Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 10, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free november 1981 weak Economy could Worsen Federal continued from Page 1 Ottawa has enough Money to finance a Blanket program of interest in spite of the Federal governments added Energy Revenue projected from recent Federal provincial agree ments at billion Over the next Hal decade and a spending deficit currently running almost a billion Dol Lars less than a year the Revenue figures Are sus the extra billion depends on world Oil prices rising at a projected the current glut of Oil on the world plus a recent open defence key topic of Summit continued from Page 1 used the United states of wavering in its support of the Camp David peace process and of endangering the israeli negotiations for pales Tinian autonomy in the occupied West Bank and Gaza you cant sell us the Sharon told a news conference in Tel Israel will treat the saudis exactly As we treat every confrontation the foreign ministers of saudi Ara Bia and five persian Gulf states were meeting in Riyadh in preparation for a Summit meeting of the Gulf cooperation informed sources said Oman was urging formulation of a joint defence strategy and military links with the while Kuwait and other states that cooperation in economic development should be Given priority because it would improve their internal the sources said Kuwait was also urging diplomatic relations with the soviet Union while Oman was the other members of the Gulf Council Are the United Arab Qatar and saudi agreement to hold Down world bring into question the latest Price As for the easing of the deficit Fig that has largely been due to the tax Revenue generated by a stronger than expected Economy in late 1980 and Early a markedly weaker econ combined with Ottawa High in Terest debt Are expected to Worsen the deficit picture dramatically it might be impossible to justify spending Large sums of Money to Aid one segment of the population such As homeowners without offer ing similar help to others such As who also Are it would be very costly to subsidize All that is to pick out homeowners As one segment of the Economy and to decide that they Are in need of says George vice president and chief economist with the investment firm greenshields of Appeal to lenders what about the renters what about other segments of the Economy Saba feels that an Appeal to lending institutions to provide Relief for those in serious trouble will be the extent of the help offered by Ottawa in the and that Call will probably be backed with a commitment by Ottawa not to be harsh with the Banks in Bill an economist with info metric of also doubts the government has any massive interest rate Relief program in what Jarvis expects is some plan that is mostly cosmetic and does not require the massive expenditures anywhere from million to billion that a widespread Relief program could Maceachen has defended his refusal to play White Knight to saying they face no More than a Cash flow problem and they should Welcome mortgage deferral plans already offered by the under these immediate mortgage interest rates Are reduced and the amount of the reduction is tacked onto the principal of the Mort critics complain that in the homeowners will end up paying More through such ii Stew print up photo Gulf of Lawrence to rattle with War Halifax up aircraft and a submarine will try to out smart and outrun each other this week in the Gulf of Lawrence in an armed forces exercise using live Armuni four Canadian destroyers the athabaskan and Al the submarine Okana Gan left Halifax for the exercise area they will be joined later in the week by Antisubmarine planes and helicopters from the and live you say but military spokesmen stress that Only a wild several kilo metres off would endanger any of the military personnel in the cf5 aircraft which will conduct strikes against the surface ships each carry a target drone behind when a ship is ready to fire at the a Cable is the real plane scoots away and the target looking like an oversized Styro foam is left behind to be Des troyed by the warships computer aimed when the destroyers Are being fired they drag smaller targets Sev eral Kilometres behind giving the Jet pilots a smaller and More difficult instead of using a live practise torpedo fired by the submarine shut Down automatically within a certain distance of their warship tar give their targets a Friendly nudge and then Bob on the surface where their brightly coloured Cones Are spotted from recovery military exercises never go exactly As and last weeks temporary withdrawal from service of 16 older warships reduced by two the Assiniboine and Margaree no paper remembrance Day the free press will not publish on remembrance Day As All government offices and most retail businesses will be some convenience stores and All theatres will remain open through out the while transportation including train bus depots and airports will operate on a Holiday there will be no wicket or letter Carrier service but Spe Cial delivery and Street Box Clear Ance will operate on a Holiday 72 majority of canadians wants poll shows number of surface ships taking part in a defence department spokesman said yesterday it May be possible for the two ships to join the exercise in the week if inspections reveal no boiler a problem found on two sister which prompted the Navy to withdraw All similar ships from newer unaffected by the boiler did not All leave their Halifax base without incident since it was maintaining radio is the outbound destroyer Algon Quin left an incoming cuban fishing trawler somewhat confused As the two vessels approached each other in the Harbor not wanting to break its radio is the Algonquin gave two blasts on its Horn to signal the trawler Captain to pass by and then continued its journey Ottawa up a conducted for the Canadian human rights com Mission says 72 per cent of canadians questioned support the general principle of including a charter of rights in the cons Titu on More specific the poll says a majority of respondents favor constitutional safeguards against discrimination based on physical or mental ethnic alcoholism or drug and criminal the majority do not favor such Protection for the based on interviews last june with adults across the were released four Days after natives Given 48 hours to work out rights Deal continued from Page 1 Trudeau offered to Compromise yes telling inuit politicians he would reinstate rights for native Peoples in the territories which Are under exclusive Federal the inuit refused on grounds it would not be acceptable to the rest of the country countered by ing Trudeau to reinstate rights but delay implementation for three years while native groups negotiate what those rights Are with the Trudeau then gave them 48 hours to come a witha plan rights in a Way that binds the sources say status represented by the National Indian brother Hood and the Oneill nonmember native Council of Canada gave Ottawa the excuse to drop native the status indians opted to press their demands they succeeded in embarrassing the government by opposing Patria Tion but this backfired when Ottawa used their opposition As the basis for dropping native Indian leaders accepted a native rights clause in january but later rejected the native Council lost the most because the clauses inclusion in the Constitution marked the first time any government had recognized Metis and no status Indian they will have rouble getting Back Levesque no More talk into the Constitution because Ottawa is having difficulty defining what a Federal reports indicate there could be As Many As six million in the sources Many premiers oppose guaranteed native rights for fear it will Lead to Competition for and fishing and Gas and other prime minister Trudeau and the premiers of All provinces except Quebec struck a constitutional agreement which includes a charter of but makes Many of those rights subject to override by the Federal or provincial the poll for the human rights com conducted by crop of Mon said the majority of persons inter viewed supported in principle the inclusion of a charter in the of those 32 per cent strongly agreed there should be such a 40 per cent somewhat eight per cent somewhat eight per cent strongly 11 per cent did not know and one per cent gave no asked to state their opinion on a list of groups which could be protected under a 92 per cent wanted Protection for the physically 89 per cent for the 77 per cent for 69 per cent for racial 64 per cent for ethnic 61 per cent for Lan Guage 54 per cent for persons with a history of alcoholism or drug abuse and 53 per cent for persons with criminal Protection for homosexuals was favored by 32 per with 60 per cent seven per cent without an opinion and one cent with no the agreement reached last week does not contain explicit ant discrimination Section for drug abusers or persons with criminal while the majority polled favored a the majority also said that promoting Public awareness of human rights and their implications would be Tive in protecting human rights than ban Ning specific acts of sixty five per cent said promoting human rights would be More effective than a Twenty two per cent said discrimination bans Are More effective than Public awareness and nine per cent advocated a combination of both the poll found 69 per cent would support the use of quotas to ensure minorities get a fair share of Public service quotas appeared to be acceptable in All socioeconomic says the Japan a refer an balloonist Ben Abruzzo had his double Eagle v on course today in his attempt to Cross the Pacific and aides said everything is Fine aboard the 68 metre High japanese officials said that seven hours after the balloon took off Early today from this hot Spring spa in Central it had 708 Kilometres and was Over the Pacific about 378 Kilometres East of the Bosq set out across Pacific out entire Stock of Seiko electrics All fully i while quantities the double Eagle was maintaining an Altitude of the officials they Are of scheduled course and everything is air control officials at Tokyo Narita Airport Abruzzo and his three Crew members were bound for san the 51year old real estate Developer from Albu Quer said he Hopes to arrive by if conditions they head for the East coast of the United states Cross the Atlantic and land near the euro Pean Border of the soviet Larry Newman arid Maxie an All from of made the first successful transatlantic balloon Cross ing in the double Eagle ii in Newman is a Rizzos Copilot for the Pacific and the other two Crew member Are Ron Clark of Albuquerque and Rocky the japanese owner of the Benchana restaurant Aoki is k financing the the Crew is carrying a 30day Supply with the Gondola and the Craft is a tall As a 26storey Warren Tiabl Ishad Hosl 434 Portage Avenue next to the Bay and at Eaton place the for watches a ;