Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 29, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free january Little new in shuffle Filmon by Fred Youngs and Mary Ann Fitzgerald Premier Howard Pawley has produced a Stan Pat Cabinet shuffle whose Only effect will be to overwork some opposition Leader Gary Filmon said the tory Leader also said Pawley has failed to give his government a new image with the its a hold tight situation because they Are preparing for the next he told reporters in a Call from Norway aside from Harry Kara the same people Are and i guess we Are not expecting any major performance the nip caucus chair was the Only Bac Bencher elevated to taking on the Northern affairs Filmon said he is surprised that Pawley has overloaded health min ister Larry Desjardins by giving him the Urban affairs portfolio when other ministers Are by overworking one or the other of his portfolios May suf he the shift of Veteran new demo crat Al madding into the labor seat May signal the government is going to Back off some of its More controversial labor Filmon the reviews of Hawleys new Cabi net were not All Deputy mayor Jim possibly signalling a thaw in province City heartily welcomed the appointment of Desjardins As Urban affairs Hawleys decision to pick one of the most experienced members of the Cabinet to take on Urban affairs bodes Well for the Ernst i dont think they could have made a better Manitoba federation of labor president John Pullen praised the shuffle and the appointment of he seems to have a very Good track record on How he deals with Pullen Hes always willing to Pullen also said he has High expectations for we have to say it looks like some very fair he As far As labor is we would have to View it As very Gary president of the Mani Toba government employees Asso was pleased with the appointment of Mackling to steer both labor and civil i see Al As a experienced person in terms of the Public doer Hes a person we can work webby free Fless 12 witnesses take stand in Hatfield trial political Rookie Harry Harapiak has been named the new Northern affairs Urban Post to Desjardins Mackling gets labor portfolio in Cabinet shuffle continued from Page 1 the contentious Urban affairs min Desjardins is an extremely Able and competent he he has handled his responsibilities i have no hesitation in assigning Urban affairs to the Premier admitted that a num Ber of his ministers had sought changes that he had turned they in my required where they Are he the other changes announced by Pawley include shitting Sam Yuskiw to natural resources from business development and a depart ment that was created in the last Jerry who gives up North Ern affairs to will take Over for Yuskiw in a move that is seen As a promotion for the flin flon highways minister John Lohman had his former portfolio of govern ment services added to his current Trade and technology minister Eugene Kostyra takes Over control of the Manitoba lotteries foundation from Community services minister Muriel Smith will take Over As min ister responsible for the status of another of Dolins along with Mackling is also minister responsible for the Manitoba Telephone system and telecommunications and the civil service Harapiak told reporters he is Happy with his promotion and is looking Forward to getting on with the he lauded his Storie and Treasury Board chairman Jay saying he wants to continue they established in the Northern affairs he said his priorities will be economic and Community the shuffle comes about a month before the legislature is expected to resume Pawley said yesterday he Hopes to Call Las Back to the House by Early continued from Page 1 Pressi onless during most of the Testi Mony occasionally scrib bling a note to his the first Day of the trial ended at after 12 Crown most of them ramp took the chief provincial court judge an Drew Harrigan said he was prepared to sit All night to get the trial Over within two three Days were originally set aside for the suitcase and the handling of evidence was Central to testimony Early in the manager of the Fredericton said he had taken the premiers suitcase to his at hat Fields until it could be loaded on to the Royal but Blake said he noticed that the zippered pocket where the marijuana was later found was open when he moved the suitcase from one office to using a Black similar to hat Fields Blue Nylon Blake indicated How far the Zipper was the horizontal Zipper was not secured properly and i said in effect that it should be he Testi adding that his assistant subsequently closed the along with eight of the ramp officers on duty that said there were quite a num Ber of people milling around out Side the office where the suitcase was he said Media and employees families were Given special passes to the area so they could View the arrival of the Royal in water hat Fields Law Donald asked Tom who ordered the search of the premiers if the inspection was Standard procedure during a Royal Robertson said ramp officers were looking for any dangerous sub stances that could cause an explosion or fire on the Royal did you find any dangerous sub stances asked replied then Why seize it the marijuana at All Gillis Robertson said the marijuana was considered to be illegal and was seized under my ramp Eugene Hoffman said when hat Fields suitcase was a Brown envelope with a plastic bag containing a Green plan like substance was a subsequent analysis of the sub stance showed it to be Marijuan according to testimony of All the Crown no one saw the suitcase in the personal Possession of the Premier or could guarantee that no one was near the Hoffman told Crown prosecutor David Hughes that besides the Enve Lope containing he found hat Fields personal a prayer card and a joke in other Waller said that he and chief Denis Ling visited hat Fields House three Days after the incident to Tell him they had found the marijuana in his lug Waller said Hatfield was nervous and there was a slight stutter to his he made no response when told of the ramps Waller when advised by Ling to seek Legal counsel before answering Waller said that Hatfield replied i it was not of i must seek Legal coun Waller said that Hatfield told the two ramp officers that he rarely unpacks his bags and that he left them unattended during recent trips to Toronto and the trial continued baby Bonus reduction pondered continued from Page 1 some families with incomes As Low As would be worse off than under the present this package would save Ottawa some million a year in Revenue and provincial governments collectively would save under the second and presumably less desirable the poorest families would get a year More on average and the richest families would lose an average of reductions in current benefits would begin with families with incomes As Low As especially single Par ent Ottawa would save million a year under the second package and the provinces would save collectively Epp said some of Ottawa savings in either package might be needed to strike a Deal with that because other provinces have tax collection agreements with Ottawa and would automatically get higher tax revenues if the Federal govern ment trimmed tax compensation plan rejected continued from Page 1 Ern ment efforts to reach an Al party agreement on compensation for japanese canadians in turned after japans Surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in neither Deans nor Gray would comment on the governments plan for an Al party they would say Only that they will support nothing until the japanese canadians have been Given a fair Art Miki of president of the Japa nes Canadian said the stance taken by the two opposition parties has Given his group new Hope that the tories will be forced to reopen association in Ottawa to mus Ter opposition to the governments unilateral met with multiculturalism minister Jack Murta earlier in the Day but Miki said they made no the minister called the meeting to explain the governments plan for not because he intended to resume Miki said the tories ended discussions with the association earlier this month after Only two an aide to Murta subsequently revealed plans to apologize for the internment of about japanese canadians during the War and to establish a million compensation while refusing to confirm the has said he favors a memorial nation for the Japa nes canadians that would educate people and ensure the wrongdoings committed during the War Are never our Bottom line is that we would like see an Al party he said yesterday out Side the it makes it far More meaningful for the japanes Canadian Community than a unilateral move on our the government has kept its Promise to consult with the japanes Canadian he adding he never promised to negotiate a Settle ment with George spokesman for the japanese a Nadian National redress said yester Day his group is satisfied with the govern ments plan to apologize and establish a Universal compensation the which says it represents most of the internees who Are still would also like to see a special project for elderly japanese such As a convalescent Imai said Many groups of japanese canadians participated in compensation discussions with the but not All have the same philosophical the National association consists of mainly Young people who Are asking for an exorbitant amount of Imai said in an interview from his Toronto but Miki said his association represents internees and their families and has been recognized by the government As the official National body for those seeking hotel Complex threatened continued from Page 1 ment Core area initiative for an Extension of Central Park South to Ellice along Edmonton the land to be used for the Extension is bounded by Quappelle Ellice and the Lane East of and does not include the site of the existing hotel or the Warwick apart both on the East Side of the we going to have to reevaluate our said Kushnier after the committee i think at this Point it the decision jeopardizes he said he will meet others involved in the proposed project before deciding what to while environment committee refused to hold up the Park councillors urged Kushnier to try to work out alternative arrangements with officials from the initiative and the North Portage development Kushnier said he has had Little response from either body since informing them of the hotels interest in the mayor Bill Nome said he would set up a meeting Between representatives of the Britanny inn and the he said he welcomed the hotels interest in redeveloping the area and 1 hoped it would be Able to use other land Norrie defended the committee saying City has Long believed Central Park must be extended South to provide needed Green space in the downtown he said the City could also face Legal difficulties if it sold the land to the hotel after expropriating it for Don Mitchelson chair Man of the cites recreation and social services also urged the environment commit tee not to hold up the one lock Extension of the allowing the Brittany inn to acquire the land at Edmonton and Ellice would forever Block any Hope of extending the Park to Portage or he Bill Chornopyski in Mynars i opposed the decision to stick with the Park he said the provincial and Federal govern ments have repeatedly called for private invest ment to redevelop the downtown but when a local company was prepared to invest millions of dollars and went to City develop ment officials with their they were kept in the dark and almost totally he build your Asp with More with a Royal Bank retirement savings you get All the options youre looking that gives you More if you want a guaranteed High interest rate we have if you want daily interest we have it if you want a term Deposit redeemable or its your we have More options and More ways still for you to Combine so you can pick an Asp that exactly right for youll find getting a Royal Bank Asp convenient we have an Asp specialist on hand to help you at every Branch across our interest rates Are truly and unlike 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