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A1 0 TIMES-COLONIST Wednesday, January 27, 1 988 France for arbitration in fish Chirac tells Sauve "But in presenting them to its citizens, Canada is following the long tradition of nations that express gratitude to their sons and daughters." Later, the Governor General allowed a personal touch to creep into her remarks when she was awarded the Medal of the Chancellery (akin to an honorary degree) of the Universities of Paris at the Sorbonne. "In my youth, as a student at the Sorbonne, I could not have imagined that one day I would receive such an honor," she told Chancellor Helene Ahrweiler. "My career as a journalist and a politician could not have merited this distinction. I must therefore attribute it to your generosity and to the respect that you and your colleagues have for Canada." Sauve, who is making the first state visit to France by a Canadian governor general, leaves today for Vimy, where she will attend a ceremony at the memorial to Canadian war dead. Then she goes to Toulouse for more meetings before returning to Paris at the end of the week.

supposed to produce an agreement by the end of 1987 to send the dispute to arbitration. But no agreement was reached. "There are strong reasons of a different nature for co-operation between Canada and France," Sauve said. "They are as much political as cultural, as much economic as technological." She cited preserving human rights, reducing the arms race, improving western defence and increasing technological co-operation as areas where the two countries share common goals. On the second day of her five-day state visit, the Governor General placed a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Arc de Triomphe, presented a complete collection of Canadian medals to the Museum of the Legion of Honor and collected an honorary degree at the Sorbonne.

Sauve acknowledged the set of Canadian medals she presented the Order of Canada, the Order of Military Merit and the bravery awards "perhaps do not yet have the prestige which age and fame confer. By Jim Sheppard The Canadian Press PARIS Gov. Gen. Jeanne Sauve capped a day of stressing strong ties between Canada and France by suggesting Tuesday she has no doubts the two countries can resolve their bitter dispute over fishing rights. Premier Jacques Chirac said France will resort to arbitration to settle the dispute.

At a state dinner given by Chirac, Sauve spoke warmly about "the friendship that binds us" and expressed hope for "a broadening of mutual activities." But she said: "If differences of opinion and interests should arise on specific issues, we know from now on that wise diplomacy and goodwill will lead us to an understanding." Sauve did not refer directly to the dispute over maritime boundaries and fishing quotas in the waters surrounding the liny French islands of St-Pierre-Mique-lon off the southern coast of Newfoundland. But Canadian officials stressed that her remarks were directed at Chirac, who skipped her official arrival ceremony Monday and who cancelled a scheduled meeting with her Tuesday to express his displeasure over the continuing impasse in the fish talks between the two countries. At the banquet Tuesday night, Chirac said he regrets the persistance of the dispute, which he said "pollutes and erodes" relations between the two countries. "But French fishermen also have rights whose economic and social significance should not be dismissed," Chirac said. He said France regrets the impossibility of reaching a solution to the dispute "which leads France to resort to the arbitration procedure" provided for by a 1972 France-Canada treaty on fishing rights.

He said Canada's decision last March to close its ports to French trawlers was unacceptable since Soviet ships are still allowed to berth in Canadian ports. The countries have been arguing about the zone for years. A year ago, a deal was signed in Paris that was louchard rejects amendments by Senate to illegal refugee bill 4 Ail A vtr- Millenium bias warning for PM The Canadian Press OTTAWA Tory MP Andrew Witer warned Prime Minister Mulroney on Tuesday to stay clear of any events marking the anniversary of Christianity if he visits Moscow this spring. And officials of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church said Canadian participation in any such events would be "an affront to the Ukrainian community." The Ukrainian church is illegal in Ukraine. Mulroney plans to visit the Soviet Union this spring.

The Canadian Ukrainian community has accused the Russians of making the anniversary their own, as it was Kiev, not Moscow, where Christianity was adopted as the state faith in 988. By Paul Mooney The Canadian Press OTTAWA Immigration Minister Benoit Bouchard rejected Tuesday major Senate amendments to his controversial bill on illegal immigrants, saying they would change the principles of the legislation. But that response to the Senate angered the opposition and refugee-aid groups, which have been fighting the legislation since it was introduced last August. Bill C-84 will give the government sweeping powers to detain and deport illegal immigrants and to turn ships away from Canadian waters if officials believe they are carrying people trying to enter Canada illegally. I jl I A Masterly analysis Former world champion chess player Boris Spassky analyses the previous day's matches at the World Chess Festival in Saint John, N.B.

Spassky's match against American Bobby Fischer in the '70s sparked international interest in the game of chess. ment must approve the same version of legislation in order for it to become law. Helga Kurtz-Harder, spokesman for the Inter-Church Committee on Refugees, said Bouchard's response was unacceptable. "We're very dismayed by it," she said. "The bill isn't workable if it isn't constitutional.

The Senate worked very hard on this and proposed something that would have made it constitutional. "This is a major set-back." Liberal immigration critic Sergio Marchi told the Commons he would be embarrassed and ashamed if he as forced to defend a bill such as C-81. 'Missing' plane found in hangar The Canadian Press TORONTO A Canadian private plane, reported missing in central America more than three days ago and believed to have crashed with three Canadians on board, was found Tuesday sitting in a private hangar. Col. Luis Escobar, director of Guatemala's Civil Aeronautics, said authorities are now searching for the Canadian owner of the Cessna-172 aircraft and its American co-pilot.

Guatemalan search teams combed the countryside. The pilot was identified as Derrick Muyres of Norman Wells, N.W.T. Under the bill, Canadian church and human rights activists can be prosecuted for helping refugees to enter Canada without valid documents. Bouchard told the Commons that Canada will continue to offer protection to genuine refugees, but "flagrant abuse of the refugee claims system must stop." Immigration Department officials say that 80 per cent of more than 25,000 refugee claims made in Canada last year were false. One Senate amendment would have removed the government's power to turn away ships.

Another would have shortened the maximum time the government could detain an immigrant while trying to establish his identity. Another would have defined those who can be prosecuted for helping people to enter Canada illegally as those who "intentionally enccourage false refugee claims or assist clandestine entry." Bouchard rejected the proposals, saying they do not support the overall intent of the bill. The Senate held lengthy hearings on the legislation this fall, after it was adopted by the Commons. Senators said their amendments were designed to bring the bill into line with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and international obligations to refugees. Liberal Senator Royce Frith called the government's response "very disappointing." The Senate will have to take a serious look at Bouchard's final bill, he said.

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