Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 22, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg Page y september 1981 tax shuffling fails to alter prices for Oil continued from Page 1 the same National Energy introduced last also brought into existence the Petroleum compensation charge being As of Midnight monday it went Trudeau shuffles Cabinet continued from Page 1 Caccia was first elected in he has been Best known in parliament for questions on human Campbell was elected in a by election this Spring to fill the vacancy created last year by the death of then veterans affairs minister Daniel my for the appointment of my from Nickel Belt near had been expected for some Axworthy had let it be known that he wanted to give up the responsibility which got him into hot water with women groups Early this year Erola is a broadcaster who upset John Well known left Wing new in the 1980 she is one of two women in the the other being health minister Monique Joyal is a 36yearold lawyer from Maisonneuve Rosemont constituency in he got in trouble with the Trudeau government some years ago in a dispute Over the use of French in air traffic up to a barrel of Oil from a a jump of a bar the increase will remain in effect until the same Day an 1 increase of a barrel in the Well head Price of Oil shows up at the sixty Days to show up it takes 60 Days for an increase in the wellhead Price to show up at the retail Lalonde said the increased tax would be used to offset the estimated deficit this year of million in the Petroleum compensation by dropping the temporary tax in crease on Consumers will Only feel a Price increase of about on half cent a or cents a if it were not removed con Sumer prices would jump about two cents a or nine cents a the dubbed the Lougheed Levy by some and the Lalonde Levy by has added cents a or almost seven cents a to the Price of Petroleum products since the cuts began in gesture of protest the which totalled barrels a Day before being called were made to protest the pricing and Taxa Tion measures contained in the National Energy Alberta ordered that production be returned to Normal Levels last month just Days after signing a new five year Energy pact with the Federal Lalonde said no further Price in creases beyond the Hal cent a litre Rise on 1 Are foreseen until a 1 increase of a barrel in the wellhead Price will add about cents a or slightly better than eight cents a to the Cost of gasoline and heating Oil on March lawyers object to Mercier stand continued from Page 1 Cuddy said he did not know whether Mercier deliberately made the com ments on the opening Day of the but in any Case the timing was Iliad i know if i stood up today and said that judges were being much too the Law society would have my Cuddy Joseph who will be defending two men charged with rape and inde cent assault next agreed that the attorney general try to influence the but he said it was unlikely the comments would have any effect on Manitoba a judge would have to be a pretty weak individual to be intimidated by something like he he said it May even have an effect beneficial to the jurors will be More cautious before convicting some knowing that a Large sentence awaits anyone found guilty of a major Merciers comments came on the heels of similar protests made by de Winnipeg Deputy police crime statistics show there have been 17 slayings in Winnipeg so far this five More than in All of Mercier said his Crown attorneys Are doing All they can to reduce the number of violent and sexual since the Crown has appealed 109 cases to a higher court and succeeded in having sentences in 78 of them of the 30 cases of sexual 20 sentences were in creased after Crown the Many Crown sentence appeals to the Manitoba court of Appeal in sexual offences reflect an ongoing con Cern on our part for what Are perceived to be totally inadequate sentences for rape and sexual assaults upon women and Mercier Mercier said the courts perception of a harsh sentence has changed dramatically during the last two existing punishment provisions in the criminal code appear to be Suffi he a review of actual sentences shows most courts Are reluctant to impose maximum or severe sentences for concern has evidently fallen on the rehabilitation of the prisoner rather than the rehabilitation is Fine and that a Good principle and an objective that you have to work said Mer he added the victims of sexual assaults women and Chil entitled to the strongest Protection the Law can Mercier said his department is also concerned about the Early release of prisoners authorized by the National parole Board through temporary absences or Day Mercier said the needs of victims May be addressed by the provinces new advisory committee on crime prevention and the 19 committee named will Monitor the frequency of evaluate existing crime prevention programs and recommend new the advisory committee will be made up of crime social workers and interested citizens and will be headed by John Campbell of the Winni Peg police making history with Vic president George Bush at her Sandra Day Tion by the Senate to the supreme Oconnor Waves to Public following her unanimous Confirma Friday will become the first female supreme court Quebec language Bill goes to court Montreal businessman to Battle controversial French Only legislation continued from Page 1 ment on All sides to prevent the sessions court from having to Deal with something upon which the higher court will inevitably Sheppard told court the Basic French language Bill is beyond the jurisdiction of the province and a violation of the British North America act in that d it infringes on Ottawa jurisdiction Over political freedoms and other Feder Al domains such As airlines and Tele d it creates a new criminal offence out of certain uses of Sheppard argues that the right to protect French does not include the right to prohibit challenges Bill Bill 101 was adopted in a French Only version in an English version was rushed through the Quebec National Assembly in after the supreme court of Canada ruled the first version Sheppard said he will argue Anglini nation of the Bill after the fact has not made it the lawyer said he also challenges the Bill on the grounds that it contradicts Quebec human rights at the Start of the judge Roger Craig rejected a defence motion to hold an English Only i wont confine myself to speak in Craig told a courtroom packed with journalists and supporters of wont be i am French speaking and if i switch to French during the i wont be he said in in it is customary in Montreal courts for lawyers and witnesses to use both Lan he Why should we do differently today just because its this Case in yesterdays testimony was Al most entirely in English and a translator was provided for a Crown witness who testified in Singer later said he was pleased with the reaction generated by his he has been getting mail from All Over Canada and donations which have put his defence fund at More than the portrait of As a Small businessman caught unwittingly in the grip of big government is not entirely he is politically Active and used his 31yearold store in the referendum Campaign As an organizing Centre for the no he also ran unsuccessfully in the last provincial election for a marginal group called the Freedom of Choice party whose main concern is Lan he showed up in court wearing a Blue Blazer with a military Crest on the during the morn ing session he wore a string of military he has a Large picture of the Queen in front of his store and Hes a member of the monarchist league of Canada and the Royal Commonwealth he even has a press Terry who says he works As a corporate Recruiter for a multinational company he refused to Pye said he is in charge of the Singer fund and that the Freedom of Choice party is one of various similar groups in Quebec which receive partial fund ing from the Federal government through the Secretary of states depart asked after the court hearing for his Singer replied its very he now id better get my press my lawyer and my press Secre tary told me to be very careful what i what i will say is we did what we set out to get our Case before the Singer said another Montreal group concerned with anglophone the positive action asked him to use his store As a test he said he decided to act because he has a Small business which has shrunk since Bill 101 was introduced and i was requested by the positive action to consider taking some kind of an a Singer then turned to Pye and said would you like to do the talking Stop me if i talk out of judge criticizes ambulances continued from Page 1 he said the essential question was if you could have gotten them there Concordia Hospital 10 to 12 minutes would it have made a differ ence judge Conner also pressed at some length a police supervisor of the phone Centre about Why he circumvented nor Mal emergency procedures when the caretaker of the Prevette Avenue Block phoned in to report two instead of directly relaying the Call to the ambulance Thomas Donaldson told the inquest that he relayed the message verbally through an he told judge Conner this was necessary because the duty opera Tor was Busy taking another the inquest was told a second Call came in nine seconds later during which an excited caller referred to Only one drowning judge Conner was told As a consequence of this which the ambulance operator received Only one ambulance was dispatched to Prevette the inquest was told that ambulance officials apparently assumed Donaldson assistant was re Ferring to the second Call when he asked if they knew of the judge Conner devoted More than an hour listening to tapes of Calls to both the police and ambulance at one Donaldson could clearly be heard telling an assistant that two drownings had been the inquest was also told that police could find no lifesaving equipment by the Pool when they attended the Constable Robert Cook said that a Pool Hook and a life preserver were later found in an adjacent a Public health inspector from Tow provincial department of consume and corporate affairs told the inquest the Pool met provincial safety require Ken Collins said warning signs Wen posted and there was a lockable Gate 01 the he that the drownings could probably have beet prevented if Access to the Pool a restricted to a direct Entrance from us Collins agreed with judge Connei that the presence of a Pool attendant could also have helped Avert but he said provincial requirements for an attendant at sem Public pools were changed in 1980 after apartment Block owners were asked How they wanted pools three More witnesses Are scheduled to testify when the inquest resumes later this Carioca its More than just rum of a different its a Golden treasure of the islands and the real taste of rum As rum was meant to each another strike of Ron Carioca distilled in Canada by Schenley Canada rum ;