QUEBEC: (UPC) —
Premier ‘Rene Levesque
called;; his. cabinet, into |
sestion' for the first: time
since since the loss of the:
Queben:: referendum: but
ministers departed without a-
hint afithe sublject matter.
. “No comment,” or,-“ Wait
for. Preniler. Levesque’s
comments,” .. they ~ advised.
reporters as they left the
fivt-hour session Thursday.

The cabinet . met. as: ob-

— gervers.dissected the: Parti

at the -polls
Liberal,Jeader, Claude “Ryan

| Postmaster: General

,| be
|| Magician” by‘ arguing that.

_ members -of this

r were called

Quebecois government's less

5 Tuesday when

Drought worsens‘in prairies

WINNIPEG (UPC) —.
Manitoba has introduced .
emergency procedures to
deal ‘with its most severe
drought'in’ 100 years while
Premier -Sterilng © Lyon
warns the worst may arrive
in weekg'to'come...-

The premier is chairman
of a: Provincial Drought
Coordination Committee
that will deal with all aspects -
of the. worsening crisls, in-
cluding...’ shortages .
agriculture and municipal
water supplies in the south
and near-record forest fires.
across the province. |.

“The common. gense an

"Strike deadline passes

OTTAWA (UPC) — Inside
postal workers’ president
Jean-Claude Parrot says the
union is not yet ready to walk
off the job even though it is

now in alegal strike position. ©

with a ‘contract. yet''to” be
signed.” a
The deadline - ‘pa

Lis
Ye us
at

sie] At.

midnight. with Parrot and,, third day ‘of. talks: was
smasier General Andre “gehetled Penal a0.

Al

Ouellet still locked In their
second day-long session
aimed ‘at putting a tentative
agreément reached Tuesday

| into. contractual language.

_ A postal’ official. said:
members of ithe Canadian

Union‘iof Postal ‘Workers’

" Cll subsidy, p

Crosbie says Prime Minister,
Pierre Trudeau is trying to
“Mandrake ithe

“put the miulti-billon

ype
: dollar subsidization program

for imported oil will save
money, ‘
The prime minister told

_ the: House of Commons

Thursday the federal
program, which subsidizes
imported oil destined for the .
Maritime provinces, would

haged out “over a period

he phaged out
of time’’and replaced with. a

“blended

ded oil .- pricing.
program. . -

_ “Conservatives disagree.

‘OTTAWA (UPC) —
Conservative MP: Jake Epp
has contradicted party
leader Joe Clark by saying
there are “inherent
dangers” in laying down @
strict, two-year timetable for
changes to Canada’s con-
stitztion.-

“There . have been
premiers, ‘as well as
‘this House, who
had said within two years @
new constitution or renewal
could take place,’ sald Epp,
leading “ off Tory par-

or ticipation ina special debate

of -

rp

‘Ted the federalist ino" camp
40 a resounding victory, -_
 None.of the ministers
would say whether the visit

today -of :Federal . Justice ©
"Minister Jean: Cliretlen. —
one of the leading figures in ;

the “no” referentum forces - Claude Morin’. to” discuss

— was discussed.

Chretien was acheduled to "

meet with either Levesque or

_Tatergovernmiental ‘Affairs

Minister Claude Morin to

discuss | the. -possibility of .
Quebec government par- -

ticipation
unscheduled
talks,

_in’<. as-yet-
constitutional

‘Ingenuity: of Manitoba fai
-mers la being severely tested
by the driest spring in a

century ..,..and. conditions .

may. well ‘worsen in the
coming ‘weeks,” “Lyon told
the legislature Thursday. -

“: The firet:.concern, said

‘ Lyon, is the. plight of

livestock producers whe face
‘shortages not only of water:
but also of-feéd supplies. --

. He said the government
‘would take measures to help
farmers provide special feed
‘grain assistance, nat only for
the supply of feed but also to
help cover transportation

costs from points. ad far
away as southern Ontario. .

“Moditreal local had voted 88
percent to give the executive
-astrike mandate. “They are
just waiting for a nod from

the executive,” he said, -

But Parrot said no locals
had been authorized to strike

and he intended to continue .

io negotiate In good faith, "A

“We're having some
difficulties. “on certain.
clauses and we are trying to
resolve these difficulties,” ,
he said. ''To that effect, we
“have agreed to make another
effort at a meeting tomorrow
(Friday) morning.”
rogram.

Rar

ends ..
‘Syudeau refused td say when
the annual $3.1 billlon
program would end.”
-"T am just a simple, un-
‘complicated Canadian. who
can't understand this new
algebra,"’ said Crosbie, the
former Conservative finance
minister.

“Who ig going to make up
the difference: between the
subsidized program and the
blended pricing program?"
“The prime minister is
trying tobe Mandrake the
Magician ... and use a sleight
of hand and a
gerrymandering,” Crosbie.
said.

4n the House of Commons
|

uraday. .

“While targets. are ac-
ceptable,
we should be locked into
those kind of time frames,"
he said, . . .

Clark said following the
victory. for the ‘No’ farces in.
the Quebec referendum
Tuesday that Canada’s
political leaders had only
two years to make changes
of else many pro-Canada

‘supparters may vote “Yes’ in’

a future ballot. -

Rescue attempts continue

"VAL D'OR, Que. (UPCY—.
Dozens: bf rescue, workers

) planned to fan out through a
) §00-foot deep gold. mine
| today in & dramatic effort to
| reac: éight men trapped

behind ‘a wall of mud for
more than. two ‘days in a

: mystery cavein.’ —

Previous attempts to. send
rescue teams down the main
production ramp of the mine

off for fear of
further mudslides from the

| RCMP veteran arrested

MONTREAL (UPC) — A
15-year veteran of the Royal
Canadlasi Mounted Police’s
Montreal drug squad was
arrested Thursday and
charged ‘with trafficking in
hashish, — +

“Sgt. Paul Sauve, 44 of
Lavul, Que., a 27-year RCMP

» veteran and Gerald Hiscock,
: 37,%CP Air cargd employee

at Laval airport «were

\ arrested during a.raid by

cave-in that. has sealed the
eight miners since T
night.

maybe 15 minutes and there
was another rush of slime
and water, we would lose all

these, men,” said Donald’

Levigne, general manager of
Bélmoral Mines Ltd., which
owns the two-year-old gold

mine 550 km. northwest of

_ Montreal.

police of a . downtown
apartment.
- Police said 18 pounds of

haahish, money and two guns |

‘were seized by RCMP of-
ficers in the early morning
search, De
Sauve, who has been
suspended untll his trial is
concluded, am Hiscock were
charged with conspiracy to
traffick in hashish, traf-
fiecking in hashish and
possession of hashish, -

from

. federal system to

OTTEWA’ ROPES" LY Despite ~questioning: ri

’ Newfoundland MP. John

“or loyalty - to,’

little .

I do not think that .

uesday. -

“if we went down for”

Justice’ Minister. Jean
Chretien, back in. the. east
his whirlwind ‘five-
province western tour, has
been ‘turned down fora
meeting today with Quebec's

dhites for a‘conference ona

new constitution. “
-Rhe ..- Quebec” in-
tergovernmental --affairs

AMjnister says he cannot

Foreign-. newspaper

-editorialists have greeted

Quebec’s.. rejection « of.
separatism with satisfaction
but, caution’ Canadians that
they. must reform: their’
safeguard

‘national unity...
~ “Quebec's ‘non’. to
separatism by a convincing
60-40 referendum margin is a
triumph of common sense,"
‘The Daily
Thursday.-
“Time has been gained for
statesmanship,'” the British
newspaper added. = ‘'A
valuable launching pad has
been presented for a. fresh
start in efforts. to meet the
legitimate requirements of

the Canadian, provinces,
.. perhaps-even in such a way

to enhance’ the essential

unity of the country rather

than weakening it.” -

The. Guardian, noting

“sighs of relief , in
Washington and. Wall
‘Street, said “Mr. ‘Pierre
Trudeau‘now has a breathing
space in which to reconstruct
the « tattered, Canadian
constitution.”

said “Canada’s friends and

allies- will give a heartfelt -

Sigh of retief at the unam-
‘biguous result-of the. Quebec
referendum.”
It. added, “But as -Mr.
Trudeau. and. ‘several

provincial premiers have: .
jceded.in thelr turn, ‘the -
~ result is only a reprieve for

conceded.

federalism.”
.- From the United States,
the message was similar. -

e

no cause for “complacent

celebrating,” the New York

Times said. an
“Quebec
votes, but.notits heart, to
cause of federalism,” said .

has ; given. its

the Times, in an editcrial .

‘titled “Quebec Votes for
Canada." But it added, ‘The
outcome. was’ influenced as
much .by: the fear of the-
Gnkndwn as by affection for,
English
Canada; . ey

“Mr. Trudeau wisely
acknowledges that Canadian
federalism will now have to
be reshaped to take account
of the'serious grievances not

only in Quebec but also inthe .
' . Western provinces.

“The blaze of nationalism
_in Quebec was fanned by a
conviction. that Engilish-
speaking Canada had been

- jndifferent to the French

‘minority in what was, after
all; originally a French
dominion. .

'- "When Quebec's French-
Canadians turned to the polls
to register their discontent
and elect a nationalist
government in. 1976, &
‘worrlsome terrorist
movement vanished almost
overnight,

“The challenge for, all
Canada now is to sustain this
faith in democratic means.

. The ordeal for Canadians ia

far from over; Their. neigh-
brs in-America look on to.
learn, not gloat."

The Wall Stre
expressed: the hope that
“Quebec voters have laid the

separation issue to rest fora .

good long time.” ae
“There now can be litte,
doubt about what fhe large
majority of Quebecers want.
They want to remain.
Canadians.” =
“while Canada has passed

an important milestone, the

nation as a Whole still has
some important problems to
“resolve. :... but Canadians

have every right to cheer the
removal of an unwanted

; distraction,” the newspaper

d. ,

Jn Sweden, the main
Stockholin dally, Dagens
Nyheter, considered the
defeat of the Parti Quebecois
referendum Trudeau's
biggest accomplishment.

“Canada’s prime minister
Pierre Trudeau has won his
biggest-ever political victory
— on overtime,” it said.

It described him ag “the
weather-beaten Liberal
leader who, after 12 years a5
his country’s prime
minister, was beaten in an

Viorin

~ opraWwA' (UPC) —

Telegraph : said .

‘The Times in an editorial” . CAPTIVATING VIEW

entitted | “Canada:: Intact,” .

[with full basement, 3

. ’ fi sferred, priced -low: 80's -
eaithg, povectiom ative = [ead

election a year ago, con-'
sidered leaving politics in faq °* he said .

the autumn but was-obliged”. “Normand: noted that the
to stay put ‘as party leader. ; ' ;
when the: new government.
was toppled
confidence.” <.-
_ “He returned,
after an election victory just —

by. vote'of no

three months ago. and. with - yj
the electorate's decisive ‘no’:
to independence in Quebec 7
has succeeded: in what he -
himself saw as his most
important task as prime

minister:
Canadian unity.” :

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capture this fantastic:
scenery. This solld sound
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large bedrooms on main .
floor, 2 heatalator.
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Wi iy: night.

{Morln’s deputy minister

‘Robert. :Normand said.
‘Thursday’ that Morin’ could
not meet with Chretien until
‘early next week because ‘'he
‘hust first see what attitudes
the PQ: cabinet, caucus and
executive council will adopt

“Normand said Chretien’s

office ‘did -not request ¢

possible until,“ Thursday.:
“Mr. ‘Chretien took the
Friday _;meeting for ‘gran-

PQ cabinet met Thursday, a -
-‘enucus’: meeting was

heduled for Friday af: .
tdrnaon' and. the FQ:
‘executive © council | was
scheduled to meet Friday-

ght.
:“Mir> Morin would prefer:
spending the weekend
studying fhe attitudes that
‘will: be adopted ... befare
speaking «with _Mr..
Chretien,” Normand said.

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- Chretien had: planned to.
proceed from’ his: meeting
with Morin in Quebec City to
the four Atlantic provinces.
He said In Victorla Thursday
night he would ‘carry on with
his: plans. and. report -to -
Trudeau Monday even if he -
did not see-Morin
Chretien: seemed. pleased |
with the. progress: of his.
mission, telling reporters: in
Victoria the talks-so far had -
been '‘goad,- and" 'in-:
formative,” He said, “'I hope.
‘wecan put the information 'te -.
proper use."
‘Earlier in’ Winnipeg.-
Chretien said afler an hour- |

* 9-minaites : after . Cire
g'. arrived and stayed:

Sterling Lyon he was “‘just)
travelling | around » Canada!

bassador of goodwill.”
Bennett was accompanied. -
at the three-hour. private’

dinner: meeting in: Victoria -.

Sa

preliminary discussion to set -
up a series. of meetings to breathing. ~..

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