Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 7, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free october 1980 Settle resource Issue Broadbent continued from Page 1 in called on to make Canadas constitutional but some change by act of the British parliament prior to the return of the British North America act is accept he Broadbent said he agrees with most of Trudeau proposed but he wants key concessions on resources parliaments decision rests on two Broadbent said is it legitimate for parliament to act alone and is the package suitable on its own terms it is time to act and to act he the people want change and the people want Broadbent they want roadblocks he said if Canada does not seize the Opportunity to act it May be too most of the changes should be made Here in Canada by he Broadbent proposed several changes to specify provincial control Over re backing expected in Patria Ting Constitution London Cap prime minister Margaret Thatcher and foreign Secre tary lord Carrington agreed in Princi ple yesterday to yield Britain Cen Turvold Powers of control Over the British North America authoritative sources the sources said Thatcher told this to two Canadian Cabinet who explained Why Canada is seeking the constitutional but they stressed that no formal request has yet been made for Patria Tion of the ban the Centre of Canadas heated constitutional external affairs minister Mark Mac Mujgan and environment minister John Roberts told the British leaders that it would ease the process of trans Fer if Ottawa initiative commanded general agreement in at pres ent the provinces Are prime minister Trudeau wants the constitutional change to modernize storm concerns Alberta up Ottawa is trying to take away Albertas re its wealth and even its status As a Premier Peter Lougheed said last there is a storm coming Lougheed said in a major speech Dur ing a Cabinet tour of Central i have Confidence the people will Rise and weather the he said the Federal government will make its first grab with a fall budget and strengthen its position later by changing the a natural Gas Export amounting to expropriation of Alberta re is the Likely first National divisions Lougheed said that if the with the is As bad As he Canada will lose its Hopes for Energy there will be National divisions and Albertas Economy will he said the fundamental question which has to be answered in Albertas Energy pricing dispute with the Federal Liberal government is who controls our destiny we albertan or people in Ottawa Lougheed said Alberta is making major contributions to weve been forced to sell our depleting for each albertan in the year at less than its that the difference Between the existing Domestic Price for Alberta Oil and the fair level 75 per cent of world Lougheed said he offered a Long Range Price limit of 75 per cent of world with a pledge to improve West Ern railways and port facilities and to fund a natural Gas pipeline to the made in had a condition that Ottawa not tax Gas turned this proposal was turned i think its because they want to take away our they want to turn us Back into a which we were up to Alberta was Given owner ship of its resources in Albertas argument with Ottawa is not about but one of we played by the rules of confederation for 75 now when were winning for a Short period of time there trying to change the he said the changes include prime minister Trudeau plan for constitutional change with an amending formula that would make Alberta a second class province and put its ownership of resources at we intend to As strongly As we any View of making this prov Ince or Otter provinces second class and he said he plans to propose further changes when the Resolution reaches committee Broadbent said there must be an amendment giving provinces the right to indirect taxation of their a subject the premiers and Trudeau had agreed on during the first Day of constitutional talks last and provinces should be Given the right to control inter provincial Trade subject to Overall Federal he but on language human democratic rights and others in the charter of the nip is in Broadbent among other amendments Broadbent said his party will seek is a provision for native which the nip Cau Cus believes Are Justice minister Jean Chretien kicked off the constitutional debate using Many of the arguments he out lined in a sunday interview with the free he cited former prime minister John Diefenbaker Unen trenched Bill of rights and quoted die As saying it was a and he referred to the first Bill of rights passed in Saskatchewan by for Mer Premier Tommy Chretien said the mixture of Amend ing formula and referendum proposed by the Federal government actually reduces Federal Powers because under the current system a simple joint address to the British parliament changes the agreement with the provinces is currently Only six recent changes had such agreement whereas 11 were done solely by the Federal the people of Canada can no longer support interminable Chretien canadians believe it is essential to act debate on the Constitution continues Wayne free press Canadas soverign status and full control Over its own ending 113 years of British authority in its former there was no hint from Carrington or lord Liberal Leader in the House of that they might heed the provincial the Canadian envoys the Only problem raised was the timetable for procedures in parliament in Canada and Macguigan the fact that its impossible to know exactly when debate on the Patria Tion Resolution will be Over in Canada makes it difficult to give the British government an idea of when it will be called on to pass the necessary leg Roberts said the general Agenda for the British parliament is set until next autumn and the question now is when debate on the Patria Tion legislation can be squeezed a the talks proceeded on the com Mon Assumption that the constitutional convention will be Macguigan using the word Conven Tion in the sense of common con bound to comply in the Federal governments this convention Means the British government and parliament Are bound to comply with a request made by both houses of the Canadian regardless of opposition from Provin Cial governments or reports of lobbying Here by Provin Cial government representatives against the Federal plan were mentioned in yesterdays Macguigan but it certainly wont have any effect on British government and opposition who have already assured the Canadian government that they will act by the with Ottawa and most of the Provin Cial governments at loggerheads Over the Macguigan was asked if he could assure British Cabinet members that they would not be accused by some canadians of taking sides if they comply with the Federal the minister replied that he could give that Assurance and he could also give another one that if they dont follow our it would be extraordinarily unacceptable in soon after Trudeau announced his planned constitutional changes last summer the British said publicly they would yield their responsibilities when a British official observed yester Day this whole thing is an internal Canadian although the West Minster parliament is involved we Here cannot set ourselves up As the arbiter of the Correct balance of the Case put to this must be the responsibility of the Canadian government Toronto Airport shutdown left Winnipeg travellers with time on their hands As they waited for delayed flights Federal strike delays mail postal service disrupted As workers Honor picket lines continued from Page 1 Airport for flights to the Atlantic passengers from the Atlantic Region destined for Toronto also were diverted to the Toronto Airport shutdown Means mail also will be postal service was further disrupted in some communities As postal who Are not members of the refused to Cross clerks picket the Post office in Prince was mail deliveries also were delayed for up to an hour at one Post office in Halifax and another in letter carriers at the main Post office in Saint refused to Cross the clerks picket lines which Union spokesmen said would be maintained 24 hours a minimal Impact management spokesmen for several Federal government departments in Winnipeg said the strike was minimal Impact on their offices and the situation was virtually unchanged from last although officials in to say How the strike affected delivery of unemployment insurance others in Montreal admitted yesterday their system was Hurt by the we definitely Are said one adding that Quebec 000 recipients should have in thousands of employees went to but Many refused to Cross picket lines without a police or management two strikers were arrested outside government buildings across the Ottawa River in two Ottaw area clerks at a picket line were charged with obstructing to one also was charged with assaulting a police a strike Captain who watched the arrests said the incident scared the strikers and Many went Wilf Ontario director general for income Security said 82 of 143 clerks designated essential for the programs did not show up for seriously hampering a Small number of other workers also failed to report for in up to my ears in work now and theres no Way we can keep things going but Well try to mini Mize any inconvenience to the Wright judge Walsh of the Federal court of Canada in Ottawa granted an injunction to the government that orders about clerks to obey a Law that bars them from striking on grounds they Are essential to the safety and Security of the he cited government evidence that about 200 essential clerks had not worked last thus delaying processing and delivery of unemployment pension and welfare Bene the injunction gives the government the Power to prosecute essential clerks who do not the maximum penalty is or one year in the government also was granted an injection barring clerks from picketing International strikers had picketed International Bridges in wind Sor and fort the dispute focuses on wages and working the clerks earn an average of the Union seeks a raise compounded Over two years plus a Lowance clause and work week reduced to 35 from the government has rejected the cola clause and a Shorter work it has offered a Lump sum payment of or 10 per cent of whichever is in the first the raise offered for the second year would raise salaries to 20 per cent above current political violence in Al Salvador claims 60 lives Iran insists besieged port still under control continued from Page 1 denied the claim each Christopher Morris of the bbl said iraqi soldiers and Armor advanced about two Kilometres sunday night and Early driving iranian revolutionary guards from their he said some Small arms and artillery fire but the port was firmly under iraqi the heroes of the Battle Are loftily standing in Khorran Mshar and its port and rendering various services to the people of the said the official iraqi news but pars the Irani an news said the City is the control of the iranian armed and the iraqi aggressive mercenaries have been forced to with the civilian population was reported to have fled Early in the Iran claimed other successes in ground warfare along the 500kilometre invasion front in Western Khz Stan these included the repulsing of concentrated iraqi attacks at the Northern end of the near Asre Shirin an iraqi Advance stopped in the Central sector near Mehran and control regained of the Darkeh River near and an iraqi column crushed near the provincial capital 100 Kilometres North of Khor and the area cleared of none of the iranian claims could be pars said Mostafa a for Mer iranian defence told a news conference in Ahwaz that Iraq has sent 10 divisions totalling men into he said two divisions were destroyed in the last two Days of fighting in the Ahwaz the iraqi news Agency said the air raid on Tehran yesterday was in retaliation for iranian air attacks on civilian targets in the iraqi air Force is Able to shake the ground under their feet and is Able to destroy any target deep inside an iraqi communique the broadcast claimed three of the raiders were shot but Iraq claimed All of them returned to their bases from the news services san Al Salvador bodies of 60 victims of this Small Cen trial american nations political Vio Lence were found in four salvadoran cities authorities fifteen apparently members of the Rural territorial were killed in 50 Kilometres Miles North East of san with single gun shots to the witnesses said the assassins were leftist in san 150 Kilometres East of the 15 Young leftists were found the rest of the deaths were in Sari Salvador and in the town of 20 Kilometres from the soviet pact Likely Paris Syria is expected to sign a Security treaty with the soviet Union this week that Moscow has been trying to press on the syrian government for nearly a according to authoritative diplomatic sources syrian president Hafez Assad is scheduled to Start a visit to Moscow tomorrow and the treaty is expected to be signed during the the sources refinery deadline passes Edmonton an extortionist threatening to blow up Imperial oils Strathcona refinery failed to make a second Contact with company officials the company Imperial Oil expected to hear from the extortionist yesterday morning after receiving a letter thursday which demanded an undisclosed amount of Money in Exchange for not detonating a bomb supposedly hidden in the refine the extortionists Letier said a second letter would be sent by air Canada express if the company Fol Lowed instructions in thursdays news Roundup acting minister named Ottawa defence minister Gilles Lamontagne will be acting veterans affairs minister until prime minis Ter Trudeau appoints a successor to Dan Macdonald who died last a spokesman for Trudeau said yesterday Lamontagne will be handling questions on veterans issues in the commons and will be acting Despres to head decl Ottawa the government today announced the appointment of Quebec accountant Robert Despres As chair Man of the Board of atomic Energy of Canada effective succeeds former Deputy finance minister Tommy who retired As chairman last octo Despres served until recently As president and chief executive officer of net com and National Cablevision he was president of the University of Quebec from 1973 to 1978 and the Quebec governments Deputy minister of Revenue from 1965 to Canada signs agreement Ottawa an agreement to pro Mote commercial and Industrial co operation with Argentina was formally signed Here yesterday by Trade minis Ter de Lumley and Argentina Indus trial development minister Alberto the agreement would ease invest ment by providing for an Exchange of information on investment Laws in the two t also picks out areas for special attention in developing Trade and investment Between the two ;