Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 12, 1983, Winnipeg, Manitoba 10 Winnipeg free april 1983 Export Gas Price slashed Calgary up bowing to pressure from Canadian producers and american buyers to make the Price of Canadian Gas More Feder Al Energy minister Jean Chretien announced yesterday he was slashing the Export Price for natural Gas by 11 per Chretien told an audience of businessmen Here the Gas Export Price to a million British Thermal units or about cubic feet from the Price since april the new Price takes effect the which Chretien said is in line with the formula pegging Gas Export prices to the Price of Oil imported into is the first since nation when Ottawa determined Gas prices were falling behind the rapidly rising world Price of Oil and revised the Price producers Hope the Price Cut will be a signal to Gas buyers and politicians Canada will be flexible in its pricing but in american fuel buyers and politicians said yesterday that Canada should make deeper re Chretien announcement was described generally As a Welcome first but most commentators said the Price Cut should have been predicting the move will not stimulate lagging Canadian Export sales or help american Northwest Energy of Salt Lake a major de scribed the Price Cut As ineffective extremely disappoint Chretien told the luncheon audience the Price Cut has been favourably received by Energy Secretary Don Ald but he warned the not to take advantage of the Gas glut to push for unreasonably Low Canadian Gas meets about four per cent of demand but the Price in some markets has been As much As double that of plentiful Deli veries have fallen to less than half the volumes authorized by Crosbie backs testing of cruise As our duty Chretien bows to pressure i vwimi1iv0 ukr uuw9 i vkv2i9u nurses in Alberta losing right to go on strike Edmonton up the Alberta eludes no her r Edmonton up the Alberta government is taking the right to strike from nurses and other Hospital it is also rewriting labor Law to give itself a powerful new say in compulsory arbitration awards for Hospital fire fighters and provincial v under a Bill introduced in the Legisla Ture arbitrators would have to take government fiscal policy into account before deciding on wage Alberta fiscal policy currently includes Public sector wage increase guidelines of five per unions will be Able to comment on the proposed changes in a series of committee hearings involving All Mem Bers of the legislature april but government House Leader Neil Craw Ford told reporters yesterday Bill 44 will become Law this labor minister Les Young said he Hopes unions will not fight the which opposition Leader Grant Notley called a declaration of War on Alber tas working but Dave president of the Alberta federation of labor said if the Rade Union move ment takes this lying Down then were in deep internally As Well As with the he was to meet today with leaders of federation John president of the Fri Ember Alberta Union of provincial employees said he was shocked by Youngs Bill Hes gone executive director of the United nurses of said the government has decided to Wade in and see if it can influence the balance of Power in the interest of historically legislation which makes strikes Hast had a great Deal to do with the govern ments ability to Stop the end result from Renouf the no lockout provision of Bill 44 will be backed up by a clause allowing employers to Stop deduction of Union dues from pay cheques for As Long As six months in the event of a the Canadian press tory leadership candidate John Crosbie reiterated his support yester Day for a proposal to test cruise missiles in saying it would be the rank est kind of hypocrisy for Canada to its our duty As a member of nato and an ally of the he speaking in added it would be hypocritical for Canada to refuse testing because the missiles guidance system is former prime minister Joe Clark delivered a mild rebuke to candidate Brian Mulroney saying the Montreal businessman ref uses to take a stand on whether Ottawa should Grant full financial compensation to provinces that opt out of future constitutional in Clark told re porters in but then Mulroney and i have disagreed before on constitutional a front runner with Mulroney in the party leadership said his rival had initially sided with prime minister Trudeau against Quebec on Patria Tion of the of opposed and while i think he Mulroney came around More or less to our As i he certainly started with the Trudeau and 1 presume for the same Rea the same View of that cause him to reject financial compel Clark is so far the Only leadership contender to advocate one of the Quebec governments out standing grievances against the 1981 Accord that led to Mulroney refused to say last week whether he is for or against Bompensa saying Only that As prime minister he would attempt to negotiate a Settle ment with the Constitution currently requires Ottawa to compensate a province that opts out Only if the amendment involves 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