Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 21, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press Friday april 21, 1978 bylaw returns to drawing Board parking authority beaten Back by Steve Pona a draft civic bylaw to establish a parking authority Over the nearly 200 indoor and outdoor parking lots owned by the City of Winnipeg was sent Back to the drawing boards West St. Paul Public information meeting Council of the Rural municipality of West St. Paul will hold a Public meeting to initiate discussions on the adoption of a Community plan. The purpose of this meeting will be to present the results of the Stu Dies undertaken and the planning options available to West St. Paul. To be held at the West St. Paul Public school auditorium 3740 main Street april 25th, 1978 . For further information phone 338-0306 Mel Didyk Secretary treasurer thursday by civic executive policy committee. Chief City commissioner d. I. Macdonald strongly criticized the intent and mechanics of the bylaw approved in principle by Council last year. Personally the draft bylaw an astonishing Docu ment i could hardly believe it when i read he said. This is probably the kind of thing that would have been established 15 years ago when it was fashionable for cities to become vigorously involved in parking garages in their downtown areas. There s hardly a City in can Ada that would endorse that prepared by the City s Legal department the draft bylaw advocates creating a seven member parking authority and general manager to study City parking requirements establish rates propose new structures and lots and manage existing ones. V committee voted to refer the proposal Back to civic finance committee from where it originated for fur ther consideration and redrafting. A Board of commissioners report recommends Council responsibility for Over All City transportation planning should not be diluted or fragmented in any Way by delegation to third most duties proposed for the general manager would duplicate and conflict with those currently held by the civic properties division which manages City owned parking structures the report says. In addition it warns Council to be wary about accept ing a proposal to divert parking meter revenues to fund the authority s operation since these Are normally used to support Street reconstruction and maintenance. Unless Council decides to radically expand its array of parking garages " in the downtown area which is what the bylaw suggests Macdonald said this really in t very necessary we be got a very satisfactory and effective parking arrangement right a bylaw establishing the parking authority of the City of Winnipeg created in 1958, was repealed by Council in 1973, with Long term planning becoming the function of civic works and operations committee. Sirm savers saturday april 22nd Only limited quantities 1 Day Only men s gig jeans broken sizes Johnson Johnson baby shampoo 850 my. Reg. Boys sweat shirts Reg. Vaseline intensive care lotion 200 my. Reg. Toddler pampers 12 s v briquettes 20 in. Bag . Cooker with Wagon 2 eggs 2 strips of Bacon 2 slices of Toast skateboards High style Reg. Glad garbage bags 0 s. Size 36" men s 21" 10 Speed bikes discontinued models Lloyd s digital radio digital Reg. R. Aquarium set Reg. Includes 8 pieces. Record special Jackson Brown running on empty elephant Brand fertilizer 16-20-0 let people decide constitutions pm up photo prime minister Trudeau Ottawa staff prime min ister Trudeau wants the citizens of Canada to do a Job that he and the provincial premiers have failed at and that debate in the House of com Mons has not resolved. The people should decide what direction constitutional Reform should take Trudeau told reporters thurs Day at his weekly press conference. But he refused to say if the Liber als constitutional package promised in the speech from the throne in october would be introduced As legislation before parliament is Dis solved for a general election or sprung As an election proposal by the Liberal party during the Campaign. The prime minister said he has heard both positions argued in an out of caucus. Either Way he left the impression that he wants some kind of mandate for constitutional Reform if his government is re elected. He blamed opposition tactics in the commons Cor the government s in ability to introduce the promised constitutional package. Trudeau said that in any event the speech from the throne clearly indicated that constitutional Reform was secondary to cd nomic measures the government wanted to introduce in this session. Royal assent was Given thursday to a number of Bills including amendments to the anti inflation act and guidelines Canada labor code and the farm credit act. Trudeau told a questioner it would be useful if he and Claude Ryan the new Liberal party Leader in Quebec had an Opportunity to discuss the government s proposals for constitutional change before they Are made Public. But he said no Date has been set for a meeting with Ryan. The prime min ister added that he meets three or four times a year with provincial Liberal leaders either individually or in a group. Trudeau said he recently discussed the constitutional guide lines with Gordon Gibson British Columbia Liberal Leader. Noose Issue finished tried eau says Ottawa up prime minister Trudeau said thursday he considers the question of capital punishment settled despite growing indications it will again be an Issue during the anticipated general election. As far As i m concerned the matter is Trudeau told a press con Ference. Parliament voted to end the death penalty 19 months ago after a five year test period and that settled the reminded that Many Federal Candi dates Are getting applause when they Call for return to hanging Trudeau said if some conservative candidates Are talking that Way they Are not talking the same Way As or. Joe tile opposition Leader who is an abolitionist has promised a free vote in the commons if there is a big demand for a referendum on the topic. That is if the tories form the next government. Trudeau said the Issue was debated in parliament for ten years before the vote was taken that finally abolished capital punishment. Aid for cuban poor to continue pm Ottawa up prime minister Trudeau thursday described Cuba s in Africa As indefensible but said Canada will continue to provide Aid to the communist country if it reaches the poor. Trudeau at his weekly press con Ference said government policy is to detach its foreign Aid actions from recipient countries politics. He had been asked if Cuba which has sent an estimated troops to Africa to Aid in wars in Angola and Ethiopia had shown it does not need Canadian Aid. It s certainly a weighty argue Trudeau replied saying Simi Lar arguments had been used about other countries which have made in defensible expenditures As this one or have spent Aid on luxuries. We be always answered this by detaching the two considerations and saying if our Aid can reach some impoverished Blind suffering starving people in certain countries we will make sure it he said. We won t he too harsh on the particular politics or Stripe of the country which is the Aid recipient. The test is what is being done with that particular Trudeau said. It s not always a comfortable policy but it certainly is better than to just say you re going to help those who agree with you on everything in terms of values and institutions be cause then you would end up helping very few Trudeau noted Canada had Cut off its nuclear Aid to India several years ago after the Indian government exploded a nuclear bomb. But food Aid did not Slop. He said there has been no deliberate decision to terminate Aid to any particular country in an abrupt or final with the exceptions of India and Idi Amin s Uganda. This country has a spirit All its own. It s he me lowest five year old around. Canadian spirit has been aged to mildness and maturity a full five years. And yet Fornall ii sell Sal a Price lower than whiskies ;