Winnipeg Free Press

Friday, July 20, 1979

Issue date: Friday, July 20, 1979
Pages available: 117
Previous edition: Thursday, July 19, 1979

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 20, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba liberals delay Leader Choice Winnipeg free july Mary Ann Fitzgerald Manitoba leaderless for More than a year and without any obvious candidates lined up for the have delayed their leadership Conven Tion for at least four liberals Are now looking at january or february dates for the convention to name a successor to Charles who resigned in and has been named to the Manitoba court of party president John Petry Shyn said the party planned its leadership convention for either 12 and 13 or 9 and none hold office Petryshyn and former party president Harry Haid Are seeking potential candidates for the Leader ship of the party which now lacks representation in the provincial Legisla Lloyd who resigned his fort Rouge seat in the legislature to make a successful bid for Federal elec had been considered the most obvious Choice for the another potential former Manitoba government employees association president Bill has also left Manitoba to become president of the National Union of provincial government Petryshyn said a number of people have been seeking information about the but none have declared themselves As the most frequent name heard is Charles former director of child welfare for the province who ran against finance minister Don Craik in Kiel constituency in the 1977 provincial Greene be contacted Manitoba Liberal successes in elect ing Axworthy in Winnipeg fort Garry and Bob Bockstael in two of the three liberals elected in Western have Given a boost to the provincial Petryshyn and the which sees a Chance for revival with the defeat of the new democratic party and the departure of its de to become is now focusing on building up its the presi Dent party membership is about and blitzes Are going on at the constituency level to build it he the party also recognizes the importance of what we need is an de observed one Lack of candidates Petryshyn and Haid denied the Lack of leadership candidates is the main reason for the delay in the we have just finished the Federal election Campaign and we Are going into the Petryshyn the provincial by elections in fort schreyers former Rossmere and in River have not been but it is widely speculated they will be held in late september or Early Shadow Cabinet Post key Axworthy says by Mary Ann Fitzgerald Manitoba Liberal Lloyd Axworthy sees As exciting and challenging his assignment As a Urban affairs critic for his party which will give him influence in other potentially volatile Axworthy was named yesterday by opposition Leader Pierre Trudeau As Urban affairs and a member of the liberals Energy and constitutional that Means Axworthy will be one of the leading Liberal spokesmen in the key areas of the conservatives billion mortgage interest deductibility program and the torys plans for which prime minister Joe Clark said during the election Cam he will m a Telephone interview from Ottawa also said he is the Only Western Canadian on his party constitutional monitoring the Clark governments handling of the Quebec referendum and the whole question of Federal and Provin Cial his assignments in the Trudeau Shad Owca Binet will give me a Chance to represent a lot of ideas that need to come from the he former head of the Urban studies department at the University of said he sees substantial inflationary dangers and inequity by Lity in the conservative mortgage interest deductibility it ignores renters and those who have paid off he he the enormous Cost of the program will mean the govern ment will have to review a lot of other housing i think the Issue will be where the Federal government is going to put its housing in Axworthy As hous ing he will be dealing with other issues such As rail Urban transportation and the social issues of development in inner City areas problems affecting Winnipeg and other centres and favorite issues of a worthy As a provincial la for fort Canon photo copies National cameras Hill concourse 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routine for More about our competitive rates Call your forwarder or chair cargo at chair cargo up and 1 trademarks 01 Canadian Pacific were out to be your opposition Leader Pierre Trudeau left talks with Winnipeg fort Garry my Lloyd Axworthy Centre and Quebec my Francis Fox As they arrive on parliament Hill for a caucus Trudeau drops gloves in attack on Clark As waffling pm by Paul Whitelaw up news service Ottawa breaking a two month Liberal Leader Pierre Trudeau has ripped into Joe Clark As a weak and waffling prime Trudeau told his first news Confer ence since the election that Clark has continued to flip Flop on policy As he accused him of doing during the Cam the Liberal Leader was harshest in assessing Clarks response to the asian refugee describing the new governments policy As a Trudeau said he disagreed with the decision of the government to match its sponsorship of the boat people to the number of refugees brought to Canada by private citizens and its really telling the people canadians who dont have a couple of thousands you Well Only bring refugees to Canada if the Rich people of this country can dig up enough Money to get them he said at the news conference yester i think that a quite Frank Trudeau said the willingness of canadians to be hospitable and Deal firmly with the situation Doest seem to be Clear to the he said the conservatives have waffled consistently in reacting to the agreeing first to take in Only refugees under Ottawa sponsor ship and through private Spon that had since been increased to people under the governments Matching rather than trying to catch up with Public Trudeau the government should get Back to the tradition of Canada itself sponsoring More Trudeau also attacked Clarks plan to move the Canadian embassy in Tel Aviv to noting that Clark had now changed his position several stupid electoral reasons the Liberal Leader said Clark had promised during the Campaign to make the move for stupid electoral Rea Clark had since been forced into backing away from the pledge without actually abandoning on Trudeau said the govern ment is waffling about the possibility of approving construction of the Kiti mat which would carry from the Northern port to Edmonton for transshipment to the Trudeau described As amazing the governments failure since the elec Tion to make a clearcut pronounce ment on Energy what in really sceptical said is his Clarks determination to go ahead with his Campaign the Liberal Leader moved slowly at the news conference in launching his attack on proceeding his re Marks with the comment Hes a Man who has a great Deal of Talent or else he be prime then Trudeau moved in for the noting he had responded to a Clark request for a briefing in Advance of the Tokyo economic Trudeau added he would be Happy to offer advice on Why its wrong to think of inner and outer and upper and lower tiers in the tory ill gladly give him advice on that and help him get Back to a More realistic Cabinet the Liberal Leader added i think in terms of he Clark has to make his mistakes he will continue to do were we manufacture Over satisfied customers since 1961 medium weight aluminium storm windows installed prices any size up to 36 wide up to 90 United inches deluxe weight aluminium storm windows installed prices any size up to 48 wide up to 120 United inches deluxe weight anodized inside aluminium windows installed prices any size up to 36 wide up to 90 United inches mar 36 wide to 48 wide up to 1 20 United inches 15 off two my three tuck no Stuebs to Beaud he tube windows pay month on your Hydro Bill government Home owners insulation program clearance of cottage windows and sealed units West wind aluminium window manufacturing 6335551 24 1079 Keewatin Corner of Inkster Liberal Shadow Cabinet Ottawa up opposition Leader Pierre Trudeau said yesterday he will not object if Liberal James Jerome is named speaker of the commons by the new conservative there has been speculation since the May 22 Federal election that the minority tory government might seek to keep Jerome in the speakers the bilingual Jerome was highly regarded by maps on both sides of the commons in the last Trudeau was asked about Jerome in a news conference at which he released the names for his Shadow he also announced the formation of 21 caucus Here is the list of Liberal critics d agriculture former agriculture minister Eugene Whelan Essex Windsor and former regional expansion minister Marcel Lessard d communications former communications minister Jeanne Sauve Montreal d constitutional Watson d consumer affairs Aideen Nicholson to Ronto d corporate affairs and Competition John Evans Ottawa d regional expansion former Supply minis Ter Pierre de Bane d employment former solicitor general Francis Fox who left the Trudeau govern ment after admitting he signed somebody else name to a Hospital document when his Girlfriend got an d employment Ursula Appo uni York d Energy former Justice minister Marc la Londe d environment Charles Caccia Toronto d external affairs Allan for Mer Deputy prime minister and former external affairs d Federal provincial relations former finance minister Jean Chretien Saint d finance Herb Gray Windsor d fisheries Bill rom key grand Falls White d fitness and Amateur sport irenee Pelle tier d Freedom of information former Federal provincial relations minister John Reid Kenora Rainy d health former health minister Monique begin d housing and Canada mortgage and hous ing Lloyd Axworthy Winnipeg fort one of three Liberal maps from Western d immigration and citizenship Bob Kaplan York d Indian affairs Warran Allmand who last was consumer affairs minister but who is a former Indian affairs d Trade and Commerce labor minister John Munro who left the previous government after admitting to phoning a judge about a and Jeanluc Pepin is a former Industry and Trade minister and headed the task Force on Canadian Unity and the ant inflation d Justice former solicitor general Jean Jacques Blais d labor Jacques Olivier ;