Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 25, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba G pm rules out Public talks on Economy by Michael Doyle Winnipeg free press Ottawa prime minister tru Deau has ruled out a conference on the Economy with the 10 premiers unless it can be held entirely in the premiers want at least the right to make opening statements and would prefer Public round of Premier Hill Bennett said Bennett said Trudeau turned Down economic talks he originally favored because he was unable to get a Promise that the Federal government would escape i could not guarantee the prime minister that there would be and criticism by any Bennett said after talks at 24 Sussex Bennett has replaced Manitoba Premier Ster Ling Lyon As spokesman for the 10 the Canadian people demand a so Lution and its incumbent upon us not to worry about Bennett an official of the prime ministers who gave Trudeau Side of the saw it me said conferences of first ministers have Only worked in private portions of Public meetings were the Only ones where gains were what we would want is a meeting that is a meeting that is free from political the offi Cial the premiers hold their own conferences in private and yet they have said they Are not going to meet with us unless they Are Given National television time the official said Trudeau believes a round of statements proceeding private talks Bennetts Compromise propos Al yesterday would still lend itself to fed bashing and leave the premiers in positions from which they would find it difficult to move Over a few Days of after negotiating a successful Energy agreement with Alberta and another with the official said Ottawa Doest want to destroy the trend by holding open Calls for an economic conference have been coming from various prov inces including which has lined up with Ottawa on a variety of Federal provincial issues in the past Bennett said Trudeau new position was markedly different from that in an earlier letter in which the prime minis Ter lauded the premiers for their approach and said there was plenty in their nine Point economic proposal that he could live justices Ponder ruling in Cloudy today 16 Cloudy tonight 7 Winnipeg free press september 1981 109 no Sun rises sets Moon rises sets final 250 40t with supplements Home delivery 957o550 classified 9562330 second class mail registration number 0286 ramp contract signed by Ingeborg Boyens a photo Manitoba has reluctantly agreed to the terms of a 10year contract pro posed by Ottawa for ramp attorney general Gerry Mercier said Mercier said he had Little Choice but to sign after the seven other provinces serviced by the ramp agreed to the Federal Merciers colleagues finally authorized the contract after a bitter 10month dispute in which Federal solicitor Gen eral Robert Kaplan threatened to with draw ramp services the pact will add As much As million to the provinces ramp Mercier has the attorney general said the terms of the agreement could be considered fair during the first five years of the for in the current year the provinces and All municipalities with a population of less than will pay 56 per cent of the total Cost of police costs increase at a rate of Only one per cent a year until 1985 subsidize policing but after that the Bills issued to provinces and municipalities will Rise by two per cent a by the end of the contract in local jurisdictions will be contributing 70 per cent of the costs of ramp Mercier said the agreement Calls on provinces and municipalities to subsidize Federal policing in the later years of the the contract which expired March was the Best he under the old provinces and municipalities paid 56 per cent of police Warren the solicitor Gener Al who drafted the certainly Felt it was Mercier the responsibilities of the Munici the provinces and the Federal government have not changed in the past five he the new agreement would also have municipalities of or More Resi dents pay 81 per cent of policing Thompson is the Only Manitoba City of that size to be serviced by the but Mercier said it cant be determined if the higher rate will apply until Feder Al census figures Are individual ramp Retro the unidentified Leader of an armenian terrorist group threatens a hostage with a gun and a hand grenade at a window of the turkish consulate in Paris last night while negotiating with French the terrorists surrendered Early this freeing All gun barrel diplomacy live to april will be in the mail to municipalities by next he equipment makers to pay fee to nil league to remove Brand names if manufacturers dont meet payment demand by Barbara Huck copyright Winnipeg free press around the time the National hockey league season begins its stretch its 21 teams could find themselves fighting a Battle on an other front Over the leagues new bran name equipment the program requires hockey equipment manufacturers to pay the nil for the privilege of displaying Brand names on their own equipment during league the Brand names of those that do not pay the which will be determined by the licensing corporation of will be removed or effective the adopted at the nil meetings in originally included demands that manufacturers Supply equipment free of charge and then pay for the right to display their Brand an outcry from suppliers caused the leagues Board of governors to rethink its position last week in to despite the the program has been denounced by the manufacturers who say the increased costs could Well be passed on to regular but according to Winnipeg jets governor Barry the pro Grams main shortcoming is that it Doest go far i was in favor of free Shenkarow 1 Felt that Montreal and new York All get a lot of their equipment simply be cause of the television exposure they and that the jets would really Benefit from the same kind of treat 1 thought the original Resolution to provide free equipment made nil president John Ziegler agreed but we were in the name of Public rela to withdraw that As a require Ziegler contends the nil is simply following the Road paved by arrange ments of a similar sort Long in effect in a number of professional it All started when Jeanclaude Killy signed with the professional ski said now golfers and european hockey teams All get free equipment and Are paid royalties to use if added we were just a Little slow in getting there is no question in the minds of the nil governors that manufacturers have Long been get Ting free its very Ziegler we Are running a year business that provides live events a Large number of those not Only have live audiences in the but television Audi see nil Page 4 Banks reject Ottawa aiding homeowners Ottawa up Hopes for Mort Gage Relief in the next Federal budget dimmed yesterday As officials of lend ing institutions told finance minister Allan Maceachen they can handle hardship cases on their nearly three dozen executives of Trust companies and other Finan Cial institutions met Maceachen and housing minister Paul Cosgrove to As sess the problems homeowners face in renewing their mortgages at near record rates this Robert president of the Canadian Bankers said afterwards that the lenders believe they can Deal with each problem individually and can do without Blanket asked if new government programs Are needed to help homeowners in dire he replied we say that the people in dire Straits Are being taken care of Case by Maceachen said he presented no new proposals at the but he did agree to a suggestion from one banker to set up a joint study group to explore further ways of helping homeowners through hard the minister gave Little other information about the group and would not say if he expects recommendations before the budget comes the meeting was held at the Confer ence Centre at about 25 Kilometres North of Ottawa in the Gatineau Hills of and lasted a Little More than two Maceachen and others agreed that High mortgage rates will be a severe see House Page 4 late mortgage payments urged As protest move by Mary Ann Fitzgerald a group of Winnipeg homeowners protesting High interest rates has called on other homeowners in the province and across the country to delay for 29 Days making their mortgage payments Are due its not a mortgage its just a delaying tactic to give a loud message to mortgage Norman an organizer of the newly formed mortgage action told 40 people attending a meeting at the University of Winnipeg last its fairly Strong but its not breaking the no one will lose a said Vic chairman of the meeting called to find ways to mobilize angry Home buyers facing mortgage rates of about 22 per cent double the rate they would have paid years it interest gained on banked Money would go a Long Way toward offsetting any penalties for late but if it costs me or think it would be Worth Oman if enough people cooperated with the mortgage companies would Possi Bly begin to pressure the Federal government to lower mortgage he he said immediate action is Neces sary before the Federal budget comes Down this Federal housing minis Ter Paul Cosgrove has promised some help to people in dire Straits because of mortgage other plans of the committee in clude g setting up wooden instead of paper in shopping centres 2 and for paper is too easy to toss Leslie the groups Media told the she outlined plans to have the signed by unhappy mortgage transported to Ottawa for presentation to prime minister a bombardment of protest mail to the Federal government and members of d asking Premier Sterling Lyon to Host a meeting of similar action groups across the country with provincial governments paying the costs of possibly 10 delegates from each d a possible mass meeting in Winni Peg Early in october and attempts to organize such a meeting on a National Ron spokesman for an other group dedicated to bringing Down mortgage told the meeting his association for Relief of mortgage see protest Page 4 wounded officer in Hospital an East Paul police officer is in satisfactory condition today with gun shot wounds to his head after an Inci Dent yesterday near Birds police say Constable Gord was discovered about in a gravel pit near the red River flood Way just North of town on the East Side of Highway an ramp spokesman said the wounded officer was on patrol when he noticed something Peculiar near the while he was some body pulled a gun and shot grazing his head and knocking him the ramp officer Webster was discovered by other officers after he missed a routine Check at he was then taken to Concordia glasses raised prime minister Trudeau and Premier Bill Bennett have toasted a new Energy agreement that drops Federal tax on natural Gas exports from reaganomics if president Ronald reagans latest Cost paring program proves to be third time canadians and others would also 56 metric after 11 Canadas program of conversion to metric measure is Only 56 per cent were just a few Steps ahead of our major trading expos leading Montreal expos have increased their Lead Over the Louis cardinals to Index Ann 24 35 24 12 7 64 23 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