ee MOA RSL eva 4s it struggles tomake changes to the way Frétich-laguage rights are treated in the province. - eee rn ® Any hope of a compromise seems slim aa the Progressive -block the government: o . A fr . * unlimited walkouts to stall the taking of-votes, in the government motion that would shut off the divisiori buzzers for a recorded vate, fh But the fight isn’t over, While Speaker. Jim Walding has . NEW WESTMINSTER, BC. (CP) ~~ When membera ofa pollce surveillance team moved their observations in Vancouver and New Westminster: to-a point’ north of Squamish, B.C., one of their two vehicles was Involved in, an ’ he kept watch on foot, getting himselt and his portable two- way radio wet.: - The testimony came. during the trial. of five people "HALIFAX (CP) ~~ While the Ontario Censor. Board has Atlantic Canada, officials say. However, a New Brunswick spokesman said. Wednesday challenged because of the Ontario experience... “T have nothing concrete,” said Ted Bringloe, executive ‘assistant to Jean-Pierre Ouellet, minister responsible for the provincial board. “But there is a tendeney for these things to grow and spread like ripples.” ‘The Ontario Court of Appeal ‘ruled this week the provincial censor board may classify fllms, but is ‘operating - Was stayed Wednesday pending an appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada. . ; Tn Atlantic Canada, there are classification boards only i in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, Theatres in Newfoun- dland and Prince Edward Island use classifications handed down by the two boards. cut scenes from films before they are distributed. The Maritime boards classify each film aa general, adult or restricted entertainment. They will refuse to ‘classify any . with scénes deemed objectionable to the community and it DELETE SCENES : ; The distributor can withdraw an unclassified filmer. adil ae aut the objectionable material. Ii the: scenesaredsleted, the film.can-be classified and'exhibited;--~-- ee _ Abe Goss, chairman of the New Brunswick board, said the board rejects about a dozen films a year. Most of these are ten edad by the distributors and eventually shown, OTTAWA (CP) — The problems racing the British Columbia fishery may be better known in Ottawa but there's no indication the federal government is on the right - course to solving them, leaders of a delegation of West Coast fishermen said Thursday, to meet ministers and MPs to discuss the problems facing the fishery and proposals being developed by the govern- ment for dealing with an. over-abundance of fishermen and a shortage of fish. ‘Bob Rezasoff of the Pacific Salmon Seiners told a news . conference it appears the government's solutions will only continue distortions in the B.C. fishery — - priced vessels chasing too few fish. Ron Fowler of the Pacific Trollers, and Jack Nichol, president of the United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union, said meetings with .the Conservative and New Democratic Party caucuses have shown | a general agreement on solutions. , And the delegation hopes to win similar acceptance from originally refusing to see them. The change came after a meeting with Fisheries Minister _ OTTAWA (UP) — One of ‘the remaining gaps in Prime Minister Trudeau's peace crusade —- catight up in a& political struggle, sources say — is the appointment of an ambassador for disarmament. A former British. Columbia premier and a former Progressive Conservative party leader were considered for prospects at external affairs. Senior government officials say the post is expected to be filled soon, within days or weeks at the mest. Dave Barrett, the former NDP premier ‘of ‘British - Columbia, was -an early favored candidate both for his’ ' Offictals who requested anonymity sald there-has been a | debate within the government over whether or not ‘the disarmament job shold be'“‘staffed by a politician or a diplomat.” But they added ‘the government seems to be leaning toward nominating : a career elvil servant to the: important job. Alan Beesley left it last fall, highlights the role the prime minister's office has played in shaping the peage initiative, There have been previous reports of strain, between the small group of specialists running the disarmament. task force set up by Trudeau and External Affairs Department officials, . SENSITIVE , ISSUE . There is acknowledged “gensitivity” by External Aitaira Minister Allan MacEachen about how an ambassador is + ment” is gaining ground slowly and with a ot of political blondstied st 1 govern ‘ ment could win’ any vate but ‘the’ Tories are. doing all they © "canto ensure that vote is delayed as long” as possible, Conservative Opposition continues to took for new ways to ‘ " ‘CUT OFF. TORIES One of the chief weapons the Tories have been wing — -— legislature — hes been jeopardized by the acteptance ‘of a after two hours. The -buzzers call members to the chamber . ruled the government, motion isin order, it must be vated on accident, a B.C, Supreme Court jury was told Wednesday. . The jury also-heard that one detective fell into a creek as - charged with a number of offences, » Includling conspiracy to : . . Canadian censors snip on. been battered by court decisions arising from challenges to-. its authority, similar boards will carry on as usual in’ he would not be surprised if local boards now are - beyond its legal authority when it censors them. The ruling - Unlike the Ontario board, the two Maritime boards do not’ is an offence to exhibit a film which has no Classification, ; erat nd bipesin FOS - Ottawa on wrong. course? - cessful we've ever had — the access we've had to al least The fishermen have been in Ottawa since Monday .trying | '. fishermen, too many high- ministers who have agreed to meet. the fishermen after: “Peace ambassador’ needed _ Fepresentatlves reportedly played a key role i in ‘sounding the job, but are no longer on an existing ‘'short list” of - acumen and his political savvy in Western’ Canada where . Liberal party organizérs. want to bolster ‘their image. 7 Robert Stanfield, the respected former’ ’ Conservative *' Jeader, was courted for his acknowledged diplomatic skills, The isaue of filling’ the ambassadorial job, vacant singe . . possibly indicating future intentions, sald there was no plan _ to name a disarmament ambassador init: Nor ts there. Tories hold 3 seats but on this issue have the support of 0 New. Detiocrat and the only Independent in’ nthe legisla i The government has cut off at Teast one 2 delaying ‘Tactic. - - the. Tories were. likely set to try. to use:on the time-limit * - “motion — the. practice of amending ‘ a motion again anid: > again,to allow virtually uniimited’ ‘debaté, The rules of the legislature were smoothly manipulated \ -Wedntaday: by Natural Resources Minister Al Mackling to: forestall’ “any, amendments. He moved that the question be. _ put tonite motion which ‘dn eltéct ot gives the Opposition ont : “rob an armored truck, and possession of ‘legal ‘weapons. Ann Hansen, 30, Jullet Belmas, 21, Gerald Hannah, 24, . ‘Brent Taylor, 27, and Douglas Stewart, 28, face a total of.11, counts in the trial. Not all are charged an each count, They: have pleaded not guilty to the chargea, RCMP Const. Patrick McTiernan said. the detective, : David Blakeman of the Vancouver city police, went to ‘faunal todry out his radio, but was too wet to atay out on ‘oot. He said that the whole time they were:there, the e team, la ‘The Ontario case, centred on the constitutional guiarsintes’ of freedom of expression, was launched by the Ontario Film ‘and Video Appreciation Society. : Bringloe said some film distributors’ or individuals might challenge the Atlantic boards,- “The Charter of Rights isa convenient vehicle for some ; people to jump on.”” .The Nova Scotia board relies | on ‘co-operation from distributors, said Consumer Affairs Minister Laird Stirling, who is responsibile for. the board. ; So far, the co-operation has been good and distribulors ‘have not shown films the board refused to classify, he said, Allan Bell, Atlantic-area manager for Famous Players _ ; Theatres, said distributors are satisfied with the system and have no Intention’ of challenging the authority of either. . provincial board. SEE PROTECTION , ‘ Distributors see the boards as more of a protection than B, nuisance, he said, They feel that having boards classify films makes distributors less likely to be prosecuted under vague obscenity laws. ° But this is no guarantee. Famous Players faces triat i in - Charlottetown on March 21 on a charge of distributing ‘obscene material. Police seized the-film Chained Heat and ‘laid charges even though it had been classified by both the ‘New Brunswick and Nova Scotia boards. in Nowa Heat was immediately withdrawn from theatres in Nova Scotia after the, Charlottetown, seizure, wesnwuussvae "Legislation introduced. this week by federal Justice ‘Minister Mark MacGulgan could affect situations like this one, ‘The bill would’ require police to .get-pérmission from — provincial attorneys: feneral before laying a charge . regarding. a movie classified under provincial’ law. 5 Pierre De Bane, who agreea to meet the fishermen in Vancouver this. weekend after he. presents proposals for helping the fishery to his 25-member. advisory council. - Nichol said. the lobbying effort .““has been the most suc- the opposition parties, and’now the fact that doors seem to" be opening with the Liberals as well.'” Rezasoff said it appeared many had regarded the lobby campaign asan attempt to gel more fishing time for greedy - “But we've made them redlize we ‘know there has to a reduction in fishing, but we wanl some say it.” “The fishetmen have been calling for a federally-funded ,$100-million program to reduce the fishing fleet, more protection for fish spawning habitat, increased salmonoid enhancement, treaties with the United States and Japan to protect. salmon stocks and more consultation with the fishermen. The groups feel they" ve been. generally ignored by the federal government, but when they have- received federal attention it has tended.to make conditions worse’ Akey part of the prablem, they say, is that De Bane is starting to: ‘work, on the problem without - the + right in- ; | |—20 words or less— i $9 00 | | a. formation: ya a. named; since that ds ndfmally ‘the prerogative of the External Affairs Department, Ultimate ‘approval comes from the prime minister, however, and) Trudeai’s out Barrett and Stanfield last fall. . Barrett didn’t ‘return’ repeated telephone. calis ‘and Stanfield couldn't be reached for, comment on Wednesday . because he was ‘travelling, =“ MacEachen saidia. the Commons Jan. 24 that he hoped to fhame.a disarmament ambassador soon and- seemed to stake out the responsibility for doing so for himself, ’ “Tam searching for the bes: possible person to fill this job ff and when I conclude that: I have’ that person, the ap- pointment will be made,” he said in reply to questions from Sinclair. “Stevens, the Progressive ‘Conservative foreign affairs critic. . The argument for naming a career official as disar- mament ambassador runs partly along the line that moat of | 7 the future work on the issue is to be,done in councils like the North Atlantic Treaty organization, the Stockholm disar- mament conference and eleewhere. 'The days of Trudeau's high flying peace crusade’ are numbered — either because he has talked peace nearly everywhere except Moscow ¢r by a long-awaited retirement. , Offitials working on Trideau’s speech to the Commons ‘today, setting out progress so far on the peace initiative and much additional: information on another proposal for set- tingupa publicly funded centre for peace and disarmament ff ° ‘research, as promiséd jn the throne speech Inst Dec. 7 that officlally opened the current parliamentary session. TUPSCE REM BT iihk burt fas no plaris one shot at debate. : , Calling it “double closure” and “a bizarre attempt” to limit debate, the Conservatives were nevertheless forced to. start using up the 49 minutes aplece they will bave before” a facing a vote, “I want to serve notice on’ the government. members opposite that it will be the intention ‘of the Opposition to’ -debate this new twist, this. new. abuse of power by’ this : government, in the strongest possible way,” said Opposition House Leader Harry Enns. When they use up their time, the Tories must decide whether they want to walk out of the legislature for a prolonged period to avoid the time-limit that would make it . -8 simple matter for the government to impose closure on’: “the French-language package. Police surveillance. vehicle. in accident — “dia not see anything significant.” McTiernan Is one of many witnesses being calléd to -testify at the trial about weeks of police, surveillance of the - _ five accused. McTiernan said he joined the surveillance team! Nov. 30, -1982, and worked with it until Jan, 20; 1983, the day the five were arrested as they were driving 0 on the highway north of Squamish. . ON GROUND : ee : He said he sometimes watched fiom | a . parked vehicle, sometimes from an observation post in a house, sometimes - on foot and once while lying on the ground between a fence: _and a garage. Answering defence lawyer Stan Guenther, MeTiertan said a photegraph of Hansen he was shown before he ot started surveillance was hot very good. and he did not.im- mediately associate it with a womanhe followed into’ a New Westminstr store two weeks Jater. He said later he saw “better pictures’! and at that time - | identified the woman he had followed as Hansen. He said that during the surveillance, he knew of two stitution to protect French rights — that led to the attempt to set a time limit on walkauts, In an agreement signed last summer, the Tories agreed to a two-week miaximum on any walkout while the division buzzers are on, a condition included at the insistence of the government bul which left a loophole allowing the daily ~ _ walkouts on the closure motion, Tory Leader Gary Filmon has said his party Will live up to the agreement, even though others in the Tegial ature have ~ said it carries little real weight. Manitoba Torles adopted the delaying tactic only recently, after the much-publicized walkout a couple of years ago by their federal counterparts in the House of Commons. NDP Government House Leader Andy Anstett says at ‘least five provinces in Canada already have rules in the legislature to prevent ‘what is happening in’ Manitoba. BELLS CUT OFF | ‘In Nova Scotia, division bells can ring for no longer than - one hour, in Newfoundland the time limit is 10 minutes, in New Brunswick, a mere five minutes is allowed before’a vote is taken and in Alberta, the limit is eight minutes. "In Quebec, the Speaker is simply given discretion to call a vote “after he has judged that the wailing period has been Sufficient.” Usually five ‘minutes is sufficient but the buzzer's in the Quebec assembly were allowed to ring for an — hour last year ona controversial bill, _ Wednesday was a. good day. for the government of ‘Manitoba outside of the house as well. After an almost daily parade of anti-French protesters - . Tecently, Anstett was presented with a petition by Prof, Don Bailey that was signed by more than 100 staff members at . the. University of Winnipeg who approve of the govern- ment's stand, — " occasions when police searched the back ofa pickup truk being used by some of the accused and once when they searched the garbage at the rear of a New Westminster house in which four of the accused were living. Expansion planned - Herald Staff Writer TERRACE— A CN spokesman could not specify which property is being sought, but says that negotiations are continuing for the acquisition of five acres to, facilitate future expansion. The company Is looking into expanding the Terrace ~ facilities by another five tracks, ata cost of $5 million to bad ‘million. It ishoped that work wilt gett under way this. year because the railway is forecasting a sizeable i increase in traffic to be coming through the Terrace yard. - By 1986, 21 trains will be going through the yard ona daily basis, carrying lumber, grain, and coal, and as well, there will be tree trains coming through from Kitimat. . 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