Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 3, 1994, Winnipeg, Manitoba The nation Canada at a glance ruling affects women from Canadian press Otta Wathe Federal court of Appeal rules today on whether women must pay taxes on child support payments they receive from former the decision could affect thousands of women and children across Canada and Cost tax collectors hundreds of millions of French radio a new radio station has taken to the airwaves in Eastern Ontario and ended a 20year Gap in French programming in the station which started broadcasting will serve the francophone communities in Dundas and said station manager Patrick bad record military helicopter that burned and crashed last killing two was also involved in a 1983 Canadian forces officials have television station mite reported yesterday the sea King helicopter flipped into a Lake near Dartmouth during training exercises 11 years losing its entire Back end and incurring extensive damage to the air privacy defended Toronto politicians have a right to their private Ontario Premier Bob Rae said yesterday in response to threats by some Gay activists to push at least one homosexual Cabinet minister out of the i dont like a sombre looking Rae said at the bomb disarmed Vancouver firebomb was planted yesterday outside the downtown Vancouver building that used to hold the Headquarters of Macmillan Bloedel police used a robotic device to disarm the murder suspect Man was charged yesterday with first degree murder in the abduction and slaying of a Young girl in Southeastern British ramp said eighty Earold Stephanie Graves was kidnapped from her Home saturday night and her body dumped in a Remote area Northeast of the cuts criticized Ontario government is breaking the Law and destroying medicare by slashing payments for patients seeking emergency care outside the Liberal health critic Barbara Sullivan said Federal legislation specifically requires provincial health plans to cover Canadian residents in need of emergency treatment when there travelling outside the she Shaw to be 2 Toronto Shaw communications will become the second largest Cable operator in Canada with its Purchase of Cuc broadcasting for million in Cash and the announced last is subject to regulatory it comes on the heels of the takeover of Maclean Hunter by Rogers communications both of officials face june 30 deadline provinces Hope to Cut Trade snags David a member of a Christian prayer tells Bouchard he is praying for Quebe cers could say non to Bouchard says by Linda Drouin Canadian press Vancouver Lucien Bouchard said yester Day Hes sure of one thing the separatist parti quebecois will win the coming election in but the bloc quebecois Leader admitted Hes not so sure Quebe cers will vote yes in a subsequent referendum on i remember that we lost in 1980 so its possible to lose and its obviously a very big decision to he told to accept such a Radical change must have some consequences so its asking a but just in Case Quebec votes to he said on his first trip outside Central its time to Start talking about How the country will be split Bouchard got a smorgasbord of reactions to his Mes acerbic radio Host Rafe Mair told him Quebec should have the guts to Stop taking Federal Money some of it from British Columbia and Start proving right now it can stand on its own fiscal you have no trouble taking my tax dollars to pay your your expenses and indeed your Mair Why dont you say we wont take the Well stand on our own and Well Start doing it right now demonstrators carrying bilingual placards Reading my Canada includes Quebec and Louis Riel want a traitor but Bouchard milled noisily around the hotel where Bouchard delivered a speech to the Canadian bar were protesting his efforts to destroy the said Jeff Jewell of the National party which organized the were not we want them to be part of the country but the bloc is misguide two members of a Christian prayer group waylaid Bouchard after his speech and told him they were Pray ing for the country to stay by Clyde Graham Canadian press Ottawa the provinces want a Deal to reduce Trade barriers within but agreeing on the details is still going to be Industry minister John Manley said a key meeting with provincial ministers next week in Winnipeg will help determine if an agreement can be reached before its june 30 i am but we Are going to have to work really hard and Hope that everyone comes to Winnipeg prepared to Roll up their sleeves and get it said we have a working document which covers a lot of the issues and we have tremendous political will to achieve but i would not underestimate the difficulties there May be to the Federal and provincial officials were to continue working on the draft this which Aims to re Duce barriers such As government buying policies which favor Home grown goods and Manley welcomed a statement by business groups and the Consumers association of Canada yesterday warning that taxpayers Are fed up with the High Cost of Trade barriers Between he said that kind of statement will keep the politicians aware of whats at Manley said the proposed Deal wont create Complete free Trade in but he said it will be fairly i would like to get More but i am optimistic that what we do achieve if we move along the track we Are on now will be very Worth while and will get at a lot of the major politicians must make the final Tough decisions to deliver Freer Trade within the country by the june 30 deadline set by government Nego the consumer and business groups said in a these negotiations Are at a Cru Cial said Tom pres ident of the business Council on National the Canadian business Community is no longer appealing for action it is demanding the next meeting of Federal and provincial ministers is on monday and is considered key to getting an agreement before the the Canadian manufacturers association and Canadian chamber of Commerce also support the state roughly 500 Laws and regulations hampering Trade and movement of workers Between provinces costs an estimated billion a the result can mean higher prices for everything from food and Beer to the Cost of internal Trade Barri ers is borne by tax pay workers and said David president of the con Sumers growth of Gap in current Canada a wry Alta Mwata Auto auction Ltd 7130roblinblvd special feature from Bumer storage under garage keepers the following will go 1m3 Leean Chevy Cordoba 1m4 1969 Chevy 1999 100 vehicles every wednesday Public indoor vehicle auction consign mint accepted 8953171 source statistics Canada up Rains blamed for provinces stall Filmon All critics charge by Alice Krueger legislature reporter b lame it on the Manitoba has tied Newfoundland to come in dead last among provinces in economic growth last a new statistics Canada report Premier Gary Filmon blamed it All on last Summers heavy Rains which adversely affected net income of Farmers by reducing Grain the estimated Cost to the province was at least these Are things that most Mani to bans can he but new democratic party Leader Gary doer said that Doest because Manitoba average growth Over the last three years has been a while Canadas growth rate has averaged per cent Over the last three Manitoba is less than one per he our Las place performance this combined with All the other performances Over the last two Means the National growth rate average is six times greater than the opposition Leader the new Sta scan report puts Manitoba 1993 increase in Gross Domestic product at a Mere per Down from the per cent growth recorded the previous it cites the collapse of farm net in come Down by per cent last the lower Handoff approach opposition leaders jumped on the report in the legislature blaming Manitoba poor showing on the Filmon governments hands of f approach to managing the Economy Liberal Leader Paul Edwards noted that new Brunswick ranks second in economic growth it grew by three per cent last year and is going to have a balanced budget by this so its not about deficit financing to create Fil Mon still believes in the invisible hand of the marketplace that we can stand Back and just let things take their that approach has gotten us in dead last place in this 1 think increasingly it is Clear Tomani to bans that it just Hast Toronto Dominion Bank forecast yesterday that Mani Toba will continue to experience eco nomic growth below the National average for the next three Cana Dian press reported yesterday that Manitoba Gap is expected to in crease per cent this per cent in 1995 and per cent in below average that is below the National average projected by to Bank of per cent this per cent next year and per cent in the to stats Mark 1994 As the first year since 1989 that the economies of All provinces will have British which has had the strongest provincial Economy since mainly because of an in flux of will Lead again in 1994 with per cent but on Tario is expected to pass the West coast province As the fastest grow ing Economy in 1995 with per cent As a Canadas Economy grew by per cent in 1992 and Peri ;