Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 21, 1989, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free May Winnipeg free press Freedom of Trade Liberty of religion Equality of civil rights published seven Days a week at 300 Carlton Winnipeg r3c 3d 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 general Epp gets it wrong it is not surprising that it has taken two weeks to produce a supposed military reason Why Kapyon Barracks should be closed in Winnipeg and the resident regular Force the Princess Patricia Canad an Light moved to neither is it that this reason has been put Forward by Energy minister Jake Epp rather than by defence minister Bui Mcknight or his associate Mary the fact is that there is no military 1 any politician connected with the department of rational defence who argued that the battalion should be located in Edmonton because it is closer to the base of its air transport would be laughed is dreadfully Short of air it is so the air Rescue Section had to be moved from to Edmonton simply because there were too few aircraft to be stationed at both the nations dedicated troop transport Fleet of Jet is located at Ontario and not is getting so Long in the tooth that it is no longer Canadas Fleet of Hercules transports is serving As because Many of these aircraft Are based in Edmon even though Many others can be seen on a regular Here in Epp says he must support the decision to move Winnipeg regular Force infantry battalion to the Alberta he should explain the flying time Between Edmonton and Winnipeg is under two even for the relatively slow Kapyon Barracks is close to the Winnipeg and the forces have adequate staging facilities at the Airport most military planners consider the location of air bases relevant Only As far As reasonable Access is aircraft Are the most Mobile of military the Pacli is not a Quick response unit the Way that Canadas airborne regiment unit transport based in Edmonton is adequate to the units it is Clear that there is no military reason to close Kapyon and to move the unit to neither there a financial National defence Headquarters claims a saving of million Over 15 it also says there will be an initial Cost of million involved in the change to the better part of this amount will be spent to provide the regiment with a place to the Barracks Here will be sold including who has to spend million up front to achieve a 15yearsaving of million needs a quiet talk with a competent the Cost of amortizing million Over 15 years will More than double the and should keep reminding Ottawa that closing of a military base needs either from a military or financial the proposed closure of Kapyon to Juliot rest on either some practical diplomacy Canadian diplomacy was practical and effective at this years annual meeting of the world health organization in it helped to solve the artificial crisis Naomd by the irresponsible decision of the Palestine liberation organization to apply for Canada and other member states of this admirable organization had their time wasted when the who bad the foul Luck to be chosen by the Plo As a target for a Public relations the Plo already has observer status at the who but applied for membership As if it were a it was an attempt by the Plo to secure increased political legitimacy without having to do All the hard work of securing and controlling having establishing a government and provid ing services to a common sense suggests that the immediate response of who director general Hiroshi Nakajima to this tiresome play acting should have been a brisk As chief executive of the organization he had the authority to Tell Plo chairman Yasser Arafat that his application As president of Palestine had no stand i not meet internationally accepted definitions of Nakajima erred by deciding not to do he did ask the Plo to withdraw its request in the larger interests of the acting on Good advice from his Mission in Clark made the same the had the bit Between its it forged convinced that All those countries that had made fools of themselves by extending recognition to the Palestine declared in Algiers by the Plo would again make fools of themselves by voting for its immediate admission to the the Plo was the first indication was the decision of the member states to vote for a today delay in addressing the Canadas delegation rightly supported this the next indication was the shocked report by a Plo representative that the soviet ambassador had indicated that his government would not support the plos Canadas delegation found that no voting majority existed for giving Palestine a who no such existed for the Only decision that made sense this being Canada supported the director generals Compromise proposal that the matter be put off for a the Best result that was sends a useful message to the Plo and to its misguided having lost in an Agency that requires Only a 50 per cent plus one How Are their disruptive plans going to work in most other require a majority of More than three quarters the question does the Plo has boasted that it plans to Send to All other in special agencies and International organizations membership applications duplicating the one to who that Nakajima de scribed As potentially More dangerous than a precedent now exists for pushing the plos sover eign state posturing to the where it each Agency delay the matter for a year and do the Sam each year it comes up in future until the Day when the Plo earns the right to become what it now Only pretends to living in interesting times Church ills empty port use of the Northern shipping Point of Churchill depends Engram available to be and on customers who want to take advantage of the ports location to reduce their transportation it depends even More on the determination of those involved in the Export of Grain to make sure that the port is this year there is a shortage of Grain to be As few customers Are pounding the Board room tables at the Canadian wheat Board with de mands that their orders be filled through the Manitoba As there is Little evidence of determination within the Canadian Grain Export Industry to ensure that Churchill remains on the list of Export transport minister Benoit Bouchard cannot be expected to understand the significance of his announce ment that no Grain will leave Churchill this his plate has been particularly full with air crashes and Ether matters which will fill his working he May not grasp either the significance of the announcement which a year of no use to one in which Only a Token was the minister responsible for the wheat Charles has no such he should be painfully aware of the need to keep Churchill alive in the Hope that someday us potential can be his voice should be no one will argue under present Churchill could Ever become a profitable Grain what should be considered is the savings to Farmers who Are Able to ship their Grain through another consideration should be Canadas future in the these Are sufficient immediate reasons to keep Chur chill canadians Are told repeatedly that More Northern activity is necessary to Back up Canadas claim to Arctic a minimum of icebreaking services could extend Church ills shipping a minimum of Effort on the part of the Canadian wheat Board could identify customers who would Benefit from taking delivery at a combination of these factors could Guaran tee that Churchill would survive As a port until the Day comes when there is Money to improve the rail line and customers can be identified for other products such As Coal and Potash which could be exported from North americas most Inland by Christopher Dafoe special to the free press May you live in interesting that old chinese saying has a double As we All interesting or eventful times can also be highly As we dwellers in the highly inter Esting twentieth Century know to our there has probably never been a More interesting Century in the history of the world and it is not Over it is probably much safer to live in uninteresting but probably terribly Boring As a life of Arcadian Bliss May be what we All but if we got it we might not like still unfolding life in China has been interest ing for much of this from the Boxer revolution to the cultural revolution and beyond and the peo ple of that country May Well be looking Forward with keen anticipation to Boring times whatever the people of China Are going through at it is certainly fascinating and exhilarating for the outside in our has made history in a Large Way and the great Story is still imagine a million people gather ing in one place to demand some thing from the even the most hidebound and undemocratic government would think twice about ignoring a protest on that when a million people Are banging on the front it is a Good idea to open the window and ask them what they when a million chinese spoke with one voice in Beijing last the aged leaders of China got the Mes Sage and made the appropriate re those who saw the cold War in and lived through it can Only look with astonishment at recent events in various parts of the not Long ago the hungarians started pulling Down their part of the Iron cur in the dissidents have been allowed to stand for Public i in China the old men of the revolution have promised democratic the whole world seems to be changing around us in ways that we never thought Uia Lasmonde marxism was a Back number when the red Flag first went up in Moscow in but it took a Long time for the disciples of Marx to Wake up to the you can sit on people for a Long but sooner or later they will Start to and when they watch change is always resisted at but when it is badly needed and greatly yearned for we witness the Force of the Flower that Breaks the we have lived so Long in an Atmo sphere of confrontation Between East and West that Many people Are now looking toward Washington to see How the Leader of the free world will respond to events in the soviet bloc and no response so there seems to be no response at this should not be too what response could there be did anyone expect presi Dent Bush to put the Fleet on Alert when springtime came to Moscow what is the appropriate response when the aged rulers of China Tell protesting students re forms will be forthcoming should there be a sharply worded note or a singing Telegram George Bush has been president of the United states for several months now and we hardly know that he is this May seem to be an unfortunate thing to some but it May Well be that at this moment in history a Semi invisible president of the United states is exactly what the world the spotlight is trained in another direction at the Era of confrontation is it is morn ing in Ronald reagans evil pm burning steaks Back in Washington president Bush is playing horseshoes on the White House Lawn and thinking about burning some steaks on the fear the universe is unfolding As it for the the americans have no great role to play in the world stage other than to watch events and Send greetings and in i dont suppose the Cia can take any credit for what is taking place in what used to be the enemy history will undoubtedly View the the mi5 and All the other superspy organizations As variations Keystone kops they rushed about they played their tricks and carried out their undercover but in the end their tricks were no More than their influence upon real events had All the significance of a pie in the history has other Means of bring ing about change comes about because so Many people want it that nothing can resist the we live in interesting times and there is nothing we can do about ominous Symbol my heart Sank when i saw the picture of the Canadian Flag flying upside Down outside the legislative building flog free May if we Arent willing to do something As easy As flying the Canadian Flag whats going to happen to Canadian sovereignty apathetic canadians Are making it aft the easier for the United states to creep Over the Border and take if we Arent proud of our to nutty and dont stand up for we Vio lose the Unity required to hold us i have Only been made worse now by the implementation of the Trade Al ready we have seen Many Job layoffs and company mergers As a result of the Many canadians Pride Down on make excuses and say that the Deal will pay off in the Long not enough people have been consider ing its Adverse effects on our eco nomic and political flying the Flag upside Down May not be the end of Canada but it could very Well symbolize the beginning of the How is it that we have let this happen Andrew Shatto Winnipeg shameful the failure of Premier Filmon to change the minds of the Federal government regarding the future of the forces bases in Manitoba is Only one part of a veritable dismantling of several parts of this provinces economic with the closure of food processing clothing and other manufacturers there appears to be a dangerous Cycle established that will be hard to at the same time it is becoming Clear that the vindictive and mean spirited character of prime minister Mulroney and his administration is being directed toward the fact that the Premier cannot even get a meeting with him is one aspect of this the inability of our conservative maps to effectively guide Industry and develop ment toward Manitoba is the literally hundreds of jobs that have been lost Over the past five years have never been replaced and meanwhile the Western diversification fund has awarded to this prov Ince a fraction of what has been awarded the people of Manitoba will remember the shameful track record of our elected representatives in Ottawa and hold them account As would any major business Pura Winnipeg letters the Winnipeg free press welcomes letters from writers must give their name and names will be used and letters Are subject to backward step animal abuses of All kinds will no longer be considered crimes under proposed changes to the Canadian criminal even serious physical pain will be legalized As Long As it is a reasonably necessary Means of doing virtually anything from training a dog to raising How can causing serious injury or physical pain Ever be considered necessary i thought we were sup posed to be an example of a civilized surely this can Only be a tremendous step Katharine Schulz Winnipeg loosely schooled according to the Globe and mail a certain William Phipps has on behalf of the United Church of that Shell and its Parent company pull out of South it becomes painfully obvious to those of us who Are informed visa vis the unique intricacies of the South african socioeconomic sys that these alleged men of god Are very loosely schooled for had they done their Homework they would have discovered that the average Black worker in South Afri Ca supports no less than six other persons these figures apply equally to the Large migrant worker Force that commutes to South Africa from neighbouring african if one were to be one could allow that perhaps these representatives of the United Church simply dont in their appalling that hundreds of thousands of Blacks will be put out of work should their admonitions be heeded by companies like further to these men of the cloth have steadfastly ignored the now accepted fact that thorough going mandatory sanctions would have a disastrous effect on workers within the Canadian steel to the tune of approximately jobs the proof of this is in the simple fact that we still import minerals from South Africa that Are Neces sary to keep our steel Industry internationally respected re search firms have conducted polls that indicate that the vast majority of Black South africans Are against any it would appear that now even political misinformation has been added to the Litany of deceits that make up the ideology of the modern United Church of president Africa association not thrilled i read with interest the article recycling depot to buy garbage free May while i am All in favor of recycling garbage the idea of a Blue Box Doest thrill i cannot see myself carting this Box to the curb Side during the if indeed it Hast Frozen to my Back i must bring the Box in and Wash it out before if some one Hast stolen what about the Handi or people living in apart ment blocks would not a Clear reusable plastic bag better serve the purpose Judy Bartlette Winnipeg picture thank you for Randy Turners excellent series of articles entitled keeping the the series gave a Clear picture Why Many Rural Church Energy for Mission and ministry is consumed in simply keeping the doors the dynamics of a declining farm population is not simply a Rural concern but is the product of a food system that involves Rural and Urban Folk the value placed on Large efficient factory farms at the expense of family held holdings is destroying the fabric of Rural com it also requires an Ever increasing use of pesticides and herbicides that Are damaging our land and Quality food and a cleaner environment require a new emphasis on a just food system would be characterized by engaging All of society in the maintenance of healthy communities and the wholeness of Richard Chambers ministries the United Church of Canada trimming the fat with regard to Strickland letter draconian free april 26 it seems his single celled View of what is appropriate could use some minimal insight to since the mid70s Canadas fiscal deficit has gone from almost Zero to what is now second Only to Italy in fiscal its unemployment insurance program has been called a National financial disgrace whose characteristics resemble that not of an insurance system but More of a welfare program which has created a damaging dependency stifling to the work ethic in Many sectors of the labor the Only increased pressure brought about will be on the jobless will have to somehow find a Job in nine Short months instead of perhaps Strickland would pre Fer Pur country deficit grow to such a size that some of our debt Load would Start to be purchased from our creditors by International Environ mental As is the Case for a few debt Ridden South american the purchased debt is then exchanged for some of the country land which the Environ mental groups turn into National Parks for come to think of id like the recent changes to the i system Are nothing More than a trimming of the fat of a typically abused and Overly generous govern Mentrin no person who legitimately deserves to collect unemployment benefits will have difficulty collecting working for 18 weeks in the last year is not much to ask Kevin love Winnipeg i dont care what you did Down youre not doing it up ;