Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 7, 1987, Winnipeg, Manitoba 8 Winnipeg free january 1987 funding for universities limited provincial support barely matches inflation Storie concedes by Aldo Santin modest Grant increases and an insistence that universities explore every cos saving measure Are All that can be expected from the province in the new education minister Jerry Storie said the government is acutely aware of the problems experienced by the provinces three uni but More Money wont be the Quick and easy if you assume universities must and should operate in a status quo then there is a prob he for the last three the status quo has been not enough dollars to match demands on the that has meant Over crowded cancellation of Many heavy professor inadequate Laboratory equipment and an Overall deterioration in the Quality of Storie maintains the government considers University education a High but adds that a growing deficit and other needs limit the funds he Points to the Dps record Over the last five when sup port to universities grew by 40 per but he also concedes the bulk of that came Early in the and increases in the last three years have barely matched the general inflation but universities have been faced with their own inflation their libraries have had to Cope with annual Cost increases of 15 to 20 per cent for books and period Grant increases of three per cent Are simply if you cant meet the Builtin inflationary Cost of the then what do you do Storie As opposition party spokesmen say the governments response has been Liberal party Leader Sharon Carstairs and conservative Educa Tion critic Charles Birt said the government lacks the commitment to maintain High Quality univer sity education in As Well As the possibility of los ing talented faculty members to other provinces and colleges in the United Manitoba universities May not be Able to compete for lucrative Federal research there is a fear that fac ing intolerable wont re turn to University after their first graduate unable to find financial Aid and adequate Laboratory May leave the province for positions students at Manitoba three in Tam tymm Fly uncertainty diversities have been paying for a larger part of their education while the government reduces its Storie said he would support further tuition but Only if they Are he said the province would be compelled to modify its student Aid programs to prevent Cost from becoming the final deterrent to an Storie has placed universities fourth on the governments priority list behind health child Wel fare and Community in the last five spend ing in health care has outpaced that for pos secondary the government has shifted the traditional split Between health and University from 7030 to almost Good universities produce qualified Job and the demand for Community services has increased partly because universities have been unable to do their jobs Birt said a global strategy must be devised to Chart the future of the government must make a commitment to adequate Levels of and the universities must evaluate their services in a bid to reduce he funding practices of the past have allowed the Plant to run Birt the equipment and Basic tools have to be if you dont keep the building blocks in you Are going to pay for it later John Clake knows what Birt is talking the University of Winnipeg Vic president of administration has been trying to maintain the Campus buildings and equipment with an annual budget of to Over the last five Clake says this Money is inadequate and the u of w is on the Edge of a he believes its Only a matter of time before the entire Campus crumbles if More Money int its he there has been a fantastic investment made in the but what is there to maintain it youre eating up your being a Champion of higher education Doest Garner a lot of support in Many areas one student says universities Are suffering because they Lack the political clout to attract being a Champion of higher education Doest Garner a lot of support in Many there Are no great political rewards in doing said Mark a 28year old engineering graduate and pres ident of the University of Manitoba student the opposition spokesmen say the universities share of govern ment operating revenues has dropped from 20 to 18 per cutbacks Are extremely Short Carstairs adding she has no doubt about How to rearrange government she would shift funds from Job creation and Community which she said have profited from the universities dwindling share of diverting Money from universities to Job creation and Community services is Carstairs As soon As enough people real ize the stupid things we Are doing then it will be but there will have to be a lot of people to realize the universities recognize the government has limited financial but they want to see some creativity on the govern ments part in distributing Robin president of the University of has suggested the province divert lottery proceeds to capital Grants for re pair and replacement of equip buildings and he also wants a Matching Grant scheme to encourage support from the private and excellence funds to Spur development in selected Storie ruled out any direct ties with lottery but added that Farquhar suggestions Are being examined Birt said universities must con Sider rationalization of a Storie fourth priority position Storie the min ister said the time has come for them to consider working with universities in other provinces to pro vide education in the professional purchasing space at the univer sity of Saskatchewan for Veteri nary students is less expensive than starting a similar program in and universities must consider this option with other pro he the University of Manitoba has already lost its ophthalmology department because it get proper the University dentistry pro Gram has been placed on conditional As have Indus trial and computer the faculty Heads Are hoping for special funding allocations this year to Correct the but that int if there Are faculties whose accreditation Are in jeopardy then that has to be a priority with the Storie they will have to do a rear ionization to Deal with that University administrators admit that if Quality is to be fewer students will be admitted and they will have to pay Arnold u of m presi said the province is on the Edge of creating an environment where Only the Rich can afford to go to but Storie denies the you dont know How weve agonized around the Cabinet table on University there Are other areas which need we tried to fit the needs of the University in with the needs of the you cant appreciate How difficult it is to allocate scarce re last of a series insurance clothing liquidation continues at 340 Portage 9562284 1579 Regent 6632976 hours 106 daily 109 106 saturday 115 sunday Regent location Only Kara blouses 10o polyester now Tex Wool blend i bomber jackets tour de France ladies Slacks i 5 a Milano tube skirts Prima Donna Stirrup stretch pants Karizma Coats now v Gerard Martin vests now other 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finance committee gave Taylor three More months to Iron out wrinkles in the finance committee agreed to a 90day Extension of a City option to Purchase Immanuel pentecostal Church at the Corner of Palmerston Avenue and Ruby the option was to expire at the end of this week but Taylor said the Church has told him it would extend the option while the City reviews the the finance committee decision still leaves the project fac ing two funding deadlines unless City Council approves it by Taylor said the project could lose in provincial funding unless it is under Way by then and also could lose a Core area initiative the City will ask the provincial and Federal governments to extend the funding deadlines to give More time to line up other tenants for the he works and operations committee yesterday became the third civic panel to delay approving a facet of the the committee refused to allow a Section of Palmerston Street to be closed to create a link Between the Church and the Robert Steen memorial Community club grounds across the civic planning committee recommended earlier that Council ref use to rezone the Church property so the City ambulance service can rent part of the building for training space and planning committee chairman Chris Lorenc Sisler said commercial zoning would conflict with the areas residential charac but Taylor said he still thinks it May be possible to rent some of the space to two additional daycare eliminating the need for commercial he said City representatives Are trying to set up a fresh round of negotiations with Winnipeg school division to explore an alternate plan to expand the Robert Steen Centre on the grounds of Laura Secord school where it now those negotiations were ordered monday by Parks and culture Taylor said he still prefers the proposal involving the which is across Palmerston from the he said use of the Church building would allow the Community Centre to continue using playing Fields on the school whereas the proposal to expand on the school site itself would eat up part of the playing projects approval raises Price a Developer who holds an option on Cit owned land in Boniface will have to pay a higher Price now that the City is in the final stages of rezoning the Harold Macdonald said land appraiser Karl Farstad said recently that the Riverbank proper on which the development firm holds a jumped in value by hundreds of thousands of dollars when City councillors gave preliminary zoning approval to the developers condominium proposal last but Macdonald chair Man of civic finance said the increased value resulting from the rezoning will be considered when negotiating a final Purchase the he will be based on its value As an approved site for luxury not on its value for smaller scale residential and Industrial the finance committee gave City officials the godhead yesterday to negotiate a Purchase Price with the development firm without calling for Public tenders on the Neil director of land sur Veys and 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