Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 8, 1976, Winnipeg, Manitoba Published Dally except sunday by Winnipeg fim company limited. 300 Carlton Street. Winnipeg. Manitoba. A Tchad c. Malone r. H. Shelford pies and Gen. Mgr Peter my unlock Maurice Western Ottawa editor r. S. Malone chairman Winnipeg free press Winnipeg tuesday june a 1976 pages 17-30 Freedom of Liberty of religion Equality of civil to 200 Miles Canada appears to be taking a calculated risk in the announcement by external affairs minister Allan Mac Eachen last Friday that this country will declare a 200-mile fisheries jurisdiction later this year to take effect next january 1. The Federal government has been working toward an Extension of die present 12-mile limit for some time but preferred to work under International agreement arrived at through the Law of the sea conferences rather than taking unilateral action. However. Canada s hand has been forced by the United states which recently declared an Extension of its fishing area to the 200-mile Mark to take effect next March and similar action by Mexico on sunday. There May be some opposition to Canada s decision but it is not expected to be great. This country has Al ready signed fishing treaties embracing the new 200 mile zone with the soviet Union Norway and Poland a treaty with France dates from 1972, and Spain and Portugal Are expected to ratify similar agreements. These cover about 90 per cent of foreign fishing done off Canada s Atlantic coast. The step was taken because the Law of the sea con Ference has been making too Little Progress toward the 200-mile goal and despite Ottawa s preference for inter National Accord the government Felt that Canada s fisheries resources and those who make their living from them had to be protected without More delay. This the agreement should do with Canada working in co opera Tion with other members of the International commis Sion for the Northwest Atlantic fisheries to set quotas beyond the 200-mile limit and to regulate the division of surplus fish Stock. J the possible disadvantage 10 a unilateral decision was pointed out last summer by prime minister tru Deau. At that time he said that the losses might out number the gains if this country went ahead on its own. Such action he said could destroy Canada s International claims in other areas such As the Arctic the Northwest passage and the Continental shelf beyond the 200-mile limit. It would be shortsighted and a bad bar gain to lose our other claims by confronting other nations with unilateral action on the 200-mile the plight of the East coast fisheries the action of our North american neighbors and the apparent co operation of those nations which fish off our shores have been enough to bring a change of heart and policy. Canada remains committed to multilateral solutions to Ocean problems according to or. Maceachen and undoubtedly the government Hopes that its unilateral Deci Sion today will be transmuted into a multilateral Solu Tion tomorrow which will also take care of the issues about which the prime minister has qualms. Gallup poll in May 1976 under the dome by Arlene Billinkoff s there totally anything right or that is totally wrong the Multi faceted Bill has ranging the Sov labor relations aroused reactions from gratitude to another layer at Caol part of provincial by another service on top of opposition to Federal health minister Marc lakme s English is French on the flight deck air Canada runs into flak ont real anyone glancing at the Quebec press for the last month and a half would be excused for thinking that a rematch of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham is brewing in the planes of air Canada. It started with an Amend ment to the airline s operations manual issued to personnel april 20 which included the statement English Only will be used on the flight deck with the exception of passenger announce by Rob Bull ment has got into the act. Fernand Lalonde the min ister responsible for the province s language Law said recently that air can Ada does not give French the status it should have by i n Many respects the directive has drawn some of the heaviest flak to hit the airline since last year s in Quiry into its administration. That inquiry was resp on much when the Crown Cor others. Then the portion s operations vice incas have u right to object j president Ken Davis who anti Vas responsible for issuing he controversial order in he first place later told Rendi Canadian pilots working for the company matters were not helped in Lur much of the plan for a National guaranteed annual income 0 mum Al income scheme which come from the minister s be administered through Titue toward existing existing income tax or fare services. Or. R e places the who has indicated that t h e r assistance schemes Federal government May go it alone if necessary to implement a National guaranteed annual income says it be justified. The re placement need not be a b r u p t nor immediately Complete. But it is difficult would be unrealistic to imagine entering into a place the myriad annual income plans now in place such with the attitude that to unemployment realistic it will mean pensions family More bureaucracy. My other programs. The minister appears to provinces Are rightly suspicious that the Federal overlooking the single May be at Lotc Elul argument advanced Lor a guaranteed annual income plan that it to lure them into a shared services and shared costs plan which they May in fact replace the other assistance schemes. The be called upon to carry virtually alone. They have o 1 administration of experience in this area Many assistance schemes already in Canadian life health costs. But the most valid object growing at a rate which is surely lodged in or. Needs the increases in attitude that a fits being paid out. If annual income Lalonde is proposing to is just another Assis another level of program. Generous it is always into the environmental and surprising to find was an outstanding i Public figure who is Success do As the saying goes to but he has Cho his Money where his to use it As see is. For years with which to Start Strong probably the private International known and most presumably it environmentalist in work outside govern world and now president which As a private Petro Canada has he feels is falling preaching about the badly on the Job of in arising from the Protection to of Earth s vital resources a r d the objectives he air water soil Plant for in the unite d a animal life and in terms of govern to influence others and institutional spend Early in government to these Days May serve be much. In terms of an for his efforts or. Donation it is Gen has been awarded the and substantial and i International Pahlavi private organizations Ron mental prize with individuals live up to Honor goes example set by or. Undoubtedly there 1 r o n g. His Earth group Many things even or Lii i it i have some Impact Al. 1 c t bitterness that is surfacing now. It resulted in the Dis Missal of Yves Pratt As company chairman and was perceived by Many Here As Tion from Young ambitious French canadians is not Wel come. Many culpa members also live in the Montreal area close to Mirabel and Dorval airports and Are adversely affected by the que Bec government s Well mean ing but a costly applied Lan Guage Law which seeks to apply a limit to the number of people who Are not French canadians working in Quebec. No provincial party is interested in sup porting the rights of Canada s linguistic majority so the pilots Are forced to exert their strength at the Federal an Anli Prynch Canadian tack. With the publicity Given that the regulation did not the directive however came nerf arc with their right to a casual Conversa Ion in the cockpit or order a up of Coffee. Strong said according to press reports Here however hat All operational proce dures must be conducted in English and asked them to be so polite As to speak the language. It is still unclear Why or. Davis Felt called upon to Ssue the directive in the first place during the Vola tile situation created by the Canadian air traffic con rollers fight with the Feder Al government Over the Extension of visual flight communications in English and French by the transport at Quebec air jots. A Quebec source suggests personal interference by some pilots who also happen to be senior members of the Al Canadian airline pilots association is the reason or. Davis Felt called upon to res Tate the Long standing Anc Well understood doctrine of most Canadian airlines to the effect that English is the sole operational language Foi airlines in this country. Naturally enough the directive was leaked to the French language press Las month and Ever since airline has been lacing charges of racism and Clis Crim nation. Federal Liberal my Serge Joyal Maisonneuve has taken the airline d court because he i eels Ali directive contravenes Federal bilingual legislation. Even the Quebec govern lie news that Only 120 of the or o w n corporation s lots wore French Canad is and that French Canadian technicians in o n t r e a 1 were forced to Ork in English too. Other airlines including 2p air have a much Maller ratio and similar language policy but air can Ada As usual Drew the runt of the attack. Culpa was perceived As Grey Eminence threaten no a National strike on the bilingual Issue if the airline caved in to the demands of Trench Power. The pilots association is seen Here As having two Basic motivations for its Atti Ude towards bilingualism. The first is a question of Job Security. At the present time there is a glut of pilots on tile Job Market and compete Asci lurking in the Back round is or. Bourassa whose personal Pilot is an Active member of Les Gens do 1 air de Quebec which Las been particularly vocal n its criticisms of the air inc. The provincial govern ment would look Forward to any opening it can use for he application of the que Sec language Law to National Crown corporations. Today s scripture godliness with Contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment let us be therewith Content. I Tim. 6 6-8. Birthdays Elphege Perron Winni Peg St. Born St. Jean Iberville Quebec june 8, 1887. In an Effort to defuse the Issue Friday air Canada president Claude Taylon tossed the Ball Back to the Federal government. As regards the use of language in operational mat he said it is air Canada s understanding that a definitive statement will be from the fed. Eral ministry of transport. The corporation s policy on bilingualism will reflect any future ministry policy on language in the cockpit and in a i t g r o u n d com expansion of the use of French in the airline s administrative and toc Nicaj activities however will be no mean feat and the Feder Al government could Lessen the airline s Cost Burden by giving it the resources of its new French terminology Bank on aviation at no charge. At present the air line has to pay a fee. But if the Issue is to lie defused the extremists both in culpa and the Quebec government will have to modify their position and free the Canadian reality. Ern ment to an Appeal to a higher judge. Depending on the representative at the Industrial relations committee the most important change was the Extension of labor Board Power the approach to unionization or the removal of the right of conscientious objectors to pay amounts equal o Union dues to a Charity. Practicality was the Issue the Winnipeg builders Exchange whose spokesman George Akins saw an and verse effect on labor relations. Tensions would in crease. He was primarily concerned with a Section which locked corporate entities into a situation where if one of the firms was unionized All others would be treated according to tha firm s Union agreement this was an insidious ant unwarranted invasion o Basic rights and Freedom Foi both management and employees. The Bill also called for in creased Power for the Labo Board. Or. Akins questions the suitability of the boar to handle these new Dutie and responsibilities. It a composed of part time partisan appointments Lackin in Legal and judicial Trainin and expertise. Therefore h wanted either response b i 1 i t i e s returned to the courts where they belong o provision for Appeal to the courts to provide More pro Section. Or. Akins was also per t u r b e d about the Section where an employer a on made Clear. The at empt to remove a Section guaranteeing Protection Lor in person who genuinely objected to membership in a Nion and paying dues to a Union had aroused consider Able concern. Whether it Vas a matter of principle or f personal involvement the proposed elimination of the Rovision o i conscientious objectors was regarded As racial. The mennonite Central committee saw it As Tatami action and evidence of rowing Militancy. Unions Tave lost the ability to ask themselves the questions which a keen sense of jus ice would said Harold Jantz. The approval of the use of Force was a re Lection of the sterility of thinking of the government and labor leaders. Guilty of an unfair Labo practice if he objected to Union or expressed Profe once. Did t the government realize this would Hurt the employers in any Case the Bill if unamended. Woul not Only be inequitable by would be unworkable from any practical viewpoint. Union member Bernai Christophe disagreed. It was p o s i t i v e legislation and Good employees have Noth ing to worry indeed some amendments did t go far enough. I be believed an employer should have no say whatsoever about a Union and that non members should pay Union dues be cause of the benefits provided by that organization. That was a major prob Lem As a series of Dele a he did t believe it was necessary for a free Osten Sibly democratic society to make a special provision forcing a person to pay Union dues when he opposes membership. It was a shame to this government and to our yet this Bill deleted the references to conscience and the right of an employee to with Lold dues and give them to a charitable institution. It might make economic martyrs of those who would not accept the compulsion to support unions. Therefore he urged the Bill be changed. His request echoed a chorus of members of the Plymouth Brethren. Each praised the original labor Bill of 1972, which had a pro vision for conscience. T h removal was an infringement and might result in their losing jobs. Despite Sidney Green s Assurance to Ono member that one would not be compelled to leave the Job even the minister believed the objection had Merit. An earlier witness had expressed Praise for the government s previous support of minority rights. He hoped they would depart from his group supported the government and prayed for them. Yes the nip government in prayed prayed you would listen to our perhaps with an Appeal to a higher judge the govern ment might listen. Quest for votes in California or. Ford s last Chance Monterey. California the upper crust of Long skirted Republican party society mingled on the Patio of the posh Pattee ranch As first lady Betty Ford accompanied by soft chords played by a poolside Trio chatted to matrons and their Well scrubbed Daugh ters. Her escort was Burt Tal Cott the Republican con Gressman for this romantic coastal Community. He sup ported Ronald Reagan for president in 1968, and was an ardent apologist for Rich Ard Nixon in 1974. On Satur d a y he introduced Betty Ford to the crowd of 200. President Ford s policies Are working there is no one in the country More sound than president he said. As a gasp and some hisses sounded from the crowd or. Talcott and mrs. Ford tried to Blunder. Violence on the most canadians were appalled at the television scenes last week of Quebec Dairy Farmers rioting on parliament Hill to the Point where riot squads had to be called out. And what was the mindless rioting about not be cause the Federal govern ment was refusing to do anything for the Farmers Lar irom it. Last year Ottawa paid Dairy Farmers some million which came from taxpayers pockets. But government policy most of it misguided has resulted in farm surpluses to the Point where Ottawa Felt it necessary to Cut Industrial milk production by up to 18 per cent this year and to reduce the subsidy. With the amount of milk powder Canada has on hand and which it is Selling abroad at Cut rate prices this policy makes Good sense to everyone except the Farmers who As or. Tru d e a u said always want More. Most of the blame for the reprehensible display rests at the door of the Quebec producers who seem to think that vicious violence will move government policy. Part however must be Laid on the government for the foolishness of its subsidy program. And part could go to the Law enforcement authorities who appeared to go out of their Way not to make any arrests even of the Farmer whose truck dumped Gallons of milk on Welling ton Street. If a private Mitidi visual had done this he would have been in court in Short order. Why should an exception be made simply because he was part of a Lawless protest by Frank flutter in stun Soux to Niue you Don t mind ii this Young in Ahuad of cover up the Don t let that worry you. Last night i said i was proud to be pres mrs. Ford said. But the confusion of Burt Talcott is a sympton of the ailment or. Ford suffers in California As he struggles for the nomination that would give him a Chance to become an elected president. A few Miles away in the memory Garden just across the Plaza from Fisherman s wharf the real people women dressed in lace men wearing sombreros were celebrating the 206th birth Day of this Small Spanish american Community. Betty Ford went there too on her desperate quest for votes for her husband in today s primary election. M r s Ford s politicking among the festive throng was not necessarily appreciated although she was poli Tely received. She lost votes Here and i m a Grum bled Elmer loll Clarl in i red Sombrero who had Paic to come to the party sponsored by the local history and Art association. This is a birthday party not political mrs. Ford spent three Days campaigning in califor Nia because the presiden could t afford to come him self. It Cost about when he campaigned Here last month and he is Almos at the limit of the Mil lion allowed under the new election Laws for the Over Al presidential primary Campaign. There s no comparison said press Secretary Sheila Wei Denfield about the Cost o the Small entourage a com Janying mrs. Ford aboard an air Force Jet. He has work to do he s the mrs. Ford told reporters who asked Why her husband had not re turned to Battle or. Reagan when the outcome could de cide who gets the Nomina Ion. The Best he can do is Send out his she added archly or. Leagan has t got a although mrs. Ford said there Are Many qualified women who could be vice president or. Reagan had earlier said he would consider she added i really Don t think the country it self is ready for a woman vice president. Gates is the biggest prize. And whoever wins a majority even of a single vote captures All of them. On his Home territory or. Reagan is sure he can do this. But the margin of Victory will be extremely important As a psychological influence on the uncommitted delegates from other states at the con v e n t i o n or. Ford must make a respectable showing in the largest state to con Vince them he is Strong enough to run in november. In California or. Reagan remains tremendously popu Lar despite a leftward at the Pattee ranch while guests sipped Strawberry punch. Mrs. Ford told them that when her husband be came president our country was in a Complete state of president f o r d really took hold of the reins and turned the whole thing around. He brought integrity to the White House. It s gotta be tuesday that you vote for him and not wait until next no she said. I Don t think people realize How very important this primary is we need it they do. Although or. Ford is ahead of or. Rea Gan in the number of Dele Gates selected to attend the party s convention in a gust or. Reagan May finish almost oven alien the votes Are counted in today s three primaries California new Drift which favors the democrats. But perhaps through overconfidence or. Reagan damaged himself last week b y his extremist sounding statements about sending troops to Rhodesia and about the Peri of the communists gaining Power in Italy. Because it is a society that thrives on images Cali fornia is susceptible to Tele vision politicking and to per Sonal appearances. Or. Ford is not Personalty Well known Here. He decided to spend his Little remaining Money on television relying on his wife to do the personal charming. In the last few Days of the Campaign the president has seized upon or. Reagan s Rhodesia statement with commercials reminiscent of the devastating a bomb film used by the democrats in 1964 against Barry Gold water. Governor Reagan could not. Start a War president Reagan could the Ford Media Campaign says. What do you think happened in the commercials ask. Up to now there is no Evi Dence that California voters Are turned on by president Jersey and Ohio. California with 16v Ford. This May be his last Dele i Chance ;