Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 15, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba I us lit y labor pleased 3ypm Montreal up prime min ister Mulroney yesterday brought a conciliatory message to Quebec labor and old Friend Louis Laberge seemed Happy with what he including a declaration that air Canada and the Csc will remain under Federal the prime minister met executives of the Quebec federation of labor in their boar Droom and listened to their concerns on economic issues ranging from privatization of Crown corporations to unemployment insurance Regula Laberge pleased what he said in response obviously pleased who has headed Quebec largest labor federation since with Mulroney he told reporters that much has changed since the 4 Federal election and we Are very then Mulroney listed a few of the items broached at the a group of private broadcasters has been making noises about trying to buy the but Mulroney said the abcs not for air Canada is not on the Block but the prime minister hinted that a minority interest could be sold off so Long As the company remains under Federal there May be some persuasive arguments in the Case of air Canada that some people can make in regard to the disposition of he ill take a look at but Canada needs a National airline and its going to have possible buyers for a share of the airline include a group of air Canada employees which would like to buy As much As 40 per to hear Laberge version of the even Tel Globe the International Lon distance Tele phone Carrier that is officially up for May not be he Mulroney told us everybody wants to buy Tel Globe because its Winnipeg free january 13 via rail subsidies favored High Quality service urged by poll respondents Mulroney visits Quebec labor Leader Louis the one Crown corporation making Money and wed be really stupid to sell the one Crown corporation making said the meeting was arranged at Mulroney part of consultations with labor and Politi Cal leaders leading up to the March National economic conference in of consultation pledged he pledged to consult with labor officials elsewhere and said labor has an indispensable role in economic recovery and the Mulrone Laberge relation ship is dating Back to the 1960s when Mulroney was a lawyer for employers in the Lawrence River ports of trois rivieras and Quebec City Dur ing a period of often strained labor i was an admirer of Mulroney for Many Laberge told a report that does not make me a pc conservative Laberge has been Cool to the Feder Al new democratic party because of the Strong centralizing nature of its federalist policy and the party in ability during the 1970s and Early 1980s to mount a Strong Challenge in Quebec to the Federal but Laberge said he and other federation officials met nip Leader de Broadbent a few weeks and the Dps stand on social and eco nomic issues Best addresses labor the Quebec federation supported the yes Side in the 1980 Quebec referendum on sovereignty Assoria Tion and As a committed was on the no Mulroney said he saw no Contra diction in As both he and la Berge have always acted from a common concern for the betterment of 1985 Csc s truck 5 Speed 1500 pay step bump full size shocks plus 1985 acadian 2 4 4 cloth bucket radial Sporl Battery Mac financing on 1984 1985 be weft demo 1985 Skylar 4 air cond con lilt wire pulse sport Mir lamp tinted plus much More 1985 sunbird 4 4 4 cloth rally a Remote be Sabre 4 air tilt wire wheel design ers 2 Lone pulse Power convenience automatic plus much 84 citation 4 84 Skylark 4 z tone covers 4 air tilt tinted lamp sport de luxe 81 Century 83 escort Root rack 82 Parisienne Wagon 350 80 be Sabre Ltd 4 open till 9 Ottawa up almost 80 per cent of canadians say they want High Quality passenger train service across the country and half the popu lation wants the Federal government to subsidize says a Survey pre pared for the transport depart the Survey carried out in 1983 of randomly selected households says that 77 per cent favor a High Quality passenger train system and 82 per cent want transcontinental passenger trains to the obtained by the Cana Dian press under Tion found that nine of 10 travellers on via rail were satisfied with the trip and that eight of 10 were Happy with the service and punctuality of the operations restored transport minister Don Mazan Kowski is to announce today that the government will restore three Pas Senger train As promised during the 1984 election they Are the Vancouver aspired Montre Alsaint and Toronto Havelock the minister has no plans for new equipment to replace Vias aged locomotives and most of which went into service before John Diefenbaker became prime minister in the 1983 Survey was one of five conducted by Angus Reid associates of Winnipeg under a contract awarded under former lib eral transport minister Lloyd a the Survey was said to reflect the opinion of the population with an accuracy of plus or minus percentage Points 95 times of train travel appears to be most popular in Ontario and where via operates Many of its and least on the the Survey said seven of 10 of All the people surveyed rated Vias Reli ability and accessibility As Satis fac while 60 per cent were Satis fied with prices and level of service from the Crow owned two thirds were against any cuts nation in passenger 20 per cent wanted a major expansion of via 24 per cent wanted a modest expansion and 33 per cent were satisfied with the existing level of Only 10 per cent wanted via Cut expansion was most popular in British Columbia and Ontario and least in a second Survey done in Early 1984 found that canadians want less spent on federally operated airports and More on highways and rail about 41 per cent of the households polled in the second sur vey said they thought the country rail system needed an improvement compared with 30 per cent who had that View about six months and almost 50 per cent of those polled were aware of Steps taken by via or announced by the Liberal government to improve rail the Survey found that 31 per cent want More Money for Highway in compared with eight per cent who wanted More for air ports and five per cent for ports and the first Survey found the air plane was the most popular Mode of travel in chosen by 45 per cent despite its expense because of its reliability and limit Vancouver up Canadian National and Canadian Pacific rail ways have done Little research into the monitoring devices with which they want to replace says Roy the lawyer acting for a group seeking to retain safety is the Paramount Issue Romanow said yesterday at a Canadian transport commission hearing into the railways application to test caboose less my impression is that the railways Stu Dies of this have Only been cur the railways have been More interested in other such As the economic advantages of eliminating than they have been in said who is representing Saskatchewan keep the caboose composed mainly of railway workers who object to the companies up rail representatives told the hearing that a caboose costs that the railways inventory of cabooses is Worth about million and that its annual caboose maintenance costs Are the transport commission has second prize lottery Cash been holding hearings across the country on the in place of the which the railways say were originally introduced years ago to perform functions that Are no longer required on modern the railways will install a device called an endow train unit which will Monitor the trains automatic braking system and the end of the trains the companies say etus have been used satisfactorily on some and Many european railways for but Romanow said the information obtained from those sources by the railways is the United transportation which represents some railway has been the major inter Venor at the hearings held earlier in Moncton and the Union says not loss of is the reason its members object to the removal of our collective agreement pro Vides Job Security for our members so none of them will lose their jobs As a result of the caboose being discontinued either for tests or oth says a Brief presented by locals to the Montreal up while Canada Waits for the lotto Jackpot Winner to three of the four second prize winners in Quebec came Forward yesterday to claim their a Fourman group representing 26 workers at the Leboucan meat process ing Plant in nearby que showed up at lot Quebec offices in Montreal for their Alexandre Horrobin said he planned to buy a Rowboat for fishing trips with his share of the Alain Roy had a new car on the top of his Guy Sevigny will Purchase a while Louis per Rier was still thinking about the Money is All the More Wel they because the plants 60 employees endured a nine week lock out last Nicole begin followed them a few hours later to pick up the winnings for her 80yearold Mother and her four the 42yearold single who works with the visually impaired in the Quebec City suburb of Charles said the Money will enable her and her Mother to take a Long cherished then Lise Desjardin Mcleod of near by Ste Therese appeared to claim a the former Eaton buyer had the second prize combination while her fire inspector husband and three children won a lesser she said she plans to invest the winnings and buy a new car next year on the the immediate absence of a Jack pot Winner believed to be an was too much temptation yesterday for a group of Montre Alers who showed up with a tattered ticket they was the big the ticket had been purchased in they and had got into a bad state after falling into the Snow and being chewed by a but the lot Quebec computer traced the ticket to a Montreal agent who sold it 30 minutes after the winning Combina Tion was announced countrywide Satur Day the group was politely asked to Winnipeg free press 2554 Portage at Moray 8375811 returns when watch for further details ;