Winnipeg Free Press

Friday, February 15, 1980

Issue date: Friday, February 15, 1980
Pages available: 95

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 15, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free february 1980 lobbyists concerns lost in National issues by Ingeborg Boyens women capital punishment rid abortion have been overshadowed National issues in this election Campaign despite the efforts of local the lobby including the Manitoba action committee Oil the status of the coalition for the Manitoba police association and the Manitoba league of the physically handicapped Are convinced they can have an influence on thousands of but they concede candidates still prefer to talk about the Energy pricing and external election How can we accuse them of saying something wrong when they dont open their Mouths said Sally chairman of the political action sub committee of the Manitoba action committee on the status of the women rights committee held a three party panel discussion this inviting All 56 Manitoba about 20 showed said the action did not have time to set up personal interviews with All candidates As it did prior to the May the abrupt election Call caught them she the Manitoba league of the physically handicapped has been the most vocal lobby group of this bearing signs and pamphlets at Many town Hall meetings and yet Only nip Leader de Broadbent has committed himself to promptly prime minister Clark and wife Maureen Mcteer Greet supporters at rally in Toronto last role of volunteers important Ingeborg Boyens As Many As Manitoban will Volunteer for duty on election induced by promises of free sandwiches and a piece of the All three major political parties will try to Stock each poll with at least two scrutineers who Are permitted to Over seethe vote Manitoba 14 Ridings have an average of 220 polling districts in the progressive the liberals and the new democrats will recruit workers to drive voters to the babysit their children and do everything else Short of filing their intense Competition naturally ensues As the three parties set about to mobilize their spokesmen for All three organizations were Quick to state they Arent offering any monetary inducements in an attempt to get out the Wilson nip Campaign said party converts have claimed they were paid for their work by their Borrner Liberal and conservative have always been rumours about the tories favors and payments for i cant confirm whether the conservatives Are doing that in Parasiuk if anyone is your supporter you want to make sure they Ian spokesman for the progressive conserva said no payment is offered to the on Day has happened in the past where people were paid round up certain that Doest happen know that our party said Rod the liberals election said Law Union hits parties replies the Law Union of Manitoba says it has received mostly unsatisfying replies from three major parties to a questionnaire which canvassed opinions on police Powers and civil the which represents about 60 lawyers in sent a questionnaire to the conserva Tive and nip Headquarters asking for comments on five areas of the questions covered subjects ranging from police wrongdoings and immigration Reform to a question asking parties whether they would make entrap ment a defence in criminal group spokesman Grant Mitchell said the Liberal party did not answer the saying it want Able to Deal with them at this time because of their technical the conservatives responded to some questions but said answers to two others were not nip responses in Mitchell said he Felt the answers which were most in tune with the groups own opinions came from the but another Arne said he knew of no which showed the nip handled criminal investigations or the attorney generals department any differently from its predecessors during its Lightyear term of office in the parties replied As follows on some specific questions d conservatives didst respond to a question regarding their position on police opening of while nip said it would favor the practice for specific offences with each Case authorized by a judicial unauthorized mail opening is an offence punishable by three years u the nip said it would introduce legislation prohibiting the use of illegally obtained the conserva Tives proposed to review the criminal code and give the Issue u when asked about entrapment As a method of obtaining the nip said it should be tolerated Only under the most stringent the conservatives said consideration would be give itto the extent to which entrapment Sho sulae a defence criminal a election Day preparations begin about 10 Days before the fateful Zimmer said no Liberal workers Are some get annoyed when we dont provide said but the liberals offer Only a Sandwich to the scrutineers stuck at the polls for the evening Page 40 classified in the free press Safeway correction advertisement of wednesday february 13th the following item appeared Apple or Apple Crumb 24 should Gmadt Apple or Apple Crumb we Are sorry for any inconvenience caused our Safeway customers visit our typewriter showroom for our buys of the week Royal manual typewriters Choice 1 ask us about pub of it to own plan to 09wn pay Wiit carrying charge i Stclai portable with electric Carriage return Cartridge ribbon 50 Loje 274 tonal typewriter of fact Miqu Ikmet font am at my ii it in ii in m it in pm introducing human rights legislation prohibiting discrimination against the said provincial coordinator Henry and Only on third of the candidates contacted even bothered to return a questionnaire outlining their opinions on rights for the its been kind of said although the league will not come out in support of one Enns said the nip has been the most co opera Norm president of the Manitoba police said lobbying for the return of capital punish ment has slowed considerably since the last the association has been Content to draw attention to the Issue solely through newspaper the politicians Arent biting at All this they Are closing to ignore said de president of the Manitoba coalition for is coordinating efforts to elect prolife most candidates have been asked about said and the registered Manitoba pro lifers have been sent the Survey its an Issue very few candidates wanted to speak said me said most nip respondents to the questionnaire were very Cut and dried about quoting directly from party policy which states current abortion Laws Are Tom the Manitoba representative of the Canadian labor con said the organization is con ducting the same sort of phone canvass of members it undertook last the local Csc is still advocating elec Tion of the said but has been asked to keep a Low the Manitoba naturalists the Winnipeg chamber of the Manitoba farm the Public service the National Indian brotherhood and a local snowmobiles association All have asked candidates their stand on various Clark stresses tory management record tired Leader dismisses emphasis on image by Carol Goar up news service Toronto prime minister Joe Clark told a Blu Chip crowd Here yesterday that Canadian voters should judge his government on its record of rather than on its speaking to members of the Empire jammed into the largest room of the Royal York the obviously tired Leader said in this elec weve heard a lot about weve not heard much about manage but the government basically is i say to you without qualification that i am proud of the team of ministers i have proud of the priorities our government has established and proud of the thorough Ness with which we have begun the Basic changes we were elected to after the promoted extravagantly by tory organizers As the Cli Max of Clarks final week of the election an grand fatherly gent remained reflect ing sadly on the prime ministers speech Hes come a Long our said the lifelong tory who asked not to be but theres something i dont know what it but i kept sitting on the Edge of my chair waiting for something to happen and it never Early to bed s aides had hustled the weary conservative Leader off to bed Early the night before the speech so he would be in top form for the occasion designed both to capture the nightly to news and to strengthen the party shaky hold on at least some of the critical 23 seats in metro Toronto before mondays elec As the Empire club members filed a group of expensively dressed men and women who had heard the prime minister agreed Clark sounded responsible and worthy of their but deep they been hoping for a Little More fire in his a Little More inspiration in his b Little More of the in his Clark got a loud standing ova Tion from the but the applause seemed somehow More respect Ful than the after lunch comments seemed More like a nod of approval than a Victory but Clark was saving his real fire for a mass rally of More than Toronto tories in suburban Etobicoke last it turned into the noisiest extravaganza of the Complete with a dozen Cabinet minis Wagon loads of balloons and More screaming than at a Rock Clark was at his animated still not a but spurred on by the crowd to new Heights of sloganeering and a Little help for Mother nature 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