Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 24, 1992, Winnipeg, Manitoba 52 pages vol 120 no 294 publications mail registration 0286 not much action film funds flying East by Donald Campbell legislature reporter the provincial govern ment has spent More on out of province commercial film production in the last four months than it spent at Home in the last four local producers and Manitoba audiovisual Community is outraged the Filmon government has repeatedly spent tax dollars on out prov Ince Crews to shoot commercials locally for tourism and Crown corporation local firms argue too much of the production Cost is eaten up by travel and accommodation expenses when out province production Compa Nies Are the anger in the Community Over recent events has prompted most of the Large production houses in town to agree to meet and plan a protest directed at Trade and tourism minister Eric one disgruntled local producer said the province has spent More than on out province production in the past four producers also complain of the heavy handed role Premier Gary Hilmons press Barbara plays in managing the tour ism departments and Industry sources say several developments this year have infuriated local businesses q a current 10day shoot for tour ism film footage is being directed by Toronto Richard formerly of new at a Cost the govern ment pegs at for him and five people on his it is widely that Radke charges a q the budget for the shoot is pegged by local Industry sources As times higher than what a Winnipeg production Crew would have q a Manitoba Hydro commercial was recently put together by a team from q Radke was used to direct two recent shoots for Manitoba Tele phone q most of the pos production work on last Summers tourism Campaign including edit ing and packaging was done in in a Tough the last thing the local Industry needs is to have a Lack of Confidence shown in it by some government said Kenn head of Kenn Perkins and Winnipeg free press health weekly Home delivery in outside City september 1992 Ken free press As the spirit moves them dancers Sheena Tommy Denny Morrison and Lindsey Assiniboine get ready for last nights performance of in the land of billed As the first full length modern bal let based on Indian legend to be produced by a native unions unhappy pay equity funds come off top by Dan Lett staff reporter the province has set aside million to improve wages for health care workers but More than half that fund is to be used for pay the general wage increase is to be calculated from whats left and unions say that is unjust and in Ron president of the Mani Toba health said the province provided the funding in a Block format to cover All pay equity costs in addition to reclassification and Merit the fund was calculated to represent a general wage in crease Over a three year contract of three per three per cent and a Cost of living allowance increase cola in the final Birt the funding mandate is ear marked for negotiations with six Dif Ferent excluding the Mani Toba nurses Union which will be dealt with negotiations for most of these contracts is expected to begin in the next few it will Cost million to fulfil the requirements of Provin Cial pay equity he nongovernmental umbrella organization that negotiates with employees in 260 health care facilities must calculate a general wage increase from whatever Money is left he Birt said some unionized Many of whom have gone without a wage increase for two years be cause of the Public sector wage May have expected a larger wage but Given the current fiscal crisis the provinces offer is the Manitoba association of health care which represents 900 xray and dietary occupational therapists and lab technicians in 21 is already in Concilia Tion but has indicated it is not Satis fied with the provinces Mahop executive director Ron Wally said after pay equity and other mandatory wage increases Are accounted mho has offered a three year contract with a wage freeze in the first a on per cent increase in the second and cola minus one per cent in the third Wally said the which Al ready has a strike mandate from its believes this latest offer is without and will not be Filmon intervenes to keep top surgeon health officials desperate to prevent researchers move by Alexandra Paul medical reporter Premier Gary Filmon is intervening to keep one of Canadas top brain surgeons from being lured away from Winni a highly placed source neurosurgeon Garnette Suther land and others confirmed Hes be ing wooed by the University of Cal Gary medical Centre at Foothills but Sutherland said he Hast made up his mind yet to if Sutherland High tech plans that Promise to pay off in economic growth Are at several officials it would appear this is so big that even the Premier is one medical Industry source others including prominent lawyer Harold they Are also pressing to keep Sutherland at health sciences i know a concerted Effort is be ing made to make sure Suther land stays said Hsc research foundation former University of Manitoba medical Dean John Wade said if you think about the future and economic its up to peo ple like Garnette who Are tied to the Bio diagnostics Centre and the corporate create Wade said Manitoba main weak Ness is a health care system that Doest allow specialists enough time to conduct top level a highly placed Industry source said several people told him Filmon placed personal Telephone Calls profiled Garnette Sutherland Garnette is one of Canadas leading brain credited with saving hundreds of patients while also being on the cutting Edge of pharmaceutical and diagnostics related some biographical facts graduate in 1978 the University of Manitoba medical trained under preeminent brain surgery Pioneer Charles Drake at the University of Western Ontario in recruited Back to Winnipeg eight years Sutherland is the key scientist on two top projects a Pisons Grant to develop a drug for stroke a cooperative Effort with the National research Council Bio diagnostics Centre to develop a nonsurgical method of diagnosing brain about Sutherland to Hsc president Rod Thorfinnson and Hsc medical Vic president Ian Sutherland no he Filmon wanted to know what the hell was going on Why is it that we Are going to lose one of our Best neurosurgeons and How can he fix the source Hsc surgery department head Robert Blanchard said he is working Flat out to recruit at least one neurosurgeon to keep Sutherland Blanchard described the importance of keeping Sutherland Here As absolutely Sutherland said a gruelling Pace that he and the three other Manitoba neurosurgeons set would be halved if he worked elsewhere in sometimes i work two week stretches you sleep at the Hospi Tal in Between cases so you can get the next two weeks to work on your Sutherland the four neurosurgeons clocked a phenomenal hours in the operating room to save the lives 405 patients in Hsc spokesman Jim Rodger its really serious if Garnette goes the main tent pole at Hsc Bio diagnostics Centre director Ian Smith its her obligation to take some action on sexism name councillor told by Bruce Owen staff reporter a City councillors steadfast refusal to identify colleagues who allegedly made sexist remarks against her undermines the Progress that been made in rooting out sexual a women rights official its her obligation to take some Manitoba action committee on the status of women coordinator Jenny Robinson said i think it would be appropriate for her to name the in any its part of breaking the they Are named so others can be informed and so the Public is aware of their Lillian Thomas speaking tuesday before the business and professional women said she had been sexually harassed on at least two she and other Winnipeg in the nineties councillors refused to identify the councillors who made disparaging saying they did not want to be its just the last thrashes of a dying Dinosaur when they make these Thomas and its not an Issue of who said but one of what we have to put up with when were trying to do Council last night Defeated a motion 1311 that called for offenders to be ejected from Council Chambers if they ignore a warning from the speaker to curb their Thomas said she was harassed last year when a male councillor commented on her attire during a break at a Council cant you see in mentally undressing you the councillor allegedly i told you can think where ill mentally place my Thomas said during an interview a councillor said i should go to the Manitoba human rights but i found out that because As a councillor in not in an employee employer there was nothing i could i also didst want to launch a lawsuit because i dont have the Money and i dont want to spend my time in Thomas said a second incident occurred in june when a male councillor barked like a dog and called her a Bitch when she was speaking during a Council Greg Selinger who sits next to quickly wrote up a motion asking for penalties against councillors who make sexist or racist the Defeated motion called for offending councillors to be ejected from Council Chambers if they ignore a warning from the speaker to curb their a companion motion will go to the cites Law department for study and then to the 14 Council meeting for Glen Murray River Osborne said Hes often picked on because Hes but its the women councillors who get it More than i he quote of the Day Ive got about another to logo j Manigk has a Jet More dates lined up in his mate selection b1 the weather funny and torn High inside Ann Bridge comics crossword hop scope Sun a emf sets 721 More plays More winning More fun see Page d3 of today paper ;