Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 6, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg pm it Fikri Gari Sefc Wuhu Fig tin deficit is stoic Stan tally the same Aht was at the Eft of fast and there is m danger the will to exist but despite continuing attempts by boards executive to blame the Chestra financial shortfall on the two top administrators they fired last two members of the orchestra and a member of the office staff say the Board it Adf is largely at at yesterdays news Board president Roger Mcfarlon and so players association member David Bartton Bethh read state melts supporting general manager Tony but Banton indicated later that the Jan it Auk lafitt tort Dolra incan Dursi no Are Respo Sidre for soliciting corporate Are not doing an adequate Batons opinion was corroborated by players association chairman Bill but he added that the boards effectiveness was improving Mcfarlon read a lengthy statement in which he denied that the deficit had risen to As reported by Winni Peg Tribune columnist vie Grant last the disastrous Cash flow Posi Tion which characterized the Spring of 1979 has largely been he he said the symphony Hopes to break even on its operating budget and if it does the deficit will not be increased map Avion admitted that some of Grants statements were but would not be More other state ments represent the private opinions of one member of the Board Ord rec while others Are totally rect he said Grants information resulted from a private dinner engagement attended by Grant and the Board Mem news ement shortage predicted by Andy Blicq Manitoba faces a shortage of key management personnel who specialize in engineering and data pro employment agencies and fed eral manpower officials most employment Agency spokesmen interviewed yesterday said the main reason for the management Short Ages is the exodus to Albertas better salaries and healthier economic Cli leaving fast were schooling them and there just being sucked out of Here so fast it will make your head Yvonne consultant at fort Garry personnel fort Garry personnel president Phil Orlesky said when it comes to data processing experts he could place As Many As i could Lay my hands Orlesky said the company also is having difficulty finding chartered a civil Mechan ical business administration graduates and electronics i have a larger number of vacancies for chartered accountants than Ever said Charles general manager of Gowan personnel Gowan said chartered accountants making annually in Manitoba can take jobs in Grande at annual salaries of up to Jack regional director general of the Canada employment and immigration commission in an inter View said greater demand for manage ment personnel with specialized individuals taking jobs outside the province and local business expansion have led to the Manitoba labor minister Ken Mac master said he just recently Learned of the management he said the provincial manpower department director has met with Industry spokesmen and Federal Man Power officials As part of ongoing discussions on the Vanderloo said critical shortages of highly skilled Industrial workers in Manitoba identified in a free press Story last week the result of Industry not forecasting its manpower requirements so Cletys attitude toward Industrial jobs and a Lack of communication Between Industry and Industry needs a much More Power forecasting system to Cope with shortages of skilled Blu Ecol Lar and management he but Macmaster said yesterday Feder Al manpower officials May be partly to blame for not projecting employee Vanderloo said social values and parental pressure have made Many Young people shun training for manufacturing jobs in favor of pos secondary Educa Tion in Fields which cant absorb Large numbers of Federal officials say in the last 20 or 30 years trained immigrants have filled Many of the highly skilled manufacturing but now there Are fewer of them coming into the Federal government Short term plans to alleviate the problem will include funds for training individuals and a limited amount of overseas re Vanderloo said Over the last two weeks he has met with Macmaster and education minister Keith Cosens for ongoing discussions on Long Range solutions to the Macmaster told the free press yesterday a jointly operated Industrial training program will probably be in place Early next year to counteract staff shortages in the aerospace Indus Macmaster said trainees will spend most of the time working in Industry acquiring the exact skills required by Manitoba although the training program is not an apprenticeship specialized skills will be developed and new re cognized trades May be Macmaster new titles i think you May see three or four years Down the Road new titles coming up for specific tradesmen you and i Haven even got a name for he the aerospace Industry has been Given top priority because the Federal government May soon Purchase new aircraft for the armed forces and Manitoba Hopes to get at least part of the he Macmaster said provincial manpower planning is five years behind the times and an internal review of existing programs is under her and was not intended to be an t men Feln Slid that who was hired after general manager Mark Walker and operations manager Bob Mcgifford were find on March has been working diligently for the although he does not Witten contract with the orchestra for this or any succeeding year at the present statement castigated Walker and under whose care the affairs of the so had so sadly de tinder later Board Man Maurice Pierce said the two were fired As a result of a non conf denes by the Che Sims members and not because of i personality As symphony officials said at the Banton said me Gifford had been responsible for changing the status of so musicians from self employed professionals to employees of the or Chestra in a move to save the orchestra from Hie action has resulted in orchestra members losing As much As a year in extra he Banton pointed out that the orchestra members expressed their Lack of Confidence in the Board and the executive in the same vote that led to the firing of Walker and he added that the Board is being plagued by internal a so staff who did wish to be told a pm reporter last week that the Board is not bringing in the funds the orchestra needs to pay off the deficit and to help defray the Cost of she said there Are Many people ing to contribute to the bit theres nobody out there Mcfallon said the Start of a raising Campaign organized by former mayor Steve Juba was fairly Immi it will be a grassroots drive and is not meant to take the place of sos annual corporate he to build or not to build residents in the River Avenue Roslyn Road area Are a 12storey Complex at 64 Nassau Street would increase traffic patently divided Over a proposal to build a senior citizens flow in the while others see the need for Derek Home of the grounds of a House built in Liberal la owner of the House which is on the itys historic june Westbury fort Rouge said some area residents fear the building says it is beyond historic bylaw faces Legal test real estate Industry spokesman claims rights of individuals trampled by Jack Francis real estate Industry spokesmen say interest is growing in a possible Legal Challenge to a Winnipeg bylaw which includes Powers to declare privately owned structures historic and control their As a class action or test it would have to be won because a bad Law is trampling the rights of president of the Winnipeg real estate said in an inter the inclusion of up to 900 structures on a City list for possible historic preservation could be the last the Mckeag realty broker there May be some prestige for a property to get historic but it is Small Consolation it it diminishes the owners ability to arrange Burns president of the Mort Gage Loans said any limitations on development prospects naturally would affect the lending the amount that can be borrowed on a property is based on the Revenue the property can he he gave the example of a older building on a Large piece of torn Down and replaced with a larger build the same land could earn much higher it of be Able to carry a much larger Pinchin Independent real estate expert Ryback noted that if suitable tenants can be found for historic financing would be available on that but he warned that if listing Hamstrung a property it would have a problem doing extensive listing feared Roy manager commercial of Lepage National real estate said he fears extensive historical listing May diminish develop ment prospects for individuals and affect the general there has to be property develop ment to keep the City going and it is important to be sure that Spe Cial interests do not prevent logical Sage he said he sensed an ant develop ment attitude which is not necessary in order to preserve local certain structures should be but for Beauty and relationship to but this should be done in a Way that contrib utes to the making the City go rather than getting in the he he said a committee of architects and other concerned groups should be brought to Gether with historians and preservationists to replace the vigilante attitude and Aura of protest that is causing there Doest have to be agrees Royal Trust com Mercial manager who has been involved in both major development projects and historic building Currie says most local real estate people believe it is desirable to pre serve our history in he said both development and preservation can be achieved by working out a practical melding of old and which can Only be achieved by negotiation and avoiding but the City bylaw begs be it refers Only to visual interest of a Structure and implies no compliance with any particular taste or judgment of significant architectural or Engineer ing history of Currie blames Industry he said resulting problems now appearing could be blamed on the real estate Industry which failed to Chal Lenge the legislation on historic preservation when it was Currie also questioned the current list of local properties to be considered for historic without pub Lic knowledge of who was doing the choosing and i support historic but unless a More significant Way is developed to go about some owner is going to Challenge the impractical piece of legislation and he fare for hand transit users to Rise by 100 fares for the physically Handi capped users of the cites Handi Tran sit service will increase but by less than originally in voting to continue the service under City City Council last night approved a 10cent fare increase rather than the Rise of 25 cents proposed by the and hoc commit tee on the new fare will be 60 the specialized services Fleet of eight vehicles will be increased to 12 buses from the Cost to expand the service has been estimated at about of which would pay for the new anti noise bylaw passed City Council approved last night a new consolidated anti noise bylaw to replace 37 pieces of legislation previously among other the new bylaw restricts construction work to Between 7 906 w on weekdays and Between 9 and 9 while Banning it on City Hall notebook the does not Deal with the use of Public address systems to handle Crane operations on construction Cyril keeper nip Redbone said the method of communication is bothersome to downtown residents who work at night and must sleep during the City to seek More funds City Council will ask the province to increase its annual Block funding to at least up from million this Council last night supported a motion by Alf Skowron Wood which would ask the province to establish a new formula which would include percentage increases in both personal and corporate income redirect some provincial tax revenues to the City and to introduce legislation to enable the City to collect certain cons Conable taxes such As a land enhancement Skowron said the Lyon government has deprived the City of a rightful share of taxes by virtue of having failed to increase the corporate and personal income tax percentages in 1978 and while not providing any new sources of tax Mobile borne rates to Rise Mobile homeowners renting space in the cites four trailer Parks will have their licence monthly fees increased by at least so cents starting in City Council approved the change last night which would increase fees to for Mobile Homes of 400 Square feet or larger units will pay for each additional 100 Square feet or part an increase of 10 ticket corps wages Rise the men who ticket illegally a vehicles in Winnipeg will pay Council last night approved raises for the 35 members of the corps of com missionaries who help the City police in parking patrol the 24 commission Aires on meter patrol will receive a 49centperhour increase to while the 10 on Mobile patrol will get a similar hike to the one Corporal employed by the police department will receive a 61cent increase to 100 expected at meeting More than 100 people Are expected to attend the 10 vital Community committee meeting in an Effort to preserve part of historic Boniface businessman George Forest said yesterday the group will ask that zoning of the 23 acres known As the Nagira oriere property North of notre Dame West of the Seine River and East of the car tracks be changed from future residential to proposed Park and he also said residents will ask that zoning of two other Sites totalling about 60 including the festival do Voyageur area at Whittier be changed from proposed Park and River Bank to transit upgrading urged exclusive bus lanes on Heavil trav Elled downtown sections of Portage Avenue and main Street would help Speed bus service through the says local amalgamated transit the Union represents the cites Winnipeg transit system employees and the suggestion is one of several in a Brief to be presented tomorrow to the transportation policy meeting of civic works and operations East and westbound curb lanes on Portage Avenue from Maryland to main streets the North and southbound curb lanes on main from Higgins to Graham and the southbound curb Lane on main from Graham to Broadway should be reserved for exclusive use of says the As right turns off Portage ave nue from memorial Boulevard to main Street should be prohibited during Rush the Brief to increase bus the Brief says schedules should be arranged to allow buses on connecting routes to meet and Transfer rather than leave passengers standing in win Ter weather waiting for a historic building off list protests got one building off the cites historic buildings conservation list at City Council last but three others stayed on against the owners Council voted to remove the Victory 333 main from the list after a lawyer representing the receive Erin bankruptcy for the the no folded Abacus cities argued the listing would harm a offer to staying on the conservation de spite previous protests of the were the 1881 House at 339 Elgin a 1914 Home at 64 Nassau and the 1880 Empire with its famous pressed Zinc ;