Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 25, 1983, Winnipeg, Manitoba City seeks Legal opinion on destruction of widows tree there May fee Legal East aedes i the Pyskir the Cill Lilg Tel its Rem Eva Are Winnipeg fam press March it it Jrsn fees Fth of wadis helping widow maty Kushni Fyk in her the Civie executive Posiey conf fir fight the preserve the said the City tee agreed the seek a Legal opinion after is flying in a 1974 pol Fey which leaves Olaa an opponent of the Trees it up to an area councillor to decide if a warned the City May not tree should be Sill Choffo Bui Puga said the policy was dusted t6 prevent the City Lien Fetn Trees without on suiting she need that the cites Parks department is opposed to destroying the and those who irom Pia Nung me Iree m the City Boti Tevald 33 years fives though the tree is on Public it May suit be Kush Stryks private property and the City nay have a Legal right to destroy Puga close door meetings hit by councillor spaced out racer outfitted with his own incentive a student Partick 10kilometre event attracted about 700 runners who Hope to Spates in the University of Manitoba race for the raise in pledges for a new Commerce by Patrick Mckinley City councillors Are going behind closed doors to discuss too Many contentious issues they dont want to talk about in Harvey Smith Park charged at a meeting of the cites executive policy Smith said commit tees of City Council seem to close their sessions to the Public and the news Media virtually every time they Are to discuss something that could Lead to a heated it seems to me we just go in camera whenever there is anything that is said we should try to be As open a government As possible rather than going in camera whenever its convenient for Smith raised the Issue a few minutes before the policy committee barred the Public and the news Media so it could continue its meeting behind closed although City Council is prohibited by Law from meeting behind closed the various committees of City Council have the Legal right to close their meetings to the most meetings of executive policy committee and of councils standing committees include an i camera ses the committees hold about 150 meetings a in yellow pages in agendas for the committee meet i camera items Are listed on yellow pages which Are left out of agendas distributed to the Public and news the Public is not informed what issues Are to be discussed at the closed recent meetings held behind closed doors include a policy committee meeting two weeks where the committee discussed a controversy Over City plans to Cut Down a tree on Galloway the tree was planted on a City Boulevard 35 years ago by a woman who is now fighting its destruct at another recent meeting the policy committee closed its doors to debate the cites dispute with the Shoal Lake Indian band Over cottage development and garbage disposal near the cites water Smith criticised mayor Bill Norrie yesterday for recommending that the recent Shoal Lake meeting be held in Smith said Norrie did not want re porters to see a map of the Smith also criticized a closed meet ing which the cites recreation and social services committee held last year after it discovered that urgent repairs were needed to the roof of the Centennial Norrie told Smith his real reason for wanting the closed meeting on Shoal Lake was not just the but the fact that the discussion involved land into closed session Norrie suggested that committees might be Able to avoid closing their meetings needlessly if the need for confidentiality were discussed first As soon As a meeting is if the committee decided confidentiality was it could let the Public Back Norrie the policy committee agreed to a motion by Smith which asks City officials to include a Brief explanation of Why a matter should be discussed in camera whenever such an item appears in councillors after passing Smiths the committee then voted to go into closed session on undisclosed mat racing supervisor sees nothing wrong with paying of Bill by Mike Ward Manitoba new supervisor of Rac ing sees nothing improper in the Manitoba horse racing commis Sion paying his Hospital Bill five months after he arrived from the United states on a work Dave whose appoint ment has sparked criticism from several qualified Manitoban among the 250 applicants who applied for the said in an inter View yesterday that according to Federal immigration regulations the commission was responsible for arranging his medical insurance Cov in an earlier economic and tourism minister Muriel Smith said it was a ministerial discretionary decision and that she instructed the commission to pay the Bill for compassionate reasons when it was Learned Freeman had not taken out private taken by ambulance Freeman there is a Cana Dian government immigration requirement that they employers be responsible for health insurance to foreign that for on the Job and he said As far As he it included medical and Hospital costs after he was taken by ambulance from the Assiniboia Downs race track to the health sciences Centre with acute but employment and immigration department spokesman Ron Beirnes said Freeman would not have been covered by the regulations when he was taken Canadian employers who hire foreign workers Are responsible for arranging medical but Only for people who Are going to be employee for 1 months or would not in clude people who have worked for part of a six month work arizon Aborn said he was taken to Hospital in septem several weeks before his six month work permit As a thoroughbred racing Steward was to Well i suppose i might not have been i dont All this is Over my he said in a later permit extended who spent All of his racing career working at tracks in the United states before being appointed Steward by the racing com said he and his family were upset with publicity surrounding his supervisor of racing at the expiration of his racing Steward work Freeman was Given a further six month permit to continue working at the track As a harness racing after formally confirming the new position March racing com Mission chairman Ron Keenberg admitted a news release announcing Freeman selection had been sent out in Keenberg said later that under Federal legislation it had to be Rati fied by employment and immigration minister Lloyd the position is now to be Reader tired in Canada employment Centre offices across the country to deter mine if other canadians have qualifications similar to or better than the commissions opposition economic and tourism critic Garry Filmon said he plans to demand an explanation from Smith in the in just astonished she should order that the commission pay the he surely was Here Long enough to take out private health Diakiw estimates rail safety study could Cost City taxpayers could end up spending if the City acted on one councillors suggestion and hired a consultant to study railway chief commissioner Nick Diakiw said yes in a report executive policy Diakiw said his Esti mate was based on the Likely Cost of a detailed study to identify risks from hazardous rail traffic and possible Harvey Smith Sargent who proposed looking into hiring a did not press the committee to hire one yesterday but said he May bring the Issue up extra police to Monitor clinic hearing Winnipeg police planned to Send extra officers to City Hall today during the first Legal clash Over Henry Morgentaler proposed abortion Clin spokesmen for Manitoba prolife and pro Choice coalitions said in inter views yesterday they each expected several Hundred supporters to show up outside Council civic environment committee was to decide whether to hear an Appeal of a building permit for the Corydon ave nue House where a clinic is slated to open april both sides said their demonstrations would be of the placard car trying but anti abortionist Joe Borowski warned if they bother then our people Are going to respond in whatever that May they wont turn the other one uniformed police officer usually patrols City but staff Gordon Wohlschlager said in an interview there would be two More officers just to Monitor the situation and reinforcements would be standing the committee against commercial abortion which represents 15 Manitoba groups opposed to was to seek leave to Appeal the building granted to a Montreal company for the House at 883 Corydon ave it argues the City should revoke the permit because the premises Are intended for an illegal use perform ing abortion on the coalition for reproductive which represents 18 Manitoba groups which believe abortion should be the woman was intending to argue against the but environment committee was to decide first whether the prolife group could legally Appeal the Winnipeg building bylaw says any person who deems himself aggrieved by a building permit can Appeal Val lawyer for the Montreal company Gest ions Habal which owns the said administrative Law cases define a person who is aggrieved As somebody who has a direct interest in the the effect of the permit has to be close enough to cause you some liability she Anna chairman of the pro life said neighbors opposed to an abortion clinic in the Corydon Avenue House have designated her As their representative and she will ask the committee for standing to make a personal submission on their Carol coordinator of the pro Choice said she will also seek standing before the committee to make a submission on behalf of neigh Bors who support the establishment of the Corydon hard times for students predicted universities fear economic Pinch will mean teacher cutbacks by Manfred government budget restrictions will have a devastating effect on the University of the University Vic president of administration warned John Clake was reacting to the provinces announcement yesterday that Grants to universities would in crease per cent and that a cent ceiling was being placed on tuition fee i think what the government did was fair and he said it will have devastating social just imagine if you had a child who entered first year last fall and another who wants to get into first year this and wont be an explosive there Are no jobs out there for these Young they want an education and they cant have either jobs or universe University officials and student Union presidents alike said the allocations were fair under the Circum even though they spell hard times for but Clake said the budget restrictions Are so severe that class support services and academic and Naimark were support staff will have to be severely curtailed Clake said the ceiling on tuition will mean students taking full programs of five courses this fall will pay up from last he said enrolment at the u of w jumped 10 per cent in the fall of 1981 and an unprecedented 14 per cent last meaning teaching staff and sup port services must Deal with about 25 per cent More with the University budget rising to million from and the government Grant at million this service and staff cuts Are in Evita he at the same applications for classes starting in september Are up 15 to 20 per cent from this time last Clake computer courses he said program cuts probably involve courses with High i dont for we can continue to keep Pace with the demand for computer science he Arnold president of the University of said the Grant increase million from million the ceiling on tuition May result in restrictions and were satisfied that weve been dealt with fairly and Equita Bly by the he its hard to say How were going to Cope with the restrictions we will be under and still give those Young people who want to come to University in these Tough times an Opportunity to get the education they Naimark expressed concern about the possibility of massive increases in applications this saying Early indications Are for increases of 18 to 33 per cent in some last fall the u of m accepted new bringing equivalent full time enrolment to Brandon University president Harold Perkins was pleased with Brandon operating Grant Given that times Are exceedingly Perkins said the million allo cation is certainly not but its fair and reasonable in Light of the economic he said this years funding will allow the University to maintain academic programs at last years but not improve programs which have suffered during the last six years because Grants lagged behind Jeff president of the u of w students said the per cent Grant increase was fair and i think it is unfortunate that univer sity will have to Cut courses and pro it Means that not As Many students can come Here As want to take courses next Erik president of the u of m student Union said he had re commended a increase ceiling on tuition after a study of eight u of m students with varying economic backgrounds and academic i ;