Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 18, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba W Iii i in i Manitoba voters have tory defeat delights Brandon swings solidly to Macmaster loses one Man s dream another Nightmare by Gordon Sinclair a Little election night pub and poll or the tories we rent the Only ones crawling around tuesday tear John last John i was telling me two recurring nightmares he in he wakes up on the morning of and hears the Premier Howard Good in the Robertson is Back Selling shoes at the like he did 25 years in his premed a things Arent that but As of last John Rober Ston is in a matter of two months Hes gone from making a incredible 000 a year with abcs 24 to making Sterling the didst even make per annul i dropped in to see Robertson at his St Annes Road Campaign Headquarters and found him in his Tittle there was a television beside and in living Black and White with a smile wide pre Mier elect Howard being led triumphantly before his times one mans Nightmare is another mans Robertson sat there oblivious to the he was wearing a Blue a red Rose and the look of a football coach trying to figure out what went wrong with his we had no game he we were making things up in the Hud Robertson was laughing and remarkably relaxed for a Man who had just been handed the vital Riding on All ironies official Csc election night a gift from a former col i with one poll Robert son had votes to new Democrat Jim Walding in the Days before yesterdays see Robertson Page 4 flurries today 0 Cloudy tonight 5 final 250 Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 second class mail registration number 0286 november 109 no 294 Sun rises sets Moon rises sets nip scores Meg Victory 3423 Pawley sweep ousts Lyons tories by Ingeborg Boyens there were no second chances for the firs term conservative administration yesterday As Manitoba voters elected a 34seat new democratic party majority the voters apparent disapproval of Sterling Lyons policies left the prov Ince politically polarized and divided into North and the provinces two minority the Liberal and the progressive Par gave up All of their seats in the tories Call for review by Mary Ann full Gerald the defeat of the conservative government yesterday brought into the open some Calls for a review of pre Mier Sterling Lyons we lost so there must be a Vaughan a former Manitoba director of the National said last night at the party Wake at the Holiday inn after new democrats decisively swept the conservatives from several other who have been privately critical of Lyon style Leader echoed bards Baird picked tory member of parliament Jake Epp Provencher or Brian finance minister in Lyons Cabinet As men who can Lead us to upbeat and statesmanlike in gave no indication he is ready to step Down when he spoke to a still stunned by the magnitude of the 34 23 which had gathered at the downtown better politicians than i have lost Winston Churchill lost in 1945 see Many Page 4 Manitoba legislature in the nip the conservatives were left with 23 losing 10 Ridings to the when the election was called 35 Days the tories held 32 seats in the legislature the 20 the Progress three the one and one seat was Premier elect Howard Pawley earned per cent of the popular vote whittling conservative support to 44 per cent from its Al time High in the official change in government will not take place for several Pawley and Lyon were to meet today after a Cabinet session to discuss the a session of the new legislature is Likely to be called before the end of the 73 per cent turnout about or 73 per cent of the provinces eligible cast a ballot although a close race had been pre it was Clear half an hour after the polls had closed that the nip were headed for the final gave the nip just As Many seats As Pawley had Manitoba 19th Premier is a mild Selkirk lawyer and 12year Veteran of the he turns 47 on our hard work and our Faith in the people of Manitoba has been Reward Pawley told euphoric supporters last night Over shouts of in a Short speech of Pawley promised Manitoban a government they can be proud gracious loser Lyon was a gracious loser last promising to work cooperatively with the new nip administration for the betterment of the he said he would be willing to assist the govern ment in its negotiations on the Mega because these opportunities Are there for All it was a Tough fought see new Page 4 a jubilant Premier elect Howard Pawley addresses enthusiastic supporters after his party Victory last developers get tax break Maceachen relents on budget to Spur apartment unit construction four tory ministers fail in reelection bid by Chris Smith thousands of apartment units stalled or killed by thursdays Federal Bud get can now be finance minister Allan Maceachen said As Many As of those apartment units Are planned by Winnipeg Deve a local Developer said yester the loss of those rental mostly in the Calgary would mean a loss of about said president of coordinated communities United Way the Ashen face of George one of four conservative Cabinet ministers to be Defeated along with their government told the Story of his ours was the right i sin merely believed we would a dejected Minaker told a crowd of Down cast supporters in his James constituency for some we Minaker joined Energy minister Don education minister Keith and labor minister Ken Mac master As key losers last in an Macmaster said he will seek a recount in the Northern which he lost in a tight race to Steelworker Steve Macmaster said there were too Many discrepancies in vote which left him with votes to Ash tons there Are still 41 Hospi Tal Mailin votes to be the most surprising upset came with the defeat of Craik in Riel constituency by his nip challenger Doreen do who lost to Craik by Al most votes in the last Provin Cial tallied votes to for at tory Campaign a subdued Craik professed More concern for the future of Manitoba than for his own personal dont worry about Don ill be Allim More worried about the Craik said he was concerned about what the new administration plans for the three proposed tory Meg projects Alcan the Potash mine and the Prairie Power theres no question that an nip government could jeopardize these that what in worried about More than anything see four Page 4 i its 1981 Campaign officially the United Way has reached per cent of its goal of As Many As apartment units across the country would not Likely have been built As a result of the budget Greenberg what the government had done by changing the rules on ple unit residential buildings in mid to close tax Loop holes r for the Rich has put a halt to new rental accommodation in areas that really need Greenberg last thursdays budget changed immediately the method of deducting from tax the soft costs of a curb those soft costs promotion sex and Mort Gage and interest expenses incurred during construction of a project could have been deducted from other income until but under the new those costs had to be capitalized along with hard costs and deducted As capital costs at five per cent a it was that immediate application of the new provisions that concerned Greenberg As much As the actual tax he said the government put the Industry in limbo by making the provi Sions effective immediately and it is that move which would have prevented the units from being but Greenberg also said in an inter View yesterday he hoped the govern ment would announce a Grandfather clause extending the curb tax shelter As they were before the to the end of the later in the Day Maceachen announced the government is Chang ing its budget proposals to permit the resumption of construction of thou see developers Page 4 Levesque rejects Compromise bid to draw Quebec into Constitution Ottawa up the Federal government and nine provinces agreed yesterday to modify their Constitution Al package in a bid to draw Quebec into the but Premier Rene Levesque rejected the Compromise As bickering continued Over guarantees of sexual Equality and another card was dealt in the High stakes game with the election of a new Manitoba there was no immediate comment on the Constitution from Manitoba Premier elect Howard whose new democratic party swept to Vic tory Over progressive conservative Sterling one of the most Stead fast of a Strong charter of Federal nip Leader de Broadbent told a lat night Ottawa news conference that Pawley had strongly endorsed women and natives rights during the provincial there has been intense pressure on the Federal government since some provisions in both areas were dropped from the constitutional Deal signed two weeks ago by the eight other English provinces and precise details of the concessions offered Quebec were not made pub Federal officials said the changes were fashioned from proposals outlined saturday by prime minister Trudeau said then he was willing to water Down minority language Educa Tion allow provinces to receive compensation for opting out of pro Grams affecting language and permit Quebec to limit the flow of workers into Levesque told the National Assembly later yesterday nothing proposed to Date by the Federal liberals or Quebec opposition Leader Claude Ryan goes far enough to bring the province Back to the bargaining the Premier picked apart suggestions by Trudeau and Ryan on the three Points in dispute and warned we will not accept anything that will reduce matter How Little the Powers of the provinces Assembly and its mob violence Northern Ireland Secretary James prior faced an angry mob shouting murderer and traitor at the funeral of a slain protestant thread of a lifetime More president Reagan was scheduled today to make a speech on arms control aimed at convincing Western Europe of the need for More sports theres a basketball team in town that in a out of its although not necessarily out of its Index Ann 29 39 29 28 64 6 8 Jumble 37 37 7 39 59 sports to ;