Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 24, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Copy feet september rhetoric has Ottawa quietly boiling finishing touch workers on a farm near Oak Bluff Are silhouetted against the isolated activity continues on some Fields but the 1981 yield Prairie sky As they put finishing touches to Liis years Harvest of More than 42 million tonnes is virtually tucked official critical of via rail cuts uniformed and inconsistent an exercise in planning As could be imagined i from Page 1 the decision to eliminate 15 via rail routes is almost two months and the outrage which first greeted the july 27 announcement shows no signs 6 dying the cuts Are to be made without Public hearings and without parliamentary debate in most cases by to give citizens a Chance to express their a committee of conservative maps has spent the last month touring the country holding its Edmonton my David says it will have a report ready by the opening of parliament on urging the government to re consider its bureaucrat says Cabinet was presented with three choices before it made its decision q let via rail continue All existing piling up loss of million a this was labelled the status quo d chop Only the obvious losers from the passenger rail this was the Middle d make substantial cuts in the Hope of saving million Over the next three this was the severe Cut Back option and the one Cabinet it was Treasury Board president Don Johnston and economic develop ment minister Bud Olson who chose the severe said the they did it merely on the basis of How much Money they could there not qualified to look at these things on a technical he said Pepin went along with the severe cuts even though he knew it would be unpopular because within this if you want to make you do it by being Tough and saving the bureaucrat and his colleagues agreed that the three commuter lines into Toronto should not be financed by the Federal they also sup ported Pepins decision to throw their Fate to the provincial government As of but they rejected most of the rest of Pepins Here Are some highlights of their alternative plan d the super Continental West of Winnipeg would be kept to provide through service to Jas per and Pepin had planned to Cut it and offer three Day liners Winnipeg to Saskatoon to Edmonton and Edmonton to there would be no passenger service Between Jasper and d the Prince Albertt Regina and Edmonton Drumheller which run near should be d the daily full service transcontinental connecting Ottawa and would be re Pepin to reroute it from Montreal to Toronto and then leaving a Tri weekly coach connecting Ottawa and the savings would not be Worth the Incon the official d the Toronto Kapuskasing Over night Northland and Toronto North Bay weekend services would be in their via would arrange with the Ontario Northland transportation commission to turn its sinday week the into a daily the conservatives be Hap pier about a new source of irritation for so the minister has remained unmoved by All the noise and but the fireworks Arent Over copyright Toronto Star Syndicate Ottawa up Ottawa is publicly tight lipped about the latest american attacks on Canadian Energy and eco nomic but government officials Are privately a Well informed who asked not to be said the latest american criticism this week reflects a traditional insensitivity to Canadian policies and Canadian re it comes at the wrong time from our he it is unjust myer state unde Secre said tuesday in new York that relations Are sliding dangerously towards crisis because of Canadas nationalist Energy and eco nomic he added there was danger of american retaliation and there was a risk of irreparable dam speaking of Canadas role among the leading economic he said we look to Canada to formulate its policy consonant with those Respo Sibili Trudeau Appeal Rashish Sharp words come Only Days after prime minister Trudeau appealed to president Ronald Reagan to Cool the rhetoric in the dispute Over the Energy and economic Reagan told Trudeau at a weekend meeting in grand that he has no control Over the con Gress where there has been some talk of retaliating against but Ca Nadian officials did not expect Rea Gans own officials to resume the Offen Sive in Public Robert assistant state Secretary for economic said in a weekend speech the will press for action against Canadian policies under the general agreement on tariffs and Trade and the Paris based Organiza Tion for economic cooperation and Trudeau and Energy minister Marc Lalonde Are Adamant there will be no change to Ottawa National Energy program which includes increasing Ca Nadian control of the Petroleum Indus Lalonde told a receptive audience at the University of Alberta in Edmonton monday that the government Doest intend to be pushed around by multinational Oil companies and the Strong Oil lobby in the the Frontier Oil and Gas which contains the essence of the Energy pro has been examined by a parliamentary committee and is awaiting third Reading and final approval from the the government made some conces Sions to the big Oil companies on How the government owned Oil will share in offshore and Northern Gas and Oil Gas National heritage continued from Page 1 to expect canadians to pay higher Oil prices for development of what he called Canadas nonrenewable National heritage in Energy resources without promising canadians a reason Able share of the even reducing foreign ownership to 50 per cent from about 70 per cent under the plan would still mean Canada would be unique among countries with such a High degree of foreign he i ask myself whether americans could tolerate 70percent ownership in the United states by foreigners How Ever Friendly those foreigners were of a vital and dynamic sector such As the Oil and Gas asked repeatedly whether there is a danger of a serious crisis in a Towe has often expressed Confidence in the Wisdom of american both within the administration and within the Congress to maintain a Friendly at the same he reiterated that which has modified some aspects of the Energy will not change the fundamental program in the face of canadians coast to coast support he Alcan Hopes site close to City would help attract workers continued from Page 1 i Only wish we had 33 smelters to he the company settled on the Rock Wood property Over 16 other potential Sites because it Best met All the conditions set Down by the Don manager of site selection studies for said the Plant would be within easy commuting distance of Winnipeg and should attract skilled about potential workers live within 18 Kilometres of the within 36 Kilometres and within 54 he of Rev free press the company spokesman said Road Access to the proposed site is Good a four Lane Highway to Stonewall with plans for a northward the actual site is pasture land and marginal farm Morris said the site has the rail Access Alcan needs to import about tonnes of raw materials and Export tonnes of aluminium ingots each he said the company would have to build Only 10 Kilometres of Spur at a Cost of about to link the smelter with both car and up rail Akin spokesman Don Morris cites benefits of Rockwood Morris said Wells on the property can provide about litres of water a Day for the ingot Cooling Bougie said the Plant would be buffered so Stonewall residents even be Able to see the smelters but he downplayed pollution saying the Buffer would Only be the councils of the Rural municipality of Rockwood and the towns of Teulon and Stonewall approved Al cans move unanimously in meetings late tues Alcan chose Rockwood and we chose Denooy the Reeve said there was no apparent concern that new residents and work ers in the area might overburden exist ing municipal services such As water and recreation he envisioned a steady growth Pat Tern in the area rather than a develop ment the smelter would offer about construction jobs and about 700 permanent jobs after More children new residents would also give the school division the children it needs to offset future declining the Reeve Denooy said he want concerned about possible pollution from the smelter because he believed these Alcan people speak the Rockwood councillor William Yule said the municipality didst really need a smelter to stimulate its we have a Good agricultural base As it he its not As if we Are but he said Council members sup ported the plan because they didst want to pass up a Good he added that the Council still knows very Little about the project at this Stonewall mayor Alex Krawec said he didst expect a mining town Boom that would overwhelm the town of he predicted most Stonewall Resi dents will approve the smelter even though Many of them moved from Winnipeg in search of a country life we think the Rural flavor will still be he adding that the Quality of life should improve even for those who commute daily to jobs in Winni Peg Caput the boots to Winter s b has chosen 500 pairs of ladies High fashion Winter and specially priced them at 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