Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 14, 1989, Winnipeg, Manitoba J Winnipeg free May misters blast plan to close base by Allison Bray Winnipeg free press Portage la Prairie two tory Cabinet minis ters joined civic and labor leaders and 800 chanting residents in denouncing the Mulroney govern ments plan to close the cites army today were joining forces to show prime minis Ter Mulroney and finance minister Michael Wilson that we wont tolerate this cruel and inhumane decision to close the consumer and corporate affairs Sharon Carstairs joins in protest ministered Connery told the which chanted save our base throughout the the closing of cab Portage will have a devastating effect on every woman and child in this con said whose Riding includes por tourism minister Jim Ernst charged the closing will Hurt the entire my Job is economic but How the hell am i supposed to do my Job when the Federal govern ment pulls the Rug out from All of us Connery said the base closing will Cost the Community about spinoff which would have the same economic Impact on a per capita basis As a loss in Toronto or planked by Liberal Leader Sharon Justice minister Jim and a smattering of Provin Cial Cabinet opposition civic and labor Connery said closing the base is an unfair blow to who will be joining Premier Gary Filmon and a delegation of 20 municipal and Busi Ness leaders in Ottawa tuesday to protest the said Manitoban must fight to keep the Send a very Clear we have to Send a very Clear message to every member of parliament that Manitoba has had she weve had enough and were not going to take it Hugh a member of the save our base por Tage in motion said the closing will Cost 766 jobs in the Short term and result in a loss to the local look were All going to he the government announced the closing As part of an austerity plan to close 14 military bases across the the contained in Wilsons will result in the loss of 186 civilian jobs at the base and the Transfer of 580 military personnel to Harry president of the Portage local of the National defence employees suggested unions across the country should band together for a on Day general strike to protest the governments ill be prepared to shut this country Down for a he told the cheering democracy is on the chopping Block in you cant hold a gun to our premiers head and Tell him he cant have an he made the comment in reference to Hilmons Portage residents cheer during yesterdays Park rally opposing the base meeting with defence minister Bill Mcknight last Tage la Prairie chamber of said she will week which failed to address the premiers concerns be taking a list of facts and figures on the Impact of the closing when one the delegation to discuss the Bev a member of the por closing with Mcknight next week foreign doctors endorse by Allison Bray a group of foreign trained doctors say they could easily end the Short age of physicians in Rural Manitoba if the province would Only give them a Hector a refugee who worked As a family doctor in Al said Many of his counter parts Are delivering pizzas or work ing As orderlies because they must wait years to become licensed Doc tors in Rivas said he and 14 other doctors fully endorse a recent proposal by Liberal health critic Gulzar Che Etna to have foreign doctors work in Rural areas for five years in Exchange for a oneyear internship noting that six to eight Manitoba towns Are without a permanent Doc Tor at any Given Cheema Kil Donan said Rural their local the University of Manitoba and the Manitoba health services commission should set up a program allowing foreign doctors to intern for a in they would sign a contract requiring them to work in Rural or Northern areas for five Cheema said this would provide foreign doctors with the Chance to resume their medical careers while addressing the problem of doctor shortages in Rural and isolated com Rivas said the group of doctors sent health minister Don Orchard a letter last week urging him to con Sider the but they have yet to receive a Orchard at first described Chee Mas april 7 proposal As a pos Sibili but has since refused comment on the doctors frustrated some of the doctors who endorsed the letter say they Are frustrated with having to wait years in order to get their careers Back on Hung said he worked for 10 years As a doctor in Vietnam before coming to Canada As a Refu Ngo said Hes been waiting for two years to get into the University of Manitoba faculty of Medicine program for refugee the program places recognized refugee doctors in fourth year medi after which they automatically qualify for but who now works As a nurses aide at Misericordia general said Hes worried hell be ready to retire by the time he gets his licence to practise Medicine in getting he in feeling i wont have much of a Chance to get Back into my medi Cal Hugo a nicaraguan doctor since said Hes concerned his skills will become Rusty after spending so much time outside the now working As an orderly at a Persona care said he worked in isolated areas of Nicara Gua and Mexico and would Welcome the Opportunity to work in Rural associate Dean of postgraduate Medicine at the u of said while the faculty has not seriously considered Chermas there Are some logistical he said putting foreign trained doctors into Rural communities May create More problems than it i know the Bristow also noted that medical students or foreign trained doctors practice he but id have concerns must pass the medical Council of about putting people in an area Canada evaluating exam and a fac where they d need the most medical ult clinical exam to qualify for an and social since the clinical exam was introduced two years just seven of 20 foreign trained doctors have he four now Are in internship programs and the other three will Start next wholesale madness on site this weekend blow out Blitz factory fresh Stock arriving y Day sunday noon6 porno 89 sprints Price Leader 1 4imui so go s7898 hourly specials air conditioned deals on wheels 3e use Burns smoker wholesalers draw fire for premature increase 89 Cavaliers Wilh air Low As 89 Corsica with air by David Roberts store owners Are blaming tobacco wholesalers for a premature Rise in cigarette saying they jumped the gun on a Federal tax Federal officials recently complained that retailers were raking in thousands of dollars in Windfall prof its by raising cigarette prices on Stock purchased before the april Federal the excise tax increase of a announced by finance min ister Michael was to affect new Stock purchased after Midnight april but Many stores jacked up their prices Early after stockpiling cheaper Cartons before budget smokers could seek out lower prices at some of the larger Chain which independently decided to delay the Price increase until they had sold their existing Phil who owns several Small convenience stores in Winni said theres no Way Consumers lotteries can be certain stores Arent sell old Stock at the new the fact is the wholesalers raised their prices with the he what do you say to a wholesaler who has increased his Price you cant say anything you just pass the increase on to the one assistant manager at a 7ele Ven outlet in Alberta estimated his store alone would Clear in profit from Selling Lowmax cigarettes at the higher he said the stores South land Canada also ordered extra Stock before the budget so that it would have plenty on hand in its 50 Edmonton when anythings going up in there Quick on the in 7eleven spokesman Gary Ross said the Price hike to a pack including tax was aimed at Matching competitors a package of 25 cigarettes at some vending machines in Winnipeg has risen to officials for the customs and excise Branch of Revenue Canada say there is Little they can do stores charging More on old Stock As Long As they dont blame it on higher its certainly not but i dont know if theres anything illegal about a spokesman a spokesman for the Canadian tobacco manufacturers Council predicted the excise tax crease will slow Canadian tobacco Linda Morris described the Feder Al move As abusive and inflation Morris said tobacco makers sold billion Canadian cigarettes in Down about eight billion since sales Are continuing to the budgets 52percent tax in crease Means Ottawa receives from the Sale of each package of 25 she spokesmen for private firms that help smokers butt out Are reporting a hefty increase in Busi Ness in the last two i Irons Samaros choose irom 10 89 r full size pickups 4x4 89 Cutlass Calais choose from 18 Quad in powered lotto the winning numbers in yester Days lotto draw Are deaths classified death Laura Vivian of Bronislawa widow of Kazimierz of 44 and the Bonus number is a prize breakdown was unavailable last the plus the winning plus number is the free press tries to ensure the accuracy of these supplied readers Are advised not to discard tickets before phoning 9472225 or checking the official list with dealers or in Luck Al ill 89 Ciperas air conditioned 89 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