Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 2, 1989, Winnipeg, Manitoba 6 Winnipeg free March 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 newspapers division of Canadian newspapers company limited Telephone 9439331 a member of the Manitoba press Council Arthur Wood publisher John Dafoe editorial Page editor Murray Burt managing editor Rudy Redekop controller Winnipeg free press est 1872 Winnipeg Tribune est 1890 editorials the if creates a tragedy Venezuela countrywide with at least 100 800 injured and under is certainly the incredible tragedy it was called by recently elected president Carlos Andres it is also an occasion for questioning the political common sense of the technocrats at the International monetary it is bad policy to push one of latin americas soundest democracies towards social instability by acting like an arrogant Bank manager imposing humiliating and unrealistic conditions on a loan is what the highly paid if bureaucrats seem to have by compelling Perez to bring in a package of severe economic measures in Exchange for a tide Over have forced him to push poorer venezuelans beyond fortunately for the ifs politically Igno rant they were safely Back in their expensive Homes in when a bus fare increase brought arson and looting to the streets of capital of As an if member has a responsibility for the Way in which if policy is Canada has influence on How the if will approach requests for help from countries like Venezuela that Are awash in facing recession and enduring 70 per cent finance minister Michael Wilson should ask questions at the if about How its negotiations with Venezuela have been so swiftly followed by this violent Venezuela Basic financial problem has been caused by the failure of the International Oil Cartel to keep prices in Venezuela earned billion from Oil exports to Canada and other last the Revenue was the effect of this is magnified by the fact that crude Oil represents Over 80 per cent of venezuelan Export the country is saddled with a foreign debt of incurred during the years of High Oil servicing that debt in 1988 and paying billion for imports Cut the country monetary reserves by 30 per cent to with substantial Oil reserves and an excellent record of repaying its asked the if and the world Bank for an interim if loan of billion is in Prospect but the Complete request is for billion Over five Perez launched last month a so called economic adjustment which really was an austerity this was the Price exacted by the if bean they were in their firs class airline seats heading Home when venezuelans began to react angrily to news of Steep Price rises for Basic cooking Oil and Salt vanished from stores As Consumers bought to fearing More when gasoline reached 25 cents a Low for Canada but High for a country with a per capita 1985 Gross National cars began to disappear from the roads and More venezuelans took to Public when an in required 30percent jump in bus fares took magnified by some greedy bus Drivers who demanded 50 per cent venezuelans picked up Iron bars and guns and took to the streets to if country that has had elected governments since that has been a responsible participant in regional peacekeeping efforts and that has done its utmost to repay its debts scrupulously has been pushed into chaos by if policy then it is time for an urgent review of if Wilson should demand such a review cutting the allowance the National action committee on the status of which gets a year from the Federal Treasury to Campaign for easier More Day care and higher pay for got a Nasty Surprise this a rival organization got a government the group called real which campaigns against Day care and equal is a rarity in Canada advocacy group that does not live on Public the organization has existed since regularly asking for Federal Grants and regularly being turned when David Crombie was Secretary of he told real women that they might be Given a place at the Public trough following a review of financing for women Gerry who has succeeded Crombie As Secretary of has Given real women to hold a conference in the National action committee Nacsa has been worried about its relationship with the it is dependent on that a year provided by weiners Nacsa has been rude and scorn Ful toward Cabinet ministers in the Way that Progress Ive feminists ought to be rude and scornful toward Middle aged male politicians of conservative they had a Fine time last Spring on their House of commons demanding interruption of debate on the booing the politicians who met with demonstrating in the galleries of the commons Cham since they have been wondering what would happen about their the Grant to real women suggests they Are right to be in its postelection phase of spending the Mulroney government is not about to increase support for women advocacy the Money for real women will have to come from and the people who live by the Nacsa have a queasy feeling about where that will none of this directly affects government policymaking about women the mainstream consultative the National advisory committee on the status of took a Small lurch to the right when Crombie appointed some Defeated conservative candidates to its but the Quality of its research projects and the Drift of its advocacy for women Equality have not been visibly it does affect who is in and who is out in tory if the real women Are on the Way the action committee May have to Start planning bake sales and other fundraising Drifting towards parliament for a prime minister supposedly itching to tackle the great challenges which face prime minister Brian Mulroney is in no hurry to meet by the time governor general Jeanne Sauve reads the speech from the throne to open the next session of almost three and on half months will have passed since the Mulroney government was there was a Brief session of parliament just after the election but its Only purpose was to enact the legislation implementing the free Trade the few words in the speech from the throne which opened session made no attempt to set out a comprehensive government the next one will and the prime minister promises that it will be closely followed by a since that budget is widely advertised As the one that will finally come to grips with the chronic problem of government deficits and it is surprising that the government is not showing More sense of urgency in getting to the current anti deficit chorus from business leaders is not helping the of is not the first prime minister to find his urge to meet parliament moderate once he was safely Back in Pierre Trudeau waited a full six months after being reelected in 1974 campaigning for a mandate to come to grips with inflation without imposing wage and Price after waiting six months to come to he imposed wage and Price in their latest spell in govern the liberals met parliament two months after taking Power in february but waited until the following fall before bringing Down a that history adds a certain perspective to the huffing from Liberal House Leader Herb Gray about govern ment while Gray is no one to his complaint this time is by Wilson special to the free press Ottawa a disturbing Rise in inflation internationally is beyond All dispute but canadians remain far from agreement on whether it is a problem in this country and on what action should be taken if on one Side there Are those led by the governor of the Bank of John who insist that inflation is a danger which must be contained before it grows the opposing led by several provincial premiers and some insists that inflation is not a serious problem outside with some suggesting that it is limited to metro disagreement there is an underlying disagree ment on a Basic question what constitutes an unacceptable rate of inflation since double digit inflation was curbed by the severe recession of of which it was a major cause there has been almost uni Versal willingness among Canadian politicians to regard inflation at about four per cent As accept the nonpolitical school of thought holds that this level is unacceptably High because of the rapidity with which it destroys the Worth of All assets which have a fixed monetary they include All whether provincial or corp Many other instruments of All a indexed pensions which Are most of those in the country and All insurance All Canadian Motherly regarding the heading la nursed her 9week old baby during a legislative committee free february first it was Sheila now it is Judy it is very Motherly that these women want to be with their infant children and nurse but what would happen if a lab police wanted to take their infant to work to nurse them i can just imagine what a lawyer would think of dictating to his Secre tary while she was nursing her child or tending to it when was it is a woman Choice to have the child and if she has to work or wants to work she should realize that and find suitable babysitting arrange the ironic part of it is that the women who Are taking their babies to work Are the ones who Judy Wasyly Ciales could definitely afford to leave them with capable the woman who has to work in order to live usually has the kind of Job from which she would be fired if she showed up with her baby strapped on her this is not As a taxpayer i am paying the Las salary to be there without like any other Smid Winnipeg civic theatre a recent news item stated that Winnipeg actors a Chil Drens theatre was looking to relocate in the pantages playhouse theatre pantages play House attracts theatre free february the full extent of such usage was not this should ring a warning Bell that Quick and positive action must be taken by other Winnipeg cultural organizations to ensure that the playhouse remains a Winnipeg civic theatre for wide use by the Citi in the Early 1940s it was Learned that consideration was being Given by the City Council of that time to sell the or otherwise dispose of As a a committee of concerned citizens was formed to protest against such a Fol lowing the committees appearance before the decision was made to retain the building As a civic i urge Winnipeg Art groups to raise a Clear voice against the City allowing one organization the exclusive or priority use of the theatre or its production at the adoption of the civic the atre concept by City Council in the 1940s it was stated that Winnipeg was to be the first City in Canada to operate and Foster the use of a municipal in 1989 Are we heading or shall we continue Forward will Dickson a member of the 1940s save the theatre committee letters the Winnipeg free press welcomes letters from writers must give their name and names will be used and letters Are subject to mindless facts departmental examinations Are purely ideological and have Little to do with indicating intelligent behave for the most department tals select those learners who Are compliant and who memorize such exams do not select Many students who Are capable of thinking or Able to create new the editorial thinking again of free february 18 referred to the old Days when every body wrote departmental i marked departmental in Mathe Matics Back in the old and i want to share part of that expert every once in a while we would Send the same exam script around to All the people marking to see How consistent were our this was after we had spent a Long time working out a marking scheme agreeable to the average variation was about 40 per that Means a 50 per cent Grade might be marked from 30 per cent to 70 per and this Grade variation was in mathematics those marking English and history exams spoke of even larger differ in order to keep this variation Small it is necessary to test mainly factual recall questions or simple anything More complicated leads to wide differences in the scores which two identical scripts might of calculators or computers will do most of these mindless factual questions if you wish to know what High school students or others can then they must have an Opportunity to be employed at if a person wishes to instruct then he or she needs an Opportunity to Stu Dent aspiring Craft persons should try out their crafts and potential Farmers experience employment not exams is the Best indicator of a persons to to bring Back departmental exams in the 1990s will have nothing to do with education and everything to do with political Barry Hammond Winnipeg police bouquet recently there has been a great Deal of criticism about our Winnipeg City police i wish to bring it to your attention that on a very cold sunday afternoon after Church ser i found a note on my car Windshield from a very consid Erate policeman beyond the Call of indicated that i must attend to one of the front tires of my car As the pressure was very and wished that i would get Home safely and to have a Nice a great bouquet to the Winnipeg my Winnipeg combat Access having just heard that the human rights commission has ordered the Canadian armed forces to let women into combat i must Stop and ask Why they didst just go All the Way and order that wheel chair Access be provided on Battle wed be infringing terribly on paraplegics constitutional rights if we were to deny them the Opportunity to get their Heads blown the commission has obviously applied the same strict standards to their own organization by allowing anyone to be a regardless of How limited their intelligence or common sense might Sherwyn Dalgliesh Winnipeg health left assets in this category have lost More than half their value since the Dollar value of real estate and common stocks usually adjusts to inflation but this is not necessarily True of commodities their Price depends on the Laws of Supply and demand which May not follow inflation the startling jump in the Ameri can consumer Price Index for Jan uary to an annual rate of per cent will probably intensify the Canadian this country Economy is so closely linked with that of the United states that few american economic developments leave us in inflation has already soared in Britain and in several european the Howe widely respected As Canadas most distinguished think has been drawn into the immediate dispute because its annual policy review has just been the review makes two Points that Are relevant to the huge debt Loaa one is that rising interest rates inevitably add to the Cost of carrying the country huge debt Load and therefore contribute to the problem of reducing the the other is that Canadian interest rates began their current climb for Politi Cal the government slowed Down its efforts to Cut the its most forceful now and in recent is that the reduction of the deficit must be seeded the institutes current report is meaty and its most though Provok ing single observation is probably to be found in this paragraph in the world of the those countries Best Able to Cope with turbulence in the world Economy and in financial markets will be those that have Strong National balance can Ada Dees not second longest this is a very comfortable coun try at the present time with truly remarkable rates of economic growth and Job formation but far too much is being left to the current period of economic growth is just entering its seventh year the second longest since the second world not even the most san Guine of the premiers could possibly believe sincerely that this will continue without slowing Down sharply fairly it is not Only the level of Federal debt that is very High so is the debt being carried both by Consumers and depending on the severity of the slowdown it May bring acute As the 198182 recession in other the country May not be nearly As comfortable in a year or two As it is right the Best Way of stopping any increase in inflation and reducing present rates would be through a Sharp reduction in the deficit achieved by a combination of serious reductions in Federal spending and significant increases in there no sign whatever that this policy would win any Public the popular course would be the irresponsible one Bury our Heads in the poor choices it looks like mayor Norrie is campaigning wanting to name the stadium after Bobby its a after the Blue bombers won the Grey he didst want to Call the Ball Park Mike Riley Sta i am getting tired of naming these buildings and streets after Well paid athletes and councillors who get indexed pensions and free tickets to whats the matter with naming them after some of the men who fought in the last War for a Day and didst live to return to Canada i lived in Brooklands for 30 years before amalgamation with now they have a swimming Pool named after a James councillor who never even lived in Why want this named after a Brooklands lad i can think of one who was killed the first Day in its also about time men like Tommy Prince got some Recagni Smith Winnipeg one tier system the brutal attitude of the Power View Village Council Council defies welfare free february 7 is one of the Best illustrations presented for the Case for a one tier welfare system in or at least a standardization of municipal the refusal of the Power View coun cil to provide social assistance to one of its Community members is in direct contravention of the Canada Assis Tance its callous disregard for the welfare of a Mother and her four children is an act of violence that is unacceptable in any its Refus Al to bring its rates up to rates that were ridiculously Low even in 1967 when they were underscores that it has been shown that Power View is not unique in its inability to administer social programs there Are some 200 municipalities in this province that Are responsible for pro Viding assistance to those considered to be nearly half pay less than 60 per cent of the provincial rate that still does not come near reaching the poverty line this fractured multilevel system is still in effect Only in Manitoba and Nova it results in widely discretionary and punitive administrations by individuals who Lack the Nec Essary skills needed to Render just and effective decisions in local welfare income supplement programs set up by the Federal government often Bene fit municipalities rather than those the programs were designed to the standardization of municipal Benefit Levels can Only help to make it practically possible for More employ Able Manitoban on social assistance to obtain decent paying a goal that All have in it is unfortunate that the realization of the prerequisites for attaining that goal must be enforced upon such Warren National Antipoverty organization run for your its a takeover ;