Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 29, 1976, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba needs Council set for showdown on Triec Bill of rights report says Manitoba s Law r e f o r m commission has issued a Nix Page report calling for the establishment of a Manitoba Bill of rights. Such a document it argues would provide added Legal Protection of such exist ing rights As Freedom of opinion conscience religion expression communication Assembly and association. The commission launched an inquiry to examine the desirability of a Bill of rights under 1" o r m e r attorney general Al Mackling in february 1973. The commission report says such a document would promote Public consciousness of civil liberties and would constitute an authoritative declaration As to what society agrees upon As being of fundamental the report rejects the argument that a Bill of rights tends to be too rigid and cites the United states Bill of rights As an example of one which is flexible while clarifying individual rights. For example the Bill of rights led the Way to achieving desegregation despite tin opposition of various state a Gisla Tures and the reluctance of Congress. The commission states that it May be just As useful to have checks on parliamentary sovereignty us it was to have checks on monarchical Power 300 years ago. Just As parliamentary sovereignty was a curb us the absolute monarchy of Lin Early 17th Century so a writ ten Bill of rights could be an expression of the curb on the Cabinet dominated Purlin ment by the sovereignty of the people expressed through the Rule of Law embodied in a Bill of the report contends that a Bill of rights serves As a Means for enshrining inc Basic values of a society and As such becomes a useful educational tool particularly for Young people. 1 n addition individuals who feel their rights have been violated would with the existence of a Bill of rights have recourse to the court of Queen s Bench. It would be empowered in a proper Case to order compensation. Winnipeg s civic executive Puli e y committee recommended Friday that Public lenders be called for an million 983-ear underground garage at Portage and main with the Hope that Triec corporation will build an million development Over it. The recommendation will o to Council wednesday night and is sure to bring about much debate about the size of the garage and whether it should be built at All. Construction of the garage by the City is a vital link be tween the development of Triec s project and of an underground concourse that would be the four Corners of the intersection. Triec chairman of the Board James Soden has made it Clear to the City that without the City building the 983-car garage his company would t participate in the underground concourse. Although t h e committee voted unanimously to recommend the three level parking Structure at the Southwest Corner of Portage and main three of its members expressed doubts about a nether the City needs or wants that Large a garage. C o u n c i 11 o r Bill Norrie Rouge said there might be some prob lems Selling this to Council and there might be some traffic problems but it seems we have no alternative to proceed if not we could become involved in an endless series of court mat ters and the project would not go Forward for some considerable time other councillors including Norm Stapon Kildonan t had reservations about agreeing to the garage but said they could t see any alternative. The agreement with Triec they said was made on the basis of a 1.000-car parking Structure and the City differ ing from that would cause Legal problems. Out councillor not of the executive committee. Coun. Morris Kaufman attended the meeting and As a Law yer interpreted the agree ment with Triec differently from the City s Legal depart ment. He also said the City has an alternative other than to build the garage Triec wants. As 1 see it we Only have to build a garage to sup port 300.coo Square feet the minimum number of area of fice space Triec is commit Ted to build under the agree or because there is no starting time we Don t have to build at coun. Kaufman Independent fort Rouge said the City should just sit. He s i t r i z e c paying out the Money and then Triec says it has already spent about 84 million on the project. Coun. Kaufman said Soden tells the City to jump they hold a meeting to ask him How High. He gets every thing he asks and then the City says what More do you coup. Norrie and coun. Gerry m e r c i e r were members of an and hoc Coin m i 11 e e looking into the garage. That committee re commended last month that a smaller garage be built. Conn. Mercier Garry made the same re commendation Friday. H e said if the garage were reduced to two Levels of Park ing instead of three it Widd save s3 million. This coun cil has made it a policy to support Public transit and to establish parking on the Periphery of the City this proposal to build a larger Park ing Structure is inconsistent with those policies. If a garage is that important to the owners Triec then let the extra level of parking be provided at the Cost of the after All other members of the committee voted Down coup. Mercier s suggestion he went along with the three level garage. Coun. Norrie said it was a dilemma for him to support the garage after the and hoc committee had t. "1 wrestled it in my own mind for a Long time but there s no alternative but to proceed with what appears to be an inconsistent recommendation we re not in a Strong Posi Tion but we re certainly not totally disadvantaged it would have been Wiser if we co do have renegotiated but that s not coun. Al Ducharme ice vital said the Deci Sion to build the garage was made several years ago we re going to be accused of being the Developer s ploy but that s part of the coun. Tapou said if coun cil has listened to coun. Kaufman three years Agu maybe there would have been a different decision now we re too far coir milled to change the change should have taken place years the committee also decided to give the parties involved in the underground concourse until july 30 to sign agreements with the City. James Richardson and sous Lombard the Bank of Montreal and Mara Thon realty Northwest Corner Are expected to con tribute each and the Toronto Dominion Bank s50.000. Coun. Norrie said there arc technical matters to be Dis cussed before the agreement is signed although All the private companies have indicated they support the con course. The City had previously imposed a May 24 deadline on the private companies signing but the Lan Guage of the agreement had not been agreed to at that time. Winnipeg free press City news saturday May 29, 1976 2nd class Mai registration number 0286 trains travel pm d the Way to achieve to . _ 9k pm pm soviet Art Bill Mosquito count Down considerably from 75 gets rough ride in legislature by Paul Stanway free press staff writer of looks As though Maui to bans will get their Chance to see the million Lenin Grad Art collection. Las voted 35 to 14 Friday to give second Reading to legislation demanded by the soviet government to prevent anyone confiscating the paintings while they an i the prov Ince. T h c Bill the proposed foreign cultural objects immunity from seizure act. Was is i v c n a rough ride by members of the progressive conservative opposition but in the free vote on second Reading approval in Pirinei u i c seven conservatives. Aloha with the three Liberal Las voted for it. The government showed a United front adding 25 Voles in favor. Five Las were absent. The Bill now passes company president baffled a private Developer called two civic committee. Inconsistent Friday because one ruled that there should be a Public hearing to discuss a proposed of the Tuxedo Golf course and an other ruled there should t be. Saul Zitzerman president of Imperial group of Compa Nies was before executive policy committee saying that his company As a Pri vate owner of land was not being Given the right to be heard in connection with what Imperial wants to do with that land. Imperial has an option on 118 acres of land in Tuxedo and plans to build a housing Complex on land now zoned agricultural. The company asked Lor an amendment to the greater Winnipeg development plan so it could proceed with the project or. Zitzerman told committee although it was t necessary. Two weeks ago Environ ment committee decided a Public hearing should be held in september but last week executive policy committee recommended that none be held and the development be stopped. The Assiniboine Park Community Commilles and Resi dents near the Golf course arc opposed to the develop ment and it was on the basis that executive commit tee ruled thai no Public hear ing be hold. Or. Zil Hcrman said the environment committee s Rul ing was the fair and reason Able but the executive committee r. Ide the exact opposite ruling. He asked that the committee re consider and recommend a Public hearing be held. Committee took no action As to 111 recommendations will go before City Council wednesday night. I Zitzerman said alter the meeting he did t know if he would spec or As a delegation at Council. He refused to identify the person m the City s Legal department who i old him there was no need for an amendment in. Hie de velour non plan. T o committee where the emotional debating is expected to continue. The decision to hold a free vote was criticized earlier by Wally Mckenzie pc Rob who said that on the government Side it had been a Sham. During All the debate on this Issue we Haven t heard one dissenting voice from the government. How can you Call that a free or. Mckenzie said Insop position was based on uneasy feelings the Bill had Given him. The Bill is poorly drafted. It talks about any foreign country s Art objects when everybody k n o w s we an talking specifically about tin he said. Many people were tired of the government tinkering with the Law of bringing All politicians under Public suspicion he said. The Bill would t prevent any Manitoban claiming his lawful property said Saul Chorniak Nup St. Lie said the Bill would Only prevent anyone from posting a Bond and hav ing the paintings confiscated it does not prevent any one from suing for restitution if they think they Are entitled to it was an Issue where peo ple should measure their emotions with some degree of logic and he added. Or. Cherniak believed the legislation would self pcs Fruct once the Leningrad exhibition ended. The exhibit consists of 40 paintings by such artists As Rembrandt Picasso Cezanne Reubens Velazquez. Van Dyck Gauguin Matisse Murillo and Many russian painters. The exhibition is to be held in Angus in the Winnipeg Art gallery. The exhibition has been on tour in the United slates where similar legislation had to be passed. Six Canadian galleries wanted to show the paintings bul Only Winnipeg and Toronto will get the Chance. Winnipeg Art gallery pub Lic information officer Michael Scholl said he was de lighted when he heard of us vote but added that the struggle in t Over until the Bill has passed through com i think the people who Are strongly against having the paintings Here will be very vocal during the com Mittee stage but i have no doubt following this Over whelming Voto in favor that the legislation will finally go researcher. Colette soul Odre with Mosquito he hts by Ritchie Gage free press staff writer the supervisor of the land ing and biting count of the City s mosquitoes abatement Branch research Section san dra Lamb says the count is Down considerably from 1975. With the right weather Tho. Mosquito crop could get poorer. The maximum number of mosquitoes we be collected in Tho. Traps is 18, whereas in vj7j we had up to 2w in one miss Lamb said in an interview. The biggest Hatch of the Mosquito larvae is in the Spring and there arc two others during the summer. Under miss Lamb s super vision staff test in Park areas cemeteries and Golf courses of mosquitoes. It s a Guinea pig operation because the staff have to let the Mosquito land on a Bare Arm before the insect is sucked into an aspirator. The aspirator has a Small plastic tube on the end with a screen stopper against which the Mosquito is held when the collector inhales. The insect then is blown into a six Inch by one Inch Cage and is held there with others. They then arc carted off to the Laboratory to deter mine their species. There arc 27 species of Mosquito but we have Only found about 18. The major one is aedes said miss Lamb. The identification becomes important in the event that the mosquitoes begin carry ing disease As in 1975 with the Western Equine in Cephalic aspirator used to collect mosquitoes Lis which afflicted h people. A c started to wonder what would happen to us when we were catching suspected carriers in the land ing and biting said Colette soul Odre. Supervisor of the larvae collection Sec Tion. The culex Kursalis is the Carrier of encephalitis and there were More than nor Mal members among the hordes of mosquitoes in 1975. Big names in the Mosquito w o r i d such As Canadensis communist Fitch ii in Rudens. And punch Pennis Haven t shown up in a trap As yet. The mosquitoes like the City. They Are attracted from the glow and it has been proven thai they move to Canada s Independence is Safe despite . Interests Green by Glen Mackenzie free press staff writer ownership of businesses in Canada by United Stales con 1 rolled companies does t threaten Canada s ind Epen d e n c pc a sources minister Sidney Green of Manitoba said Friday. Or. Green told a commit tee for an Independent Cana i a conference on regionalism ins criteria for Independence i the authority of political i Enders. Believe any country con trolled by anybody other than elected officials in t in dependent. 1 Don t think can Ada is any less Independent ii u company is controlled by a Canadian or or. Green told about 40 Manitoba. Saskatchewan and Alberta delegates meeting in Public urged to return bottles for recycling o consumer services min i s t e r Tan Turnbull urged Manitoba merchants Friday to help make customers aware that Roturna Blo Carlo n s of soft drinks Are cheaper and can be recycled. Or. Turnbull wants Mer chants to separate he refund table Deposit from the Sale Price when ringing up of returnable containers. That Way he Hopes custom ers May take More note of refunds. This makes Good sense from the economic As As the ecological and Energy conservation Points of he said. Air. Torii Bill said the prov i n c e s Consumers Bureau Hail information that sonic merchants were slow to Dis close the amount refundable ii n containers and some Ere Short changing custom ers Over refunds. Main said or. Turnbull. Would appear Lolio the end for greater Public awareness of bottle refunds. With co operation All air ounce we will hopefully be Able to achieve not Only a reduction of the litter problem hut with Iii roved re cycling d f hit tics. I to Industry s Cansis will lie held he Marlborough hotel that he in t enthused about the committee s economic nationalism philosophy. I be never made a pitch on the basis of nationalism. You Don t need the Flag. If you Only use the Flag you probably Don t have a Good he said. Speaking in a Lively ques lion and answer session or. Green said canadians Don t consider nationalism when investing. Canadian investors will follow the interest rates not the Flag. Canadians Don t in Vest in Canada but in a High Rale of investment re a Delegate said the percen Tage of american investment in Canada is an important committee position. Go to other countries and soc if they re As free As we or. Green replied. Mexico requires companies there be per cent mexican owned but ownership is in the hands of All the mexican people not a few Rich ones he said. Another Delegate asked if economic nationalism in t important Why Arab nations Ilo so Well and Why Cuba is better off than in pro Castro Days when us. Citizens owned some industries. Or. Green retorted that the Arab countries Are a Good example of economic nationalism often benefiting few people in a country. He said industries in Cuba arc owned by the cuban peo ple. Or. Green said in his speech Manitoba s policy in Federal provincial relations has Jeen to support what is Besl for Manitoban rather than what May be the prov Ince s constitutional rights. He supports the Federal government s View that Energy prices Are a National Issue so the prices Alberta and Saskatchewan charge for Oil should be subject to fed eral regulation. Asked later by a Delegate if Manitoba would take a provincial rights stance if m a s s i v e quantities of Oil were discovered Here or. Green said he was t sure. But if Manitoba had the total Supply of a vital commodity the government of Canad a would t allow us to hold the rest of the country up to the conference continues saturday. Man arrested after Apt. Fires Winnipeg police have arrested a 20-year-old Man in connection w i t h suspected arson it the Holiday towers Margrave Slect. Friday night. A fire department spokes Man said saturday firemen were called to the building about . Friday and found two separate tires on the top floors. Burning paper in the Hall Way of the i5lii floor caused about s500 Lama to a car pet and door the spokesman said another fire in a suite on the 16th f air caused about si.000 damage to a Chesterfield and other Furni Ture he said. Police declined to release the name of the suspect but said lie is a resident of one of the i its and is being questioned about both fires. Albert Blanchard celebrated his 90tii birthday May 25. After coming to Winnipeg in 1920 from St. Hya i tithe quc., or. Blanchard and a brother installed pipe organs ill Winnipeg churches and cathedrals for Many years. Or. Blanchard has four surviving children. 16 Ofrand children and 11 great grandchildren. Thursday the free press erroneously labelled a photograph of an other person As being or. Blanchard. The free press regrets the error and any embarrassment caused or. Blanchard and his family for fuel Hunt the provincial Cabinet has approved Grant to the government owned min eral resources limited for Oil and Gas exploration work. An order in Council passed this week approved the Grant for joint exploration with cd Oil and Gas limited of Calgary a Canada develop ment corporation firm. Mineral resources officials said the exploration work would be done in Southwest Manitoba. Boy 4, killed in Accident a Winnipeg boy was killed and another injured in separate accidents Friday. A Winnipeg police depart ment spokesman said Leon Ard Zakowich 35, of 1130 col lege Avenue was leaving a service station near Jarvis Avenue and Sinclair Street about 6 . When his four year old son Lane got out of the car. The boy grabbed at the door handle and fell under the moving car the spokes Man said. The boy was pronounced dead on arrival at the health sciences Centre. Glen Kenneth head 19 months of 454 Furby Street was reported in Good Condi Tion with a bruised Back in the children s Centre. A police spokesman said the boy crawled from his Home and got under a car across the Street. The car s owner John Horbacio 33. Of 125 Lumsden Avenue St. James Assiniboia started to drive away heard a thump and discovered the boy had been in Der the car. The spokesman said. Ward the City miss Lamb said. The department has is Light traps called new Jersey Standard Light trap. The mosquitoes Are attracted by the Light and arc sucked into a catch Basin. They Are counted Frozen and identified with the ones in inc Landing and biting count. The females arc elite biters. I Don t know How much blood they take. Per haps Well measure it some miss Lamb said. Miss soul Odre said larvae testing is done in the Spring. We have to break through the ice with the dipper and the larvae Are under the ice. They re she said. But so far the pools and ditches Aren t turning up the larvae which is a Good but the count usually creases As the summer grosses. We never let up we re at work for a 7 meeting. We Are an enthusiastic Bunch. We be having t shirts made that read i Glitz the there s a gassed Mosquito on the front against a can of miss Lamb said. Regarding bites you used to the bites its an Cupat ional she said. Miss soul Odre said in o s q u i i o o s love her. Sucked up 200 once. They bite me i Don t thai s the she said. Vij Mattes elected Ralph Mattes has been elected president of the Ely for crippled children and., adults of Manitoba. Also elected were Virginia Miller Michael j. Rogerson. Don Gray was named chairman of the 1977 ability fund March of Campaign and r. D. Major chairman of the easter Seal Campaign. Correction instruction in English in grades 1, 2 and 3 at precious blood school in Norwood school division will occupy two 10 and 18 per cent respectively of the local curriculum next year. It was incorrectly reported in Friday s free press that these percentages would apply to i n s i r n c i i o n in French. News quiz on Page 38 Robert Andras. Fred Shero and Elmer Mackay arc some of the personalities you la find today in the names in the news Section of your news quiz which appears on Page u8. Turn to the quiz 10 see if you correctly identify 1 h e s e and Oiler news makers. You la also gel a Chance to answer a Vari Ety of National and inter National news questions. The free press pub Lishes your news quiz each week As a service to area students ;