Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 16, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free february 1980 11 court reverses up photo cartoon decision Vancouver up a newspaper cartoon depicting a British Columbia Cabinet minister gleefully picking the wings off a Fly May b6 in bad taste but it was not says a court of Appeal Justice Peter Seaton made the comment As part of a unanimous Deci Sion handed Down yesterday by a panel of five judges overruling a previous court decision that the cartoon of Bill Vander former human resources was Vander now municipal affairs sued cartoonist Bob the Victoria former publisher Stuart under Bill and editor Barbara Mclintock in jus Tice Craig Munroe of the supreme court found the cartoon libellous and awarded in damages against the the defendants appealed the decision after maintaining through out the trial that the which appeared in the june edition of the evening was fair com ment on a matter of Public the Appeal court judges upheld that we have become accustomed to witty cartoons and this was judge Seaton but a cartoon can be in bad taste and not be defamatory Mere insult or vulgar abuse have been held not to constitute defamation and it is defamation that is the basis of the respondents Vander Zalm said he and his lawyer Are considering an Crown wont press charges against mayors kidnappers Brandon up no charges will be Laid against teenagers who staged a mock kidnapping at gunpoint last de Cember of mayor Ken Crown attorney Lawrence Mcinness said yesterday that while the incident was he is satisfied the youths had no criminal Burgess was kidnapped As a prank last 11 by 10 armed youths who said they would hold him captive until a Ransom was paid to the United a Burgess knew of the publicity stunt but officials from the United Appeal said they were never con some City Hall workers were upset by the incident and did not realize it was a hoax until they called delay Likely in decision on Bank rate kicked out of court a couple of Wolf whistles and How a doing got Rajah the Mynah Bird kicked out of county court in Toronto this Colin Kerr took the 25yearold Bird into court where he was facing a suit for not paying for some medallions he Ottawa up government and Money Market sources do not expect an immediate increase in the Bank of Canada rate least before Mon Days Federal election despite a move by the Federal Reserve Board yesterday to raise its discount rate by a full percentage Point to 13 per the Bank of Canada rate now stands at 14 per but the Bank refused official comment on the which reflects the boards concern Over a rising inflation the discount equivalent to the Bank of Canada is a signal of a j general Rise in interest rates through i the in new democratic party Leader de Broadbent warned yesterday that if either the liberals or conserva j lives form the next will do Only one thing and that is raise 1 interest he said the nip would do just the opposite lower the Bank rate by iwo percentage prime minister Joe Clark said yesterday in Ottawa he still expects inter est rates to fall by As forecast by some financial Market one government official commented i want to be in their the Banks either Way be accused of being Money Market traders in Toronto said they do not expect the Bank to move before mondays election to raise its rate which signals chartered Banks to increase their commercial lending the Bank could take a Waitan see attitude before increasing its rate since commercial Banks unlike those in Canada do not automatically raise rates in step with the the move puts pressure on the Bank to raise its rate to keep interest rates Here a notch higher than in the the in part is to maintain the value of the Canadian Dollar in International markets by making it More attractive for investors to hold Canadian dollars than Ameri can with higher interest rates in the persons holding Canadian dollars would Exchange them for dollars and thus weaken the value of the Canadian antique show and Sale 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m5b 2g8 Telephone telex 06423632 or Yout travel agent i Quebec up Quebec promised referendum on sovereignty association could be held As Early As May but there Are indications that it will be an aide to parti quebecois House Leader Claude Charron said today the government Hopes to Start debate on the wording of the referendum question on March the Day the Quebec nation Al Assembly resumes the debate is expected to take about three and under the provincial referendum Law there must be a mini mum delay of 20 Days Between the adoption of the question and the issuing of the actual writ announcing the Date of the the Campaign Fol lowing the writ would be at least 35 Days although it could be As Long As 60 pm Bac Bencher Gilbert Paquette said recently the vote would be in the first week of but hastened to add that he was expressing a personal when the Assembly adjourned in de Charron told reporters Debute Levesque leads off debate on the question would not Start right away when the session resumed March other business would be dealt with he there has apparently been a change of plans since but the consent of the other parties in the Assembly will be Premier Rene Levesque will begin the 35hour debate with a on hour followed by Liberal Leader Claude Ryan and Union Nazionale Leader Rodrigue que cers will be promised As part of the wording of the question that a second referendum will be held before there is any actual change of constitutional the Charron aide said the debate on the interspersed with other government should take up about three weeks of Assembly finishing March 19 or the earliest Date for the issuing of a referendum assuming the debate ends March is april the earliest Date for balloting would be May the question proposed by Levesque in december could be amended by the but the government holds a majority of members by and would thus be Able to Block any amendment with which it Ryan raps by elections delay Montreal up Liberal Leader Claude Ryan says fear and opportunism within the parti quebecois is behind the governments decision to postpone three provincial by elections until after the referendum this Ryan said yesterday the having lost seven consecutive Bielec tons since it took Power in is simply afraid to confront the electorate again before the referee Premier Rene Levesque announced thursday that by elections in Megantic Compton and brom missis quoi All located in the Eastern town ships will not be held immediately because they would conflict with the expected inlay or Early Ryan said in a statement Levesque is cynically depriving voters in the Ridings of representation in the National noting that the Ridings have been vacant for More than a Ryan said by elections could already have been held without conflicting with the referendum the Ridings previously were held by the Union Good Neighbour to Manitoba Jim Gibson ;