Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 12, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba Elf Eye donations increase 52 during 1984 donations to the Lions Eye Bank were up about 52 per cent last to mainly because of increased Public the of the program Joan Roberts said the which serves Manitoba and Northwestern received Corneas from 11 people in 1984 compared to 77 the previous 1 think part of it is definitely the higher profile since the Lions have taken Roberts Many donations Are now coming from Rural she the donations allowed ophthalmologists to perform 68 Cornea trans plants last she and such transplants Are successful in 90 to 95 per cent of All three year wait Roberts said there Are still 105 including on the transplant waiting with some waiting three our goal int in terms of num its in terms of waiting she she said she is aiming to get the waiting time for such patients Down to three the Lions club of Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario took Over the operation of the Eye Bank almost a year ago to raise its profile and encourage More Roberts said much of the credit for the increase in donations goes to medical staff and nurses in the hospitals who Are now approaching families about donating when it appears someone is near Corneas must be removed within six hours of for a so time is she free May multicultural conference to be in camera opposition parties and ethnic leaders angered Over talks fit Larry Mill Winnipeg free press off Awa a Cloud of discord is Drifting toward Canadas first fed Era provincial multiculturalism conference ethnic groups and opposition critics Are livid that next weeks Winnipeg meeting will take place behind closed All sides seem to Praise multiculturalism minister Jack Murta pc for having sized the first such tet Patete be tween Ottawa and the but the plaudits often Stop Meads of the Canadian ethnic us Tural the National association of japanese canadians and a Toronto based multilingual to Sta Tion All have expressed disappointment Over the secretive nature of the so have Murtas Liberal and new democratic multiculturalism Crit nothing to cover mtg president Dan Zannucci said he told Murta the television station would like to broadcast the conference live and in several but we found out there was nothing to Why hold it Winnipeg if the Public is not other than the fact that that the minister of multiculturalism Back Ian Nucci complained in an you May As Well m hold it Cen trally in the Ethan cultural whose umbrella organization represents Canadian jews and other minority says it registered its com the talks m insight plaint in a telex to Murta last 1 think its important that Public policy of such importance not be discussed behind closed Council president Navin Parekh said say Parekh and other the scant details Murta has made Public about the event suggest that nothing but motherhood style generalities May emerge from the if he just has a meeting like1 icebreaking and the Sec Ond time they try to break some thing its going to be a Long time before anything is going to be Parekh in announcing the Confer ence earlier this listed three goals for the meeting to inaugurate consultation at the highest government Levels to identify areas of common interest and to set up a process for follow up its mainly because its the first conference weve Murta said in an interview this the provinces decided they would like to have a meeting in camera to be Able to be Frank and forthright with each other and not to discuss their their their outlooks in front of a Public echoing a comment by Eugene the Manitoba government minister responsible for Murta said most Federal provincial conferences Are closed to the pub but he said a future multiculturalism conference May be Tele i guess we were erring on the Side of being cautious this making sure that All the provinces were there and that they Felt very free to speak in any manner they Murta called the meeting histor and said ministers would be trying to set a National direction Jor As Well As getting to know each the ministers will discuss heritage language Urban improving Job prospects for disadvantaged and How to raise canadians awareness that they live in a Multi cultural Murta if multiculturalism is going to be it has to be complementary to everything we do in the helping police f o this Murta said his officials have been trying to help Cana Dian police chiefs understand the pluralistic nature of their constituencies and have been involved in supporting school programs devoted to the same As the government has commissioned a private study to determine How governments and businessmen can use multicultural Talent so far left untapped in Murta the minister says he has a Tal ent Bank with the names of competent individuals from Nonen no French who could be appointed to Federal of his roles is to ensure that those names get considered when it comes time to fill Job Murta although he readily acknowledged that current representation of minority groups in such posts is sadly 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