sone . eS Page 2 The Herald, Monday, Aprit 6, 1981 - Welfare council to assist poor 15 OTTAWA (cP) — The Na- nal Council of Welfare ix- forts to encourage govern- iitents to help the poor with new or expanded incame- supplement programs. ’ ~ Ina report released today, ‘the federal ‘advisery group renewed its call for Ottawa to eliminate income tax deductions for children in ‘favor of an expanded ‘program of child tax credits. — The council urged provincial governments to follow the lead af Quebee, Saskatchewan and Manitoba in establishing programs to raise the incomes of the poor. Am it concluded that the ‘‘working poor’ are unlikely to get much help from increases in minimum ‘wages. { The report said the federal ‘government lost $655 million ‘im tax revenue last year ‘because it allowed parents to ‘elaim income tax deductions for their dependent children ‘— exemptions that provided ithe largest tax breaks to ahead with its ef- . - abolishing those with the highest io comes, - The . council elizainating the exemptions would allow Ottawa to ex- pand the child tax credit, which provides the largest benefits to parents with little or no taxable income. . As well, provincial govern- _ ments would be able to we their share of the extra tax revenues to finance income- support programs, - Health Minister Monique Begin personally favors income tax deductions for children and an expansion of the child tax credit. However, she said in an interview last month that Finance Minister , Allan MacEachen has the responsibility for deciding on any changes in the teae system. In considering ways a helping the working poor, the council’s report said minimum wages offer only limited help in the fight against ‘poverty. Minimum wages for adult po sald . workecs now range between 38 and-$8.85: an hour in. dif- ferent parte.of Canada, and the report said the rates rose slower’ than. the rate ‘of in- flation between” st and , 1980. Current rates, are enough to keep a single person with. no dependents out- of poverty. Modest. increases would lift single-parent families with one child above the poverty line, -but- sub-. stantial increases would be needed to make it more advantageous for most . families to choose work rather than welfare. The council's report said the number of working-poor households in Canada declined to 425,000 in 1977 from- 513,400 in 1973. Meanwhile, the number of © oor households . farced’ to ~ Saint John - - strike is. over. ‘bead of the household was 65. 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Mary 4 is) [Lows Flintstones Grittin “2 | Among the Happy Mery 4) Ruins ovra Gritiin rely on ‘sources “ot income such as welfare and ° unemployment - insurance rose to 464,500 from 340,00.. The households were’ defined according to poverty levels set by Statistics ; Canada, Single persons aver. 5 65 and families where the . or older were not included in the calculations. - ' ‘The report was unable to reach any firm conclusions on the reasons for the growth in poverty over-all. or. the ard other poor. However, it said higher unemployment and a sharp increase Lif the number of single-parent families living likely reasons for the changes. hy year agreement with the elty Sunday night. City council, which ap- proved the tentative contract Friday in ‘closed | session, must give formal ratification In an open meeting today. Some employees worked a night “shift - following Sun- day's union meeting and day workers wereback onthe job this morning. "* ‘Mayor Robert. Locithart said regular garbage OTTAWA ‘e) — Th ebllection for the 19,009 bitter Tegal. and political households left without it battle over the James Bay during the strike won't begin land claims agreement — immediately. Plans for the Canada’s first major, jee and for a special street people —.may cast a pall cleanup and repair cam- °VEr- land claims paignbere to be made today, egotiations in the Yukon Neither ‘ Lockhart nor #nd Northwest Territories. union officials would reveal Northern native leaders the terms of the agreement, Say “they are anxiously produced. with the aid af a awaiting the findings of the conciliator “in a five-hour. federal government's un- bargalning session, last precedented review of the. Thursday. . agreement to see whether “I think it's a good com- Ottawa feels it has breached promise in that neither side the “‘spirit and'intent” of the is very happy with the settle. accord. ment,” Lockhart sald, Northern Affairs Minister Ray McDevitt, president John Munro is expected to of Local 18, said he will hold Teveal the findings Tuesday a pews conference Tuesday jt0 the Commons committee’ to discuss the agreement, on Indian affairs — the same but said earlier reports that »@Toup that put aside party workers will get a iper- Dolitics last week to’ con- cent increase ineach year of Semn Ottawa and Quebec for. basicaly secuatec are legal framework of the 1975 The outside workers, who-..°8"eement. ' had been receiving $50 a - week in strike pay, left the : union meeting in a jubilant breaching .the spirit and . Two Kitimat school patrols finish up thelr wet dutiéson a arainy afternoon, one of many Munro insists that Oitawa -has. lived up to its legal obligations but $560 million worth of lawsuits against Quebec and Ottawa by the Cree and political pressure from thoroughlybriefed MPs prompted the review “in other than a legat context.” | In the past, Ottawa has relied on a strict legal in- terpretation of historic _ treaties and agreements, a_ policy that has embittered native leaders who say In- dians were often promised more than was contained an the. legal documents they signed. _ Basically, the James Bay " agreement called for natives ‘to relinquish aboriginal rights claims to 600,000- square-kilometres of land — about half the size of Quebec — for $225 million to be paid by Ottawa and the province over 20 years, ' . the area has been experiencing during the * last week in the area. James | Bay may cast a pall Also in ‘the * agreement were provisions for the natives to establish development: corporations, local. and regional mu- nicipalities, school and health boards, . . ‘TheCree and Inuit still say the James Bay agreement is a good one but that Oltawa and Quebec have reneged on promises of additional money — above and-beyond $225 million in compensation payments — to upgrade deplorable sanitary con- ditions and administer other social programs. Ottawa and Quebec insist they are only entitled to compensation money -and finances available under existing government. " programs. Northern native leaders have expressed eynicism about Ottawa’s “good faith" | following its refusal to honor ° a two-yearold tentative agreement with the Western Arctic Inuit. by . im- plementing maja changes to that agreement to ensure Yukon access to the oil and gas-rich Beaufort Sea. “Now. we have our eye on the James Bay agreement,” says a lawyer for the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada. The | Inuit are negotiating a major claim in the eastern Arctic. Native.-leaders across ‘Canada condemned the James Bay agreement in 1975 as a more sophisticated and modernized version of ‘the beads-and-blankets treaties of yedteryear. But government sym- pathizers.-argued that the . agreement was the most generous ever granted. to . indigenous people and said it would avold the uglinesa associated with. past resource deyelopment where natives were usuélly ex- ploited and left ‘empty- handed. ion mestng 7 _ Reagan to remain in hospital - The unton had asked tor a: i4-per-cent increase over® two years and the city had: President offered a 20.9-per-cent ins: crease, - slowly of particles that Lockhart praised’ the oe .doctors say are responsible "WASHINGTON (AP) = Reagan, forts of about two dozen” for ,his fluctuating tem- management personnel who perature, may have to stay drove snowplows, ‘plugged in the hospital at least until the occasional. pothole and | the end of the week, aides otherwise provided» a’ say. minimal level of service dur-, ' Reagan, who conferred for ing the strike. 4 10 minutes Sunday with Vice- The strike began Feb. 4 President George Bush during a snowstorm and a-- about the Polish crisis and few days later, heavy rains: other foreignpoticy matters, - caused severe flooding in ong._.has: Ho specific medical section of the city. Last! - program for the rest of the “month, one of the worst; week. Doctors are deciding. storms of the winter erippled. what to do day by day. - the city, for a day. . ae Dr. °. Dennis” 0’ Leary, | " wrnossaa a WOODGREEN APARTMENTS Rental ‘Applications: are now being . faken for occupaney March 1, 1981, FEATU! ING: : ‘One and two. bedroom _Loxury -Fireplace in every unit.” , -Dishwasher, Fridge & Stove included. unis, -& drapes, vhs 7 “Undercover parking. o7. 7° * a -Central Location ‘wre Controlled Entry - a. “Spacious open beam bedrooms, with En Suites. " § -Grand staircase and bright hails, - ‘ -Ground floor apartments with Private Gardens. -Ceramic tiled kitchen floors & Lathrooms.: Cablevision hook-up available. ot lg To view.or for further information call § Me. William Saumure at 635-6772 his. damaged: left | clearing ' nie ‘be here for several more | spokesman for George Washington University Hospital, said Reagan “‘may days, but I'm just specu- lating.” “We are working on a day- byday basis of assessing his course,” O'Leary said. “I don’t see how to predict where we're going to be,” ‘White House aides, however, said they expect the 70-year-old president - would be far enough along the'-rond %. recovery from’ ’ the: assassination: attempt a week ago today to, rétumn - home hy. the end of the week. During | the’ weekend, Reagai.ran a fever ‘that teached what was described - , as. a -/moder ate’ ‘level R. between 36.3 ‘and 30.4 de- > grees ‘Celsius. The normal ‘body temperature is 37 x degrees, and periodic checks g were performed {o make sure no infection had set in. 8 None had, doctors sald.: - A White. House medical. bulletin said xrays taken Sunday of Reagan ‘‘show peralstent lung infiltrates 5 along the bullet track, fin- 5 ‘dings which would be ex-. pected to resolve quite -Brighi, large Bay Windows wath coor coordinated % ' slowly. O'Leary sald the partictes were probably dried Nood-or damaged. issue retated to - normal scarring and debris . froen the guoshot wound in. Reagan's left lung and his subsequent surgery, i - “We don’t believe this is -/ ‘out of the ordinary," O'Leary sald, but he added, “we'd rather it was clearing.” ‘ O'Leary said thete was no indication of bacterla, after samples of the president's blood, urine and sputum were examined by an in- fectious disease specialist, and also there was no sign of paeumoniaor Diceding | in the lungs, The White House sald presidential press secretary James Brady, shot through the brain in the assassination attempt that also wounded . Gyo law officers, .continued .: . to show improvement after” being removed from the critical ist Friday. Brady's speech is becoming more sophisticated and he clearly recognizes his vile, | Sarah, by sound and Vision, the medical bulletin said. He was said to, have tom- mented Saturday night that - “the Bear (his ' nickname) was certainly in the wrong place that time,” we Reagan was _ keeping. abreast of the Polish crisis from his hospital room.” Deputy White House press secretary Larry Speakes ‘paid Reagan sent a message to Soylet- Presiiient Leonid Brezhnev op Friday, and -administration* sources said ‘the note containéd a strong Q _Army Intervention io ‘Po- land. -- COURT NEWS ‘ John Rocha, 19, was fined $750 and placed on probation -for six months by Judge D. Waurynchuk April 2 in Kitimat. Rocha was found * guilty of causing a distur. bance, committing an in- ‘decent act and wilfully damaging a police car, The . ineldent occurred October 24 “at Nechako ‘Centre where Rocha was using obscene language and damaged the interior of the police car after being arrested, Harold McCormick, 31,‘ was fined §40 for falling to fetnain at the scene of an accident and Ralph Steward Jolnston, 28, was finéd $400 : foe driving with a blood alcohel level over .08 on March M4, Marvin James Mac-. Donald, 21, plead guilty to common assault -and received a fine of $500, "The aasault occurred November. 1@ at which time MacDonald: cut a young girl's hair against her will, the court was told. "Kenneth Marshall’ ervis, 37, was convicted of.” alsaulting a police officer - and wae given a $500 fine and one year probation, Paul Thom; ' ny, was. sentenced in Kitimat: on” March 31. He was fined io for wilful. damage, $100 for: break and enter and $100 for theft over §200. He was also given two years probation. 3 | REPRO EE ne ene a eee: