Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 16, 1988, Winnipeg, Manitoba Cd in 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 Arthur Wood publisher John Dafoe editorial Page editor Murray Burt managing editor Rudy Redekop controller a member of the Manitoba press Council editorials sound advice for Epp health minister Jake Epp could not have found three better qualified people than the ones whose advice he sought on a location for a disease control Laboratory in simply on the merits of the he should follow their a slight delay has because Epps departmental officials have other the minister announced the project nine months ago six floors of containment labs for identifying and working with microbes which provincial labs across the country cannot the lab would serve his departments Laboratory Centre for disease an Agency located in Ottawa and modelled in part on the governments centres for disease control in Atlan the new lab would be put in Epp said in but he had not decided where in the department was opposed to putting it in the move would be inconvenient for civil servants employed in the lab and the distance would tend to remove it from the immediate control of the departments senior Man if the lab must be in the department favored isolating it from the this could be done within the departmental compound behind the mint where a food and drug directorate Laboratory building was built last year and opened a location there will minimize Contact Between scientists working within the the departmental compound on the Edge of town and other scientists in the same lines of work in the it will also tend to keep toilers in the government Laboratory firmly under departmental the Atlanta cd is one of the governments most celebrated relied on by health authorities around the world for Quick and accurate solutions to puzzling disease it has been progressive and productive partly because it is not under direct control either of the politicians in Washington or of the senior management of the department of health and human it has its own administrators and its own chief executive located in Atlanta and they advise the Cabinet and it attracts Topnotch scientists because it is located on the Campus of Emory University beside the medical providing the intellectually stimulating environment which scientists look the cd is free to give the government and the american Public advice and information arising from observed Public health conditions in the country and from Laboratory even if that advice and information Are inconvenient for the health Epp in the Spring assembled a panel to advise him where to put the a cd Winnipeg the chairman was John a Loyal conservative and a successful Small a former president of the Canadian manufacturers association with a thick dossier of Community service As chairman of the Board and then Chancellor of the University of Winnipeg and As chairman of the Board of the health sciences he was familiar with the physical and administrative needs of scientists and health with him on the Epp appointed Harry president of the University of Winnipeg during its period of rapid growth in the 1970s and now Chancellor of the University of and Henry head of physiology in the medical school and one of Canadas most productive and most highly honoured medical among them they had All the practical experience with Public with construction with with political realities and with Winnipeg conditions that such a decision should rest they advised Epp last week to put the a cd lab on a site across William Avenue from Hsc and the medical that site is now occupied by a municipal works Yard which should have been moved years the City uses it for mixing Asphalt to pave the resulting smell and heavy truck traffic Are a blight on the nearby residential the City can readily move that though not at the height of the Road building it needs time and Money to move its Asphalt Plant to a More suitable heavy Industrial but it should make that move in any lab or no the health department now faces the task of discrediting Duckworth and the bureaucrats can claim that the project is actually something quite different from what the minister announced last though that is hard to sustain since the minister persists in comparing it to the Atlanta they can Point to the expense and delay of moving the Asphalt those Are temporary disa Dvan the Sites advantages Are Tothy Church m time for tories to get it right using the Hydro advantage if the Mulroney government is giving away Money to companies that build aluminium then Al mex which is considering building one in might As Well get in a More pressing question than where the government should Send its handouts to aluminium is Why there should be any handouts at the answer to that is glaringly if the Mulroney government subsidizes the construction of an aluminium smelter in the Lac Jean Region of it will be because the progressive conservative party has a desperate need of seats in Quebec and because prime minister Brian Mulroney wants to take no chances about losing his own seat in that none of that has anything to do with sound economics with the supposed policy of the conservative that government once commissioned a study of Public assistance programs to Industry which condemned the policy of giving with both there is no certainty at the moment that the Mulroney government actually is proposing to subsidize the que Bec Mulroney merely told the voters of the Region that the Federal government agreed with Premier Robert Bourassaw provincial government that the Lac Jean Region was the place the smelter should Federal officials said assistance to the project would come from Normal Federal whatever that canadians got a glimpse last month of the Normal Federal Money that can flow to the province of Quebec during an important by election the amount that will flow in that direction during a general election Campaign May Well prove to be even More much of it May also be the safest Way for Manitoba to attract aluminium smelters to the province is not to bribe them with Public funds but to offer the secure and cheap source of Power which this provinces ample hydroelectric resources one advantage of using hydroelectric resources to attract Industry to the province is unlike direct they Are not open to countervailing action from such As the United to which Canada might want to sell with or without is a popular place to build aluminium smelters because it offers the combi nation of abundant electricity and convenient transportation for raw materials and the finished prod Manitoba has less convenient transportation but May be Able to overcome that Handicap because of its plentiful Supply of cheap contrary to the new democratic party muddling of the Manitoba cheap electricity can inspire no Trade action against companies which Benefit from either under existing Trade Law or under the proposed free Trade if Manitoba sold Power to an aluminium company at a clearly subsidized rate which was significantly below that charged other industries in the province and below the Cost of then that company competitors in other countries could complain of an unfair trading practice and demand that their governments impose countervailing they could do that now and they could do it after the free Trade agreement comes into but nothing in existing Trade Law or in the free Trade agreement could inhibit Manitoba from using the natural advantage of cheap Power to attract in the Long that natural rather than subsidies from the Federal or provincial offers this province its Best Hope of Industrial development and by Leonard Shifrin special to the free press Ottawa add one More to the list of Bills the government has to pass before the election is called a quickie amendment to the unemployment insurance act that should Only take a few minutes to Whiz through the nothing has been heard of it but circumstances make it the election is expected in the latter part of if Brian Mulroney wins a he will Likely Convene the new parliament in to Repass the free Trade legislation in time for it to come into effect on january in no hurry any other a Liberal Vic a Mulroney or what almost certainly Means parliament not being called before a new government would need time to Settle while a Mulroney minority would be in no hurry to face a parliamentary show Down on free Trade that could end its the connection Between that and a reelection amendment to unemployment insurance is that the Vari Able Entrance requirement ver for jobless benefits is due to expire on january 3 unless it is extended Between now and a dozen years when the tru Deau government was going through its most conservative it pro posed to increase the number of weeks of work required to qualify for unemployment a caucus led by members from the Atlantic quickly and the Compromise result was the for a three year transitional Peri eligibility rules would depend on regional unemployment and Range from 10 to 14 there 14 weeks would become the requirement that so called transition period has since been extended seven and it has become obvious that if the provision were Ever permitted to the effect would be devastating for the most economic ally disadvantaged parts of the it would mean Little in Southern where six of the seven unemployment insurance regions have jobless rates Low enough that the requirement is already 14 it hit like a Sledge Hammer in most of the country 42 other particularly the 23 regions where unemployment is in double digits and the 10 week mini mum requirement now open to charge if the tories enter the Campaign with the ver still slated to expire on january they will be open to the charge that they Are letting it run imagine what sort of election Issue that could be in with its per cent jobless three years when the Federal government launched the forget commission enquiry into unemployment As an interim Mea bilingualism in the article diehards fight against history free july 12 Wilson accuses those who oppose Bill c72 of not understanding Canada and not accepting he then proceeds to Laud the two founding nations concept which is a myth and an insult to our ethnic and native at one time Wilson had qualms about the merits of bilingualism and he advocated that Bryce Mackasey intercede to end the two hostilities free september 1976 and also in the air traffic control controversy free july in Early 1960s a Federal Politi Cal strategy was enunciated in response to the quiet bilingualism was a part of a strategy to Foster National Unity by appeasing discontented this program of bilingualism eventually became massive and sex the use of French was extended across the nation and ser George Forest vices in French were blunders were made and vast amounts of Money were spent with no tangible the judiciary complicated the pro in the George Forest the supreme court ruled that traffic tickets must be in both French and in the Duncan Macdonald Case in the supreme court ruled that a traffic ticket is valid when printed in French this was a strange judgment in an officially bilingual the supreme court has reserved judg ment on Bill 101 for the legislating of a language and culture is open to serious the Federal As Well As much of the news persist in reporting the remarkable successes in the bilingualism program and recently we were told by Flora Mac Donald that 70 per cent of Western canadians Are in favor of bilingual although this is an unrealistic National Unity re Mains in some people derive some benefits from bilingualism but these same benefits could be obtained without such a massive pro the benefits to the general Public Are limited and largely speculative and the two solitudes still nurtured and perpetuated by official Mckenzie Winnipeg life devalued now that our elected representatives have evaded the and the supreme court of British Columbia has ruled that a person is not a person until it emerges alive from a woman our society must face the fact that it is no longer illegal to destroy human life in this Why it is still illegal to sell the while they Are still in the no person to those who would Purchase them for re for experimentation Pur poses or for pet food Salinas letters the Winnipeg free press welcomes letters from writers must give their name and names will be used and letters Are subject to disabled regarding the article training fund helps disabled realize Job dream free july i find it despicable that individuals cannot be Happy with their own Success without making Adverse comments about realistic programs established to provide a sheltered environment for the mentally the two physically handicapped persons highlighted in this article should be proud of their Success and with the realization that they do have the mental capabilities and abilities to pursue any degree of education or career it is difficult to understand Why their abilities Are not recognized and they Are not provided with the appropriate training at red River Community College by the counsellors at Canada Why Are they being referred to Sturgeon Creek enterprises which was established to provide a Day program for the severely retarded who were not Able to gain admittance to existing pro Grams it almost appears that the Kronor Maliza Tion Board and staff of Stur Geon Creek enterprises have recruited these physically Handi capped persons to promote the idealistic programs they have installed for the mentally retarded which has so far proved the severely mentally retarded Are Best accommodated in sheltered these programs have proven successful for i find despicable statements to the effect that the handicapped Are unhappy or Are segregated in sheltered these workshops pose no threat to those who do not want them and they have waiting lists of persons wanting placement in it is Only through discreditable remarks by the paid lobbyists of organizations promoting idealistic work in the Normal work place that prevents these workshops from receiving adequate funds to accommodate the Many mentally Handi capped persons on their waiting the 600 persons referred to in the article As sitting around Are not As the writer of the article for Job they Are waiting for placement in an approx professionally properly funded sheltered the mentally retarded in the workshops Are Happy since they Are producing marketable items which give them a sense of accomplish Well being and the no handicapped support staff Are their not their train they have the companionship of their intellectual Peers and the guid Ance of their they Are interested in their own workplace with no handicapped staff who Are there by Ray Edwards Winnipeg coalition regarding the article private group plans anti nip Blitz free August once again that shadowy Cabal of Ultra right wingers rear their undemocratic Little the National citizens coalition is planning to spend on an advertising Campaign during the next Federal election to warn voters about the history already provides us with g Vang examples of the nature of such propaganda i feel confident that most of my fellow canadians wont buy the half truths and of the National citizens by the Why wont the coalition reveal the names of its obviously Well heeled supporters Julia Todesco Winnipeg welfare abuse the working people of Manito help out and often solely main Tain those who Are less financially Able than ourselves through our tax contributions that support housing and welfare generally these assistance programs meet with our tacit approval since they help those who cannot help now that welfare has become a not a measure of last no onus is placed on the recipient to better his or her life and the inevitable result is widespread welfare recipients have now joined together to form a lobby and support group whose primary goal is to pressure the government into giving them More since they dont make As much Money As those who Are trying to better themselves by working for a they Are going to sue the for More of our Money that they claim is rightfully it is time that the system returned to helping those who need not those who make a career of Allan Hamer Winnipeg water Quality regarding the article Caddy Lake beckons outdoor buffs seeking taste of the wild Side free August i was disappointed by the irresponsible reporting evidenced in the column by the statement your Only Bathtub is the Lake and your toilet is wherever you want to go in the Kevin Rollason obviously is not concerned with having unpolluted Waters and made no at tempt to investigate no Trace Camp ing methods employed by people who love our great no one should Bathe in a Lake or the phosphates and other nutrients introduced to the water by such practices contribute to the degradation of water Quality by Induc ing algae growth and hastening the eutrophication of the water if washing is it should be they extended the ver until the end of at that Point they were studying the enquiry and they extended the ver until january of this by they had announced their rejection of the forget commissions proposed re casting of unemployment did they choose to extend the ver for Only one More year never answered that is a question they have never it is facing them again right the unemployment insurance act amendment they Are presumably about to introduce will either provide for another Short term Extension of the ver or make it a permanent part of the pro if it is another Short term Exten they will be handing the opposition a club to pummel them with during the extending the ver temporarily instead of making it certainly looks like Clear evidence that the tories intend to let it expire at some by the same there could not be a better time than the eve of an election for the government to make the ver and claim credit for having rescued High unemployment areas from the spectre of someday facing a 14week re irrespective of local unemployment having painted themselves into a Corner the conservatives probably have no Choice but to do the right thing this time done with biodegradable soap on and the water dumped at least 50 metres from the human waste should be disposed of in a shallow 1015 pm deep again at least 50 metres from the not just wherever one chooses to water Quality should be a concern to All of in Rollason should avoid recommending Igno rant and environmentally damaging Rod Maccharles column faulted Frances russells column free August 6 once again under lines the extremism to which she will resort to extol the purported benefits of the Dps socialist protectionism which has helped Perpet uate Manitoba economic decline for the past 20 Allan Aitken birthday Eleanor Mani Toba August you wanted it under the seat in so its under the seat in front ;