Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 8, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Editor John 6977044 issues Winnipeg free press a 7 january defending the hog Industry As i watched a handful of animal rights activists dump livestock manure in front of the Winnipeg convention Centre i Felt compelled As a hog producer to address patently mis leading information distributed to passersby and the Manitoba hog Industry is indeed a thriving i am one of hog producers who in 1993 marketed million the Industry annually generates in excess of billion for the provincial Economy and employs Many of these jobs Are located in Rural Mani Toba and offer Young people the Opportunity to live and raise their fam Ilies in the jobs like these Are vital to the Well being of farm communities and like most Independent hog pro i live where i consequently i must look after the i drink the local ground eat vegetables from our Garden and live year round in an environment shared with part of my responsibility As a Steward of the land is to treat and handle manure manure is a farming byproduct which is an As not a liability or despoiled of the i use manure to Fertil ize plants which in turn Are har vested to feed As gardeners manure feeds plants and helps condition the by improving soil manure actually helps to reduce degradation and Ero by recycling the nutrients into the land i am Able to reduce my need to use chemical the notion that producers pollute ground water and contaminate lakes is such action not Only violates every principle of responsible stewardship but is illegal As is the dumping of raw manure on a City regulations Are in place under the environment act to control the use and storage of livestock regulations Are rigidly enforced and backed up with a stiff Fine just farm practices guidelines were established for hog producers to Safe guard the environment and bring some consistent standards to the in technical review teams have also been struck within each of the Agri cultural regions to ensure technical soundness of new and expanded livestock much has been made of late of Ani Mals kept in most of Manitoba Swine Are housed in doors under a system designed for the welfare and health of the hogs Are raised in climatically con trolled free of in Clement parasites and Many of the housing sys tems Are designed to minimize bul lying and keep sows from crushing their today Consumers demand value for their food Dollar and As a pro Ducer of a Quality product i am pleased to be part of a environmentally sustainable farming a Randy Rutherford hog producer Grosse Isle teachers role misunderstood the letter no tag Day for teachers illustrates the Lack of comprehension of the role and financial Reward of the teachers did not ask for Holiday teachers receive an annual Sal Ary which does not allow them to qualify for unemployment insure a Day missed for religious Observance May result in a deduction of of a hired for the will not receive this amount of re Munera the teacher is required to leave work for and to Mark and assess this if no substitute is the deduction becomes a saving for the school while other teachers will give up preparation time to it is time to discuss the Issue of religious holy the school year is an official 200 teachers do not work a Mere 200 Days most work Many More than the 230 quoted As the Norm for most most employees do not have to keep records and attend conferences outside their regular working a filled with Model children if there Are any will still require tremendous men Tal and emotional children do not come to school with the sole intent of learning what is presented to teachers Energy Levels must match those of a stage per former holding the attention of an teachers have to create and sustain a learning health and dental benefits offered by school boards Are the same As for any other Large Blue Cross is usually offered at a regular group rate As negotiated by the company and the employer Den w plans Are few aria far Between to the editor the free press welcomes letters from letters must be signed and should include a clearly printed address and Telephone names will be published but not All letters maybe edited for style and Short letters Are less Likely to be please address letters to letters to the Winnipeg free 1355 Mountain Winnipeg letters can be sent to our fax number letters May be submitted through the internet at . Letters sent via the internet obviously cannot be but must include Home address and Telephone and very teachers in Manitoba do not receive special and do not have the right to unfortunately they Are subject to verbal and physical abuse from students and some understanding and support from More members of the general Public would be most Wel come Muriel Milgrom Winnipeg too soft on criminals Are we too soft on crime and criminals our so called charter of rights and freedoms gives every criminal who comes into this coun try literally carte Blanche in every aspect of the the Canadian taxpayer has to foot the Bills so these creeps can be Given every right and Protection they never gave their a Good example was Charles a serial this person was fed and dressed and Given every be Gal All at the Canadian tax payers expense and then you have the president of the Council for refugees saying the fears that the charter of rights and freedoms protects these criminals Are he better get his head out of the this charter gives too Many rights to these criminals and consequently Canada has become a Safe Haven for every criminal element Winnipeg the ruler of the Queens Navee regarding mayor wants to Slot free mayor Susan Thompson is quoted As i know what the prob lems Are i want to hear the Solu it looks like the mayor is switch ing her logo from Zero tax increase to Tell me what to just in time for the next mayor Thompson reminds me of the character sir Joseph Porter in the operetta has he started out As a clerk in an attorneys office and worked his Way up to become the ruler of the Queens Navee even though hed never been at it seems that mayor Thompson fits the same character for Shes never been out at sea but is now the ruler of the Winnipeg Cit i look Forward to finding the prob lems she refers to and maybe you and i can help her out for Shes never been out at you Ambrose Percheron Winnipeg Mac Tough on wheelchairs Many people who Are wheelchair bound will not patronize the Mani Toba theatre Centre due to having to sit at the Back of the one cannot see the actors faces and expressions from that some patrons May not feel the need to be up close but for those in wheel chairs who really love theatre and want to be close to the emotions of the there is no option for that the excuse Given by macs administration is that it is too costly to change the Structure of the building for a the building was built at a time when wheelchair Access had not received any Public attention and was not a i think it should be priority for the Board of 1995 to obtain funding from All three Levels of government or raise funds to be Able to make these changes be cause those not As fortunate deserve the same Access to seating As i Hope the Board will give serious consideration to this Issue and show genuine not Token gestures to those who would love to be fre quent patrons of Suzann Boudreaux Winnipeg shootings such As at a planned parenthood clinic in the blemish the real prolife writer pro lifers shun killers shootings distort peaceful abortion protest Campaign Symik Mcmanus special to the free press of bless John the it was held aloft by a supposedly prolife picketed outside the Norfolk jail where John Salvi the suspect in fatal shootings at two abortion clinics in the Boston was being thank you for what you shouted Donald a former pentecostal he called Salvi a defender of the to accounts of violence against abortion providers often give wide visibility to such much less attention is Given to the vast majority of prolife activists who Are nonviolent and who do not want their cause cooped by killers who would make it a violent there setting Back our peaceful protests in front of the said Carolyn director of a group that has led such rallies in Norfolk for 21 they turn people against symposium in its december first a monthly journal of religion in Public conducted a symposium of 17 prolife leaders that focused on last july killing of two people at a Pensacola clinic by Paul an antiabortion crusader and former it makes no Christian sense to try to justify murder to limit wrote John Cardinal Oconnor of new no Christian has the moral right to declare himself the sole District jury and supreme Ralph director of the Christian to kill in the name of defending life is pure and Reed recalled the Martin Luther who said always be sure that you struggle with Christian methods and Christian never succumb to the temptation of becoming philosophy Terry director of presbyterians wrote Paul Hills philosophy is one of it opposes the role of government expounded in the religious tradition into which he was Hill was a he was fired from one Church and in asked his the orthodox presbyterian to strip him of his ministerial credentials because he believed in giving communion to he then joined the Trinity presbyterian Church in As a he never talked about killing abortionists until Michael Griffin shot David Gunn in March Hill began arguing that it was justifiable when Hill began to be quoted in the press and appeared on the Trinity congregation was after warnings to Hill had no Trinity session held an ecclesiastical trial and charged him with refusal to heed the directive of elders to cease and desist advocacy of this recalls its Michael we told him he was advocating overthrowing the Hill said he personally would not kill but would Only encourage others to do he was Hill then wrote out a statement of his position and sought to get others to sign Joe director of the prolife action though he had written the Book closed 99 ways to Stop abortion that inspired the creation of operation a group that became known for its tactics of Hill called Scheidler and if a girl walked into a class with a gun intending to kill you would save a classroom of kids if you took her Scheidler if you want to save you have to convert the she is the one who wants it she hires the who is the hit if he is she can hire i can Point to lives a year saved by our babies who just had a first it is alarming the Way antiabortion violence has fed More the first by inspired Hill to kill two now two More people Are dead and another deluded stands essential thus it is absolutely essential for prolife leaders and mainstream organizations such As the National right to life the largest prolife group in the United to use every Opportunity to clearly and forcefully deliver the message of they must be sure to denounce the killing of abortionists in the strongest and most widely publicized and emphasize that the Paul Hills of this world Are sick not martyrs to be Mik Mcmanus writes the weekly syndicated column ethics rejigs on and is the author of marriage savers How to help your friends and family avoid canadians about to embark on overdue debate its soul searching time Byda Leisler special to the free press Regina by now its Clear that 1995 is shaping up to be a Pivotal year for within the next 12 like it or we Are going to confront some Basic issues that go to the very heart of How we see this a in Many respects we should Wel come whats about to its Long there Are those of us who believe that one of the problems with Canada is that it has never re ally come to grips with we have yet to have a defining moment As a a time or event that created a Clear National identity from the Canada has been defined More by what it int than what it confederation happened As much As a defence against perceived american expansionism As it did out of a National the so called confederation bargain at its a commercial Union that was cemented in the immigration policy and Western rail Way expansion of John Mac Donalds National As Canada came together More out of a sense of economic necessity than As a product of National nation states Are Cre ated out of or some form of violent struggle where a people fight to establish their be As not Only do we have no such violent we in fact celebrate our peaceful Histo it is seen As one of the key Rea sons we have developed a tolerant and relatively tranquil none of this is to suggest that Canada is somehow less legitimate than other nations because we have not had a moment of crisis when a National spirit was what it does mean is that be cause Canada was created More out of reason than we have never been Able to establish a truly pan Canadian National to understand this All you need to do is consider the sym Bols of nationalism we we commonly define Canada us ing the byproducts of the political consensus that created it social programs such As medicare and unemployment govern ment initiatives like bilingualism on one hand and multiculturalism on the or even the Canadian broadcasting they have be come the expressions of our National but these by their a Are they Are the re sult of brokered political interests Over Many years and Are often the source of conflicting political Opin rather than a deeply rooted National when he was prime Pierre Trudeau recognized that Canadian society required some thing More to hold it we needed a Symbol that would unite us As individuals into a nation that stood for the beliefs we Trudeau solution was a charter of rights and freedoms entrenched in the by clearly establishing our individual Trudeau believed we could overcome the tribalism of English versus French and the regionalism of East versus by forcing a National de Bate Over the Trudeau believed we would finally forge the National identity that had always escaped the idea made but it also has not Canada is arguably a less United nation today than it was be fore Trudeau constitutional in it didst work because we have never really confronted As to examine our be we have merely attempted to use government As a tool to accommodate the divisions within the a rather than As a Means to overcome All of this is about to no longer can we paper Over the Basic questions about this nation that have haunted us for in the Comine months the critical issues will converge and we will have a National debate that is Long clearly Central to the National debate in the coming year will be the Quebec now that Quebec Premier Jacques Parizeau has outlined his governments ref the process is in motion for Quebe cers As much As is reach some verdict on their commitment to but equally important to our National identity is the parallel de Bate unfolding Over not Only social but the nature of government no longer Able to ignore the fiscal we Are be ing forced to decide our National priorities what values do we what beliefs Are expendable and How should we treat others and expect others to treat ourselves this is the stuff of National Iden it goes to the Core of what we believe As canadians and our expectations of the country we at times in the past we have flirted with these but Usu ally Only in piecemeal fashion and within the context of the partisan debate of for the first time it is happening All at we Are on the verge of having the National struggle weve Long but always Dale Eisler is editor of Leader Star news 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