Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 25, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press saturday april 25, 1981 11 Kershaw warns Patria Tion of act is not guaranteed speakers have much to talk about House of commons speaker Jeanne Sauve chats with or. Joseph Wayas president of the nigerian Senate left e. U. Szeoke speaker of the nigerian House of representatives. Commonwealth speakers Are meeting in Ottawa. Pm says it s time to mend fences important issues can Only be properly settled through co operation Ottawa up As the proposed new Constitution passed out of Parlia ment into the courts prime minis Ter Trudeau said yesterday it is time to mend fences with the provinces tackle the problem of regional Aliena Tion. Trudeau told a news conference that after the Constitution is in Canadian hands he would be Happy if he the premiers could return to reaching agreements on important matters. I do believe though it May sound paradoxical to some of you that it is better to govern with a consensus of the premiers the prime minister than without hours after the Senate approved final changes to his constitutional Reform proposals which Are opposed by eight of 10 provinces Trudeau said he tried to reach a consensus on the Issue for 12 years before going the other co operation cited important issues like Energy inflation management of the Economy can Only be properly settled through co operation Between Ottawa the provinces said Trudeau. Don t expect any magnanimous gestures but do expect that we will do All we can to try to involve the provinces with their shared responsibility in these matters in the decision making nation Trudeau rejected the idea the fight Over the new Constitution has permanently poisoned relations. Ill feeling will die away after Patria Tion As it did after the acrimonious debate on the new Canadian Flag he argued. It s hard to believe they canadians will feel threatened to death or feel the federation is on the verge of break up because we finally will have Given ourselves our own the proposed Constitution took final shape As senators approved the same amendments okayed by maps thurs Day. The package now goes to the supreme court of Canada which begins a hearing tuesday to decide whether the Liberal proposals Are Legal. The government want s to ask Britain to approve a new amending formula a charter of rights entrenchment ramp increases pm s Security Toronto up the Globe mail says ramp Security around prime minister Trudeau has been in creased substantially in recent months because of concern that pre Vious precautions were inadequate. In an Ottawa dispatch the newspaper says a second car with two ramp officers has been added to the contingent that accompanies the prime minister whenever he travels even on the mile Long drive from his official residence to his office. The Story quoted an ramp spokes Man As saying the increased Vigi Lance was a result of a general reassessment of Security was not a result of last month s attempt on the life of president Reagan in Washington. And in Halifax a High ranking mountie says recent threats of the lives of Quebec Premier Rene Leves que Newfoundland Premier Brian Peckford Quebec opposition Leader Claude Ryan Are affecting ramp Security strategy for prominent figures. Chief supt. Hugh Feagan of the ramp s h division covering Nova Scotia said in an interview that the nature of the Security service is a secret. But he indicated ramp May be More Alert to suggest Protection for certain people. Of equalization payments from Rich provinces to poor ones before surren Dering control of the British North american act to canadians. Trudeau reiterated yesterday that the liberals will drop the proposals if the country s highest court sides with the eight provinces. If the measure is judged illegal we certainly won t press Forward with eight break ranks in the Senate eight liberals including six who have publicly condemned Trudeau s proposals broke party ranks by refusing to vote for a government sponsored amendment which included All the amendments passed in the com Mons thursday. Twenty one protesting progressive conservative senators one Independent joined the eight in abstaining but the Liberal majority in the 104-seat upper chamber carried the vote 46 0. The amendment strengthens Protection for women native people slightly alters the amending formula Calls for acknowledgement of the supremacy of god in the new Constitution. While the constitutional fight shifts to the courts maps will take a Spring Vaca Tion returning to the commons May 12. The Senate resumes sitting May 19. London up the Kershaw com Mittee made it Clear for a second time yesterday that it won t accept Federal arguments in favor of automatic approval of changes to the Canadian Constitution in the British parliament. That proposition is inherently in the committee said in a report replying to the Federal Posi Tion paper issued under Justice minis Ter Jean Chretien s signature March 24, which was itself a reply to the1 first Kershaw committee report published Jan. 30. The Chretien paper attacked the Ker Shaw committee s conclusion that Brit ish maps should reject the Patria Tion package when it arrives Here on the ground that it lacked a sufficient level distribution of support in Canada. Factual errors cited the Federal paper said the committee was guilty of factual errors of misreading misunderstanding Ca Nadian constitutional development charges that the committee hurled Back at Ottawa yesterday citing documentary evidence to contradict the Federal View of past constitutional amendments. The committee also denied that it was opening the doors to British meddling in Canadian affairs ignoring the principle that British authorities do not look into the merits of Canadian constitutional disputes. Only concern has been with constitutional the commit tee said. There is no question for the British authorities of seeking to determine whether the proposed constitutional changes Are detrimental to the prov inces or to anyone nor of guaranteeing that Canada remains forever Federal. The . Concern is solely with the question of whether the request is made in a proper manner. The Content of a request is relevant Only in this sense that if that Content when enacted would directly affect the Powers right or privileges of provincial governments or Legislatures provincial authorities convey to the . Authorities their opposition to the re quest the . Parliament need not automatically accede to the request unless the request is made with an appropriate level distribution of provincial Crux of the matter the report added even if a request were made to abolish Canada s Federal Constitution create a unitary state it could not properly be questioned by the . Parliament provided the re quest was made with the degree spread of provincial concurrence appropriate to Canada s constitutional structures conventions As existing at the time of the the Crux of the matter is the distinction to be drawn Between constitutional amendments that affect the provinces As communities such As changes to Kershaw court action cited the composition of the commons or Senate amendments that directly affect provincial Powers the report said. The Chretien paper fudged those distinctions in analysing past Constitution Al amendments that were passed with out provincial consultation or consent even though they significantly affected provincial interests or had a Seri Ous Impact on provincial amendments thus described in the Federal document affected provincial interests in the Broad sense but did not affect the rights Power or privileges of provincial governments. Aware of opinions prior to 1980, it has been accepted with virtual unanimity that Amend ments in this latter category could properly be requested Only with the concurrence of the responsible Provin Cial the report said. The committee said that from Public documents stating the Federal Case it was before publication of the Cretien paper of the degree to which the published opinions of the present Canadian government diverge from the opinions of former Canadian government concerning those same matters of Law history constitutional the report concludes with a Para graph on the significance of court action in Canada on the constitutional question. Any judgment of the supreme court of Canada to the extent that it deals with the matter we have Canvas sed is bound to weigh heavily with your committee with the the report came out on the eve of the arrival in London of Serge Joyal the Liberal my who was co chairman of the joint commons Senate committee that studied the Patria Tion package in Canada who is in London for a seminar on the constitutional question at Oxford University May 8-9, for constitutional experts from Canada Britain. Election the Rural municipality of Victoria Beach notice is hereby Given that a vote of the electors of the Rural municipality of Victoria Beach will be taken to elect a councillor from the following duly nominated candidates Audrey j. Nutter Victoria Beach Manitoba Paul r. Thain 807 South drive Winnipeg Manitoba polling the polls required to elect such councillor will be held on Friday the 8th Day of May 1981 from eight o clock in the Forenoon until eight o clock in the afternoon at polling stations no. 1. Victoria Beach fire Hall path 59, Arthur Road Victoria Beach Manitoba no. 2 Rural municipality of Victoria Beach 304-283 Portage Avenue Winnipeg Manitoba no. 3 John Black memorial Church 898 Henderson Hwy. At Roberta Winnipeg Manitoba no. 4 Crescent Wood Community club be Corner Rockwood at Corydon Winnipeg Manitoba Advance poll for the purpose of accommodating persons who Are qualified to vote a who have reason to believe that they will be absent or otherwise unable to attend their proper polling place on the Day fixed for election or b who suffer from physical infirmities. An Advance polling place will be located at the Victoria Beach fire Hall Victoria Beach Manitoba the Rural municipality of Victoria Beach office 304-283 Portage Avenue Winnipeg Manitoba wednesday May 6th, 1981 Between the hours of five nine o clock in the afternoon. Application to vote by mail an elector who is unable due to physical incapacity to go in person to the polling place or Advance poll for an election May apply in writing to the returning officer at least seven Days before election Day to vote by mail. Dated at the City of Winnipeg Manitoba this 22nd Day of april . 1981. E. M. 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