Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 29, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press local september John Douglas 6977230 features Buzz Currie email my Ca a3 life Ruth free press with two hands holding Marivic Omaga left and Chad Magas joined hundreds in aids hundreds March in aids War by Kim Gutter son staff reporter Titor Rick the annual aids m walk in some a selfish As a person living with he wants to make sure that the support systems hell eventually need will be Home buddy medical he said before Leav ing on the walk yesterday proceeds from the walk go to 10 Manitoba agencies that Deal with aids including the aids shelter coalition of Haemophilia Manitoba and the Kali Shiva but the walk is also an Opportunity for Feher and others to see the sup port for Educa Tion and it gets better and better every Feher its encouraging to see More people becoming More sensitive to the stigma is still a Little bit organizers estimate about 600 peo ple marched yesterday from Portage place up memorial Boulevard to Over to main Street and Back to the police pegged the number at Steve one of the walk co said about in pledges was collected once corporate and other donations come the total May reach the same As last he it looks to be the biggest and Best he is something More and More people Are coming into Contact with in their own lives through family and Johannesson identifies with she came out with a couple of friends yesterday to show her its a huge especially for our age 20to Johan Nesson she said her family believes her uncles partner died from i want to make sure i do what i can for its always its always been an but that really brought it firefighters worry about shortages morale is official says by Kim staff reporter the dispute Between firefight ers and their Bosses Over staffing flared up yesterday As on duty officers complained about a shortage of eight pieces of equipment including two four Aerial lad a Rescue unit and a District chief we rent available fire fighters due to Lack of is said Andy president of the fire fighters and morale affects the Way people do their when fire Halls were called for updates yesterday on what was Hap pening in the City they responded with details of How Many pieces of equipment we rent battalion chief Dennis Lloyd said numbers were Down because of vacancies not filled after people off and training and it May change dramatically Tomor theres a new Holiday Lloyd but theres still a problem with vacancy its certainly a concern to determining the number of people on a fire shift is because you have to take into account the number of vacancies not which Deputy fire chief Bill Burton said yesterdays shift had the most vacancies on and there working to balance those Burton said the number of of units Doest affect response time or How Many firefighters attend a it Doest Impact the ability for first in pumping were still sending the same number of theres a pump in every station and theres Rescue trucks on every Burton sixteen people Are sent to each first alarm Burgess says the concern is if there is More than one fire at a time in an the equipment needed for the second fire would have to come Flom farther because the nearest manpower was already pulled for the first to run All the equipment in the cites fire Halls requires at least 168 staff on Burgess because of vacancies not filled when people retired and with people off there were 146 people on Burgess the firefighters and the City Are going into arbitration Over the new con for More than a year there has been a policy not to fill vacancies Cre ated by there is a departmental reorganization plan in front of City Hall administration both sides agree this will be a con tract Burton agreed staffing would be brought up in the but said the newspaper int the place to discuss former bureaucrat in conflict of interest by Alice Krueger legislature reporter a former High ranking Manitoba civil servant who left his Post for a private sector Job is now helping to design a new single welfare system for the Doug Manitoba former assistant Deputy minister for income confirmed last week Hes been working on the file for his new Sexsmith left his civil service Job last joining ism the Fol lowing month As the company Gen eral manager of human services for All of ism was awarded a provincial contract last year to assist in amalgamating the provincial and City of Winnipeg welfare i nip family services critic Doug Martindale said its wrong for sex Smith to have a hand in the project so soon after leaving the Public he said even if not technically a Vio lation of government conflict Finter est any involvement in a contract with his former department is contrary to the spirit of those any excuse that they provide does it Wash at All with he adding its not the first time the Filmon government has failed to recognize when it has crossed the this government Doest under a stand from the top Down their own provinces he Mitchelson not in discussions recalling How Premier Gary Fil Mon was forced to reimburse ism after it was revealed hed stayed in Atlanta As a guest of the company Dur ing last provincial deny theres anything inappropriate about sex Smiths under Mani Tobas conflict interest former senior employees such As Deputy ministers Are prohibited from soliciting business or haying any involvement in contractual discussions with the government for a year Fol lowing their family services minister Bonnie Mitchelson earlier this year denied sex Smith had any role in the he is working across the country for and he is not doing anything with the province of the minister told a legislative committee on May but her Deputy Tannis acknowledged sex Smith began working on the file this Mindell indicated she want sure precisely when he became but said she thought it was in referring to Sexsmith As a subject matter Mindell said the for Mer Public servant has attended three meetings with provincial and civic officials to give on a very sporadic basis weve asked him to give us some advice As a resource he has some exper Tise that were tapping she Hes not on the team per Hes been brought in As a subject matter expert to help us with identifying options and alternatives and what we might want to do in terms of she said that permissible under the rules because Sexsmith had nothing to do with awarding the contract to we checked through the whole process very carefully and had the proper opinion Given to us we were very cautious on this to ensure there was no perceived she former assistant Deputy minister of a Wothern and native affairs Michael Fine was reprimanded earlier this year for incredibly bad judgment what provinces guidelines say Section no noting or advising where a minister or senior Public ser vant acts Tor or advises the government Ora Crown Agency with respect to a mat tei1 in ii Heth the government or Crown Agency has an the minister or senior Public servant shall for a period of one year following the Date on minister or senior Public ser vant leaves act for or on behalf of a partnership or unincorporated association or organization in relation to the Section no participation in employers dealings where a minister or senior Public ser after leaving accepts employ ment with a partnership or unincorporated association or Organiza Tion with which the minister or senior Public servant has official dealings during the year preceding the Date on which the when it was discovered he tried to hire his wife Sandra Ballieul for a year Par time Job within his own said i think its Clear that All of the guide lines have been followed to the that theres nothing Mindell said projections indicate amalgam tic of the two Wel fare slated for september should result in annual savings of about the two Levels of government crore than Mil minister or senior Public servant leaves the minister or senior Public ser Dat Foh or senior pubs lie servant leaves shall not directly or attempt to influence or assist in 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