Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 18, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Earnings so High developers Are author says cities urged to Levy tax on land development profits by foe Borg Boyens its about time City pm mails share of tote profits reaped by land development James Toronto publisher and a said who stopped in Winnipeg while w a Cross country tour to promote his new the said profits shown by the development Industry Are so High that even developers Are Winnipeg could earn about Mil Iran a year by taxing its shopping said cities have not yet touched these Lorimer because most municipal politicians dont under stand the development Industry and what sort of profits it actually some City councils Are no by a majority group that has interests in real estate and property develop ment and stand to Gam by the High Industry said 1 dont think you can say the majority at Winnipeg City Hall is itching to apply and levies to said developers pay few corporate taxes As a result of the Federal capital Cost allowance provision which acts As a fax said its Coop toys largest had profits of million in its last financial Vear but paid corporate taxes of Only the Federal budget announced thursday further allows developers to reduce corporate tax by permit Ting them to deduct the carrying Cost of their land Banks As an expense against current the publisher pointed there Isa vac turn for City Ern ment to come into and tax lepers said shopping which earn the National development Industry about million in profits each could be assessed a franchise fee or a percentage of profits by City the fee would not cause an in crease in he As developers Are already taking the maximum possible from their shop Ping Centre rates Are not a reflection of developers Are already Ting As much from their tenants As they said me also suggested tits City or taxing profits on office As they routinely subsidize new downtown ventures such As Winni Peg the most profitable tactic for the Eity would be total profits gamed from the development of suburban Slid the the profit margin earned by developers in cities like Winnipeg is As High As to a said municipalities could assess levies of to a lot without creating a hardship for the develop ment while developers would Likely of Jet strenuously to such a Levy on grounds that it would result in creased lot the costs Feve lepers incur have no relation to the prices they charge for the said the a City cant expect to take a portion of developers and push House or lot prices Down the same cautioned the primary intention of the tax and Levy would be to Supply of Funick parities with extra Revenue without having to resort to property tax said the Winnipeg free press november City news 2nd Glass mail registration number 0286 Barbara Cansino correspondences some time ago a 13yearold Winni Peg a Grade 8 was Reading Tiger beat an american publication which Young Canadian teenagers and came upon a plea from heartthrob Robby seen and sighed Over in ode to Billy Joe and one on like his older colleague Brigitte bar is concerned about the Seal Hunt in in the pages of Tiger beat he described the Hunt in heartrending detail and urged All Young read ers to write to the prime minister of Canada to protest the cruelty of his Robby offered a Sample letter of which the Young girl from moved to pity and copied verbatim and sent off to the prime shortly the Young girl received a Large Brown envelope in the return address office of the prime minis do Premier in Side the envelope a two Page letter from signed no on very Fine White Bond with a Mari us que and Mare Canada Crest and prime minister Premier ministre embossed in Gold on the almost As thrilling As a letter from Robby the contents dear Deirdre name changed to protect the innocent i have received your letter on the subject of the Seal Hunt and i to Tell you something about this important the government has always been concerned with the seals and it was realized some years ago that if the Hunt was allowed to continue Union the seals would be in danger of becoming because of the government set up a committee of scientists and others involved with animal welfare to help decide what was the Best thing to a total ban on the Hunt was but after much was found to be Unne Ces it was decided that by limiting the numbers of seals which could be the species would be protect and the fishermen would still have a Winter in some studies indicate that without the Seal stocks of the capelin a Small fish which the Seal eats would be seriously like i find the whole operation i dont think that anyone likes to see animals but we must remember that we kill Many animals for food and for beef and my and i am sure you share it with is that operations of this sort be carried out in the most humane Way since the government got the Hunting methods have improved and the animals do not animal Wel fare societies support the govern ment in this and Many observers from these groups go to the Hunt to help the government make sure that it stays that no cruel practices Are allowed which would cause the animals to you can be certain that the govern ment watches this whole situation very and that if any danger to the species corrective Steps will be taken i would like to thank you for writing to Tell me of your and i Trust that this letter will help you to under stand the i have asked that a Booklet prepared by the depart ment of fisheries and environment be enclosed for your yours Trudeau t t t Deirdre Hes full of he obviously gets is Secretary to do everyone else gets the same Ive seen in Grade 5 our teacher sent out a petition to Stop killing the Seal everyone got Back the same eclipse Arborg Carol chairman of the of Borg solar eclipse committee in a writes i am writing this letter on behalf of a citizen group formed to Cope with the anticipated visit of Many interested viewers of the last total solar eclipse in or the United in this although All of Southern Manitoba lies within the path of the Centre line is where the total eclipse will last the Manitoba is right on the Centre line and expects to be in total eclipse for 2 47 our hotel and motels have been booked up since last but our committee has set up a billeting system and we Are ready and willing to accommodate a great number of people who May be interested in coming to our Community for this great a hospitality room has been arranged for and Many fun filled events Are being planned for february 24 and 25 culminating with the eclipse at on february inquiries will be answered the mailing address is Arborg solar eclipse eclipse Roc wives in Winnipeg the wives Are the former the battered the Toronto Punk Rock group which changed its name because it was pressured by women groups in Eastern the women claimed the punks were exploiting crimes against women for commercial the a mediocre at performed in Winnipeg on wednesday but the Winnipeg committee against violence to women chose not to March or to the reason we share the concerns of women groups in such centres As Toronto and Montreal who have recently demonstrated against battered have decided not to Demon Strate because we prefer to spend our time and Energy attending to women who have been victims of battering husbands and of other forms of Vio Lent we prefer not to escalate the publicity of this group any fur pharmacists Vic president and general manager of National drugs writes a group of pharmacists both from practise and Academe was invited to a reception at government House on november to Honor services performed to celebrate the 100th anniversary of pharmacy in nothing special about but the human interest Angle was that Jobin Connie As she was introduced made a touching Little speech in which she informed us that her father had been a Manitoba pharma Cist a fact unknown to most of us and she had treasured his Pestle and a Glass graduate for she had had them mounted and presented them to us for permanent display in pharmacy it was a thoughtful and unexpected incident which was warmly re Peter on Sam Peter author of the Bro Namao the Book which has sparked Price wars and grumblings from Edgar Bronfman what bothers me is the attitude will talk about the Book at 12 noon monday in the Centennial Library so will 1414 Loyd a so can historical society plans demonstrations to save is downtown Bank the superintendents office at the Canadian Bank of Commerce has Oak a carved Oak fireplace and a carved plaster the Canadian Bank of Commerce at 389 main Street has an Interior finished with Marble and is crowned by a stained Glass the Manitoba historical society is sponsoring demonstrations Mon Day to try and save two downtown Bank the society wants to Block recent attempts by the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce to obtain Demoli Tion permits for their Bank at 389 main Street and the Hamilton build ing at 395 David Pas president of the said the buildings were prime pieces of Early they Are still sound and could be Winnipeg is a very Lucky City to still have Many of its old buildings and it is very important these be maintained so that we can have a variety of buildings and an interesting facade on our downtown following a noon rally in front of the Richardson building at Portage Avenue and main Street head of fice of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in Winnipeg the demonstrators plan to walk to the City Hall after another Demon stration a Brief will be presented to the committee on urging councillors to uphold the list ing of the two Bank buildings on the buildings conservation the society will also present petitions to mayor Bob the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce applied for demolition permits for the two buildings in sep saying renovation was not economically the society maintains that two re cent feasibility studies have shown the buildings can be renovated and remain economically the Bank at 389 main was completed in 1912 and the Interior of the Bank Hall is finished with italian mar crowned by a 52foot stained Glass the superintendents of fice on the second floor is panelled in by Cecil Rosner the Manitoba labor Board has ruled the contract Between the Mani Toba ambulance commission and its 112 employees is a decision which City councillors say could Cost Winnipeg a Small Fortune in future negotiations with its in its decision the Board ruled that the oneyear agreement signed 1 this year must be honoured by the ambulance commis even though the newly appoint de commission pointed out it did not negotiate the the commission had argued that it want bound by the contract because it officially came into existence 1 this taking Over from the old Winnipeg ambulance service which had negotiated with the ambulance commission members Are concerned that the workers con tract has provisions which Are costly to the City and could set a precedent for other civic Manitoba Law requires Union agreements to remain in Force when a company is sold to a new but commission lawyer Sidney Green argued that a special provincial stat Ute and City bylaw created the new ambulance which made it different from a simple corporate this is going to make things a utile difficult in future said councillor Jim chair Man of the ambulance Ragsdill said there is concern Over a clause in the ambulance workers contract which provides for double Simean Dahal pay for overtime now that one group of civic employees enjoys this it could set a precedent for other unions de manding the if it were to be negotiated by everyone it would Cost the City a Small he councillor Abe chairman of civic finance said the ambulance workers agree ment also includes a dental plan and an insurance Premium package paid fully by most other civic employees share the costs equally with management for their insurance he the ambulance employees currently do not have a pension and one possibility would be for the City to agree to provide one in Exchange for elimination of some of the other heed head of the Canad an Union of Public employees civic workers said his Union will be studying the boards decision and the ambulance workers most civic workers currently get time and a half for overtime for the first four hours and double time Blackman said the Union is in the process of preparing proposals for next years and he said the overtime clause May be one area where improvements will be Ragsdill said City personnel department representatives will handle negotiations with ambulance workers in the in past the management negotiating team consisted of members of United health services corporation and other a commission spokesman have indicated that they will attempt to revise the terms of the ambulance employees contract when bargaining begins 1 next Man charged after girl reports indecent assault in driving class a Man has been charged with four counts of indecent assault in connection with incidents which occurred Between 6 and police according to a police a 16yearold girl said she was receiving a lesson from a driving instructor in a High school program on the girl said the instructor told her to Stop on the perimeter Highway she he forced her to kiss him and then indecently assaulted police said a Man was fired after the girl informed a teacher of the police said investigation revealed a Man had driven to the same area on 6 and twice on 8 and indecently assaulted three other 16 year old charged is Antonio of 411 Maryland Oak with a carved Oak the Hamilton building was plated in 1918 and has a Stone facade in the style of the italian the Interior banking Hall an ornamented ceiling and a second floor boardroom is panelled in Oak with leaded Glass windows and a carved the Hamilton building at 395 main completed in has an italian Renaissance style City fears costly precedent ambulance pact ruled valid who is this Man Canadas fisheries minister has been involved in recent discus Sions about fishing rights on Indian can you name the minister to which political party does Newfoundland Premier Frank Moores belong in what International sport do canadians Betty Craig and Susan a Toft compete this weeks news on Page h of today free press challenges you to test your knowl Edge about these and other names in the the free press publishes the qui each week it is available As pan of its too its an interesting Way for students and other readers to find out what they know about the facts behind today nation Al and world try the news qui ;