_ he'willl soon namea new chief justice of the Suyeeme Court’ 2 Cinada. ~ . ‘At ia expected he will select the chlef trom the: seven men . and oné woman who ourvive the late Bora Laskin on the": ‘Fellowini'a are sketches of: the oadidates: : ‘Rdand Ritchie, 73, to retire June 19, 108, when ‘he . becomes 76 years old. Supreme Court justices Totist retire _ Oc'their 75th birthdays. Ritchie.was appointed to the court ~ by John Diefenbaker in 1959 and is ita senior member. Hels the brother of Charles Ritchie, the diplomat whose diaries have become best-sellers. ‘He wrote the Joseph Drybones Tuling int the late 19608, ‘if which the Bill of Rights was used to strike down a discriminatory section of the-Indian Act. But this was the only, time the court has ever given, teeth to. the “Diefenbaker creation. Ritchie is. regarded as a. conservative Judge. He once Tuled that a woman hadn't . TORONTO. (CP) - AL said union organicer ‘John union has gained Clark after the debvision. _tartification at‘an Eaton's “One of the great retall outlet, . cracking untouchables has - - been ‘Canada's.- largest-: touched. department stare chain for the first time in its i1b-year histary. : ; The Ontario . Labor “organize the whole (department store) industry if that is what the —Prime Minister, Trudeau has indicated ‘Tt is our intention to: Relations Board decided Wednesday to. . grant automatic - certification — without. a vote — to the . Retail,,. Wholesale and Department Store Employees Union for 185 . workers at an Eaton's store © ; : in nearby Brampton. “Hlatory has been made,” employees want.” ’ Reports of the successful drive late last year at the Brampton store have sparked interest for a union ' among employees at other _ Eaton's outlets: The union ‘had: asked for. automatic’ certification under Ontario labor law - Papal visit MIDLAND, Ont. (CP) — The mild-spoken Jesuit examines the blueprint of a massive outdoor altar and gestures taward the hillside where throngs of | tourists will descend in September. “Yes,” he acknowledges- matter-of-factly, ‘‘the Pope's visit takes a let of planning.” Rev. James. Farrell doesn’t appear given to bursts of excitement, ‘but he's concerned ahout some of: the awesome: logistica involved when a towri “af 12,000 gears up for such an extraordinary occagion aga papal visit. Hugging the southeastern - shore of GeorgianBay, the historic community is no Btranger to summer ' tourists. But the Pope’s 514- hour visit Sept, 15 will be on afar larger scale than the - busloads normally drawn to the area by the martyrdom of Jesuit missionaries almost 9% centuries ago. The outdoor altar, In an amphitheatre-type natural setting that can been dlscrimtnatéd agaiiat pecause shewas a a woman; she, the Manitoba Court of Appeal when Trudeau promoted him had been discriminated against becausé she was pregnant. Ritchie, from - Halifax originally, hag been the Atlantic. ’ to the Supreme Court in 1973. He is one of the two western members, Many lawyers feel he would be a fine chief regiqn member of the court for 25 years. An ancestor, Sir. _hustice. “9 William Johnston: Rite, serveda aa chief tistics: from 170 “to. 1892. a ‘ Brian Dlekaon, 6 7, to retire May 25, 1991, is the court's. wae - Jean Beets, 57, to retire March 27, 2002. Heetz and “Trudeau taught law at the University of Montreal and Heetz _ later became dean of law there. He was adviser to Trudeau : On Constitutional matters in the late 1960s. Trudeau named master of criminal law. Laskin,. Wishart. Spence and... him to the Supreme Court in £974 as one of its three Quebec Dickson were known in the 19703 aa the LSD connection. The . lmembers. Beetz, a conservative, wrote the 1978 ruling acronym was drawn. from thelr acid dissents and the.. .upholdinga Montreal bylaw that denied residents of the city initials of their last names. Dickson is regarded'as a moderate. liberal, but ha believes politiclans rather than. . -free assembly. Some say it was the worst ruling the : Supreme Court brought down In the 1970s, and it drew a ‘Judges should, change the law. He often sets down clearly. furlousdissent from Laskin. Beetz had a heart attack while and brilllantly ‘the principles. from which a.taw should. | joggingons Maine beach a couple of yeara ago but appears "spring, then suggests that Parliament should do something in good health. He is the senior of the three Quebec judges about it. This distinguished him from Laskin, who believed on the court, and could be the next chief if Trudeau decides the courts should take the intiative in getting rid of bad law. va francophone should have the job and can talk Beetz into or procedure. A native of Yorkton, Sask., Dickson was on “taking it. Insiders say he Is not interested. - Union. certified for. Eaton’ $s employees because It had signed more than 55 per cent of: the workers, come of whom sald ‘they became ‘disgruntled with management atiltudes and a small salary increase - after a two-year ‘wage freeze. In certifying the union, the board dismissed a request by seven antl-iniot employees who wanted . a supervised vote because of, elleged intimidation and: coercion | by .° union.” organizers. The company also asked for o vote, saying :byplay which sometimes ~ Union organizers signed cone was needed to’: “oppose it by watching end . harassing her. ; >) “In oor view there is {nothing in the conduct of Didomizio' 6 fellow * jemployees that can be acterized as anything” ‘other than. the normal against union activities on company time, was engaged in oppeeltion to the conferring with the store _ Manager during relevant period.” LETTER SENT Carole Currie, anather union and was’ regularly . the “deviops between pro-union more than 85 per cent of workers at the store during a two-week campaign that ‘caught company officials by surprise. The drive started after a chance meeting between a union organizer and a sales employes in the store, determine tlie true wishes of -employees and those employees. “+. Opposed to the union,” the The board panel under decision said. - alternate chairman Kevin ’.° Burkett rejected allegations: . by Heather Didomizio, | a ‘ store display artist, hak: supporters of the ‘union ‘on someone who, despite interfered with her Hiaht to their employer's injunction requires planning | accommodate up to 150,000 people, will be a focal point of the day. Midland is a monument to Roman Catholic missionaries who labored among the Huron Indians at the time of Champlain's exploration of New France’ in the early 17th century. EIGHT MARTYRED Eight of the missionaries, | Canada’s only martyrs and ils first canonized saints, were killed by warring ~ Iroquois and‘are revered in. Their pioneering work is Impact in the community. further commemorated in. Some merchants, tourist | the nearby fortress of Ste. officials and ubera are Marie-among-the-Hurons; "wondering how Midland will ~ Itwill be into this'restored ‘cope, oo era of Canadian history that — Pope John Paul will step in ; September ‘when he -: There are only a half- presides over‘a ‘Iturgical “‘ dozen hotels and motels in’ service al the new altar and - vthe town’ and outlying observes some of the “districts as well as limited modern life and times” of { camping accommodation. Midland. © - ~Tourist officials are “It Is hardly surprising ° ‘Uhat union supporters would | be disposed to keep an eye. organizer, sald the union has sent a letter of intent to the company to begin. bargaining for a first contract. A company spokesman was unavailable for comment’ Wednesday. Meanwhile, the union has applied for certification after signing more than 55 per cent of employees at a retail outlet in St. Catharines. A hearing on _ that application will be heard by the labor board ” April 13. The union is also organizing about 3,000 employees at the Eaton Centre, the company’s huge flagship store in downtown Toronto. Since the. application at Brampton, the company has sent letters to employees at several stores warnitg them of the costs of joining a. union. union - ‘The Herald, ‘Thursday, March 2, 1984, Page 3 hief. justice Willard Estey,. 4, to retire Oct 12, 1004. A hative of Saskatoon, Estey was appointed to the court in 1977 by Trudeau. But because he came from the Ontario Court of Appeal, he is regarded as one of the two Ontarld members of the court. Estey was a high-powered Toronto lawyer and a very active man. He led royal commissions into steel profits in 1974 and Air Canada in 1975. He became chief justice of Ontario’s high court in 1976, He is chairman of Hockey Canada. He has a strong, take-charge personality on the bench and lawyers like him. Some think his administrative background would make him a good chief. justice. His rulings haye been moderate to liberal. Willlam Mclatyre, 6, to retire March 15, 194. McIntyre ‘ va ott was born in Montreal and raised in Saskatchewan but he came to the Supreme Court in 1979 from the British Columbia Court of Appeal and thus is the West Coast's representative on the. court. He also is a Trudeau appointment. He has been a quiet figure and a moderate on the court. . Sutien Chouinard, 55, to retlre Feb. 4, 2004. He was named to the court in 1979 by then prime minister Joe Clark, the only member other than Ritchie to have been appointed by a Conservative prime minister. He has been perhaps the quietest figure on the court in recent years, asking few questions, writing few judgments. But insidera say he would like to be chief justice and he may have an outside" chance if it is felt a Quebec member should get the Job this time and Beetz doesn’t want it. He would have an even better chance if the appointment was left open until a new government is elected later this year, and the new government was headed by Brian Mulroney. Antonio Lamer, 50, to retire July 8, 2008. Lamer was 47 when appainted to the court by Trudeau in 1980, poasibly the youngest man appointed in this century. A University of: Montreal graduate, Lamer had been chairman of the Law" Reform Commission of Canada before his appointment. A=: rather dashing figure, he asks sharp questions and seems to™ enjoy his work, He is regarded as a conservative, and two yeara ago wrote an oft-quoted ruling in a case in which police had tricked a petly drug pusher into. talking after | arrest. . Lamer said police can't be expected to use the | Marquis of Queensberry rules in dealing with sophisticated criminals. Some felt that drove a nail into the coffin of the_. right to remain silent in Canada. Laskin and Enatey were ins - sharp dissent on that ruling. Bertha Wilson, 60, to retire Sept. 18, 1988. The Scote-born* Wilson emigrated ta Canada in the 1950s with her husband, who became a navy chaplain in Hallfax. She studied law as amature student, graduated, and landeda job with a major! Toronto law firm. Some sald she was the brains of the firm, © Her written judgments are distingulshed by clarity,“ firmness and warmth. She is a liberal, perhaps the moet * consistent on the court, but is anything but doctrinaire. The ” first woman ever named to the Supreme Court, she was a | Trudeau appointment in 1981. Because ahe had been on the * Ontario Court of Appeal, she is regarded as an Ontario * member, She has done a good deal of volunteer work for the | United Church of Canada. Farrell, director af the shrine and a co-ordinator. of: the papal visit, isn’t the only. _ one concerned: ‘with its. . This © crew of workmen were out early this moraing, giving one of the landmark trees Iorated on Lakelae Avenue, the taste of the axe and chainsaw. The old birch was rotting on the inside, and it was decided that it would be best toremove it and plant a new one. It will be replaced by a the Martyrs’ Shrine Church. " : a _ 18to 14 year old maple tree. In the hole is Tim Taron, rolling the section of the stump is Evan Lyon, and loading the truck is Mike Barber. Not shown is Gordon McIntyre, who was behind the truck at the time, ‘counting on local residents ts open their .homes to ‘visitors for bed and The T-Eaton Co. was the focus of.a concerted four- year drive that began 36 ‘breakfast, ot years ago, affecting 11,000 workers at company operations in the ‘Toronto an et geaes ee oat ae ‘and the union, fewer than “half the employees votad for the union in 1952.5 Since that time there have been no major drives at company operations. 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