Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 1, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba P 1980 abortion Rise smallest since 1969 Ottawa up the number of Legal abortions performed in Canada Rose to last an increase of per cent from the number reported in statistics Canada reported it was the smallest annual increase in the number of abortions since the criminal code was amended in 1969 to permit the operation in certain the 1980 abortion rate or the num Ber of abortions compared with every 100 live births was up a fraction from the rate of a year sunny periods 2 Cloudy tonight 5 Jim free press the abortion rate Rose slightly in four provinces and the two territories last year and declined in the other six British Columbia continued to have the highest rate of abortions for every 100 live while Prince Edward Island had the lowest rate of for every 100 As in previous roughly tvo thirds of All abortions were on single Many of them tinder the age of about per cent of the Toton num Ber of cases involved women who said they had undergone previous therapeutic the criminal code was changed in 1969 to permit a woman to receive an abortion if her life or health was threatened by abortions must be approved in and Vance by a panel of doctors and per formed in approved Canadas 1979 rate of abortions for every 100 births was higher than Scotland rate of but lower than the rate of reported in England and Wales and Well below the estimated rate of Here Are the 1980 abortion rates by province and with the com parable 1979 rates in brackets Newfoundland abortions for every 100 live births Nova Scotia new Bruns Wick Quebec Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia Yukon and Northwest Terri tories Canadian author Mavis Gallant reigns from Ogk december 1981 free press Sun rises sets Moon rises sets final 250 Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 second class registration number 0286 p i Peari Mcgonigal and new nip education minister Maureen Hemphill embrace at Swearingin used Over Hackling stay away from Swearingin ceremonies by Mary Ann Fitzgerald and Ingeborg Boyens three Veteran new unhappy when they failed to snare seats in Premier Howard Hawleys stayed Home when the Premier and 12 Cabinet ministers were sworn into of fice yesterday Jim former nip caucus chairman and the party Energy Crit former Public works minister rus sell Doern and Al a former were not among the 300 people who crowded the legislative building Rotunda for the tra edition Laden ceremony conducted by Pearl i had other things to Walding who made no secret of his desire for the cultural affairs and tour ism in not certain As to the logic of leaving him who staged a political comeback after eight years away from the said he would rather not say he referred re quests for More information to Paw Pawley attempted to balance his Cabinet by choosing four former minis ters from the Schreyer four firs term rookies and four Sec on term Doern and Mackling were the Only two former Cabinet ministers in the current nip caucus who did not make it into Hawleys but there were some other Long faces among nip caucus ranks when the Cabinet was sworn Ellice new Democrat Brian Corrin made it to the but was clearly disappointed at not being included in the Cabinet the 35yearold former City Council Lor was elected As an intercity la in 1977 and has had his Eye on the Urban affairs portfolio since those of us who didst get in will just work a Little he newcomer Andy who boasts several years experience in the legislature As the former assistant clerk of the said he was not Happy at being left everyone who runs for office wants to serve in one Way or some were called today and others will have to said the Springfield three Cabinet ministers to carry bulk of workload Anstett said he and other unsuccessful Las were consoled by the fact that some ministers have been Over loaded with work and will obviously have to give up a portfolio at a later Don a 12year vet eran of the had no concerns about not being named to the i am a minister said the roman Catholic Peter former speaker and nip House Leader in the last also said he want were a so it Doest matter what title we were All working to do a Job for the people of said who has sat in the legislature since see tension Page 4 by Ingeborg Boyens and Mary Ann Fitzgerald three of the 12 new democrats granted Cabinet postings yesterday will Bear the Brunt of the workload of the smallest Cabinet in even Premier Howard Pawley con ceded yesterday that some ministers will have More than enough to do until the size of Cabinet is increased in about six Rossmere la Vic Schroeder appeared the most overloaded yesterday after being assigned responsibilities for labor and the civil service and the civil service superannuation a 37 year old has just Over two years tenure in the newcomer Eugene Kostyra himself the minister of consumer and corporate the minister for Urban the minister for cultural affairs and the minister responsible for the Manitoba housing and renewal Len an was As signed the Job of minister of natural minister of Community ser vices and minister responsible for the Manitoba Telephone who seemed astounded by his said he didst know yet what his goals for the various jobs will the former party president said his experience As a a Union local president and an employer would help him tackle his new Job As labor a Union executive who described himself As the new boy on the said he wanted More time before lie could say what he hoped to achieve in his Cabinet Industry minister for eight years under the Schreyer said he had mixed feelings about the switch to a new i am an economist by profession and i was minister of Industry for longer than any other person living or he yet Evans said his work in the huge and highly sensitive Community ser vices portfolio and the controversy Laden its Job is bound to be interest Kostyra and Evans were among the 12 men and women who took their along with As see four Page 4 economic activity Falls sharply Ottawa up the dire predictions of economists were confirmed yesterday by statistics Canada figures which showed the Economy recording its worst performance in More than a year during the third Quarter of the Gross National which measures the total production of goods and services in the shrunk by one per cent in the third after allowance for and things will get said economist George who warned that the full Brunt of this recession will not come until the fourth statistics Canada said the sudden buckling of economic activity Fol Lowed three quarters of relatively Strong the abrupt reversal so soon after the 1980 recovery would appear to be because the Economy has finally Given Way in the face of a protracted period of High interest prevalent in All industrialized record deficit excluding inventory Overall real output fell per its most severe contraction since statistics Canada As the current which records the flow of goods and services Between Canada and the rest of the showed a record deficit of billion during the third among the findings in the quarterly Gnu report g corporation profits tumbled per far greater and More wide spread than any previous declines on d labor income recorded a moderate increase of per while personal disposable income Rose per most of this increase in Howe was due to increases in investment d real spending on goods and ser vices fell per mostly due to a drop in spending nondurable and Semi durable such As household apply the merchandise Trade surplus the difference Between the value of goods exported and the value of goods imported at an annual rate of about billion during the d business and residential construction slipped per cent in real after three quarters of Strong the volume of investment by Busi Ness in Plant and equipment fell per cent in d purchases of nonfarm business goods fell faster than the drop in production leading to a Sharp increase of billion in inventory d total government excluding intergovernmental slowed to a three per cent increase due to a decrease in tax Revenue from corporations and which in turn reflects the weak state of the nip offer plans for Quebec by Michael Doyle Winnipeg free press Ottawa in a dramatic move to bring Quebec into the new opposition tories and new democrats made separate proposals last night which would give the province fiscal compensation if it stays out of future constitutional Jake progressive conservative constitutional proposed that Quebec and All other provinces which exercise their right in the new Constitution to opt out of certain constitutional changes should receive Finan Cial compensation from the Federal and in an address that virtually acknowledged Quebec demand for special nip Leader de Broad Bent said Quebec alone should get full As if to counter both prime minister Trudeau made Public yesterday a telex replying to Premier Bill Bennett affirming Feder see pm Page 4 Soldier wrongly court rules Pawley Cabinet sworn in by Pamela Fayerman a Manitoba denied bail while appealing a drug trafficking convict was cleared yesterday after a tribunal court ruled he was convicted and jailed for seven months on inadmissible David Edward threw up his arms in Victory after the panel of three judges decided the military judge at Hicks trial erred in admitting a statement military police induced Hicks to Hicks was convicted in March of trafficking in Ltd while on military manoeuvres in he was sentenced to one year in the Canadian forces service detention Centre at Edmonton after a court martial at cab Hicks sought to Appeal the convict but was not permitted to apply for bail pending Appeal because the National defence act prohibits his Hersh successfully challenged the act in but by that time Hicks was eligible for bitter and Hicks said the past cant be erased with yesterdays acquittal because he is constantly re minded of the conviction has pre vented him from finding a Job since his release from but Hicks Hopes that problem will be solved by getting Ottawa to Grant him an army Honor Able discharge in Light of yesterdays court martial Appeal court Hicks is also counting on Canadian forces spokesman Don Marsh said Hicks Likely will receive but it was Uncertain yester Day about the Justice James hug Essen of que who delivered the decision during a rare sitting of the tribunal said that when military policemen told see judge Page 4 final Tiff Natalie Wood was slightly intoxicated and angry Over an argument Between her husband and another actor when she its a Start Young couples seeking their own Homes should think in terms of a starter says housing minister Paul Uno the Plo has taken on and Defeated a variety of in including the in a Battle for turf in a in High stakes High stakes talks Between the and soviets on reducing nuclear weapons apparently got off to a Good Index Ann 25 35 7 23 36 28 45 6 Jumble 32 32 35 35 55 sports to ;