Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 3, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 6 Winnipeg free november 1981 Winnipeg free press Freedom of Trade Equality of civil rights Liberty of religion published six Days a week at 300 Carlton Winnipeg r3c 3c1 by Canadian newspapers company limited Telephone 9439331 Winnipeg free press 1872 Winnipeg Tribune 1890 Donald Nicol publisher John Dafoe editorial Page editor Murray Burt managing editor Rudy Redekop controller arbitration for doctors the Manitoba medical association is circulating among its members a constructive proposal for new ground rules in the negotiation of doctors parties and candidates in the provincial election should let the Public know what they think of since a new agreement with the doctors will have to be negotiated next the Mma executive proposes that the new agreement with the government should provide for arbitration of any matters on which the government and the association cannot agree most contentious of which is generally the amount by which the government will increase its payments to physicians under in who had not opted out of medicare when the agreement took effect would be forbidden to opt out while the agreement an opted out doctor is one who is free charge More for his services than the amounts Laid Down in the Mas fee but his patients can recover under medicare Only the scheduled the Mma proposal would allow doctors who have already opted out to remain out those who begin practice in the province during an agreement would be free initially to opt in or other elements of the proposal would make the by the sole bargaining agent for All Feero service doctors and for any groups of physicians employed in other ways who wish an agent to bargain their rates for All doctors in the including about 350 who do not now belong to the would be obliged to pay Mma a doctor refusing to pay dues would lose his licence to practice in the those proposals Are Apt to arouse Sharp controversy within the but they Are not essential to the proposed Trade off Between arbitration and opting negotiation is almost always preferable to arbitration As a Means of settling neither the government nor the profession would lightly renounce the Opportunity to reach a negotiated settlement and take its chances with what arbitrators might the risks involved in arbitration would provide a powerful incentive to both sides to reach an agreement without but when such an agreement proves arbitration is a More civilized procedure than those now open Flat refusal to improve the offer on the government mass opting out or disruption of patient care on the doctors the Mma has outlined just the Skeleton of a it has not indicated How the arbitrators should be though systems can easily be found in the collective bargaining rules governing teachers and civil it has not indicated How the Public would be protected against Large scale opting out by doctors on the eve of an agree the Public interest is damaged Only if most of the doctors in one specially or in one part of the province opt refinement of the proposal will be needed to protect the Public against that the suggestion that arbitration should be initiated by one party even if the other wants to continue negotiation needs to be thought through very carefully and perhaps but the refinements can come for the the provinces and the politicians who propose to run its have to decide whether binding arbitration of fee increase disputes together with severe curtailment of represents an improvement on the present sys tem for determining the annual increase in physicians on the face of the proposal looks like a Good Deal both for the doctors and for the Jamaica spurns Cuba jamaican prime minister Edward sagas decision to sever diplomatic relations with Cuba is less a reaction to a current event than an expect Able conclusion to a chapter of Mutual hostility that began some years ago and came to a Peak during the bloody National election Campaign last the ostensible reason for the decision is a quarrel Over Cubas failure to extradite suspected criminals for trial in it is necessary to go Back in time to establish the More substantial one year Seaga and his conservative jamaican labor party Defeated the incumbent prime Michael this marked an immediate decline in influence for fide castros which had been closely identified with Manley Peoples National one of sagas earliest foreign policy acts was to expel the cuban who had become a controversial figure on the this action reflected the new prime ministers conviction that the ambassador had been involved in questionable activities related to the bloody violence of the 1980 election which lasted nine months and resulted in the deaths of More than 600 he was suspected of a role in the Supply of automatic weapons to criminals who backed Manley party in the the firepower of these criminals led to the illegal importation of similar weapons from International arms dealers by criminals who supported sagas gunfights by rival especially at became a lurid backdrop to the efforts of politicians to conduct Normal political debate at rallies and Small sagas antipathy to cuban influence in Jamaica predated the during his eight years in Manley gradually moved closer to cuban positions in world in he praised cuban military intervention in he sent teams of jamaican youths to Cuba for training and welcomed cuban experts who worked in the health and education he began to denounce International institutions As agents of and responsible for his country fast deteriorating Manley quarrelled with the International monetary fund Over conditions set for financial assistance and used the quarrel As the basis for his election Call in Early during this Seaga was placing increasing blame for the economic decline on Cuba influenced policy Deci in conversations with North american and european businessmen and he often said that it would be necessary to break relations with Cuba should he win the coming during the election he identified Cuba As a prime cause of the closeness of the Economy to the Lack of goods in the the broke Down food distribution system that could not get farm produce to the the flight of entrepreneurs and and the reluctance of the International Community to help Jamaica to Deal with its Oil related Lack of foreign Exchange and inability to import vitally needed food and Industrial a when he Seaga reduced diplomatic relations with sent planes to Cuba to bring Home the youth brigades and made an ostentatious Effort to repair relations with the United including being the first foreign Leader to visit the newly inaugurated president Reagan his free Enterprise rhetoric has gone Down Well in Wash As has his Public backing of the Reagan administrations perception of the need to resist the spread of cuban influence in the Caribbean breaking diplomatic relations with Cuba fits this pattern but it is also a logical and unsurprising Given the bitter nature of the Domestic argument Over Cubas role in Jamaica Domestic affairs during the past first class plus the arrival in Winnipeg last Friday of three Federal Cabinet ministers within three each in a separate Gas guzzling demonstrates both the absence of travel planning at the Federal level and the most callous disregard of the waste of tax Money such travel the fact that two of the ministers had travelled to Winnipeg to attend the same meeting simply underlines the that two shared one air plane to return to does not diminish its the third air plane had to return to Eastern with or without its important passenger on and the taxpayers had to pay for the the expenditure of More than necessary by three Federal Cabinet ministers to make one trip is no example of the restraint and Bel tightening the government is urging on other nor should there be much Public Confidence in the reaction of Tom the executive assistant to Industry minister Herb when asked about the economics of private Jet Wright Hung up the helping those in dire the housing crisis returns by Leonard Shifrin special to the free press Ottawa housing crisis is housing minister Paul Cosgrove May be very discreet on the subject in but in his message to Cabi to the rest of us through the de Broadbent Plain brow envelope distribution service he certainly did not pull any regression what is in he is a substantial regression in housing conditions following 35 years of gradual although it is homeowners hit by big increases in mortgage interest rates who have grabbed the it is rental housing that will face the real says the Cosgrove apartment vacancy rates Are shrink ing rapidly and will approach Zero by after that come waiting families being forced to double and even a Black with the phenomenon of key Money becoming As those with middling Long me Mories will housing was a very big Issue 10 or 12 years in that heyday of activist citizen More of them were mobilized around housing issues than any other area of Public polls even showed housing ahead of inflation Iri the enumeration of Public a lot of the housing issues of those Days were and effectively defused with the election of Havethe neighbourhood candidates to City others were Laid to rest by the Advent of rent controls in the it All attentions were turned elsewhere while our hous ing situation headed straight for the ten years More than new rental units were built in Canada almost 80 per cent of them unsubsidized by next the Cosgrove paper if present conditions the number will be about virtually All of them government no sense at current interest a private builder would have to charge almost double the prevailing rent Levels in order to cover his it makes no sense for him to build even with the tax concessions offered in last years budget the multiple unit residential known to its friends and critics As Ottawa has tried to take up some of the Slack this year with a substantial increase in the Canada mortgage and housing corporation budget for social mainly nonprofit and Coop but the Cost of subsidizing mortgages on these developments goes up As mortgage rates so Chc finds itself presenting a classic illustration of the need to run faster and faster just to stand although the bulk of Canadas rental housing is still governed by rent con these restraints May soon Start to break Down As when landlords have to renew their mortgages at Dou ble the former rent review boards will let them pass this Cost increase on to their Public costs what can the government mean ing finance minister Allan Maceachen in his november 12 budget do about All this since High interest rates can not be made to disappear Maceachen Only available response is to meet some of the higher housing costs out of the Public trea that could mean More Money for a macs social housing and perhaps some new form of subsidy for private my is that the Centre piece of the Maceachen response will be a refundable housing tax credit for those renters and homeowners spending More than 30 per cent of their incomes on the people in you will recall the phrase dire that is going to leave a lot of angry homeowners still irate in their less and it will not turn Back the inevitability of either the vacancy squeeze or rising rents for great numbers of the born again housing in other is going to be an ongoing feature of Canadian political life for the next several years at Bible smuggling i read your article volunteers smug Gle bibles to free october 14 with it disgusted me because the missionary open did not show any respect for the government of the peo Ples Republic of first of Why smuggle Are there no better Means to solve the problem the article mentioned that the chinese government prints copies of the Bible it does not give any credit to the chinese govern ment for doing we should appreciate their instead of ridiculing can the missionary society not negotiate with the chinese government it is a reasonable and understanding government As shown when it printed the copies of the perhaps it could not the forbidden City China afford to spend huge amounts of its limited budget on printing the Bible or any other books for that How a direct financial Grant for the Cost of printing might help to solve the the communist government is Ideo logically against any but if the masses demand it of there is nothing much they can do except to to the religion is a part of the social they believe that the function of Reli Gion in society is to maintain the status to prevent religion also is to rationalize and support the existing institutional structures and to divert attention from the growing conflicts Between the capitalists and the work i think that the missionary society should leave chinese in smuggling books or anything into China it is violating International it also puts the missionary group in Low esteem for doing such an illegal Philip Wong Winnipeg metric Best Reading the articles by Fred Clever Ley in the free press one cannot help but notice his Low regard for the metric recently we watched gone with the wind on which refers to an old old gone with the it did not go voluntarily there were blood and the same applies to the old English measurement it will eventually go with the the metric system is the Best and if England changed her monetary system to metric it must be Good and prac immigrants from metric countries were caught first they had to forget metric and absorb feet and now cheer and give metric a Chester Gaszynski Winnipeg letters the Winnipeg free press welcomes letters from writers must give their name and names will be used and letters Are subject to tasteless cartoon the front Page of the october 28 edition of the Down owner features an editorial cartoon which depicts a female reporter dressed in a thigh High skirt and Little she is poised Over her adoring editors uttering endearing names and petulantly demand ing a lawyer to defend her we feel the which refers to a recent unsavoury incident of name Call ing by Cabinet minister Harry demands a failing to voice our outrage would not Only be an injustice to All but would be seen As the cartoon perpetuates a myth women have been fighting for dec Ades that sexual promiscuity is the key to a woman Success in a mans by its the cartoon questions the integrity of All reporters and by under mining their it does an injustice to the Public which relies on their Freedom of the press is not used to condone unwarranted and vicious at tacks on racial and ethnic Why then should it be used to condone such attacks on women Susan Linda Cooke Judy Greta Mclean Agatha Margaret Candace Carr Marianne Patricia Leslie Pat Marilyn John Laurence Ric Tom Richard Ray Ray Csc Heather Heidi Cynthia Krc radio Nelle Ned Scott de Bruce Canadian Barbara Grenlee Sherry David Don Vivien Barbara Sarah Wendy Shelley Sylvia Stu Al John Brad Mike Larry Vic Tor sky to Laura sky radio Ingeborg Hope de Borah Penni Pamela Sheila Barbara Rob Alice Maureen Bros a Jean Frances Mary Ann Randy Chris David Manfred Harold Jack Wally Hal Ralph Steve Tom Glen Dave Paul Ken Fred Gerry Cecil Terence Kevin Ken Vern Rit Chie Joe Greg Robert Winnipeg free Rick Carol Anne Shirley Lindor Winnipeg Susan Job radio Winnipeg captive audience who at the free press is making All the unilateral decisions on the really important issues it was the substitution of two no funny comic strips for one beloved Gorens Bridge column is reduced to Type of such a Small size that even with my glasses on my arms must be extended full it takes a great Deal for me to write in but really i wonder what is next you dont like the comic or perhaps you feel it is for kids who wont know the and you Are certainly not a Bridge whatever the do Stop Mak ing changes without an opinion we Are a captive Audi Haffner Winnipeg aggressive act in response to the letter by Mueller make it free october Mueller feels that if prostitution were rape would be almost contrary to pop ular belief this is not for rape is in a sexual crime but a violent act of aggression against Mueller stated in hundreds of european cities where prostitution is any crime of a sexual nature is almost unheard this is drastically i have lived in Frankfurt where sex porn movies and prostitution Are an accepted part of society and still the Inci Dence of rape and other sexual crimes is very women in Europe have protested for Many one form of protest is to Mark with Spray cans spots where women have been walking Down a brightly lit Street at i encountered at least three such Marks within the space of two what Mueller does not seem to realize is that prostitution is a reinforcement the societal attitude of women As an attitude which is used to justify rape in the first he should get the facts straight about rape in and All Over the world before writing such a Scharfe Bermel Winnipeg pinball profits Canada Safeway decided to install pinball machines in a number of its Winnipeg one such store is the Safeway at Corydon and the unanswerable question is Why a number of concerned parents in the Community have attempted to get this question answered by the manager of the to nothing even resembling a logical explanation has been parents have some repeatedly and two Junior High schools Are located within one Block of the the Parent group of one school has registered a apparently to no i am informed by local students under the age of 16 that there is no hassle about them using these a at least our downtown pinball joints enforce a Token resistance to the underage one conclusion to reach is that Canada Safeway will Stop at nothing in order to make a it seems it took careful note of an excerpt in Gordon Sinclair recent column in which he stated i thought Campbell was moshing about pinball until i heard a radio Blurb that claimed the movie Industry grossed billion last year and pinball lit up if in fact the motive for profit is the driving Force behind Safeway Community service its behaviour is Gross Vic Neufeld Winnipeg exaggerated View How High is Canadas current inflation rate the consumer Price Index for september was reported under a headline Price Index up per on the if the american press had been reporting the same data the head line would have read current inflation rate Down to nine per the nine per cent is the increase in Cana Das Chi from August to per multiplied by 12 to give an annual the same measure Over the three months from june to septem Ber was per if we look at a broader the Price Index of the Gross National the increase from the first to the second Quarter of 1981 was just per cent in terms of its annual this is exactly the same increase As was shown by the corresponding it seems to me that canadians have an exaggerated View of the level of our current inflation and this May have unfortunate results in terms of its effects on wage demands and Price cant the press give us some More informed reporting on our Price data Clarence Barber professor of economics the University of Manitoba 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