Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 23, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free january 1985 9 maps squeeze Promise from bureaucrats Ottawa up Economy mind de backbench tory maps yesterday squeezed about million in promised savings next year from senior the along with new democratic party All members of commons Public accounts also pressed the bureaucrats appearing before the committee to clean up govern ment banking practices and get Tough with Banks that do business with the parliament they managed to get William the acting comptroller to accept final responsibility for those practices which auditor general Ken Dye has estimated May be costing taxpayers up to Mil lion a year too in his annual report released in Dye complained the government int getting the Best value for its Money in its banking prac he said the problem was com pounded by a Lack of clarity about which department has ultimate responsibility for managing the billion a year that flows into and out of the governments Bank who attended yesterdays committee was overjoyed with the results obtained by the who through persistent questioning and biting criticism bad gered bureaucrats for a commit ment not Only to act on his complaints but to produce tangible results within the 198586 fiscal 1 think that a significant step Dye i Wasim pressed that Deputy ministers would make Dollar commitments and time i think that shows that the parliamentarians Are playing their role in trying to help the taxpayer and in pleased that it comes out of efforts of 1984 Tempo is 8 to choose from 4 cloth full wheel electric rear your Choice one Price 6588 All cars sold on first come first served basis service is Job 1 750 Pembina 2847650 of in Evert night and ail Day saturday were celebrating the reopening of our new fort location services and facilities for men and women first time visitors 18 years a older enrol in any one of our programs and we will triple it at no extra charge enrol now East 2241607 1514 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the current arrangement under which financial institutions provide banking services to the Federal government in Exchange for interest free use of certain government Cash balances has resulted in Ottawa paying an estimated million More than necessary annually Over the past five other Cash management prac such As the Early payment of suppliers and delays in financial institutions Clearing payments made directly by business and were costing the government up to million a year in lost the million in promised Sav came As Alan conservative my for Ontario York extracted Point Point commit ments from the bureaucrats to rectify the Cash management Short comings Dye Ottawa wins delay in pet Ocanada Case Ottawa up auditor general Kenneth Dye yesterday said despite his the govern ment has successfully obtained a on month delay in a court Case he launched to gain Access to Docu ments related to Petro Canadas controversial 1981 Purchase of Petrosina Canada the Case was to have been heard in the Federal court of Canada 68 but has been put off to March Dye told reporters after his appearance at a meeting of the com Mons Public accounts court officials were not immediately available for Ive been very patient with the government on this and i think its time to Settle the Dye the pending court Case is one of the levers Dye has in his negotiations with tory my Jim appointed by prime minister Mulroney to try to work out a Solu Tion with Dye on what documents the auditor general should be allowed to reports have indicated the billion Purchase of the belgian firm by the government owned Oil company May have Cost taxpayers million More than the announced and in his 1984 annual complained for the third consecutive year he had not been Given the documents necessary for him to judge that due regard for Economy had been exercised in the Pur the under both the liberals and had re fused to turn some documents Over to Dye on grounds that they were confidential Cabinet documents and could not be released because of the constitutional convention of Cabinet Dye launched his court action under the Liberal but late last following a private meeting with he said the prime minister had promised to give him All the documents he request the pet Ocanada Issue Dye wants a permanent solution to which documents he has Blac Market transactions by envoys in Cairo denied Ottawa up three Canadian diplomats recently recalled from Egypt were in no Way involved in Black Market Money external affairs department spokesman Sean Brady said yester nor was there any contravention of egyptian Law he the including the Canadian ambassador to John were brought Back to Ottawa and reassigned because of the Way departmental regulations were being interpreted at the Brady one of the other envoys was Herb a Veteran Diplomat who was political while the third Hast been it is understood the three implemented a system whereby currency transactions were conducted at one rate and reported to external affairs Headquarters in Ottawa at an other the result was to in crease living allowances for Canadian diplomats Brady noted the discrepancy was discovered because of tougher audit ing procedures put into effect two years ago for Canadian diplomats abroad and action was taken at the departments at this no disciplinary action other than the recall has been taken against the who now Are working at other jobs in external affairs metric top my says Ottawa up conservative my Bill Domm said yesterday that canadians appear to be less interested in bringing Back capital punishment than in scrapping compulsory an ant metric crusader and Strong advocate of a return to made the comment after presenting a petition in the commons that Calls for a free vote by maps on whether to bring Back capital punishment or a nation Al referendum on the outside the Domm con ceded capital punishment May not be the burning Issue Many say it judging by reaction to a separate petition circulated by police offi the Canadian police association has gathered Only a third As Many signatures calling for a free vote on the death penalty As were collected in a petition against mandatory metric if youve got signatures on a petition supporting capital punish ment and signatures against mandatory which do you think nationally is the bigger Issue he Cross country skis come in now for the Best Choice of Quality products by Jarvinen Elan at Sale prices Europa 2037 Portage 8326751 Steinbach the City Dodge Aries 4 Auto Light two tone Mink Brown 500 amp tinted Power trunk Block heavy duty tilt radial rear am pm stereo left Remote Sale Price Power train warranty uses regular fuel Chrysler leads the Way Call today Ino Rio Steinbach Dodge Chrysler 208 Mam 4750203 family House spared from auction up it took the minister of National de a United Church minister and concerned members of a Community to do but the Dwyer family will not have to face homelessness today after falling behind in Mort Gage Canada mortgage and housing has relented after defence minister Bob Coates office took up the dwyers Karen Wood said yes the dwyers purchased seven years ago in a Low income housing project in nearby was to go to the highest bidder at a sheriffs Ronald a former highways department worker Laid off in says Hes about behind in Chc spokesman Curtis Martin said last week that his wife and four children would have to go and the company would get a court order to do Only after news re ports did people Start calling their maps and members of the Legisla Wood f ;