Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 26, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba S Winnipeg free september Britain undecided on says former Leader by Mary Ann flt Gerald Posmer British minister Harold Wilson says fit thinks British of All parties Are still about what they would do it they Cei Ved a request front the Canadian government to Amend and Patriate the i dont think her majesty government has decided what their Atti tude would be in that situation and certainty the opposition Hast yet the former British labor party Leader said in an interview with the free press last i think there will be considerable sup port in sections of All parties for the provinces the supreme court of Canada is scheduled to Rule monday morning on prime minister Trudeau constitutional Reform the eight provinces which opposed it in court challenges have served notice they Are ready to take their opposition to London if the court rules in favor of the Federal its a decision for Canada to but if there to be Strong views they Brit ish maps will have to decide which Side to come Down Wilson estimated that nine put of 10 British maps want the Canadian Constitution handed Back to Canada when Canada can find the basis on which it should be handed who was in Winnipeg to address a dinner of the Canadian said British maps would have to take a lot of account of a supreme court decision in favor of the Federal but would have to consider As Well the Points of View of the i have no idea How 1 would said who retired from Active politics in Wilson said he would prefer that the British parliament repeal the Century old constitutional legislation which rests at Westminster and let Canada take its own but Britain has a Legal responsibility under the he it must seem to everyone to be anomalous in this Day and age for a 100percent grown up country to have everything decided for it by another its like not being Given the key to the door when youre i As prime minister from 1984 to 1870 and again from 1974 to 1 tried time and time again to get the whole thing transferred to but there was not enough agreement in Canada to do in his he told his audience that the soviet unions Economy is weaker than at any time m the last half one reason for the threatening military posture that country has taken against the watch out for the Bear when Hes sick out for his he at one the soviet Union bragged that it could suppl the whole world with but it has to import Oil to meet its own Wilson assessing the conservative government of British prime minister Margaret Wilson paid trib Ute to her theres no doubt who is Boss in that particular Cabi net Shes the Best Man Treyve Harold exam of addresses Canadian crucial ruling on Constitution coming monday radio plan live coverage of historic decision Toronto up virtually every Canadian with Access to television or radio will be Able to tune in the proceedings when the supreme court of Canada makes its historic judgment on the Constitution television cameras Are being Al Lowed into the courts staid Chambers for the first a majority of television and radio stations will carry the proceedings live beginning at a Survey by the Cana Dian press the in which chief Justice Bora Laskin will read the decision of the nine High court members on prime minister Trudeau attempt to Patriate the British North America is expected to last about one the Csc is providing a Pool which will be available to broadcasters who re quest following the most broadcasters will be scrambling to get the reaction of politicians and Legal a Csc spokesman said regularly scheduled programs could be interrupted during the Day As developments but television and radio audiences will not officially know prime minister Trudeau views on the court ruling until 8 cd when Trudeau holds a news conference in the news expected to last about an will be transmitted live by satellite from where Trudeau will be visiting before he Heads to a Commonwealth conference in the Csc again will provide a Pool feed to other to and radio Many Canadian radio stations will carry the supreme court ceremony and the later Trudeau news conference both events will be broadcast on the full Csc radio broadcast news which has the country largest audio is also making the production available to 182 private radio Ottawa up five months of silence1 and speculation will end Mon Day morning when the nine judges of the supreme court of Canada Rule on the legality of prime minister tru Deaus constitutional the silence came from the which heard the Case last when a reporter collared Justice Willard Estey at a july Garden party and asked when the constitutional judgment could be the judge simply wheeled and walked the speculation came from places like the Justice whose Law from their windows facing the supreme court watch the justices changes noted any change in habit is observed closely by the if the judges arrive does this mean they Are working on the judgment if they leave does this mean they have completed it if a conservative judge and a Liberal judge take a stroll to Gether at does this signal an accommodation on the Issue the judges Are intensely social and Are frequently seen at events in the it is considered an unforgivable Gaffe to talk to them about a court so reporters and politicians try to read did that smile mean Hes going the Federal Way All this produces an incredible welter of last for someone in the privy Council office told a reporter he had it on Good authority the judgment would be 7 to 2 for the but someone in the Justice department told another reporter on the same Day that it would be 7 to 2 for Trudeau questions Analysed even less reliable than these rumours is analysis of the questions the judges asked in court during the five Day hearing last experienced Law yers know that the tone of questions can be for when the judges Tongue Ash a they May simply be trying to get a response to a Point they Are interested to an inexperienced it May look As if they Are demolishing the sometimes they Are simply As last Spring when attorney general Roy Mcmurtry of Ontario argued in favor of the Federal proposition that Ottawa does not need any provincial consent to Amend the Justice Ronald who nation will retire next february when he becomes asked Mcmurtry whether this meant Ottawa could abolish the provinces and create a unitary Mcmurtry gulped and said it Justice Roland asked whether it also meant Ottawa could impose official bilingualism on to be Mcmurtry had to agree that it but laughter swept the court room As he part of the Price Trudeau had to pay for Ontario support was Inot Mak ing to top province officially judges Martland and the oldest members of the Are the cutting Edge of its conservative the Federal interpreting the Law to the was aimed at the Liberal Wing is led by chief Justice Bora who will be 69 he is known As the great dissenter for his powerful minority before Justice Wishart Spence re tired a couple of years judges Spence and Brian were known As the Ltd connection because of their groundbreaking judg can be devastating judge the most gregarious and approachable member of a slightly forbidding group lawyers new to the court sometimes faint or throw up with anxiety the justices can and often do devastate an has apparently replaced judge Spence on the Liberal As Manitoba lawyer Kerr twaddle carried the provincial argue Merit for several hours last judge in a stage whisper heard around the said to Justice Julien Chouinard i think its about time we asked this Guy How much More he has to the judges dont like Windy judge was the Only appointment to the court by Joe Clark when he was prime judges Martland and Ritchie were appointed by John Diefenbaker in the late judges Dickson and Estey were appointed by so were judges Jean who counselled Trudeau on constitutional matters in the 1960s William the Only judge from the West coast and Antonio a Law and order Man who presided Over the Fly terrorist trials in the Early 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