Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 28, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free november 1981 a photo r Santa sendoff volunteers in Santa Glaus outfits March through new Glaus after the Parade the santas went to their Yorks limes Square yesterday during the annual Santa Street Corners to collect Christmas Canada seeks release of women from Reuters up Guatemala City diplomatic efforts Are continuing to secure the release of four Quebec women who together with five guatemalans Are being held in connection with allegations that children have been smuggled abroad for in an external affairs department spokesman said the women appeared before a Justice of the peace yesterday and were ordered held in jail until the magistrate decides whether there is enough evidence to warrant a Rejeane Dodd said the Canadian embassy in Guatemala City has been informed by guatemalan officials that there were irregularities in the Way the adoptions were the embassy has already attempted to obtain the release of the the presented at a news con Ference includes canadians Monique a doctor married to another doctor Diana a nurse married to a Federal Gover ment financial analyst Lise fran a Mother who is married to a lawyer and Simone who was acting As an escort for a child adopted by a Quebec the guatemalans include Edmon Mullet Secretary general of the opposition National renovation arrangements to adopt the children were made in Montreal and were legalized by the Consul general of Guate Mala in Canada on the Montre Al la Presse in a Canadian embassy spokesman said that contrary to the la Presse report the women were arrested at a not at the and that five not Are in in an Telephone interview with Csc Simone Bedard said All of the children including a tiny five Pound baby had the proper papers and that their baggage had been packed the night before police came to the Lin the families of four Montreal women Are upset about the Lack of information which they have been provided by guatemalan authorities and the external affairs depart John husband of one of the imprisoned said it is completely absurd to think we would have got involved in a Black Market for foreign if that had been our do you think we would have had our Canadian and guatemalan lawyers go through such a great number of Legal procedures Jean a prime minister Trudeau must get personally involved in the its a simple question of getting us outgoing ministers looking for jobs some returning to just being others reentering private sector continued from Page j had same offers in the business and education the three ministers said they had no regrets about seeking Minaker Hast been available for three ministers government ser vices minister Warner min ister without portfolio de Mcgill and cultural affairs minister Norma Price seek All said their decisions not to run we rent prompted by fear that the conserva Tives would lose announced his intention to retire two years said he had decided in 1977 that he was running for the last he publicly cockatoo spotted at the wrong time in wrong place continued from Page 1 Webster said he looked past the accused into the living room and just before we had any conversation 1 us served a White cockatoo walk across the living room Webster told con Bot they were investigating the theft of a cockatoo and he believed that was the mis sing the officer said he attempted to seize the but when i tried to catch he tried to bite he he snared the Bird in a Towel and stuffed it inside his Jean he said it caused a Little bit of a but it was cold out that Day and 1 didst want the thing to the Bird was taken to the Public safely building and stashed in an office filing where it remained for Constable Richard Guyaden Testi fied he didst want to take it out of the asked whether he was afraid of being Guyaden re plied 1 want too fond of the defence counsel Neil Kravetsky said neither he nor his client had any idea sugar was so he said he was astounded when he found out it was priced at to As a Lay it looked like any other Kravetsky Garth another wetland was asked at the preliminary hearing Why somebody would be willing to pay for a Budgie and for a because it is a Bird that people Burman it is Why would somebody buy a Jaguar automobile versus a judge Kennedy noted he had no explanation Why combot had the and asked whether he had some particular attachment to or was it simply a joke Kravetsky said who has a minor criminal has an Affinity for the week before the he went into schmidts store wanting to buy a couple of judge Kennedy said the Case was but in passing he said even if the accused didst know How much the Bird was the offence was still serious and War ranted a announced his decision last who this year married brew Ely executive John said her decision not to seek reelection was prompted by her husbands pending the remaining 10 outgoing Cabinet ministers will receive about a year in Las pay and expense allow drop of about a health minister Bud Sher wound up his Public communications and publishing Busi Ness when he was appointed to Cabinet four years a closed Chap he i have developed differ ent interests since but when the smoke of Battle the former my for Winnipeg South and la since 1969 says he will look at possibilities within the Provin Cial conservative organization and in the health and business he his main intent is to be a very Good la for fort no decisions finance minister Brian Ransom says he will spend some time with his family and will assess How badly my person Al financial interests have deteriorated Over the past four who owns a mixed farming operation in the Boissevain also is co owner of a tourist Lodge on Lake of the Woods in he was also a resource work ing mainly in Saskatchewan and Mani attorney general Gerry and Gary both say they have made no Mercier is a lawyer and Hilmons principal business interest has been a business College which he put in a Blind Trust when he became a Cabinet agriculture minister Jim natural resources minister Harry and highways minister Don have All maintained their farming operations and will return to Northern affairs minister Doug says he has a Small acreage and his family owns a fast food operation in Swan Gourlay says he plans to maintain a constituency office in Swan economic development minister Frank Johnston says he will go Back to my business manufacturers Agency and recreation minister Bob is a partner in a Steinbach business which operates three automobile dealerships and will go Back to the car Banman says he has no i can sleep with a Clear we did what we said wed do i think everyone knew where we Gas hike cushioned by tax Cut continued from Page 1 without the tax the increase would translate into a retail Price increase of cents a litre cents a mines minister Judy Erola tabled a motion in the commons yesterday con firming Ottawa previously announced intentions to end the Spe Cial after the federa Alberta Energy pact was reached in Ottawa dropped a special tax imposed when Alberta began to Cut Oil production to protest the National Energy Ottawa Tern Pora Rily increased by the same amount an existing tax to help offset the Esti mated deficit this year in the Petroleum compensation the fund is used to compensate Oil companies importing foreign crude for the difference Between the Price of Domestic a and the world Price of about a Canada imports about barrels of Oil a or 25 per cent of its gasoline and heating Oil prices Are not scheduled to increase again until March pm says Quebec lost veto Power continued from Page 1 would never accept the 5 Accord Between Trudeau and premiers of the nine English speaking Trudeau in his Telegram yesterday did not go so far As to Tell Levesque the province has no veto but he told Hie commons that if there was a Quebec lost it when Levesque made an april pact with seven other premiers to solidify opposition to Trudeau Theu unilateral constitutional he said if anyone had defended que becs veto it was the Federal the position that i have always maintained is that we since 1 directed the Canadian government have always sought an amending formula which was based on the idea of Region the existence of four regions in he and but in an extremely important recognized a veto right for the province of que Trudeau said in he was responding to a planted question from Liberal Bac Bencher David Berger Trudeau said it is up to the courts to decide if Quebec really has a veto when to rally the seven other dissident accepted the idea that All the provinces Are equal and when he signed the april 16 he let die the right to veto which we were ready to recognize in the Amend ing i dont want to say what the Law is in this but i want to say simply that since 10 years we proposed a constitutional amending formula which would have Given a veto to the province of Quebec and that it is the government of Levesque which let fall the veto right which we were ready to he specified that Ottawa had not been ready to recognize the veto right in but had been ready to recognize it in an amending Trudeau was referring to an earlier amending formula which would have Given Ontario or Quebec or combinations of the four Western or Eastern provinces the right to veto constitutional the commons last night turned Down a tory antiabortion amendment by a vote of 12960 with members of All parties breaking and it killed by 11785 a proposal to allow Ottawa to act unilaterally to allow the two Northern territories to become under the new con provincial consent to creation of new provinces would be required whereas the tories wanted Ottawa to act Security bodies watch for Tut teams Washington a Security agencies have bolstered their body guard forces and tightened Border controls after being warned that libyan or other Arab hit teams entering the United states via Canada or by other Means Are out to assassinate president Reagan and other top american offi we take those reports very said one Security specialist he and other Security officials con firmed yesterday that sources in the Middle East warned last week that one or More assassination teams might infiltrate the United possibly from the re ports included the names of about six would be said the offi in immigration minister Lloyd Axworthy said there Are no plans to toughen Security checks on libyan citizens entering Canada unless the government can provide names of potential troublemakers or details of potential terrorist i dont think Canada is a Haven for terrorists at he told the record of Secu Rity clearance has been very Good Over the stricter checks most officials asked not to be identified in discussing the and offered few details about what specific Steps were being but Ray the customs service director for North Dakota and said agents along the Canadian Border Are More closely checking identification for whom Security is routinely is at his secluded ranch in his Protection has remained at a stepped up level since he was shot last March it is known that the Protection of at least two Cabinet state Secretary Alexander Halg and defence Secretary Caspar has been Haig and Wein Berger Are due to travel overseas and Security officials said they Are especially concerned that the two might be exposed to danger from other possible assassination teams Abc news reported thursday that libyan agents had been assigned to assassinate Reagan and other top High officials and were believed to have already entered the through can quoting unidentified Abc said monitoring of the Canadian Bor especially in the Detroit had been increased As part of a special investigation under the direction of Fri director William the Fri had no comment yester strike ship gets reprieve Halifax up a delicate towing operation to save the euro Princess from watery destruction began late last As Mobil Oil the operators of an Oil Rig anchored a half Kilometre watched Early yesterday the 26 Crew members of the 175metre Grain Carrier 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