Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 7, 1998, Winnipeg, Manitoba Free pm goes round 2 with provinces can Tim still standing for social Union talks after Bardy surviving bout with Bouchard Jim Brown Ottawa like a fighter who dodged a knockout punch but still Hast won the Jean Chretien and the Federal liberals Are wary of letting their guard Down in the Wake of the Quebec prime minister survived the first round last week when Premier Lii Eien despite his failed to capture enough of the popular vote to push for a Quick referendum on but that didst mean the match was in round Chretien must Square off against not just Quebec but All the other provinces As Well the prize at stake this time is a framework agreement for Canadas social bureaucratic Mouthful that obscures rather than highlights the significance of the at Issue Are fundamental choices about whether Ottawa or the provinces raise the spend the Money and set the rules for every thing from medicare to higher welfare and Antipoverty after nearly a year of off again talks Between Federal and provincial the social Union negotiations were energized when Bouchard made an Issue of them in the election that very fact was enough to raise a red Flag for some Liberal we have got to be very careful in dealing with says Ontario Bac Bencher Derek when they say they Are dealing with us in Good i cant accept we be there is seme fear on the govern Flent benches that anxious to buy political will give away too much Federal Power to the but a greater fear is that after initially portraying himself As will provoke a breakdown in the talks and use it to whip up nationalist Fervour in the worst mistake we can male As a country is to think that the referendum is on the Back Burner Quebec my Nick Discepola we should not be lulled by this says Quebec my Nick disc the worst mistake we can make As a country is to think that the referendum is on the Back Roy Romanow of the chairman of the conference of has tried to head off that kind of 1 Given the election there is every 1 son to expect that Bouchard will be attending these meetings witha View to Giveand take and compromising and getting a says in assuming that he will be there in Good in Bouchard is a late Comer to the when Chretien and the other nine premiers agreed last december to negotiate new rules on the funding and control of social the Quebec Premier refused to sign he jumped aboard last seizing the Chance to promote a Long standing demand that Quebec be allowed to opt out of any National still receive full fed eral funding and use the Cash for a parallel provincial in All 10 premiers Are Mak ing the same there is some fear that anxious to buy political will give away too much Federal Power to the provinces in areas such As raising spending the As Well As set Ting the rules for thing from medicare to higher Educa welfare and anti poverty in its an opening negotiating ploy for while for Bouchard its a Bottom that Ferince could eventually undermine the provincial common front and leave Quebec at the end of the Day every government will have to assess what we have and whether it comes close to meeting our concedes but i dont want to think that Way id like to have an Al govern ment for is walking a Fine he insists Hes open to Compro Mise but wont accept a Deal that leaves the country with a Patchwork social safety net that varies from province to in not doctrinaire in these he observed last but canadians dont want the fed eral government to be unable to do Bob Kozmki Ian Feia Ted m Baa Tolasa just in time for the holidays no payments till feb on retail purchases Stihi 30 lease is i i if m others Sny we deliver it Ford its poverty has no misery has no language or the prime minister has Given the godhead for Lowe level officials and ministers to resume talks Over the next couple of but has resisted Bouchard Appeal for an immedi ate meeting of first Federal strategists say the aim is to avoid at All costs what they Call a Hothouse crisis they know Chretien has already dodged one Bullet that could have got had Bouchard won a bigger electoral Victory and used it to put Quebec on the fast track to another that would have revived questions about whether the prime who barely survived the 1995 plebiscite with a razor thin federalist is the Man to Lead the coun try into the next care who will turn 65 in is widely expected to retire before his current mandate runs out in but a full blown National Unity crisis would have sparked pressure to step aside much Small wonder that a relieved prime the Day after the responded to questions about his future by paraphrasing Mark Twain the report of my death is greatly mothers should be immune from lawyers say continued from b1 Alta Means mothers would be at higher risk of being sued for injuries than anyone it also Means any thing they do while pregnant that some How hurts the even could be fodder for a lawsuit who is nearly has Perma nent mental and physical disabilities due to the Accident and suffers from cerebral Cynthia living near was allegedly driving too fast for the snowy conditions at the time when she lost veered into oncoming traffic and collided Headon with another Ryan was delivered by caesarean Section just a few hours the Case arrived at the supreme court after a lengthy journey through the new Brunswick court ryans maternal Ger Ald took the matter to the courts on behalf of the Acourt of Queens Bench judge ruled 1997 that the child does have the Legal capacity to sue for negligence leading to sustained while in the Justice Richard his decision would Haveri major implications can a child sue the Mother because she used narcotics or drank alcoholic Bever Ages Didie Mother Over exercise and cause fetal damage did the Mother follow an unsafe diet i the new Brunswick court of Appeal j dismissed the mothers Appeal in saying that she had a general duty to drive her lawyers filed an application with the supreme court in August of last j the mothers lawyers will not dwell on the question of whether the fetus has rights As a distinct entity from the they will instead aim to per Suade the court that mothers should be immune from any and that if there Are to be they should be for because of liability insurance for car some jurisdictions in Britain allow mothers to be sued by a once for injuries sustained As a but Mother is Only liable if she knows ought to have known she was there Are currently no such exceptions in Canadian ryans James would not comment on but Bill counsel for Catholic group for Justice and life said it would be unfair to Rob Ryan of his right to it would be unjust for him not to have a cause of action against a wrong doer for those whoever it whether its the or father third he said in an wish your attention to of current great Page Beechwood Kitchen the bread Box is not on As stated in the Page item no rear copy reads should read copy reads we save should read Sale save be wish the i Friar your attention to 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