Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 16, 1989, Winnipeg, Manitoba 8 Winnipeg free october Senate Reform plan welcomed Ottawa sweeping changes that would make the unelected sen ate More accountable and trim some of its Perks have been welcomed by Manitoba members of the upper five of six Manitoba senators contacted approve of changes presented by a special woman committee studying the Way parliamentarians Are an official commission to review allowances of members of Parlia ment has recommended senators be docked a Day if they miss More than seven Days of work a year without a Good the proposal is a Radical change from the present system which allows senators to miss up to 21 Days before penalties of a Day take it has been attacked As ineffective and i realize that some members Are pretty delinquent with their Atten dance and i support the said Joe a 74yearold Manitoba Liberal who did not miss a Day last i believe that if you take on a Senate your first obligation is to attend the if you then you be one Manitoba member who has been criticized in the for his poor attendance record is Liberal senator Doug but in an interview from his Winnipeg business Everett said he supports the increased Pena in he said he has been penalizing himself for two years for his poor attendance by remitting his entire salary to the id have no disagreement with that he i think that my attendance in the Senate is not what it should so i dont draw a salary from so far this Everett has missed 10 of 28 Senate the commission has also proposed that senators turn Over to Parlia ment air travel Points awarded for flying while on government Busi elected members of Parlia ment have Long turned Over their frequent flyer Points to the House of the suggestions by Gerry Ger main and Francis former maps asked to study the salaries and allowances paid to Are expected to Clamp Down on members of the upper House who rarely attend sittings but still collect annual records indicate that while most senators work diligently at fulfilling their constitutional some infrequently attend sittings of the upper the report because senators do not face re election and hold their jobs until mandatory retirement at age accountability can Only be measured by attendance at daily sittings and participation in committee the report an attendance record compiled two years ago indicated that 20 per cent of senators attended fewer than stiffer no attendance penalty approved by Manitoba senators Roblin penalty warranted Mol Gat same privileges half the Chambers 91 sittings that Duff Manitoba senior conservative said the sen ate has been too lax in the past when keeping track of those who do not attend the upper House Ive never been convinced that the old rules were applied proper he there was no real sense that one had to these new rules better define the need for attendance and if some senators cannot then they should be the study recommends that maps and senators receive a four percent salary increase after the next elec it also Calls for the government to reintroduce legislation that would Index salaries to inflation and re Ward maps for serving As committee chairmen and performing other Cau Cus senators who perform special caucus duties would not receive any financial while the report allows maps living More than 50 Kilometres from parliament Hill to apply for a costo living allowance of up to a senators Are not Eligi Liberal senator Gil the Senate said the study should have awarded senators the same i dont see any problem with increasing penalties for those who Are not doing their he but if they Are going to do senators who Are in Ottawa four or five Days a week for sittings and committee work should be accorded the same the same expense claims that elected members pm Pivotal in Alberta Experiment Edmonton up albertan Are being Given the unprecedented Opportunity today to choose a Sena but whether its an historic first or a waste of time depends on prime minister brisk fall weather was forecast As voters in More than 400 communities had a Choice of six candidates to fill the Twoy Earold Alberta vacancy in the upper three candidates carried party colors into the Senate the first in Canadian three others were running As ind Epen conservative Bert who has adopted Senate Reform As a personal is facing a Tough Challenge from Liberal Bill Well known for heading the principal group in and Stan Waters of the up an coming Reform publisher Gladys Taylor and two former conservative members of the Ken Paproski and Tom Are also regardless of the Mulroney will ultimately decide who will be the provinces next Premier Don Getty called today vote to help press his Case for a triple Senate effective and with equal representation from each the upper chamber is at present an appointed body with Little Power and an unequal distribution of under the Meech Lake constitutional Mulroney has agreed to make Senate appointments from a list of names supplied by the prov Getty plans to submit the name of today but Mulroney has said he wants five names from which to one of Canadas leading constitutional experts says the prime minis Ter is not legally or morally bound by the election the province of Alberta can have an election for anything it wants but it has no Legal effect unless the government Here in Ottawa makes the says Eugene for a retired credibility the Senate election has put Gettys credibility on the line in two ways d the Premier predicted albertan would jump at the Chance to vote for a senator and said such a response would be a Clear signal to Ottawa of the need for Senate but the four week race failed to stir up much today held in conjunction with province wide municipal int expected to bring out any More than the usual 30 to 35 per cent of eligible electors who cast civic d a win by a no conservative candidate might be seen As a rebuke of Gettys the tories have come under fire for the Princi pal collapse and a string of handouts to Peter Pocklington gainers which ultimately led to the province seizing control of the meatpacking is a Farmer from Kathyrn and founder of the Canadian committee to elect a triple sen he says a reformed Senate would protect the West from such legislation As the proposed goods and services which All six candidates and the old National Energy which Alberta Oil producers railed against in the Early is a Calgary lawyer who openly admits his admiration for former prime minister Pierre tru an unpopular figure in Alber he accuses Brown of having a Bunker a Calgary business Man and retired military command advocates Senate Reform As one Way to give the West More of a 58yearold Edmonton and a 48yearold Calgary All say Only an Independent senator could provide effective representation free from partisan the Alberta new who favor abolition of the Are ignoring the Bingo makes for tense weekend Montreal up Highway 138 leading in and out of the Kahn awake Indian Reserve was crowded with Placar waving Bingo opponents and supporters As the second Day of Mohawk super Bingo got under Way in the tension filled Community just Southwest of probing members of the Community waved cars into the parking lot of the new Bingo while those opposed to the giant gambling Hall stood by the Community is torn Between those who support the warriors so a group of heavily armed band members who run the Bingo opera and those who support the elected Council and its police Force known As the peacekeepers who oppose the there had been fears of an armed confrontation this weekend As the Bingo Palace opened for business and the band Council promised to keep nonnative we dont need this kind of non sense in our said one holding an ant Bingo sign for motorists to see As they came off a Bridge leading to the Reserve where the demonstration backed traffic for five Kilometres at the people trying to push this through Are getting Well paid for their but most of Kahn awake is not going to see any of the profits from this super Hall director Earl director of the Bingo angrily rejected claims that profits Only go into the pockets of certain members of the Community profits Are used to for to Hawk immersion for or to help people with Cross said in an about 200 mostly Kah awake were seated in the cavernous unlicensed gambling Hall when the first game started at Cross would not reveal How much Money the operation took in on sat when in prize Money was handed the weekend was a training run for 30 of the Halls 130 before big crowds in search of big Bucks begin to pour on to the re he but Cross would not say when the High stakes with prizes above the limit enforced by the provincial will on peacekeepers were handing out summons to nonresidents who ventured on to the grounds of the Bingo but cars were not pre vented from entering the parking we cant do said Joe chief of we have limited but i think that weve shown that with 12 50 supporters and a half dozen peacekeepers we can effectively keep nonresidents out of soft water service 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