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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 4, 1973, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press Friday May 4, 1973 horse racing studied health services expanded at Little extra Cost Toupin recreation minister Larry Desjardins confirmed thursday that the Manitoba government has conducted a study into horse racing in the province but he declined to say what the purpose the study was. The matter came up during consideration o his depart ment s spending timotes for 1973-74. De Mcgill pc Brandon West asked about the existence of such study its terms of reference and for what purpose it was carried out. Or. Desjardins said the study was carried out by a subcommittee of the provincial Cabinet and involved senior officials of the departments of tourism agriculture and finance. He said the study group made its recommendations to the government following discussions with various people involved in the he said an an no u n c e m e n t in this regard would be made shortly by the government hut he said he could say nothing More for the time being. Teachers pension Bill set the Manitoba government has introduced a Bill in the pro v i n c i a 1 legislature to allow teachers to retire on full pen Sion at the age of 60. The Bill. No. 50, was introduced in the House for first Reading thursday by education minister Ben Hanuschak. Although details officially won t be released until the Bill is brought Forward for second Reading a source in the Educa Tion department revealed that he legislation will allow teach ers to collect full pension Bene fits if they choose to retire at the age of 00. The source said that at present the compulsory retire ment age is 65, and teachers who want to retire Early lose some pension benefits. The new legislation will eliminate the loss of pension benefits Al though the decision on whether to retire Early will to left up to the individual teacher. Two other Bills one of them a private member s Bill received first Reading in the legislature thursday. Bill 40, introduced by Warner Jorgenson would Amend the liquor control act. It is understood the Bill would enable communities in a dry municipality to have licensed beverage rooms other than the permitted men Only Beer Par lors. Application would be made to the municipal Council which could pass a permissive bylaw. Similarly communities could opt out of a wet municipality and ban liquor licences other than for men Only Beer Parlours. Morris is a dry municipality. Bill 49 would Amend the Civi service superannuation act. No details of the Bill were Avail Able. Manitoba has been More successful than any other province in holding the line on health costs and has one of the lowest numbers of welfare recipients of any province health min ister Hene Toupin of Manitoba said thursday. Introducing his department s estimates in the legislature or. Toupin said the proposed spending for 1973-74 is Clear evidence of the Success of a year of consolidation econ omy and rational planning of health services. He said the main Effort has not been the building of new programs on top of a substantial existing base but rather diverting existing resources into new directions. As a result of these efforts we Are Able to present to this House a program which includes the most major expansion of services that has occurred since the introduction of medical he said not counting the Cost of abolishing the health care premiums the government had accomplished much with hardly an increase Over the amount voted the department last year. The health minister said that including the additional amounts in the supplementary estimates total increases about last year s estimates will be about 15 per cent fully 13 per cent of this rep resents a reduction in taxes not a change in the Cost of ser he said Manitoba has been up with a net reduction of about 100 staff members. Or. Toupin said major items of savings occurred in social allowances where the department expects to spend million during lie current fiscal year. Another area of saving is in the insured medical and Hospital programs where expenditures Are expected to be million. On the subject of welfare the minister said the number of so Cial allowance recipients have gone Down by about 800 cases from january 1972, to january 1973. He said there now Are less than cases on provincial Rolls representing about persons. This is about 5.5 per cent of the provincial Popula lion. I submit that this is one of the lowest figures of social Al Lowance recipients of any prov As announced in the throne speech earlier food rates for welfare recipients have been increased by about 10 per cent for various categories and clothing allowances were in creased for a total Cost of about 53.9 million. Or. Toupin said it could hardly be claimed that Manitoba s welfare recipients Are living in luxury but he said the present level of assistance is coming reasonably close to the poverty line established by the economic Council of Canada. The minister also outlined the province s new policy to pro vide incentive by permitting while remaining on welfare. In addition to that the govern ment is also planning to make it easier for single parents to accept employment by provid ing Day care services for their children. As for the Assumption that a great Many people Are defraud ing and exploiting the welfare system or. Toupin said that simply in t so. An intensive and continuing audit was con ducted last year he said and Only 149 accounts were questionable. Of Locse 64 were brought to court and 18 were convicted. Seventy five investigations Are still being pursued he said. I venture to say without fear of contradiction that a thorough investigation of the income tax returns submitted by the pillars of our society would show a less favourable or. Toupin reported his government has made substantial strides towards unifying health services in the province including a Broad approach to integrated planning of facilities and the gradual amalgamation of separate boards of manage ment into single District health boards in each Community. He said development of Community health clinics continues on an experimental basis at Churchill Leaf rapids glad Stone and North Winnipeg. But he emphasized that the integration of health and social services is not dependent on the creation of new edifices called Community clinics or commune successful in maintaining the welfare recipients to retain health Cost of health services at lower level than is the Case in other jurisdictions. As a result in said recoveries from the oderal government which Are partly based on National per capita costs have been greater than originally estimated. Thus we May justly claim that the extra Federal monies we received were not a Windfall but were due to prudence and Economy in the management of our health he said the list of major new programs and program improvements have been accomplished not Only with mini Mal new Money but also with hardly any increased numbers in staff. When Premium collection staff at the Manitoba health services commission Are phased out during the course of the year the department will end govt. Offers staff help the financial difficulties of s p r a g u e school division in Southeastern Manitoba could be Lhart the province giving Finan Cial assistance education Hin i s t e r Ben Hanuschak said thursday. He was replying to questions in the legislature from opposition members. The minister said he has offered the assistance of his staff to the school division in Irvine to explore the various alternatives it should consider in try ing to provide educational ser vices at the lowest Cost. The division had its tax reve Nues reduced when a Columbia Forest products chipboard Plant in the town of Sprague burned and ceased to be tax Able or. Hanuschak provided Little further information despite repeated questions from Gabrie Girard to 30 per cent of their earnings elicit use of planes denied premiered Schreyer said thursday that no one uses Manitoba government air services aircraft for vacations or Jun he was replying in the Mani Toba legislature to question from Gordon e. Johnston l Portage la or. John s t o n charged that Harvey Ivi Oats executive assistant attorney Genera Al Mackling had used a government plane on a trip to Norway House man., with his wife and another couple. The Premier said or. Moats has never been to Norway House. Or. Moats added in an interview later that to has never even been Oil a govern ment air plane. Or. Johnston stuck to his Story outside the House Howe. Or. He said an informant had told him or. Moats had been at Norway House. Or. Schreyer said that while other provincial governments have refused to make aircraft logs available the Manitoba government has tabled its in the legislature. Ii was done earlier this year at the opposition s request the Premier suggested or Johnston examine the Federal government s policy on use of government aircraft. Pc Dacrai ministers and their families do make use of planes in one in stance flying into Winnipeg for a Liberal fund raising dinner. No one is allowed to use Manitoba government aircraft for holidays or. Schreyer said use is Only permitted on gov e r n m e n t business. He Sale wednesday wives and families occasionally go along. Mac is Back to Pristly All the. Macnaughton ended up in the states. Not any More. Mac is Back. Try a Mac and 7 or a Mac and water the six year old Canadian whisky now available in Canada. Charity begins at Home. Routed by John Macnaughton co. Ltd. Distributed by in the area of corrections the minister said corrections staff Are undergoing strenuous Orien tation studies to be ready for what he said would be the Dawn of a new Era in which ice will be greater Success in ringing Back most juvenile id adult offenders into the mainstream of society. Progressive conservative Calth and welfare critic Inez Ruman pc fort Rouge Aid that although tie govern ment claims to be decentralizing it is obvious from the Annu 1 report of the health depart nent that a great Deal of Cen is going on. Health debate subdued health minister Rene Tou i n s departmental estimates Amu under a Light attack thursday evening centring on in themes of Day care centres Enlal health family planning part mental staff and rela on with the Manitoba medical association. Inez Trueman pc fort Ouge wanted More assistance or Day care and or. Toupin insured her the in this ear s estimates was 10 times ast year s budget. Lie sex lain cd announcement of a de ailed program depended on no of nations with the Federal Cov in mint and indicated he and ther Cabinet members had met thursday with a group ushing for increased support or Day care facilities. Steve Patrick l Assiniboia wanted greatly in Reasch emphasis on family tanning saying 21 per cent of we births in Winnipeg in 1972 vere illegitimate which in Jos cd a costly Burden on Wel Are resources. He said he Oulen t agree fully with Romov no abortion from the criminal code of Canada but favored ree distribution of con race Ive information and materials. Or. Patrick also wanted a free program of diagnostic arid preventive Den Al care for children aged three o to which or. Toupin re lied a departmental committee Vas meeting with dentists and thurs with the idea of present no specific recommendations along this line by August or in tember. Or. Patrick was also concerned that adoptions in As s i n i b o i a look two to three years where those in the rest of greater Winnipeg took three o four months. This was be cause Assiniboia was in the in crake area for purposes of a d o p t i o n s he said and it should be included with Winnipeg. M. E. Mckellar pc Souris Killarney was concerned that the department s Deputy minister was not a med ical doctor As the Law stipulates he should be. Or. Toupin explained the Deputy minister of health was required to to a but that his Deputy was for both health and social development which Legal counsel had indicated fell within the a. Or. Mckellar also questioned the extent of the Power of the associate Deputy minister or Ted Tulchinsky. Was he author izod to Tell commune pics How Many Beds they could have in their hospitals when they Coukis build them and what color the should he painted. Or. Mcqullar wanted to know. J. M. Rocse so Kiino land wanted a standing com Mittic of the legislature of re View the annual report of inc Manitoba health services com Mission and was concerns that some needy cases recce inc too Little from welfare where others received More than they deserved. Clove is. Copyright 1971 ios Angues times Back again for Mother s Day love is our Beautiful mom Sean Brian love is. A wonderful mom who cares love Blair and Tami. Love is. Having a mom like Princess Carol Larry Karen Shelley Sandra Cory. Love is. Having you Laurie love is. A Cranky Vivian love is having a Sarah and Tracy popular you bet that s Why it s Back. 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