Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 2, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 6 Winnipeg free december 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 Economy on the skids the figures Are not in to prove it but there is not much doubt that Canadas Economy is in in the economics a recession is defined As a period in which the Economy declines during two consecutive statistics Canada has already told us that it declined sharply during the three months from july to there is evidence All in layoffs and Slack that it is continuing to decline in the current at the same time that statistics Canada was reporting on the current the conference Board was predicting worse to it saw Prospect for the Economy in with unemployment rising to per cent of the labor Force from per cent this year with business investment declining in real terms by three per and with consumer spending rising Only the hopeful part of the forecast was for a decline in the inflation rate to per cent from per cent but that was accompanied by the warning that increased wage combined with Only modest productivity could put at risk Canadas competitive position in world All of these gloomy statistics and predictions tend to confirm the suspicion that finance minister Allan Mac each ens last budget was tailored to Cope with a somewhat different Economy than the one that actually existed at the by the time Maceachen Rose in the House of commons last month to present his fiscal the Economy was already declining somewhat faster than the minister and his experts had that Means that growth this year is Likely to be a Little slower than the minister predicted and unemployment a Little the budgetary predictions for economic growth in 1982 Are the same As those made by the conference Board while the boards inflation is a Little those facts have inspired new demands that the minister make major changes in his budget to Cope with the new Maceachen has already done some tinkering to Deal with such As the Brief halt in rental he May have to do some More to Cope with sheer bad it is too Early to determine that a major budgetary shift is needed to Spruce up employment at the expense of even worse if the past year has demonstrated it is the hopelessness of trying to Fin tune the economic growth was much stronger in the first six months than the government either wanted or when High interest rates suddenly they bit with a producing the sudden third Quarter some economists predict after a continued slump in the first half of next it will rebound whatever happens to the Canadian Economy is As to be heavily dependent on the United states and the course of government action there is still All this indicates that there is no instant cure available and for Maceachen is Best advised to stick to his budgetary except for the marginal tinkering which is needed to Correct obvious our deteriorating Navy with clockwork canadians Are reminded of the deterioration of their armed the latest report comes from where Navy officers say that 16 of Canadas 20 warships have to remain in port because of dangerous cracks in equipment that could if they were sent to in further damage to the vessels and injury to members of the the latest report elaborates on earlier discoveries that resulted in some ship stand Downs three weeks and the main message is that the damage is More the deterioration More severe and the danger greater than was first As a Canada is left with Only four ships All tribal class destroyers to carry out All the tasks for which it is responsible As a partner in to conduct All the sovereignty patrols that Are necessary and to act As the enforcement Arm of Canadas declared exclusive economic zones that stretch out into the oceans from both East and West the repairs necessary to enable the 16 ships to return to duty Are both Tim consuming and they will have to be carried out because the first new ships to join the Canadian Fleet Are not scheduled to be delivered until in the Canadian sailors will have to continue what they Are by practice Best at that is making do with what is exercises necessary to the training of Crews will have to be responsibilities to nato will have to be pushed off on better equipped partners and the enforcement necessary to protect Canadian economic interests will have to be the blame for the present situation cannot be Laid at the feet of the officers in charge of the or on poor or on Lack of enthusiasm or Lack of the military men responsible have done their Best in All these the military has warned about the deterioration that must be expected because of the age of the equipment so often that its complaints have taken on the characteristics of a broken the blame must go to the politicians who allowed the entire Canadian military to slip to its present place on the list of government at first military needs were simply not Only As far As ships were but where aircraft were and where new equipment was needed for the make do became so common a practice that by the time making do had run its course All branches of the services were in deplorable Munfor without a program of continued it has become impossible to catch the ships that have been taken out of service have been in service for More than 20 like the aircraft now being flown by canadians in they Are older than most of their the Federal government has made much of enforcing Canadian ships that Are tied up because they might blow up cannot protect Canada or Canadian the senators bad advice senator Hazen argues latest argument against changing the crows nest pass agreements is the worst of a Long line of bad arguments presented by the wests non elected spokesman in senator argue now says that new business being generated in other commodities Means that the railways can afford to maintain the statutory rates on it is the same argument that persuades governments to raise taxes on ignoring the fact that it is the and Consumers who will have to pay the and not necessarily the businesses that Are the suavely commission presented the most objective figures Ever suggested for the Cost of the statutory Grain rates to the the Snavely applied to 1981 shows a Gap Between the Cost of moving Grain and the Revenue received of deducting Branch line by which Federal tax dollars Are used to maintain and upgrade otherwise unusable lines so that Grain can be the railways still have an uncompensated loss of to say that the railways absorb this loss flies in the face of the railways collect this Money from the shippers of other commodities and eventually from the Consumers of the products that Are everyone who buys anything moved by rail pays part of the shortfall resulting from the preservation of an agreement that fixes Grain transportation costs it used to be said that a Farmer could ship a Bushel of wheat to an Export port for less Money than he could mail a the statement was True when postage stood at 17 but it will have to be revised when the Cost of mailing a letter As it is scheduled to do to 30 perhaps the situation could be and the railways As senator argue appears willing to to afford the Crow rate if the extra business the senator is counting on did not exist the extra business on which the railways can expect to make a will by its nature put additional pressure on Grain no amount of Regula or government can Hope to Force railways to on a priority a commodity that costs them Money when they can carry another that makes them a it is precisely this situation that has persuaded nearly All responsible agricultural organizations to lobby for a More realistic Grain the railways Are already producing figures that show demands on their lines and equipment so far above their present capacities that railway officials Are talking about rationing trains beginning in 1984 and continuing this practice until capacity can be the government has fought the railways on the Crow rate in the and the government has the government owned Hopper cars Are the visible White flags of rather than carry a commodity at a the railways allowed their equipment to rather than face the the government sidestepped it by using tax Money to provide new at the same time the who Are supposed to be the beneficiaries of the Crow Are finding it increasingly difficult to get their crops to the More pressed the railways Are by profitable business the less Likely they Are to address the problem of moving its priority will drop once All the figures senator argue produces about the shrinking percentage of the total railway business represented by Grain will not persuade the railways to give Grain haulage More the More other business they the less Likely Are they to worry at All about the problem the Crow rate causes Donald Nicol publisher John Dafoe editorial Page editor Murray Burt managing editor Rudy Redekop controller were running out of tricks want to 60 for the show stopper v j cd is sir How to be an instant hero this is a Story of How i became an instant and How easy it is to be it started with a Frozen Salm i like and i could not resist Salmon on Sale at half so i bought one and plunked it in my Freez As the Days went i thought of the Salmon Cooling its heels so to while i frankly i was afraid of that i had never cooked Salmon and i was intimidated by the engineering skills such As for poached i recall Reading somewhere that this involved wrapping each Steak in cheesecloth and tying the ends with that is not my style i am not Good at making Little Coats for Salmon or any other haunting i tried to put the Salmon out of my but returned to haunt i knew if i did not act with despatch that the Salmon would be ensconced in my Freezer for there is one Way to Force the Issue Call a few friends and invite them for a Salmon i did so immediately and that alone gave me a feeling of i began to take a friendlier View of the some time ago my daughter Judy had bought me As a gift John Clancy fish a Subtle hint that my Job was to do the cooking and that i could Leani the finer Points about preparing John Clancy is heralded As a renowned master Baker and he has some practical advice about making certain the fish is fresh the flesh should be firm and should Spring Back when you press Down on it with your if the flesh remains Dent the fish is not he also advises in fresh fish the Scales Are shiny and tightly attached to the that the eyes should be Bulg ing and Handy to know but not for my Salmon minus head and i would like to pass along a tip to Clancy and other Cookbook measure a fish before you buy mine was three inches too Long for my pyrex so i settled for a cookie Clancy did not Tell me How to bake a so i resorted to larousse the world the internationally famous Bible of the recipe Val Werier for a which i do not possess it and this is the better the fish May be enclosed in a special spit made in the form of an Oblong Oblong cages i did not want to display my Only roast that is the sort of advice i find in they Call for manoeuvres beyond my cookbooks give me an inferiority they de moralize and when they strike a particularly devastating i Call on Rebecca is a great Cook who can rattle off a recipe on anything without any reference to a i told her about my Frozen her recipe was simple season fish with garlic and a Little oregano and a lot of dabs of slice an onion and place at the Bottom of a Brush with pour on Quarter cup of White wine Over fish and bake at 350 for less than an no stuffing that my style i re just the Day of the Rebecca called Ive been Why dont you stuff the Salmon i that getting too fancy for Rebecca made it easy Why dont you bring it Over and ill stuff it for you i would not even pretend to spurn such a glorious i grabbed my a prepared package of stuff and rushed to her what a gorgeous fish she encouraged it was a pleasure to watch Rebecca at first she Cut off the to and she adroitly dug in with her hands and removed the no she scraped off the flesh remaining on the Bones and re turned it to the she placed sheets of aluminium foil on the brushed them with mazola and installed the then she sprinkled paprika on the outside Salt and Pepper within and just a touch of garlic she mixed the stuffing As directed on the patted it neatly within the and fastened it with tooth looks i said appreciative there was More to Rebecca mixed Mayonnaise and dry onion Hasting it with her Small How do you know its Okay i its Rebecca assured some paprika then she deftly spread this new concoction Over the again some to make it look she sex i admired the Way she enclosed the whole affair in aluminium leaving space on top so that it would not smudge the the fish weighed three and on half pounds and Rebecca recommended one and on Quarter hours at the last 15 minutes with the foil that six of us sat Down for i had garlic White wine and that gorgeous re Becca had suggested i place three slices of and sprigs of Parsley on the fish when people will be she assured that was an i would say they were i had set the mood by declaring it was my that i was going to do the serving and How did you do it asked one its absolutely nothing to i it was dear i was regarded with new As a chef As a purveyor of Fine the praises showered on Days my friends were still talking about my stuffed said one i told my daughter that your Salmon was out of this that is How i became a dear and it was All so Public houses the article saturday night and no free november 21 really hit Home with some very obvious truths about the entertainment scene in and All of despite claims to the there Are not Many cheerful entertainment establishments for the silent majority who want a few Basic food Well and the youth Are Well served in the typical hotel drinking though they have a surplus of loud music and troublesome Tough other Friendly cheer in pubs drinking spots Are either or despite the defence of this Type of drinking and entertainment mentality by Dario executive director of the Manitoba hotel i think that Bob Axworthy hits closest to the Why Are British and some american so refreshingly comfortable and filled with no combative people of All Ages the answer is that neighbourhood pubs and taverns Are cheerful because they Are separate not attached to filled with people familiar with each other As Public they Are dependent on having a Good in Winnipeg a steady clientele of neighbourhood dwellers could support a local pub and bring a degree of human Ity to the drinking Laurie Logan Winnipeg infamous stones congratulations on your excellent coverage of the rolling stones concert at Paul civic Centre i was one of the disgruntled Winni Eggers who endured the and but in the end it was Worth it to hear and see the infamous stones in Given the i would probably do it Barbarajea Jackson letters the Winnipeg free press welcomes letters from writers must give their name and names will be used and letters Are subject to Good Samaritan when on Holiday in my Friend had a bad fall on Carlton a Young gentleman came to our Aid and drove us to the health sciences my Friend received the Best of Atten Tion at the and made a Quick had it not been for the Quick assistance Given by this she May not have been As i regret that i did not take his name Down at the time think it was he was on his Way to a Job appointment and we sincerely Hope he did not lose the Job by taking time to be a Good Samaritan to two grateful senior Margaret Marshall Road hockey playing Road hockey is a Nono in our City and some people Are Quick to Call the police when they spot kids playing the for violation of the Law is just but How often Are these kids a threat to life and property surely Road hockey beats having youths congregating on Street my advice to the complainers is this if kids Are seriously disrupting and Are damaging Call the police and throw the Book at on the other if the game is played on a quiet Bay and the youths Are Well then please leave them there ought to be a spirit of Giveand take on both Heidman Winnipeg putdown with regard to the article National cyclist exposed free november Steve the Young aged has already won four Gold medals through tremendous the article talked about his who were also Well known for their cycling efforts and of his fathers accomplish which had no connection at All with his sons winning four Gold i hate especially of a 17yearold i do not know How his family will but i am sorry you spoiled his Dowie Winnipeg Price too High a Short Man who set fatal explosion granted immunity in Ottar free november 12 de serves further the report con Cerns immunity that was granted to a mob informer by Toronto de spite admission by the Man that he had set a blast which killed a restaurant Cook and injured the owner and de spite other offences which he has committed since receiving police protect the in terms of the is that the former mob enforcer has helped to gain guilty pleas from at least five underworld Howe the message Given by this kind of dealing with persons who have clearly broken the Law goes far further than the ability to gain a few it reduces the struggle with Lawless elements in society to a Battle Between us Guys and you it is the kind of mentality which dominated the Nixon when anything went As Long As it was successful in beating the issues of Public concern become not so much a matter of right and but of skilful exer Cise of if police feel free to indulge in such practices it need not take Long before they will feel free to employ similar tactics to harass and prosecute other segments of the problem with the action of the Toronto police is that it puts the Law into it we will Over look your serious offence if you help us catch other it May indeed result in some criminals getting but what if the result is that hundreds of other people gain a lessened regard for the Law giving an admitted offender am Nesty in order to catch other offenders May be a Victory of but for a society which would like to generate a genuine respect for the the Price is too Harold Jantz Winnipeg warmongers hearing the recent statement by president Ronald Reagan that a nuclear War could be waged on the Battle Field such As Cannon and rockets leads me to conclude that Reagan and his irresponsible warmonger government is ready to fight to the last european As a thou Sands of our Canadian nato troops would i Trust the Federal government and the opposition has been made aware View with alarm machinations behind reagans aggressive Doug Hughes Leaf i ;