Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 9, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 14 Winnipeg free november 1981 Quebec up the Quebec government announced today that it has reached agreement with general dynamics to Purchase control of Asbestos for under the terms of the the government will buy 51 per cent of the voting shares of general dynamics Canada through which the based Parent company controls Asbestos one of the provinces major producers of Asbestos in a joint finance minis Ter Jacques Parizeau and resources minister Yves Duhaime explained that the Deal will make general dynamics and Quebec publicly owned Asbestos company society National de 1amiante partners in Asbestos at least for the next few Between three and five years after the the society National de 1amiante will have an option to Purchase the rest of general dynamics its Canadian subsidiary for a share plus 16 per com pounded this would bring the total Cost of the buys control of Asbestos Deal to million in current if general dynamics Doest want to the society National can still exercise the option in the fifth year for the same a share plus 17 per cent compounded any dividends paid by general dynamics Canada to its Parent company during the five years following today transaction would be applied to the Price the society National would pay under the terms of either if the two parties decide to continue their each will have first option to buy if the other wishes to under the Quebec will be in control of the Large Asbestos mine at Thetford 100 Kilometres South of Quebec the Montreal and Toronto Stock exchanges stopped trading in Asbestos shares when the Stock was Selling at about a Quebec government pension fund investment Agency already holds 10 per cent of Asbestos the remaining shares Are held privately and by other pension Maverick pc Premier Rene Levesque announced in a plan to acquire 100percent ownership of Quebec second largest producer of the fire resistant Mineral Fibre after John Manville Canada through the Purchase of Asbestos mining the Quebec govern ent plans to increase Asbestos process ing in the eight per cent of Quebec Asbestos now is processed when the government prepared legislation to take Over the assets of Asbestos it said it preferred a negotiated in Quebec offered general dynamics a or about general dynamics said the shares were Worth general dynamics refused the que Bec offer and launched a Legal Chal Lenge to the provinces right to expo but the supreme court of Canada ruled earlier this year that the company could not Appeal an earlier lower court ruling confirming Quebec right to nose at party Bill Yurko expects hell have to run As Independent in next election o to a a t f o q if a 1 if in Loelf Urt slim i Ottawa up Maverick progressive conservative Bill Yurko knows the Price for splitting with his party and opposition Leader Joe Clark on the but he Doest after 12 years in Federal and Provin Cial he says he will prob ably have to run As an Independent in the next election if he Hast already switched to the who won the Edmonton East Federal seat in 1979 after seven years in the Alberta added in an inter View that he can easily afford to be contemptuous of Clark and to Call for his uncommon Independence and a touch of vanity Are found in the excitable Little Man who says he has Cavor Ted with the made Money and held High office to the Point that the usual passions of politicians mean Noth ing to the former chemical Engineer won a bouquet from prime minister Trudeau last week As he tabled in the commons his new constitutional agreement with the the Praise stemmed from Turkos motion urging the government to bring the Constitution to Canada if the provinces did not with Clark away for the the motion unexpectedly won unanimous the Only Days before the sovereignty association referendum in was a product of Turkos lifelong ambition to boost National the incident embarrassed Clark and widened the Gulf Between the two but it grew to an unbridgeable chasm pms pact lacks Manitoba of Mercier up to legislature a curious Legal brought on in part by the Manitoba May see the new constitutional agreement reached in Ottawa last week go to Britain without the absolute approval of the province of Man the reached in by nine of the 10 was signed by attorney general Gerry Mercier on behalf of but Mercier signed part of the agreement the controversial Sec Tion of Trudeau charter of rights which deals with minority language and education rights condition that it is approved by the Manitoba it was this Section which caused Quebec to break ranks and refuse to sign the agreement with the other until the 17 election is Over and a vote is taken at a subsequent legislative not Likely until late the agreement lacks Manitoba Mercier said when questioned on the technicality during the a spokesman for Premier Sterling Lyon said the technicality will not Likely prevent Trudeau from taking the arrangement to Mercier said he was acting Only in his capacity As a provincial Cabinet member and thus a member of the executive Council when he attended the sessions in since Manitoba is in the midst of an there is no he but the Cabinet and the executive Council still have the Power to function As the government in the it was in that capacity that he signed the agreement on behalf of when Yurko announced he would be the Only tory to vote for Trudeau unilateral drive to Yurko says National Unity takes precedence Over All other and to him As Well As to Alberta Premier Peter his first political Lead principles Are Ive never developed the same re Spect for he Peter Lougheed stood for but with he had an but personally had no principles or absolute desires Yurko says his party must replace Clark next year or be stuck with him for the next Federal election which he says they cant win without a new Liberal overtures Yurko expects his Riding already upset by his will give someone else the forcing1 him to run next time As an another intriguing possibility is to accept one of the Many overtures that have been made to him to join the Liberal desperate to gain any foothold in the West where it has Only two of 77 available but the former Alberta housing and environment minister int interested in just any Cabinet he wants a specific task can believe such As managing re form of the Senate to make it a More realistic regional voice in if they want to entice me Over and i could work on something like a major Reform of the Senate or bringing the re Gions together i might be interest nourish your underfed budget with some Quick classified makes it All you have to do is dig out the items you dont want anymore and give us a one of our Friendly advisors will help you place a result getting classified and to sell youll Geue sults because classified reaches people who Are ready to buy and searching through the classified theres no better Way to put your income on the Rise free press classified 9562330 just Call to 10 monday through Friday people read classified lost rights clause spurs coalition of native leaders Ottawa up when the Federal government bowed to pressure from the provinces last week and dropped aboriginal rights from the proposed it shocked native leaders into realizing if they remain divided they will surely to counter Ottawa Lead ers of the country million natives their backs to the Wall met this weekend in Ottawa to form a co something they had rejected for while those meetings were continuing a group of inuit political led by new Democrat my Peter was to meet prime minister Trudeau in a last ditch attempt to get him to rein state aboriginal rights in the under pressure from at least six Ottawa agreed to delete the native rights clause last week As part Trudeau accused of hypocrisy Thompson staff the chief of the Theresa Point Indian band has accused prime minister Trudeau of hypocrisy for championing the rights of natives in foreign lands while bar gaining away Indian rights at chief Joe Guy who is also a director of the Keewatin now Okima kanak association representing More than 20 Northern Indian said the decision last week by Trudeau and the premiers to drop native and aboriginal rights from the proposed charter was made without a twinge of con the removal of even minimal guarantees previously negotiated in Good Faith is definite Wood it is Clear to us that Canadian indians Are regarded As people whose rights Are not worthy of being entrenched in a new he added that while Trudeau was basking in the International limelight As Champion of the rights of native people in the third world he was doing the opposite at Trudeau was made a citizen of the world and awarded the 1981 society for the family of Man Gold medallion in new York City Only hours after he and the premiers reached an agreement on the new charter of we Are angry but i Only Hope the Indian action taken in response to this defeat and deceit will be peaceful and the chief of a constitutional inuit sources say an Ink representing the Eastern and others would try to convince Trudeau that he could reinstate the clause with out provincial consent because Cana Das natives Are a Federal Metis and inuit leaders representing one million natives joined native women the Dene from the Northwest the Yukon indians and an official of the native Friendship centres to work out a common even the National Indian brother which represents indians who receive assistance under Federal took part As observers despite being blamed by others for giving the government the excuse to drop the native rights Issue bungled Itti Nuar and native Council Lead represent Metis and non status indians Are said to be bitter at Canadas status indians for Bun gling the Issue at everyone sex the brotherhood is made up of provincial Indian Many of which travelled to London to try to persuade British maps to Block Ottawa has tended to look at the brother Hood As speaking for natives while almost ignoring the native Justice minister Chretien says the government dropped the clause be cause Many Western Indian leaders strongly opposed it in he says native leaders will still be Able to meet Trudeau and the premiers in a constitutional conference after a native leaders accuse Chretien of telling a boldfaced lie to justify saying they supported the clause while arguing that it didst go far enough because it did not provide a veto on amendments that affect but privately they admit that the umbrella group for the status indians who protested Vehe mently in ducked its responsibility by not putting those pro tests on saturday represent Ives from More than 35 National Ethan cultural organizations were urged by Canadian labor Congress president Dennis Mcdermott to try to Force the govern ment to restore native i urge you to speak out on this matter during the conference and to have your member organizations act As we intend to in mobilizing Public opinion to Force our governments to restore the native rights guarantee to the charter of he 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