Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 07, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press june pm White paper will play a role in referendum Vival of Quebec culture pre it proposes to increase the Quebec Content of books and magazines sold in the prov Ince and promote Quebec endeavour in the music and Cinema Industry. It proposes a program to Aid the establishment of More Quebec bookstores As Well As a Book policy that would include government licensing for publishers distributors and booksellers new regulations on que Bec ownership of such enterprises creation of cooperatives to look after Supply distribution and collection of Quebec paperbacks. The paper suggests More Public control Over Content and standards in the news Media and measures to ensure that ownership of que Bec news Media remains in the hands of Quebe cers. Creation of a Quebec news Agency with possible government funding and Assis Tance is proposed in the paper although communications minister Louis o Neill continued denied any government in Tention to manage Quebec news. Over the last few months several news Media notably Maclean s Magazine predicted the White paper would propose a degree of state intervention in society unparalleled in North America. However Laurin told re porters that numerous changes and eliminations have been made in the policy since preliminary drafts began circulating among Cabinet ministers. He denied the paper had been diluted out of fear of political backlash. This represents a consensus View within he said. However Premier Rene Levesque and others Are said to have been concerned with the political repercussions of the some of the original proposals. Nevertheless Laurin de scribed the policy As a major turning Point in the collective evolution of the Quebec the period of doubt and uncertainty in Quebe cers is Over he said. Henceforth the Quebec people intend to have Confidence in them selves and fully assume their destiny on this american among Short term recommendations contained in the paper is the creation of a cultural development corporation to assist Quebec artists writers musicians and film makers. And the paper says special efforts should be made to teach Quebec values to minority groups like the anglophone Community to Aid their integration into Quebec society Price pegs minimum wage months ago she said. Despite a demand from Jay Cowan chill for documentation Price contended that a mini mum wage increase 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 continued he also noted the govern ment has set million aside 1 in the estimates for salary increases for civil servants. People who Are getting year will get an in crease but we re not sure the people getting an hour will get an increase in 1978. It s Yuskiw said. Jim Ferguson Stone claimed that people in Manitoba will be picketing for jobs but the nip govern ment had discouraged them from working. People in this province still want to work there Are jobs available for those who want to work. The a Rimini mum wage won t make a Damn bit of he said. Henry Einarson pc Rock Lake described the discussion on minimum1 wage a minute "1 would rather see people on the minimum wage and working than mum wage and see them unemployed and have to go on. pressed by the opposition about whether she shared views of the two tory Back i benches Price said she would t comment on the statements made by them or other colleagues. Over Garrison rejected v a photo a . Coast guardsmen patrolling . Waters in Lake Erie this week fails to find Canadian fishermen. A news analysis fish War seems a bit fishy by Marjorie Nichols Washington special the boys in the boats will not agree but the so called fishing War must be viewed As a positive development in the evolution of diplomatic relations Between Canada and the United states. Some War. At this juncture the state of belligerence Between the two alleged International antagonists resembles a discussion Over High Tea at Empress hotel. Though officials on both sides deny that any devious deals were struck this whole affair is starting to look More like a Case involving International agreement rather than inter National disagreement. But whether it was planned or simply the product of fortuitous irrelevant. The Point is that the reciprocal Border closings have served to re move the largest obstacle to agree ment in the first place political pressure from the fishing Industry on both sides of the Border. When it comes to clout fishermen rank Only behind Farmers on the list of special interest lobbies with disproportionate political Power. In either Ottawa or Washington a Hundred angry Fisher men or Farmers can provoke a larger response than say a thousand angry carpenters. This is due in part to regional concentration of these two groups. But the most important element in the political leverage exercised by these reapers of sea and land is that they have convinced everyone tha a threat to their Industry is a threat to the culture. An out of work Carpenter the argument goes can be re trained but an out of business Fisherman or Farmer represents a. Loss to what the politicians Are fond of calling our Way of it cannot be denied that the negotiation of a new permanent Canada . Reciprocal fishing agreement presented negotiators on both sides with a difficult task involving As it does the re drawing of International boundaries. But the current dispute is not the product of the inability of the negotiators to come to agreement on these larger issues. Indeed despite the impasse on the negotiation of a 1978 interim agree ment which was rendered void when the Borders were slammed shut talks Are proceeding apace on settlement of the new Long term agree mement. The world s longest undefended Border has been stretched across water As Well As land because of the fishermen and their friends in con Gress and on parliament Hill. The background to the present stand off is Long and Complex but simplified this is what happened. The . Fishermen did not like the 1978 agreement and so they took their own government to court and won on a constitutional Point. The interim agreement is invalid until ratified by Congress the court said. The . Fishermen conceded however that they would sooner have some kind of an agreement rather than no agree ment at All. So they struck a Deal with the court and Congress. We will support the 1978 interim agreement As drafted even though we Don t particularly like it on one condition before the canadians Are granted the additional fishing rights provided for in that interim agreement we must be consulted. Problem was that Canada had Al ready violated the interim agreement by refusing to close some Canadian Waters in order to qualify for the additional fishing rights in . Waters. After second though however Canada agreed to the terms and closed the water. Then the trouble started. The . Took the position that be cause Canada had failed to live up to the terms of the agreement in the first instance a penalty would have to be extracted in return for expanded fishing rights. You do that Canada warned and Well close our Borders. They re Only bluffing said the influential senators and congressmen and the . Fishermen. Obviously Canada was not Bluff ing. The interesting Point Here though is that the . Negotiators themselves were siding with Canada. It now is Clear that the negotiation ran into a dead end because of the under the table Deal struck Between the fishermen and Congress. A hand Ful of influential members of con Gress and their fishermen friends held the . Negotiators to Ransom. 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 in crease is going to Hurt Busi Pawley said. Sam Yuskiw Dubonnet said businesses de Termine where they will locate not because of the minimum wage but because of the Market potential in an area. Ottawa up external affairs mini scr Don Jamieson said again tuesday the government does Noi to lobby United states congressmen directly against construction of the controversial Garrison diversion project. But he said in the commons he would be glad to help members of parliament make their views known through a Canada-. Inter parliamentary committee. Jamieson was replying to Jake Epp progressive conservative my for the Manitoba Riding of Provencher. Epp urged the minister to make direct personal approaches to the authorities once again spelling out the effect Lonetree would have on president Carter has asked Congress to postpone funds for the Lonetree Reservoir a key element in North Dakota s Garrison diversion project. But there have been reports that if Congress turns Down the president s request the Money will have to be spent on Lonetree. Jamieson said he is doubtful that it would be appropriate for Canada to approach individual members of Congress. There was a difference Between government to government talks and approaches to Congress he said. The minister said monday the government is confident the situation will be Don Jamieson City car race plan May hit skids Lake of the Woods . Anglers of d Ottawa special the Lake of the Woods with the International Boundary running through it is Boundary Waters and therefore is smack dab in the Middle of the fish War. Maps from Manitoba and Ontario constituencies bordering the Lake of the Woods consequently were breathing easier tuesday after fed eral fisheries minister Romeo Leb Lanc 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 prepared to arrest Canad an Angling on their Side of the Boundary. Both countries closed their Waters to each other s commercial fishing boats at noon sunday. The . Also barred Canadian sports fishermen. Lebianc said we have made it Clear from the beginning of the sus pension 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 foresee Able he said. Both Lebianc 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 impression that no one on either sides wishes to seriously obstruct the tourist business least of All we in Canada. . Law does not distinguish be tween commercial and recreational fishing vessels. This Means the . Authorities cd sad arrest any Canadian sport boat found in . Waters. The race to be broadcast on National television and expected to Cost would feature the Dallas cowgirls cheer leading squad Barry Manilow the eagles and a Midway. Between 20 and 40 Drivers would compete for in prize Money Powes said. The cars Are second Only to formula one and have four cylinders compared to eight and 12. They Are capable of speeds of 140 to 150 Miles an hour he said. Powes who is helping a Toronto based company underwrite the Cost of the race in Winnipeg said it May yet be rescheduled to Early sep tember but Only if a third party could be persuaded to help Cushion the loss expected to result from such a change. Fewer tourists would be at continued tracked to the event in sep tember and the Start of an other school year would leave people with less Dis Posable income he explained. The potential for loss in september 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 re port by the civic administration on the Cost As Well As Legal pollution and safety implications of the proposed race is being studied by Winnipeg enterprises Corpora Tion. Works and operations committee chairman councillor Gary Filmon inde pendent citizens election Heights said if the plan is f approved by the corporation it will come up for commit tee consideration at a meet ing on june 26, then go to Council. Corporation chairman coun. Jim Ernst Grant s Mill said the race would cause Only minor disruptions to traffic around the stadium and Little More than noise for neighbouring Resi dents particularly those on Strathcona Street. Cars would run Down pm press Street through the stadium then around the Park ing lot with spectators seated in stadium grandstands and along the race route he said. People would also be allowed into the Arena to watch Drivers prepare their cars which is where half the kicks come he said. Labaul s spokesman John Morgan 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 held by the company in 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 attract better crowds. Other Canadian locations on the 11-City circuit which is almost double the size of last years include Westwood British Columbia Quebec City Hamilton and three Rivers. Zaire needs Aid experts Paris a 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. That was the Price tag attached to an emergency military and economic Aid Effort organized at a one Day meet ing Here of diplomats from France Britain West Germany Belgium and the . In Zaire meanwhile . Air Force transport planes carrying soldiers of a moroccan Force landed tues Day 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 tribesmen from bases in neighbouring Angola. The . Planes also ferried in about 300 soldiers from Senegal and Gabon to give the moroccan dominated Force a pan african character. About 350 of the 750 French Para troops the moroccans Are replacing in Shaba then boarded the half dozen c 141 Star lifter cargo jets for a flight Back to their bases on the Mediterranean Island of Corsica. French and belgian paratroops had driven the rebels from the Shaba City of Kolwe i last month. The african Force is expected ultimately to reach a total of men. . Military personnel in Lubumbashi said about 700 of the moroccan soldiers had arrived in Shaba by tues Day. The Zaire government of president Mobutu sese seko is desperately Short of spare parts food Medicine and fuel to keep its army and Economy working the . Official Here said. Meeting these requirements along with longer term needs that ran into billions of dollars will be the subject of a conference next week in Brussels. That gathering will be attended by the five countries that conferred Here Mon Day along with saudi Arabia Iran and representatives of the world Bank and the International monetary fund. The United states sidetracked French president Valery Giscard d is Taing s proposal to make the Shaba Force the nucleus of an Africa wide peace Force Able to intervene when necessary to Shore up other pro West Ern regimes in Africa. Opposition claims collapse in Grain handling transport by Victor Mackie staff correspondent Ottawa opposition claimed a major break Down in ice Grain handling and transportation system in die tuesday Dur ing a Day Jong debate. Tace port of Vandiver has at 20 stops waiting to Grain. Thor Xor 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 Gran movement into Export. He said the other two years when Bare than 80s bushels of Grain and Grain products were exported Are expected to be surpassed. He predicted 810 to 850 Mil lion bushels will be moved into Export this year. Opposition critics agreed movement rate had bees High hot argued much More could have movie. Pointed to fee announcement monday that it is setting up a special in Quiry into Grain movement Mazankowski said there has been a 35 or 36 million Bushel shortfall in reaching the target there is a Short age of equipment there Are severe cutbacks is the Avail site bomber of boxcars and Hopper cars m die cow Fly elevator system and demur rage costs Are new Democrat Les Benja min Regina Lake Centre introduced a motion of no Confidence in the govern ment s handling of Grain he warned that kiss of safes to Rossia and China were pos Ftfe in no vember because of fee government s failure to expand the capacity to move Grain to Export positions. Alvin Hamilton App Ede Moose Mountain asked where the nip had been during the last decade when be said the govern ment had been by try Jug to get rid of banners on the grounds there were too Many Farmers and too much production. The Xep has supported this government and kept it in Power for of the last 15 years. there was a minority of nip kept Liberal Parry in be said. Hamilton objected to the nip motion calling for re taming marketing of feed grains to the sole jurisdiction of the wheat Board and to a Fode As Well marketing of flax Rye and rapeseed. Ham Ilton dismissed that As would t Jost tse Grain i ;