Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 28, 1996, Winnipeg, Manitoba Wiwi ipg pm tip mtg ramp take Tough line companies warned about copyright face litigation Over Sale of mountie souvenirs by Gord Mclntosh Ottawa just As the ramp say they always get theft they intend to get their merchandise on store even if that Means the ramp turned to Walt Dis Ney Canada to clean up the image of mountie souvenirs last the Force wanted officially sanctioned products on store shelves that enhance the forces image and to raise Money for nity policing now its time to get Tough with remaining unlicensed merchandise on store says the head of the foundation the ramp set up to oversee the marketing of mountie souvenirs and collect royalties with Disney Gordon executive officer of the mounted police said yesterday he has notified about 30 manufacturers of unlicensed merchandise since february 1995 ask ing them to manufacturers were told last year have existing inventory sold by december not everyone has we find there Are still a number of people continuing to sell unlicensed said a retired so far four companies have warranted a Sec Ond Legal Seton for keep right infringe Mem could be taken after a third Tim Cogan said most eases Likely will be settled through negotiations but the Force will go As far As obtaining an injunction or even having offshore merchandise seized at the formerly the ramps chief financial was at a Trade show yesterday set up to display mountie a Block a souvenir shop in the Rideau Centre was Selling unlicensed mountie sweat shirts by Carolyn Lorimer of Martha a spokeswoman for the Man said Lorimer has not made the sweatshirts for four or five years and suggested the souvenir shop is old so 48 companies have signed licensing agreements with the foundation and Disney for everything from place Mats to Luggage and leather the mounties Are looking for new hence the Trade the foundation gets 51 per cent of the royalties and so far just Over has funded 24 including an alcohol and drug awareness program in Davis the Trade show included some of the biggest Success stories in Canadian Man fac from Peerless garments of Winnipeg e photo Clarke displays a new line of ramp image merchandise in Ottawa Disney Lynn a manufacturers agent representing four said the Contro Versy Over Disney involvement May be searing some retailers from signing some of them did have a real feeling that this was Walt the great California eating up our Canadian Trevor a sales representative with australian Outback collection of which is marketing Oilskin Coats with ramp said there has been resistance by ers to the we need some 1 pull out my ramp stuff to they go Why me just gave me a ticket last Clarkes program is intended to help smaller companies Over the top in smaller companies have put up Between to to sell licensed Merchan he but the Challenge now is to get Canadian retailers to buy into the one of the first companies that had to Stop Selling unlicensed mountie prod a Mickey mouse doll with a mountie shirt had to be off shelves after the partnership with the ramp was the Romp line of products is we have Heyer said to the ramp that we want to sell it from the Disney said Scott manager of communications for Irwin wants dialogue on aboriginal report by Todd Phillips Canadian press Ottawa will not simply Shelve the Royal commission report on aboriginal Indian affairs minister Ron Irwin said whose Cool response to the report has drawn criticism from some native said the Federal government will review the report in fight of what Public debate takes place on it would be craziness to spend that much Money and have two very Emi nent people surrounded by some very significant people spend so much time gathering All this information and writ ing it Down to Shelve said no government is going to do the stopped in Iqaluit on his Way to where he will Lead a delegation of Northern Busi Ness and political the five volume Royal commission report was made Public last it made More than 400 recommendations for improving the social and eco nomic status of natives and billions of dollars in new spending by Irwin dismissed the commissions multimillion Dollar remedial plan As he said throwing huge sums of Money at the problem jul not he said he plans to filter out the views of those who think Ottawa does too much for aboriginals and those who think the problems of aboriginals can be solved those groups Are almost discard Irwin what we want to do is for the Broad Public aboriginal and Nona Origi Nal to read the report and study it and have an honest and Good some native including Ovide grand chief of the Assem Bly of first have said Irwin should resign if he is not willing to act on the Royal commission but Irwin said Mercredi is wasting his because Ottawa is not going to ignore the i Learned one thing from the Irwin if you have Noth ing Good to say about you say so when it comes to id prefer to say on his arrival in Irwin jokingly asked inuit leaders no ones 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