Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 1, 1983, Winnipeg, Manitoba I i nip planning further talks on land claims Winnipeg free september 1983 3 by Greg Bannister the Manitoba which held a series of Public hearings last year on the question of Indian land is proposing a second round of talks on the the proposal has drawn harsh criticism from Indian spokes who Are anxious to Speed up settlement of land claims amounting to hectares the natives fear More Public hear Ings May trigger a wave of negative Public sentiment so far the suggestion for further along with the provinces failure to sign an Accord with the Manitoba Metis federation to negotiate its land claims after promising to do so in is also being interpreted by some As a new cautious mood on the part of the anti puff proposal Leld up by Gary Hunter mayor Bill Norrie used his tiebreak ing second vote yesterday to Send a proposed antismoking bylaw Back to environment committee for further re Norrie said he was bothered by sections of the bylaw that would make it mandatory for retail stores to ban but left it optional in taxi depending on the wishes of Driver and i support the intent of the in fact in some areas i think i might go he but there Are these the bylaw presented yesterday would d ban smoking in retail stores except at lunch washrooms and other designated areas d ban smoking in reception service Bank counters and bus shelters d require restaurants with More than 30 seats to designate nonsmoking areas and Post prescribed signs d require taxicab Drivers to refrain from smoking on the request of Passen Gers and passengers to Stop smoking on the request of cab Drivers d require at least 50 per cent any indoor area being used As a Public Assembly to be set aside for non the bylaw carries a maximum pen Alty of a Fine for for when the question was called on the bylaw at committee Mem Bers split with the mayor using his second vote to Send the bylaw Back for further bilingual us vote in air City Council will vote 14 on whether to include a referendum in the civic election on the provinces pro posed entrenchment of certain French Lang Page an special committee of Council re ported to executive policy committee yesterday that it Felt the whole Council should decide on whether to add the language referendum to the 26 the special committee said it would look at the language being used in similar referendums in other Manitoba municipalities and get a Legal opinion of the Impact on Winnipeg of the pro posed constitutional amendment be fore the matter was brought to coun Norrie said councillors Are getting tremendous pressure to include the language Issue on the but he added that such a referendum could be very closer link advocated a special committee of Council on the closing of businesses and layoffs has recommended the City work More closely with the two senior govern ments in making businessmen and workers aware of government Assis Tance the committee also recommended the mayor be empowered to appoint two civic representatives to any inter governmental task Force set up in the Wake of a major Plant closing and that the City administration cooperate with the province in identifying Busi Nesses that Are in a proposal to use the cites list of companies in arrears on property taxes As a Way of identifying faltering Busin esses was deleted by executive policy after Don Gerrie in Riverview said Busin esses will let their taxes slide for reasons other that financial province towards minority they Are not keen on moving fast after what happened with the French language rights Issue feel they got hammered by the opposition on that said a source close to the Metis attorney general Roland the minister responsible for negotiations with the was unavailable yesterday for a spokesman for his department confirmed no Accord has been signed and no talks Are scheduled until a source in the Federal aware of the provinces request for More Public agreed the province appears to be More this could just be a negotiating tactic on the provinces the re quest for Public hearings could disappear if the chiefs make some conces said the chief Jim chairman of the Manitoba chiefs land entitlement said he would urge his fellow chiefs to refuse a second round of Public hearings when they meet sep tember 14 and the whole thing gets blown out of proportion at we Are holding More in Winnipeg lawyer me Diatom Leon Mitchells report to the Pawley government recommended settling the 26 status Indian claims in Manitoba by using the so called Saskatchewan which two Previ Ous provincial governments that formula uses band population figures As of to calculate How much land is owed the the praised by the chiefs As prac tical and was generally seen As favourable to the Northern affairs minister Jay Cowan denied further Public input will delay talks he said they would be in keeping with the governments policy of full Public there should be some Contact one More time on the said adding the process might not necessary ily involve full scale Public he said it might also going Back to the 34 groups and individuals which made formal presentations to Mitchell for their the next negotiating meeting be tween the Ottawa and chiefs is set for Ken free press just visiting a Homeowner on Avenue and Ashburn Street vehicle the other car rolled to a halt further up ended up with an unexpected driveway when a car smashed the on another residents front an ambulance through his Fence after it came in collision with another arrived and took one person to Alley fight taken to mayor for solution a Boniface Man who built a new garage near an illegal Lane behind his House says he will ask mayor Bill Norrie to pressure City officials to make the Lane and his garage Clifford of 155 Rue Laveren called Norries office yesterday to request an he said he will ask the mayor to find a solution to his Legal Wood Tore Down his old garage last summer and got a building permit for a new one last on the condition he obtain or right of allowing him to drive up the the Alley is City property and not a Legal but the City provides services such As garbage collection and Snow As it does for Legal six including use the shaped Alley to get to parking spots behind their Wood and a neighbor a City bylaw enacted after the old garages were built stipulates no one have a garage without adequate Access to it via a Lane or the new garage in Woods Back Yard is now almost but monday he received a letter from the land surveys and real estate de refusing him a right of it suggested he lease the property from the City for a year and meet 12 other including maintaining and perhaps paving the property at his own expense agreeing to absolve the City of responsibility should City vehicles or workers cause damage and buying a insurance policy protecting himself and the City in Case of liability Ved a City said yesterday he recommended the City refuse the right Otway and suggested Wood instead licence or lease the land be cause rights Otway Are by nature per manent and could prevent the City from using the land in although easements can carry Simi Lar conditions for a licence could be terminated at any time by the City after 30 Days he Bahl the land As it is of no value to the who would buy a Small Section of land Wood could use that Factor in his favor when trying to negotiate More pleasing terms of Access with the he officials in the land surveys refused to discuss the 13 saying Wood should have contacted them for an explanation of the situation before contacting the news Patrick acting manager of land sales and develop said yesterday the department is trying to Convene a meeting of the nearby residents to determine How Many use the Hamilton said tuesday the City could designate the land a Legal which would allow the Public a right but it would not be Good plan Ning because it is a Deaden with no room for vehicles to turn he said that possibility May be discussed at the meeting be tween the City and but he did not know when the meeting might Norrie could not be reached yester Day for Law society rules dont bar econ Thomson la Steve Ash tons car sits on Flat tires at a legislature building parking Las car suffers from deflation Thompson la Steve Ash tons car is threatening to deflate labor Day festivities planned for the legislature grounds its parked out front with four Flat tires and Hes on vacation in it would be in the event organizer Norma Redman said yester were not having any parking at All on the grounds except on the South ill have to look into legislature Security chief Jim Johnston Sai theres no cause for alarm he plans to have the 1982 Dodge Aries towed to make Way for the Folk Farmers Market and other labor Day Active we have to have it John Ston Well Tow it to safekeeping and Ashton will be advised when he gets Well use our own facilities so therell be no its not Clear if the tires have been but its obvious somebody let the Ajr out of them some he adding the car has been in this condition for about a Johnston said cars occasionally Are found abandoned on the grounds and Are towed away if owners cant be we have done that he in a Way it can be an but in this Case it int because its an assigned parking Ashton is to return to Winnipeg High living peruvian lawyer charged after refusing to pay hefty hotel tabs a Man who police say lived it up at two City hotels under false names and refused to pay his Bills has been charged with two counts of fraudulently obtaining on officials at the hotel fort Garry confronted a guest who had used a false name and run up a Bill of despite having the he adamantly refused to pay the hotel for his meals and police when police he again said he had no intention of although he had in his court was told he explained to police its no big i didst kill i didst rape 1 just dont pay my police said the who claims he is a lawyer and a political refugee from checked into the hotel 25 under a false after four Days he left the leaving behind an unpaid Bill of on he walked Over to the fort Garry and booked a room after running up a Heftly Bill in Only two hotel staff became suspicious and Learned his True when he pay his police were called and he was charged with fraudulently obtaining he was charged with a second count when his stay at the Delta was re during his bail hearing court was told the Man came to Canada last april after fleeing his native the 26yearold lawyer from Lima had become identified with a left Wing group which made him unpopular with the righting court was the will be applying for landed immigrant but the procedure could take up to 30 months before it is provincial court judge Howard col Lerman released the Man on his own recognizance of with one surety in a like amount or Cash bail of the Law society of Manitoba could admit a Man convicted of a 1976 rape to the bar because it has no set policy about whether people with criminal records May work As Saul Edward has been readmitted to the University of Mani Toba Law school after several years absence from the while technically enrolled As a u of m Law student and a candidate for graduation next Engel will Complete his third and final year of courses at the University of Saskatchewan in Saska Engel was convicted in 1980 of rape and Gross indecency and released on Day parole june after serving eight months of a fou year the convictions followed Engels 1980 extradition from to which he fled while on bail in Hymie chairman of the Law society admissions and Educa Tion could not predict what would happen if Engel applied to the you have to examine each particular said adding that committee members judge applications to the bar on the basis of the Date and disposition of the offence and on the persons behaviour the committee controls admission to the bar by recommending to society benches candidates to take the bar admission in controversial the benches May vote against the committees rec Weinstein Gen those who successfully com plete the course Are called to the bar applicants must disclose any history of criminal offences to the he for a very serious i can see pros and cons people voting one Way and people voting the other Way he might have a harder time than a person convicted of impaired drive on any matter that theres always a full Weinstein id like to have All the pros and before id cast my Rule 30 of the Law society states that an applicant for admission to the society must be of the full age of 18 and satisfy the committee that he is of Good moral character and a fit and proper person to be Section 45 of the Law society act states that a governing body or com Mittee of the society May Dis bar or suspend a lawyer who is found guilty of professional misconduct or of con duct unbecoming a barrister or Solic Board May demand property the Winnipeg school Board May de Mand the City sell it a downtown prop erty for if Isbister school is Given to the Royal Winnipeg Ballet under the proposed North Portage redevelop Board chairman Brian Dixon said yesterday the proposed Transfer would disrupt classes for hundreds of Stu dents at Isbister As Dixon said the housing project in the proposed redevelopment would bring greater numbers of Stu dents into downtown schools which already Are he said the agreement to build the Winnipeg convention Centre included destruction of Alexandra but it also has a clause saying the division could buy land for another downtown school for the same it got for the Alexandra property and this possibility will be looked into if the Ballet gets Isbister Dixon he said the on Vaughan houses the Winnipeg adult Edu cation Centre and its 700 Day and 800 night school he said the Centre must be downtown where Many of its students Dixon said he fears Many of the especially single parents Tak ing upgrading to enhance Job pros would not take courses if they had to leave i ;