Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 27, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press november 2000 local a3 City editor Steve Pona 6977292 features editor Margo Goodhand 6977292 Rookie councillor May stay As trustee by Nick Martin and Carol Sanders Rookie City councillor Gord Steeves May keep his Job As a school trustee in order to spare vital school taxpayers a by election even though sortie say he May be in a conflict of i hate to put the school division through that especially since the Cost int budgeted Steeves vital said in willing to put in extra time As a school i am considering staying on Long enough for the school division not to have to Call a that would mean Steeves remaining on the vital school Board until at least the end of october of Board chair Man Bob Bruce said were concerned about that the Cost of running that by election is the Cost of employing one Bruce said Steeves Defeated former City Council Lor Al Golden in a City Council Bielec Tion on vital Board concerned about Cost of selection i hate to put the school division through that cost9 City councillor Gord Steeves Golden said when contacted last night that if sleeves motivation for keeping both jobs was purely then he should decline to collect pay for both the Basic salary for a councillor is about a people Are talking to said Gold what there saying is Gord Steeves is there for Gord he what there most upset about is family members decry timing inquest report comes on anniversary of death by Carol Sanders six years to the Day after baby Jesse Maguire died during a botched opera Tion on his a report on the inquest into his death and the deaths of 11 other babies at health sciences Centre is being released the timing is insensitive and sus say family members who wonder Why after associate chief judge Mur Ray Sinclair took so Many years to Fin ish the report he have waited a few More Days until after the Federal election and the anniversary of the Little boys i have wanted it to be released on the anniversary of Ash tons said John whose grand son Ashton died Days before baby Jesse at the no defunct paediatric cardiac i have no doubt that somebody said Well release it on election Day so it wont get full said in a statement issued last sin Clair said if he had waited another hed be criticized for it was my decision to release it As soon As i got he no one in government told him when to make the report Sinclair the timing of it is a concern to All the said Ben whose daughter Maritess died when she was a 2 patient at the Hsc Pedi Atric cardiac to release it on election Day is very unsympathetic to the said its adding More said mar Garet Ash tons its showing total disrespect for the families it want important enough i Brief arson squad probes Blaze the arson task Force will be sifting through the rubble for a clue to the cause of a fire Early saturday morning that destroyed Art upholstery on cum Berland a fire spokesman said last night that there May still be a few hot spots burning in the downtown but is now considered out and investigators can Getto work on the fire that being treated As Steeves approves a pension plan for himself and the rest of Council after he campaigned for transparent govern Golden while it is rare for a person to hold both a school Board and a Council seat former City councillor and Transcona trustee George Marshall was the last to hold two seats a decade though Council then had 29 seats rather than the current who said he Hast seen any issues so far in which wearing two hats would place him in a conflict Finter said Hes winding Down his Law prac Tice to free up time for his political Bruce i can see its going to be a possible conflict Situa City councillors have been out spoken critics of the taxes set by the cites school and there Are issues such As school divisions seeking City help for playgrounds and other spend which Steeves might find it Dif Hes going to have to decide which master Hes serving City councillor Jae Eadie ficut to speak for both Bruce if that situation Ever does Hes going to have to decide which master Hes said Jae a City councillor for 20 years in Eadie said there is More work for is Council lors today than in the Days when 29 peo ple shared the he said Hes spoken to Steeves and has no problem with the Rookie councillor doing double Steeves said a by election this fall would have been ignored because of the Federal and Christmas int a Good he John who ran against Steeves for City Council in last october Bielec said he didst see any conflict of interest in Steeves acting As both trustee and Winnipeg school division Board chairwoman Liz Ambrose said yesterday that Winnipeg one has not estimated the Cost of holding a Bielec Tion should trustees Anita Neville or Betty Granger win Winnipeg South Cen tre in today Federal Neville is running for the while Granger has resigned As Canadian Alliance but remains on the Neville said this week she will resign As a trustee if Shes elected As an but has not yet decided when that would Granger refused to be interviewed she resigned As a candidate last weekend after making inflammatory comments about an asian invasion in to get the information out in a timely she this whole thing is very she said family members were told they we rent allowed to attend the press conference this morning when the report is formally released to the and the Justice department has stated that Sinclair will not comment on the report after its he should be there to answer questions about what he said mar Garet no one can take his place to answer for him Hes the author of the she called for an inquest into the the report follows the longest inquest in Canadian it was ordered to investigate the deaths of 12 mostly under the Hsc childrens Hospital paediatric cardiac surgery Hsc suspended the program in december 1994 because of the High mortality Sinclair inquest lasted 30 he has an obligation to the Public to answer questions about his said tory Justice critic Darren with a backlog in the court be questioned using provincial court judges to preside Over drawn out medical its better to have a judge roiling on court said the former health minister in Gary Hilmons Cabinet said that the inquest report was expected in january Praznik doubts whether the report will shed any new Light on a system that had to make changes without the Benefit of Sinclair the question is not Why its being released on a Federal election but Why its in the year and not in 1999 or the fire official said last night that its still not known whether there was a working alarm system in the the fire was called in at by a passing police service patrol supervisor who saw smoke coming from the the family upholstery business owned by Ted and Marie Muller employed 15 Laya the owners said last night that they Haven been Able to enter the premises yet because it is being treated As a crime she said its too soon to say whether the mullers will be Able to Salvage the business 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