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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 27, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free press saturday june 27.1981 pm shrugs off questions on Constitution Lor Nom it e in London up it s anybody s guess now when Canada May have a new Constitution prime minister tru Deau said yesterday before heading Home following Quick visits with three european leaders. After a meeting with British prime minister Margaret Thatcher Trudeau told reporters he really does t have any idea when his pro posed Constitution May be approved in Britain and palliate to Canada. With his original july 1 target Date out the window the prime minister said Patria Tion depends on a decision on the legality of his constitutional Reform package by the supreme court of Canada and the timetable of the British government. 1 even if the court decided in Ottawa s favor in Eaily july Thatcher could t Terry Fox cheered by stamp new Westminster . Up Terry Fox is Pale sleeps most of the time and is receiving oxygen but he is pleased about the stamp commemorating his Marathon of Hope and the Calls and letters being sent to the Hospital. He May not know exactly what happened yesterday in detail but he certainly knew about the stamp today when i talked to or. Ladis Lav Antonik medical director at Royal columbian Hospital told a daily news briefing yesterday. Obviously he lit up. He said wow.1 that s his traditional response to big usually Only Royalty Are honoured on a stamp while they Are still living but the Federal government Bent the rules thursday and announced it would Issue a stamp to commemorate the Mara Thon of Hope. Antonik said the malignant tutors in Fox s body Are preventing his lungs from absorbing enough oxygen to keep his brain functioning at optimal Levels All the time. Fox is forgetful As a result but there has been no brain damage Antonik said. His parents asked Alison Sinson Dep Uty director of nursing to convey their 1 enormous appreciation of All the Mes sages of encouragement that they have been the 22 year old has been on the critical list since wednesday but Antonik said i believe that where there is life there is he has not been receiving the anti cancer agent interfere i since june 7 and Antonik said there Are no plans to resume treatment. Be expected to push through approval before Westminster adjourns for a summer vacation in late july or Early August he said. That agreeable tone contrasted with Trudeau s stand after a meeting at 10 Downing Street Thatcher s residence a year ago. At that time he said he had asked about British approval and Thatcher had assured him she would Lay on a three line whip the maximum pressure to Speed it through. Since then Trudeau s timetable has been thrown off by opposition which resulted in court cases by provinces which argued Ottawa had no right to change the Constitution without their consent. I m no longer in a position to say i be delivered so i m not in a position to ask her Thatcher to said Trudeau adding that he did t even care to speculate whether the Constitution would be in Canada by the end of the year. Laskin returning rumours of an imminent decision were sparked by reports that chief Justice Bora Laskin will break a euro Pean vacation to return to Ottawa from july 5 to 8. However court sources cautioned against concluding the Deci Sion is ready. The main reason for Trudeau s visit with Thatcher French president fran Cois Mitterrand and West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt All in a hectic 28-hour period was discus Sion of the july 20-21 economic Summit in Ottawa and Montebello que. The seventh such Summit and the first hosted by Trudeau also be attended by leaders of the United states Italy and Japan. Trudeau and officials who sat in on the meetings this week gave few details or hints on whether the pre Summit diplomatic efforts had increased the chances of major agreements at the meeting. But Trudeau who has visited More than a dozen countries in seven months and will meet with . President Ron Ald Reagan in Washington on july 10, played Down the Chance of major Deci Sions As if to ensure the Summit is not labelled a failure if none is reached. The Summit should be considered a Success even if it serves no other purpose than allowing an Exchange of ideas Between leaders four of whom will be attending a Summit for the first time said Trudeau. But he balanced his Call for reporters not to expect major headlines by saying he Hopes the seven National leaders Don t postpone taking some action on How to Cut disparities Between Rich countries and poor ones the North South dialogue. Leaders of the Summit should Exchange ideas on such policies but in the end must realize we be got to stick together and accept what other coun tries Are doing he said. Prime minister Trudeau chats with British prime minister Margaret Thatcher about seven nation economic Summit maternity leave chief Snag in talks continued from Page 1 Johnston said government negotiators had been prepared to propose a task Force to study the Issue of mater nity leave and to include in a new contract an escape clause which would have allowed inclusion of maternity benefits after the task Force reported. Parrot said in an interview that Johnston s proposal is an attempt to avoid the Issue. It s about time he takes on his responsibility instead of washing his hands with a task Parrot said. He said the Union is in a Strong position to strike with an 84 per cent strike mandate received earlier this week. The Union s governing Board will decide on a strike monday night if it has not had talks with Johnston and the Board knows very Well its Man he said a possible desire by rank and file members to wait until later next week to pick up final pay cheques before walking out will have Little effect because of the government s refusal to Deal with the key issues. Johnston said the Federal govern Ontario suggests crude Way of footing equalization Bill ment s proposal for a task Force on maternity benefits was designed to Deal with what is essentially a philosophical Issue centring on whether maternity leave should be dealt with by society As a social Cost or whether it should be borne by employers. Currently the government deals with it As a social Cost under unemployment insurance provisions which pay 60 per cent of a pregnant workers salary for 17 weeks. Government workers get an other two weeks Worth under a Prece Dent set during last year s negotiations with striking clerks. Johnston said the talks broke Down Over Union demands for a 12th paid holi Day Jan. 2. Granting the Holiday would Cost the government million a year for the inside workers million to extend it to other postal workers and million to give it to the rest of the Public service. Johnston said it is a Rule that any thing granted one government Union will work its Way into other Public Sec Tor contracts and will at the same time put pressure on the private sector to Grant equally Rich contracts. Another conciliator s recommend weeks Holiday after five years instead of 10 years Cost million to Grant to cup and million to Grant to the rest of the Public service Johnston said. The Cabinet minister said the govern ment offer is Worth 13 per cent and is very he said the Federal government should not be granting wage Settle ments substantially in excess of the private sector nor should it Grant cup an agreement substantially in excess of successful contracts negotiated with other Public sector unions. Johnston yesterday refused to say whether he is prepared to allow the Union go ahead with a strike on monday without initiating talks. He also saw Little Chance that the government could give cup a Sweet Deal and then refuse to extend it to other government unions on the grounds that the Post office will be a Crown corporation in september and therefore could not be considered a precedent. The fact is that whatever contract is made is one which will be made with a Federal Agency which is not yet a Crown corporation he said. Granting pay would be Worth an additional 1.9 cents an hour within the 70 cents the government is offering Parrot said. As for the argument that the Issue should be dealt with in principle first by a task Force Parrot said the government has already recognized the need for employers to pay maternity leave in its negotiations with other unions including the clerks who Are receiving two week s pay at 60 per cent while they wait for unemployment benefits to take effect. The Union last held a full scale strike in 1975. In 1978, cup was ordered Back to work by the government after a nine Day walkout. The two sides Are reportedly ail but agreed on the conciliator s recommendation for a wage increase of 70 cents an hour but there Are differences Over a recommendation for a Cost of living escalator clause which would kick in after the consumer Price Index rises per cent. Inside workers now earn an average an hour. Victoria up _ provincial finance ministers agree equalization is a Good idea but they differ on who should foot the Bill. 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The province is technically eligible for benefits under the Complex formula which governs the scheme but is excluded from collecting because the per capita income is higher than the National average. If we can t find innovative new ways of helping the Federal government pay for equalization we say we want our share Miller said after the meeting. He said Ontario is owed about billion but Alberta s Lou Hyndman having won the financing argument shrugged off Miller s claim saying the figures weren t justified or proven to be valid. The finance ministers left Miller out in the cold with his suggestions that resource revenues be tapped to finance part of a new two tier equalization system. A significant majority of the prov inces find that the concept of another resource Levy is a Hynd Man said. We have agreed that the traditional basis of equalization is even the poorer provinces which get Federal Money to help maintain Stan Dard Levels of social services without having to impose onerous taxes sided with Hyndman and the other resource Rich provinces. Joe Matheson of Nova Scotia said Ontario s idea is really Revenue Shar ing in disguise. He seemed to share Hyndman s View that the current system which will Cost Ottawa about billion in 1981-82, is in Good shape and needs Only minor adjustments. The ministers did agree on some things. They oppose the Federal govern ment s plan to Cut about billion from its annual Transfer payments to the provinces Money which helps to finance programs such As medicare and Post secondary education. Royal wedding Silver crowns Prince Charles and lady Diana will Lake by the and tradition Assoc j Usu Duboc a Royal wedding. Fifteen overseas nations have each joined great Britain in commemorating the occasion by issuing. 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