Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 24, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba 6 Winnipeg free january 1985 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 a member of the Manitoba press Council fighting Bias in jobs a Toronto Experiment in Job Hunting has established that employers in that City have a pronounced Bias against Job applicants who Are not White skinned and in one part of the conducted by a York University White and nonwhite applicants of the same education and work experience were sent in person to answer 201 employ ment advertisements from the the White applicant got 27 Job offers the nonwhite applicant got the White applicant was several times offered the Job shortly after the nonwhite applicant was told it was already in people with different accents answered employment ads by it is Worth noticing that some employers did not the nonwhite applicants did get Job though Only on third of the number made to the White a Universal legislative remedy such As across Leboard affirmative action would demand in creased Effort both from the employers who now Dis Criminate and from those who do from those who can easily comply and from those who would face practical difficulties with the Manitoba human rights commission offered a More practical approach in its draft revision of the Manitoba human rights published last in that the commission would be allowed to require an affirmative action program from an employer who had been the subject of a discriminatory hiring the employer would have an Opportunity to comment on the affirmative action which would therefore be tailored to the circumstances of the Busi Ness before it became an order of the human rights the remedy would be applied Only in cases where there was a demonstrated need for if the Toronto anthropologists findings Are any a great Many such cases would be but a Law demanding affirmative action from All employers alike can quickly be made to look it will require obnoxious paper work from firms with exemplary multiracial recruiting it will impose government inspectors visits upon businesses that do very Little hiring and Are not in a position to offer jobs to the visible it will assume All employers Are guilty of discriminating until they can prove their by the Manitoba human rights commission proposed affirmative action would not be demanded of an employer until someone had complained of discrimination and the commission or its adjudicators had found that the complaint was this is More reasonable than the shoo first strategy proposed to the Federal government in october by Ontario provincial court judge Rosalie Royal she wanted All employers in the Federal labor jurisdiction to be required to establish affirmative action she would not wait for a basis in fact to show that affirmative action was required in a particular Compa her affirmative which she labelled employment would consist of eliminating discriminatory merely eliminating barriers has not proven the Manitoba commissions affirmative action would quite a program of special treatment for victims of discrimination designed to reduce their special treatment is re there is no sense in pretending that removal of barriers will produce equal employment opportunities because it has never done so in the u Nas never Aone so in the vanishing policemen to Vlf to Lii a the budget which the Council adopted a year ago bound the City of Winnipeg to expand its police farce by 11 it also provided that the municipality would not Cut the grass on residential streets in the inner mayor Norrie was not Happy with the elimination of in the the grass was Cut and the 11 extra policemen were not this the Board of commissioners has proposed in the draft budget that the strength of the police Force be kept at its present the mayor believes that the people want More policing and he is expressing dissatisfaction with the he has not yet explained How Winnipeg managed to struggle through the last 12 months with a level of policing 11 constables below what the Council authorized a year the expansion of the Force was proposed in the first place because Portage Avenue merchants were asking for foot patrols along the they believed that the shortage of customers in their stores had nothing to do with the the the service or the Quality of the premises but resulted rather from the shortage of the customers did not see enough policemen and so Felt uniformed policemen on being seen from time to time along the would make those people fee safer and so induce them to come and spend occasional foot patrols have been organized since then when the police commanders find they can spare the constables from other former chief Constable Ken Johnston had been saying that full time two Constable foot patrolling would require expansion of the Force by 11 which is where the number 11 came but the effect on North Portage retail sales has become academic because the Council in the dealt with the difficulty in another it has expropriated most of the businesses affected and turned their premises Over to the North Portage development corporation for a shopping the Board of commissioners is probably right that Winnipeg can get satisfactory policing with the number of policemen it now it is now being suggested without an expansion of the the department will not hire enough recruits this year to justify organizing a Cadet class and so it will be prevented from doing any As a it will not be possible to bring members of the cites visible minorities onto the Force As had been everything that happens turns out to be another reason Why that cannot be spokesmen for the visible minorities never nor should that the police Force should be expanded just to create ethnic the taxpayers of Winnipeg would not appreciate learning that their tax Bills were being increased so that the police department could hire visible minority constables who Are required for Ethan cultural reasons but not for policing the Point has always been Fiat when the department is hiring it should go out of its Way to try to broaden and diversify its racial and ethnic if it is not hiring this then that diversification must be deferred until the occasion to hire does after a years experience with occasional foot patrols on Portage it is time to ask the remaining merchants for some solid evidence that full time foot patrolling will produce a dramatic improvement in their what Market surveys have they done among the people who do not shop in their stores what comments have they collected from people have noticed the existing foot patrols How has their share of citywide sales changed from the year before if they Are Content with the present level of then that should be an end of the if they want the City to incur an extra Quarter million dollars of annual expense on their they should produce proof that the expense is Worth waiting for Laurin who is responsible some funny things have been happening to the Canadian Economy Over the past four and on half employment has gone up by almost and the unemployment rate has dropped to its lowest level since 1982 interest rates Are declining the year year inflation rate has just been revealed As the lowest in 13 and prospects for economic growth in the coming year look immensely brighter than economic forecasters were predicting Only a few months none of these events Means that the country economic problems Are unemployment is still far too High and anticipated growth will not reduce it much in the coming real interest rates remain things Are looking Good enough so that opposition members of parliament Are suddenly eager to declare that the new conservative government is in no Way responsible for the present state of the the credit for any they should go to the states which keeps on booming against All and to trends which were already in place when the tories came to All May be but the interesting thing is that the politicians who say that the new tory govern ment is not responsible for any of the Good things that have happened in the Economy since election Day Are the same ones who were ready to blame it for every bad thing that happened from the moment the last ballot was counted on september by Frank Walker special to the free press Montreal now we must wait at least a Camille Laurin told before we will know what he and his dissident followers who walked out of the parti quebecois convention plan to there will be meetings and More that is All he was prepared to As for Premier Rene he did not seem to care one Way or the he hoped those of the dissidents who could learn to live with the idea of Independence As a Distant goal dream would return to the for the including some of his Long term he was not interested As far As he was they could do what they liked and go where they the Premier regards them As extremists and he has spent most of his political life ridding himself of that dangerous Issue the final vote at the convention was 869 in favor of the Levesque position and 469 but the Issue itself was not As Clear As it has been made to Levesque never formally abandoned separa he Only and the polls support that it was a dangerous Issue to raise at the next As for his they did not want the election to be made a referendum on As a previous convention had deter but Only to keep it As an Issue while stressing other they were prepared to go along with the Premier in his efforts to negotiate a better future for the province from prime minister Brian extended opting out would do for for the Issue is does the Premier really believe in an Independent Quebec he Proba Bly does but not in any practical Laurin and his followers Are in a curious in fighting for the Independence option they Are fight ing the tide of opinion in the prov a poll published on the eve of the convention showed Only four per cent of Quebe cers want ind Epen with a further 15 per cent favouring some kind of undetermined sovereignty association with Cana the a staggering 52 per would like Quebec to be a province like the Laurin could not have had worse coming As it did Only hours before the with Only four per cent on his Side it is difficult to see what practical course he and his supporters can they could choose to fight the tide and set up a position for the the course of idealism and very but it would have Little to do with politics As they Are and Are Likely to be in the foreseeable Levesque was to go with Independence was to commit political As a succession of polls have shown Over the past few the less the parti Quebe Cois was linked to the closer it came to the front running the new pm has made the general election a close fight and not a runaway for Robert Bourassa and his fascinating the special convention proved very Little and the premiers closing remarks were hardly of a kind to set the fires burning in the political As is so often the the Premier was at his most interesting and most revealing in his offt Decuff he was fascinating about the convention vote had at last freed the parti Quebe he from the path of blood into which it had fallen during the Trudeau there Are those who have Long believed that separatism in not so much an option for the province As a ground upon which Levesque chose to do Battle with former prime minister Pierre tru Levesques words would seem to Bear out the Validity of at least part of this the War Between Ottawa and Quebec City had a lot of personality in the Premier also said that the vote would allow the party to reconnect with the which again puts separatism on a rather lower level than the idealistic vision which motivated so Many of his followers for so Many interesting the poll conducted by the crop organization had some other inter Esting things to say about politics in this As they were last week 47 per cent of those polled thought the Premier should step Down before the next election Only 39 per cent Felt he should continue As in part this View have been influenced by the rumours of the premiers put to rest after his visit to those polled also Felt that Pierre Marc a would be Able to defeat the liberals if an election were held the vote was close 47 per cent saying they would vote pm if Johnson was the and 46 per cent the kicker was if Levesque remained As Only 39 per cent would vote pm while 53 per cent would vote this last brought out another of those revealing remarks from the he suggested to reporters that it would be dangerous for Johnson if they were to continue to talk about that particular figure in the Levesque spoke Gen but his meaning was he is not about to tolerate an ambitious Crown he would Lead in the next he said very and this is just about the one certainty which emanated from the Conven parking fees there is a Way to Benefit All win nip Eggers at the same build up the Core area to be a proud representation of Winnipeg Poten both economically and cultural now that Cadillac Fairview has taken a positive move to build a Complex which would presumably also contain substantial which Winnipeg needs there seems to be one service that could create motion inwards to the City part of any agreement arranged by the City and the province with Cadillac Fairview should include the stipulation that fees for downtown parking costly which is already should not exceed the Cost of parking on the downtown streets at a parking the biggest problem for downtown is it often costs More to Park than it does for the object the shopper is buy if this were it would Lead to a reduction of parking fees to the same level by department stores and parking lots which now charge an Arm and a leg to people in greater Are using shopping malls in part because of free Park even at present gasoline is cheaper than parking Benjamin freed Winnipeg relaxed Reading i was pleased to hear the recent announcement that the free press will make the big time in having a sunday i suggest to you that the travel Section be transferred from saturday to the sunday edition to meet both your needs for some special interest in the sunday edition and that of the it is generally late saturday after noon by the time the Public has had a Chance to look at the saturday Edi Tion and very few agencies Are open late on if the travel Arti cles were in the sunday being a morning it would enable a More relaxed and thorough Reading of the paper and family discussion before enquiries Are made on looking Forward to your sunday John Cann managing director Obrien travel service Winnipeg i letters the Winnipeg free press welcomes letters from writers must give their name and names will be used and letters Are subject to Hydro not cheap change Law opportunities thank you for the article program helps adolescent parents to hold Down jobs free january i would to Correct a couple of misunderstandings d the selection of participants for the resources for adolescent parents program will continue through out and applications Are still d work experience in the program May occur in Small or Large Busin both private and and May include training in health veterinary personal retail insurance or any other career suit Able to the and interests of the the Winni Peg business Community has been very supportive and help d Young sol support parents have a difficult time combining parenting and full time work is a problem for most they have aspirations and lots of if we ignore the difficulties they experience we can expect to see Lon term welfare de Pendency As their major life expert if we provide them with support and training they will accomplish a great Deal for their children and society As a the youth training option Grant provided by employment and Immi minister Flora which allows us to offer a full year of skill development and work expert offers positive future opportunities for Young people and should ensure economic Independence for our Linda Taylor program manager resources for adolescent parents Winnipeg not new the article theologian sees Hope amid decay free january 5 deserves Bruce the is quoting Donald Bloesch a professor of theology the main enemy today is not the humanistic heritage of the Renais Sance and he but rather the new demons of a nature mysticism and if i understand the professor he is referring to mysticism As a new Demon and an enemy of the somewhere along the line the pro Fessor has his wires Mysti cism is not it has been in existence for several thousand before the Christian the word Demon is too ridiculous to deserve As to mysticism being an enemy of the that is the professors it is the Church that is enemy of Mysti since the first Century mystics have been persecuted and sometimes executed by the Mueller student of mysticism Winnipeg i agree with your editorial paying for past mistakes free Jan uary 16 except for the statement Manitoban continue to enjoy the lowest electrical Power rates in North according to my who lives and works in the area of Wen the residents of that area Are paying about one cent a Kwh As he the lowest in the the objective of a Public Utility is to work for the Benefit of the people and not to subsidize every Dick or Harry 25 years from Public utilities Are becoming too much of a temptation for financing other pet not Only but take a look at the lucrative aut Opac and compare what it is doing with what the government of Saskatchewan is doing with its Public Auto insure i never was enthused about the government taking Over in my the Winnipeg electric company was very efficient and helped to develop the greater bulk of electrical Power for Manito the Competition was also an excellent stimulation for the weaker Competition the if anything should be it is both electric and governments Are strangling the taxpayer to death by subsidizing everything from hockey players to race tracks and some of us Are beginning to think we Are closer to having an oligarchy than a system which is supposed to be by the Rule of the tombs Winnipeg i was glad to see that Revenue Canada finally returned Victorie Hayes seized life the ten per cent interest paid was very generous seeing that in Terest rates were at 22 and 24 per cent during some part of that if we Are late with an income tax there Are penalties added to the i would like to know if any penalties were paid by big the tories held hearings on reve nue Canada last i Hope that the Laws which allow this sort of abuse will be Dennis Mcmahon Winnipeg the Economy turned around just before it got to ;