Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 19, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 10 Winnipeg free press Friday june Kaplan says top secret files signed out by Lawrence missing Ottawa Rcpt Ottawa up top secret govern ment documents last signed out by former solicitor general Allan Lawrence Are missing Robert Kaplan Lawrence s Liberal successor said thursday. But Lawrence said later he has t a clue what documents Kaplan Means and said the solicitor general has never asked him if he knows where they Are. Kaplan s suggestion comes after Lawrence progressive conservative my for the Ontario Riding of Durham Northumberland has made a series of nation allegations about spies who May be operating in government circles. Kaplan who admitted he has t asked Lawrence about the documents refused to say Why he raised the matter at an Impromptu news conference or whether the papers Are connected to Lawrence s allegations. He told reporters the material May Only be lost and that Lawrence May not be to blame for its disappearance. "1 am not going to assert that he has those documents. I m Only going to assert for the record that they were shown registered out to him and they have not been he would say Only the documents Are usually kept by the e ramp Security service and Are a collection of a "1 Don t want to say anything More about it. It s top secret Lawrence said it is strange Kaplan mentioned the missing papers to re porters without having said anything to him first. Asked whether he knew to what papers Kaplan was referring Lawrence added i Haven t the fog Giest Lawrence has made a series of unsubstantiated allegations during the last several months in a concerted Campaign to Force the government to release documents about spying in Canada. But the main result so far has been to provoke prime minister Trudeau and Kaplan to Challenge him to either Back up his charges or keep quiet. Stanley Knowles surrounded by nip caucus members holds a plaque presented to him on his 73rd birthday yesterday Knowles birthday wish unfulfilled Ottawa up the commons paused to wish its most experienced member a Happy 73rd birthday yesterday but the government was unable to give Stanley Knowles the one present he wanted. Knowles the House Leader for the new democratic party first elected in his Winnipeg Riding in 1942, smiled and bowed to speaker Jeanne Sauve As she offered him Good wishes on behalf of All maps. He chuckled As lome Nystrom an nip colleague from the Saskatchewan Riding of Yorkton Melville suggested the government Mark the Day by beginning the process of abolishing the Senate a longtime goal for Knowles. But it was Knowles who asked for the present sticking to another Long time goal better pensions for canadians. He told government House Leader Yvon Pinard there was something he wanted i ask for it and i Hope the minister will give it to Knowles reiterated his now weekly request that the government act for Between and widows of disabled veterans who face up to a wait for pensions granted them last year. He said he could feel in his Bones the government was ready with the legis lation to eliminate the waiting period and that it could shoot through the commons quickly if the government would Only introduce it. Pinard said if Knowles had asked him earlier he May have been Able to Grant the wish. But in any Case the Cabinet is looking at the proposition seriously and the government should have a definite answer ready before the summer recess Likely to begin in Early july. Members of the nip caucus at a gathering to celebrate his birthday presented Knowles with a plaque depicting news clippings of his accomplishments Over the years. Trudeau admonishes Broadbent Ottawa up prime minister Trudeau says new democratic party Leader de Broadbent Drew a Dud when he tried to initiate peace negotiations among the warring factions in Al Salvador and should Stop pestering the Canadian government to launch its own lightning Flash proves uplifting Kinburn ont. Up it All happened in a Flash. Lemonade got a slight Burn on his Crown Carlee Pelkey got tossed three metres in the air. And Nadia Disalle emerged with a splitting headache. That was the aftermath of a lightning strike As 13-year-old Carlee sat on her front porch Early this week with her pet rooster lemonade and mathematics Tutor Disalle. Carlee s Mother who witnessed the strike said it was a Miracle her Daugh Ter escaped without serious injury. The Bolt threw Carlee More than three metres in the air and she landed on her Back three metres away. All i remember is petting Lemon Ade and then being in the car going to the said Carlee. Now lemonade has something else to Crow about. Mission. The honorable member s own Back benches realize he went there and he Drew a Dud and that is the Trudeau told the commons yesterday. It was the prime minister s first Public response to Broadbent s peace Mission to latin America on behalf of socialist International a global net work of social democratic parties. Despite the the backing of a much More prestigious group than the Mere government of Broadbent s Mission failed Trudeau said. Fact finding Mission therefore Why should Broadbent expect the Canadian government to inter Vene in the conflict and have any Chance of Success. It was difficult to know if Trudeau was speaking seriously or Tongue in Cheek in his response to a request by Broadbent to Send external affairs minister Mark Macguigan and representatives of All political parties to Al Salvador on a fact finding Mission. The governments of Al Salvador the United states and Canada have All rejected Broadbent s conclusions that planned elections in Al Salvador next year will be a farce and that a negotiated settlement Between the Junta ruling the country and the rebel forces is the Only Way to end the conflict. By sending Macguigan and some maps to Al Salvador on a fact finding Mission the Canadian government would learn the truth Broadbent said. Broadbent claims that at least 80 per cent of the deaths in Al Salvador during the last year have been caused by government Security forces. And Many of those deaths Are the result of terrorism rather than casualties from armed combat he says. Trudeau disagreed with Broadbent s analysis saying extremist elements from both the Security forces and opposition forces Are killing wantonly. Officer says traffickers oui muscle base Security Halifax up an inner network with More apparent clout than the Mili tary s own Security forces is supplying drugs to Canada s largest naval base capt. R. D. Boyle of maritime com Mand says. Boyle personnel and training officer of the Halifax based Force said in an interview with the Atlantic television system that Little is known about the drug network except that it is tightly organized seems to have its own enforcers and May be More influential than our own the Halifax military base is intensifying its investigations and beefing up Security forces in an attempt to crack the drug network Boyle said. In an earlier interview he said drug use on the base appears to be on the in crease. Drug involvement among some officers and multiple drug use by an element of the Force have been observed. He estimated that up to 60 per cent of maritime command s members under the age of 30 use drugs at least occasionally and up to 20 per cent regularly. Boyle said in some cases the drug suppliers appear stronger and More disciplined than military Security. Military personnel have been threatened and there have been incidents of perjury in court cases dealing with drugs he said. At work is a parallel organization and a parallel discipline system to that of military Security. There exists somewhere within or without the Force a hard Core of very heavy drug users traffickers and per haps even Kaplan accused Lawrence wednes Day of breaking oaths of secrecy he took when he was solicitor general in the Short lived administration of Joe Clark. Lawrence denied the allegations and demanded an apology but commons speaker Jeanne Sauve ruled yesterday Kaplan had t said anything that War ranted an apology. The solicitor general said later he accepts Lawrence s word that he has t broken any of his oaths of secrecy. Lawrence says his allegations Are All based on information he has Learned since leaving office. He has also suggested that inspired and selective leaks from within the government Are to blame for re cent revelations about alleged spies. Kaplan told reporters yesterday that because Lawrence was once solicitor general he has a special responsibility to Tell the government about the suspected leaks. He challenged Lawrence to fulfil that responsibility but Lawrence said later he already has told Kaplan what he knows about the alleged leaks. Opposition bid to Gas changes to tax Bill fails Ottawa up the commons put the finishing touches to a sweeping taxation Bill yesterday Only hours after the supreme court of Canada reserved judgment on whether one of its two key Energy levies is constitutional. The progressive conservatives strongly opposed to those taxes and angered by government moves to limit debate on them turned out in near full Force for a Marathon Vot ing session forcing surprisingly close tallies on the 135 amendments being considered. But while the 94 tories and 25 new democrats who showed up came within five votes of beating the government on some the liberals smelled a rat in Advance and had about 125 maps on hand. In this scam you Don t Trust any Liberal whip Charlie Turner said As maps streamed from the com Mons after the rigorous often Rowdy late night session. The Bill formally implements numer Ous tax measures outlined in last october s Federal budget. The final commons vote on it will be monday night after a last round of debate today. The two Energy per cent on Revenue from All Oil and natural Gas production and 30 cents per thou Sand cubic feet on All Gas sold in Canada and abroad Are bitterly opposed by the four Western provinces and Are clearly its most controversial provisions. Tax protested Quebec British Columbia Manitoba Saskatchewan Newfoundland and the Independent Petroleum association appeared in the supreme court this week to argue the 30-cent Federal tax on exports which went into effect feb. 1, is unconstitutional at least As it applies to Wells owned by the provinces. D. M. M. Goldie representing Saskatchewan said the proposed tax is not a True Export he said the sole object is to raise Money for the Federal government not to regulate the Industry or protect the country areas where Ottawa does have jurisdiction. The tax was successfully challenged in the Alberta court of Appeal leading the Federal government to Appeal to the supreme court. Ottawa argues the tax is Constitution Al because it economic activity rather than land or property. The conservatives and new democrats have opposed the Energy taxes since they were introduced. Most of the amendments considered last night would have killed the two levies. The ire of ithe two parties was aggravated when the government twice limited debate on the Bill which also formally implements taxes on aids for the handicapped advertising supple ments in newspapers and Beer wine and spirits among a wide variety of other things. The conservative opposition to the Bill prompted the largest turnout and closest votes since the liberals Defeated Joe Clark s minority govern ment in 1979 Over a proposed four cent a litre 18-cent-a-gallon excise tax on gasoline. Tory whip Bill Kempling said the party used its strongest measure of discipline the so called three line whip drag All but seven of its 101 maps to the House for the votes. Alberta Oil May bring world Price Edmonton up the journal says Alberta May sell some conventional Oil at or near world prices if Ottawa accepts the province s proposed new Energy agreement. In a front Page Story in today s editions the newspaper quoting an unnamed source said the Price on newer discoveries would be roughly double the current Domestic Price of a barrel. The source described As a highly placed official made the comment after Federal and provincial officials ended the first half of an intensive two Day discussion Here. Full pricing category foreign Oil now costs about a barrel. The source described the new Oil Price As possibly fitting into a full pricing category. Production from older Wells would sell below the preferential rate under the proposed two tier system. Alberta previously opposed Federal suggestions for a somewhat different two tier Price formula because most provincial production coming from dieting Wells would get the lower Price. The journal s source said neither he nor other officials yet know whether Federal Energy minister Marc Lalonde will accept higher prices on any conventional Alberta Oil. The newspaper says Alberta Energy minister Merv Leitch suggested the full Price for newer Oil As part of the province s proposal presented to la Londe at a recent meeting in Banff Alta. The unnamed official discounted a report this week that Ottawa has offered to increase Oil prices by up to 55 a barrel annually. The official said Lalonde has not responded to Leitch s proposals made at the Banff meeting. Once popular Bani Sadr now reviled As Shah iranian president top casualty in revolution s internal Power struggle it the associated press the fortunes of revolution turned quickly against Abolhassan Bani Sadr. In january 1979, he flew Home with Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini after 14 years in exile and a year later became Iran s president. High. Teen months later the revolutionary who opposed Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi for More than two decades is on the run excoriated by associates in Khomeini s regime As Shah marked for prosecution and perhaps execution. Hated Symbol Bani Sadr .47, is the biggest casualty of the Power struggle Between the two strains of the iranian revolt fundamentalist moslem mullahs who rebelled against Pahlavi because he westernized Iran s traditional society and the Liberal and leftist nationalists who fought the Shah because of his despotic Rule and his partnership with the United states. The French educated left leaning Bani Sadr proved to be the most conciliatory iranian Leader in the. . Hostage crisis. But to Many of Iran s conservative clergy he be came the hated embodiment of for eign ideology. World after he was elected first president of the islamic Republic of Iran by a 75-per-cent majority in january 1980, his appeared unassailable. But he misjudged the strength of the mullahs and their islamic Republican party and he overestimated his own influence with Khomeini. Bani Sadr was born in Hamadan in Western Iran the son of an Ayatollah the highest clerical rank in the dominant shiite moslem sect. He studied economics and theology at the University of Tehran and in the Early 1950s joined a student move ment opposed to the Pahlavi re Gime. When anti government disturbances led by Khomeini rocked the country in 1963, Bani Sadr was wounded and spent four months in jail. In 1964, he fled to France. There he continued his studies and refined his vision of an economically self reliant egalitarian and thoroughly islamic Iran. In two published books he pictured his Homeland As an eco nomic and military appendage of the United states. He taught at the University of Paris and edited an anti Shah news paper for iranian expatriates. The exiled Khomeini inspiration of a growing uprising in Iran arrived in France from Iraq in mid-1978. Bani Sadr became one of his closest associates. Took charge after the Royal regime collapsed in Early 1979, Khomeini and his revolutionary Council took charge of the new Bani Sadr was a Mem Ber of the All powerful Council. Nine months later militants seized the . Embassy in Tehran and took its staff hostage. Prime minister Mehdi Bazargan s government re signed and Bani Sadr was named finance minister and acting foreign minister. But in his search for a Compromise to end the hostage crisis Bani Sadr went too far for the militants and the hard line anti american clergymen who supported them. With Khomeini s acquiescence he was ousted from the foreign affairs Post although remain ing As finance chief. His troubles with the mullahs had begun. After he was elected president two months later the mullahs realized their error in letting the presidency get away from their faction and organized for Victory in the parliamentary elections in the Spring. Their islamic Republican party and its allies won a majority of the seats in the new majlis the iranian parliament and forced Bani Sadr to accept their Choice for prime minis Ter Mohammad Ali Rajai a former High school teacher. The president retaliated by delay ing some of Rajai s Cabinet appoint ments but the prime minister got control of the government. The embassy militants and the Irp continued to thwart Bani Sadr s efforts to end the hostage stalemate. When Iraq invaded Iran last september the president withdrew from the fore front of the .-Iran crisis and concentrated on his role As commander in chief of the iranian armed forces. After the hostages were finally re leased on Jan. 20 under an agree ment negotiated by Rajai and his government Bani Sadr tried unsuccessfully to turn it to his advantage by calling the settlement a sellout. The embattled chief executive sniped at his opponents through a column in his newspaper. He charged repeatedly that his foes were plotting to assassinate him. At an appropriate time they will inflict their final blow and change Iran into a graveyard Back to despotism Back to corruption and he declared in a february speech. The majlis whittled away at his Powers in March giving Rajai com plete authority Over foreign affairs finance and other key policy areas. At previous crisis Points Khomeini had shielded Bani Sadr from his ene Mies apparently trying to contain the split within his revolution. But in recent weeks the aged Ayatollah abandoned his westernized protege and sided with the fundamentalists whose thinking he shared All along. Removed from Post Khomeini removed Bani Sadr from his commander in chief last week stripping him of his last real Power. The government closed his newspaper and fired his few sup porters still holding official posts. This week the majlis began debating his impeachment. His enemies accuse him of inciting violence in March in which 40 people were injured of violating the Constitution by refusing to ratify Rajai s appointments and of disobeying Kho Meini s injunction against provocative statements by political leaders. A special commission suggested in Early june he be put on trial. Bani Sadr misjudged foes ;