Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 18, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press september 2000 local a3 City editor Steve Pona 6977292 features editor Bruce Owen 6977292 maestros salary not so private Tovey pay an Issue while players fight Cut Bramwell Tovey called last i hear youre on the the Winnipeg symphony orchestras artistic director said with that charmingly chirpy English accent of As a matter of i on i had phoned the sos interim executive Bruce to find out How much Tovey is id been Reading that Tobey had been criticizing the sos former administration and Board at the orchestras Gener Al the Board Only raised last year during a sea son when the orchestra lost that brought the sos total debt to nearly but what i wanted to know in comparison to the musicians whose average salary is a measly How much Tovey had been paid in the last Tovey is off to the Vancouver sym phony orchestra after this season to further Fame and presumably More and the sos 67 musicians Are going to arbitration because the Board wants to reduce their salaries by three per so interim executive director Bruce Duggan said Tovey con tract has a confidentiality its a private he not so private that i want Able to search family court records 10 years ago and learn Tovey was earning Back and i reminded Duggan if on third of the sos budget comes from the three Levels of we the Public have a right to know what Tovey has been plus there were no Duggan unless one included the 1991 Toyota Canary which is being sold As part of the sos it was my Call to Duggan that prompted Tovey to Call and invite me to breakfast saturday at the we were seated at the velvet Glove when Tovey invited me to ask i lowering my voice so the next table lets Start with your he youre going to get it out next he whats the problem we were both laughing i think when theres Public Money people should he he i was wondering if you were going to Tell me the reason you wanted to so i told him of my concern for the orchestra members and their salary and the Gap Between his salary increases and his if there is a i of there is he theres no doubt about Tovey confirmed that when Max Tapper convinced him to come to a City he had never heard of before 11 years his the agent negotiated a salary of in when his contract came up for the so was doing i think that one started at then in his agent negotiated a six year last i earned Tovey on top of Tovey was allowed to do which at times nearly matched his so his agent took a 25 per cent commis Sion and Tovey pays a year for the keep of his Pride and his six year old son who lives in so Tovey netted a More modest Tovey also said he Hast claimed More than in expenses the whole time Hes been part of the last Deal gave Tovey six Economy fare flights a year to eng that led to another How much is the Vancouver sym phony orchestra paying you Nice Tovey what he would say is his Vancouver salary is substantially it would have to be to allow him to buy his House near the University of British Tovey had a question for he do you think in paid too much i told i think Tovey earned his its just too bad that the players dont have the maestros to help end violence women present demands by Helen fall Dong a thousand Manitoba women and men and children put the province on notice yesterday that they expect Concrete action to end poverty and violence against the Winnipeg contingent of the world March of women 2000 flooded Down sunny memorial Boulevard to the legislature after rallying at the we dont need to March any More we need to hear and see some the president of the Winnipeg labour Heather told the multicultural March organizers will present a list of 19 demands to the nip caucus at a meeting Early next at the top of the list is million a year for inde pendent women including Core funding for advocacy groups that lost their Federal operating other demands include mandatory education to help judges overcome their a minimum wage hike to an hour and amendments to the labour code to allow Manitoba parents to take advantage of recently extended employment insurance we realize there not going to be implemented said Suzanne director of a political advocacy group for francophone organizers acknowledge that the demands for Money might be the hardest to push Diane Mcgrif Manitoba status of women said in an interview that she has not yet seen the list of ill be Happy to share them with my said the longtime women rights Joe free press Brianne Selman views shirts promoting women issues yesterday at the where the March women rights and women lives Are my Mcgifford told the applauding i can assure you of my willingness in government to be the activist and advocate that i was out Side of Cindy who lives near King Edward 825 Selkirk said the province needs to do More in neighbourhoods such where kids walk to school in Winter without boots and Johns pick up girls on the the neighbourhood applied for funding months ago through the provinces neighbourhoods alive pro but has heard nothing Stroppa March organizer Cecile a National representative for the Cana Dian Auto said she is optimistic that the nip will be More receptive to women demands than the former conservative it was very difficult to even get meet she said of the following similar rallies in 157 coun the world March of women will deliver demands to the United nations a Canadian delegation will also converge on Ottawa with demands for the Federal government aimed at reducing poverty and violence against Ivy league out to scoop our brightest by Nick Martin prestigious Ivy league american universities will invade Winnipeg Tomor Row night to try to scoop up the Best and brightest of our senior High school Stu dents armed with tens of billions of dollars in student this has never happened before in its a big said Peter University adviser at Johns Raven court Only Princeton will be missing from a lineup that includes Dartmouth and the seven members of the academic elite will be at s 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