Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 2, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 12 Winnipeg free press saturday May 2, 1981 Gray seeks . Japan car pact Ottawa of Chi _ part no in thurs Ottawa up reacting to thurs Day s announcement of a .-Japan Auto import agreement Industry min ister Herb Gray said yesterday he will again ask Japan for similar and parallel action regarding Canada. Later this afternoon will be meet ing with ambassador Michiaki Suma of Gray said. I have asked him to come to see me to Tell him that now that Japan has taken action with respect to exports of japanese cars to the United states we consider it important and urgent that they proceed to take similar and Paral Lel action with respect to japanese exports of cars to agreement outlined . And japanese government officials announced the agreement late thursday in Tokyo. Japanese officials Here outlined the three year agreement which will reduce car shipments to the . By 7.7 per cent to a ceiling of 1.68 nation million cars this year starting april 1. In the second year that ceiling will be increased by 16.5 per cent Over the growth in the . Market. In the third year the . Market situation will be observed and if necessary the agree ment extended into that year. The agreement terminates at the end March 1984. If treatment similar to that Given the . Is not offered Gray said the government is prepared to take Swift unilateral action to prevent Canada from becoming the dumping ground for japanese cars. He refused to put a deadline on action by Japan but added that any agree ment could be made retroactive to prevent Canada being flooded by Japa Nese imports in the interim. Gray said he had some Confidence that Japan would take the necessary action but refused to say what specific Steps the government would take if it does not. Other options among the options available though Are higher tariffs on japanese imports and import restrictions. Canada could also obtain other concessions which might be considered equivalent to that received by the ., including a prom ise by japanese automakers to in crease the Canadian Content of their cars or set up production in Canada. A japanese embassy official said Here yesterday he could not say whether Canada would obtain the same Deal As the . Masaaki Nang Aku embassy com Mercial counsellor has warned How Ever that Canada should not necessarily expect the same Deal from Japan on Auto imports As the United states. Among other things Canada has an Over All Trade surplus with Japan which the . Does the said last month. In 1980 sales of japanese cars in Canada Worth million increased by 150 per cent from 1979. However the stunning increase does not take into account that japanese imports had dropped 50 per cent in 1979 from 1978. Campbell Stuart an official in the Industry Trade and Commerce depart ment noted that in 1980 Japan imported vehicles capturing 15.3 per cent of the Canadian Market and in the first two months of this year imported vehicles representing just Over 20 per cent the Market. In the . In 1980 japanese Auto imports accounted for 23 per cent of the . Market a percentage which they have maintained in the first two months of this year. Gray similar parallel action chief mountie for area named the head of the Vancouver ramp commercial crime unit has been chosen the new chief superintendent for ramp in Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario. Supt. R. N. Mullock 49, was appointed As a result of the Early retirement of former chief supt. Vincent Cain who left the Post yesterday to join the provincial corrections department in British Columbia. Cain had been a member of the Force for 25 years. Mullock a 31-year Veteran will As sume the new position in Early an ramp spokesman in Winnipeg said yesterday. Until his arrival Insp. Stan Johnston of a division Headquarters in Winnipeg will serve As acting chief superintendent. A native of Kindersley sask., mul lock is married with two grown Chil Dren. Fortress reveals secrets Ladysmith . Up the House is a fortress with watchtower and a drawbridge. Residents of this Vancouver Island Community thought it was a research Centre for mushroom growing techniques. But the ramp says it was a drug Laboratory which turned out 95 per cent of All the mad synthetic Mesca line on the West coast. It was designed and built by owner Arthur Williams who was officially declared dead in 1977 after his plane crashed in Georgia Strait Between Nanaimo and Vancouver. However theories persist he staged his death to avoid prosecution for drug trafficking. The House revealed its secrets last month after it was sold to Ken heal of Nanaimo. Many of the Walls Are false and held in place by magnets instead of nails and offer dozens of hiding places. The two watchtowers were connected to the Laboratory by inter com. The drawbridge was the Only Access to the building from the ground once the doors were locked. Escape route and there is a complicated escape route from the main Laboratory through Walls to the basement be Hind a moveable Bookcase through a Culvert to a secret Laboratory and to a Tunnel which ended in a shed where Williams kept two motorcycles. In August 1977, ramp raided Wil Liams s House and charged him with eight counts of conspiracy to traffic in mad and Possession for the purpose of trafficking. A trial Date was set and he was freed on bail. He never stood trial. Three months later on the night of nov. 30, Williams was flying alone when he radioed Vancouver Airport control Tower that he was turning Back because of poor weather. Williams told the controller he was out of control and the plane disappeared from the radar screen. The plane s wreckage was found but not Williams s body. Followers of the Case speculate he fortress House has drawbridge watchtowers escape Tunnel. Somehow escaped to the grand Cay Man islands in the Caribbean. The theory was reinforced on March 7, 1979, when his wife mar Garet vanished. Her personal be longings and in Cash were found. Williams grew up in Somerset England served in the army and was awarded the distinguished conduct medal. When he arrived in . In 1950, he started his own business but the com Pany went under in the late 1960s. Alberta stand on Oil policy under review Edmonton up Alberta is rethinking its Posi Tion on Energy negotiations Premier Peter Lougheed said yesterday. The Premier told reporters that a group of Cabinet ministers closeted with senior officials in Jasper is work ing on the province s position in the Complex Energy negotiations with the Federal government. It s a general session that s working on intensely analysing various options. There May be changes or modifications or new the Premier said however he is still not optimistic about the prospects for an Early agreement with Ottawa Over the knotty Energy question. Alberta Energy minister Merv Leitch is to meet Marc Lalonde his fed eral counterpart in late May to continue their discussions on the subject. But Lougheed said he thinks several More meetings might be required before he could sit Down with prime minister Trudeau. We have to negotiate in a very complicated area involving pricing taxation and he said. The Premier did say though that he wants to keep the Energy talks separate from the equally bitter discussions on Patria Tion of the Constitution. Asked How the province will react if the supreme ourt of Canada finds for the Federal Side in the constitutional Case the Premier was guarded. We will examine the situation we will have to judge however he said the matter does not end in Ottawa. 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