Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 7, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Ministers see end to their Energy talks by Michael Doyle Winnipeg free press Montreal Energy minister Marc Ratonde and Alberta Energy minister Merv Leitch emerged yester Day from Days of Oil negotiations to say that they can finally foresee an end to their but they warned that much work remains to be done and that there is no certainty the two governments will make a Deal to end the bitter and protracted dispute that has harmed the forced Stock prices Down and led to cancellation of two tar Sands Mega Lalonde and Leitch said they need one More meeting Likely in Winnipeg and an interim meeting among their Lalonde rebuts criticism Montreal Energy minister Marc Lalonde yesterday issued a Sharp rebuttal to Interior Secretary James Watt Over charges by the Cabinet Secretary that Canadian Energy policy has reduced the value of in Lalonde said Watt should take a look at the Stock the notion that there would have been devaluation of assets has certainly not been borne out by the Market Lalonde i would Only invite Watt to look at what has happened to the at what has happened to the shares of foreign owned companies in Canada since the National Energy plan has been Lalonde the Energy minister said Canada remains the most attractive invest ment country among any Oil producer outside and because of Federal incentives investment Here is More attractive than in the Federal subsidies make every Dollar invested in exploration a real expenditure of Only 28 he the Canadian Energy policy has been badly misunderstood in the but Canada remains a Good place to Lalonde officials before they have accomplished All that is after that it will be up to prime minister Trudeau and Alberta Premier Peter officials sire privately predicting a september Oil Summit for the two both Lalonde and Leitch yesterday refused to say whether they had agreed on new elements to an Oil agreement in two Days of talks Here and Leitch emphasized that in any Case nothing is final until the whole Deal is Alberta will go 1 with its third scheduled cutback of barrels of Oil a Day to the rest of Leitch neither minister would discuss the specifics of the but Lalonde said All the work the two ministers could possibly do will have been done in the next after that it will be up to the first officials stayed up All night during the two Days of Montreal talks and will meet again next week to prepare for the 26 Lalonde we have agreed not to comment on the details and i will Only say we have not moved Lalonde said in response to a question on whether any elements of an Oil pact had been agreed including Oil both Leitch and myself Are of the View should certainly try and finish off our own work within the next Lalonde i dont think that we will be Able to make much More headway after next in saying we Are not going to be Able to make much More headway than we will have accomplished within a i think we will pretty Well have reached the end of our rope As ministers within the next As for a september meeting Between the two first Lalonde said a Summit is but he did not want to draw that conclusion until he sees whether the two ministers have something Worth while to present to their Bosses As a result of their final he said it is not his plan to let the talks drag on into we dont foresee Many meetings ahead of he were going to try to clean the decks in the next few Federal mediator judge Alan Gold tells reporters of tentative postal agreement As Union Boss Jeanclaude Parrot looks on postal service Back within week inside workers to vote on tentative agreement Between Union continued from Page 1 i am satisfied that at this specific time and under the present the settlement is reasonable and responsible and i Hope that Union members will agree and ratify responsible for the postal was among a Small group of Cabinet ministers who met secretly with Gold during the final stages of mediation As he struggled to achieve an i must thank the Canadian people who have endured hardship and suffer Johnston said in a statement to adding thanks to the Laid off letter carriers Union whose members delivered pension and other social Secu Rity cheques last neither Gold nor Parrot would discuss any details of the following collective bargaining Eti Quette that Union members should be informed before the Media of what their negotiators have Parrot said Union negotiators will recommend acceptance of the con tract surely if we have reached an agreement with the employer it is because we think it is something we can live one Union spokesman said he Esti mated Between 60 and 70 per cent of the strikers would vote to ratify the con he said Many would be disappointed that such a Long strike did not produce More the strike has almost reached the unions record 42day walkout of the settlement came three weeks after mediation began under Gold who has a Long record of intervening in Tough Labo management including cases involving longshoremen and rail Way it comes As the business Community was renewing pressure on the govern ment to legislate an end to the strike or at least provide an alternate mail ser vice to Small postmaster general Andre Ouellet prompted anger in the business sector last week by saying i cant accept that businessmen have to rely on the Post office to make a if they they better find other it is less than a month away from the 1 scheduled Date for conversion of the Post office into a Crown Corpora Johnston said the government Hopes the settlement will launch the new postal corporation into an Era of responsible labor relations and the efficient service which the Canad an people the strike delayed parliaments summer break for one week last month when the progressive conservatives mounted a filibuster in the promising to keep it up until the government ended the either by legislation or but the tories gave up their delaying tactics after golds appointment As they said they did not want to Hurt his the government resisted weeks of pressure from the tories and the Busi Ness Community to order the inside workers Back to their jobs handling and sorting the mail and Selling when they last walked out in parliament moved quickly to legislate them Landing Parrot and other Union leaders in jail for not complying immediately with the special air controllers fear Hazard f by Tom Goldstein traffic controllers at Winnipeg International Airport have been or dered to continue directing traffic into United states air space or face the disciplinary action was threatened yesterday after the members of the Canadian air traffic controllers refused to handle flights because of unsafe conditions created american controllers said Carl catch regional direct Norm transport Cana Das regional manager of air traffic downplayed the saying the Winnipeg controllers were told to do their jobs As there to carry out their duties As they normally Addaway Fisher said the controllers yielded to transport Canadas but have filed notice they will not take any responsibility for accidents involving aircraft they direct into the United about 65 local control lers have formalized their positions in letters to transport he he said the decision not to handle flights was made after several near misses near Winni Peg earlier this week after american air traffic controllers began a nationwide the walkout has created unsafe aviation conditions in the where airports Are being operated by unqualified he the difficulty were having is that were not getting estimates of whats up in the were sending 2 shot in algerian embassy siege Washington up at least two people were shot and wounded today As police moved in to Rescue about five persons taken As hostages by an anti Khomeini group at the iranian interests Section of the algerian police police entered the building about an hour after the minutes later several stretchers were brought out to waiting it was not Clear whether the wounded were hostages or others led away under arrest to police vans chanted Long live the people and death to the Khomeini re a Man who identified himself As a member of the Peoples called the associated press and said he and others of the group had occupied the offices of the iranian interests Section of the algerian pm the interests Section is maintained in lieu a full fledged the United states broke diplomatic relations with Tehran following the storming of the embassy there in and ordered All but Token diplomatic personnel out of the in besides secret service and Fri agents were sent to the office building housing the iranian and traffic was diverted from Busy Wisconsin ave where the facility is operated under the diplomatic umbrella of the algerian the secret service said Between 15 and 20 persons had been arrested and police were in control of the police cordoned off the area around the building housing the iranian interests bringing traffic to a standstill on Busy Wisconsin Avenue in the heart of the which comes under the algerian embassy but is in a separate has handled affairs since the break in relations Between the two countries Over the seizing of the embassy and american hostages in Tehran in the Section is on the third witnesses said some of the people carried from the building on stretchers appeared to have been beaten and they reported that some of those involved in the Sei Zure had been armed with automatic there was no official some of the onlookers held Back by police barriers shouted sympathetic slogans As arrested persons were led things up when we dont know whats coming Fisher if it haunt been for the alertness of Canadian air traffic there would have been for he a flight left Winnipeg tuesday for Minneapolis with no estimate of incoming traffic from the United although there were aircraft in the a local controller discovered the southbound plane was on a collision course with another but diverted it Over Addaway disputed that the strike by the professional air traffic con trollers organization has created a safety from what i they trained All their people Over the last 11 the supervisors there using were air traffic controllers he As he air traffic in and out of Winnipeg is normally relatively Light compared to that in the East and the volume has been further reduced because of the strike the Winnipeg controllers refusal to direct traffic into the United states was duplicated in Calgary and catch National president Bill Robertson transport Canadas response was the Robertson said the controllers action has not been officially toned by adding the Union has take no position on whether the Patch strike has created an air safety human encephalitis Case suspected continued from Page i led officials to suspect a number of human cases would Likely crop if the current suspected Case is con it be surprising to see several More in Tjie next few he when spraying was instituted in Winnipeg six years ago to combat an outbreak of 15 human cases were in five humans contracted none of the cases in either year was As of 10 horses in the province had died from encephalitis and 10 More have confirmed one has been found close to Winni another was in Selkirk and three were reported in the Swan River in an average year there Are up to 10 cases of Western Equine encephalitis reported in he Neu Felch said horses Are a Good bar Rometer of the As they con tract it Between two and five Days after being bitten by an infected the incubation period for humans is Between five and j5 he Neufeld said additional monitoring Sites Are being set up in Virden and other centres to give officials a better idea of the extent of the the co Nair aviation aircraft which the government is using for the spraying is Only available tuesday to Jorgenson said each Community designated for spraying will have to be done separately since this is the Only aircraft in the country suitable for the the government is paying co Nair a daily availability fee for the equipment and it is also paying per week for conversion 29 cents per acre sprayed in Winnipeg there Are a total of Seres and approximately 37 cents per acre for areas sprayed elsewhere in the the operation is expected to Cost Jorgenson said that even with Ideal weather All Day today the air Craft will have to return next tues Day to Complete the first phase of the the monitoring committee will meet again tuesday to decide whether Morden and Winkler should be he Brandon area Bee keepers hired a lawyer yesterday to voice their concerns about the Aerial spraying Hobby beekeeper Fred Mcquir Ness said yesterday the province should be prepared to compensate Beehive operators for losses or extra costs due to Aerial Mcguinness said most of the pro Vinces major beekeepers Are in the Brandon Are most Are Large operations with up to Mcguinness said the bees cant be confined in their hives for extended periods of they really go he it Hast been determined to the beekeepers satisfaction that the 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