Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 25, 1982, Winnipeg, Manitoba Eva is he re to of v j 1 k Viiu j to y y j Winnipeg november j 3j Jcj Foster parents lauded As exceptional at infants drowning inquest by Molonez the said this Childs Marion a rehabilitation coun quaely supervise their Robin testified Leslie judge Conner lashed out i j j condition has improved beyond their seller who also works with the on the Day of the the Koho confided to her later on the night press for a Story yesterday Francis and Elizabeth expectations due to the couples Ula said the couple go beyond Paneks were looking after five Foster of the death acting on proceedings the previous Francis and Elizabeth whose 13monthow Foster child drowned in their Bathtub in Early Are exceptional Foster parents who greatly helped disadvantaged an inquest was told provincial judge Arnold presiding at the inquest into Priscilla Sutherland heard from five people who called the Konopasek de Votion to children two child development who work with a Blind and deaf infant living with the said this Childs condition has improved beyond their expectations due to the couples All of the children there seem to be very energetic and Happy said Lois an occupational therapist who based her observation on 28 visits to the konopaseks1 fort Rich mond Home to work with the Ive always been tremendously impressed with the love and concern that Treyve Given to any child in their Croeker the kind of situation Ula is in is Marion a rehabilitation counsellor who also works with the Ula said the couple go beyond what could normally be expected of Foster parents in providing an optimum environment for the child to Frank aired her views in a letter 7 to the childrens Aid society of Winnipeg after being angered by Media coverage of the which has so far involved five Days of testimony in three sessions since a nextdoor Dorene had testified 1 that in her View the Konopasek didst adequately supervise their on the Day of the the Korto Paneks were looking after five Foster children and three adopted most of whom were under three years they said child was left unattended in the tub after Konopasek misunderstood his wife instructions to keep an Eye on the Priscilla was found by Leslie pee the Konopasek 11yearold Fos Ter according to testimony yes Kono Jasek had instructed Leslie to watch Priscilla and another infant who was also in the Public made privy to old forts secrets artefacts uncovered the re Mains of privies at historic upper fort Garry were displayed for the first time yesterday by the University of Manitoba archaeology they included Clay Bone wooden newspaper frag a Large Cannon balls and grape Glen u of m Archeo logy professor who has led digs at the old fort in what is now Bonnycastle told a Public meeting yesterday bottle dated about 1848 thousands of items have been Reco he said most of the artefacts Reco Vered were found in two areas used As combination outdoor privies and Gar Bage probably in items recovered included frag ments of a British newspaper prob ably from Birmingham describing the Shropshire stakes horse race run there on july monks he said there is evidence the dumps received most of what now is being uncovered in when the British sixth regiment of foot was breaking Camp to leave fort Garry for a new the regiment had arrived Here two years the upper fort was established in some years after the Hud sons Bay company sir George had lower fort Garry built near the lower in had replaced the first two structures at the Confluence of the red and Assiniboine both known originally As fort Gibraltar and the last one later renamed As the original fort the first fort Garry was aban dined and demolished in 1820 after repeated flood monks said yesterday his teams have unearthed considerable Stone and log Wall remains in the Southern most Quarter of the last upper fort which extended from the Assiniboine to the still remaining Stone Gate near historical including Early maps and suggest the Walls of the fort enclosed areas now co Vered by pails of main Street near the Bridge across the a Curling and civic office build Ings at 100 main monks said no decision has been made on what to do with the structural remains of the which was modified and expanded to its northernmost limits in he said a major direction of re search in years to come will be to reconstruct the Way the Hudson Bay operated the fort in a Day today basis and on what life was like for those who lived Glen monks with artefacts from upper fort Garry changes urged in unsafe work Law worker should not have to fear employer hearing told by Doug Speirs workers must be assured of the right to refuse to perform unsafe tasks with out fear of employer the first of two Public hearings on work place safety and health was told last although the right to refuse danger Ous work is addressed in the workplace safety and it Falls far Short of being Model Dick mar president of the Manitoba federa Tion o labor told the a refusal to work not Only allows an employee to escape exposure to a Dan Ger but also May compel management to rectify an ongoing health and safety Martin about 150 citizens and labor leaders attended the hearing to present briefs and Call for amendments to the Legisla Tion governing workplace health and safety in under the which received Cabi net approval in an employer is required to so far As is reasonably the health and welfare at work of All his workers m but Martin said yesterday workers should be encouraged to escape any danger regardless of its cause and to Boycott of Schneider meat products called to support workers demands by Brian Cole the United food and commercial workers and the Manitoba federation of labor have called for a Boycott of All Schneider meat products in sup port of 127 striking workers at the firms Boniface at a press conference Vern assistant director of the said the which will be supported with an advertising Cam begin in Manitoba and could be extended across Canada unless the dispute is As Gerry Otto of the Manitoba food and commercial workers Union which represents supermarket employ said his Union will ask retail store owners to Stop handling Schneider meat if this the Union will ask its members to declare the Ontario based meat com pants products hot goods and ref use to handle kill and Cut Plant Schneider processes and pack Ages beef and but the Marion Street Plant is basically a kill and Cut operation which Sells meat to retailers for overt counter workers walked off their jobs at the Plant 25 to Back demands to increase their base rate by about an hour in each year of a two year the company has offered wage increases of 50 cents an hour and a reduction in benefits which amount to a Little More than 50 cents an there have been no negotiations since the strike and there Are none the Mil and the Winnipeg labor Council also pledged full support for the strikers Mil president Dick Martin said his organization was starting to take a larger role in strikes in response to the Tough bargaining conditions encountered by local including those representing workers at Schneider and the Export packers egg processing also represented by the Harvey labor Council Sec said the strike was a test of the labor movement in this is one where were going to go All representatives of about eight other unions attended the press conference to voice support for the Schneider saying a fair contract was important to set the tone for their own refuse to carry out any act which endangers a worker should not be required to return to that work until he is satisfied the Job is he adding that employers should not have the right to fill a vacancy created by a refusal until it has been inspected by a health and safety even after the inspector rules that the work is Safe and the vacancy is filled by another he should be informed of the earlier refusal and the reasons for Martin Laurie an unemployed Carpen lashed out at the saying it suffers from several serious de regulations Todd said regulations must be drafted to implement the legislation dealing with the right of workers to refuse dangerous by placing this Section from the act into the regulations it would then be come a safety requirement for a worker not to proceed with any work pro Cess the person had a reasonable cause to believe would create an undue he but George who identified himself As a safety asked the hearing to what extent an employee can refuse dangerous work if the Refus Al could endanger the the hearings Are to continue tonight in Robin testified Leslie confided to her later on the night of the death acting on Konopasek she entered the bathroom and found Priscilla play ing in the Leslie indicated she went away and returned later to find Priscilla in obvious Robin who was recalled to the stand said she had Given Leslie no instructions to watch the i ask a child to look after another she judge Conner lashed out at the free press for a Story yesterday based on proceedings the previous the Story said the judge had ordered Cas lawyer Doug Yard to Call a Cas official to court to explain Why the Agency haunt issued a document approving the Konopasek As Foster who called Colette goer Well of Cas to the stand said the judge haunt ordered him to do but had Only made a request to which he goer Well testified the formal approval letter want sent out due to a clerical expert warns mental health Laws face test by Cecil Rosner sections of Manitoba mental health act would almost certainly be declared invalid if challenged in a constitutional expert said Dale Gibson the University of Manitoba Law faculty said he has identified a number of pretty Clear breaches of the charter of rights in the there also Are Many More sections which a lawyer could easily argue Are unconstitutional As its a drafts ans dogs Gibson said of the he called on the province to rewrite the Law clarifying the language and eliminating the apparent charter although Gibson said he want familiar with the Way the act was put into practice on a Day today he said Many sections left the Legal door open to tremendous potential Gibson told a group of mental health professionals at Victoria general hos Pital yesterday he identified the faulty sections during a review of Manitoba legislation he is conducting for the he is supervising a project to examine All provincial statutes for Vio lations of the new charter of among the sections of the mental health act which Gibson said he believes Are almost certain to be Over turned by the courts Are which the lieutenant governor the right to commit to a mental institution anyone convicted of any mobility rights d gives the provincial director of psychiatric services the right to remove a patient from Manitoba if that patient is not ordinarily resident Gibson called a clearcut violation of mobility 51 and which give the government the right to refuse Hospital admission to eskimos or in mates of Federal penitentiaries unless Ottawa pays the Gibson said this would be unconstitutional when 15 of the the ant discrimination comes into effect in d which Grants immunity from Legal action to anyone acting under authority of the so Long As the person is acting in Good Gib son said this provision May survive a court Challenge if people acting under the legislation also were required to exercise reasonable d which threatens anyone who disregards an order made under the act by the director of psychiatric ser vices with indefinite custody in a men Tal Hospital until the person Gibson said this was using institutionalization for a punitive there Are a Host of other sections which he said he believed could also be ruled even though they May not be straightforward in their disregard for the one such provision allows mental health officials to keep a who voluntarily admits in custody for up to 72 an argument can be made that three Days is too Long a period for that he Gibson said he also was concerned about the Power Given to the provincial Public trustee to control the estates of institutionalized in some such persons May be Able to make cogent decisions on their but the act does not recognize a number of people in the audience said while some of the acts provisions seemed to give mental health officials absolute in practice the sys tem was based on sound medical judg ments and a reasoned Gibson said he believed the courts would agree with that i have a feeling the courts Are going to be sympathetic to the medical pro Gibson they will not allow absolute violations of the charter to remain in Gibson stressed it was difficult to accurately predict How courts will View Many apparent charter he said they will ultimately have to be considered in the Light of the Charters opening which prohibits violations unless they Are considered Neces sary in a free and democratic betrayal by lawyer charged by Kevin Prokosh a Friend of former lawyer Jack Bass testified yesterday he was furious when he determined Bass had betrayed him in a 1978 business Deal involving a College Avenue apartment Otto Kunz said he was approached by his very Good Friend Bass to join a Syndicate to buy the Redwood apart ments in he agreed to become an investor and paid to Bass for his Kunz testified he subsequently disco Vered the building had been bought by Bass earlier for i find this extremely the marketing manager told the we the Syndicate in fact had Pur chased the building from i Felt Bass had betrayed me As my Friend and As my Bass and two of his dal Las enterprises and Omar hold Ings Are charged with a total of 32 counts of theft and criminal breach of he is accused of mis appropriating More than from 14 clients Between 1977 and the former Law columnist for the Winnipeg Tribune and lecturer at the University of Manitoba has pleaded not guilty to All after learning of Basss involve ment in the Kunz confronted the the witness said he demanded to be allowed to quit the Syndicate and Bass repaid Kunz his initial invest ment plus a profit of the court was Constance another Syndi Cate also invested but never got her Money Back from the she the trial Winnipeg division teachers ask for 14 raise in oneyear pact Winnipeg school division teachers want a 14percent pay increase in a oneyear collective a division teacher familiar with the bargaining to be presented to the school division said they also include a clause that All teachers be guaranteed 40 minutes preparation time a Day and that minimum two per cent of the approximately division teachers be granted sabbatical leaves if enough the who asked that his name not be said the proposals Slont look like very militant Type bar Eha gaining because it does not appear the economic climate will allow for Jack Winnipeg teachers association confirmed the in formation supplied by the but refused comment on the proposals and refused to release any additional pro King said in an interview the trustees and teachers had agreed bargaining proposals be made he said the current collective agree which expires at fhe end of guarantees elementary teachers 30 minutes a Day preparation time and Board policy outside the con tract gives Junior High and High school teachers 40 minutes a King also said the current agreement says the division must allow at least one per cent of teachers take Sabbati cals if that Many he said teachers in More than half the Winnipeg divisions have two year contracts guaranteeing them the 1982 Cost of living plus per cent As a 1983 pay which is expected to yield about a Northwest territories Council clerk hired for Manitoba legislature Post William bin clerk of the Northwest territories Council for the last 16 has been appointed clerk of the Manitoba was the unanimous Choice of an Al party committee to fill the Post left vacant when longtime clerk Jack Reeves died last he will take Over the Job in the appointment was announced yesterday by Andy chairman of the committee which chose rent Nant Over 5 other applicants from across acting clerk Gordon who says he had applied for the said yesterday he will remain As Assis Tant a Post which he had held for 18 months before Reeves Mackintosh said he was not at All that remnant won the i know remnant and i like him and i respect him said the clerk of the legislature pro Vides procedural advice to Utt House speaker and All Las and administers the Day today operations of the Legisla a native of British worked for the Federal department of Northern affairs in Churchill and in Quebec and Ottawa before joining the government of the Northwest tones in the Early he is a member and former president of the association of in Canada and a member of the society of in Commonwealth ;