Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 7, 1989, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press october Page 3 Patrick City editor Manitoba divorces increase police probe report suicide notes local tories called incompetent Over handling of drunk driving Bill by Gerald flood the tories were called bungling and incompetent yesterday after the legislature was forced to Speed through second Reading of 19 Amend ments to the governments drunk driving the incompetence of this govern ment on this initiative is just As Liberal Justice critic Paul Edwards when the tories first introduced Bailiff tries to clean out jewelry shop a feud Between Portage place and the cites oldest jewelry store continued yesterday when a Bailiff tried to haul away All the t Cecil Breslauer said a armed with a court order and accompanied by two police appeared at his temporary Portage Avenue store Early yesterday eve Ning and demanded All his we called our lawyers and its been cleared owner of Breslauer and Warren Breslauer said Cadilla Fairview owners of Portage claimed he owed them for october adding a court order authorized the Bailiff to seize Worth of jewelry until it was we dont owe them rent because we settled it through negotiations Breslauer but rather than lose our jewelry or spend Days fighting it in we on the advice of our just to pay the store had been located in Portage place but left recently when Cadilla Fairview refused to allow Breslauer to hold a liquidation the now located across the Street from the will close at the end of the jewelry operation was founded in Winnipeg in 1919 and at one time operated seven outlets in three grit la vows to Block project a proposed office Tower and car Wash Over mands Creek will never get off the a Liberal la vowed Paul Edwards James said he will introduce an amendment to the City of Winnipeg act this month that would ban construction Over Rivers and streams in in Adamant this project will never get off the ground and intend to use every political tool possible to Stop he Edwards said the amendment will ban everything other than Bridges from being built Over City water Steve owner of Rae and jerrys plans to construct a 16storey office Tower and car Wash Over mands Creek on a 46metre strip of land North of por Tage the Bill this 15 amendments to its 16 sections were required be fore it could be he the which didst pro claim the then took it to Lawen for Cement officials for review and found it needed 19 More i think that after 15 months working on it they could have got it Edwards highways minister Albert Dredger acknowledged some of the criticism was but he said the tories Are break ing new ground with the Law and mistakes in drafting were to be Given the political Consen sus that the Law should be put in place As quickly As yesterday he asked the House to Speed through second Reading with out debate so that he Bill can go to committee for a review of the amendments on tuesday and be proclaimed by the end of the both opposition parties saying they support the intent of the Law but not the Way the tories have handled the Law provides for an automatic 90day suspension for motorists accused of impaired driving or Refus ing to take a breath analysis it also allows impoundment of a vehicle for 30 Days if a Motorist is Ken free press shoe detail Allie the department of family makes sure Little Tyler Macneish shoe is done up As the youngster visits the National family week display at Polo Park shopping the display runs All workers split Over walkout Independent daycare operators dispute claims of wide support by Aldo Santin a split has developed in the Day care Community Over a proposal to hold a on Day walkout in 10 representatives of Independent and Home care who care for almost said yesterday they wont participate or a we support their Call for higher wages for workers but we dont agree with their said Julie executive director of Manito bans for Quality Margo who represents 350 Home care provid said her members cant afford to were not eligible for the salary enhancement Grants and they cant afford to lose a Days Kucey and Bartlett said the association which represents the pro Vinces nonprofit centres Doest have the support it claims it Bartlett said nonprofit operators in Thompson and Portage have told her they wont join the the Manitoba child care association Doest have half the support it claims it said who is also a member of the the which cares for will hold a membership Vole next week on whether to stage a on Day walkout Mcca representatives said they think the majority of the members will support the daycare workers and operators insist the government provide salary increases to the who earn an average the Mcca wants the government to increase salary enhancement Grants it gives to nonprofit centres by the per worker currently at is passed directly to a recent task Force report strongly urged the government to increase worker salaries to the Range Over three unprofessional the government at the end of August announced increases to the salary enhancement Grants by this Only workers at nonprofit centres Are eligible for the Kucys which represents half of the provinces 41 private said the tactics used by the nonprofit group Are in proves Kucey said the Manitoba child care association did not have the approval of the parents when they brought children to family services minister Charlotte Ole sons office two weeks when they brought children Down to the ministers the parents we rent Kucey they used the children to further their own it was we would not support Kucey said Shes encouraged by talks Shes had recently with Oleson and Premier Gary Filmon refuses to meet with the Mcca until they withdraw their threat of a on Day Filmon unexpectedly attended a private meeting this week of the provinces child care advisory coun of which Kucey and Mcca chairman Carol Draper Are Mem Charleswood sleuths suggest neighbourhood watch for area three Charleswood residents who helped police break up a neighbor Hood enter and theft gang said yesterday its time their neigh Bors started a neighbourhood watch it got rid of some of the Riffraff in the neighbourhood but who knows How Long it will said who asked that her last name not be along with neighbors Steve and suspected neighbourhood residents were responsible for a rash of thefts and breaking in their Rob Lin Oaks housing project dating Back to Lori said some of her neighbors have thanked them for their adding some Are also talking about joining a crime prevention pro neighbourhood watch wont Cost us any Money and it might she the three staked out a Home and collected evidence which led police to raid a West Grove Home thursday two youths and an adult have been charged with possessing goods obtained by police obtained a search War rant for the Charleswood Home and seized bicycles and hockey Winnipeg police spokes Man Eric Turner Turner said a 14yearold boy has been charged with theft under a 15yearold has been charged with possessing goods obtained by crime and a 19yearold has been charged with three counts of possessing goods obtained by they searched the Home at about thursday and they Are still interviewing Turner were glad we could Lori adding that there were More people maybe it will set a scare in the others that were involved but we rent she thanksgiving parking buses fewer Winnipeg residents driving to thanksgiving dinner need no change for parking meters but those taking a City bus will have fewer to choose dont bother stopping at the liquor store on the Way be cause All Manitoba liquor control commission outlets Are closed for the Holiday Mon bars Are also closed but licensed restaurants can serve alcohol with government offices and most businesses Are transit service follows the sunday schedule and metered parking is caught driving while nip critic Jerry Storie flin flon agreed the raft of new Amend ments is a Clear example of tory bungling and mismanagement on a global i without fear of Contra the amendments being brought Forward Are filled with Loop he Storie noted one amendment Calls for the Justice department to keep a Central registry of where impounded vehicles Are he said turning the registry Over i to the department was a Hasty Mea sure resulting from police com plaints that no such registry was i provided in the i Storie said the amendment will j Lead to angry motorists calling jus Tice minister Jim Mccrae in the Middle of the night trying to locate their chamber urges tax on groceries food tax could be offset by hearings told by Patrick Mckinley the goods and services tax should be extended to Basic a Winnipeg chamber of Commerce spokesman told a commons com Mittee Dan chairman of the Chambers committee on Federal and provincial said food should be included in the tax to broaden the tax base and lower the proposed nine percent rate to seven per but unlike some business he said the effect of a food tax should be offset by higher tax cred its for Low income Torbiak appeared before the com Mons finance committee As it held a on Day hearing in Winnipeg at the end of a tumultuous week in which committee chairman Don Blenkarn Drew fire for ridiculing opponents of the proposed a chastened Blenkarn kicked off the committees Day in Winnipeg by announcing that members of the committee will Stop using its hear Ings on the get to score political howls of outrage the tory my raised howls of out rage earlier this week when he de scribed Alberta opponents of the tax As stupid and said he wondered if they were out to prime minister Mulroney subsequently said he would discuss the incident with Blenkarn when the committee returns to Ottawa next Blenkarn Mississauga South said committee members held an i camera meeting thursday night and decided to tone Down the Politi Cal we want to say to the witnesses and to the Public generally that we Are going to change our he please accept any apologies for our previous actions and i include certainly myself and i know my colleagues probably feel the same he i think what you saw this morn ing was a bit of an apology from nip committee member lome Nystrom Yorkton Melville he added that he hoped televised coverage of the which begins at an Ottawa hearing tues would have a positive effect on the tone of the but the committee was unable to avoid further controversy yester As opposition members of the Manitoba legislature slammed the committee for not allowing them to make the committee is not hearing from politicians in its open hear Ings but met with Manitoba finance minister Clayton manness behind closed doors yesterday Liberal finance critic Reg Alcock Osborne said neither he nor nip Leader Gary doer was Given the option of appearing behind closed i think its he Blenkarn said he expects the Federal government to Lis ten to the committee in spite of the governments intention to introduce draft legislation on the sales tax within the next few he said he expects the govern ment will make changes in the legislation after hearing from the com which is to Complete its report at yesterdays Torbiak attacked the multistage nature of the which would be applied to the value added at each stage of the multistage feature and the rebate calculations it involves will make collection enormously expensive and complicated for Busin he adding the business group would prefer a retail sales tax collected Only from the end the tax also be visible at the Cash the chamber of Commerce spokesman and he called on Ottawa and the provinces to resume negotiations aimed at combining the Federal and provincial sales tax systems a move that would simplify collection for Torbiak Call to extend the tax to foods was countered by the so Cial planning Council of which told the committee Basic foods should Only be taxed if the government can come up with a method to ensure that All those Eli Gible for offsetting tax credits actually receive it quoted estimates that 15 per cent of those eligible for the exist ing sales tax credit do not claim and said some provinces compound the problem by deducting the tax credits from welfare the hotel association of Canada predicted the get will put Small operators out of business and the Manitoba federation of labor demanded that the tax be replaced by taxes on corporate in come and wealth and by higher personal income taxes for those who can afford loss of income Mil chairman Wilf Hudson said workers especially those on Low incomes be hard hit by the combined blow of the Nineve Cerit tax on goods and higher unemployment resulting from the tax and recent cuts in unemployment insurance Hudson vowed that unions will seek to make up for a loss of Dis Posable income by holding out for higher wage the labor movement is not pre pared nor should it be expected to be the Scapegoat for the inflation Ary consequences of this he the hotel association of Canada predicted that foreign tourists will Stop coming to Canada and canadians will travel abroad to avoid paying the tourists will be Able to Fly to England without paying the tax but will have to pay the added nine percent to Fly to the association said in its it said Small hotels de Pend most heavily on tourists in Stead of business customers will suffer the it said 57 per cent of Canadas hotels have 25 rooms or a tax on food would broaden tax lower get to seven per says Dan Torbiak ;