Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 30, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free april 1985 Morgentaler lawyer decries wasteful Appeal a fifty flee of toss continued from Page 1 experienced judges in the Ontario Appeal three judges usually hear appeals but this headed by chief Justice William is significant to the Public lawyers harassment complaints outlined continued from Page i Govereau said the Cook had kissed her on the embraced touched her put his hands under her sweater and made sexual com ments about her she said she pushed Grammas swore at him and later had her Long hair Cut to dissuade him from making the waitress said she complained to Anastasiadis about the but this prompted them to yell at her and humiliate her in front of staff and Govereau said she was fired on ostensibly for incompetence and being rude to testified Grammas harassed her in a similar Fash she said she also complained to but the owner said he could do nothing about Janzen said the which occurred in october left her depressed and physically it ended Only when she quit her Job on halloween of that Anastasiadis testified he could not recall discussing the matter with he said the Only related conversation he could recall with Janzen was when she asked if she could be fired by the Grammas was Laid off in february 1983 because of a shortage of the hearing was Henteleff said he found Platy enterprises guilty As Well As Grammas because the Cook sometimes acted in a managerial Henteleff awarded who earned about a week at in lost wages and for psychological he granted who worked Little Between january 1983 and in lost wages and for psychological Only a handful of spectators listened to yesterdays complicated Legal even who claims Confidence the acquittal will be Al Lowed to said he didst expect to attend the two week Appeal after in opening the Black lock said he would try to show that the trial judge fell Short in his charge to the jury and erred by not instructing it on the improper address made by defence lawyer Morris the crowns filed in quotes Manning As having told jury members the abortion Law is bad and a Well known civil rights was silent while the Crown presented its arguments but is expected to Challenge later this week the abortion Laws constitutionality and the crowns right to Appeal a jury in an interview before the Appeal he criticized the provincial and Federal governments for what he called an unfortunate waste of tax payers instead of spending Money on the governments should give priority to assisting destitute he Blacklock said the defence of necessity Doest apply because there was no immediate emergency where human instincts cry out for parliament addressed the necessity defence in Section 251 of the criminal he that Law says abortions May be performed in accredited hospitals when approved by a committee of three doctors who must determine whether the pregnancy endangers the woman life or Blacklock said evidence showed abortions were available at Morgen tales clinic for women rejected by for those who get them in a reasonable time in or for women needing Sec on trimester this is substitution of the views of that committee by these conspire he referring to Morgentaler Evi Dence that risk of complication in creases by weekly Blacklock cited statistics he said showed risk is he argued a criminal action should be adopted Only if there is no other Way in this women could reapply to committees for he the Crown is asking the court to set aside the acquittal and order a new the Appeal a passenger at Winnipeg Airport watches As striking air Canada employees air Canada talks adjourn travel agents earn extra Revenue during strike continued from Page 1 Federal mediator in the has suspended negotiations Between the two sides which had been under Way in Bartenbach returned to Toronto yesterday after a few hours of saying he would be available if either Side indicates a desire for further in John director of the Alliance of Canadian travel said the strike Means More business and increased reve nue for travel prior to the Manitoba travel agents handled 59 per cent of All flight reservations and that percentage will increase As the strike he last air Canada offered a new car to the agent who Sells the most tickets on the Howe Morris said the promotion was an annual event and not related to the Cann said there was some slight passenger movement away from air Canada in the first 48 hours of the reservations for flights on some other carriers Are he to a degree there has been some apprehension out there about whether air Canada is going to run on Cann people Are phoning and asking about the Tion and to see if they should change to another Morris said the airlines regular flights were not interrupted yester Day by the he said All air Canada flights to and from Winnipeg were on schedule and passengers were not cancelling their travel our no show Factor was lefts than five per he adding this was Normal for the time of a number of Complex issues Are preventing both sides from reaching an company and Union spokesmen Morris said the anxious to hire Par time wanted no limits on the ratio of Par time to full time eventually it agreed to place a ceiling on part timers at 40 per cent of total workers in the bargaining double the current 20 per Telfer said the Union has a prob Lem with the Way the 40percent ratio would be calculated because the airline wants to include current part timers in the Calea who earn be tween and an Are asking for a three percent wage increase retroactive to the company has offered a Lump sum payment in lieu of a wage but the Union fears such a precedent would spell the end of percentage salary increases in future its impossible to budget for a family on a Lump sum Telfer adding workers nearing retirement would prefer annual percentage increases to raise their pen Sion Telfer said air Canada also wants to add two additional pay Levels at the Bottom end of the salary in effect cutting the base wage by 22 per he said the company first offered a hour to a substantial drop from the current the last offer to the Union was a starting wage of an he Telfer said Calea May be willing to Budge on the starting salary if the company shows flexibility on the other Bishops blast retailers continued from Page 1 contract in what the labor movie ment Calls a landmark Battle in its attempt to organize the the company says All but slightly More than 300 have abandoned picket lines and returned to the 120member Bishops Confer ence said Canada appears to be heading toward a deeply stratified society in which there on one a substantial group of people who Are completely and permanently and on the a More secure group of workers who Are permanently Between these two there lies a growing number of work ers who depend on Par time jobs for a these people Are generally left with no Job Security and Protection for their Basic rights As the statement is the most outspoken stand taken by the Bishops since a critical and controversial new years message in 1983 attacking the response of government and Busi Ness to economic problems arising from the 198182 retail employees deserve support for the following the Bish Ops argued d working people have a Basic right to form unions to defend their secure just wages and promote healthy working d the value and dignity of work is threatened by a growing trend to Ward Low wages and Par time pm especially among poor and single Parent la retail workers Are poorly paid and often have to put up with inadequate conditions and paternalistic employment workers in retail Chain stores Are generally very Loyal to their employ ers this Goodwill should not be abused in an attempt to wait out disputes and prevent workers from organizing their own said the noting that the Catholic Church has supported unions for nearly a Bourassa contesting Quebec by election Montreal up Quebec lib eral Leader Robert Bourassa marked the 15th anniversary of his 1970 election Victory yesterday by announcing his candidacy in the june 3 provincial by election in Ber Trand under pressure to run for a seat in the Quebec legislature since he was reelected party Leader 18 months Bourassa made his announce ment after touring a Hydro Quebec research station in the Riding South East of French demand English j continued from Page 1 administrators affiliated with la society Franco the official voice of the provinces francophone Community and the chief proponent of French language committee chairman Emile Huberdeau later rejected the that completely the trustee the Board is completely in certainly sympathetic with them the but in not a car carrying alternative service planned continued from Page 1 ship several notches you Are leaving a permanent blot on this this Resolution is a last plea do not visit bit Republican South Carolina congressman Thomas Hartnett called the visit to Pitburg a a Blunder and poor but he said you hold your head High a Resolution signed by 82 senators urged the president to reassess his a letter signed by 257 House members was sent to Kohl urging him to withdraw the invitation to Reagan for the cemetery and european jewish organizations have scheduled an alternative memorial service in Munich on Friday to counter reagans controversial dozens of jewish groups have endorsed the alternative service at Munich Terlacher Ceme where two executed leaders of the German anti Hitler White Rose resistance movement Are the american jewish Congress in conservative West German newspapers reacted angrily yesterday to the increasing pressure in the for Reagan to cancel the cemetery newspapers that normally sup port policies complained of hysteria in the United slates and condemned both the Media and the Senate vote last Friday asking Reagan to cancel his planned an and hoc Board committee of six formed last month to review the divisions Lan Guage listened silently to 13 presenta All opposing existing eleven were from francophone and two from anglophone the parents also presented a petition from 330 Pierre residents demanding they said 75 per cent of the signatories Are francophone and the petition represents 60 per cent of the towns parents with children in the parents told trustees they want the Francais program in town elementary and Junior High schools reduced to 50 per cent of class under the existing in place for about 10 75 per cent of instruction is in French and the rest in kindergarten is taught completely in while High school students receive half French and Hal English Hebert said the parents want Core subjects of language arts and mathematics taught Only in English at the elementary and Junior High they also want science to be taught in English Only in Junior High As Well As All four subjects at the senior High Hebert said the parents went to the committee in Force because they were furious at not being consulted on the Issue and at not being allowed to choose their childrens language of instruct she said later if the Board does not agree to make the the group will go directly to education minister Maureen a somewhat shaken Huberdeau promised that trustees would have a plan of action ready at the boards next full meeting on May he told the parents not to expect a final decision on the Issue until the Board hears from other including parents satisfied with the this caught us by he said in disappointed because until recently i thought we were serving the Zundel fails in bid to delay inquiry continued from Page after the he said penning and Peter who presented the immigration departments would have made Good they were following the adjudicator rejected a bid by Zun Deis Lorna to have the adjourned until criminal appeals were Zundel was convicted on of wilfully causing harm to social or racial Harmony by distributing did Sis million really a Booklet claiming the second world War holocaust was a jewish on March he was sentenced to 15 months in Marshall said Rundels Appeal of the conviction 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