Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 6, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free october 1985 Mulroney stick handles around Touchy issues for women Ottawa up prime minister Brian with the air of a Veteran skipped a few Touchy areas yesterday As he praised his governments accomplishments Over the last year in advancing the status of when were called upon to go to the people we will go to the people on a record of accomplish ment in the area of the Economy a record without precedent in the areas of National reconciliation and Mulroney told about 500 pegu is has no room land rentals Force band to turn away former residents pegu is Indian Reserve has no room for former band members because the Federal government has allowed no indians to lease hectares of Reserve chief Louis Stevenson that a Stevenson some band people dont even have an acre to build he said a woman who intended to move Back to the Reserve met with the band Council Friday but was told there was no space for her and her All we could Tell her was be cause of the shortage of housing and land we take her four other families also have expressed an interest in moving Back to the he Stevenson said he will Send a Telegram to Indian affairs minis Ter David Crombie inviting him to the Reserve to exam Ine housing he said he Hopes Crombie also would be Able to meet with the band membership to answer questions about recent changes to the Indian denying entry citing a shortage of land and the band recently voted to deny entry to members who will regain their status after changes were made to the 116 year old Indian pegu is has a total of Stevenson complained the chief and Council can do nothing to pre vent the Transfer of land from one band member to and leases Between band members and under the Indian the trans Fer of certificates of As Well As leasing arrangements with first must be approved by the Federal govern members can do what they want with the ministers a Stevenson Federal fault the band has no Power in stopping Stevenson last Council failed to pre vent the leasing of about two Quarter sections of land to a hut termite Colony because the owner wanted the income from the a Stevenson not common title he said pegu is is one of Only a few Manitoba reserves whose property is not common band but is owned by members who possess certificates the equivalent of a it would be impossible to change unless All individuals con he one band member has acquired six sections of or close to hectares for Ste Venson adding that he owns about hectares of Stevenson conceded that part of the problem is some band members Arent Strong believers in Indian self government and common band choosing instead to be property he the system under the Indian act promotes the foreign idea of individual he it destroys the tribal or collective activity of the i Lay the blame solely in the Lap of the Federal Lawrence director of reserves at the Indian affairs office in agreed the band has Little commonly owned land left to give to new Mem but he said the certificate of ownership system is an option under the Indian act and would have had to have been requested by the band Council of the Safeway halts imports from South Africa Canada Safeway has temporarily halted imports of South Afri can a company spokesman Larry Safeway Cal Gar based Public affairs said the move was made in response to a significant drop in sales of that country Mclennan denied the move is re lated in any Way to pressure from the Manitoba coalition of organizations against apartheid or other the coalition had asked both Safeway and Supe Valu to Stop carry ing South african Mclennan said each of the five Western Canada divisions of Safeway independently decided not to import the he said the company will reevaluate its position next if we feel there is a demand on the part of our we will make them the goods Mclennan said he pro vide figures on the chains sales of South african in a letter made Public by Strini a coordinator of the anti 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opportunities for women and to appoint 67 per cent More women to Federal positions than the former Liberal gov but Mulroney Sof pedalled in the area of shelters for battered women and allowing women working in the Home to participate in the Canada pension and he skipped entirely Over a hotly contested Bill to partially de Index family Al pension plan on the pension Mulroney said consideration is being Given to a number of possible improvements to including Early retire improved credit support for improved childrens benefits and better survivor and disability Ottawa Hopes to reach a new financing agreement with the prov inces on the Public pension system by the end of the he but in March at the last such meeting of tory Mulroney said that a homemakers pension is both just and and i will personally urge our party and the provinces to give their consent to a program resulting in a homemakers he he also promised that the government will be addressing other issues of particular interest to 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