Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 28, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press january Page 3 donated to feed starving Jake Epp tops list of election h study on medical Access called Complete Balderdash by Tom Goldstein spokesmen for Manitoba medi Cal Community have condemned a study that claims doctors Are trying to restrict Access to the profession in order to protect their Complete said Jeremy president of the association of Independent physic ians of spokesmen for related professions i dont think the major reason doctors Are doing this is said Greg president of the Manitoba chiropractors Assoc a 1 really dont think this has any a new report for the Fraser Institute on medical licensing has accused doctors of having an endur ing interest in barring practitioners from other disc As Chiro nurses and herbalists from getting into medical maximizing incomes the by Ronald a University of Alberta says physicians Are also imposing tougher qualifications for medical there is Strong evidence to Sug Gest that both these types of restrictions have resulted in greater than competitive earnings to says the entitled Canadian Medicine a study in restricted All their claims about the Public welfare every policy legislated by the every statutory enactment for which they have had As its objective maximizing the status and prestige of the professions the report says Hamowy said the present system of licensing doctors through Provin Cial colleges of physicians and surgeons should be he said the colleges do not ensure the Public is being adequately protected because doctors Are required to take Only one examination when they Are licensed despite changes in Medicine each few complaints but spokesmen for various health care bodies dismissed Hamowy finding that the present licensing system is they said the province has passed Laws to regulate health professions and that licensing bodies have Lay people on i would feel that the Public is not that dissatisfied or there not com said Harry sex Ken free going to blazes two structures Are set ablaze to test a fire retardant called fire the liquid is sprayed on housing the recent demonstration attracted about reducing flame spread and inhibiting smoke 40 builders and construction As can be seen in the Shack on the demonstration report expected by March the Manitoba police commission should finish its report and recommendations on the 1983 demonstration at the consulate general by the end of commission chair Man Jeff Oliphant written arguments by the lawyers involved Are due Oliphant and he expects a commis Sion decision within two months at the the called to investigate complaints of police activity during the began last it held Public hearings off and on for 22 Days until five Days before the demonstrations first the held to protest the american invasion of Grena was peaceful until some Mem Bers of the Royal Winnipeg rifles showed up to disrupt protesters became incensed when Winnipeg police began arresting some of their number while ignoring update followup to the bringing readers up to Date on stories that have appeared in the free the police ultimately arrested seven but no witness fees adjusted the Manitoba attorney generals department will pay its last Day witness fee at the end of the province had been considering abolishing but Deputy attorney general Tanner Elton said sat urday the Cabinet has approved the move at the end of the fiscal March the Flat Token fee will be re placed with a new system covering actual such As babysit he the saving for taxpayers is expected to be Between and a Elton said the fee paid to jurors will be witnesses in civil cases get a but they Are paid by the parties not the agencies make move the regional offices of Winnipeg five new child and family service agencies will be open by May Agency coordinator Tim Sale he said the five agencies move from their 114 Garry Street office will be done gradually Over several with As Little inconvenience As especially to the Sale said the formed from the childrens Aid society of Are negotiating leases for space in office shopping centres and other Sites in five areas of the a sixth Boniface and lawyers getting judges complain Manitoba lawyers Are getting Sloppie and Tardier in their Manitoba Appeal court judges complained chief Justice Alfred Monnin said lawyers who use poor grammar and cannot write clearly have always been a headache for and they Are getting there is no doubt about he there is a Lack of ability to write judge Monnin said he thought the problem had become worse because some younger lawyers and Legal secretaries grew up with to and never Learned to write properly in judge Monnin told a Manitoba bar association seminar that lawyers occasionally show up late for Appeal court but he said that it was usually someone who does not appear often because if youre youll hear about it from the Appeal which dealt with 527 cases last year compared to fewer than 100 cases 20 years is operating at near capacity and does not need the added Burden of poorly written he Justice Gordon another Appeal court said a lawyer can Speed up the judicial process and help his Case by stating his arguments More an argument int measured by its length and but by its Brevity and he Justice Charles Huband told the seminar that under rules coming into Force this any lawyer who files a copy of his argument or fictum late wont be awarded costs of Between and if he lawyer who file late and lose their cases will pay double the Cost award As he judge Huband said in an interview there Are no plans at present to impose penalties on lawyers for poor writing or shortcomings in Gram is already served by the childrens Aid society of Eastern Manitoba on Marion it will add vital to its Sale the transition is expected to Cost about Sale but the annual Bill for office space int expected to increase if at because the current centralized operation is in prime downtown office Sale said the agencies have 215 staff members and More than director recalls fun Richard former Mani Toba theatre Centre artistic direct says the highly competitive life of Toronto theatre is More exciting but also More nerve racking than its Winnipeg it was More fun in he said in an we had a smooth running there is constant it makes for More sleepless and my Blond hair is getting a touch of Grey around the tem Ouzounian also said he prefers Winnipeg dry weather to the warm but Damp Toronto who turns 35 in became Mac artistic director in 1978 after an Lightyear stint in Van he left last year to become executive director of Toronto Cen Prestage company a native new Ouzounian said the biggest advantage of work ing in Toronto theatre is its proximity to his Home he said his who worked for the Royal Winnipeg is now with the Canadian opera ecu Tive director of the Manitoba optometric Basman said Manitoba optometrists perform More than examinations each but there Are Only about 25 spokesmen for physicians groups said Hamowy study contains numerous inaccuracies and placed blame on the wrong head of the professional association of residents and interns of said while the Fraser Institute is known for stimulating Public Hamowy nonsensical arguments and Doc Tor bashing serves no useful Pur James registrar of the Manitoba College of physicians and said doctors Are monitored regularly by their Peers in hospitals and by the College itself to ensure they Are providing proper care for their he said College regulations and changes to its governing act must be approved by the provincial legis standards for entry into medical schools Are set by individual univer he and class sizes Are determined by University Morison also noted that doctors fees Are set largely by the province through parking firm ticket practice Sparks protest by Bob Cox Uncertain about the Home owners Are passing up lower interest rates on Short term mortgages for the Security of longer term Winnipeg mortgage managers interest rates on oneyear Mort gages fell to per cent at some lending institutions last but the managers say that for the first time in several peo ple Are More interested in five year which now have rates at per opt by David Obrien a Winnipeg parking lot company is sticking its nonpaying customers with tickets instead of towing their cars but a Winnipeg lawyer says Impe rial parking has no Legal right to Levy the and he wants City police to put a Stop to Imperial manager Rob Miles con firmed his company has begun tick eting motorists who dont pay to Park in its 18 City the Fine is Cut to if the offender pays within 72 but if no pay ment is the Fine is turned Over to a collection the which resemble City of Winnipeg parking also warn offenders that if they dont their cars will be towed away if they Park in a company lot Miles claimed the methods were adopted to avoid the frustration and anger the Public feels when their cars Are he said less than a Motorist pays to bail out a car from a towing firm and is necessary to encourage the Public to pay for of Street people have thanked us for not towing their cars he they never thanked us when we towed their cars lawyer Lawrence Greenberg says there May be no Legal basis for the company to col Lect Greenberg said he believes the cites parking bylaw implies that Only the City of Winnipeg can assess fines and penalties for parking Vio Greenberg said he wrote a letter to police complaining about Imperi Al after his son showed him a ticket his Girlfriend received while parking on rorie traffic Mac Allen said the bylaw is silent on whether a company can Issue tickets to cars parked on private although cars can be towed from Miles said imperials some of which Are Are Well posted with signs setting out the terms for the signs warn motorists that they must Deposit the right amount of Money in a machine or pay a company lawyer Douglas Christie said the sign is a binding anyone who enters one of their lots will see the sign if he goes Hes accepted the terms of the he but Greenberg said he Doest believe the sign amounts to a con he noted that carnivals which Post signs denying liability for per Sonal injuries have been held responsible for Christie said the issuing of parking tickets by private lot operators has been upheld in where Imperial is but Hast been tested in he said a Battery of lawyers studied the question before the company began operating Here last Miles said the new Fine system has been successful and we usually dont have to Issue More than one ticket to a he added that Imperial feels such methods of ensuring payment Are humane and make Good business Miles said the car driven by the younger Green bergs Girlfriend must have been parked in a Lane which intersects not on the Street the company leases and uses the Lane As a parking lot he said if the car was parked on a Public it have been if it a mistake was made and the ticket would be can he warnings Spur Drivers to pay tags Winnipeg police say parking of fenders Are heeding verbal warnings could be jailed for refusing to pay traffic Mac Allen said 22 6 23 offenders settled their outstand ing fines after being warned of the consequences of nonpayment by phone on 18 Allen said police Haven tallied the Overall response rate since the random warnings began in Early but he believes the threat of arrest and imprisonment has been he said hard results will be known when the cites computer produces a printout in Early february of the total amount the last print out on 29 showed in outstanding Winnipeg magistrate George Par Kin said it Hast been necessary so far to Issue warrants of committal empowering police to imprison of All of the people that have been to my have come in and he but that Doest mean to say there wont be any warrants in the fun he said some people with hefty debts have been granted time to pay on the condition that jail is automatic if they default on a scheduled Parkin added that offenders would be released from custody Only after serving their time probably one Day for every owed or by paying the outstanding amount plus bail would not be Centre deficit Likely to fall the Winnipeg convention centres 1984 operating deficit will Likely be smaller than its general Man Ager Ray Hoover said final Fig ures Arent but he expects the deficit will fall below the Well know once we All the Bank statements and finish our yearned account he the convention Centre budgeted earnings of and expenses of to deals More and More people Are think ing they can live with per cent rather than live with said Tony mortgage manager for Royal i think were going to see a real run on five year Money in the next Little added Gerald mortgage manager for guaranty Howard said people want to take advantage of lower interest rates while they there worried about rates going Back u he i think that weve almost bottomed Bruce the Royal Banks mortgage manager for said three year mortgages still Are the most but there is a swing to longer Lon term mortgages were the Norm a few years but they were replaced by two and three year terms when interest rates began to fluctuate More rapidly and Rose As High As 22 per Consumers wanted the Shorter terms when they were forced to renew their mortgages at High Lee lenders now offer a variety of including ones with Vari Able but Lee said people now want fixed rate Loans again be cause because they dont think inter est charges will drop much lower and dont Trust them to remain having once been certainly dont want to expose themselves a second he people Are thinking that its time to lock a for five 1 John manager of the member services division of credit Union Central of said since interest rates have stabilized people Are willing to sign longer term deals confident rates wont drop rates have been declining since last july when they hit for oneyear mortgages and Over five financial analysts expect the downward trend to continue for the next few but rates May begin climbing again by Cameron said some peo ple must be optimistic the rates will continue to fall because variable rate mortgages Are still he noted that borrowers can con Vert Royal Bank variable Mort gages to fixed rates at any tone so they dont face much of a some mortgage managers inter viewed also said they had noticed More people wanting to renew their mortgages Early to take advantage of the current ;