Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 10, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free May tangled web of corruption on fisheries vessels Revette up a Man no worked Nim years on patrol the Federal fisheries de mys fisheries inspect uts often return from foreign ves to carrying mass quantities of i car Tom yesterday Tom tin Canadian press of a tangled corruption aboard fisheries womels a Mali included smuggling and he worked on fisheries patrol boats Iran 1973 to when he was his observations were confirmed by Jim former newfound land fisheries who con fronted Federal officials with the allegations it was the second time this week former fisheries employees have told Canadian press about alleged illegalities in the its humiliating for be mister and dont think the Canadian people would tolerate it if they knew about Bemister wrote a letter to Romeo then Federal fisheries min in january 1982 complaining of excessive drinking and other prob lems aboard fisheries Leblanc wrote Back telling him the matter would be taken up in Johns but within weeks of Bemister was sources said they Felt Bemister was dealt an injustice by a former bunk mate said he believes be misters claims Are Bemister said that while patrol Ling the Davis Strait area near Greenland during his some captains and fisheries officers would Hoard cases of foreign liquor and Gallons of wine aboard fisheries they would then take the liquor and wine into the Greenland ports of Godthaab and Holstein Borg and sell it for As much As or about per he said the officials got the liquor and wine from foreign fishing Bemister said he was on watch one evening in Greenland when he witnessed an Exchange Between a fisheries officer and a native involving liquor and about 900 Bemister also said he saw fisheries employees take cigarettes and flesh magazines aboard foreign vessels and return with Large amounts of fish and one he he started to throw about 450 kilograms of halibut Over the Side of a fisheries vessel but was stopped by shipmates who he said intended to take the fish the fish had been taken from a foreign Bemister also said he was aware of heavy drinking aboard fisheries boats and there were some nights he said he was afraid to go to in bad visibility and bad weather and most of the time it was due to this liquor coming off the foreign Bemister knows of at least one boat he maintains was damaged in a storm because the Captain had passed out from drink and those on duty were driving the boat too hard in heavy he said he spoke to ease his con science and to seek Justice for his dismissal from the decision shrinks Powers of Cabinet Victory Parade red Square in Moscow becomes a sea of dress uniform military might in a Parade marking the 40th Annivera troops yesterday As the soviet Union displays its sary of the second world wars end in adoption moratorium to be permanent heat wed from Page 1 child and family services of South said an abused child feels he or she is the offender when re moved from the Esther executive director of Dakota ojibway child and family said the new act would go some Way to meeting native con but Seidl said she doubted All the Points raised in a Brief to the province will be she said native child care groups will meet soon to review the she said she was pleased the moratorium on out province adoptions will be legislated into there was such an she referring to the More than 900 Manitoba native children who were adopted by families outside the province and the Seidl said the permanent moratorium was needed to guarantee it happen Smith said the number of native children awaiting adoption had not increased since the province imposed the the minister said she Doest expect the Bill will receive a rough ride from the conservative opposition because of the extensive Consulta Tion that preceded opposition Leader Gary Filmon said later the tories support the general Aims of the but May raise specific the Bill also will put into Law the provinces child abuse guidelines introduced last year and will allow the province to report professionals who do not disclose an abuse Case to their professional the Bill will also give Agency directors More Power to hear com plaints from people affected by the Agency As adults will have Access to their records and to those of children in their with some Ottawa up the supreme court of Canada has crushed a peace coalitions Legal efforts to Stop tests of unarmed cruise missiles in Canada but has opened the door for a dramatic change in the Powers of the Federal the High court ruled in a 60 decision that operation dismantle had no Legal grounds to Challenge testing of the american missiles that began last year Over Northwestern the six justices in an accompanying opinion that will have sweeping implications said judges May review Cabinet decisions that infringe on rights guaranteed under the 1982 Charier of rights and i have no doubt that the executive Branch of the Canadian govern ment is duty bound to act in accor dance with the dictates of the chief Justice Brian Dick son the lawyer for operation Disman Lawrence Greenspon of claimed Victory for civil liberties and the rights of individuals across the country because of the courts ruling that Cabinet decisions May be challenged but Jim chief spokesman for operation a coalition of More than 20 peace groups and Trade unions which claims a collective membership of million Cana was downcast at the failure to halt cruise expressing despair at the outcome of the Legal Battle that started Al most two years Stark said the court added insult to the injury of defeat by ruling that operation Dis Mantle will have to pay Legal costs for the prime minister Mulroney called the judgment democracy at but cautioned it will take at least a decade to realize the implications for Cabinet i think clearly what was intended was to strengthen the right of the individual when the Constitution was and i View it in that he said of the the peace coalition had challenged a Cabinet decision allowing the cruise arguing the tests contravened a Section of the Charier of rights that guarantees All canadians the right to Liberty and Security of the person by making Canada a More Likely target of nuclear judge who wrote the unanimous said it was without knowing in Advance the reaction of hostile for the peace group to establish a link Between the cruise tests and nuclear War but judge Dickson agreed with a separate judgment written by Madam Justice Bertha Wilson which said Cabinet decisions fall under the Charier and Are therefore review Able in the government lawyers argued that the Charier itself stipulates it can be applied Only to Cabinet Powers that derive directly from statutes of parliament and As in the cruise testing to an exercise of the Royal prerogative a source of Power existing independently of but judge Wilson ruled that since there is no reason in principle to distinguish Between Cabinet Deci Sions made pursuant to statutory authority and those made in the exercise of the Royal and since the former clearly fall within the scope of the i conclude that the latter do Ottawa Northern tory my charges fam Page 1 Public who would have knowingly violated his oath of of in the Nielsen faced the same questions he has dodged since tuesday when Broadbent revealed the but he continued to enrage opposition maps by saying he always tells the truth and by denying any knowledge of the document or the if the ramp announced i Haven heard said i would expect the ramp to make routine inquiries into a new Democrat my Jim Fulton turned the heat on health and Wel minister Jake who was named in the document As support ing the recommendations but expressing concern about How to control costs when deterrents Are used to reduce the Cost of uninsured medi Cal Nielsen handed a piece of paper along the government frontbench to who then stood up to say that any Cabinet documents that he has remain in what appeared to be a defence of Bel tightening for native pro the Only native conservative Tom argued Ottawa had pampered in a statement to the the my for the Northwest Terri tories Riding of Nuna Tsiao said Cut Ting off funding to natives is like telling your child that you Are cutting off their Liberal Indian affairs critic Keith who has remained silent in the commons about the said he thinks an ideological Battle is raging Between who wants to slash and Indian affairs minister David who has repeatedly said no changes to native programs will be made without extensive consultation with i think the forces that Are led by Crombie Are in the Penner i think there Are very dark and devious plots going on behind his Penner also said the controversy Nome defends authority to impose parking ban to Appeal judge Dureault decision to Manitoba court of he said he is optimistic the Appeal court can hear the Case before the end of the Norrie says he questions the court ruling because the City of Winnipeg act does give City Council authority to Delegate some of its authority to City in he that is what Council did when it passed the amendments allowing him to lift and impose the Norrie hid he is awaiting a Legal interpretation from the City Law he said the court ruling underlines the importance of City Council coming up with an alter native to the overnight parking ban something the City has been studying for More than a the cites works and operations committee is looking at a permit system which would allow motorists who buy special permits to ignore the ban except when signs Are posted indicating Snow removal is in Norrie said he favors allowing parking on opposite sides of residential streets on alternate has killed the constitutional process for developing native rights and policies because Mulroney Sweet words about consultation at the last conference have been exposed As simply window dressing and Public Northern Manitoba Indian chiefs said yesterday they will demand answers at Federal provincial minis ters constitutional talks in Ottawa this we want to be where the fight said chief Joe Guy representing 25 Northern he said the position taken by the 25 chiefs meeting in Thompson for the last three Days was rejection of the documents systematic trans Fer of Federal responsibilities for Sta Tus indians to the this is a throwback to the White paper presented by the Trudeau government in Wood it was rejected then and there is absolutely no sense in going Over the exercise asked what it would take to Clear the air Between natives and the government before the Wood replied the document said the govern ment could save million from 1986 to 1988 by reducing or eliminating Federal funding to native medi employment and land claims it also contained a detailed outline of How to sell the plan to canadians through a Slick Media the 30page unsigned stamped secret and containing an unfilled line for Nielsen is based on a similar larger Cabinet report leaked to the Canadian press last month which recommended hefty cuts to native programs and the virtual dissolution of the Indian affairs Broadbent said the person who leaked the document to Fulton Felt the recommendations were too repugnant to keep quiet Pentagon stresses soviet violations i Sarll intercontinental ballistic mis now i silos when it installed we 1535 icbms the soviets Are understood to have hid they would deploy 18 of the new single warhead ss25s and 10 of the older the Muff atom was to the Pritt standing consultative com which deals with questions of adherence to terms of arms control they notified us of the deploy ment in the proper the official he said the soviet move pro Vides support for those in the Rea Gan administration who want to continue the Salt ii the official said he didst think Reagan had made up his mind on the Salt accords and would wait for recommendations from his top and state department officials Are regarded As generally favouring continuing Salt while Pentagon officials Are regarded As 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