Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 1, 1982, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free december 1982 Winnipeg free press Freedom of Trade Equality of civil rights Liberty of religion published six Days a week at 300 Carlton Winnipeg r3c 3c1 by Canadian newspapers company limited Telephone Winnipeg free press 1872 Winnipeg Tribune Donald Nicol publisher John Dafoe editorial Page editor Murray Burt managing editor Rudy Redekop controller my my m a helpful proposal health minister Larry Desjardins has resisted the temp tation to Tell the Manitoba medical association to get lost and has taken a Long and helpful step toward improving the Billing and fee bargaining rules for Manitoba his latest proposal on extra Billing would protect the Freedom of any doctor to choose Between Billing patients directly and Billing medicare for his it would protect the position doctors who now Bill their patients More than medicare it would also prevent the spread of extra Billing continued Over Many would gradually reduce and eventually eliminate the prac Tice of the medical association should be Able to accept the Broad outlines of the Desjardins has been unduly in declaring that this proposal is final and immutable and that the medical association must answer yes or no within one week so that the government can prepare the necessary his proposal contains new material and new principles whose practical effect needs to be carefully Exa mined with the it also leaves a Large ambiguity about what happens at the end of the proposed two year trial to avoid and recriminations in Desjardins and the Mma should make sure that they and the Public All have the understanding about what is to happen the government delayed Many months before unveiling its first proposal in it cannot now reasonably require the Mma to jump As soon As the minister snaps his Desjardins is proposing that binding arbitration should be available for settling the fee agreements that must be concluded for 1983 and for the 1985 agreement and the arbitration system would continue sides want it to continue but could be abandoned if one Side wants to abandon he is proposing also to Amend the health services insurance act to provide that no Manitoba doctor can extra Bill except those who were extra Billing in october this those few could not Bill higher than 15 per cent above the medicare schedule and they could not increase the proportion of their patients from whom they demand extra the reason for this curtailment of extra Billing is that a binding arbitration award must be truly binding on the Desjardins has said from the Start that arbitration must go hand in hand with curtailment of yet his even at this advanced stage of the does not make Clear that lapsing of the arbitration system would entail lapsing of the new limits on in a covering but not the proposal he says that the 15percent limit would apply during the two year trial he does not say the same for the other limits on nor does he say what procedure is to be followed in 1985 if arbitration is to be Abando ried and the present rules if this is not a time bomb will be planted and set for detonation in the government asks the medical association to Guaran in a manner satisfactory to the that not All physicians in a specially or in a location or in a specially in a location will extra such a guarantee would not really be enforceable against the which has not the Power to dictate to a doctor How he will Bill or where he will the government and the association have to do their Best to see that full insured services Are available in All parts of the province and Mutual agreement that they will make their Best efforts to that end would be the Public needs something More substantial than an unenforceable guarantee from the it would also be interesting to know where the 15percent figure comes from and How the government proposes to calculate what proportion of a doctors patients Are being there is no need to niggle at length Over these Points since the governments general purpose clearly is to bring about a withering Way of but these Are additional respects in which the governments proposal is incomplete and requires further refinement and Neotia time undoubtedly is getting Short for the enactment of a new set of fee bargaining and extra Billing rules for next through no fault of the but Desjardins will to fill in a few More Blanks yet and tie up a few More Loose ends before he can require the doctors to choose Between the present rules and the new set he a round of bad Faith the International Trade talks in Geneva last week diced the worst possible outcome for a country such As simply the first ministerial meeting in nine years of the general agreement on tariffs and Trade was a already suffering should prepare themselves for much this so Large in size and so wealthy in is not much better placed than it was 50 years ago to protect its citizens from the tidal wave of protectionism that sped the plunge into depression and that May be about to hit the world Canada belongs to no great trading although it is one of the leading traders of the the reduced Prosperity now enjoyed by this country is heavily dependent on a open trading not Only through Export earnings but through the jobs created in this country by demand for Export that Liberal trading system has been under threat for some time and the vicious tone of the discussions at the Gatt meeting suggest that the worst is yet to of the 88 countries subscribing to the Gatt charter and in attendance in Australia was most accurate in publicly describing the the final said Australia was meaningless because it is ambiguous and shrinks from firm in a logical Australia refused to the communique is a it is a mealy mouthed sidestepping of responsibility by just about every As it truly reflects the bad Faith and meanness of spirit that most of the 88 countries brought to it is difficult to believe that the same countries had any connection with the reasoned and orderly deliberations of the Kennedy and Tokyo the easy Way out is for everyone to blame the world every country political leadership is having Domestic economic including the explosive prob Lem of soaring including has reacted by erecting various types of Tariff and no Tariff Barrier that have slowed an already slowed growth in world the Gatt membership consists today of a Gigantic Circle of guilty states pointing accusing fingers at the next the two big players in Geneva were the United states and the european economic Community and their brutal clash set the both have Large Domestic markets that allow them to ride out a Trade War in that Canada and most other countries the United states set out to dismantle the secs highly protectionist common Agri cultural policy in a on week the goaded into extremist positions by a France that is leading the european protectionist derailed All efforts to Salvage any pretence of Unity and generosity from the meetings if the political leaders of the Gatt countries have any they will be awed by the damage to the world trading atmosphere that they did in will resist emotional reactions by their and will get together again soon to repair that its adventurism customers of the Manitoba Telephone system have every reason to be about the criticism of the Utility in the annual report of the provincial Ziprick has criticized its for venturing beyond its specific legislative authority to do business in saudi one phrase described the action As electronic Advent while admitting that the its involvement could be although beyond its legislative Ziprick advised against further adventures which lacked specific a recent order by the provincial government has established a subsidiary of to conduct the Utility International Max has received an Advance from its of and its initial report shows a loss of for the year ending March the financing of Max is not the first business venture entered into by its which lacked specific its became a Bank of sorts in order to keep another itself a virtual subsidiary of the loan was written off because it could not be its Hopes to make Money in the Middle East through its new in the As Ziprick has pointed customers Are required to pay for the use of the Money that has been at no to its if the Hopes of its Are not realized to any greater extent with Max than they were with the earlier Telephone customers will have to through their phone whatever losses Are zip Ricks warnings Are dismissed by its chairman Saul who says the auditor simply likes everything to be and Miller defends the actions of the Utility by arguing that rates Are set by the Public utilities Board and that other Telephone companies Are doing the same the takes into account the Utility total financial including its bad in determining rate the pub will have Little Choice but to allow increases if its gets itself into deeper financial trouble elsewhere in the what is wrong with what has with the earlier loan and the new is that the the customers of the have been let in on the facts Only after they have Ziprick is not simply asking for things to be neat and he is asking that the Public have an Opportunity to in of the risks they Are about to Admiral fights for peace Michael of the Washington says that president Ronald Rea Gan did not Tell the whole Story when he claimed that in virtually every measure of military the soviet Union enjoys a decided that is a polite Way of saying presi Dent Reagan is not telling the truth for Getler goes on to illustrate that the contrary is True the has a decided but then the question of superiority is meaningless because both countries have the ability to annihilate one another Many times in a nuclear incomprehensible yet the United states is embarking on a missile program part of trillion the administration proposes on military spending Over the next six these colossal figures Are but put the six year program Down to an hourly and the lunacy becomes it amounts to million on military spending every Hiir Over the next six that is the Way it is calculated by the Centre for defence of a reputable nonpartisan research organization that supports a Strong but opposes excesses and waste in military and programs that increase the danger of nuclear the in an Analy Sis military finds the has a strategic nuclear this was noted at the recent Confer ence on nuclear arms Here by rear Admiral Eugene retired from the Navy and now Deputy director of the i met the a spare Man of medium eager to speak on the Folly of nuclear Admiral Carroll is a singular individual he is a Man of arms while intellectually and passionately devoted to the remarkable thing is that he has a Good track record in he has a distinguished career of 37 years of Active service in the he a naval commanded Jet squad served in the Vietnam Campaign where his assignment included com Mand of the amphibious assault ship Ogden and the aircraft uss Val Werier later he was commander of the Carrier striking Force of the sixth Fleet in the he was the first naval officer to serve As director of military operations of All forces in Europe and the Middle his last assignment on Active duty was in the a assistant Deputy chief of naval operations for policy and it was his Job to plan for conventional and nuclear i dont know of any military officer who believes you can win a nuclear says Admiral both the and the soviet Union have the capability of obliterating each other in 30 fallacy it was in while he was writing his thesis at naval College on limited nuclear that he recognized the fallacy of such a the Union of concerned scientists of puts it pointedly in the Middle of a nuclear there Are Only minutes to make decisions affecting the future of left the Navy in two years before frustrated with the direction of i had a huge a big oils on the All the symbols of Power and recalls Admiral car but none of the ability or Power to influence i was supposed to be shaping naval but policy was made far i was a paper in the Peter one gets promoted to a level of i got promoted to a level of prior to that i was an operational and my Job was to make the system work i took a great Deal of satisfaction to command and Lead in the when he he joined the Centre for defence he agrees with the centres policy that Strong too Many chiefs two recent items in the free press warrant the article Hydro Boss free november 19 and the editorial new problems for free november one might Hope that with All the coverage the free press has devoted to Kris Kristjanson Manitoba Hydro that surely someone in your newsroom would have Learned How to spell the name of Hydro in the november 19 the name of Laurie Blachford was incorrectly spelled Blanchford no less than six in the november 20 your writer took the pains to spell the name but neglected to Check his contrary to his Kris Kristjanson was not Vic chairman or even a member of the Hydro Board when he resigned in dispute Over Hydro at the time of his he was assistant general your writers statement that half of Hydro staff was presumably with the is completely there were no other resignations related to the dispute other than that of Campbells from the and the free press nor any person would not have any Way of measuring the attitude of employ in any Many of those who May have Felt sympathetic soon had those feelings dissipate when the Issue became if the politicians Are going to establish Hydro As they and if the government is going to do Hydro Long Range planning an negotiate its one might Well ask if the Utility really needs a letters the Winnipeg free press welcomes tellers from writers must give their name and names will be used and letters Are subject to surely with a six Board three general managers and six assistant general a Cus might reasonably con clude that the Utility is Well staffed at the upper especially since Hydro work Load is a fraction of what it was a few years and Peak employment the lowest in ten Earl Mills Winnipeg two Post boxes i read the letter to free november 1 and i make the following How about divid ing the flow of letters at the very beginning supposing that about on half of everyday correspondence was posted in a Box Canadian Only and the other half addressed to other countries put in another the boxes could be differ ent for different it would not take a lot of Money to change As very often Post boxes in the Winni Peg Are in Shulman Winnipeg principled Man i was dismayed to read that some provincial liberals blame former Leader Bobby Bend for the dismal state of their party in every think ing person knows that Pierre Trudeau and his destructive policies have caused that the decision to attack a principled Man such As who sacrificed much for his reveals a Lack of both appreciation and Tom Goodman High standards the members of the knights of co Lumbus Fisher Branch Council regret the erroneous impression the article priests Knuckles rapped Over Dona Tion free november 6 May have created about our Parish father Denis Bourbon father Denis has served in our Community for a number of he has set a High personal Standard of pasto ral service and has devoted his time unselfishly to the needs of All his parishioners including visiting the the elderly and the As a member of the oblate father Denis is permitted to keep Only those material possessions which Are required for his immediate All monies collected from Church functions become the property of his in carrying out his pastoral duties Over the father Denis in done with very limited resources of any suggested fees of any kind Are set by the of which we Are lest any one get a false impression we wish to inform everyone that As members of his have the High est respect for father Denis Bourbonnais and Are thankful for the personal sacrifice he has made for the spiritual welfare of his As Mem Bers of the knights of Columbus we Are proud to attest to father Deniss spirit Ual r grand Knight Daniel Macneil District Deputy knights of Columbus Fisher Grant for vets on november i was driving on Osborne Street and noticed a sick dog on the i got out of my car to look at the dog and could not Tell what was economic and political Struc Tures contribute equally to National Security and Are essential to the strength and welfare of our he deplores the fact that the United states is emphasizing military con referring to Secretary of defence Caspar Weinberger instruction to the armed forces Over the next years to open new areas of Mili tary Competition with the soviet Union and to prepare plans to prevail in a protracted nuclear he Calls this silly for no one can win in a protracted nuclear whatever that political costs this excessive emphasis on Mili tary confrontation has grave political costs in our relationship with our allies who tend to see issues More in political and economic they feel they Are caught in the Middle in this grow ing military Competition Between two the political consequences Are to weaken our How does that improve Pur Security there is no defence Only destruction in a nuclear the Centre for defence information says the nato allies Are ahead in nuclear strategic have always outspent the Warsaw pact on but the Escala Tion of arms and on both the soviet Union has stated it will match any nuclear says the United states authorities acknowledge that the soviets Are capable in the next decade of developing new manned advanced cruise improved submarine based super accurate and new anti ballistic missile no one can there Are already the poor of the world Are being deprived while the superpowers utilize More resources for nuclear men like Admiral Carroll should be sup ported in speaking up on these says Admiral Many responsible and experienced military people Are saying the same thing the Centre is for some observes Admiral among them Are a number of there admirable Admi wrong with i took it to the emergency animal clinic at 400 Pembina High the staff were very Good and attended to the dog the veterinarian told me that the dog had a punctured lung and that they would do everything they could to save up to this the veterinarian did not know that the dog did not belong to she asked me if it was my dog and i said i was quite surprised when she said it would Cost me when i asked what would happen to the dog she said after it was they would run an and in the newspaper to try to find the if no one answered the it would then be taken to the humane i asked who paid for the treatment and the and and the vet said the clinic she then mentioned that the clinic had asked the City of Winnipeg a Grant for situations such As the above and that the City turned it i cannot believe i think the veterinarians of Winnipeg should be getting some Type of Grant for services such As Candace Gilmore Winnipeg birthday John Winnipeg born december ;