Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 6, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free May 1978 legislative briefs health minister Bud Sherman said Friday the jobs of three term employees and two contract employees of the Manitoba health services commission will end when their agreements expire in the next few Sherman said All five have been extremely valued employees but their work was in Large part connected to the Branch of the commission which is concerned with construction of new health facilities and personal care since the restraint program Means there is Little construction under the services of these five employees Are no longer the dates of termination vary Between now and mid sum the minister said adding that in each Case the employees will receive either one months notice or one months salary in lieu of health minister Bud Sherman said Friday he will explore and examine the effects of the withdrawal of the services of several department of health social services workers from hospitals in Sherman statement was prompted by opposition Leader de who asked the minister to consider restoring the support services in View of the fact that some officials at Concordia Hospital have complained the move has led to a decline in the Quality of patient if i discover that that is an area of that it is an area that is producing hardship or cutbacks in Quality of patient then i would be prepared with him his suggestion of a reexamination with a View to Sherman the government should consider changing a proposed act to Amend the Highway traffic act so that Drivers who Register warn on a Alert test would be required to surrender their Drivers licences for Only six hours instead of Howard Pawley suggested if this change was Pawley there would be fewer practical problems for people such As truck Drivers and travelling salesmen who need their licences to make a the former attorney general said he would prefer to see individuals who must surrender their licences Given a Chance to take a breath analysis test any time during the 12hour waiting As legislation passed last year under the nip government amendments introduced by the current government would require Drivers to ask for the test immediately or not at under last years which has never been pro Drivers would be required to surrender their licences for 12 hours if the Alert test registered Between and and surrender their licences and take a breath analysis test if the test registered or the provincial government has approved a Grant to the Manitoba Indian brotherhood to enable the organization to study Winnipeg native population and its migration finance minister Don Craik said Friday the coupled with one for from the Federal is aimed at allowing the native group to prepare information needed for ongoing negotiations Between the brotherhood and the provincial and Federal while there is plenty of data concerning on Reserve populations and services provided to he said negotiators have found that Little information is available about natives in not Only were the numbers in but also there were few answers to questions about the reasons and Pat terns of migration in and out of Urban settings or about the services utilized or needed by Indian Urban Craik six of the provinces major cultural organizations Are to receive slightly More than million in provincial Grants in cultural affairs minister Bob Banman said in a Banman said the Manitoba museum of Man and nature in Winnipeg will get the Lions share of the with million allotted in the coming year for its operating other newly approved Grants will go to the Manitoba Centennial Centre Winnipeg Art Manitoba arts be Centre culture Franco Manitoban in and the Brandon Centennial auditorium the minister said up to will also be Given to the Manitoba museum of Man and nature to assist it in the development of permanent the Battle of the bed sheets continued in the Manitoba legislature Jim Walding vital asked health minister Bud Sherman to confirm that sheets at the rehabilitation Centre at the health sciences Centre Are changed once a week on Sherman agreed to Check into the matter he didst reply when Walding offered to have one of his constituents appear before the committee on privileges and elections to give a sworn statement that the sheets had been changed Only once a week during stay in an opposition la has called on labor minister Norma Price to order the Federal conservative party to Stop intimidating Manitoba civil servants by asking them for donations to help the party fight the forthcoming Federal in the legislature Wilson Parasiuk said he had received a letter from the pc Victory club 78 soliciting a donation and help from him As head of the governments management committee of a position he held under the former nip Parasiuk demanded that Price either order the party to Stop sending letters to civil servants or advise government employees to ignore requests they he suggested silence is consent when Price ignored several other opposition including former pre Mier de have received similar requests from the Federal Parasiuk anyone working for the government who has received the alcoholism foundation of Manitoba stopped funding the Lynn Lake Community counselling and resource Centre March health minister Bud Sherman told the legislature Sherman said outside the House that the alcoholism foun Dation decided to Cut the Centre from its budget because it duplicated services available to Lynn Lake residents through the foundation Community service worker in Leaf rapids and treatment outreach service Centre in in there were questions in the minds of foundation officials about the effectiveness of the alcoholism program the Lynn Lake Centre he adding that staff at the Centre were agreeable to seeing the program he said officials from his department and the foundation told him the staff considered themselves More a Community development service to make referrals to other agencies than an alcoholism the number of referrals had declined rather than increased since the Centre opened in he indicating a marginal need for the program at poor dont get to university9 tuition increase Hurt the not the conservatives say by Debbie Lyon conservative members of the legislature argued Fri Day if any group is to be Hurt by tuition fee increases at the provinces universe its Middle and upper not the education minister Keith Cosens of Manitoba said Dur ing debate on his depart ments estimates that those at the lower end of the socioeconomic scale will most easily be Able to Avail them selves of government Loans and he disputed the Contention of Ben Hanuschak nip Burrows that the govern ment is aimed in the direct Ion of making pos second Ary education available to those who can afford to Cosens and other govern ment members argued the increases instituted this year deter people from obtaining University Educa they said Middle and upper income groups would feel the increases most be cause they be Eligi ble for As much government Aid As would lower income Len Domino pc Matthews told the commit tee of Supply that the govern ment want asking the poor to pay More because the poor dont get to most University students come from Middle and upper income he fees mean nothing to those who dont have the social cultural support to pursue a University head located that ways be found to help disadvantaged Stu dents Complete High school and University Cosens refused to be pinned Down by Hanuschak on what proportion of univer sity Revenue he thought Tui Tion fees should make he replied Only that tuition fees make up 10 to 15 per cent of University revenues across in believes its contribution to University Educa Tion is of value and is pre pared to pay the remaining 85 to 90 per he tuition fees in 197879 Are estimated to cover nearly 11 per cent of University reve Nues in last they formed about per fees were increased this Spring about 23 per cent at the University of Winnipeg to for a oneyear pro Gram in arts and they went up an average 20 per cent at the University of Manitoba to for arts and and to higher Levels in other Brandon University Hast announced its fees the committee of Supply debated for about hours the governments Block Grant of about million to the universities Grants com Cosens acknowledged the commissions three percent funding increase to verities was certainly not a huge increase at at a time of it will cause universities to do a great Deal of Belt he the three University presidents have assured him they can continue to provide the Quantity and Quality of programs within the limited most of the debate focussed on the philosophy of accessibility to University education and How that would be affected by the fee Saul Cherniack nip Johns argued his party believed in Equality of Opportunity and while in govern ment had deliberately sought to keep tuition fees at the lowest level possible so they deter people from going to his party did not support the idea that those without should have to work harder in order to attend University while those with adequate financial resources could just coast the Ideal would be to Cut out tuition and other costs to students even to pay sup port to students attending University providing they were Able to show their Abili ties and desire to he indians planning Roadblock protest Shoal special indians Here have returned to their plan to Block the Road to the Reserve next week because of uncertainly Over their economic the which will require anglers from Manitoba to buy licences from the indians to fish for Pickerel in Shoal Lake when the season opens May is part of the indians protest against a program of quotas the Ontario government is they have already Over fished the years quota and have asked the plan be scrapped or at least the indians met two weeks ago with provincial and fed eral officials to discuss the quotas and other sources of income for the 400 people in two bands just inside the on Tario they Felt optimistic after that meeting and reopened a school they ordered closed in an earlier chief Robin Greene of one of the bands said they arc going ahead with the Roadblock after a Hope for meeting with the province was this evening nine exciting thoroughbred races tomorrow family Day free admission to the grandstand for children 14 years and free amusement rides free Pepsi cola and hot dogs for the Way to mens Day gentlemen admitted free to the Post time sundays holidays youve got to be there Allie Llodia Douidio Manitoba showplace of racing he and Sidney Green nip argued that if the government applied its concept of user pay it would Start charging fees at primary and secondary Green argued the existing educational system meant the poor worked to finance the attendance of the Rich at University since the bulk of funding for pos secondary education comes from government attention import Small car owners we offer Complete or vice toll Lelm on Allim ports end Small expert at Tention at All 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