Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 14, 1986, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free May 1986 Winnipeg free press Freedom of Trade Liberty of religion Equality of pm rights put Rafto Floc vial 8 300 Winrot Ptg r3c 3c1 by Crift Laft rta0vftpflp6fft Cidffi Pony Ltd Tiltti 9430331 Winnipeg pm 1872 Winnipeg Tribune eat 1890 Donald Mol John Dafoe edit Oral Fattor Murray Burt managing editor Rudy Redekop Corr Trotter a member of the Manitoba press Council editorials How to get attention last Canadas ambassador to the United states told an audience at the University of Winnipeg that Canada should launch an expensive advertising Campaign in the regional press to improve knowl Edge of Canada and to counter protectionist trends that might damage Canadian economic seven months Allan Gotlieb has made such a Campaign entirely thanks to a decision that he made Long before that Winnipeg Canada has become a subject of considerable Public attention in the United for Canada has been the subject of front Page articles in two recent issues of the massive sunday edition of the new York it is attention of a kind Likely neither to improve knowledge of Canada nor to counter ant Canadian protectionist Gotlieb ensured this attention when he decided to hire As an at about Canadian a Michael former adviser to president Ronald negotiations began May six Days after Deaver left government because of concern about the Way in which Deaver conducted his lobbying on behalf of Canada and other added to suspicion about whether his behaviour while in the White House was conditioned by Hope of a contract with the Canadian an inquiry was launched by a committee of the House of represent this has broadened into an investigation by the congressional general accounting the office of government the judiciary committee of the Senate and the Justice Crimi Nal charges could be Laid against most canadians did not know about Gotlieb expensive decision to hire Deaver until the month he spoke in they Learned about it not from him but from a Washington Post article in which Deaver explained his Good Fortune in putting together since leaving government May 10 a lucrative list of notably Canadas canadians also did not learn from Gotlieb during the month he was in he attended a secret meeting in new Yorks River club with As Well As Drew Lewis and Bill appointed by Reagan and prime minister Brian Mulroney respectively at the 1685 Quebec City Summit meeting to look into the acid rain to the two envoys published a report that was favourable to Canadian information about Gotlieb october 25 meeting came from the sunday new York canadians Learned from last sundays new York times that Gotlieb had admitted that a senior Canadian later identified As prime ministerial adviser Fred told Deaver that Canada could use a Man of Deavers this described by Gotlieb As a lighthearted conversational remark1 that was hardly the stuff of negotiations or offers or was made at an unknown time but perhaps after the Quebec City two months before Deaver Gotlieb revealed this in a letter last Friday to congressman John chairman of the House subcommittee investigating Deavers this the committee received the general accounting office it refers to a 1985 meeting Between Doucet and Deaver after says one White House Deaver became an enthusiast of the acid rain envoys the report quotes former budget director David Stockman and former National Security adviser Robert Mcfarlane As recalling that Deaver actively sup ported a special acid rain envoy during White House staff meetings before the Quebec City Stockman further recalls unsubstantiated rumours that Deaver was negotiating a Job with Canada while in the White it is up to the relevant authorities to decide if Deaver broke any for there Are some Early conclusions to be beyond the Wisdom or otherwise of hiring one is that there is no justification for so much secrecy about embassy Deci Sions that involve tax another is that Canada should not waste its Money on hiring a plethora of image polishers and advisers when it has a competent professional foreign service to conduct its relations with the United the ministers lecture Manitoba new minister of natural Len has shown a Quick grasp of the financial responsibilities of the provincial and an equally Quick common among provincial Cabinet of the shortcomings of municipal Harapiak advice to Farmers in areas hit hard by this years unusually High Spring floods is straight from the they should not expect provincial he because the provincial Treasury is they should look to their own such As switching from Cereal crops to forage Harapiak says to Farmers in the Portage la Prairie area that they Are in trouble because three municipalities have not provided the proper maintenance to the existing Drain age Harapiak sounds a bit like a school teacher admonishing students to stand on their own feet and to discover the True reason for their Harapiak was a schoolteacher before he became a Farmer and before he became a minister of the no one can dispute his claim that the provincial Treasury has nothing in it to meet the emergency conditions that have descended on Many Manitoba Farmers this no one can disagree in relatively dry municipal councillors tend to allocate the Public funds for which they Are responsible to matters that seem More pressing than the maintenance of now that Harapiak has become a he is Likely to discover that his realism has a Small place in political the imprudent management of the provincial Treasury in the management that has left it unable to Cope with emergencies of the will not be on the minds of those facing flood what will be on their minds is that Harapiak is the minister responsible for natural and that his department has the responsibility for coping with High water problems in the drainage will not be helped by complaining about past Lack of no matter who is Harapiak will have to grasp the realities of politics As quickly As he has grasped those of finance and response if he is to do Well in his new education or fear a Survey by transport Canada indicates in a single intense period of Driver Educa Tion is insufficient to turn Many Manitoban into Seatbelt the Survey shows while 79 per cent of motorists were using belts when police were actively enforcing the compulsory Bel Tuse the rate dropped to just under 54 per cent As soon As police slowed Down on their enforcement the Survey should persuade attorney general Roland Penner to reconsider the conviction he expressed two years ago that and not was the key to getting Manitoban to Click into the Survey shows that like other Wear Seatbelt More out of fear of prosecution than a conviction of the benefits of Belt the Survey also shows that Urban Drivers Are More Likely to buckle up than Are their Rural this May be due to the fact that City dwellers generally accept More direction in their daily lives than do those whose less congested lifestyle brings with it More feelings of it May also be due to the fact that even a reduced level of enforcement still produces charges in Winnipeg at the rate of seven a according to transport make less use of Seatbelt than do canadians across the 57 per cent of motorists buckle up compared to Manitoba 54 per the National average includes where Seatbelt use is still compulsory Seatbelt like the compulsory use of helmets by Are different from Ordinary most Ordinary Laws Are intended to protect individuals from injury by Laws requiring the use of Seatbelt and helmets Are primarily Laws designed to protect individuals from their own Many resent this police report that motorists found without their belts fastened often express a personal conviction that the belts Are not As Safe As they Are made out to and that fastening belts increases the there Are some accidents in which Seatbelt have been proven to increase Howe the bulk of the statistical evidence shows that the use of belts does reduce the Manitoba government has spent close to million to educate motorists that it is in their own Best interest to use their the province has another this is to order the police to step up where should Motel be built Winnipeg Beach is a most unusual town in soaring from a population of 568 in Winter to peaks of with the arrival of summer it is one of Manitoba popular close to Winnipeg and on the shores of Lake one of the largest bodies of fresh water in the it started As a car the railway promoting train excursions to such a degree that saturday Moonlight specials enabled Winni Peers to travel to the Beach and Back for 50 there was a Midway which included a roller a pier where people walked out into the and an exquisite dance video arcades these Are no More and today video and Bingo arcades shape the personality of the main in 1968 Manitoba created a provincial Park of 38 encompassing a stretch of prime picnic facilities and Beach a handsome restaurant with a Superb it gave some Chic to the unmatched by the Honky Tonk Rem Nants of the commercial but somehow the Beach towers Hast caught possibly because of a Lack of now the Parks Branch has come out with a proposal for redevelop ment of the it has held local meetings to broaden involvement of the private sector in providing recreational opportunities in the South end of the Park where Beach towers and parking grounds Are there Are Fine suggestions for improving the Beach and picnic including a general upgrading of More Tennis courts in making it More attractive to one new initiative is arousing a great Deal of controversy and has prompted cottagers to petition the minister of Parks and natural re sources to Stop Dean of who operates the Marina at Winnipeg wants to build a million Motel on the Island by his taking advantage of fed Era provincial tourism the Parks Branch feels it is an innovative and thoughtful the of attractive would have 50 to 60 operated year round with family Type accommodation and Kitchen Thorkelsson anticipates it would at tract Middle and upper class Pat there will be no bar or restaurant facilities because studies of similar resorts shows they Are not profit Thorkelsson says he Doest want to compete with Winnipeg Beach restaurants which have a Tough time making it in a Short the aim is to go after the Provin Cial and International with particular possibilities in programs would include the late autumn Duck and geese Cross country Snow skating and hayrides on the Winter business conferences would be in the boats would be rented and Thorkelsson says several individuals and companies have indicated a desire to engage charter cruises from Winnipeg imaginative these Are imaginative ideas but Many summer residents Are Ada mantly opposed to the idea of a Motel in a residential Resi Dences in Winnipeg Beach in recent years have been spruced up and because of the new sewer millions of dollars have been spent in upgrading and winterizing cot Over the years the Beach has evolved into a quiet family taxes in Winnipeg Beach Are inordinately High not much different than in Winnipeg but with a mini mum of cottagers feel they Are entitled to a precinct free from commercial particularly in this historic Boundary Park once the Boundary of the prov Jack of the North East Interlake development says such a project is desperately needed in a town which has Little employment to offer Young first class opponents of the program agree they would like to see such a first class Motel in Winnipeg but say it should be in the area of Beach towers where there is a glorious stretch of Thorkelsson feels this site would destroy the marketability of the the Motel will look As if it is floating on the water because the Island wont be seen from the says now the land around the Marina is being transferred from the town to the then the Parks Branch will hold Public meetings on the Issue of the Parks officials say the project will not go ahead unless there is Community cottagers Are justifiably fearful that it will change the character of their they Are indeed entitled to first consider the Point in this controversy is that there is an alternative in the South away from the residential this is close to downtown which needs rejuvenation and already has the Beach towers and other facilities As a this is the very area where private investment was proposed by the Parks Branch in its redevelopment fatuous your editorial bearing the fatuous title a famous Victory free april 30 displays ignorance both of the political process within the and the recent history of the Winni Peg 1 school the boys from party Headquarters no girls do not pack meetings to nominate a candidate the Choice belongs Only to members living within the Alan Wade was not Able to convince the majority of nip members in notre Dame Ward that he was the better the description of Brian Dixons tenure As chairman of the school Board would bewilder anyone who Dixon excluded regularly attends the the four nip trustees were elected be cause they agreed to promote nip educational the fact that Vince Bueti and Mario Santos found that they could Advance their ideas better in cooperation with other trustees rather than within a caucus striving to promote nip policies brings into question their commitment to the principles to which they gave lip service when they Dixon and de Kowalchuk adhered to party policy and were rewarded by being excluded from every important committee of the they did not receive the support of their colleagues and that an open break did not occur earlier is largely due to the patience and Courtesy of until Dixon and Kowalchuk had the support of the executive of the nip school Board Santos and Bueti and their supporters gained a majority of two on the new executive by having themselves elected presi Dent and thus an association which was formed to ensure that nip trustees would keep the promises they made to the Public when they ran is now headed by the two trustees who have shown the least inclination to do Dixon has shown a deep commitment to improving the lives of inner City that he has chosen to extend this commitment beyond the classroom is the school boards loss but the cites gain Jany Keenan Winnipeg letters the Winnipeg free press welcomes letters from writers must give their name and names will be used and letters Are subject to get facts right Hurrah for Cory misleading your front Page Story training Grant criticized free april 29 to say the a Surprise As the article was directed toward a division of my Jorge Man the Quality of information in the article ranges from exaggerations to untrue its unfortunate the North end women Centre has been Given misleading information by some other i would be equally upset As a perspective Courdina i was put on hold and then discovered another coordinator had the Money rolling in three weeks after their where your reporter gets the three weeks turn i dont it certainly was not from the facts Are my proposal of last summer was acknowledged on july 1985 by the after several delays and adjustments to the proposed starting a con tract was signed by the government 16 for the program to com Mence we received our first payment the Host employer is a Compo nent of the the comments reported to your readers about one of our Host employers was leaving a poor impression of the Bays intention in the the Bay volunteered to sponsor these Young people and provide them with the same professional sales skill program taught to their own in these students Are provided with onsite work experience in their metro Winnipeg the Bay reorganized on a National basis in february and March of 1985 and this did result in the Layoff of a few employees in the Winnipeg these layoffs were largely in the areas of delivery and Advertis which ceased to operate in win and in their executive there is no be tween these past circumstances and the work experience since the article i have had phone Calls asking for explanations about ghetto jobs and about what your paper has not reported on what training the students get for the Money allocated to the train not one caller Felt that either the sales training that an organization like the Bay would provide or a sales position in a retail store should be termed a Job one Small store owner said he considered trained sales clerks from a Large retail organization to be an As they have been profession ally trained in programs he cannot afford to develop or George Kent president Jorge management Winnipeg those people intent on solving the present agricultural crisis would be Well advised to get their facts contrary to popular Farmers do have a Union the National Farmers and whether or not it is too strident in its it is there to voice the opinions of discontented the present crisis is for the most to a Trade War Between the United states and the european economic if prime minister Mulroney and his advisers Are to reach a consensus on subsidy pay ments for they Are just in time in France the Farmers Are subsidized 70 per cent of their Price for in the United states 50 per cent and in Canada a Mere 12 per it would seem that barmaid concerts would be More appropriate in Canada than in the the Price Farmers get for their wheat today is not to a this is the Price in Thunder Bay for processed the Price United Grain and other firms sell Grain to Millers and the Farmer Sells his wheat at approximately a and if the according to Marylin is a then the Farmer is losing More than a Dollar a the error comes in confusing the Price the buyer pays with the Price the producer Reesink Manitoba lets hear it for Frain in the Thomson Zed free his witty and usually spoon reviews come As much needed Reader Why cant we have restau rant or movie reviews of the same calibre perhaps if the free press employed More writers like Cory we could see and end to the mountainous piles of Knight Ridder Back Wash Dave Barry excepted which Are the Scourge of the Evan Thornton Winnipeg youre missing Mulroney in ;