Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 28, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 8 Winnipeg free november 1981 unrepentant Premier holds last conference Lyon considerable strides assistants from jobs Twenty three communications offi cers and executive assistants employed by the outgoing conservative government will be paid until according to a Cabinet order released yesterday with the approval of the incoming nip their yearly salaries Range from to senior officers Don head of the governments policy coordination and William a special assistant to Premier Sterling receive three months Severance pay according to government Saul a member of the Dps transition said their jobs end the 23 communications officers and executive including Jinn chief communications officer for the will receive 39 Days pay from the Date of the swearing in of the new government severence pay transition team Leader Saul Cher Nick said it was about the same As the Severance arrangements Given in 1977 to special and executive assistants of the former nip Cherniack had earlier said the Assis Tants would receive 42 Days Severance but he did not say from what 8 is 45 Days after the Date on the Cabinet included in the list Are Olive Mac formerly on the staff of the conservative party of who has been executive assistant to the list also includes Ian Suth communications officer and an executive assistant to highways minis Ter Don who was Rossmere pc candidate in last weeks the others who Are executive or special assistants to Vari Ous Cabinet Are Mike Bau Harry Tom Marg Elaine sue Bill i Jack Lado Danny Bobed Jim Rick Lawrence Craig Kim Dave Ross and Jim by Ingeborg Boyens it was an unrepentant Sterling Lyon who signed off yesterday at his last news conference As Manitoba head of the outgoing Premier told reporters that not even his 17 loss at the or the governments projected gave him cause for he said his Only regret the Way the vote was split Between the conservatives and the new democrats along Rural and Urban Lyon said his government had achieved what it set out to do in the creation of new the growth in reduced Unzem increased manufacturing in vestment and mining activity All showed the Economy has turned Lyon i think we made considerable Lyon said not even the projected deficit for the current Fis Cal year spoke poorly of conservative fiscal he said the released this week n the second Quarter financial was no Surprise since the year end debt had earlier been estimated at what did come As a Lyon was the demand for extra funds from the Manitoba health services commission to pay for higher than expected wage Lyon said initial reports last year also predicted a but at the end of the year the debt was Only half that and the deficit the conservatives inherited in 1977 would have exceeded million if it haunt been for the tory govern ments fiscal he deficit the new nip administration will have to display the same sort of financial prudence if it Hopes to reduce its Lyon the predicted deficit is manage he As Long is it int permit Ted to run Lyon said the nip administration May be Best advised to adopt conservative fiscal policies if it Hopes to Cope with the i of reverently Hope there will be no he Lyon wished the new government but said he hoped new democrats would remember that 53 per cent of Manitoba voters cast their ballots against they Are not there to subject their Petty subjective views upon the they Are not there to inflict any partic ular ideology that May be current in their thinking on the Lyon said he also hoped the new government impose its Politi Cal views on the civil we de politicized the civil service in our he we Hope the new government will respect Pawley has already removed Long time civil servant and Veteran of four administrations Derek Bedson from his Job As clerk of executive although he didst blame the Media for his Lyon said newspaper accounts of his governments activities were often you believe 50 per cent of what you read in the paper and Divide it by he i have to object to the current tendency in print in the Guise of objective news stories to include the subjective opinions of the that has no place at All that not even Good by nip by Mary Ann Fitzgerald annoyed at the conservative govern ments attempt to make a minor adjustment to the childrens dental pro the incoming nip administration has refused to approve the necessary Cabinet As soon As i saw it i decided it could be passed in december by an elected government rather than by a rejected Saul head of the Dps transition said yes what annoyed Cherniack was the fact that outgoing health minister Bud Sherman had used govern ment information services to Issue a statement urging the Extension of the school dental plan to cover 12yearolds for the entire school rather than cutting off at the end of december those who have birthdays during the september december Sherman said the Cost of the Exten Sion was minimal to the dental in the confusion of the transition of the exact Cost or the number of children affected could not be obtained Sherman said the Cabinet passed at last wednesdays final conservative Cabinet meeting had not been accepted by the incoming admin i am distressed by the fact that Sherman used information services to make a statement when the govern ment was on the Way out and didst take the trouble to discuss the ordering Council with me or anyone else of the incoming Cherniack during the transition it is customary for the outgoing govern ment to have Cabinet orders approved by the incoming administration before they Are signed by the lieutenant gov Cherniack said he decided any Extension of a program was not within the ethical right of a Defeated government and without publicity or i have indicated i would like it left out of this weeks orders Council to be dealt with by the new Cherniack questioned Why the out going government left the order until the last it could have been done anytime during the last weve had pretty Good cooperation on the transition but the of order Council was presented to us without adequate information or the Courtesy of prior Cher Nick in his said it was the first year the matter had come up and it was undesirable that Chil Dren should have their eligibility terminated in the Middle of the school Impi f Pawley left and Federal housing minister Paul Cosgrove found something to smile about after talks mortgage t8k i i a Dps priority Pawley says Relief for homeowners first item on governments list by Ingeborg Boyens the new nip cabinets first assign ment will be to implement its promised mortgage interest Relief pre Mier elect Howard Pawley said yester Pawley said a meeting yesterday with Federal housing minister Paul Cosgrove left him convinced a Provin Cial subsidy program is and Cosgrove was unable to per Suade the nip Leader to drop plans to reintroduce a form of rent con there will be no change in the Campaign Pawley Cosgrove was touring Western Canada this week to explain to provincial ministers new Federal housing Initia Tives announced in the 12 Bud under the Canada mortgage renew Al homeowners forced to pay More than 30 per cent of their monthly incomes on renewed mortgages will be eligible for Pawley said his government will proceed with its own Aid scheme despite Ottawa he said there will be an attempt to ensure the two programs dont the incoming Premier said he hoped to put greater emphasis than the conservatives did on housing Pawley said he still planned a rent control scheme despite concerns it might affect apartment Cosgrove told reporters rent controls could be counterproductive unless they were implemented As part of a wider housing there is agreement that you cant look at rent controls in he he said two other provinces Are now talking of removing rent controls in an attempt to Spur apartment develop Pawley said a rent control program would work As Long As it was fair to both landlords and it will not discourage develop he Pawley said housing starts were at an Al 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