Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 22, 1987, Winnipeg, Manitoba 6 Winnipeg free june 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 esl 1872 Winnipeg Tribune est 1890 Arthur Wood publisher John Dafoe editorial Page editor Murray Burt managing editor Rudy Redekop controller a member of the Manitoba press Council editorials a Cool Welcome for Arias nothing is More objectionable to a blinkered ideologue than to have the obvious pointed out by a Clear eyed which is Why Costa rican president Oscar Arias Sanchez got a restrained Welcome during a visit to this Arias has been pushing his own regional peace drawn up by him in recognition of the fact that the Contador regional peace Effort is dead in the it has its own weaknesses but his plan does have the two advantages of offering a fresh alternative and being a genuinely Central american so Arias has run into heavy weather because the plan lacks a Bias towards the interests of either of the two main antagonists in the Central America problem Nicaragua and the United of the Nicara guas sandinista regime has shown greater skill by masking its displeasure and feigning the Reagan administration has been unable to hide its displeasure and has telegraphed its opposition by forcing postponement until August of a meeting of Central american leaders that was to have taken place in Guatemala next the sole item on the Agenda was the Arias Guatemala civilian Vinicio who tries to walk a Neutral line in the Isthmian tensions Over thinks it has he invited the presi dents of Al Salvador and Costa Daniel Leader of the lineman sandinista military Junta that rules also agreed to key elements of the plan they were to discuss included ceasefires in guerrilla wars in the the holding of genuine termination of foreign support for guerrilla movements and withdrawal from the Region of All foreign Nicaragua likes talk of a ceasefire in the guerrilla War waged against the sandinista regime by nicaraguan it hates talk of a ceasefire in the sandinista approved guerrilla War against the backed government of Al Nicaragua dislikes talk of genuine having staged an elector Al charade in 1984 that confirmed sandinista Nicaragua is for removing foreign meaning support of the nicaraguan rebel guerrillas but against removing foreign meaning cuban and soviet support of the Al Salvador guerrilla move Nicaragua eagerly wants All foreign meaning advisers out of Honduras and Al Salvador but does not want removal of East German and soviet advisers from the United states government sees everything about the Arias plan in reverse but is especially enraged by talk of withdrawing support for the nicaraguan through whom president Ronald Reagan Hopes to secure the overthrow of the the remarkably crude and Clumsy Way chosen by Reagan to torpedo next weeks planned meeting in Guatemala was to Send two wreckers to the his experienced and amiable special Philip visited san Salvador for a Chat with president Jose Napoleon Duarte who then discovered technical prob lems with the Guatemala meeting that justified Post the ultraconservative Elliott a High level Reagan appointee and latin America specialist in the state swooped into Honduras just before the honduran government found that More time was needed to prepare for a Arias developed his plan because he feared that his peaceful which has no armed would either be drawn into the Border conflict Between the sandinista and nicaraguan rebels or invaded by Nicaragua relatively huge standing very he regards the Reagan administrations policy of proxy War against the sandinista As an act of staggering he had a frosty discussion with Reagan this week because he pointed out several Basic and unarguable truths about the results of reagans obsessive policy in Central America since the policy gave the sandinista an excuse to abolish human rights and fundamental liberties by promulgating a 1982 emergency it has let them blame outside forces for the economic distress caused by their regionally irrelevant marxist Leninist economic it has let them close the Only no sandinista daily la it has let them build an army so huge that it intimidates the entire it has allowed them to Cement a pervasive control of the population in the name of National who can show pragmatism in arms on Domestic political issues and in Power struggles with turns into a Concrete hard ideologue on the subject of he refuses to accept that Central american peace would be More Likely if he stopped meddling through the militarily in competent nicaraguan less astutely than the equally ideological he constitutes a Formi Roadblock to the Arias no to forced participation one of the reasons Why on third of Manitoba workers Are not covered by workers compensation is that the service costs too much and the employers cannot afford this became apparent to the Brian King committee in its Public hearings and it stands to the Pawley government in its first term in office dramatically increased the level of pensions and took other Steps which improved injured workers chances of winning approval for their compensation Cost of the program increased the govern ment has imposed three successive 20percent increases in the premiums charged to employers and warned that the increases will continue at approximately that Pace for the foreseeable actuarial review this year turned up further costs not previously counted so that the premiums May increase even faster than the government had been the Brian King curious to know Why employers did not voluntarily subscribe to the workers compensation Drew enlightenment from one employer who explained his that employer had joined the program but his competitors had his costs were therefore higher and he was penalized for being conscientious in protecting his from the rest of the committees account of web it is far from certain that this employer was doing his employees a kindness in consigning them to the webs tender but the committees solution is a curious since the program is prohibitively so that employers cannot afford to join the committee would require them All to join the committee does not for a moment consider making the program so efficient and effective that employers and their workers will be lining knocking on the asking to join the program the Way they ask to join pension plans and other such arrangements in which they believe their interests Are being Well the King committee was troubled to find that Sas a smaller province and one which King knows has More employers in its web than this the difficulty would be the committee by passing a Law sweeping every Manitoba worker and every employer into the web net except those exempted by Cabinet conformity with Saskatchewan and fairness to All employers hardly make convincing reasons for the committee to conclude that the program should remade universally the fully convincing reason does not appear in the committees it is that the web needs the the great masses of workers who would be brought in by the committees proposals Are the White Collar crowd insurance and real estate which Are almost entirely excluded at the Winnipeg and provincial civil services and Crown corporations which pay the modest level of premiums reflecting the nature of office these employee groups will contribute handsomely even if they have no claims at under the rate system the committee and will Cost the Board very Little in the importance of making Manitoba More like Sas apparent to the will not be As evident to others in this before it is made compulsory for More employers and the pro Gram should earn the Confidence of the people it the rate of Premium increase on the one Side and the poor Quality of service which the committee itself describes on the other Are powerful reasons Why no More employers should join now or be forced to caviar Mafis Sticks fish chips Perrin beattys wish list Nantkes of the North Wilsons half loaf Reform by Wilson special to the free press Ottawa finance minister Michael Wilsons approach to tax re form May Well improve the popular Sof the Mulroney government rough its very substantial income tax cuts for the bulk of Canadian but he is taking great risks with the financial stability of the colleagues fears that is the Price of the half loaf approach Cabinet fears forced him to his colleagues were afraid of the electoral implications of a full Reform that would have lowered and simplified personal in come sorted out the corporation tax and kept the governments reve Nues on a sound basis by a new sales tax modelled on the value added taxes widely used outside North As far As the government has had the nerve to go there is real personal taxes Are Cut there is some rationalization of the confused and confusing corporate income tax whether the latter is adequate or not will have to be argued out by tax experts before can form reliable the initial increases in revenues from the corporate tax changes Are not although they will Rise later More profitable companies will pay some negotiations with the provinces Over a new sales tax system will but implementation of any result has been placed on Al most certainly until after an elec that is the it is far from certain that the government sponsoring these changes will be both opposition parties have been vociferous in their condemnation of any move to a value added tax for his the minister has got around his Revenue difficulties Only by extending the existing Federal sales which he has More than once subjected to devastating criticism As unfair and a Brake on Cana Dian competitiveness and the econ political risk afraid to go ahead with some form of he will milk the condemned tax for More that does not exempt it from his own past Stric condemnations which brought no the political is that the country May Well get the portions of tax Reform that Are pleasant and agreeable without having to face the reality of the changes essential to protect the by his own Wil son has protected his Revenue Posi Tion and his Hope of deficit reduce in a Gerry built sort of his Revenue and expenditure project Are precariously a Canada is in the fifth year of an economic expansion which the finance department believes is finally spreading out from prosperous Central growth periods Are never uninterrupted sooner or later a period of readjustment serious enough to termed a even if it is limited three out of the four even a mild recession of that sort would be enough to throw the ministers reve nue and deficit predictions into a cocked what a postelection Liberal or nip government would do to re store lasting balance to the govern ments financial position remains to be seen their previous statements Are a Long Way from containing encouragement for those who be Lieve that fiscal responsibility is one of this country greatest even the finance minister admits that deficit reduction will be slowed the country should remember what that Means continued up Ward pressure on interest rates which Are probably As much As two Points higher than they would be if this country finances had been kept on an even or restored to if people had no objection to paying mortgage interest a couple of Points higher than would have been if governments had been sensible from 1975 there might be no objection to this people do object they merely fail too often to see the marked shift the half loaf approach makes Dis Cussion of the Basic nature of the changes the Case for re form of the corporate income tax was so Strong that no one needs to defend an Effort to improve beyond the White paper philosophy involves a marked shift in the weight of taxation from personal incomes to spending and consume that has but Only if the shift is there will be an election with All the uncertainties that will negligent with reference to the article aids hookers handcuff police free May it is hard to imagine that the officials elected to adminis Ter the institutions that protect and maintain our society could be any More incompetent and still find their Way to the washroom it would appear that health minister Larry fast and chief Stephen Are More concerned with the rights of the aids carriers than the rights of the customers they May have incredibly there has been a delay of 74 Days Between the first report of this activity and any positive move on the part of the system to halt these pernicious As suming that most of the five custom ers per Day were male and judiciously allowing for repeat business increasing the risk of infection but lowering the Overall numbers involved and providing for one Day off per week for the there Are potentially 167 infected citizens at Large at this according to chief Stephen this number could increase by five Indi hookers watch for visuals each Day that the system remains assuming that even half of these men have we have the possibility of up to an additional 83 completely blameless individuals infected with a virus once Emer is the article indicates the carriers know of their if this is the there is no difference Between the prostitute knowingly infecting his or her customer or just outright shooting the trick in the with it just takes longer to it is time we identified this for what it is criminal negligence or felony endangerment at the yet we Are treated to scenes of procedural wrangling and political grandstanding worthy of a budget debate rather than lifesaving it May be too but the Ordi nary Manitoban the nip likes to think it represents better Wake up and do something to protect them selves and their children for we Are courting certain disaster if we continue to rely on the Protection of our negligent Stanton Winnipeg some Deal a West fair and free june 6 exhorts readers to just remember who brought you Low the and would have people believe that the superstores have reduced food they have according to statistics Canada the prices of food purchased in Winnipeg stores were per cent higher in 1987 than in to go Back to their june 3 and in the free under the heres the West fair states that it wants to give company employees fewer hours of work and a 20 per cent reduction in some for West fair and the George Weston that Errol Black letters the Winnipeg free press welcomes letters from writers must give their name and names will be used and letters Are subject to moral values recently a planned parenthood of Manitoba spokesman warned parents against Toutin abstinence As a sole method of Safe i strongly disagree for the following reasons As a Public health fraction or i know the Only fail Safe Means of preventing the sexual transmission of the his aids virus is either abstinence or a monogamous relationship where both partners Are this message is also valid from a Public health perspective to prevent teenage the psychosocial trauma often Resul Tant from teenage sexual relation sexually transmitted diseases and cervical i believe planned parenthood is sincerely concerned with the prevention of these conditions As but they hold a false this Assumption is that our Young people will be sexually Active whether or not we health professionals support them in this or not and that to state our objections would alienate our Young people Are in the position they Are in precisely because they have been Given no moral standards or absolutes by which they can base their they Are crying out for along with a need for True concern and care for themselves As to care often Means giving a message that goes against that which society and the Media if we do not offer a Clear alternative and our support to re sisting we Are Only feed ing the multitude of messages promoting we must believe the Best for our Young Challenge them to resist the trends and they will Rise to the this message need not be transmitted in a sexually repressive As concern is often but in the context of healthy sexuality within gods de sign for wherein we Are Given Pur sexual drives to be fulfilled in Loving relationships with our marriage Bev Rutherford medical officer of health Interlake Region investment we cannot Lump resources in one resources whose prices Are determined by monopolies such As diamonds and Oil Are in one cat ego the Story of diamonds is Well it is common knowledge that the arabs have a monopoly on As a they hold Hegemony Over the world Price of Oil and have brought both misery and elation along with economic dislocation to the worlds to avoid another dislocation of the worlds the provinces affected should be protected from any further this can Only be done by keeping the Oil under Canadian on the other american in vestment in the development of re sources that Are priced competitively in the world Market is to be sought these investments which brought about the finding and development of such industries As the Kidd mine near on Tario created wealth and employ ment and should be another undertaking that brought employment and wealth to the West was the finding and development of the flin flon mines by Hudson Bay mining and smelting i lived in Winnipeg for 20 which i look Back upon with fond Tomlinson Thunder an apology i wish to apologize for any misunderstandings resulting from my re Marks correctly quoted re Garding the recently published auditors report on the City of Winni Peg accounts my statement he the auditor could have said Duplica inefficiency Etc was refer ence to the Meek style of the report which less of whatever that May my remarks were not directed at the Quality of our present financial the excellence of which is attested to by the popularity of Winnipeg on the european Bond Market and by the Confidence of european investment houses led by Wood Gundy in the financial management of the finance directed by the City is giving expert attention and most shrewd management to the cites financial of the competence of the City treasurer and the department is not in any Way in either by the audit or by my scrutiny of the finances of All City departments through test audits and especially through operational and value Cormoney will continue to make Good financial systems even i apologize for the possibility that my remarks could have been mis construed by Harold Macdonald chairman committee of finance and administration Day brightener what a delightfully refreshing Pic Ture taken by Roland Huemmer on the front Page free May the two Young ladies and the Eolice officer were a real Day Margaret Glassco Winnipeg real attraction i cannot believe Paul Mckie would review Arnold Schwarze neggers new film predator free june 14 and not mention the Fea tured Star of the world wrestling federation color commentator and former wrestler Jesse the body having waited a year for this movie to come out i was in Atten dance at the late showing on its opening night june when the movie began and the opening credits began to general indifference and even some Boos were heard when Schwarze neggers name when Venturas name came on the entire theatre erupted in cheers and a it was Clear who this paying audience came to perhaps Mckie missed the Point when reviewing the he talked mainly about the Public attraction to had he possessed a greater degree of he would have seen what the Public attraction truly Beau Haravitch Winnipeg what did you do after your work As a presidential Central american advisor ;