Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 6, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba It fat october to Danson drops in for whirlwind visit defense minister Boniey son was Fri Winnipeg to a Ink Fitwi Spee Efi to the Cai Tadian Clab Ftp Winnipeg and visit Bristol aerospace and the second Patricia Canadian Light both for the first he expressed regret that he have time to appear on the hustings with Bob Liberal candidate in the Iteele Federal 1 wanted but unfortunate y our schedules didst tie i have to be Back in Ottawa to Danson said in an View at the Carleton where he delivered the questioned on two other Katim Avik and the state of the Canadian Danson was optimistic about Danson introduced the Mavis place in inuit program last Spring to give selected Canadian teen agers Between 17 and 22 years of a tree in service it is the Pittee Assw w the Compaq of voting fee noted that this year the rain Maulk corps will grow by 20 per cent to Tanson said he was not anxious to expand it too quickly or to make it i snot an employ ment he questioned on militia plaints that his Promise to the conference of defence tons in january to revitalize the country re serve units is not proceeding fast Danson countered that it is a three year the promised equipment will be coming and the promised efficiency review of All units with the most effective ones upgraded and the least efficient ones discarded will be done Over that time he though uis per cent pay if crease a us it the Titre May or at fee paid for it has been reduced to w Days s year from 70 so a Watly be earning less than before their said ban Sofy is a result of the governments spending restraint and were trying to spread that As evenly As we can across the the Canadian militia continues to serve a useful he using their Security roles at the Commonwealth games this the olympic games in 1978 and their service with regular forces peacekeeping operation in his speech to the luncheon audience of about Danson emphasized the role his depart ment plays in pumping up the Canadian Canadas Perezpita products Ion of manufactured goods lags Tibet Jot tit Faife is helping 10 a Ortbal ims1 its tray 42anatffan expenditure to military bases is vital to the economies try eral areas of including where it will total million this he it is to the High by particularly in the research and development where defence expenditures have shown the greatest eco nomic Booster largely through foreign sales of Ca Nadia developed said with 10 per cent of the country aerospace Industry within its should Benefit from offset agreements when the defence department tracts soon for billion Worth of Jet Danson Barney Danson defends militia program Pace 2d9 Queen Street Cremor new hidden under All these eager officers is the Canadian version of the Leopard which made iticfe1iu Canadian Leopard put through paces up the Canadian version of the Leopard tank made its first Public Bow Here skittering like a giant Beetle Over rolling country for an admiring crowd at a military exer comparing the West Ger Man built Leopard with the old British Scotty Alexander said its like getting into a Brand new car after driving your old an Armour was not the Only enchanted viewer As the medium sized tank turned and raced Over the humped officers swarmed Over the tank pumping the tank Crew with its the newest toy smiled one Crew member As he eyed interested officers climbing in and out of the cramped it is the first of the specially for Canadian was delivered in late this country has a spirit All its the Biell Wesa five year i4d Prii has been aged la mildness Aud 9 Lull a and Sci Tor ill its Caret us it Bells at a Price Sihau Many Hirw Var old take a walk on the Boardwalk to the new Vita health Ila health 4 opens its doors in the new Boardwalk shopping Centre with these outstanding specials must Complete Multi Vitam and Mineral plus Iron Tablet limn 2 per customer natural Brown Rice Short or Long Grain special 1415 Henderson Highway in the Boardwalk Bho ppm Centre monday to wednesday it of am to b to pm open late thursday 10 of am to 9 of pin saturday 10 00 am to pm these specials Are in effect in Ull 4 Vita health locations until oct 14 Ita health your health is our business hearing to Rule if denying leave for teacher discriminatory Frank Praise will soon know whether Fie will be allowed to take unpaid leaves of absence from his teb As a to attend religious festivals held by his counsel representing prose and the Manitoba human rights commission and lawyers for the Pine Creek school division at a human rights Board of adjudication hearing thursday submitted their final arguments in this controversial of alleged religious Marshall the Oneman adjudication must now decide whether the Pine Creek school divisions denying prose Days religious leave constitutes a contravention the human rights although prose for the past 11 years has been granted leave without pay to attend religious festivals held by the worldwide Church of the Pine Creek school Board denied his request in without prose took the 9yz Days off and the school Board rather than terminate his contract went to the human rights commission to clarify its Lawrie Cherniack counsel for prose and the human rights commission and Bjorn lawyer for the Pine Creek school presented their arguments from information gleaned at three Days of hearings held in late much of the debate thursday entered around the intent of the human rights under Manitoba human rights commission employers must make reasonable accommodations for the religious needs of Rothstein expressed a particular interest in one of 20odd american and Canadian human rights cases used As evidence by the he requested they submit information on a 1977 decision by the California court of Appeal that saw a school teacher dismissed after he took unauthorized leave to attend services conducted by the worldwide Church of Christiansen said the California court upheld the school boards decision to fire the teacher because equal rights of employment legislation conflicted with the teachers collective in the same Christiansen argued because the contract Between the Pine Creek teachers association and the school Board contained no clause assuring religious leave for under human rights it might also discriminate against the human rights act int Clear enough to interfere with an otherwise binding he Cherniack said if the human rights com Mission policy on religious holidays is Froese should have been granted a leave of absence for religious there is no question they the religious holi Days Are his religious on the grounds that Froess leave did not cause hardship to the school Cherniack cited variables in the value of using substitute Laid by Kenneth a University of Manitoba education professor and expert the variables Are the level of the the skill of the regular the skill of the the amount of preparations made by Froese for his checking to see what effect the substitute had while he was Cherniack Drew on the testimony of schools superintendent Roland Ledoux and past superintendent James who during the hearing had noted that Froese was a Good teacher and had always left adequate preparations for a qualified when he came Back the class had gone beyond what he Cherniack the big concern is whether it Froess absence caused any hardship on the not on the adminis he noting that Ledoux had always been satisfied with Froess performance As a Christiansen indicated that while preparations for Froess absence May have been at least two witnesses said it would be preferable to have uninterrupted instruction by a regular but in further Cherniack attacked the school boards handling of Froess leave the general concept is to discriminate against a person simply the act of a he but the act of discrimination can be far More by treating Froess leave the same As they would a leave to play baseball the school boards attitude does not allow Froess religious beliefs a sense of dignity it requires As a result of human rights he the effect of the school Board policy makes Frank Froese in breach of contract if he is to practice his he however Christiansen said the adjudication Board has no jurisdiction Over the Case because the school Board took no action when Froese took the unauthorized the procedure adopted by the Board does not appear to give strength to the complaint before this Board of he before the adjudication Board was called to arbitrate on the alleged in order for discrimination to have the school Board would have had to terminate Froess Christiansen he said there should be legislation that would More closely define the policy on religious leave and Dis Crimi the wording of the human rights act is negative and Christiansen it is a question of the meaning of the the Plain Ordinary meaning of the act does net place a positive duty to Grant he said he said there should be two different standards of interpretation for the heavy penalties Are provided for contravention of the act and because the school Board sought if the adjudication decision is found to be against the Board it could he found guilty of an he said 1 submit there must be a balancing Between the right not to he against and the right not to be found a he Hwan rights act is not Clear enough to find us discriminating especially because of the quasi Legal nature of Tyve Christianson but Caen Thaek countered this by saying that no prosecutions can be Laid without assent in writing by the Rothstein said this is one of the areas that causes me a Tittle concern Rothstein closed the Oral argument by saying he will make a decision on the Case at the earliest reason possible ;