Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 9, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba Overnight parking bylaw upheld by court by Murray Mcneill a Manitoba judge has upheld the Validity of the cites overnight Park ing but ruled the mayor can not lift the ban once it is in in a 12page written decision re leased Justice Armand Dureault said Only City Council has that legislative the court of Queens Bench judge said City Council did not have the Power to Amend the bylaw in 1981 to Delegate Power to lift the ban to the mayor or his the which prohibits parking on City streets for More than one hour Between 3 and 6 from 15 to May was lifted by mayor Bill Norrie in the ruling Means the parking ban is Back in effect until May or until City Council decides according to Winnipeg lawyer an Tony he had asked judge Dureault to declare the overnight parking bylaw the ban is in Palmyn that Triy of the cuff but that not to say the City is necessarily going to Issue any tick ets under he said Norrie or City Hall officials As a matter of instruct City police not to ticket cars Between now and a Winnipeg police traffic depart ment spokesman said last night police were unaware of judge Dureault decision and had not received instructions on the he said police would not begin ticketing cars unless they receive instructions to do so from traffic division Mac we probably wont hear anything on that until tomorrow Palmyn challenged the Validity of the bylaw after he and his wife received tickets on april 25 of last year for parking overnight in front of their Home Street his argument was that the Section of the bylaw which delegates author Ity to the mayor or his designate to decide when the parking ban could be in effect was but Palmyn asked the judge to see lawyer Page 4 family rejoices As judge spares Clear tonight 7 sunny tomorrow 23 May 1985 free press Sun rises sets Moon rises sets final Homo delivery 957o550 classified 9562330 re Glit ration number 086 James free press Lucky Day two people smile and rest in the Sunshine after escaping uninjured from a car that overturned on the perimeter Highway near Portage Avenue after a Colli Sion with another northbound vehicle the Driver of the car also escaped ramp said they had been wearing seat accusations Mark veday superpower standoff underscores commemoration of wars end by Paul Koring the Canadian press soviet soldiers Goose stepped at a Wreath laying in West Young germans were welcomed beneath the arc de Triumph in Paris and president Reagan spoke of Hopes for a free Europe at ceremonies marking the 40th anniversary yesterday of the end of the second world but the nostalgic Singa Longs and remembrance services commemorating the final defeat of nazi Germany were overshadowed by accusatory speeches underscoring the continuing superpower standoff that has kept Europe divided for four in the More than Canadian veterans were feted in the country they liberated and a few spent time with the no Middle aged offspring they had fathered in wartime among other rekindled memories was a surprising disclosure from the Queen who spoke of secretly joining the Victory in Europe throngs who went wild in London following the famous radio announcement from wartime prime minister Winston Churchill that nearly six years of Liberal rat pack reveals second perk to Clark relative Ottawa up prime minister Mulroney and the Liberal oppositions rat pack tangled again Over conservative patronage yester Day after Liberal my Don Boudria disclosed that yet another govern ment posting has gone to the relative of a Cabinet but commons decorum collapsed entirely As Mulroney slammed a Liberal list of tory patronage that included the selection of John Bosley As commons to opposition jeers and and some laughter from All Mulroney mixed it up with Boudria and Liberal John Nunziata Over the appointment of Marcia external affairs minister Joe Clarks As a temporary Mem Ber of the National parole the prime defending the tried to discredit the Liberal outrage by deriding a Black paper on patronage that Boudria has Nunziata and who have pursued the Issue of patronage for several months in the Are members of a Core of Liberal maps known As the rat pack for their aggressive attacks against the gov Boudrias disclosure of Marcia Clarks appointment followed a controversy earlier this week Over the appointment of Peter Joe Clarks brother and Marcias Hus As a lawyer for the 1988 Winter olympics office in the pre Vious lawyer was and contract news of that appointment had Fol Lowed closely on the heels of an earlier Storni Over a government contract awarded without tender to a Toronto advertising company owned by finance minister Michael Wilsons brother inlaw and Man aged in part by Wilsons Riding association was the Marcia Clark appoint ment just another example of patronage being a relative expression Tongue in asked the after referring to state ments from parole Board chairman William Outerbridge in defence of Marcia Clarks picked up Boudrias Black Book and turned on the waving the document the prime minister noted that the first entry on the list of government handouts was Bosley appointment As this will indicate the reliability of that Mulroney shouted As most of his 210 tories howled their Mulroney noted that Boudrias list also included the appointment of former Liberal commons speaker Lloyd Francis As ambassador to but Boudria said outside the com Mons that Mulroney neglected to mention that the Liberal list specified that one of every 100 appoint see Turner Page 4 brutal struggle was reconciliation was the theme yesterday among the wests wartime enemies while old alliances were All but forgotten As both Reagan and Queen goes soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev made anniversary speeches blaming the other superpower for East West although Reagan evoked unlikely Hopes for a free Europe from Moscow to Lisbon in his speech to the european parliament in he made no mention of the fact the soviet Union was a wartime he accused the soviets of trying to spread their dominance by while lauding the largely powerless members of the european Parlia ment As being symbolic of the Suc Cess of postwar reconstruction of Western Europe and peace Between former Gorbachev echoed reagans accusatory making his his first major address since taking Over As Kremlin Leader in Gorba Chev called american militarism the greatest threat to Mankind and deplored efforts to develop the Star wars space based system to shoot Down nuclear the wars bitter legacy of a Europe divided by competing victors was perhaps most evident in always a barometer of troubled East West soviet soldiers had to be taken by bus through checkpoint Charlie to hold an Iron filled ceremony at the memorial to the soviet dead which is in the British sector of the former German see German Page 4 credit Agency reduces rating for Manitoba by Fred Youngs a leading new York Bond rating Agency has dropped Manitoba credit rating because of continued deficits and the Dps latest Bud the move will Cost the province an extra million on this years Bor rowing Robin an assistant vice president at Moodys investors Syndicate in new said last night the province has been downgraded to an Al finance minister Vic Schroeder said earlier that Manitoba whose debt is guaranteed by the also is now rated the Al also called is the highest level in the single a Manitoba had a the move by Moodys is the Sec Ond time in a Little More than two years Manitoba has had its credit status dropped by one of the two major new York rating in Standard and poors downgraded the province and Hydro to a a minus status after placing them on a credit watch in january of that a spokesman at Standard and poors said yesterday the a minus standing remains Schroeder said the move by Moodys will not significantly affect the provinces ability to raise Schroeder said this includes about billion that will be borrowed Dur ing the next several years to build the Limestone generating he said the Impact will be costing the province the million on its borrowing requirement of billion this fiscal opposition finance critic Brian Ransom said the downward move comes at a bad time for the province and will damage Confidence in its ability to manage in vestments and fiscal Goldston said the rating was dropped because of continuing deficits and the increased debt car ried by the the Lon term trend of increased debt and fairly High operating deficits had been continuing and it was time to revise the he the recent looked like a continuation of those in his March Schroeder projected a up million from the year and the fourth year of deficits of More than the provinces guaranteed and direct debt Rose to Schroeder told reporters at a Hast ily called news conference yesterday afternoon the downward adjustment was not but will not affect the provinces borrowing in Many overseas markets where it raises most of its he said it will have some Impact in see drop Page 4 deficits concern business by David Roberts business leaders think Manitoba Economy is stagnating under Mas Sive government deficits which Are inevitably linked to higher taxes and interest a Survey has de president of the Winnipeg chamber of said an april Survey of the Chambers corporate members identified the deficit As the 1 economic Manitoba budget estimates show the projected deficit for this year is approaching the cumulative provincial debt is More than Canadas projected 1985 deficit is about with the country cumulative debt about Martens said Federal finance min ister Michael Wilson has indicated some deficit cutting measures will be introduced in his May 23 in the nip government has not shown the same concern Over deficit Martens the concurrent concern with the deficit is that members see the possibility of rising interest rates and Martens our members Are very concerned about the damage that rising interest rates could have on a fragile economic the surveys respondents said High taxes and biased labor Laws Are leaving Manitoba businesses in a no growth some chamber members Are so fed up with what they see As an ant business provincial adm Nistra they Are considering moving out of the Martens see Job Page 4 report urges curbs on Taxman Power by Paula Martin the search and seizure Powers contained in Canadas income tax act constitute an excessive invasion of says a study prepared for the Law Reform commission of Canada released the combined Powers go beyond what is proper for a noncriminal the study Osgoode Hall Law professor Neil Brooks and researcher Judith conclude much of the current concern Over Revenue Canadas enforcement practices and the resulting Public cynicism about the tax system can be traced to the Legal framework underlying Revenue Canadas enforcement and in its Broad Powers of search and Sei they among its several recommend the study suggested removing the Power accorded tax officials to compel entry into a taxpayers Busi Ness or private premises to inspect books and records As 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