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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 12, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba 8 Winnipeg free press wednesday Juty 12.1978 age sex and marital status Pic to be exempt from rights act code legislative briefs the Manitoba Public insurance corporation will be exempt rights commission which earlier this year labelled As from salons of he human rights act that disallow discriminatory Pic s practice of men Between in tvs France policies on the basis of age sex and 15 More for divers a fences than women must and More for their Drivers licences than women must pay highways minister Harry Enns told Las that Pic higher suite vacancy rate urged the province must create a housing vacancy rate of Between four and five per cent before starting its rent decontrol program Saul Miller nip seven Oaks suggested tuesday. Miller predicted the government s rent review Agency will be inundated with requests from landlords to in crease rents beyond the decontrol guidelines once the amendments to the rent stabilization act take effect speaking during second Reading de Bate on the Bill containing the Amend ments Miller said it s this Lack of government strategy that i m critical the Lyon administration is asking for trouble Miller said adding the government must undertake a Mas Sive construction program to ease the pressures on the Market by making More housing and apartment units available. Under the proposed amendments All residential units outside Brandon and Winnipeg will be excluded from the controls on sept. 30. Under decontrol guidelines which will be in effect until sept. Rent on units in these two cities May go up by Between five and six per cent. Also excluded from the guidelines Are units that rent for More than a month for which an occupancy per Mit was first issued on or after oct. 1, 1973, and units which were vacated voluntarily by the tenant after sept. 30, 1978. Miller said the amendments to the rent stabilization act would merely end the control program while the guide lines issued by the province Aren t part and parcel of the legislation. Mcdonald Supply Ltd where Tolje builders buy f builders distributor clearance Sale 3 Days Only thurs., Fri. Sat., july and 15, . To . Mcdonald Supply is Western Canada s largest distributor of builder appliances and is caring this special distributors clearance of overstocked discontinued freight cancelled orders demonstrators and floor models some of which have minor scratches and Dens Many Are Brand new. All products Are fully covered by the manufacturer s new product warranty. All items subject to prior Sale. Refrigerators Black acrylic front 3 door so Jaq Model one Only. 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Black Glass door Standard Sqq oven oven timer. Pc twp conventional element. Brushed Chrome lop. Two Aman room air conditioners Amana room air conditioner. Mcdonald Supply Ltd no Oburr extra Sau opium f 2070 Dame Avi Tom Ftp in t planning any change in its rate Structure for Drivers licences adding the rates Are based on actuarial Fig ures which show age sex and marital status have an effect on Accident statistics. The same Bill amends the human rights act to allow employers to inquire about any physical Handicap which affects or might affect a person s employment when a person is applying for a Job. It also includes amendments stipulating that race religion or color May be specified in selecting employees if it is a reasonable occupational qualification or requirement for the position or the human rights act already allows employers to consider such factors As age sex marital status and Polit ical belief if those factors Are reasonable qualifications or requirements for the position. Saul Cherniack a apr St. Johns and Lloyd. Axworthy a fort Rouge suggested a clause be added requiring the human rights commission to approve using these fac tors As a requirement for employment. Cherri tack said he believes there has to be very Strong justification for including race religion and color in a Job description Axworthy told Las that at committee stage he will ask the human rights act also be amended to prohibit discrimination in business or contractual relations As he proposed in a private member s Bill earlier this year. At the time he said the amendments would prohibit Manitoba firms from doing business with companies which make racial or other discrimination a condition of that business. More coverage on Page 13 Bill Distributee ending restrictions of farm purchases by Debbie spr0at the provincial government will remove All restrictions on the Purchase of Manitoba farm land by Canadian individuals and corporations under a Bill distributed to Las tuesday. At the same time the government will place much tighter controls on foreign ownership of Manitoba farm land by reducing the amount of land a foreign individual or corporation can own from 160 acres to 20 acres. These changes included in an act the farmlands Protection act amount to a substantial re vamping of the legislation passed last year under the new democratic party administration. Even the name Wili be changed the new legislation will be known As the agricultural lands Protection act. Premier Sterling Lyon said tuesday the conservative government is merely making the changes they suggested were necessary when they spoke on the legislation As opposition members last year. The nip Bill in an Effort to discourage Absentee land lords forbid non farming Canadian individuals or corporations to Purchase More than 640 acres of land. This measure was t necessary Lyon said since 92 per cent of Manitoba farms Are owned by those who work them despite the fact that controls on farm land owner ship weren t introduced until last year. He said restrictions on foreign ownership Are Neces sary because the political situation in Europe encourages citizens to invest Money in Canadian figure acres was chosen arbitrarily he said but is Small enough to make it difficult for a group of foreigners to accumulate a Section of land. The Bill met immediate criticism from former Agri culture minister Samuel Yuskiw who said 20 acres really in t a practical amount of land for Absentee or foreign ownership unless you Are prepared to accept that Manito ban citizens should t own More than 20 acres outside of Yuskiw said he disagrees with the government s Deci Sion to remove restrictions on non farming Canadian individuals and corporations because i think to be consistent. The effect of Absentee ownership is the same whether you Are dealing with canadians or non he also noted the legislation seems to have a loophole in that any corporation with 51 per cent Canadian share holders can Purchase unlimited amounts of land. He suggested foreign corporations will simply find a Canadian partner. The Bill makes it unlawful for canadians persons to Purchase or otherwise acquire land As trustees for non canadians if the Purchase or acquisition result in the non canadians owning More land than allowed under the act. The Premier said this change and others in the new legislation Are aimed at solving some problems with enforcement but added he s still not satisfied All inc Loop holes have been blocked. The Bill also stipulates a corporation which ends up with too much Manitoba land because a Sale or Transfer of its shares make it a non resident or a person or Corpora Tion which acquires land by the realization quit claim. Settlement or otherwise of its or his Security will have up to two year to reduce its acreage to Sidney Green has asked consumer affairs ministered Mcghin to have land titles office staff investigate whether there has been a substantial increase in orders for Sale resulting from mortgage defaults this year. Green said statistics which someone procured for him at the land titles office show there were 217 orders Tor Sale in the first six months of 1978. If this continues he said there will be about 435 by year end. He also provided statistics that showed there were 455 defaults in 1965, the highest number of orders for Sale Ever recorded in one year. They also showed there were 252 orders in 1968 207 in 1969 269 in 1970 235 in 1971 245 in 1972 260 in 1973 172 in 1976 and 280 in 1977. J Mcgill told the legislature monday that the registrar of mortgage brokers and dealers had checked yith various lending agencies and found some Felt defaults had t increase while others reported a slight increase. J however Green suggested the Best place to Cleck to see if mortgage defaults had increased would be the land titles office. He said he thought his figures applied to the City of Winnipeg. T f i the Manitoba government will wait until after the cur rent series of meetings Between Federal and provincial ministers before defining its position on Ottawa s new constitutional proposals Premier Sterling Lyon said tues Day. Lyon told opposition Leader de Schreyer a Manitoba Brief will be ready before a meeting Between prime min ister Trudeau and provincial premiers tentatively scheduled for the second week or third week of september but no firm Date for its release can be promised yet. The government will consider views separate pre Miers Summit aug. And other ministerial meet Ings before committing itself he said. Health minister Bud Sherman says All but eight patients in two Northern hospitals have been to angered to other centres because of a strike by Federal nurses. Sherman said the Hospital at Norway House has six patients remaining and one at Hodgson has two. Other patients have been to angered to a personal care Home in nor Way House and hospitals in Teulon Gimli Arborg Eriksdale and Winnipeg. Both hospitals have three designated nurses on duty and three alternates. As Well five Remote nursing stations have retained one nurse each to handle emergencies and the government s patient air transport is ready to evacuate serious cases if necessary he said. Northern affairs minister Ken Mcmaster said later no decision has been made on whether to make a govern ment Mu-2 transport plane available for patient trans fers during the strike. Consumer affairs ministered Mcgil has firmly denied table to company claims that the Manitoba Telephone system is trying to expropriate million in transmission hardware without compensation. The statement is quite Mcgill said of a Brief to the government released this week by Gideon Cable to of Winnipeg. I see no justification at All for the writers to have taken that he said adding that its officials would Issue detailed comments on the Brief s allegations the Cable company claims its has moved to take control of drop cables the Only transmission hardware it does t now directly own during negotiation son a new Cable rental agreement. Reports of pollution in South Lake Winnipeg Are based on an unusually Early growth of algae and mucous from midges eggs environment minister Brian Ransom said tuesday. Responding to a week of persistent questions by har vey Bostrom Ransom said govern ment investigators have found no evidence of Man made pollution. The algae growth and mucous has resulted from Early warm weather this year he said. Bostrom however said fishermen in the area Are con Vinced there is some connection Between the Brown sub stance and a drastic reduction 1 in their Spring catch and urged further investigations. Northern affairs minister Ken Mcmaster replied hat his officials found the algae had no effect on the catch and were unable to find any fishermen complaining about it. We. Have found nothing unusual that would relate to the catch. So i really can t say that we can do any More than we have ammend mints to the Highway traffic act which will allow Manitoba to assess its Drivers Demerit Points retroactively to for traffic convictions outside the province passed second Reading in the legislature tuesday. Sam Yuskiw do the final opposition member to speak on the Bill suggested the government should require citizens to take Driver education and defensive driving courses to be eligible for Drivers licenses. There Are too Many accidents where the victims Are victim s because of a Lack of knowledge of the Basic skills in Yuskiw said. Highways minister Harry Enns said the government would consider the suggestion. The Bill also includes changes to minor rules for driving on Multi Lane highways and prohibits the use of a reflective film which makes for one Way windows on vehicles. In other debate the legislature quickly agreed to give Ammund mints to the teachers pension act second Reading. Is a tax shelter with a guaranteed return for you now and protect your 1978 income. Features 8% return on equity guaranteed for a 3 year Pend. Procew tonal management. No rental to repay . Projected tax write on in 1978 of per investment unit investment minimum Purchase of undivided interest Wilh payment enter a 5 year period. Date july 1978. H in jct Brazil turning to alcohol Toronto ;