Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 21, 1977, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg Eftee january 1977 probe of foreign Aid Likely to Start soon Ottawa up a parliamentary subcommittee is to take a new look soon at country Billioni year for eign Aid Agency to among other if it is losing credibility with the tax Doug a conserva Tive my regarded As one of the most knowledgeable on foreign Aid said thursday he has asked that he subcommittee meet As Early As govern ment Leader in the commons and acting external affairs said lie sees no Rea son the Aid subcommittee of the commons external affairs committee cannot get to these two and other experts were asked in interviews whether the Canadian inter National development Agency cida1 should be studied Fol lowing renewed publicity about alleged shortcomings in some of the Agency projects in about 80 countries which will Cost canadians about is billion this Roche Edmonton who visited Ca Nadian development projects in Indonesia and Bangladesh recently and who now is on a Cross country lecture Lour on foreign said there is doubt in the Public mind about whether the fundamental thrust of Cida is effect Andrew Brewin Toronto new Democrat external affairs critic who has Long watched Cida said recent publicity must effect the credibility of the officials within the organization itself say foreign Aid is tinder question in All Western not just this was because of Tough economic of understanding on the part of the Public in the Case of knowledge that Ca n a d i a n International donations have passed the magic figure of is and Richard executive director of the Cana Dian Council for International an umbrella for about 100 private agencies concerned with foreign said the whole idea of Aid to needy countries is being Hurt in the Public mind by poorly researched and sometimes it n just complaints against he said his Council is no great Friend of Cida but Over the years it has found it Asef Focient As any other govern ment department and better than Many Aid agencies in the the subcommittee also Hift Shi Loiou Whitmo Liso shorts sunday of nitty May be asked to Deal with concern by some a i authorities that Canadas recent abrupt reduction in textile imports might have a bad effect on relationships with the third Cida officials have brushed aside recent charges of inefficient operations levelled by Morton former member of the on Tario legislature and a Toron to newspaper they say Shumans charges Are poorly researched and Ca not so easy to answer Are charges by Roche that the fundamental approach of Cida is that the Mil Lions it spends around the world is not getting Down to the poor he said he wants the sub took a Long look at Cida the last Par study the whole Canadian policy of International he said the Agency is too secretive and that no Federal Agency or Crown corporation needs its credibility to be pre served As much As the my said an i depth study is More important than looking for the Odd project that has gone it would be unrealistic to expect projects to operate without Brewin he said Cida is like other Large Orga sometimes it is in in trips to Many countries he had heard Cida regarded As one of the Best Aid partly to overcome the in formation Gap and partly to answer criticism from the subcommittee in the Cida is coming out in 10 Days with copies of a 160 Page review of last years a giving descriptions of projects and information on How they Are conceived and further it is preparing a count project b y p r o j e c t review of its operations for the sub commit and still Charles its chief says it is attempting to devise a communications strategy to make the Canadian people More aware of foreign million loss in conventions feared in 1977 crime probe bares Bronts Bank deals number one Park station West Why theres never been an office building like this in Winnipeg before number one Park station West virtually column tree High Speed Energy conscience lots of economical Superior we dont know some body should have thought of it it was time someone took a downtown Type office and moved it 9 minutes West away from the that Way you could have a building that was surrounded by had lots of but was still a Short drive to Portage and there Are other by moving the downtown Type office building you could put it next to Polo Park a million Square feet of shopping plus a major bus route and it would be nearer to the Airport 10 Inkster Industrial Park 10 fort Garry Industrial Park 10 and Lames Industrial Park 3 and for More information phone Aronovitch Leipsic 167 Lombard Avenue Manitoba 9360460 Ottawa cup the Ca Nadian travel Industry could lose about half of its Mil lib convention business in 1977 because of tax changes making it More difficult for americans to de duct International convention an Industry official said Gerry president of the travel Industry association of said the changes would Cut eve deeper into Canadas share of convention business in cause unemployment am Worsen the country current is billion travel account de the with help of the Federal would try to get the More restrictive Laws re Brander the Laws had already led to several cancellations of major conventions since Brander said 19 meetings originally planned for with expected revenues of had been rescheduled with an other 12 conventions in Worth an estimated also other groups were waiting to see if the Laws would be changed before deciding whether to abandon Brander said at a news conference the total Conven Tion business in Canada was Worth million in so More than half of the total de pends upon an estimated delegates from the Many major professional and other organizations have routinely held one of every seven to nine conventions in the tourist Industry employs about about eight per cent of the and some hotels and restaurants including some have fell the Pinch of cancellations Al Brander Industry officials Hope the loss this year will not be More than but they fear it negative trend could be set that would Hurt the track More in in the number of canadians attending conventions in the would Rise it had been cd peeled before the Law changes that by 1978 about canadians would at tend conventions in the he Canadas total travel account deficit is about on Quarter of the country total deficit on International balance of pay the travel deficit with the is last Len Federal minister responsible for Small said Ottawa is considering a formal note to Washington to protest the tax he noted that tourism is the country fourth largest source of foreign among the changes in the Law were provision that allows americans to attend Only two a deductible foreign conventions a limit on deductions equal to daily allowances for government employees when they Are on business abroad in Canada it is about to brainier said the daily allowance i s unreasonably Low for businessmen and pro policing of Atten dance requirements will involve a lot of paperwork and would be a psychological deterrent to conventions he Montreal up alleged underworld banker Wil Liam Broni handled an estimated million in the period Between 1964 and the Quebec police commis Sion inquiry into organized crime was Lold quite impressive for a Man who declared an average annual income of s a 0 0 0 0 during the same chief inquiry counsel Ron Cohen told the the estimate was based on seized Bank records and a study by chartered accountant Jeanclaude played by the inquiry to untangle Bronts extensive business evidence deposited with the inquiry showed a total of 14 companies and 46 individuals of whom had criminal re cords had deposited amounts ranging from to million into Bronts Bank Banks records were produced indicating Obront kept at least nine personal accounts at four separate Banks and three of the accounts were registered under the name of persons acting As Cohen Suid Obront registered two accounts under the name of his personal Secretary Leo Robidoux and an other under the name of his George the nine with total deposits of million Over the 11year gave Only part of the Cohen told the three judge panel presiding Over the police raids and several confiscations of financial re Paolo v10li cords showed the million represented Only per cent of the Money handled by Obront in the nine Cohen Many of the seized cheques made out to Obront were never deposited in those he investigators also deposited evidence showing Obront was directly involved in 38 Compa including meatpacking real estate investment and Liotine improvement the 52yearold Obront has been described As the under world Money mover and Well connected to the Mon Treal especially the Vincent Cotroni Paolo Violi crime currently serving a fou year sentence for was brought Back to Canada from Costa Rica last year after Canadian authorities sought his he is expected to appear before the inquiry As a witness by the end of the earlier in the a sullen Violi was sentenced to a one year prison term after Refus ing to take the oath required to testify before the i have nothing to he said repeatedly As he stood in the witness Box after entering the tense courtroom under heavy Violi is currently serving a oneyear term for having refused to testify at the inquiry last the handed Down by inquiry chairman judge Denys will be served consecutively to Violis other sentence of six years for extortion which is being a the diminutive Violi persistently refused to take the oath thursday even though his Bernard told the inquiry he had advised his client to do judge Dionne cited Violis previous record before imposing the maximum oneyear sentence for refusal to Violi was the second scheduled witness not to testify before the inquiry Leslie described As Violis enforcer Ami failed to show up Al thursdays hearings Mph Hough he had been with a subpoena to a v on Isidore Lzzie sought for questioning in connection with gambling activities in the of t a u a h u 11 stayed away from the inquiry Cle Pite a subpoena to Appeal m a the inquiry adjourned thursday until Ottawa blasted for attitude to crime Ottawa up the pub Lic has lost Confidence in the criminal Justice system and must have a say in govern ment policy if it is to regain Faith in the says a Canadian criminology and corrections association Brief released the Brief was prepared Tor the solicitor generals study group on the role of private agencies in criminal the number of particularly in prison and returning to prison is in it govern ments main answer to Date gun control Back to Square one in commons Ottawa up it May be some months before the controversial Issue of gun control once again conies up for parliamentary after Many hours of argument and discussion in the last session of a Bill providing tighter restrictions on the ownership and use of firearms did not com plete All legislative stages be fore the session and died on the order now the government is Back to Square Justice minister Ron Basford has made it Clear that he wants gun control legislation brought before the House but what form it takes and when it will appear seems in a spokesman for Bas Ford said this week gun control will have High priority in the governments legislative program following parliaments reopening Mon but he could not say How Jong it might be before a new Bill was presented Mark Bas Fords legislative pointed to human rights legis abortion and cannabis As other Justice related mat ters that May come before the the so called gun control presented As part of a peace and Security was really an omnibus Bill which also dealt with Crimi nals classified As dangerous parole police wiretaps and Provin Cial crime this last Section was with drawn when the supreme court of Canada upheld que becs constitutional authority to hold a quasi judicial com Mission of inquiry into organized but it was the gun control provisions that were at the heart of the Bill filling 39 of its 73 and it was these provisions that stirred most of the controversy surround ing the one after groups representing gun wildlife enthusiasts and other interests denounced certain of the Bills provi some groups launched Active campaigns against measures that appeared reasonable and desirable in big City settings did not go Over As Well among Many of those closer to the has been to plan for the construction of new prisons to handle yet further in creases in prison David chairman of the committee which wrote the said at a news con Ference hat the government must change its attitude and invest in people instead of bricks and mortar and find of involving the Community in crime prevention and rehabilitation of Farrell a Legal officer in the Federal Justice depart ments research and planning said it costs a year to keep a person in and crime prevention pay Oft in the Long William Mcgrath tin associations executive direct said people must be made aware Fiat there arc different types of people in prison than there were to years not All were hardened were going All out to get you where 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