Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 2, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 6 Winnipeg free october 1981 Winnipeg free press Freedom of Trade Equality of civil rights Liberty of religion too soon for the bubbly published and printed six Days a week at 300 Carlton Winnipeg r3c 3c1 by Canadian newspapers company limited Telephone 9439331 Winnipeg free press 1872 the Winnipeg Tribune 1890 Donald Nicol publisher John Dafoe editorial Page editor Murray Burt managing editor Rudy Redekop controller the new Paul will have to forgive canadians generally and Manitoban in particular if they wait for the documents that he has promised will be forthcoming from Washington before they break out the Champagne in Celebration of his announcement that the Garrison diversion As it has been will be during a Brief visit with Premier announced that there Are no new appropriations for Garri nor Are there Likely to he also announced if Garrison is to be continued As an irrigation the water would flow South into the Missouri River and not North into this is exactly the announcement Manitoban and canadians have been waiting and one that is most unexpected from a representative of the Reagan prior to Robinsons the position on Garrison had been that Canadian concerns Over the possible violation of the Boundary Waters treaty would be dealt with through technology that would guarantee the project would not harm Canadian water or Marine throughout the negotiations on the Canadas position has been that the Only acceptable solution was one that would see no Missouri River transferred to the Hudson Bay either directly or through irrigation Robinson appears to have promised exactly Robinson has not explained what changes will be made in Garrison to satisfy Canadian the entire multimillion Dollar project was designed to Transfer Missouri water to the Hudson Bay if at least through if Missouri water is to be used for irrigation and then put Back into the same then different Farmland will have to be such major works As the Mcclusky which is Complete except for a Small Earth will have to be discarded As and the expropriated land May have to be at consider Able to its original such action would be welcomed in this country As proof positive that no new Marine life could possibly be introduced into the red and no changes could be made in water supplies that would require expensive and perpetual treat it is unlikely that such changes would be As Welcome in North where there is and bipartisan support for the Garrison project As originally one might also suspect that an announcement of the magnitude of Robinsons would require a higher profile setting than becoming an also talked about item that took place during a Courtesy Robinson has told Manitoban that they will soon be hearing from the Premier on the Lyon will Likely As will other canadians concerned about for the supporting Broadbent reversal de Broadbent has come a Long Way in the year since he proclaimed unequivocal support for the Federal govern ment s plan for unilateral Patria Tion of the under pressure from his and responding to the March of new democratic party Leader has now declared that the nip will not support the governments Patria Tion Resolution unless it agrees to one More round of talks with the Broadbent change of heart makes sense in Light of the ruling of the supreme court of Canada that the Federal Resolution violated constitutional it should in crease the pressure on Ottawa to make a new Effort at since the nip offered the Federal liberals their Only Chance of demonstrating that their Patria Tion plans had support across the going to London with a proposal that was rejected not by eight provinces but also by every member of parliament West of Winnipeg would be playing with a weak hand the Manitoba members of the Federal nip caucus Are stretching things when they claim that their leaders revised stance puts them in line with the policy of the party provincial Howard during the past has been All Over the lot on the Constitution and anyone attempting to follow his line would soon be Hope Lessly his most recent comment the whole constitutional crisis was a device to distract attention from the country present economic mess ranks among the silliest statements to follow the supreme court Broadbent revised stance should make a new round of negotiations More it will not ensure their that will depend on a willingness on both the Federal and provincial sides to make meaningful that willingness is not yet could we have your thoughts on the supreme court Constitution decisions Madam or or Madam greeting the newest nation the Gap in aut Opac Ever since the Manitoba Public insurance act was passed in the first year of the Shreyer Manitoba motorists have been compelled to buy automobile insurance from the government before being allowed to operate their vehicles on Public part of this compulsory insurance the so called third party insurance whereby motorists carry Protection for people or property they might injure or damage has never been seriously the need for people to be protected irresponsible motorists was the main reason for the introduction of compulsory insurance in the first the other part of compulsory insurance the requirement that motorists carry collision or insurance against damage to their own property has always been in the Benefit of this insurance is mainly to the government because it produces the larger part of the Premium reve this insurance has always been unfair to the owners of older under aut Opac premiums re main the same for the first ten years of the life of a but compensation for especially in the Case of what Are termed write offs drops drastically after the car is a few years aut Opac has always been rather secretive about the by which it determines the value of a the general opinion seems to be that it generally pays what it Calls Book value plus whatever the owner can argue out of the the total is Seldom what the owner thought his car was or what it would Cost him to replace after nearly ten years of arguing that its settlements were and that its payments were aut Opac has Intro a form of supplementary insurance called guaranteed value in it is offering to for extra the insurance most motorists thought they had in the first the Motorist who wants to be guaranteed More than the Book value for his or is unsure about his ability to argue a larger settlement out of an can have his automobile appraised for a if the appraisal produces a value higher than Book the Motorist can Purchase collision insurance at the rate of per a fee that is collected on the total value of the in other the Motorist must pay for his Book value insurance twice if he wants to get the additional the Only interpretation that can be placed on Auto acs decision to offer the extra coverage is that it must have had a great number of complaints about settlements it made in the two things Are wrong with the in the first there is no logic in compelling anyone to insure his own property unless he chooses to do if insurance is the Motorist has a right to expect that his collision insurance will provide sufficient Money to replace the vehicle he is driving with another of similar he should not have to buy two Calgary Victory the decision of the International olympic committee that Calgary will be the site of the 1988 Winter olympics is a tribute to the dedicated work of a group of volunteers from Calgary and an example of what can be achieved when three Levels of government work together towards a common Alberta has already when it played Host to the 1978 Commonwealth that it can come up with the combination of efficiency and friendliness which makes for a successful International sporting with its annual has demonstrated for years it ability to provide a Good time for visitors from around the Calgary possesses All the essential requirements for the Winter it has plentiful and excellent accommodation it has magnificent scenery nearby it has mountains and Snow god it has the by Frank Walker special to the free press Montreal that my favor Ite country has joined the concert of i Hope it will not be Pigeon holed neatly in that strange place we of the West Call the third i Hope too it will be spared a visit from Justin and our prime Belize does not deserve either at least not there May be a Day when Belize or rather its politicians begin to sound like politicians everywhere and the gentle Ness which has characterized the coun try evaporates in the heat of National ism and but so far it seems tourist guide it is several years since i visited Belize for the last time and enjoyed the company of Hildebrant certified tourist or talked with the Young Man from the fishing Board who was supporting a vast Gaggle of rela Tives because these relatives had clubbed together sent him first to the University of the West indies and then on to the London school of eco How he had loved London and All that went with it and the Job he could have had and the wife to enjoy it if he had As he believed it would have been those who had done so much for there he was working for a very Small salary and giving almost All of it to those who had Given him his Chance in the first not to have travelled the humming Bird Highway and looked at the Lime Stone Hills where the mayans still or so i was to have toured the Market in Belize City where there Are More flies per cubic foot than anywhere else in the or to have sat on Ambergris Caye to watch the Waves beat Over the Coral the worlds longest except for the great Barrier take blinders off i refer to Fred Cleverley article in the free press september Why does aut Opac restrain free Enterprise does Cleverley know what he is talking or is he that Young that he would not know about the Days previous to aut Opac i quote from his Are insurance agents in Manitoba who would like to give the customer a break on his insurance costs but the govern ment will not let that has to be the overstatement of the the private insurance companies would love to get their feet Back in the but once would compete with aut Opac in such a Way that being a government would be forced to and then look out you then Are forced to Deal with your insurance agent and you will pay double and triple what you arc paying i had a minor Accident years ago where i was at the damage to the other car was 1 let my insurance agent look after he very nicely looked after me and satisfied the but my insurance Premium went up exactly a year for the following three is this what you Call a Cleverley come take your blinders when aut Opac first came on the the town of Wawanesa was going to be wiped off the map because of Wawanesa insurance losing so much to no private insurance company has declared bankruptcy because of they Are All doing a booming May buy your Black and Decker tools anywhere your heart but please leave aut Opac Barrette 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 private insurance companies a foot in the door i curb a Hazard recently the Manitoba highways department gave me a i left Winnipeg via Pembina Highway and the Smithern stretch of the perimeter on the a new curb is being placed beside the passing Lane of the westbound i feel that the big shots who decide on such construction details must do All their inspection of highways in their chauffeur driven cars on Bright sunny so they know nothing of the hazards of those who drive for a Liv ing Many thousands of Miles yearly in All kinds of i assumed that the highways depart ment had Learned and had left the curbs off passing lanes of the Northern Section of the a few years a family Friend and his hit the curb on the Section of the perimeter from Oak Bluff to por Tage Avenue while the in juries they suffered when their car flipped disabled them for As a 1 have driven Well Over a million 1 know that when it when it is when Road and curb Are splashed with when it snows and blows and fills the passing Lane next to the curb that the curb is i returned from a mile trip to Eastern Canada and the Atlantic i am certain that no where did i see a curb on a Road on any unlit Section of a Hollywood stunt Man pointed out that it is impossible to flip an Automo bile on a smooth for All those f thrilling Auto chases they put Down a curb in such a Way As to be unseen by the that curb causes the cars to Roll maybe our perimeter Highway could be leased to the Novie thriller Ken Kennedy Winnipeg not Many people Are aware of the services of which has been in operation for a Short it is surely something that has been needed in our City As most doctors do not make House Calls break a leg and you Are More or less told to take two aspirins and go to Many doctors overbook appointments and the patient May wait an hour and half and As a is rushed through an recently i had occasion to Call medi Call around after i explained my the doctor arrived within 15 examined filled out a full report of his opinion and what he thought my problem was proved to be Correct after he arranged to get me to Hospital within a Short i would like to thank do Val for his concern and he is a caring too bad that Many doctors have lost their touch and give patients very Little we do have excellent but they Are few and far Conner Winnipeg is to have missed something most though it was not Paris or Jamaica or Haiti but somewhere unique in this Belize is bilingual and most of the business which is not run by the Rem Nants of colonial Britain or outsiders is done by Spanish speaking 1 the Blacks of Belize fun to politics and the police and other such it is a fragile Alliance delicately in bal Ance even when which never really wanted it in the first makes rude noises at the Mennon ites Are some from Manitoba and others from the United lending their special Brand of tolerance and is handed out freely and without Belmopan is the safely away from caucus Belize with a tiny building for its tiny parliament and a pleasant Park and a few like All such created to be it is not real and never will but it does its what there is to be done of without too much damage to the country or the began in piracy Belize began in piracy arid a curious form of slavery which was not slavery in the sense we envisage it is difficult to do the Masteran servant bit when you Are alone with six or a dozen men cutting Timber far up coun everyone equipped with axes and that is not the time or the place to pull the Boss better to share and share it was logwood for its Dye and mahogany which Drew men into the swamps and fevers of the Mosquito coast and kept them there unorganized and Inorg Aniable by either the Span ish or the British neither of whom were keen to undertake the the British finally did it or tried it but even today there is an oddly relaxed Quality about Belize and its peo As though the seriousness of Settle surrogate rep As a resident of the constituency of Wolseley i cannot help but be offended by certain actions of Wolseley new surrogate legislative i of of Len who has been sending numerous government pamphlets and persons to my neighbors As Well As my Domino is making an Effort to introduce himself to his new i say seemingly because the whole Endeavor appears much More like a reelection Campaign at taxpayers in is what i find Domino goes further than just trying to get elected on our in one letter he is obviously attempting to gain personal and conservative party credit for the recent family Law re contrary to various including the free have noted that the conservatives have done Little More than water Down the previous nip governments family Law Reform i do not like being treated As an imbecile at my own skip my door during your next round of Brian Pannell Winnipeg leave royals alone with regard to the Princess bored and tired with life As a free september Why dont the Powers that be leave the royals alone there Are quite a few people who have no use for our Royal but if they cannot say some thing they should keep Norah Parkam 3irch ment somehow eluded them More As though they would Al ways know that they owed Little to the rest of the Canada did give them a very and at one if i remember was involved in planning the sewage still every now and then hurricanes hit Belize and do terrible damage but in the main it is the Trade winds which blow gently in from the Caribbean and make an evening in the bar at the fort George hotel something very army elements for a elements of the British army will still be stationed Young men often straight from the horrors of Northern Burnt a fiery red by the belizean Sun and looking with eyes dimmed by Liverpool and Birmingham and Glasgow at the color and the Light of this tiny coun if Guatemala is particularly the army will take up positions at the Airfield and along the Border and Fly around in at least one of which no doubt is still Landing for information and a Quick Cool Beer As it did at the hotel in which i stayed in the Belize has never done much for tour believing that what was available was Good so there is no fancy Western serving bad North american meals and loaded with facilities which do not there Are Small hostelries serving local food and doing their stuff slowly and Gen getting around is not easy but Dis Tances Are Small and there is always water to take you about and a handful of roads which serve the but better in Belize to find your spot and sit and wonder at that Quality in Man which lets him put Down roots in the oddest places and survive with dignity and Winnipeg loss i have Learned to my deep regret that John Russell is retiring Early As head of the Winnipeg Public i am a former employee of the James Public i Arn aware that Russell is not nobody but there Are few librarians who have his his his willingness to learn and grow and his ability to pay attention to detail without losing sight of the total his professional and personal integrity cannot be ques russells Devotion to Canada and Winnipeg is Winnipeg will be the poorer for his premature Depar John Wilde Winnipeg dont at 1 want the Only one that voted for tru ;