Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 12, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba A8 Winnipeg free August aids victim sues firm Canadian press Toronto a Gay lawyer infected with aids says his Law firm locked him into a Glass closet and pushed him out of the Job he loved a charge his a employers vehemently Robert Watkin has launched a lawsuit against his former say ing they inflicted mental suf Fering and unfairly docked his Hes believed to be the first lawyer in Canada to sue a firm for discrimination on the basis of says the Canadian aids the Small Legal Ben Best and Cut off his pay while he waited for disability benefits to kick says and then tried to withdraw his partner David Burn the allegations outright the Case is so similar to the Hollywood movie starring Tom that Watkin Calls it i came out of that movie in a state of id seen my life on the among his claims he was removed from control Over cases hed brought into the although he was the firms top Revenue general ing lawyer in its second year of profits were split after he had earned the partners retroactively altered the pay schedule so Low killers took Home less last he says a partner asked him Why dont you just leave youre Only Here for the Burn denies each saying impossible Watkin was Cut off from control Over his client files and he had equal Access to the pay schedule was altered after Watkin was no longer with the he separatists feel time is Ripe Bouchard optimistic As fall referendum approaches by Jack Branswell Canadian press a a Luebec Premier Jacques Parizeau insisted theres no turn ing Back from a fall referendum As he announced the legislature will reconvene in Early september to launch the backed by internal polls show ing support for sovereignty continuing to top 50 per Parizeau and bloc quebecois Leader Lucien Bouchard boasted that the time is its been Clear since june there is going to be a referendum in the Parizeau said after a joint caucus meeting of the two i dont know Why you dont believe the Hall outside the meeting room was Abuzz with discussions Over 30 As a Good bet for the referendum 30 suits me said pm House Leader Guy if the legislature reconvenes just after labor the referendum could be held a bloc official suggested that some of mentioned dates such As and 20 All pose prob Sovereign lists Are confident they can win because their polls have had them with up to 53 per cent support but the numbers do not necessarily mean a Victory for the ves support for sovereignty was slightly higher than that before the 1980 referendum when the yes forces won about 40 per cent of the the bloc Leader said the differ ence this time is the number of undecided voters is less than 10 per meaning most Quebe cers have made up their Bouchard said he Doest believe the process could be stopped but he left an escape there is nothing irreversible but i dont think it should be mainly because we have the feeling the support is there to Bouchard and Parizeau will try to bolster that backing during a province wide Blitz they and action Democrat ique Leader Mario Dumont will begin on tuesday in the leaders and their members will then hit the Barbecue circuit to persuade Quebe cers to vote Parizeau fuelled speculation about an 30 referendum by saying the pm could table its sovereignty Bill but not have it adopt reports documenting prison incident vanish Canadian press staff reports for the month when female inmates at the prison for women were strip searched have an inquiry into the incident heard inquiry lawyer Patricia questioning prison Warden Terese said the original copies of the reports were not where they were supposed to the reports provide details on what a corrections officer does and sees during a Leblanc said she want aware the reports were missing and would make lawyer Josh who four of the eight inmates involved in the incident last said the notes could Tell a great Deal about what happened during the incident last and he said the disappearance raises a lot of suspicions and during four Days of unrest at the prison in april inmates stabbed a guard with a attacked four set broke up Beds to make yelled obscenities at guards and threw urine at authorities responded by Send ing in the riot squad from a nearby mens a videotape shows eight women prisoners being stripped by the riot squad several were kneeling or lying naked As men surrounded them or held them the inquiry is headed by Justice Louise Arbour of the Appeal court of Ontario and will make policy recommendations on the treatment of women prisoners to the Federal it could result in disciplinary action for corrections staff and possibly criminal or civil Mother natures smiling even brighter the City of Winnipeg recycling centres Are now accepting Glass and steel containers at All locations by recycling your plastic soft drink aluminium and Glass and steel you make it possible for All of us to save on Landfill space and take it easier on the there Are six recycling centres around Winnipeg to make recycling easy for questions or More Contact the City of Winnipeg waste line 9864rrr 9864777 City of Winnipeg water and waste department Garden City shopping Centre South Dale shopping Centre pan am Pool parking lot James civic Centre Ravenston and Chris Lind Transcona Pembina Village shopping Centre Bouchard left and Parizeau applaud at a joint pre referendum strategy up photo de before the referendum Campaign in that Case it would Only adopt the which requires 35 hours of debate and gives the pm much More flexibility in meeting the target Bouchard also said Hes relishing debating Jean Chretien in the com which the prime minister confirmed earlier this week will sit during the referendum the bloc thinks its an excellent forum for Bouchard to attack Chretien and the no sides Credi Parizeau beamed when asked about Chretien and there will be a Superb debate in the House of commons on que Bec sovereignty because Chretien has chosen for it to be he eat in claimed to the baby blues 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