Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 17, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 wifi Eifreg Tifrea May it 1985 finn pressured Sam for official testifies ton Page i Eri Fig Public support to vote foe the society position in a civic plebiscite on the he asked about a Guay Smith lawyer Richard Char daycare Bill boosts Protection continued front Page i one that clarifies the distinction Between a preschool Day care and a private one of the issues in the Early childhood education Centre under Bill a private school offering daycare services for preschoolers and which is not funded by the department of education will require a the Charleswood Centre was charged with operating a Day care without a but successfully argued it was a private the province is appealing that Rul the instances in which officials would have to Wield their increased Power the minister its the Type of authority where once you have you rarely have to use Smith ninety nine times out of 100 there is Complete problems Are usually worked out with the people operating the she but the Amend ments have been proposed to cover the unusual no one quite imagined what we did run into last she noting that parents were divided Over care at the Charleswood other proposed changes in the legislation include d allowing perrys office to refuse an interim licence to a Day care while its permit is the would be made if it was Bey feed the children that a Check on s workers police records be requirement for centres to Dis in a place where can see Robert said he knew chatter accompanied a society official on a speaking but believed the Law yer had volunteered his the Bill also included a charge of by Law firm founder Renald reflecting 52 hours at an but Robert said he was unaware of any work done by Guay during that Guay charged the same hourly rate in a subsequent Bill of for to Robert but the society had never agreed to pay the lawyer an despite his protests that the organization had no Money to cover the Legal Guay pressured him for payment and began threatening court action by Early Robert As a result of the the society borrowed in february 1984 to give Guay Smith a partial payment on the he it was taken out of our line of he the Bottom line was to get Renald Guay off my every time i met he was always after me for Robert said the Law firms first a account dated May took the society Board by sur the covering Smiths Active prompted heated debate among Board members because they were not aware their colleague would be charging for his Robert i think some Board members were surprised and possibly a Little some members of the Board said there was no Way this Bill should have been submitted and there was no Way it should Robert said he was personally disturbed because the Bill contained charges stretching Back to june noting there was no prior agreement Smith would be he said he told Guay the charges were inappropriate and it was in professional to request payment for work done almost a year claimed he had been informally assured by for Mer society executive director Lucille Roch the Law firm would be assuming funds were available from he he added it was Guys claim of a prior understanding with Roch that helped convince the organization to Settle the account in september Roch testified earlier she had Given no such m Tush Mil or fhe body of Mary missing since last thursday was found yesterday in this retention safety Fence for Ponds dismissed continued from Page i Penman said it is used to receive Runoff after storms so it can be discharged at a slow rate into the sewer after a Foury Earold boy drowned in a similar Pond on Grandmont Boulevard in several groups of parents in the City demanded the Ponds be fenced off to prevent such at an inquest into the boys a judge ruled fences completely surrounding such Ponds Are not Penman said City Hall administrators at the time Felt the Ponds were no More hazardous than major City if we started putting fencing around All of these we May As Well also Fence off All of Portage Avenue and we might As Well Fence All around the Penman some of the first introduced in South Dale in Are used for recreation and others serve aesthetic purposes in newer Penman said it would Cost millions of dollars to Fence All the he said the Pond Banks have gentle slopes and a person could not accidentally fall in and if you were you would be walking into the Penman its not As if you would be falling into the he said Inlet and outlet pipes at some Ponds Are fenced off because there is a danger a person could fall into deeper the City installed Hainlink fences about two metres High at five locations after the 1981 Abe a member of City councils finance said last night he plans to look into the feasibility of fencing the Pond where Ellison Yanofsky said its proximity to the Hospital and the fact it is not used for recreational purposes puts it apart from other unfenced City drainage budget deficit slashing predicted theres a lot of former Deputy finance minister charges continued from Page 1 in a discourse on budget Reisman predicted in his budget next will forecast a Federal deficit As Low As billion by about billion less than the current hell try to reach that goal by reducing Reisman the foolishness Reisman was talk ing about can be found in some of the billions of dollars Worth of so called tax deferrals and other Breaks to taxpayers that have been built into the by Stern of a lot of the the finance depart i Call them tax expend i would Call them foolish Ness the brusque Reisman a career bureaucrat who was Deputy finance minister from 1970 to 1975 and who can remember when finance ministers worried As much about surpluses As but dont expect a Quick reduction in the he Tell you More about what there going to do than what there he adding that the budget will contain at least a Little pie in the who also acted As an adviser to Liberal Leader John Turner in the last estimated the government could Cut about 20 per cent of the somewhat More than billion it spends each year and not suffer any real theres a lot of he he said that As Early As 1968 the government found 200 areas where it could Cut on budget Day the government will do a few such things and people will he but that not where the big savings will this government likes to be pop he ruling out major cuts in social and welfare payments to the provinces and spending on theres not much the govern ment can do about interest pay ments on the National which is climbing above the he taken All those areas account for More than 70 per cent of government spending and leave Little room to there going to do some cutting Back on Reisman More will be done to raise and while Mulroney has said he does not want to raise taxes there Are a lot of things called tax the reason the government wont raise taxes directly is that it would have an Adverse effect on Canad Reisman Ira ally wins 40 Council seats Belfast a the iras political sinn captured More Hafti 40 of 566 seats on town councils in Northern giving it a new role in local incomplete election returns showed Tony sinn Feins 2 the elections had Given the organization a popular mandate in it support for the Irish Republican army 16year Campaign of violence to end British Rule in Ulas the official unionist the mainstream protestant was emerging with the greatest snare of votes in wednesdays but Hartline parties on both sides of the sectarian Divide scored port ending bitter clashes in Ulster 26 Council which have a total of 566 with about 75 per cent of the vote the official unionists had 152 or 29 per cent of the vote the democratic unionist a militant protestant party led by Ian 119 or 26 per cent the social democratic and labor a moderate Catholic 78 or 16 per cent sinn 41 or 10 per cent and the nonsectarian Alliance 29 or seven per other Small parties had 38 or 12 per we will confront loyalist pro British and we will also Lay Bare the British lie which states that resistance and struggle in ire land has no popular mandate it has said sinn Feins publicity in a television As the ballot count it appeared sinn fein would have representatives in about 17 Council Chambers and sinn fein has said it would take up the seats it won instead of boycotting them As it had done so two newly elected sinn fein coun Seamus Cassidy and Chris Gopher were arrested in sep Arate incidents last police Rachev rated skilful i deist George Bush says soviet Lead Ermi Khail Gorbachev is a skilful minded about Reagan is known in some circles As the great communicator for competitor for president Ronald his ability to present effectively Reagan in trying to Sway world his arguments on television and but that its too soon to at 54 the Youn determine what Impact the new Gest soviet Leader in also Kremlin chief will have on super appears comfortable in broadcast Power Hes a Good common Ivascow after the soviet official he Torbush said the go Sissy chef Latt expressed optimism then prospects for improving rela Romp officer appointed police chief in Morden and a 28year member of the up a Veter an ramp officer has been named will be assisting in selecting police chief in 0fc filling a two constables fill current vacant vacancy caused by the resignation of Elf m t mayor Max Freota told a news conference Jensen was e pick of dozen buyer quit in a Pouce commission member to is South the new Job 1 As head of Ero Manitoba town of but local tort Waif five member officials gave no Public explant a native of Maurice Butler two months in now Ftp song a second two year term with the ramp Lynn is to arrested in slaying of Portage women Portage la Prairie ramp have arrested a in the slaying of Motel manager Helen Mclean last an ramp spokesman said Mem Bers of the Portage detachment made m arrest yesterday morning sask was found in the Liv in quarters of the Mayfair around an autopsy snowed she died of multiple Stab wounds to the Portage who had recently moved Back to the police his name has not been we have substantial evidence implicating the the spokesman adding the Man was to he returned to Portage yes police in Portage recovered 8 knife they believe to lie the weapon used in the along with Vari Ous personal effects belonging to the spokesman said no court Date has been in an interview Bush was asked to assess prospects now for improved there have been mixed Bush and i just dont think we know yet enough about what direct Ion Gorbachev is going to Goi think we ought to wait and we ought to be open minded about we ought to be sure theres no misunderstanding about our policy positions on various he described relations now As being in kind of a holding period and said the United states would As a gesture of Good an apology from the soviets for the killing of Arthur the intelligence officer killed in East Bush met with a Small group of reporters in his during the half hour he fingered a number of he referred to the papers As he asserted South Africa is making Progress in moving away from racial segregation and said economic sanctions against the Pretoria government or breaking in relations would be counter prod reviewing a series of Steps by the South african Bush it All adds up to not not As fast As wed like to see but enough to make us feel that constructive engagement and pressing for continued change is better than some of the remedies that Are being pop used in other quarters Bush said he Reagan Are strongly opposed to the govern ments policy of mn1m985 ism hremzi19m Jean dem 1985 wrangler m toronad01985 m the Tore so f j t we make the make the Deal de Vickar solve your leasing problems Community solve your leasing Chev olos l id 2227391 pro bums ;