Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 11, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Couple fighting to keep children together by Steve Pona a City couple battling the childrens Aid society of Winnipeg Over applications for permanent guardianship of their four children May go to Manitoba court of Appeal attempt to subpoena confidential adoption records for examination in the who presented their Case yesterday in court of Queens Bench lost the rec ords Are required to properly test the evidence of a society social worker scheduled to testify at a hearing into the Agency they obtained a subpoena on 18 requiring the society to produce All records and documents relating to attempted or actual adoption place ments of children in cases where three or More siblings have been taken into care by the the issued by a Justice of the required the material to be presented during a closed family court hearing the following a society lawyer objected and the subpoena was quashed by pre siding provincial court judge judge Swail noted in his ruling the information is confidential under the child welfare he this instance the administration of Justice does not require the material covered by the the social Christine added in an affidavit that adoption records Are privileged and must be kept secret to preserve the integrity of the adoption lawyer Arne representing the challenged judge Swails de Justice Dewar ruled without hearing argument from the society lawyer that he had no grounds on which to act and dismissed the to Peltz said after the hearing he is considering appealing to Manitoba court of court was told the childrens Aid society applied for permanent orders of guardianship for each of the four Chil Dren in the parents opposed the applications and regard the adaptability of the Chil Dren As a group As an essential the father adding he does not believe a proper Home can readily be found for All the aged three to i believe that other options should be considered by the family including a temporary order of guardianship or return of the children to he see City Page 4 Anthem hits sour note Montreal up the finns didst know what was All they knew was they we rent playing their standing for their National an them before their final match of the Canada cup round Robin tournament against the United states the finnish hockey team was they stood for 20 seconds of the which turned out to be the italian National then began to skate around their end of the the outscored 111 in their previous four Canada cup did recover from this further blow to their National Pride in time to put in their Best Effort of the six country Tournai tying the this want the first time this had happened to the Goran head of the finnish hockey said the cuban Anthem was played before a game in Europe last Clear tonight 10 sunny tomorrow 26 september 1981 free press Sun rises sets Moon rises sets final 250 with supplements Kkt Home delivery 957055o classified 9562330 Ken free press Grain handlers picket Manitoba Pool elevator at Thunder while Farmers grow Farmers losing patience direct action hinted if Grain handlers continue strike by Andy Blicq Southern Manitoba increasingly impatient Over the Thun Der Bay Grain handlers Are demanding that handlers return to work Dou president of the Mani Toba farm business said yesterday that Farmers Are talking about blocking the Tran Canada Highway with picketing fed eral buildings to protest the 11day old or travelling to Thunder Bay to Load the Grain but before any drastic measures Are a meeting expected to draw several Hundred Farmers was to be held in Carman today to decide a course of Bargen local Farmers Are not normally but crop failure last High interest rates and now the Grain handlers strike have backed them into a Bargen while Farmers dont like to take sides in the Grain handlers have the option of putting Farmers and businesses in he Grain talks it is ironic that handlers Down there could put me and hundreds of other Farmers out of Busi he Bargen warned that the situation could heat up if there is further bad news from Vancouver Grain beware the Wrath of a patient he conciliation talks Between the Grain workers Union and the British Columbia terminal elevator opera tors association broke off if the 850 Vancouver and Prince Rupert workers join the Grain exports would be virtually shut with Only a Small amount shipped through the Northern Manitoba port of talks Between the Thunder Bay handlers and six elevator companies were to resume today with top Feder Al mediator William but William chief negotiator for the Lakehead terminal elevators said yesterday he is not optimistic that the strike can be settled dont expect pm tells canadians up prime min ister Trudeau said yesterday any government help for High interest rates and High Energy prices will be narrowly targeted at those in absolute dire Straits and canadians expect generalized Trudeau also said the Cabinet has decided it will come up with a replace ment for the Western economic development fund announced in last years which was eliminated by the new Energy the government promised last year to spend billion of that Money generated by taxing Energy from the West within three years but has actually spent housing tax break employment minister Lloyd a responsible for Western issues in said it would be up to finance minister Allan Maceachen to decide the size of the fund in his Trudeau told reporters after a two Day economic strategy meeting of cabinets priorities and planning commit tee that Canada cant be isolated from economic conditions the rest of the world is i dont think people should expect any Overall Blanket Protection of canadians against Energy prices which Are and will be considerably lower in Canada than in every other country of the the 12member committee was pitching about ideas for Lon term eco nomic strategy As Well As Maceachen planned october 18month strategy dont expect any generalized re Trudeau if there is any Relief it would be very narrowly directed to those in absolute dire Trudeau said the committee looked at Long Range economic development strategy Over the next 18 months and said it is determined that vigor Ous economic growth will be the main theme of that but he said the programs will Deal also with social development such As native women in the labor Force and pos secondary Maceachen said some Home owners will have to rearrange their affairs to meet higher mortgage pay those canadians who Are in a particularly hardship situation because of income or Cash flow problems Are those that Are receiving my Maceachen assurances to said he has received assurances from Banks and other lending institutions that homeowners in difficulty will be treated in a humane and considerate the government faces mounting pressure from the opposition and even Liberal backbench ers to bring in Mea sures to help Small business men and homeowners Cope with inter est rates now above 20 per Liberal maps and senators Are expected to air their views on the econ omy at a National caucus meeting in Ottawa Trudeau meets his full Cabinet the following Day for an other economic there were similar pressures a year although interest rates were and the government promised assistance to those in danger of Mort Gage but interest rates dropped temporarily and the govern ment never introduced a say ing the rate of foreclosures had actually added to this Are the effects of higher Energy prices resulting from the new Otta Aalberta Energy Deal that will push heating Oil prices this year and next even higher than those planned by the former conservative government of Joe this will hit particularly hard in the Atlantic provinces and parts of Quebec not yet served by pipelines bringing cheaper natural Gas from Western the natural Gas pipeline will soon be extended to Quebec City but the planned maritime line will not be completed until at least Trudeau and his 12member Priori ties and planning committee heard a plea from top Atlantic business leaders at a three hour dinner meeting wednesday for special help for the Atlantic Region to Cope with Energy prices and interest Trudeau offered Only cautious Assur ances on that Issue saying the government has a program to help counter the worst effects of inflation in various but he held out Little Hope for wide spread help on Energy people expect any Overall Blanket Protection of canadians against Energy prices which Are and will be considerably lower in Canada than in every other country in the he Banks lower mortgage interest Toronto up after weeks of gloomy news on the interest rate hard pressed borrowers got Welcome Relief yesterday As the Bank of Canada rate tumbled More than half a percentage dragging Down prime mortgage rates and the the Central Banks the widely followed barometer of interest rate fell to per cent from per three major Banks fell in line Quick announcing their prime rates will drop half a percentage Point Mon Day to per cent and mortgage rates will follow suit with a Hal Point drop to per cent for oneyear the drop in mortgage rates at the Royal Bank of Canada is for mortgage renewals Only while at the Toronto Dominion and Bank of Montreal the drop is for both new mortgages and the Dollar also closing at cents Down from cents As Canadian interest rates drop relative to those in the foreign investors Are less willing o move their Money into lower ing demand for our yesterdays decline was the second major drop in As Many weeks in the Bank which was per cent two weeks last weeks decline was also followed by a Hal Point drop in prime rates to from the latest reduction leaves the Cen trial Bank rate at its lowest level since july 23 when it was per although the Bank of Canada Hast revealed its motives for lowering its trendsetting analysts say several fortuitous circumstances have con the Basic Money which the Bank has pledged to keep growing at Between four and eight per cent dropped below that target Range in Axworthy wants rid of women portfolio Axworthy denies up reports Ottawa up Lloyd Axworthy has made Clear to his colleagues that he wants to give up his responsibility for the status of but he has not yet made the request to prime minister sources said they said Axworthy has told Trudeau Only that he believes he has too big a workload As minister of immigration and manpower and status of attending a meeting of the cabinets planning and priorities com Mittee in denied a Cana Dian press report that he had requested to be relieved of the but he did not say he wanted to continue on As status women minis the fact the minister wants to get rid of the responsibility was backed by additional sources they As have that he has told his colleagues he believes it would be better if a minister with a clean slate took Over the responsibility for status of this was a reference to the ruins with feminists he had Early this Tempo the key the Way the rival coaches Tell the team which can establish the Tempo of tonight Canada cup semifinal Between Canada and the will probe started the attorneys office in Chicago is investigating allegations John Cardinal Cody illegally diverted Church keep building there Are too Many stores and too few yet shopping centres Are still going Energy Outlook the National Energy Board has told the Federal government chances of Canada achieving Energy self sufficiency by 1990 Are virtually Index Ann 23 35 28 36 30 7 15 22 30 8 20 Jumble Millroy on 28 35 53 sports 19 to ;