Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 29, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free 1981 to reporter called liar in civil action Manitoba Premier Sterling Lyon addresses press conference following the announcement of the supreme court Bennett grabs pms Olive Branch Premier warns provinces will expect some concessions from Trudeau continued from Page 1 Mula which Trudeau mentioned pro an amending formula is really a problem for the provinces because some provinces disagree on weighted Powers Over changes in the cons Titu that one is easy for Ottawa because it has an automatic Bennett most proposed amending formulas give veto Power to combinations of prov the one in the current package would Only give it to Quebec and any province which attains 25 per cent of the provinces have to Combine to kill constitutional Trudeau also spoke of doing what is legally possible and then when the Constitution is being flexible on a list of potential that notion presumably includes a charter of rights because the supreme court of Canada made no move to strike it Down and the prime minister has said in the past that it is his primary provincial officials Here in Ottawa Are worried that the prime ministers approach is part of a plan to mute Trudeau said several times that much will depend upon the reaction of the but the Nitt Gritty of his comments give Little away and officials Point out he could easily change tone later the provinces have indicated what parts of his package they could agree this would leave them agreeing with much of a plan they might still want to oppose not to mention the possibilities of internal provincial discord which Trudeau could Bennett last night linked the idea of a provinces Lyon claims continued from Page 1 the agreement reached by the eight provinces All except Ontario and new Brunswick called for the agree ment of two thirds of the provinces with More than 50 per cent of the population before the Constitution could be it also said up to three prov inces could opt out of constitutional amendments infringing on their Provin Cial Trudeau rejected the formula at the attorney general Gerry in Ottawa when chief Justice Bora Laskin read the said it was a Victory for the eight what the court really said to the Federal government is that you can go but on the basis of tradition and the history of this coun you had better Lyon said the eight premiers have always been ready to return to the negotiating table and have repeatedly called for such a with the agree ment of the Federal Ontario and new Brunswick to the eight province Patria Tion with the amending formula could be quickly passed by the Canadian parliament and British he the questions of the charter of rights and division of Power could be worked out in he asked if the dissenting premiers were willing to make concessions at the bargaining Lyon said concessions on what i think the one who has to change the most is the prime minister because Hes the one who is doing the most damage to the body politic in this not the premiers or the the Manitoba Premier predicted that if Trudeau acts without provincial con his Resolution to the British parliament would be met with a Wall of i think it immeasurably strengthens any position which the provinces might have to take and i Hope we wont have to take with respect to stopping this unilateral action by the present Federal Mercier said Federal Justice minister Jean Chretien reacted too quickly in saying the Federal government will forge ahead with its it the court ruling requires a careful i Hope when they have done they will soon recognize that even though it is possible to proceed on a Legal technicality through the Canad an they will have a great Deal of difficulty having the Resolution passed in the United kingdom i am sure the United kingdom will consider the convention very Mer Cier asked if he would hold an election on the Issue if Trudeau acts Lyon said i think we have a responsibility As the elected government of Manitoba to carry on with those mat ters that Are important to the people of Manitoba and to the future of this province we will obey the constitutional conventions of this country and were going to have an election within the five year conference of premiers and talks with Trudeau to separate talks on the econ the Premier said the talks on interest rates and the Economy Are necessary and respond to the main desire of All in its the supreme court ruled unanimously that the Federal plan violates provincial but the justices ruled 72 that Ottawa has the Legal right to do they did not buy Manitoba argument that a convention requiring provincial assent to constitutional changes affecting the provinces has crystallized into but they did agree in their 63 decision that the convention in nonlegal Trudeau Resolution is unconstitutional in the conventional was left in the philosophical bind of asking Britain to approve the Constitution because of its own constitutional convention while ignoring Canadian convention accepted by the Vancouver up television news reporter Chris Bird was described yesterday As a venomous Man who re sorted to half truths and omissions in his efforts to defame Deputy at Torne general Richard the comment was made by Vogels Peter As he delivered his closing argument at the supreme court trial in which Vogel is suing Bird and the Csc for Butler depicted Bird and Csc management As incompetent bungles who failed to comprehend their responsibilities As members of an unfettered conduct he said an Odd slip or factual error by Bird might have been in this he cannot and should not be his conduct was deplorable and besmirched the reputations of All hardworking reporters reporters with integrity in the eyes of the people of the province of British noting the Csc has continued to employ Bird since the broadcast in and Given him a pay Butler said Bird is a disgrace to the journalistic Butler also had harsh words for Birds superiors at the dealing with regional director Len Butler referred to the superficiality of the his his and called for his re Moval As the corporations top Man in British As for Csc executive producer Paul the Man directly responsible for the newscast in which Vogel says he was Butler said he too should be Vogels suit concerns a in which the Csc alleged the Deputy attorney general misused his office by interfering in three criminal cases to help his Butler applied to judge Esson for permission to drop news Anchorman Bill Good originally a defendant in the from the Esson re served decision on the it the libel Case is not a Case of politicians saying Nasty things about one or of Trade unionists calling each other Butler some of those cases were serious and involved but none of them involved six months of investigation using very questionable journalistic tactics and not Only was it defamatory of the person in High who was alleged to have misused his but it was defamatory of those innocent peo ple to whom favors were alleged to have been and it was defamatory of the Crown prosecutors and others by would have also had to have been accomplices in the misuse of those court reminded Butler reminded the court that the Csc has already conceded it was in error with respect to the allegation Vogel intervened in the Case of lawyer Mickey charged with drinking driving he also said the Csc failed to prove Vogel used his position in threatening to Block any attempts to bring former chief Justice John Farris As a witness at the trial of prostitute Wendy Butler said former Vancouver chief prosecutor Bruce said to be Birds chief was a liar who had deliberately lied in so Many it would be difficult to list them Donald was a dangerous trouble Butler and a Clever and dangerous Snitch who had tried to spread Poison about ban on publication ordered in newspaper Chain hearing Toronto up a preliminary hearing into merger and monopoly charges against Canadas two largest newspaper groups began yesterday with a provincial court judge ordering a ban on publication of Evi Dence at request of the lawyer representing one of the lawyer representing Southam said he requested the ban because its Only a preliminary hearing and we dont propose to Call so we dont want stories that Only have the crowns Southam and Thomson newspapers were charged May 1 by the Federal government with conspiring to unduly Lessen Competition and with unlawfully merging and monopolizing the production and Sale of major daily English language the charges resulted from an investigation into the closing of the Thomson owned Ottawa journal and the Southa owned Winnipeg Tribune and the earlier closing of Montreal up photo Mary Parent was upset to find thieves had stolen thief steals even the floor Montreal up somebody stole my a distraught an Dree Parent told the Quebec Provin Cial police officer the Constable smiled and said you mean to say they took what was in the chalet you dont Par ent my log Cabin has Digap they took the the the an electrical control panel and even some of the All they left was the Parent the officer want convinced until he drove out to the 50 kilo metres North of and found exactly what Parent had its Parent said in an two years ago thieves took everything from the including the Beds and even the electrical but at least they left the investigators believe the chalet in the resort Village of Julienne was stolen by someone who wanted to build their own log they expect arrests special Bonus for Pacific Western airlines this and is Worth a Carryall or valuable Luggage just present this and with your Pacific Western boarding pass when you rent a car from rent a compact or larger car at a participating budget location and at no extra a Carryall tote or a valuable Luggage certificate Good towards any other piece of Luggage in our the Luggage is durable and is designed especially for frequent available from october j981 to March offer available to corporate but not available with tour packages 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