Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 27, 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 King Canute in Quebec Rene Levesques declaration that he has vetoed the governments package of amendments to the Canadian Constitution will rank among the great futile gestures of not Only will it have no substantive it is unlikely even to provoke the political storm which the Quebec Premier Hopes the most probable Fate for or Levesques veto is simply to lie looking dead it is already evident that it will have no effect on the Federal or on it will have Little More effect on the British which will ultimately enact the constitutional and it will have no effect on the courts which have already decided that it is Legal for the Federal government to petition Westminster for constitutional change without the support of any provinces and that it is constitutionally proper to do so with the support of some undefined provincial it will be difficult even for Levesque to arrange a test of his vetos the parts of the constitutional package to which he objects Are unlikely to have any practical effect during his term of there Are no constitutional changes on the horizon which would deprive the provinces of Powers and for which Quebec would want financial compel the clause on educational As it applies to Only confirms what the province is doing in a de Facto Way the Quebec government no violate one of the rights set out in the charter for refusing a person a jury trial or the right to invite him to claim his supposed right by going to court and then arguing in court that the right did not exist because it had been vetoed by is scarcely the Best Way to win Public support for the Quebec governments Levesque argues that it would be undemocratic for the rest of Canada to push on with constitutional change Over Quebec supposed he apparently finds nothing undemocratic in his claim to the right to veto changes agreed on by the members of parliament representing All provinces including and by the nine other provincial govern there is no doubt that the package now before parliament does not represent the kind of constitutional change which has been sought by successive Quebec governments Over the no one has Ever suggested that what is before parliament now is the end of the process of constitutional once a More flexible amending formula is in further change May turn out to be easier than it was in the in the it is not going to be easy to persuade Quebe cers that their rights have been grievously affected when they see their lives going on and their culture continuing to flourish untouched by the supposed villains of the rest of the panic Over foam panic overreaction by the housing Market has exacerbated the problems of homeowners whose houses Are insulated urea formaldehyde some real estate brokers refuse to list foam insulated some lenders and mortgage insurance firms wont touch a mortgage on such a the reason is that buyers Are reluctant to Purchase a foam insulated researchers and the construction Industry have not yet come up with a generally recognized system for determining which foam insulated dwellings have a genuine what the exact extent of that problem is and what Steps must be taken to Correct until such a system is accepted and generally under stood in the housing All foam insulated houses fairly or be regarded As a poor risk both by who cannot reliably estimate if they would face for remedial and by who cannot forecast How much a foam insulated House is Worth in the leadership in filling the information vacuum would most appropriately come from the Federal which authorized the use of urea formaldehyde insulation and subsidized its pronouncements from the government itself will be suspect since its initial decision that of foam was suitable has not been borne out by experience and its subsequent Universal ban is probably also exam but what the government can and should do is bring together people whose expertise and judgment will com Mand respect in the construction and real estate communities and let them produce and publish an authoritative account of the nature and extent of the of problem and its the consultants who routinely inspect houses on behalf of purchasers should be the primary audience for such an they require solid grounds for advising a Home buyer whether foam in the Walls of a particular House is Likely to leak fumes into the House or to permeate the Frame what consequences that is Likely to what Steps would be required to remove any such risks and How much the work would once they Are Able to give those answers the exaggerated and irrational element in the reaction against of foam will gradually so Long As they Are unable to do it will providing a basis for those answers will not get the government off the Hook sober analysis will probably turn up some houses through no fault of the require costly remedial work before they Are certifiably Safe to live the government contends it has no responsibility in Law to indemnify the owners of those but it certainly had a hand in their misfortune and must share in the i want you to miss in completely in Accord with the Call for equal pay for equal bearing in mind the difference in our darkness in the Forest Aid for the beef Industry the suggestions being put to the Senate committee that is looking into the Canadian beef Industry reflect the desperate Straits producers Are in because of increased production costs and declining the Senate committee has already been told that it should recommend a marketing Board that would control both Supply and Price that it should recommend against such a Board that it should recommend a National stabilization policy rather than a and that it should recommend that the use of credit cards for food purchases be permitted and in of All the suggestions put the one that has the most support from responsible agricultural organizations is the recommendation that a National Price stabilization fund be established that would be entirely from producer this suggestion has the value of putting in place a plan that would have the National scope favored by the Federal minister of Eugene but would not have the Supply management provi Sions that Are opposed from within the Industry the National Price stabilization plan would be patterned after the plan that is already in place for producers would pay into it during times of High prices and draw from it when prices Are thus avoiding the wide Price swings that make it difficult to remain in cattle it is not As pure a free Enterprise solution As its supporters would like to it Calls for initial administration costs to be picked up by the Federal government and for Federal Matching contributions to the fund until it reaches an interest producing the plan avoids the control of prices and Supply that Are characteristic of the other marketing particularly in the Dairy and poultry that have caused so much distress to Canadian it is interesting that Sam the minister of agriculture who last put the Prospect of a marketing Board to Manitoba cattlemen and saw it voted now says he would not be prepared to reintroduce such a at least at the provincial Yuskiw does still support the marketing Board concept at the National a stand that is rejected by agricultural organizations in the stabilization fund is the Best solution to the problems faced by cattle it is certainly much better than the put Forward during Manitoba hearings by the Manitoba cattle producers that Consumers be allowed to use credit cards for their food thereby adding monthly interest costs to the already High prices for beef that Are in for the decline in consume by Peter Mclintock special to the free press Victoria Are Tough All but they always seem tougher where you actually so it is on the West British columbian have been swamped in decent weeks with gloomy tales and predictions about the parlous state of their provincial econ recession the fact is despite finance minister Hugh Curtis refusal to admit that the province is in a recession according to him we Are just going through a very difficult the entire provincial Economy is in a bad slump in almost every area geographic and this is making itself Felt through wholesale layoffs in second Ary and service industries in Conse quent increases in unemployment insurance claims in a slowdown in retail sales in falling government reve unemployment rate of per cent is the highest West of in some parts of the province it is above nine per British columbian is not a on Indus but the Cornerstone of economic Prosperity is its forests and related for school Chil Dren have Learned that of every 50 cents comes from its Trees this figure May have changed in recent times but not when things Are dark in the they Are dark and they Are dark these log Ging operations across the province have been shut Down or greatly re Many sawmills have closed or put their workers on Short the International woodworkers of America hearing loss the numbers of people with acquired hearing added to those born with hearing is increasing so rapidly that it is becoming an inter National concern that should be looked at it is estimated that approximately adults in Manitoba have a significant hearing preventing them from participating in Many activities the person with Good hearing takes for for this disability happens at a time of life when their experience and occupational skills Are at a maximum through Many of the Public do not realize that this affliction relates Only to the and not to mental faculties and it is often the attitudes of others that causes the biggest Handicap to Over there is help for those whose hearing loss has prevented the pleasure of plays and musicals they once the Centennial concert Centennial concert Hall Hall has been presented with an pm wireless audio system by the Provin Cial chapter of the to use this a Hardo hearing person going to a performance there will phone ahead to the concert Hall and Reserve one of the 13 individual pm receivers this will allow them to sit anywhere in the Hail once for the first enjoy hearing the performances previously denied today advanced technology is pro Viding exciting new hearing including new types of individual hear ing this can open Many doors that have been closed to some churches have such and others Are investigating future knowing the extremely High Cost of these the Hardo hearing must be grateful to those providing these there Are some Manito bans who cannot afford even the hear ing aids they with the state of the Economy and the average Cost of an Aid being plus costly batteries to operate it is not surprising that some people Are forced to forgo Pur chasing an this creates a frustrating and often isolated situation both for the hearing impaired and for their family and it is hard to accept the fact that the technology and equip ment is available but out of reach due to Lack of another disturbing Factor is the Lack of sufficient aural rehabilitation pro Grams to help adults with a hearing loss to readjust and Cope with their it is to be hoped that this situation is being looked into by the professionals and that improved situations will noise illness and accidents affecting hearing have caused authorities to estimate that everyone will have some degree of hearing loss by the year Irene Cox Winnipeg letters the Winnipeg free press welcomes letters from writers must give their name and names will be used and letters Are subject to not a waste in excess of 750 residents Are being accommodated at the Manitoba school for Portage la it is obvious not All can of placed in the Community and supported with a workshop operation and social and recreation it is not a waste of the taxpayers Money to pro vide a therapeutic swimming Pool and recreation Hall for the residents of the the majority of whom will never be accommodated in the comm Nadine and Charles Lough Winnipeg not justified with regard to the article false alarms free october i sympathize with the police departments efforts to Cope with the High incidence of false even i cannot see any justification for it to use this As an excuse for the recent Accident on Pembina Highway involving a semitrailer truck and a police no mention was made in the article about the Driver of the semitrailer going through a red so i assume the police Cruiser was going against the traffic Light at the time of the Acci no emergency false alarm or is justification for any emergency vehicle entering an intersection without the Driver first having taken the necessary precautions to ensure that he can enter and leave the inter Section Russell Winnipeg Pitfalls As a new firm established to install and service satellite television reception we noted with interest your article on satellite to reception free november 7 and commend your reporter for the excellent overview Given a Complex new we would like to Point out a few Pitfalls that face a potential buyer of satellite reception the transmission techniques used for Satel Lite television transmission result in very weak signals being just barely above the noise with pm modulation a Good picture can be received with such a but if the signal level Falls even slightly the Pic Ture Quality deterioration is quite dra while there Are six or seven satellites carrying television and radio it is not possible to receive More than one without either rotating the receiving As can be easily done with a parabolic or moving the focal Point fee Horn of a spherical such As is shown in the photo with your spherical antennas Are limited in the number of satellites which can be received since they cannot be physically to receive each separate satellite with a spherical requires moving the an i Conven particularly in the unit pictured in the developed in Arkansas by satellite to Pioneer Hay Den while requires extremely precise install while satellite receiving antennas receive All the publicity because of their physical the elec tronic components Are of critical in recently estimated that 17 per cent of its Western Canadian membership was out of and undoubtedly that figure has gone up since the estimate was this has meant hard times for towns whose Economy revolves around their Mills port Prince and Many in some cases things Are even honeymoon in Vancouver islands cow Chan Valley is or was a on Industry town the Western Forest industries lumber now it has closed per leaving 357 people out of work and the town looking Forward to a Winter in which Severance pay and unemployment insurance will be the Only sources of the cause of the slump is twofold Low prices for lumber and a dramatic drop in the number of housing starts in the United states the main Market for the Wood Industry in the Western shares to the Point where some politicians have been calling for an embargo on in the doldrums the Mineral Industry likewise is in the doldrums for the same reasons prices and demand both thus Curtis faced an unpleasant task in preparing his second quarterly review of the fiscal year released the other he had to admit that tax Revenue from forestry fell million Short of partly due to a Long strike in the Industry this sum Mer Mineral tax Revenue by Mil lion the provincial sales tax by Curtis had promised to balance his billion budget by March he remains confident that he will do this and even have a million sur Ortance to Overall system per Tor the manufacturing control and final align ment of the Low noise amplifier Lna is a specialized Art and Only a few professional manufacturers pro vide a Quality product in this receiver performance and features vary widely and a buyer is advised to shop very carefully in this ser vice and repair is very and a Quality product cannot be made or sold in one pays for what one and the individual contemplating Purchase of a satellite to reception package should take care to consider equipment Lon ease of installation and future flexibility for reception of the addition Al satellites soon to be Gordon deck Winnipeg Honor treaties if politicians and managers of our government continue to put native concerns in a separate category we will keep getting ourselves into your editorial native rights free november 12 on the claims of native people visa is the recent Federal provincial agreement on the Constitution at least acknowledges the legitimacy of native human rights you conclude in terms of political indians do not have enough votes to aboriginal claims have gained National Legal As based on treaties Between Sovereign and a growing number of canadians see our Overall survival As depending upon the fulfilment and honouring of original Bill Curry Winnipeg by using corrective this Means a squeezing government department spending even More and b raiding some special purpose funds in which the government has millions Squirrel led these in clude million for Vancouver place million in the lottery fund million in a fund to give Vancouver a covered stadium million in the Northeast Coal develop ment playing games understandably this financial Leger Demain has brought some the Dps finance Dave Stu has accused Curtis of playing and claims that no matter How one looks at will be in the red at the end of the fiscal while the recession or difficult time has so far made itself Felt mainly in the areas immediately affected by the shutdowns and its effects Are beginning to filter Down to other including cities which have other economic planks in their the hotel business is the restaurant business is off people continue to eat but not As there has been a marked slowdown in the Sale of airline with falling retail stores have been laying off Many concerts and live theatre performances Are being Given to less than full nor Are mat ters helped by the fact that Vancou vers inflation rate is the highest of any Canadian City per in the Only economic indicator which does not seem to have and which continues to maintain its Normal is the Sale of Beer and which May prove on solid ground Fred ant metric As Al on solid ground when criticizing the application of the metric system in rather than the metric system the stubborn insistence by bureaucrats on enforcing the use of Millimetres in Stead of is nothing Short of the millimetre is the thick Ness of a and trying to visualize the size of a 25 foot by 45 foot building in 7 620 by 13 716 surely goes beyond the spatial Concep Tion of when the metric system was introduced in most of fortunately for the people there was no big brother National research Council to guide and the system was simply Given to the people to they quickly sorted by what were the Best features of the system and used metric measurements corresponding to the required for the partic ular unit to be the Milli metre was assigned its rightful place in Medicine and wherever millimetre accuracy was in metric Canada is going it the rest of the world is out of Langes i ;