Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 3, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free May pc Hopes dashed As High profile candidates lose up pm qty continued from Page took Over the nip three years said he would make no instant announcements on How his party will handle the balance of but the night belonged to Peter the lawyer and businessman who succeeded Stuart Smith As Liberal Leader in 1982 won dividends from his frantic Campaign Pace that even liberals found difficult to be thought just months ago to be facing extinction As his caucus was ravaged by saw his liberals stun Miller by ousting veterans across the there was immediate speculation that Millers leadership would be challenged by the Donald a former provincial nip said hell try to hold of but it will be there Are real cleavages in the tory Miller first saw dreams of a coveted majority government dashed As Early returns rolled then Victory jeopardized As some of his High pro file candidates were Defeated in i dings he had targeted for gains and eight ministers were among the better known Liberal victors were former Liberal Mem Ber of parliament Maurice Bossy in Chatha Kent and Lily wife of former Federal Cabinet minister John in Hamilon one of the few Liberal setbacks saw former baseball Star Ferguson Jenkins finish a Distant third to new Democrat David Cooke in Windsor and two Northern Ontario Cabinet ministers watched in disbelief As their Ridings were snatched away by political the new democrats added two Ridings to their collection of five while the conservatives lost three to put them on Par with the Dps the liberals the party of the North one but gained another of the 15 labor minister Russell Ashen when he talked to reporters in the Sault Marie Riding he held since a 1978 said he was confused by the dump and would leave second guessing to another Karl a financial analyst with Algoma took the Riding for the nip in his first crack at a provincial Northern affairs minister Leo the self described Premier of the kept Kenora about votes ahead of the nip con Rene minister responsible for Northern lost Cochrane North Tor held Riding since 1948 Liberal Rene a former mayor of a tight three Way race in Rainy River Northwestern seat left vacant last year by Liberal Pat Reid after 47 years ended up tory with Jack a former Reeve of Ati in David a 37yearold Farmer from new Lis won by about votes Over conservative incumbent de a 14year Veteran known for his constant tiffs with municipal politicians in the in fort William which covers roughly half the City of Thunder Bay incumbent Mickey Hennessy thrashed his opponents by margins of votes and nip incumbent Jim Foulds had no trouble taking port the other Thunder Bay pc legislation plugs prostitution loopholes continued from Page 1 i Tat ions had to be towards the same allowed Street hookers to barter with the supreme court also ruled that the Interior of a motor vehicle can not be considered a Public place As defined in the criminal if the Bill is police will be Able to charge hookers or their clients after a single Al though they will be required to prove in court that the accused was trying to buy or sell it is unlikely a Wink or a smile Between a Hooker and a prospective customer would be sufficient Evi a Justice department official the Fraser established in june 1983 to study prostitution and recommended last week that Street soliciting be controlled with Laws prohibiting Dis indecent exhibitions in Public places and stopping or driving through Public places to offer or seek paid but the seven member headed by Vancouver lawyer Paul suggested that police not be permitted to Lay charges until a Hooker or a client had made More than one attempt to buy or Crosbie said he rejected that proposal because it would not resolve the problems created when the court ruled that soliciting had to be press ing and while calling for criminal Laws to control Street the Fraser committee also recommended that most other prostitution related activities be lifted from the criminal code and hookers be allowed to operate out of their own Crosbie has refused to comment on that advising reporters to wait for the official government response to the report this Winnipeg Deputy mayor Jim Ernst welcomed the proposed Feder Al although Street prostitution in Winnipeg int As widespread As in cities like Vancouver and even in our business peo ple want something they feel it is hurting their Friendly Chat prime minister Brian Mulroney chats with president Ronald Reagan and West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl in Bonn Ontario Appeal court tosses out objections to Federal abortion Law continued from Page 1 there Are Many people in this country who not Only believe that abortion is a religious matter but who also adhere to a religious a deeply held conscientious that the abortion decision is for the woman he told the the court has heard equally thorny issues in the course of the including whether the Law gives rights to the fetus and the relevance of Morgentaler main de that of Manning said the abortion com Mittee interferes with the woman religious Freedom by taking the decision away from but Justice Charles who has probed the defence lawyer on other said he understand the she makes her decision out of her own Good he i dont see How a religious person has any More or less rights in this than a nonreligious the onus is on the government to justify Why it has taken away a decision arrived at under religious feeling or Manning re Justice John Brooke said he also had difficulty with the in tripping on what you mean by the he told is this religious belief one that mandates a woman to have an Abor Tion judge Dubin no religion requires the proce Manning but the Law gives the Power to committees to make such a that could be the effect of up holding Section its the other Side of the Manning said a woman is entitled to equal Protection and Benefit under the Law according to the newly declared Section 15 of the but abortion which use different deny her he As the abortion Law harms a woman be cause it creates delays in getting an he said that even after he More narrow test of the Bill of a woman Equality rights Are breached by the abortion the defence lawyer offered the example of where women can get abortions outside hospitals without going through As evidence of unequal the other provinces should follow suit because it creates an inequality associate chief jus Tice Bert Mackinnon Manning replied the Federal attorney general could apply a stay of proceedings for judge Dubin sparred with Man Ning Over whether the issues in the Quebec trials in which Morgentaler was acquitted were different from those facing the Appeal Manning replied the Issue has been determined four this i is an Morgentaler has been acquitted by juries four including three times in one que Bec acquittal was overturned on a peal and Morgentaler spent 10 months in said the rationale for keeping abortion legislation As Crim Inal Law is murderer displayed no anger continued from Page 1 she said they decided against it because the legality of gating prisoners was being challenged in a Saskatchewan the supreme court of Canada outlawed gating in paving the Way for the automatic release of offend ers such As she solicitor general Elmer Mackay said in november he Hopes to scrap mandatory supervision and leave Early releases up to the parole boards Coates said Steingardt psychological treatment was put on hold when the Brandon Centre decided to re strict its outpatient service to critical she said she agreed to suspend Steingardt treatment until he wanted it resumed because he want making any judge James responded Are you saying no matter How dangerous a person if he Doest want to change you dont Send him to some one else Coates said he could Only be helped if he was willing to help she said Steingart had six special conditions place Don his release stipulations which she said Are used to return High risk cases to prison at the slightest hint of she admitted there was Little she could do to Check that he was staying away from Vio Lent pornography and firearms and not travelling without Steingard also was to report to police to her and visit psychologist Douglas Cruikshanks every two police later found pornographic videotapes and magazines some depicting violent kidnapping apes and bondage with photo graphs of local children in the Brandon House Steingard shared with his Coates said she saw no change in Steingardt behaviour or any signs of stress or anger when she saw him within a week of the when asked by judge James if there was anything she would have done differently As his parole Coates replied i guess Ive asked myself that a Hundred the answer is always no i did the very Best Job i i cant think of anything i could have done Cruikshanks also said drugs do not necessarily remove the anger that often fuels sexual la victim of bad risk policy continued from Page 1 the politician was one of burglary victims last Accord ing to statistics released by attorney general Roland Penner yesterday during a review of his departments spending estimates at the Legisla that compares with Burg Laries in tory Justice critic Gerry Mercier said the statistics show breaking Are a problem in Winnipeg and he called for tougher jail sentences for convicted Mercier said in an interview the attorney general should instruct Crown attorneys to push for harsher sentences for those convicted of the he said Winnipeg has been experiencing an increase in breaking for years and the government must take Steps to Stem the those people Are going through he said of individuals whose premises have been Phillips agreed there was a prob Lem with breaking but said she didst think harsher sentences were the she said a person who decides to steal is going to follow through with the crime whether he receives one year or three years in bizarre facts Rule out lawyer argues continued from Page 1 acting Deputy chief Paul John who announced the suspension said there were other circumstances that complicated the Johnston refused to he said Baileys being a police officer had no bearing on the length of the which is Johnston said chief Herb Stephen probably will want to respond to criticisms levelled against police for its handling of the who is in could not be reached for Harvey Smith gent Park charged wednesday police seemed to be going out of their Way to protect the As Smith criticized the department for allowing the officer to remain on the Job until a decision was made on Hymie Baileys described the Case As the facts to say the highly unusual based on my expert he refusing to Delabo those people who say there was a police coverup dont know what there talking Weinstein would not say How his client will plead to the acting police chief John Urchenko suspended Bailey after a hearing by the police suspension committee Johnston he said he did not believe the departments credibility has been damaged by police handling of the its easy to criticize and make but when youre not connected with the circumstances being dealt with its pretty difficult to perceive Johnston Phillips said she would like to see More emphasis on catch ing burglars and the people who buy stolen the burglaries in Winnipeg last year included business breaking and residential Rob its a very serious Mer Cier said during the attorney Gener als Penner agreed the problem was he said there was no need to push for harsher sentences because the Crown already prose cutes suspects he also noted that ultimately it was the responsibility of trial judges to determine the appropriate sen tence for those convicted in break Penner said that burglary was not a problem unique to Winnipeg and that across the country there was a 29percent increase in 1984 in the number of one of the major problems in trying to crack Down on burglars is that they Are difficult to pen Ner Only 30 to 35 per cent of All complaints result in charges being he 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