Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 8, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Retirement rules cd i d Absurdity by Paul Moloney an absurd situation is created by the contradiction Between a provincial Law which does away with age discrimination and another statute which Legal izes forced retirement for civil ser the Manitoba court of Appeal was told Jack Dean of the University of Manitoba Law said the Law now says the provincial government must dismiss a 65yearold but it cannot turn Down an equally Quali fied 66yearold person who applies to fill the this is an an Absurdity and an anomaly that be London was arguing on behalf of Aubrey who was dismissed As Deputy registrar of the Appeal court two years ago when he reached the age of in Justice Hamilton of Manitoba court of Queens Bench ruled that Newport was wrongfully the government appealed judge Hamiltons decision and this resulted in yesterdays the Appeal Wurch in a split decision in threw out the mandatory clause in a labor yesterday reserved its decision on the Newport London said another example of Absurdity in the current Law is that it is Legal for ire provincial government to fire but its not Legal for any other employer to do Justice Gordon Hall interjected that it see Ais obvious from the civil service superannuation act that the government does not want to employ people Over 65 years of age despite the fact the human rights act makes age discrimination judge Hall said the implication is that the government fears its work Force would become to heavy with older workers if compulsory retire ment was not we have to have a system where people Are moving out at the top so Young people could move in at the he see suit Page 4 fill reflects on life a year after John Lennon 21 Cloudy today 3 Cloudy tonight 12 december 1981 final Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 Pocono class mail hegis1 ration number 0286 vol 110 no 8 Sun rises sets Moon rises 3 0 p m 1 1 up photo a f in Santa was caught without an Elf yesterday when his car tire wont run such a risk Christmas he plans to rely on blew a Flat on the Way to a shopping Plaza in Santa Rudolph and his other Reindeer to get him Chretien r As Ottawa up Justice minister Jean Chretien will escort his govern ments hard fought constitutional package to London tonight where it must Cross one last hurdle before be coming the which survived More than 14 months of amendments and often bitter debate in now must navigate both Chambers of the British British prime Thatcher has promised to introduce Canadas Resolution at Westminster before the scheduled 24 Christmas but a heavy legislative timetable May delay passage until Gebru a final ceremony proclaiming the new Constitution in effect some sections will be delayed for up to three years be held then in Chretien has scheduled meetings with both government and opposition politicians during his fou Day stay in the British capital to explain the resolutions contents and he is also scheduled to hold what one government official Calls a How Are you meeting with the Queen tomorrow and Brief her on the historic proposals to sever Canadas last colonial Chretien begins his trip to London Only a few hours after the Senate completes its final vote on the constitutional proposals and after the commons and Genais speakers deliver the proposals to de Schreyer in a Brief ceremony at government schreyers Esmond but will accompany Chretien on the flight to Butler will meet tomorrow with the Queens sir Philip to ask the Monarch normally to place the constitutional proposals before the British a handful of dissident including some from the government promised to vote against the Resolution to protest concerns ranging from Quebec opposition to the Lack of Protection for the but they had Little Chance of quash ing the guaranteed easy passage by the overwhelming Liberal there Are 63 government senators in the ornate upper compared with 25 progressive conservatives and four twelve seats Are several Liberal senators oppose the Resolution on the grounds it isolates the Only province which re fused to sign the 5 Accord upon which the Resolution is several senators argued yesterday that passing the Resolution without Quebec approval would Only help the see senators Page 4 farm Mac dealers report declines of 50 or More by Maureen Brosnahan local farm machinery dealers report a drop of Between 50 and 70 per cent in sales last month and Many Are blaming it on the new Federal the confusion of the Farmers Over the has brought us to a Vir Tual said David executive officer for Coop which had a 70percent drop last month compared with november and december usually Are Strong months for farm machinery dealers because Farmers buy Large usually to at the end of the year so they can reap the benefits of a tax write off and beat Price increases in but finance minister Allan Macea Chens budget Cut the capital Cost Al which had permitted Farmers to write off 30 per cent of the Cost of equipment each year As to 15 per the people that i have been talking to Are very confused about this budget has upset the whole Apple said Gerry owner of Gerry Henchel implements who estimates his sales dropped 50 per cent in its turned a lot of Farmers Treyve got a big they see the government closing in on this is the worst Ive Ever said Wendel owner of Bison equipment whose sales were Down 60 per cent in november from the same month last we did have a fairly Good month in but no vember was really a Polowick estimated the tax break was responsible for about per cent of Large machinery sales in november and its a new bail game for us in we lose that sales the Bison owner Keith owner of Bowes equip ment in Portage la said the entire was prices were Down with High interest this last hammering that Mac Eachen has hit everyone Over the head with drove the last Nail in the he some dealers said the com p w i Froin the news sen Warsaw i regime Lau Nuvy s on the accusing Cecii overthrow of the charges against the government carried taped door Solidarity Leazie Al leaders of confrontation the heard Tala of National the ii ice reported Thi rations Chi charged with insulting it is Tiv Ity was Fonn v i someone of been of mat if you go Back even one he then i will Cut your head off and if i am not doing someone else will do Jan the Union chief in is quoted As advocating a transitory government to stabilize Poland until free elections for political councils could be Rule ski said this temporary government could take the form of a Locial economic he was supported in according to the see polish Page 4 the charge was ments that v polish Parli Arneri and that some pm pie la be hanged to solve Jurczyk Ivd by the try bunk the and use Ray another meet in i carried inns Rwjr Ilio Radom the i Walesa was a to i wanted to Resh cd Frici tation in a All social groups v but i a traae a thought we would it i and then we would Cerns and local govern Chi count ii and so at another Point Well Only we dont the maximum r Tipsy As Little As vow one should pick the once during the Seweryn i Lief of Solidarity Walesa o to the pubic Siili i bind with High interest rates and Low crop has created a heavy Bur Den on 1 dont think you can attribute it All to the said Chuck Canadian sales manager for versatile farm equipment its a combination of i cant just blame it on the said Jim owner of Henderson Power Polowick said Farmers were hoping for a boost from the but it didst he said its left an air of uncertainty hanging Over the farming 1 cant see whats going to i just live from Day to Day and see what i can he in while the v in sports appear l i improving Riili the Case Wilh Christmas almost total for this i i while i be a Little there is n because n of rallied to tin c i Al i j 1 the fund i i total o the news services about 200 hostages were shuttling in four planes taken Over yesterday in two separate hijacking incidents spanning two one group of hijackers took Over three venezuelan jetliners carrying More than 250 people in a coordinated operation after landings in Honduras and Guatemala and the release of 107 two of like planes with 100 people reported aboard took off Early today from Hon Duras and landed in the third an avens Boeing 727 with 53 people reported was at the Guatemala City Airport last there was no sign of the third plane in Panama this colombian officials said the sky pirates were armed with sub machine guns and they freed 22 hos tages on the Island of 67 in Colombia and 20 from the two apropos Tal dc9s that landed in officials there were conflicting reports of the nationality and goals of the Leader missing in the other hijacking involving a libyan three lebanese mos lems seeking the return of their miss ing religious Leader landed in Rome today with 41 hostages reported aboard after stops in Beirut and the three members of the shiite moslem sect and two others who joined them in Beirut demanded a in investigation of the disappearance three years ago of Imam Moussa the spiritual Leader of Lebanon shiites after a visit to they also demanded that the Leba Nese government break diplomatic re lations with Libya and that it make Public the judicial file on Sadr the lebanese shiites say Moa mar Khz Adays libyan regime is holding Sadr and earlier re ports from Beirut said the hijackers threatened to blow up the Boeing 727 unless the libyans handed him but a statement of demands issued in Beirut just before they took off made no mention of shiites have hijacked five other air liners in the last two years to focus attention on the disappearance of but none of the hostages was Ever the 53yearold Imam disappeared in see hijackers Page 1 o Jerusalem with More than enough ongoing problems to keep it israels political process is tied in knots Over two new raring to i want to get out from this from behind this beast says Manitoba education minister Maureen who raring to get a or yet soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov daughter inlaw has been ordered to report to the organization which issues exit visas to soviet heading Montreal Alou ettes have sent quarterback Gerry Dattilio to Calgary stampedes to Complete an earlier 8 25 04 Jumble 64 39 32 33 25 39 39 10 39 63 59 i 30 sports 48 6 21 32 to ;