Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 17, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Shuttle a costly aide indicates Fox ready to quit dish fight fib Hnton twin Toronto up the Federal department of which has been telling canadians it is illegal to operate stations for the reception of satellite television May be ready to concede it has been fighting a losing communications minister Francis Fox Fhay announce changes in govern policy on Earth satellite station ownership 28 in Joseph special assistant to said an interview the department is considering exempting individuals from licence requirements if they Are simply bringing in the satellite signals for their private use and there no Thornley he said if licences Arent required there would be no Way of restricting reception of foreign signals in meaning people would be Able to receive popular channels such As Home Box office and several Power television stations David a communications department the depart ment knows of More than 300 illegal Earth stations in Canada and estimated there could be three or four times As Ron owner of satellite connection in mount near says a dish and necessary receiving equipment costs about Cable companies and broadcasters Are wary of the Michael president of the Canadian Cable television said Cable firms would be at a disadvantage if individuals were allowed to receive satellite signals while the licensed Cable operator was prohibited from doing he said Cable firms could lose sub scribers if the communications depart ment extends the definition of an individual to include apartment and condominium dwellers who share a satellite the Federal government has recently lost court cases Newfoundland and British Columbia contesting the opera Tion of illegal Earth the courts decided satellite signals do not constitute broadcasting under the broadcast ing and radio free Cloudy tonight 2 Cloudy tomorrow 1 final 250 november 1981 Sun rises sets Mon sets close i re Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 second class mail Gist ration number 0286 cards in close vote by Ingeborg Boyens at least some political organizers Are hoping the weather will take a turn for the worse today As Manitoba voters Are called to the in a contest that has proven to be impossible to Campaign workers feel the weather May be their last Liberal and nip organizers both predicted yesterday or cold temperatures will Aid their cause by persuading fickle conservative voters to stay at but tory Campaign organizer Nate Nur Gitz said conservative voters Are no less zealous than their nip or Liberal although Rural voters have to travel much farther to their polling the turnout is usually High and often he weather forecasts called for dry but with above average on about per cent of the eligible up to turf Schreyer and his new democrats out of House kicks out Irish maps London a protestant politicians from enraged aver Britain failure to con Tain Iris Republican army screamed abuse in the House of com Mons yesterday and one threatened to make the British province Mungovern the maps were suspended from parliament they included Ian who said he believes other Northern Ireland members of the British parliament will be slain by the roman Catholic based Ira before prime minister Margaret warning against revenge said later hatred gives birth Only to a police with specially trained dogs hunted in and around the British Capi Tal for a huge Cache of explosives in see Hartline Page 4 election election 13 the lowest recorded turnout for a provincial Campaign occurred in when about 50 per cent of the voters made the trip to the polls to reelect a conservative in a record High of 87 per cent of voters cast their this voting at five Days of Advance polls shows election May be higher than was four years United Way Iuvone Day Leftich its 1981 United Way has reached 84 per cent of its goal of new 16 author draw More fire Ottawa up finance minister Allan Maceachen was called arrogant and indifferent while his new Federal budget was labelled deceitful by opposition leaders More spending new Democrat Leader de Broadbent accused Maceachen of showing his arrogance and indifference to the people of Canada by skipping the second Day of the budget debate to defend his policies Over lunch with a group of Broadbent said the introduced last is one without without Hope and without help for the people of opposition Leader Joe Clar called it a deceitful document that helps tax lawyers and Cabinet ministers while leaving most canadians in a the budget is so so untrue so that canadians can no longer Trust he the opposition parties later ganged up again but the majority Liberal government easily turned Back 144 to 112 an nip no Confidence motion on lib eral economic Clark said the budget has already had a negative Impact on several sectors of the proposals to reduce tax Breaks for investors forced a halt to construction of More than rental units across the country and put thou Sands of people out of he told the the proposals Deal with writing off so called soft costs during construction of apartments and condominiums such As promotional and Adver see budget Page 4 i Wolseley Likely to be one of the closest races in the twice As Many people voted in Advance polls in the contest pits tory la Len Domino against new demo crat Liberal Leader Doug Lauchlan and progressive Candi Date Murdoch Wolseley returning officer Rita ser bin said yesterday that 701 votes have been compared with 280 last time around its i guess because its such a close race everybody wants to Serbin Deputy chief returning officer Rick Balasko attributed the heavy turnout in Wolseley to several besides the have to remember the polls were 6nly open for three Days last he this time they were open five As redistribution May have had some shift in support Balasko said that while he had no Complete results it appeared that Advance voting had increased in most Ridings across the nip provincial Campaign chairman Wilson Parasiuk said turnout at the polls today will be very important for the party we think there is a shift in support from the conservatives to us this although the Campaign has attracted Little Media Parasiuk said the 35day Effort has generated real excitement at the grassroots the excitement in this Campaign has occurred at the in the streets and in the he Nur Gitz said the Quality of a party organization is reflected in voter turn a Good organization gets its vote out and a bad one the tory strategist the Only part that is important to us in our Liberal organizer Lynn Robson said the liberals will fare better in some tight races if the turnout from other parties int too the contest now is to see who gets the greatest response on election she tories would suffer Liberal executive director Tom Rob son said although All parties would be affected by bad the tories would suffer the the on the other on its sup porters to make the walk to the polling progressive party Leader Sidney Green predicted his party will score better if the turnout is although he Doest the staff to organize rides or babysitters for otherwise housebound i believe in the lightness of our he blaming the Media for portraying his Campaign As a Lack Lustre i dont acknowledge that because i think we were doing exciting things every he the conservatives committed million in election promises while the nip proposed to spend million to make its pledges come a Liberal plan to establish a Mani Toba Energy corporation could Cost the government about billion if every House in Manitoba was to be the nip promised to establish a government Oil exploration company called Manoil with a fou year budget of and a Mort see unregistered Page 4 James free press Deputy returning officer Alma Richardson registers a voter this morning at Queenston school in River Heights turnout was Light at some while others had women rights backed new constitutional package wont protect natives a a Irvino Wrijil i k a Ottawa up native rights will not be reinstated in the constitutional package but a key statement on Equality for women will probably be left Cabinet ministers indicated it was after a lat night Cabinet meeting whether concessions to Quebec suggested by prime minister Trudeau will be included in to be presented to key Cabinet including worked on the Resolution until Cost but refused to Tell reporters whether drafting was com plete or exactly what was inthe resold youll have to wait to see when its introduced in the said Justice minister Jean he hoped the Resolution would be tabled in the commons late today so debate could Start sources said last nights meeting was devoted mainly to possible conces Sions to which did not sign the 9 Accord Between Ottawa and the other nine Trudeau offered during the weekend to limit Access to English language education in give the province special status on mobility rights and provide financial compensation if it opts of future programs on culture and veto demanded Premier Rene who listed those three issues As the reasons he refused to join the said his province would sign Only if the new Deal recognizes Quebec right to he also demanded a veto Over future constitutional change or compensation for opting out in All Serge Federal minister responsible for said late yester Day it is technically possible to include Trudeau suggestions in the new Reso the other provinces have been consulted and none has objected said who also pointed out that the premiers had left it to Trudeau to try to bring Levesque into the agree in Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed said late yesterday his prov Ince would agree to changes suggested by Trudeau on mobility rights and financial compensation for opting out if they would win Quebec Indian affairs minister John Munro said he does not see any Hope of amending that Accord without the agreement of the other nine provinces on native although several provinces reported see native Page 4 danger signs a former ambassador to Moscow charges that the Reagan View of the soviets is not Only ineffective but Holden dead Academy award winning actor and wildlife conservationist William Holden was found dead yesterday morning at age i blow to sport finance minister Allan Maceachen has announced a Small but devastating hip Check to professional sports in his Federal crackdown soviet authorities have launched a Campaign to wipe out the Black Market ering that is producing underground 1 pm Mai i Index Ann 31 4 Billinkoff 7 31 23 28 57 6 32 8 29 Jumble 33 34 41 65 sports to t ;