Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 22, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free september dire Straits housing costs 35 of income cd Toronto up a family in dire Straits is one forced to spend More than 35 per cent of its income on mortgage says an executive with a major mortgage Claude Vic president for Western Canada with the mortgage insurance of also defines hardship As a family who must spend 30 per cent of its Money to pay the prime minister Trudeau has said Only those canadians in dire Straits new Oil tax used to pay for deficit continued from Page 1 it takes 60 Days for an increase in the wellhead Price to show up at the retail Lalonde said the increased tax would be used to offset the estimated deficit this year of million in the Petroleum compensation by dropping the temporary tax in crease on Consumers will Only feel a Price increase of about on half cent a or cents a if it were not removed con Sumer prices would jump about two cents a or nine cents a the dubbed the Lougheed Levy by some and the Lalonde Levy by has added cents a or almost seven cents a to the Price of Petroleum products since the cuts began in the which totalled barrels a Day before being called were made to protest the pricing and Taxa Tion measures contained in the National Energy Alberta ordered that production be returned to Normal Levels last month just Days after signing a new five year Energy pact with the Federal Lalonde said no further Price in creases beyond the Hal cent a litre Rise of 1 Are foreseen until a 1 increase of a barrel in the wellhead Price will add about cents a or slightly better than eight cents a to the Cost of gasoline and heating Oil on March will receive help with High mortgage but housing minister Paul cos Grove has refused to say what that help will Renaud says about two out of every 100 households facing renewal will be in but any government scheme to offer assistance should take into account More than just percentage of income spent on mortgage he said a professional couple without children should be Able to afford 45 per cent of its income on adding that the Public would be unwilling to support such a couple living in luxury he said it would be a lot More beneficial to reduce rates to 18 or 17 per cent rather than have Ottawa embark on a Complex subsidy system to help threatened Renauld says homeowners in the worst position this fall will be those who gambled last year on rates going Down and renewed for Only a if those mortgages were renewed at 15 per they now face a 35 per cent increase to 21 per rising tide of Public others who will be in in addition to those whose income has not kept Are owners with second mortgages or owners of condominiums where charges have risen sharply still others Are owners of poorly insulated Homes who will see higher heating costs and those with a House located far from work who must spend increasing amounts on Renaud says there Are Many ways hard pressed families can beat forello he suggests better renting the basement or Selling Down to a More affordable he also says homeowners should d get budget Duse savings to reduce the Mort d consider extending the amortization usually 25 to lower the monthly d look into mortgages that provide lower initial payments and higher ones shop around among lenders to see How accommodating they Are to Home owners in Renaud emphasizes getting outside help dont Trust yourself in working out a detailed a plan of action and in coming out with the Best solution on the Back of an delay making history with Vic president George Bush at her Sandra Day Oconnor Waves to Public following her unanimous confirmation by the Senate to the supreme will become the first female Justice in the 191year history of the court at Swearingin ceremony concerns judge continued from Page 1 Centre about Why he circumvented Mal emergency procedures when the caretaker of the Prevette Avenue Block phoned in to report two instead of directly relaying the Call to the ambulance Thomas Donaldson told the inquest that he relayed the message verbally through an he told judge Conner this was necessary because the duty opera Tor was Busy taking another the inquest was told a second Call came in nine seconds later during which an excited caller referred to Only one drowning judge Conner was told As a consequence of this which the ambulance operator received Only one ambulance was dispatched to Prevette the inquest was told that ambulance officials apparently assumed Donaldson assistant was re Ferring to the second Call when he asked if they knew of the judge Conner devoted More than an hour listening to tapes of Calls to both the police and ambulance at one Donaldson could clearly be heard telling an assistant that two drownings had been requirements met the inquest was also told that police could find no lifesaving equipment by the Pool when they attended the Constable Robert Cook said that a Pool Hook and a life preserver were later found in an adjacent a Public health inspector from the provincial department of consumer and corporate affairs told the inquest the Pool met provincial safety require Ken Collins said warning signs were posted and there was a lockable Gate on the he that the drownings could probably have been prevented if Access to the Pool was restricted to a direct Entrance from the Collins agreed with judge Conner that the presence of a Pool attendant could also have helped Avert but he said provincial requirements for an attendant at sem Public pools were changed in 1980 after apartment Block owners were asked How they wanted pools three More witnesses Are scheduled to testify when the inquest resumes later this French Only Law opponent fails to get English Only trial from Page 1 at the Start of the judge Roger Craig rejected a defence motion to hold an English Only i wont confine myself to speak in Craig told a courtroom packed with journalists and supporters of i am French speaking and if i switch to French during the i wont be he said in in it is customary in Montreal courts for lawyers and witnesses to use both Lan he Why should we do differently today just because its this Case Mercier wants courts to impose stiffer sentences continued from Page 1 Ber of violent and sexual since the Crown has appealed 109 cases to a higher court and succeeded in having sentences in 78 of them of the 30 cases of sexual 20 sentences were in creased after Crown the Many Crown sentence appeals to the Manitoba court of Appeal in sexual offences reflect an ongoing con Mercier Protection Lor victim Cern on our part for what Are perceived to be totally inadequate sentences for rape and sexual assaults upon women and Mercier Mercier said the courts perception of a harsh sentence has changed dramatically during the last two existing punishment provisions in the criminal code appear to be Suffi he a review of actual sentences shows most courts Are reluctant to impose maximum or severe sentences for concern has evidently fallen on the rehabilitation of the prisoner rather than the rehabilitation is Fine and that a Good principle and an objective that you have to work said Mer he added the victims of sexual assaults women and Chil entitled to the strongest Protection the Law can Mercier said his department is also concerned about the Early release of prisoners authorized by the National parole Board through temporary absences or Day Mercier said the needs of victims May be addressed by the provinces new advisory committee on crime prevention and the 19 committee named will Monitor the frequency of evaluate existing crime prevention programs and recommend new the advisory committee will be made up of crime social workers and interested citizens and will be headed by John Campbell of the Winni Peg police in yesterdays testimony was Al most entirely in English and a translator was provided for a Crown witness who testified in Singer later said he was pleased with the reaction generated by his he has been getting mail from All Over Canada and donations which have put his defence fund at More than the portrait of As a Small businessman caught unwittingly in the grip of big government is not entirely he is politically Active and used his 31yearold store in the referendum Campaign As an organizing Centre for the no he also ran unsuccessfully in the last provincial election for a marginal group called the Freedom of Choice party whose main concern is Lan he showed up in court wearing a Blue Blazer with a military Crest on the during the morn ing session he wore a string of military he has a Large picture of the Queen in front of his store and Hes a member of the monarchist league of Canada and the Royal Commonwealth he even has a press Terry who says he works As a corporate Recruiter for a multinational company he refused to Singer fund Pye said he is in charge of the Singer fund and that the Freedom of Choice party is one of various similar groups in Quebec which receive partial fund ing 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