Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 21, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free july 1979 11 grits pumped donations into Antiq fight Montreal up a fascinating picture of How Money Given by leading corporations and Banks found its Way into the frontline of the fight by federalists against the Quebec Independence movement emerged yesterday at the trial of senator Louis i was told we have to make a special Effort in certain areas of the province to defeat certain testified who was asked to explain the purpose of the special set up in when the fortunes of the pro Independence parti quebecois appeared to be on the there was a provincial election Campaign on at the and Public opinion Indian women backed Ottawa prime minister Clark assured demonstrating Indian women yesterday the conservative government will remove discriminatory sections from the Indian act with or without acceptance of Indian Leader he told a group of Indian women who held a 160kilometre protest March Here from he would prefer that the National Indian which represents All status take the initial the women Are seeking removal of provisions of the Indian act that say that while men can marry no Indian women and keep their status on re women who marry no Indian men the brotherhood said in a statement recently that it supports the but that the band councils who run reserves must maintain the right of having the final say of who is an women supported brotherhood president Noel Start lancet has supported the women in the but most of the rest of the brotherhood directorate has been the supported by the Indian rights for Indian women want the government to make the the previous Liberal government re fused to act against the wishes of the majority of the Indian Clark told the women that if there is no action by the Nib within the next four to five months then the government of Canada will have to bring them the amendments in our the prime minister said the govern ment would prefer to have the Indian act amendments come from the Nib because there would be broader acceptance by the Indian Community and also because that would indicate our respect for the very special place the document has As a Law for the Indian nation polls showed the parti quebecois and the Quebec Liberal party running Neckar neck among voters in the Montreal senator who was acquitted yesterday on charges of misappropriating More than from the Federal Liberal said he was Given carte Blanche for handling the anti separatist the known As Bob to his testified in French except when giving his description of the instructions he received from former senator Lazarus who asked top corporate executives to Send their cheques to Giguere said Phillips told him you know where the weak spots Are Well leave it to t dont have to draw you a picture of How confidential this we Trust senator Giguere said he quickly picked his targets and sent to Jean then minister of Indian to help him defeat the be quite parti quebecois candidate in his that meant Chretien was to use the Money to fight the pm candidate run Ning in the provincial Riding coinciding with his own Federal seat of near his native the senator said he gave another to an Comtois and Maurice Labelle whom he described As being Federal Liberal organizers in 60 Kilometres North of another was sent to Jacques the Federal party organizer in 180 Kilometres North of Quebec for Antiq work during the on april the liberals of Robert Bourassa took Power and governed until a Cheque for was Given to the Federal liberals to pay party members who had worked during the provincial he senator Giguere said was spent on a tour in that Andre Ouellet then a Bac Bencher but later to become a minister made in the province to fight the Money was Given to the Federal Liberal party coffers because Ouellet had incurred expenses in Montreal a Cheque for was Given in to Jacques then executive assistant to senator Jean then minister for regional economic this was to cover mar hands expenses for travelling in the Queen in Tanzania Queen Elizabeth ii walks with tanzanian president Julius the Queens Prince and their 19yearold son Nyere during part of the Royal tour of the country Prince Andrew the Royal family is on a tour of province to meet provincial organic you expect the government to pay for purely political senator Giguere More Money went to Marchand in when Giguere sent a Cheque for to Helen then Marchands this was for spending by Marchand for a tour in Quebec to fight for subsequent Tours to fight the Independence Marchand was reimbursed As follows in 1971 via Lefort in 1972 and an additional Vai Lefort in Ottawa Revenue shared Ottawa up Federal payments to the provinces and municipalities have More than doubled in the last five Bill minister of Federal pro Vinci Al relations released his depart ments inventory of share Cost pro Grams yesterday showing that an estimated billion will flow from the Federal Treasury to other Levels in the current fiscal these Cash transfers amount to 22 cents of every tax As the Federal government commits a certain number of tax Points to the provinces every meaning that they receive a fixed percentage of All personal in come tax and corporate tax funds col five years Federal payments to the provinces and municipalities were since the 197475 fiscal the Federal government has kept care Ful account of every Dollar flowing from Ottawa to provincial capitals and on to City and town one reason is that people appear to be interested in tracing the final Desti nation of tax Robert Cabinet Secretary for Federal pro Vinci Al says the department has noticed a marked increase in Public awareness of the myriad of financial linkages Between govern ments in the last five uncertainty surrounds Mideast troops Ottawa up in four Days the mandate of the United nations Emer gency Force in the Middle East is due to run out and Canada has no idea whether it is going to be asked to keep its 850 troops the mandate for the Force can Only be extended past its tuesday expiry Date by order of the United nations Security Council and As of yesterday the external affairs department said no such meeting was any one of the 15 Council members can Call a but even if there is such a meeting there is no Guaran tee that the Council will Grant the reports from the in have said that the soviet Wirich holds veto and arabs Are opposed to using Kunef to police the Israel Egypt cease the external affairs department acknowledged Friday that the situation is a defence department spokes Man said the military is not concerned and that canadians can pull out of the Middle East fairly rapidly if Neces in Secretary general Kurt Wald Heim made a report to the Council this week in which he made no recommendation to renew the mandate of the in which Canada has a major role of providing much of the Logis if the Council does not meet by tues Day the Kunef mandate if that or the Council votes to let it then it will be up to Waldheim to orchestrate the pull out of persons from Many countries who make up the but that would provide the Israel Egypt peace treaty specifically mentions use of in forces to supervise israeli withdrawal from Cap tured and there is another problem the canadians in Kunef provide logistical support for other in including the in forces on the Golan Heights Between Israel and there Are 150 canadians on that Canada is not a member of the Secu Rity Council and thus does not know whether some form of negotiations Are going on behind the we dont know what Type of games Are being said an external the Force was set up in 1973 As a Buffer Between the armies of Egypt and Waldheim said in his report to the Council that things life at East shove is like a vacation at a River East Shore Garden apartments offer you everything nestled on the Banks of the red in a Haven of Green East Shore has a full sized Pool for a Cooling swim after Tennis courts so you can keep fit and have fun at the same time and your own 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