Manitoba Auto Insurance Plan Sparks Public Debate
Manitoba government mulls a state run auto insurance scheme aimed to cut costs 15 to 20 percent by removing agents and centralizing administration. Critics warn of inefficiency and loss of choice while Liberal caucus proposes a review board to ensure fair private rate setting. The debate continues with potential electoral consequences.
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Manitoba
NDP
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Automobile Insurance Review Board
Insurance Bureau of Canada
Mobile Vigilantes Form Regina Community Radio Watch
A Regina optimism club forms a citizens group to aid law enforcement. Members use two way radios in cars to report suspicious activities, traffic incidents, fires, or faulty signals to authorities. Aimed to supplement police with controlled vigilance and reduce abuse seen in earlier programs.
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Saskatchewan
Regina
Wheat barter fuels giant Sask power deal
In a cashless style pact, Saskatchewan Power Corp buys a 150 megawatt Hitachi generator for Boundary Dam near Estevan at 4.25 million dollars and will pay with three million bushels of prairie wheat. The deal follows two earlier barter transactions, prompting talk of a cashless prairie economy.
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Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Power Corp
Boundary Dam
Estevan
Hitachi Ltd
Japan
Manitoba Debate Over Public Aid for Parochial Schools
Manitoba legislators debate a private member’s resolution to provide public aid to parochial and private schools. Speaker Joe Borowski argues for accommodating both religious and secular students amid concerns the public system teaches “Godless atheism.” Supporters say reform is needed to end a monolithic system while opponents warn public funds could grant governance over private schools.
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Manitoba
Joe Borowski
Lic
Borowski
Department of Education
Gonick
George Henderson
Pc—Pem‘vina
Wage Act Changes Proposed in Manitoba Legislature
The Wage Act changes aim to streamline wage redress by creating a labor board to hear wage claims, replacing court remedies. A second bill adds earlier arbitration options for fire departments, allowing an arbitration board to be appointed before December 31 if a contract impasse exists, otherwise delayed to the next year.
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A. R
Russ) Pauley
Labor Relations Board
Paulley
Journal Demands Cease and Desist
The Wall Street Journal has asked the Manitoba Citizens Committee for Public Automobile Insurance to remove an information sheet from circulation that claimed the paper endorses the Manitoba plan. Committee chair Professor Michael Hicks said the sheet was for canvassers and is being revised to remove any endorsement.
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Wall Street Journal
Manitoba Citizens Committee For’ Public Automobile Insurance
Michael Hicks
Hicks
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Debate on government car insurance plan at Norberry school
About 500 gathered at Norberry school for a public forum on a proposed government automobile insurance scheme. Liberal reader Gil Molgat and PC-Riel member Donald W. Craik pressed Mackling for concrete reasons why government entry as a competitor to agents is needed and urged an unofficial pre‑referendum using 1971 driver licences ballots.
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Mey Wenetar Akanaening
Mackling
Gil Molgat
Donald W. Craik
Pc—Riel
Norberry School
Manitoba considers compulsory government auto insurance bill
A new Democratic Party bill before the Manitoba Legislature would allow the government to institute compulsory auto insurance. Officials said rate structure could not be revealed without legislative approval and estimated six months to prepare a rate structure. Molgat and Craik indicated support for the plan.
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Rhineland
Borowski
New Democratic Party
NDP
Manitoba
British Columbia
British Commonwealth
Cy Gonick
Crescent
Gavesausen
Mr. Molgat i Craik
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