Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 3, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 12 Winnipeg free november 1981 Alcan links expansion in to clearance for own Hydro Plant Vancouver up the Allimie pith Mac n Al Vancouver up the alumni num of Canada is not interested in building More smelters in if it is forced to buy Power from Hydro rather than develop the Energy a company executive Al cans Vic president for made the statement during an interview in which he spoke of company plans to expand its Kemano Power project near on North Rich was asked to comment on a Section of the provincial governments 1980 Energy which states All future hydroelectric projects on Rivers will be developed by he said the policy also says there May be occasions when there is a need to develop a Remote hydroelectric site in support of an Industrial project outside Hydro existing Rich said he believes this Means opposition fires verbal missiles at maps use of jets Ottawa up an old problem returned to plague the liberals when opposition maps berated the govern ment yesterday for allowing three cab inet ministers to Fly to Winnipeg within three hours of each other on three separate government but finance minister Allan Mac Eachen brushed off suggestions the government is misusing taxpayers Money by extravagant use of its four Lockheed and spokesmen for the Cabinet min affairs minister John Industry minister Herb Gray and Supply minister Jeanjacques Blais said the three possible have travelled the Friday incident Cost taxpayers to for compared with for firs class tickets on commercial progressive conservatives and new democrats told the a transport official later estimated the Bill at controversy Over government use of the Jet stars and free airline passes has haunted the liberals Over the the most infamous episode took place in 1976 when Otto former transport and Justice got a free seat on a military aircraft to Send his childrens Nanny Home to on other ministers have gotten in hot water for accepting free passes from commercial airlines for personal business and for using government planes when not on official new Democrat Leader de Broadbent said yesterday Cabinet ministers set a five month record by using govern nation ment jets 263 times from May to he said the practice is unacceptable when thousands of families Are los ing their Homes and Farmers and businessmen Are suffering from High inter est Dan progressive conservative my for said it was arrogant and wasteful that Munro and Blais flew on separate Jet stars to Gray and Blais were singled out As being particularly bad because they flew from Ottawa to attend the same function official opening of an aircraft parts manufacturing but Blais press aide John Kitz said the Supply minister also had to meet officials of the Royal Canadian mint and statistics Canada Friday morning in that made it impossible for him to travel with who was tied up in Ottawa at that time meeting business men and officials of his Munro was winging his Way from his Hamilton Riding to meet indians in the Northern Manitoba Community of Norway the who is also responsible for Northern defended his use of the saying he must rely on government planes More than any other Cabinet Minster because it is difficult to catch flights in the far Flung Cabinet ministers Are allowed to use government planes Only on govern ment business and Only if commercial flights Are be Comite direct eur sur la to reduction Vous invite a so Mettre Des propositions pour Mener Une etude sur 1 be Besoin Actuel de Traduce Tours qualifies Autant dans be Sec eur Prive que it be genre de to reductions Ainsil que 1evolution de la Demande Pendant Les Dix Aii nees a Venir 2 Lea diverse categories de programmes de formation offers a 1heure Actu Elje a dans be Domaine de la etude Doit etre Terminelle 15 Janvier Les qui divent comp Endre Des ech Antillon do Materiel devant server a divent etre in Langlais Eten be 13 novembre 1981 a plus Ford a president do Comite direct eur sur la 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to rate increases which Are out of company he said the company draft Environ mental studies the Kemano completion to be released this will be presented to Community groups and government agencies for the proposal also will be subject to review by the utilities com in Alcan announced plans to expand its Kemano Power which was built during the the company proposed a scheme to build a new Hydro Plant with a capacity of megawatts to provide Power for three smelters with an an Nual capacity of tonnes of the company environmental report says Kemanis completion would re quire a dam on the Nanika River at the outlet of kid Price Lake to create a Reservoir a diversion Tunnel from Nanika Lake to Tartsa Lake a second Tunnel parallel to the existing Tunnel through mount Dubose and a second powerhouse at Kemano with additional transmission lines to it would divert water from the Skeena watershed to the Kemano and Fraser e time Only 2 Days away for our travelling furs our Best Choice at very 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