Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 16, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free september feed Orch of Trade Equality of civil rights Liberty of religion published and printed six Days a week at 300 Carton Winnipeg r3g 3c1 by Canadian newspapers company limited Telephone 9439331 Donald no cd publisher John oapo6 Fedl Torii Page editor Murray 6urf managing editor Ruby Rebe Kip controller haggling Over the loot the flew Federal provincial dispute Over lottery Revenue has nothing to do with medical culture or and a Efthimy nothing to do with the principles of to is More like a quarrel Between two mafia families Over the sharing of the the new sports Pool which Federal sports minister Gerald Regan has announced is an attempt by the Federal government to get around an agreement which gave the provinces control Over lotteries in Canada in return for a share of the the agreement was signed by the previous conservative government not because there was any constitutional or logical reason Why the rather than the Federal should run lotteries but simply because the tories wanted to appease the the liberals have been looking for a Way out of it Ever since they returned to they have now found a Way and it is Likely to ensure that the tax on the poor and Gullible which lotteries represent is even More regressive than it is regans scam involves a Pool in which the victims Are invited to bet on the scores in sports the government which runs the lottery will keep most of the Money and pass on a bit to the the Builtin Odds would shame the the principle should shame the it is bad enough that governments should use hard sell advertising to seduce citizens into buying lottery tickets on which the Chance of winning is utterly it is worse that a which proclaims its dedication to promoting healthy athletics should announce that sport is really just something to serve the interests of the bait in regans new Deal is the Promise that the Money it raises will go to medical the arts and Amateur including a contribution to help Calgary play Host to the 1988 Winter if those causes Are so worthy and they Are then the government ought to find the Money to pay for them through Normal using them As the excuse for imposing a particularly sinister and regressive form of taxation is the height of there is no particular social danger in Small scale lotteries which offer citizens an Opportunity to risk a Dollar or two on the Remote Chance of winning a lot of but experience has shown that government lotteries never remain the lure of All that and the Competition Between governments for a share of leads to Ever greater promo Ever More deceptive advertising and an Ever greater Drain from the pockets of the that process has already gone too regans latest Bright idea should be Middle East the murky Waters clouding attempts to assess the achieve ments of Menachem begins visit to Washington partly result from the Reagan administrations fundamental approach to Middle East the administrations foreign policy process these Days is guided by president Ronald reagans absolute determination to place All issues in the framework of his world View that the United states is locked in a deadly struggle with the soviet Union for such a View informs reagans attitude to Al to Southern to sharing of global resources with poorer to defence spending and to general relations with allies such As he approaches the Middle East cauldron with one question always at the Back of his mind How does this help my struggle with the soviets his support for Israel As one astute israeli commentator said after the presidential from the head rather than from the for Israel is a part of the Western alliances defences against an expansion of soviet influence in the Middle East that could threaten the economically vital that is a change in the traditional foreign policy attitude that israels right to and a commitment to support that right by military and financial Are moral imperatives for the american begin finds Little difficulty in adjusting to such a he displays scant interest in couching his Appeal for help in moral he conducts his regional policies within a moral framework different from that of former israeli his decision to destroy Iraq unfinished nuclear research reactor was based less on evidence of imminent danger of Iraq producing a nuclear weapon than on his determination to use the military Power at his disposal to show the arabs that his Israel is to be he has accepted no moral responsibility for the heavy lebanese civilian casualties that occurred when he ordered the bombing of a Plo building in downtown it is True that Israel faces a ruthless enemy in a palestinian terrorism that eschews All moral considerations by indulging in random until begin came to there was a Clear distinction to be made in moral terms Between Plo action and israeli the distinction is now less Reagan and Secretary of state Alexander Haig were on common ground in their Basic assessment of the current begin expressed his distaste for the proposed Reagan administrations Sale of Azacs jets to saudi Arabia but privately acknowledged that it is a logical part of a Middle East policy couched in East West he offered an enhanced strategic partnership that would include specific military support for any plan to thwart soviet expansionism by projecting Power into the Middle this would mean use of israeli ports and an offer of israeli air cover for land and sea and facilities for storing in Israel armoured personnel carriers and other in military such an offer is in political it is less attractive for an administration that needs the Friendship of Arab countries As part of its Middle East strategy to counter the that is Why Haig was much More circumspect about the proposed new strategic relationship than was he referred to stockpiling of medical supplies in leaving for later any possibility of military a crucial Issue on which no Advance seems to have been made is that of palestinian autonomy on the Israel occupied West Bank of the Jordan River and in the Gaza Snail like Progress on this part of the Camp David accords has caused dissension within Israel and within begins Cabinet at various it has angered and frustrated egyptian president Anwar Sadat May help to explain his current Domestic political by deciding not to put pressure on begin to make realistic autonomy Reagan has discarded a policy option that could do More than anything else to bring Middle East peace thatchers massacre the most obvious beneficiaries of British prime minister Margaret thatchers shuffle of her conservative Cabinet will be the fast growing social democratic this is because she has chosen to throw Over the Side some of her most vocal Cabinet critics so that she can hear with less interruption the single word that she most enjoys from her colleagues it is no coincidence that this move comes in a week in which the Bank of England effectively the political Crea Ture of the government of the Day plans to raise interest High interest rates Are an important tool in thatchers version of almost three million British working people per cent of the labor Force Are unemployed the rate increase will boost this the three fired Cabinet plus fired party chair Man lord Are guilty of the sin of telling Thatcher that her current economic policies Are driving the country towards a depression and the conservative party towards defeat in the next general lord Thorney Croft had the effrontery to say publicly that sir Geoffrey Chancellor of the is wrong to claim that the worst of Britain economic slump is the bloodletting included sir Ian spokesman in the House of commons for foreign affairs and Deputy to foreign Secretary lord sir Ian is one of the Foremost intellectuals of the a civilized Man who sees quite clearly that Thatcher is sowing a wind whose Harvest will be a whirlwind that will greatly Benefit the social a few Days the divisive shambles within the labor party led the labor my for an important London constituency to abandon 30 years of allegiance by joining the social at the same 16 members of that constituent cys Labo controlled City Council the social democrats Are now the third largest party in the with 15 former labor and one former conservative every Public opinion poll reflects powerful voter support for the social democrats Centre together with a revulsion for extremism in the two main cares naught for such develop she knows she is her verdict on the need for social cohesion is demonstrated by her banishment of employment minister James prior to the political graveyard of minister for Northern As Welcome to British politicians As the finance ministry to Canadian prior his lateral promotion for favouring reductions in unemployment and for being the Only Cabinet minister trusted by the All were looking for these Days Are lads Able to ride a horse and with an ear for music Alcan people can be heard some cynics Are suggesting that the planned environmental Impact studies on the Alcan smelter and Potash mine Are a foregone conclusion because the government is already beating the Drums for these the govern ment has allocated for Adver Tising the potential Industrial spinoffs and opportunities in this would seem to indicate that any critical questioning of the Merit of these projects would not be viewed seriously in the environmental Impact if that is the it would be a dereliction of the purpose of such As the fact that the govern ment regards the decisions As being made before the assessments have been conducted suggests that justifiable objections concerning the Environ ment or financial arrangements May receive Short hearings an Alert Public can make certain that the environmental and financial concerns Are answered during the hearings on the Impact Manitoba has no legislation requiring that private Enterprise must prepare environmental Impact assessments Eis on developments of because of the magnitude of the Alcan and Potash assess ments Are being other prov such As Alberta and Sas Katche which have such also have guidelines for preparing assess it is pertinent to examine these guidelines in View of the fact Manitoba about to Issue its own guidelines for the Alcan a smelter that will produce metric tons of alumni num annually and employ 700 Alberta and Saskatchewan guidelines both emphasize Public says the Alberta document proponents should attempt to include the affected Public As an integral Compo nent of the Eis the purpose of Public involvement is to provide Ade quate Exchange of information to allow identification of potential impacts and to provide for adequate assessment of their Community signify and to ensure evaluation from the Public perspective of the Altema Val Werier lives and potential gains and losses involved in proceeding with a proposed Alberta guidelines say that the proponent should hold Public meetings and seminars at the earliest Date to inform the Public of the timetable of the As it Calls for Public participation during the assess ment the document says As the assess ment the Public should be kept informed of the specific areas of when the assess ment is the Alberta guide lines say that the proponent must ensure that the Public has an adequate Opportunity to review the Overall imply it must also ensure that the Public has an Opportunity to indicate whether or not the proposal is within the limits of Public the specific views of the Public must be an integral part of the final assess ment report submitted to the govern Public involvement Saskatchewan places More emphasis on Public it says the Public affected by the development should play an important role in the analysis and evaluation of impacts particularly social and eco nomic and in the planning of mitigation and enhancement measures to minimize any negative from the the Public should be provided with a detailed description of the says the Saskatchewan affected residents must also be Given the Opportunity to participate Early in the assessment the final Eis must document All instances in which dialogue with the Public has taken it goes so far As to recommend that notes or Tran scripts of such meetings be recorded and included As an appendix in the final and because the Eis will be made available for Public it should be written so that it can be used and understood by that is a most laudable Many Consul Tants reports contain a jargon known Only to specialists and Are not designed for Public the Saskatchewan guidelines also say the final Eis should be relevant and sheer bulk is not in itself a they also Call for a summary statement to highlight the concerns of the it is essential that the Eis summary be written in very Clear and simple says the Saskatchewan commendable that is a commendable policy that should be followed in every Public they go on to say it is especially important for the summary to contain a Brief statement of the significant gains and losses environmental tra de offs which cannot be avoided if the development is allowed to the question of denying a project should also be notes the Saskatchewan the implications of a decision to deny project approval or greatly modify or delay a should be considered As a legitimate aspect of an As in Public involvement is emphasized throughout the entire pro the government must give the Public notices of the receipt of the and the places where it May be in then the Public is invited to Alcan is anxious to involve the Public and has had a series of meetings with municipalities to decide on where to locate the Manitoba guidelines have already set for the Alcan they should be presented to the Public at for a draft assessment is expected by january it remains to be seen How much Public involve ment there will be during the assess ment and at the hearings to be held by the Manitoba clean environment com detente necessary in his recent speech in president Ronald Reagan said that under the Carter administration the United states had unilaterally Dis armed and consequently didst have anything to offer them the when Jimmy Carter was sworn in As president in 1977 the Ameri can military budget was around by it had soared to More than and in his proposed budget for Carter announced that Over the next five years the Mili tary budget would be All that Money for items such As the cruise and cruise missile peace threat Pershing ii Trident Summa and the components for the Neu tron hardly a Case of unilateral apparently that is too moderate for he wants to increase defence spending in the United states by another trillion Over the next five Paul who was a top american arms control negotiator in the Johnson and Carter adm Nistra Points out that the United states already outruns the soviets almost two Toone in strategic deploy ing to the instead of trying to close the nonexistent window of Reagan should reopen the door to de the Security of the United states and the world demands nothing Martin Zeilig Winnipeg progressives the state of affairs in our province and country of late has me some of the conclusions from analysing our problems Are unchanged from my observations when i first arrived in Canada 11 years no other country in the world has both Industry and labor so greatly influenced by foreign currently in Manitoba we have a govern ment that cannot even govern in desperation they have sold out to foreign interests in return for they have traded our Pride and natural they brag about creating letters the Winnipeg free press welcomes letters from writers must give their name and the authors name will be used and letters Are subject to thousands of new jobs with our in reality we have a catch22 Situa the provincial government is being dictated to by foreign Industrial and the official opposition is being dictated to by foreign labor we should All be thankful that there is now a progressive All three traditional parties Are kidding no one but and judgment Day will be the Day of the coming All the Hogwash on constitutional Are brought before us because these parties cannot face the real prob lems of a recent article in the free press suggested the progressive party has formed no policy to that is not totally upon formation of the the founders issued a Basic set of principles for which the party the progressives Are not in haste to declare policies that May be ill conceived and not Well thought Allan Yap chairman progressive party policy seminar progressive candidate Norbert constituency birthday Charlie Winnipeg born Brighton september to Ripoff Cable to in Winnipeg is a Toronto and Vancouver would not put up with such deplorable so Why should we our Cable companies have been in business for Over ten and recep Tion of signals is hardly any better than Day i would like to know what Moffat communications is doing with my it certainly is not being used to improve they wasted our Money a few years ago to install a useless microwave at Tolstoi when what they should have done was to implement direct transmission service via the North Dakota and Manitoba Telephone i am sure the an Nual Cost of such service is far below the annual Upkeep of our outdated antennas and microwave better Why not satellite recep Tion is there some Law that states our signals have to come from Fargo or grand Forks the Cable companies also use inferior the amplifiers in my apart ment Block Are constantly blowing and require replacing at least twice a i suggest we All withhold monthly pay ments until something is done about the deplorable David Reynolds Winnipeg the real issues Nan in her letter entitled holistic free september 8 is deluding herself if she believes that a holistic attitude in Canadas medical practice will Lead to far greater physical and emotional Well being for All of the holistic establishment and its proponents Are running an ideological course parallel to the medical Stab Only by alter native both establish ments ideology ignores the class origins of thrusts the Burden of responsibility for health status on the individual and actively discourages collective action to remove the Politi Cal and economic roots of both establishments pursue highly profitable entrepreneurial strategies in their practice and promote these under the Guise of human rights and Good physicians claim that an inde pendent financial relationship with no government intrusion opting out of medicare a right that ensures Quality health holistic practitioners cry for their right to provide unimpeded and unproven advice or alter native modalities when establishment Medicine has no satisfactory both traditional physicians and holistic practitioners charge lots of Money to assert their rights and in the end the right to holistic or traditional medical services is exposed for what it always has been a privilege for those who can polemic about holistic and establish ment Medicine obfuscates the real issues surrounding health care Unzem Lack of poverty level financial support for health care Consumers on social assistance and multiple other political and economic causes of disease and holistic establishment Medicine or any other style of health care delivery will never alone confront these Only through mass collective action and struggle will Consumers Ever take control of their lives and destinies and begin to achieve physical and emotional Philip my Are you aware that we now have a missile that can stalk a Man 4 ;