me VANCOUVER

” aminor victory in Federal
Couit’ Monday in its bid to:

‘resdlve “a dispute _ with
Government

. Alberta
‘ Telephones over’ splitting
Totig-distance revenue, |.

Madame Justice Barbara

’ - Reed” réjected AGT's ap-
plication to Stop Edmonton.

Telephones" from going to
the” ~~ Canadian”
television and Telecom-
. Mainidations “Commission

: for a ruling on how much,

' ‘each company is entiited to.
‘ - Ednionton Ald. Ed
: said the city applied to the

: commission with the. hope :
that it would riile quickly: on,

_ > the ‘matter g9: that disrup-
“tone ‘In direct-dialied long-

distance, “calls woulda’t

continue initch longer. °

“ HAVRE-AUX- MAISONS,
Que. (CP) — An insurance.
adjuster ‘fs to examine a
riot-damaged ‘helicopter:
today, : but -geal . hunt.
“ protestera . who :. own” the
aircraft won't return to this
. island community because -

they fear ‘for thelr’ safety,’

*4¥'d Hke to go ‘back, but:
it's not a wise thing tp do,”
Dan Morast, spokesman for
eight American membere of -
the * Massachusetts-based
International Fund: “for
Animal Welfare, said ‘in a
telephone. ‘interview . fram
Charlottetown on Monday.

Quebec provincial police

of:-any fund member,
contractor or crewman who
wants to return to the Iles-
dela: Madeleine commit |
nity, 75 kilometres north of
Charlottetown, but Morast
sald the group - feared
physical violence from
redjidents. os
“Who can gay what some

lone” person might do?” = -

Even * a stronger . police
presence on _Iles-de-la-
Madeleine is fhe nes

guar iy et eofs ae ie
ae wh Fs

numbers (of officers) i

maintain Jaw- ‘and érder,”

said: ‘Morast, whose group

was, monitoring the anhual -

sea), hunt islanders depend

on: “for part, of their
livelihood. :
' Trouble - first. flared

Friday when | ‘a mob forced

the - ** four-man “ Helleop: er:

crew. to absndon: the ‘alr-

craft and give up films and

videotapes of the. Gulf of St,
. Lawrence "hunt. The meb
also , emashed |
eqiiipment, including $5,000
worth of cameras;
DAMAGE AIRCRAFT ©

‘On Sunday, | about “100.
people: “some « wearing a

masks
_ helicopter, \
. rounded becaulse . the

— ‘attacked ‘the

Tay CACMIND taf

were Gr) ap

NS Le Le

. Core
‘Edmonton Telephanea won ’
dialled

Radio-"

Leger.

Rear onus Raw

. ome .

which was) *

April Ts

Registration: $10.

4619 Lakelse Ave,

TLE.

‘up in mid-February direct-
calls. “from

‘Edmonton's * 0,000

‘telephone, subscribers: have
been inteteepred by. AGT.
-operators:’

‘Edmonton. ”

opened the guerilla ‘warfare |

by scrambling ¢ the computer

‘data it supplieg ‘to AGT for
"billing. AGT retaliated. by.
having operators . come’ on:

the. line’ for direct-dialled
calls to get the callers phone
number. _

. Leger. scarcely. had ‘time
‘to. “celebrate: the “victory
_ Vancouver.
‘courtroom, before he. was

outside’ « the .
told hy CRTC cotinsel Greg

“Van Konghnett ‘. that,., the

commission likely’ won ‘t

rule ‘on the, Edmonton ‘Ap:
- pileation: until the. Heder:

* airport dealer ‘refused’ to
supply -fuel.. The aircraft
was .struck with - bottles,

“Clubs and chains -before it

. wad tipped onto its side,

~,, About 13 provincial police
“and RCMP. officers. were
powerless to stop the attack, :
_None of the fund members:
" were injured, but all eight

flew to - Charlottetown
because they feared for

thelr safety.

“There is no danger here
now,” Lieut. Andre
Levesque, head of the
reinforced Quebec ~
provincial police unit, said

_in a telephone interview.
have guaranteed the safety:

ay don't know why they
(find ‘tmembers). wouldn't
come “‘back,"' he said, “I
don’t see any problems in
the. next while.” ;
Levesque said police have
chosen to let tempers cool

before pressing their. in-.
vestigation .Into” the .in- |

" Singe the’ gputs heated.

Court ules ‘on. the. com-

‘Miission’s © jurisdiction in’
' another case involving AGT

and CNCP Telecom-

‘aunteatlons.

_- POWER: ‘QUESTIONED .
* ‘telephones. a

in that case, to beheard in

Federal Court in Edmonton

‘May 28, the. court has been |

asked to determine whether

the CRTC’ can regulate a.

provincial Crown -cor-
poration and whether it can

‘regulate a Provincial matty

| company.

Van Koughnett said there

da no way ‘the commission |

could determine ‘the. issue
faster or better | than the

* court.

Edmariton telephones and

_AGT are fighting over $116

replacement

- Protesters fear sealers |

Ranger helicopter, adding:
“T know you cannot repair
that aircraft.” ,

He said the fund was
having trouble finding a
aircralt

’ because aviation companies

‘were reluctant to charter to

them.

The ’ adjuster and a
member of the fund's board
of trustees will negotlate
with provincial police and
federal Transport Depart-
ment. authorities -
determine what will happen

to : the _Malicopter, said

Morast.

POOR WEATHER
’ Levesque said it was

of€ the island by .a large

‘cargo aircratt, but nothing

cidents, No. charges have ».

been laid.
Morast said the insurance

eet will assess damage
the $375,000 Bell Jet

TOES MS nut

could be done until. the
weather improves. as
The local airport’ was.
closed Monday because of
high winds. Poor weather
also forced cancellation of a '
strategy meeting of | local

‘seal hunters..

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"+1 Edmonton ..
long-distance: calla totalled
9128 milion: last year: AGT,
Which - - does, ; Edmonton *

to.

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past. four. years’ of, Jong-
distance toll revenue.
"aubicribers

Telephones’ billing, gave 8 -

million ‘to: the ‘clty. phone: oo
company . and kept. $76”

wiillion, The ‘remainder: Was

shared: by the: members of . .
“the :

Telecom . Canada, °

umbrella network: ee
. Reedi'g ruling lett | the door
open for AGT, & provinclal i -
to 8
examine ‘the affidavits filed’
-and return to the court with -
30 days notice’ to: “request”

Crown , corporation,

‘again that the CRTC not: be
allowed: to. rule on the

“ matter, © =. os

» But by’ doing. ‘that, “the
judge also. eliminated the
possibility of _sapent by:

AGT...
WON ARGUMENT a
Edmonton “Telephones qi

succesafully argued that: if:

the court approved the writ
of prohibition’ It would. be
prejudging what. the CRTC

-wotld do and it ‘could be. -
predelermining whelher: the

, commission,

; tion. ,

“Bob Pichia, counset for

Edmonton Telephones, said -
stopping the company from.
‘going to the commission §
Would also change the way -

federal regulatory agencies
operate. He said with only a
few days ‘notice
Edmonton , Teleptiones was

_y given in this case),a party @:
” gould forestall’ applications 2.
‘to not only the commiaglén
; , but also: to the “Canadian
possible it would be taken.

Transport Commission’ and

. the National Energy Board,

- Buchan quoted from’ a
previous ruling that said,

_ “If an interested party. hes:

a .

is ‘French Bread

has: ‘jurisdle- ‘

(as J

been put in the hands of a

party, whose wish Js for the

tribunal. not to rule.”!

AGT's lawyer John Rooke -

argued that to ensure-the
CRTC doesn’t ‘act- tn

nD a aE nS ga

il ek ee

~ property, the court, ‘should
‘determine whether it has
- Jurisdiction over AGT and
‘Edmonton + Telephones,
which are both normally

utilities board,

Although: Leger claimed
that AGT appeared in court

7 ee I

regulated by the provincial ,

meee gt Aa
Pe dee

The Herald, Tiesday, March 13, 1984, Pages

in Vancouver to escape the
glareof publicity in Alberta,
Rooke sald the reason for
holding it here was the
timing. *. SF
AGT had been ‘asked to
file a response to the
commission by March 9 on
Edmonton .

“OPEN Six DAYS. A We waa
FoR THE DO-IT-YOURSELFERS

Telephone’s

wins victory. in court’

seems an instrument. ‘of
“delay and frustration ‘has’

application, ‘Rooke: said that
required AGT to go to court
as quickly as possible. -

Federal Court, slis every
Monday in Vancouver and
only by special .
arrangement in Edmonton,
80 Rooke said ‘Vancouver
waa the best choice.

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