Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 22, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg pr1e april 1 Mae master and Jorge Mon picked i y i i Iii i i ii j1j Cabinet group will handle land claims the Manitoba government has established a special subcommittee of Cabinet to coordinate its handling and settlement of Indian land mines minister Brian who will head the subcommittee with Northern affairs minister Ken Macmaster and minister without portfolio Warner Jorgen announced its formation in an address to the Manitoba Indian Ransom termed the Issue of native land claims a Complex one involving several statutes and agreements on everything from aboriginal rights to All of he Are open to wide and considerably varied interpretation and Applina Ransom said there is which the new Cabinet group Hopes to for Clear and uniform policy interpretation or at least Broad guidelines so that we can approach this in some balanced we have All found that at present it is difficult for fed provincial and Indian negotiations to proceed to a final Settle ment of claims without some of the matters involved being first clarified at the policy Ransom said that while discus Sions Between the two Levels of government and native organizations have been individual land claims coming before the provincial Cabinet have been looked at with no Clear policy in the Manitoba Indian brother Hood is anxious to know the poli cies respecting land and is even More anxious to get some he the minister said he hoped the new subcommittee in consultation with the clear1 away some of the questions arising from individual land claims so that they could be approached in a common Way by the Faulkner says talks on funding under Way Ottawa staff discussions Are under Way on funding the Northern flood committee during the implementation stages of the Indian affairs minis Ter Hugh Faulkner told the com Mons Cecil Smith raised the matter in the he said the Northern flood committee in Manitoba had been led to be Lieve by the previous minister that funding would be available for a transitional period after the flood agreement was the agreement was ratified on March he asked the minister to give a firm commitment now to fund the committee during the implementation stages of the Faulkner said that discussions Are ongoing at this time Between the members of the floor commit tee and the regional director of Indian affairs in in fact they Are discussing a proposal for i will review any commitments made by my if there Are certainly i will live up to said Smith asked the minister 4o meet the request of the Northern flood committee and meet Perso Nally with them As soon As Possi Faulkner promised to look into that elderly May lose welfare cards the Manitoba government has told elderly citizens who receive cards entitling them to free dental and optical care they must have their eligibility for the cards Ron Deputy minister of health and social Friday the cards Are not a social program but a regular part of the provincial social Wel fare Johnstone said the cards were issued when the elderly were receiving Cash benefits from the provincial welfare since they have lost their entitlement to Cash benefits but have retained the since the number of such elderly citizens has been growing and they usually re Weiye the cards Only if they Are also receiving Cash Bene the department decided to reassess those involved to see if they were still eligible under the welfare in the assessments completed so the department has found that some individuals should be receiving Cash benefits in addition to the those who lose their eligibility still have recourse to which provides a reimbursement of up to 80 per cent of drug costs in excess of the Deputy minis Ter Johnstone explained the governments actions in a interview after Lloyd Axworthy Rouge asked health minis Ter Bud Sherman what the letters meant Dur ing question period in the Sherman told Axworthy the governments decision not to renew cards for the elderly citizens was partly based on a Pilot project in where the cards to a certain num Ber of such citizens we rent renewed in recent he said failing to renew the cards seemed to have no serious impacts or repercussions and the government had determined the prac Tice could be followed with respect to the total number without serious ram Ifica the matter can be further discussed during Dis Cussion of his departmental he outside the a worthy said he thinks Sher Man should have made a greater Effort to explain the program because the letters have caused a lot of anxiety among those on the pro Fie added he feels the Pha Macare program will act As a deterrent to elderly citizens because of the user fee and because benefits Arent paid until the year after services Are Chain gang do you slavishly eat out in the Carbon copy places for about the same Price you can Dine in a unique atmosphere and enjoy personalized to represent province Doe named to Polar pipeline panel Frank head of the Manitoba environmental assessment review has been appointed As the provinces representative on a panel which will hold Public hearings on the proposed Polar Gas environment minister Brian ran som said outside the legislature Fri Day the panel was established to sit in judgment on the social and economic assessments of the project prepared by Polar Polar Gas has completed the environmental Impact study and is expected to finish socioeconomic Stu Dies by the end of the guide lines for this work were established by the governments the assessments concern the Northern pipeline route favored by Polar under this the pipe line from the Arctic would enter Manitoba West of swing into Northern Ontario below James Bay and then tie in with the trans Canada pipeline in although the Manitoba govern ment favors a route South from Churchill through the Interlake re Gion to Hook up with the trans Canada in Southern Ransom he thinks the Northern route is the one most Likely to be in addition to a representative on the intergovernmental the Manitoba government is appointing a technical committee to advise Ransom and help prepare the governments reaction to Polar Gas As Ransom said Winnipeg Deputy mayor Bill who has been hired to act As the governments Legal counsel at National Energy Board hearings on the May also appear on behalf of the province when the assessment panel the panel will hold five Public hearings in he no Date has been in response to a question from Brian Corrin nip Wellington during debate on the spending Esti mates of his Ransom said he understands the purpose of an Impact assessment is to deter mine what the difficulties Are and apply that information to minimize disruption of the Corrin criticized this saying if the route for the pipeline has Al ready been a study to mini Mize its effects it will have is a waste of time and he also suggested the government consider ordering an Independent environmental review similar to the Berger commission to study the effects the pipeline will have on Mani he said the government Doest have the right to make decisions affecting the environment without giving the people of Manitoba a Chance to express their a comment which angered Sidney Green nip Inkster who said elected representatives have More right than anyone else to make such in other Lloyd Axworthy l fort Rouge asked Ransom if the department is planning to As semble data on the various pesticides available and the possible con sequences of using Ransom said the effects of pesticides is one of the topics that will be discussed at a coming meeting of the Canadian Council of resources min he said this would be an initial step towards what Axworthy pro Lancia All models available at motors 325 Elgin 821 Portage 9432539 7758420 Call us about overseas delivery professors request for arbitration rejected u of m contract talks bog Down by Debbie Lyon the University of Manitoba has rejected an Appeal from unionized academics to seek binding arbitration to Settle 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soon reconsider the Overall bargaining he said the University team declared its willingness to at the same time refusing to respond to the associations last propos he called the University position illogical and said that it should agree to arbitration if it wont let its team the University last Posi Tion although not necessarily its final one offer the 860odd members of the association a two per cent on scale salary increase plus a two per cent increase in the career Progress pack he the associations last Posi Tion called for a per cent on scale salary increase and per cent for career Finlay said the associations team will continue to press the University for additional information on finances since the budget Fig ures already made Public indicate the University is in a position to offer larger in creases than it has to besides outstand ing monetary issues in the talks include establishment of a professional develop ment travel allowances and pension the Section of the associations contract dealing with monetary issues expired March Saskatchewan wants restrictions on liquor advertisements open daily 1 weekdays 1 7 ill l Bulmon red Tarud builder member new Home warranty program of Manitoba Regina up the Saskatchewan government is seeking to restrict the Sale of policeman charged Toronto up consta ble Garry Walter 23 of metropolitan Toronto police has been charged with wounding and two counts of assault causing bodily harm after two men were Cut in the face with broken Glass in a downtown police said who has been on the Force for 18 was off duty thursday when the incident alcohol based aerosol sprays and Black out liquor advertisements on Cable television through amendments to the liquor act introduced Neil minister responsible for the liquor licensing said outside the legislature the proposed amendments would give Cabinet the Power to approve regulations govern ing disinfectant sprays con Taining denatured Byers said he does not know what the regulations will be since this will be a Tough one to sort some Saskatchewan residents Are known to drink the sprays for their alcohol the other amendments would restrict the use of any electronic device or equip ment for publishing or distributing any form of advertisement concerning i Paterson succeeds Toronto up the 197879 president of the Cana Dian red Cross society on Tario division is Christopher a senior partner in a Toronto accounting he was named thursday to succeed Fred a staff superintendent with the Ontario provincial tory computer tries to enlist nip Leader by Debbie Sproat opposition Leader de Schreyer got Ben Hanus Chak nip Burrows got so did Federal defence minister Barney and la society Francomano All recently received invitations to join the Progress Ive conservative Victory club 78 from an Overly Zeal Ous Ottawa computer which spewed out the papers without regard to political affiliation or True Schreyer provoked roars of laughter in the Legisla Ture Friday when he complained hed received a letter addressed to the honorable Premier of Manitoba Edward inviting him to join the Victory the members laughed More still when he informed them a recent Issue of the Boniface weekly la liberte contained a copy of a similar letter addressed to society Franco Manito Baine and inviting Manitoba to join the progressive conservative Victory that i have received this letter at the wrong title and the wrong address but i still received which is a reflection the Post office is More efficient than the pc Victory club Campaign Headquarters and Given that society Manitoba Doest exist As can the minister reporting for the task Force advise us if he will take his task Force and clean House at the progressive conservative Campaign Headquarters Sidney minister without portfolio responsible for the task avoided the question but announced he was Happy to but sorry to the regret of the Leader of the that de Schreyer is a member of the conservative i supposed i asked for Schreyer but let it be that there Are four de schreyers the name is hardly unique three of them Are new democrats and one of them we consider to be beyond the Hanuschak added his protest to complaining that his letter had been addressed to him As minister of consumer affairs a position he last held in David a spokesman for the Federal progressive conservative party in said in a Telephone interview that invitations were mailed out to people whose names appeared on Magazine subscription lists purchased by the we attempted to put in some Clearing he but added that a computers Only a As a some of Manitoba nip politicians received invite along with la society Francomano Toraine and even Victory club but Mcmillan Only laughs at the after Hes receiving membership cards and fees Back at the rate of 200 a bringing him closer and closer to the million he feels the party needs to raise if it is to fight an election in the next few legislative briefs the Manitoba Telephone systems Board of commissioners has reversed an earlier decision on dual Telephone allowing about 130 people to keep their telephones connected to two different exchanges for an indefinite consumer affairs ministered Mcgil said the customers with dual Telephone service earlier had been notified by the Telephone system that after they would be Able to receive service from Only one Exchange a policy which has received approval from the Public utilities earlier this Mcgill told the legislature that in View of the complaints he was reviewing the replying to Howard Pawsey in the Legisla Ture he said the Telephone will recommend to the Public utilities Board that the service be allowed to continue until future Telephone service requires it to the dual service was developed a number of years ago for persons within two Miles of another but the Utility has said it has become costly to the provincial government Friday issued a reminder to Manitoban that next weekend they will have to move their clocks ahead one hour and remove the studded tires from their the precise time change comes at 2 april when clocks must be advanced an under the provinces official time uniform Daylight saving time for the entire province applies for the six month period from the last sunday in april to the last sunday in the provinces motor vehicles Branch has re minded motorists that april 30 is the last Day on which studded tires May be used on their vehicles for this the provincial Cabinet has authorized the Manitoba hous ing and renewal corporation Marc to make an operating Grant of up to to the Brandon housing cooperatives minister without portfolio Frank Johnston said responsible for in a said the High Impact Grant is based on 10 per cent of the Central mortgage and housing corporation approved total mortgage loan and will be applied on a declining basis Over the first seven years of the project the policy of the declining Grant was approved by the former nip government last but no financial commitment was made at that Johnston the Manitoba legislature Friday wished Queen Elizabeth a Happy prior to the daily question Premier Sterling on behalf of wished the celebrating her 52nd Many More years of health and satisfaction in her arduous he spoke of the unique and unifying role her majesty plays As Queen of Canada and which she plays in her own person As head of the Commonwealth and As Bead of state for our parliamentary opposition Leader de Schreyer agreed with the Premier about the unifying role of the he added his party deep seated and very practical View that the monarchy serves us Well and her As the individual person in that role and responsibility has also served us the Manitoba government has approved a labor forgiveness loan for the City of to be applied against the costs of constructing a new Curling rink in the Northern municipal affairs minister Gerry Mercier said in a state ment the new loan brings the provinces total contribution to Date for the rink project to the latest be will provide 81 Man months of work in the loan was approved under the provinces special municipal Loans fund established to provide Money for projects aimed at alleviating the City is eligible for forgiveness of any onsite labor ;