Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 21, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Kent report satisfies Quebec group i of Quebec if lists expressed general satisfaction thursday with recommendations of the Kent commission on federation Vic president Michel Auger Gaid he found particularly interesting the commissions Call net merely to halt concentration of newspaper but to dismember existing Monopo Auger urged the Federal government to act quickly on the recommendations and not Shelve the Auger also said the federa Tion approved of the missions emphasis on inv proving newspaper Quebec communications we sell cars too our almost new models Are a sensible alternative to new car aft co 6 air w v 9 7 1980 Monti Carlo i 6 air it tonal luxury and in if 41 1980 Olds Cutlass Cruiser six Paat Engar air conditioned 1 i Mph 1980 Malibu classic air Ideal family if 91 w tote Kytt f8port Oft 1 to sept Tes said he found the analysis of newspaper cent ration in Otis province it Bertrand to understand the Mimi met of the Tidis of Media ownership without exploring the at context in which it has he said the Kent commis while examining the problem of newspaper Ner shop at the Canadian apparently didst Tiee that the situation is is serious in where 90 per cent of daily newspapers belong to three Large pub Lishing proposals in Kent report described As tote following is the text of a sea Effiene by Kenneth chairman and chief executive officer of Thomson newspapers on the fim figs the Kent we find the rent report Iven but not realty Surpris to is biased and its Reo Omenda Tiosh As 1 said at the 1081 annual meeting of Thomson papers prior to Public Tina of the any Ommen Davidn that the government should in any Way intervene or regu no matter How Well must be viewed with concern by Alt wherever in the world today the press is giant upon or regulated even indirectly by the Way has been opened for the most serious abuses it would be a grave mistake to adopts cometh ods to cure the whether real or of the press in report Only reinforces this to use Kents own 1 can Only describe its recommendations As monstrous and i would strongly urge the we also have impalas and full 283 Ellice at Smith 19b8 windows windows siding 4522805 554 Selkirk red mix special prices on Concrete very competitive place your order with us and All Aggregates Are washed free estimates 4759370 save 30 to 50 during our yearned Patio clearance downtown Only dont miss this great Opportunity to save on our remaining selection of Patio five piece Patio chaise and stacking chairs buy now and be ready for next summer our to now off Here Are some examples of the Many great buys in store for please remember All items Are of limited and Are subject to prior Sale Barrie 42 round umbrellas 40 now Barrie five piece Patio 50 now rive Wood directors 30 now Selas Tik five piece Patio 50 now Barrie chaise 50 now All sizes Given Are approximate the Bay accessory downtown prices in effect while quantities last or til store August to Shelve it per the Public est will not be served by the adoption of any of its our preliminary Legal advice is that the substance of the recommendations taken As a whole would constitute Ati invasion of the property and civil rights Plower of the provinces and accordingly any resulting legislation might very Well be Union St some doubt May also exist As to whether any implementing legislation would violate the existing Bill of rights or the present Federal governments pro posed charter of should the government de cide to implement any of the major it would be our intention to attack the constitutional Validity of the legislation in the recommendations 1 would like to refer specifically to a number of the recommendations and other matters in the the recommendations in the report that would require certain newspaper groups to divest themselves of some of their existing including the recommendation regarding the divestment of the Globe and mail by Thomson newspapers if constitute an unwarranted and retroactive interference with legitimate property in this regard it should be noted that Only a Small Frac Tion of the Globe and malls total circulation is in the other communities in Canada where newspapers Are owned by our to the extent that the Globe functions As a National newspaper this role is complimentary to that of news papers published elsewhere across in the printing of the Globe in centres is largely a matter of achieving the most timely Means of production and incongruous it is indeed incongruous that our organization should be penalized for having provided the Globe with the Nec Essary support to enable it to be printed in other locations in Canada and thereby helped to fulfil its longstanding objective of becoming Canadas National new spa it is also incongruous that divestiture recommendations Are made in respect of some situations that the commission regards with Disfavour and not these including those relating to Piai 7832113 downtown shop to to Mitil Mil Pises shop to 10 to 10 to correction re k Mart 3r Sale supplement of August 18th 12 pack of coloured pencils picture shows 24 pencils and should have shown 12 pencils sorry for any inconvenience caused our valued customers m995 new outfits 16 checkmate 90 Power in built in 1 Only is Sunray 4 70 full top is1 a open Bow 70 Alp w or 16 Crest Viner 180 Mer Cruiser 19 Sta Craft super sport 140 me Cruiser 171 sea Nymph open Bow 80 used 16 1979 Vanguard Tri full 60 trailer springbok open full 75 a trailer 17 t 140 1979 unit Sibaja open Eow 4 Bart Dejel 15 Sunray 66 m tiie is Floraet to be entered with the of each the posed establishment of Story to whom uie would f and the establishment of a press fights panel to hmm reports 6f the pro credit is of these advisory committees and the annual reports of would be a wholly unjustified intrusion by the govern ment into the newsrooms of the this would create the mechanism for massive government intervention in the newspaper publishing Industry in Canada and would open the door to the most serious from the reaction of editors through out the country it is Clear that they share this at the newspaper is the Only major medium that re Mains the continued existence of an unregulated free press is essential As a counterbalance to preserve the editorial Independence of the gov Enmen regulated and supported broadcast erroneous Titis recommendation is on an erroneous understanding of the new spa per publishing Industry in it ranks the editorial Quality of newspapers on the basis of their editorial expense As a percentage of on this basis our Kamloops newspaper is shown to be the Besten Glis language newspaper in the country and our Sarnia newspaper the i think this is clearly an erroneous it totally ignores different methods of calculating editorial variations from one Market to another in terms of available revenues and other but most importantly the surtax would penalize those newspapers which operate most efficiently and particularly those which have the most efficient editorial de the proposed tax credit would subsidize i am also concerned that the publication of a list rank ing our newspapers on the basis of their editorial expense As a percentage of revenues constitutes a Viola Tion of the spirit of the specific undertaking Given to us by the commission that no financial information relating to individual newspapers would be great dangers any government subsidy of the Canadian press or other news services As pro posed by the report would pose great dangers for free Dom of the press in Canada As in the Case of Many of the other recommend would open the Way to serious it is apparent that the commission has no under standing of the special role played by daily newspapers in smaller As i said at our recent annual meet ing while we Are far from the smaller newspapers that we have acquired Are much better newspapers today than they were before they Are As Good for their site of Community As any other newspapers in Compa Rable communities in the in we have recently acquired several Large newspapers that Are among the finest in we intend to maintain and improve their Quality and have already been Able to make some positive contributions in this i suppose i should not be surprised at the extent to which the report is blatantly biased against Thomson compelled to say that it contains Many erroneous and in some cases defamatory statements about our Canadian newspaper i am thoroughly disappointed that millions of taxpayers Dol Lars have been squandered on such an ill considered and irresponsible dining out Winnipeg most authoritative guide to by Winnipeg press Home delivery 9570550 ;