" programs” - Up in’ the -air while a-1¢ - month-old fraud. inquiry i _. commission "93 factual days of hearings = sp beens» Yat ai entod Aa : Federal. Minister.. Romeo io LeBlanc . had:- “no... ne a colleague, ‘Mare | “Lalonde. - night -do ‘better in; his ‘up- “a “coming budg “VANCE UVER: (CP). programs to offer delegates. ‘ to asnational: housing: con- ference Moriday, but tie. held es 4 ie ° out. hope his - Cabinet. - LeBlane ei securily and. | cohtidenee. in - the housing, Industry. we . OTTAWA (cp) _ The fate. of: ‘fugitive finan John C. Doyle and’ abo 12,000 Javelin Internatio Ltd.\shareholders rema’ dragson. .. The federal ‘Restrictive Trade. Practices .Com- mission is studying allegations ‘that’. Doyle, -a founder. and’ “former ’ president ‘of Javelin who is now living: in. Panama,- . swindled shareholders out Of about “$10. million since - _the late 1660s: : -But-the inquiry seems to. have spent much more time ° on ‘legal: wrangling and procedural debate. than on the : details. of the: fraud allegations that date back to ' the late 1960s, The. wrangling has become so frustrating that | chairman Gerald Stoner tried to shock ‘the. lawyers‘ Into getting back to the issues by saying - they, were wasting public’ time. ‘and. money. ‘while . : people ‘are starving” on the i streets. Es . Although the inquiry into the Montreal-based ‘mining exploration and: production firm), hegan last April, only “VICTORIA (CP) — B.C.'s péor should concentrate on ~ finding: ways to own -their - "own homes rather than relying: on public housing ‘for shelter; Norm Levi, the Human Resources Minister under :the. former - New Democratic Party govern: ment, said Monday. * : Levi, the member. of Maillardville-Coquitlam , said the Human Resources Ministry will spend: more: than $750 million on welfare - payments this year, and at least 60 per cent of this will be spent on rent. “e's always, seemed to | mea great pity. that so much. welfare - money, .. provided by the taxpayer ’ for rent, mostly does not go. - to establishiig any equity in. Jiying: accommodation,” he. said In an interview. Instead, ‘‘this rent money | is a major bread and butter -[- item lor thousands of lan- -: -dlords -and hotel. owners." ‘Home ownership . has - : significant meaning -in- terms of status.and moearity or fulure security, and the. _poor. — including those on welfare — should devise - policies to make. it possible, -he'sald. 5 & ‘Public housing: is not ‘the answer becaiise of ‘the _ stigma attached to it, and because the B.C. govern: : -ment has made it clear it” : will not provide any more; ' he.added. Cg a " Levi "said governments will have to get involved; but “it. doesn’t always have: : to 'bé the model that We «: Lshovid be TERRACE |. ’ know. it’ — projects whith’ 7° ' ~ have ‘100-150 ‘families and’: - 100 seniors, and whick-are:: " @ostly.” iia gennccTion | sate Are in the Erwin’ Jewellers ~pdvertisement iin ‘today’s second section the Terrace address. _ SHOPPING CENTRE not: SKEENA MALL, “TERRACE. We regret “any inconveniences this : may cause, ' _ fraud ‘allegations: . ~! Javelin president Raymond Balestreri of Montreal and. .O£ Alean's: Kurr’ ean to 1 the naied eof HUDAC. officials,” who were: predicting ‘earlier’ dn’, ‘the day that a major tetleral The ‘inquiry, which met for six. days -this year, ad- L/: journed earlier this ‘month and. is not. expected .to resume again until next “month. And. there is no end : ’ “+ Javelin. . in-sight) 20. o In. addition tot unsuccessful “cour! ‘actions ‘to halt or-limit the inquiry _ were taken by the principal characters ‘named in” the former. ‘Newfoundland premier: Joseph ‘Smallwood . of .S. John’s. A-124-page ‘statement: of evidence. says - Javelin ‘ shareholders were bilked of at least .610-milllon. ina serles of fraudulent deals _ orchestrated by Doyle in the 1960s and. 19703. The statement. written by ‘Frederick Management changed : These: include sriortsage. ; a rate insurance, ' which would .” “protect ‘homeowners: in. ‘the event. of - another: surge. in. . ‘interest: rates, and. amor ‘tgage- oe nein ployment + e “: program to help mortgage © po eer ‘Tneet “payments. ‘in. Le the © ‘wrangling at, the hearings, . Doyle, was — “announcement, youl “made, {ato alle nak ‘public: away ftom because really the minister ‘Cosgrpve, are being con- sidered, LeBlanc said, but it 7 fraud. inquiry drags out liquidated: 7 -becausé ” it “has become | “nothing . more ‘than’ a” Sparling, federai director of corporations, who headed a five-year. --investigation - ordered: ‘by the federal ‘minister. of consumer and_ inte ‘ corporate affairs - He- found five cases of ‘alleged fraud’ and several other questionable. tran- sactions that he said were - detrimental to. Javelin ‘shareholders. — ° Smallwood, ‘whose. govern- ment: had ‘done business with Javelin, was described © in one case as the intended - ’ recipient of kickback funds from Doyle, There has been _tio proof Smallwood gol any such funds. The - commission . ‘Is: to - the | government should follow that. decide - “whether. : Sparling’ B “advice _ Herald Staff Writer KITIMAT— There will be some management changes at Alcan due to staff transfers. “Eric §. Sykes, who was the manager, reduction services -~ since 1961 will be‘transfered to Montreal. A.E. Burnip will take over as manager, reduction modernization: and R.G. 7814 Armand Robitaille. a! . Vanstone has been appointed manager, reduction services.” tls Ae Bes been the Kitimat personnel. |yansfer to Australla as manager ‘Kurri ameller. “Hie IT Be eUereete ny oe eae b 800. “followed: i dn : é y ABE ciation ee and.his. predecessor inthe *. 198 public works portfolio; Paul ..- ae Baitahe Columb, ‘personal - : hat of -his: accomplices - 10 ~ the detrinient ‘and prejudice. "of Javelin’ 's: shareholders.”. Balestreri. was charac. - terized by ‘Sparling as a’ ‘ puppet ‘of. Doyle, ‘while - et. ae) ‘2 : family: ‘homes we struction... ‘and Quebec. Javelin corporate vehicle devised, dominated and. corrupted”: . by ‘Doyle’ “to further ‘enrichment ‘Th. the’ ° ‘edtamission recomriends © among ‘the. ‘shareholders, most ‘of: whom “are : U.S. residents,’ . - Doyle, who moved’ to Panama after ‘Newfoun- - ~-dland, RCMP -laid fraud charges against him in- 4973, has refused to : -return we "Canada. ee, ; f. President. i. * association's co research’. council Ww ich .. a prepar " the recovery - sslarted in| in’: provincial” - incentives all: played: a part “ liquidation, . “the’ move’ ” would - fequire - federal to :ehut down’ thé - company and'split its assets Geatt” cainpbell, of. ha ‘veeane lic November," picked... up. and \enabled: home- builders ". ‘to set a’ record “tit: danary / n-. in ihe turnaround. ; i : In Smallwood’s ase, the Supreme Court, ‘of ‘Canada | ruled the former ‘premier. _ has’ no blanket - immunity. from testifying: ‘but said he, ‘might. ‘claim’. ‘Crown’ - privilege ‘in: -refusing to. answer specific questions if he does téstify. 2.0; - Federal lawyers have’ said they will. request: a. sibpoena .. fequiring | Smallwood's testimony. Meantime, §mallwood has launched libel suits against the. commission. . members, ; ‘Sparling. .and.. Sparling’s.. lawyer, saying - the references to him in the ~ was improperly.released to the news media before the | . ingu.cy begun, ‘Tourists 3 attracted hy “erald Stott Weiter, “ " ns . “KITIMAT-_ Alean’s Kitimat plant congines to be” a major tourist. attraction. foy the area. ., In 1982, over 7,000 visilors toured the zo year old smelter. * That's down. 1,000 from 1d). Besides representatives from ° every. provines ‘and territory-in Canada; citizens of over 40 countries viewed ihe’ making ‘of, aluminum jin, the northwest ., . Americans were:the most numeraus,. *Fallowed, by Ger. "mans. Greal Britains: ‘and: ‘Australians. Over 164,000 people haye toured, the. Kitimat, work _ “1961. The- ote hour 15 minute ‘ty " mer. Itruns Monday through F T; pl Bye ane Ait afternoon ee “4 the - momentum dn. December, pei igner eileral arid’: - government: ; igseseceaecee a Dered ‘not ‘Jost: hope ie: ministet of finance; “housing saves." t+ -“T suggested to my ‘stale fp “that we ought to be counting -baves as.well ag starts — the ' ott ‘the’: -mysrning news.” nu conference, alled ‘the 50,000 figure’: nservative, but” “following | the* forecasi, said “‘LeBlanc’s. ‘speech: he: said |. “lhe absence’ of solid federal“ ’ . program, proposals: nade it” r ‘ap “Campbell, hope. LeBlanc had - single”. ‘nyched on all the mportai Enthis “speach, - LeBlanc i. 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