Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 1, 1989, Winnipeg, Manitoba Bill toughens waste Law Washington legis Are proposing a crackdown on the Export of hazardous just weeks after an International Flap Over reports that gasoline tainted with poisonous chemicals was shipped into Canada and sold in Ontario and four members of the House of representatives introduced legis lation yesterday to toughen waste Export Laws and ban the ship ment of hazardous waste to Canada unless the two countries sign a treaty ensuring Canadian disposal meets american the Tough new which must be passed by the House of representatives and Senate before it be comes would make the United i states More responsible for How the hazardous waste it generates is handled once it leaves the it also improve enforcement and make exporting companies liable for and cleanup costs if the they ship into Canada harms waste generators in the United states should be prepared to and to dispose of their waste outside the United states under standards that Are no less strict than those used in the Oklahoma Democrat Mike cosponsor of the told a news Confer the proposed legislation would impose stricter requirements for Export licences for hazardous the environmental Protection Agency would also be empowered to inspect Canadian dump Sites Case by Case to ensure american produced toxic waste is being disposed of according to the exports about tonnes of toxic waste a about 80 per cent of the waste exports wind up in Canadian mostly in Ontario and ones that got away morning Rush hour was slowed yesterday in when a truck loaded with 20 tonnes of mostly overturned on a Highway just outside the Driver was was not injured but it took four hours to clean up the Winnipeg free june 19 civil servant testifies senator demanded funds Montreal up a senior Federal civil servant testified yester Day that conservative senator Michel Cogger pressured him to recommend that loggers client receive million in Federal provincial Gabriel of the department of regional Industrial told a Quebec Superior court hear ing that Cogger telephoned him in september 1987 and told him to get moving on Guy Montpetit request for civil suit the testimony on Cogger came out in a civil suit Between Montpetit and japanese business Man Takayuki evidence in the suit indicates that Cogger received from Mont Petit Between 1986 and 1988 000 of which came out of Taurus million in Loans to Jacques bitterly complained that loggers name was needlessly being dragged into the he challenged George one of Taurus Law to justify questioning witnesses on loggers involvement with his Hendy argued that Cogger had violated the Law in receiving Money from Montpetit to promote the giga mos and that Tsuru will be seeking to have the court order Cogger to return those Hendy did not specify what Law Cogger is supposed to have during the Call received from Voyer said Cogger said that the provincial members of the fund ing committee had already Given their approval 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charge for personal shopping Only please warehouse store hours daily saturday sunday free but co chairman of the testified that he spoke to his Quebec counterpart and was told that provincial authorities had not yet decided whether to approve Montpetit and on april the commit tee wrote to Montpetit and rejected his request for a longtime Friend of prime minister was Montpetit lawyer at the the judge hearing the Justice Andre said he under stood Tsuru will request that the Cogger Money be but the judge noted that Cogger will have to be legally advised of Taurus Intel Voyer also testified that Cogger attended several meetings with Montpetit in which the computer Chip project was his loggers role was not in fact very Well defined but it was to promote the Gimamos project to the Federal part Voyer held shares Gary a real estate Deve Loper in later testified that Montpetit told him Cogger was involved in Gimamos project and held four per cent of gig Amoss Montpetit said his project would revolutionize the computer Connelly and that Montpe tit was waiting for Money from the Federal and provincial govern Connelly also said Montpetit told him the file of the Gimamos was on the desk of the prime minis asked if he was referring to Connelly abridged dam study awaited a Short version of Ottawa environmental review of the controversial Raffert Alameda dam project is expected to be made pub Lic As Early As Bev environment Canada regional said the 30page Public condensed from a 300to 400page went to the Printer Federal environment minister Lucien Bouchard launched the be lated study of the project on the Souris River after being ordered to do so by a Federal court of Canada the april 10 court ruling also quashed the Federal licence for the dams and halted construction on the Rafferty dam near Burns is coordinating the initial environmental assessment a Warmup to a full environmental Impact review if one is ordered by but opponents of the dams say they fear a Whitewash in the cur rent review and have begun calling for an Independent study by the International joint the controversial project Threa tens the Quality and Quantity of Souris River water and wildlife habitat in Canada and the United opponents Saskatchewan says it wants to build the dams to give flood Protection to Estev Anand provide Cooling water for a Coa fired electrical generating station under Burns said the release of the pub Lic summary will be accompanied by the announcement of Public meet Ings to be held in two provinces and one state in officials have suggested that meetings in Manitoba be slated for Brandon and Souris and in Regina and Estevan in Saskatchewan and in judge upholds smoking rules Fredericton up a new Brunswick policy which allows smoking at provincial jails Only in outdoor exercise Yards does not Vio late prisoners constitutional a court of Queens Bench judge has but a total ban on smoking in the jails would infringe on prisoners Justice David Dickson said yesterday in a written Deci the Case was raised by a Fredericton Larry who was not allowed to smoke while in a City jail awaiting Transfer to a Feder Al Penitentiary to serve a 42month term for break and the province banned smoking in All civil service workplaces on april including provincial after loud prisoner the policy was modified april 11 to allow smoking in jail the judge said Carlston acknowledged that he had reasonable Opportunity to smoke under the aprill ;