Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 30, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba I false Indian housing report Fiel n p a Jim Kijiki by Paul Moloney the top Manitoba official for the Federal Indian affairs department admitted yesterday he sent a false report to Ottawa which said 23 houses were built last year at Cross Lake Reserve when Only six were we said Brian director general of Indian affairs Manitoba theres really no excuse for making that the Issue arose earlier this month when four nations confederacy chief Lyle Long claws complained to Ottawa that Manitoba bands got less than half the 391 houses allowed to them in 198081 because they were told to use their housing Money for other there is a waiting list for roughly houses on Manitoba reserves and the amount of new housing under Way int sufficient to reduce this when an explanation was requested by Veinot verified on 8 that 399 houses were financed by the 198081 housing eight More than the number requested by the this was despite the fact Veinot knew last april there was a shortfall of 17 houses at Cross about 500 Kilometres North of because the band had used the Money for a lathe to trim logs for Home construct Veinot said the mistake occurred because Ottawa had asked for the information but he denied the allegation that other Manitoba bands Are Short houses because of a diversion of we have a problem at Cross Lake but nowhere said adding he has sent out a six Man team to count All the houses built in 1980 at 57 re serves in the inspection began 19 and should be completed by next at see chief Page 4 canadians Prosper in showers today 13 Cloudy tonight 4 october 1981 vol 109 no 250 final 40t with supplements Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 second class mail registration number 0286 Sun rises sets Moon rises sets a swedish boat approaches soviet submarine grounded on rocks in a restricted zone near a naval base in political storm brewing Over sub Sweden warns soviets vessel stays on rocks until questions answered Stockholm a the swedish government says it wont re float a grounded soviet submarine until the Captain submits to but a Stockholm newspaper reported today that Moscow relieved the skipper of his command and replaced him by the ships political Piotr refused swedish demands that he leave his ship for questioning aboard a nearby swedish the Stockholm newspaper Dagens quoting an unidentified naval said Gushin has been relieved on direct orders from Moscow and been replaced by a High political officer on Gushin has been locked up in his the paper swedish defence staff spokesman Janake Berg said he could Nei ther confirm nor deny the newspapers Gushin said navigational error due to a faulty Gyro Compass and bad weather caused his vessel to run aground tuesday night off the South East coast in restricted swedish territorial Waters 15 Kilometres from the Karl Krona naval Sweden rejected his saying the vessels penetration of the restricted which is peppered with showed very careful Navi the swedish government refused to let a soviet flotilla enter its Waters to Salvage the and the soviet government agreed to the swedish Navy doing the but after an Emer gency meeting with military the swedish government said the sub will not be re floated until the soviets cooperate fully in sorting out the we want a Clear explanation How the sub could be so far into a clearly marked military restricted said Lennart fors head of the Karl Krona we expect the Captain to be Cooper otherwise his sub can be left on the swedish Navy vessels and sub Chaser helicopters armed with depth charges chased away an unidentified submarine and a soviet tug that tried to approach the 30 year old diesel powered sub yester Sven Carlsson said swedish divers inspected the submarine and found damage to it was prime minister Thorbjorn Falldin said the sub will be returned to the soviet but How and when will depend on the outcome of an investigation we have ordered conducted by the swedish military commander in he said any attempt by the sub to escape would be stopped by thousands left off voters lists by David Obrien thousands of people in some Winni Peg constituencies were never enumerated and All of them will have to make an extra Effort if they want to exercise their democratic right in the 17 general in fort Rouge entire apart ment blocks were never visited by enumerators and As Many As people never made the preliminary voters about people were enumerated in the but 1976 census figures show there could be close to voters in the densely populated downtown according to John nip Campaign manager for Roland enumeration poor enumeration in this area has been very our workers have found that there were at least three or four apartment buildings that were never Penner said yester he said the huge gaps could be blamed on the nature of the constituent its a bad theres a High number of people who live alone and a lot of apartments and Rooming Martha returning officer for fort admitted that a lot of people were missed and some apart ment blocks were never visited be cause the enumerators misunderstood the poll maps they were she said she sent workers to the blocks on sunday when she discovered the Mary Beth nip candidate in said entire streets have been missed in parts of her she said some voters were enumerated in the wrong in almost voters were met by but there is nip promises to Aid towns nip Leader Howard Pawley electioneering in Mccreary promises Mai Street Rural Manitoba provincial assistance for facelifts while progressive Leader Sid Green was promising new tax sources for Premier Lyon commits himself to giving northerners satellite to service and squares off with Pawley on election u81 the provinces Economy in today business 36 allegations Force probe into web a possible voters in the Consi Tii said returning officer Arnold Wolsley returning officer Ritalynn Serbin said Shes received close to 100 phone Calls from people angry at being left off the voters list and wondering How there going to More than people were enu but there Are an estimated voters in the she added she Felt confident Many who were missed dont want to vote or be on a did a Good Job Campaign workers in Wolseley said the enumerators did a Good Job and dont feel too Many Active voters were one said a discrepancy of 10 per cent is considered people can get on the list by going to a location in their constituency today and the locations have been published in the free or you can Call the returning officer to find out where it Willis said people also have up to 12 to visit the returning officer in their constituency and have their names put on a voters by Andy Blicq and Sheilla bean labor and manpower minister Ken Macmaster has requested an investigation into the allegations of a workers compensation Board employee suspended recently for releasing confidential information from claim Russell chairman of the said yesterday Ken car assistant claims May face criminal charges in connection with the release of confidential inform Jones said the attorney generals department is looking into the there seems to be no alternative but for the authorities to look into a breach of the the workers compensation act pro Vides for a Fine of up to for a breach of Jones said it is Likely an outside source will be used for an investigation of the Board because an internal probe might be Board members were being alerted yesterday of a meeting to be held next week for a formal decision on the detailed report the free press yesterday obtained a detailed report submitted by Carrol to the Manitoba federation of out lining about the with examples from specific carrots which cover the operation of the Board and its treat ment of include d Board employees Werte taught to look for ways to reject rather than approve As employees Are instructed not to Tell workers How to Appeal their d the claims department staff shifts the onus to workers to assist them selves by obtaining doctors reports and information from their employ d a study Carrol said he did showed 17 out of 18 permanent partial disability awards rated by the boards doctors were appealed to medical review panels and higher amounts d employers Are pressured to find suitable work for their injured employees and if they cant the worker is Given a Cash settlement and passed on to the claims the Board has Low costs to employers and a Large Reserve funds because the staff is injured workers Are not workers Are sent Back to work quickly and other workers problems begin in the claims department because the employees Are too intimidated to make see Carrol Page 4 boards actions criticized by Andy Blicq and Sheila bean Bob Berard says the workers compensation boaro1 is responsible for his loss of they put me right Down to the physically and he in Ive lost my following his the web found Berard a Job As a he but he didst make enough every two weeks to support a wife and two Chil he also said he took a Cut in pay of an which was supposed to be made up by the web but was he was angry because he was not Given a More responsible web people most peo ple Settle for a couple thousand dollars but youre you want a he said he was told by a web management person he would have a starving Christmas unless he found himself a beards Case typifies what Many web employees say is a common Fea Ture of the compensation they say the Board makes it extremely difficult for injured workers to get proper see web Page 4 Canada guarantees Poland million of Grain on credit by Michael Doyle Winnipeg free press Ottawa with the Poland teetering on the Brink of economic and political Canada announced yesterday it will guarantee million Worth of credit for Grain Canada supplies about 20 per cent of Poland Grain imports and the East european country has been importing Between one million tonnes and million tonnes according to Saskatchewan senator Hazen minister responsible for the Canadian wheat argue said he expects that trend to continue through 1982 and he said can Ada is prepared to continue Selling Grain to Poland on in relative Canada is pro Viding More credits than any other major argue adding he is confident that providing such Aid makes it More Likely the nation will avoid Poland owes Canada about Mil lion for past Grain argue said the credit Deal was needed because the Foo Short country wants to buy As much Grain As it yet it is Short of he said he is confident Poland will eventually be Able to pay the Money the recently decided to accept polish currency for million Worth of Dairy new clangers president reagans decision to sell Azacs to saudi Arabia has left arabs but Israel predicts grave new dangers in the Middle stamped out monarchists Are in a state of Wrath Over the possibility the Post office May stamp out the warriors win Winnipeg smarting since tuesday after losing to Billings big horns turned it on last night to beat them new pm Iran new prime minister is a Radical islamic Index Ann 22 35 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