Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 11, 1994, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press local Section Brian Cole 6977232 b1 Lindor Reynolds Stop the presses every once in a we like to have a Little fun with that the real explanation for yesterdays front Page Story on working women and a woman work is never shocking new statistics reveal read the now that news later this watch for teenagers a uncommunicative lot and work less fun than previously if we can free up a couple of Well soon put together that blockbuster package on aging grandparents usually nicer than kids the thrust of yesterdays Story was a statistics Canada Survey on dual earner couples revealing that in 72 per cent of the the women did most of the housework and the men watched most of the you dont tax dollars at work Sta scan found that in households where both parties work full Only 10 per cent of the couples shared equally in the dusting and a Mere 28 per cent of the women reported that they received some help from their that we failed to often consisted of men alertly pointing out that All the towels were youre All aware that these were Pur tax dollars at learning what any collection of six women could have told you for free at until you said you really didst want to hear any More in All it should be noted in 77 per cent of the the men looked after the Yard work and the Home it should also be noted that these Are jobs that involve being chatting with the neighbors or driving to the hardware a place where Guys go to Bond Over caulking i ran the Page one Story by a number of working All of whom Are in a state of relatively married of All of whom Are their reactions can be neatly summarized by the one woman who said just they can be neatly summarized by the woman who said As Long As Guys still babysit their own we dont actually need these it should be and this is As Good a place As that in my 95 per cent of the housework is done by a her name is Paula and she does this for a probably 77 per cent of the the outside work and Home maintenance is either done by my partner for life in the Case of taking Down the Christmas ignored i dont have much to complain which has never stopped me the inside stories on this phenomenon of men who dont clean and the women who put up with it offered a Ray of so selfless supernal blared the headline on an article that claimed change was right around the so change is around the same Corner where youll find the rest of that gentler nation weve been hearing about for turn right at equal pay for work of equal hang a right at affordable daycare and youre dont in going to keep chasing this its just too important to relegate to a Page one Story and two inside in a Little tied up right now with my scoop on mothering a thankless but ill get to it As soon Asim wins in compensation for sexual intimidation dad told to pay for abuse by Kevin Rollason Law courts reporter a woman who was sexually assaulted by her father As a child and stalked by him As an adult won a judgment against him yesterday one of the highest Ever awarded in i want seeking dollars at the 23yearold woman said after i was seeking to set a precedent so people know you have rights and can speak up for its More Money than i was sex but i think the award was in hoping to get Back some compensation for what i her Rocky said it appears to be the second High est award to a sexual abuse victim in Manitoba and among the highest in were not Likely to collect All of but i would think Well get some of Kravetsky she deserves some Money to buy some enjoyment to replace the Joys of childhood she didst court was told the woman was sexually abused by her father be tween when she was six and 1987 when she was the now pleaded guilty in 1988 and was sentenced to six months in the who received coun Selling for three years after she was apprehended by child and family said she Only decided to sue her father after he stalked her after his release from it was More of an intimidation game by wherever i he i was in a three Page decision released Justice Perry Schul Man of court of Queens Bench said he awarded the damages after being told of the physical and psychological abuse the woman As Schulman noted that the Man stalked the woman off and on Jeff free press the plight of mexican rebels and that of Canadas natives were linked at a rally yesterday in Portage rally slams backs rebel fight by Brad Oswald staff reporter More than 100 protesters surrounded the Fountain at Portage place shopping mall yesterday afternoon to pledge support for rebel fighters in mexi sporting bloc headed masks of prime minister Jean president Bill Clinton and mexican president Carlos Salinas de Gor Tari and shouting Taftas got to members of the 1992 com Mittee supporting 500 years of indigenous resistance listened to megaphone amplified messages that Drew parallels Between the capital tightens a4 plight of indigenous mexican rebels and Canadas aboriginal if the United Canada and Mexico want they must demonstrate that they Are peace Ful people by not deploying armies against our speaker Lyle Morrisseau told the mostly aboriginal the warfare that going on is psychological warfare in the form of discrimination and slogans and speeches at the rally endorsed the armed insurrection that began in the mexi can state of Chiapas last but when asked directly if violence is a viable Morrisseau said other methods of conflict Resolution should be he said the committee was Mak ing a Point by holding the rally at a shopping mall rather than in front of the provincial politicians have their they have to accommodate Indus he were Here because we need to talk to the theres no Point going to the legis lature any committee member Leslie Spillett condemned former prime minister Brian Mulroney for sign ing the North american free Trade agreement and blasted Chretien for buckling on his prom ise to renegotiate the we now know that that Promise was just another cheap election she new Democrat la Eric Robin son who observed the agreed that there Are similarities Between the problems of indigenous mexicans and aboriginal he said he understands Why the violence in Chiapas though he Doest endorse i dont think that the method for settling matters like City May put extra morsel in Mouths of poorest kids by Dan Lett City Hall reporter Winnipeg poorest fam Ilies will Likely have a bit More grocery Money this though the increase could be As Little As a Antipoverty advocates say its commendable that the City wants to raise the welfare supplement for childrens but the increase about three per cent on average will still leave most people on Wel fare Well below Levels of Basic Suste i think its great the City is taking this step to save some of Citi said David executive director of the Winnipeg har Vest food but three per cent of very Little Money is a very Little the proposed rate increase would add a year for the food needs of infants under one year other age categories would receive be tween and More per Mike chair Man of civic planning and Community services said he expects no opposition on de spite the cites budget the rate if would Cost about with the City paying half and the other half coming from the Federal Oshaughnessy we have major tax problems this year but we Are not going to solve them on the backs of said the rate increase is part of an an Nual review by the City social ser vices department of the Cost of Basic food and clothing for children aged infancy to 17 the City was forced last year to cos share these supplemental Bene fits directly with the Federal govern ment after the province standardized its welfare rate and refused to contribute to the special benefits for Oshaughnessy said that although its unlikely the City will be Able to expand it will take Steps such As this one to protect its exist ing Northcott said the problem with the rate increase is that it still leaves most welfare recipients below the poverty line and reliant on food City welfare rates provide As Little As 40 per cent of poverty line in Northcott in a single adult with no children receives about a year on Wel the poverty line is about Winnipeg Harvest notes a drop off in food Bank use once a recipient reaches 6065 per cent of the poverty thresh he we want to have enough Money in subsidies so they dont have to use food said Leslie program manager for City social said the food carefully Are enough to feed children a nutritious but King said that because the Overall welfare Benefit is still so recipients May spend some of their food Money on other needs such As transportation and Telephone ser which Are not included in Basic welfare As Many recipients Are transient or do not have the resources or Opportunity to Stock up on she the rate increase will be consid ered by executive policy committee tomorrow before being referred to the planning and Community ser vices committee for further under the proposed changes for monthly social assistance supplemental benefits for childrens food would increase from to for infants under one year of remain unchanged at for oneyear Olds and increase from to for Toto for children four to six years it would increase from to and increase from to for seventh for 10to it would increase from to increase from to for 13to 15yearolds and go up from to for adolescents Between kind for about four years after completing his six month jail term for the sexual Schulman awarded in Gen eral for aggravated damages and another for loss of use of the general dam Ages in effect and court neither the woman father or a lawyer appeared in the father could not be reached for com too Many drugs were prescribed khans doctor barred by Paul Wiecek police reporter a Winnipeg woman found dead in a Freezer in 1990 was taking so Many narcotics at the time of her death that her doctor was subsequently prohibited from Ever prescribing drugs Ken registrar at the College of physicians and said the doctors licence was sus Pended for a year and he was barred from prescribing a Long list of con trolled drugs again following a 1992 investigation by the provinces med ical licensing Brown refused to name the doctor but the free press has Learned his identity is Arun Brown said an unrelated Allega Tion of sexual impropriety against the doctor also contributed to his licence suspension but the Over re scribing in Bibi khans Case played a major role in the colleges it was a wide Range of inappropriate the degree and Range of drugs were Brown adding it int Clear if drugs played a role in khans Brown said the College was asked to examine the doctors prescribing practices after a police investigation into Bibi khans death revealed the woman was taking a wide Range of drugs for a Back injury she said she suffered in a car investigation reopened Brown said he could not recall whether the College was called in by police or the provinces chief medi Cal a police investigation into khans death was reopened last week after the wife of her also died under mysterious Circum stances in the same House where Bibi was found Sureta was found dead last tuesday in a autopsies on both women have failed to turn up a cause of death and the two deaths Are now being investigated by the departments homicide Brown said Gupta is no longer practising in Manitoba and College officials dont know where he according to court the same physician told a representative of a local insurance company that he had information from a reliable source that Bibi Khan want even Mohamed khans Sis the obtained by the free press last were filed in court by the company after Mohamed Khan sued them for not pay ing out on a life insurance policy he had on Bibi the company eventually settled out of court and paid him Conrad Gislason said police Are investigating the relationship Between Bibi and Mohamed Khan but he refused to disclose Gislason also refused to discuss what police found in Mohamed khans Alfred Avenue Home during a virtually unprecedented Gislason did that police have enlisted the Aid of Interpol to make inquiries in Guyana where the khans Are from and other ;