Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 27, 1982, Winnipeg, Manitoba The Winnipeg welcomes Fetters from writers fiust give their and fire be used and letters Are subject to my accuses in Job on september Wilson la Adf and t wrote to minister of transport Jeanluc Pepin express Bur concern of but cons the previous week that it was considering the consolidation of its passenger repair work at the Point so Charles shops Iii Montreal at the expense 6f the Transcona shops in we reacted strongly to this because we had reason to believe that in was not considering the matter with an open but had already made up its mind and was just going through the when i asked Pepin in the House of commons on november 1 some five weeks later about Why 1 had not heard from him All he did was refer to a letter from in president Maurice Leclar he he sent out to All concerned about the he had never sent me anything on this 1 that the letter from Leclair which the minister falsely claimed he sent was a letter from Leclair to Pepin of september 29 that i did not receive from the minister but a copy of which i had the Opportunity to on november 1 finally received something from it was the letter from Leclair of september apart from the shameful delay and the inability of the minister to answer for the letter tries to cover up what in is really it tried to explain the reduction of coach work in Transcona a general adjustment in coach work across the system due to via the truth is what is happening and what is at Issue is that the share of the passenger work which Transcona traditionally received is projected to be drastically altered in 1983 from 40 per cent to five per cent As i see is a not just an Leclair and the minister of transport have never these instead they have hidden behind generalities about continued a High Levels of employment at Transcona and vague promises 6f expanded freight the letter talks about the expansion of the wheel shop and the program to build 300 Wood hip cars at Whai it does hot say is that both these pro of Arris Are near completion and that Fie her of them will in any Way compensate for the loss of coach work in 1983 or in subsequent some 230 jobs will be directly affected and another 70 or so for a total of 300 at least too of these jobs these of the Sheet Metal electricians and not be replaced by expanded freight even Carmen would be affected contrary to the ignorant Mark of Lloyd Axworthy several weeks ago that there was no difference be upholstering a fusion and work ing on a coach work is a source of preferred work for senior trades 1 invite Axworthy to work under a Boxcar for awhile to Clear his in All likelihood he has never been inside a railway never mind a there is a coverup going Pepin arid Axworthy Are in cahoots with the new president of the who is determined to do to the rest of the railway what his predecessor did to in express and in passenger service that destroy it by forgetting that the is not like any other business an cannot be run just according to Shortter profit this is All the More reprehensible when it is being done by a Crown what is even More reprehensible is the Way Axworthy is he has deserted Winnipeg and is acting like a celebrating the new air Canada facilities in Winnipeg while helping cover up this significant trans Fer of work out of Winnipeg either that or he is a dupe of the in any it is time he smart ened up and got on Side before we have a repeat of die air Canada overhaul work Transfer from Winnipeg to a Transfer for which this time he will shoulder most of the Parasiuk and i Are still waiting for a real if there is not the Wisdom to abandon the one Hopes there could at least be the guts to admit Bill my Winnipeg Birds Hill Ottawa in this Corner in the current confrontation Between the Manitoba medical association and the provincial one May ask whether either Side is at All concerned about the health and Well being of the people of Corner stands the hell Bent on winning the right to third party arbitration while maintaining the right to of Touton medicare and the Mma is convinced that such a scheme will be More effective in securing higher fees for doctors than the present system in which the government has arbitrary the Mma has launched the current work stoppage to put pressure on the govern ment to win the sympathy of the for the Ordinary working per facing unemployment or wage restraints and living on an income on fifth that of his it will be difficult to support the Mas schemes to further increase the High fees of regardless of whatever else they Call in the other Corner stands the nip whose actions Are no More worthy of support than the capitalizing in the unpopular stand of the the government is trying to present itself Aser of the Peoples right to health this is the height of it is precisely the constraint program of this and previous limit ing healthcare spending increases to six or seven per which is responsible for the closing of Hospital the reduction of Hospital staff and the elimination of doctors who Are dedicated to provid ing health care should be in the fore front of the struggle for decent health care and against the deteriorating standards of care which have resulted from government cutbacks since the Onset of the economic crisis in the if the Mma were True to these it would organize and inspire the doctors to fight for an end to the an end to the diversion of funds away from health and social services and into More profitable Sec tors of the such As military spending and the War it would organize the doctors to fight against the inequalities in the health care system and for genuinely free and Universal health such Aims would not Only inspire the Active support of dedicated but of the majority of the people As Joel my president progressive medical association Winnipeg coverage deplored Jlas be of the Royal Winnipeg bal lets tour 1was fortunate in being Able to accompany the Ballet on the London part of its five week european tour this past As part of the we attended four performances and met such Ballet personalities As Dame Alicia Mark Anton Dolin and critic Cler Tietti As for the free november 20 by Peter a London i would agree that the Ballet finds Lon Don standards but i totally Dis agree with the the London in his talk to Ballet Crisp gave a Short history of Ballet in he said if you do not have a you Are dead he praised the Royal Winnipeg Ballet professional school under the direction of David Moronis and noted the Evi Dence of the Vera vol Koyas teaching As taught to David and passed on to our he spoke of the wonderful cohesive Quality of the which you can Only get from a school at the opening night reception at the Guildhall in i spoke to a bbl dance who shared the Joy she Felt at seeing such a vibrant she you sometimes its a chore to have to go Back and review each of the new programs As they but in this Case i can hardly wait until the next in a talk by Steven manager of the sadlers Wells the atre where the Ballet we were told not to expect More than 40per Cen full As this is Standard for any visiting in the statistics proved better than 77 percent full houses for the i would also quote free october in spite of what the critics May the Royal Winni pegs programs have commanded Public attention and it after the general Public which fills the the full theatres in London Are not the result of a Pilgrim Stewart Winnipeg negative of Are written to stimulate and urge readers to continue on to read the and read 1 the Story about the Royal Winni Peg Ballet by Peter London extracts selected pieces of criticism from three de London dance or Rose has every right to select the material he wishes to include in his he seem to focus on the most quotable negative aspects of those even there were numerous positive references quoted within the my major criticism is that the headline implies that the Rob did badly in that seems far from the truth and does the Rob great roses last and lets not forget that the audience loved proves my i know there Are at least ten dance critics in Why were Only three critics quoted Why were the positive attendance figures for the entire London run excluded Why was the free our cites major second to the Sun continually during the ribs recently completed european and egyptian tour arts groups need criticism in order to continue to strive to do my objection is not but your inflammatory negative the entire entertainment Section of the free press has weakened considerably in the last couple of shame Richard Finkel Winnipeg London audiences loved the Royal Winnipeg nurses Call demands reasonable the Manitoba organization of nurses associations Mona has presented justifiable and negotiable proposals to the Manitoba health the percentages referred to in the article nurses demands pegged at 44 per free november 3 and in a letter by Don colpitts Irre free november 19 Are off the Mark and even if Mona received salary increases originally they would be less than the 19 per cent needed to bring general duty nurses to salary parity with this is an opening and negotiable this past week Mona has been negotiating with the health sciences Grace and Victoria talks broke Down on november 1 with the Manitoba health organization because the mho refused to discuss our proposals or offer any counter Mona was left with no Choice but to request the services of a conciliation negotiations began again on no vember and we look Forward to continuing the Normal collective bar gaining we have and will continue to show restraint on Money matters in these difficult economic but we will remain firm on those issues which affect the Quality of health care in we believe that working conditions and benefits can Only be worked out by free collective bargain ing Between the nurses and employers at the negotiating Mona is confident that a mutually satisfactory agreement can be worked Irene Ray executive director Mona Winnipeg Aii rns View it is upsetting to read a letter such As the one by Don colpitts free november 19 criticizing the Manitoba organization of nurses association most nurses in Manitoba would appreciate whatever increase was Given them As Long As better working conditions were provid i wonder if colpitts has any idea How hard we work has he tried to work two shifts hours because of inadequate nursing staff in a critical area or to work 12 consecutive Days has he been in a situation of life and the frustration and responsibility involved in our work nurses do not get a Day off because there is a we still have to report because there is somebody in the Hospital who needs our after eight hours of we still have to Rush to the Hospital to assist on emergency surgery at 2 and Are still expected to be Alert to report at 7 there is a shortage of nurses in Manitoba just imagine having three or four nurses in a 25bed Ward where is the safety Factor there Safeway stores staff and postal work ers get More pay than do the do you think that handling letters and produce is a More responsible Job than that of dealing with life in Winnipeg usual Claptrap yellow journalism is the term one would apply to the article province urged to curb Indian Hunting free the article has overtures that turn one group against another particularly where two or More ethnic groups Are in i do not understand How the Manitoba wildlife federation draws its conclusions and makes such crass state without integrating related factors such As other Legal or or statistics from documented reliable sources it is hard to accept that those bad indians Are responsible for it not Only Are there pertinent questions to be asked about the statements by the federation and the department of natural but the article is slanted toward a situation where non Indian views must indians once with government Are left in a bad propaganda and incomplete reporting do nothing to solve the if there is it merely puts us in a bad Light with the general most of whom Are not aware of the we Are not about to Bow our Heads in shame or to feel guilty about our fundamental and agreed upon rights because someone gets a Little upset about them without addressing Basic issues one of the issues might be what Are Canada and Manitoba prepared to do discussion of this Issue of Hunting beyond the usual Claptrap of mitigating further the indians place in society William Thomas pegu is 1575 birthdays Myrta Manitoba Nina Manitoba born Sas november Mary Jane Muggaberg Nee Dennis Ontario born por Tage la Prairie no vember i the government has to decide whether to increase raise the deficit or reduce conserva Tive finance critic Brian Ransom said at a recent news nip is the government and we the our responsibility is to see the government acts in a responsible fashion and to provide constructive when we Are in govern ment we expect to say what we will As it gets closer Jcj the we will put Forward our had called the news Confer ence to demand the government bring in a new budget As soon As the Legisla Ture reconvenes december among other the budget should repeal the per cent payroll tax and outline the governments immediate and Long term strategy for coping with the Ransom was immediately caught in a familiar opposition he was would the tories do and repeatedly ran som refused to ransoms reluctance was perfectly who do give answers to such question run risk of making themselves moving target for governments anxious to get off the while it May be dangerous to Tike it can also ref by pimply to the tories have fought the payroll tax since its last and Frances Russell their criticisms Are a period of High is hardly the time to bring in a tax on the tax May have caught Banks and Trust companies and May yet catch the Federal but it also traps Public such As municipalities and the alternatives Are Soso leaving the government on the horns of a without the payroll tax estimated million Revenue million ejected for a full year of the government would be forced to make major cutbacks in de spite the views of the neoconservative school of recessions ire the very worst time for governments to slash would come the Money for the Public supports the tories themselves such As a beef Ita filiation interest rate Relief and More and better Assis Tance to school boards Lues and the Only real alternative to the payroll a two Point hike in the sales would carry set of Low consumer a Ina or Factor in the current economic would be further causing greater the tories should be secretly with what is looming As the governments major political v the fact it May end up having to increase the sales tax on top of having brought in a new and unattractive this the government received a Pat on and some sympathy from an unusual the Western Manitoba Chambers of spokesman Art mayor of went far As to Telephone the free press to offer himself and his group maybe the reason weve got who says he is neither tory nor praised finance minister Vic a Chroeder for the fact he was willing to listen to we met with the minister before the budget last Spring and told him that a sales tax increase would be a thing for the to pms and Busin esses along the Saskatchewan Border Kinney believes the High profile at tacks on the payroll tax from some Brandon automobile and farm implement Are politically motivated pretty a High try be ignored Kinney Points out that neither group would be affected by a sales tax farm implements Are exempt and there is no advantage in buying cars out of province As they the Manitoba Levy when they Are Regis when the Chambers met with the tory caucus and outlined their Posu Kinney said they received some sympathy from their local allow whom Are but sit Ion Leader Sterling Lyon just blinked Over his glasses and said some thing about a two pronged attack on the governments budgetary problems while former agriculture minister Jim Downey didst say a Kinney said businesses in towns such As Swan Virden and Elkhorn would be virtually destroyed i the sales tax Rose to seven per Saskatchewan is Only five per cent and i think that at the rate Premier Grant Devine is there soon May not be any sales tax at All local residents would shop in Saskatchewan and the towns would lose their current Saskatchewan Busk i cant understand what All this hollering about the payroll tax is at they Are going into someone else like the lawyer and the dentist and the Kinney believes the Issue illustrates a growing problem in we Are Only 22 million people acid weve got to pull the provinces Are All hurting one another their selfish efforts to put themselves in a better i dont think the nip needs to worry about the payroll tax at there getting at a few people whole never been got that Kinney says the Chambers will meet december 2 to decide whether they will Issue a Public statement supporting the government on the payroll All of which shows that Plain critic alone can get oppositions into Doonis Iury ;