Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 2, 1982, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free december 1982 festival manager denies allegations continued from Page 1 contract with the festival do Voya said he saw nothing wrong in using the to set up the Assoc a he said he received the Money from Manitoba wildlife federation executive director Paul Murphy a few Days after his company managed a Success Ful Casino for the we made probably about More than the federation expected from that because it was an exceptional he some people Casino licensees have a party for staff some buy Paul Murphy Felt it donating better than buying booze for a the employees wanted to form an association and i saw nothing wrong in so i helped them and i have continued to do what is wrong with this the fact that i do these things with the full knowledge of everybody that i am an advocate of better working licensing and procedures and everything to do with not unethical responding to Shelley charges that his role in assisting the association gave his company an unfair advantage in winning new Turenne said maybe we looked Good out of maybe Community Casino looked like the White maybe that the Way we should it is nothing to do with being unethical or being immoral or taking unfair we will come out looking Good if anybody Ever turns Over the stones and looks whats happening in the Casino business and whats happened Over the last three Turenne said his company is not hired to manage the festival do Voya Geurs annual Winter i do that in my capacity As general my company makes nothing out of he he confirmed that his Community Casino business Don has a contract with the festival As a Casino Turenne said that Only half of the gaming equipment is supplied by an other company in which Blair and the Casino associations vice have an Argentina plans election Buenos Aires Reuter presi Dent Reynaldo Bignone announced yesterday that a National election will be held in Argentina next Proba Bly in the fourth the ruling military Junta has promised to restore democracy by at the political tension in Argentina has been rising steadily since the country five main political parties last month rejected Junta proposals for an agree ment on How the next civilian administration would Deal with a wide Range of controversial the businessman also confirmed the lawyer for his gaming companies is the festivals newly appointed presi Dent Leo he Swick wanted to run for his personal reasons which i dont know what they i didst think it was a very Wise it was his decision and in not going to Tell people How to be involved in How can he be an employer through his company and a Vic president through the other one he Doest have any wrong motives in doing what he its just not publicly acceptable that what he is doing is the Public will not see it that i expressed that position to As far As Veillet is he was our company lawyer Long be fore he became festival Murphy said he did not have the slightest regret in donating the Money to the adding they the employees association still remember it was the federation that helped them get off the profit he said the donation was accounted for in an audit to the Manitoba lot teries commission and licensing we made a net profit of at that he Murrene did a terrific Job and i would recommend his company to the people he hired worked very hard and when i heard they planned on forming an association i decided to help them out with a i made a Cheque out to Turenne and sent it to Turenne said a Story published in yesterdays free press concerning the festivals finances was not reflective of the the article pointed out that despite government and private sector Assis Tance totalling million in the past the festival was unable to meet its Short term debts of Turenne said the stores festival do Voyageur Back in the was incorrect because the Festi Val possessed More assets than Lia Bili he said most of the raised Money a Federal a interest free City a provincial Grant and a Bank debenture went to buying and renovating a tache Avenue we Are not plagued by we Are not in the i think i thought i made that very he in not going to lie to you and say we dont have any obviously we Are we have but it is wrong to suggest we Are in the red and that we Are plagued by the whole Media Community is calling to see when we Are going to close our free press left an impression that we were sick financially and that is not the nobody suggesting that i was misquoted or anything like the Story or a very serious insurmountable crisis and that is not a very accurate projection to make to the you residents angered at approval of hotel continued from Page 1 hotel and were prepared to go to quite a length to ensure its not he As he promised residents will Field candidates in the next municipal election with a mandate to remove City councils right of approval on zoning changes within the he noted that a petition opposing the hotel garnered about 800 or More than 30 per cent of the municipal itys estimated adult opponents of the development have argued it will Lead to a multitude of problems increased Highway accidents and higher municipal taxes without pro Viding the Community with a significant increase in in voting for the zoning Gerry Ducharme Valley argued Council should not step on the toes of the East Paul Munici pal which unanimously approved the because the development does not directly affect the Bricker Road holdings is pro posing the building on Lagimodiere near Pritchard farm Road include a 300seat pub and an 80seat dining in an interview Reeve Phil Rebeck scoffed at the residents concerns and questioned whether a majority of them Are opposed to the he said the municipal Council has never seen the 800name petition opposing the he said the hotel will add needed Revenue to municipal Dave free press session Start High spirited Pearl Mcgonigal stands Between Premier Howard Pawley right and opposition Leader Sterling Lyon As they drink a Toast to the new session of the Legisla Ture which starts Pawley says his government wants to Deal with the in creasing strength of the Economy and human com passion issues during its Sec Ond on the other says the govern ment should provide eco nomic but does not have the guts to enforce its own cos cutting proposal similar to residents plan Federal provincial modification would Cut size of Industrial Park continued from Page 1 Park without also deciding on the fund Harvey Smith Park accused who would prefer a larger Industrial of manipulation for presenting the two issues for his Norrie again told councillors that he would have preferred a larger Industrial Park As provided for in the original Core agreement among the provincial and City govern Norrie said the proposal he brought Forward last night will make Job Crea Tion in the Core area very substantially More difficult because there will be less space to attract major but he said a change in the partner ship a reference to the election of the Pawley government last fall meant the original agreement for the Industrial Park had to be Norrie said if Council turns Down the new plan he is willing to hold further talks to try to get the province to modify its insistence on allowing Resi dents to remain in the Logan but i can Tell you right its Imossi he Al Ducharme Lawn said he would like to know the basis on which the Federal and Provin Cial governments would justify Chang ing the original agreement reached in allow 70 houses the new plan unveiled last night would Cut the size of the Industrial Park to hectares eight acres from hectares 23 similar to the residents Norrie said it would allow room for about 70 including both new and existing East of the proposed new Salter Street residents wanted about 83 but 13 would be razed for a Park separating the residential area from the he under the the province will pay for All residential development eth the area and an adjoining commercial area to House existing the province and Federal government will each contribute on third of the 000 required to provide water and other municipal services to the residential the City will get about from the other two partners for the existing site of the Salter Street which would become part of the Industrial Norrie executive policy committee is to meet a week from today to discuss the never soviet Hambleton testifies continued from Page 1 in Ottawa former progressive conservative solicitor general Allan Lawrence said Hamble ton been a Dou ble who was briefly responsible for the ramp in 1979 and said he was never told Hambleton was a double agent and he does not believe the defence at if it turns out to be True that he was a double i can assure you All hell is going to break conservative spokesman on ramp and Security told it would mean the Canadian Security service lied to it Means prime minister Trudeau lied to the Canadian people and it Means solicitor general Robert Kaplan lied in the Kaplan and Trudeau have said who was arrested and charged in Britain in june while on a was not prosecuted in can Ada because the ramp did not have enough if that want the they Lawrence Kaplan told the commons tuesday that who is accused of spying when he was an economic adviser with nato from 1956 to 1961 As Well As later when he returned to teach at gave the ramp information after being told in 1980 he be but Lawrence said he Doest think Hambleton could have been a double agent for even the last two the soviets would not have wanted to Deal with him after a soviet secret service agent who defected to washing ton in 1979 identified him As a longtime and trusted soviet he Kaplan and Justice minister Mark Macguigan refused to answer most questions in the commons saying they did not want to interfere with the trial in but Kaplan did say conservative maps should not be surprised to learn that suspected spies Are not always suspected spies could often Supply useful information beneficial to nation Al including information about the Way counterintelligence is being operated by hostile Security ser vices in our said Hambleton trial began monday and is expected to continue until Tomor a Laval University col league of Hambleton said yesterday that Laval officials tried to confront Hambleton in 1979 about rumours that he was a soviet but he Side stepped their we wanted him to write a letter denouncing the said Ber Nard a professor of economics at the but he handled himself very Well at the he talked a but evaded the key Fortin nothing More came of Hambleton arrest Over the summer created Only a minor stir at Laval because the spying allegations were first made three years said for emergency plan faces hot time memo advises Ottawa will not tolerate provincial opposition by Michael Doyle Winnipeg free press Ottawa a confidential memo made Public yesterday shows that the Federal government will not tolerate opposition from the provinces in its bid to negotiate a Bill which critics say gives Ottawa undue emergency peace time Powers Over almost All facets of Canadian former and current Cabinet minis ters from Ontario and Berta have told Liberal House Leader Yvon Pinard that his plan could reduce provincial conflict with the new Constitution and be misused by a wilful Federal government to assume sweeping Powers when there is neither a War nor a National Warner former Manitoba minister responsible for civil made some of those according to the strategy memo to Pinard from head of emergency planning Jorgenson said the legislation would permit a Subtle takeover and control by the Federal Ottawa gave itself the Powers by order Council in and has since been negotiating legislation and joint activity with the National control the Bill would allow the Federal government in times of emergencies to create 12 National emergency Agen cies nabs which could put every thing from food and accommodation to transport under National in his Snarr said planning for the nabs by the Federal government should continue despite provincial Wor but in dealing with the provinces we would soft pedal peacetime activation and for the time being concen trate on wartime interfaces Between Neas and provincial government fact he Snarr cited other provincial objections in his memo and advised Pinard that if the provinces do not go along with the joint emergency planning program Ottawa should Cut off funds and do work in the areas of provincial responsibility if a province adamantly refuses to undertake any role at All in civil de Fence we should be pre pared to substantially reduce or with draw Jep funded activity from that province and use the funds which would otherwise be allocated through Jepp for funding our own Federal government projects for civil defence preparedness at the local Snarr Benno a progressive conservative my who raises civil rights issues from time to criticized Pinard yesterday in the commons and made Public the memo to those who asked for Friesen Surrey White Rock North Delta 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