~~ . may cut

The issue of Medicare has..
become’ more prominent in
the. federal. election cam-
“paign, and ‘the. ‘Minister of
Health and Welfare has

revealed her’ department: is |

. working on guidelines which
: : Off Medicare
funding i in Ontario. a ‘

, And. in - the U Ss. Senator 4

‘Edward: . Kennedy" has  in-

troduced’ a plan for medical -
“insurance: influenced heavily .

by the Ganadian system.

= Monday, ‘Monique: Begin,
the minister of health and
welfare - critisized. the On-
jtario government, and to
. lesser degrees. the govern-
ments
Saskatchewan, and, New.
Brunswick, for the way they
“are. handling - health in-
surance programs.

Begin said the Ontario

government is shortchanging

the public on health care, by |

spending far less of general”
tax revenues on medicare,
than it ever has.

The federal government is -
paying 64 per cent of the
medical’ program in Ontario,
Begin said, which | is more
than it has before. .

. While Begin did not
threaten to. cut off federal

Cut in benefits proposed —

_:of Manitoba, -.

monies. at this time, she said
her department is working

-On guidelines - that might

have that effect.

Begin. was not clear On” vif

or when her. Cepartment -

would ‘interfere.

‘The -
Frank - Miller,
saying, Begin was _ being

hyprocritical and was ‘nuts’.

vIn. Sunday’ s

television

a debate between the national -
‘ leaders, NDP leader,
“Broadbent, was critical of
the.

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for
on

government
loosening ‘controls

medical insurance programs.

_ He said the government

had allowed the provinces to © |

disrupt the univeral ac-

' cessibility of health: care.”

Prime Minister Trudeau
disagreed and said he trusted
the: ‘provinces with more
control of medical care
because they promised to
respect univerality.

‘In the U.S., Monday,

‘Senator Edward Kennedy

called a news conference to
introduce. his plan for

- medicalinsurance.

Kennedy promised
extend

to
comprehensive,

"Family and old age allowances

The Canadian Council on
Social Development has
suggested the federal
government cut off family
allowances and old age
security benefits for families

earning more than $21,000 a ~

year.

And, the Council says the
most important solution to
poverty in Canada is to find
jobs for the unemployed.

The government § spon-
sored CCSD says the $750

Nicaragua to get financial aid

The International

Monetary Fund has ap-

raved $66 million in
ncial aid to Nicaragua.

Previous attempts by the

_ country to borrow from the
IMF had been blocked by
the U.S. on the grounds that

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The Director of Programs
for the Council, Jeff Norkay
suggests the moncy could be
redirected by revamping the
child tax credit program so

single wdmen with families ©

can be helped, and also an
guaranteed income inverse
supplement could be devised
to help the working poor.

Nicaragua has been violating
human rights.

This time the'-American
state department has settled
for a statement admonishing

the government of
Nicaragua, issued to
coincide”. with the an-
nouncement of the loan.

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An earlier version of the :
bill was defeated i in Congress

Kennedy has been. trying .

system in the U.S. for the
last ten years, and he has —
often cited the Canadian
system in defending his
proposals.

But Norkay points out that
such aids are only stop-gap
measures. :

He says the real solution is
to find jobs for Canada’s
unemployed.

If people have jobs,
Norkay says the question of
income distribution would
be relatively simple.

In Nicaragua, the death
toli in weekend fighting
between government and .
guerilla forces has been
reported as 66 guerillas
killed, and 26 civilians
killed.

There has been no report
on government casualties.