Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 20, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba Rott with Kaie co Gic rates h7c Mav 141 1 Henderson 9257420 491 Portage marys 3025 port acc news continued on b2 around Canada Cleilan in trouble Ottawa Justice minister Anne Cleilan was rebuked in the commons yesterday for making details of a Bill available to the Media before tabling it in the speaker Peter Milliken started a process that could end with Cleilan being found in con tempt of opposition members howled after finding out Justice officials held a briefing with reporters March several hours prior to an omnibus crime Bill getting tabled in the Coli settlement chief Justice of Ontario Superior has approved a settlement of a huge class action suit involving the worst Coli outbreak in Canad an under the no fault agreement guaranteed by the Ontario gov every resident of this midwestern Ontario town and visitors sickened by its contaminated water will get a least research Bombshell Ottawa a Federal advisory committee will propose that researchers be permitted to replicate human embryonic Stem says a source at the Centre of the the cells be allowed to mature beyond a certain Point and consent of parents for their use would be the guidelines have been drafted by a committee of the Canadian institutes for health said the and will be opened to Public com ment before being health care boost Thunder b the Federal government has promised million to expand Tel health services to Remote communities across Northern the announced yes is meant to increase the number of Sites where the Northern Ontario Remote telecommunications health net work can be these Tel health services allow medical staff in Remote towns and villages to collaborate electronically with More than 30 medical specialities in Southern Ontario and Calvert wins seat Saskatoon Saskatchewan Premier lome Calvert capped his return to provincial politics last night by winning a seat in the Calvert captured a by election in the Riding of Saskatoon a seat held by for Mer Premier Roy he Defeated Ted Merriman of the opposition Saskatchewan party and Liberal Dwayne systems strike looms Ottawa Federal computer systems professionals have voted to strike if conciliation fails to win them a new the computer members of the professional Institute of the Public service of voted per cent in favour of complied from Canadian press March 2001 Canada world b1 business 83 tse listings b5 Mutual funds b6 editor Oon Speirs 6977248 Jaffer right was demoted from his position As head of the Alliance caucus Small business committee after his executive Johnston pretended he was his Boss in an Nair interview with a Vancouver radio station Over the Canadian press photo Archive i my plans apology for radio Boondoggle Alliance butt of jokes after aide impersonates Jaffer by Jennifer Ditchburn Ottawa Alliance my Rahim Jaffer planned a formal apology to his Edmonton constituents in the commons today after one of his staff impersonated him on the Jaffer was demoted from his Posi Tion As head of the caucus smal Busi Ness committee after his executive Matthew pre tended he was his Boss in an Nair interview with a Vancouver Johnston later resigned Over the Alliance whip John Reynolds said Jaffer lied when asked about it by the radio but did not know what Johnston was planning to do in his mistake was Reynolds its never proper to cover up and you Tell the he should have told the said yes we made a mis and taken the neither Jaffer nor Johnston returned and Jaffers parliamentary staff were not answering the phone despite being at work yester the incident comes at a time when the party is still reeling from the embarrassment Over nearly Alberta taxpayers paid to help Alliance Leader Stockwell Day Settle a defamation suit against Day issued a Public apology to the Man who sued him and to the Public two weeks the impersonation was the butt of jokes yesterday finance minister1 Paul Martin cracked that he want sure who he was addressing in the and Alberta Premier Ralph Klein told a news conference this is me for of Reynolds said Jaffer was hear Bro but he added that the my did not offer his he said to me last night it was the worst Day of his Reynolds he and his parents were there and they were crying and very callers to an Alberta radio show were angry about the and some called for him to this is a party that has let us Down said one this is called fraud out Here in the real some of Jaffers parliamentary col leagues were More tory my Scott Brison said the mis take was uncharacteristic of it would be a loss to parliament to lose Rahim As a member of parliament Over this and in sure he regrets this very he was part of a new flock of Young Reform maps who were elected to the commons in 1997 some of whom were considered part of a snack pack of Twenty somethings who Hung out together eating bad he hails from the civil libertarian Side of the and has been seen As a moderate in the Canadian press Sharon Goslow diplomacy backed Powell reaffirms support for Israel Washington israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon Drew support yesterday for his go slow diplomacy and denounced Yasser Arafat elite guard for Sharon today visit was marred even before he arrived by new attacks on israeli speaking for Sharon in a spokesman accused Arafat palestinian authority of deepening its involvement in incitement of violence and ter ror and of closing ranks with militant Secretary of state Colin Powell renewed a pledge to stand by Israel and criticized Arab governments for withdrawing their ambassadors from Tel these states should be voices of Powell said in a speech to the american Israel Public affairs the leading pro Israel Powell also was sympathetic to the their he is in a with unemployment skyrocketing and growth absent As a result of an israeli economic he said president George Bush administration was committed to the in formula that Israel should yield land for and White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said Bush would like to see an easing of economic pressure by along with palestinian Steps to end the continued please see honest broker b2 America will stand by Israel Powell Laptop robbery politically inspired tory computer loaded with sensitive data by Nahlah Ayed Ottawa the Case of a stolen tory Laptop has suspicious minds on the Hill wondering whether the political game just got a lot More on some time Between and a thief entered conservative Headquarters and grabbed a Laptop loaded with information related to Leader Joe Clarks sustained attacks on the prime ministers business Deal Ings in his at some Point since the theft became something More than just a Sim ple Case of break and though party brass dismiss the Inci saying they have no hysterical others suggest too Many peo ple could have benefited from the information contained on this particular hard it is tory my Scott Brison said outside the commons careful to add he want a conspiracy suspicious that this individual with such information about such a controversial file would be targeted that what i find a Little bit he go As far As saying that the theft was politically but he did joke that the computer Likely was it Worth much Given the party Bud get for such others made Light of the i dont know who it said bran do Souris tory my Rick it could have been the it could have been some Little the commons has been tense with Clark stirring up memos and Brief ing notes in the Hopes of making some thing stick against prime minister Jean along with other opposition suggests that Chretien was in conflict of interest when he lobbied a Federal Bank on behalf of a they say that Chretien stood to Benefit because he was still a shareholder of an adjacent Golf Chretien denies the in the the tories and the Canadian Alliance Are in an endless dance about whether to join forces or continue to compete for the right often tre something drastic the Alliance has found itself lately in the shadows of the tories who have been dubbed the unofficial rumours on the Hill suggest either of these situations might have compelled someone to do something drastic to bring Clarks Streak to an Clark said there was some sensitive material on the but As to whether or not that related to the Dis appearance of the Laptop i just cant i dont know enough about liberals suggested the tories Are purposely staying vague about their sushi the tories could put an end to the but purposely suggested one in not saying someone didst steal the said the who did not wish to be but i think allowing it to be seen As foul play is a bit of a All of this is bewildering to who say that had it not been a tory Laptop snatched in politically interesting times no one would have Canadian press All news is bad news global news weeknights ;