Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 6, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winner to Fri junk 2001 local a11 Manitoba maps set to opt into pay hike by Paul Samyn Ottawa Manitoba tory my Rick Boro Tsik didst expect a pay hike when he ran for reelection and he has big problems with the Way the liberals Are ramming through a huge salary but Boro tisk int about to let Liberal maps get away with than he does under the new pay and pension Bill expected to be passed so if the Bill cant be delayed or the Brando Souris my will vote in favour of it and pocket the 20 percent pay i dont think Hedy Fry or Tom Wappel should be earning any More than any of us sitting on the opposition said Boro Tsik Borot Siks View on the legislation being fast tracked through parliament mirrors i Brief parents guilty of assault a Winnipeg couple who abused their two children forcing one to stand in a Snowbank As punishment were Given sentences yesterday that will spare them a criminal the who cannot be named to protect the identity of their Ages 10 and were handed nine month conditional discharges by Queens Bench Justice Daniel Crown attorney Brian Wilford had asked for conditional sentences for the who maintained their innocence at trial but were found guilty on two charges of but Kennedy found it be against Public interest to give them a lesser the Case was unique in that neither victim testified in Kennedy found it would be too painful for the since the parents had won Back custody of he allowed their evidence from the preliminary hearing to be included in the at the their children Testi fied from behind a screen How their father and Stepmother repeatedly punched and kicked them in the parents were acquitted on a third charge of endangering Man hit by train identified a Man killed when he was hit by a train sunday in up rails Weston Yards has been identified As Barney Grant Winnipeg police say apparently wandered into the rail mar shalling Yards and was hit by a Man pleads guilty to fraud a Winnipeg Man was wilfully Blind when he wrote bad cheques to his wife from empty British Bank his lawyer said Robert should have known the funds were not available but chose to believe several overseas Busi Nesses were still paying Chad who pleaded guilty to cd leered More than from Banks that we rent immediately aware of the empty British the accounts had been opened when Webster was working in but his ventures collapsed and the accounts dried court was Queens Bench chief Justice Ben Jamin Hewak expressed doubt Over websters explanation and rejected his bid for a conditional Hewak sentenced Webster to a oneyear conditional this gives the flavour of being a deliberate it Doest come across As being that he Webster has since paid Back the Royal Bank and plans to Square his debts with the Bank of he to ensure they Are Hewak also made a restitution order of legislation introduced education minister Drew Caldwell has introduced legislation to change the rules for teachers pensions four months after telling a government Board to act As if the new Law was already in Manitoba auditor Jon Singleton raised alarm Bells about the illegal process in a report this the teachers pensions amendment which was Given second Reading monday in the gives the Board of the teachers retirement allowance fund authority to invest funds on behalf of the Singleton has no quarrel with the which was necessary to make sure the Board continues to give retired teachers a costo having he raised concerns after Caldwell told the Board in Janu Ary to go ahead wit Bithe changes before the Bill was introduced in asking them to break the cur rent the Board Singleton wants to nip the practice in the it is inappropriate to assume that the legislative Assembly will agree to the that of other Manitoba maps opposed to the even though they Are trying to change at the end of the Day most appear ready to opt into the package which will push their annual salary to the which follows recommendations of an Independent commission last would also mean Cabinet minis ters get and prime minister Jean Chretien the same As the chief Justice of the supreme maps opposed to the Bill have 90 Days to for Mally opt out of its pay provisions fit becomes the Dps position is that the pay hike is too High and will they will today Intro Duce an amendment to reduce the increase to 10 per but if that fails and if they Are unsuccessful in voting against the Liberal they too will take the we Are not going to be intimidated by the prime minister into accepting a differential pay system for said nip House Leader Bill Blaikie Winnipeg inky the Canadian Alliance my from dauphins an said he will vote in favour of the in not going to be a hypocrite and take the raise and not vote for Mark but two of his Alliance colleagues Are still struggling Over whether they will opt into the pay package if it is i have not made a final said Brian Pallister who believes the vote should be delayed until the fall so maps can have longer to con sult with Vic Bews Provencher said party pol icy also says maps should All receive the same on i will still have to vote against the said noting he is leaning towards accepting the raise if it if the main motion passes As then the Point is i should not be making less than a Liberal Manitoba Liberal maps appear ready to toe the government line and have plenty of reasons to Back the Bill Winnipeg South grit Reg Alcock said he accepts the recommendation of the Independent commission which pro posed the salary especially after maps took pay freezes during the deficit cutting years and even after the government started cutting Alcock also said he likes the provision which allows maps to opt out of the pay raise if they it is time to take the hypocrisy out of the veterans affairs minister Ron Duhamel also put the increase in per saying maps salaries have Only increased six per cent since 1991 while the Public sector has seen hikes of 15 per cent and the private sector 22 per cent during 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