Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 3, 1982, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free december 1982 Job program pledged in throne speech trying to help hardest hit All we can Pawley says Lifeboat to Freedom prison guard inspects coffin used by Richard Daniel Shere to float away from William head Federal prison the coffin used As a prop in a play was found adrift and empty near Sheremeth is still at jobless number climbs to new High continued from Page 1 work because they believe none is employment fell for the 15th straight statistics Canada said an Esti mated persons were working last less than in october and less than a year seasonally the decline in employment was concentrated among persons aged 25 years and estimated jobs were lost in the manufacturing sector during the bringing the total decline in the hardhat Industry to More than since the decline began in the fall of last there were also jobs lost in agriculture last month and insurance and real employment Rose by in communications and other utilities the jobless rate decreased by to per cent for males 15 to 24 years of age and by to per cent for females in the same age the rate increased by to per cent for females 25 and Over and it remained at per cent for males in that age the unemployment rate also in creased in Prince Edward Island by to per cent in Nova Scotia by to in new Brunswick by to in Ontario by to in Saskatchewan by to in Alberta by to in British Columbia by to the rate decreased in Newfoundland by to per cent and in Quebec by to the Agency noted that the decline in the rate in Quebec is due to sampling factors and does not reflect a significant improvement in labor Market conditions in the prov new democratic party Leader de Broadbent called the unemployment situation a crisis and demanded an emergency debate in the there have been More than layoffs in the last two months Broadbent said at a news stated in very Blunt human unemployment now equals the labor Force of All the Atlantic provinces plus continued from Page 1 million for the affordable Lewinter est Home of which Only million has so far been committed for 200 labor and the opposition say the governments Job thrust is temporary but nowhere near enough to stimulate the Premier Howard defended the claiming Mani Toba cannot assume All the responsibility for National and International Money and High interest rate which Are strangling the neither nor any government in can commit itself to finding every unemployed person a All that we can do is attempt to help targeted areas such As the Northern mining communities and individuals that Are Paw Ley told a press Middle course he brushed off suggestions the government is not being bold enough in its economic perhaps at the Cost of increasing its Al ready at More than some accuse us of being too Cau some accuse us of being too so we must be about he these Are difficult times and the fact of limited provincial revenues de mands Tough said the throne read by Pearl although unemployment has reached pos depression records and bankruptcy rates Are the Pawley government characterizes its plans for next year As a genuine commitment to a responsible and Active role by the Public sector within the limits to the provinces financial despite repeated opposition taunts that the nip has failed to keep its election Promise to protect Resi dents against lost Homes and the speech declares the government has kept Faith with Manitoban during its first year in Pawley was Quick to Point out that economic conference Board of Canada statistics show Manitoba has the Best economic performance in Manoil vowed in other economic the government will follow through on a Promise made at the economic sum Mit last month and put up million in venture capital to help Small and medium the Pawley government has again promised to create Manoil a government corporation to engage in joint ventures with private Industry in exploration and development of Manito Bas Small Oil Pawley said million could be poured into the venture during the next four it May be More or it May be it depends on the the opposition has characterized Manoil As an ideological unnecessary because exploration is booming under private the government also intends to renew the expiring agreement on Oil royalties and tax incentives until keeping them in line with those in Oil Rich Saskatchewan and if we closed our eyes to i think it would adversely affect the potential for Oil development in Pawley As it will write into legislation previously announced rules to ensure Oil companies do not leave Farmers holding Bills for damages from sex with the provinces mining Industry plagued by the government is promising More Money in the Hopes of stimulating Mineral the Money will give the Crow owned Manitoba Mineral resources Hambleton claims French link continued from Page 1 him but initial efforts in Paris to find out about Masson were a Success Hambleton was on the nato staff in Paris from 1956 to 1961 but is charged with spying for the soviets until though he admitted to police interrogators earlier that he passed information regularly to the he pleaded not guilty at the Start of the trial his lawyer disclosed wednes Day that the defendant claimed he was a double agent who penetrated soviet intelligence for the French and Canad an intelligence he said he was an intelligence officer with the free French forces in the second world operated behind the German lines with the counter intelligence corps and at the end of the War was with Canadian he said his first Contact with the soviets was in 1950 or when at an Ottawa reception he met a Kab agent whom he identified Only As the first Secretary and commercial attache at the soviet embassy in Hambleton said he believed Borodin real name was Vladimir he said Borodin and another soviet whom Hambleton identified Only As contacted him again when he was studying at the University of Paris in in another the civil servant son of a former British foreign Secre tary has been charged under Britain officials secrets the sixth such Case in three Robin a senior official in the Central office of information responsible for government was charged wednesday under a Section of the official secrets act which prohibits careless handling of official cutting Logan plan rapped continued from Page 1 rubber stamp the new Logan agree ment is a sign that Many Council lors Are asking themselves if the Core area initiative program is the proposal presented to Council wednesday by mayor Bill Norrie would Cut the Logan Industrial Park to one third of its size to allow housing in the area and would reallocate the spend ing of the proposal has the support of the provincial and Federal governments and arose after the prov Ince insisted on including housing in the several including one who supports the said opponents 01 the latest scheme May Muster enough votes to Block City agreement to the they doubted the whole Core agreement would be Jim Ernst critical of the new said the original scheme for a 23 acre Industrial Park is part of the signed agreement among the three governments and the City could insist on the province sticking to the original critics of the latest plan said the scale Down Industrial Park and the reallocation of Money to Job training programs could result in the City paying to train people who have to leave Winnipeg to find they said an agreement to seek other Core Sites for Industry is pointless because it will be no easier to expropriate in other areas than in the Logan but Harvey Smith Dps a gent Park said the new Logan plan will mean More effective spending of some of the Core by scrapping construction of a training Centre and work experience Centre that were to be built in the Industrial the Core partners can Channel millions of added dollars directly into training and Job he More leeway to enter into joint Ven Tures with private the construction Industry can look Forward to substantial work in new health although details Are not Likely to be announced until health department estimates Are reviewed sometime in the new As the government will legislate Manitoba Drivers into their but the speech skated Over reported caucus differences on the mandatory use of motorcycle saying Cabinet is reviewing Highway safety thwarted last Spring in its attempt to put stricter curbs on ownership of Farmland by other canadians and no farming the government will try again this ses in other leftovers from the last legislative the government also will bring in conflict interest legislation for Las and municipal requiring them to publicly disclose their assets and business it has again promised Freedom of information to allow Mani to bans Access to information the government has about and new measures to Deal with citizens com plaints against the government also will act on the Manitoba Law reforms recommendations to merge the court of Queens Bench and county court into one trial it also is considering Legisla Tion to enable formation of a unified family court to relieve other courts clogged with Domestic in the health the government has put High priority on mental preventive Public expansion of Community health centres and services to the the speech it repeats the government Promise to fund this year and next year Volunteer agencies which help battered and it makes mention of the eight Montgold study on adoptions of native nip life insurance plans leave executives puzzled continued from Page 1 move into the life insurance but it has chosen not to take the the insurance company spokesmen were reacting to yesterdays throne speech announcement that the govern ment would empower Pic to enter the life insurance and pension manage ment the move would be taken in an Effort to increase the potential of pics beneficial activity in the automobile insurance the speech Premier Howard Pawley told report ers he would first commission Pic the task of assessing the potential benefits of expansion into the the review should be Complete by the end of the legislative the government simply wanted to give people a Chance to choose a publicly run company for their insurance Pawley there Are Many who would appreciate the Chance to he pics general insurance which already competes with private has about 10 per cent of the Pawley said Pic executives had demonstrated their expertise Over 11 years in the Auto insurance it seems Only reasonable now that they ought to expand in that the Premier said he didst expect much criticism from private insurers since Pic would be just another competitor in the As attorney general in faced the ire of countless Manitoban opposed to the introduction of he said Pic has never looked to the government for financial its possible the resources of great West life could be better than those of the province of he Pawley said he was prepared to permit Pic to work in other prov inces to do what other insurance companies political observers had mixed reactions to Hawleys plan for pics opposition Leader Sterling Lyon de scribed it As an Extension of socialist which really Doest serve the interests of the when the nip created Pic and took Over car insurance in the prov persons who had been employed with private insurance firms lost their he he predicted any move into the life insurance and pension manage ment Fields will be met with wide spread opposition from the and possibly the Public As i dont know if that the Type of Issue the people of Manitoba will stand up and cheer he hopefully opposition to such plans will prompt the government to recon Sider and Back Lyon i dont know How much weight you can put on this government getting into the life insurance Field because its such a funny he i think they very Well May be laughed out of court on Lloyd president of the Winnipeg chamber of predicted an expansion by Pic would Only serve to drive private insurance firms out of the province and discourage others from moving if the government is going to in Trude on their they just Arent going to come Mcginnis Manitoba federation of labor president Dick Martin was very pleased with the such a move would mean pension and insurance monies could be retained Here in Manitoba for useful Job he the Mil has Long urged the corporation to get into the life insurance you can order your new 1983 Model now for delivery when you would at these fantastic prices 1983 Pontiac 2000 4 door la not exactly As illustrated 1983 acadian Scooter j not exactly As illustrated plus freight and options of your choosing your financing must be approved prior to vehicle ordering a Deposit is required this is a limited time offer 634 Portage 7863811 i ;