Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 1, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba V maps behaviour worse than children s die Page urged into Snowma death Page probed private mental files Page Calls for Riverbank plan freeze Page problems Aren t really political Page anytime 7 37 5, go funding to be restored Page people 3-37 18 3 1 weather report from sunny Low-24, High-12 Sun rises . Sets . Moon rises . Sets . Winnipeg free press vol. 85 128 wednesday March 1, 1978 15 cents 25c with coloured comics slow growth of Economy dismay maps photo by a dec Johnson Farmers halt a truck trying to make a delivery tuesday night at the Union stockyards in St. Boniface. Postal strike near Ottawa staff canadians could he facing another postal strike within a Mouth Jean Claude Parrot presi Dent of he Canadian Union of postal workers warned today. The Union has started soaring up for a possible strike by distributing information pamphlets to the Public outside Post offices across the. Country. Parrot said the action is a continuation of an intensive information Campaign by the Union to transform the Post office into a Cravn Corpora Tion. Small picket lines running outside Post offices today Are strictly for distribution of the information lie said. There is no intention of stopping postal workers from going work he said. Parrot suggested a strike could come within a month although it would probably be somewhat later. Packing Plant workers Laid off farm strike effect Felt Layoff notices have been Given Hias Many As Lillo workers in packing plants which have had their supplies of meat Cut by the re a Cal strike of Manitoba and Saskatchewan Farmers. Joe Wilford. Of the Canadian food and Allied workers said wednesday workers at All plants in the City were either affected now or would be soon. As the time goes on it s increasingly Evi Dent the companies Are going to give out More and More Wilford said. He said the workers were being Given a minimum of two Days notice and while they did t like the situation most realized there was Little the companies could do in the circumstances. of the larger companies mums Canada packers and Swift Canadian co. Could not be reached for comment tiles Day on the layoffs. In Hegina workers in the Saskatchewan wheat Pool livestock Yards have been is sued Layoff notices effective monday. J. K. Crosby the Pool s Industrial relations manager said tuesday the Layoff notices were sent out because operations at the Yards have been effectively curtailed by the strike by members of the Canadian Agri culture i Lant Page i new Low for . Dollar the . Dollar plunged to new lows today against four major world currencies in a crisis of Confidence. It was Worth less than two West German Marks for the first time in history. It also fell to record lows against the Swiss franc Bel Gian franc and dutch Guilder. Kuwait said if the Dollar continues to drop it will ask other Oil producing nations to consider Oil Price hikes. The . Dollar in terms of Canadian funds at noon wednesday was up 11-100 at in new York the Canadian Dollar was Down fl-100. At the . Dollar problems appeared to be caused by european Money dealers refusing to believe that Washington really wants to halt the accelerating nosedive. Alleged anti americanism hurting Canadian tourism by Victor Mackie staff correspondent Ottawa american tourists arc not travelling to Canada because they believe this country to be anti american according to a study made by the economist intelligence unit limited in London England. The study is entitled International tourism development fore casts to 1b85. The image of Canada in he . Is that canadians Are anti american. Another problem in Canada is the poor attitude of people who service the general the study found. K was quoted to the commons tuesday by Dan South he said the document stated that Here was an unfavourable image of Canada As a Friendly tourist destination. This image problem is seen on two Levels first some americans View Canada the government not the people As being anti american due to certain of its policies second some tourists feel Friendly toward Canada As a country and see . Page i Mckenzie quotes figures Ottawa up govern ment and opposition spokes men alike reacted with Dis appointment tuesday to the latest figures showing the National Economy grew in by a relatively pour 2.8 per cent. But they had differing views of the future with finance minister Jean Chretien saying growth in should lop five percent while progressive conservative and new democratic party spokesmen said the govern ment is living in a fool s the 2.ii per cent figure lakes inflation into account compares unfavourably with the four per cent to five per cent Rale most economists project As the Poten tial Long term expected growth Rale. In the Economy expanded at a rate of per cent although in 11175 Lite Rale was per cent. Statistics Canada said in publishing the figures measured by the Gross National product Gnu that International demand for Ca Nadian produced goods was the major strength of the 11177 Economy. Exports accounted for about two fifths of he real growth. Kul opposition politicians warned thai a Cloudy eco nomic Outlook in the . This year could upset the Canad an Apple cart. The . Takes about 70 per cent of goods exported from this country and some economists Are predicting a downturn in the Economy there. Political spokesmen on both sides of the commons appeared startled tuesday by figures showing real growth in the final Quarter of last year was Only 3.2 per cent. The actual Gnu count ing total output of goods and services was billion. Chretien said he was a Little disappointed with the figures. It s a Little less than i was led to expect by my and he said although he noted that performance in tile second half of the year was Heller than in the. First. Last week in the com Mons Chretien said growth in the second half of 1977 would to about five per cent. A five per cent rate is the minimum required to make a Dent in the country s Job less total now about one Mil lion. The government has also set an annual average growth target of 5.5 per cent Over the years to Lasi. Sinclair Stevens conservative finance critic said he was damned disappoint i thought they would be he said. Stevens said Canada s prospects Lor appeared devastating if the country had to depend for growth upon exports to the . Devaluation of the Dollar in recent months it now stands at about nil.5 cents . May have made Ca Nadian exports cheaper and More competitive but the world Market is shrinking Stevens said. To get the Economy mov ing. The Federal government should Cut its sales and per Sonal income taxes tax incentives at inducing greater Industrial productive see slow Page i Chretien hopeful Taxman raid airline offices Couves up income lax investigators dulled simultaneous raids tuesday on airline offices across Canada in an Effort to obtain information on kickbacks commissions discounts rebates and the use of free passes. Tax department representatives said the investigation also would involve travel agencies and their dealings with airlines. There Are so Many free tie Keis around that they Are like said one investigator. Evidently tile tickets Are even being used for trading Between individuals or firms for services rendered and whal we Are trying to find out is How much is undeclared he. Said. About Iii airline offices were visited in Toronto. In Vancouver airlines visited included Qantas. Japan air lines. Air new zealand Ltd. And hawaiian airlines. Up air was visited several Mouths ago As part of the preliminary investigation. I think what Bronchi it to a head was air Canada s plan to hive their employees free passes because they had made Money last the tax official said. Winnipeg the Pas get Federal Grants Ottawa staff fed eral government contributions totalling to the City of Winnipeg and to the town of the Pas for the implementation of neighbor Hood improvements was announced Here today. The contributions Are part of million Federal funds allocated to the province of Manitoba under the National housing acts neighbourhood improvement program National Revenue minister Joe Guay said. Federal provincial municipal agreements provide three party funding to the areas. Ottawa contributes Between 25 and 50 per cent to the nip program facilities through the Central Mort Gage and housing Corpora Tion. The province will con tribute 25 per cent of the approved project s Cost through the Manitoba hous ing and renewal Corpora mini the remainder is provided by the municipalities themselves. Details Are As follows West Alexander neighbor Hood a Federal contribution of with Provin Cial contribution of and the City of Winnipeg contribution of will set Winnipeg Page i trips billed to Moss by . Peter Moss chairman of i lit1 Karcsh Walcer Kim Keling corporation a tic i. Limi cd any impropriety tuesday in connection with allegations that travel expenses and arrangements Tor him and his family were filled i Hil tics account. I have not expended any Money beyond whal pertains in corporation Moss said in an interview from Ottawa. Moss said there is no ones Tion in ills mind that the it my Ever wound up Willi any Billings for his wife and family. Sworn affidavits made pah ii monday m Matoba Dean while Way quoted two former corporation employees As alleging that trips by Moss and some members of his family were charged to the i tic. One employee said in the affidavit that she fluid not know whether the corporation was Ever reimbursed. Moss said that any travel arrangements or expenses originally paid by the corporation for personal Busi Ness trips for him or his fam ily would have been charged to his own account eventually. He said any suggestions that the corporation was not Sec Tiivel Page i threaten to flood Bond Market Bankers in . Twisting Quebec s by Richard Daignault Iii. The Montreal Star Montreal american banking institutions and brokers threatened to flood the Market with millions of dollars in Quebec Bonds if the Quebec government did t tone Down its nationalist initiatives. Sources said this is the reason Premier Rene did not announce any nationalist Mea sures in his inaugural address to the National Assembly. Officials of several leading financial institutions requested meetings with finance minister Jacques Pari cuu to deliver the message although it is not known if the meetings actually took place. Although Quebec s de i pol savings Bank would he Able to buy up a certain number of the Bonds it would be unable to keep it up if . Institutions decided to dump millions of Dol Lars Worth on the Market. Such an action could be disastrous to Quebec s future Bonds issues financial experts said. Premier Rene Levesque s inaugural address shied away from the entire Independence Issue and concentrated on the development of the province s Economy. Levesque announced tuesday that the government s White paper on culture which was to have been made Public last december is not expected to be tabled until later this month. Sources said any nationalist pro initiative in the policy paper Are either being minimized or eliminated altogether. This year s inaugural address was in Sharp contrast to Leves que s first last year in which i he talked extensively about the new language policy which resulted in Bill 101, cultural policy and the Law on referendums. This year s address emphasized government policy on Job creation and stimulating the Economy. No mention was made of the White paper or sovereignty association plans. The referendum Law has been tabled in the first Reading but has 3ret to pass the second and final readings before becoming Law. Major amendments can be expected. 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