Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 7, 1987, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free november 1987 province subsidizes treatment for prominent alcoholics continued from Page 1 improves his chances of staying Well because of their alcoholics whose families participate in rehabilitation fall off the Wagon about half As often As the addicts who go through the treat ment he Jacyk said the alcoholism foundation has a program that involves families of but they can Only participate on an outpatient As he said there Are Shorter time limits on their Jack director of insurance for Manitoba health services said the province pays for an addicted patients Hospital but does not cover transport family members do not receive govern ment in the 198687 fiscal the prov Ince financed treatment for three Manito bans at the Hazelden rehabilitation Centre in Center Mckenzie they stayed an average of 30 Days each at an average rate of a according to government policy for out of Canada Hospital the province pays 75 per cent of the hospitals charges or an Al inclusive daily he this allowance is based on average Cost of care in a Manitoba Hospital of comparable Mckenzie he said Misc follows jacks advice on whom to if he endorses it we go for were not he Jacyk said the treatment needs of each patient must be assessed by a physician whose opinion he reviews before giving his if the Only Issue is that they dont want anyone to then they have to pay he one City who is a member of alcoholics Anonymous and has accompanied fellow a members to the said treatment should be funded by the who asked to remain anon said alcoholism is an and while there is no it can be he said if the province cant provide enough treatment for people suffering from it should pay for the treatment just As it does for other Dis senators voice Tough opposition to free Trade pact apph010 continued from Page 1 the governments fear that the Senate does not support the current free Trade pact is Royce Senate Liberal Deputy caucus said while the party favors the principle of free there Are very few in the upper House that accept the tory agreement As a free Trade id be surprised if you found that a Large number of Liberal senators Are in favor of this particular he its classic liberalism to be in favor of free Trade but Many of us dont see this particular Deal As free Mayer promises changes to help Millers continued from Page 1 without a trading arrangement with the United As the trading arrangement comes into those concerns Are going to be the two Price system was devised in the 1970s when the world wheat Price was relatively High to assure lower prices for Canadian because of the collapse of world Grain the two Price system now Means Domestic prices Are higher than International Mayer said the benefits Farmers receive under the two Price system will remain but that the changes will allow the Domestic milling Industry to buy Canadian wheat at an internationally competitive in recent the Canadian milling Industry has lost some Domestic markets to products made with cheaper in a statement released earlier yesterday in Mayer said the policy will be altered in such a Way that Farmers will continue to receive support while processors will continue to be Able to compete in both Domestic and inter National markets As various provi Sions of the bilateral Trade agree ment affecting wheat Trade Between Canada and the United states come into Mayer told the Manitoba Pool delegates the Federal government in tends to introduce changes to the Western Grain stabilization act to Deal with an deficit incurred in aiding Western he said changes would allow farm ers to join the plan retroactively and would increase the Levy farm ers pay currently a maximum of Coo to Benefit under the Mckenna delays free Trade stand Charlottetown up new Brunswick Premier Frank Mckenna says its too soon for him to decide if he will support or oppose the Cana free Trade after a two hour meeting yester Day with Ontario Premier David Peterson and Premier Joe Ghiz of Prince Edward Island both opponents of the Deal Mckenna said he has not made up his every Day in an Iota closer to a decision but i dont see the need now to state publicly a position that is intractable and i have no intention of doing Mckenna he said opposition May be Strong enough to hold up passage of a Resolution in favor free Trade and Force the government to Call an election on the it is possible the Senate could Force the next he whether it does or i cannot see How the next election can avoid being fought on the free Trade Manitoba Liberal senator Gil Mol Gat said opposition to the free Trade pact is stronger than to any piece of legislation he has seen put before the he said it is Strong enough to bring out the first Senate veto of a Bill in More than 40 if the government thought there seas a lot of opposition to the drug this is a Hundred times he we Are not about to let Mulroney sell out our twice the Senate has blocked a piece of legislation that would in crease monopoly marketing rights for multinational drug the Bill has still not been both opposition parties in the House of commons have said the conservative government does not have a mandate to enter into a free Trade agreement and have called for an but with such a huge Mulroney has ignored the the liberals currently hold a massive 64 to 31 Senate advantage Over the conservatives with five independents and four in addition to any Bot i the commons and the Senate must pass legislation implementing the provisions of free rate said the Senate will have its Chance to vote on the free Trade Deal when implementation Legisla Tion is introduced in about 18 Vancouver Liberal senator George Van who chairs the foreign affairs refused to say definitively How the commit tee would but he expressed serious reservations about the present agreements financial services and Energy meanwhile in car Ney said the Federal government will go ahead with its free Trade Deal with the United states with or with out the support of the 10 at a free Trade conference attended by Canadian and american government and business said Ottawa has the constitutional jurisdiction to sign an agreement with the because it would be an International three premiers new Democrat Howard Pawley of Manitoba and liberals David Peterson of Ontario and Joe Ghiz of Prince Edward Island oppose several parts of the we expect the provinces to Coop to make any changes Neces sary to comply with the agree to make any changes that there required to make within their Carney she said 97 per cent of the agree ment Falls within Federal Juristic the concerns of provincial pre Miers have been noted and Ottawa is taking them into Carney there has never been so much consultation with the provinces on any Issue As there has been on free Carney rebel priestess convinced soldiers oiled chests could deflect bullets continued from Page 1 Battle at about five Kilometres from her hiding am told the paper Only about seven of the 10 survivors stayed with Lak whose followers Call her mama it did not say How Many were soldiers were pursuing who split into Small groups and were the Only remnants of the movement that began with warriors last the army commander Larwena inspired thousands of men to fight president Yow Eri my sevens 22monthold they smeared their Bare chests with Oil they believed would Ward off and armed themselves with stones Larwena said would explode like the result was a fearsome Slaugh Ter of her fighters As she marched 650 Kilometres from her Northern Gulu District to the Lush Bush of the Eastern Region at the Niles headway she recruited thousands More fighters on the sometimes forc ing Young men to join her movement at according to captured Muse Venis government says about holy spirit rebels have been slain in suicidal attacks since of them Between 4 and Michael a rebel who sur rendered to government troops said Larwena was Dis graced because she lost the he said she declared monday that she intended to surrender but her commanders turned on threatening to blow her head Mafa by was the priestess chief adj they insisted that the War must be continued As decreed by the the holy spirit who com mands through Alice he said in an interview wednesday at Maga Maga army 100 kilo metres East of publicity sought for fund continued from Page 1 Vertise the program extensively in Rural areas Early this the committee has asked for one staff member to promote and publicize the fund and the assistance program among various commune especially those in Remote Brickey the Ball has just started rolling and i Hope there will be More applicants next Brickey said the intent of the provincial Law is to use the crime tax Money As a catalyst to create and encourage victim services in Winni Peg and across the he said the which meets once a wants to ensure another bureaucracy is not set up to administer the Guy and Brickey said Money from the fund is not meant for individual victims of the act says assistance from the fund should go Only to groups provid ing emotional and support services to crime promote research Brickey said theres already an other fund criminal injuries compensation fund to provide financial help to individuals who have suffered losses and Brickey said the victims Assis Tance fund also plans to promote research aimed at raising the Public awareness of the needs and concerns of Cirne if you want to set up an Organiza say to help rape and if the committee thinks its a Good Money could be Given from the Guy noting the province cannot use the crime tax for any other a Little More publicity and a Field staff could change the pro Grams acceptance Brickey said its going to take More Effort on the part of the committee members to popularize the we Are still in our 1 expect More groups to come Forward for any group aiming to increase the awareness of crime victims enhance support and emotional ser aftera Hijack attempt at san Francisco International there were no injuries the conduct in the in which a Man threatened the Pilot with an axe for three hours before research Cial help from the Brick by ordeal Over James Barrett costless is led away from an air Canada plane yesterday Fri and police negotiators persuaded the Man to give unemployment rate dips to six year Low Ottawa up the unemployment rate dropped to a six year Low of per cent last month and Deputy prime minister Don warnings the Good news wont said that proof positive the governments economic policies Are its a remarkable he said yesterday after the release of statistics Canada figures showing the jobless rate was Down from per cent in september and was at its lowest level since november 1981 when it was per More than one million jobs have been created since the tories took office and 80 per cent of them Are full time Mazankowski said As he basked in the figures which show one million people were unemployed last that less than in and Mazankowski said reflects government policies which have reduced barriers to foreign Cut the Federal deficit and increased investor and consumer Confidence in the Mazankowski also accused the Media of exaggerating concerns by economists that the unemployment figures will begin to Rise following last months Stock Market too Early its too Early to Tell what will happen in the Wake of the Stock Market he economists said yester Day that its almost certain that there will be some increase in unemployment As Consumers and invest Uncertain about the Cut spending and i think the numbers Are going to get said Sherry an economist with the investment firm bums Fry theres no doubt that and the United states As went into the Stock Market crash with great strength in the but weve already had announcements from pm and Chrysler that there laying off workers Here in we expect the unemployment rate to Start rising by the end of the she adding it Likely will be about per cent by the end of George economist with data an economic re search said the Impact of the crash and expected slowdown in the Economy probably wont Start show ing up in the jobless figures until the new there will be some deterioration in the employment picture after that but it should be he the unemployment rate fell so far in parts of Ontario last month that Oshawa dropped right off the Statis tics Canada jobless it could happen to other smaller Ontario said Ken a statistics Canada the unemployment estimate from Oshawa for the last couple of months has been around the Bennett that the Cut off Point below which the estimates Are too unreliable to Thunder with unemployment now at is close to being dropped from the he Sudbury and Kitchene Waterloo at Are getting thank you Manitoba Boniface general Hospital research foundation is delighted to announce that our Hospital lottery has sold out our Heartfelt thanks to everyone who bought a the proceeds will be used toward the Purchase of a magnetic resonance scan Ner magnetic resonance is the fastest growing 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