Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 27, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba 8 Winnipeg free april door open to my says after hearing by Pauline Comeau members of a parliamentary com Mittee studying the Meech Lake Accord left Winnipeg yesterday with mixed reviews on the potential for saving the committee chairman Jean Charest told reporters at the end of yesterdays halfday of presentations that he was satisfied Manitoba had left the door open for a solution to the constitutional it is very Clear from the political leadership of Manitoba that there Are certain courses of action that Are the Quebec tory my said in reference to testimony ear Lier this week by Wally Foxe but for at this Point in time to be told we have not excluded any of the other possibilities is a very important Charest i dont think we could have hoped for who headed the Manitoba task Force on Meech Lake last told the committee that Mani Tobas political leaders would prefer the Accord be but they Are open to other options if they address the provinces Winnipeg South tory my Dorothy Dobbie echoed Cha rests positive View after almost four Days of hear i feel very optimistic that we Are going to come to some sort of reasonable Dobbie she said the final solution will require political will and suggested Manitoba three major party Lead ers find a final formula beyond their task Force report that they would be Happy they will have to come to a meeting of the she new Democrat my lome nys trom said the hearings Here have provided some ideas that might be he did not but those optimistic outlooks were not shared by other committee Svend Robinson said he is leaving the province with a different i think we have a very Clear message from Manitoban that without significant changes in a number of important areas the likelihood of a Resolution to Meech Lake is very Robinson nip Bur Naby Kingway Ethel a Liberal my from the affirmative action plan under fire a senior officials dismissive com ment about affirmative action pro Grams shows the province must give More attention to minorities nip la Maureen Hemphill said the free press reported yester Day that a government official told a civil service Appeal Board that affirmative action is just a line we use on the Bottom of All the comment was made in rela Tion to a female motor vehicles Branch employee in Brandon who was turned Down for Hemphill Logan said various minority groups Are also trying to get better representation in the civil and the officials comment shows they have a Long Way to she said the problem is not unique to the present conservative govern admitting the former nip government failed to achieve As much As it would have but she said at least the nip was committed to the Hemphill said she Hopes the Fil Mon government will pay attention to the comments of multicultural group members who Are to attend an and sponsored conference on multiculturalism that begins this eve Ning at the chinese cultural 180 King John coordinator of the iy2 Day said it is open to anyone who wants to attend and not restricted to nip the conference will include ses Sions on Community Organiza the workplace and the eth no cultural he he said he Hopes it will help form nip policies on multicultural Liberal civil service commission critic Avis Gray Ellice also took aim yesterday at the government officials comment about the Provin Cial affirmative action employment she said it is time for the govern ment to put some Teeth into the Tow superstore correction read of april Mclntosh apples should have read Ontario grown fancy Grade not we apologize for any inconvenience caused our custom province i think they Manitoban still hold to the position that they want serious amendments to the Meech Lake even she she said while Fox decent tone was one of the sub stance of his message that the Accord be changed had not Blondin said Manitoban Are More entrenched in their views than others the committee has heard to especially in their rejection of a Hierarchy of rights favouring one province or group Over they believe their Basic rights Are so fundamental that it is difficult for even a Compro Mise and that is the discouraging Blondin also said she was sur prised by the number of witnesses who suggested the Deal be scrapped and that the government Start the suggestion came yesterday from the unitarian Church and University of Winnipeg history professor Donald As Well As others during the past few that surprised Blondin i think it will be discarded by a lot of people As but a lot of Learned scholars feel in a presentation yes a coalition of National disa bled consumer groups said they fear the rights of disabled canadians could be jeopardized if Meech Lake becomes a the rights of people with disabilities Are very Yvonne Peters of the Canadian disability rights Council who is Blind and read from braille notes during her presenta said the Accord must include the entire charter of rights and freedoms As a Way to guarantee gains made for the disabled Are she said the history of Dis criminal n fewer than Quarter of canadians support Meech poll finds Dobbie positive View Tori and isolation of the handicapped is still too recent to assume that their rights no longer need to be Toronto up fewer than one in four canadians favors the Meech Lake suggests a Gal Lup poll released support Slid to 24 per cent from 31 per cent in january when the constitutional pact peaked in popu suggests the poll based on personal interviews with april 41 the poll suggests 38 per cent of canadians do not like the while 39 per cent have no opinion on the in 38 per cent of those interviewed said Canada would Benefit from which proposes to designate the province a distinct society within another 18 per cent of the Quebe cers said the Accord would be bad for Canada and 44 per cent had no results from a National Sample of this size should reflect the attitudes of the population As a whole within a margin of four percentage Points 19 times in that for exam that As Little As 20 per cent could be in favor of the Accord or As Many As 28 per most of those interviewed 58 per cent said they knew nothing about the details of the while an other two per cent could not say if they knew anything about the a nine per cent said they were quite familiar with the of those who oppose the 37 per cent said it would give too much Power to among 40 per cent believe it would serve to keep the country sixty six per cent of those inter viewed supported a referendum on the 59 1o5 124 warehouse Sale 1570 off modern Fine furniture design interiors 1395 Ellice at Empress atipof1hebkmac to Manitoba thanks Manitoba your generosity came through again in a big last april Chappy Dayl you bought an incredible big raising a total of More than for Ronald Mcdonald childrens charities and local childrens charities like Manitoba special olympics and Jim bytes hockey school for the hearing wed also like to thank the following Media stations and Community groups and 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