Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 19, 1989, Winnipeg, Manitoba Focus world Tempo chemical warfare triumphant return beating the bugs Mikhail Gorbachev returns Home after opening new Era of Goodwill with China deadly weapons spread through the third world some Advance planning will help gardeners fight Nasty insects Cloudy tonight 10 Cloudy tomorrow 19 May 1989 free press Sun rises sets Moon rises sets final Gumto War tog horns just Lwy 9570550 cat Mhz 9662330 second Oas Smyl heqb1batom number pm officials May order army to Clear Tiana men nears army loyalty in question from the news services Beijing chinese communist party Leader Zhao Ziyang and Premier i Peng met with hunger strikers before Dawn praising their Good intentions but urging them to end their six Day nearly one million people poured into Central Beij demanded senior Leader Deng Xiaoping step Down and expressed support for the students who Are fasting for Polit ical foreign defence attaches and chinese journalists said it is pos sible the authorities would soon summon troops to Clear Tianan men Square to end what i referred to As a state of Anar but whether the soldiers would obey was an open Zhao told the students today see u Page 4 discrimination alleged some fire shown distributing swimsuits to their have accused a Winnipeg hotel of treating them poorly Ann 31 63 it 37 f throne speech leans left As Filmon courts nip pay equity High on tory Agenda by Patrick Mckinley the Filmon government has proposed privatizing the governments computer service in a throne speech that also pledges action on a spate of issues dear to the tougher environmental and consumer Protection the further Extension of pay equity in Public institutions and Reform of Winnipeg civic government Are All on the Agenda for the coming George Johnson said As he read the speech opening the minority governments second legislative businessmen health Industry Ottawa office the tories also pledged a new policy on Multi including Steps to recognize the Over seas training and education of new immigrants and incentives to businesses who put immigrants in upscale nip Leader Gary doer was Quick to claim credit for Many of the while attacking the government for failing to Deal with the provinces deteriorating economic but Liberal Leader Sharon Carstairs denounced the throne speech As evidence of a do nothing charging it was late to Wake up to the need for better environmental with 24 conservative seats compared to 21 for the liberals and 12 for the the tories will need nip support to fend off defeat at the hands of a Liberal party that says it is now ready to the 15page throne speech also promises a series of initiatives for Rural and Northern Mani including a task Force to look for govern ment operations that can be moved from Winni Peg to Rural and it says the government can afford some tax without making specific commitments on which taxes might be the proposal to sell off Manitoba data the governments inhouse computer caught the Manitoba government employees association by no consultation Mega president Peter Olfert condemned the government for making the announcement with out any prior saying he is extremely concerned about the jobs of mass Iso unionized and so no unionized Olfert said he would seek an emergency meeting with finance minister Clayton manness to seek assurances that jobs will be protected if the operation is manness said in an interview the govern ment has already received an offer from a private but is willing to entertain other he stressed that ads will Only be sold if it brings additional investment and expertise to Manitoba and aids in development of the prov inces a Deal will not be struck with any company that Hopes for a Quick profit by merely buying the governments hard Ware and men Selling the government the same services it now obtains he ads handles the government payroll and Ken Fuff pbe83 Johnson enter House d no increase in personal income d increased tax Relief on farm d new Laws will be introduced to stiffen penalties for polluters and to promote d action will be taken to protect the Ozone layer and help eliminate acid d efforts will be made to improve communications with the Federal including the opening of a provincial office in d reforms and improvements in crop insurance and income stabilization d the government will produce a White paper on d new policies will be drafted on the arts and d companies will be provided with planning workshops and other help to Deal with free d Manitoba Highway system will be d efforts will be made to decentralize the provincial d the government will reintroduce legislation that would Force people to report child abuse by people other than the Childs d a Bill that would repeal a controversial labor arbitration Law will be Sale of Crown corporation Marks development plan by Catherine Mitchell a Filmon government plan to boost Rural economies includes new Northern roads and the Sale of a Crown native affairs minis Ter Jim Downey Moose Lake loggers a Crown corporation set up in 1971 to Supply Manfor with will be sold to the native and Metis communities at Moose Downey said the which employs about 75 is operated by Downers they want to buy we want to sell he were now working on How they can take Complete control of Downey said the Sale fits in nicely with the recent privatization of sold to Montreal based Recap enterprises As Well As making Good on the minority governments Promise to decentralize operations into Rural finance minister Clayton manness said negotiations Are so preliminary no Dollar value has been attached to Moose Lake which has see proposal Page 4 Hydro Bonds to yield per cent retrieval among its spate of environmental promises the government pledged to implement environmental Protection legislation and danger Ous goods handling legislation passed under the former nip the speech said the government will stiffen penalties for increase its capacity to respond to environmental take action see growth Page 4 Manitoba Hydro Bonds will pay interest for the first year of a three year finance minister Clayton manness said yes the on Sale until june will pay interest rates of 10 per cent for each of the last two years of the manness noted the first years rate is higher than the per cent paid by Canada savings the Hydro available in denominations As Low As 9100 at Trust credit unions and investment Are redeemable without penalty every six months june 15 and december they mature june the Bonds Are Only available to Manitoba if a resident leaves the he can keep his but cannot buy new manness the financing of Manitoba Hydro has tradition ally been done in Central Canada or foreign markets and the Bonds Are a first step toward bringing some of this borrowing manness old glory strikes sour note by Barbara Robson the image of a Flag flashed on a screen As the playing of 0 Canada opened a major environmental conference giving some delegates an unsettled feeling of an invasion through subliminal did it strike me i wanted to get up and strike the said Donovan a City councillor who attended the three Day the Flag tucked behind the familar Maple Leaf and a picture of an american Bald Eagle were among the images flashed on a Large screen while the Canadian Anthem was the conference got off to a bad Start by the subliminal messages implanted into the slide show that accompanied the National Timmers Many delegates missed the flashing but those who spotted it were puzzled or he you dont mix an american Flag in with the National Anthem of another you dont mix any other country Flag in with the National the second Day of the conference offered More of the same when graphics used to illustrate planners notions of an International Centre for sustainable development showed an Institute surrounded by buildings which resembled those found in and Large Industrial the graphics designers also opted for the american spelling of Center instead of the Canadian version but a conference planner said there was nothing subversive in the images presented to there were two there was a Canadian and an showing our neighbors who we do a lot of work with and build the world said Gail of Inka meeting who helped organize the she said the Choice of the Flag was but the Eagle picture was chosen because the Bird is an endangered not because it is a Symbol of the theres also the whole partnership Between canadians and free Trade and there was no intent to do anything Hall ;