Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 11, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free january 1995 b5 my says tories sell Timber at citrate Cost subsidy buyout bad Deal by Paul Samyn legislature reporter Sybil Redekop staff reporter Western premiers should reject a Grain transportation subsidy buyout proposed by Manitoba re form my Jake Hoeppner we have a Grain handling system that a decade behind that in the United said Hoeppner Lis if we allow the subsidy to be taken it will be on the backs of Farmers to Stream line the whole the Federal proposal would buy out the million annual Grain transportation subsidy with a Lump sum billion Hoeppner said the floated shortly be fore was widely re ported in Ottawa that How politicians they throw out a trial balloon and see where it whether it gets punctured or whether it just keeps but a buyout would leave the Grain elevator and transportation system in its current state with Little Hope of Matching the efficiencies of Ameri can efficiency he also restated remarks of transport minister Doug Young that railway labor efficiency is 64 per cent higher in the United How can our railways compete with that kind of labor manage ment who is holding a press conference on the Issue this morn said the annual rail transportation subsidy should be but it should be paid to cur the subsidy is paid to the rail who in turn offer Farmers artificially reduced freight pay the Money out to Farmers until we get the Grain handling and transportation system up to he Prairie wheat pools recently gave their consent to have Ottawa explore paying the Grain transportation subsidy to after Block ing such a move for More than a de the pools gave in when Ottawa argued the new agreement of the world Trade organization would make paying the subsidy to railways very Ottawa is expected to table legis lation this Spring on How payment of the million annual subsidy will be Portage savors tax Cut by Linda Quattrin staff reporter As Winni Eggers Brace themselves for a per cent hike in property por Tage la Prairie residents will see their tax Bills Cut by nearly that Portage Council approved a million budget on monday evening that Calls for a two per cent de crease in 1995 property taxes and no cuts to two per cent Doest sound like a lot but weve held the line on taxes for a number of mayor Glenn Carlson said we worked pretty hard on getting it so whats their secret in Portage paring Down staff and streamlining administrative said Dale the cites director of finance and two managers and four civic Union workers were Cut from the 1995 budget two were Laid off and the balance were trimmed through retirements and leaving positions vacant for a savings of about Lyle the City also pruned the number of its departments from six to we had a considerable amount of Flack in the Carlson said of the reorganization last i think now its getting a lot of positive in Portage residents saw no change in their tax Bill from the pre Vious and 1993 marked an other two per cent Lyle municipal taxes remain the owner of a three bedroom Home assessed at admittedly the High end of the local see a tax drop in from to Lyle but nearly 40 per cent of that is the education which the City has no control he another 30 per cent of the civic budget goes toward maintaining professional police and fire depart Carlson Louisiana Pacific agree ment to Harvest Manitoba Tim Ber at fir Sale prices appears to be immune from Public input under a Deal reached with the Filmon both the lumber giant and provincial officials say the Forest management licence agreement signed with the natural resources department cannot be altered even if the clean environment com Mission recommended massive minutes from a compan Spon sorted advisory committee show the which allows up to Cut cubic metres a year of Aspen surrounding its Swan River is legally binding and not subject to re vision by the environment depart penalties the Deal also includes penalties if the province reduced the amount of Timber available to up or introduced new forestry management despite the up has yet to be granted an environmental which it needs to Harvest the Swan the province has promised Public hearings before any licence is environmentalists opposed to l is i omillion wafer Board Plant announced yesterday they were pull ing out of a company sponsored advisory committee to protest what they say is merely a Public relations everything is already Preeter said Don spokes Man for the Manitoba future Forest Alliance which includes such groups As Greenpeace and the Sierra Sullivan said the sweetheart Deal the tories gave up also includes a stumpage fee of a cubic metre while Ontario is charging the government has sold off our resources for a Sullivan the assistant Deputy minister of natural resources said the province signed the forestry management Deal so up would be assured it had an adequate Wood what they Are getting is a commitment from the Merlin Shoesmith said that guaranteed Wood 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