Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 6, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Sweden frees soviet cd Constitution Deal Ottawa up Canadas new Constitution was conceived in a Kitchen and born in a railway station after All night gestation in two smoke filled hotel the Story of its birth is a potboiler political drama full of inevitable Cli Midnight Telephone charges of betrayal and lawyers hag gling Over Legal Fine print As the Sun came at least six premiers and prime minister Trudeau were directly involved in let hour negotiations which eventually produced the agreement signed yesterday by Ottawa and All the provinces except but ingredients for the Accord had been simmering on a Bac Burner Long sources they say elements of the approved plan were kicked around in Jean Chretien Kitchen when the Federal Justice minister invited attorney Gen reals Roy Mcmurtry of Ontario and Roy Romanow of Saskatchewan for drinks after the supreme court of Canada handed Down its constitutional decision in some of their ideas were revived this married with elements from a pack of other proposals and honed into the proposal which was made final at yesterday mornings closed meeting at the Ottawa conference once the capitals railway Newfoundland Premier Brian Peck who put the proposal on the claims the Lions share of credit for its but that ignores the importance of Saskatchewan and on Tario As contributors and it based on information from several that Peckford May have been Litte More than a front for a Host of ministers and lawyers involved in the it was a classic Noname said Michael one of Ottawa top constitutional there Are at least 15 people who could claim credit for part of there will Long be arguments Over who played what role in the final but Federal and Provin see solutions Page 4 sunny today 13 Clear tonight 2 november 1981 free press Sun rises sets Moon rises sets final with supplements Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 second class mail registration number 0286 Levesque Lone o or to historic Accord by Michael Doyle Winnipeg free press Ottawa prime minister Trudeau and nine of the 10 premiers have signed an agreement which should bring the Constitution Home from but Only hours after is was made Public it came in for harsh criticism and raised fears Quebec will be further the agreement was made without Quebec it weakens various provisions of the charter of rights and drops a clause protecting aboriginal Quebec Premier Rene Levesque the Lone Premier opposing the plan vowed yesterday his province will use every Means at its disposal to protect its historic rights from what he sees As constitutional neither the present Quebec govern nor myself will Ever accept he we will take All Means at our disposal to prevent this from happen straightjacket the Federal regime feels like a straightjacket to us and this feels like a tightening of Levesque opposition Leader Joe Clark gave signals yesterday he May try to delay the constitutional plan to provide More time to bring Quebec into the Levesque refused to say whether he will hold a new referendum or an election on a platform of Independence because first report to the National Assembly and consult his Cabi but Clark said Quebec objections could be accommodated if time was leaving open the possibility he May again filibuster the constitutional proposal to allow enough time to try to win Over it would mean breaking the spirit of an Al party agreement specifying Only two Days of debate in the after which the constitutional plan would be voted upon and sent to Britain for but the agreement specified that Only the original constitutional proposal was subject to the time agreement praised nip Leader de Broadbent praised the but stopped Short yesterday of promising his party Trudeau meets the two opposition leaders today for Trudeau and the nine premiers complimented one another at great length yesterday As they before live television audiences across the that they had made a it Means that after 114 years that Canada will become in a technical and Legal sense an Independent country for once and for Trudeau agreement on a formula for Amend ing the Constitution in the future is the formula of the eight opponent premiers drawn up april but with adjust ments designed to appease Trudeau the charter of rights also has been we have a it is not the that was processed through the House of commons and the Senate during several tru Deau but we have a charter which Cana can be proud of and we will probably be Able to say it is probably the Best charter in the see Levesque Page 4 up photo Justice minister Jean Chretien and Trudeau share laugh As Ontario Bill Davis comments on historic agreement native Ottawa up native leaders expressed and finally disgust yesterday upon learning the Federal government had bargained away hard fought native rights in Exchange for a constitutional agreement with most of the but the government says it made the move because of native opposition Here and in where intensive lobby ing had gone on against the native rights clauses which were a spokesman for Justice minister Jean Chretien said that with All the trouble caused since the clauses were added to the original Federal package in the government decided native rights should be dealt with in future constitutional most native groups in the country opposed the saying it didst go far enough defending their reports circulated earlier this week that several led by British Columbia Premier Bill Bennett with possible backing from new Brunswick and were pushing to have aboriginal rights there was speculation the provinces opposed the provisions because they May have led to conflict Over land and fishing rights and claims to Gas and other subsurface unemployment total holds steady in Ottawa up the number persons unable to find work remained at in the same number As in september but up from statistics Canada said in the rate was Down to while in it dropped to per statistics Canada said that once seasonal variations Are the National unemployment rate actually went up to per cent from per cent in the record is per set in Ottawa began keeping unemployment statistics in the rate was per cent in per cent in july and per cent in the increase puts to rest suggestions by finance minister Allan Maceachen that septembers increase the Lar Gest on record was an aberration or sampling error in the unemployment by the seasonally adjusted rate increased in Quebec to per in Saskatchewan to in Alberta to and in British co Lumbia to the rate fell in Newfoundland to per in Prince Edward Island to in Nova Scotia to in new Brunswick to in Ontario to Levesque gestures at Accord he would not sign for highlights essentials of the constitutional agreement reached yesterday by prime minister Trudeau and nine of the 10 premiers d agreement to the d acceptance of the so called Vancouver formula under which the Constitution could be amended with agreement of seven provinces containing 50 per cent of the d agreement to a modified charter of rights and freedoms which would be entrenched in the d acceptance of language rights for French or English canadians where numbers Levesques lists objections Quebec feels betrayed paper to fight for Victory by Maureen Brosnahan and Cecil Rosner Manitoba Premier Sterling Lyon yesterday called the new constitutional agreement a Victory for the country and insisted Ottawa failed to win an entrenched charter of the Premier said the Federal govern ment gave up More than the provinces in reaching a final i think that what we have ended up with today does represent a consider Able Down of the Federal Posi he opposition Leader Howard Pawley also found the agreement encourage i am pleased that the intransigence of some premiers and the prime minis Ter has been overcome and that a constructive Compromise arrangement appears to have been arrived Pawley said Best thing Manitoba Liberal Leader Doug Lauchlan applauded the statesman ship of both the premiers and the prime minister which allowed them to com Promise their positions so that this historic agreement could be Lauchlan said he was particularly pleased that Lyon moved from his earlier completely intransigent Posi Tion because it was the Best thing for As Well As but progressive party Leader Sid see citizens Page 4 rate Falls the Bank of Canada rate dropped More than half a Point and chartered Banks swiftly followed suit by lowering their prime election giveaways nip Leader Howard Pawley was blasting tory resource giveaways yesterday while Premier Sterling Lyon ventured into enemy proud Lions the three oldest members of the the Lions have been walking tall this week As they prepare for the semifinal against the wont Stop the City will continue to use five ambulances identical to one which caught fire Index Ann 8 18 20 Jumble 31 25 24 55 31 32 31 7 47 28 sports 51 20 32 6 to ;