon said. Indirectly he Addend questions in the com Mons had forced us to take action we were not ready last november mounties raided a number of offices and Homes after Elmer Mac Kay Nova said in the commons that Liberal senator Louis Giguere had made on a in vestment in shares of sky shops Export ltd., in 1972, the year the transport depart ment reversed itself and gave sky shops a lease Extension for its duty free store at Mon Treal International Airport Dorval que. Weather report for the Prairie provinces a stationary Ridge of High pressure lying from Churchill to International Falls is expected to maintain mainly sunny skies Over Manitoba with temperatures at or slightly above seasonable values. Over Saskatchewan and Alberta the weather has been unsettled with Cloud and spotty showers. The associated Low pressure area presently located Over Southern Alberta is expected to weaken so that a tendency to Ward More Sunshine Over Alberta and Saskatchewan is expected. Figures on the map indicate expected High tempera Tures today Quebec up Canadian labor Congress Csc pres ident Joe Morris will meet Federal government representatives next month with a powerful new mandate to speak for the Trade Union movement. They surely must get the message now that we Are speaking for the membership and we Are speaking for the or. Morris said after winning an overwhelm ing re election Victory at the Csc National convention. Delegates to the Conven Tion which ends today have Given Csc leaders authority to organize a general strike if and when necessary in their labor movement s Campaign for withdrawal of the Federal anti inflation program of selective wage and Price controls. Convention delegates re presenting 2.3 million workers also gave solid sup port to a labor manifesto de manding an equal say for labor with business and government in the planning of social and economic policies. It strengthens our hand because the government has been saying we Don t have the support of the rank and or. Morris said at a news conference. Labor minister John Muuro said in a Telephone interview from Ottawa that the govern ment is As committed to maintaining the program for another years As the labor movement is committed to dismantling it. But despite the fundamental clash Over that Issue or. Munro said he is encouraged that or. Morris agreed to a mid june meeting. He said the general strike motion and labor manifesto adopted by the convention Mark a fairly significant shift. And i look at it from a very optimistic Point of until now one of the prime characteristics of the Canad an labor movement has been the highly autonomous nature of its locals and they have never shown a terrific Rea Diness to Delegate any real authority to the Central labor or. Munro said. The labor minister said it now appears that Csc Lead ers have been Given much More Power to speak for their members and if that is True i think we Are on the Advent of entering into a fairly mature Type of tripartite arrangement that has been so effective in most european deaths h Gigli pre Uuie l Low cold worm of font forecast for Winnipeg. Bissett. Interim pc and red River regions mostly Cloudy today with a few sunny Breaks. Mostly sunny saturday. Low tonight near 7 a High saturday near 20 c. Extended weather Outlook Southern Manitoba sunny with near Normal tempera Northern Manitoba sunny with near Normal tempera Tures. Northwest Ontario sunny with near Normal tempera Carman Norma 601 Broadway. Chorney. Nicholas. 94, of holy family nursing formerly of Conor Man., widower of Sophie Chorney. Desmarais Max 51, of 204 Colony Street suite 7. Graham Viola of Barrie ont. Jackson Mabel 89, of Gladstone Man. Kumka Alexander a., 62, of 2471 a Portage Avenue suite 7, St. James Assiniboia husband of Anne Kumka. Livingston Kim 1g, of Starbuck. Man. Mabee Eunice Hilda 58, of Selkirk. Man. Melnyk Michael. 90. Of Arborg Man., husband of Anne Melnyk. N o a k Thomas inc West Vancouver b.c., for Merly of Edmonton wife of William b. Noak. Polenski Michael. 70. Of Kirkness. Man., husband of Lucy Polenski. Proven. Rebecca hefty Jane 82, of Minnedosa William 84. Of Winnipeg husband of Caro s v e i n s o n Lilja 77. Of Gimli Man., wife of Val Dimar Sveinson. Truman Eda Phelps 8s. Of Victoria formerly of Winnipeg wife of or. C. N. Truman. Wishart Jeanie m., 92, of Tuxedo Villa formerly of Starbuck Man., widow of Alexander Shaw Wishart. For further information please see classified death notices by the Canadian press Toronto Allan Edward Doucette 5 1, Halifax born founder and president of Etobicoke industries ltd., after a six week illness. St. Johns fld. Clare . 55, landscape Painter and director of the London ont., Art gallery presumably of a heart attack. Doreen. 582 Oxford Street. Temperatures following Are High temperatures recorded yesterday Low temperatures for the 12-hour period which ended at 6 . Today and precipitation for the 24-hour period which ended at 6 . Today. Preci pation of snowfall is in Centi metres and the amount of rainfall in Millimetres . Min. Part. Vancouver 14 7 Calgary 11 4 27.9 Edmonton 16 7 6.6 Regin. 22 10 .8 Brandon 21 8 Thompson 15 1 the Pas 15 6 Winnipeg j Thunder Bay 22 5 Kenora 19 Ottawa 9 5 Toronto 21 4 Halifax 12 4 3.6 Chicago 30 14 Miami 28 23 .02 los Angeles 21 14 Minneapolis 28 13 new York. 23 16 Boston 16 9 Phoenix 32 52 Amsterdam 17 13 Athens 29 19 Bangkok 30 27 Beirut 22 17 Berlin. 15 11 Brussels 17 a Buenos Aires. 17 5 Copenhagen 18 11 18 11 Geneva 14 5 Helsinki 16 6 Hong Kong 30 27 Max. Min. Part. Johannesburg 18 6 Kiev. 10 Lisbon 22 11 London 16 8 Madrid 25 8 Moscow is 5 Paris 12 7 Rio 30 18 Rome 22 16 Sao Paulo 25 15 Seoul. 23 14 Singapore 30 25 Stockholm 19 8 Taipei 31 24 Tehran 30 15 Tel Aviv 24 17 Tokyo. 18 13 Winnipeg temperature comparisons Max. Min. Mean May 20. 4.6 12.2 last year 15.1 5.9 10.5 Normal 18.3 3.9 11.1 highest on record 31.1 in 1955 lowest on record -6.7 in 1907 precipitation total Tor april 1 to May 21 41.0 Millimetres Normal 73.6 Millimetres choose a Beautiful Floral tribute from the exclusive remembrance collection. Call or visit your Ltd Florist today and have him Send your special selection across town or across country. Your extra touch Florist or Morris said thursday the government s request for a mid june meeting is an indication that they want to talk seriously about the prob lems that we have in this however the labor Leader said he wants to hold discus Sions under conditions Laid out by the manifesto. The manifesto says the immediate goal of the labor movement is to have the fed eral controls program with drawn and its longer term goal is equal labor participation in National policy Mak ing. When we find out what basis they Are going to talk on we will make a decision on whether to continue talks or or. Morris said. The government s refusal to remove the controls would be a big impediment to discussions on future policy. The problem would persist and it would get or. Morris said. The labor minister said the government will not be intimidated into removing the pro Gram. But it in t going to be in place forever it has a time or. Munro said. The government will need stable economic and social policies in place when the program is lifted and it is in the interests of the labor movement to have an input in these or. 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