Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 1, 1989, Winnipeg, Manitoba 6 Winnipeg free october Winnipeg ree 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 f Wood publisher John Daff editorial Page Dilot Murray Burt managing editor Rudy Redekop controller Winnipeg free press est 1872 Winnipeg Tribune est 1890 the seven percent solution there is Only one sure Way for finance minister Michael Wilson to save his goods and services that is to Cut the rate and to integrate the Federal tax with the provincial sales Wilson is getting or advice from All sides at the parliamentary hearings which Are studying the so far he has shown no signs of taking if he continues to reject his new tax will almost certainly be most economic analysis agencies conference Wood Gundy and the economic Council of Canada among them agree that replacing the present manufacturers sales tax with a broadly based goods and services tax in the Long Benefit the Canadian those same analyses Point out that the initial Impact of the tax is Likely to be the opposite of what Wilson is hoping it will produce More lower economic greater a employ higher interest rates and perhaps even a higher government Many of those analyses then go on to Point out if the tax were lowered from its proposed level of nine per cent seven per Many of those temporary Short term bad effects could be at the same spokesmen for Small who claim to be ready to accept the idea of a goods and services have declared their determination to fight to the death against the tax that Wilson is much of that opposition would disappear if Ottawa and the provinces would get together on a simplified tax which would spare them the costs and complications inherent in the present Wilson has tried already to negotiate a joint tax with the he abandoned the Effort some time not because the provinces rejected the idea but because he Felt they were not moving fast enough towards the cautious approach of the provinces is understand they have much to gain from a new integrated goods and services tax but they Are not under the same pressure As Ottawa to adopt one their own provincial sales tax systems Are adequate for the Many provincial governments would prefer to see Ottawa take the political heat for introducing the new tax and then quietly get on Board once things cooled Wilson should try again to get the provinces it need not be All of for has no provincial tax to integrate and Alber tans have been conditioned to believe that they Are divinely protected from Ever having to pay if a combined Federal provincial tax system were established in even a handful of including one of the biggest then the pressure on others to join in would be that Prospect might not be As Remote As Wilson Ontario provincial Robert made some interesting comments about the goods and services tax in an interview last week with the Finan Cial Nixon agreed that there should be a new tax to replace the manufacturers sales tax but argued that a nine percent goods and services tax would be what would Ottawa have to do to win you Over he was i would bring it in about seven per he if Nixon really Means then Wilson should make him an offer he cannot once Ontario was other provinces might quickly be persuaded to join whether Manitoba was among them would depend on whether Premier Gary Filmon listened to his fears or to his finance Filmon lives in perpetual fear of being dragged Down by too close identification with the Mulroney finance minister Clay ton manness knows that a properly designed goods and services tax will Benefit the Manitoba if he did Cut the rate to seven per Wilson would have to find the lost Money he should not try to take it from the tax credit for Low income he could get it from the personal and corporate income the Best solution of All though politically would be to follow the advice of the Consumers association of Canada and apply a lower tax rate to just about everything including the closer it is the clearer it is that the goods and services As now is doomed to be politically and economically to save Wilson should get together again with the prov inces and reach for the seven percent after who needs artists Why get into the Oas How would Canada Benefit from joining the Organiza Tion of american states Why is the government of Canada even considering such a move at this time can this country afford the potential financial and political costs of membership such questions should be discussed thoroughly by canadians and debated in their parliament before any decision is this change in Canadian foreign policy should not be railroaded through Cabinet just to give prime minister Brian Mulroney something exciting to say when he visits Costa Rica october since Canada has had observer status at the Washington Headquarters of the whose 31 members include the United states and countries of Central and South Canada has always declined to take full the Oas has been seen in Canada As ineffective and lacking achievements of the Oas Are difficult to the organization has been nearly mute about shocking human rights violations in its member it has failed to protect the environment of latin it has been irrelevant to regional peacemaking it is virtually invisible on the current drug in a capital City overloaded with government the Oas is legendary for its bloated few in Washington pay attention to the organization for these the department of external affairs thinks that Canada not Only should pay attention but should external affairs minister Joe Clark seems to have become attracted to the idea As part of a possible decision to select latin America As an area of special concentration for Canadian it would come after the United Asia and Europe but before other extra technical and financial resources would be poured into the without unnecessary Oas could be a Good Canada now has a if Trade with latin America that is Worth trying to but a Large population does not necessarily mean a Large Market because most living in the Region Are several major latin american countries Are deep in there Are but they Are Canadas Trade Success in latin America has been achieved there is no evidence that joining the Oas would it does not seem to have done much to help its own members Trade Oas member Mexico is trying to emulate Canada by seeking a special Trade Deal with the United Canada is an attractive participant to most Oas this country would have to pay seven per cent of the annual Bill or about Canada could be depended upon to unlike Many Oas including the United now about million in not Only would Canada be one of the few paying on it would be greeted by the voluntary fund for Aid and into which it would be expected to drop another Canada would be stepping into a potential hornets latin american Oas member states still resent the decision to Back Britain expulsion of an Argentine invasion of the falklands in Canada condemned Argentina use of Force to seize the had Canada been an Oas member in and a signatory of the Rio Mutual defence this country could have been obligated to Back Argentina and to go to War against would with its huge Cross order Trade with the United want to find itself in the Middle of routine tensions Between Washington and latin Ameri can states would Canada want to argue inside the Oas with the United states Over this county Dif Ferent policies towards Cuba and Nicaragua paying More attention to latin America and trying to expand Canadas Trade there both make joining the Oas at this juncture would make no sense because it would bring costs but few by Christopher Dafoe special to the free press a few eyebrows shot up recently when it was realized that the govern ment committee appointed to review Manitoba arts policy is made up entirely of there is a furniture an some assorted arts managers and other cultural but no actual some of the committee members May paint a Little on the weekend or sing in the but culture min ister Bonnie Mitchelson feels that they Are All passionately enthusiastic about the arts and will produce a wonderful report that All Manito including the will be proud no artists the optimistic Mitchelson May be of time will it does seem that a committee looking into Artis tic matters should consist entirely of no artists not one no no no Ballet no author or if the Manitoba government decided to look into the future of Agri culture and set about selecting a committee of citizens to supervise the one would expect to see a few Farmers and Grain merchants on the a committee struck to examine government policy toward Small business might Well be expected to contain a few Small business even a few Large it is highly unlikely that committees Stu dying agriculture or Small business would contain dancers or heaven forbid the decision to exclude artists from a committee examining arts policy May not be All that surprising to artists with Long tra when decisions Are being made about artistic matters at an official the decisions have been made by we have been will be allowed to appear before the committee and the committee will listen carefully to their the no artists will then decide what is Best for the there May be a number of reasons Why no artist was deemed worthy to serve on a government committee examining Manitoba arts perhaps no artist with solid conservative connections could be after so Many artists seem to give the impression that they veer to the there May be such a thing As an artist who is actually a card carrying member of the conserva Tive but Mitchelson was unable to establish there is also a Long established and much cherished View that Artis tic people Are not really responsible it is Nice to have them of they make Nice but they Are really charming entertaining and amusing to have at social functions if they dont get too close to the Money matters charming they May but they Are totally unqualified to sit on important government committees struck to consider serious matters such As Money and Money it is widely Are totally beyond they Are up in the anyone who has Ever had anything to do with artists of with a few exceptions of the sort that you might encounter in any walk of artists Are among the most practical of they have to in the world of the Money is usually in Short Supply and artists in All artistic disciplines have had to learn to get the Best possible value for their most artists steer Clear of the fiscal excess that you see in business All the spent with care there Are very few Cecil Milles in artistic when it is is usually spent with and the myth of the spendthrift artist endures against All the there terrible with poor they need con Stant another reason Why artists Are traditionally excluded when committees and study groups Are being formed is that almost every Busi politician or insurance Salesman considers himself an expert on artistic after almost everybody these Days can read and most members of the Middle class have attended a concert and Ballet perform a Man who has attended a performance of the Mousetrap in London with some just Ifica no that he is something of an expert on International anybody can go to the Art gallery and form an opinion on modern almost at an expert on and just about everybody is an expert on after we can All write letters if we had the we might produce a who needs artists grave injustice regarding a segment within Ste phen Sticks pop beat column on pertaining to the change in management and entertainment policy of the club i do understand and appreciate that when such changes take place in a Well known night its newsworthy and of interest to your in this in absolutely out raged with some of the derogatory statements written about the club the Lead line started with the notorious club fur ther on it most Memora ble was its melting pot which a regular tactfully described Asim bewildered that your features editor understands the underlining meaning of the word notorious and the racial under tones of the word and approved the aforementioned to be club Morocco your writer has committed a grave injustice to Harry Smith As Well As Ross the club moroc co is the longest running nightclub in and possibly in North for Many years Harry Smith brought in top american and european thereafter he employed Many of Winnipeg finest musicians and the Well known Al Sprintz and his band were there for 14 there Are thousands of people who applaud and respect Harry As for Ross i extend Best wishes for Success in the transition of the Niter to on eyed jacks Dine and dance by Brownstone Winnipeg pointing East heaven forbid that this should be another diatribe on East West but i think Ive floundered upon the explanation for the apparent misdirection of Federal ener Gies out its this Damn Why did air Canada move East Why Are the bombers in the Cal East Why did that the of get awarded Down East look at the map if visitors from faraway places were to Fly Over our fair Metropolis in need of they could Sim ply gaze earthward to the Boundary created by the City of Winnipeg to find a Gigantic Arrow you guessed Bast the next time we fume and fuss Over Ottawa Lack of attention out maybe we should consider changing the shape of our per haps into a Gigantic its prob ably indicative of the process of How a political decision is and just think of the mass confusion it would create when the politicians have to stand in the Corner for misbehaving David Jenkinson Winnipeg letters the Winnipeg free press welcomes letters from writers must give their name and names will be used and letters Are subject to misses the Mark the writer in the letter the mess in our Public schools free 16 paints a fairly accurate he misses the Mark when he attributes the cause of this mess to our uni Versal system of education in which everyone goes to it is the managers of the system who Are responsible for the few would argue against a system which offers every youngster an equal Opportunity to Benefit from an at one the meaning of education was precise and easily one went to elementary school to become literacy meant developing proficiency in writing and arithmetic and acquiring knowledge about our com Mon heritage and Conse the Law obliged All children to attend elementary having acquired a sufficient level of literacy to Benefit from further students had the Opportunity to attend High those who graduated from High school were deemed ready for it was clearly understood and accepted by most parents and Stu dents that Only those who were highly motivated and who possessed a prerequisite level of literacy could Benefit from a High school Only those students who could Benefit were encouraged to attend High this system of Universal education worked in the late the politicians responsible for the system began to broaden its they adopted the View that All youngsters should at tend High a laudable they failed to think through the implications of their it is this failure that is the cause of the having All youngsters attend High school creates the expectation that All attending should if everyone is to How can traditional academic Stan Dards for graduation remain rigor Ous and demanding if the system of education is to accommodate students who previously could not Benefit from a High school then the program offerings should be rather than offering alternative pro Grams related to coping with life As an adult in facilities which Are is thetic and conducive to social inter politicians continue to offer watered Down traditional academic programs in traditional school build attendance and rather than form the Stan Dard for achieving a too Many Young sters who could Benefit from a traditional education choose programs of study which enable them to graduate but which close the door to further study at University or a Community other youngsters Are allowed to enrol in courses for which they Are not although they May attend regularly and work they perform at an inadequate the pressure to graduate often results in the school giving but not the the Public should not be when a High school graduate cannot accurately Complete a Job application solve simple Arith Metic problems without a calculator or write an expository essay in a University English Vic Pruden Winnipeg bicycle carriers i was disturbed with the photo graph that accompanied the cancer run hits Home for free the bicycle mounted child seat that the boy was in didst provide any Protection for the Childs neck and Many paediatric ians do not recommend any child Over the age of three in a bicycle mainly because of the weight of the child that can cause the rider to lose balance very As a Parent who is concerned about the Safe use of bicycle mount de child i am asking the minister responsible for Glen along with highways and transportation Minster Albert Driedger to set standards for the carriers so that every child in Mani Toba can be protected against Seri Ous Cindy Kelly Winnipeg appalling pay i am a registered nurse who is presently continuing her education in because of my 4 year old son is in a daycare Situa i am appalled at the rate at which these valuable people Are being paid i just above the poverty level As parents we entrust these people to assist in the rearing of our Chil Dren who by the an extremely valuable natural these in the will be the leaders of our province and statistics Tell us that there Are More single Parent families who have no Choice but to use daycare centres in order that they May work to provide a living for their which is less i wonder paying child care personnel a Liv Able wage or social assistance for these single families fighting for improved working conditions and better pay is nothing new to me being that i am a it seems that our being that they Are predominantly Are not As highly valued in our that stereotypical attitude really must change starting with a generous monetary increase to our daycare Amanda Fryatt Winnipeg irresistible hold thank you very much for writing your Story regarding Clear Lake cot on Clear Lake has irresistible hold on it May interest your readers to learn that another my 90 year old great aunt Jean Smith from still returns annually to her cottage at Clear she has returned to this cottage for 51 years As your Story Clear Lake does have an irresistible hold on its John Graham Winnipeg when you beam me scotty1 you should have told him How high1 ;