Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 24, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press january Page 3 ombudsman to review jail band issues in bad Dave free press local e reserves ruling judgment Call Gordon Reeve checks to see whether Justice is being done to Model of an artwork he is creating for the new Law courts building on York a giant piece of the Metal entitled lies on the floor at Russel steel on Clarence where it was being constructed his Cost province Hospital figures show 500 More abortions Over 10month period by Laura Ranee government figures indicate the Cost of therapeutic abortions carried out in Manitoba hospitals last year was about but clinic Abor Tion advocates say the Cost to tax payers was nearly double unaudited statistics obtained from the Manitoba health services com Mission show abortions were carried out in hospitals during the first 10 months of an increase of 500 abortions Over Frank Misc associate executive director of said the main reason for the increase was expanded facilities at the health sciences Manitoba health minister Larry Desjardins announced in 1983 that abortion facilities at the Hospital would be expanded As part of a program to increase family health counselling and planning services offered by the Desjardins had predicted the improved abortion and counselling ser vices would Cost Between and but Desjardins justified the Cost by pointing to evidence the province was not meeting its commitment to provide the service to Manitoba women requiring the criminal code dictates that abortions be provided in designated hospitals on the recommendation of therapeutic abortion each Decock estimated an abortion in a Manitoba Hospital costs the commis Sion he based the figure on the fee paid to the doctor and the allocated in Hospital budgets for Day which includes most therapeutic he said the amount would be higher if a general anaesthesia is or if the patient required longer based on those the Misc was billed about last year for therapeutic abortion advocates of abortion such As those operated by Henry say the Cost of a Hospital abortion is More than they the commission Are not telling you the truth its much higher than said Winnipeg gynaecologist Richard in sure its Between and per Boroditsky said the province de serves credit for expanding badly needed noting most women who require an abortion in Manitoba Are now Able to get one but he said the province is spend ing unnecessary dollars by carrying out the procedure in hospitals in Stead of Boroditsky said he favors a sys tem whereby most abortions Are conducted outside a Hospital in either private or government provided standards Are established by the College of physicians and surgeons of Manitoba and Are strictly the province could work around criminal code requirements by affiliating a clinic with a he a counsellor with the Morgen Taler clinic in which currently refers patients to other facile said the actual costs Are double the figure quoted by the Suzanne Newman said figures obtained this week through the health sciences medical Labora tories and doctors add up to a mini mum of ultrasound those figures do not include fees charged for ultrasound if the doctor requests it or the pathology report required by she before a Manitoba woman enters a Hospital for a therapeutic Misc pays for preliminary examinations by two lab tests and a preparation procedure carried out the Day before the Abor Tion is she routine lab tests ordered by most examining doctors amount to Newman Decock denied the Cost to the province of Hospital abortions is that saying the lab tests Are included in the Basic Hospital i cant imagine Worth of lab he parents seek return life course by Brian Cole parents of Isaac Brock school students have asked Winnipeg school division to reintroduce a family life program similar to one discontinued after a wave of Paren Tal protest last the Board received a letter from the Isaac Brock student teacher Par ent committee earlier this month requesting the program be implemented As soon As trustees voted tuesday to have the administration Contact the parents and gather More information on the Type of program they trustee Brian Dixon said last night the Board will then vote on his motion to reintroduce the Pilot pro the Pilot program is similar to the controversial Calgary program that Drew criticism from some parents throughout Winnipeg last Dixon emphasized the Pilot program was not identical to the Calgary some parents believe family life programs Lead to promiscuity among others disagree slain girls funeral today a funeral was to be held this morning for Candace the Elmwood teenager who was found dead last thursday after being re ported missing the service was to be held at the Portage Avenue mennonite Brethren 1420 Portage at Wilma the slain girls said last the 13yearold girl was hands in a Small shed on property belonging to Alsip Brick and tile about 500 metres away from her Peter Manitoba chief medical said the girl probably died of although More test results Are Derksen was last seen leaving the mennonite Brethren collegiate Institute where she was a Grade 7 the girls Mother said police have told her they have made Little Progress on the the Der Sens have asked that those wishing to Send Flowers instead Send contributions to the fund being established in her which will be used to build a swimming Pool at Camp with teaching children what they Call humanistic Linda Clarke and Diane Charbon co chairmen of the Parent said about 18 parents decided to draft the letter during a meeting last they said they found the pro which ran last school to be beneficial to the Charbonneau said a school Survey last Spring of about 120 parents with children taking the course revealed about 80 to 90 per cent were in favor of the despite the controversy Over the said she believes the parents still Are in favor of the Pilot she said that during the commit tee meeting last Only two of about 20 in attendance objected to the she said that since a couple of parents obtained the Book used in the program and could not find any thing that should not be taught to the i have three she id rather have them Given Correct information rather than having them learn something on the Dixon said the parents should have the program if they want adding the Board is waiting for the province to develop a family life program for use in Manitoba he said he doubts it will be ready this he the parents will have the last say on what is in a family life it will be he by Murray Mcneil the chief Justice of Manitoba court of Queens Bench reserved judgment yesterday on whether a lower court judge ruled correctly last month that sikhs cannot Wear ceremonial daggers in Justice Archibald told Crown and defence lawyers he wanted to consider their argument for a Day or defence lawyer Jerrold who represents five Winnipeg sikhs charged with assault after India acting High commissioner was attacked asked judge Dewar to quash a 18 ruling by provincial court Mit potential weapons judge Mitchell ruled at the outset of the trial that they could hot Wear their called in court because they could be used As he then agreed to adjourn the trial to allow Gunn to Appeal his about 40 sikhs gathered at the courthouse but did not enter the Gunn said that prior to judge Dewar asked that As a matter of Courtesy they not Wear their Kir pans into the Gunn said that because they did not wish to offend the court also did not wish to abandon their religious beliefs those wearing Kirpens did not enter the those not wearing the daggers also remained outside to show port for their Gunn Gunn argued that judge Mitchells ruling violates his clients right to Freedom of religion and their right to be tried in an open courtroom both rights guaranteed by the Char Ter of rights and Gunn said the Kirpan is one of five religious symbols worn by baptized and one which they Are not supposed to to Torce them to take off their Kirpens before entering court is to Force them to deny an important aspect of their he judge Dewar said he had read of sikhs wearing a pin in the form of a miniature Kirpan to avoid the others have turned their Kirpens Over to a fellow sikh for safekeeping while they were in he unacceptable Gunn replied that while such alternatives May be acceptable for some most Winnipeg sikhs would find them Gunn also argued that judge Mit Chell contravened the rules of Natu ral Justice when he refused his re quest to Call expert witnesses to support his Contention that Kirpens Are religious and that a baptized sikh would never use one As a because he heard no he had no basis on which to conclude that allowing the sikhs to Wear their Kirpens could pose a danger to others in the Gunn Federal Crown attorney David prayer argued judge Mitchells conclusion was reasonable Given the circumstances he had Frayer said the judge examined one of the Kirpens and noted it had All the characteristics of a As the judge noted the five accused were charged with commit Ting a violent the five Only one of whom is a baptized have pleaded not guilty to a joint charge of common the charge stems from an incident in Winnipeg july 18 in which India acting High commissioner to Canada was punched and pelted with eggs by persons protesting the Indian army attack on the sikhs Golden Temple in festival gets loan Extension by Rene Mauthe the president of the festival do Voyageur says an Extension of a loan repayment deadline by the cites finance committee eases the Festi Vals financial the committee has extended the Date for the first payment on a City loan until Raymond Bisson said the Exten Sion allows the festival Board some financial breathing in the festival received a loan from the City and a loan from the Bank of Mon plus a Grant from the Federal for the Pur Chase and renovation of be Rendez Vous finance committee chairman Eric Stefanson said the committee extended the Date after it decided the festival was still not in a financial position to make Stefanson said the City could have foreclosed on the but it would to assume Possession of be we dont want the he it seemed to be in the Best interest of everybody to extend the deadline to the festivals general manager predicted this years festival will turn a profit and help to retire its Short term we expect to Fin ish the operational year with a profit of to Noel Joyal he said the profits size depends on revenues taken in at festival casinos and other Bisson said Many festival events have attracted significant Advance a lot of our activities Are being he some Are almost sold any profits from the festival will go toward paying off the festivals Short term Joyal adding the debt stems from deficits carried Over from the 1982 and 1983 Bisson said the festival has been discussing its financial situation with its other were working very closely with them to straighten out our fewer crime claims predicted by Doug Speirs the province predicts a nine per cent decrease in the number of crime victims filing claims this the first drop in the 14 years compensation has been Sonny chairman of the provincial criminal injuries compensation said the decrease in claims by March the end of the 198485 fiscal should mean a saving of for the it is reasonable to suggest it will mean a nine percent decrease in but it Doest work that Way All the Arrojado de pending on the severity of the medical costs the Board paid in 198384 to 253 crime victims and four people injured while aiding Arrojado said the Board paid 344 in benefits to 188 crime victims in the first nine months of this fiscal Down from 221 claims in the same period in crime Des Depourcq said yesterday there has been no significant drop in crime in the Al though statistics we rent were pretty Well running on the same level As last Depourcq welfare claims Arrojado speculated the drop in claims is linked to a 1983 Amend ment to the criminal injuries compensation act involving payments to welfare under the social Al Lowance payments Are deducted from any compensation awarded to the victim of a Arrojado said social assistance payments Are usually larger than any criminal compensation leaving most welfare recipients ineligible for the Only time they would be eligible to apply for compensation is if the award they would receive would exceed what they would get from social generally they would be awarded we dont know at this Point whether its just this one Factor that is responsible for the decrease in Manitoba Antipoverty Organiza Tion spokesman Olga Foltz said yesterday the change discriminates against welfare i dont think its Foltz it can cause More hardship because the criminal injuries Board could replace some such As that welfare May City review committee berated for Lack of translation members of the City of Winnipeg act review committee donned elec tronic translation equipment in Boniface last night to be berated for not providing bilingual discussion i feel very awkward to have to listen through this com Mittee chairman Lawrie Cherniack said after Guy Savoie addressed them in i apologize personally for i guess to some extent i blame the school Cherniack adding his French language instructor was Cherniack earlier had apologized for translation delays which held up publication of a French version pub Lic discussion paper on the issues facing the Savoie said the ability of French speaking Winnipeg residents to prepare briefs was hampered because the translation was not i feel this is a Large Savoie he said a pending supreme court of Canada decision regarding French language rights in Manitoba May be received by the next hearing in which he Hopes will add some weight to the issues raised by Winnipeg assessment Cherniack said because of the up a second Public hearing has been scheduled at the old Boniface City Hall for March 26 at 7 a spokesman for the committee said the document was with a provincial government translation Bureau for but Only recently had been in response to a question from a committee Savoie said the amalgamation of the City has eroded the cultural and historical Heri Tage of old although the bilingual services existing at the time of amalgamation Are guaranteed under the City of Winnipeg they Are not always available to he we got shafted he providing services in both official languages does not erode the rights of Savoie he said he wants to see City government decentralized to give More autonomy at the District Susan spokesman for the association de Commer cants it residents do Vieux suggested revisions to the system of resident advisory which advise Community the resident advisory groups need More research and More Power in the form of a vote at the Community committee she they should be there to keep the councillors on the straight and Nar Row we feel a watchdog is need the meeting last night was the fourth of 16 Public hearings scheduled by the which was appointed by the provincial govern ment to review How the City is operating and recommend changes to the City of Winnipeg i ;