Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 10, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba D British labor party Leader Michael foot raises ire with Aid requests weigh Ottawa up interest rates have been sliding since but de mands for Relief from the still High Cost of Money continue to swamp the Feder Al government As it prepares to present its budget opposition critics and a growing num of economists say the High rates Are not Only squeezing individuals but Are bludgeoning the with interest rates still six percent age Points higher than a year and in Light of the current state of the the accusations cannot be the Economy has virtually leaving about persons Unzem homeowners fear losing their Farmers their farms and businessmen their but the government has made its position Clear time and time again currently running at per is the chief villain and interest rates must remain High until it is brought under if and when inflation will be beaten is anybody forecasts have ranged from a dismal rate of 1q per cent or More continuing through the to what appears to be an Overly optimistic Zero inflation rate by the Only Concession wrought from the government is that those in what prime minister Trudeau nebulous by Calls dire Straits will find Relief in the As the government is keeping its fingers crossed that the United which is in a full blown recess will continue to allow its own interest rates to it is presumed that if rates keep the rates Here at least to some extent will follow the same downward finance minister Allan Mac each ens reluctance to embark on a Mas Sive interest rate Relief program is in line with his of repeated commitment to hold the line on government spend ing and reduce the growth in the Feder Al Maceachen seems unconvinced that see weak Page 4 sunny today 5 Cloudy tonight 5 final 250 Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 second class mail registration number 0286 november 1981 ii vol 109 no Sun rises sets Moon rises sets a m sex Equality Al y loser in charter from Canadian press Ottawa the Federal government has left the door open to changes in its new Constitution to accommodate que Bec and but Canadian women will probably not get their anticipated full guarantee of prime minister hoping to quell the outrage that greeted a Deci Sion to drop recognition of aboriginal and treaty rights from the new charter of gave inuit and Federal officials 48 hours to come up with a Way to reinstate these key native and Justice minister Jean Chretien again appealed for More talks to win the elusive support of the Call was rejected by Quebec Premier Rene Levesque who told the Levesque postpones Lis Battle by Michael Doyle Winnipeg free press Quebec Premier Rene Levesque has decided that now is not the time to face Down prime minister Trudeau powerful Quebec forces on the Constitution either in an election or in a hew but in choosing a path of reflection coupled with unspecified promises of future the scrappy pre Mier who was outfoxed by Trudeau on the warned that a referendum or an election on the Constitution might still be Levesque said in the meantime he refuses to negotiate Federal provincial matters with Ottawa on anything but the most pressing matters such As the an election or referendum not Only has been ruled but is a real were going to keep on assessing things and theres going to be further he but its up to us to define atmosphere of crisis instead of announcing either Deci Sion Levesque told the National Assembly the new legislative session was opening in an atmosphere of crisis and unprecedented he told Quebe cers we Are from now on alone in our struggle As a result of unilateral action by English speaking premiers he described As a knife in the As Levesque was a crowd watching him in a special Section of the clapped and cheered spontaneously and so loudly that guards were forced to ask for he described the Federal move a properly totalitarian gesture of Bru and he described his former Premier allies As outright theres no reason to Deal with these people he said in apparent reference to the new Alliance of nine premiers and Levesque is in a critical position because he faces a meeting this week end of the powerful National Council of the parti a speech in his own territory by Trudeau and a meet ing of All pm delegates in the Early Days of opening session of the National Assem Bly in Quebec City his government will Boycott All but the most essential Feder a provincial Liberal Leader Claude Ryan Sug that Levesques tac tic last the offer to native made during a meeting Between tru new Democrat my Peter Ittin car and other inuit was better after the the inuit group moved into private talks with representatives of other native Indian affairs minister John Munro also met with they will try to come up with a solution that will bind the provinces at least six of which Are said to have insisted on the decision to eliminate native rights from the charter Well As the Federal limits confirmed the prime minister con firmed the new charter will contain limits on women there had been confusion because the limits were Only partially spelled out in the Accord signed by Trudeau and the nine pre sources blamed the confusion on a drafting error in the the Accord says the prov inces and Ottawa would be allowed to pass Laws overriding sections of the charter guaranteeing fundamental Legal rights and Equality which include Protection against discrimination based on the guarantee of Equality Between the sexes was spelled out in another part of the charter Over which there were no but sources said the premiers clearly wanted the Power to override there was never any question about said one source closely connected with drafting the Resolution to be presented to probably next this was confirmed by prime minis Ter Trudeau the Trudeau statement brought imme Diate protests from opposition Flora progressive conservative women said her party has defended and will continue to fight for but she ruled out plans for immediate action until the final draft of the Resolution is ready for final debate in the new Democrat Margaret one of two new Democrat maps now studying the said her party will certainly be protesting in the Trudeau refused to accept blame when the progressive conservatives accused him of weaken ing the the tories have no right to complain because they fought tooth and Nail against the Liberal governments Origi Nal charter which included those he the concessions made last week came at the insistence of the to ideas one of the Allan Blakeney of said yesterday he remains in favor of inclusion of the Indian rights the Saskatchewan government would be willing to reinsert aboriginal rights provisions in the constitutional agreement if Trudeau wishes after meeting with native intergovernmental affairs minister Roy Romanow see natives Page 4 v him Fwee press Theresa Ducharme Dale Elizabeth Semkiw and Dave Jenkins clients criticize orderly service woman says Shes had to summon police when help failed to show up by Joe Rubin a handicapped client of a provincial a subsidized orderly service says she has had to summon police or go to City hospitals because company employees have been late in arriving to assist her to the Theresa Ducharme and other Home care patients new conference yesterday that employees of Home orderly services miss some Are routinely late for others and Are often inadequately trained to Han dle handicapped provincial auditor William Ziprick is investigating the service in response to allegations by nip health critic Wil son Parasiuk that it billed the health department for Calls it haunt Parasiuk charged that the government does not Monitor the which has a monopoly on the company has a staff of 16 who help clients in and out of assist them to the washroom and at tend to other duties during the regular Calls Are arranged a Day in with some of the 300 patients receiving help up to eight times a the charge per Call is paid by the who alerted Parasiuk to the said the government is often double billed for Calls because of poor office management resulting in two orderlies showing up at the same Elizabeth another denied company owner Bill Watsons Contention that requiring patients to sign a form when a Call is made ensure Correct Billings since some patients Are unable to sign their that is very strange since Home makers of continuing care services Are All required to have their work sheets signed by the very same people who use the orderly she a quadriplegic with a kidney condition requiring her to drink three litres of water said she has had to go to the health sciences Centre on a number of occasions to pass urine because orderlies did not come when they were she said she called the company office on two weekends and found no one on another occasion she had to summon police because an orderly had not calling yesterdays news conference a publicity stunt forthe wat son said complaints about his service Are Only two or three clients have Ever he who has received the ser vice for five said a provincial Home care nurse told her several clients have complained about the ser individuals mostly complain to the and from what those gentle men Tell there Are Many con she the volume of com plaints cannot be High because the Consumers of Home care Are totally dependent on that and have nowhere else to go for Semkiw said orderlies have also brought trainees into her Home without her More than one orderly has told me that the office of Home orderly service has never instructed them to ask permission before bringing trainees into she Many orderlies Are improperly Semkiw noting that training program planned three years ago has yet to one orderly told me that he was Given Only one morning of ont Ejob training and i use that word Loose then had to work with the clients on his she Watson not detail what requirements his employees must meet to be hired or the training they under users the orderly service to be provided under the provinces Home care program so that it will be monitored by the United Way Israel invades saudi skies often to Check things says 1981 target 1980 target k Hov 10 i a with eight Days left in its 1981 of the United Way has reached than 76 per cent of its goal of Ivl Riyadh a saudi Arabia accused the israeli air Force of invading its air space and a military source said the israelis do it frequent a saudi communique broadcast said aircraft of the israeli enemy violated our airspace in the kingdoms North Western our fighter jets intercepted them and As a result the enemy planes returned to occupied Arab meaning Israel refused to but officials in Washington said israeli reconnaissance planes made two flights yesterday in the Vicinity of saudi arabian Tabuk air 200 kilo metres Southeast of the southernmost tip of systems go the countdown for the space shuttle columbian encore flight was to Start at 7 Cost with launch at f it it mail i awry i 8 Al stars perennial Allstar John Helton is among eight Winnipeg Blue bombers chosen for the Western football conference Allstar nuclear clock Jerome former president of is certain that disarmament will but will it be before or after the third world they operate there lots of said one it is common knowledge that the israelis Fly across the Border to Check things the reports received in Washington made no mention of interception by saudi planes or of any nor was it known whether the israeli intruders were detected by the two Azacs radar planes stationed in saudi Arabia since the iraqi invasion of Iran to Monitor air traffic along the persian israels military chief of Raphael said in a newspaper interview last month that israeli planes were flying Over saudi Arabia for intelligence israeli planes also flew Over Northern saudi Arabia going to and from the attack Index election 81 Premier Sterling Lyon yesterday called the nip the while nip Leader Howard Pawley promised jobs for Ann 31 61 7 28 76 28 56 6 which destroyed Iraq nuclear reactor june the Washington Post said a saudi intelligence official told it this vulnerability to israeli penetration was one of the chief reasons his government was so insistent on buying Azacs planes of its own from the United the Deal squeaked through the con Gress last but the advanced electronic warning and control planes will not delivered until the israeli government kept up its Campaign against arms sales to saudi Arabia and the administrations encouragement for the saudi peace plan to create a pales Tinian state with East Jerusalem As its defence minister Ariel Sharon a see defence Page 4 8 Jumble 32 34 61 69 sports to ;