Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 27, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Inside Story Winnipeg free press july Duj recycled jobs irk workers employees Are reluctant to go to Laidlaw by Doug Nairne staff reporter workers who helped Cre ate Winnipeg recycling Industry say they rather not work for Laidlaw waste sys tems if the multinational Corpora Tion puts their employers out of business but a Job is a id prefer to be but i need to work said Jody an employee of Planit other workers echoed that sen saying economic reality will Force them to look for work with which is poised to be use of Levy up in air a1 awarded the cites curbside recycling and will Likely put the existing recyclers out of wed probably get More Money with but we have made a lot of sacrifices to make this com Pany said Crysler with we Are important with we will just be another said Jeff one worker said hed rather face unemployment than go to a big company like this said David Ken free press from Marvin Galen Kyle Johns Planit to their you hear a lot of talk about the government supporting Small Busi and then something like this happens and puts three local companies who works at plan it during the said he will not look for work with Laidlaw in the future if his current employer closes its Jeff Golfman of Planit Recy cling said his along with Green Box recycling and red Box will shut Down Tomor Row if Laidlaw is awarded the con tract and the City Doest compensate if compensation for losing the work is Golfman said the recyclers will continue to operate until when the new con tract is set to the three recyclers employ about 87 Wayne general manager of Laidlaw in said the company intends to consider employees from the existing recyclers if it gets the but is offering no guaranteed we hire on the basis of qualifications and he we will be contacting the other companies to see if they have staff they want to recommend to us for Simle said Laidlaw will add about 50 people to its Winnipeg operation if it gets the Laid Laws proposal is expected to be voted on by City Council this hazardous occupation farming is the most Haz ardous occupation in Canada with an average of two deaths per according to statistics released by the Cana Dian federation of heres a look at life on the farm today National death rates due to Industrial accidents Are 11 per compared to 55 per on a total of fatalities were recorded on Canadian farms from 1983 to rates of disabling injuries Are highest among Farmers compared to any occupation at 58 per children under age 19 and seniors Over 65 account for 23 per cent of All farm major hazards Are Machin Ery Large Endo Tox ins and Farmers Are More Likely to die of including no Hodgkins Lym Phoma and myeloma than other they also have higher mortality rates for prostate and stomach half of All Farmers Over 50 have greater than 50 per cent hearing stress induced suicide rate for Farmers is per compared to per idyllic life on farm risks limb by Bill Redekop staff reporter it May be an idyllic backdrop Golden Fields and fresh acres from the nearest traffic Jam but the farm is the most dangerous place to Accord ing to a recent Manitoba it found that farming claims More lives and causes More injuries than any other Job in Cana but most accidents can be pre concludes the reports Scott in the lat est edition of the Canadian family physician attempts to accomplish Large amounts of work in a limited time Lead to haste fatigue and All of which increase Accident pesticide killed slowly a1 states a family doctor in one dramatic death a year ago has focused provincial attention on farm hazards after a 22yearold Man dropped dead of nerve poisoning from exposure to a Pesti cide commonly used on canola the latest based on Hospi Tal records from 1981 to 1991 at the Dauphin regional health reported that 72 patients were admitted for treatment and another four men died from farm Acci its still things Haven said James program director for the Parkland family practitioner residency pro Gram in who supervised Youngs said the study reflects farm reality across Cana we dont admit or even realize the farm is a dangerous that Why we have so Many Acci said Duncan a Gladstone Farmer who Speaks on health and safety for Keystone agricultural Broadfoot is part of a National Effort by agriculture groups in every along with Federal and provincial to form a group called the Canadian coalition for agricultural safety and the coalitions goal is to focus attention and Money on reducing farm of the four deaths in the one 36yearold Man spirit not delivering on Promise Duguid died in 1987 after inhaling toxic gases from liquid manure and died trying to Rescue a died of a gunshot wound in 1981 and the was crushed by a tractor in More than 60 per cent of injuries in the study were related to machinery with 88 per cent occur ring during the first five years of the machinery accidents afterwards declined As safety became a con but rates due to farm animals stayed constant at 25 per of needless accidents Are there Are children who Are crushed accidentally by horses or bulls on Broadfoot All they need to do is rub up playfully and the kid May be jammed up against a by Stevens wild City Hall reporter the private sector is not putting up its promised share of the capital to finance the Deal to save the Winnipeg a prominent City councillor of theres still no guarantee that the jets will stay in mayoral candidate Terry Duguid Duguid North who said recently he was withdrawing his support for the current Deal to build a new said the num Bers released so far by spirit of Manitoba dont live up to the letter of a Council Resolution on May which outlined the cites there Are expectations and understandings of the private Sec Tor that will not be Duguid what we see before us is not the same Duguid said the key elements of the May 17 Deal were that the team would be Here for 20 years and expenses would be split 5050 Between the Public and private Sec most Duguid said theres no guarantee that the team will stay in even after the Arena is Council passed the motion after business tycoon Israel Asper promised the team would stay in Winnipeg for 20 that was our expectation and it was a direct question to Duguid the whole Point is to keep the team if they Are going to move in five whats the Point Asper has since been replaced by Harold Buchwald As tend fund Raiser for the figures released by spirit Indi Cate the group will raise Mil lion by but Duguid Points out that the May 17 Resolution says govern ment and the private sector each have to raise and the endowment expected to have will Only be million by with the rest to be raised by the May 17 Resolution says the endowment fund will cover future team loses and Lon term facility How Are you going to carry operating losses and support the facility you Duguid if there Are Cost they will either have to sell the team to pay for the Arena or come Back to the Public sector for More not mentioned in the Resolution was the Sale of the cites 36 per cent share of the but Winnipeg enterprises has sold those shares to spirit of Manitoba for a debenture that will have third Call on some of us had the understand ing that the True value of our asset would be Duguid our asset is gone and we have he also pointed out that while corporations that buy the Mil lion Worth of limited partnerships will receive a guaranteed return of five per members of the pub Lic who gave Money during the May fundraising Effort get no Sale t starts july 28 hurry in for Best m selection unbelievable b polyesters prints solids entire Stock i save Rayons prints solids entire Stock save chambray corduroys save Home decor prints 100 Cotton entire Stock received prior to save brokers set to make jets pitch by Kelly Taylor business reporter stockbrokers hit the phones today hawking a make break Deal to give John Public a piece of the Winnipeg after two close door lunch meetings learning details of the spirit of Manitoba limited part brokers Are expected to Start hitting up clients this morn and As the Campaign gets under officials admit that there is no contingency plan should they fail to raise the full we Haven figured out How were going to close the transaction if we dont sell it so we obviously believe we Are going to sell it a confident Chuck president of Lead issuer Richardson said in an if we reach our we Are quite comfortable and confident that Well have nil hockey in Winnipeg for the Long Winograd said investors must come to the Deal with a sense of since it int expected there will be a significant return to investors until 1998 at the Earli but he it is not pure philanthropy by any stretch of the investors could earn five per cent or More after 1998 assuming spirit meets its the details were enough to satisfy one admitted Brian Katz of Nesbitt Burns said he feels comfortable pitching it to certain and Hes Comfort Able As a taxpayer that the Public int being fleeced for million so partners can get this is 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