Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 10, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free october Canada supreme court quashes Plaw spending limits Hurt free expression Canadian press to supreme court of Canada struck Down key Section of Quebec referendum Law prompting the parti quebecois government to question the courts Quebec immediately promised to reestablish the legislation by using the constitutions notwithstanding clause if the court ruled the Laws restrictions on third party spending in a Campaign go too far in limiting free Dom of the Quebec Law allows Only yes and no Camps in a referendum to authorize but Robert lib Man challenged that after the 1992 vote on the Charlottetown former head of the equal Ity party and an opponent of the argued he should not be forced into either its a fantastic political Libman his lawyer Julius Grey said it also Means the cases against anyone charged in the huge federalist rally in Montreal in the 199s referendum Campaign will have to be All the cases before the courts will because the court has said those provisions Are he Grey said if there is another ref federalists could stage a similar they Quebec can limit the but they cant up photo Libman right and Grey fantastic political Victory Stop people from spending Money to will not accept said an angry prepare for such a Quebec made it Clear it could work around the decision by amending the Law or using the notwithstanding nevertheless its attack came the judgment is demolishing something which is a fundamental piece of the legislation of Premier Lucien Bouchard the Law was passed in 1978 by the first pm government under Rene Levesque with the aim of limiting spending so corporations and Rich individuals influence a they want to recreate the imbalance of Money Over ideas and we Guy minister responsible for the to save the democracy of a peo you do not hesitate to take the most appropriate the government will study the Rul ing before announcing its next this Case is just the first stage in the supreme court having a say in the sovereignty role that separatists argue is the Federal government has asked the court to Rule on whether Quebec can legally secede from if it decides it that could Hurt separatist Chevrette suggested the court always goes against aide denies Hes under investigation nobody in masses office involved in probe Chretien declares by Jim Brown Canadian press Axworthy finds out today if he is to win Nobel prize by Paul Samyn National reporter Ottawa foreign affairs minister Lloyd Axworthy finds out today whether he will have the honour of Nobel laureate bestowed upon in the coveted Nobel peace prize Winner will be and the International Campaign to ban land mines that Axworthy has been championing is among the leading Candi while the Effort to rid the world of landmines May dont be surprised if Axworthy least not this while Axworthy has been getting a lot of his Nobel made by senator Pat Actu ally came shortly after the deadline for this years but in the always secretive world of Nobel prize there is a Chance someone else nominated the senior Manitoba my in time for this years last Axworthy brought together groups from around the world to launch the Ottawa that led to a draft treaty Banning anti personnel landmines which will be signed in Ottawa in Ottawa Cabinet aide Jacques Roy denied yesterday that he is under police investigation in a fundraising but opposition maps continued to raise questions about him and his trea sury Board president Marcel who works in masses regional office in was named ear Lier this week first by Rad Ocanada and then by tory and bloc quebecois maps in the a target of the ramp his Andre responded Ester Day with a letter to radio terming the allegation without foun Dation and demanding a that was enough for prime minister Jean who made the letter Public in the commons in an Effort to fend off opposition when bloc Leader Gilles Dueppe and my Michel Gauthier persisted in grilling Chretien declared bluntly there is no employee in the office of the president of the Treasury Board who is under Chretien he has referred questions about the broader fundraising allegations to Howard the government ethics coun Masse was More say ing Roy had told him that to his knowl Edge he was not under we should not be dragging Peoples names through the mud who we dont know to be conservative Andre Bachand was not demanding further assurances that Roy had never been in Contact with former Liberal Orga Nizer Pierre who was targeted in a june 12 raid by the ramp on party offices in Masse warrant was not executed Bachand and colleague Peter Mack a also alluded to additional search warrants obtained by the mounties in the course of their investigation a second one for the Liberal offices and a third apparently intended for use at masses ministerial office in according to what i there was a warrant that was issued that has not been Masse told the Why was it issued and Why was it not executed Only the ramp there was no comment from the a clerk at the Montreal courthouse confirmed in addition to the one warrant already two More remain it was not Clear if they have been used or in documents filed to obtain the search warrant for their june 12 ramp investigators alleged that Corbeil had approached at least four companies seeking political contributions and counselled at least one to use phony invoices to hide a Cash donation to the the investigation was sparked by human resources minister Pierre pet who tipped the ramp in March about complaints by businessmen who said they were being asked to con tribute to the Liberal party in Exchange for speedy approval of fed eral Reform Leader Preston Manning and his Deborah attempted to tie the scandal to Chretien himself noting that some million in Grants to companies in the prime ministers Riding were approved just before the ramp got on the Chretien replied Curtly that he will always work to make sure that the peo ple who live in this Riding Are treated the same Way As they Are in the other Ridings of Pettigrew said there had been no improper lobbying by likes sunday booze by Tom Blackwell Canadian press september 2 7 1997 when finding the right person for the Job is look no further than the free press careers beginning saturday september the Winnipeg free press will launch our new weekly full color careers Section in All copies of the saturday free our new deadlines for this Section Are As follows space reservations tuesday prior to saturday publishing material deadline wednesday by prior to saturday publishing came ready material deadline thursday by prior to saturday publishing appears headed toward letting some Beer and liquor stores open permanently on sundays after two experiments were deemed a consumer minister Dave Tsubouchi also indicated in a recent interview be has Little interest in privatizing the liquor control Board of Ontario at a time when the government owned liquor store Chain is improving service and boosting no decision has been made on sunday open Ings but the government will go with what con Sumers and they seem anxious to have alcohol sales seven Days a Tsubouchi he said Hes waiting for polling data to get a bet Ter picture of How people in Ontario View the both the Brewers retail and Lobo say Treyve done surveys which suggest wide if its Good for the creates Cre ates Revenue and the people want it in were going to do said customers favour 7day openings Well see what the Public response but so far it seems pretty i think theres a Way to do but basically As a gov would be responding to consumer Tsubouchi also stressed that nearly 300 stores owned by Ontario based wineries and breweries can open on sunday Lobo and Brewers retail stores were allowed to do business sundays for three weeks last following a similar Pilot project last Between 60 and 70 per cent of the general pub in a Survey commissioned by the said they supported sunday alcohol sales and As Many As 80 per cent of Bee store customers Are in said Brewers retail spokesman Jan a spokesman for the group Moth ers against drunk driving said the organization is focused on getting the government to toughen impaired driving oppose any Extension in store i your career notices with Cetor new available in our expanded career if full color Ana spot color available throughput the entire vows advertisement will attract the Mast qua Lwea applicants while enhancing your deadlines for these ads Are As Foj jaw space tuesday prior is saturday publishing wednesday by Public prior the i for Ettalu ran wow emf Prat ;