Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 23, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba 6 Winnipeg free april Winnipeg free press Freedom of Trade Liberty of religion Equality of civil rights published seven Days a week at 300 Carton 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 David Lee managing editor Winnipeg free press est 1872 Winnipeg Tribune est 1890 doctors need a better Leader Manitoba doctors should use the annual meeting of the Manitoba medical association to put the Mma Back touch with planet Earth and its Mma president Lloyd Bartlett has wandered too Long in some Remote Galaxy of the the association is supposed to be seeking a new fee agreement with the provincial it won weeks ago the major objective it had set elimination of a capping mechanism by which the government proposed to curtail growth of doctors Ever since the government dropped that Bart Lett has been trying to come up with something else to have a doctors strike he May be the Only doctor in the province who wants to have a doctors strike this he is certainly one of very the medical majority should Call Bartlett to order because he is doing them no he is portraying them As a greedy and irrational group determined to interrupt their service to patients and constantly raising their demands on the most Bartlett demanded an undertaking from the government that a ceiling on Billings will not be established during the term of the new agreement of in the he is sure that the government intends something different from what it proposes to write into the he wishes to Lead the charge against those secret intentions of the it is no secret that the government is As Are by the steady increase in the costs arising from Manitoba health insurance that is a genuine difficulty confronting this if the Mma will not join in resolving the it will Deal itself out of the its desperate quest for a pretext for militant action has already made the organization a laughingstock in the the doctors deserve better serving the wrong people it is irritating when people whose Job it is to serve others in stores or restaurants pay More attention to their colleagues than their customers when they spend time stocking shelves while people wait at the Cash Register when they serve themselves and the institution first and serve the people who arrive on their Doorstep it is often when similar and the thinking which underlies is evident among those whose Job it is to serve others in dire medical or social investigations into How it came to pass that two Manitoba Young people were badly served by Winnipeg hospitals or child welfare agencies suggest that Many who work in those institutions need to think again about How they do their one of the youths was an Ashern teenager who spent four Days waiting for emergency surgery on his leg at the health sciences Centre while another City Hospital had the operating room and the staff to help the other was a Young girl who was apprehended at least 12 times by child welfare workers in several agencies and was returned to Homes in which she was sexually in the language of adm Nistra the two Young people fell through the to Patch up the cracks in the Hospital health minister Don Orchard is now suggesting that a computerized Hospital registry could reduce the emergency waiting list in an overwhelmed emergency department during its busiest a few keystrokes on a computer terminal could Tell the staff of one Hospital which other Hospital could Lessen a patients wait and his period of a computer system was also proposed As Early As 1982 As a Means to keep track of families who have Long histories of services of child welfare Agen it was proposed again in 1985 when the childrens Aid society of Winnipeg was divided into six agencies and again two years later in the aftermath of a review of child abuse in computers were ordered and purchased last year but have never been used for tracing those the agencies say the system is inadequate for their computer systems which Are properly programmed and easy to use can be very useful tools of they Are Only As useful in answering As those who punch their keyboards Are interested in seeking information or solving a a series of Telephone Calls by Hospital staff to other hospitals or a direct talk by a social worker with a troubled family could achieve the same the systems have cracks not simply for the Lack of they Are cracked because the frontline workers Are overloaded with or fail to take the initiative to help people if that help does not also serve their or if they that behaviour is perhaps the Best computer program and institutional proce dures will Only go a Small Way in the prevention of misfortune to people who need administrators of government funded agencies and institutions put in place to help them should also remind themselves and their staff that personal initiative should be recognized and a Pat on the Back from the Boss can work wonders together with the True gratitude of patients and clients who Are Well while thinking about How to program their the administrators should also give thought to Bac patting for those who Are performing their jobs with special care and computers dont serve people people de Klerk gives Little negotiation is a process of debate and of giving and said South african president de Klerk in speeches to parliament last week and the ground that he staked out for his government in negotiations with Black leaders certainly left him with a lot that he will be Able to give up should he choose he rejected the concept of majority Rule and held out instead the Prospect of shared Power based on a on vote he did not define what he meant by a shared except to say that in his Conception it would give Whites a nor did he explain How the honest exercising of a Universal franchise could result in anything but majority he promised an end to but indicated that would not take place he promised to abolish one major piece of segregationist but promised Only some changes to the he spoke in tougher language than he has used since he released imprisoned leaders of the african National including Nelson it was not talk designed to give heart to those who Hope for a speedier process of Reform in the White ruled nation under de nor was it Likely to reduce International pressure on South it seems instead to have been aimed at de Klerks own a speech to Calm the anxieties of those Whites who May recognize that change is inevitable but Are growing increasingly fearful of its those fears Are natural and since mandelas the african National Congress has appeared divided and Uncertain in strategy and has sometimes seemed intransigent in its Proba Bly because a split in the leadership has left it torn Between those like urge some and those who advocate a continuing at the same violence Between Black political factions has claimed hundreds of lives in recent months and neither Mandela nor chief mangos thu buteo Levi has been Able to Stop the extremists on the right Wing of White South Africa who grow More wild eyed with every Small Reform fan these fears and express them in other forms of in the last month there have been two bloody incidents in which police have opened fire on peaceful Black killing some and injuring Many afrikaner Neo nazis attack Blacks on the streets and try to whip up hatred against coloureds and in the midst of All this it is important that de Klerk retain the support of the More moderate and realistic Whites who elected him on a platform of but it is at least As important that de Klerk maintain his Bona fides As a genuine reformer and earn the Confidence of moderate Blacks in his his speeches last week May have appealed to his own cons Titu but they will also have helped to alienate the much larger constituency that he must win Over if there is to be Hope of peaceful Reform in South urr8 negotiate the need to fight inflation by Wilson special to the free press Ottawa John crows belief in the need to achieve stable prices in the Canadian Economy is viewed As a subversive doctrine by some Cir cles in the world of businessmen and his critics contend that there is no real need to achieve the Bank of Canadas goal of Zero which Means a rate of annual Price increases Between Zero and one per that level of Price stability of been achieved by other countries which have then be come formidable competitors both internationally and in the Canadian the Crow some of whom Bear him an antagonism so intense As to make the word enemies a More appropriate be Lieve the immediate Cost of achieving stable prices is too High to make the increased competitiveness of Ca Nadian business and Industry Worth Over a higher than average rate of Price increase causes an irresistible erosion of the competitiveness of any country Commerce and preferred form As a general although they Are Seldom forthright about saying those opposing the Effort to secure stable prices in Canada would fall Back on downward manipulation of the Exchange rate of the Canadian Dollar As their preferred form of protectionism to offset their own declining the outcry when the Dollar Rose last year to Levels around 86 to 87 cents was largely a reflection of losses in competitiveness during the years since the 198182 recession when inflation had been in the four to five per cent inflation in the countries whose Competition is har dest to meet has been As Low As one per cent in some cases and in All of them below three per in Evita Canada has fallen this resulted from a government taken As the recession was that annual Price increases of four to five per cent would be treated As Low although by every historical and prevailing International they Are in fact it was a policy of National value Cut in half the opponents of stable prices Brush aside the costs of so called Low inflation in the five per cent a useful starting Point in examining the costs is the fact that five per cent inflation cuts the value of All Money in half in 14 last year a Well known business Douglas Peters of the Toronto do minion began a Public speech by pointing out that in the preceding 10 years the Dollar had lost 50 cents of its value the new Coin is the equivalent of a 50cent one of the most striking results of cutting the value of Money in half through inflation is the correspond ing loss of value of every asset which has a fixed Dollar a Bond bought in 1979 was Worth Only last the other had been stolen by government decisions not to take realistic action to bring inflation first before and secondly after the it was never a Canadian Deci Sion to curb inflation even when it soared above 10 per cent annually the Basic decision was taken by the Federal Reserve Board in washing ton with effects that spread out real inflation control in Canada was a made in America policy Crow be came governor of the Bank of Cana since then Canada has had its own policy on it was not Only the value of Bonds that was Cut in half Between 197989 or that will be halved again in an other 12 or 13 the value of every insurance policy suffered the same the Crow critics behave As if it were of no consequence when the father of a family who of insurance to protect them in the event of his premature ends up through no fault of his own or theirs actually leaving them Only in real to anyone who opens his eyes and it is inescapable that chronic inflation is the biggest single reason Why this country has been so unsuccessful in reducing the prevalence of there Are probably More reasons in the Case of the native brushed aside steady five per cent rises in prices Cut the purchasing Power of incomes that Are inadequate to begin whether they come from Low earn Ings or welfare people at that end of the income scale have no Power they cannot go on strike for higher they Are easily brushed aside by the mass of affluent people who Are bored by the poor and their National invest ment family stability and the reduction of poverty Levels Are All dependent on crows Suc Cess and the rejection of his ene Senate Reform Senate Reform seems to be the fashionable topic of discussion these particularly in being used As a lever to the passage of the Meech Lake constitutional pre Mier Getty and Preston Manning of Alberta Are touting the so called triple Senate equal and the liberals and nip have also called for Senate but have not offered a Clear Cut proposal or one can Only conclude that the triple Senate is the alter native we can the Senate As it now stands Al ready is equally represented by population and Region Western Canada Ontario Quebec maritime Premier Getty Newfoundland the territories one under the Canadian parliamentary the Senate was set up to have a sober second look at Legisla Tion passed by the House of com it is an ineffective with an ineffective result in the safety net it provides to our demo cratic elected who cares i cannot for the life of me understand Why we would want More politicians running around the bucking our elected rendering the House of commons the hidden Agenda to All this Reform talk is the overthrow of our Canadian parliamentary system in favor of a Republican style with one person logically an elected governor Gen eral or president with executive and veto i agree the Senate needs the provinces should appoint their senators As allowed for in Meech Lake based on political like most it distresses me to see the Liberal dominated Senate hold the House of commons hostage for political but it pleases me to see senators serve their country in a politically unbiased or motivated there May be too few of but that can be with the prov inces making their before we All get caught up in this Senate Reform i suggest we take a serious look at How our Parli Meu tary system and remind our senators they Are not elected we expect them to take that sober second with the Best interest of the nation at no party loyalty Sigurdson Winnipeg letters the Winnipeg free press welcomes letters Tom writers must give their name and names will be used and letters Are subject to editing too critical i read the review on Kelsey restaurant by Marion Warhaft dining free april with great dismay and some annoy Ance As i Felt she was far too critical maybe she feels that is her Job to justify a on March saturday i and two of my Bridge buddies had lunch at this this was the first time any of us had been there and it was recommended by a Friend of one of our we All ordered something different from the the other two had differ ent quiches and salads and i had barbecued Chicken on a plus a Basket of garlic Toast was shared and enjoyed by All we found everything to our Complete including the chips which were maybe Warhaft should stay Home and do her own that Way she might even be Satis fied that is if she really knows How to Lynn Scott Winnipeg islamic teaching the boys beating blamed on published in the free press on March provides a wrong perception about islamic teachings and traditions regarding bringing up children and developing Parent child islam provides Clear and specific guidelines for parents to impart Good character and behaviour to their and to train them in developing Good morality and responsive parents must protect the lives of their children provide Basic needs such As at clothes and shelter educate and provide the Means to acquire religious and professional knowledge and skills demonstrate consistency in their religious Faith and discipline and show a living pattern of Fidelity and while educating and training a parents should practise the following a share feel Joys and sorrows b show respect and and coun Sel together on All major decisions c discuss opinions and ideas and reach an agreement in a civilized manner without being physically and verbally abusive d treat All children equally e be upright and straightforward in behaviour f set examples on proper use of wealth by reasonable no indulgence in luxuries and in hospitality and parents May employ disciplinary action if absolutely but such action should include an explanation As to Why the action is being disciplinary action should Only of taken to deter a child from undesirable activities and be and it should not cause or leave any physical scar or children should never be harshly belittled and disparaged Golam Kirla Manitoba islamic Centre Winnipeg Legal rights we would like to comment on aspects of the boys beating blamed on As reported in the free press on March from the journal we learn that the 10yearold son of recent ethiopian immigrants was brutally and protract edly beaten by his father for minor Misbehaviour leading to the fathers conviction in provincial the fathers sentence is and the judge is reported to be inclined to a lenient ruling out of consideration for differences among ethnic groups in their norms for the treatment of As professional in the Field of child socialization and we Are appalled by this display of Cal Lous disregard of the fundamental Legal and physical rights of a minor resident on the and perhaps grounds that brutal abuse is worse for some than it is for we Are outraged that anything but a Complete Protection under the Law should be afforded resident Canad an children because it is Osten sively commonplace for their families to in what is clearly a criminal we Are further outraged that the publicity surrounding a lenient sen tence will Send a message that the plight of certain battered children is beyond social concern and that their abusive parents Are protected by an unwritten licence of social and Judi Cial Glass eight other signatures Winnipeg cultural heritage in his letter German plan shows bad taste free March 31 Walter Driedger states that the German Canadian Congress has no right to speak for the for his information the Manitoba representative in the National Ger Man Canadian Congress Over the past years has been Elizabeth a and a recognized and respected educator in the German mennonite and larger Ca Nadian the Low German language has much in common with flemish and and is one of the Low German vernaculars spoken in the lands South of the North sea and Baltic the words Low German Are if Driedger wants to exclude himself from the cultural heritage of the people of this that is his Victor Peters Winnipeg its an obscene phone Call from ;