Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 25, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free july 1979 5 parliament recall delay criticized Coph qty by Victor Mackie up news service Ottawa prime minister Joe Clark and his conservative Cabinet came under Sharp attack yesterday from opposition members for delaying until october 9 the calling of the first session of the 31st government House Leader Walter Baker announcing the Date for the opening of parliament by governor general Edward disclosed that the two top priority items will be a Freedom of information Bill and Mea sures for parliamentary Stanley new democratic party House said the conserva Tives had campaigned on the Issue that the Economy was in terrible shape and action should be taken As soon As possible to bolster he said the nip had expected parliament would be called into session immediately follow ing labor we Are disappointed that the session has been put off until the tories campaigned that it was important to get the Economy they Are taking a Long time to do anything about and now they announce when parliament will be called and say free Dom of information and Reform of parliament Are the first priority items of what about the Economy expresses Surprise official opposition House Leader Allan Maceachen expressed Surprise at the Long any sense of urgency about the legislation program has obviously Dis parliament could have been summoned As Early As june while one can understand a new government would want More than one week to make preparations it is impossible to understand Why a new after More than 16 years in opposition with All the would delay its presentation of its policies for More than four said Baker anticipated the criticism when he held a press conference announcing the Date for the he said the new conservative government is hard at work this summer preparing Legisla Tion to go before the new finance minister John Crosbie will be ready to introduce his first budget Early in the new session with special attention to the promised mortgage deductibility he Energy conservation plans the governments Energy program is also in the conservatives will have Energy conservation policies ready to place before in addition the legislation passed by the Liberal government under which the government has Power to establish rationing of gasoline and Oil if will be under Baker said that the proposed new Freedom of information Bill Long advocated by the Veter an tory my from peace will have High he said the Freedom of information Bill will completely transform our sys tem of government in that it will pro vide Access to a whole Host of Docu ments and information heretofore not Baker said the philosophy of the legislation will be to free All Docu with certain the exceptions will include the right of Appeal and include a judicial he said the government in putting Forward reforms for parliamentary procedure will strengthen the currently weak system of committees and Intro Duce a new system for parliament to scrutinize the governments spending Baker said a conflict of interest Mea sure would be eventually it did not occupy High priority for the first the same status applied to Petro he doubted that it would be ready to move on Petro Baker said there was sufficient legis lation now prepared or in preparation to keep the members of parliament working until june Clark third from left talks with chief High commissioner of Tanzania acting High commissioner of Zambia and a Tabili High commissioner of Kenya at the prime ministers Harrington Lake Rhodesia question will follow Ottawa up prime minister Clark leaves this week for an african tour and the Commonwealth Confer ence feeling the time has not yet come to recognize Zimbabwe Rhodesia or end International sanctions against the subject of the former British Colony will crop up frequently As Clark visits three countries and attends the eight Day Heads government meet ing in officials said yesterday the govern ment View is that the Whit approved Constitution of Zimbabwe Rhodesia does not yet provide majority Rule nation by they said that while recent elections that brought Bishop Abel Muzorewa to Power showed Progress toward de the Constitution is quite Gen Erous in its treatment of the Clark will spend two weeks in making the first official visit by any Canadian prime there Are no plans for him to meet any of the guerrilla leaders who Are seeking to overthrow the Zimbabwe rhodesian re officials in fact the leaders of the two major guerrilla who operate out of Zambia and will stay away from Lusaka during the 18 Heads government officials described the Canadian position in briefing reporters on the trip to Cameroon in West Africa and Tanzania and Kenya in East Clark leaves Friday and returns after a visit to Canadian troops in West he will head a party of 28 from his office and various depart ments As he flies on an armed forces Boeing 707 with a Large press he will be making his first state visits since Corning to office May he visted Tokyo recently with six other Western leaders for an economic sum Mit but that was not a state officials note that Clark is going to Lusaka without knowing what if any thing the new British government of Margaret Thatcher will mrs Thatcher has not said she will recognize although some have expected her to do firefighting efforts earn hot foot treatment for Epp Al Al up news service Ottawa native leaders Are giving Indian affairs minister Jake Epp the hot foot because they claim his departments Forest firefighters in the Northwest territories have their priorities All Harry president of the native Council of said yesterday a Federal policy instituted 2y2 years ago the creative advantage system is responsible for the trap lines and tramline Cabins and equipment of 40 native families living near fort Smith being burned out by a Forest the fire started june 17 in a wild fire which is not a priority for the Federal fire and has since spread to cover a 105mile front More 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