Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 19, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba I Winnipeg free january progressives ask court to nullify election funding us the Manitoba progressive party is taking the provincial government to court in an Effort to prevent taxpayers Money being used to fund election the party executive filed no Tice of motion yesterday asking the court of Queens Bench to nullify certain sections of the elections finance act on the grounds that they Are outside the jurisdiction of the legislature and violate the charter of gambling supplier files lawsuit a Winnipeg Bingo and gambling supplies company wants compensation for the provincial takeover of break open lottery ticket sales last in a of claim filed in Manitoba court of Queens play All says it lost business because of the takeover of Nevada ticket distribution by the Manitoba lotteries foundation last play All says it was exclusive distributor for the largest break open ticket manufacturer in the province prior to the the company had in earn Ings for the 1983 fiscal employed 11 and had a steady and Loyal the statement of claim but once the province took control of those clients had to buy their supplies through the although private firms can receive distributor licences from the play All claims it was turned Down because two of its Prin Cipal officers were convicted last february of paying secret commis Sions to a Kinsman club of Winnipeg official involved in the clubs to Jackpot As a the company has effectively lost its business assets and Good the document although play All received some compensation from the it was arbitrary and it a lotteries foundation official re fused to comment on the rights and the Case is to be heard at Issue Are provisions which allow registered political parties and candidates who win More than 10 per cent of the popular vote m elections or by elections to be eligible for Grants to cover up to 50 per cent of allowable Campaign the progressive party claims these provisions require taxpayers to finance particular beliefs and to the exclusion of it also claims the Law forces All Manitoban to finance political Par ties which they May oppose simply because they have conventional pub Lic As the notice of motion claims the Law violates the right to Freedom of expression because it excludes state support for minority opinions which have not gained pub Lic the act allows parties to spend up to 80 cents for each registered voter in Ridings where they Field Candi dates in general the amount is raised to per voter in As candidates can spend up to for each registered voter in their the limit is for the provinces two largest constituent Churchill and the nip passed in came into effect on the conservative opposition has vowed to repeal the Law retroactively if it forms the next the elections finance act re quires you and me to make involuntary contributions to the nip and for the time and who knows who later progressive Leader Sid Green said its contrary to the charter of rights and its certainly contrary to i think the average citizen does not know he is required to pay political contributions to a party not of his Green accused the nip of enact ing the legislation to secure funding for attorney general Roland Penner dismissed greens Green is engaged in an exer Cise of wish fulfilment and not in Penner adding that the government considers the legis lation to be legally 4 s t Vav v x Visic i x w v1 s in pm of pm f o 5 j w x it Jai s v twi y j 4 ivs a a Ftp v s a 5 no v r Iskaf v t v Wop 1 5 1 f t f s y f a an ice fishing hut with artistic flavor adorns the red River at weekend weather conditions hold Little Promise for outdoor activity As the High tempera on ice Ture today is expected to be c in Southern Manito environment Canada yesterday issued a weather warning due to High windchill parking penalties carry catch22 the threats the Denver Boot was just the City Council has to decide whether to tighten the financial screws on parking three months the City considered using the Denver Boot to Deal with a backlog in unpaid parking ominous rumbles about Clamp ing the Auto anchoring device on transgressing motorists vehicles precipitated a frantic Rush of Viola tors to pay overdue parking with attorney general Roland Penners caution that use of the device might pose Legal problems ringing in their councillors soon found the Boot threat within the City had collected More than in Park ing Large numbers of Viola one with 140 parking came Many after the free press successfully challenged in court the refusal of police to make the names of offenders the rewards in getting parking Barry Mullin violators to pay promptly must surely have impressed City ser vants and their political so much that the cites recently unveiled preliminary budget contains some items As sobering As a january dip in the red our City fathers will consider d raising by 50 per cent the Price of metered parking to 75 cents from 50 cent an d increasing fines for parking Vio meter violations would Rise to from provided the transgressor pays within seven after that the Fine penal ties for overnight stopping in a bus parking during Rush hour and unauthorized parking on private property will also d higher transit if approved by a bus pass for March will Cost an increase of and fares will climb a Nickel to 80 cents for adults and 35 cents for Stu dents and the City estimates the increases in parking fines alone will pump a Little less than More into City As deliberations on the Bud get plans take the downtown Winnipeg association wants councillors to keep in mind that the parking question has been a pain in the cites we have been pointing the Fin Ger at parking for quite some said Ken Vic Epresi Dent of the weve had an Uphill Battle convincing them to think As we do parking has had some detrimental effect on people coming Wong said increasing parking fees and fines for parking violations May convince motorists to shop at suburban shopping malls rather than paying higher fees not to mention running the risk of getting an the temporary offering of two hours of free downtown parking on saturday simply enough incentive to lure with the recently announced multimillion Dollar North Portage mail scheduled to open in 1987 with 100 retail shops and walkways to Eaton and the Wong said downtown businessmen Are More interested in Lon term solutions to our downtown higher parking fees and he might have a negative psychological effect on the City the City finds itself in a catch22 situation it needs increased reve Nues but the manner in which it raises Money May translate into financial losses in other higher hourly parking rates and stiffer fines should make people think twice about venturing from the ticket less havens of regional shopping centres into the crime filled streets of the considers research at Lac Dubonnet a Branch of the United states department of Energy is considering spending More than million on nuclear re search in Egon spokesman for atomic Energy of Canada said yesterday that his Agency has had preliminary talks with the departments office of crystalline Rock repository among the possibilities discussed was deepening of aels underground research Laboratory near Lac do he the Laboratory is testing the concept of storing radioactive waste deep in the proposal would see the Laboratory deepened to weather Winnipeg area forecast weather warning in sunny and bitterly cold variable cloudiness tomorrow with Chance of a Snow hurry brisk Northwest winds both very High windchill today temperatures rising to near 30 by late to near 27 by High tomorrow near probability of precipitation is near Zero per cent today Zero tonight and 20 per cent extended Outlook Southern Manitoba mainly Clear monday through temperatures below Normal near Normal tuesday and Normal High is Normal Low is Northern Manitoba mainly Clear monday through wednes temperatures above Normal monday and tuesday and below Normal Nornal High is Normal Low Northwestern Ontario occasional hurries mainly Clear tuesday and temperatures below Normal near Normal tuesday and Normal High is Normal Low about 440 metres from its present 240 Freeh said noting that Canada is ahead of the i crystalline Rock research and the americans want to piggyback on it but Freeh said Energy who raised the have also expressed concern about the projects estimated Price Freeh said the is also considering spending about million Over four year on other work in about half of it on underground decl wants a decision from the about its plans by he conciliator fails to break impasse a lockout is continuing at a local fur tanning company after a provincial conciliator failed to break an impasse in Neotia Bruno spokesman for the United food and com Mercial workers said he tried to have a local conciliator assist in the negotiations with Cohen trans Canada where 70 people Are locked but he said the meeting didst produce any results and there is no end in sight to the the Winnipeg company is taking part in joint bargaining with four other fur dressing companies in Montreal and the lockout began simultaneously at All five firms on Zimmer said he still Doest know whether the company will agree to bargain on a local there have been no talks nationally since last management wants a oneyear wage freeze and reductions in some while the Union is seeking a two year pact with our mistake a Story tuesday said wrongly that Mary staub is Winnipeg first woman bus in Donna now drove both trolley and gasoline buses for the former Winnipeg electric company during the second world deaths classified death National b 5 8 6 12 is 1 20 21 28 22 29 24 33 25 32 Thunder 22 27 4 10 13 22 12 14 International 4 8 10 17 new 1 3 2 n 6 12 6 3 for wet Melfi 10 16 10 2 3 4 3 11 o 5 13 5 Tel 15 12 Winnipeg temperature comparisons t last fill highest on record in 1976 lowest on record in 1892 precipitation total from 1 to 18 56 9 Millimetres Normal yesterday Frederick of 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