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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 22, 1968
Page
2
Premier Weir announces Manitoba will stay out of the federal medicare plan for a year while urging changes. He and Premier Manning challenge universal coverage, arguing affordability should matter, but the federal government maintains health care as a universal right. The question remains if Manitoba can refuse the financial incentives.
The piece argues televised parliamentary proceedings dispel misgivings about media coverage. It notes successes of televised conferences in Toronto and the constitutional talks, while warning about pressures for attendance records and loss of informality. It supports televising crucial debates and committee hearings to inform voters.
The author argues President Johnson fails to address root causes of urban violence. They contend poverty racial discrimination poor education and despair drive unrest rather than external agitators. The piece urges redirecting Vietnam spending to end ghettos and the ghetto mood.
Winnipeg lawyer Maurice J. Arpin warned a test case could resolve whether Ottawa can tax residents of non participating provinces for the national medical care plan. He noted provinces outside the plan would challenge federal taxation as to its reach and benefit, with Manitoba delaying entry and Saskatchewan and British Columbia set to join.
Eleven Liberals announced bids to lead the party and become prime minister. In the Ottawa vote on April 6 the field includes Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 46, justice minister. Paul Martin, 64, external affairs. Mitchell Sharp, 56, finance. J. J. Greene, 47, agriculture. John Turner, 38, consumer affairs. Allan MacEachen, 46, health. Paul Hellyer, 44, transport. Eric Kierans, 53, former Quebec health minister. Rod Woodcock, 21, Edmonton unemployed. Lionel Laframboise, 52, mine development manager. Rev. Lloyd Henderson, 60, former Portage la Prairie mayor.
A Look Back recalls the death of Rev Dr John Black, longtime spiritual leader of Kildonan Presbyterians in Winnipeg. Born 64 years earlier in the Scottish border country, he ministered from 1851, aided later by an assistant, built Canada’s first Presbyterian church at Kildonan, and shaped the Kildonan school and college. His influence extended to St Boniface, Manitoba education boards, and regional harmony during the Manitoba school question era. A marble shaft in Kildonan cemetery marks his resting place.
L Cann will become general manager of Canadian National Railways Prairie Region on April 1, announced by vice president E P Stephen son. A Winnipeg native, Cann will succeed Alfred Skin der who becomes assistant vice president of highway services. A civil engineering graduate from the University of Manitoba, Cann began his railway career in 1939 as a summertime survey rodman and now serves as assistant general manager of CNs Great Lakes region.
Duff Roblin urged replacing universal medical care with targeted financial aid for those in need. He condemned welfare waste and warned that universal welfare would misallocate funds and raise federal and provincial taxes to unprecedented heights.
An open letter to Premier Walter Weir from the Monikers states province juvenile detention facilities are inadequate in almost every respect. It urges top priority on building new facilities and argues against treating juveniles as criminals, suggesting the new detention homes should not resemble jails.
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