Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 30, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press november 2000 local a3 City editor Steve Pona 6977292 features editor Margo Goodhand 6977292 Keith free press hot wheels firefighters douse a car fire in a parking lot at Mcdermot Avenue and Princess Street just before 3 nobody was injured and nothing else was damaged by the officials the cause of the which took 30 minutes to is under i Brief Iii Smuin wage to hit labour take shots at nip move to hike it next april 1 by Sean Oconnor the doer government is increasing Manitoba minimum wage by 25 cents to an hour starting april a move that May please neither business nor the minimum wage hike pits the nip against some of the same business groups that launched a firestorm of protest last summer Over labour Law changes they claim favour labour minister Becky Barrett said by increasing the minimum wage 25 or per the nip is simply following the advice of the previous governments minimum wage review Board former Premier Gary Hilmons tory government increased the minimum wage in april 1999 from to an the chairman recommended a second increase of 25 cents for later that reaction to the Dps announcement yesterday was Dan Canadian federation a comparison of minimum wage rates hourly minimum wage rates in using Manitoba increased wage As of april i Yukon territory i British Columbia Nunavut i Quebec i Ontario of Independent said the wage increase is based on a dated recommendation that was never in very upset that the govern Niento would announce a minimum wage increase hike win Burthe Benefit of a new he said mandated yearly reviews will create a Cycle of minimum wage increase the annual in my might As Well be called the annual increase in minimum he that View was echoed by tory labour i Northwest territories Manitoba i Saskatchewan i Alberta i new Brunswick i Nova Scotia i Prince Edward Island i Newfoundland critic Ron we have no difficulty with the 25cent increase our concern is what is the ultimate said i think the hidden Agenda is a Union very High Niin mum Barrett said the at Inual review is intended to bring which she said will help the new minimum wage review will comprise business and labour rep the boards terms of reference have yet to be we Felt that it was very both for minimum wage workers and industries that employ minimum wage to have a predictable and stable minimum said labour also has reservations about the wage Manitoba federation of labour presi Dent Rob Hilliard said the 25cent raise is a but not nearly i dont think 25 cents an hour once every two years is an adequate he people cant live on an you cant even meet your Basic needs on an Hilliard said the minimum wage now should be about an though he said massive increases Are not the federation wants annual increases to toe tied to such Indica tors As statistics1 Canada average weekly wage Barrett said the wage increase will affect Only about 10 per cent of Manito Bas who Are paid at or near the minimum give us a tax break business groups plead by Bruce Owen increased tax revenues from new commercial growth in Winnipeg Over the next much As strengthened Calls to reduce the cites onerous business business groups Dan spokesman for the Canad an federation of Independent said yesterday the per cent business Frozen since could be shaved by one Point right now and Cut in half Over the next five give us a Light at the end of the Tun Kelly said yesterday after mayor Glen Murray announced a second consecutive two per cent property tax Kelly said other like Brandon and have recently eliminated their business taxes to entice Commer Cial investment and Dave president of the Winnipeg chamber of also said the City should Cut the business the chamber is preparing a report on How the City can do and will table it in the new the City had earlier expected to reap million in business taxes in its 2001 operating budget but has recently revised that figure to Mil Murray acknowledged the City has to address the business tax but not before property taxes Are beaten that the Best we can do right he saying Winnipeg business tax is competitive with Edmonton and Cal were not destroying City ser in presenting the cites draft million operating Murray said Winnipeg is the Only major City in Canada consistently decreasing property taxes while maintaining essential ser vices like firefighting and a Public meeting to detail the budget will be held from to 4 6 at the Winnipeg convention Centre the it goes to Council a week later for not All councillors praised Murray and his to the mayor is acting like a magician flashing figures Harvey Smith Daniel Mclntyre things Are not that particularly for the inner in contemplating Vot ing against Smith said the cites budget plan has slowly whittled away civic services that ratepayers May not immediately but will notice Over Paul president of local 500 of the Canadian Union of Public employees which represents about City said a number of services have been Cut since Murray was elected in Bishop promoted a Winnipeg Bishop has been promoted to a new Job As metropolitan archbishop of Philadelphia of the ukrainian Bishop Stefan Sorokas appointment by Pope John Paul ii was announced Michael Chancellor of the ukrainian Catholic arc Eparchy of said Sorokas responsibilities will be greatly expanded in his new theres Only four metropolitan archbishops in the for our said adding one of them is Here in it Hast yet been formally decided when the Bishop will move to Philadel phia to replace archbishop Stephen who was born in Winnipeg to immigrant parents Iwan and Anna his twin brother Joseph is a Winnipeg police Soroka worked As corrections officer and social worker before being ordained to the Priesthood in he was consecrated As auxiliary Bishop of Winnipeg on june records misdirected a on digit slip up on a fax machine accidentally sent a Hospital patients confidential files to a Winnipeg repair it was clearly a human said Misericordia general Hospital spokesman Ron the 15page report was supposed to be sent to a doctor after a patient in the hospitals urgent care unit authorized it ended up at Piston where an employee found it and called the Hill said the Hospital already has stringent policies in place to ensure such mistakes dont happen including checking the number on the fax machines screen before hitting the Send that clearly didst he and supervisors in the Hospital were reminded yesterday of the Hill added its far too expensive to Send the Mountain of paperwork the Hospital deals with by courier to Vari Ous the document was returned to the Hospital via the patient was armed robber sought Winnipeg police Are looking for a knife wielding Man who robbed a hair Salon tuesday at about a Man walked into the mag cuts Salon at 937 Portage armed with a he demanded and received an undisclosed amount of Cash and fled the police Are looking for a White s10 with an average preparing for disasters the Manitoba government is 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