Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 24, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 8 Winnipeg free press wednesday june Emerson at a standstill businessmen Tell Pawley by Ingeborg Boyens Toba communities is suffering hmm by Ingeborg Boyens Winnipeg free press Emerson Detour Emerson read the prophetic Highway signs out Side this Border town. And each year some two million Drivers do bypass this sleepy Vil. Lage of 900, opting for the fastest Way in or out of Canada. Problem is say Emerson s businessmen local residents Are leaving along with the travellers. Local businessmen told nip Leader Howard Pawley yesterday business activity has come to a standstill. The businessmen said they can t at tract skilled workers to their shops. Nor can anyone afford to set up a new business with interest rates so High. We need incentives for people to stay said Emerson mayor Ralph Eisbrenner. Whatever government comes into Power they should look after the local agreed another businessman. They should put Faith in local invest the nip s Small business task Force was provincial Riding of Emerson yesterday in the final leg of a six Day tour of the province. Emerson As with other Rural Mani Toba communities is suffering from High interest rates two poor crop years and the lure of larger centres. Businessmen said Emerson s popu lation has declined in the past 10 years. There is now Only one electrician and one plumber in town. There have been no building permits issued this year they said. In St. Pierre Jolys Allan Bayne said governments should remember these towns Are the heart of no one concerned no one seems concerned about the Small businesses which hire five or fewer people said the publisher of the St. Pierre South East bulletin. Yet Small businessmen suffering a shortage of staff and Stock can hardly survive these Days said Bayne. You need employees to do a Good Job but you can t afford Joe Robidoux who runs a St. Pierre lumber operation said this year s construction program has consisted of Only a few where he once had 14 employees he now employs four. The Rural businessmen told the task Force a multitude of government pro Grams has t improved the economic climate. Dan Lewis an Emerson Baker said province the frogs May hop in St. Pierre Jolys Home of the Frog follies but business is at a standstill All Federal and provincial government programs Are worthless in the face of stifling interest rates. Lewis who has been unable to find qualified help said governments must come up with some Way of encouraging Young people to become trades men and to stay in Rural communities. Another businessman said he need d extra help but could t afford the time it would take to train someone. Even the student employment pro Gram in t Worth the trouble said the electrician. The an hour govern ment contribution does t even cover the costs of compensation. You end up he said. We need an apprenticeship program that Lewis said the government should promote tourism in the area. Emer son is after All the first View Tor Many american visitors of Canada. Bayne said St. Pierre As the annual site of Frog could be a developed As a tourist attraction. Neighbouring towns also sponsor Festi Vals Worth promoting. Bayne said the government should locate its offices and services in Small towns. When the province last attempted to decentralize its operations it simply moved everything to Steinbach said Bayne. While Pawley was unable to make promises he did offer the business men his condolences. Pawley also said the complaints of businessmen showed Manitoba s econ omy in t flourishing As much As the conservative government would like to believe. From 1976 to 1979, the Small Busi Ness sector s share of total sales dropped by about 39 per cent to 14.6 per cent. Manitoba registered the Lar Gest drop in activity of All of the provinces. 1 As protest now a rights fight by Cecil Rosner Winnipeg free press Dauphin what began As a protest of alleged discrimination against a in work Crew is quickly Assum ing the dimensions of a Gen eral fight for Indian and Metis rights. Discrimination is not new to said Norbert Abigo Sis chief of the Pine Creek Indian band. We feel we Are a nation of indians in Canada and this is Why we Are trying to fight for our rights for our Indian Wasabi Gosis one of several chiefs in Dauphin yesterday to support the demonstration of Indian and Metis workers said he has worked on the railway and has seen How native people Are treated. Pushed around i be been pushed around and i know How foremen have handled Indian peo Abi Gosis said. He called the demonstration a big step in fighting Back against discrimination in society generally and said it was a sign that Indian people Are starting to Wake Maureen Lynn a camper Ville resident who joined the protest monday said discrimination against Indian and Metis people by Many government departments and agencies is common. Lynn said various loaning agencies treat you like a while social service agencies make you feel so Low when financial Assis Tance is asked for. She also spoke out against what she called physical abuse and harassment of native people by ramp in her Community. She said anyone who is charged by ramp and then pleads not guilty is often closely watched and harassed by police afterwards. Manitoba Metis federa Tion spokesman Ferdinand Gui Boche said it has been difficult to get political sup port for the protest. He said he feels politicians do not want to touch the Issue of racial discrimination in Gen eral. Gui Boche said Dauphin new democratic my la Verne Lewycky was reluctant to offer any assistance to the Metis cause when he was approached last week. But Gui Boche said the my jumped on the bandwagon monday and raised the mat Ter in the House of commons after the sit in had already begun. Unresponsive he said area Las Jim Galbraith pc Dauphin and Pete Adam and paste. Rose also were unresponsive to the Metis concerns and did t bother coming to a meeting of the workers last Friday in Crane River. The nip which has received emf support in the past is going to have a hard time convincing people to vote for them next Gui Boche said. Or. Adam is going to get the door slammed in his face when he visits said a Crane River resident. R re kindle an old imagine just the two of you dining dancing relaxing. Take u plunge tour the town shop to your heart s Content this weekend s All yours enjoy it. Pack a suitcase and leave your cares behind. Our uncompromising accommodations and Low weekend rates can make this weekend something special to remember. Weekend rates Start at s23.00 Shaw Bod Moose jaw inn 2-1 h air Ford St. L. 692-2300 j Lake the bus take everybody subcommittee set up to study plan for Park opposition to a civic Parks and recreation department plan to develop the 5.1-hectare Omand s Creek Park in the City s West end prompted City Centre fort Rouge Community committee yesterday to establish a subcommittee on the Issue. Of the 10 delegations of local residents speaking on the proposal at the Community committee meeting yester Day those in favor outnumbered opponents six to three and one expressed no opinion. Councillor Frank Johnson who represents the area me Morial and favors the Park moved formation of the subcommittee to advise the Parks and recreation depart ment on changes. It consists of councillors Johnson and Harvey Smith Sargent two residents who favor the Park plan two who oppose it and Gary solar the Parks and recreation official in charge of the plan. The improvement plan includes the construction of washroom facilities a Concrete foot Bridge Over the Creek two baseball diamonds and landscaping. No studies on need Kenneth Campbell an opponent of the City plan said no studies have been done on the need for the improvements citizens weren t brought into the planning process and the need for the improvements were not adequately documented. He presented a petition of area residents opposed to the plan to Community committee chair Man Alan Wade. Andy Blicq who favors the plan said the improvements reflect area needs identified by the City planning depart ment and would provide recreation facilities with no Detri ment to the Park. Tree planting and other improvements proposed would in fact enhance the Park and its use for outdoor recreation such As Cross country skiing would de crease vandalism he said. Eric Uhmann representing the Manitoba naturalists society asked who would staff the Wash room building. If the facility is built it should be smaller than the 115 Square metres planned and should be located on the upper Flat Plain at the Park s Northwest Corner he said. He said the Concrete Bridge should be located downstream of the planned site on an existing Concrete pad on either Side of the Creek where it enters the Assiniboine River. Wade said the Community committee cannot rescind the Park improvement plan which has already been approved by City Council and included in the City budget. If the plan does not go ahead now the City stands to lose about in provincial recreation Grant Money for the project he said. 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