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the A MC » Sl*KINC;i»W IKK K> IK» MHI A\ MIIKItKOOM 11 I Ml N I \K> SCHCMN 40 cents TUESDAY May 28, 1991 Parizeau : ‘Voila’, we keep your money Births, deaths .10 Classified .8 Comics .9 Editorial .4 Farm & Business .5 Living .0 Sports .11 Townships .3 WEATHER Page 2 By Don Macdonald MONTREAL(CP)—A sovereign Quebec will continue to use the dollar whether Canada likes it or not.Parti Québécois Leader Jacques Parizeau declared Monday.Parizeau said there is nothing Canada could do to stop Quebec from using the dollar if talks on sharing the currency fail.“A quarter of the Canadian money supply is in the hands of Quebecers,” Parizeau said in a luncheon speech to the Italian Chamber of Commerce."All it would take is to declare the Canadian dollar legal tender in Quebec and, voila, it’s done.” After the speech.Parizeau said the Irish Republic continued to use ter leaving the United Kingdom in 1922.• Could the English prevent them from using the pound sterling?No!” he said."Everyone in Quebec and in Canada has to understand that if Quebec wants to keep the Canadian dollar, then no one is going to stop us.” Alberta Premier Don Getty and Ontario Premier Bob Rae, among others, have said Quebec shouldn’t assume there will be an economic association with Canada if it separates.ACCEPT DEAL But Parizeau said Canada would have to accept a sovereign Quebec not only as a monetary partner but also as a continuing presence in the the pound sterling for 20 years af- Canada-U.S.free trade agree- Oka: Killer bullet from Mohawk direction — coroner ment.He ridiculed predictions that the U.S.could be convinced to exclude Quebec from the trade pact.“A number of people (in the rest of Canada) hope this is going to happen but of course it's a forlorn hope." he said with a smile."The whole idea of the United States saying.'We’re going to exclude from the free-trade area one country or one area because you Canadians want us for political reasons to do that', is silly.“The Americans would never do it.What a message it would send to the rest of the Americas!” he said, referring to free-trade negotiations looming with Mexico and eventually with the rest of Latin America.Parizeau also said he is not surprised by reports that Premier Robert Bourassa would prefer not to hold a referendum despite a law-tabled in the legislature that calls for a vote on sovereignty by October 1992 at the latest Reports published on the weekend said Bourassa would rather take an offer of renewed federalism into a general election in 1992.PRESS VOTE Parizeau said the PQ and the majority of the population want a sovereignty referendum as soon as possible."Now, if the government does not want to have a referendum on sovereignty, what’s the alterna live?The alternative is that we'll hold an election: we'll beat you and w’e'll go on with sovereignty." Parizeau also said the PQ is rea dy to go head-to-head with the Liberal government in hearings of a special legislature committee that is to be established to study the impact of sovereignty ‘ ¦ We are going to talk about num-bers until everyone has had enough," he said.“Then we’re going to about the importance of being a Quebecer and the pride of being a Quebecer.” He attacked as completely unfounded a figure of $1T> billion cited by Bourassa as the deficit of a sovereign Quebec.“When I see Mr.Bourassa using figures like that, while other figures are on the table and have been studied, all 1 can say is that for his part it’s a reaction of panic.” _____________ By Daniel Sanger QUEBEC (CP) — The bullet that killed Cpl.Marcel Lemay during the provincial police operation that sparked the Mohawk standoff last summer came from a Mohawk position, says the coroner’s report into the shooting.“The analysis of the scene suggests the bullet was fired from Zone 1,” says Coroner Paul Dionne, who concludes that Lemay’s killing was a “violent death by homicide.” Dionne, who based his report from a weapon of a member of the mainly on police and medical files, identified three zones behind Mohawk lines from which shots were fired at police trying to dismantle a Mohawk barricade across a highway near Oka.Dionne said Lemay was shot as he and two colleagues chased a man who had left one of the Mohawk positions and who police believed was attempting to circle behind their lines.The nine-year provincial police veteran was heading for cover in a crouching position with his left arm extended ahead of him carrying his gun when he was hit, Dionne’s report says.The report, released more than 10 months after the abortive police assault, says the bullet was a type not used by provincial police and could not have been fired accidentally by another officer or from Lemay’s own rifle.“The facts, the trajectory of the bullet and the type of bullet eliminate the possibility he might have shot himself or was hit by a bullet provincial police,” says Dionne.LITTLE KNOWN But one of the main conclusions of the eight-page document is that too little is known about the July 11 shooting.“From what is available, an analysis of all the facts and circumstances of Cpl.Lemay’s death cannot be complete,” the report says.Two of the main hurdles to a complete investigation are the problem of interviewing many of the witnesses to the early morning assault and the fact that the weapon used to shoot Lemay has never been recovered, he adds.After the report was made public.Quebec’s Chief Coroner Jean Grenier told a reporter that he had informed Public Security Minister Claude Ryan that he will call for an inquest into the death.“The minister is informed that I intend to order an inquest and I guess his reaction is .that it is my responsibility to decide,” Grenier said.But he later backed away from that statement and said he is not convinced an inquest would be useful.Ryan and other members of the Liberal govemement have consistently maintained a public inquest is not necessary.Members of the Opposition Parti Québécois say the government is putting presssure on Grenier not to hold one.Ryan was unavailable for comment Monday.“It (the report) clearly proves we need a public inquiry,” said PQ house leader Guy Chevrette.Native leaders also said that a public inquiry is long overdue.If there had been one last year when “we would have had a clear answer by now.” said Joe Norton, the grand chief of the Kahnawake Mohawk community near Montreal.BLOCKED BRIDGE As well as helping behind the barricades around the Kahnesa-take community near Oka, militant Mohawks from Kahnawake blockaded a major bridge into Montreal during much of the 11-week standoff.Norton disputed Dionne’s conclusion that Lemay’s death was a homicide, saying the report does not prove someone on the Mohawk See SHOOTING:, page 2 Natives: Clark may ask them for help in saving the Constitution By Robert Russo OTTAWA (CP) — Natives may be asked to play an advisory role to a key parliamentary constitutional committee, says Constitutional Af fairs Minister Joe Clark.A panel of aboriginal Canadians could serve as a branch of a joint parliamentary committee that will travel the country in search of a constitutional consensus, he said.The panel resembles an element of a constituent assembly — a concept opposed by both Clark and Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.Clark said the government has been searching for ways to make natives “genuine stakeholders” in the future of the country.“We might do it by some form of panel made up of legitimate representatives of the aboriginal people that would do more than just appear before the committee,” he said in an interview.“They would have more concentrated and productive interaction” with the parliamentary committee.The new committee will be given a set of government proposals on a new Constitution in September.The group will meet with similar provincial or territorial committees and be able to suggest amendments as it travels across the country in search of consensus.The native panel would be aimed at “giving them confidence that their real concerns are being considered.” REACTION POSITIVE Initial reaction to the idea from aboriginal spokesmen was positive.Georges Erasmus, head of the Assembly of First Nations, said he was willing to discuss the proposal with Clark at a meeting later this week.Bob Gross, a lawyer for the Native Council of Canada, said he had some concerns about the make up of such a panel, but the proposal was generally sound.Cree fight back with anti-dam campaign MONTREAL (CP) — The battle over Hydro-Quebec's controversial Great Whale project will take to the radio waves starting today.A coalition of native and environmental groups has launched a $70,000 radio campaign demanding public hearings on the proposed $12.6 billion hydro-electric project.The radio campaign is being funded almost entirely by the Grand Council of the Cree of Quebec.The 3,168 megawatt project would involve diverting five rivers into the Great Whale River and require flooding 6,500 square kilometres of land near Hudson's Bay."We are confident that once Quebecers are informed on the facts of this project, it will be cancelled,” said Bill Namagoose, executive director of the Grand Council of the Cree.Marc Chenier, speaking for the James Bay Committee, said the 12-week campaign will highlight some of the economic and environmental questions Hydro-Quebec has left out of its own $]4-million public relations campaign.“The concept of an ex-officio part of the (parliamentary) committee makes sense and is something we’ve proposed before,” said Gross.Clark admits a native group attached to such a parliamentary committee which would meet with groups of provincial or territorial legislators sounds like a recipe for a constituent assembly.“Maybe," he said.“Except we are not abandoning the legitimacy of the tradition of electing” and holding people responsible in Canada.“But this will be a committee unlike all the others.” Clark opposes a constituent assembly — a gathering of governmental and non-elected delegates to arrive at a new Constitution — because it bows to public cynicism about politicians rather than dealing with such criticism effectively.A constituent assembly would be futile as long as Quebec refuses to participate.Clark and Mulroney have pointed out.Some Conservatives have said the parliamentary committee could turn into a variation of a constituent assembly.And, as a senior government official pointed out, Quebec will likely agree to see a parliamentary committee from Ottawa, whereas it has said it won't take part in a constituent assembly.But Peter Russell, a political science professor who has advocated a constituent assembly to break the constitutional impasse, said appending a native panel to the parliamentary committee wouldn’t go far enough."It’s not an idea that will produce results,” said Russell, who teaches at the University of Toronto.“You have to go through (provincial) legislatures for ratifica lion or anything else will be torpedoed." ‘W-a-a-a-a-iting in the rain.’ r «.j ¦m* ¦A mm i 1 io.y.< A’ te ‘JH ix.*+«* £&& 12—The RKCOKI»—Tuesday, May 28.1991 Directors of Stanstead County Horticultural Society hold general meeting By Janie WebsterN A meeting of the directors of the Stanstead County Horticultural Society was held in the office of the Ayer’s Cliff fairgrounds Wednesday.May 8 with Lydia May presiding.Those present were Wilson May.Douglas and Irene Johnson, Clifford and Edna Curtis.Fern Johnston.Deborah Smith.Leslie Webster, Mabel Riches, Richie and Lorraine Harrison, Beth Lun-deborg, Sidney and Winnie Dewey, Stanley and Juliette Keet.Irene Royea and Peter Heath.Lydia opened the meeting by thanking all for attending.She also wished everyone a successful garden and flower season and stated we are all working for one common goal, the good of the society.The secretary then read the minutes which were adopted as read.Cheese may not be for every mouse By Polly Fisher DEAR POLLY We have a problem with a few mice in our basement that we can't seem to catch.I've unsuccessfully used traps baited with cheese, but I don't want to spread poison around.Do you have any suggestions?R.C.DEAR R.C.— Cheese may not be the most tempting bait for your mice.Here are a few other tried and tested baits to use: peanut butter, fried bacon, bread spread with lard, oil-packed sardines, salami and bread soaked in sardine or fish oil.If you think new mice keep coming into the basement, you’ll have to locate their points of entry in order to get rid of the problem.Remember, a mouse can squeeze through a very tiny hole, much smaller than you’d imagine.Find every crack and crevice that may provide them access, then stuff them with steel wool.You can patch over the steel wool with an appropriate patching material, depending on whether the crack is in wood, drywall, cement, etc.I’m sending you a copy of my newsletter, “Homemade Remedies for Household Pests," which offers more tips for ridding your home of rodents and insects.It includes a good formula for homemade roach powder, ways to get rid of ants, a natural spice-based moth repellent, a homemade spray for garden pests and much more.Others who would like a copy of this issue should send $1.25 plus a long, self-addressed, stamped envelope for each copy to POLLY’S POINTERS, in care ol this newspaper, P.O.Box 93863, Cleveland, OH 41101-5863.— POLLY DEAR POLLY — Recently, a reader suggested making the visit from the Tooth Fairy even more of an event by adding glitter to the coins and sprinkling it around the child's bed.I feel this is unnecessarily dangerous and should be avoided.A piece of glitter rubbed into a sleepy, little eye can cause permanent and irreversible damage.It is sometimes the most innocent-sounding, well-intentioned suggestions that cause inadvertent harm to those we hold most dear.Perhaps enclosing the coins in a small satiny drawstring bag or using gold and silver paper stars in place of glitter would make the occasion more festive.LINDA Polly will send you a Polly Dollar ($1) if she uses your favorite Pointer.Peeve or Problem in her column.Write POLLY'S POINTERS in care of this newspaper.© 1991 NKWSt’Al’ER ENTERPRISE ASSN.POLLY’S POINTERS POLLY FISHER Tuesday, May 28, 1991 NORTH 5-28 91 4 Q 4 VAK93 ?K 8 7 2 ?K 4 3 EAST ?A K .1 10 8 V,( 7 2 ?6 3 ?Q 10 5 SOUTH ?9 7 2 ?Q 10 5 ?A Q J 10 4 *98 Vulnerable: North-South Dealer: North South West North East t NT 2* 3 NT Pass 4 ?Pass 4* Pass Pass Pass Opening lead: * 3 WEST *853 *864 ?95 The Lebensohl story By Phillip Alder Conventions cause controversy.Social players dislike them, but sometimes conventions help pairs to reach the best contract.In the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams at the Spring North American Bridge Championships, the bidding started identically at both tables.South’s jump to three no-trump showed a balanced hand with the values for game, but it denied four hearts and it denied a spade stopper.How come?Most experts use "Lebensohl,” in which a response of two no-trump is artificial, asking the opener to bid three clubs.Thus the responder can bid three no-trump either immediately or via the two-no-trump Lebensohl bid.In the former case he denies a spade stopper; in the latter he shows one.North, knowing there was no spade stopper, retreated to his diamond suit.At the first table.South passed The contract (four diamonds) should have made, but declarer erred and finished one down.At the second table, South decided to show her three-card heart holding.Remember, she had already denied four hearts with her jump to three no-trump North was happy to play in the 4-3 fit West led a spade, East playing three rounds of the suit Declarer, with her back firmly against the wall, ruffed in the dummy, drew trumps, ran her diamonds and led a club toward the king West had the ace and was out of spades, so the very lucky contract made for plus 620.South was Irina Levitina, a Russian who lives in Teaneck, N J.She is better known as a chess player, having come within one win of capturing the 1985 World Women’s Chess Championship © 1M1, NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN BRIDGE PHILLIP ALDER Tuesday, May 28, 1991