Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 28, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 10 Winnipeg free september eight dissenters in cuckoo Forsey suggests Ottawa up the eight inces opposed to bringing the British North America act to Canada from Britain would be in Cloud cuckoo land if they appealed today supreme court of Canada decision to the British says former senator Eugene one of the country Foremost constitutional was speaking in an interview with Standard Broad cast news taped for release Appeal to Westminster the supreme court rules today on whether the Federal government has the constitutional right to apply to Britain to have the ban act Cana Das Constitution transferred to Ca Nadian jurisdiction along with a pro posed amending Roy Saskatchewan at says that if the court supports the Federal right to the eight provinces excluding Ontario and new Brunswick that oppose the move would Appeal directly to West Minster not to agree to Ottawa pro under the amending constitutional changes would be possible Here with agreement Between the fed eral government and six of the prov the hitch now in amending the ban act is that it requires unanimous agreement Between the 11 i doubt very much whether the British parliament would pay any at Tention to Porsey and the British i would certainly pay no attention to 1 dont see any Prospect that either the British parliament or the British courts would get themselves mixed up in if the objectors have any notion of keeping the pot boiling in London for months on i think there dream ing in not very Many British politicians Are going to spend More say natives prepare lobbies in London Forsey provinces dreaming a week or so listening to this Dis Porsey said that if the supreme court decided constitutional amendment required unanimous consent of the prov then we shall be in a very serious be worse off medieval he where a single member of the parliament could Stop everything he had a free it would be a dreadful and intolerable situation if we found ourselves legally barred from doing so Amend ing the Constitution simply because one Small province said London up although the Vari Ous native groups opposed to Ottawa plans to Patriate the British North America act Are working together in each is putting Forward its own Case in the Battle Over the Canad an Constitution and few expect today Patria Tion ruling will effect their Posi the bes organized of these groups is the Indian governments of Sas Katche whose Public Campaign gets under Way Here this Victor London representative for the federation of Saskatchewan says the indians Are Here to take care of unfinished business with the British left out of talks he said today constitutional ruling by the supreme court of Canada wont really affect the indians position be cause they were left out of the constitutional negotiations in the first any proposal that comes from any whether its whether its the provincial whether its the Federal or from nation any other if it does not have the consent of the it will be opposed by the and they will ask the British parliament to deny any Patria Tion request which does not have the consent of the the Saskatchewan indians want Brit Ain to fulfil promises it made in the Royal proclamation of 1763 and in More than 20 International treaties be tween 1817 and the ban act which founded the Canadian confederation was enacted in they Are Over Here As they have been before 50 years ago to ask Britain to Honor its obligations and its promises to enact in Canada a political process and a constitutional process to protect and enact Indian Oconniell said in an Saskatchewan indians have consulted Legal experts in Britain who believe their Case would stand up in court but before taking Legal the indians Are going the Politi Cal in we Are starting launch ing our Campaign this week at the labor party conference in England Oconnell we have a fringe meeting at which we expect several Hundred members of parliament and of the this will be followed by a tour of a cultural troupe from there will also be an appearance at the conservative party As Well As a number of Public lectures at Oxford the London school of economics and the Commonwealth need urgent Oconnell said All this leads up to an intensive lobbying Campaign in Parlia ment which has been arranged for Early members of parliament in All of the and particularly in the govern ing conservative have agreed to meet us and we will be talking directly to the British government about the treaties and the urgent need for their Clark not the Issue Toronto up even if the supreme court of Canada rules in favor of the Feder Al governments entire constitutional package opposition Leader Joe Clark says hell stay on As party a Victory for prime minis Ter Trudeau on the Constitution would be just further ammunition for the progressive conservative Clark said in an inter View during a meeting Satur Day with Ontario Federal pc Riding association offi the major fight we waged was to ensure that the Canadian courts had the right to decide the cons Titu he we won that fight and now the question before the courts is a Legal one decide on the Legal question of Trudeau constitutional Clark said his leadership is secure even if he loses his Campaign against Trudeau bid to Patriate the Constitution from asked whether the courts ruling might affect his fun he replied my future that not the that not a question before the we believe they Liber als were acting illegitimately and we intend to continue to fight what they Are doing with every Means at our in his address to the 300 he said it is Trudeau and not the Constitution that should be Trudeau is visiting South Korea in route to the Commonwealth conference in As an urgent matter on the nations Agenda we have to Patriate the prime minis Clark we have to go get him Home and get him and then get on with the Job ourselves and run the country the Way it should be Premier Calls for talks Saskatoon up regardless of How the supreme court of Canada rules on the Federal governments constitutional Ottawa and the provinces must re turn to the bargaining table before the Constitution is a Saskatchewan pre Mier Allan Blakeney said the Federal government cannot legally do this uni la and even if they can do it they ought not to do it because its not in keeping with our traditions and he said in an Blakeney said the prov inces will continue to consider the Federal action no matter How the supreme court Canadian tradition Dic tates that constitutional amendment requires the consensus of the As Well As the Federal gov said the nip Canada posted Post Canada ifs been stretched for almost 3 we cant stretch it any you dont need reminding that almost everything costs a lot More now than it did almost 3 years ago the time of the last postal can you imagine How much ing costs have risen for the postal system that serves the second largest country in the world the Cost of operating and fueling our vast transportation the Cost of Essen tial equipment and the Cost of our work Force have All risen in spite of our Best the combined effects of these increased operating costs have brought Canada Post to the Point where it does not have the financial resources necessary to follow through on important Steps being taken to improve some of the Steps we want to take Are introduce More extensive Quality control aiming at a consistent mail service within implement a new service monitoring process which will improve expand letter Carrier delivery within Many communities to provide More Complete increase the availability of specialized mail services such As priority special delivery and electronic taking positive by soon becoming a Public Canada Post will have the Freedom to operate As a More responsive and efficient and eventually Stop being a subsidized Arm of government with its resulting Burden on the but no business can be healthy or efficient if it fails to recognize and adapt to the economic realities in which it must and the present reality is that the existing postal rates do not reflect the costs involved in running Canadas mail service the Way it should be it is for this reason that Canada Post plans the implementation of new postal rates Early next some of these planned rates can be seen in the following table 1st class letter in Canada 030 pm 30c 1st class letter to 030 pm parcel Post same City 1 kilo 1st class parcel Montreal to Vancouver 1 kilo special delivery plus 1st class postage Canada Post has a National responsibility to provide the most reliable and Complete mail service the implementation of these new rates is necessary if revenues Are to be brought More in line with operating necessary to ease the Burden of a deficit on the and most important of necessary to allow Canada Post to through improved one of the Best mail systems in the Canada pos setting things straight for the Canada ;