Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 24, 1976, Winnipeg, Manitoba Weather Law mgr novt Wetr 1976 tuesday was the Day things went wrong for of near he was on delivery of Load of read mix Concrete to a Job site when he turned Down the wrong and when he started to Cross Bridge up photo Over Talbot the Bridge collapsed dumping the truck and the Concrete into the Canada uses agent linked to Lockheed scandal by Jeff Carruthers free press correspondent Ottawa atomic Energy of Canada under fire for making questionable pay ments to agents for nuclear reactor sales in Argen Tina and South is using the giant japanese trading mar Beni As its agent in the mar Beni trading com Pany was involved in the Lockheed payoff scandal in Energy minister Alastair Gillespie said tuesday he has no Way of knowing whether Money paid by atomic Energy of Canada decl to foreign agents for Argen Tina or South Korea reactor sales was used As payoffs to promote reactor sales and he said he has asked the commons Public accounts committee to investigate the whole affair that has Arisen As a result of in payments by decl to agents in Argentina and South Korea that have been questioned by the decl officials Are refusing to provide any further details on the South korean and Argentine dealings and Are also denying any knowledge that payoffs could have taken but reliable government sources have revealed that in mid1973 there were suggestions from an unidentified Export development official that the Edc was hav ing trouble figuring out How to finance an bribe in connection with the South korean Purchase of a Candy treated As a joke at the the Edc reference has suddenly taken on seeming significance with this weeks auditor generals the report identifies As questionable an payment to a Tel agent company for services rendered to decl on the South korean Candy reactor the payment was questioned because the auditor general believes it was inadequately the Edc arranged the Export financing for the South korean Sale As Well As the Argentine decl said wednesday that the agent fees on the South korean Sale were in fact not covered by Edc financed the agent was paid out of the Down payment on the Ractor paid to decl by South the Down pay ment was later said to total three year stall9 opposition blasts audit commission by Dan Pottier free press correspondent Ottawa opposition Par ties yesterday unleashed a of protest against the governments setting up of a Royal commission in response to the auditor generals criticism of Public spending in a Stormy question filled with shouts and jeers prime minister Trudeau defended the decision to have a commission explore some of the proposals made by a Dito general it seems to he told nip Leader de parliamentarian should understand that our institution does not necessarily have to run the Way accountants say it in Bis annual report to parliament Mac said financial manage ment and control in the Feder Al government was grossly i am deeply concerned that indeed the or is close to effective control of the Public Broadbent had said he did not understand How appointing a chief financial of As Macdonell Sug would affect the rights of parliament As the govern ment opposition Leader Jot Clark called the setting up of a Royal commission on spend ing a three year stall by the he pressed the government for details on what it would do in the interim to remedy the spending control proce d u r e s which the auditor general found grossly invade Treasury Board president Robert Andras said a Progress report he issued last week showed that the govern ment was acting on the majority of the auditor generals Andras announced the Royal commission minutes after the Macdonell report was tabled saying proposals for a financial watchdog had to be studied because such a system could usurp parliaments later Clark told report ers there was Little the opposition could do on the Issue of the Royal commission now that the government had be said his party would continue to press the matter in the House and Back up the auditor general whose position had been weakened by the government he described As a phoney Issue Trudeau claim that financial control systems in government should not be determined by accounts such As its Manitoba cocktail hour a splash of a dash of f and for the crowning a locally grown cocktail onion the Manitoba the Manitoba Silver skin onion Only recently decided to expand on the soup and salad circuit and mix with the worlds the Manitoba department of agriculture decided five years ago to expand the Market for the diversions and aim for a share of the million a year cocktail onion business in North Ameri the food service department at the University of Manitoba has teamed up with the government and a vegetable grower to develop a commercial cock Tail onion business for the most of the production problems have been solved and now Barry Mccon of food is working on processing this than a dozen 4m Pound Sample barrels of the onions will be sent to pickling it they Are accepted a grower organization might be established in the prov Ince to produce cocktail onions on a commercial Oil firm buys observer today people w a Cockney eyed View of the typical Page my advertising Distor tation May Lead to Kiwi Quebec Marc behind the Page inside the Washington Post London in a Deal believed unprecedented in the annals of a United states Oil company has reached across the Ocean to buy the one i Britain most distinguished the new owner is Atlantic Richfield and the Purchase was made in a matter of Days by the firms Robert Anderson of bos Andersons associates say be is buying the sunday newspaper primarily to pre serve its Liberal and Independent and is not seeking a profitable asset for his company growing the observer has been losing Money for several the 59yearold Oil Man and rancher is described by aides As a humanist with a deep concern for the communications Fieldor last 10 he has been chairman of the Aspen inst a Colorado think tank on social Anderson Learned less than two weeks ago that the observer was on the and that the David Astor family which owns it could do longer afford to subsidize the he made his decision to buy in less than a How much the Astor family Trust will receive in the Sale has not been one source close to the Deal said Jit involved several Mil lion but this May be a conservative Atlantic Richfield has bought 90 per cent of the observers until observer feat Astor would sell out to one of the two tabloid press in human food possible Here by Jack Francis dead animals from Mani Toba stockyards now Are being delivered to meat packing facilities and run the risk of be Fig processed for human sub Mission to the Manitoba live Stock marketing inquiry has the made tuesday by Midwest by products at the present time dead Ani Mals from the Manitoba Stock Yards Are delivered to a meat packing Plant for processing and often the same equipment is utilized to de liver crippled animals to other packing plants for the production of human unless measures Are taken to prevent the Manitoba inevitably will suffer the dead meat scandals of Quebec and Ontario of one year the presented by Young of toront6 on behalf of mid the report was presented in Winnipeg at the first of two hearings by the the Only sure Way of con trolling the dead meat is to Institute a system whereby each and every animal is either buried or delivered to an approved rendering Plant for sanitary without any meat salvaged from dead animals for pet food purposes can and should de characterized with Chai Coal or some other Sui Tab material to ensure that Doest enter the human Foo said the agriculture minister Sam Uel of Manitoba up the committee of proud ers and civil servants study livestock marketing the most submit Sions in a series of Hearin have referred to a report b the Manitoba livestock an meat commission released which said thai cattle marketing in the prov needed considerable re visions see dead Page 4 education in Law Laskin says Laskin Law no mystery by Brian Cole chief Justice Bora Laskin of the supreme court of can urged Canadian Educa Tion authorities tuesday to make the court system part of school and University cur chief Justice Laskin said it was appropriate because the system played Suchan important part in Canadian life and Many people do not understand How it works or How it relates to govern i have been asked by peo ple who should know better if it is permissible for them to watch supreme court pro when one of our Cardinal principles is the openness of the courts to the he was speaking to about 400 people at a Canadian Council of christians and jews awards dinner at the International inn honouring two Manitoban and Las Kins of Thunder for promoting if we Pride our democratic system we should also appreciate that it is based on a necessary respect for its Legal framework and and see education Page 4 court refuses to make ruling on Mega right to strike Manitoba government employees association Mega has been refused a court ruling on provincial employees Legal right to Justice Peter dismissed the application for a he said courts should it be called upon to decide merely theoretical questions in the absence of an actual dispute Between two he called on the provincial government to clarify its Legisla Tion so As to leave no doubt whether civil servants have the Legal right to the association which rep resents government made the Applina t i o n last although Mega members employed by Crown corporations Al ready have the right to the association was seeking judicial interpretation of the Law for the rest of its members who Are covered by the civil service in a written judgment re leased Justice Morse said it would be inadvisable for him to make a decision on the matter cause the declaration or de termination could have no effect except in the future and would depend on the actual provisions of the civil ser vice act at the he said any judgment would be ineffective until the association or its members actually decided to stage a Mega lawyer Walter Rit Chie argued last week that the right to strike is a com Mon Law right which can be taken away Only by but most civil Are covered by the civil service which neither prohibits nor author izes a government lawyer said the right to strike appears to be taken away by implication because of the Legisla tons the act provided for binding arbitration in the event of stalled negotiations for a civil servants Are excluded from the terms of the labor relations which specifies that Legal strikes can be staged Only by groups certified by the labor he because the association int certified by the and instead is named As the certified bargaining agent in the civil service its members therefore have no right to he Justice Morse stressed there was no immediate Dis Pute Between the government and the and no impending threat of a if there is any question As to the right of civil servants in Manitoba to strike and the civil service in express neither pro Hibits nor authorizes a strike of civil legis lature if it wished to do Amend the civil vice act so As to leave no doubt As to the intention of the Justice Morse James association executive said in an interview he was disappointed with the courts Rul the association haunt yet decided whether to a see court Page 4 up Christmas fund open for donations English for senior bureaucrats French accent wipe out wanted when they Erni nent chum1 to teach civil How to soft in Vej Neuse without fit it twin service Federal language course organizers said tuesday the Yuri Feibis w flouring up in Mann takes usow sir saying for pc Jef begin advertising the in various gig Jamal de in january we with knit pledge if to Day ssz5 it person for the to wow wow Wpm fully Oaly top civil servant receive such Ibi Ettive Raja Gage Traia toy to courses Lor others with More wants for Christmas Din Ner the traditional succulent roast Turkey with ail the Ham Peanut butter and Jelly sandwiches Bow about a can of Beans Christmas is a time for giving and Lor theres often Little to for those who cant Man age it All there Are thousands who re member the True spirit the Homiday this years free press Christmas cheer fund opens today to receive donation to Christmas a time of Celebration for a last year generous readers contributed to the newspapers fund i Clud Sittg More than seat to the spirit of Christmas Cam conducted on the sports editor Hal Sigurdson a actor he spirit of Christmas this or for h a i toe Treal few Woods of the of and n Kcf goes to the the m Bijj Licau no of freon a Wib teach to Wawer the tote a two a pm to refer Cayten to the appropriate which for the needy tag elderly who Aie Unate to Tor themselves Dur ing tie festive to the Winnipeg free press Christmas cheer m Caltoft Sec Bwol to oils can also be made at the Plas sifted advertising of see of the wait flaw during Imi Siuss special for purposes wig be Given Wawa Christmas 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