Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 3, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Crime and fee repayment order prompts suit by doctor by Steve Pona a Winnipeg doctor has begun court action in an attempt to quash an order to repay in fees to the Manitoba health services John Lim was ordered to repay the fees after the commissions medi Cal review committee examined his medical practice Between 1977 and 1980 and rolled Back Billings for physical examinations and the committee found lims pattern of medical practice respecting physical examinations departed from the commissions Rule of the which issued its order june 30 after a today did not provide further written reasons for its a general practitioner at Charleswood medical 3360 Roblin is asking Manitoba court of Queens Bench to quash the arguing he had performed All of the services for which he was paid and had completed the commissions require ments to the Best of his lims notice of motion says the established under the health services insurance Only reviewed 68 of his and on the basis of those files alone varied claims for services on examinations in examinations in and examinations in the doctor added in an affidavit he would find it extremely difficult and certainly financially embarrassing to have to repay the Money As de and there no equitable basis upon which he should be or dered to do the one of Only two such cases now before the offers a rare glimpse into the operation of the secretive review which last year held 13 i camera meetings and in 197980 recouped in fees from four Manitoba Carlos formerly of win has also taken the commission to court seeking in fees with held after the committee reviewed his pattern of medical Huerto is claiming the review Corn see doctor Page 4 Clearing tonight 14 sunny tomorrow 6 december 1981 free final Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 second class mail registration number vol 1 10 no 4 Sun rises sets Moon rises sets by Michael Doyle Winnipeg free press Ottawa the House of com Mons yesterday overwhelmingly approved the new Constitution and most members of parliament followed it up with a rousing version of 0 the vote was 24624 with 17 Progress Ive 5 and 2 new democrats voting against the Constitution for a variety of in flags were flying at half Mast in response to the the historic Resolution to bring Home the 1867 British North America including a modified charter of rights now goes to the a Senate vote is expected Early next history in the the Resolution is an adjusted version of a constitutional agreement signed 5 Between prime minister tru Deau and the nine English speaking sets out a Long list of rights and enshrines certain principles such As Federal provincial equalization and includes an amending formula for future constitutional it also allows the provinces to opt out of certain changes and lets them pass specific legislation violating certain rights listed in the Quebec Premier Rene Levesque the Lone opponent yesterday ordered All the Quebec flags on government buildings in the province to be flown at half Mast and he suspended the nation Al Assembly for the he is scheduled to make a speech tomorrow before thousands of party militants in Montreal and plans today to seek unanimous approval for a motion which would test before the supreme court of Canada what he claims is Quebec historic right to veto constitutional Justice minister Jean Chretien said yesterday Levesques court move Doest the supreme court already ruled 72 that Ottawa could legally go ahead without any of the provinces never mind Chretien nip Leader de Broadbent said he was pleased with the As a Canadian in he the Day is by the fact that Quebec is left out of the he and politicians will have to Deal with the problem in the Manitoba Premier Howard Pawley said he was pleased to hear of the Accord because it meant the country could get on to More pressing con in relieved that at last the Constitution has now we can proceed with matters of greater con Cern to the Canadian like the he told despite his Pawley said he was disappointed with the the constr tonal package has warts on he Pawley said he didst like the inadequate rights provisions granted aboriginal Peoples and the override clauses demanded by the i dont understand Why the prov see Clark Page 4 increase in taxes warns Manitoba finance minister Vic Schroeder says sales and other taxes May have to be increased to Deal with a projected record the deficit also is expected to get serious consideration from at least one new York investment House when the provinces double credit rating Cornes up for Schroeder said the deficit May be million More than the Mil lion projected by the Defeated con government last week and the nip will have to take a Good look at the existing tax trickery the minister said he is aware the new York Money Market has Cut Back on loan availability and slashed ratings of even the Best credit but he would not speculate on How Large Man Tobas deficit can grow before its rat ing is a spokesman for Moodys investors in new York said yesterday the Agency will reconsider Manitoba credit rating in Early february and would look More favourably on a government which is doing something to reduce its debt deficit is Tim Moodys but what we try to look at is not one deficit in but where the deficit is Schroeder said that direction is de finitely upwards because of conserva Tive juggling of he said the final 198182 deficit could be More than million and called this huge Short fall he stressed the new government has no plans to reduce ser vices in order to pare the Crowll said Moody representatives will reconsider Manitoba double credit held by the province since the Days of the Premier Edward in we Are hoping at that time that we will have a better idea As to what the change in government he a Good rating the Best is triple a makes it easier for a government to borrow Money More cheaply on world Crowll said the company will look at the general Economy of the governments financial its political persuasions and the prov inces debt Load before evaluating Manitoba credit Schroeder said last weeks projection of a million deficit is Low because the tories deducted a pay ment of million from the municipal Loans fund from the he said the former government also Cut the projection by Between to million on the basis of an anticipated cent reduction in estimated spending for the but former pc finance minister Brian Ransom said the new nip government is simply using the projected deficit As an excuse to abandon its expensive Campaign Ransom said it was curious the nip never asked about the projected deficit during the election the size of the deficit should not have been a Surprise because the conservatives introduced Public quarterly financial re he prime minister Trudeau flashes a smile of satisfaction to applauding members of the Liberal caucus in Public web inquiry put on by Mary Ann Fitzgerald a Public inquiry of the workers compensation Board to have been con ducted by retired Winnipeg judge Israel Nitikman has been put hold while an ramp officer takes Over the after holding its first Cabinet meet ing yesterday the government seconded an ramp officer to investigate allegations about the fairness of work ers compensation procedures in the labor minister Vic Schroeder is meet today with the who he said will work not As an ramp but As an there Are no criminal charges in he is simply an experienced person who is doing the investigating rather than have someone who Doest know that Schroeder told the inquiry by Nitikman was or dered by the previous conservative administration because of allegations raised by workers compensation Board employee Ken who has been suspended for releasing confidential information from claim compensation Board chairman rus sell Jones had said Carrol might face criminal charges in connection with the release of confidential inform i believe we would be in As Good a position a anyone else to make Deci Sions based on the facts presented in that Schroeder certainly it will be a lot cheaper and i believe it will be a lot said former conservative labor minister Ken Macmaster had named retired judge Nitikman to investigate the operations of the assistant claims submitted a detailed report of his complaints to the Manitoba federation of labor in which he alleged that Board employees were taught to look for ways to reject claims rather than approve in his made Public in octo he also complained that injured workers were urged to obtain their own doctors and employers reports and we rent told How to Appeal their the incoming nip government had some concern that the sem judicial Nitikman inquiry could drag on for we have one employee spender without we through making our own political Deci Sions for which we were that we can get this resolved More expeditiously As Well As bringing in some proposed changes to workers compel but Macmaster said yesterday the and style review of compensation procedures int too Independent of the minister of labors see officer Page 4 secrecy questioned by Uruski by Brian Cole Bill minister responsible for the Manitoba Public insurance Cor wants to know Why aut Opac is refusing to identify recipients of a towing Uruski promised to investigate the matter yesterday aut Opac officials decided to keep secret the names of the owners of 55757 Manitoba the firm which won the contract about five weeks aut Opac did not know who owned the but senior vice president Carl Laufer said yesterday the owners names Are being kept secret at the request of Ron the towing firms Uruski said he did not understand Why aut Opac would withhold the names of the in a Public tendering system one should be Able to find out who is he i will want to look at the Legal Laufer said Auto acs Legal depart ment has advised him to comply with Pleskys asked Why Auto acs lawyers advised him to keep the names Laufer replied in just telling you what they told its a solicitor client kind of relationship it has to be Nick general Man Ager of Auto Rescue the cur rent Holder of the questioned Auto acs wed like to find out who the owners Are for the Sake of finding out what is see Uruski Page 4 jets downed Michel Dion did a number on his old teammates As Pittsburgh downed the jets Western juggles roles actress Patricia Oatman juggles three roles in the on woman play Maggie and Rescue plan a Rescue vessel considered ramming the stricken euro Princess and hurling nets aboard in an attempt to save its Crew last the spirit of Christmas Rural fans pitch Index 8 23 Ann 23 Jumble 35 31 7 24 35 35 55 42 sports 22 47 21 6 to i ;