Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 26, 1983, Winnipeg, Manitoba 6 Winnipeg free april 1983 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 esl 1872 Winnipeg Tribune 1890 Donald Nicol publisher John Dafoe editorial Page editor Murray Burt managing editor Rudy Redekop controller think twice about gifts whatever is finally revealed in the Federal governments latest plan for the revitalization of downtown the one element which ought to be flatly rejected by Winnipeg City Council is the demand that it come to a decision within two politicians against All to imagine that the solution to severe Urban problems is to charge ahead without they persist in the feeling that the important thing is to get old buildings knocked Down and new buildings put what the new building is for does not matter much so Long As it costs a lot of knocking Down a whole lot of old buildings and putting up a whole Jot of new ones is even More but past experience has demonstrated that the wholesale razing of a sector of a City is not always the Best Way to go about ministers in senior governments tend to fear that any debate or questioning about their Large scale proposals will Lead to endless wrangling and frighten off the investment that the project is supposed to no one need deny the Talent of municipal politicians for endless but anyone who wants to study the effects on Urban development of charging ahead without thinking need Only look at the North Side of Portage Avenue Between Edmonton and Carlton Street or the site of the Firestone tire store a Block the buildings along Portage Avenue were expropriated to make Way for what was once to be a Large open then was to be something else and now is to be something else while the authorities who expropriated the buildings try to make up their minds about what to do with the land they have a Block of Portage Avenue has been turned into a gently undulating mud pile and a once Busy garage stands that experience should convince City councillors that they have a right to ask some questions about what senior governments have in mind for some fairly obvious questions Spring to the first and most obvious question is whether the million or More which is reputed to be on offer will be invested in the Best possible if the people of Winnipeg were asked to in order of the projects on which governments should spend million of their would their first Choice be a new Arena to replace one at Polo Park which has not yet been paid let alone rendered obsolete will an Arena provide the Best Magnet to attract private investment or will even with a Large and expensive parking create traffic problems which will deter development will an which houses events mainly in the bring the kind of crowds to downtown which will help retailers is the Best place for a National research Council facility next to an Arena and a commercial Complex in downtown Winnipeg or would it As former City planner Earl Levin suggested last better placed in part of the old car East Yards where it could become the Centre of a new research Park will the erection of a new Arena North of Portage help or hinder what should be the Lon term aim of downtown development getting More of All income living North of Portage no one should Rush either to Praise or condemn the new proposals on the basis of the leaks and rumours which have been floating around for the past week or it will be time to give the proposal rational study when All has been but the City Council and provincial government must insist that time be allowed for study and debate once the project is put before the elaborate and projects which Are presented on a basis tend to simply spending vast sums of Public Money is not the answer to the problems of decay and stagnation which now afflict Down town the essential Issue is not How much Money is spent but what it is spent projects which Are not useful in themselves cannot be justified simply by being made part of a vast redevelopment Council has every right to submit the new proposal to rigid not meddling political negotiations would be a More intelligent Way to bring stability to Central America than increasing the Supply of arms to the Region by several key figures and countries favor such or say they but delay is being caused by squabbles Over just As the Paris negotiations on Vietnam were delayed by arguments about How the negotiating table should be so Are potential participants in Central american negotiations arguing about whether this or that format is too narrow or too while they waste foreign meddling president Ronald Reagan wants a recalcitrant Congress to permit new military and economic Aid to be sent to Al growing numbers of Challenge his Basic premises about Al Salvador problems and the Way to solve just As they Challenge his administrations Covert support of rebels seeking the Over throw of the sandinista regime in Reagan backs these rebels because he sees it As a Way to discourage the sandinista from allowing Nicaragua to be a conduit for arms shipments to Al Salvador antigovernment what Reagan has failed to prove is that the shipments Are Large and that they come Only from the soviet bloc and the International arms Market is amoral and diverse and some of the biggest shipments come out of the United including a Large warehouse on the Potomac a few Miles downriver from the White Libya has just been caught re handed supplying arms to the four plan loads of weapons that were to have gone to Managua through described As medical supplies for colombian earthquake victims and for ended up temporarily on the ground in brazilian authorities acted on a embassy tip and found the it would be better if the sandinista were not importing for themselves or anyone but reagans support of nicaraguan dissidents does provide a threat to justify such it would have been better if nicaraguan de Fence minister Humberto Ortega had not shown readiness to consider the dangerous suggestion of Vadim a senior member of the Central committee of the communist party of the soviet that soviet intermediate Range nuclear missiles be based in Nicaragua and aimed at the United coming so soon after the defence ministers Junta Leader Daniel was photographed sitting across a table from Yuri Andropov As they talked in the the idea that Nicaragua might countenance playing Host to icbms that could hit in five minutes flying time seems to play into the hands of those in Washington who say Central americas instability can be traced entirely to soviet Zag Ladin was floating a trial balloon As pressure on nato to abstain from deploying cruise and Pershing missiles in cynically exploiting Nicaragua Trou Humberto Ortega thus served the interests of both russian and american meddlers by his ill chosen far More constructive has been Nicaragua request that the United states and Honduras hold bilateral talks with the sandinista in an Effort to reduce Mutual neither the United states nor will saying that a wider forum is Colombia and Panama have suggested such a in the shape of a regional in they met on panamas Contador Island and called for suspension of outside military Aid to Central a negotiated end to Al Salvador civil strife and negotiations to end fighting Between the sandinista and nicaraguan exiles who had fled to sensible As it that package went so they have now called for the withdrawal of All foreign military to be followed by direct negotiations Between Central american states and then by a regional peace military advisers would have to leave Al Salvador and cuban military advisers would have to leave if they and if everyone stopped shipping arms into the political and military leaders would have to face new fighting might continue for a but the logic of negotiations would be bound to the Contador groups proposal seems realistic and outsiders should give it a budget goodies for the Rich by Leonard Shifrin special to the free press Ottawa the budget said finance minister Marc More buying Power for Lowe income it also As he avoided a lot More Bene fits for upper income two categories Lalonde presented his tax Breaks in two different individual and and those he described As being for individuals he weighted in favor of Low according to tables included with the a single taxpayer earning will pay less tax this year As a result of this category of changes arid less next a on the other is shown As paying More next and a earner but the tax changes for individuals Are Only a tiny part of Lalonde tax Cut completely dwarfed by the measures aimed at boosting and the finance ministers tables ignore the obvious fact that tax incentives for shareholders do not just Benefit the businesses that Issue the shares they also Benefit the people who hold tax filers with incomes Over obtain More of their income from in vestment than from the finance department reported in a study published 18 months the concentration of investment income in higher income groups allows these individuals to take advantage of tax preferences available to this Type of it pointed and this results in Many to income canadians paying less tax than Low and Middle income Lalonde now proposes to Massi vely increase those the indexed Security investment says the background paper which accompanied the will result in a significant reduction in tax on capital gains on listed common the effective rate of tax on income from share investment could be reduced by Over once the scheme is fully in it will provide a annual tax break for in tax savings 1 removing the current limits on claiming the investment tax credit and extending the year year carryover provisions for this credit and for Busi Ness and capital loss deductions As Well will add another million in tax the special recovery refundable investment tax credit will increase this by a further and its companion the Spe Cial recovery share Purchase tax will contribute what that adds up to is an awful lot of benefits for a fortunate few at the top of the income As the 1981 finance department study 55 per cent of the High income group those earning More than re ported dividend income averaging Over and 50 per cent reported capital gains averaging in Only six per cent of lower and Middle income tax filers reported dividend in come and Only five per cent reported capital outrageous on a budget 1 have no difficulty finding finance department officials prepared to defend the most outrageous seeming of budget Mea sures As somehow being equitable de spite All appearances to the but this time All i could find on the subject of investor incentives were a lot of sheepish the theory is if the Rich Are moved to act by the offering of All this their outpouring of invest ment gets the Economy rolling again and everyone eventually that used to be known As the trickle Down until the Label with its image of the rest of us getting what dribbles off the heaping plates of the Rich fell into in his onetime incarnation As minis Ter of National health and Marc Lalonde would have been appalled by the regressive income redistribution program launched in his in those Days he was not nearly As popular with the Canadian manufacturers association As he is Back to data Ron senior producer of the Csc fifth takes exception to a letter i wrote free february 2 criticizing a Csc to documentary on a Little known Canadian Export techniques of political the substance of my criticism was the linking of John uzbeks research on sensory isolation with the torture techniques used on political terrorists in Over a number of a series of experiments was conducted by the psychology department of the univer sity of investigating How intellectual functions were affected by various kinds of one tech Nique which Haggart notes i carefully omitted from my was the use of White White As used at the University of was a mean auditory stimulus transmitted through which effectively precluded hearing other it was considered the most effective Way of isolating a person from environmentally produced this was not viewed As particularly aversive by student subjects otherwise they would not have volunteered Large numbers to take part in the the late John Zubek White noise was also used in torturing Ira prisoners but a Hig Hinten sity invasive quite unlike that used by John also consider the difference Between the two the student subjects at the of were paid could leave the Experiment at any could preen Prience the phenomenon of White noise and were informed of the Pur pose of the the Ira prisoners were forced to stand facing a often surrounded by men whose avowed purpose was to have them betray their brother Haggard puts Forth arguments to show the isolation experiments in Manitoba were implicated in the torture techniques used by British he Points out that the defence Board funded John Zubek because it wished to obtain information about this May be but what of it researchers will accept funding from any reputable Organiza provided there Are no strings by this it is meant that the researcher is free to explore problems of his using his methodology and is entirely free to communicate his findings to the general scientific com such was the Case with John Haggard and he is that the British authorities in their did Point their Finger towards the isolation experiments at in particular the use of White As a contributing Factor in the barbarous behaviour of British were these authorities aware of the difference in White sound As used in Manitoba and As used by the British torturers outwardly they would appear to be the As both the White noise and the circumstances were very different in the two Why uncritically accept the verdict of a no Canadian authority when the evidence is close at hand Why not interview some of the Many subjects and experimenters involved in the re search on isolation at the University of ask one or More members of the Csc staff to read John uzbeks voluminous publications reporting on letters the Winnipeg free press welcomes letters from writers must give their name and names will be used and letters Are subject to his listen to the White noise As used by him and even risk a visit to the dome at the in other a useful axiom when confronted with differing interpretations of the same event is to go Back to the this we would data is Morgan professor psychology department University of Manitoba Winnipeg air Canada errs we had occasion to return from Van Couver via air As is Well Many people have to travel Miles to reach the Airport in Vancou so it was quite disappointing on boarding the plane to be told it was too late for breakfast and that we would be served cookies tiny and a few this would not have been bad had we been served our Coffee this was 10 and before we had a cup of Coffee the attendants had to go through the entire plane serving liquor to those who wished to buy obvious air Canada is out to make Money on liquor which is very but who in their right mind needs liquor at ten we had an scheduled Stop in As this was not a direct flight we were quite hungry when lunch was once again we had to go through the liquor i must say the lunch was one other complaint most planes have the smoking Section All in one area and it does not matter whether it is at the front or the Back of the this particular flight had the sections split such As three or four non then some then some nonsmoking and so this was As you could not get away from smoke no matter where you Porteous Winnipeg Alberta View 1 take exception with your editorial Nep becomes free March the editorial completely misses some crucial facts surrounding the Oil pricing situation in you suggest that Market pricing for Oil would be More appropriate than the september Energy i do not think that there Are Many albertan who would disagree with what do you think Premier Peter Lougheed has been trying to accomplish for the last ten years As owners of their provinces re have subsidized Canadian con Sumers to the tune of billions of dollars since of Alberta prefers Market pricing for Oil and Gas but it is totally irresponsible to suggest that we use Market pricing when prices Are falling and set artificial prices when prices Are your editorial states that Alberta was out manoeuvred on Rollback provi Sions of the september 1981 agree i suggest that you reread Section 5d of the appendix of the agreement that was signed by Premier Lougheed and prime minister which clearly states while Price would not Rise if world prices fell to below the 75 per cent there would be no Rollback of existing surely you do not consider a news release from finance minister Marc proposing a Rollback Amend ment As binding As an agreement signed by both the Premier and the prime either we stick to the or we go to world prices and let Canadian prices Rise from their current level of about to the world Price of the Energy pricing situation in can Ada is very but that does not mean it should not be Colin Dodd plan opposed it was with utter disbelief that i heard of the government plan to close the obstetrical service at the seven Oaks general i cannot under stand the reasoning for such to claim that the Small amount of compared to the Overall budget of the would dictate the kind of care Given infants is not it is my understanding that the Boniface Hospital obstetrical depart ment depends heavily on the support of seven Oaks and by closing Down the seven Oaks Hospital All the Over Load patients from Boniface and regular patients from seven Oaks will now be sent to the health sciences Are we going to overcrowd an already overcrowded and understaffed facility i am certain that health sciences Centre will always do its Best to accommodate additional but is the end result of a few dollars saved Worth the risk of finding out if patient care does suffer Canadian citizens Are in most cases Given Freedom of what of the Choice of Hospital care in your neigh the Choice of care at the Hospital your doctor prefers to practise out of i am one of the Many citizens of Winnipeg who oppose this plan and voice my disapproval at this Leanne Martinuk Winnipeg a tax Burden the letter rights threatened free april 16 was protesting a loss of personal rights with regard to the proposed legislation for mandatory use of Seatbelt and while one can empathize with motor Cycle riders who do not wish to Wear a i strongly resent the Load that taxpayers must Bear whenever a motorcyclist is paying Hospital and other medical costs for someone who might have escaped death or in jury if a helmet had been worn seems an insult to my right to have my taxes used where Best Logan Winnipeg minority it is now time for mayor Bill Norrie to announce yet another of his famous this time it should be in memory of the league for life in i could not help but notice free March 30 after months of intense cajoling in Church and the spending of thousands of it has managed to attract the support of a whopping Fourt five per cent of Manitoban to its Cru this seems to be a few people Short of the majority of Manitoban that they claim Are against the opening of Henry Morgentaler abortion this result clearly shows that the vast majority of Manitoban do not agree with the leagues extremist Opin ions and that they Are the vocal fanatical minority that Morgentaler has claimed them to they can no longer pretend to be acting on behalf of the majority of Manitoban and they should Stop All of their obstructionist it is obvious that the Choice is not theirs to Robert Janz Winnipeg i was working in a nuclear Plant and one Day there was a i i ;