Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 6, 2006, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba Winnipeg free press wednesday september 6, 2006 a5 Hydro Ottawa bolster Bottom line we did better than projected Selinger says by Mia Rabson m Manitoba a Bottom line is somewhat Rosier than finance minister Greg Selinger had anticipated last year mainly on the backs of taxpayers Manitoba Hydro and the Federal government. The province released the Public accounts books for the 2005-06 fiscal year yesterday in a three volume mis Sive giving a full picture of everything the government spent earned and Bor rowed. Selinger recorded a $31 million operating budget surplus for the year and did to have to take anything out of the Rainy Day fund. We did better than projected and we did generate a surplus said Selinger. Last Spring Selinger projected hav ing to draw Down the Rainy Day fund by $72 million to keep the budget balanced but revenues ended up being stronger than forecast preventing that from Hap pening. The extra revenues include $118 Mil lion More from Ottawa for Post secondary education housing child care emergency spending and health and $69 million More in the provinces tax take As Well As increased revenues from Crown corporations. Selinger also says the province tight ened its Belt for the second half of the fiscal year but Many budgets still went Over the line including $53 million Over in the health department. It is at least the 10th year in a Row health spending went Over budget. In total the province spent $8.3 Bil lion a budget increase of 7.3 per cent compared to the year before and about $270 million Over projected spending at the Start of the year. Conservative Leader Hugh Mcfadyen said he a dismayed at the increased spending because Manito bans Don to seem to be getting value for their Money. We have concerns about the Lack of results for the Money being spent said Mcfadyen. He said despite increased spending medical waiting lists Are still Long highways Are still crumbling and taxes Are still not competitive with other jurisdictions. Selinger said it is noteworthy that the province has managed to reduce its net debt by $151 million and Deposit Money into the Rainy Day fund. The fund ? the provinces savings account ? now sits at $532 million giving the province wiggle room should the Economy not fare As Well Down the line. But its important to note approximately $200 million in the Rainy Day fund is actually Money the Federal government gave Manitoba under a five year provincial Federal health Accord. That Money is to be spent improving health programs to bring Down waiting lists and Manitoba must account to Ottawa How every Dollar is spent. And Premier Gary doer has already announced he will dip into the fund to make an investment in Manitoba a High ways this year. The Public accounts books also list the salaries of All provincial employees who earned More than $50,000 in 2005? 06. The Complete list available on the free press website shows a number of Deputy ministers and government staffers received significant raises last year. provinces top 10 Manitoba Stop 10 paid civil servants salaries 2005-06 number in brackets reflect increase versus previous year and is included Only for people whose Posi Tion remained the same As the previous year. Or. Joel Kettner chief medical officer of health $291,292 3.1%. Tannis Mindell Secretary to Treasury Board $160,173 8.3%. Ewald Boschmann Deputy minister of finance $153,060. Jon Singleton Manitoba auditor general $151,156 6.5%. Eugene Kostyra Secretary Community economic development committee $150,454 4%. Andrew Horosko Deputy minister transportation $150,375 6.3%. Gerry Berezuk Deputy minister water stewardship $149,841 . Richard Balasko chief election officer $148,083 9.8% . Bruce Macfarlane Deputy minister Justice $147,488 6.2% . Don Potter Deputy minister of conservation $146,616 6.7% other notables . Premier Gary doer $120,739 6.7% doers senior staff. Paul Vogt clerk executive Council $136,749 11.6%. Michael Balagusz chief of staff to Premier Gary doer $131,277. Jonathan Hildebrand director of communications $76,184. Eugene Kostyra listed above was also considered a member of senior staff. He retired in 2006. Reality Check for men buying Street sex involved is men that buying sex is not a rite of rather than straight enforcement is in by Bruce Owen the Campaign involves prostitutes passage but a form of exploitation keeping with How authorities handled and their customers getting a Booklet Bussey said. Impaired driving and Domestic Vio City police and local social agencies to read about the sex Trade when Winnipeg transit is helping to Adver Lence Public education campaigns have teamed up to bring More Atten they re arrested. Tise the program. More than a decade ago. Tion to the problems caused by win about 30 men and 100 women have ten buses will feature ads until mid police also said besides the social Nipges Street sex Trade. Been arrested since reality Check october. Sage House which helps problems surrounding the sex Trade its called a sex Trade reality Check started earlier this summer police women get out of prostitution and the like drug addiction and sexually trans and police and the salvation army said said. Some of the prostitutes were province Are also involved in reality fitted diseases it is also beset by Vio yesterday its geared to educating men arrested More than once. Check. Lence. About buying sex. An on line version of the brochure is det. Sgt. Gene Bowers of the morals police Are investigating the Homi its trying to get people to talk about at under the unit said those buses will run mostly codes of 10 women linked to pros Titu the sex Trade in an educational sense crime prevention link. In the suburbs where the majority of Tion since 1983. Salvation army spokesperson Dianna the Booklet is now being circulated sex Trade customers live. Bussey said. Everyone who is to some schools to educate younger Bowers said the focus on awareness. Sandy Bay first nation chief Council removed by Martin Cash the chief and Council of Sandy Bay ojibway first nation have been removed from office Over allegations of vote buying at last Falls election. A spokeswoman for Indian affairs and Northern development said that a third party manager is being sought to take Over operations of the band until a new election can be held. The wording of a privy Council order in Council late last week says that the election of the chief and four Council lors in Sandy Bay on sept. 8, 2005 has been set the order states that the minister of Indian and Northern affairs reported that people in the Community received Money in Exchange for their votes. Confusion reached on his cellphone late yester Day Sandy Bay chief Irvin Mcivor said he was meeting with the band lawyers looking for a Means to have the order in Council quashed. There is All kinds of confusion Mcivor said. No one has resigned. There were 22 people who ran for Council and seven for chief. It is not at All Clear who the allegations Are Jennifer Turbide a spokeswoman for Indian and Northern affairs in Winnipeg said a complaint was filed one month after the election in october 2005 and an investigation started shortly after that. She said the aug. 29 order in Council was made As a result of the findings of that investigation. In addition to chief Mcivor the ruling affects the election of councillors Dennis Mcivor Herman Richard Edward Starr and Angus Starr. 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