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Provinces fight health act

OTTAWA (CP) — Provincial
health ministers made a last-ditch
effort Wednesday to get the
Canada health act changed or
scrapped altogether, but they also
scotched talk of challenging the bill
in court. , .

‘As of today I’m not aware of
any legal action contemplated by
any province,” Alberta Hospitals
Minister Dave Russell told a
morning news conference after a
stragegy session.

Wednesday afternoon, the
ministers took thelr case to the
Senate social affairs: committee

and complained again that the’

legislation was drafted without any
meaningful federal-provincial
consultations. .

The main purpose of the health

act isto discourage extra billing by .

doctors and hospital user fees by
giving Ottawa the power ta levy
financial penalties against
provinces that permit those out-of-
pocket charges.

However, provinces regard the
act as a federal invasion of thelr.
jurisdiction over health care that
would interfere with the way they

Tourism ministry very

VICTORIA (CP) — An elght-
month police investigation into
financial irregularities in the
British Columbia ‘Tourism
Ministry and two of its advertising
agencies found considerable
evidence af “very sloppy”
bookkeeping but no evidence of
criminal activity, Attorney
General Brian ~-Smith~~ said
Wednesday, ran cae ia na

“Sloppiness is not criminality,”
Smith told reporters after
announcing in the legislature that
police had been unable to find
evidence to support criminal
charges, and that the investigation
was finished.

He said that the RCMP, assisted
by senior Vancouver lawyer Len
Doust, conducted: an exhaustive
and exhausting review of the
irregularties raised by. Auditor

_ General Erma Morrison in a
special report to the legislature,
but could only find inadequate
control and record-keeping,

Smith told ‘the legislature that
the police were called in by the
government last July to look into
the ministry's books, particularly
in
agencies, McKim Advertising Ltd.
and Vrlak Robinson Advertising
Ltd., but was unable {to find

anything that would stand up in.

court, |

MOST CRITICAL

“Mr, Doust was moat critical of
the system of financial control in
place in 1961-82 in the Ministry of
Tourism and those advertising

relation to its advertising -

disputes will be decided either by
the courts or through arbitration.
The changes are contained in the
new residential. tenancy act
presented $= Wednesday by
Consumer Affairs Minister Jim
Hewitt to replace ah earlier
version allowed to die on the order
paper in February because of
pressure from landlords and
tenants.” .
Hewitt told a news conference
that the new legislation and system
will cost about $2 million a year
compared with $4.5 million under

run their medicare plans,
What has the ministers most
upset is a late amendment to the
bill suggesting that provinces
which de away with extra billing
get up a system of conciliation or
binding arbitration to settle fee
disputes with their doctors.
Federal Health | Minister
- Monique Begin insists the section
is not binding on the provinces, but
merely offera them one way of
‘avoiding federal penalties.
Provincial ministers said they
question _Begin’s interpretation.

SEEN AS BETRAYAL

f

Ontario Health Minister Keith

Norton said all 10 provinces and
the two territories regard the
amendment as unacceptable, and
its introduction’ was a ‘blatant
. betrayal” of an earlier promise by

"This amendment flies right in
the face of undertakings I had from
her,” he complained. .

Begin offered no hint Wednesday
that she might yield to the
provinces on that issue, but she
didn’t flatly rule out further

agencies with which it conducted
business,” Smith said.

He said the investigating team
concluded. that there were
“inadequate system controls on

the part of the ministry, extremely.

poor and uncontrolled accounting
and recording systems in Vrilak,

, and poor expense or docket control

: on the part of McKim,” ":"3'"

22 But, Sas'bloppy, aud: thconiplete
as these financial controle may be,
they do not in themselves provide
grounds for involving the criminal
law process." ~

It was the unanimous opinion of
all concerned that “there is no
evidence that would ‘justify the
laying of a criminal charge against
any of the persons or companies
involved.” | :

In two special reports to the
legislature, Auditor General Erma
Morrison said she found fiscal
irregularities in the ministry's

accounts during the 1981-62 fiscal -

year. ;
Smith said thatthe investigators,
who conducted raids on the two
companies and interviewed more
than 49 employees and former
employees, considered charges of
theft, fraud, false pretences and
breach of trust.
CHECKED AGENCIES |

He said the investigation focused
on the internal financing .and
accounting systems of the ministry
and the McKim and Vrlak
agencies, the expenditures of the
ministry and these agencies, and
the financlal relationships between
the ministry, the agencies and

_. Victoria. papers:
threaten strike

VICTORIA (CP) — The Victoria
Joint Council of Newspaper Unions
served 72-hour strike notice on the
Victoria Times-Colonist late
Wednesday after contract talks
broke down.

The company responded with 72-
hour lockout notice.

The council sald it asked
mediator Jack Chapelaa to book
out of the talks, paving the way toa
strike,

But Chapelas did not say if he
would report. out. No atrike or
lockout can begin until both sides
are notified by the labor minister
that the mediator has submitted
his report.

Chapelas also is mediator in
contract negotiations between
Pacific Preas Ltd., which produces
the Vancouver Sun and the
Vancouver Province, and the
Newspaper Guild,

Mediated negotiations between
the 900-member union and the
Southam-owned company are
scheduled to begin next Monday.

The two Vancouver papers have
not published since five production
unions at Pacifie Press went on
strike shortly before midnight
March 3.

In serving strike notice, the
Victoria joint council said it was
clear that talks were going
nowhere,

Immediate cause for the collapad

et ead

of talks was acompany demand for
concessions from printers,
members of the International
Typographical Union, the. council
said in a news release,

The company also was
demanding major takeaways from:
other unions, the statement sald.

“The printers offered to stay
With the present contract without
changes in job security but this
was refused by the company,” the
statement sald, .

Publisher Colin McCullough said
the unions wanted job security.

“We were prepared to give it in
return for quid pro quo, but we
never got a response from the
unions. That's it." ;

Council co-chairman Tom Ferris
said: “We put one position forward
and offered another. We definitely
put something before them."

The council, which represents
about 350 employees In five unions,
has voted 69.6 per cent in favor of a
strike.

The previous two-year contract
with Thomson Newspapers Lid.
owner of The TimesColonist,
expired Nov, 30. Under that
contract, reporters with five years
experience made $634.66 a» week.

The last strike before the merger
of the morning Victoria Times and
the evening Dally Colonist lasted
#ix months, from December 1973 to
May 1974.

Pe)

. committee,

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about.60 people will-be laid off...
Rent controls were abolished Idst
July when the earlier version of the

- bill was introduced. Hewitt said

Wednesday that rent review -will
end June 20, and the rentalsman’s
office. will be replaced'with a new

-residential. tenancy branch two

months after the. new: bill is
approved, 7 hae
.New Democrat Robin’ Blencoe
said the new bill is the old one ina
velvet glove, and ig a landlord’s
charter. Si ay Sa tags
OPPONENTS RALLIED'
The earler version abolished the
office of the Rentalsman effective
this Sept. 30, and transferred his
jurisdiction entirely to the courts

changes in the bill,

“We think we've done a yery
good job in committee," she said of
the amendments approved by'the
Commons health committee, “but
I'm ready to entertain’ any
improvements to the bill,” ‘

The chance of the government
removing any reference to binding
arbitration from the bill appeared
especially slim because af
pressure from others to make that

" section even stronger, -

Both. Conservative MPs and the
Canadian Medical ep aeetine
support the idea of ': mak
conciliation or binding arbitration
mandatory rather than optional for
any province that bans extra
‘billing. ere

Both argue that doctors can’t be
left at the merey of provincial
governments and need the
protection that concilation ‘or
arbitration would provide.
DELAY SOUGHT On,

At the Senate social affairs
all the ministers
endorsed a proposal — by

Conservative Senator. . Orville

sloppy

unacceptable

their employees, .. vo
The investigation later. focused
upon alleged irregularities .in.the
expenses of
officials. 7 ae
The police were called: into:

asked to do so on a daily basig:b
Tourism critic Denilenc
(NDP—New. Westmiltile Cc
welcomed the report. Wedngid
saying he is glad it ‘was fue
made public. eget

He said lt was unfortunate that
all the people involved had ‘been:

-under such a “terrible cloud’
because .of inadequate ‘financial

controls. °

Morrison is to table a third’. 3
of “Mrregularities “in. their’. expense

report shortly.

In her second report, ‘she 8 ia

that employees had faked expense:

accounts, made incorrect ‘and.’

MOSCOW (Reuter) — India's
first cosmonaut. was warmly_
welcomed aboard the Salyut-7
orbital space station Wednesday
night where he is to perform yoga

; 88 part of experiments jointly

devised by Soviet and Indian

-sclentists.

Rakesh Sharma, 35, an Indian
air force squadron leader, will also
photograph areas of India using
apecial cameras and films to help
to locate natural resources,

Later he is due to speak for 15
minutes with Indian Prime
Minister Indira Gandhi in a live

televised link between the space |)

station and New Delhi.

. The visiting Soyuz T-11 craft
docked with the

Wednesday, Salyut’s’ three-man -

" erew. opened the hatch and

Station

watched the beaming Indian
cosmonaut float through.

Salyut Flight Cmdr. . Leonid ©

Kizim and fellow. hosts Vladimir
Solovyov and Oleg Atkov greeted
Sharma and his two colleagues
with hugs and kisses.

At was the first time six people
have been in orbit aboard what is

effectively the same vehicle,

ENJOY A MEAL

Once they were all together, the -

six men were to enjoy the firat

. Indian meal in space. Sharma

brought mango juice, dehydrated
bananas and other Indian fare for
the host crew who sald they were
looking forward to new supplies..

Salyut's three-man crew has

‘been in orbit néarly two months

aboard the station, which
comprises Salyut and a Soyuz T-10
craft.

The equipment for the w 4°

experiments being carried out
during the visiting crew's’ week
aboard Salyut-7 was delivered to
the station by an unmanned
progress cargo craft which later
Uundocked and burned. up on’ re-

- entry into the Earth’s atmosphere.

Sharma became his country’s
first man in space Tuesday when
he was blasted into orbit along with
mission Cmdr. Yuri Malyshey and

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some ministry

" e a
case by the government after being -
vy

¥':, “They also set
‘accounts, and one firm even had

landlords the right to evict tenants
without,cause. Rent
were abolished,

Opponents rallied ‘under the

“umbrella Solidarity: Coalition that®

brought the province tp the brink of
a general strike laat fall in protest

against Social Credit government .
E oS eo ; ea . Phillipines.

policies, .

Hewitt, sald the , new: . bill”
eliminates the:most controverstal: .

clause — the eviction of tenants
without: cause-— and corrects, a
“weakness” that . would’ have

allowed tenants tobe evicted’

through massive rent -increases. ,

doa

Phillips, of Prince Edward Island,

that the effective.date of the bill-be .

delayed April 1 of next year.”
Phillips said a:delay would give

. the two levels of government time.

to resolve their differences,
- “If wehad at least a year, I think

. we ‘could acconiplish a bit’ of

_work,”” commented P.£.1. Health
* Minister Albert Fogarty.. a

Nine provinces and territories
were represented at Wednesday's
Strategy session and the Senate
committee hearing. *

Manitoba and the - Northwest
Territories did not attend either
meeting, but." Manitoba - had
presented similar concerns to th
committee last week. - oo

Newfoundland Health Minister
Wallace House sent a senior

official ‘to represent him. All the
other provinelal’§ ministers
appeared in person

There is no firm timztable for
getting the health act through
Parliament. Final approval in the
Commons should come within a
few days. Passage of the hill by the
Senate is. expected later — this
month. :

. claims, and.

up secret bank

‘elosed ‘such an account and
. absorbed the funds ‘though . the

toe
canon

‘Oct. 1, If eliminated rent review _
effective last June, $0 and gaye the:

controls also.

inte To the Editor,

agency agreed. they . were
‘provincial funds. Pan

Two ministry officlala were.
Suspended =. becdidsd*:'- --of

‘accounts, and more than $10,000
, Was recovered — much of it-from
‘duplicate payments made. |”

Gennady Strekalovy amid publicity:
unprecedented in the Soviet, space
program. - pe,
. The Soviet government daily.

Izvestia said Wednesday joint crew

chief Malyshev had been excluded
from a 1982 French-Soviet mission
because of an irregular heartbeat.

- It said he had trained hard arid

recovered for the current: flight.
Atkov, one of the orbital crew, is
a doctor and heart specialist.

‘ ourselves and possibly set a new

. resolutions...resolutions that will

‘To the Editor,
ae writing this letter a Bn make a tax deductable donation, to
attempt to clear up 60

oectrred among your readers &8

‘the result of Bill Homburgs letter O eration Eyesight is small
‘fo the. editor eriticlzing Father .07o0 charity, atarted twenty

industrialized countries operating

beyond this one, then we are &
’ released from self-concern and

India’s first. cosmonaut.

These helpless ones are forced to

tore someone's life by restoring
their sight then I suggest that they

ration Eyesight Universal,

misunderstanding which may have’ »'o pox 123, Calgary, Alberta T2P

‘Abesamis who spoke here recently
while on a visit from the

To begin with, I would like
make clear: that I regard Bill
Homburg as a friend and a brother
in Christ, and itis in that spirit that
1 voice may objections to his views.

I can understand Mr. Homburg’s
opposition to. communism and his

fears’, that, unknowingly some ps "

rsago when Dr. Ben Gullison, a’
radical missionary to India “was:
moved by the plight of the
f curable blind, Dr. Hen
inspireda small group of Canadian
businessmen to form “an

dew life to these helpless ones.
can speak with enthuslaim
bout Operation Eyesight becaise
Registered Nurse who has

. : r .
Christians may be furthering th visited many of thelr projects’ in

cause,’ Surely, anyone who is a

familiar. with the history of this
century knows that God-loving
people of all faiths have suffered
greatly . under’ atheistic
communism. It is also true that
today: people in some of the less
powerful nations are enduring
hardships under the domination of

India, [was literally overwhelmed
by how much good — this
organization does and today 1 atill
wonder at the dedication of the
Indian medical staff os -they
perform surgery and do thelr:
follow-up work under some of the

could imagine. -

under the flag of so-called
Christian capitalism.

In their desire for wealth and
domination of their fellow man
these two’ opposing forces of
materialism engage in acts of
terroriam which sometimes leads
to civil ware. As always, it is the
common people who suffer most in
these wars. .

-However, the power struggle
between’ unbridled capitalism and
Sino-Sovief style communism has
little to do with the Roman Catholic
Church's action‘on behalf of the To the Editor, _—
poor and the oppressed. We fully support the willingness

In the February 20, 1923, letter of a Canadian Company,. widely
from ‘all the B.C. Bishops of the held by the public, to spend up to
Phillipines to the people and ¢wo thousand million dollars in our
clergy, they stated that, “every northwest area. This investment,
pastoral effort must lead people to which is private capital, will result
Christ.” “We (the bishops) take a in two labour oriented primary
clear ‘preferential option’ for the smelters using a renewable
poor, Supporting in their assertion nonpultuling energy source. ~~
of their common dignity, in thelr The Aluminum Company will
defense of their righta, especially also be requiring all modes ‘of
when these are violated by the transport to and from thelr
powerful. But let our action be” planned plant location due to raw
always in line with the spirit of the material source and location ‘of
gospel; let it lead to love, not major markets. If this project
hatred; to forgiveness, not becomes a reality it is good news
violence." for our unemployed which will
. Tome thisis a restatement of the never be employed by the fishing
Good News as expressed by Jesus industry in any form. _
Christ in the sermon on the Mount = {t is sad listening to the news
and it is essentially what Bill comments by government
Homburg would have heardhadhe agencies and politicians regarding
been present the evening Father KemanolI, which are negative and
Abesamis spoke. will be destructive to the ambition

Sincerely, of a Canadian company to invest

Tom Broph; those funds in Canada. ‘Two
tye0 oo * thousand iillioh "dollars ate
ieee) Netoothies inmost plates iv

resolution to glyé someone - their

sight as a way of celebrating
Easter they would be Interested in

knowing that this §25 as well as
covering surgical costs also pays

care, food, follow-up examination
few dollars could do 30 much good,

work so hard and go so far... ...,
Sincerely,

Your. readers
interested in an idea that would 48 & suggestion,

their lives. ‘Alcan is very welcome but there is
“We all know about New Year’s 4 list of problems which should be

resolutions. I’m suggesting that Planned for’. Then settle for a

we make Easter resolutions. compromise and — -strongly
Because Easter speaks to ws of supervise what is agreed upon.

renewed life and a second chance, This would be the business
it just seema that this is an 8PProach which could be taken to

‘ , help imprevement of our economic
excellent time to take stock .of base in the northwest. Surely, our
engineering profession and it’s
many members is capable of.
solving environmental problems, if-
ood will is existing by: all

course for our lives. In our mind's
eye when we visit that empty tomb
and come away. certain of a life

concerned. The water flow in
rivers can be regulated to have
better conditions than the natural
habitat as is shown by the success
of fish hatching stations and
similar projects all over the
country, all the result of good
engineering. CN certainly could be
persued to change it’s negative
attitude toward a Kitimat railspur
improvement as an extra 4000
railcars. a year would go over this

free to make unselfish, life-giving

change other people's lives.

May I suggest that your readers
consider the plight of the destitute
blind in the developing world.

live out their lives in darkness and
under“ the ;. most deplorable
conditions because they ‘simply
can't afford the $25 that it costs for

line In addition to the exis
operation, ‘Festoring, cataract Alcan, Eurocan and Ocelot rattle
If any of your readers would like ‘f Kitimat stays the Alcan sea

terminal.

Qur Federal and Provinclal
politicians and environmental:
agency officials, with their good
salaries and pensions, seem :to
forget there is a struggle out here
for work for the young people and
the unemployed of all ages. Make
work government plans do; not-
provide productive work as there is
no permanent motivation:.: to
‘AUcceed and. govérnments are
running out of available funds, -

Our local MP and MLA are in
favour of B.C. Hydro power usage
for this project. They ignore the
. past performance of B.C. Hydro,‘of
a steady increase in power ‘rates
fram power sources which were.

to. make an Easter resolution to

cheaper costs which ~ proves
Mismanagement of public funds at
, everyones expense, Business
Cannot tisk an investment of this

- |. politle and bureaucratic decision.
_Alcan's foresight in the past has
kept Kitimat working in the past.
two yeata when the competitor in’
1 [> other countries, . dependent on
‘f.. Bovernment '. controlled power

_Dlants even permanently,
Let's hear some encouragement

_the Pacific rim market. Help to
ensure the success of this area and
a better future for the children of
the northwest. Let us ask for the

thet we would appreciate. an
_ expansion of the existing facilities
and an inereake of --Job
opportunities and that we welcome -
‘ canadian company to invest in

signedby —
Leon Dunatrey-Soos |
ArtSpanevello.: |”

organization that would giv e. aight .

most difficult conditions that you —

If any of your readers do makéa -

for medicine, injections, hospital -

Lois Horan

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