Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 26, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Cd Winnipeg free August i inn ipe Gas rate increase ear by Ingeborg Boyens the typical greater Winnipeg Gas consumer will pay an extra a month until the end of the year under a rate increase approved yesterday by the Public utilities the together with two others earlier this Means Home owners Wilt be paying Between 11 and 12 per cent More Tor natural Gas than they were at the Start of William counsel for the utilities said the Gas company was awarded the rate increase to offset the costs of last Winters prolonged labor higher labor costs and increased property the increase May be Cut Back by a further Board order in january and will Likely average about a month for most Consumers during the next Gardner said the Board was aware of the negative effects of this years three rate increases on but he said greater Winnipeg Gas could not have survived without additional reve federally imposed excise taxes have pushed Gas prices up 60 cents per million cubic feet this a cent increase was approved in june to cover the Purchase costs of Petrosina Canada and another five percent boost was authorized on july 1 under the National Energy the last application for a direct rate increase was made and granted in the Board regretful that it cannot curtail or diminish increases in the Cost of Gas the order As much As the Board May wish to effect such it has no jurisdiction to do the Board at least ensures that utilities under its jurisdiction Are not to make profits directly from the Gas they said few other industries Are As comple Tely regulated in every aspect of their said the Gardner said Gas company workers should not be blamed for increased costs to costs resulting from major labor disputes Anco can fall heavily on everyone workers and their of on the affected said the 79day strike the Board lawyer said homeowners should remember they received Ade quate service for their Money Dur ing the labor the 79day strike Cost greater Winni Peg or 10 per cent of increased overtime paid to supervisory staff who stayed on the Job amounted to More than the Security Bill was an additional the company saved million in salaries it would normally have paid to the 15percent wage increase and improved benefits that arose from the dispute will Cost the company an other the firm is also expecting increased property tax costs in 1981 of the company told the Board it needed million More in revenues this year than it did in combat jets based in City during exercises by John Mcmanus f15 among the United states air forces most advanced com Bat Are based in Winnipeg this week As part of a joint military exercise called amalgam the fou Day which began at dusk last involves 120 aircraft from both countries and is being run from Malmstrom air Force base in 24th regional Headquarters for the North american air defence command the similar to those held every two months in the various Norad will cover an area from the Manitoba Ontario Border to the Pacific Ocean and from 320 kilo metres North of the United states Bor Der to the Dick information offi cer at cab said men and women of the Canadian and armed forces Are taking part in the air and on the testing radar he said some of the 120 planes have been designated As enemy aircraft and will Fly in from the North to test the Dew line and other Canadian radar installations As Well As the capabilities of the f15 two c141 Star lifters carrying 50 ground Crew members arrived in Winnipeg Early monday in Advance of the which will remain based Here throughout the the eight fighters Are from Luke air Force base in Bernard president of local 832 of the Manitoba food and commercial workers stocks up on women group food worker Sally Canadas contribution to the opera Tion will primarily consist of electronic warfare trying to Jam the radar scanners and sophisticated inboard radar aboard the american the Western Canadian airspace where the manoeuvres will occur is still technically american controlled until a new Norad agreement signed in May by president Ronald Reagan and prime minister Trudeau comes into effect in under the new pact renewing the 20yearold defence Ca Nadian forces will take Over responsibility for surveillance of All Canadian Canadas Only Norad with Headquarters at cab North now handles air defence for most of Northern the maritime and part of last year Canada agreed to pay on tenth of the Cost of main Taining the seven Norad but with Reagan administrations new tril lion Dollar defence Canada could be asked for a larger Contri nomads effectiveness has been questioned because of the Advance ments in soviet missiles and Satel there have been charges that its radar lines in Northern Canada Are obsolete and Are being kept open be cause they employ Many people and Are a source of Revenue for the Ameri can company maintaining the Dew the Dew line was built by the 20 years ago while the secondary Pine tree radar line was built by by Deborah read food workers poised to strike Safeway and Dominion stores this week end have found an ally in the Manitoba action committee on the status of Sally chairman of the com said yesterday macs firmly supports the United food and Commer Cial workers Union in its demand for equal pay Between service clerks and food she said service clerks who operate the Cash registers Are always women and they make 51 cents less an hour than the food clerks who Are mostly though they perform different macs sees no justifiable grounds for this wage said Louis Branch manager of Industrial relations for said last night he had spoken to but had not yet seen the macs i just dont share her he Job applicants state on their application their preference for and if they want the Job of food which entails night they can indicate said As Many As workers at Safeway and Dominion including food Bakers and meat Cut Are scheduled to strike at mid night the strike would affect 11 Dominion and 30 Safeway supermarkets in As Well As two Safeway stores each in Thompson and one Safeway store in Dauphin and one in Leslie a member of the macs said the Issue of equal pay for work of equal value is an important Issue and were glad the Union sees this As an the organization does not deny that food clerks and service clerks perform different said that but we dont think the Job of food clerk amounts to More responsibility than the service clerks she service clerks endure the physical and mental stress of standing for Long periods while operating Complex a handling Money and being courteous to she its about time that unions really starting recognizing they have a Large number of women said she said macs has no comment on other issues in the during the recent postal macs voiced support for the contentious maternity leave clause sought by the Canadian Union of postal work v the largely Volunteer formed in 1970 in response to the Royal commission on the status of has about 400 said Camp she said the macs May canvass its membership and see if a Boycott could be but has not done Meg projects to require record debt Craik predicts billion in total borrowing during 198485 fiscal year by Cecil Rosner Manitoba officials predict the prov Ince will need to borrow billion in the 198485 fiscal year to pay for its Mega projects and to refinance other Deputy Premier Don Craik said yester Craik said the proposed Western Power Alcan smelter and Potash development All spell big investment which will require major Cash heavy borrowing will be needed in the next few years to cover the necessary capital construction with per haps the largest Loans coming in mid the next Hydro station on the Nelson River which will fuel some of the projects is expected to Cost billion while the transmission line for the Power Grid will Cost he that is going to have a very Large Impact on an Economy of our Craik told the Winnipeg kiwanis he said a Large part of the spending and construction activities will unfortunately be grouped in the Middle years of the but said a beneficial eco nomic Impact will be Felt throughout the at least half of the billion which Manitoba will need in the one fiscal year alone must go to refinancing some of the provinces heavy debt Craik Manitoba total direct and Guaran teed according to the 1981 stands at the biggest part of that debt Load is carried by Manitoba which owes record figure interest payments on the Public debt together with rate stabilization charges for Hydro Are expected to reach a record million this according to government spending the same payments stood at million in Rose to million in 197879 and to million last Manitoba per capita debt stands at about for every woman and child in the Only newfound lands per capita debt is Craik said a final agreement on the Potash mine and refinery near Mcauley is several weeks he said it was necessary for the government to enter into a joint venture agreement with International minerals and chemicals because it would be impossible for the government to Market Craik major Cash the Potash successfully on its inc is proceeding with exploratory drilling to determine the full extent of the Ore body and Best location of the mine the mine is believed to contain about 40 years of productive yielding tonnes per he negotiations Are still continuing with he the company is now expected to announce its proposed site for an aluminium smelter by the end of he it will be some time before the prov Ince begins to realize the major Bene fits of the increased Cash flow which the projects will the real surge of economic activity wont be Felt for a couple of Craik the Deputy Premier said an economic consultant who recently briefed proving Cial officials predicted Manitoba Economy will perform at a higher level than All other provinces to the but its performance will be just below its three Western manufacturing Strong Craik painted a Rosy picture of the manufacturing Industry in the prov pointing out that employment in the sector in the last three years has grown by to a 1980 average of in he said total value of manufacturing output last year was an increase of 44 per cent since ads in healthier position regarding complaints Morton preventive Medicine by Maureen Brosnahan preventive Medicine has led to a reduction in the number of formal inquiries into complaints against Mani Toba says the registrar of the College of physicians and James Morison said the College held Only two formal inquiries last year into complaints of improper conduct against the same number As in 1979 when 9 downward trend seven inquiries were held in 1978 and six each in 1977 a although figures on total written complaints against physicians Arent yet in for Morison said they number around the us Mark set in the registrar said one reason Why formal inquiries Are becoming rare is that More doctors Are talking Preven Tive measures and voluntarily seeking help for personal and professional Morison said doctors have become More conscious of their responsibility to the Public and of groups such As the Manitoba medical associations physicians at risk the committee tries to help doctors with alcohol and drug abuse problems and has succeeded in getting some physicians to seek help on a voluntary basis rather than being compelled to by the in one Case a doctor who showed up at the Hospital to deliver a baby was High on the nurses reported it to the chief of staff who in turn approached the resigns voluntarily the doctor agreed to seek help from the committee and then voluntarily resigned to undergo Mori son said in such cases formal inquiries Are not the physicians at risk committee has had an he if we haunt had that that Case might have ended up to a formal inquiry we encourage them to solve it As quickly As possible without getting the College its More effective if its Morison said the College has also had a higher profile in recent years and wed like to think that has had an As Well As written he said the College receives probably almost As Many More Calls from the Public which Are never an Anonymous complaint May get it off their but theres nothing we can do about he the most serious complaints still come from within the since the College has instituted 39 settlements were reached in 17 cases and in eight the allegations were not one Case was dropped for insufficient evidence and another was dropped after the doctor left the the types of cases ranged from inappropriate unprofessional conduct and to alcohol or drug abuse and sexual in four inquiries were held to investigate doctors who were believed to be involved in a Laboratory Kickback doctor found guilty one doctor was found two were found not guilty and the fourth left the the guilty doctor was suspended for six months and forced to pay the Cost of the penalties against doctors found guilty of improper conduct ranged from reprimands to suspensions and restrictions on their licences to prac for a doctor found to have a drug abuse problem May be forced to work under supervision and forbidden from prescribing most of the drug abuse complaints come from other doctors or from the Federal which Monitor doctors use of since eight doctors were investigated for either alcoholism problems or drug four resigned and the other four were some with restricted the College also investigated three cases of sexual two of the doctors were found guilty and were one for six months and the other for four often we get one or two Calls a year but they never want to proceed with they just want to complain about Morison As Well As handling the College is involved in monitoring pro Grams which examine doctors practices in Many it investigates All paediatric deaths and the perinatal and maternal welfare committee presents an annual report on the provincial perinatal mortality that goes on All the he the information is used to measure standards and for educational Pur ;