Winnipeg Free Press

Thursday, August 02, 1979

Issue date: Thursday, August 2, 1979
Pages available: 91
Previous edition: Wednesday, August 1, 1979

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 2, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free August 11 backbench ers annoyed at Loose lips in Cabinet photo by Jim Ftp feb up news service Ottawa finance minister John Crosbie and immigration minister Ron Atkey Are far from being the most popular Cabinet ministers these Days with backbench conservative is criticized for being Loose lipped about when the Campaign promises made by prime minis Ter Joe Clark will be enacted by the the finance minister suggested to a press conference last week that the conservatives Arent bound by their election promises As far As he could people voted against the liberals rather than for the free and i conclude from that we have a free hand to do what we think is Best for the he told that kind of remark rankles with a number of maps who think Crosbie should keep his Mouth shut even As finance he will have a Large say in what measures go into his first expected in late of one summing up what appears to be a sentiment shared by a number of his conservative the Clark government has no Hope of last ing unless the prime minister delivers on his Crosbie didst make the promises and he be shooting his Mouth off about How Long its going to take to implement to makes Clark look it is known that at least one election Promise will be in Crosbie budget the plan to allow income tax deductions for mortgage interest and property tax the finance minister last week got into a Wrangle with reporters who kept pressing him on what other Campaign commitments would turn up in the the list of pc promises is a Long it includes a tax shelter for investment in Small elimination of the capital gains tax on Sale of shares in Canadia owned and Spe Cial economic incentives for companies to invest in the Atlantic there is also the 12 billion Cut in personal taxes aimed at Middle and Lowe income increased spending on research and develop and increased investment in Grain handling if a number of tory maps Are even More unhappy with immigration minister than with Cros he is blamed for the fiasco Over the Promise to move the Canadian embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusa since he was one of the key advisers Clark relied on when he made the Promise during the Atkey is also blamed for fanning Arab hostility later with some Ilcho sen in hot water he is in hot water with his own immigration the bureaucrats feel he inferred they were racist in another the Way Atkey has handled the indochinese refugee pro int winning him the Praise he might feel entitled some maps Are upset that the govern through Canada mortgage and housing is making accommodation available to refugee families for a the maps Point out that families in shop assisted Home ownership plan accommodation have to make monthly payments As High 1400 a some conservatives fear a working class backlash Over the housing Issue As one pointed people Are very trod Ucma Winnipeg biggest new furniture store style chair unique styling and Comfort com Bine with 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telecommunications com Mission crts decision forcing Bell Canada to share its Telephone lines with a competitor in the telecommunications the decision allows a nip telecommunications to have either a direct line service or dial Access to Bells system in Ontario and Quebec for data and voice communications minister David in making the announce said the May 17 crts decision will stand because it is clearly consistent with the priorities of the new government in encouraging Competition wherever feasible within Canad an Jean de Bell said in a statement following Macdon ads announcement that favored Competition but that True compe Titio exists Only where the Market is open and not subject to the restrictions of Bell had appealed the crts claiming it would be forced to raise its monthly Telephone subscriber rates to compensate for Revenue in telecommunications transmissions lost to the Montrea based Telephone com Pany was supported by new Prince Edward new Nova and Sakatch British Columbia and Ontario supported the crts applies Only to Bell areas Macdonald noted that the crts Rul ing applies Only to the area served by Bell Quebec and Telephone companies in other provinces Are under not for interconnection to take effect within their boundaries would require separate applications by a nip to provincial regulatory Mac Donald it would be possible at that time for the concerned provinces to delay or prevent so As to ensure that provincial economic priorities Are until Bell has been Able to use its monopoly in Telephone services to Corner More than half the Market in computer it has refused to allow its customers to Hook into a nip the crts had ordered a Stop to that beginning this in a nip telecommunications issued a statement saying the company will move ahead with its interconnect now that the Appeal by the Tele phone companies has been dealt with by the Federal Cabinet and any uncertainty surrounding implementation of the crts decision has been a nip will move ahead on its inter connect program within the regulatory the Short statement emphasized a cps customers need for the pro typewriter Sale Underwood 5 Royal reconditioned m manuals i Underwood of Emington Royal reconditioned i electrics Underwood Roll i Ujj from from Smith Corona special prices on new typewriters compact office Model 8000 Smith Corona elec Trie with interchangeable Cartridge 15 car Mlp Smith Corona manual portable Mlp i i i s take advantage of our Stevens puts axe toads by Jim Robb up news service Ottawa Treasury Board president Sinclair Stevens is taking his Cost cutting axe to Federal government he told reporters yester Day that he wants to slash about 25 per cent from advertising they totalled million in the 197778 fiscal a govern ment official we feel that there is an Over expenditure As far As advertising is concerned and our rough guess is that we could probably save about 25 per he define message Stevens said an appraisal of Why the government needed advertising was called plus a clearer definition of what exactly is the Mes Sage we Are trying to sell he said this would eliminate what in some ways what is almost just puffing where departments Are sort of feeling proud of them he said the government was going to set up what is called an Agency of an advertising Agency out Side government that would coordinate the placing of advertising with the print and broadcast the method is employed by the Ontario the Federal government is the biggest advertiser in the and its advertising campaigns usually involved patronage with favorite goer nement manual National per moist i electric Pei month National typewriter office Ioui print 7866611 i i it 9m i bj9ji correction Beaver mid summer madness and of 1 smoker Stafford store Only should have read Weber smoker sorry or any inconvenience May have caused our Cus ;