Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 14, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press thursday March 14, 1968 13 Turner wants talks on Prairie prices by Joyce Fairbairn Ottawa affairs minister John Turner is ready to begin official discus Sions with the Batten Sion on living costs in the three Prairie provinces. Or. Turner met informally wednesday with commission chairman judge Mary Batten of Saskatoon to discuss recommendations of the commission s report which was released earlier this month. He has already written to the three Prairie premiers asking their approval to carry out further and More detailed discussions with the three commissioners and their research staff. A future Federal provincial meeting May be held to work out methods of implementing portions of the report. Or. Turner stressed that because the Royal commission was set up by the three Prairie provinces he would need the Sanction of the premiers to proceed with official talks at the Federal level. To Date he has not been contacted by any of the pre Miers but is anticipating some reaction from them on the commission s study for a Start or. Turner has ordered the director of investigation and research in the school delay criticized the provincial government was charged wednesday in the legislature with stalling tactics by withholding approval of construction plans for a new Junior High school in Assiniboia. Steve Patrick said students will have to attend staggered classes in september because of the Lack of facilities. The parents feel staggered classes will result in Many problems with the result of Only we hours of teaching crammed into a straight period causing frustration because of the concentrated learning time involved at this age said or. Patrick. He asked the. Government if education is our number one Why then so Long to approve blueprints for the new he charged that an Issue was made of rugs and cupboards when studying blueprints. Or. Patrick said that because tentative approval was not Given to begin construction As a result children in the Crestview area will have. To attend staggered he said since construction plans must be approved by. The province under the provincial education foundation program the delay is the responsibility of the government. What is the reason for this mess it merely demonstrates this government s inefficiency and i would like an explanation for my or. Patrick also charged that vocational school facilities in his constituency were inadequate. He a Iid the combined population of St. James and the municipal Ity of Assiniboia is people and May be expected to reach by 1970, but the p r e s e vocational facilities were limited in capacity. He Saint that if facilities were expanded Over students could be expected to take advantage of the courses in Stead of the 415 at present. He said that reference was. Made in the throne speech to expectations of further growth in the province. An i analysis of Dominion Bureau of statistics publications and annual reports for the last seven years underlines the fact that metropolitan Winnipeg does have a serious poverty prob he said. Or. Patrick said a recen Survey of the cps notre Dame area showed that 50 per cent 01 the families there were living below minimum he said that out of families had incomes of less than or. Patrick charged that the picture is getting gradually worse in the area. These unfortunate citizens of our City should have Access to an adequate level of living not As a matter of Grace or Charity but As a right of citizenship in a country of he said the remarkable growth of the province referred to in the throne speech did not stand up when compared to neighbouring provinces. He said that the latest figures showing the value of building permits issued in Winnipeg totalled As compared to Edmonton with if these statistics Are any indication this government has no right to be proud of this kind of a or. Patrick also condemned the government for not showing leadership with condominium ownership of property. He said this legislation should have been on the statute books for at least two combines investigation Branch to undertake a review of the controversial portion of the report dealing with the grocery retail Industry on the Prairies the review will decide whether to proceed with an inquiry into retail practices As recommended by the commis Sion. Judge Batten and her col leagues or. Shirley m. Weber of the University of Manitoba and Willia m Newbigging of Edmonton had harsh words for the operation of Canada Safeway and the Weston companies of the Prairies. The report said that these firms had sufficient Power in Prairie cities to enable prices to Rise above competitive it concluded that in 1966 the operating profit before taxes in the big retail Industry was far greater on the Prairies than in the rest of Canada. Judge Batten told a press conference wednesday that Al though the commission had t heard directly from the food retailers i have heard rumours that they were she and or. Turner appeared to have formed a Bond of Mutual admiration during their meetings. The minister repeatedly emphasized the comprehensive Job done by the commission and the Federal government s serious desire to probe its recommendations. And judge Batten was amazed at the Speed with which her efforts had been followed up by the Federal government. I am delighted that or. Turner jumped in so quickly and i Only Hope the three provinces follow his she said. If they Don t they Are going to have three very annoyed judge Batten remarked. She has not yet had any formal reaction from the premiers who set up the commission on Steps they might take to implement re commendations. But they Haven t told us they Arenlt going she added. In her talks with or. Turner she stressed the need for Public and provincial support for fed eral initiatives for consumer Protection. Judge Batten was particularly encouraged by the creation of the new Federal department of consumer and corporate affairs which for the first time combines the Legal and econ Omic regulatory aspects of Federal control. She and or. Turner discussed the possible creation of Branch offices of his department in the provinces to facilitate the trans Mission of research and Statis tics on consumer problems to Ottawa. Judge Batten suggested that each Prairie province might also set up a consumer Section of government to work in co operation with the Federal department. She stressed the importance of transmitting information to the consumer through the mass Media and private Trade and farm groups. The consumer is constantly encouraged to spend but not advised How Best to or. Turner noted. They also discussed the influence of advertising on consumer purchasing decisions. Judge Batten suggested the creation of a regulatory body similar to the United states Federal Trade commission but or. Turner pointed put the constitutional difficulties of such a Canada. Tax Bill moves continued the amended Bill faced its first commons test wednesday and survived a close 126-to-116 vote on second Reading. The three social credit maps and Independent j. A. Mongrain trois rivieras voted for it with 122 liberals. Liberal Ralph Cowan York Humber joined conserva Tives 20 nip members eight credit stes and Gordon Church ill ind. S South Centre in voting against the Bill. Standings in the 265-seat House Liberal 130 conserva Tive 94 nip 22 credit Ste 8 social credit 4 Independent 2 Independent conservative 1 vacant 4. Division Bells rang for nearly half an hour and there were few empty seats in the House when the doors were closed. Conservative House Leader Michael Starr at once asked prime minister Pearson to de Clare whether this would be a vote of Confidence. The government had maintained against Strong opposition criticism that the tax Bill de feat feb. 19 was t a vote of non Confidence As Well. Or. Pearson did t Rise to reply but he said something which was drowned out in a Roar of conservative shouts just before the vote began. The four clauses of the tax Bill now must undergo detailed study before the Bill reaches third Reading the final com Mons stage before passage and the one at which the feb. 19 Bill was Defeated and thrown out. Conservatives and new democrats have branded the in creased taxes As both inflation Ary in that they will increase pressure on wages and prices and deflationary in that Money will be withdrawn from the Economy. De Schreyer Field said or. Sharp has mis judged the inflation situation with the. Result that it is More serious now in Canada than in the . H. W. Herridge a said a comfortable capitalism has been developed which imposes new but More effective forms of control. Despite Prosperity capitalism continued to institutionalize in Justice and corrupt the potentialities of human government policy should aim at stopping the War in Viet Nam cutting wasteful defence spending and using the Bank of Canada for social capital. Opposition Leader Stanfield said he feels finance minister Sharp is relying on unemployment and restraint on the econ omy to solve his problems. I refuse to accept that As a civilized Way to or. Stanfield said. It would take years for slow growth regions like the Atlantic provinces to recover from the effects of present Federal policy the former Nova Scotia Premier said. There was every indication that or. Sharp Felt substantial unemployment was necessary to meet existing problems. To me this is an unacceptable so or. Stanfield said fiscal responsibility could be shown by balancing the budget and reducing demands on the Money mar Ket. He suggested the government could raise the Revenue it needs simply by deferring the pay ment of a refundable Corpora Tion the sur taxes then would not be needed. City prices dip Ottawa up consumer prices declined marginally in Toronto and Winnipeg in Tenbru but Rose in seven of the eight other major Urban areas for which the Dominion Bureau of statistics keeps figures the Bureau reported today. Montreal prices remained unchanged on average from Jan uary. The indexes based on 1949 consumer prices equalling 100, reflect changes in each City but do riot indicate whether it is cheaper or More expensive to live in one City or another. The Toronto Index dropped to 153.8 from 154.1, and the Winni Peg Index eased Down to 148.8 from ,149.0. Montreal s Index was 151.1 in both january and february. The largest increase was in St. Johns nfld., where the Index is based on june 1951, consumer prices equalling 10q. It Rose to 132.1 from 131.6. Other increases were Hali flax 144.8 from 144.3 Saint John n.b., 147.9 from 147.7 Ottawa 151.9 from 151.4 Saska Toon and Regina 142.9 from 142.6 Edmonton and Calgary 143.8 from 143.4 ver 147.5 from 147.4. Anti govt. Riots spread their aim was to express Soli Darity with students at the University of Warsaw who fought police for three Days during demonstrations against the Clos ing of a popular play that might prove embarrassing to the rus sians. Reliable sources said police in Poznan waded into lines of Stu dents chanting the press lies and burning copies of state con trolled newspapers in front of a statue of Adam Mickiewicz the 19th Century polish poet whose play Dziadyz was ordered off the stage in january. Poznan was the scene in june 1956, of a two Day uprising by workers and troops killed 44 and imprisoned More than per sons in putting Down the riots but the uprising prodded the government into some reforms. The students charge that the press lies seemed to be directed at the government s at tempt to blame the unrest on hooligans and this line was stressed again wednes Day. Pap the polish press Agency carried the text of a Resolution issued by foreign Trade ministry workers saying we demand that our authorities Stop tolerating the activities of the reactionary zionist elements in the political economic cultural and social life of the tuesday the government fired three officials believed to be jews whose children were accused in the press of leading the riots. They were Jan Grudzinski vice minister of forestry and Timber Jan go Recki director general of the finance ministry and fryderyk Topolski head of a Warsaw in. Dust rial planning office. Juba is letter Sparks Assiniboia argument a congratulatory letter from mayor Stephen Juba of Winnipeg sparked an argument at tuesday night s Assiniboia municipal Council meeting. Mayor Juba described himself in the letter As a proponent of amalgamation Long before the inception of metro and expressed his sincere appreciation for the Way he said mayor William j. Turner and the Assiniboia councillors had approached St. James seeking reacting to the letter coun. Cam j. J. Mager said Assiniboia had t approached St. James about amalgamation. When Assiniboia initiated talks with St. James last november it was simply to discuss How the two areas might improve their respective tax bases through such schemes As shared essential services he said. On thei contrary mayor Turner said Assiniboia certainly had approached St. James with the desire to amalgamate. Coun. J. I. Forsythe agreed Juba s letter was "100 per cent Council voted 4 to 1 to accept mayor Juba s letter As information. Coun. 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