Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 30, 1992, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press a week at f 355 Mourt wih Manitoba newspapers company Winnipeg Frea press september the Dollar drops editorials Maurice Switzer publisher John Dafoe editorial Page editor Bruce Gaelick director David Lee managing editor Craig Barnard director Christopher Crank director of finance de Bahu eur human Renouf Ces director Stephen j director manager Winnipeg free presses 1st Winnipeg Tribune Ett 1s90 a member offem Manitoba press Council Liberty of religion Equality of Civit rights the breakup of Canada seemed slightly More Likely last week than it had a couple of months cur Rency traders holding Canadian dollars edged toward the exit doors and the Cana Dian currency lost almost another cent in relation to the United states Dollar in Trad ing monday and parti quebecois Leader Jacques Parizeau blamed the drop in the Dollar on the Royal Bank of the Banks fore cast last week that the breakup of Canada would lower Canadian living raise unemployment and spark an exodus to the was branded by Parizeau As a fear the Royal Bank of Canada is one of the worlds leading owners of Canadian Dollar it has no narrow economic interest in scaring people into dumping Canadian dollars and devaluing the Banks different forecasters make different guesses about the extent of Dollar devalue unemployment and loss in Standard of living that would result from the breakup of those who assume that Quebec and its Canadian neighbors will carry on As one National just As Natu rally find that Quebec separation will make no difference to the wealth of that those who As the Royal Bank of Canada that two countries Means two currencies and two Trade regu lating entities conclude that there would be both sets of assumptions can be people can make up their own minds about which is More Parizeau complaint that the Royal Bank has gone too far in publishing its fore cast is without the Bank has done a Public service in offering its Parizeau routinely offers his View that que Beers would suffer no economic pain whatever As a result of and any one who wants to believe that is free to do the Banks report is it at tempts to measure what would happen if Quebec separated from Parizeau asks Quebe cers to vote no in the Constitution referendum even if they do not favor separation from he wants no votes from All those who find fault with the Charlottetown Preston Sharon Carstairs and other Angl Canadian campaigners for the no Side also want to believe that there is some third breakup of not the Charlottetown but something else something undefined but perfect and Good and the Dollar not drop because of the Royal it dropped because the third option is an it dropped because the advocates of ratifying the Charlottetown agreement made an extremely inept Start to their referendum Campaign and let the no Side make All the Only the More adventurous investors buy assets in a country that lacks the will to National Politi Cal doer says yes Gary doer and the Manitoba new democrats after several weeks of pondering and Consulta weighed in on the yes Side of the referendum the announcement is timely and while refusing to join the yes committee the new democrats will explain the Charlottetown Accord to Manitoba is and justify their decision to support it As a caucus and As a the nip intervention is timely because it bolsters the yes forces which have Stum bled and staggered their Way into the Campaign without any apparent strategy or co doers support for the Accord paves the Way for the Premier of this province and the Leader of the opposition to share the same advocating the same if political leadership amounts to anything in an Era of suspicion and that in itself should count for the nip intervention is important be cause it offers a useful reminder that the major thrust of the Manitoba constitutional formed by consensus among the three parties and Only after exhaustive Public hearings held throughout the prov found its Way into the Charlottetown agreement the continued presence of a Strong Central capable of re distributing the National wealth a recognition of the inherent right to self govern ment for aboriginal canadians a reformed More equitable and effect without thwarting the will of the House of commons a Canada clause that describes Canadas fundamental charac new democratic support is also important because it implicitly rejects the wobbly arguments of the National action com Mittee on the status of women among other rejects the Accord because the Equality of women is not guar since the Canada clause explicitly mentions gender Equality expands the responsibility to include individual canadians As Well As women who were concerned can take some Comfort from the nip doers commitment to Campaign for the yes Side completes the political picture in the Federal and the new fed eral and provincial and the Federal liberals All support the Charlottetown agreement with differences Only of emphasis and in Sharon Carstairs and some but perhaps not All of her caucus will oppose Manitoban now know where All their political leaders air rifles does anyone know Why air rifles were not included As firearms under the new gun control Law air rifles Are used in the commis Sion of More crimes than any other Type of Rifle if acts of vandalism Are taken into con although we do have a bylaw that prohibits the firing of an air Rifle in the the by Law is ignored by the Happy Hunters of Small car windows and bus a Small Fortune is spent by insurance agencies and taxpayers who end up paying the Cost of air Rifle if you Are fed up with paying these costs Why not Call up your la and complain if you who will Eileen Morand Winnipeg works districts i wish to respond to the article entitled works merger worries chamber free september As a sentence in the article is not according to the when a representative of the Jame Assiniboia chamber of Commerce came before the Janies Assiniboia Community committee on july 21 to inquire about the proposed merger of the cites works districts 1 and it states that so no answer has been i beg to when Nordman of the chamber appeared before the Community All three members of the namely councillors Eraser and explained to Nordman that the proposed merger of the works districts had been brought about As a result of the Federal virology lab displacing the present Central works which required the City to locate a site for new As Many councillors have been calling for a reduction in the works the administration seized the Opportunity to do a thorough study of a number of different consolidation after careful the consolidation of districts 1 and 2 is the most and All councillors have made it Clear that they do not want to see service Levels compromised in any Way by this the administration clearly understands the i believe this information was conveyed to Nordman when he appeared at our Community committee meet ing in on july City Council approved the con Pierre Trudeau of Preston Manning for every season has its Charm Soli Dation of works districts 1 and which will take effect on january the staff savings alone from this consolidation Are estimated to be in the order of per Jae Eadie councillor Deer Lodge Ward bad carpenters i have just finished Reading Chris Frances Russell and All the letters on the constitutional crisis and have a conclusion most of especially the two would make bad Russell and Dafoe seem to think that the Interior of our new constitutional House should be finished at the same time As the so do some of the individual letter any Good House builder will Tell you that you Complete the then finish the in you dont do both another attitude i take Issue with is that unless we get a perfect Constitution we should Shelve the attempt and try to keep the country United that attitude has two main flaws one is that an obsession with perfection is a sign of so say Many psychologists and the referendum in Quebec was to be a vote on sovereignty not the Charlottetown the latter can still Winnipeg one feels with a tug of the heart that the time of greatest color and brilliance is pass ing before the onslaught of at no other period Are the Trees so the leaves their final show before they leave the branches Bare and Stark against the its a pensive and pleasant the leaves twisting and hurtling across the a final act of Energy and have we had our fling of Indian an interlude of Spring weather that pre cedes Winter Indian summer october is upon us with the remaining Days of autumn and possibly a replay of in Dian according to Only rarely does Indian summer fail to materialize in its our compensation for the cold Manitoba As much As any is shaped by the in no other province is the change of seasons so pronounced because of our extremes of and nowhere is it so strongly delineated As in cottage the summer resorts by our multitude of Winnipeg Beach for shrinks to a few Hundred from a population of several it is so so Little no Chain no Lawn the wind has a voice and the branches so palpable is the is for a Homespun character of who has lived in the Interlake All his the change of seasons has he will miss the but his hands Are always letters the Winnipeg free press welcomes letters from writers must give their name and names will be used and letters Are subject to no nose holding about the constitutional referendum i am not going to hold my nose and vote i am going to breathe deeply and inhale whatever Fine perfumes and noxious doors Rise from the referendum documents and then vote yes for my by voting we have demonstrated that we want to stay i will then demand that my elected representatives forever and toward a perfect Marion Lepkin Winnipeg healthy paranoia its happened in this Case a three Eskold abducted while left alone in a car for Only a As his parents have Only a moment was Long enough for someone to spirit him Only a moment was Long enough for his Mother to reproach herself for some time to Only a moment was too As Luck would have the potential harm at the hands of a stranger did not material ize the tiny infant apparently suffered no Val Werier stored away for the coming year Are the vegetables he and his wife Mary raised on their cabbage turned into 30 quarts of Sau Only 10 quarts of pickled cecum Dill in Freezer bags As Well As crumbled in some Hills had Over 20 he says no he didst go in for wine but his brother on the farm last year made 45 Gallons of Beautiful Chokecherry if it is there will be More visiting among friends come Harry too has his work lined repairing and renovating things in his garage fixed up As a one project seven spinning wheels for Mem Bers of his spinning wheels in 1932 while on the he built his first spinning after he took a Good look at one fashioned by a for he was Able to by a bran sack full of Wool from another Farmer who raised then he would dry card and spin the Wool for the who knitted mitts and socks during the his wife Mary would spend two Days knitting heavy knee socks which sold for now 52 years Harry is making fan Cier spinning for he has a Wood he makes the spool out of a Block of instead of fixing three pieces to Gether which he did he is a re Fine the spinning wheel a Delight to the Eye and functional he helps with chores at the a sup Porter of women Way ahead of his he washes the dishes As he did years ago re turning Home from the Road with the car after a stint of five or six fresh air the old Days were not necessarily for 23 years he worked on repairs with the Bridges and buildings department of the Back in he made 38 cents an no extra for no entitlement to the Only time off was a week from Christmas to new years without nobody cared for the poor Guy he now there is More Security and social pro Grams which he says must be maintained and As for the changes in he is not one to one Day its one Day its but its All fresh the Days Are getting Shorter and then they will grow longer and another season will come with a profound change in the rhythms of in Spring says Harry ill be glad to see people come the City is moving the Central works Yard and consolidating districts abuse during his and is now happily reunited with his although i have never experienced the same As a Mother i can Well imagine the Nightmare this Mother must have endured while her sons Fate remained if it had been me going through i doubt i would have emerged with my san Ity regardless of the it would haunt me i Hope she is holding getting help if she needs it and will eventually be Able to put this behind the lesson to be gleaned from this Inci Dent shouts out at us do not leave Young children unattended in in this the trusting Mother had no reason to suspect there was any danger in leaving a baby that Young by himself for the few minutes it took her to dash into the store and after he fiddle with the cars controls or even get up and run at that age he was probably sleep ing to his mothers mind he would be perfectly what she failed to consider was the fact that there Are dangerous people around who would do you harm Given the right set of Cir her Only sin Lay in being too trusting of the perhaps its time to develop in each one of us a Little healthy unsavoury As that May to open our eyes to a larger a world inhibited by some sick people waiting to prey on the per haps its time to preview All the possible re sults of a seemingly inconsequential in not saying that around every Corner lurks a would be in merely say ing that we have to be aware that such peo ple do it is unthinkable that a person would want to steal a Only a sick or evil mind exe cutes such an horrendous we must think about it and in so take measures to guard against its a Little suspicion about the intent of our fellow Man or woman goes a Long when the opportunities present what happened to baby Devin and his parents could happen to lets All learn from this Eleanor Jackson Winnipeg take the time Are honesty and Freedom to make Deci Sions still alive and Well in this greatest of countries i Sharon As Leader of the Liberal party in has consistently Practised truth along with a de termination to inform the Public of whats really going on to enable us to make educated i suppose Paul Walsh quit Carstairs free september believes in the old political Hogwash that out there lies the great unwashed who should be kept ignorant while the few intellects society produces Are left to the thankless task of choices for this Herd too Busy trying to survive to be Able to assess any political what Walsh Doest in All his is that we out Here Are tired of the political duplicity and the continuous in Ference that average Joe Canadian Hast got the wherewithal to grasp the political or social implications of a constitutional pro therefore keep them As ignorant As possible and Appeal to their emotions and their i think As elected Leader of the Manitoba Liberal has some real con and As an elected has the responsibility to voice those All the other politicians Joe Clark at the beginning of the negotiations have lost sight of this in their haste to appease both Quebec and this referendum is about the most important proposal a country has to a bind ing agreement among its citizens that we All can embrace with our heart and our Intel an agreement that will unite coast to coast for generations to an agree ment that includes All citizens under the umbrella of fairness and an agree ment that can change and grow As our society changes and a Constitution can be hurried accepted Only because the majority of people Are not aware of the lon term implications and pushed As the Only vehicle to keep a country United but will this proposal stand the test of time we must take our time and not silence the voices of yes or if this proposal does not pass maybe we should sit Back awhile and review the crushing problems facing us As a nation allowing us to at a future with a More reasonable approach to forming the most important vehicle for All our to ask for the Resigna Tion of a no voice is suspect to and to tally unacceptable Given the Gravity of our Nanmarie Hardwick Winnipeg ;