Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 24, 1987, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free june pm silent As Accord approved continued from Page 1 a beaming Bourassa and intergovernmental affairs minister Gil re who piloted the constitutional received loud applause from government benches while pm members sat in Stoney betrayal you will pay dearly for shouted Gilles pres ident of the parti from the visitors gallery in the legislature after the vote was he is the former president of the nationalist society Saintjean Bap taste pm agriculture critic Jean an ardent supporter of ind Epen read a newspaper throughout the breaking his gaze Only to vote against the Bourassa was unusually warm in his tribute to the other provincial premiers and prime minister Mulroney for devoting the time to get Quebec signature on the Constitution it spurned in i am very grateful to them for giving the problem of Quebec practical told report ers after the which ended an emergency debate that began last thursday after the government decided to extend the Spring sitting and push the Resolution through the legis the decision to move so swiftly caught observers by Surprise and was seen As a signal to the rest of the especially Manitoba and new that Quebec wanted no tinkering with the agree Bourassa also repeated that any further changes would have to wait until the promised second round of constitutional talks to be held once Quebec has signed the prime minister Mulroney has promised not to allow any changes to the but aides to Premier Howard Pawley and Ontario pre Mier David Peterson were quoted As saying the leaders were not ruling them Premier Richard Hatfield of new Brunswick reiterated his support for the Meech Lake Deal pm Leader Pierre Marc Johnson said Bourassa should have waited until parliament and the other Legislatures ratified the agreement be cause Quebec might find itself in a humiliating position if any the constitutional agreement limits Federal spending Powers in areas of provincial gives the provinces More Powers Over immigration As Well As a greater voice in appointments to the supreme court of polls have shown the majority of Quebe cers support the especially the clause recognizing the province As a distinct Mil president Wilf Hudson Speaks in support of jewish group want loopholes close continued from Page 1 Bill can be but any amendments can be dealt with quickly and the Law passed before the summer Robinson was unwilling to cite specific amendments his party will press but Kaplan and David senior counsel with the league for human rights of Bani pointed to several potential loopholes in the a former solicitor Gener said he could think of at least one suspect who will be Home free if the wording is not he said the Man in question was not a Soldier or even a civilian employee of nazi Germany Cate Gories that would clearly be covered by the Bill but rather a nazi Collaborator in a country with which Canada was officially Allied during the second world Kaplan also took Issue with a requirement that the Federal Justice minister personally consent to any the provision is sup posed to be a safeguard against frivolous but critics com Plain that successive Federal govern drowns in Slough outside Portage a Foury Earold boy drowned Mon Day while playing in a shallow Slough outside Portage la an ramp spokesman said Gary Herbert Irving was playing in the water with another Foury Earold when he fell and drowned about 4 the officer said the incident was adding she did not know if the boys were being supervised by an adult at the ments have already made excuses for More than four decades to avoid acting against suspected the Liberal my said provincial Justice ministers should also be Able to approve As they do under most sections of the criminal Matas raised the hypothetical Case of a member of the romanian Iron a group that collaborated with the if a guard member committed atrocities against a Fel Low romanian before that country officially entered the War he might escape prosecution under the cur rent Matas also raised some technical questions about the definitions of War crimes and crimes against he but like the opposition he said it should be easy to plug the loopholes our primary concern is he we have already denied Justice to the victims by delaying prosecutions for All this Hnatyshyn has also proposed changes to immigration Law that would bar anyone suspected on reasonable grounds of War crimes from entering citizenship also would be denied to anyone under investigation for a War if the investigation results in the ban would be made the immigration and citizenship provisions will apply in but will not be Andre denies plan to Force letter carriers Back to jobs continued from Page 1 since the strikes began and Only a couple of major issues Divide there was immediate speculation that the government might be set Ting the stage for legislation to end the and that it might rewrite labor Laws to restrict the bargaining Power of postal Cadieux announcement came Only moments before a conserva Tiv dominated commons commit tabled a report recommending that postal workers be stripped of their right to strike and the Post office be made an essential Harvie minister responsible for Canada said he will study the document and report to parliament he added there Are no plans to legislate the letter carriers Back to outside the commons new democrats John Rodriguez and Cyril keeper attacked the govern saying Cadieux has the Power to name a mediator and end the Vio Lence on the picket in accusing the government of literally continuing the sit Ting on the not playing Nero while in fact the Vio Lence escalates on the picket Rodriguez Nickel Belt the Ontario my said he was on a letter carriers line in Sud Bury adding it shocks me to see 24 As if in watching South Korea on waiting there to Hammer the hell out of letter carriers who Are simply involved in a Legal strike and picketing to protect their keeper Winnipeg North Centre said the tories appear More concerned about their own Public image than they Are about assuring Deli very of the what they want to do is be the Tough Guy they want to enhance their own political image by taking on the postal Treyve provoked this strike and they seem to be satisfied to leave in place the conditions that Lead to violence and they intend to keep on provoking this Union so they can play the Tough the letter carriers Union of Canada ordered members off the Job yesterday in dozens of communities across Ottar Saskatchewan and British Canada Post said last night that most business and residential routes in Eastern Ontario affected by strikes received As did Sev eral locations in midwestern Canada also hit by it that in strike bound areas of southwestern Ontario and British Columbia heavy picket ing and scattered violence hampered the letter carriers Are attempting to fend of contract concessions demanded by Canada Post to implement a Post office austerity program ordered by the the which has no strike wants its current contract Ren ewed along with an increase in its Basic hourly wage to keep up with Canada Post incites Union says continued from Page 1 was taking pictures of re placement workers leaving the com vowing they would be found and you think youre Safe now wait until youre on the streets yelled a As four police officers cleared the Way for cabs leaving the marshalling Fred District 7 spokes Man for the letter carriers which covers Manitoba and Ontario West of said Canada posts setting up of a circus tent where replacement workers sort mail in the open is provoking its members and making a mockery of the he would not comment on the striking workers were tossing eggs at unmarked cars leaving the marshalling Yard yesterday at Jarvis and two inside workers belonging to the Canadian Union of postal work ers were suspended for calling replacement workers scabs on the i still dont know How Long there going to be in checking it out with the Dale president of the Winni Peg local of cup said the Union wants to renew its cur rent contract with an increase to counteract the Impact of inflation of its hourly wage Mem Bers rejected a contract offer last week they said would eliminate Union Clark said he was told from a reliable source that Canada Post had spent in wages on replace ment workers on monday and said yesterdays figures were Skrumeda would not discuss How much it has Cost the Crown Corpora Tion to hire replacement four of the pickets arrested Mon Day Gordon Edward Kenneth James Frank Allan and James Ter Rance 39 in court Peters All four were remanded to july Turland is facing one charge of assaulting a peace officer and one of obstructing a peace Baxter is facing a single count of assaulting a peace Mahoney a single count of obstructing a peace and Simpson one count each of assaulting a peace officer and possess Ion of a weapon dangerous to the Public nip legislation unfair to Union Leader says continued from Page 1 Tesmen who have charged the legis lation would give an Edge to unions at the expense of the Bill would allow strikes while virtually Banning companies from Locking out he he said it would be dangerous for unions to accept that because it simply is not the nip legislation would set up a form of binding arbitration called final offer an called the would pick either the unions or the company final offer and impose it As a contract either Side could apply to have the method the decision on using it would be made by a vote of the employees the second National Union spokes Man to appear in opposition to the Bill last night said it would set poor precedents for the labor John Secretary treasurer of the confederation of Canadian said the Bill will give companies the right to interfere in Union affairs by requiring employees to vote on company proposals to use final offer whose group is a rival to the Twohill nonmember Canadian labor said the Bill encourages an already unfortunate shift away from free collective bargaining to Tim consuming and costly the Bill has the support of the Manitoba federation of labor and Mil president Wilf Hudson told the committee it will help redress the balance of Power in labor negotiations which favors who pointed out about a dozen supporters in the said Lang costly arbitration the Bill provides a less costly alter native to strikes and most audience members reserved their applause for opponents of the Paul moist of Cupes Winnipeg staff said the with Manitoba is not denying Mil claims that the present labor relations balance is weighted in favor of he said companies can lock employees out and bring in strike break ers to Cut their economic but employees who strike or get locked out Are deprived of their moist said if the nip really wants to address the it should bring in legislation Banning the Hir ing of Vera president of the Manitoba organization of nurses said employers might put More Money into wage offers to influence the while doing nothing to address no monetary items that Are Union progressive party Leader Sid a former nip Cabinet minis said the Bill abrogates the right to free collective bargaining in the same Way As British Columbia legis which the nip there has described As a fascist i believe that Premier Bill Vander Zalm of the province of should be very interested in this he said to applause from the what we see is the path to Douglas Machan of Manitoba health organizations representing management of healthcare said the Bill is unfair be cause employees could veto a management request for final offer selection but management could not veto a request by the under questioning by conserva Tive labor critic Jim Mccrae bran Don Machan said there would be no Point in amending the Bill to give management a similar veto the two sides already have the right to use final offer selection or any other method by Mutual con he Ros Burnman killed on Lake a Rossburn Man is dead following a boating Accident late saturday an ramp spokesman said Gerry was out on a boat on Rossman about 13 Kilometres Northeast of when the Accident the investigation is Paul Kelly 1987 Campaign chairman United Way of Winnipeg dear Paul i certainly congratulate you for the companies the United Way has tied in i am one of the youngest chairmen and age of my Ben Moss As a Guy who has been hit by heart open heart ventricular and then being hit by a tremendous i for truly know the importance of funding for research and medical i it is a Good investment because the health of the Community eventually affects our companies and the lives of our own when you look at the three greatest killers heart is cancer is 2 and 3 is stroke i was tremendously shocked and disappointed with the United Way when they Only gave the third greatest that is a i certainly Hope you will rethink this and multiply it by ten i care for stroke and heart and put my Money Down and do All i Sidney Trepel chairman Ben Moss jewellers donations can be made to the 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