Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 24, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free november 1981 John free Fless test run at win apes International Airport were out in Force Harbinger of things to temperatures for the next couple of but the scene was deceptive As the Light Snow melted later in the weeks will remain above Normal with no Majo Dis Ertassi Mai sold a environment Canada reports that while the snowfall was definitely a storm is expected to pass to South it yur n report by clean environment commission Calls for million disinfecting process continued from Pace 1 the cites representative said raw want Nevai Indio for o in continued from Page 1 the commission said the cites sew age disposal system Doest meet microbiological standards applied to the rest of the it called for an immediate target of 400 parts of faecal fool forms per 100 Millilitres of faecal conform readings in the beyond the treatment have ranged from 1000 to according to submissions to the because of these the report says the red is environmentally Unac and the cites current sewage treatment program wont Lead to improvements in water Quality in the the River was posted with warning signs by the City this but water skiers ignored the the commission noted the recreational especially on the River below the commis Sion said its objective is to reduce the infection carrying ability of the but not specially to restore the water for at the Public hearings last february the cites representative said the raw sewage is forced into the River from storm sewer overflow and is unavoidable with current the commission said the present contamination of the red by the City of Winnipeg creates conditions of possible Hazard to Public the commission said it is aware of the objections to chlorination As a method of disinfection and of the uncertainty surrounding the effectiveness and Side effects of the the commission said it called for the trial program because it has reservations on the chlorination process but of a Lack of unanimous opinion on its Side if the trial is effective it could Lead to chlorination of sewage at All three of Winnipeg treatment plants which City experts have said would Cost million to install and million annually to the City has jurisdiction Over its sewage treatment system and there fore the commission can Only make Winnipeg mayor William Norrie want available for Dave his executive said the City is in a quandary Over chlorination because of and possible Side effects of chlorine on the but we dont consider ourselves to be in an adversarial position with the he during the Public hearings Alex pen head of the cites water said Public health has been used As a Blanket rationale in five provinces for across Leboard chlorine Penman told the hearings the Cost of disinfection is and the re sults he said the City and province have debated the matter for effluent disinfection for Many the need for disinfection had to be measured in terms of human he on the aspect of human the commission says the existence of Haz Ards to human health cant be the red River downstream of the sewage Plant outfalls is in fact being used by Market gardens for evidence was presented that disease in particular May survive on plants until Harvest and May be passed Back to Man Caus ing human waste adds greatly to germs in surface Waters and disinfection would greatly reduce the risk of Dis the report the commission paid particular at Tention to a study done by Environ ment Canada scientist Jim Bell in 1978 which found strains of infectious bacteria which were resistant to certain these resistant strains were transmitting their resistance to other bacteria in the trial was first in French intense lobbying by natives preceded rights pact continued from Page 1 de with demands for French through no fault of we have a dearth of people who Are experienced in both said the adding that de Moi Sac is the Only Crown attorney in the province fluent in both official Lan Trudel added even though he is he expects to encounter some thorny Legal the English Legal terms dont quite translate in French As one would a novel from English to he legalistic terms Are very Georges Forest said that since his traffic ticket Case opened the door to the use of French in Manitoba things have now swung full he said in an interview French speaking lawyers should encourage French speaking clients to request the use of French i their the elder Forest also said the Lan Guage Issue int closed As far As he is a sign in the Boniface courtroom said no he plans to write a letter asking it be supplemented with one saying de Fence delegates to Pool rallying to Crow Regina up Saskatchewan wheat Pool delegates rallied around the controversial Crow nest pass freight rates yesterday and set stiff Terras before they will talk with the government on future costs for moving Prairie wracked by a year of internal Dis sension on the Pool delegates quickly mended fences and endorsed the 84yearold statutory rate for get Ting Prairie Grain to Export but the 144 delegates split into two groups during six hours of debate on How to spare existing freight rates and whether to stick with the Western agricultural conference Compromise policy on rail Pool delegates faced a heated reaction from Farmers after voting last year to accept the conference position that future rail transport costs from inflation be negotiated by the Federal railways and Many of the pools members interpreted the move As opening the door to reforming the Crow called nonnegotiable the Pool has Long maintained that the Crow set by legislation in was the position still held by the National Farmers but the three Prairie wheat pools joined with several other groups two years ago to form the conference As a common front in talks with the Federal delegates split yesterday on whether the Pool should still agree to enter negotiations with the Federal govern ment even if All other Pool demands Are one group of Pool delegates argued that accepting future negotiations con cedes that Farmers Are willing to pay More toward rail while the Lar Gest group supported Pool involvement in any future talks on transport the originally set in charges Farmers on half cent per ton a two thirds majority was needed to accept the conference policy and delegates voted 99 to 45 to agree to future the decision Means the Pool will be involved in talks with the Federal government on inflationary transport but Only if a list of other conditions Are Ottawa up women and native people May or May not have won a constitutional Battle Only time will without they won the rec Ord for intensive Cros Canada lobbying aimed at gaining Basic if in Canadian history has there been such a concentrated and vigorous Effort to Sway the minds of so Many governments As there has been since that was the Date prime minister tru Deau and nine of the 10 premiers All but Quebec Rene Levesque announced they had reached constitutional including a much contested charter of there were some Hooks to the parliament and All Legislatures would be Able to opt out of Basic constitutional rights accepted by All canadians Legal Freedom of speech and the press and Freedom from among and the rights of the first citizens of the North american continent were not initial reaction could have been de at As there was Little complaint about possible restrictions of such Basic rights Freedom of the in fact there still is but women groups launched a concentrated and continuing Campaign to reinstate the full effect of a clause that said the clause on native i does not Settle Lane hts Issue Ottawa up Justice minister Jean Chretien added a potentially explosive ele ment to the native rights clause that was reinstated in the Constitution in a lat night Chretien said Ottawa and All provinces except Quebec agreed to add the word existing to describe aboriginal and treaty rights the clause had recognized and affirmed in Ottawa original Chretien said the word Only clarifies the meaning of the clause and does not change what natives Are entitled native leaders Are uneasy with that interpretation and suggest the newly worded clause raises some Touchy questions about aboriginal or for the courts have so far limited the definition of aboriginal rights to fishing and since Indian and inuit groups across the country have claimed aboriginal title to great tracts of would this new clause prevent them from pressing those claims native leaders say the change was made because of a letter from Roy Ontario to Chretien this summer which summed up the feeling of several Mcmurtry said the original clause recognizing and affirming aboriginal and treaty rights would have serious and unfortunate consequences for urging Chretien to drop the clause from the Mcmurtry said aboriginal rights were Uncertain but it appears they Are property rights of a Quebec inuit Leader Charlie Watt said the letter shows Why the term existing was added using the term really limits aboriginal rights to Hunting and and what affect would it have on future Chretien Only clarifies Northern land claims settlements and Feder a provincial talks on aboriginal rights the crees and inuit of Northern Quebec signed a land claims agreement with Ottawa and the province in 1975 the Only land claim settlement to but what about land claims talks aready underway in the the Mackenzie Valley and the Eastern Arctic if any new rights Are worked out in a political Settle will they be put into the Constitution or merely be protected by legislation and what about the one million Metis and no status indians who have never before been legally recognized by Ottawa As aboriginal Peoples with some special status provisions of the constitutions charter of rights must apply to men and women the premiers and Trudeau had agreed that the Equality in certain also could be subject to the provision allow ing Ottawa and the provinces to pass Over Riding for women this left open the possibility for blatant while Many others praised the agreement Al though some recanted later women launched an intensive the full Story will be a Long time in but either represented by women groups or by waged a devastating lobby in the nations progressive conservatives and new democrats worked Judy minister for the status of worked with tory Flora Macdon Ald and new Democrat Pauline Jewett to pressure the whose government not Many months before had been in conflict with women made her office available to the same groups to lobby for provincial word gradually came out that premiers were agreeable All but Saskatchewan Allan he said he would not agree to open the Accord to strengthen the Equality clause unless native rights also were put the nip apparently immovable in the face of relentless held his native groups were at work always Ottawa and the provincial after months of leaders of about one million Metis and no status and about inuit formed a coalition in Ottawa to fight for rights Al though they did not agree what the rights most of about status indians did not join the coalition but also continued pressuring the natives held an aboriginal rights Day across the there were secret and not secret negotiations with the Federal there were demonstrations at the drop of a Feather but Ottawa made no secret of the fact it was using the pressure from women and natives to Sway provincial gov As late As yesterday Trudeau was telling protesting indians in to keep up their there were false Erola postponed a Champagne Victory party last week for All who had fought for women rights in the previous two but she seemed determined and Clear in her thoughts if there was to be it would be for the not the govern Erola threw her party last she and other maps were told then by Justice minister Jean Chretien that to for men and women and recognition of native rights would be included in the new Cliffords 1 Christmas clearance starts this thursday see tomorrows free press tops will be Selling at come 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