Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 7, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free june reinstate federation says by of Tugeborg Boyens Winnipeg free press Quebec City a Resolution Call ing for the reinstatement of capital punishment one of the most contentious motions adopted by a National convention of municipal politicians which ended Here about 550 delegates to the 42nd an Nual convention of the federation i of Canadian municipalities voted by a narrow margin to ask the Federal government to reconsider the death penal some municipal politicians argued unsuccessfully that the federation had no jurisdiction Over criminal delegates would be better served talk ing about the real issues like Urban growth and said Toron to Mike All Winnipeg councillors except for Cyril voted for a return to the federation also called for the establishment of a taskforce to exam Ine local governments role in constitutional the incoming president of the federa Edmonton mayor Cec said that constitutional status for Cana Das municipalities will be the organizations main goal in the coming Purves said that the federation is the Only vehicle for municipal govern ments to get their concerns he denied that the organization was losing support from Quebec cities and smaller some of the other 87 resolutions considered during the three Day Confer ence called upon the Federal govern ment to dish out More Money to the municipalities in a variety of either directly through Grants or in directly through tax the conference delegates also voted to encourage Canadian Unity by promoting student Exchange programs and the twinning of English speaking and French speaking the resolutions approved by the con Ference will be presented to the Federal partners urged for Trade coops Purves vehicle for concerns an attempt will be made later this month to seek removal of legislative barriers to a Trade policy that would allow Canadian and Ameri can cooperatives to enter foreign markets As the president of the cooperative league of the said Here Glenn Anderson said in an interview he is also seeking support in both countries for implementation of a sys tem that would allow members of cooperatives in Canada and the to take advantage of each others Cash Canadian coops Rich on the surface that proposal would seem to favor Canada because the population in 10 times larger than this country and it should have a larger available Pool of Money that canadians could draw because Canadian tax Laws allow financial cooperatives to pay income tax after they disperse share Holder and not before As the chartered Banks must Canadian co operatives Are generally he those reserves have been further boosted in recent years because of the favourable climate in Canada for invest ment cooperative Union spokesmen say Canadian As a Are far Richer in Cash reserves than their american when a cooperative has Large sums of surplus Money we feel it ought to put it into a financial system that allows even for a Short period of to stay in a Pool where it would be Avail Able to cooperatives in both coun one of the problems with the Cash Pool concept is that the Canadian Dollar is Worth about 15 per cent less than the Dollar on foreign mar is also having if we got into International Trade where we were trading in Large quantities of for that be any Anderson we could make Money on the Money if we did it right because when your Money is moved in the International area youll use the currency that gives you the advantage with your trading International companies do this All the under the plan being proposed by Anderson the profits from product trading and currency Exchange rates would be part of the Overall profit that would be put in a Pool open to its Canadian and control reduce risks one of the problems has been that weve always said that trading is such a High risk thing but if we control the Money situation then we reduce that risk and that what in getting he it seems to me that the wheat traders in Canada and the rather than being ought to be co operators and they ought to Benefit from the Selling of the to the Bare Walls before we move to our new location june is the last month that National upholstering will Ever be at 618 Arlington Cost Belou everything Ujj Arlington 7754426 i 1 upholstering furniture were open every evening 9 9 daily 9 5 saturday ;