Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 20, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba B2 Winnipeg free october cuts made the poor poorer welfare rates by Portia Prieger Canadian press Ottawa the poor got poorer last year largely because government spend ing cuts whittled Down welfare a Federal advisory said in a report in some provinces rates for sin Gle employable people were less than half the poverty the National Council of welfare the poverty line varies Between ranging from a year for a single employable per son in Prince Edward Island to a year for a couple with two children in British Manitoba and and with More spending cuts on the the Council predicts welfare payments will fall we Hope were but were afraid the race to the Bottom has said Lucie the councils acting the report shows rates for single employable peo ple ranged from 24 per cent of the poverty line in new Brunswick to 56 per cent in Prince Edward for single Parent families with one the Low was 52 per cent in Alberta and the High 80 per cent the poverty line in two Parent families with two children received Between 46 per cent of the poverty line in new Brunswick and 72 per cent in benefits for single disabled peo ple fell Between 44 per cent of the line in Alberta and 76 per the National Coundit 6t welfare said yesterday thai Many welfare recipients saw their incomes slump badly in Ontario single employable single one child Manitoba single employable single one child Saskatchewan single employable single one child Alberta single employable single r one child British Columbia single employable single one child Newfoundland single employable single one child Prince Edward Island single employable single one child Nova Scotia single employable single one child new Brunswick single employable single one child Quebec single employable single one child total income poverty Gap l poverty line source National Council of welfare cent in also Blais said she fears recent cuts by Ontario conservative govern ment will create a Domino effect across the country with other provinces following if we Cut on the welfare to the people who Are the most i think the social costs Are going to be Way higher in the times to she up human resources minister Lloyd Axworthy said the govern which is cutting Transfer payments to the provinces starting next is concerned about the trend and is working to get people Back to the answer int simply continuing the old Transfer payments because clearly it didst he said outside the wrist watching stylish 14kt Gold bangles exclusive to Small Large Polo Park Centre 7867468 Birks new for 96 now exclusively at future shop Canon Bic Moo near photo Quality Colour images with this next generation1 technology 0 dress up your presentations in Colour spice up your newsletters i Colour customize your correspondence print stationary it sticker designs in extravagant hues design emblems for shirts print your own hallmark everyday cards i Colour it create with Crayola Art Painton print picture 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ordered a new trial in a lawsuit by Kobe Terneuzen of who was infected after undergoing artificial insemination by her doctor Gerald Korn in the ruling has important implications for victims of Canadas tainted blood tragedy and suggests they will have a Tough time winning damage the court rejected Ter Neutens argument that Korn should have known in january 1985 about the risk of transmit supreme court notebook Ting his through artificial courts must with the Benefit of judge too harshly doctors who act in accordance with prevailing standards of professional said Justice John the court ordered a new trial to determine whether Korn was negligent in screening semen donors for sexually transmitted Fabrikant loses Ottawa convicted killer Valery Fabrikant lost his bid yesterday to bring a defame Tiona character lawsuit against the Montreal the supreme court of Canada said it will not hear fab Rikarts he wanted to Challenge a ruling that Dis missed his convicted of the 1992 shooting deaths of four Concordia University proves filed the suit against for Mer publisher David Perks and three newspaper Board can Appeal Toronto the supreme court of Canada has granted the Toronto school Board leave to Appeal a lower court decision that it must reinstate my jag Bhaduri was fired from his Job As a teacher in 1989 after he sent letters to Board one letter included comments that certain Board staff should have been shot by Montreal mass killer Marc the letters were in reaction to the Board repeatedly turning Down Bhaduri As applications to become a confidentiality Ottawa the supreme court of Canada will look at whether a psychiatrists treat ment notes should always remain the High court agreed yester Day to hear a patients Appeal of an order requiring her Psychia Trist to produce records of their the notes have become the focus of a lawsuit in which the female patient identified Only As is suing another Clive for claiming he sexually assaulted her during treatment in 1971 and office 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