Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 28, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba 10 Winnipeg free press wednesday february 28, 4v. City important step forward9 Videon seeks License for satellite link up Winnipeg Videon Cable to will apply for a License to own and operate a Satel Lite Earth receiving Sta Tion. Communications minis Ter Jeanne Sauve said tuesday that a new govern ment policy will allow Cable companies to own their own Earth stations which can receive signals from Canadian Anik Satel Lites. Videon stated in a press release following the announcement that it is pleased that the govern Vandal air cond. Heating Ltd. Authorized Lennox dealer pm. 668-5171 see us at Home expression 79 March 1 to 4 by 28% with the greatest innovation in Gas furnaces in the past 10 years Lennox. Canadian made for Canadian climates. Mow does it save you Money with outstanding features such As these electronic the heat and fuel waste of a constantly burning Pilot Light. 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Previously Only telecommunications carriers such As Tel Ephone companies and in up telecommunications were licensed for receiving stations. The new policy also per mits recognized carriers to apply for licenses for Tele sat Canada s new ghz Anik system scheduled to go into service in 1981. 10 How Happy Are you chances Are you know when you re unhappy and you re probably aware of fleeting joyous moments. But the real question is Happy Are and thai can be very difficult to answer. Based on several Quali ties that have been found to be common among most Well adjusted people March Reader s digest provides i 15-Point quiz to help you assess your state of Happi Ness or unhappiness. 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Finance minister Donald Craik said tuesday the planned amendments will enable the auditor to Check the records of institutions and agencies receiving Goern ment Money to see if the funds have been used for the purposes for which they were granted. The amendments will apply to schools hospitals and Community agencies such As children s Aid he said but Likely not to elected bodies such As the City of Winnipeg. He noted the current provincial auditor . I prick has been complaining for years of his inability to Trace Cash flows in other areas to see if they were used for the stated in his 1977-78 report Ziprick said accountability for Grants to organizations not audited by his office could Only be verified to a limited extent because of inconsistencies in monitoring including a Lack of Independent reporting that funds have been expended for the purposes intended under effectively controlled and managed to help solve these problems Ziprick proposed a series of amendments to the act. These have been used As a guide in drafting the amendments to be introduced this session. The amendments the auditor suggested would re quire government agencies or recipients of govern ment Money to Supply on the request of the auditor copies of the reports findings and recommendations of their own auditors copies of audited financial statements and any additional reports and information. 3 7 work stoppages in Manitoba 1978 called year of labor turmoil a total of 37 work stoppages in Manitoba involving workers and working Days lost marked 1978 As a year of tur the provincial labor depart ment said tuesday. In its annual report tabled in the legislature the labor department attributed More than half the lost time to construction disputes with manufacturing and Trade sectors responsible for most of the remain ing lost time. The reporting year 1977-78 re corded the greatest number of working Days lost in recent the report said. Despite this dismal track record the report said that 77 per cent of agreements were settled without a work stoppage. In addition 80 new bargaining agents were certified by the Mani Toba labor Board from november 1, 1977 to october 31, 1978 so tent Inci Case f no the previous reporting period but fewer than proceeding years. The average size of Manitoba s labor Force in 1978 grew to up from the previous year s aver age of total employment averaged 3 2.6-per-cent increase from 1977, the report said. The report noted that although Manitoba s average unemployment rate for the year stood at 6.5 per cent up from the 1977 figure of 5.9 per cent it was still the third lowest in Canada after Alberta and Saskatchewan. Non agricultural employees in the province earned an average of for the first nine months of the year representing a increase above the average weekly earning for the same period last year. Women continued to form an increasing part of the work Force in 1978. The report noted the average participation rate in the. Work Force for women was 48.5 per cent. The previous year s average was 46.6 per cent. In 1978, women accounted for nearly 40 per cent of the provincial work Force the re port said. Manitoba government personnel drops the number of civil ser vants and term employees working for the Manitoba government decreased by 729 Between dec. 31, 1976 and dec. According to a report tabled in the legislature tuesday. Statistics included in the annual report of the Mani Toba civil service commis Sion show that civil servants and term employees worked for the govern ment in dec. 31, 1976. This fell to by dec. 31, 1977 and to by dec. 31, 1978. The biggest reductions were in the retardation ser vices Branch of the depart ment of health and Community services where the number of staff members fell from 622 in 1976, to 513 in 1977 and 448 in 1978. Use your spare time to your own advantage age no Barrier Ideal Lor or. High evenings 5 to 9 . And sat. Afternoons apply in person Only part time work earn up to per week fret pros 3m cd Tom strut main flow thursday March 1s . Sharp staff at mental health centres was reduced from in 1976, to in 1977 and 959 in 1978, while the number of non institutional employees of the depart ment of health and social development fell from in 1976 to in 1977 and in 1978. Other departments which suffered proportionately High losses were co opera Tive development which lost 22 of its 54 employees Between 1977 and 1978, and the civil service commis Sion which lost nine of its 29 employees in the same period. Employees in the attorney general s department increased from 645 in 1976, to 681 in 1977 and 717 in 1978. Losses or gains were difficult to determine in Many cases since Many functions have been transferred from one department to an other. The report also showed that the government had contract employees in december 1977, but Only 211 in december 1978. It noted that decreases in the total number of civil service employees Between december 1977 and de Cember 1978 reflect the Impact of the restraint pro Gram enunciated by i he Premier in november 1977." the restraint program involved the reduction of the civil service both by attrition and by laying off employees who the govern ment decided were no longer needed. The report said 191 names including 90 civil servants who had been Laid off and 101 term employees who had been Laid off or whose terms had t been renewed had been placed on the redeployment list maintained by the com Mission by dec. 31, 1978. Of these 50 had been re deployed 56 had resigned and 85 remained on the list. The commission received applications for 559 Job competitions in 1978, the report said adding that the continuation of the restraint program resulted in a reduction in the number of competitions held. Craik says nip abuse statistics Manitoba finance minis Ter Donald Craik chastised the democratic party opposition tuesday for frantic misuse and abuse of speaking on the final Day of the throne speech de Hale Craik listed a series of statistics he thinks have been misrepresented or ignored by opposition Mem Bers. Included in his criticism the nip description of the unemployment rate As the highest since the 1930s, but they fail to compare the i absolutely no fees of any kind with our registered retirement savings plan. Enquire about the possibility of transferring your present trip to our Plon. Coll. Write or drop into any of our 1 7 branches coast to Cost fora 16 Poge brochure. Credit fonder credit fancier Trust Winnipeg 386 is 304 943 5515 open saturday feb. 24 . . And feb. 20 mar. 1 . . Savings option at 10% 6.9 per cent unemployment rate recorded at the end of january with the 7.8 per cent unemployment rate recorded in january 1977. L the 2.6 per cent growth in employment in Manitoba in 1978 has been criticized by the nip but compares favourably with the 1.8 per cent growth rate for the preceding eight years and with the 1.9 per cent rate for 1966-69. Nip critics fail to note that manufacturing ship ments increased 16.6 per cent Over the previous year compared to a four per cent increase in 1976. Farm Cash receipts were up 25.6 per cent in 1978, compared with 0.9 per cent in 1977. Farm implement sales sales increased 26.7 per cent in 1978, compared with a decrease of 6.3 per cent in 1977. When these statistics Are quoted particularly quoted out of context or even worse deliberately distorted i can t help but come Back and ask what the motivating Factor Craik said. He noted that the Confer ence Board of Canada de scribed 1978 and 1979 As years of modest recovery for Manitoba while referring to 1975 to 1977 As a period of general recess Ion in the province i ;