Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 19, 1986, Winnipeg, Manitoba Parking tag offenders face Christmas jeer by Larry till Drivers in the Pas who dont pay their parking tickets Are in for a bit of Christmas jeer town is planning to make their names Public next and while mayor Bruce unfried admits he is not sure if the plan is he says he is prepared to go ahead with it if somebody wants to Challenge let them take us to in Fried he also said one of the 54 names on the list is that of a member of the towns ramp detachment and an other offender has 20 unpaid fines Worth unfried said the plan will allow the town to collect More than in unpaid fines which have accumulated Over the last few the town will also Start deducting unpaid fines from Money it owes to offenders or their in Fried were doing this because the province changed the regulations governing parking tickets a couple of years he we used to be Able to collect these fines under the summary convictions but since the regulations were we have to go through Small claims Council Felt that was too costly and so we decided to go this the new policy will involve pub Lishing the names of people with outstanding parking fines in Public such As the Post town Hall and Winnipeg lawyer David a director with the Manitoba association for rights and this is just a Way for the town to hold these people up to Public unfried said the town tried a Simi Lar approach a couple of years ago with Good there was a flurry of he there want 100percent but we didst have any he estimated 35 to 40 per cent of All outstanding monies were collect but a town source said unfried see name Page 4 Clear tonight 11 sunny tomorrow 5 december free press Sun rises sets Moon rises sets final Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 second class Mai registration number 0286 aft free press the salvation army int worried about sunday closing As this sign on Provencher Bridge welfare recipient wins test right supreme court permits Legal Battle for unified payment system by John Douglas a Winnipeg Man on welfare for 27 years has become the first Canadian Ever granted the right to test govern ment Powers to enter Federal pro Vinci Al financial the supreme court of Canada ruled yesterday James has the right to use court action to Force the Federal and Manitoba governments to live up to an agreement to share welfare costs 5050 under the Canada assistance the court decision allows Finlay to proceed with a Case in the new year that will ask Ottawa to withhold about million it pays to the Manitoba government each year for welfare cases until the prov Ince develops a unified welfare sys this Case is a great Victory for citizen control Over inlays Patrick it has affirmed the right of Citi Zens to Legal conduct Over govern ment the government said welfare is a matter Between the Federal government and the prov you have no right to be involved in the youre just a Guy on now the court has said he has the right to be if the Guy on welfare can prove the two governments Are not living up to their agreement and he has been Hurt by then he can Force them to do High court deals major blow to doctrine of Cabinet secrecy Toronto up the doctrine of Cabinet secrecy had a major setback yesterday in a supreme court of Canada ruling requiring the Ontario government to turn Over documents relating to the controversial Minaki Lodge to a trial court in a unanimous 70 the court said Cabinet secrecy cannot automatically be invoked to thwart judicial efforts to find the Best evidence in civil the ruling will strengthen the hand of advocates of open govern ment in the 10 but May have a lesser Impact on Federal Cabinet which is enshrined in the Case involves a 10yearold lawsuit by Rod Carey of former owner of the Lodge 60 kilo metres North of he sold it to the former conservative provincial Carey claims the province reneged on agreements to reimburse him for operating losses incurred to keep the Lodge open As a tourist he sued the government and for Mer provincial tory ministers Claude Bennett and Allan Gross father of Ontario conservative Leader Larry the current Liberal government of Ontario recently sold the Lodge to four seasons hotels for Carey said evidence supporting his claims could be found in internal provincial but the prov Ince has refused to surrender claiming Cabinet in a 64page ruling released yes supreme court Justice Gerard la Forest said the trial court judge should be Able to examine the documents to determine whether they Are relevant to the the Cabinet secrecy doctrine holds that confidentiality is required so ministers can express themselves candidly in la Forest says the lawsuit does not Deal with matters of state such As National we Are merely dealing with a transaction concerning a tourist Lodge in Northern the development of a tourist policy is hardly i am prepared to attach some see disclosure Page 4 the Federal government had argued that welfare was a matter Between it and the province and could not be questioned by individuals who received the Finlay will Challenge in Federal court of Canada the Manitoba policy of allowing municipalities to establish their own Levels of while some cities such As because Jour and Brandon match the provincial assistance paid single adults the City of Winnipeg does Winnipeg pays 80 cents less than the Standard and other municipalities pay the 138 welfare cases in Portage la Prairie receive monthly from that City for their House hold and personal Portage does not have a clothing allowance but works on a request in Dauphin and a single adult is eligible for a month and in Steinbach the rate is a spokesman Tor employment ser vices and economic development minister Len Evans said the minis Ter is in favor of a one tier welfare system but added the Cost to taxpayers would be signify she said the province has no plans to change its policy for distributing welfare a spokesman for Federal health and welfare minister Jake Epp re fused comment on any Issue concerning the court decision or the pending the ruling also allows Finlay to see welfare Page 4 Canadian firm cited As collateral in arms sales from the news services Washington a new York businessman said yesterday saudi arabian financier Adnan Khash Oggi put up shares of a Canadian mining company As collateral for a lion loan to help finance part of the arms sales to Iran that have plunged the Reagan administration into this was denied immediately in Toronto by a spokesman for the company named by new yorker Roy the spokesman said Kha Scoggi does not own any part of the company american Barrick re sources and could not have used its shares for a new York business Man and Khash Oggi told reporters about the use of shares from american Barrick after testifying at a closed congressional hear ing and briefing Canadian ambassador Allan Gotlieb and two ramp officers about what he he said it is Khash Oggis funds not funds of two canadians who have been named in the affair that Are at stake in a controversy Over a possible diversion of funds from the arms sales to nicaraguan rebels and claims that investors were not fully its Khash Oggis its his collateral and Hes the one who going to lose Yurmark told re porters at a news conference in the foyer of the Canadian White House chief of staff Donald Regan said yesterday that president Reagan opposed the first arms Sale to Iran and Only approved it afterwards because it was water Over the speaking to reporters after giving close door testimony to the see Regan Page 4 says the limit on store Penner warns by Dan Lett the province warned retailers yesterday it will crack Down with renewed severity on stores violating Manitoba sunday closing attorney general Roland Penner issued the warning after the supreme court of Canada decided yesterday to uphold sunday closing legislation in Penner said the government will do whatever is necessary to enforce the retail Holiday and business including raising the maximum limit for the direction to senior staff in my department will be if you have the he some retailers Penner warned the government is prepared to hand out stiff penalties if if in effect they retailers say were simply going to regard any Fine As a they will have to find that licence will be prohibitively Penner theres no reason Why provinces could not enact for an infraction of a regulatory statute a Fine As big As maximum Fine under the existing act is the minimum is earlier this Deputy attorney general Tanner Elton suggested police might be told to collect evidence from stores to allow fines for each illegal transaction on in yesterdays split the supreme court ruled that Ontario retail business holidays act is constitutionally the court said while the Law in fringes on Freedom of the infringement is justifiable under the charter of rights and Penner called the 200page Deci Sion one of the most significant under the Crown attorneys Are considering charging 12 Winnipeg stores with violating the sunday closing Wayne director of criminal said the court decision will have to be reviewed before any action is taken against the Winnipeg labor minister Al Mackling said the decision upholds the govern ments belief that workers should be ensured Leisure time and not forced to work on we quite frankly think that an overwhelming majority of Manito bans feel very strongly about protecting Leisure he the decision also justifies Tak ing a hard line against especially stores such As Supe Valu which advertised its intentions to break the he see Safeway Page 4 judgment answers prayers by the Canadian press the supreme court of Canada answered the prayers of labor Church groups and Many Small store owners when it ruled yesterday that Ontario restriction on sunday shopping is the ruling Means that the Quality of personal and working lives should be considered Over and above the interests of those companies who want to beat one another Over mar Ket said Gord president of the on Tario federation of major stores in provinces that have Laws similar to Ontario said they would abide by the Many have been defying bans or threatening to join the snowballing movement to sunday at the same retailers issued a warning to governments enforce the Law or face a return to wide spread if our competitors remain we will conform to the but if our Competition we will have to reevaluate our decision to said Barry Vic president of Hudson Bay which owns 79 Bay and 16 Simpsons stores across Agnew said the Bay and Simpsons would have rung up million in see sunday Page 4 abuse registry Cut sought by review by Catherine Mitchell a team reviewing Manitoba child abuse registry has recommended names of suspected physical abusers no longer be but that names of suspected sexual abusers continue to be As it recommended that employers in the childcare Field be Able to request a registry Check for the name of a prospective worker who has signed a form approving release of any the released yesterday by Community services minister Muriel follow a two year study of the the registry has come under fire because child and family service agencies list people suspected of physical and sexual child under a proposed Vic Tims and abusers would be recorded on separate names of confirmed sex Ual and emotional abusers would continue to be childrens names would be re corded in All cases of confirmed or suspected except suspected emotional Smith said the team decided to keep suspected physical abusers names off the registry because such cases Are easier to establish and the abuser easier to identify and con firm than sexual Ernie provincial director of child said the review team initially wanted to retain names of All suspected abusers but found resistance from those in the childcare tory la Gerry Community services critic in the Legisla said dropping suspected physical abusers from the list is highly Mercier said some such As see experts Page 4 Good Skiff Only poor shoppinj6 Dav still Christmas shopping Days to Christmas Streak ends Captain Dale Hawer Chuk leads Winnipeg jets to a 33 tie with ending the teams six game losing tax increase Premier Howard Pawley says taxes will go up next year to help the province raise More new routes pea is considering adding five new routes out of Winner Diamond 040181 Index Ann 17 24 40 7 18 35 40 6 29 7 Jumble 50 35 our 30 17 17 sports record 49 26 to 17 ;