Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 15, 1992, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press pump fwd seven Days a week at 13ss Mountain a Winnipeg free press september my phone 8977000 editorials John Page editor Christopher Crank de ctr of finance Stephenj Btu be director Craig Wilor de resources director manager tribute Tat 1s90 a member Manf Ioba of two Council Freedom Oft rate Liberty of religion knowing the nos traditional political alliances have been tossed out the window As opposing sides in the referendum fight begin to take All three of the National parties Are strongly in favor of the Liberal Leader Jean Chretien and nip Leader Audrey Mclaughlin have but none is serious enough to stand in the Way of enthusiastic Chretien said in the House last week that he looks Forward to sharing a platform with Joe he has done it in the 1980 referendum Battle in he sees no difficulty doing it All three leaders Are supported by their National there will be a handful of but nothing Akin to the agonizing splits within both opposition parties when the Meech Lake Accord was debated in the House of the same cannot be said for the provincial wings of the opposition the Quebec new democrats have already declared their opposition to the Charlottetown Accord and several provincial Liberal including Sharon have committed them if not their to fighting the Carstairs is preparing to Lead the no forces in Manitoba is willing to accept the consequences of a Public fight with her close personal Friend and longtime political Jean since much of what is contained in the agreement to be presented to canadians for ratification reflects the al party consensus reached in Carstairs will need particularly Persua Sive arguments to explain her position not Only to but to puzzled liberals As Carstairs has been joined in opposition by the National action committee on the status of whose Judy re said that too Many women choked while holding their noses pretending to support the they will actively Campaign against Preston Manning will speak against it not Only because he thinks the package is deficient bit because he wants to Stop talking about the Constitution for five he is in the opponents of the agreement Are led by the parti quebecois who argue that a vote against the Deal is not a vote for Jacques Parizeau wants que Beers to think they can fight the Deal without embracing sovereignty because Parizeau knows he is More Likely to defeat a referendum on renewed federalism than he is to win one on unlike the yes All of which Are of a mind to support the agreement because it on the Best available for the no Side wants to defeat the package for a variety of often contradictory As canadians watch the referendum Campaign they will know exactly Why most of their political leaders Are encouraging them to say those who Are asking them to say no will have a lot More explain ing to no longer Universal a few tears will be shed in parliament this week Over the end of universality in Canadas family allowance there need not the Lack of universality is the least of the weaknesses in the govern ments latest attempt to reduce poverty among children in the Mulroney government plans to merge the family allowance scheme with two tax credit programs into one child support sys tem in which the amount paid out will be based on family families with very High incomes will get those with moderately High incomes will get less than they do those on lower incomes will get a bit More and poor families with a working Parent will get an extra there is plenty to criticize in the the strange thing is that so much of the criticism from political parties and organizations which profess to be defending the interests of the poor has focused on the governments aim to Stop sending family allowance cheques to Wel Todo no child in Canada is going to go hungry because parents earning a year no longer get their monthly government Cheque or because a couple with two children who earn a year would get about a year less than they Are some children will continue to go hungry because the cuts at the top end have not produced sufficient improvements at the Bottom end of the the new legislation sets up the framework for what could be a better and More just Way of helping families with it suffers at the moment from two serious weaknesses there is not enough help for families with no working parents who Are living at the very Bottom of the income and the pay ments that Are provided Are not fully indexed to the Inadequacy of the payments reflects the governments current fiscal the Lack of inflation indexing is no problem at the since John the governor of the Bank of has managed at a single stroke to reduce inflation to Zero and in crease substantially the number of families in opposition contributors to this weeks de Bate on the new legislation would do better to dwell on its inadequacies for the poor than on its reduction of benefits for the Well referendum stakes higher in Quebec by Stewart Macleod Thomson news service those of us in English Canada dread the forthcoming Campaign on the constitutional Reform lets pause and give thanks that we dont live in that where the real Battle will be and what makes matters great Deal the fact that Many people wont understand what the fighting is All arguments on the Deal in the rest of the referendum Campaign will probably be fairly with proponents and opponents telling us Why we should vote for or against the Unity pack age hammered out in in All the arguments will be largely con fined to the Deal but not in in even before the people there have been informed of the actual referendum both proponents and opponents Are filling the airwaves with contradictory views of what a yes or no vote would actually were talking real hardball of was predictable from the moment Premier Robert Bourassa decided to base his referendum on the Unity rather than the question of Quebec Sovereign in anything that touches on Quebec relationship with the rest of Canada automatic letters Cally produces a game of even the words yes and no oui and non create special complications in que during and since the 1980 it was the Sovereign lists who Laid claim to while the federalists fought on the non theres a sudden the Bourassa government and others who will fight for the Unity will be urging Quebe cers to say parti quebecois Leader Jacques bloc quebecois Leader Lucien Bou Chard and others opposing the package find themselves on the non to make matters even More complicated is the political argument the referendum results would its in Premier Bourassaw Best interests to have people believe a non vote would result in a breakup of Canada that the stakes Are simply too just As of its in the Best interest of the opponents to allay such fears and assure Quebec ers that non would simply reject this particular constitutional conflicting messages polls have shown theres a relatively Large number of Quebe cers who dont like the a but want no part of they Are clearly going to get conflicting messages from the two with so much at stake such As the per political ruling regarding the Lead article lera faults Cross in free september we cannot delude ourselves into thinking that this was an objective decision consistent with the facts of the the Law enforcement re View Agency had to come to this and no because it was politically Correct under the present the opposite decision May have cast some doubt on the need for the Agency it is amazing that the Agency concluded that the complainant proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the officer in question used excessive Force when he himself was not an Eye witness to the from All accounts the Vic Tim was not shot in the Back when fleeing the but in a struggle for the officers this being the How can there be no reasonable doubt if lera is to have any credibility it must be seen to be assisting in the enforcement of Law and not in impeding this the present ruling is hardly an Assurance that the latter is not the unfortunately this ruling is Only a symptom of a greater ill in society where questions of fairness and legality Are surrendered to what is perceived to be popu Lar or politically Palmer Winnipeg limits to counselling regarding the articles on everyday folks line up for counselling counsel lors say stigma no longer so free August Many Are seeking counsellors for health problems that May be physical in a an example of this is unipolar affective or prolonged Depres lasting More than two i usually a biochemical imbalance in the neurotransmitter Levels within the As a counselling is rarely the appropriate in the absence of effective medical some types of to Gether with appropriate medical if have proven to be remarkably successful in Many As a growing body of evidence from across North America suggests a very Strong link Between addictive disorder in As Many As 60 per cent to 90 per cent of All sufferers of al for being treated for the symptoms through a nonmedical approach May result in missing the Root cause of the Dis this greatly increases the possibly of recurrence and treatment upwards of 20 per cent of All people suffering from depressive symptoms Are actually suffering from other whose symptoms mimic depressive sym examples of such diseases Are thyroid and adrenal gland some forms of cancer and various types of slow acting Metal in cases like failure to identify and treat these Mim ickers can prove harmful or even what complicates the whole subject of coun Selling even More is the fact that disorders such As depression Are very Subtle in their Early consequently Many patients May develop major problems in their such As substance marital and family break Down and loss of employment As a result of their changed Behaviours while suffering a Dis they fail to realize that the events were precipitated by the another concern of ours was the fact that no mention was made of the agencies and organizations who Deal specifically with the illnesses associated with symptoms of anxiety and de our own As Well As the Mani Toba schizophrenia society and anxiety disorders association of provide coun Selling support information and assistance to patients and their family members who Are suffering from these this is provided without i would caution you and your readers to seek the advice of a Good medical trained to examine the Complete patient be fore resorting to society for depression and manic depression Winnipeg contrived exercise whats All this fuss Over school prayer As far As today students Are its a the Winnipeg free press welcomes letters from writers must give their name and names will be used and letters Are subject to drop into your local school during open ing chances Are the Only ones with their Heads bowed and their lips moving will be the the students will be leaning on their making faces at each waiting to get the thing Over and Why will the students act this Way because they see school prayer As a waste of time a contrived of there school prayer is not Reli its empty prayer should come from the not the a David Winnipeg keep All libraries your reporters article on libraries two smash Library branches to August 22 includes information attributed to David City librarian the key to provid ing Good Library services today is acce Sibili the Mcphillips Street Library is certainly accessible for the Many residents in the area including students from adjacent Andrew Mynarski nearby Robertson school and local students from Sisler High the new Library at Burrows and Keewatin will be completely inaccessible to these there is no direct bus service and it is Well beyond walking distance even in Good the new Library is desperately needed and Sonal futures of the provinces political Lead ers Campaign is bound to get ugly before its you May have noticed that prime minister Brian Mulroney has already said opponents of the Accord Are enemies of Cana future of the country and some of Bourassaw Cabi net ministers Are saying that its the very future of the country that on the line its renewed federalism or Accord ing to its nothing of the the question int on but on an Accord which a lot of people in Quebec find in both sides Are already lining up with their even though theres nearly six weeks before a said Ghislain chief of the counsel do Patron at if you vote against the Deal youre clearly voting with those who reject before the Quebec legislature even met to discuss the referendum there were full Page ads in Quebec newspapers with the non Monsieur by the time the Campaign officially starts on september there should be quite a buildup of emotional steam to Cloud things even fur it would be perfectly understandable if some Quebe cers planned vacations around that review Agency found that Constable Robert Cross used excessive Force Long this area of the City has grown substantially in recent there Are now four schools in the with another in the stages and Many Sisler High school students live close to Keewatin and of course we need a the present libraries at Mcphillips and Brooklands Are inaccessible to residents in the Northwest Corner of the there has been a Public outcry about the in adequate Reading ability of Many of our Citi a great Deal of Money seems to be spent on More studies on improving How will closing libraries help Mcphillips Library is staffed by the most pleasant and helpful librarians and visited by people of All its Small and Homey atmosphere make it an Ideal place for a Friendly uncomplicated encounter with Many Young children use this older students do their research projects owing to school budget Many school libraries Are unable to Supply sufficient materials for their our Economy de mands we look for inexpensive in neither the present nor new locations Are local residents Likely to be buying More and More surely the Cost of keeping the Small libraries open would be a drop in the bucket for the City of for Many local losing either of the Small libraries would be removing books for recreation or study from their City please think we need one More not one accessibility in this area Means within walking Dis children and Many families do not own provide your wheelchair accessibility in the new but do not let the Lack of such accessibility become an excuse for excluding others from a the development of our heritage and Cul Ture depends on developed books Are a key Muriel Milgrim winning homosexual families i see by the free press Equality recognized for Gay september 2 that the Ontario government has granted Equality to homosexuals in that the Ontario government must pay survivor pensions to partners of Gay and lesbian civil this is surely a landmark decision for the Liberal and Scholas tic inverted the idea of giving a homosexual partner ship a family like status is various tax Breaks and employee benefits have been Given to Normal to help them raise i realize that not All regular marriages produce nor do All married couples try to have however there is al ways a Chance that a Normal couple will have so i can find no fault in giving them any Breaks to encourage the continuation of the human whereas i endorse legislation that encourages couples to have this new turn of legislation gives financial help to secular Devi let us get one other thing there is nothing Normal about it takes two sexes to participate in i dont believe in going about persecuting Homo sex they can do what they want As far As i but they should not be granted the status of it is not it is a deviation from the not an acceptable one at our with All its Zeal to protect human to protect has embarked on a constant attack on the it is of to be a democracy As Long As you dont count votes if one of the sacred cows is being Winnipeg Canadian first in response to the letter spoiled child a gust it should be made very Clear that French speaking canadians do not prefer to be called frenc Canadian but Are so simply because the term French qualifies the Type of Canadian citizen they Are and denotes their ethnic it obeys the grammatical particularities of the English language and nothing i would also like to Point out that in Canadie Francais is the equivalent of frenc Canadian and one can easily see that in our native Tongue we too Are Canadian in spite of our culture or somehow this concept gets lost in the in this time of constitutional i find it extremely disturbing that other canadians propagate the misconception that we Are French Canadian i am a Canadian and very proud of i am equally proud of my ability to preserve and promote the language of my if my fellow canadians allow Quebec to sep we will not remain in Canada As some people we will become part of the United states and we will be called Ca not because this is what we prefer but simply because the term Canadian will reflect our ethnic with a National referendum looming on the i urge my fellow canadians to give this a lot of if we Are All proud to be we should All fight to keep our coun try Jeannineka Ostroy Winnipeg ;