Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 18, 1989, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press february Page 3 indians demand repair inflation reaches 16month local suspended bureaucrat to get Severance Deal by Patrick Mckinley the province has agreed to a Severance payment for the general manager of the communities economic development suspended after allegations of nepotism and poor Hugh Joness Patrick said yesterday that in addition to the Severance Jones who made about a year be entitled to full pension on his 18 years of government he said Jones does not want to comment on the controversy surrounding an auditors Man jailed 14 years for sexual assault by Kevin Rollason a Man convicted of choking and sexually assaulting a woman her daughters watched was sentenced to 14 years in prison yester Madam Justice Ruth Krindle of court of Queens Bench said the hefty prison term was necessary to protect the Community from Gary Allan convicted earlier this week of choking the woman in order to sexually assault Krindle also slapped Durack with the maximum 10year term for sex Ual assault in the same to be served As she banned him from possessing a fire Arm for 20 years after his despite the Tough was defiant As he was led out of the this is All he its All going to be David Duracko said he would ask the Man if he wants to in not surprised with the sen he its heavier than it ought to have but its the judges during Krindle said Duracko sexual assault was one of the most serious Shes Ever dealt raped twice he raped her he knocked her he choked she had bruising and a Cut and All of this in the presence of her two Young children aged and four who saw this happening to her and were probably scared out of their she god knows what effect it will have on Krindle also expressed dismay at Duracko criminal which has continued unabated since he was 16 and includes two previous sexual assaults and nine we Are dealing with somebody who has a virtually nonexistent Chance of being she the prospects for his future look absolutely the Only thing constructive i can do is to remove him from the Community As Long As to protect the earlier this Duracko female who cant be testified the sexual assault occurred after an evening of drinking with Durack and two friends last june she said she was walking Down the hallway in her apartment when Durack dragged her into her bed room and overpowered when she was Able to turn on the she noticed her two daughters were asleep on her the woman she said Durack punched pulled her hair and choked her during the which ended Only after the phone report that found he breached conflict Fin Terest guidelines and derived personal gain from his that audit was a Little bit unfair but he is not dwelling on that he is looking at the Riley adding that Jones plans to take a Job in the private insurance Indus try later in the Jones came under fire after the Filmon government ordered provincial auditor Fred Jackson to look into allegations concerning Cerf and the Manitoba develop ment a related Crown corporation on which Jones served As concerns raised by the auditor included d Joness acceptance of two invitations to stay at the Swiss Villa of dutch businessman Jan Den who had previously bought flyer industries a financially troubled bus from the Manitoba development d macs award of million in warranty contracts on flyer buses to Den oud Stens company without calling for a cedes subletting of on Quarter of its office space to the accounting firm which employed Joness personal accountant and used his Soninlaw As and also a loss of at least to Cerf after the firm fell into arrears on its d an instance in which Jones recommended his Soninlaw when asked to suggest a lawyer to a Cerf d inadequate evaluation and monitoring of Loans by which provides Loans to Aid businesses in Remote parts of the while the auditors report criticizes Jones for having one of his subordinates negotiate a rent settlement with the accounting Riley said Jones did so to absent himself from involvement in the he said he believes the work Joness son inlaw did for the client referred by Jones had nothing to do with Cerf the audit was ordered after including some from Cerf were brought to Jim minister responsible for the the auditors report says some allegations were not but does not provide in a printed statement Jones said he was proud of the jobs cedes activities helped create during his web slashes employer premiums former Rusty workers Harry Al Anderson and Bill Feakes discuss Glass workers shattered As firm folds owing Money by Heidi Graham Winnipeg largest Independent Auto Glass company was forced into receivership Only a month after its owner complained aut Opac was driving it to the verge of my worst fears came said Rusty owner of Rusty Auto i just ran out of Money and operate any late last month Sawtelle said her company was in trouble because of the Manitoba Public insurance Cor decision last March to raise the Basic deductible on Windshield claims to from she said her business dropped about 20 per cent Many car owners now drive with cracked and nicked windshields rather than pay the higher Pic officials said aut Opac was not responsible for problems in the but conceded 15to 20per cent fewer Windshield claims were filed in employees from the four outlets around the City yesterday said they knew the firm was having trouble for the past but admitted they started getting worried last unpaid Guy Sheremy said workers knew the problem had grown when they didst get paid last but we were optimistic Rusty would come through because she told us she he noting the four outlets employed 12 but then the Mcphillips Street store had its phone service Cut on and the Regent Avenue store was shut by bailiffs yesterday the Jarvis Avenue and Pembina Highway stores we came to work the doors were locked and a sign was on the door saying the company was in Bill Feakes Harry Prest said All the employees he spoke to Are upset about losing several weeks of pay and he said there More upset with Sawtelle for not telling them what was she kept telling us everything was going to work that she was getting Sawtelle said she had hoped to attract investors and noted one potential source of new funds backed out within the last few so when i meet my the Cibic Canadian Imperi Al Bank of Commerce called in the Sawtelle but she said Shes hopeful the receiver will sell enough of the com Pany to reimburse the receiver could not be reached for comment and two other former pm Jamie Mccallum and Al have already got plans to open their own by Gerald flood workers compensation Board rates were slashed for most employ ers yesterday under a scheme Union leaders and the boards new labor representative denounced As a disaster for but Overall rate reductions of six per cent for most private sector employers and the introduction of a system that promises further Sav Ings of As much As 20 per cent for firms with Good safety records were hailed by the business Harry appointed to the Board to replace labor representative Lissa who was fired last week by labor ministered voted against the introduction of the so called experience rat ing while the scheme to Reward companies with Good safety records looks Messman other provinces have shown it acts As an incentive for employers to reduce claims through it provides an incentive to control claims rather than provide a Safe he employers Are Likely to harrass workers and engage in nefarious practices to keep their claims Down and save the scheme was adopted by the three member Board yesterday when chairman Brian King sided with business representative Elaine Smith who led a commission that recommended against the plan a couple of years denied he had caved into pressure from the minister never said one word one Way or the other to he i voted this time based upon my conscience rather than any ministerial King said he simply went with the flow when he recommended against the system he noted he supported the introduction of a similar system while head of the Saskatchewan web in 1980 under an nip he said it seemed inherently unfair that employers that provide Safe working conditions should pay the same As those with no regard for monitoring plan he he was concerned the system could Lead to potential abuses and will develop a monitoring system to ensure it Doest he said the Board has approved in principle an alternative employment plan that would prevent employers from putting injured workers Back on the Job under the employers with Good safety records will pay up to 20 per cent less than their classification while employers with bad ones will pay up to 20 per cent the Overall reduction in rates announced the first Cut after years of soaring was not related to the incentive it results from lower costs and a new classification system that reduces the number of groups to six from which had been assessed on an and hoc basis in the will now be tied to the actual Cost of claims within the hidden the web also separated private sector employers from Public sector like school universe municipalities and while 85 per cent of private sector employers will see their rates fall or stay the Public sector employ ers will pay about More on King said the different treatment just happened As a result of the imposition for the first time of a rate and did not represent a policy to make the tax supported Public sector pick up a greater share of Garth director of the Cana Dian federation of Independent the hidden Story Here is that they finally agreed the private sector has been overpaying weve been subsidizing the Public web officials could not provide figures yesterday on How much of the estimated million to be collected this year from employers will be paid by private and employers that operate Selfin sure compensation like the City of Are not affected by the changes Whyte said the moves yesterday were very positive for he said 75 per cent of the federations members did not make a compensation claim last but were still saddled with 25percent rate you simply cant keep penalizing employers for doing a Good he nip Leader Gary doer denounced the decision to introduce an experience rating charging Connery intimidated the Board by firing the firing was a Clear indication of the decision that the government wanted from the workers station Board and the Board has now he Wilf president of Manitoba federation of said the rating system will not reduce Accident what i believe will happen they will have less Accident that and workers will Bear the he storage fee demanded from evicted tenant two sections of the landlord and tenant act Are quite specific tenants cant be evicted without a court order and landlords Arent allowed to seize personal they were specific until the other Day when i Learned that a Winnipeg landlord is demanding a storage fee id Call it More of a Ransom before he returns clothing and other personal items to a teenage tenant evicted from his apartment two weeks before on the pretty harsh any let alone the Middle of but unlawful what happened explained Hollis director of the provincial landlord and tenant affairs Falls into a Grey area and it will have to be referred to the Crown attorney to determine if the landlord should be David an 18yearold unemployed got in touch with me after a Friend told him about his rights As a tenant under provincial up until he had accepted the word of a number of police officers who had told him the landlord was allowed to evict him within three Days of giving him notice and to hold on to his property Mike Ward because of rent even Winnipeg police spokesman staff Don Peters firmly believed this to be the Case when i contacted after going Over the act with he agreed that the legislation states an eviction cannot be executed without a court Well get that Peters assured ill make arrangements for a memo to be sent to All divisions so that officers impart the right so whats so different about this eviction Hardman had fallen behind in his a month his Peter told him he was going to obtain an eviction order through the David asked me not begged Blumenshein he asked me to draw up an agreement saying that if he didst pay off the arrears something like a i could have the apartment Back and keep his personal he paid one that when Hardman returned Home one afternoon in the Middle of he found the landlord was holding him to the he let me into the Hardman i was on the Street with nowhere to he said he was going to keep my damage half a months because of a broken two cops who came Down in a Cruiser car Blumenshein phoned the police because a Friend of mine began arguing with him told me the landlord was within his they didst know about the Ive spoken to other cops since then and they told me the same Blumenshein said he give me my like a Winter coat and some because he had stored them but he did offer to give me Back the clothing when i found another i had nowhere to so i he also offered to deliver them to me when i found a new place but made no mention of a storage when i called after finding a he said its going to Cost me for Blumenshein told me the is the going rate for storing four boxes of clothing and he Doest plan on returning them until he gets so heres the Grey area facing the landlord and tenant affairs is the written agreement signed by Hardman lawful certainly nobody can be evicted without a court Singh and landlords cannot hold on to personal but there was this signed agreement Between the landlord and the so Well have to seek a Legal in the were trying Singh said the Security Deposit will have to be handed Over to his department until the Cost of the damage is i dont want anyone to feel in soft on tenants who dont pay but what took place Here be allowed to Odd Mary pearsons eighty Earold son suffers from Burette a neurological disorder that causes victims to shriek and to repeat aloud their a single Parent and Hospital decided to move Dustin from his nearby roman Catholic school to Wolseley school after it agreed to take him on a halfday basis As a special needs another child suffering from the same syndrome attends the no Winnipeg school division approved the Transfer but refused to allow Dustin to be bused even though a bus stops at pearsons apartment Block on Furby Street to pick up a neighbors i got a Call from the division saying Dustin int eligible for Pearson i offered to pay but a woman there said because Mulvey school is closer to where i live exceptions be i lost my temper with her and Hung i spoke to Jack the divisions and he straightened out the matter in no time if she wants to Avail theres a seat on the bus for her staff just didst know she was prepared to i dont know Why the Parent of a child that clearly Falls into a special needs category has to particularly a single working getting a runaround victim Ofin injustice that bureaucracy wont remedy give Mike Ward a hell look into ;