Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 10, 1976, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press thursday. June 10, 1976 huge wage Case backlog confronts Aib s burgeoning officials Ottawa up the Auti inflation Board now has a Ujj staff 853 and a backlog of wage cases by fore it Board officials say. Staff which includes on contract and those from other Federal been grow ing steadily. There were -4510 on Board at mid april. The Board started with a staff of about 200. But Board chairman Jenaii Pepin is still looking for employees particularly experienced Union people who could Speed up processing of the current Case backlog. A e need the help of the Best people he said in a letter sent recently to Many major unions. The letter asked the unions to As sign people to the Board for periods of six months to a year. But the Appeal for Union personnel has had Little Success it is reported and the two Millioni Strong Cana Dian labor Congress has urged its affiliates not to co operate. 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A1b to Roll Back some of those hefty settlements made in 1975 be fore the program came into the Board has its own statistics which it claims show that about two thirds of the wage settlements it has re viewed Are within the guides. Part of the Board s difficulties in getting wage cases through the review process quickly arise from the fact More and More companies Are being brought under its direct regulation. This puts an extra Burden on Board staff to regulate both wage settlements and Price increases that affect these companies. Originally t h e program was to apply directly to companies with 500 or More employees but since then companies in several other Indus tries from banking to Lii e insurance and Long shoring have come under its jurisdiction. Many of these companies Are required to give the Board prior notice before raising prices. The Board reviews the proposals to determine whether the increase is acceptable. A Fleet of fire fighting bombers owned by co Nair aviation gather at Abbotsford ., for dispatch to stations across Canada. The company has 47 planes for fighting fires. Athabasca pollution conceded earlier removal of controls advocated by Blakeney reg1na up Price and wage controls should be re moved earlier than suggested by prime minister Trudeau Saskatchewan Premier Allan Blakeney said wednesday. Or. Or. Trudeau s Contention that controls should last until a four per cent inflation rate is attained a rather extreme he said it would be More j appropriate to lift controls when the rate drops to five or six per cent. Because of the difficulties involved i enforcing the controls they should be Dis mantled As soon As possible the Premier said. Or. Blakeney said controls Are necessary while the High inflation rate constitutes a great danger to the welfare and incomes of most Canad Ottawa up Environ ment minister Jean March and conceded wednesday that his department has known since last year that great Canadian Oil Sands Ltd. Of fort Mcmurray alia., has been dumping 400.000 Gallons of unprocessed waste water a Day into the Athabasca River. But while Gallons a Day is a Large it does t constitute a disaster he told nip Energy critic t. C Douglas i the commons. Or. Douglas had asked what Steps Are being taken to Stop the inexcusable and illegal actions by the Oil com Pany which has been dump time specials Friday june 11 limit one per customer with the Purchase of any unadvertised article. 1 St. Mini auction july 3rd grand prize . Ing waste into the River Dur ing Spring and summer months for the last two years. Or. Marchand replied that great Canadian is trying to prevent waste from its Tail Ings Pond from flowing into the Athabasca. Rather than act unilaterally to Force the company to halt the flow of waste the govern ment has been trying to work the problem out in conjunction with the Alberta govern ment. Or. Marchand said. Asked Why the problem is allowed to continue he re plied this is anybody s an currently. A s t e water from the company s Oil extraction Plant is pumped into a bowl shaped Reservoir for poisonous wastes which sits on a former Island in the ath Abasca. Although the Pond is sup posed to be self contained preventing the mixture of mud. Sand Clay and liquids from entering the River. Gallons of waste liquid is strained through Coke Beds and dumped into the Athabasca every Day. Or. Douglas said the Feder Al government has the Power under the 1970 Canada Waters act to set water Quality Stan Dards on the site. Yet no action has been taken. Further he said there have been reports that wastes pumped into the River have High toxicity Levels. Or. Marchaud said he will table a report on the amount of toxic material flowing into the River any Ontario committee backs 34% Hydro rate raise Toronto up a re port of a committee of the Ontario legislature studying rates for Ontario Hydro says the Crown corporation will re quire a 34 per cent rate in crease next year to cover expected costs the report Given final scrutiny wednesday by the select committee also says rate increases to municipal utilities and Large industries would be Between 25 and 30 per cent. The report to be tabled in the legislature next a Eek. Predicts the rate of electricity r i c e increases will drop sharply Between 1978 and 1980 with increases ranging be tween five and 10 per cent i the 1980s. Last year the committee recommended a 22 per cent in crease in Hydro rates for 1976. Hydro proposals for the 1977 rates will be submitted to Energy minister Dennis Timbrell within three weeks. . Auto insurance decision reserved by supreme court special special assorted lever screws Hassocks special special automatic washers super special our Price guarantee no Cash Nii did with this cards no Down payment 90 Daya interact free budget Tarma available on approved credit on Purchase of and Over. 9 . Mon. To Fri. 9 12" oscillating to 8 . Sat. Ottawa up judg ment was reserved wednes Day when the supreme court of Canada ended a two Day hearing to determine whether British Columbia s Auto plan is constitutional. Thirty seven of 1s3 private insurance companies put out of business in By the compulsory automobile insurance plan have asked the court to declare it invalid. The companies have argued that the Auto insurance Industry 1 alls under the Trade and Commerce definitions of the British North America act the country s Constitution. The ban act gives the Federal government exclusive jurisdiction to legislate in those Fields. The Government says the a Dusty comes under the ban s Section on. Property and , areas of provincial jurisdiction. Most of the argument wednesday was highly tech Nical and based on Points of Law. Company lawyers have said the plan and its supporting legislation have denied citizens the right to engage in the Auto insurance business or to buy policies from companies other than the insurance corporation of British Columbia. . Has argued that the plan docs not inter Fere with citizens rights and docs not conflict with Federal jurisdiction. Two years ago the Compa Nies look their Case into the British Columbia supreme court and lost. That decision later was upheld by the Court of Appeal. Three provinces Quebec Alberta and Saskatchewan presented Brief arguments wednesday All i favor of the Case. The Federal government argued against but said it was merely out to protect Stith tonal rights and not to become involved in the argument Over the pros and cons of state Auto insurance. Auto plan was created in 1974 by the former new Democrat government of The court s decision can be made at any time but Proba Bly will not be handed Down until next fall. The nine judge High court begins its summer recess at the end of this month. If within 60 Days of Purchase you find the identical item regularly priced lower by our competitors in Manitoba Kaut Mann s guarantee to rebate the difference of the two plut 10% of that difference for bringing it to our attention open 11 . To Portal tit Donald five convenient ways to shop Navong cd Toga . Chargin Macc Tiara Amar can excreta Van mom layaway p. S. As usual. The unusual Edmonton ;