Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 12, 1994, Winnipeg, Manitoba Focus a7 married couple deserve Breaks softer on peanuts compelled to respond to the recent articles in the news regarding the nonpayment of taxes on child support Money Given to single parents if both the custodial Parent Usu ally the Mother and the paying Par ent the father Are allowed to not pay taxes on child what about the rest of us Why should a couple who Are mar living together and struggling to raise a family on two or even one not be allowed a huge deduction for supporting their children financially As Well Why is it that it is always the traditional family that gets a kick in the pocketbook while divorced and common Law couples get All the Breaks married couples certainly dont get to claim one of their children As equivalent to married which a sin Gle Parent gets to claim and we also dont get to in child care payments each we do indeed pay for the clothing and shelter of our just As a divorced or separated father a fax revolt of major proportions is Long overdue if this is the kind of Breaks that some groups can get Over Walker Winnipeg spirit of understanding Over a decade ago my wife and i were walking on streets and driving on roads in Pretoria and other cities of South Africa under the dark Shadow of our visit from Winnipeg was marked by several incidents of today we pay tribute to human re solve and determination which has started to change the face of South i Hope that the spirit of under standing and accommodation for human dignity and Equality works not Only in South Africa but also in other areas of the world where strife and conflicts Are taking a heavy toll on human Winnipeg Mailbox stuffed with flyers i have just been told by Canada Post that there is no Way i can have them Stop stuffing my Mailbox with unaddressed and unwanted mailings commonly called flyers Short of having my Home mail delivery we have posted a sign indicating we do not want which we feel is another serious threat to our environment in the name of and everyone respects this sign except Canada their reasoning is that they Are paid to do the Job so they must do 1 find it totally unacceptable that an organization that was originally set up to serve a Basic need of the populace now is willing to perform a disservice to those people to serve their own do Brydon Winnipeg Lancaster discovered Veteran air Crews of the second world War will be interested to know that a treasure trove of six Lancaster bombers lie waiting to be unearthed under a Grain Field near this amazing Story begins 45 years ago after the War when these heavy bombers were no longer and no interested buyers could be most of the wartime aircraft were sent to be recycled into peacetime Only two flying la cast ers exist one in one in England where it is part of the Bat the of Britain memorial the possible value of the hidden planes is quoted to be Between half million dollars and one Mil lion dollars the Story first broke in a Man was told by his father who witnessed the entombment of the planes Back in the information was passed on until eventually it reached or Keith Percival Barker As head of the bomber Airfield this sex Lancaster Pilot took immediate in the society Salvage team car ried out an Aerial Survey of the area and discovered two manmade hol lows three Miles searches with Metal detectors proved the buried objects were too then an Edinburgh letters to the editor the free press welcomes letters from readers letters must be signed and should include a clearly printed address and Telephone number names will be published but not addresses letters May be edited for style and length Short letters Are less Likely to be condensed please address letters to letters to the Winnipeg free 1355 Mountain Winnipeg r2x3b6 letters can be sent to our fax number 6977344 letter maybe submitted through the internet at my Ca letters sent via the internet obviously cannot be but must include Home address and Telephone number Geo space consultancy offered the loan of their radar photography equipment which can probe to a depth of 140 feet the analysis of the pictures revealed the outlines of the wrapped in with their wings packed alongside the with the Lancaster was a Hamil car glider used for carrying troops on d the second depression proved to contain the Rolls Royce Merlin engines and spare in match of this year plans seemed to be under Way to resurrect some of the aircraft and display perhaps put one into flying trim the question of ownership and one or two other matters have to be Enid Palmer Winnipeg Swan River needs Plant i am sick and tired of All the hype Swan Valley citizens Are creating Over the Louisiana Pacific strand Board Plant currently under discus everyone is so concerned about the pollution the Plant is going to but yet they themselves pol Lute every Day driving to lit Flushing the you have to face the fact that no matter what is there is always some kind of pollution in my 1 think that this Plant will be Good for the jobs would be easier to building materials will be and Swan River might even get to be Well we Only have one Chance at this so please Swan lets make it a Good Steven Kerestes Grade 11 Swan Valley regional secondary Swan River a brighter future As a youth of the Swan River Val 1 am very much in favor of the proposed Obs i want to be Given the Opportunity to raise my family in my Home this Plant would not just Supply jobs for the adults but guarantee a brighter future for one which is very dim right i feel that without this Plant i will have no Choice but to seek employ ment in another As a do i have a say As to what my future is to be for the Sake of All and growing Genera i it is our look at it from our lor1ehart a Minitonas no tax Money for new Arena the discussion about a new Arena is on if the jets cant make a profit for Winnipeg and us Rural residents How could they be expected to do so with a much higher overhead if this is really such a Good invest How come there Arent private investors by the hundreds breaking Down the door because it that As a Rural resident of definitely do not want my tax Money wasted on a new we Are Al ready too deep in lets put first things and sport is not let the jets leave if they feel they have in sure we will and probably a lot Walter Nacho Auto Selkirk Washington a Deci Sion yesterday by the us International Trade com Mission to postpone until next month a Public hearing on Cana Dian Peanut paste imports that had been set for next week Sheds inter Esting Light on a difference be tween the attitudes of Peanut and durum growers both groups Are affected by cur rent investigations into Canadian imports that were requested by president Bill Clinton As a direct result of his successful vote buying politics during last novem Bers desperate Effort to get approval of the North american free Trade agreement in the House of Clinton trading scrip was a let Ter to farm state undecideds say ing he sought 60 Days of talks with Canada on its wheat and Peanut sex to be followed by an it investigation in each Case if the talks investigations were launched in january by the an Independent Federal the task of each was to investigate whether imports were damaging wheat or Peanut support re port that to the president directly and provide it recommendations either since a lot has been heard about the investigation of durum wheat flour and nothing was heard until this week about the investigation of peanuts and Peanut both it investigations Are be ing done under Section 22 of the 1933 agricultural adjustment which allows the president to limit imports by quotas and tariffs if farm programs Are being affected reports to the president were expected june 30 for pea in mid july for vote Deal in the Case of the Naftal vote Deal was a new pressure Opportunity for farm state House members who have been denouncing Canadian wheat sell ing practices and transportation subsidies for reflecting that the wheat investigation has featured emotional and angry words from the from outside the it and at the three Public hearings held in North Dakota and Montana democratic senator Max Baucus wrote to the it Sug Gesting there was no need to visit Canada to learn any of the this the it demonstrated its Independence when three it commissioners spent monday and tuesday in talking to those involved in Canadas Grain they were gathering info As they did april 28 when they listened to both sides at a pub Lic hearing As they have done by sending out questionnaires and by Reading Mammoth written presentations filed by the Canadian wheat Board and other interested less passion has been seen in the peanuts one reason is that Peanut growers have been less angry at Canada than at Cana Das supplier Canadas climate is too cold to grow so Canadas is a Pas through and value added Canadian companies like nut co of import peanuts from Argentina or Mainland turn them into paste and ship them to cookie and confectionery manufacturers in 55gailon the a rougher form of the Crunchy pea nut butter that Sticks in kids is used to make Candy or Peanut butter this Trade earned about million for Canada in 1992 and a figure that was Only in reflecting the Rise in imports that led to this Trade window exists for Canada because farm pro Grams and Trade restrictions work to keep peanuts higher in Tiff photo Peanut growers have been less angry at Canada than at Canadas supplier Washington editor David Mac Donaj Price than they Are in the rest of the the difference varies but can be about a India is the biggest world pro Ducer at million tonnes annual but consumes its peanuts do in the form of Peanut China is at million tonnes and likes to Export so As to earn hard the United at two million is third biggest but the biggest exporter million annually be like Canada with the concentrates on Quality and gets a Price Premium of up to 25 per cent Quality reputation the United states protects the Quality reputation of its billion Peanut with grow ers and by avoid ing pesticides and by fanatical de termination to keep at Bay the can cer causing natural Mould called the National Peanut growers group says a Farmers entire Load of peanuts will be condemned if a single Kernel is spot Ted that contains the Mould suspected of carrying Protection of the Trade kind is provided by excluding virtually All foreign Peanut Peanut butter and Peanut Are not covered by those restrict which is Why Canada is in the paste peanuts Are planted in april and harvested in Between those the seeds produce a Leafy Plant 12 inches High that blooms and after the blooms drop Small pegs form at the end of the stems then grow pushing their Way into the Sandy or Loamy Well drained soil peanuts the pea which Are More vegetable than grow at Harvest tractors Rake the flipping the plants Over so the peanuts can dry out for a Cou ple of Days before the Combine harvests them Peanut growers differ from durum growers in their commitment to the Section 22 curbs investigations because of the outcome of the Uruguay round Tariff cutting negotiations under the general agreement on tariffs and Peanut growers also have not joined durum growers in pushing the Clinton administration to seek curbs on Canadian imports under article 28 of the an indication of lessened Peanut Industry enthusiasm about the 1tc Section 22 action is a letter sent late last week to the it by 12 pea nut state members of they asked for a delay for the foreseeable future in the planned May 19 Public hearing on the the it set the hearing for june rolling Back till August 9 the delivery Date for a report to the this reflects two one is that when the new Gatt Deal be comes either next Janu Ary or in Section 22 Power and All Section 22 restrictions will the other is that the new Deal freezes in place Canadas current right to Export to the United states its 1993 level of 44 million pounds of Peanut paste at the existing Tariff of three cents a exporting More would at tract a Tariff rate of 155 per about a Dollar a it Means that any Section 22 Cut backs now could last Only a few when Canada could legally Export the 1993 amount that Section 22 action would Cut another big change for pea nut Farmers could eventually re Duce Canadian Peanut paste the Gatt Deal will end the system of allowing in Only tonnes of foreign peanuts annual replacing it with an annual quota for foreign peanuts of tonnes in the first rising to tonnes by the end of six these imports will face the same Tariff of three cents a Pound that Canada pays to ship in Peanut potential problems two potential problems loom for China and Argentina will be Alie to Send their peanuts straight to the United Possi Bly cutting Back what they Send to Argentina built two years ago a Plant near Buenos Aires that can make Peanut butter or paste in a country that has no taste for pea nut Argentina May decide to compete with Canada by Selling Peanut paste straight to the United the United states has agreed that Argentina will get 74 per cent of the new Gatt import a Cess and Naftal guarantees mex Ico 10 per cent of the so China will probably still want to sell peanuts to Canada As Well As to the United it Means an Uncertain future for Canadas Peanut paste Industry when the Gatt changes As far As Section 22 restrictions being Industry pressure will be less Strong in peanuts than in durum doonesbury by Garry Trudeau rom g that characterization deleted Rodino is de manding 1250more tapes Pano her subpoena whats the committee want now i ixz1i h crushing in excuse but theres a Damn expletive included haul pulling up outside i ump or National Muf ctr up Motoc Zero cd p a Nobel i Evabey Fentri and Slu Ull ;