Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 17, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba Gerard la Forest brings constitutional expertise to starvation threatens Manitoba Deer by Doug Speirs up to Deer in snowbound Western Manitoba face death unless they get emergency feed a wildlife official said the provincial biologists Tell us that if we dont feed them Well lose to White tailed Don Glays of the Manitoba wildlife federation there is an ice crust under the Snow and animals that forage cant break through that the federation has called on the Public to help raise to for the provinces emergency wild life feeding to this we need the support of the interest Indian bands and individuals to realize our a federation statement the Pawley government has Al ready added about to its annual Dee feeding budget to address the Glays said which Are tax will be used to buy Hay and big game were seeking Public contributions in terms of volunteers to take the feed in and any Farmers in the nonemergency area who have extra Hay they can the federation Hopes to get the use of a Canadian forces helicopter to Airlift 45 tonnes of Hay to starving Deer in the Swan River were not Only concerned with the ones that will but there Are also pregnant Deer out there who will abort their fawns if they dont have the right Energy Glays if you dont have a Good calf then automatically youre starting the new year with fewer animals than you Glays we consider the wildlife in Mani Toba to be part of our the federation statement said Deer North of the Tran Canada West of Highway 10 to the Saskatchewan Border and North to the Swan River Valley Are in the critical emergency it designates the area bounded by see City Page 4 Cloudy tonight 28 sunny tomorrow 18 january 1985 free press Sun rises sets Moon rises sets final Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 second class Mil req stration number 0286 Phil Hossack free press Marc Baltzan right confers with Jeff Isaac at a doctors meeting ads clash on extra Billing irate doctors ask for Chance to recast ballots by Maureen Brosnahan Manitoba doctors determined to retain their right to extra Bill patients squared off with colleagues at a heated meeting last the special attended by about 140 was addressed by former presidents of the Canadian medical association and the Ontario medical they urged doctors to reject a proposed agreement struck by the government and the Manitoba medi Cal the which is being voted on through a Mailin would see doctors give up their right to extra Bill and opt out of medicare in Exchange for a form of binding arbitration to Settle fee Henry a Winnipeg Doc Tor and member of the Mma exec opposed the Deal and said it was negotiated without the knowledge of some executive Mma president Derek fewer admitted negotiations were kept secret from some Board lets face we have some Mem Bers of the Board who would be totally opposed to he smoking ban draws fire from Mega by Fred Youngs health minister Larry Desjardins edict Banning smoking in most health department offices sets an unfair double the head of the Manitoba government employees association said Gary doer said the order will mean that Many people who work in open areas cannot while senior personnel like Desjardins who have their own enclosed offices it will affect women in govern ment clerical pools the doer youre allowed to smoke in your own bloody office is All men and those veritable pools of women Are not allowed to he its really a double Standard and its rather they the nip cant get their policy on smoking straight in their own Cau Cus a smoker announced smoking would be banned in All provincial health offices and at the Manitoba health services com the Cadham provincial la the alcoholism foundation of the sport directorate and the Manitoba lotteries found smoking and nonsmoking areas will be designated in Safete he the minister said in a statement that he believes any difficulties with the smoking ban can be worked i believe this is a problem which can be solved through the Goodwill and cooperation of every one he but doer was saying it could Lead to problems of employees sneaking off to have a it could also mean a senior employee who can Light up in his office has to discipline a worker who Breaks the ban on he it May be groovy to set these but i think it needs a Little More a non see smoking Page 4 noting they would probably have made the matter if it had come that would be the end of by the end of the Many of the doctors who had voted on the proposal said they wanted to change their they passed a motion asking that they be allowed to take Back their which Are being held by Thome Riddell the deadline for voting is but fewer said the idea was questioning the legality of the which some claimed was called without proper As fewer said Many of those present who voted for the motion were not members of the Well have to get a Legal opinion on Ive never heard of a situation where you vote and then you Call it Back its he said an emergency meeting of the Mma executive will be held to discuss the fewer said the meeting obviously was stacked in favor of the association of Independent physicians of a Small group of doctors which opposes the he urged doctors to vote for the if you vote this proposal youll be setting medicare Back a decade in this fewer said in an interview he resented that the air brought in Marc a former Canadian medical association president from and Jeff a for Mer Ontario medical association to Back their Baltzan said Manitoba doctors Are to blame for their situation because of their Lack of doctors in Manitoba Are unwilling to get off their Butts to get a fee schedule he fewer said neither Baltzan nor see medical Page 4 City targets 1988 for tax reassessment by Patrick Mckinley the City is to Start reassessing All taxable Winnipeg property imme with updated assessments ready for 1988 tax Eric Stefanson chairman of civic finance said yesterday the reassessment Likely will mean higher tax Bills for some while taxes for others May go the province has rejected a City request to ban property tax the City fears a Rush of property owners will try to reduce their assessment Levels before the reassess ment can take a recent University of Winnipeg report found Many homeowners in the inner City Are paying excess Ive taxes compared with suburban values increase property values in the suburbs have increased dramatically since the last general assessment in because of the updating the assessment system is expected to shift a greater share of the tax Load on to the shoulders of suburban City officials said the reassess ment will update property values to 1975 civic finance commissioner Mai Anderson said once the new system is in it should be a relatively simple matter to plug in More unto Date Anderson said it could be technically possible to do a further update As Early As positive step the City announcement was de scribed As a positive step by Alan director of the univer sity of Winnipeg Institute of Urban studies and one of the authors of the University of Winnipeg currently embroiled in a dispute with the City Over the said he believes the City could up Date assessments in 1987 if it really the 1988 target is not he Given the extent of the problem i dont think one can argue that much about a earlier this the City demanded Artinise be removed from a panel reviewing the Structure of civic government after Artinise pro posed that Legal Aid Manitoba find aggrieved property owners and sue the City to Force it to update its the provincial government has rejected the City request to fire Arti Bise from the Arnie director of Legal aids Public interest Law depart could not be reached yester Day for comment on How the City announcement might affect any planned City officials said yesterday they fear the cites tax base could be seriously eroded Between now and 1988 if Many property owners Appeal their outdated assessments and succeed in having them rolled several businesses along Portage Avenue recently won assessment rollbacks after filing the City is appealing that see province Page 4 Job cutting budget labelled too tame by Patrick Mckinley a proposed City budget that Calls for elimination of 54 full time jobs is not Tough a number of City councillors said councillors Eric Stefanson Bill Neville Edo Heights and Don Mitchelson said they fear City councillors May Lack the will to go through with cos cutting measures proposed in the draft the which Calls for spend ing of million and a Fourier cent increase in property was made Public yesterday at a meeting of the cites executive policy com besides possible layoffs of City the draft budget proposes in creases in user fees such As a five across Leboard increase in Winnipeg transit chairman of civic finance said he expects the finance committee will take a Tough look at the budget to find ways of eliminating the proposed tax he said councillors May have More will to make budget cuts than in former but they Are too often inclined to Back Down when they come under that has been the track record of City Council All unfortunate the draft budget Calls for major cuts in police and fire department chairman of councils recreation and social services noted that City officials who drafted the budget Are recommending Only one staff Mem Ber be Cut from the City Parks and recreation Mitchelson said he cannot believe there is Only one surplus position when the department is offering the Public a Litany of evening courses such As which Are available he said officials should have looked harder for ways to Cut citing a reduction in night service by Winnipeg transit As one area that should have been the budget is now slated for two months of review and possible amendment by City Council commit tees before being completed in hardest hit by the staff cuts pro posed yesterday is the fire depart ment where 24 jobs Are to be wiped fire chief Lloyd moist said yesterday the cuts will Hurt the depart ments ability to continue providing adequate see Low Page 4 Reagan wants arms Deal to Cut nuclear arsenals Washington a pres ident Ronald saying he wants More than a piece of paper from new arms talks with the so is calling for a verifiable agreement guaranteeing deep cuts in the nuclear arsenals of both us Reagan cautioned his senior arms control advisers yesterday that they should have no euphoria about the decision to resume negotiations that lapsed More than a year in a meeting with members of the delegation that returned from Geneva with the Promise of renewed arms Reagan said we cant rest on our this is the beginning of a White House Deputy press Secre tary Larry who quoted reagans comments for said Reagan told the group that although the United states wants an arms if it int a Good if it wont we just dont seek a piece of state Secretary George who led the said the see Reagan Page 4 Mulroney assets in Blind Trust Ottawa up prime minister Mulroney has sold some of his assets and placed others in a Blind Trust to comply with the governments conflict of interest Docu ments released yesterday by the Federal registrar general the guidelines do not require Public disclosure of the de tails of the transactions and Mulroney did not reveal it therefore is not for sex if he still holds 333 shares in a troubled Energy firm which has seen the value of its shares plummet to 15 cents from in the East coast Energy was partly financed by an International Busi Walter tied by some published reports to the movement to oust Joe Clark As conservative in complying with the now external affairs May have taken to extremes the requirement that gifts Over be Clark confessed in his submission to the registrar general that the members of the ranch ens club in gave me an engraved Belt buckle on the occasion of being their guest speaker on in other defence min ister Robert Coates said that until 13 he headed a consulting firm helping companies invest outside the country and solicitor general Elmer Mackay indicated he is the biggest landowner of the Bunch More than hectares of farm the first established by Pierre Trudeau and continued under the do not re quire ministers to disclose such per Sonal assets As the family see ministers Page 4 rate Rise dentists cite higher overhead and less work for a increase in defamed a jury rules that time Magazine defamed former israeli defence minister Ariel Hawks Fly Chicago Black Hawks Early 60 Lead Over Winnipeg jets held up for a 63 Western express lotto winners 2326897 1320631 1772853 winning numbers 55 Bonus number 26 Index Ann 21 7 40 45 39 45 6 35 7 Jumble 48 38 21 21 sports 59 41 31 to 21 i ;