Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 4, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free july 1981 opposition criticizes Battle to bolster Canadian Dollar Ottawa up the governments Battle to keep the Dollar above the silent draining the coun try International reserves to their lowest level in 10 Drew opposition criticism in the commons yester the used to stabilize the dropped million in june to finance ministry figures showed is it government policy to run with such slim reserves backing our Dol Lar asked Sinclair Progress Ive conservative finance spokesman and my for the Toronto area Riding of York i regard them As being very replied finance minister Allan Maceachen said the True value of the reserves is not reflected in the figures since government holdings of Gold Are registered at Book and not Market ministry figures show the govern ment has million in Gold re this Book value is based on Gold being Worth about an the Market value of is about 10 times that the government Sells off reserves and buys Canadian dollars when it wants to strengthen the Michael Kelly of the finance depart ment said the government was not concerned about the apparent Low level of the reserves but was concerned about the inflationary Impact of a weaker earlier this week the government announced it had increased its standby credit with the chartered Banks by billion to the announcement prompted speculation the government feared a run on the Dollar and was increasing its line of credit As a Kelly said the credit increase want because the government feared a run on the Dollar but that always a possibility and we were buying insure inform Erica economist Bill Jarvis said the Low level of the Dollar and in turn the official Reserve position was due to a Short term Phenomena of High interest rates in the and investor uncertainty Over Canadian especially in the High interest level in the has forced the government Here to keep interest rates equally the government dollars would move South to capture a better one option is to return to the traditional level of interest rates which is up photo a lawyer from Bristol fires up his boat races to be held on Lake Ontario at Kingston Threeman Steamer in preparation for the 5th annual steam Gray sons boat will be chugging against 14 other competitors polish leaders hold talks continued from Page 1 upon his arrival later will meet with the 140member polish party Central official sources the soviet communist party Central committee on june 10 harshly criticized Kania for not effectively dealing with Poland pro Kremlin hard liners on the polish party Central committee to oust Kania from the party Helm Dur ing an emergency the polish government accused people of corruption in connection with building trades Irreg among the accused were to in senior executive posts including three former first secretaries of provincial party As Well As Deputy ministers and Heads of Central the supreme Cham ber of control said criminal proceed Ings have been started against 500 Gromyko was scheduled to visit the Tomb of the unknown Soldier and a soviet War memorial Here today and then Start talks with the polish party policy setting politburo and the 140member Central official sources the purpose of Gromyko visit was not announced by Pap or its soviet both state news agencies said Gromyko was invited by the polish party and that his visit would be Brief and in a senior Western Diplo mat who asked not to be quoted by said most people assume that Gromyko is a fairly pragmatic Type probably More aware of foreign opinion and not As swayed by but he added if the soviet politburo has decided on a Hartline Hes capable of delivering criticism by the soviets and Poland Warsaw pact allies has softened in recent in Mem Bers of the soviet bloc economic Alli complained this week about Poland economic crisis brought about by the costly strikes and conces Sions to the Independent Trade Union a decline in production of polish Coal was a particular irritant of the industrialized blamed to lands severe economic problems was hampering efforts by the communist Trade bloc to formulate coordinated we have to accept that Poland will not be Able to keep its Trade pledges for years to one Delegate said As the 10country trading Community scheduled a final Day of talks in the bulgarian capital today at its annual and the solution to the polish prob Lem that is being discussed in War not he indicating that Warsaw would first have to cure its own ailing Economy before com econ could make any substantial contribution to its the Council session of com econ is expected today to produce a vague declaration on coordination of its member countries five year plans and a further deepening of communist co operation and soviet president Leonid Brezhnev headed to his summer Home this week end for a an observer in Moscow said these and the Lack of harsh rhetoric on polish politics and Diss could signal Kremlin satisfaction that Kania has regained control Over the hours before Gromyko Jaruzelski announced the top level government changes since last Summers strikes ushered in Liber ties that have allowed the press and unions to publicly criticize the governments handling of Domestic mat two former government ministers who came under pointed criticism this Spring committed suicide in last Jaruzelski announced he was replacing five of the 31 Cabinet minis ters and planning to consolidate the duties of several parliament approved his which reduced the number of Cabinet posts to saw eight minis ters four reassigned and six new ones one who had served previously brought among the appointments in a new area of responsibility was a fellow military Czeslaw Piotrowsi to take charge of mining and Indus Jaruzelski is a polish army general and has continued As defence minister since be became Premier in Poland Coal production has been Down about 20 per cent from the same time last year due to a five Day work week won by Jaruzelski eco nomic planners announced thursday that the work Force needs to be shifted away from manufacturing to product Ion of More farm goods and raw materials and that Consumers should Brace for Price Manitoba delegates Back position continued from Page i the general feeling of the Mani Toba people is that the Compromise Resolution comes closer to the Mani Toba position und we can live with said Terry my for Sargent said the Mam reservations indicated even More opposition to i he Saskatchewan rebels than might have been expected from the Mani several among the approximately 50 delegates quarrelled with the Compromise because they said it should invest More Power in the Federal government and less in i he provinces exactly opposite to the position taken by opponent Dele others had reservations because the constitutional proposal now be fore the supreme court of Canada has been damned by women and native Sargent support Compromise he said he personally int too interested in in not especially persuaded in favor of he the result of yesterdays meeting is that the if not All Manitoba will support the Compromise Sargent the decision came after provincial nip Leader Howard Pawley made a pitch on behalf of the Manitoba party was never entirely m favor of the Federal party Bland and never wholly in favor of the Saskatchewan he said Pawley admitted that the final result of a successful Compromise vote amounts to a papering Over of p Leader de Broadbent faces test in today fundamental differences Between Broadbent and Saskatchewan pre Mier Allan Blakeney who strongly opposes the Trudeau plan Blakeney and Broadben worked out the Compromise proposal but Blakeney later failed to convince Saskatchewan delegates to support and in the end refused to confirm that he had played a special part in its Crea Tion Pawley said he has doubts about key sections of the including one that would give offshore Oil rights to the provinces and an Oiher v hich affirms partial Provin c idl resources control in International the Manitoba nip Leader said the province gets 40 per cent of its Revenue from the Federal govern ment and has Little offshore potential in Hudson have not provinces like Manitoba would need a renegotiated equalization plan if provincial governments get offshore he it is in Manitoba interest to have Strong Federal government with Strong taxation he Pawley hailed Pawley was hailed yesterday in a speech by Broadbent As the future Premier of along with nip Leader Dave that speech was a Tungho at tempt to rally troops for today vote and it had All the Pace and enthusiasm of an election rally Broadbent told the approximately delegates that their party had matured without losing its idealism and that it is on the last we got the largest popular vote in the history of the new democratic party and won the largest number of seats Ever in a general Broadbent links with labor have been partly responsible for the he said on the constitutional Broadbent acknowledged that some new democrats have been dismayed and surprised at Public disagree ments within the this has not been an easy Issue for he but it has been no easier for the other Broadbent aimed most of his speech on the subject of Al Salvador and his own trip to the strife torn Central american country a trip that has increased his support within the party above the level but the govern ment and Bank Are reluctant to do he a solution to the Energy dispute Between Ottawa and Alberta would go a Long Way to strengthening the Dollar and the Jarvis in the Stevens called the government position on the Energy Dis Pute the governments willingness to buy Oil at world prices while refusing to Purchase Domestic Oil at the same Price put the Energy Bill 38percent higher in May than a year he Maceachen conceded an Energy settlement would ease the Strain on the remove some investor uncertainty and be it is for these reasons that the minister of Energy mines and resources and his counterpart in Alberta have been working very constructively in their last meeting in order to reach an Energy he yet even if an Energy agreement with Alberta is Jarvis warned it is Only the first Energy hurdle to be the offshore Oil dispute with Newfoundland which Hast ready heated up will make the Albert Ottawa Dis Pute look like a he Ottawa wont order pasties Back to work Ottawa up the government confirmed yesterday it has no intention to legislate an end to the National strike by inside postal workers and each Side blamed the other for the dispute now entering its fifth prime minister Trudeau gave the confirmation in the commons and urged the Canadian Union of postal representing the strik to return to the bargaining table to discuss a government offer he de scribed As but Union president Jeanclaude commenting at a news Confer rejected any Call to return to bar gaining until the government agrees to accept a conciliation report As the basis for further the strike now has forced the Layoff of letter carriers and hundreds of other workers in mail order Busin Trudeau told the commons that Post master general Andre Ouellet and the Treasury Board Donald John were presenting government policy when they said thursday the government was not planning to legislate the strikers Back to report rejected who broke off talks last Fri Day after Treasury Board the govern ments bargaining agent refused to accept a conciliation scoffed at that this is the first time that Treasury Board has taken a hand in negotiations and the first time the government has rejected a conciliators Parrot told a news in 1978 they took away our right to strike by passing legislation and now they Are taking away our right to Parrot in Ouellet averted a National strike by holding four Days of Marathon talks with Union and other labor offi the talks resulted in acceptance of a conciliation report which formed the basis for the the Union has asked that Ouellet replace Johnston but the government has refused to make the Parrot restated the unions position that Treasury Board accept conciliation chairman Pierre Jasmins report be fore talks Jasmin recommended 17 weeks paid maternity four weeks vacation after five an extra Holiday in the right to refuse work they consider dangerous and a freeze on the introduction of television sets for Post office Treasury Board has reversed itself and says it will negotiate maternity leave but has not said on what basis has agreed to Stop the introduction of televisions until the question can be studied by the Crown corporation expected to take Over the Post office in Parrot said maternity leave and the extra holidays would Cost the govern ment less than two per cent Over 1980 payroll Johnston basically agrees but suggests that those and other demands would add 28 per cent to the payroll and set a costly precedent within the Public judges rap courtroom Security continued from Page 1 judge Charles Rubin said no one is greatly concerned about court Security until something he recalled an incident in 1974 in which county court clerk Charles Gilraine lost his hand when a letter bomb blew everyone got uptight about Security for a but then it faded As a he the Public has the impression there Are police All around the Public safety but that not the said judge the reason we Are getting concerned now is that with the passage of time All the guards will be phased added judge who has served on the Bench since if theres Only an untrained female in the court it might look to be an inducement to the criminals to try he added he would feel just As comfortable with a female clerk if she was trained to handle problems in the the layout of the courtrooms at the Public safety building allows prisoners to stand Only a few feet from the court reporter and the As a seemingly endless line of accused Are paraded before the the court clerk is too Busy with paperwork to keep an Eye on what the prisoners Are it would Only take a few seconds to grab a said judge we need Security in All 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