Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 14, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg 9point plan Al Victoria up demands for Swift Resolution of the Energy pricing dispute Between the Federal and Al Berta governments and for a Sisters meeting to work out an economic recovery highlighted the provincial premiers annual conference despite a Lack of consensus on specific measures to Deal with problems like High interest rates and the devalued the 10 premiers agreed upon nine Points they said should be included in any program to rehabilitate the staggering Premier Bill Bennett of British conference said Provin Cial governments want to be part of the solution to what ails the econ but said specifics would have to be developed at a meeting of prime minister Trudeau with his provincial soon As possible the premiers want a so called first ministers meeting to be held As soon As possible after a meeting of provincial finance expected next c if a conference is held in it would give the provinces time to Register their views with the Federal government in Advance of a Federal budget expected in leading the premiers nine Point list is conclusion of a fair and Equita ble Energy pricing a meeting Between Alberta and the Feder Al government is planned on that Sticky Issue for late but a series of talks so far has been unable to resolve the the premiers predicted an agree ment would change the climate for stimulate Large resource projects such As development of Oil heavy Oil and alternate Active Energy sources and would immediately help to strengthen the Dollar and lower interest world Price Alberta wants More than the current wellhead Price of a barrel it is getting for conventional the world Price stands at while the Canadian Dollar is hovering about the 81cents Mark and the trendsetting Bank of Canada interest rate stands at a near record per other Points made in the often vague a worded economic communique from the ministers said a realistic approach must be made to the Export of natural Gas and Coal Gas exports must be approved by the Federal National Energy d special measures should be introduced to encourage investment and in g encouragement of investment must be made fundamental to any recovery d transportation must be overhauled to eliminate bottlenecks to International markets for Canadian d efforts to increase Canadian owner ship of the Economy must not be allowed to undermine investor d Federal participation in ment of provincial resources is Desir but must be done with the agree ment of the province d government spending deficits must be but the premiers rejected any move by Ottawa to shift its spending obligations to the renewed Confidence d the Economy must be built up by using its natural resources and devel Oping the skills of the labor premiers believe that the positive effect of implementing these measures will provide renewed Confidence in the strength of the Canadian econ the nine Points Are similar to objectives set out in a 1978 first ministers meeting on the but the pre Miers have said that the goals of that conference were not achieved because there were no followup meetings held to ensure that action was Manitoba Premier Sterling Lyon called for support of the other prov inces for a return to the bargaining table with the Federal government to resolve the constitutional he also appealed to Premier William Davis of Ontario and Premier Richard Hatfield of new Brunswick to join the eight other premiers who have signed a Patria Tion Accord to allow for any fur ther changes to the other than an amending to be made in Canada by unilateralism rapped Lyon also criticized the Federal government for what he termed its grow ing practice of by the use of unilateral action the Federal government is undermining confederation and trying to destroy the responsibilities that have always been Provin he the premiers also released a second communique on fiscal arrangements Between Ottawa and the in which they condemned a proposed fed eral move to trim billion from Federal payments to the provinces Over two current annual pay ments Are about the cuts would mean lower health care and pos secondary education the statement thieves Premier Sterling Lyon dances with a tahitian dancer at Barbecue for by Kevin Prokosh not even Winnipeg police Are thief exempt these nothing surprises us any said acting Don Gibson of strict makes you wonder where respect for Law and order is Gibson was commenting on the theft of the Canadian Flag from in front of his Pembina Highway police usually police Are out on the beat looking for but they cant be he said the thieves were aided by a fir tree partly hiding the Flag pole from plead guilty Perry Clarke and Doug Las both pleaded guilty in provincial judges court to stealing three one the police they were granted an absolute Dis charge after receiving a scolding from judge Howard this is probably the last Chance youll the judge dont come court was told that june 4 the two Windsor Park collegiate students saw a Canadian Flag fluttering on the Lawn of a port Garry Clarke thought it would look Fine in his Interior decoration two Days their resolve strengthened by eight or nine the pair set out for some Interior decorations first Stop the Crescent drive Golf court was they uprooted a flagpole in front of the clubhouse and took the Canadian they next visited a Home on cres cent drive and got the second they passed the District 6 police station and saw their Flag and they decided to take that said Crown counsel Rick they Cut Down the Flag and All three on metre by two metre Worth ended up in Clarkes police got wind of their flags where arrested the pair and Reco Vered the flags june defence lawyer Jim Macdonald told the court his sheepish Young clients actions were More of a Drunken prank than a he said they were Young men of Good planning to go to University and not by nature Crimi asked by judge Collerman for an Scott replied i dont know what to 1 dont think we would have done anything if we we rent longer runway for Maceachen i Toronto up the Globe and mail says a leaked Federal government memo strongly suggests finance min ister Allan Maceachen wanted an extra 300 metres tacked onto the run Way of a Nova Scotia Airport so the government aircraft he uses could land near his Cape Breton Island the newspaper quotes a memo from Federal transport department officials saying the minister requested the Addi Tion to the Airport at port a Cape Breton Island so it could accommodate Jet Star newspaper says the transport officials believe the minister was interested Only in shortening his trip to Cape Breton from Ottawa and said a runway Extension was an expensive Way to do Maceachen aides denied the Alle saying the minister was simply passing along request from port Hawkesbury town great i car sa1e ii abandoned rail rights Otway turned Over to Prairie provinces continued from Page 1 which it has guaranteed to keep in operation to the year at current the million would Only achieve 60 per cent of the Pepin the original program was designed for Kilometres of rail line on the but As the result of three the figure has grown by another Kilometres of grained pendent funding approved by the Federal cab inet for the next three years amounts to million in 198182 million in 198283 and million for work in he other plans plans include Bank widening and drainage on ballast and ties for ing of Kilometres and 790 metres of details of the specific lines slated for work will be announced when an agreement with Canadian National railways and up rail is completed in four or five he since tile original 1978 million has been spent on Kilometres of with 853 Kilometres now con he with the added Pepin the government is nearing the i lion Mark in our commitment to prove the railway Branch line network and to modernize Western Canadas railway service to carry the forecast tonnes of Export Grain by followed by municipalities wanting the land for Public he the vast majority of the rights Otway will go to individual Farmers whose land is Adja cent to the rights of Way for a Transfer fee of possibly to cover the Cost of administration and to ensure a transferable property owners wanting the right Otway will have to file which will soon be available from municipal the under negotiation for the past 2yz Doest include 78 Kilometres of track situated in the Erwood which is still being considered by the Canadian transport few areas involving abandoned Branch line property on or near Indian reserves is also with the department of Indian affairs coordinating their Pepin while Alberta has reached a similar agreement for the Transfer of hectares of land formerly owned by the Saskatchewan is still negotiating the agreement Hect Saskatchewan is insisting on acquiring All the Mineral Manitoba officials said the amount of Mineral rights involved in Manitoba is so minimal that it didst warrant the costs involved in sorting them Orchard fears railway policies May Hurt West involves 18 lines agreement turning Over abandoned railway rights 01 Way to the pro Toge 18 Gnu and up Rah lines in the Plum notre pleasant rapid Jon Yarco and railway suck Orchard said provincial departments the highways Ito a Telephone system will have first Manitoba transportation minister Pon Orchard said yesterday he fears Ottawa May use a drop in rail Ger travel resulting from the loss of the country second transcontinental rail service to deny westerners the intercity trains which via Galus buying for Eastern Orchards warning came at a press conference with Federal transport mme Ester to which the two agreed to disagree on Pepins new passenger rail policy announced last Orchard predicted the outdated equipment which will be used in the West for the new intercity routing the second transcontinental coupled with a Cut to will Lead to a drop in passenger service to the Point that when a decision is made on instituting the new rapid Tratos to two or three years there what be passenger count to rant Pepis countered that westerners Are using the system mainly for inter City travel it is my dream that westerners and mar timers will ride in the arcs rapid and Comfort under the to reshuffle rail Senger service announced by Pepin in 13 railway passenger routes will be six others wiil be reduced and the Money saved will be used to modernize via rails equipment and the West is to get none of the 10 new urfa Wwlfe will go to Ontario and que tet under the the passenger rail service on the line will be circe led and the Winnipeg by great Plains Honda and North main Monda for 5 Days Only August 18 open 9 9 All Days except 9 5 new a 1981 while they last Hatchback Model sl431 from similar to the great Honda car Sale we held in great Plains Honda and North main Honda have 130 new hondas on Sale each ship has a full selection to choose from and rather than go to the expense of moving both our inventories to a com Mon location again this time we decided to both stay at Home and pass the savings on to Bank financing on the spot on approved credit Sale lasts 5 Days Only open 9 9 All Sale Days except saturday 9 Viet will by replaced by a Orchard repeated his earlier opposition to the changes Federal Cabinet without Canadian transport commission he acknowledged that n is but said it met ipod not used is the last 91 it difficult to imagine the com Mission making a decision other than the one i am making Pepin great Plains Honda 934 Portage North main Honda 1 1 80 main 586 i i ;