Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 16, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba It Winnipeg free May Winnipeg free press Freedom of Trade Liberty of religion Equality of civil rights published seven Days a week at 300 Carlton Winnipeg r3c 3c1 by Canadian newspapers company limited Telephone 9439331 Winnipeg free press est 1872 Winnipeg Tribune est 1890 Donald Nicol publisher John Dafoe editorial Page editor Murray Burt managing editor Rudy Redekop controller a member of the Manitoba press Council a promising concept two years we were roof chg Over Portage Avenue in order to revive downtown that plan was found to be impractical so new consultants were new corporate arrangements were made and now we Are roofing Over Edmonton Street instead and putting skywalk Over Portage bit by Winnipeg is deciding what it wants and finding out what it will the shopping mall which Cadillac Fairview proposes to build along the North Side of Portage Avenue looks promising so at three storeys above its height need not be intimidating or unduly together with the Glass structures covering Edmonton and Kennedy it can give the sunny North sidewalk of Portage Avenue a decent shelter from the Winnipeg some kind of awning or colonnade is needed to provide still better nothing about the design unveiled this week makes that Good Quality sidewalk shelter the developers have not announced features of the retail mall that will make it recognizably a Winnipeg or a Manitoba the design does comfortably accept the Odd geometry of the site the height and continuity do Bow to the exigencies of the but it is not Clear How the observer looking at the building will know that he is not looking at a downtown retail mall in in Ottawa or in the observer looking at the air Canada building knows he is seeing an expression of a giant an expression contemptuous of its surroundings and its the retail mall seems innocent of that it would be better still if it bore a Manitoba signature in its the originality of the North Portage master plan lies in what is being done with Edmonton Street Between Portage and it will be closed to vehicular the part abutting Portage will be roofed Over with Glass and made into a year round indoor Park of Public tentatively called the Central opening onto Portage at its South end and onto the retail mall at either at its North end it will open onto a tree shaded Esplanade lying on Edmon ton Street the rest of the Way Over to if there is to be a charming or exciting of delightful place in the downtown a place that will draw crowds because it is a pleasant place to be part of a this is the North Portage development corporation promises that the Edmonton Street Central atrium will be like the retail for extended the retail building must of course close when the shops close but the Public Street should be open at All the Mark of a Hick town is that they Roll up the at a town where they lock up the main downtown Public Square at Midnight is Only one step the Central the Esplanade and other Public spaces in the development should be under the control of the municipality and should be always their links to the retail building should be designed for Locking at closing the developers have worked quickly and Are eager for Quick approval of their but Winni Eggers need some second they need to hear from the cites streets and transit people How the Access will they need to find out who is investing How much for what returns something the development corporation has never they need to know that the awkward coexistence of the Edmonton Esplanade with this news papers production Plant will be the concept is promising but not so obviously perfect As to command immediate a worthwhile review the Dull name and ugly cover of the Federal govern ments discussion paper on Canadas foreign policy should not deter canadians from Reading its 43 forming opinions and joining in the National its competitiveness and Security directions for Canadas International is As trite and meaningless As the titles that too Many academics put on too Many incomprehensible this Green paper does not suffer from the Normal academic failure to communicate on it is clearly that is Good because its purpose is to inform and to it does More of the first than the second but that does not diminish its a better informed Public can play a useful role in examining Canadas foreign in fairly Short Supply in this can As Well come from tie knowledgeable citizen As from officials of the department of external the concept of citizen involvement in the govern ments review of foreign policy is external affairs minister Joe Clark deserves Praise for seeking it out by publishing this paper and asking for Public participation in the his attitude seems More relevant than the instant negativism of Liberal and new democratic party maps chosen to nip my Pauline Jewett dismissed the review As a charade and offered her opinion that there was no Point in the nip taking part in joint committee hearings on Canadas foreign policy that she claimed were to be held Only to give employment to bored conservative Liberal my Jean whose Brief reign As external affairs minister was without achieve ment of any and whose party lost Power because it would not listen to had Little More to a review that has not yet begun cannot be a unless evidence is not required by those making such foolish the fact that Canadas foreign policy goes on every that decisions May have to be made soon by the government on participation in the strategic defence initiative research Effort and about free or Freer Trade with the United does not divest of interest or importance a review that necessarily must take several if the review does make conservative maps outside the Cabinet feel that they Are doing something useful then that is a Good thing for Canadas if they also educate themselves about the issues and listen to canadians outside parliament that is even once they have got Over the Shock of being canadians should respond by Reading this paper and saying what they think about Canadas foreign everyone wants tax Reform Western provincial premiers have come out solidly in favor of tax Reform but they have phrased their communique in such a manner that each is left free to put his own interpretation on the meaning of the word premiers Peter Bill Bennett and Grant Devine Are More enthusiastic about Sakatch ewans new modified Flat tax than is Premier Howard Pawley of none of them sees it As an entirely acceptable can put their support behind a communique that simply notes the merits of tax measures introduced in recent provincial budgets across Western the communique leaves no doubt that everyone is in favor of comprehensive tax Only the details remain in Premier Bennett of British Columbia and Premier Lougheed of who both took the Opportunity to claim that their provinces had the lowest taxes in the can on the basis of the that including the should pay less Premier Howard Pawley of Manitoba can Point with some degree of that the High income earners who now pay Zero tax can hardly pay Premier Grant Devine of Saskatchewan can argue that these same High income earners have complained to him that tie taxation system is so complicated should it be they too would Tod of in Joe Lek and i for input into Small is Beautiful in Montreal be More than willing to contribute their All the premiers can Lump their varying arguments under the Label of the tax Reform communique May be the closest this years Western premiers conference will come to it is critical of the introduction of Federal and hoc tax measures but the criticism is levelled entirely at measures passed by the former Liberal the premiers followed the pattern of accommodation in their communique on which called for a Canada equity plan to provide tax credits for product Ive investment in Canadian Public Premier Pawley found it possible to support the communique on the basis that tax Breaks favouring the wealthy his Normal would be tied to the creation or preservation of while Premier Bennett acknowledged that such a plan called for a change in the Canadian passion for guaranteed Premier Devine reminded everyone that people will put their Money into the damnedest schemes in order to avoid the Western premiers Are proposing that they have a say in what new damnedest schemes qualify for tax in order to Transfer existing Canadian savings into equity by Frank Walker special to the free press Montreal matter what the developers and exploiters May there is something rather comforting in a City trying to be when it comes to the con test with Toronto was Over years even before Rene Levesque and the parti quebecois sent the Good burghers scuttling Down Highway 401 to the Queen when it comes to size the contest is also Over Toronto is Canadas largest City and will continue to birthrate declines Between 1976 and 1981 the rate of population growth in the Montreal Urban Community was per while metro Toronto posted a seven per cent furthermore the Community population is the birthrate is declining the population is growing the of Island suburbs Are proving to be increasingly popular there of the mass exodus of people from the All this has serious financial con the Brief presented to a legislature committee on culture fewer and fewer Are left to share the Cost of Public the Muc report estimated the population of the Community million at the time of the 1981 Cen sus will drop to Only 50 per cent of the islands Popula million people in the City in with 83 per cent 30 years looked at in conventional and assuming its the re port is but there is another Side to the conventional which May be Well Worth while big business May be on the and with it big develop City is already scarred by the last outbreak of construction a new emphasis seems to be growing on the Small but important aspects of City the five year plan for the develop ment of the old port will do wonders for the Riverside and bring into View a Lawrence which has not been seen for almost a Green spaces and open views Are replacing the dismal and decaying Sheds which once were All the View Mon Trealer got of their magnificent the City of Montreal and the que Bec government have allocated million to Spruce up downtown stores and 37 neighbourhood bringing Back to life those Odd Spe Cial segments of any great City which reflect its past and its diver and Montreal is thirty four Mother tongues Are spoken of the total population of metropolitan million Are French speaking and in of the remaining or nine per Are italian Portu German and but there Are also significant groups of Indocci romanians and and smaller groups of turks and assorted minorities no wonder mayor Jean Drapeau could Tell Brian Mckenna and Susan when he was interviewed for their biography of him if you dont understand Montreal is a City of then you dont under stand anything about evidence of the new attitude is All around the other Day it was announced that an Extension of one of the cites expressways would Cost an extra nothing much new Here except the the extra Money was needed so that the Highway could be detoured around an historical the Monu ment commemorates the Quebec patriots who died in the rebellion of there was hardly a whimper of even from the practical among Urban farm then the City and the province announced another interesting he notre one of the islands developed for expo will be turned into a 360acre some 700 people will be employed on the which will give City youngsters a rare Chance to see where their food comes from and How it is he notre Dame will thus be divided Between a wonderful exhibition of flowering plants and the practicalities of a working demonstration the former British expo 67 Pavilion will be retained As a live Stock displaying farm Ani Mals and How they Are there is much including a million Bike path on the Eastern half of the Odd Corners Are coming to Light As one Tours the a new wave of activity has hit old with building permits at record since buildings May not be the permits Are essentially for renovation and Interior even the new Mcdonalds hamburger has been made to fit in the decor of the old what with the Ramses exhibition from Cairo and a new Picasso Hexhi it promises to be an interest ing summer in the but these Are temporary injections of life and what is important is the revival and resurrection of the com the Protection of what is Good and the addition of what is if it cannot be a Milan to paraphrase the mayor what indeed is wrong with being a Rome cultural Wall the multicultural conference organized by multiculturalism minis Ter Jack Murta and provincial ministers is another Brick in the High Wall with which official Canada is surrounding and choking True Multi the fact that or Murta and his prefer i camera meetings shows that the and mainly the real clients of multiculturalism ethnic minorities has nothing to say other than the traditional colourful costumes and other cultural items Fol Lorama which we provide from time to time to those in the most cynical element is that Murta and his colleagues represent the part of i do not know any minister that represents any other segment of our in an interview Murta stated i do not know the reasons for increasing Murta should know that by closing himself behind doors for a National classified conference he is creating another layer of racism and Bueno Winnipeg passing strange following the stories concerning Grants to the International i would mention that the office of the Secretary of state asks at least to persons to sign each Canada Day Grant application in order to verify information Given by it is that in other Grant such As the one mentioned in several free press reports on the International Only one signature was required and other names were adopted with out it becomes More strange when you realize that Canada Day applications Are dealing with Small amounts and the other Grant is dealing with tens of thousands of i wonder Why no government Cial talking a stand on an Issue that involves ail of us and Why we should be ten times More under control when it comes to Canada Day Grants than to the Wheeling and dealing of millions by Ottawa Caroline Chartrand Winnipeg letters the Winnipeg free press welcomes letters from writers must give their name and names will be used and letters Are subject to feds responsible i am deeply disappointed in the Lack of understanding contained in your editorial sugar beet crop assured free May 5 regarding the sugar beet the on sided opinions and deliberate belittling of my governments efforts in these negotiations does a great disservice to the free press and to your in the Federal government made major concessions to Manitoba during the negotiation these concessions resulted in Mani Tobas decision to assist the sugar beet a major fact ignored in the editorial is since the inception of the Federal agricultural stabilization program some 25 years the Federal government has been pro Viding assistance to the Industry at times when world prices fall below historical even the Trudeau government made stabilization pay ments in 1984 of per tonne on the 198 sugar beet it in the spirit of new Federal provincial the provinces Are expected to bail out the Federal government on behalf of the this is particularly unique in areas of traditional Federal program forty years it was decided that Canada needed a Domestic sugar Industry in Case difficulties arose with the inter National Supply of for this reason sugar policy is a National and must remain this fact was totally ignored by the author of the prior to agreeing to support the sugar the Federal govern ment was very noncommittal on the matter of a National Tener policy to provide for the Long term viability of the with no future provincial support re we obtained that commit i regard this As a major Concession that is Worth millions to Manitoba we fought to maintain Federal responsibility to producers by having them concede that their payments for the 1985 crop would be considered an Advance on their 1985 stabilization payment another accomplishment totally ignored by the this Concession guarantees that the Federal government will adhere to its historical obligation to treat sugar beets As a crop eligible for payments under agricultural Sta the article states that Quebec and Alberta accepted the the facts Are that Quebec has not accepted the propos Al and the Farmers of Alberta have registered their opinion of the proposals by not planting a sugar beet crop or accepting the sugar company production in the concessions extracted from the Federal government represent a major Victory for the people of Manitoba in and Farmers and sugar Industry employees in Bill Urusky minister of agriculture Winnipeg not the workers Canadian workers Are constantly being held responsible for Canadas alleged poor showing in world Japan is doing Well because workers in that country Are prepared to work for unlike canadians who Are always striving for a 1982 Survey by the Bureau of labor statistics showed Canadas wage increases Between the years 1970 and be Way lower than most of the other nine countries Canada was in fact placed eighth with a 61 per cent increase Over the Way behind our most feared with a 104 per cent hike Over 11 that knocks out Clayton theory in his letter the real cause free april 26 that workers in Canada Are responsible for the country economic woes because of High taxes and wages making it difficult for our corporations to compete in world and things have not changed for the Canadian worker in the years since those figures were if anyone has done any it has been the Canadian last according to a recently released Canadas unionized workers wages Rose by Only per 20 per cent lower than the rate of inflation of per that is the organized worker the nonunion people must have fared much that has been the Story repeated Over the objective studies show that wage increases always follow Price not the other Way Dian noted Canadian econ had this to say there has not been a shred Evi Dence that wages have added anything to the Canadian rate of so who is responsible certainly not the placing the aforementioned figures alongside the Rise in corporate prof its might give you a according to a recent Globe and mail report on business Survey covering 150 profits Rose by an aver age of 45 per cent last the capitalist system should pro vide both the employers with profit and the employees with enough to meet their when it fails to do the system is not Ted Willcox birthday Nora Winnipeg born May youre ;