Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 10, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba 14 Winnipeg free March Green says pcs secretly reduced duty favouritism charged in estate tax by John Sullivan opposition la Sidney Green has accused the Lyon government of favouritism by secretly reducing estate taxes paid by the widow of a former conservative Green told re porters Friday the government had used a Back secret route to reduce estate taxes for Lois Susan widow of Souri Killarney Earl Mckellar who was an la for 18 he died in the Mckel cars owned a farm near he said the government had rejected the idea of tax Relief through a Cabinet the Normal because this would have been Mckellar was apparently asked to file a notice of objection against the tax allow ing finance minister Don Craik to reduce it he the government wanted to avoid any publicity on the tax write off because Mckellard claim was without any Legal basis what Green the former nip government had rejected it in 1977 after seeking Legal the Inkster la said Mckellar was hardly in any kind of financial since Suc cession duties Only applied to tates valued at More than the introduced by the nip in was abolished by the Lyon government effective these Are the ones who touch the soft heart of the minister of said there Are Many More people in the province of Manitoba to feel sorry for than those who inherit if the conservatives Felt sorry for they should Nave said so and gone the Normal ordering Council he in the Craik said he did not know whether his depart ment had sought Legal advice on the Validity of Mckellard claim or whether the government had yet granted her Relief and settled the but outside the Craik told reporters he thought the govern ment had accepted the reducing the succession duty the widow had claimed that part of the Mckellar farm had been in her and therefore not subject to taxation on the death of her it turned out she had no right to the House or the Craik adding Only that one of the bad parts of the Dps death tax was that it brought in Little Revenue from Large estates while hurting widowed farm wives like legislative briefs Sidney Green sleight hand Legal Aid does More for less Money o Manitoba Legal Aid services issued More free advice and handled More court cases for less govern ment Money last year than in the Agency annual report Legal Aid certificates were issued to Low income earners in the year to March a 20 per cent increase from the pre Vious As about costing almost million in fees and disbursements were compleat a slightly larger num Ber than in Winnipeg convention Centre 375 York 2 mar18 at the same Grants by the province were reduced from almost million to about Mil a two per cent the average Cost per Case fell to from the report although the total num Ber of people served in some Way by the Agency increased Only 4 per cent to indicating the de Mand for Legal Aid services is continuing to level government financial restraint is making it difficult to make ends the report the problem is that restraint has come at a time when increased unemployment results in More people being eligible for the executive director Norman Larsen inadequate Legal Aid in the North and Rural areas also continues to be a vex ing despite Larsen called the service uniquely the number of private lawyers assisting the Agency has grown to the dont Settle for fishbowl s come Talak Shore Park and 0 Check the difference dining rooms with decorative railing Overlook sunken Livin rooms kitchens with eating area and huge storage room dressing rooms Between the bathroom and bedroom extensive recreational facilities Sauna and exercise swimming Pool and sundeck facing Baldry three professional Tennis courts Dens adjoining ism grooms unusual Layouts Home at Lakeshore Park is More than an apartment a fits him Ludl Cable Sion water wild air see them today Imperial group View mom Hun 10 d 6 p Buji 12 j v 3030 Hwy 269 3100 Point where they handle 70 per cent of the certificate the rest Are taken by staff Legal Aid also took phone in requests for advice and information before Federal funding ran out last the report the Law society of Manitoba was asked to continue the about four fifths of the Agency clients last year earned less than and another 15 per cent made to sixty five per cent were Unzem the largest single num Ber of pertained to separation and child custody Fol Lowed by break and enter or Possession of Sto Len goods and divorce transportation division staff Likely to be Cut highways minister Harry Enns said Friday he expects further staff reductions in the transportation division of his but he say if layoffs were i anticipate further staff but not necessarily All there Are still some vacant he told reporters shortly after a legislative committee had completed a review of the million spending estimates for the transportation transferred to High ways from Northern affairs last he said there is a possibility of duplication in High ways division 10 covering Northern North Ern affairs also had staffing in that staffing of the transportation division has already been reduced by partly because administrative services and warehousing functions were duplicated when transportation services were brought under the highways Enns told the with the exception of one or the reduction was achieved by not filling vacant he transportation services now has 242 with the Winter Road program he a reevaluation of manpower will take place to determine the most appropriate use of personnel and the proper slotting off people coming into the department from Northern the aim of melding the division and the depart ment is to achieve the Best value for taxpayers dollars and to guard against unnecessary he Harry Enns cutting costs the ultimate expression of fit and fashion can be yours with sunglasses from Stewart Sun Hawaii Enlar nowt with tha Purcha a of for Oft Stalwart King your will to Antaran into for trip Lor two Paola to photo Chromic and a in Pra tar Letlon Art the opticians in 8 locations Winnipeg Brandon Thompson the Pas the ancestry of Manitoba health minister came into question in the legislature but Bud Sher Man a tight hold on family the Tongue Incheck Exchange began after flin flon new Democrat Biff or asked How much Money Community clinics would lose year so the poor mining companies can have thei royalties unsatisfied with Sherman Brief Barrow asked is the honorable minister a distal it relative of the sheriff of Nottingham ill take that question As Sherman to guffaws from Premier Sterling there Are some branches of the family tree that i dont wish to disclose or describe in this but Nottingham and the As far As 1 dont so far appear any where in the said the government will consider expanding a senior Citi Zens housing project in Roblin if there is a proven need for More housing minister Frank Johnston said nip housing critic Wilson Parasiuk failed to get either a firm expansion Promise from Johnston or a commitment to build the units Parasiuk condemned the governments construction freeze and reduction of the project to saying 48 applications have already been Premier Sterling Lyon promised Friday to look into charges by nip House Leader Sidney Qreen that an employee of the provinces Hansard recording Section in the legislative building was fired because she tried to take a break during a shift Green called the demand on employees to work a solid shift of that length was whether it began under the former nip government or the he said the employee was fired this week and Given Only two Days v Lyon took the questions As notice in the absence of Manitoba labor minister Ken Mai master who is in Hospital for minor the provincial education Mill rate Levy will increase on tenth of a Mill in 1979 Over that of education minister Keith Cosens announced combined with an increase in the of the the new Mill rate set by the Public schools finance Board will generate an additional million to bring the 1979 total Levy to provincial government to the foundation program will be the 1979 foundation Mill rates will be five Mills on farm residential and Mills dust rial property compared with the 1978 rates of and Mills the Manitoba communities economic development fund approved 20 Loans Worth in the 197778 fiscal the funds annual tabled in the legislature shows the 197778 Loans bring to million the total value of the 198 Loans approved since the funds there were 71 loan accounts outstanding at the fiscal year 63 per cent of which involved businesses operating 15 per cent experiencing limited problems and 22 per cent in serious during the fiscal 22 Loans Worth were repaid in full nine accounts were involved in Legal action for recovery and four accounts valued at were in air the Manitoba government Cut nine planes from its air division Fleet last it to 14 highways minister Harry Enns told a legislative commit tee studying his estimates Enns told Jay Cowan seven planes were sold by tender in May and he the government didst renew leases on two other aircraft last he said the air division flew Over 23 million Miles and carried More than passengers last under the Northern patient transportation Enns the aircraft logged 269 carrying 310 patients and 295 Manitoba agriculture department has been reorganized into four major but agriculture minister Jim Downey said he int aware of any further staff layoffs at this it was announced that 24 term employees and 11 regular civil servants involved in the agricultural and Rural development Agency and the fund for Rural economic development Fred Federal provincial agreements which Are ending would be Laid off March 31 unless other jobs Are found for the agreements involve a number of including scientific breakthrough stops baldness free Scalp clinic in Winnipeg on monday a March 12 Only dont resign yourself this internationally famous expert urges thai you do not resign yourself to Bald Ness unless you Are already your Only obligation is to yourself to free your 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