Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 18, 1988, Winnipeg, Manitoba 14 Winnipeg free August 1988 Orl la d j stumping Liberal Leader vows to raise minimum wage Halifax up accusing the tories of doing nothing to combat wage inequities Between men and Liberal Leader Vince a clean promised yesterday to in crease the minimum wage and protect the rights of Par time As a provincial politician i am sadly aware of the condition of the working poor and a disproportionate1 number Are said campaigning for the 6 Provin Cial said the conserva who have moved to bring equal pay for work of equal value to the private sector by Haven done enough for the 70 per cent of Par time workers in Nova Scotia who Are True economic Justice for women will not be a reality unless we have a government willing to meet other he told reporters at a news the minimum wage for an experienced worker Over 18 years old in Nova Scotia is an hour and As a first Maclean is promising to boost that immediately to for he said women who nation clean provincial government build Ings make about an hour less than men who do the same a woman who been there for 27 years and Hast had a raise in Over a the government thinks Noth ing of he Maclean said other problems will be dealt with it will be the Nova Scotia Liberal government of Vince Maclean that for the first time in extend rights and benefits to part time Maclean said he supports the principle of affirmative action but feels Money and benefits Are More immediate i believe in moving toward affirmative action but what in talking about today is even More he Maclean said Large retail Chain most of which Are owned outside of the will be the primary the big ones were going to Zero government names 11 to new diplomatic posts Ottawa up the government announced 11 diplomatic appoint ments including six am three one High commissioner and Cana Das representative to the United nations human rights those appointed Are senior Public servants with extensive experience in external affairs and Trade mat the announced in a Brief statement from external affairs minister Joe Are d Raynell Andreychuk As representative to the in human rights she will carry out her duties on the 43nation commission concurrently with her duties As High commissioner to with accreditation to Uganda and As ambassador to the a native of she also is representative to the in environment d Graham Mitchell As ambassador to Norway and a Halifax he has served in postings that include Paris and Bonn and has been external affairs executive director general for Europe since Mary Vandenhoff As ambassador to who was born in has been the director of external affairs Export finance capital projects and trading House division since d John Graham As ambassador to a native of he joined the department in 1957 and has been director general of its Caribbean and Central America Bureau since d Clayton Bullis As ambassador to who was born in and has previously been ambassador to has been president of the Banff school of advanced management since d Lawrence Dickenson As ambassador to a native of has worked in Vien Moscow and since 1986 he has been director Gen eral of International cultural rela d Jeanpaul Hubert As ambassador to Senegal with concurrent accreditation to Cape Guinea and the native has served in Havana and Paris and As Federal coordinator and prime minister Mulron yes representative to the organization of French speaking d Mari Andree Beauchemin of Montreal As Consul general in she joined the department in 1978 and has been assistant Deputy minister of communications and Cul Ture since d Roger Blake As Consul general in a native of Hert has held posts in Rio de Perth and los since 1986 he has been director general of the departments defence programs o Ian Wood of Quebec City As Consul general in previously he has been posted to new Beirut and he has been director general of the departments Trade communications Bureau since d Emile Gauvreau As High commissioner to who was born in joined the Canadian International development Agency in 1970 and has a Surprise gift to you with this Coupon when you develop and print your next film at scooters the Clever photo stickers that let do the because we love having you As our customer offer Good until add us held posts in Rwanda and Onaga he has been director Gener Al of Industrial cooperation since in on Are the out prov Ince Chain stores who Are literally exploiting he Premier John Buchan who yesterday toured two new factories he takes credit for helping set said unemployment in Cape Breton is on the Cape Breton precision industries better known by the name of its Parent Magna internal manufacturing automotive parts last Cape Breton Wall coverings will soon begin manufacturing both factories Are located in the Northside Industrial a major new development in tourism minis Ter Brian Youngs Riding that is to be the major Industrial Park in Cape Breton each factory still employs fewer than 60 people but Are expected to employ More when production goes into full the government expects that various factories in the Park will eventually employ up to 600 these Are not temporary Buchanan told there High paying the province paid million to build the Northside and it also provides loan guarantees to companies establishing it was the Best investment weve Ever said earlier Buchanan Mains treated through a Glace Bay shopping he gave an enthusiastic explanation when a Youngen aged couple asked him to explain his new Home ownership savings but he ran into some trouble Kingston prisoners free nurse unharmed up a nurse Lenol because one of them had a Maclean extend rights when he chatted up a pair of unemployed construction when Buchanan told them the province is spending about Mil lion to do a major overhaul of the old Seaboard Coa fired Power Plant in Glace they pointed out to him that the contract went to a nonunion contractor who int even from the the problem of was that the tenders came in and the new Brunswick tender quite hundreds of thousands of dollars less than the Nova he Buchanan conserva Tives released the Small business Plank of their platform its new elements include teaching an entrepreneurship course in High schools and establishing a Centre of technology a kind of research establishment and information Bank that will help Busin esses adopt space age nip Leader Alexa Mcdonough stressed housing during a Campaign Blitz that included a Stop at a Nova Scotia Brickan tile company operated by her family in who had been held captive in a Kingston Penitentiary cell for two Days was released unharmed last no weapons were used to gain the release and the two prisoners who had seized the woman were also said Dennis spokes Man for the Federal correctional the armed with a Scal Pellite knife and a took the nurse hostage at monday at the Penitentiary treat ment Centre for sex they released her almost exactly 48 hours at throughout the today the convicts negotiated with a team of prison officials through the of a cell they had barricaded with a mattress and some kind of correctional services spokesmen the nurse was initially tied but was later untied in the tiny cell contain ing a a television and a earlier the prisoners had made demands to prison officials in return for releasing their but Curtis refused to say what they officials feared releasing the nature of the demands could have inflamed the he the nurse was on duty at the treatment Centre when she was the Centre is located within the maximum Security prisons compound but in a separate build while they held the the convicts asked for and received to and were Given Orange juice and Curtis one of the prisoners was also Given scheduled Kingston Penitentiary is one of three maximum Security prisons in the country reserved for convicts who need Protection from fellow the other penitentiaries Are in Prince and about 40 including Noto rious child murderer Clifford remain locked in their cells at King Ston virtually round the clock protect them from other the rest of the roughly 450 prison although they faced threats at other Are considered Safe at Kingston and receive a greater de Gree of said blown Generator causes blackouts Toronto up communities in southwestern Ontario had Power outages yesterday As an overloaded Ontario Hydro system tried to compensate for a blown Generator in communities West of London suffered rotating 15minute blackouts As Ontario Hydro tried to ease the Load on lines delivering Power from new York through Ontario to Michi said Lois spokesman for the Crown the mid afternoon blackouts lasted a total of 73 minutes in Essex and the great new taste of Molson satisfaction guaranteed scoters the great new taste of Molson were so sure youll like were making a special satisfaction or your Money refunded if youre not completely just return the unused portion to our Manitoba brewery or write to us at the Molson Manitoba brewery 721 Furby Manitoba r3b offer Good in Manitoba 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