Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 13, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free March 1979 11 legislative briefs Premier Sterling Lyon is not worried about Manitoba medical researchers jumping to Alberta to take advantage of a promised million a year Alberta medical research responding in the legislature to questions by Lloyd Axworthy fort Lyon said he or health minister Bud Sherman would look into funding for research to ensure a proper share of medical research is carried out in Axworthy said Lyon should write Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed to ask Lougheed not to use the obvious financial advantage of Alberta to go headhunting for Manitoba medical researchers As Well As raiding Manitoba businesses and corporations to move Lyon said Manitoba should not be trying to discourage any province which is encouraging medical research to Benefit All it a House Leader Warner Jorgenson told the legislature monday a Hansard typist was fired for reasons other than what nip House Leader Sidney Green Friday said was for taking a break during a 6 Jorgenson would not elaborate on Why the typist was he said questions on whether the employment conditions of Hansard typists meet labor department standards should be referred to labor minister Ken who was not in the House due to As for charges that Hansard typists Are not allowed to take Breaks during the Jorgenson said the typists Are encouraged to take Breaks Between Tran scripting individual tape recordings of legislature Jorgenson said under contract agreement the Hansard typists work 6 without Legal provision for two Coffee Breaks and a lunch but Are paid for a full eight hour a health minister Bud Sherman said the provincial government has no intention to phase out the West bran work activity project in Leonard Evans Brandon East asked Sherman in the legislature monday whether the cutback in both staff and trainees at the project was a prelude to a Complete Sherman said the cutback is necessary because Cost sharing on the work activity projects depends on turnover of he said if there is no turnover trainees leaving to find the projects become sheltered workshop operations for which there is no Federal Cost it k a Resolution calling for measures to help parents avoid child abuse was placed in temporary limbo monday after speaker Many Graham and government House Leader Warner Jorgenson questioned its the calling on the government bring in a comprehensive program to ensure medical parental adequate nutrition and surveillance before and after was presented by Wellington Naper Brian Graham postponed debate on the saying it appeared to commit the government to new spending and anticipate throne speech promises of special consideration to the needs and welfare of Over the protest of Inkster la Sid the matter was taken under advisement by 6 to the province has no current intention of Selling the Gull Harbor recreation minister Bob Banman said minister responsible for the Manitoba development said there Are no plans under Way to divest the Public of its interest in the la Sid citing rumours of a last week asked Banman for assurances that no divestiture was 6 the provincial government will spend in 197980 on a new program aimed at research on and control of dutch Elm disease outside the City of environment minister Brian Ransom said Ransom said work under the program will include an inventory of Elm As Well As provision for the re Moval of dead and diseased Trees one reason for the new program is the Federal governments decision to halt their dutch Elm disease control he adding that the new program will bring to three the number of provincial programs in this it resources minister Brian Ransom assure the Legisla Ture monday that both Public and private interests will be protected in Timber rights negotiations under Way Between the province and Abi Tibi paper Ransom reveal details of the negotiations for rights to Timber lands in Southeastern but the agreement when the details Are known will seem to provide for effective forestry he made the comments after Harvey Bostrom Rupert land said he had suspicions about the nature of the negotiations because of the Strong support Abi Tibi gave the conservatives in the last provincial elec it it it Las discussing the spending estimates of the Provin Cial department of highways approved the salary of transportation minister Harry Enns monday with Little this Marks the end of debate on the million estimates for highways and Mak ing it the first department to be cattle producers ballot called undemocratic nip Bac Bencher Pete Adam charged monday the Manitoba cattle producers association vote for District representatives is uns Ecret and Undem Ocra Adam Rose told the legislature the returning officer was Able to determine who cast the ballot and for whom he voted without opening the ballot he later showed reporters the ballot could be read through the ballot he the return address of the voting producer appeared on the outside envelope in which the sealed ballots were to be sent to the re turning his Calls and those of Bill Uruski George for an investigation got Little response from agriculture minister Jim Downey said the vote was in the hands of the producers although he admitted some Public Money might be put up for the he did not say How much tax Money was involved in the the association was set up last year under conservative legislation providing for funding by Way of a checkoff to promote and support the it has j been strongly criticized by new democrats As an elitist representing vested which would be Given unlimited Powers without Appeal to the the minister or the it is not a marketing Lyon refuses to answer questions minimum wage debate stonewalled Premier Sterling Lyon monday stonewalled opposition attempts to debate Manitoba minimum wage As the new democrats served no Tice they will again press for a wage in the Lyon first deflected opposition Leader Howard Hawleys questions on the status of the present per hour mini mum then sat silently Refus ing to answer subsequent questions posed by Pawley on the the questions Mark the opening Salvo in what promises to be an ongoing debate As Bill Jenkins and Logan plans to introduce a Resolution wednesday which would increase the minimum wage and tie it to 60 per cent of the Manitoba Industrial composite average weekly at a news conference Jenkins said a 60 to 70 cents per hour increase is needed in the minimum but thinks the if will in crease it by a maybe a who unsuccessfully introduced a similar Resolution last said in the 33 months since the minimum wage was last in creased in the Manitoba Cost of living has risen 22 per cent according to statistics Canada Fig for the last 30 these people earning minimum wage have been grossly Jenkins his Resolution seeks that the minimum wage for employees 18 years of age and older to be automatically increased each january 1 based on 60 per cent of the proceeding junes Manitoba Indus trial composite average weekly earnings that the minimum wage for employees under 18 years of age be 25 cents per hour lower than the minimum wage and that the wage not be lowered if the formula based on each june aver age earnings comes out less than the existing minimum he said since minimum wage earners Are not organized in have no bargaining Power or political the minimum wage should be tied to a formula so it does not fluctuate with the Polit ical whims of the he said in 1976 the mini mum wage was 56 per cent of the average weekly wage in the prov but As of it had dropped to 48 per cent of the average weekly the fourth lowest of the Lyon refused to confirm state ments to that effect made in the legislature Friday by say ing Only that until about five months Manitoba minimum wage was the same level As Ottar ios and is now Only five cents lower than Sterling Lyon silent treatment personal investigation act to be tightened a new personal investigations act for the prov tightening rules for the Exchange of information on people entering into agreements for in employment or was Given routine first Reading in the legislature the Bill Hast yet been but consumer affairs minister Warner Jorgenson said it would contain one major change from a draft Bill circulated last year for Public Jorgenson declined to say what change was last year seven major changes to the original personal investigations act passed in 1971 were they included d personal reporting agencies would have to be Regis d a business obtaining and using a personal report must inform the applicant that the manner in which he handles his obligations in the transaction May be reported to d spouses May request individual personal d a personal reporting Agency must notify in writ ing a person on whom a file is being d a copy of a persons personal file must be made available by the Agency to that person on d anyone collecting information on an individual to compile a personal report must Tell All informants of the purpose of the inquiry and that the source will be recorded and May be d the source and nature of both factual and investigative information must be violations by personal reporting agencies could Lead to charges under the criminal code of Canada and suspension of their last years draft legislation prohibited use of information regarding bankruptcy occurring 14 or More years before the report and information on writs issued for which full Pardon had been granted or on the grounds of religion or Jorgenson said the government has been in touch with the uniform Law conference of cans a which has been working for several years on the production off a possible uniform Bill for the several jurisdictions have already made revision to the legislation was promised in the throne speech opening the present million to be spent on secondary highways by John Sullivan the Manitoba govern ment will spend million to expand and upgrade the secondary Road system next the first time Treyve taken precedence Over major highways in the highways minis Ter Harry Enns said Mon changing traffic Pat caused partly by rail line have prompted the government to allocate 56 per cent of its Road construction budget to the second gravel Enns told a legislative commit tee reviewing his 197980 departmental the remaining Mil lion will be spent on High Way Enns with million recoverable from the Feder Al government on Road strengthening in the current year end Harry Enns highways minister ing March million was budgeted for Road and Highway the minister said his departments total commit ment to construction now and for future is about this includes 147 new projects added this year Worth million for 243 projects carried Over from previous million in pre tendered work and Mil lion for miscellaneous pro of the miscellaneous is ear marked for Highway Bridges this for general Highway Engi Neering and for provincial Road Engineer for dust con for resurface for traffic control and for land Enns told reporters the big Money construction jobs include twinning Highway 7 to Stonewall the continuation of Highway 59 twinning to grand Beach twinning Highway 12 from Steinbach to the trans Canada and twinning High Way 16 Yellowhead route from Portage la Prairie to the Saskatchewan the bulk of the depart ments land acquisition budget will go for property needed to Dou Lelane Highway in Northern the main emphasis will be on upgrading provincial Road 391 into Thompson to full trunk Highway the improvement of High Way 4 to the Saskatchewan Border is also High on the priority Enns near four Lane development of highways 8 and 59 will while the Interlake will see a major interconnection of provincial Road 235 through the the minister he said the list of projects is designed to keep the Industry reason ably Busy in All its aspects and to Divide work geographically As fairly As we consistent with traffic carpet tile discounters a division of Flo Wall visit our showroom warehouse 919 main carpet remnants assorted Quality 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