Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 22, 1994, Winnipeg, Manitoba The nation Winnipeg free press april Canada at a glance Canadian press code governing violence on television is a Good first step but int working to Stem the menu of violent to shows available to says a woman organizing a National watchdog Patricia Herdman is worried about the level of violence on to and its effects on children and has formed the coalition for responsible television to Monitor to violence More flights Ottawa nato training flights Over Labrador and Eastern Quebec could More than double if an environmental panel supports defence department expansion plans at Canadian forces base Goose Low level flights could Rise to a year from the current or says a report released yesterday by the Federal environmental assessment review Union talks Tough Montrea Federal Liberal maps Haven heard the last of unionized Public Public service Alliance of Canada leaders warned the Union approved a plan of action to fight measures in the 22 Federal budget and took to the streets with a student attacked Prince a College student who protested an assignment to plot the perfect rape has been attacked by a Man at the College of new Krista was in satisfactory condition at Prince George regional staff said Hibernia Billup Bill for the Hibernia offshore Oil platform has soared an extra a partner in the Meg project said an official with Crow owned pet Ocanada said the hike was cited in a Progress report by the Hibernia management and development which is developing the no Spring vote Daniel Johnson hinted yesterday there will be no Spring we might legislate some More on Job creation following the budget and then Well Johnson said at a committee therell be an election at some no apology mounties top officer says he wont apologize for ramp spying on Nova Scotia Blacks in the 1960s and commissioner Norman Inkster faced a Call at the commons Justice committee yesterday to say he was any apology that i might i think we All regret what would be without much Merit because we dont know what he affairs alleged Victoria some male members of the Liberal caucus have been involved in extramarital affairs that prevented them from performing their duties in the provincial the party former House Leader said Judi Tab i said its unfair that some men in the Liberal caucus have been guilty of marital indiscretions when her career was ruined because of her relationship with former Liberal Leader Gordon Lawrence on father Pierres does his part in Montreal Quebec Day cares closed in strike for More funding by Rob Bull Canadian press daycare workers descended on old Montreal waving playing kazoos and shouting slogans to Back up their demands for better the Montreal demonstration and another in Quebec City closed Down 250 of Quebec 900 daycare centres for a on Day province wide forcing an estimated parents to make alternative daycare staff want Quebec to increase its funding to nonprofit centres so they can raise salaries of workers who earn an hour by immediately and next the wage hikes would Cost the Quebec government an estimated some Montreal Many of whom marched with children in strollers or dogs on wore hockey sweaters to emphasize How society favors professional athletes Over those who care for the some carried placards that read subsidize the Nordques Why not Day reference to a request from the Quebec City National hockey league team for provincial others were dressed As construction police officers or pasties to illustrate their View that daycare workers Are chronically underpaid because they Are generally women instead of one placard read poverty level my pay i Hope this achieves said Nathalie who works for the Gard Erie Coeur it tout in Eastend Rosemont and is seven months weve been pressing for higher pay for 10 years with no dangerous or benign Symbol ramp turban debate in court by Katharine Bell Canadian press Calgary sikh ramp offi cers should not be allowed to Wear a turban with their uni form because it is a Symbol that Vio lates their own Freedom of religion As Well As that of says the lawyer for a group of former Moun the principle of a religiously Neutral Law enforcement Agency is a Public right enjoyed just As much by every sikh in Canada As by members of every other religious group or by those who profess no re Mark Edwards argued in Federal court of Canada the former mounties from South Ern Alberta Are challenging the ramp commissioners decision in 1990 to let British Columbia officer Baltej Singh Dhillon Wear his turban on the the final arguments wrap up two weeks of evidence earlier this year and a blizzard of Legal documents filed on the highly emotional debate could have implications for native officers wearing among the documents tabled was a petition gathered by a former mounties wife against Al lowing the world sikh granted intervener status in the insists if the Challenge is successful Dillons religious Freedom under the charter of rights will be quite standing Back from All the paper and the Legal bump that really As simple As this Case said Drew Law yer for the the ramp commissioner realized that the claim by the sikh offi cer was decided that in fact it led to better policing and approved the Edwards argued a Strong secular state Fosters Freedom of religion and he said allowing religious sym Bols in the police Force could be seen As coercion when an officer has dealings with a citizen who is a historic religious the wearing of the turban in the context of the ramp uniform associates government authority particularly the extraordinary Powers the police have been granted by the state in the context of a religious Edwards said outside but Schroeder argued there is no element of coercion no other officer is required to Wear a nobody ordering or coercing us to do he it just seems like such a Small thing to ask of the rest of the Citi Why is it such a big Deal that an officer be allowed to Wear his tur ban what harm does it do you Crown lawyers acting on behalf of the government and ramp argued commissioner Norman Inkster was completely within his Powers to Grant Dhillon permission to Wear a turban instead of the Standard uni form the Crown argues the regulation change was designed to eliminate employment Chretien apologizes forpoorbashing5 Canadian press Ottawa under criticism for prime minister Jean Chretien apologized yesterday for suggesting peo ple who collect unemployment insurance or welfare sit at Home drinking perhaps i used a word i should not have Chretien said in the under persistent questioning by bloc quebecois Leader Lucien i could have used another if this of fended some people i but Chretien retraction failed to satisfy political opponents and advocates for the when the prime minister says unemployed people Are at Home drinking that we have to break that its very especially on the eve of a major re form of social said Bou a major thrust of the program re View is to funnel Money now spent on welfare and i into Job Chretien made his original com ments in a speech in Toronto on wednesday declaring that the government has to break the mentality of people who work 10 weeks to qualify for 42 weeks of unemployment Ottawa must find ways of using Money from workers to help people who Are completely unproductive being on welfare and unemployment insurance become pro said in my its better to have them at 50 per cent of productivity than to be sitting Home drinking at Zero per cent of motto is for less More often underground surfaces again Ottawa offers tax Carrot and stick by Steve Mertl Canadian press Vancouver Federal Revenue minister David Anderson offered a Little Carrot and a lot of stick yesterday to canadians dodging the government has to regain Public Trust and credibility for the tax system by showing its efficient and gives value for Anderson told a Eraser Institute conference on the underground we have to give canadians a reason for rejoining the legitimate he canadians have to know the tax system operates Andersons department has beefing up tax collection and enforcement to shake Loose More of the Money Ottawa is for a program to collect an estimated million in overdue goods and services tax revenues from registered businesses has netted million so the Victoria my another million has been extracted out of businesses that avoided registering for the get but Are still obliged to pay the Only people were going after Are people who cheat on said prodigal taxpayers Are being coaxed Back into the system whenever said businesses can ask for a voluntary department audit to see if there in compliance without penalty if a problem is the program Only applies to those whose cases Arent already under investigation or before the estimates have put the size of the underground Economy at anywhere Between and 20 per Anderson said later hed accept the underground Economy was Worth Between billion and billion a that is just simply More or less of an average of the 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