Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 8, 1976, Winnipeg, Manitoba Photo by Gerry Cairns rainfall during May in Manitoba was Hie lowest on record at Nuti Mik Lake in the White Thell on the Winnipeg River system Low water presents some problems. Docking boats at Normal berths has become difficult. Manitoba Hydra officials Are concerned that there will be a Power shortage if the province does t get its Normal share of rain before summer s end. Travel restriction Winnipeg free press City news tuesday. June 8, 1976 2nd class mail Regii lotion number 02e6 travel of and relax i Civ in Whit Sheil eased proposed labor act changes spark objections travel restrictions in the campers had to abandon a c7 a i travel restrictions in the White shall provincial Park in Eastern Manitoba have been cased for cottage owners Ami seasonal campers. The restrictions were imposed on the weekend when a Forest lire hit the area a popular vacation spot for Manitoba residents and tourists. The Parks Branch has asked cottage owners and campers had to abandon their equipment and properly on saturday to return Luse cure their goods. For the cottage owners and campers travel Between 8 . And to . Will be per melted Iron tuesday to thursday on provincial Road 307 to the Junction with provincial Road 309. Those with proper identification will be allowed along provincial Road 309. Property taxes worry Wildwood by Kon Campbell free press Urban reporter voters in fort Garry Community s Wildwood Ward go to the polls wednesday to elect a Man to represent them on Winnipeg City coun cil. The Ward has had no councillor since Dick Wanking Independent citizens elec Tion committee resigned March 1 to become executive director of the Saskatchewan Urban municipal association. Candidates to fill his coun cil seat Are Brian Gudmund son 28, of 241 Wildwood Park and Donald b. Smith 51, of 106 Riley Crescent. Or. Gudmundson is run. Ning As an Independent can More jobs available the summer Job Market has been looking up for University and High school Stu dents in Winnipeg says a Canada manpower official. We re starting to find difficulties in finding suitable applicants for the jobs that Are coming Paul Wales Ley head of manpower s Spe Cial student employment of fice at 213 notre Dame ave said monday. A said fewer students have registered with his of fice than during the same period last year. The employment officer said he thinks there Are More jobs available this summer. For the last week the office has been running out of Job applicants who can Type will work As sales clerks or can drive trucks. It also has a list of ads for 150 jobs no one wants. Many Are for waiters and Wai tresses and Short order Cooks. Students Are also ignoring Cadet training jobs a v Ait Able in the armed forces he said. Dilate though in the october. 197- municipal election h e worked for Wildwood Ward s civic Reform coalition candidate Hank Mes Nian. Or. Smith is an 1cec candidate having worked for or. Wanking in past Munici pal campaigns and for progressive conservative candidates including present provincial tory Leader Ster Ling Lyon in other elections. They find the voters resent High properly taxes this year and Are especially angry about the school tax which Rose 30 per cent this year in Rort Garry school division. Added to this Hydro elec tric rates have gone up 20 per cent and water and sewer rates Are up an unprecedented 50 per cent. These increased tax and utilities costs arrived All. In one said or. Smith and taxpayers need around More a year to cover it which Means they have to Gross about s400 extra. He said he s met All sorts of people who Are on the verge of being forced out of their Homes by tax and Utility costs. Or. Gudmundson a a n i s belter mileage out of the municipal tax Dollar and blames the 1cec, City Council s Lar Gest political group for such proposals As the million Winnipeg stadium and Arena expansion proposal and for not making per capita Grant funds to Community commit tees More widely available. On the school tax Issue he says Council s 1cec group enough in pushing the prov i n c c to recognize school taxes Are regressive and Aren t based on the ability to pay principle a provincial government policy. Or. Smith on the other hand blames the new demo cratic party provincial government itself for not. Taking on More of. The education Cost Burden. I aul Sta Vav free i Ress legislative reporter premiered Schreyer re More 70 Tele Grams Ami an us signature petition during the weekend All complaining about the government s proposed amendments to the labor relations act. The Elilion and about to of the telegrams were believed to protest the Amend ment ending Relief from Union membership o n religious grounds. The other dozen telegrams were from employers organizations attacking a Broad Range of the government proposals. The amendments to the labor act Bill 59 have been criticized because of their lau1 introduction in the cur rent legislative Mission. The present Speed up As the session Nevirs its end has brought matters to a head. A chief critic Lias been Winnipeg builders Exchange president a. K. Stanlon. Who wrote the Premier at the weekend to complain of Lack of time to comment on the changes. Or. Stanlon pointed out that some current Amend ments weren t mentioned in a labor relations while paper made Public last de Cember. Appears a definite Effort to ram this piece of legislation through the House without allowing sufficient time for proper debate and p u b i i c he Wilc. Without ample time for study he said. The controversial sections and forced legislation m a y do More harm to labor management relations in Manitoba than to solve any the legislature s Industrial relations committee in c t nearly five hours monday night to hear submissions on the proposed legislation. The Commilles planned to reconvene tuesday at which time Al least six More briefs were expected from labor and business leaders most concerning the workers compensation act. On monday night the com Mittee was told that neurosis and psycho neurosis should be include As ailments Eligi ble for workers compensation benefits. John Hula president of the injured workers association of Manitoba said Many employees forced to leave their jobs because of injuries later suffer from such mental ill Nesses. We feel that provisions within the act should include neurosis and psycho neurosis As diagnosed caused by the anxiety of being physically injured unemployed and unable to support the he said. It should also apply to situations where the mental disorder has been caused by Job tensions family problems and the inability to obtain or maintain employment due to physical 1 n his submission or. Hula also suggested that Tuc workers compensation Board be required to provide claimants with reasons for refusal of benefits and that decisions by the body be subject to Appeal to the courts. In a Brief representing the Manitoba farm Bureau Bob Douglas suggested the government reconsider including farm workers in the compensation scheme As soon As they Start work. Or. Douglas said Many Farmers hire workers Only occasionally or for a few Days Solo administer compensation plans for them would create monumental headaches for the Board. We feel very strongly that if workers compensation is made mandatory even on v c r y casual farm labor Many Farmers will either risk operating outside of the Law or make arrangements which will make the casual Art Coulter executive Secretary of the Manitoba federation of labor told the committee he was pleased with the proposed Amend ments to labor legislation. Elimination of the con science clause was necessary because Loo Many workers were prepared to use it to avoid paying dues to the unions representing them he said. We would t want it to be opened again As it has pcs cry confiscation at capital tax by Mary Ann Fitz Krali free press legislative reporter amid cries of confiscation from progressive conservatives the Manitoba government m o n cd a y released final details on its proposed new corporation capital tax. As revealed in a sneak preview to Manitoba businessmen the tax announced in the april provincial Bud get would Levy one fifth of one per cent of Large corporations taxable the legislation in essence defines taxable capital As All capital a corporation employs whether in the form of mortgages Loans or share holders equity. As announced in the Bud get the lax affects about Large corporations with taxable capital of More than s100.000. Exempt Are Charita ble organizations c r e d i i unions co operatives farm corporations and unincorporated businesses. The tax estimated to raise million in the present fiscal year will go into effect on corporations whose fiscal years end on or after july a transitional period for the first instalment would be Al Lowed for corporations whose fiscal years end Between june 30 and sept. .16 this year. The legislation would allow the provincial Cabinet to de Termine the amount of Capi Tal used in Manitoba by non resident corporations for Pur poses of the tax a corporation failing to file returns would be subject to fines of up to a Day plus assessed taxes. Any debt would be subject to a 12 per cent interest Rale. The Manitoba legislation is similar to Ontario s and Brit ish Columbia s and is Deduc Tible for Federal Anil Provin Cial income taxes. Launching seconal Reading debate Premier and finance ministered Schreyer said the tax would ensure corporations contribute a More equitable share to provincial revenues. In his a p r r 1 budget address the Premier said statistics Canada indicated corporate income for tax purposes was barely half the profits shown on company books lie said he was con c c r n e cd i hat a significant number of corporations had been Able to adjust their accounts to pay no income lax in years when they reported substantial earnings to share holders. Sidney Spivak pc river1 Heights said it was intellectually dishonest to suggest the legislation was a companion to an income sur tax of two percentage Points on Large corporations taxable profits for the duration of the anti inflation program. The former conservative Leader claimed the capital tax legislation was simply i a p Ping another Revenue source to Aid a government which has failed to trim its spending Walc. Predicting the government would increase the Levy in future years or. Spivak said the tax would amount to confiscation. Or. Spivak Cla i m cd smaller businesses contrary to government claims would be affected. In the end it would result in higher prices to Consumers he added. Is no justification for it. Except the need of the government for More Money Cor a surplus to give away in the next election or. Spivak said. Saul Cherniack legislative assistant to or. Shreyer said the opposition wealing blink ers if it refused to acknowledge companies quite legally paid taxes on two thirds or less of their profits. Branding ridiculous or. Spivak s claim the tax would amount to confiscation or. Cherniack declared if this government wanted to confiscate it would do to try to depict one fifth of one per cent tax rate As confiscation is arrant non or. Cherniack said. Residents supported against factory Glen free i Russ staff writer the East Kildonan Community Commilles monday night supported a resident group opposed to a proposed com Mercial development in its neighbourhood. About 40 people in the Wall Street Martin Avenue area objected to construction of a Cabinet shop. The committee agreed to request a civic no building freeze. One Man yelled at commit tee members and pounded a table. In my heart i Hope you hear me. I be got a right to be heard. I m a he said. Two Winnipeg policemen were summoned and talked to the Man in the hallway after he finished speaking. He returned to he room and said Little. The proposed shop would be in the same area As a foundry which closed in 1974 after the Manitoba municipal Board imposed stringent Anli Poilu Liou requirements. The residents fear More pollution problems. We got sick of the smell from the foundry. Aren t we human one woman asked. They want to build a cab inet factory. Where s All the dust going to a Man asked. Others worried about Iraq Fie problems because the firm s trucks would use mar tin Avenue. A Man said Chil Dren use the Street to go to school and the neighbourhood is noisy because of other commercial operations. Councillor Alf pc incr in dependent citizens election committee asked the Man Why he moved into the area. I. Was told it was a quiet area by he responded. Although residents objected u any development the prop erty is zoned Industrial. Peter Loewen. President of p. Loewen construction lid., applied to the Community committee for some exceptions under Winnipeg s build ing regulations seeking to use a smaller lot than required and permission to Park trucks in the front Yard. It s not against the Law to build a Cabinet he told the committee. The committee voted to Winnipeg s civic Environ ment committee to put a 60 Day no building freeze on the land and asked that civic of i vials meet with the Mani Toba housing and renewal corporation to discuss the possibility of the corporation buying the land for housing. Or. Loewen said in an interview he would t oppose either of the committee s re commendations. If the City wants to buy the property i la sell it to he said. He said he bought the properly March 1 to build a Cabinet shop employing four or five people so he would t have to contract the work out for the houses he builds. Or. Loewen said he applied for the variance be cause the City s building do Palm Cal would t give him a permit including the changes in question. "1 should have done it agreed with the City right Sway. I would have been he said. He said any dust from the shop would be destroyed. Picket change on Way Manil bans will soon be Able to picket outside of Pri vate or Public buildings with out fear of being charged with trespassing. Attorney general Howard introduced an amendment in the legislature monday to the Petty tres passes act designed to Eli Minate such communicating As an offence. The amendment defines a Public thoroughfare As any walk driveway Roadway Square and parking area provided outdoors to which the Public normally has Access without fee. The new definition said the attorney general would apply to such property whether owned by a Public Agency or privately and was specifically aimed at shop Ping Centre parking lots. Until now he said picketers could be forced off a shopping Centre parking lot such As the one at Polo Park but they could picket All they wanted downtown on a Public Street. The Only provision that May limit the picketers is insistence that Oral or written messages be True statements. If this provision is met or. Pawlucy said he could Sec no reason Why people communicating information to the Public should be pre vented from doing so on such property ;