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The Citizen, Ottawa, Wednesday, March 14, 1984 Pagje nm PS wagesup 10 despite 6-and-5 Ottawa may honor Boucher by building speed skating rink Ml Willi! JI'JU. IW I I 4 i 4 V. 1 ff I --i f-' py 'x .1.5 --tj timm -irrni-fiTWiii-M-iiiii-iin iniiin-Mi-t 1 By Sherri Barron and Jacquie Miller Citizen staff writers Canada's Olympic hero Gaetan Boucher was guest of honor of the cities of Ottawa and Hull today. And Ottawa Mayor Marion De-war said the city may honor him further by building Canada's first speed skating rink. Boucher, of St.

Hubert, won two gold medals and a bronze at the Winter Olympics last month. Boucher's whirlwind day-long tour began with a rousing welcome at Hull city hall. "Bonjour, Gaetan! Bravo Gaetan!" about 100 eager fans cheered as he arrived in a blue limousine with his 21-year-old girlfriend Karin Fliege and parents by his side. After signing autographs and attending a small reception with Hull officials he sped away for a similar reception at Ottawa city hall. He encouraged Ottawa city officials to consider building a speed skating rink and was presented with a glistening gold key to the city.

The national capital region was Boucher's third stop on a hectic round of parties and receptions which began with his arrival home last Friday. His tour will end in Fredericton March 25. "After Gaetan's efforts it seems Ottawa must respond to the need for a track," Dewar said in an interview. She said city council has already discussed the proposal, and it will likely be included in the next budget, probably in October. The Canadian national speed skating team and local speed skaters have been calling for such a training track for some time.

The national teams must train in Europe, said Boucher. "It all seems like a dream," Boucher said as he prepared to leave Ottawa city his dark- Paul Latour, Citizen Boucher hailed by Hull mayor Michel Legere haired German friend by his side. but in fact they are really getting 11 per cent over two years. "There's been a shift from one year to the other of when the money was paid and that kind of skewed the '83 over '82 payroll figures." Another official explained that "over and above the economic increase of six and five, any individual may have earned additional monies, either by being promoted to a group that's higher paid or having obtained an increment. "And there's the overtime element which may account for a fair amount in some groups." Meanwhile, a breakdown of the Statistics Canada figures for the country as a whole shows wages and salaries, excluding benefits, rose by five per cent in 1983.

That means that once the average 5.8-per cent inflation rate last year is taken into account, there was a decrease in real total income last year of 0.2 per cent and a real decrease in total wages and salaries of 0.8 per cent. The federal Labor Department last week said that wages negotiated by collective agreements increased by 4.9 per cent in 1983, compared to 10.2 per cent in 1982. Increases in public sector wage contracts averaged 4.6 per cent and in private sector contracts 5.6 per cent. Meanwhile, the Statistics Canada figures show labor income in forestry posted the largest gain, increasing by 13.6 per cent, followed by the increase in income in the federal public service. Income in the health and weir fare sector rose by 8.4 per which in turn was followed by int creases of 7.6 per cent in the pror vincial government sector and 7.

per cent at the local government, level. i By Eric Beauchesne The Canadian Press Federal public servants' incomes grew on average by about 10 per cent last year despite the fact they were covered by the government's six-and-five wage controls program, government figures show. But Treasury Board officials said the government did not violate its restraint program. The officials, who asked that they not be identified, said the income figures include retroactive payments to employees, overtime, promotions and incremental increases. The controls program applies only to increases in salary scales.

Figures released this week by Statistics Canada show total labor income in 1983 for federal employees was $8,216 billion, 9.5 per cent more than the $7,505 billion in 1982. That compares with a 5.6-percent increase in labor income for the country as a whole, a Statistics Canada official said. Labor income includes wages and salaries, plus employer contributions to things such as unemployment insurance and pensions. Part of the increase in total labor income for the country as a whole was due to increases in the level of employment. But Treasury Board officials said there was virtually no increase in the number of public servants employed by the government.

One official said some public service union contracts that ran out in 1982 were not settled until 1983 and that those employees actually received both their six-per-cent and five-per-cent wage increases in 1983. On paper that works out to an 11-per-cent increase in one year 'But I'm still the same Gaetan be around for a while yet." Boucher wouldn't talk about his long-range plans and says he plans to skate one year at a time. But he admitted his impressive success has given him "more confidence and ease." Boucher, I wouldn't let this go to my head. "It's nice to ride in a limousine," he said smiling. "But limousines come and go and I'll IRA leader hit by bullet Tory leader denies language rift keeps him from Manitoba There was no immediate word on his condition.

Adams was elected last June as a member of the British Parliament from West Belfast, but refuses to take his seat. He is widely regarded as the architect of the' predominantly Roman Catholic IRA's two-tiered strategy of waging guerrilla war against the British while contesting elections in an effort to give Roman Catholic nationalists a foothold in the Protestant-dominated politics of Northern BELFAST (AP) Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams, head of the Irish Republican Army's legal political arm, was shot and wounded in downtown Belfast today, police said. The 3.5-year-old Adams was shot in the neck and shoulder on a city street during a lunch break in a trial in which he faces obstruction charges stemming from last June's British general election. He was taken to Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital, police said. Correction Police nab boy who robbed woman trapped under bus In some editions of Monday's Citizen, Brian Costello's business column reported that the federal child-tax deduction for a child under 18 is $170.

In fact, it is $710. The Citizen apologizes for the error. By Peter Maser Citizen staff writer Conservative leader Brian Mul-roney says his decision to cancel a trip to Winnipeg this week has nothing to do with the controversy over French-language rights in Manitoba, a controversy that has driven a wedge between him and several of his Manitoba MPs. Mulroney was scheduled to be the guest of honor Thursday night at the Winnipeg ethnic community's annual springtime ball and make an appearance Friday at the Conservative nomination meeting in the riding of Fort Garry. Mulroney confirmed today that he will not attend either engagement, but denied that his changes of plans was related to his defence Of francophone rights in Manitoba, a position opposed by Manitoba's provincial Tories and at least three of Mulroney's own MPs.

"It's a timetable conflict that comes up every so," Mulroney said, denying a reporter's suggestion that he was scared to visit the province and risk a confronta tion on the thorny bilingualism issue. "I think Manitobans and everyone else realizes that from time to time there'll be divergence of view. But the national interest is not imcompatible with the Manitoba interest" "My job is to try and harmonize interests that are from time to time divergent, but without abandonning positions of principle and that's what I've tried to do." Mulroney press secretary Bill Fox said later that it made no sense for Mulroney to lie low and hope the bilingualism dispute blows over because it will likely continue to rage for several more months. Fox also said the Winnipeg trip was cancelled because the nomination meeting scheduled for Friday had been postponed, meaning the ethnic ball was the only event Mulroney would attend if he went West. "There's a tour strategy.

You try to set up several events at once and if they aren't there you don't go. We weren't going to fly half way across the country for one event." VJoathor Sunny. High today -3, Low tonight -8. beneath the rear axle. "The juvenile then ran up and took the money from her pocketbook as she was under the bus," Walsh said.

An off-duty police officer, who witnessed the accident and robbery, and a passenger from the bus chased the suspect and managed to recover the $2,300, but the youngster slipped away, Walsh said. Manion was taken to Helene Fuld Medical Centre in Trenton where she was listed in guarded condition with a fractured pelvis, wrist and shoulder blade. TRENTON, N.J. (UPI) A 15-year-old boy was charged with stealing $2,300 from a Pennsylvania woman trapped under a bus that had run over her. The boy, who was not identified because of his age, was arrested Tuesday at school and taken to the Mercer County Detention House to face juvenile charges, Police Sgt.

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