Bill Clarifies Public Trustee Maintenance Authority
Manitoba Attorney General Gerry Mercier introduced a bill to clarify that the Public Trustee may continue paying maintenance to dependents of mentally disordered persons under The Mental Health Act without a court order. The amendment aims to remove doubt about the trustee’s jurisdiction to support spouses or children of wards deemed mentally incompetent.
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Winnipeg
Gerry Mercier
Mercier
Alberta Supreme Court
Alberta
Manitoba
Mr. Mercier
Phase 4 Rent Control Guidelines Announced
Manitoba outlines Phase 4 rent stabilization for Oct 1 1978 to Sep 30 1979. Maximum landlord increases range from 5 to 6 percent based on who pays heating and domestic power. Six percent if landlord covers both. five and one half if one cost is borne by tenant. five percent if tenant pays for both. New structure aims at equity reflecting cost incidence. Two further phases planned after Phase 3 ends Sept 30 1978, with rent reviews and protections continuing in Winnipeg and Brandon.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Consumer Affairs
Ed McGill
McGill
Brandon
Manitoba Dairy Farmers Set for Higher Returns in New Federal Plan
The 1978 79 federal dairy program announced in Ottawa raises Manitoba producer net returns by 76 cents per hundredweight due to a higher target price and lower in quota levy. The new target price is 12.42 per cwt with a 1.00 levy. a 0.20 contingency levy applies within quota and is refundable if certain conditions are met. Over quota levy rises to 7.50. Quota period shifts to August 1 to July 31 with four month allotments. total market sharing quota remains 103.7 million cwt. A spring quota extension covers April 1 to July 31 ahead of the new cycle.
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Ottawa
Manitoba
Canadian Milk Supply Management Committee
U C W Meet Decker May Meeting Summary
U C W meeting for May held at Mrs Norman Lints home with president presiding. Opening hymn Jesus Bids Us Shine followed by poems and readings. Treasurer reported 741.75 and cancer collection 241.75. Hospital Auxiliary supper planned in Kenton and organ fund donations noted. Eleven members and a visitor attended. lunch by Mrs Arthur Knight and Mrs Bruce Knight.
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Kenton
B. Knight
Ruth Rockley
Hunter
Marion Brooks
M. Decker
Bible Society
John Milton Society For the Blind
P.C.T.C
Arthur Knight
Bruce Knight
Skills Training Planned for Handicapped Youths
Education Minister Keith Cosens announced a summer program in Winnipeg and Brandon for 16 mentally handicapped youths aged 16 to 24. The plan blends work placements with evenings of social and job skills training, paid at 128 dollars weekly for 8 to 13 weeks, with a view to long term positions.
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Winnipeg
Brandon
Keith Cosens
Cosens
Ministry of Corrective and
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Agriculture Canada
Eugene Whelan
U.C.W
Hiawatha
Shimano
Hamiota
Thompson
Steinbach
Charles R. Brown
Roland
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