MONTREAL (CP) — James. Domville, the prominent theatre per- ‘sonality named this week as chairman of: the Natlonal Film Board, says the board will not be “simply a mouth- plece for the government in power.” “Domville, 45, said in an ‘interview Thursday that past ddministrators of the film board have experienced some pressure from the federal government “although there has never been direct government interference, “If there ever was such interference, it would. be resisted completely. The film board is under pressure from everybody, including MPs, but nobody ever has used the clout of the federal government.’” WISHART SPENCE A Canadian legend OTTAWA (CP) — Mr, Justice Wishart Spence left the Supreme Court of Canada bench Thursday after displaying two of his better-known traits—a sense of humor and siding with Chief Justice Bora Laskin in a dissenting judgment. He was honored by the chief justice and prominent members of the bar at a brief eeremony in the court chambers for more than 29 years of service, the last 15 of them as a high court judge. “It's a long time to cluiter the bench," said Mr. Justice Spence. “But I am happy to have had the opportunity to serve Canada.” In the last batch of judgments brought down by the court before its Christ- mas recess, the chief justice and Mr. Justice Spence disagreed with the rest of the court in finding that Quebec labor laws and not federal laws were in force on a runway construction project at Mirabel international airport. . Chief Justice Laskin praised him “for his mastery of the facts (in a case), legendary in itself,” The chief justice said his - mast telling contribution to the court was in criminal law which makes up 25 per cent of the court's docket, In his nine years on the court, Chief Justice Laskin said he couldn't recall Mr. Justice Spence missing a court sitting. And his con- PEE ME seen aly oF : OTTAWA (CP) — In a sharp break from tradition, Mr. Justice William Rogers McIntyre of the British Columbia Court of Appeal Traditio tributions to conferences of judges when opinions dif- fered on the law were out- standing. Among Mr. Justice Spence's contributions to Canadian law was his judgment finding that hotel and bar keepers have a responsibility to their clients. Taverns couldn't serve a customer too many drinks and see him off into the night without sharing a responsibility to see that he got home safely. Bot Mr. Justice Spence’s readiness to side with the chief justice on secial issues led to his being tagged as ‘‘a small-|” liberal. George Finlayson, representing the Law Society of Upper Canada, said he doesn’t believe in applying labels to judges. But he considered Mr, Justice Spence a “‘small-c” conservative. The justice’s consistent rulings upholding the rights of the citizen and against undue interference from the state marked him a con- servative in the old tradition, the Toronto lawyer said. Justice Minister Mare La- londe @alled Spence. “an | ardent questioner of coun- sel” and a jurist with an open mind. Lalonde, among others, , praised him for his skills as a trial judge in the 1950s and noted that he was seldom overruled. But his activities. away from the bench also brought him to publie attention. Hee) oe n end private practice with a Victoria law firm before his appointment to the B.C. bench. ; ait was named Thursday tothe . Supreme Court of Canada, . replacing an Ontario judge. Mr. Justice Wishart Spence is to step down as a court member Dec. 29, He was one of three Ontario judges, a tradition almost as old as the court itself. By law, Quebec has three members on the court. Ontario also had three, by tradition. The Atlantic region has had one judge and Western Canada two, also by tradition. Constitutional changes proposed by the Trudeau government would enlarge the present nine-man court toil and make a place on it for British Columbia. These proposed changes have been referred to the Supreme Court ‘by the federal government—asking the court whether Ottawa has the power to change the court makeup without the consent of the provinces. Mr. Justice McIntyre, 6, has been a member of the . B.C, appeal court since 1973. Admitted to the bars of Saskatchewan and British Columbia in 1947, he was in Special benefit paid VICTORIA (CP) — The British Columbia govern- ment will pay a special benefit of $3 a child a month during the first three months of 1979 to offset a reduction in the federal family allowance payments, Human Resources Minister Grace McCarthy said today. Mrs, McCarthy said this special payment will cost a total of $1.2 million for the 30,000 families currently on welfare. The minister said the special grant is to help families through the difficult winter months until they receive the a federal tax credit payment of $200 per child, expected in the spring. Mrs. McCarthy said new welfare rates will not be announced until February, DISTRICT OF TERRACE Advisory Recreation Commision Appointments The District of Terrace would apprectate recelving an indication from persons interested in serving on the - Terrace Advisory Recreation Commission. The Advisory Recreation Commission is a Voluntary Councit appointed agency, whose function is to advise the Recreation Committee of Counctl, on such matters concerning the broad spectrum af Recreation as may from time to time be referred to the Advisory Recreation Commission by Council, In some areas, the Advisory Recreation Commission may, on their own intiative, make suggestions for the betterment of Recreation within the District, to the Recreation Committee of Council. Vacancies to be filled on the Advisory Recreation Commission include four positions to be appointed from qualified electors of the District of Terrace (three two year terms and one one year term) and one position to be appointed from qualified electors of the Kitimat-Stikine Regional District Electoral area “E*’. All interested persons are requested fo contact Mr. Bob Haillsor, Clerk-Administrator, District of Terrace, either personally at the Municipal office or by telephoning 635-6311. (92-22,29D) “The film board has never made partisan films or political propaganda films,” sald Domville, a co-founder of Montreal's National Theatre School in 1960, The bilingual Domville said he does not think the question of government pressure is an issue. ‘When I'm asked whether we will refuse to make propaganda films, it’s abit like asking whether somebody has Court insiders praised him for his role as peace-maker , after Chief Justice Laskin was vaulted over more senior judges to become chief justice of the court. And he was front-page news when he agreed te take on the Gerda Munsinger spy and sex scandal, His commission in- vestigated John Diefen- baker’s handling of the German women's relations with prominent members of his government. The political overtones of ‘the commission appears to have led to a policy of never again appointing a Supreme Court judge to head such a commission. Mr. Justice Spence also was chairman of the Royal Commission on Coasting Trade in 1955 and served with the Wartime Prices and Trade Board during the Second World War. stopped beating his wife,” he said. Domville defended the series of 100 educational film shorts, 50 in English and50 in French, made under a federal grant’ ‘‘to foster and - maintain national unity.” The films, each up to five minutes long, are to be shown on television soon, he said. “This is within the man- date of the film board to interpret Canada to Canadians, It was a case of awkward public relations— not on our part by the way— which made it took like the federal government was forcing us to do something, when in actual fact we orizi- nated the idea,” He said earlier this week that “we do not intend to promote a political party,” when it was announced that he was replacing Andre Lamy as film board chair- man and government film commissioner on Jan.8. Lamy becomes CBC vice- president responsible for audience relations. The departure of Lamy from the board had nothing to do with the recent budget cutbacks “because he had made the decision before he knew about the cuts, “Tt doesn’t mean he was happy about the cuts. We're all extremely unhappy.” Domville, executive producer of Why Rock the: Boat, a feature film by the beard’ about a young reporter who joins a Mon- tyeal newspaper in the 1540s, said he wants to return to making films one day. ‘The board was one of the vietims of the recent federal budget cuts. [ts 1979-80 budget is §5.7 million less than the $34 million for this fiscal year, Budget cutbacks mean that about 80 jobs will be eliminated, Domville said, But with attrition and retirement, he said he hopes that not more than 30 people will be laid off, all of them in administrative jobs, " “There are no useless jobs being cut, we will just have to get by somehow. Some services just won't exist anymare."' Taking into account cast increases, the cut means the board has lost $8 million worth of purchasing power for next year compared with this year, he said. Outside work given to independent film houses “will suffer in the same proporlion,” said Domville,: adding that the last few years have been relatively good in terms of outside work for these film houses. Representatives of the Canadian Film and Television Association said last week that the board's plans to cut back on outside contracting would hurt the country’s independent film industry. The board, which placed $2.9 million worth of work with outside firms in 1977-78, said earlier that the budget cuts would force it to do more production work itself. “The place for the in- dependent film houses to attack is the over-all government cutbacks,” Domville said Thursday. Asked whether the govern- ment had madea mistake in cutting the board's budget so extensively, he said that the government ‘‘gives in- sufficlent priority to the arts and the cultural life of the country Which is the first line of defence for Canadian identity.” The cutbacks are forcing the board to close its distribution office in Tokyo and it will close in one year its office in Sydney, Australia. “We also will be making fewer films for government departments because these departments have their own OFFICE HOURS:. During the Christmas - District of Terrace will, The Herald, Friday, December 22, 1978 Page 15 ~. New NFB head vows independence budget cuts and they will re- duce their audio-visual spending. There will also be missed opportunities for young freelance filmmakers. “We hope there will not be a cut in production and that next year we will produce the same number of films as this year but lo do this we will have to be extremely imaginative.” Domville graduated in law from McGill University and found time to produce a musical satire called My Fur Lady which toured the country for two years beginning in 1956. By the time the show closed, he had NOTICE New Year holiday season, the offices of the in addition to the normal weekend closing dates, be closed on the following days: Monday, December 25, 1978 Tuesday, December 26, 1978 Monday, January 1, 1979 become attached to the life of the theatre. He later was executive director of Montreal's Theatre du Nouveau Monde from 1963 to 1972 when he joined the film board. He was the film board’s executive producer of drama from 1974 to 1975 and became deputy gavernment film commissioner for the film board in 1975, He was a theatre con- sultant to the architects for the National Arts Centre in Ottawa and was chairman of the Canada Council's ad- visory arts panel from 1969 to 1972. ‘THERE WILL NOT BE GARBAGE PICK UP ON THOSE DAYS. 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