Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 25, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free april cattlemen contradict statistics continued from Page 1 meat eater is a Bunch of said spokesman Alisa there is no current sound scientific evidence that shows that by being a vegetarian youre going to be a better user of natural re she said the committees figures on water for could Only be True if All Field Corn were raised through which is not the we dont have a problem with people choosing to become vegetal Harrison what we dont like is groups like the physicians committee for responsible Medicine spreading false rumours about our use of natural there misleading and there not based on scientific Evi the Range is in better condition today than it has been in 100 according to the Bureau of land Harrison and for 80 per cent of its a cow is raised on which Means and not on Bernard in 76 per cent said they consider themselves environmentalists and three per cent list themselves As vegetarians of one degree or Harrison said her information is vegetarians account for Only two per cent of the landlords use City As a Bank to finance losses Outback floods emergency personnel evacuate elderly people from the australian ranching town of about 600 Kilometres West of at least four people have died and 20 were reported missing in the worst flooding in More than a Century that has left an area of the normally arid Outback a land mass about the size of Western Europe under continued from Page 1 owes the City while 1 Riple s realty owned by Helmut saas and owes the City the list was released by the City yesterday after Greg Selinger tache demanded an end to the civic practice of keeping the names the list also included Lakeview National hotels which owns the downtown Sheraton hotel through a limited partnership involving Jack Levit and his Lakeview Canada the free press reported last week that levits company owed the City million As of Selinger said the list should encourage businessmen to pay their tax he said that making the list Public will help City councillors make in formed decisions on How to Deal with the problem of Back one Developer said yesterday that the City is to blame for realty tax Ami president of shelter said the City charges residential rental units 35 per cent More in property taxes than owner occupied one of the issues overlooked is Why rental properties Are in a Thorsteinson but Selinger said the tax Levy is higher because rental units generate Revenue for the unlike owner occupied its based on the ability Topay which i think is he he also noted the province sets the tax rate for various residential he rejected Thorsteinson claim rental property owners Are in a tight squeeze because of the cites tax his properties receive civic ser such As streets and Selinger Thorsteinson said Winnipeg realty taxes Are the highest in he said its cheaper to hold Back civic we have been using the City As a Bank because it was the question is How do you finance because of the High rate of the arrears the City allows three years for property owners to pay tax with after three the properties Are put up for and owners can reclaim them with an additional 10percent effective july the City will Levy a penalty equivalent to the prime Bank rate of the Day plus four percentage Points on All Back the current penalty for late pay ment is 15 per after july we will pay the taxes Thorsteinson ruling to dispel fear of groups say by Catherine Mitchell the death of Winnipeg group Home zoning bylaws will give sub stance to the charter of rights and freedoms and Start dispelling myths about the Law yers and advocacy groups said yes int that extraordinary Law yer Yude Henteleff said reacting to the Manitoba court of appeals ruling that the zoning bylaws violated the Charters Equality Henteleff said the ruling will put meat on the affirming Equality rights written into we have entered into a new Era of expanded rights and and that what Canadas All were giving the charter flesh and the court declared bylaws restricting where rehabilitative and care Homes could locate unconstitutional and therefore Henteleff was one of three lawyers representing seven advocacy organizations that work with people who Are physically and mentally disa addicted to substances and he and Arne director of Legal Aid Manitoba Public inter est Law said that in the ruling Means group Homes can set up where they please because there is no bylaw restricting them one group Home that faced a bitter yearlong fight before receiving approval to set and in part sparked the constitutional was sold last year for financial Karen executive director of win serv said the nonprofit organizations Oxford Avenue House was sold because it was so Large and costly to Kowalchuk and Henteleff said the fight to set up the House was a costly and emotionally draining she applauded the court saying when More of these Homes move into various people will learn there is nothing to fear from having a group of disabled people living next born of was often fomented at Public meetings held by Community and the opposition of area she judge notes ruling to create enormous difficulties continued from Page 1 City win in the court of Appeal in there not going to win in the supreme court of they said with the Winnipeg group Homes can locate where they please without having to go before Community committee Public where born of sometimes defeats applications by groups that help the men tally and physically disabled to live in the the bylaws amounted to people zoning because they defined the Homes not in terms of land but by who would be living in who heard the Appeal prior to under the Charters Equality pro the City of Winnipeg cannot restrict the location of care and rehabilitative Homes simply because of the physical or mental characteristics of their Monnin also stressed the importance of a municipality right to protect the neighbourhood integrity of ratepayers in single family Homes have a right to ensure Homes on third their value Are not built in the Vicinity and City councillors must protect those of lesser Means from infiltration in their areas by manufacturers and other commercial Ven Tures he he because of cases in which the supreme court has clearly established the Power of 15 of the which pro claims everyone is he was bound to find that the bylaw breaches the i realize the consequences of this ruling Are serious and will give Rise to enormous difficulties for the City of the bylaws restricting group Homes for the drug and alcohol rehabilitation and a convicts were challenged As unconstitutional by seven nonprofit in september the seven groups lost their Case in Manitoba court of Queens Bench when Justice Wilfred de Graves ruled the bylaws were neither discriminatory nor inconsistent with the in the Appeal court Justice Kerr writing a sep Arate agreed the bylaw was but said it was undesirable that the City might re strict the location of such care Homes even by land Justice Sterling Lyon said he in with the reasons of Monnin and alarmist tactics assailed continued from Page 1 ruling by the Federal court of a peal in March that halted Albertas Oldman River dam the ruling forces the Federal government to initiate a review of All projects that have an effect on areas within its it will also Force additional scrutiny of Manitoba Meg projects such As Manitoba Hydro Conaw Apa hydroelectric project and Recap Manitoba plans for a pulp Mill at the environmentalists in Winnipeg Are concerned about the Gold mine being located on Stevens Island be cause of its proximity to the Bay from which Winnipeg draws its fresh drinking mpg president Helen Mccullough took the groups Case against the development to Ottawa in campaigning for More careful scrutiny of the Peter a spokesman for time to respect the earths ecosystems said the Federal re View of the project will mean a higher calibre scientific mpg came under fire yesterday from some Winnipeg City councillors for raising fears about the safety of Winnipeg drinking the councillors were reacting to wigs complaint about a Lack of resources at Shoal Lake to combat a hazardous waste spill As a result of the mining the mpg produced government correspondence last week showing there is no disaster plan to protect the it also said consolidated professor had transported Hazard Ous waste on the Lake while doing preliminary work on the mine members of the cites works and operations committee criticized the groups i have some personal concerns with this who seem to want to be George Fraser Charles said yester alarmist would be a better works commissioner Rod Mcrae said he and waterworks director Steven Yoshino were shocked to read of the groups Well bring a report Forward indicating what measures could be taken in the event of whatever Hap Mcrae elected Senate sought continued from Page 1 could get their fuzzy Little Heads together there might be enough of a response that Bourassa could say they Are prepared to Deal with these the sentiment was also reflected in the presentation by Patrick a spokesman for the pro Accord Manitoban for Meech both sides have to show move Riley said after his referring to Manitoba and also a member of Manito bans for Meech said those who have expressed fears about the Accord have taken the document out of the current political and Legal con he said the Accord does not place women rights nor would it Stop future governments from introducing National programs such As medicare if they Penner said the ultimate answer May be a parallel document answer ing some coupled with a process Accord that would set out a detailed Agenda for constitutional discussion for the next three on the Agenda would be outstand ing such As Senate Reform and aboriginal that could not be handled in a parallel document similar to new Brunswick Premier Frank Mckennas companion Reso there is a need for a statement of process needed which would enable first ministers to be called and further details worked Penner the commons which will be in Winnipeg until tomorrow hearing presentations from Manito Alberta and also heard More suggestions on How the Meech Lake Accord could pass As is with outstanding concerns dealt with Penner said the committee should examine the possibility that the Accord be passed but not be pro claimed until a parallel Accord had been hammered As he suggested the Senate Issue might be resolved by requiring that changes have the support of seven provinces representing 75 per cent of the country with Quebec representing just Over 25 per it would have a veto Over Reform the Meech Lake Accord requires unanimity for the clause was introduced after Quebec arrived at Meech Lake demanding a sole veto other provinces argued no single province should enjoy such Power and the veto right was extended to All through the unanimity the Canada West foundation told the committee the Federal government should agree to fill All existing and future Senate vacancies with people who Are elected As a Means of solving the As the nonprofit lobby group said the amending formula for the Constitution should continue to be the 50percent foundation spokesman David Elton told the Al party committee that guaranteeing an elected Senate would go a Long Way to assure re formers that changes will be made after Meech Lake is representatives from the Assembly of Manitoba chiefs told the committee they Are opposed to Meech Lake because it fails to recognize their distinct role As can Adas original they said Mckennas which would place aboriginal issues on the Agenda of future Constitution Al does not go far the Assembly is calling for the acceptance of Manitoba task Force on Meech lakes recommendation that the distinct nature of aboriginal people be included in the daily peal yesterdays results Are 10 of Jack of 10 of clubs and Ace of a match of All four playing cards on one Selec Tion wins times the a match of three playing cards wins 30 tines the and a 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