Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 26, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free september 1981 Send warning signals North continued from Page 1 the participation of Canada in talks with the european economic Community and Japan is still an open ques no Date has been set for the proposed meeting of Cabinet ministers to discuss Trade a pre changes in Fira studied continued from Page 1 that is the temper of the govern ments feelings right that is the mood we Are it May Well if the Dollar gets Strong we May decide to accelerate i dont Trudeau also said that Firas Basic goals will not be lost in the the Agency ensures that any foreign invest ment also involves significant Benefit to Canada will control its Domestic eco nomic Trudeau the prime minister also said he is not calling upon president reagans administration to Cool the rhetoric Over Canadas nationalist he said he is not surprised the Oil lobby has managed to get the ears of a few he said lie told Reagan at grand last week that Canada intends to reach its 50percent Cana a ionization goal by 1990 and he wanted to ensure in talks with the president that the administration was not being used by the Oil lobby As a and i have the conviction that it Stock drop cuts Dollar by cent Montreal up the Canadian Dollar came under pressure on International Money markets yesterday after ending the Day at nearly a half cent below thursdays so Fri closing a foreign currency trader with the Bongard brokerage House in Toronto said the decline was due to the poor performance of Stock markets and an expected Rise in interest rates in the United Findlay said sharply Down Stock markets were causing a dramatic Selling off of stocks by particularly foreign investors who then convert their Canadian dollars into National he said Canadian dollars were also sold in anticipation of the higher interest rates indicated by today Al time Low prices on the Bond luminary session among lower ranked officials is tentatively planned for 16 in new York a planning meet ing scheduled for thursday in Chicago was thrown into disarray when it was called then reduced to a Lun Cheon session when delegates excluding Canada turned up ambassador Robinson said in Vic Toria on thursday that he had Tele phoned the White House and fixed an invitation for Canada Early this but a Canadian official confirmed that his government has received no invitation and is still in the pro Cess of seeking a government official who asked not to be identified said in an interview yesterday because of the Energy the foreign invest ment review program and other alarms and the Canadian government seems to perceive itself requiring Spe Cial and singular treatment in in terms As if it were a less eve loped some people Render this you Canada taking itself out of the this is Felt in Many quarters of the aggressive Congress while stating that such sentiments extend beyond the office of special Trade representative Bill Brock White House Agency fingered by canadians As the leading Hawk in the dispute the official added that one of the things we Are trying to keep the lid on is a potentially very aggressive congressional both american and Canadian authorities said no further official talks about the dispute Are planned at the the latest in a series that began late last year was at the state department 8 when officials warned Canadian counterparts privately of possible it was right after the 8 meeting that participant Raymond assistant Commerce Secretary for International economic warned in statements published by the Washington Post that the Reagan administration was considering drastic Retalia including possible Trade sliding last similar warnings including threats to indict Canada in International Trade organizations were made in a Public speech by Robert assistant Secretary of state for economic then myer senior to Hor Mats As an undersecretary of denounced Canadian policies in detail and warned in a new York speech that relations Are sliding dangerously toward state department officials worked on another speech on the same subject to be delivered next thursday by Lawrence an assistant Secretary whose responsibilities in clude relations with Canada and West Ern Eagleburger is to deliver a luncheon speech then to the new York Centre for inter american the same forum used by on preceding the centres group of businessmen and academics will hear a speech from external affairs minister Mark there were no Advance clues yester Day about the lines they will Solidarity granted role in naming factory directors Warsaw a polish workers won the right yesterday to join the communist government in naming and approving factory but the new last May face an immediate Chal Lenge from Solidarity unionists who want a larger voice in How factories Are trouble broke out in the Coal with to miners striking in southwestern Silesia after a dispute with pro government Union leaders led to the arrest of a Solidarity mine Lead Solidarity the dispute was Over a statement by the pro government Branch Union in the area supporting the regime and the Solidarity Leader at the Sonico mine was seized and charged with limiting the Freedom of the rival the Bill on workers self manage which represented a Compromise Between the government and leaders of the Independent labor federation Soli was passed with 15 abstentions but no negative votes in the 460member it gives the workers a leading role in and a not Clear role in factory and says disputes Over the Choice May be arbitrated by the exactly How much of a voice the workers would have in the final approval process and what percentage of factories in Poland would be covered by the Low were not immediately the measure provides for exclusive government say in naming managers of defence related industries and other vital areas to be determined through Union government and gives the government Blanket approval to name directors of Public the parliament also passed a Resolution telling Solidarity to end the sow ing of disquiet and any actions violating Law and social the measure gave a firm endorsement to pre Mier Wojciech streets patrolled the measures were passed As in creased numbers of military police and soldiers patrolled Warsaw streets after Jaruzelski said they would help fight ant soviet lawlessness he blamed on the first Union free of communist party control in the soviet Western diplomats said Jaruzelski crackdown thursday seemed to be aimed at showing the soviets that the poles were taking the Steps demanded in a series of Kremlin warnings during the past Jaruzelski told Solidarity to muzzle its politics during the second stage of its which begins today in the Baltic port of Gdansk where the Union was born during widespread labor protests last but Solidarity watchers predicted some chapters will Challenge Union leaders in bitter debate when the con Gress newspaper publisher Brydon Mccrea estimates the new postal rates Cost his Small summer paper an extra a Ouellet predicts better services improving performance of Post office termed corporations first priority continued from Page 1 with 15 Stamps which Cost her those same Stamps could Cost her that quite a said an noyed with the proposed i Send All my Bill payments and per sorial letters by Ouellett belief that the extra Money would help the new Canada Post do a better Job was heralded by Winnipeg businessman Rudy Lovenstein As Good i id pay the rates if the service was he but the service is id like to see it More he said the postal rates would be come part of his overhead for shipping parcels to Brydon the publisher of a Small summer said at those ill expect the volume of work to increase for one half of the present Post office and no increase in the pass on increase Mccrea publishes area a Small newspaper which circulates to members of the Lake of the Woods property owners among the proposed rate increases Are an 18 per cent increase for second class which will Cost his subscribers five cents More a copy for a total of More a wed pass that but what amazes me that the United states Post office gets firs class mail to Canada for 18 he a two cent Rise for firs class mail proposed by the Post office was rejected last week by the Independent postal rate said postal rates in detail postal Cost increases proposed by the government yesterday involve hundreds of different depending on the kind of its its shape and whether it is going firs class by air or in a lower class by ground transport following Are highlights of the in including the scheduled Date of implementation in subject to final confirmation by the Federal government in two months l the Basic firs class letter rate would increase to 30 cents from 17 cents if mailed to a Canadian and to cents from 17 cents if mailed to the United j the firs class letter rate would Cost 21 cents per letter in bulk mailing of at least and 21 cents each in bulk mailing of at least if pre sorted by the the bulk first class rate now is 17 cents per j third class addressed mail would increase to 30 cents from 15 bulk third class rates would go to a mini mum 13 cents from nine in firs class parcel rates would re main unchanged up to one rates for heavier parcels would Rise by Between nine per cent and 34 per depending on weight and Dis Tance to be fourth class parcels would increase by Between 16 and 40 per depending on weight and la most publishers second class mail ing rates for Canadian newspapers and periodicals would increase by about 18 per special rates for non Anadi an publications mailed in Canada would leap by 100 per april u publishers mailing rates for books would increase by per cent for books under 2 Gram and 24 per cent for books weighing 5 april l the Basic fee for registering mail would increase to from the minimum fee for Casho delivery mail would Rise to from Dave a postmaster in grand the proposed new rates for Domestic second class newspapers and period the publishers Book rate and the rate for Library books and education films would come in to effect april John an Klavins depends on the mail to distribute a monthly newsletter for the latvian fraternity Konkordia Zel it goes to the United states and Canada four times a year at for each an Klavins said the Post office is Sloppy in its ability to deliver mail As there is a wide disparity in the arrival times of the the newsletter goes second class to California and it takes three or four weeks to get he Ouellett said Canada now has the lowest rates of any Western Industrial nation and will still compare favourably with european where domes tic mail costs about 35 cents a Ouellet said he held off the rate increases until 1 to avoid penalizing Consumers during the big Christ Mas Ouellet said the first priority of the new will be to improve reducing the lion deficit is a second formula to be set Michael president of the new Crown predicted yester Day that Over the Long haul canadians can expect to see rate increases tied to some kind of a formula instead of their being set from time to time by the Warren said it will be necessary to put some degree of predictability Back into the situation to allow Busi who account for 80 per cent of the to do some Mel a spokesman for Bell estimated the postal increase will add million to Bells annual mailing Bill of about he said the postal rate increases could become ammunition for a future in crease in Bell despite the general disapproval of the business the Canadian periodical publishers association was this is the first time weve Ever been listened to by the said association president John Par we had a Promise made by Ouellet that wed get six months notice of a rate and we got it and we appreciate he said association members would have time to adjust subscription and advertising rates to recoup the percent increase in second class an place travel films shown each september 29 i 30 auditorium each vening in conjunction with 9 Marlin travel greyhound Tours sport Jet Tours club med Norair Ward air Holiday House Voyageur insurance target Tours fiesta holidays Majestic Tours offices throughout Western Canada featuring the following participants sunward holidays Pacific Western airlines budget re Tacar Delta hotels adventure Tours Success travel school fun Sun holidays pleasure Tours office of tourism Fehr Way holidays sunlight vacations geography club Tours air Canada sky Circle Tours monday evening to be announced free admission dont miss it featuring nightly entertainment from 5 to tuesday evening wednesday evening Winnipeg steel orchestra Manitoba Highland dancers a place Jar presented by the merchants of information 6686161 mall hours a Cambridge leaseholds development Regent and Lagimodiere ;