Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 5, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 6 Winnipeg free november 1981 Winnipeg free press Freedom of Trade Equality of civil rights Liberty of religion published six Days a week at 300 Carlton Winnipeg r3c 3c1 by Canadian newspapers company limited Telephone 9439331 Winnipeg free press 1872 Winnipeg Tribune 1890 Donald Nicol publisher John Dafoe editorial Page editor Murray Burt managing editor Rudy Redekop controller the solution of despair a National referendum on a constitutional amending formula and a charter of rights would be an action of despair admission that agreement on a reasonable solution to Canadas constitutional problem could not be found by the men who were elected to find since despair seems to be the logical reaction to the events of the past three Days in the idea of a referendum As a last resort should not be rejected out of the problems that would be created by resort to a referendum Are it would produce a wave of frustration among canadians who want their governments to solve their constitutional differences and get on to dealing with the immediate social and economic problems they Are it would offer a new Opportunity for anti English bigots in Quebec and ant French bigots in the rest of Canada to emerge from the Woodwork and spread their it would permit voters in one or one to frustrate the wishes of those in All the other regions or All the other it could Lead to endless bickering Over the rules governing the in the it could produce a result which gave Canada no Progress at All on constitutional not even an amending none of those prospects is a Happy one and none of them should be risked if there is the slightest Chance of ending the constitutional deadlock by other there Are other ways to Accord and those ways must be explored to the none of the proposals put Forward in the first three Days of by prime minister by Premier Hatfield of new by Premier Davis of Ontario or by Premier Blakeney of provides a workable but they do at least offer evidence that at least some of the participants inthe in the midst of All the ill will and Are actively seeking Compro Premier Lyons notion that perfection was achieved one Day last april and that the Accord reached on that Date cannot be changed contributes nothing to the it is As foolish and unproductive to hold to that position As it is to pretend failing a the Federal package can proceed unchanged to if those efforts do not Lead to an then a referendum May be the Only Way if the elected politicians cannot do their then the duty will have to fall on Ordinary they should not be asked to judge Between two amending with the substantial possibility that they May choose but they could be asked to decide on a charter of that would not be the solution to our constitutional it would be a far worse solution than Many available to the prime minister and the premiers but it would be better than the worst alternative a deadlock which would leave the Issue festering for years to the North needs a break consumer products from Southern Canada always Cost More in Northern Manitoba stores because of the shipping whether the goods go by Road of by the Manitoba government Price Survey last june for that a four kilogram package of White costing in Cost at Norway at split Lake and at Island a dozen eggs priced at to the Winnipeg shopper were costing in Norway at split Lake and at Island some shippers moving goods to flying Points in the North Are Able to keep the costs Down by sending the goods As parcel Post instead of air the Post office has to pay carriers something approaching the air freight but it charges the shipper much less and picks up the the Hudson Bay Codville local retailers and consumer coops Are heavy users of the parcel Post under its new management As a Crown the Post office is taking a hard look at the losses it incurs on parts of that freight haulage which shippers Are Able to package As parcel the Post office could Cut its losses either by a dramatic change in parcel Post rates or by changes in the packaging rules which would oblige those shippers to hire an air freight Carrier but if the Post office set parcel Post rates so High As to cover the shipping costs on its most expensive it would Price itself out of most of the parcel it already has difficulty meeting the Competition of express and courier services on the High volume the Post offices mandate obliges it to make Money where it lose Money where it has provide the customary level of postal service to canadians and keep to a minimum its annual request for Public it to strike a Canadian taxpayers should not object to subsidizing the shipment of groceries to Remote communities in Northern if the subsidy were the Hudson Bay company and other shippers would assuredly not reach into their own pockets to pay the higher shipping costs they would simply Jack up still further the already High prices they charge to Many of whom have Little Cash income to Start when the Post office seeks its annual Grant from it should have no difficulty winning approval for that portion that covers losses on vitally necessary services of that the process of identifying Money losing parts of its operation is one Way for a relink business to find Means of cutting its it is Gratifying to learn that the Post office management is conducting that kind of but the process is carried too far if management automatically scraps every that is the process which Des troyed rail passenger service in much of the country and which severely reduced rail express service in Northern applied to the shipment of groceries to the it could do serious damage to isolated their residents and some Small All following the example of our governments weve formed a and Money Are so what does that leave us Barrett dons runners a Qaddafi pulls Back it appears that libyan Leader Muammar a Qaddafi has been left standing at the altar once Khz Addavis passion for merging his nation with other countries in the led him to propose to Iraq and All of whom eventually spurned the most recent object of his nonet tender affections has been the North african nation of which shares a common Border with in he and chadian president go Kouni of Eddei announced that their two countries would work towards achieving full the announcement followed the successful intervention of Liby an troops to end the drawn out civil War in Chad and secure Power for Gouzounis since the libyan presence has increased in an estimated libyan troops were stationed there to help maintain order and to ensure that the but increasingly reluctant Bride did not this the libyan commander in Chad said that he had been ordered by a Qaddafi to begin the withdrawal of All libyan the withdrawal had requested by urged by the organization of african states and prodded by which regards Chad As being within its sphere of influence in if it is it will be a serious setback for but a very healthy development for the rest of the acquisition of Chad was the first step in achieving two of the colonels most cherished Aims a pan islamic move ment and african of More consequence than these desert is fact that merger with Chad would have Given a Qaddafi even greater opportunities to meddle in the affairs of other african Chad Borders on both islamic and Black african and the Prospect of its being a permanent base for the erratic libyan Leader alarmed both african a Qaddafi is no Novice at interfering in the affairs of other his Oil wealth finances International terrorism from Ireland to the and the nations he has threatened with Force include the Central african Republic and Western All of which Border on either Chad or already the presence of libyan forces has led to armed clashes with the sudanese and has raised fears of a libyan attack on Sudan which could engulf All of that area of Africa in in a Qaddafi has abandoned his plan to acquire it would have taken considerable pressure on him to accomplish leading nations of the such As Nigeria and had urged the withdrawal of the libyans and their replacement by an african peacekeeping France also played an important with the Strong endorsement of go Kouni by French president Francois the withdrawal of the libyans will help to maintain order in an area of Africa that is not noted for its it will also be a remarkable demonstration of the fact that International properly can move even a Leader As As irresponsible and As dangerous As by Peter Mclintock special to the free press Victoria unlike British Columbia voters May not have to go to the provincial polls for another couple of is not the opinion of provincial nip Leader Dave he smells an election in the at the party annual Conven Tion in Vancouver last he warned some 780 of the party faithful that this would Likely be their last annual meeting before the next prepared like Good the nip set out to be come what in the confident Hope when an election is it will mean the fall of Bill Bennetts social government and a return to Power of the who ran the province from 1972 to there was some mild anticipation that the 1981 meeting would be inasmuch As a Small but vocal group within the party was known to be unhappy with Dave Barrett As their dissatisfaction stemmed from what they claimed was Barretts Low profile in recent months his Auto cratic attitude his failure to bring out forcefully nip criticism of sacred actions and opposition alternatives to same his apparent efforts to move the party toward the Centre of the political spectrum and farther away from Basic socialist some dissatisfaction certainly was visible earlier this year when the nip lost a by election in Kamloops a con test that virtually everyone predicted they would win on the old dictum of the coach if the team cant the dissidents wanted Barrett removed before the next election although there is no credible successor on the in the nothing that was anticipated Dave Barrett attacked everything within Nota Bly the provincial and Federal govern the Coal the Mort Gage the it was old Dave Barrett come social worker any thing but Low for his work he received four standing ovations and not a Peep from any in his hour Long keynote the nip Leader Laid Down some party policy for the next the nip come to he it would establish Community natural re source boards to give regional participation in key issues of resource development hydroelectric Coal it would try to develop secondary and tertiary industries to Back up primary i still dream of the Day when were building furniture when were doing Fine printing instead of just exporting pulp and paper of having our own Mer chant Marine marketing Board the nip would also create a marketing Board to Market much As the Petroleum corporation was set up by the nip to Market natural the most Eye and vote catching Plank in the was a Promise that an nip government would set up a fund of billion and offer mortgages at per cent to Home this relatively speak ing Low rate would be available to people buying a Home for the first and also to families trading up to larger Barrett estimated that the Cost to the province in lost interest would be As Little As million a and that this could be met from just on third of the annual increase the govern ment receives from liquor Sale prof the proposal coming As it did Only Days after a Chc paper which predicted that upward of Canad out of order in response to Gordon Sinclair column entitled or free october Sinclair claims that not a love Story was an Eye opening his behaviour showed that opening his eyes was As far As he he was belligerent and out of he neglected to mention in his article that the Lovely lady who asked him to leave had been in the Middle of saying something when he started ranting and raving from the Back of the everyone else had to be acknowledged by the chairperson before she or he but it was Clear that Sinclair Felt that his important words would be appreciated by Sinclair left out several com ments that were made in appreciation an Eye opener on porn for mens concerns with regard to the pornography it was made Clear several times during the discussion that men were Welcome to join the fight against but that they must not depend on women to do their fighting for Sinclair also neglected to mention that one Man offered his Home for the first meeting of an Al male anti pornography it was Clear that other men did not feel rejected or As Sinclair Barbara Reid Winnipeg timely message i have just seen not a love a film about pornography produced by the National film i am sick ened by what i now know about porno As i sat Down in the theatre to View the i heard one person behind me chuckle to his Friend As he skimmed through the films the Chuck Les subsided and then ceased As the film progressed from showing soft Ore porn strippers to hardcore porn showing drugged and beaten i Hope that the two people behind me came to believe the Complex social How can this women manipulating and totally desensitizing process yield a multimillion Dollar Trade How can we As a society sit Back and let this Trade evolve towards the use of More and More violent perversion How can we condone its existence at All rather than enhancing sexual cripples it with its cold not a love Story has a meaningful and timely it must be Donald 3udinsky Winnipeg letters the Winnipeg free press welcomes letters from writers must give their name and names will be used and letters Are subject to roots of War with the current greatly increased military spending and strengthening of military Ordinary citizens feel growing concern about global War How realistic is our concern is it As we Are that increased military spending and the strengthen ing of military alliances will prevent rather than contribute to War it is necessary to examine cur rent research findings about the causes and prevention of since the Canadian peace re search Institute has been studying the causes of War and the requirements for since its researchers Haye been converting findings into a com Puter based upon data from past the computer Model can also calculate the the computer found four causes of they Are a change in the number of military alliances a change in armament expenditures territorial Dis the presence of multinational Only one Factor was found to work consistently for peace a similarity of political the computer predicted three Possi ble scenarios for the the Only apocalyptic scenario is the status quo if present trends major War is Likely in the Early the other two scenarios answer the questions what would happen if the number of nations in defensive Alli ances were reduced what would Hap pen if All the countries in the world disarmed gradually both scenarios show that these two actions a reduction in membership in defensive Alli ances and gradual disarmament would avoid a major according to the the pres ent trends to increased membership in defensive As Well As in creased arms will Lead inevitably to world our concern As Ordinary citizens is All of us have a responsibility to share this knowledge and our concern with our there is Hope for human beings if we can reverse the present Dalche Winnipeg correction with regard to a column by Arthur Chapman in the August 29 Issue of the free press headed contest aimed at budding authors in the Chapman makes reference to the Seal a prize Given by Mcclelland and one of Canadas largest publishing please note that the award is Given by Seal published by Mcclel land and Stewar Bantam we Are not the same company As Mcclel land and and therefore the column is somewhat Tanya Long editor Mcclelland and Stewar Bantam Seal books exclusion there was one very important exclusion from City Hall notebook Section of the free press october City by a majority referred the Resolution for a special ref ref Fum on general disarmament to its executive policy committee for fur ther if the special referendum is accept it will be put before the Winnipeg electorate at the next civic which is scheduled for october Martin Zeilig Mueller Bill Curry Paul Chorney Winnipeg coordinating committee for disarmament Winnipeg up in Good taste while i agree Ander sons assessment of both Brian gory feature on cancer and the undesirable absence of in her letter of october 20 i take exception to her comments on the free press and Gordon i would hardly describe the reporting in the free press As sensationalist or particularly in Light of the debut of the sensationalism would not in itself be a bad indeed the stories make interesting Reading Wor thy of any but i resent the inaccuracies and subsequent drawl of so much text by Way of the corrected versions of the suns stories Are often almost As Long As were the original the contents of the free press Are for the most part accurate and in Good now to Gordon Sinclair Paul ans would lose their Homes in the near future because of High mortgage rates aroused a Deal of some some social credit spokesmen Are claim ing that the plan is unworkable because it would require the province to set up billion in Cash reserves to finance it the province does not have that kind of other critics pointed out that lower mortgage rates would help the Rich More than the in that the larger the mortgage and Richer people would buy higher priced houses the greater the a rouser but while Barretts speech was a the rest of the meeting was anything the resolutions commit tee appeared to have scuttled any resolutions that might have led to hot heavy the result was a convention that some commentators categorized while the nip was stoking up the their prime Premier Bill was locked in weighty constitutional combat with Bennetts activities brought him a lot of Media exposure and some kudos the latter mainly else where in the nation and not in his Home the place where it counts in a provincial this in turn brought him a gratuitous warning in the Public prints from Walter head of the University of Victorias political science depart ment and formerly with the University of Winnipeg that the Premier would be ill advised to Call an election in solely on his apparent newfound popu Larity in Eastern Bennett has shown few signs of doing anything of the sort and he is the Man who will set the election if he should decide to hold off for another two years or As he it May be that the nip has peaked too on the other he should decide to go then the nip will be ready for the sullivans columns revolved primarily around himself and the cuteness of his it is As All parents to resist embellishing on the antics of their Sinclair has done a marvellous Job of not Only avoiding this but also of providing read ers with a variety of controversial and at times just witty themes in his col he is a versatile and Clever writer and an obvious asset to the free Johnson Winnipeg birthdays William Manitoba born no vember Violet ver born de november if we loan you the Money will you Promise not to spend it ;