Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 3, 1982, Winnipeg, Manitoba 8 Winnipeg free december 1982 Odd bedfellows attack Frothy throne speech by Murray Mcneill labor and business officials generally make Odd but yesterday they were United in their disappoint ment Over what they Felt was a Lack of Lon term Job creation initiatives in the Pawley governments speech from the both Manitoba federation of labor president Dick Martin and Winnipeg chamber of Commerce president Lloyd Mcginnis said that while the housing and capital works programs announced in the throne speech were worthwhile Short term what Manitoba needs is Lon term Laborin Tensive we need More Job mar tin a lot he said two Lon term projects he would like to see the government embark upon Are the immediate Startup of the Limestone Hydro generating Sta Tion in Northern and the rebuilding of the rail line to the North Ern port of those Are two very Large projects that would employ an awful lot of Martin main thrusts Mcginnis said he had hoped the government would unveil initiatives that would help stimulate the private thereby also helping to create the main thrusts Are expanding social programs and Public sector involvement in the he its a throne speech out of tune with the it would have been Good for the but not going into the while Mcginnis was much More Crit ical of the governments Overall Effort than was his verbal attack seemed almost Cowkey when com pared to that of opposition Leader Sterling theres an awful lot of froth and or As we say in Portage la a lot of wind and Rabbit the progressive conservative Leader told but theres nothing of substance in this speech at he nothing that offers any Hope for the Unzem Lyon said that while he did not think anyone could oppose a program which encourages Manitoban to better Insu late their it is a sorry excuse for a Job creation theres Only so Many jobs you can create through an insulation pro he lets not try to kid the troops and say that really going to stimulate the Economy of he also downplayed the Job creating benefits of the recently signed North lands development there int one red cent in that Northern development agreement that Doest come out of the pockets of the taxpayers of Manitoba and Lyon any fool can come along and create make work jobs with tax the tory Leader said he was disappointed to see the absence of any new measures that might have helped resurrect the Western Power none of the thousands of jobs that would create Are in Prospect he added the activist role the nip says it will be taking in the civil Jim Premier Howard Pawley escorts Pearl Mcgonigal to legislative chamber for Reading of throne legislature lives projects and improvements along the red River the mayor said that while it was heartening to hear the government also talking about providing increased Grants to the the speech does not spell out How much of an increase there will he said he was disappointed the speech bore no mention of the cites recent requests for a on percent sales tax increase or some degree of proper Tutax Relief for Winnipeg Home he said the message he got from the and the repeated references to the ongoing was that the government is setting the stage for larger lower Grants and Possi Bly lower wage that certainly kept coming he it was a recurring theme All the Way service probably Means be hiring some of their friends and sup Lyon admitted there were a few measures outlined in the speech which were worthy of such As the governments plans to introduce comprehensive surface rights tighter controls Over the transportation of hazardous and legislation to extend until 1986 existing Royalty and tax incentives for Oil exploration com he hastened to add the were Only peripheral at and do not address the major problems facing the province High unemployment and a staggering progressive party Leader Sidney Green a former nip Cabinet minis equally critical of the governments legislative you have to feel sorry for its terrible for a representative of the Queen to have to go through the protocol of spewing this he told sales tax increase who lost his Winnipeg seat in the election last predicted the deficit will Rise to million As a result of the governments plans arid taxpayers will be saddled with a two percent increase in sales he said it will become impossible for Pawley to continue to blame four years of conservative management for the current economic Green said he was surprised the nip was willing to continue the tax incentives and the conservative administration offered to mining com i thought they wanted to defeat the conservative he he described plans for the establish ment of the governments Manoil com Pany As just another Green said the smoking gun in the throne speech could be the proposal to change the election finances the nip probably wants the government to cover its political another observer at yesterdays Reading of the throne speech was Winnipeg mayor William Norrie had mixed views 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