Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 16, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press May Page 3 Manitoba endorses Trade scientology tactics spark lnoc3l payment claim contradicted by Paul Moloney a claim by lawyer Renald Guay that he had been informally assured of payment for any work done for la society Franco Mani Toraine was contradicted in court yesterday by a former society Penner disputes testimony attorney general Roland pen Ner had disputed a claim by the president of la society Franco Manito Baine that she was flabbergasted by the governments willingness to enshrine French rights in a constitutional Amend it is a matter of record that the Sam met the Premier and others on and Dis cussed a number of one of which was a proposal of theirs respecting a constitutional Penner said last Deputy Premier Muriel Smith corroborated Penners state maintaining the proposal had come from the society at that society president Gilberte pro teau told a court tuesday that the society goal was limited to obtaining More government ser vices in French when she met Premier Howard Pawley in Jan uary she was testifying in a trial in which the Legal firm Guay Smith and associates is suing the society for Legal although Proteau told the court she had mentioned the society wanted Manitoba to be officially she expected the idea would be she said she was amazed when Penners office called in june 1982 to say he wanted to discuss the proposal with Sam i think she must have been quoted out of Penner the proposal was made in the first instance and in writing by the Sam in january so nothing should come As a sur the Pawley government had introduced the constitutional amendment in an attempt to Avert a court Challenge to the Validity of Manitoba English Only faced with bitter the government subsequently changed the offering guarantees of existing French language rights in a Constitution Al amendment and promising bilingual services in key govern ment offices through after the tory opposition lyse the the govern ment scrapped the language package when it prorogued the while Guay has said executive director Lucille Roch indicated in 1982 the society would pay his Law firm if funds were Roch testified she was not aware of any such Roch said she believed Treffli Guys partner and a society Board had tiered in june 1982 to help negotiate an agreement with the Manitoba government on French language Roch told the court of Queens Bench trial into a fee dispute be tween the Law firm and the society that Smith had been introduced to the government negotiators As a society Board not a paid in later former society Board member Daniel Boucher said Guay had cited his prior understanding with Roch during a meeting called to ques Tion Why the Law Guay Smith and had submitted a Bill for Boucher said he and then society president Leo Robert re commended the Board pay the Bill partly because of Guys explanation that the question of fees had been cleared with Boucher said another Factor in the recommendation was that Guay threatened during the july 1983 meeting to have Smith the society did not want to lose Smith because the language rights Battle was then at a critical he Guay repeated the threat in a filed in that had been sent to the Board in Midas gust Boucher said he and other Board members were upset when they Learned that Smith wanted payment for his which he described As mostly he said Robert was taken Aback by the executive assistant to Manitoba environment minister Gerard said it was decided Smith should continue but Bills had to be submitted he said this was not former society president Gil Berte Proteau testified earlier yesterday it was understood sub sequent Bills from Guay Smith would be paid Only if funds were provided by the Federal Secretary of state Guay Smith billed about 000 for the period from june 1982 to april 1984 and received about Proteau said the Secretary of state did not give the society enough Money to pay the Boucher said another Guay Smith Michel accompanied him As a Volunteer to speaking engagements during the fall of he said chartier told him his assistance was on an unpaid basis but Bills submitted later by Guay Smith showed the lawyers time was charged at an memo questions civil service ban by Mary Ann Fitzgerald a confidential Federal memo Randum says the ban on political comment by civil servants Proba Bly would not survive a Challenge under the charter of rights and the memo was obtained by Manitoba grassroots spokesman Grant a key player in the Battle against constitutional entrenchment of French language rights in had been on leave from his Post with Canada employment and immigration since a 1979 heart he was fired last last fall he obtained through the privacy act a partly censored memo dated March from privy Council clerk Gordon Osbaldeston to then prime minister Pierre Trudeau suggesting politics dictated the timing of his through Russell has obtained the censored part of the it says the Justice department advised that the employment and immigration code of conduct for civil servants in its present form would probably not with stand a charter Challenge under Section because it tubes an absolute ban on All Public comments by a Public servant and is thus impermissible As it says the code is not prescribed in Law As the charter before his dismissal in no Russell had been warned by Ottawa to halt his grassroots activities because the civil ser vice code of conduct prohibits Missell continue fight Active participation in partisan he said yesterday that on March the Federal department wrote to his Ottawa who had complained of harassment of his that Ottawa was concerned russells significant involvement in the controversial political Issue of bilingualism in Manitoba May impair his usefulness As a fed eral Public the confidential memo says that since Russell does not have any duties As a Public it is impossible to Sug Gest his activities with operation grassroots could impair his pres ent ability to perform his duties As a Public last Russell launched an Appeal against his but two Days before the 18 he said he was informed that the recommendation to fire him was he he has not Given up his quest to obtain Ottawa per Sonal file on he added so he has received Only w pages of the 245page City Pound workers remove two cats from filthy Teakwood Avenue Home fees litter House City officials in boots remove animals by Barbara aggerholm City officials waded ankle deep into garbage and animal excrement inside a Winnipeg Home yes fire and health depart ment officers went to the teak Wood Avenue Home after City Pound officials had investigated a report of dogs Barking and a foul odor coming from the the stench is City Pound supervisor Doug Smith said its like somebody Hast taken garbage out of their House for two he said the which he Esti mated to be Square metres in is full of garbage in every with insect eggs on the you need a shovel to get in there we had to order in some rubber boots and clothing and Smith said the Pound was alerted to the sounds and smells by a waterworks electricity and water had been shut off at the he said police and fire officials were called to the the former to investigate whether it was occupied and the latter to provide masks so people could the Pound used its own masks after deciding it didst want to contaminate the fire departments he our initial concern was that something had happened to the police David Bollen Bach two Terrie Type dogs and two Kittens were found and taken to the Smith adding they appeared to be once a Friend but he said Pound employees Are frustrated because there Are More cats in the houses heating ducts and attempts to talk to the House owner have neighbors said Elizabeth a lived in the House the name appears in the current edition of hendersons City directory and the Winnipeg Telephone one who asked not to be said she was once a Friend of the estimated to be about but became disillusioned when the condition of the House and grounds we used to be Good she adding the woman had lived at the House for about 25 Smith said he believed the woman was living both at her Soninlaw Home and her were trying to get a he they wont come to the we dont know whats happen police haunt spoken to the owner late yesterday she had departed for places Bol Lenbach provincial health inspection supervisor Ken Collins said officials would be serving the woman with an order to clean up the were deciding the time Collins we want to be fair to he said the House int a health because its closed and a woman answering the Tele phone where the owner was thought to be yesterday said Only that she would be Able to comply with the health departments Usu nit i Urmia us uni uni dec inc a Baum Uepa Meni s police commission chief quits for Law practice reasons by Bob Cox said he had devoted enough time to workload has been reduced recently by Bob Cox Dauphin lawyer Jeff Oliphant has resigned As chairman of the Manitoba police commission to devote More time to his Law prac Tice and other after 7y2 years of service by it is time for somebody else to take on the Oliphant said yes attorney general Roland Penner said in a prepared statement Oli Phant resigned effective april Vic chairman Arne a Winnipeg has been named act ing chairman of the the announcement is head of Legal Aid Manitoba Public interest Law de said in an interview serving on the commission kept him away from his wife and two Young children and his Law he said he travelled to Winnipeg 15 to 20 times a year for regular commission meetings and occasional he also estimated he spent at least 40 full Days working on one recent commission task inquiry into police handling of a violent 1983 demonstration at the consulate general on Bonald demonstrators were protesting the invasion of the lawyer said he would miss being part of the but said he had devoted enough time to Public you do your share and that All anybody should he i think that years of pretty Well voluntary Public service is All any body should Oliphant was appointed to the commission in january 1978 and be came he became chairman in he said the Grenada which he received More attention than anything else he did while on the but he said his work on the Law enforce ment review act was More import the which came into Force earlier this established a new civilian Agency to handle citizen complaints about police such complaints previously were handled by the police Oliphant said he worked since 1979 on the which he de scribed As the Best in the five member police commis Sion now handles appeals of internal discipline decisions made by civic police forces in the serves As an advisory body to the attorney general on Law enforcement issues and conducts inquiries when re citizens May Appeal to the com Mission if the Law enforcement review Agency refuses to hear their Oliphant said the commissions workload has been reduced recently both by the creation of the review Agency and the Transfer of some responsibilities to the Law enforce ment services Branch of the attorney generals As of april the Branch assumed responsibility for crime prevention programs and training some police mostly scissors likened to fire 7 went killing trial told by David Obrien a Stony Mountain prison inmate admitted to stabbing a guard and said i went but otherwise there was no reason for the fatal mounties testified yester i just stabbed him on the James Brown quoted Walter Sinclair As Daryle Frank and Donald Are charged with two counts of first degree murder in the july stabbing deaths of guards Werner and Joseph Brown said Sinclair admitted to killing one guard during an inter View the Day after the the officer said a Sta Tus Indian from Pukatawagan whose first language is told him the whole i ran i had scissors in my Han the guard was hold ing someone the guard was kind of i had the scissors and just stabbed him on the that the whole i had the i looked at them and they turned red like i was pretty court was told that when asked by Brown Why he stabbed the Sinclair said just so you i just want to do my time and get out of Sinclair said he was drinking Home brew from a 23litre pail be fore the Brown he said he was drinking alone and that no one else was involved in the the police officer i just Sinclair report edly said in a signed John who was present during the said Sinclair didst have a reason for the he want mad at he just control Wendl was stabbed in the Back and Friesen in the allegedly with half a pair of while there has been conflicting Many witnesses have said the four accused attacked the Brown said Sinclair was in an isolation cell when he met he said five members of the Pri sons emergency response team re moved the defendant from the they were All carrying riot Batons and some were wearing while others wore balaclavas and camouflage Brown Sinclair was handcuffed and in leg Irons when the five team members walked him backwards to an inter View room in the prisons administrative he the accused had difficulty walk ing and had to be carried at one he Brown said Sinclair complained about pain around a leg where the leg Irons had been he said there was redness and an indentation around the Brown said Sinclair demanded to see a lawyer and was Given a phone Book to Contact Sinclair refused to answer questions after contacting the but Brown said he continued to interview he said Sinclair agreed to saying ill Tell Fyk the the hell with Brown said Sinclair then admitted stabbing the he said he stabbed a guard in the Back and wanted to Tell us because it would make him feel Sinclair sudden willingness came after he was told he would not be returning to the prison after the but would be leaving with Brown gasoline cleanup yields litres at City garage More than litres of gasoline that leaked from an underground tank two weeks ago was recovered an environment depart ment spokesman said last Mark Stefanson said the under ground tank leaked at brinks Cana Das garage at 222 York Stefanson said workmen were kept Busy for More than 12 hours yester Day and that it May take More than a week to Complete the he said workmen dug a Trench and two containment Wells about three metres deep and one metre wide to collect the the Gas was then pumped out of the he Stefanson said his department began searching for the leak after getting complaints from York tire employees of a Strong gasoline on april York tire is located at fort Street and the brinks parking lot is directly to the rear of York Stefanson said a High concent Rar Tion of Gas fumes was detected in the basement of York tire on May 1 and his department ordered that employees working on the main floor be the building has been closed singe Stefanson said he said the tank suspected of causing the leak was removed some time so the department is not certain when the leak Stefanson said brinks had put a new Gas tank in place but the department has removed he said brinks will pay for the Cost of the cleanup and has been told to provide York tire with 3 basement ventilation ;