Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 24, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Hydro letter prompts Craik attack by John Sullivan Deputy Premier Don Craik after repeated allegations during the past 10 Days that he misled Las on his role in rejection of a 1979 court Challenge to the Tritschler Hydro inquiry yesterday lashed out at the opposition and the free press confirmation Craik s rebuttal coincided with confirmation by a Winnipeg Law firm that former Hydro lawyer w. Steward Martin had recommended the court action to Hydro s Board of directors in an eight Page statement in january 1979. Pan of the opposition s charge that Craik made grossly mis leading statements to the Legisla Ture Stem from his repeated Deni als that Hydro Ever received a Legal opinion on the Issue. The letter from Aikins Macau Lay and Thorvaldson Martin s firm to current Hydra chairman Kris Kristjanson says the Docu ment was authored by Martin and submitted to Hydro s directors for their approval. It says the Legal conclusions therein reflected the View of or. Martin who advised Board Mem Bers of his however the letter also says that the document itself was not a Legal several lawyers with the firm refused to clarify the letter s wording when contacted by the free press yesterday. We Don t talk about our clients said lawyer Martin Freedman. You d be wasting your time to phone former Hydro chairman l. M. Wedepohl who took Martin s recommendation to Craik after Dis cussing it with the lawyer told the free press wednesday that he regarded the proposal As a Clear regal opinion. "1 certainly regarded it As an opinion of the Legal Wedepohl said. Certainly he was our Legal counsellor and certainly he was giving us Legal advice at that Craik however took Comfort in the Law firm s letter saying it and other evidence proved he had not misled the House on the Martin affair. Personal the minister said nip Leader Howard Pawley and other opposition critics had used a High de Gree of personal attack on him to try to make some cheap Politi Cal Marks. Craik also criticized free press coverage of the Martin affair saying it contained reasonably slanderous comments about him. Although the minister has denied several times that Hydro received any Legal opinion from Martin on the Tritschler inquiry Craik said it was wrong to say he had ruled out a verbal opinion As reported in a newspaper account april 11. He said he could t possibly know if Hydro received a verbal recommendation from Martin. Pawley said Craik s speech and the Akins Macaulay letter proved that the opposition s claims of misleading statements by the minister were absolutely he said Craik had finally come clean after close to three weeks of playing hide and go seek with the Pawley said although Martin s unsigned statement had been called a half hoax by Craik and a fabrication by Premier Ster Ling Lyon the Law firm had now verified it to be a legitimate credible Craik just not honest tomorrow april 25 open House at Downs free admission you re invited. Loads of things a to see and do to see what goes on behind the scenes before the races. 12 pm come and see Why Assiniboia Downs is a Winnin showplace exhibition races Backstretch Tain s will give you and your family the rare Opportunity to see the stables talk to the trainers the jockeys the owners and if you choose even the horses. Handicapping clinics that will give you some pointers on How to go about choosing that Winner next time. 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But in a feb. 10, 1970, letter to Deputy Industry and Commerce minister lome Dyke Evans states he had asked a department official to investigate whether any Canadian companies would be interested in taking Over Mckenzie seeds. In the letter Evans stresses the urgency of at tempting to find a buyer be cause there had been an other offer from ferry Morse co. Which was not acceptable to the govern ment. In response to Evans re quest the then director of the food products Branch contacted two companies Canadian linseed oils and Archibald brokerage to see if they were interested in acquiring ownership of the company. The government ultimately decided not to sell the firm. But Banman said Evans deliberately misled the legis lature and Public when he issued a press release last year stating at to time did i As a minister responsible for Mckenzie seeds from 1970-1977, solicit or cause to be solicited a potential buyer for Mckenzie it also said i have always been of the View that Mckenzie seeds should remain in Brandon As a publicly owned in an interview yesterday Evans said he could not re member the letters referred to by Banman. He. Maintained he never actively considered Selling the company. If the letters do exist they May have been the product of an overzealous civil ser vant trying to do his Job Evans said. It s obvious he Banman does t have anything better to do than to go around searching for 10-year-old Evans said. Banman said the letters prove that the nip tried to sell Mckenzie seeds soon after coming to office just As the conservative administration did after 1977. 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