Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 07, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free press wednesday june Quebec culture Ottawa concern Ottawa up Federal ministers declared tuesday that Ottawa will maintain its cultural presence in Quebec including control Over National Parks historic Sites and copyright Law. We have no intention of abandoning our role in Cul Tural state Secre tary John Roberts said hours after the Quebec government announced propos als to assume jurisdiction Over so called cultural prop erty in the province. The Federal government endorsed preserving French culture in Quebec and would continue to play a part in developing it Roberts said. Parks minister Hugh Faulkner said he has no plan to relinquish control Over Federal Parks and historic Sites in Quebec or anywhere. I be never seen a convincing argument for pre Empting the Federal inter he told reporters. A canadians had an inter est in National Parks he said. The Quebec proposals announced in the National As Sembly by cultural affairs minister Camille Laurin say Ottawa must return All the cultural properties it possesses or manages in que Bec As Well As the share of Public funds it devotes to this segment of Quebec that would include the Plains of Abraham a nation Al historic site in Quebec City where Britain won Canada from France in a 1759 Battle. Consumer affairs minister Warren Allmand responsible for copyright said any change in jurisdiction Over copyright or other Laws can t be considered in isolation. If Quebec wanted to take Over copyright authority it would have to give up some thing in Reform of the British North America act which divides Powers. Quebec argues provincial artists would be better served if the province involved itself More directly in claims of composers actors singers and other artists. Zaire Price tag set at million Paris a european and United states experts on Africa estimate Zaire urgently needs million in the next three months to prevent its military and economic collapse a senior . Official said tuesday. Was the Price tag attached to an emergency Mili tary and economic Aid Effort organized at a one Day meet ing Here of diplomats from France Britain West Ger Many Belgium and the . Zaire meanwhile . Air Force transport planes carrying soldiers of a moroccan Force landed tuesday at Lubumbashi capital of rebel threatened Shaba province. The moroccans will be the Backbone of a French sponsored african peace Force designed to prevent a repetition of last month s invasion of Shaba by rebel Lunda Tri Besmen from bases in neighbouring Angola. Belgium has decided to withdraw its paratroops from Zaire the belgian news Agency Belga reported today. Quoting official sources Belga said the Cabinet crisis committee headed by prime minister Leo Lindemans has decided to withdraw the approximately 600 paratroops by the end of this week. Poll revives talk of a fall election Call by Trudeau continued and Call the election the week of aug. 14. Meantime liberals and conservatives Are the results of the poll. They Are seeking to determine what caused the slight slump in pc and the Rise in Liberal support. It is apparent the majority of the Large Block of the the undecided voters swung Over to the liberals. In the april poll there were 39 per cent undecided. In the May poll that had dropped to 27 per cent. The fall off in the number of undecideds occurred in All regions. It would appear that when the last poll came out showing the two tied it must have had an Impact on those who had said they were undecided and when polled in May they said they would vote Liberal both liberals and conservatives were hesitant about giving their reasons for the change in the results Between april and May describing the Gallup poll As very volatile and hard to they suggested this would be an Apt description for the attitude of the voters. In addition prime minister tru Deau s appearances on the International stage appear to have had a favourable influence on the voters. Beer sales watched continued up photo Gerardo Avila from Vancouver makes a wide eyed face outside Toronto City Hall monday at the opening of the first Canadian festival of mime. During the week Long festival artists will be meeting to improve their silent skills. Minimum wage to stay at Price says continued Ottawa staff opposition maps claimed a major breakdown in the Grain handling and transportation sys tem in the commons tues Day during a Day Long de Bate. The port of Vancouver has at least 20 ships waiting to Load Grain Thunder Bay has 10, the elevator system is plugged and producers Are up in progressive conservative transport critic Don Mazankowski said. Transport minister Otto Lang countered by saying this is a record year for Grain movement into Export. He said the other two years when More than 800 million bushels of Grain and Grain products were exported Are expected to be surpassed. He predicted 810 to 850 Mil lion bushels will be moved. Pennies Nickels May disappear continued Between Metal suppliers and the mint. The mint in Hull Quebec produces most of the special to coins including Gold mint sets. The Ottawa operation produces pennies and Winnipeg the third and final operation produces most of the Nickel based coins including Nickels dimes and quarters. In 1974 and 1975 the mint produced about 1.2 billion coins for the Canadian Market but was Down to 800 Mil lion last year. Production fluctuates with general demand which is expressed in orders for coins from the chartered Banks. Coin production should increase again this year. In part this is because As the value of the Canadian Dollar Falls american coins Are being withdrawn from the Market. American coins account for 10 to 15 per cent of those circulating in Canada. Pawly nip that the Federal government and six other provinces had t raised their minimum wages for More than a year. The Federal government Newfoundland British Columbia and Ontario had All gone longer than Manitoba without a minimum wage increase. New Brunswick had t raised its minimum wage for 18 months and Nova Scotia s last increase was 16 months ago she said. Despite a demand from Jay Cowan nip Churchill for documentation Price contended that a minimum wage in grease would boost unemployment. If the minimum wage in t kept competitive with other jurisdictions she argued unemployment will Pawley and Cowan pointed out that the Cost of living is rising at a rate of eight or nine per cent a year while the minimum wage remained unchanged. Their minimum wage earners Standard of living has to be Cowan argued. Pawley contended that the conservative government s policy of worshipping at the shrine of business would Only result in an increase in welfare Rolls. There Are a hell of a lot of people out there who through no fault of their own Are he said. If the minimum wage were adjusted just a Little bit it would do a hell of a lot More for the Economy of the province by providing More spending Power. Than the nonsense we re hearing from the minister that a Little increase is going to Hurt Busi Pawley said. Sam Yuskiw nip Dubonnet said businesses determine where they will locate not because of the minimum wage but because of the Market potential in an area. He also noted the government has set million aside in the estimates for salary increases for civil servants. People who Are getting a year will get an increase but we re not sure the people getting an hour will get an increase in 1978. It s Yuskiw said. Jim Ferguson pc Gladstone claimed that people in Manitoba will be picketing for jobs but the nip government had discouraged them from working. People in this province to work there Are jobs available for those who want to work. The minimum wage won t make a Damn bit of he said. Henry Einarson pc Rock Lake de scribed the discussion on minimum wage a minute i would rather see people on the minimum wage and working than raise the mini mum wage and see them unemployed and have to go on pressed by the opposition about whether she shared the views of the two tory Back benches Price said she would t comment on the statements made by them or other colleagues. She denied however that she was dissociating herself from their remarks. The remarks led Pawley to claim she would be in jeopardy if she accepted the views of the two tory members and Yuskiw to suggest such philosophy would Lead him to vote against the minister s a year salary opposition s method of object ing to departmental policies. In the area of strikes Sidney Green nip noting the number of strikes in Manitoba at present predicted the conservative government would be passing some Back to work legislation. Price repeated her earlier comments that the government would t permit strikes to continue if they affected the Economy health and safety of the province drastic otherwise she said she had great Faith in the collective bargaining process but both management and labor had to show responsibility. She countered Green s arguments by claiming that More work Days were lost in the 1975-74-75 years under the nip govern ment. In those years she said and and work Days were lost respectively compared to this year. Against the two offending hotels and they have reopened their Vendor sales after the visit by inspectors Veillet said. He said there May be a possibility of people trying to import Beer from out of the province but the commission is leaving enforcement of this to the ramp. Provin Cial Law states that the Maxi mum amount of Beer which May be brought into Manitoba from another province is two Gallons. Meanwhile no talks have been arranged Between striking and locked out brew Ery workers and their employers a Union spokesman reported tuesday. However John Slobodian of the United brewery and soft drink workers local 330, said both sides have communicated their positions. The Union has been told by the breweries that they will return to individual negotiations but any settlement will have to be on an Industry wide basis. The Union has repeated its refusal to be pressured into Industry wide talks. About 475 brewery workers Are either on strike or locked out by their employers. Thieves steal Van Gogh Art Cairo a a Van Gogh painting valued at has been stolen from a museum in a Cairo suburb and police sources say some supervisory personnel have been detained for not provid ing adequate Security. Culture minister Abdelmoneim Sawy identified the work As poppies painted in Paris in 1887 by dutch Mas Ter Vincent Van Gogh. Those detained worked for the general organization for Art the government body that hires night guards for the museums it oversees. Auto race Fol Lorama run into conflict ttc1 Towl Tistle a half Al first class since the idea was raised last january Powes said Fol Lorama officials have refused to negotiate an accommodation that would permit both events to be held simultaneously. Powes said he suggested the race be run As part of Fol Lorama festivities and be designed to complement rather than compete with it but Fol Lorama organizers refused to the August 20 weekend is the Only one during the summer that the stadium and Arena Complex is open to booking be said. Fol Lorama president Henry Lorenc Cafield the suggestion of the and said it s perfectly Tad Croas to connected the Ower. Just not not been approved by the la Batts which also has an indirect financial interest in Fol Lorama though discussions with it Are continuing Powes said. The race to be broadcast on National television and expected to Cost would feature the Dallas cowgirls cheer leading squad Barry Man flow the eagles and a Midway. Between 20 and 40 Drivers would compete for in prize Money Powes said. The cars Are second Only to for Mula one and have four cylinders compared to eight 12. They Are capable of speeds of to Miks an boor be said. Powes who is Wing a Toron Tot esed can pay underwrite fee Cost of the race a swipe said it Way yet res Utemei to tarty a m continued Cushion the loss expected to result from such a change. Fewer tourists would be attracted to the event in september and the Start of another school year would leave people with less Dis Posable income he explained. The potential for loss in septem Ber is just too streets in the Vicinity of the Arena and stadium have already been photographed by air and measured by City of Winnipeg Crews and a report by the civic i a Cost As Well As Legal Job Tim safety pro time of the proposed me is mag swirl by Mma Peg eater tee chairman councillor Gary Fol Mon Independent citizens elec Tion committee Springfield Heights said if the plan is approved by the corporation it will come up for committee consideration at a meeting on june 26, then go to Council. Corporation chairman coun. Jim Ernst ice Grant s Mill said the race would cause Only minor disruptions to traffic around the stadium and Little More than noise for neighbouring residents particularly those on Strathcona Street. Cars would ran Down Empress Street through fee stadium then around fee parking lot gift spectators seated to stad Swa grand stands the race route lie re Tipfer the Afi ewed the to watch Drivers prepare of Cir cars which is where half the kicks come he said. Labatt s spokesman John mor Gan declined to comment on the negotiations saying it s a very Touchy political situation. We d like to make sure our to Are crossed and is Are dotted before we say Likely at a news conference to be hew by the com Pany m the next two weeks. It is still very Early in the negotiations process. We be still got a couple of things to sort the race has been held in Gimli for several years but Powes said the Polo Park location would at tract better crowds. Other Canad an locations on la City Cir it which is almost Doobie sae of Jass years sir Fife Cote wow use Fec City Ham Ftp and to free Rivers. 17.5. Fishermen Welcome anglers ruling pleases maps Ottawa special Lake of the Woods with the International Boundary running through it is bound Ary Waters and therefore is smack dab in the Middle of the fish War. L maps from Manitoba and Ontario constituencies Bor Dering the Lake of the Woods consequently were breathing easier tuesday after Federal fisheries min ister Romeo Leblanc announced that United states anglers Are still Welcome to fish in Canada despite the dispute Between the two countries Over an interim fishing treaty. The . However at the same time said it was pre pared to arrest Canadian Angling on their Side of the boat Juneries closed their Waters to each others commercial fishing boats at noon sunday. The , also barred Canadian sports fishermen. Leblanc said we have made it Clear from the be ginning of the suspension of the agreement was in rela Tion to commercial activities in the oceans. He was explaining Canada s efforts to avoid retaliatory action against . Anglers. Canadian Waters Are in fact open to recreational and sports fishermen at the moment and for the foreseeable he said. Both Leblanc and external affairs minister Don Jamieson Are trying to clarify the . Action against Canadian anglers. They said they were hopeful the question would be cleared up within a few Days. Jamieson told the commons i have the impress Ion that no one on either sides wishes to seriously obstruct the tourist business least of All we in Canada Law does not distinguish Between commercial and recreational fishing vessels. This Means the . Authorities could arrest any Canadian sport boat found in . Waters. Soviets occupy Island Tokyo Reuter soviet marines and paratroopers on military exercises in the Northern Pacific have occupied an Island claimed by both Japan and the soviet Union japanese defence Agency officials said today. They said they believed approximately soviet troops were practising air and amphibious assaults on the Island of Eto Rofu in the Buriles Chain. Eto Rofu is one of four is lands the Kurile Chain claimed by Japan but occupied by the soviet Union since the end of the second world War. Japan protested to the so Viet Union last week about the War games saying they would violate International Law and endanger japanese fishing boats in the area. Peace or War up to soviets continued two superpowers must be truly be said with both the United states and the soviet Union exercising restraint in troubled areas and in turbulent times. Carter s speech touted by his principal advisers As clarify ing us. Attitudes toward the soviet Union mixed both hard line and conciliatory gestures. He consulted with Zbigniew Brzezinski his National Security adviser and state Secretary Cyrus Vance among others in preparing it the speech went through several drafts and was certain to be read closely in Allied and Friendly capitals for insights into evolving . Policies abroad. The potential Impact on Moscow was hard to assess. The russians have rejected administration accusations until now training their fire principally on Brzezinski who accused them of breaking the code of detente. Carter took a cow vow of russian intervention in Angola and Ethiopia through proxy forces a Clear allusion to cuban troops that helped a marxist faction Angola s civil War and helped Ethiopia to repel an invasion persistent military Carter said threatens regional peace As Well the Independence of a for he said the United states support african efforts to contain such intrusion it did by Effort a a Brief Bot pointed reference to human rights of the initial themes of his his criticism ot5 Accord has earned the Tew Carter Feir exp ;