Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 30, 1983, Winnipeg, Manitoba Opening of clinic 1 in i v delayed by Tom Goldstein of Hemy mss gentler new says he Hopes the up gel his a Eyden Avenue Bertien Elinie about april of Gentalen had planned to open the controversial clinic at the beginning of later saying it would be at the beginning of it just takes longer sometimes than 1 thought to do he said in an interview yesterday from the City has been insisting that every paragraph in the Book be com plied with so we just have to comply with Morgentaler said he never intended to open his Winnipeg office on Good Friday april 1 was just a Date 1 it want meant to be directly on Good he we didst want to irritate our friends it was just an approximate Morgentaler said that even april 18 is not there May a be receptionist there before he fight continues renovations to 883 where the clinic will have to be completed and furniture must be moved the City also must Grant an occupancy permit before the service can Morgentaler opponents of the clinic plan to continue their fight to Block Pat spokesman for the league for said her group is exploring some she re fused to Soenen added the various changes in the clinics scheduled opening Date is causing her to have doubts whether it actually will in getting to the where ill believe it when i see roman Catholic archbishop Adam Exner of Winnipeg has written priests in the urging them and their parishioners to give special consideration to abortion and pornography Dur ing the current preaster protests Are not he perhaps we have not paid enough attention to the need for prayer and the diocese has not specifically condemned Morgentaler but has supported the protests of antiabortion an 18page advertisement containing More than names of abortion opponents appears in today free starting on Page m affife labor of love Tony Morien and Paul Latocki Are two of about 10 volunteers who Are working to restore two Vintage aircraft at Winnipeg Western Canada aviation the two were working on a 1924 Fairchild 71c while a 1942 Fairchild 24 sits in the u of m to charge supplementary fee workload teacher cuts planned by Manfred Jager the University of Manitoba has announced that starting this fall it will charge so called supplementary course services fees beyond the increased Reg tuition fees students must the new reported to be the first of its kind at any Canadian replaces incidental levies which had been made in the announced yesterday following a u of m Board of governors decision late last the fee will be charged on a Percy Edithor with a Normal study program in arts and science consisting of 30 credit for dentistry and graduate the fee will be levied on an Overall basis because these programs Are not based on the credit hour sys a u of m official said the new fees will vary from per credit hour in arts and education to in under the Law Stu dents this fall will pay in tuition and 35 times a supplementary fee for a total of secondhand jaw students will pay the on Only 20 credit bringing their total fees this fall to Standard tuition payable by All regular session students regardless of the program in which they Are Regis will be increased by per cent this year under budget arrangements approved by the provincial govern ment earlier this the package also provides for a in crease in Grants from the universities Grants tuition rises at the u of the tuition fee increase will mean students who paid an aver age to a year fall will have their fees raised to an average to a year in University officials give average Fig ures because they include undergraduate arts and sciences last this fall and Medicine and dentistry last at the University of which teaches Only at the undergraduate the approved tuition fee increase Means full program charges of this fall compared with last Assiniboine South school Board plans to eliminate 12 of the 75 teaching positions in its two High Verna Van Board Vic chair said yesterday that while details not been the Board has approved a timetable change forc ing teachers in Shaftesbury and Oak Park High schools to spend More hours teaching and giving them less preparation Alan teachers association said High school teachers now get 75 minutes preparation time a compared with about half an hour in division elementary schools and about 40 minutes in Junior Mason said in an interview teachers believe education Quality will suffer if their workload is increased and they Are frustrated Over the boards failure to involve teachers More in decision he said while the matter was discus sed in a boar teacher Liaison commit the major decisions had already been in a Brief to the Board monday teachers asked that the timetable changes be delayed at least a year and that a joint committee with teachers be set up to look at ways to reduce education costs in the but Van Roon said the school Board is responsible for making decisions in these she said in an interview the question of whether there will be layoffs will depend on How Many of the divisions 350 teachers resign or retire this similar teacher cuts Are not planned in elementary or Junior High she this years school division budget is about Peter division Secretary said that because the teach err eduction decision is effective in it is expected to save about this but at least next Van Roon said while a desire for restraint was a Factor in the boards she does not believe the up coming october election played any she said she is certain last years conversion of Charleswood collegiate to a Junior High also want a fac disabled Toast amendments to act new human rights legislation w to 90 per cent of what were after by Andy Blicq a group of disabled people gathered in a downtown bar yesterday for a Champagne lunch to celebrate the passing of amendments to the Federal human rights act which include new Protection for the it took five years to get the show on the Road up we deserve a Little said Pat a re searcher with the caution of Ciai organizations of the Handu capped the passed in the commons ensure Ely in employment opportunities and goods ins services for the mentally physically Handi opposition under previous Only the physically handicapped were protected in the area i equal up to 8 Mon la it seemed the commons would not pass the Amend ments because of opposition from Imam rights activists to 3 paragraph allowed employers to reject potentially disruptive the paragraph was dropped from the the new which needs Senate approval and Royal assent before it becomes forbids discrimination against both mentally and physically handicapped persons in All aspects of life under Federal As the amendments spell out the concept of general include a Section dealing with Sewal harassment and help clarify discrimination of the grounds of childbirth and family girl National coordinator for the called the passing of the a historic today is indeed a Day to Cele he said during the next two disabled people will be working with the Cana Dian human rights commission to develop guidelines which will Tell How the act will ultimately be administered on a Day today although they hoped to see parliamentary debate on the Large television screen in the hotel bar where the group the Bill passed final Reading in White commended All three Federal political parties for recognizing the importance of the Protection provided in the new but he said the Bill has some weak including the definition of a the Cabinet will make regulations concerning but a breach of those standards will not constitute Legal grounds for discrimination Monitor standards consequently we will actively Monitor any standards of Access Bilty the government sets wider the provisions of the White an information network will have to be established to inform and Edu Cate disabled people about the new legislation and How to use said Allan past National chair Man of the Federal jurisdiction affected by the includes railway Federal Banks and insurance tie the new Bill provides disabled Peor pie with 80 to 90 per cent of what were Simpson i feel said Jim chief development officer for disa bled Peoples if discriminated against by a Bank or an ill be Able to have some Confidence that the Law will protect my right to have equal it will give me a sense of conf he in the some times Ive Felt like Ive been in a Canoe without 3 paddle going Over the while the Bill will not affect mat ters falling under provincial Juristic luckily Manitoba has legislation that parallels the Federal Derk sen said i dont see myself using the Holmes More the fact that on paper youre no different from anyone yesterdays Victory Marks the be ginning of another fight to make sure that the Bill is she we have a we now have to fight for the medical College asked to probe fun flon death by Murray the Manitoba College of physicians and surgeons will be asked to invest Gate the death earlier this month of a heart attack patient who was being transferred to Winnipeg because the intensive care unit at the flin flon general Hospital was health minister Larry Desjardins stressed in an interview yesterday that the fact he is asking the College investigate does not mean the patients Case May have been improperly handled by the Desjardins said a preliminary re View of the Case by a Manitoba health services commission official has indicated the Hospital had other options open to it besides transferring the critically ill patient to whether it would have been Wiser to follow one of the other options re Mains a big question he in not making any accusations or anything like the minister were just not Desjardins said the March 13 death of Alvin Nystrom already has been exaggerated out of Nystrom was brought to the Hospital after he suffered a massive heart at tack and lets not lose sight of the fact theres a Good Chance this person probably would have died Desjardins an investigation by the College of physicians and surgeons was one of three recommendations the health ser vices commission official made in a report to the health who released details of the report in the legislature said the official also recommended that the health services commission undertake a full review of staffing at the Northern Manitoba particularly in the hospitals intensive care and casualty he also urged that a travelling instructor be hired to help train Intel Siv care nurses in Rural and better communication be developed Between the administrator and staff at the Desjardins asked for a report on the death after it was Learned the Intel Siv care unit had been closed from March 10 to 14 because qualified nurses were not available to staff the health minister said yesterday a Lack of communications appears to be the single biggest problem plaguing the arbitrary hiring he he was also concerned that the Hospital had arbitrarily hired a licensed practical nurse and a clerk with Money intended for another registered Desjardins said the provincial health departments policy has been to give Hospital boards and administrators As much Freedom As possible in determining their staff but there Are minimum staffing requirements which must be in not satisfied with the Way they handled the staff Well look at the possibility of bringing in More rules for them to he said the problems at the Hospital were not attributable to any one per they Are the fault of improving communications Between the administrator and staff will solve most of the prob he Hospital administrator Dennis Din said later he was reluctant to comment until he has seen the health ministers Haven heard or seen anything of Deaudin certainly Well comment after weve seen conservative health critic asked in the Legisla Ture if Desjardins had any assurances that other Manitoba hospitals were not arbitrarily using funds for Pur poses other than those for which they were Desjardins said it was difficult to say because the health services com Mission relies largely on Hospital boards to report any change in the use of after reviewing the the commission May want to introduce tougher regulations or monitoring pro Desjardins cleanup of Lead pledged the Manitoba government will pay the needed to remove Lead contaminated soil from Winnipeg boulevards if that is what it takes to solve the prob environment minister Jay Cowan said Cowan said he asked mayor Bill Norrie for a meeting to discuss the situation that has gone unresolved for almost a Cowan was pressed for action in the legislature by Harry Enns who reminded the minister that in opposition Cowan harassed the former government for not taking action on the Lead the pollution is generally blamed on a Lead smelter operated by Canadian Bronze the province already has paid to remove contaminated soil from the Yards of houses in the area and Canadian Bronze cleaned up some nearby proper Cowan but Winnipeg City Council re fused last summer to come up with the needed to comply with a provincial request that the City remove contaminated soil from boulevards around the Cowan said he was sorry the province had not reacted with a Little More haste to the cites refusal pay for the but he promised that something would be done we Are not going to let the matter of stand in the Way of the Cowan the cleanup will be accomplished and if the province has to pay for let it be said right Here and now the province will pay for i regret the Cowan i wish the City of Winnipeg had undertaken the Enns said the government could have used the it gave to help subsidize an International marxist convention in Winnipeg recently to pay for the removal of the Lead contaminated Desjardins unhappy with personal care fees personal care Home fees in Manitoba will Rise by 20 cents a Day May but health minister Tarry dins says it int in an he indicated he is unhappy with the governments Tion Promise to tie the increase in fees to the Cost of living because it Means the province must pay eve increasing subsidies for personal care Desjardins said he has asked the social resources committee of Cabinet to review the but no decision has been less Revenue we anticipated we would have More if we stick to our we Are getting less that will create a Desjardins said in an while in new democrats denounced As excessive the former conservative governments plan of raising fees by 50 cents a Day every three months and threw it out when they took office in under the revised personal care Home residents will pay a Day on May it is the second increase this year rates went to from on the increase will become effective one month after increases in old age Security pensions and guaranteed in come supplements take the government has budgeted million for care Home subsidies for the coming increase of conservative health critic in Lud Sherman forecast a Sharp crease in the fees the residents pay before with an inadequate 2ftcent the government is just postponing the evil its like chinese water Torr there will be a or in crease in one Sharp Levy before Long and that is what we were trying to avoid with our regular 50cent in Sherman the former tory health minister said the rps varying and Small in creases Are jeopardising the unwritten Rule that taxpayers will pay 77 per cent of the costs of personal care Homes and residents 23 per i i i i i ;