Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 18, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba 10 Winnipeg free january Martin declares Meech support favourites draw Battle lines Early by John Douglas Winnipeg free press Ottawa Paul Martin jumped into the Liberal leadership race yester issuing a declaration of War on his chief rivals vision of the country and stand on the Meech Lake the son of Paul a former Cabinet minister who twice ran for the Liberal Martin asked Liber als not to think of his family history but to turn their attention to the calling himself a Canadian and que Bec Martin said he unconditionally supports the Meech Lake constitutional he then asked liberals to discard the past and Jean Chretien with by simply rejecting this agreement out of has returned us to Martin it May Well be that liberals Are going to have to choose Between conflicting visions of this nation but let me Tell if those visions Are Between one that looks to the future and one that is rooted in the there is no doubt which Way the Liberal party will canadians simply dont want to have any More the dont want any More no More visions from the no More no More Irish no More conventional Wisdom As if the solutions to the very real problems that we face in the 1990s Are Only to be found in the 1960s and the Montreal my first elected just 14 months ago said that while the Accord is not it must be he insisted needed changes could be adopted through a parallel Accord which would add to the pact without undermining its present Symbol of Trust a Constitution is really a Symbol of Trust and that is what we have got to he i believe that it is Worth fighting for and i believe that it is Worth i believe in a reformed i believe in self government for our native i believe this is a multicultural country and i believe in the rights of he All of those could be addressed in a parallel Martin is the third to officially enter the race to replace John Sheila Copps and Tom Wappel have already declared their candidacy for the june 23 convention at Calgary Martin told reporters he is a visionary capable of setting the Agenda and carrying the country into the next but the first Day of his Campaign was spent answering questions about the candidate who is not expected to officially enter the race until next seen As the Early upstaged Martins candidacy announcement by denouncing the Meech Lake Accord in a speech he said it should not be passed unless four major amendments were the move forced Martin to face the Issue immediately and defend the pact he contends is vital to the promising a full and vociferous debate in the five month leadership he launched a Campaign to paint Chretien As yesterdays a new Agenda i intend to Lead a new Liberal party with a new he our potential As a nation is Only limited by our imagination and our political this is not the same world that it was 10 years in fact it is not the same world it was 10 weeks ago and in 10 it will not be the same world that it is Martin said that As a key member of the Liberal government which left Quebec out of the Chretien should not be demanding perfection in the Meech Lake after he it was that same govern ment that offered a huge Compromise giving provinces the Power to override the Constitution with a notwithstanding he Chretien should know better than anyone else that a Constitution is a living a result of ongoing Compromise and Martin the inclusion of the notwithstanding clause was a much greater Compromise than anything in the Meech Lake Martin is a millionaire industrialist who owns Canada steamship he believes his business skills will Lead the liberals Back into he said his Campaign will kick off next week with an environmental statement Fol Lowed by policies on social programs and foreign he gave the free Trade agree ment conditional saying he would cancel it if Canada cannot get a fair definition of what constitutes a Paul Martin officially enters race at news conference yesterday Chretien failed Unity Mulroney says Meech up Jean Chretien had his Chance to unify Canada in 1981 and prime minister Mulroney said Chretien a Trudeau Era Veteran who will not be an official Liberal leadership candidate until next week reaction from liberals and tories after a speech in which he made his opposition to the Meech Lake Accord a major Issue of the coming Chretien said the constitutional Accord should be not and that Quebec five demands Are a Good basis for the the most severe reaction came from Mulroney while leaving a meeting of the inner Cabinet at the governments Retreat North of Chretien had his Chance in 1981 to Deal with Canadian Unity and he failed the the prime minister referring to Quebec decision to stay out of the Patriate making a Deal with nine provinces is that Doest represent Chretien was Justice minister and minister in charge of constitutional negotiations at the time the current Constitution was approved by Ottawa and nine the prime minister has been Quick to often with at the Mere mention of Chretien name for several yesterday was no Mulroney even hinted that Chretien might have sold out his native on Chretien claim that the death of Meech Lake would not be the calamity for the country that the tories say it the prime minister said i would simply say that for a que Becer to have brought about a constitutional arrange ment without the province of Quebec in 1981 surely tells you All you want to when asked if that meant Chretien betrayed Mulroney refused to Delabo saying his answer had been Clear Finta identified As commander who ordered evictions Toronto jewish witness who travelled from Europe has identified Imre Finta As the Man who evicted her and her six Earold son from their apartment in Hungary during the second world Livia pointed to Finta in Ontario supreme court yesterday and also identified him As number 4 in a photo lineup of eight men shown to her by the she was testifying through a hungarian interpreter at the jury trial of a former hungarian police officer accused under Canadian Law of kidnapping and confining at in the retired Toronto restaurant owner is also charged with robbery and criminal Fonyo said that because of the eviction her family was forced into a Brick Yard where jews were Fonyo who was 31 at the time said Finta was commander of the which was manned by a half dozen hungarian gendarmes and the same number of she agreed there was a second hungarian gendarme officer at the Brickyard and said this Man was about the same height and build As others might have been unable to Tell the two but Fonyo could because Finta had earlier introduced himself when he told her to get out of her she the jews were divided into three groups by a Szeged rabbi before they were forced on to three trains and deported from Hun Fonyo told the a German commander ordered the de but then rabbi Frenkel and the others decided who should go in which and they sent people to their f 3 Days Only of s Jack Neaman 7th floor rorie Manitoba theatre q Trade in 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