Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 27, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba Turner rejects two Charters for Quebec constitutional pact up photo Montreal up Libers Leader John Turner says his party will support reasonable initiatives by prime minister Mulroney to have Quebec sign the but not to the detriment of the charter of the charter of rights and free Doms does not belong to any govern it belongs to All Turner told a Liberal fundraising dinner saturday Premier Rene Levesque two weeks ago unveiled the under which Quebec would agree to sign the 1982 Constitution que Bec was the Only province that did not sign the among Quebec conditions was a demand that the province be exempt from most provisions of the charter of rights and freedoms so that Quebec own charter could take precedence in language but Turner said there is no place for two Charters in one there is one charter the guarantees accorded to minorities under the leadership of for Mer prime minister Pierre tru Deau Are fundamental and not said the liberals will be guided by a concern for National said we will defend the rights of francophone across the country As Well As the rights of the anglophone minority in Turner said finl among the other Quebec conditions demands for control Over economic manpower Communia International relations and family Law were several that had Long been discussed at constitutional he predicted Swift action on Many of these Points because of Steps taken by former Liberal govern now its up to the conservative government to make its Posi Tion said Quebec intergovernmental affairs minister Pierre Marc Johnson said saturday his provinces interest in reaching a constitutional agreement Doest mean Quebec accepts Bilin Gual if canadians imagine that this an agreement will mean that once and for All were going to be in Accord with the policy of then in afraid there he told an Ottawa news Johnson said Quebec supports article 23 of the which guarantees Access to education in either official language where num Bers but that article 23 alone is not a sufficient guarantee of minority the liberals take to the Road this week to hold hearings across the country on specific topics such As r arms control and Dinar Canadas role in in inter National peacekeeping forces and plans to update North americas Northern defence in its meetings in Vancouver and Winnipeg this the Liberal task Force will be hearing from a variety of politicians and peace including operation Dis the country main umbrella organization of peace primarily we Are going through some new thinking about our own says Liberal my Lloyd one of the task Force we think its an Opportunity to talk to a lot of get their views on what the Liberal party should be arguing the Liberal committee was announced the week before the Mulroney government released its discussion paper on foreign policy and the three parties locked Over negotiations about whether the paper could be referred to a special committee for both opposition parties Are threatening to Boycott the committee unless its allowed to study and make recommendations on Canadas participation in Star wars research and on a new trading arrangement with the United states before the govern ment decides what it will charter belongs to All Turner tells Winnipeg free May 1985 11 jury stymied on Penthouse Montreal up a Quebec Superior court jury said yesterday it was unable to reach a unanimous decision after three Days of deliberations in the obscenity trial of firms accused of distributing a controversial Issue of Penthouse the Crown now will have to decide whether to Call for a new trial or to drop charges against Benjamin news and a second Montreal 90250 Canada both were charged with distributing obscene material in Selling the december 1984 Issue of Penthouse containing photos of nude japanese women bound with Justice Rejean Paul said the Hung jury underlines the difficulty of applying Canadas obscenity Laws to an individual prosecutor Jeanpierre major had argued the photos suggested Vio Lence and Canadian Community standards do not tolerate sex and he asked jurors to consider whether the Magazine unduly exploits and he rejected arguments Penthouse should be tolerated because there were worse magazines on the defence lawyer Morris fish had said that while the Magazine contained a great Deal of sexual Content that was not a adding that the offending Issue had been distributed in 49 other countries without prose dont be left cougars thirds Marquis Ltd tempos Parkside Ford 20oo main 3392001 Mercury salts 111 i ;