no Guardian, Mitch“, Tues. April 16, 1988. 15 Liberation Front labs iesage ‘Collabdrator’ MONTREAL (CPL-The Front do Liberation Quebecois (Que- bcc Liberation Front) issued a statemen ay saying its next sabotage attempt has been named Operation Jean Lesage. The statement from the fa- natic separatist group said Mr. Lesage "recently went to the defence of colonialism." lt sai the premier had thus shown “his true face, that of a shameless collaborator. hungry “or power. and a traitor to his people. “In his honor our next at- tempt has been named: ‘Oper- ation Jean Lesa e'." The statement said it has no connection with “other legal movements which exist due to the approval of Her very Brit- ish Majesty." OTHERS CRITICIZE FLQ Such separatist groups as the Rassemblement p o u r l'lnde- pendance Nationale (National Independence Rally) and the Parti Republicain du Quebec lQuebeC Republican Party), which urge Quebec’s secession from confederation by legal means. have criticized’ the FLQ's acts of violence. The statement said no mem- ber of the FLQ has been in touch with newspapers, and ex- pressed “regret that certain persons outside the movement have "given interviews in our 11 The most recent such inter- view was with a Montreal news- paper' which quoted a named "Claude" as saying that CNR president Donald Gordon "must be killed." The FLQ said its sabotage campaign is against federal symbols and institutions. adding it would never attack “places which could place innocent lives in danger: For example, hospi- tals. schools, churches." In recent weeks, the FLQ has claimed responsibility for a bomb that exploded in the fed- eral income tax building in Montreal, and for the placing of Molotov cocktails in three Mont- real armorics. Remuneration ' RED DEER, Alta. (CPi—Na- lional Social Credit Leader Rob- ert Thompson says he has been )oid that "a rather handsome remuneration" was proposed in a bid to get some Quebec Social Credit members of Parliament to join the Liberal party. a In an nterview, recorded Sat- grday by radio station CKRD ed Deer, 1'. Thompson said he heard the report a few days hgo “but I didn’t think this would actually take place." '- “Whether it has now, I don’t know,” he said. . r. Thompson was comment- support for a Liberal govern- ment, signed by six Social Credit MP5 from Quebec. 1 Mr. Thompson said the state- ment “caught me completely by surprise." "I had heard a few days ago that our senior organizer in in}: on a statement promising‘ Said Offered ~Socreds To Join Liberals Quebec had been asked to rec- ommend four members who might be most easily influenced toward joining the Liberals and in return were offered a rather handsome remuneration for it," he said. Mr. Thompson said he had asked his party whip. Dr. Guy Marcoux and Marcel Lessard, chairman of the party's caucus. to hold an investigation into the statement because “certainly none of our members have the right to go ahead and make an arrangement of their own." The Social Credit leader said he does not plan to go to Ottawa until after a holiday. He was not available for com- ment on a statement from Real Caouette, deputy party leader, criticizing the way Mr. Thomp- son handled the investigation. Mr. Caouette said he should have been consulted first. WASHINGTON (CP) — The Washington Post says an ad- ministration headed by Liberal Leader Lesier B. Pearson will be “a very tough and independ- ent kind of Canadian govern- ment” and not one that would bow to the will of the United States. In an silo-word editorial, The Post urges Americans to dis- miss from their minds any thought that just because Pear- meon the U.S. now will have its :way in Canada. "Americans who imagine that their neighbors have installed a government leSS staunchly Canadian than its predecessors had better revise their expecta- says the newspaper. is strong supporter of the Kennedy administration. CITES MERITS "We have to deal, as we have ' HALIFAX (Cpl—Volvo (Can- ada) Ltd. is pleased with the way it has been recein in the Maritimes and its president says one of the reasons the Swedish firm decided to locate is Canadian operation in neigh- ' lb was that the “cradle of . .. w. Samuel of Toronto, Volvo Canada’s president, told a meeting of manufacturers here that his company was now in the Maritimes to do business “for many years in the future." He said renovation of the artmouth plant was complete 20w and that production equip- | Former Victim Of Kidnapping Dies In Calif. .SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Gnarles Boettcizer 1!. member M a wealthy Colorado family llhn was held in a 1933 kidnap- Dinn. died Monday of a heart attack. He was 6!. .Boettcher was abducted from garage at his Denver home In February, 1933. and held for $0.000 ransom. He was freed “banned several weeks later “fer his father. the late Claude li- Bocttchcr. paid the ransom. vFour men ‘ ere arrested kidnapping after authorities srmined Boettcher was held ur- on... E 0‘: Gordon son will be prime minister will i soon tobe m B fl 7-3: .n D ‘8 O 5 E t c . . Pearce and Ar- “" Yo"ushers. were sentenced “Eggs prison terms in South! #35 arandfather. C h a ri c I Iirher, came here from 09" beet. ligoettchcr was the last of his in“ Washington Post Comments On Pearson Administration always had to deal. with a pow- erful and independent nation, confident of the merits of its own institutions, sure of its own strength and proud of its own ast. “We cannot expect, in the kind of partnership imposed upon us by the necessities of do fence, the imperatives of econo- mic growth and development or the exigencies of foreign af- fairs, to have our way, always. f or to have any decent kind of bilateral collaboration. “The U.S. must be prepared to defer to the views of the new Liberal government and not only to this government, but to the strongly held views of the minority, too, for Lester Pear- son not only is a Canadian but he is a Canadian who believes in tests of political democracy that include a lively respect for minority opinion." ’5 'Volvo Firm Reported Pleased With Reception In Canada ment was being installed. “Our first major shipment of Swedish components is on the water and pilot assembly will commence very shortly." Mr. Samuel said the first con,- tract let locally was to a Spring- ihlll, N.S.. company for the manufacture of batteries. Stating that Nova Scotla was “the cradle of craftsmanship," Mr. Samuc‘. said Volvo's arrival in the Maritimes presented po- tential manufacturers of com- ponents for its automobiles with an opportunity and a challenge. FEW ARE CANADIAN However. only a few Cans-z diam-made parts will be in-; cluded in the first automobiles soon going into production. “Because of the short time allowance we gave ourselves to get into production, we will be- 11 cture with only a few Canadian-made parts—tires and batteries being two large items." the Volvo president said. “As we progress we will add components . . . this Providing of course. that quality and prch can be maintained." Shown at the meeting were various parts and equipment company would eventudly like to have manufactured in Canada. Mr. Samuel said a similar show for manufacturers was held in Saint John. .2 E. . 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