Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 26, 1983, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnie Rulin society charges the City is obstructing a responsible cat owner in St James but does nothing about hundreds of irresponsible owners who let their eats roam at the general manager of the Winnipeg mane society charged Paul Griss came to the defence of prizewinning eat breeder Fiona who was ordered wednesday to keep her eats out of a screened tiered eat run she had built for them at the Bakefe of her House a civic Etaf Smittee issued the order after some of Gordons neighbors planned the eats would annoy them and impair their Gross said in an interview the Lenv Mittee was blocking the woman from treating her i persian eats response Bly for what seems to be a very silly in a letter to Joe 2uken was chaired nes Days committee Griss said Many citizens keep a Large Ber of eats and in health conditions Are tremendously below Griss said seme pet owners let their eats roam where Wey can defecate in neighbors scratch up their or kill Birds and Small even attack to lit intends to treat her eats and her neighbors responsibly by giving the eats a place to exercise without letting the animals Ream Grigs of 268 Carson told the committee before it bailed use of the eat run that she intended to let her eats use the enclosure on sum Mer evenings so they could get some fresh air and enjoy the Mulroney Hopes to fight liberals for 100gift9 seats by Tom Goldstein progressive conservative ship contender Brian Mulroney yes pledged to give Western Canada a stronger voice in Ottawa by taking francophone support away from the capping a whirlwind tour of the West by opening a downtown Winni Peg Campaign the Quebec fluently bilingual Mulroney told reporters he planned to make an honest Bunch of those grits by taking away their gift of 100 seats in Clark Victory who returned to Quebec said liberals hold All but two of the 102 Federal which the population is More than 10 per cent he said he plans to make the Liber als fight for every Inch of turf forcing them to win seats in Western Canada where they currently hold both in Winnipeg if they wish to continue governing the he promised to make Western Ca Nadian votes count in forming a Feder Al the Montreal lawyer and business who turned 44 is Mak ing his second bid to Lead the Federal he finished third in 1976 be Hind present party Leader Joe Clark and the late Claude although he has been a party sup Porter for 28 Mulroney has never held elected political he has led the progressive conservative party at Francis Xavier and Laval universities and was prime minister of the combined maritime Model parliament 25 years Mulroney said he plans to enter the House of commons via a he said one tory my has offered to his seat to make room for but refused to identify the Mem he would not say whether the constituency is in Quebec Joliette my Roch la Salle is the Lone tory in 75 Ridings or i Raffl a Canadian i am at be it in Quebec or anywhere else and will run anywhere in this he he said he would seek a Quebec seat in the next general i will go into the House via a by election and 1 will Lead the party into the next general election from a Quebec he in terms of Mulroney said he would not dismantle pet Rocana something which the ill fated Clark government How he said he would end its expansionist he said he would not move the Canadian embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem a Clark govern ment plan quipped he might move it to although he is he said he would make no substantial changes to Canadas abortion an he favors a free vote in the House of commons on capital he said he supports Freedom Fin formation language rights he said he will do whatever is necessary to protect Frenchman Guage rights outside but re fused to be pinned Down on whether he would enshrine the language rights of Franco Manitoban in the Federal in addition to Mulroney visited Edmonton and Saskatoon on his first major Campaign swing to woo support since he announced his candidacy he met yesterday with pc youth Las and other delegates to the leadership he denied a report that Manitoba tory Leader Sterling Lyon will support Manitoba support led by my Jack Murta is handsome and its grow he but its not yet Over Brian Muroney says Manitoba support not auditor backs Smith on medical Bill zip Ricks office consulted before minister paid employees costs by Mary Ann Fitzgerald provincial auditor Ziprick says economic development minister Muriel Smith was within her rights to approve payment of a medical Bill for an american employee of the Manitoba horse racing he refused to comment on the saying his office is currently auditing the commissions Ziprick confirmed yesterday that his office was consulted before the racing commission paid the Bill for Dave who was hired As supervisor of racing for the although Freeman was hired for the the position is being re advertised across Canada to satisfy Federal department of immigration concerns that qualified canadians we rent consid ered for the Federal employment and immigration minister Lloyd Axworthy yester Day repeated that his department wont Grant Freeman a new work visa until it is convinced there Are no suitable canadians for the he said the racing commission will have to go through a country wide advertising Campaign to give All canadians who Are interested in the Job a Chance to special approval although Ziprick said he was not personally aware of the the auditor responsible for the racing comr Mission had been contacted by economic development department officials who were advised that it would require special approval by the i dont recall similar approval being Given but the min ister has the right to make those kinds of All i can do is to make Ziprick Smith told the legislature she had not used her ministerial discretion but had consulted the civil service commission and the provincial he the auditor let us know he would not be disapproving of our using ministerial discretion in this Smith she was questioned by Gary Filmon part used who wondered Why she had agreed to the payment of medical expenses for a Steward sub sequently hired As supervisor of Rac Over and above pretty sub Stantial salary he was getting for a Par time Smith said Freeman had applied for f Blue Cross but had not obtained it when he suffered a ruptured appendix last the racing commis Sion was asked to pay some of the medical when the commission raised the Smith said she went to the health department and was told she had ministerial discretion to pay the ministerial discretion is something you dont use she it was then that she went to the the auditor knew there was no package of benefits for employees at the although he knew that such a plan was being she As she Only about half the medical expenses were paid because the doctor and anaesthetist did not sub Mit recognizing a special Filmon asked if Smith is prepared to pay medical costs for 200 foreign workers who come to work at the track or thousands of foreign students in Smith said she would like to see a system which would give Universal coverage to All people in the As Britain National health plan Wayne free press Pamura the Assiniboine Park goos Pac Arana leans protectively aver her Pew this is the first birth of a Pac Arana in Canada and one of the few births in Captivity in the the which come from South Are among the worlds rarest the is from while Frankie was sent Here from in again before going to but a lawyer representing Nelk Bors Hans and Afif Meliese Kallenbach said the whose House is behind do not want to be annoyed by seeing the 6ul their window of from their backyard swimming is Fis Between the Tatj although he chaired the men suggested that the committee allow ust of the eat run this summed and let another Eivie committee after that if the run had caused any a majority of the committee voted in favor of blocking Gordon from using it at Gordon said she will obey the order cabbies Given i guidelines for handicapped by Tom Goldstein Manitoba cabbies must inform their employers if they Are physically inca Pable of providing assistance to disa bled according to guide lines released Drivers who Are unable to perform such Aid will not risk losing their Manitoba human rights commissioner John Lane the in conjunction with the Manitoba taxi developed the guidelines among other describe circumstances under which a Driver is guilty of discrimination refusing to serve disabled the which include a Dia Gram of How to fold up a Are the first of their kind in Lane they Are to be provided to every cabbie in the according to the cabbies will be guilty of discrimination if they refuse to help a disabled person from the curb to the refuse to offer support when a person enters the vehicle or refuse to lift or transport com Mon mobility aids such As crutches and folding response to requests discrimination does not occur when the equipment wont fit into a Lehi More suitable vehicle should be dispatched to the scene in such a Ken Chad Ellof uni City taxi said handicapped people will have to take some responsibility in ensuring the proper vehicles Are dispatched to in cases where a Driver incapable of providing the necessary Assis Tance is sent to a handicapped he is to explain the situation to the person and then immediately ask the dispatcher to Send a capable who is confined to a wheel said the guidelines were established in response to requests by con Sumer groups and took about a year to As far As we can the cab Industry in Manitoba has been More than fair in assisting handicapped per he this is an attempt to work out whats i dont think we can legislate something like theres just too Many he the guidelines Are not restricted to wheelchairs and apply to the sight handicapped and persons using canes or Lane said people who feel ated against May file a complaint with the human rights which then would establish whether the Driver involved has registered As being physically incapable of providing assistance to the he said the commission is unable to ensure that Drivers dont Register false but can determine whether an act of discrimination 10 arrested in pass scam police have arrested at least 10 people in connection with the use and production of false passes for Winnipeg transit a 28yearold Man was charged thursday uttering after a bus Driver caught him trying to use the pass in the downtown a police spokesman the false made by pasting Pencil coloured pies of real passes on pieces of have been Selling on the legitimate passes Cost robbers beat in store heist the 70yearold proprietor of the Garden City food Market at 832 sin Clair Street was admitted to seven Oaks Hospital suffering head injuries last night after he was beaten and his store a police spokesman police said the whose name is being withheld pending notification of was closing the store about when a Young Man appeared and asked to make a Las minute Pur when the proprietor Bent Over to k up the the youth struck him on the head and threw him to the at that a second Man appeared and the pair made off with an undisclosed sum of police no arrests have been column Sparks outrage among native groups by Doug Speirs the chief of the pegu is Indian band has called on attorney general Roland Penner to begin Legal action against the Winnipeg Sun and columnist Peter Warren for comments on Federal Enmen native Constitution discus Sions in Ottawa that appeared in Warrens March 24 but in an interview pen Ner refused to other than to say he has instructed officials in his department to look into the a spokesman for Winnipeg Sun pub Lisher Tom Denton said the papers lawyers have warned him not to comment on the matter because to do so would invalidate the company insurance Warren could not be reached for Warrens column sparked an Lance of criticism yesterday from spokesmen for Indian and human rights groups in the pegu is chief Louis Stevenson said in a statement his band has asked its Legal counsel to examine the laying of charges wider the criminal code of Canada and Federal and provincial human rights the band is also considering a defamation suit against Warren and the will not tolerate any Type of yellow journalism or comments that Label the Indian people in a careless and defamatory the state ment a Winnipeg police traffic department spokesman said an tidied group has taken out a permit to hold a demonstration in front of the suns Garry Street offices at 2 Pale chairman of the Toba human rights said in an interview the commission has received a number of inquiries about Warrens article one formal Gibson said Warren could be open to prosecution if a judge or an Independent adjudicator decided that his Marks contravened the but that very difficult matter to under attack Warrens the second of 3 three part also came under con Stant attack inst night at the opening of the Manitoba association for rights and liberties Marl two4ay work shop to teach minority groups How to complain about racial association president Ralph James described the article As axiomatic of irresponsible Wayne convener of the associations native concerns called for a Boycott of the tabloid until it prints a frontage retraction of Warrens remarks about Canadian in i ;