Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 19, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Mery Streep reluctant entertainment careers fashion buying him finder take eare when saturday plus save a w at y ii w sea is a jail term suspended in tax fraud by Pamela Fayerman a Winnipeg taxation Centre employee who tried to steal nearly Mil lion by filing phoney tax returns was Given a three year suspended sentence yesterday after a judge accepted Testi Mony that he is suicidal provincial court judge Ian Ubienski decided against sending Michael Hugh hurl to jail after hearing that he suffers from schizophrenia and would Likely commit suicide if he went to Susan the accused Testi fied that he operates like Hes under a death sentence and has warped Pat terns of the woman read letters the accused had written to his family be fore two suicide in which he asks for forgiveness for his court was told that had Access to confidential tax information in his capacity As head of the initial processing during he began compiling a list of about 270 names of people along with their social insurance using that he filled out tax re turns with bogus the re which he worked on at were then smuggled into the hurl stood to gain at least 346 if his plan had been court was Crown counsel Bruce Mellon said hurl opened a Bank account and rented a Post office Box on april All the tax returns he completed were intended to go to that Box but two weeks employees at the taxation Centre see million Page 4 sunny today 23 Clear tonight 6 september 109 no free press Sun rises sets Moon rises final 250 with supplements Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 second class mail registration number 0266 massive increase in rents forecast by Michael Doyle Winnipeg free press Ottawa the average renter in a modern building will see the amount he pays each month virtually double in the next 18 according to a Back ground report prepared by senior officials for housing minister Paul cos the report says an average Canadian renter in a modern building pays a month and will have to pay a month in 18 months As current interest rates hit owners of apartment buildings who Are forced to Roll Over their own the same family would pay a month to buy a the report predicts that Canada will have a vacancy rate for rental accommodation of almost Zero by it foresees Long lineups for families forced into sharing the same and Young people left with no Choice but to stay at Home longer than Normal for Lack of anywhere else to a backbench Liberal Little known in English put the Issue before the Liberal caucus and Cabinet ministers earlier this week and later followed up in a private meeting with finance minister Allan Maceachen and Jean Lapierre told his Bosses that the liberals will look like hypocrites if they ignore the vast majority of canadians who Are renters in favor of upper Middle class see report Page 4 shooting charges pondered by Murray Mcneill the attorney generals department is reviewing police reports to determine if criminal charges should be Laid against two police officers involved in the shooting of a Stonewall youth last week end outside a Winnipeg Wayne senior Crown attorney at the Public safety said in an interview yesterday he plans to review the police reports on the shooting and then consult John director of criminal prosecutions for the before deciding whether criminal charges Are Moshkowsky said it will probably be late next week before a decision is Tom of Stonewall was shot in the Back last saturday by the police officers outside the Stock Exchange hotel in a Case of mistaken Winnipeg police had converged on the hotel minutes earlier after receiving a report of a Man with a gun in the hotels Beer Vendor when they arrived they saw the youths Dennis run from the outlet and jump into his nephews police apparently thought the elder Sanderson was the Man with the and two of the detectives opened fire see police Page 4 Dave free press Donald Johnson feels Hes getting dinged on his vital huge tax disparities found in by Paul Moloney Winnipeg free press 1981 Many Winnipeg homeowners Are paying hundreds of dollars More in municipal property taxes than neigh Bors with comparable in an examination of the cites taxation the free press found such disparities to be As High As 300 per even though City assessors say they should be no More than 10 per in its the free press looked at 100 Homes which sold this year for Between and it revealed that disparities exist throughout the City because of the method of assessing Homes for tax while City officials say the differ ence should be no More than 10 per not counting extra they admit this is not the the examination of property taxes showed see saturday d in the Central City within Winni Peg school 1981 combined City and school taxes on Homes of equal value vary by d discrepancies exist even among Homes on the same for exam a House on Fleming Avenue in East Kildonan was charged while another Home of the same value four doors away on Fleming was levied d almost no one attempts to lower his taxes by appealing the assess tax experts say this is be cause people cant easily find out whether Treyve been treated d in newly developed extra charges to pay for new local improvements such As Street paving can dramatically increase tax one House on Emerson Avenue was billed in local improvements in addition to the Basic the system is supposed to ensure that the assessment on one property bears a fair and just relation to that of homeowners inter viewed by the free press wonder if this principle is being for example in Don Johnson paid for an 11yearold Home at 98 Michael Road near vital shop Ping about the same Doug Morris spent for a new Home at 61 Maitland also close to the shopping in Early the City sent out the 1981 property tax the Johnsons were billed the about a Kilometre were charged a difference of both paid the same rate of Munici pal school tax rates were also identical because the properties Are located in the same school there were no additional charges in either Case for extras such As Orna mental the Johnsons paid 50 per cent higher taxes because the cites assessment system is out of says James a University of Manitoba economist who studies property assessment and see cites Page 4 a photo Trudeau downplays rift Between former president Gerald Ford talks with Trudeau yesterday grand up prime minister Trudeau told an Audi ence of top level american politicians yesterday that policy differences be tween Canada and the United states have always existed and current Dis Putes should not be allowed to drive a wedge Between the two Trudeau remarks came a Day after a private meeting with president Rea Gan in which the two leaders failed to resolve a dispute Over what the Ameri cans contend Are discriminatory Cana Dian commercial policies especially those in the Energy Trudeau told a Large crowd at the opening ceremonies for a museum dedicated to former president Gerald Ford that the Strong Bonds of respect and affection that Mark relations should ensure that no differences can truly Divide dignitaries present on the platform during his speech were Vic president George Ford and foreign dignitaries inc luding mexican president Jose Lopez Portillo and former French president Valery Giscard no Power on Earth should interfere in Friendly Canadia american rela Trudeau a Day Trudeau made the same Case to Reagan privately by Ford forgets visit to France As president grand Reuter former president Gerald Ford said at a ceremony in his Honor yesterday he regretted that while president he had never visited France overlooking the fact that he Ford told former French president Valery Giscard a guest at the opening of the Gerald Ford that he had never visited France As in Ford was one of the leaders who attended a Summit of Western leaders on the worlds Economy at in stating that anger Over Canadas National Energy policy and Canadian unhappiness Over acid permanently sour re officials Reagan cautioned Trudeau that pressure for generated in Congress by some business and Politi Cal is a serious matter for his Reagan said he hoped to contain congressional anger but could not guarantee earlier Trudeau and Rea Gan were joined by Portillo for a breakfast discussion about the coming Summit of 22 Rich and poor countries in in a session that again underlined the differences Between the North american Canadian officials said Trudeau and Portillo pushed the necessity for stabilizing prices for products such As bananas and Bauxite to help create political and social stability in developing but Keagan repeated his View that private investment must be the main vehicle for improving conditions in poorer new Coin toss a Gambler has the answer to Canadas economic woes he wants to take the governor of the Bank of Canada to court for operating a gaming Clark worried Joe Clark says recommendations of the Kent commission echoed previous attempts to control and censure the Hornet May Fly a group of Canadian maps now believes the f18 Hornet project will poles warned the soviets have issued their sternest warning yet since Poland embarked on its unique social and political Index Ann 47 25 37 14 57 26 47 6 89 47 Jumble Jumble 74 7 7 25 81 16 to 6 ;