Greater Role Visualized for Program Volunteers
Winnipeg Manitoba ministers propose hiring volunteer coordinators in the 1979 80 fiscal year to mobilize volunteers for social service program expansion. Health Minister Bud Sherman says coordinators would recruit train and supervise volunteers and amplify their impact beyond salary costs. He notes potential funding for external and private sector coordinators and calls for policy review on subsidy of volunteer coordinators.
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Winnipeg
Department of Health and Social Development
Manitoba
Canadian Red Cross Society
Health and Social Development
Bud Sherman
Sherman
Think small by Jim Smith Think small by Jim Smith
An editorial argues Canada’s tax system hurts small business. It cites a case where two inspectors issued conflicting fines, prompting calls for an independent tax appeal board with power to reverse decisions and award costs. It urges policy shifts to protect small firms and curb bureaucratic bias.
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Never-Neverland
Canadian Federation of Independent Business
Canada
Revenue Departments
Westman Media surveys town committees for Cable TV
Westman Media staff met with groups in Neepawa Minnedosa Killarney and Carberry to form local media committees. In Killarney a Kiwanis luncheon heard from Westman officials about community TV potential and a local studio. Carberry formed a nine member committee drawing from Kinsmen Elks church school and Carnation Foods with a goal of 160 members.
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Neepawa
Minnedosa
Killarney
Carberry
Kiwanis Club
Jane Daniel
Pat Minaker
Chamber of Commerce
General Assembly
The
Elks
Church
Carnation Foods
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