Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 31, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free january lawyer group Calls for increase in Legal Aid rates Pientl free press continued from Page 1 will determine the associations course of although reluctant to discuss what the association might do if a fee increase was not he noted private lawyers in Saskatchewan stopped doing Legal Aid work when the provincial government re fused to raise the Brief says senior lawyers in Manitoba particularity those in City studies new Revenue alternatives continued from Page 1 this would be on top of a tax increase the City is already consider As Well As education tax in creases which have yet to be set by City school Ducharme said it is too Early to say what services might be Cut As an alternative to a major tax he said much will depend on what services the provincial government is willing to adding the City should have a better idea about provincial funding next mayor Bill Norrie said the Portage Avenue property owners might be asked to take the Money in future tax rather than to Lessen the Impact on this years policy committee told senior civic officials yesterday to look at what other sources of reve nue the City might seek As an alter native to raising property in a motion proposed by Jim Ragsdill the committee instructed officials to look at the possibility of a City tax on motor retail sales and the provincial government would have to approve such taxes before the City could impose the committee also asked the administration to look at seeking an exemption from provincial sales tax on materials purchased by the the family Law Field have refused to take on Legal Aid although their names sometimes remain on the Legal Aid Manitoba a lawyer with five years experience normally charges an hourly rate of Between and Billing for an average of hours a the Brief a senior lawyers overhead costs May be a it lawyers Are not immune from inflationary pressures nor the de pressed economic it the government can and does find the Money to pay for other professional services at a level which at least attempts to keep Pace with if the leg Alaid system is not to deteriorate More funding must be the paper says a British Columbia task Force on Public Legal services last August identified four dangers in inadequate leg Alaid they include the refusal of experienced lawyers to accept Complex inadequate preparation of the creation of a two tier system in which paying clients get better representation than those who rely on Legal and an inefficient and More costly court the Manitoba bar association Brief urges the government to accept that leg Alaid tariffs should cover overhead plus 50 per cent of the amount a lawyer would charge a client of modest it says the tariffs for particular Legal services should be restructured in consultation with the bar it also recommends the Tariff and hourly fee be subject to review it is not suggested that a lawyer doing leg Alaid work should be compensated at the same level As would normally be received from private the Brief the rates should reflect the work the responsibilities cover overhead and offer a reasonable if modest remu the position paper says that Legal Aid fees have been changed Only once since the service was established in a 1981 increase raised hourly rates 40 per cent from the original to added responsibility health minister Larry Desjardins is sworn in As Urban affairs minister by Pearl Mcgonigal at the legislative building Desjardins was Given the added responsibility in a Cabinet shuffle the Urban affairs portfolio has been vacant since the resignation of Mary Beth Lougheed lauds open move to control world Oil called important step London up the open Effort to regain a measure of control in the worlds Oil Market was described today by Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed As an important and hard won but fragile the in London for talks with Albertas International Finan Cial and Oil Market said the lowering by open of the base Price for Oil by to a barrel Canadian would not dramatically affect Alberta were in the process in Canada of moving away from regulated pricing to Market Lougheed he said he expects All Oil prices in Canada to be deregulated by april 1 and suggested the effects of the open Accord therefore would be a what Canadian producers would lose because of lower Market prices for so called new Oil would be offset by the higher prices of old Oil which had previously been sold at below Market prices dictated by Otas looks we move to Market pricing for crude Oil on april 1 the position probably nets out even for the producers and the producing provinces of Lougheed told a news conference at Alberta the premiers London to be followed by a trip to Geneva next coincided with an open ministers meeting trying to come to grips with the erosion of prices established earlier by the Lougheed said he tries to visit London each year to consult directly with on finances and Oil Alberta actually is a larger producer than any of the open countries other than saudi the Premier he said he expects the slide in world Oil prices to be relatively Short and therefore of no great threat for Albertas More expensive Oil Sands Short term Market factors Arent going to be that overriding As Long As they Are not Lougheed Over the medium turn he predicted an increase in world Oil prices corresponding with a return of specs Power despite its current Winter clothing sought continued from Page 1 its just been weeks on end where it has been very Perry temperatures plummeted to yesterday and again this weather forecasters say neither temperature rivalled records of in 1899 and 4pc in 1938 for yesterday and today on at least one Day this the wind chill surpassed Watts per Square the level at which exposed skin freezes in one on 19 the wind chill was Watts per Square weather officials forecast a High of the province has not provided any funding for the clothing Perry but will be offering its support and Perry said both new and used clothing will be accepted in the clothing As Well As Cash donations for the Purchase of Winter Large department stores have already donated Worth of clothing to the he Perry said he was not surprised at the Large number of children who Are inadequately protected from the Winter not with the number of people we he referring to the Sal vation army soup line program that provides food to impoverished during the Christmas the program provided a hot meal to More than 200 children and adults each the clothing drive is an Extension of the meal and Perry said most of the children in need come from Homes where parents cant afford to buy them new clothing when it becomes tattered or out he said the problems parents face in clothing their children Are aggravated by the extreme climate in the clothing that is donated will be distributed at the salvation army Harbor Light Perry people receiving it will have to apply at the army family services which will determine donations can be sent to the Chil Drens Winter clothing in care of the salvation army colons Street businesses reluctant to abandon metric use continued from Page 1 i saw it As a Ripoff of in spokesmen for several businesses said they support the tory but have already spent a sizable amount converting to metric and Are not about to switch Back on the whims of a new behaviour of police will be investigated continued from Page 1 that he could not say if it matched my nose is said who added that when he contacted police he had simply been pursuing an Anonymous Telephone Call Recei Ved by another employee in the newsroom the Day after the drug Ryan and other reporters sat on the Story for almost a month before the Fredericton gleaner printed an article which said marijuana had been found in the suitcase of a but new Brunswick Ryan said yesterday he was not at the Fredericton Airport the Day the marijuana was found in hat Fields but spent the Day More than 10 Kilometres away at the legislative press gallery in downtown the maritime affiliate of said it stands behind a Nova Scotia native who has worked for the network since 1980 in Fredericton and Saint he is considered to be one of our better investigative said John regional assignment Dick news director of said the company lawyers were looking into How to Clear ryans the change Means Little to the furniture Indus a spokesman for sleep warehouse most manufacturers now offer their goods in both a 54inch bed is still a 54inch Pulak furniture Salesman Larry Duma it does make it most customers Are All talking inches and they dont talk met Duma Gas station spokesmen said metric makes filling up the car much less i think they probably sooner pay 44 cents a litre than a Charleswood service Centre attendant Louis Kish Independent food markets contacted said they had both Imperial and metric measuring de the metric Scales were to comply with the Law and the Imperial Scales were to comply with customer they Cote told the commons that three quarters of groups and individuals consulted by the govern ment said canadians should not be punished for refusing to use a system they dont under in reply to other Liberal maps who warned that Consumers can be cheated if two systems Are used Cote said inspectors will be required to ensure Scales measure accurately regardless of which system they he said the added responsibility on inspectors will not incur substantial additional he said his department will provide advice and other assistance to help Consumers and retailers after the policy comes into and the metric commission will be disbanded March missile headed for Hamburg shot Down by paper says the Best time to buy right now own and enjoy and pay no interest for one full year 20 Remote 26 Colo Trak Monitor receiver London a the unarmed soviet missile that flew Over Norway and crashed in Finland last month was heading for West because the wrong flight path was fed into a the daily express reported the citing unidentified authoritative said the soviets shot Down the missile after they realized the it said the soviet defence ministry and the Pentagon have cooperated in keeping the error secret to avoid damaging chances for reopening of nuclear arms control the report was written by defence correspondent Michael who is considered to have Good contacts in defence in the finnish army dismissed the report As officials said they had found the wreckage of the missile on a Frozen Lake in in Pentagon spokesman Pete i Wyro said we find absolutely nothing to Indi Cate there is any truth to this Moscow apologized to Norway and Finland for the 28 saying a target missile went off course during firing Evans said the missile was heading for Ham Burg on a warplane flight path fed into its computer by the russian operator suddenly realized the wrong flight plan had been fed into the com instead of a target flight plan taking the missile Over the Barents sea parallel to their land based testing site at the 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