Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 13, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg fee August Winnipeg free press Freedom of Trade of rights Liberty of 6439331 Etess my m a feta a Penroo Days a 3c1 a fils coif Tpwry left tired Len number 0286 Donald Wool publisher John Dafoe editorial Page editor Murray 6urt managing editor Peter Mclintock editor emeritus forum bureaucrats in control elsewhere in this former air vice marshal Robert Cameron explains Why the review of armed toffees Tel Floca produced by the study committee headed by is Likely to be if not simply tossed into the nearest wastebasket by the present Liberal government in this does not Only mean that an Opportunity to Correct previous mistakes will be lost it is also evidence that the method of determining defence policy i Canada is being under the present policy control of defence has passed from the political level to that of the civil service if the Fyffe review is discarded without proper consider it will be because of the influence of the growing number of senior civil servants who have acquired Power out of proportion to their position in the determination of National defence these senior civil servants Are like firemen who will never have to fight a because they will not be caught in the consequences of their the civil ionization of Canadas armed forces has Al ready exacted a toll from the ability of the forces to be flexible in their response to changing it was the civilian influence in National defence Headquarters that shifted the responsibility for armed forces housing to the Central mortgage and housing causing havoc in rent structures and putting people who never had the of being posted every two years in charge of the hot Ising of those who have to move every military organization makes use of civilian employ Pew do so at the policymaking As has become the practice in unification is a matter of when the conservative administration ordered the review of the effects of it did not do so in the expectation that the forces would once More be split into separate organizations to provide Canadas Navy and air it was seeking reasonable modifications that would Best suit Cana Das defence the strongest opponents of unification did not oppose the integration of common but argued that fighting units would operate better As separate separate and equal so suited to the defence of the do not fit Well into the bureaucratic handbook of people who Are interested in climbing the Power there is no argument that military forces in a democracy should be under civilian but this control should be exercised from rather than inside the More than party politics was at stake in the review of and its effects on Canadas the study report As air vice marshal Cameron be required Reading for All members of particularly if they do not wish to turn Over still More of their Power to the Bureau uniform Laws needed under present Winnipeg it is easy to set up a group Foster Home in the Central part of the in suburban residential it can Only be done by Means of a zoning change involving Public Public hearings and the approval of a Council group Homes have tended to concentrate in the Wolseley area because the bylaws make it possible and because the houses Are suitably members of the City Council agree that group Homes should not be concentrated in one part of the City and that the rules for setting them up should be but councillors disagree on whether to make the procedure uniformly easy or uniformly a proposal to create a group Home in his District is one of the hottest potatoes that can land on a councillors neighbouring families often have irrational fears about a group especially if it is to accommodate retarded and the Public hearing process leads to organized campaigns in which fear and prejudice Are the same would probably happen if City procedures allowed the neighbors to Campaign against a racial minority family moving onto their but the does not invite outbursts of prejudice on those it singles out group a group Home differs from a Standard family household in two main ways it is financed and supervised by the provincial government and the resident adults in charge Are not the natural parents of the the provincial supervision provides some which does not exist in the Case of other that the Home will be properly the Legal relationship Between the adults and the children is none of the neighbors any More than it is their business whether the parents of a family Are married or one of the children is the neighbors Are rightly not entitled to prevent a family from moving onto the Block just because it includes More children than they it is unreasonable to give them that Opportunity in the Case of group group Home operators should be subject to the same rules As any other household required to maintain the House and Yard in Good condition like anyone required to keep the kids out of mischief like any other parents or the Law should not single out group Homes simply because it is so easy to whip up local opposition against the purpose of a group Home is to give children who do not live with their natural parents a Chance to live in Circum stances that Are As similar As possible to a Standard family and not in a Large the Public hearing process defeats that there will usually be someone on the Block who will prepare for the Public hearing by going Doort door spreading scare stories about the proposed even if it is approved and the children arrive on the Block with accusing fingers already pointed at them and at least some neighbors publicly committed to proving that they Are victims they Are victimized the children who wind up in Foster Homes Are part of our society and part of our provincial policy rightly Aims to include them in the Community under controlled a procedure that allows the Community to forbid the attempt on the Mere presumption that it will fail panders to serious and dangerous John who was reelected president of the Manitoba Metis federation last has Forward serious charges of vote buying that he suggests was the work of provincial government attempting to remove him from Morrisseau suggests that the government was interested in discrediting the Manitoba Metis federation so that in provincial funds could be saved while the real voice of the Metis in Manitoba is he said that delegates to the emf convention in Brandon were Over and above their so that they could support the movement that was dedicated to changing the leadership of the the most damaging suggestion was that the source of the funds was the provincial the danger in Morrisseau statements is that they Are by his own with no firm it would appear that Morrisseau is As much As anyone Public Confidence that the a year in Public funds that Are under the direct control of the is being directed to the right the remarks Are More difficult to understand in the Light of Morrisseau election achieved handily in spite of the obstacles in his it is not unusual for any organization to within its people who disagree with the leadership that the majority has an organization such As the Manitoba Metis which holds open can expect dissatisfaction to be voiced at these for a responsible official to make irresponsible statements following the conclusion of a meeting at which his leadership has been once More confirmed is not in the interests of the organization he it is difficult to understand How Morrisseau expects the Best of cooperation from people he must Deal with at the provincial after without charges of underhanded tactics against Harry Easton Harry who died recently at the age of did As much As any and a great Deal More than for libraries so for Book lovers and education generally in the cites chief librarian for 16 years until his retirement five years his was a Story of Success in his chosen he joined the staff of the Winnipeg Public Library As a Page in 1929 and from there went on to become head of the Library system 30 years during his Long career he worked tirelessly to improve the cites Library and saw his efforts culminate in Winnipeg downtown Centennial Library which opened three years not Content to sit still after he continued As an adviser to the Library and helped to set up the senior citizens Job of which he served As chairman until last a Good Public Library system is an indispensable part of a cites cultural thanks in Large part to Harry Winnipeg now has such a and everyone who makes use of our Public Library facilities owes him an immeasurable unification report doomed by Robert Cameron special to the free press chosen to be minister of defence just when Many people were holding their breath waiting to hear whether the f18 or the cheaper f16 would be our new fighter aircraft Gilles la minister of said the Winner must be the one wanted by those who will have to Fly this does not imply that the minister has been a Patsy for the defence by if the negative reaction of some top bureaucrats to the Fyffe task Force on unification or dered by former minister of Allan Mckinnon is any Lamontagne May find he has a Cosa Nostra on his hands should he wish to do otherwise than rubber stamp recommendations of his senior integrated Hierarchy an important part of the Fyffe report concerned this Hierarchy of civilian and military bureaucrats at National de Fence what Paul Hellyer set up after unification was a Council including the senior officers of All three a Deputy minister and a scientific together with integrated staff As a result of subsequent manage ment the present arrangement differs from this in three important being based in Mon Treal and Halifax As Force command the three senior experts on sea and air operations Are effectively Cut out of the decision making process in the civil service Deputy minister once mainly concerned with civil servant Legal and audit the budget and political is now first among equals As Between himself and the chief of defence on All aspects of the senior staff of five Assis Tant Deputy ministers is dominated by three other civil servants since their responsibilities include the important adm policy Post in a military depart ment and their tour of duty normally Lasis much longer than that of their military the oddity of this superstructure in Ottawa naturally attracted consider Able attention from those consulted by the Fyffe task for there were comments from both serving and retired military personnel and from 28 associations representing Over people across can practically none of them supported the status hence 1 was shocked to be told by one of the top members of the bureaucracy that the task Force was a Complete waste of time and that its report should be chucked in the waste Bas unification was imposed by the liberals against almost total military of in with the added clout Given top it is not unreasonable that a new Genera Tion of civilian and military Bureau who now Wield great Power in defence would regard recommendations for change in the system with less than Complete object the More so because an in House review of unification in 1979 gave it a clean Bill of what is and even Are indications that certain members of the Cosa Nostra now seem to be doing what they can to Bury the task Force controlled printing for the Fyffe review was simply tabled in the with no request that there be Agenda time for parliamentary despite its inherent Public importance As any one who has read press reports about several Reserve units now buying their distinctive dress will Strong representation to have the Fyffe report published by the Queens Printer was the work was done in House by and and it was not for As a further indication of a Snow Job in consider the recent announcement of a second in House to review Fyffe to be composed of the three Force which would make but a newly appointed major general just arrived in supported by a Commodore from Camp Borden and a brigadier airman from so what is the message we get from All this for parliamentary and in the broader sense Public control of the military in Canada Lack of control of the military is generally associated with countries that Breed military which May elect to dictate the political line set up a military dicta Canada of never Likely to be threatened with this Type of Politi Cal military nevertheless we have our own one where the tall simply wags the dog a highly professional military civilian Bureau Cracy calling the shots for and with practically no substantive dialogue Between them particularly during the Trudeau politicians As revolutionaries the result should Surprise to frustrated politicians have become the revolutionaries Paul Hellyer with his drastic unification then subsequently Pierre Trudeau with a 40 per cent Cut of the armed forces followed by a 50 per cent pullout from nato All based on a personal judgment of what was Best for the when someone can get chastised As i was by a highly intelligent member of the Cosa Nostra for not understand ing that a powerful group of civil servant holding senior and is synonymous with firs class civilian control of can Adas military i Gest the Fyffe report should be mad compulsory Reading for every member of Lamontage should get the three lieutenant general service commanders Back to and he As quickly As give them responsibilities As environmental chiefs and not worry about the command problem in the major generals Are quite Ade quate if they do not have to Cope with a staff in Ottawa dominated not sup ported by civilian Robert Cameron is a retired air cheaper i read in the july 30 edition of be Devoir that air Canada has vetoed a proposal by British airways to establish standby rates Between Canada and great does air Canada realize the hardship it causes families by this policy 1 returned last month from a Sabbati Cal 1 have a children aged 7 and and a three Montgold when i calculated the Cost of flying from London to Montreal via air Canada it was Over from London to new York via with the children at half fare adults at Stan Dard Are and the baby 10 per cent of Standard the Cost was under so that even adding on the air Canada fare from new York to Montre Al it was still cheaper to return via at that rate there was really no so we returned via new York and air Canada on july 1 had ample time to reflect during that prolonged and fatiguing journey about the stupidity of canadians like myself who allow without protest a Crown corporation to dictate Monopo Listic no doubt air Canada could if it chose that in Nefi Cien cies in its operations make a High Tariff Structure there is no reason Why who give air Canada those Legal Powers to protect itself against should put up with what seems from this Vantage Point to be a callous disregard of their in the july 30 edition of the Ottawa journal there was notice of an air Canada fare with a statement by an official of the Canadian trans port commission that no objections were filed to the fare i wonder whether any members of the Public were informed in time to Regis Ter a protest if the matter of standby fares to Britain were Ever to be considered by letters the Winnipeg free press welcomes tetters from writers must give their name and the author s name will be used and letters Are subject to editing lost daughters costly repairs the Laker sky bus the ministry of i Hope that they will take note that air Canadas veto has not gone Randal marl1n Pelican Lake the recent million commitment by the Manitoba government to divert the Pembina River into Pelican Lake was Long it is eight years since the Pelican Lake level advisory commit tee submitted its recommendations to the in its report the committee stated concerns about the water Quality and the need for better circulation of the Lake by bringing in fresh water via the Pembina River diversion it has been suggested that raw sewage As Well As detergent is flowing into the Lake from the training Centre at i have seen evidence of soap foam on the West Side of the i am also unable to swim because of the mass of weeds and algae growing in front of our my two retrievers smell when they come out of the it is very depressing to drive 900 Miles from to find the Lake almost unus Eabie and in such appalling these axe Complex problems to overcome but ultimately the responsibility of Pelican lakes Fate lies with Brian minister of natural re Eileen Patterson Light sentence i wish to comment on a recent court Case the outcome of which was a suspended sentence handed to the a the Case entailed the Wanton and reckless use of an resulting in injury to a 60yearold and damage to a parked the individual involved was not in Possession of a valid Drivers i the court concurred that As it was a first offence a suspended sentence would i happen to know the unfortunate pedestrian involved in this sorry Esca notwithstanding evidence presented be has not recovered from said physically and psychologically he is still disabled and possibly unfit for gainful employment for the Dura Tion of his working in my opinion i submit that the sentence meted out is grossly invade Noonan Winnipeg i am trying to locate my two Daugh ters from my first they were Given into their fathers custody 26 years ago and i have had no Contact with them i have been happily remarried and have four marvellous sons who Are As anxious As i to see their i would deeply appreciate it if anyone knowing their whereabouts or any information concerning them would Contact the girls names Are Judith Anne 33 and Susan Colleen Judy was born september 1947 at Boniface Hospital and Colleen was born May 1950 in their Doug was in the permanent air Force As a radio technician and the last known address was 40 Borden Rivers anyone with any information at All can Contact me at my address or phone locally you can Contact Norma Law at would be deeply grateful for any Anne Swait 3065 Lenester drive unit 53 l5c2b8 Telephone 416 2701198 birthdays James Rath Manitoba born August born August 1875 in the last couple of months i have observed the City Road gangs going about their chores on Street one if the taxpayers Money the City is spending on Street repairs is being Well spent or in one particular example on pm press Street i noticed just about the entire Street divider was completely demolished and then the same applied to the curbs and they were both in Good if a Street needs then by All Means repair it Tell me when something is in Good must it be done away with and then rebuilt i have 15 years experience in the construction Industry but one does not have to have any experience in construction to see what is Good and what is Patrick Belcher Winnipeg when i grow up in going to make Iran release the ;