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YEARS OF looking after young children ended last daycare centre. The centre's last day as part of the
week when Mary McNeice took early retirement. A college ended May 30, one of several programs at
long time employee at Northwest Community Cal- the college that fell victim to budget cuts. McNeice
lage, McNeice first worked with its pre-school pro- is shown here with Ella Martindale, left, and Jeff
gram and then maved over to run the college’s Faith. JOANNA WONG PHOTO

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From front

Docs’
bucks

For the first time, phy-
sicians on maternity leave
will get paid — up to $880
a week for 17 weeks, dou-
ble what the highest
amount a person on em-
ployment income benefits
could expect.

The total amount for
maternity leave cannot go
over $1.3 million a year.

In general, last week’s
agreement indicates thal
any underspending of the
$392 million will result in
the surplus being conver-
ied into some kind of phy-
sician fee program.

If spending exceeds the
$392 million mark, the
province can reduce pay-
ments 10 keep within thal
figure.

Appleton said the mon-
etary amounts in the deal
were enough to make him
happy.

He was also happy the
deal is for three years, not
four as first wanted by the
province.

And essential service
levels will be decided
upon by the B.C. College
of Physicians and Sur-
geons and not the pro-
vince, Appleton continued.

Doctors did not have
full binding arbitration re-?
stored but what was put
into place is satisfactory,
Appleton said.

The new agreement
gives the government the
ability to reject an arbitra-
ied settlement. But if that
happens, doctors are free
to take whatever strike ac-
tion is necessary.

“Tt means we'd be tot-
ally released from our ob-
ligations to not withdraw
services,” said Appleton.

“The package was en-
ough for the board to ac-
cept it and recommend ac-
ceptance to the entire
membership,” he said.

There are 7,800 doctors
in B.C., three-quarters of
whom are members of the
BCMA, It'll take approx-
imately 45 days to hold a
ratification vote.

Appleton said the deal
was the best doctors could
get.

“I know we were piven
a deadline, but that never
affected us,” he said of
statements the government
would enact legislation
late last week had the
doctors not settled.

“The decision was
made on what the offer
was and never mind the
threats,” Appleton added.

Money to pay for the
$392 million deal comes
from increased Medical
Services Plan premiums,
an increase in the provin-
cial sales tax to 7.5 per
cent and an increase in the
tabacco tax.