Manitoba Moves to Free Mortgage Interest Rates
Manitoba Municipal Affairs Minister Thelma Forbes said the government is considering three proposals to mitigate rising rates under the National Housing Act. She favors freeing the rate to slow increases, notes funding issues under NHA, and warns subsidization benefits are unclear. Consultations with federal officials continue as Manitoba presses for regional accommodation at a federal provincial housing conference.
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Manitoba
Thelma Forbes
Forbes
NHA
Ontario
Saul Cherniack
NDP - St. Johns
Manitoba Development Fund
Stefanson Seeks Re election in Selkirk Riding
Eric Stefanson was nominated unopposed by 125 Progressive Conservative supporters to contest the new urban rural Selkirk riding. He warned re election would be very tough as the riding includes Elmwood East Kildonan North and East St Paul areas. Ed Schreyer of Selkirk is nominated by the New Democratic Party to run, while Liberals have not yet named a candidate.
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Selkirk
Progressive Conservative
Eric Stefanson
Stefanson
Greater Winneg
Minnesota trade mission to Winnipeg announced
Governor saroia Levanner of Minnesota will lead a one day trade mission from Minneapolis to Winnipeg on June 5. Premier Walter Weir announced at an industry luncheon the mission will explore markets for Minnesota products in Manitoba and help Manitoba firms enter Minnesota. Delegation will include state officials Minneapolis chamber of commerce manufacturers and Minnesota product distributors.
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Saroia Levanner
Ainnesota
Winnipeg
Minneapolis
Walter Weir
Weir
Industry Department
Minnesota
Manitoba
Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce
Molgat presses for plan on Vaughan Street juvenile facility
Winnipeg debate over juvenile detention facilities centers on Vaughan Street. Molgat criticizes six year delay since Lyon condemned the current facility as deplorable and urges the government to publish temporary and long-range plans. He notes cramped space for up to 50 youths and calls for a centrally located, improved institution to prevent future crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Gil Molgat
Vaughan Street
Sterling Lyon
Gat
Attorney - General Department
Molgat
Education Committee Rejected in Manitoba Legislature
The Manitoba government rejected for the second year a proposal by John Tanchak to create a legislative education committee. The 29 to 24 vote followed Nelson Shoemaker urging a committee to review education spending, which accounts for nearly 40 percent of the province's 377 million dollar budget. He called for public input from society at large to discuss education.
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Manitoba
John Tanchak
L - Emerson
Nelson Shoemaker
L - Gladstone
Shoemaker
No Debate On Winnipeg Tax Increase
Speaker James Bilton ruled a Manitoba Legislature attempt to hold a special debate on Winnipeg’s 12 mill tax increase out of order. NDP member Ben Hanuschak urged the debate citing Winnipeg’s large population and the record rise. Bilton also ruled another NDP motion to lower voting age from 21 to 18 out of order, saying it anticipated government legislation.
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Manitoba
Winnipeg
James Bilton
Ben Hanuschak
NDP - Burrows
Bilton
NDP
Russell Doern
Elmwood
NDP Attacks Rule Change in Manitoba Legislature
The New Democratic Party criticized a rules change on handling written information requests from the opposition. If debated, the measure would push discussion to the next private member's day, reducing time for members to propose private member resolutions on Tuesdays and Friday afternoons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Democratic Party
Manitoba
House
Russ Paulley
NDP
Paulley Attacks Govt Over Manitoba Medical Plan Denial
Manitoba opposition figure Russ Paulley denounces the government for not joining the federal medical care plan. He points to a pensioner who cannot get medical aid due to a $710 funeral plan while she has only $155 in the bank. He accuses ministers of inhuman treatment and calls for explanation and debate.
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Manitoba
Canada
NDP
Russ Pauliey
Mr. Paulley
Paulley
J.B. Carroll
Aulley
Cabnet
Streamlined Inquests Part Of New Plan
Manitoba Attorney General Sterling Lyon said the coroner inquest process will be reviewed this year with an Ontario justice administration report guiding the streamlining to fit modern needs. The plan aims to keep inquests while improving efficiency and consistency with the Manitoba study. The debate touched on a fatal auto accident, criticizing delays in releasing a victim’s body and the driver’s handling amid a suspended, impaired driving conviction. The discussion included calls for tougher sanctions and lifelong license suspension if the driver is found driving again, with Lyon agreeing to trace the youth’s whereabouts for Liberal member D L Campbell.
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Sterling Lyon
Manitoba
Ontario
D. L. Campbell
L - Lakeside
Campbell
Corrections Committee Formed in Manitoba Seeks Detention Home
A Manitoba citizens' corrections committee announced its formation with about 30 members from 11 organizations including the Canadian Mental Health Association and Manitoba Medical Association. It will present briefs to the Legislature, starting with Vaughn Street detention home, and seeks a new juvenile facility within two years, while backing a temporary remodel plan.
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Manitoba
Citizens’ Committee On Corrections
Canadian Mental Health Association
Manitoba Medical Association
Vaughn Street
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Sidney Spivak
Gurney Evans
Vaughan St. Home
Mr. Mol
NDP - Elmwood
Trimble’s
Portage LA Prairie, Manitoba
McLaren
Rupert
Austin Credit Union
North Norfolk
American Express
P. B. Ewen
Austin, Manitoba
Harry
Education Committee
Govt
Welfare Department
Larry Desjardins
L— St. Boniface
Attorney-General’s Department
Panama City
Corrections Committee
Iallor
Ralph's Department
Major A. M. Pratt
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