Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 30, 1987, Winnipeg, Manitoba 2 Winnipeg free october 1987 Prown monopoly stymies mesh processing proposal american firm targets rejected Lowe Grade fish by Bob Lowery special to the free press Thompson the Vic president of an american firm trying to obtain the right to Market lower grades of Manitoba fish says his plans Are being stymied by the Freshwater fish marketing v Der Kif Vic president of Dyna sea International con firmed his firm is interested in build ing a fish packing Plant on the grand rapids Indian but he said his firm cannot go ahead with the plan because the Femc has a monopoly on buying and Selling Manitoba Whittal said the situation was unfair because his company could do a Good Job in areas not being pursued by the Federal Crown Femc does a Good Job in what it does in finding markets for White Pike and the higher priced but it does practically nothing to Market cod arid the lower priced fish that Are largely left to rot on Lake shores or refuse 1 the Canad Anborn Whittal said 80 per cent of the world is badly in need of sources of cheap protein and this waste product fish has a lot of but Femc does nothing to reach this huge in the last few months Whittal and representatives of other american fish importing companies visited grand rapids and offered to Pur Chase the local cooperatives entire catch of kilograms of the High priced fish As Well As to kilograms of Mullet and rough the american entrepreneurs also offered to assist the Indian band to construct a processing Plant on the it would be operated and ultimately managed an Femc spokesman said the corporation wont move on the proposal until More is the marketing Agency was created under Federal legislation in Northwestern the Western provinces and the Northwest which were to be served by had to pass enabling legislation to permit the Agency to operate in their Ontario included an opting out clause in its legislation that was implemented about 10 years Manitoba has no such Whittal said his company buys fish from Kenora area grand rapids chief Patricia turn or said the band will ask for an amendment to the Manitoba Legisla Tion providing for the escape clause when it meets government officials in a few Turner also said if the Mulroney government is As convinced about free Trade As it says it it should alter the of fms restrictive Regula which Are holding up badly needed Reserve she said the new Plant would pro vide 40 jobs and assist the band in dealing with its 75percent unemployment Turner seeks amendment the chief is trying for the Best of both worlds to keep the marketing corporation but allow private Indus try to give it some healthy compete Whittal but Alex Field operations manager for the marketing says private Enterprise cannot co exist with the he denied the Board Doest mar Ket Mullet Well adding sales of that fish have totalled Between five and six million kilograms out of 20 million kilograms of total he said the other underutilized fish could not be profitably marketed to compete with higher meat yielding Saltwater fish like but if someone has a proposal to Market fish and they can sell it at a reasonable Price the fishermen then were Happy to do Drobot but Weh Avent heard anything from these people since a meeting this were very surprised to hear All Whittal called the Femc Transcona Plant state of the Art but criticized the system of processing fish from such a Broad area including the four Western provinces and Northwest Femc claims its the most efficient Way but they told us it often takes four to seven Days for fish to reach As far As the american Market is much of your fish just Doest have Drobot also denied freshness of fish was a problem for the he said fish from anywhere on Lake Winnipeg can make it to the Transcona Plant in a and is then shipped by truck to markets As far away As new York City within a Whittal said Small plants such As magical moves Whittal said Small plants such As i u the one proposed for grand rapids Winnipeg magician James Grant performs yesterday at it s which runs through would mean fish would be processed tomorrow at uni City the special event features the society of Young magicians hours after delivery and its Quality National magic contest for children and professional shows and fringe parties eager to test political Waters by Stevens wild with the popularity of the progressive conservative govern ment at an Al time new Par ties Are gearing up to Challenge the political status quo in the next Feder Al problems such As Low wheat and Oil prices and the dispute Over the cf18 Jet fighter maintenance con tract May have left a Hole in the political fabric of Western Canada that a number of parties not represented in parliament Are eager to alternative needed the people have to have an alter said Doug Edmondson of Portage la Deputy Leader of the confederation of regions West Ern if you put the policies of the progressive conservatives and new democrats up on the you would have a hard time telling them in Cor ran More than 70 candidates in the West and finished second to the progressive conserva Tives in three Manitoba the party future elec toral chances May be limited by the bitter dispute Between Leader Elmer Knutson and the party while Cor tries to sort out its internal the Reform association of Canada is preparing for its first to be held at the Winnipeg convention Centre begin Ning to interim president of the said the three Day event will attract 400 delegates from across the a new name will be chosen and a Leader the two leadership candidates Are Stan a Vancouver business Man who ran for the liberals in Montreal in and Edmonton consultant Preston son of former Alberta Premier and senator Ernest Hillier stressed her party is not separatist and is not interested in single issues such As opposition to we Are looking for the Elimina Tion of the current political and economic Bias against Western can she to accomplish Hilliers party wants to see fundamental changes in the Structure of Canadas political including a reformed sen More Independence for Mem Bers of parliament and the use of initiatives and Manning sees himself and the new party on the cutting Edge of Canad an the West is getting the liberals Are a National party with roots in maybe it is time for a National party with roots in the Manning said the current political situation brightens the prospects for the new it would not be too hard for a Western party to compete with Turner and none of them has made an Effort to put Western concerns on the Agen a former Manitoba Liber Al la and interim provincial party said there was no coincidence involved in holding the found ing convention on the first anniversary of the controversial cf18 on the not one party stood up for the the founding convention will be crucial for the new especially for its potential to attract established politicians to its he we expect important politicians to join the they Are waiting to see what happens at the they Are concerned that the party will be too Roberts would not say which politicians were interested in joining his while he was unclear about How the party was going to avoid a rightward he said both he and Manning were on the left of the ideological in left Wing and Manning is More left Wing than i Manning placed himself in the wests tradition of political identifying himself with the cooperative Commonwealth the forerunner of the and the progressive a Force in Prairie politics in the Roberts said prime minister Mulroney decline in popularity has left a political which the new party wants to people Are just screaming for a party with Mulroney has lost credibility All Cross but especially in the a third minor party attempting to make a breakthrough in the West is the libertarian party of a perennial political group whose efforts in previous elections have been the libertarians believe they May have found the key to Success with new Leader Dennis this is the first time we have had a competent Leader and Good organi said former candidate Clancy Corrigan is touring the West and was to be in Winnipeg weather our mistake h High l Low Cou front warm from an in town tonight listing wednesday said wrongly that the Agassiz theatre company new play a couple Chicks sitting around talking started its run at the Gas station theatre that in the first performance was win Tario Toronto up six winning numbers were chosen yesterday in the win Tario the winning number is Triangle the winning number is other winning numbers 04218 0445 579 Winfall cars and Cash Bonus Triangle 429221 Triangle 359746 heart deaths classified death Winnipeg area forecast today Cloudy with afternoon sunny High near tonight mainly Low near tomorrow High near probability of precipitation 20 per cent and near Zero tonight and Southern Manitoba sunday mostly Low near High near monday mostly Cloudy with Low near High near tuesday mostly Low near High near Northern Manitoba 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