Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 14, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Readers forum Winnipeg free press a 7 january flaws appear in global Market ideology Xerox provides a compel Ling metaphor for the Absurdity of global Market Idolo when the conglomerate announced in that it was preparing to reduce its global workforce by a Canadian Stock analyst calculated the Down sizing would cause Xerox shares to Rise by about in 1994 and an other in a More compel Ling metaphor emerged in a Cana Dian newspaper headline this Mexico a land of Opportunity nows perfect time to scoop up growth analysts fewer jobs create More Consumers More poverty produces More wealth this past North americas Stock markets gyrated and Mexico currency went into the calamity proved the Power of the real free Market and real free wealth built upon the Sand of poverty and misery can Frances Russell simply be washed on peasants and mayan indians in Mexico poor Southern state of Chiapas it was seen As an unfortunate Side bar to the real Story of the the signing by the Canada and Mexico of the North american free Trade the a Patistas was a death it would destroy their livelihood by removing Protection for their crops and Force them off the land to make room for Agri Busi like its the Cana free Trade Naftal is More a Bill of rights Tor International capital than a Trade As it is the Antithesis of Freedom for a year the Chiapas rebel lion Only this the kids with the the computers and the telephones who now Rule the worlds currency markets and the noticed the noticed that Mexico balance of Trade had dipped significantly into the the combination of a serious Trade a High peso and rebellion caused them to shout sell even though mexi cos budget has been in surplus for the resulting crash has impacted the Yankee can Adas loonie and interest it was All so Carlos a former mexican finance ministry recently wrote a report on the mexican Economy for the world among herodias findings Mexico had one billion Aire in now it has Only the Germany and Japan have the assets of Mexico richest individual total More than the combined income of the poorest 17 Mil lion the assets of mexi cos fabulously elite total More than the combined income of 33 million the budget for education and welfare in Mexico has fallen steadily since infant deaths due to malnutrition have almost Tri the mexican government spent the decade leading up to the signing of Naftal brutally reforming its Mexico was opened for business through a massive Campaign of deregulation and the elite waxed fat by profiting from the massive Selloff f of Mexico family its stat owned a Feudal society was liberalized but not politically or the wages of the average mexican plummeted 60 per unemployment malnutrition has become the nor Mal condition of says a 1992 mexican government the state Oil slashed its workforce by 50 per or this weeks Market panic and de valuation caused Many North american investors to lose their the Low peso wont affect the they have been underwritten by govern ments using billions of taxpayers devaluation will further enrich the transnational corporations already in Mexico to exploit its Low wages and rudimentary environment and labor mean the 50 per cent of mexicans who live in poverty Over 20 per cent in abject poverty face a fur ther dramatic reduction in their Liv ing yet a big investment fund is Back again urging North americans to think of profiting from in his new the missing child in Liberal York University sociologist John Oneill says Market globalism is creating the duty free Secu education and employment Are not commodities to be sold off or enjoyed Only by the he rather they Are the foundations of a sustainable the social debt we owe this and future without such an overlapping framework of social individual life chances Are extremely limited even among those who be Lieve their wealth might buy off the inconveniences of an impoverished Arm twisting stifles Arena support 1read with some interest Carl rides column concerning the conspiracies and machinations surrounding the proposed Winnipeg Arena free Ridd states rather categorically that no one believes that the Arena should be built and that All indications of support for this develop ment is a result of Arm twisting on the part of the i would like Ridd to know that i support the building of a new Arena but any unwillingness on my part to admit As much is due in no Small part to rides own form of Arm it is just not politically Correct to admit ones position Given the Atmo sphere of hysteria and suspicion that he and others of like mind have done their utmost to the management of Public opinion which Ridd accuses the Mec of can be applied in kind to the atmosphere which thin ice has pro polls Are exactly the creation of Public not its despite assertions to the the support for the project is the numbers in the recent Campaign do not when it comes my turn to show sup port for the Campaign by buying tickets or becoming involved in a Bond i will be there As what i find most galling in rides exercise is his own skirting of issues the jets Are nothing More that a convenient target for Peoples frustrations with regards to expenditure of tax he has said nothing about the enormous amounts of Money that will be spent on the pan am where will the Money come from for this project what deals will be Cut for this exercise in Short term gain and Lon term fiscal irresponsibility who will Benefit and who will suf Fer at least with the building of a new Winnipeg will have a Structure which will Benefit the City for years to come a month after the pan am games have ended they will be nothing but a memory and the taxpayer will be left holding the rides silence on this Issue leaves me with my own feelings of suspicion and a feeling More people should Scott Reid Winnipeg Winnipeg free press file photo Mec spokesman John Loewen announces game plan for Arena fundraising and site response weak the motherhood and Apple pie response by Saul Zitzerman to Carl rides Arena debate angers was a weak at tempt to gloss Over serious indict ments made by Public reaction to the recent marketing strategy of the Cable Compa Nies indicate that it will no longer be manipulated by self interest groups into going along with mis hidden agendas in some downright dishonesty in the Way the Public is this we if a new Arena were such a Good business men like Zitzerman would be lined Money in hand to get their and so would no Public Money should be used to fund a new not not provincial and not there Are too Many higher priorities where our Money is a yes or no vote on the use of taxpayer Money to fund an Arena would Settle or would it a Diamond Winnipeg too Many unanswered questions about proposed site choices 1have been following with inter est the Progress of Manitoba entertainment Complex with re Spect to the construction of a new Arena in As a resident and taxpayer in win and one who personally does not attend hockey games due to Lack of i applaud the results that Mec has been Able to produce to in spite of the fact that i will possibly never use the new facility for my personal i do recognize the need to keep the jets in and to build a new facility in order to accomplish i do have several questions that i would like to pose to Mec with respect to the proposed site that they keep insisting Over and Over again is their site of Choice Portage Avenue what has happened to the Previ Ous the Mauro and Burns to name just that pro posed the site adjacent to the Winni Peg convention Centre if my Mem Ory serves me five of the six re ports that have come out have been in favor of the acc while Mec keeps pushing the por Tage East i have yet to read any logical reasoning for this to say it would be a prestige signature site for the City is Ludi Crous and i have seen Many different Fig ures quoted in the and other but have yet to see a real Independent Cost compari son Between the two my understanding at the present time is that it would Cost significantly less to build across from the convention what if has Mec Given to the Impact on downtown Winnipeg if the Arena is built to extend Portage rather than compact the downtown area to enhance it and bring people Back to the downtown it would be most helpful if i had some straight talk and an Swers to the foregoing i cannot believe that i am alone in asking these Winnipeg Phil free press Ramey carried on concert in spite of a ringing concert is no place for cellular phone abortion is As Savage As murder 1 would like to comment on an aspect of the horrific situation covered under the title officials horrified by murders free the shooting at the Massachusetts clinics was an abhorrent murderous crimes such As this conspicuously Demon Strate the extent of evil possible by the perpetrator in this Case deserves to be dealt with to the fullest extent of the to there is additional perversion in this situation that screams for it is re lated through the following ques Tion what is the distinction that permits Many to look with horrified revulsion at the atrocity committed in Massachusetts while demonstrating Calm indifference to the equally violent arid immoral murder on a daily basis of defenceless babies Over in Canada and million in the United states i would argue that it has not been through adequate Scien Tif or philosophical persuasion that we allow this holocaust with such but due to other i would like to briefly mention two of ignorance i think Many of us Are guilty of ignorance Ibliss syn it is much easier to disregard what Little we encounter concerning the subject of pre Partum never mind taking Initia Tive to find out the sordid details sufficiently to develop an in formed at the same time there appears to be a conspiracy of silence on the part of the health care and political communities re Garding the procedural alternatives and morality of passivity in the face of knowl Edge and perhaps questions or mis Givings on the Issue of pre Partum homicide it becomes easy to take the stance that its out of my hands because it is Legal or it must be of because it is one needs Little history education to realize that governments Are not immune to making dreadful Deci Sions Laws on Many our Handoff attitude makes us close if not actually guilty complicity in these violent acts of Mur we should not consider our in put and after policy making As if we those with vested be they the social abortion or will make the policy decisions for i think the Bottom line is that through our i definitely include myself unconsciousness and inac Tion in issues such As abortion and Many others we Are virtually writ ing a Blank Cheque for those with social and political these groups do not necessarily hold the moral values espoused by the majority in our Winnipeg violence not representative May we add our voices of anger and Shock to those condemning the recent killings and wounding at two bos ton abortion we cringe whenever acts of violence Are committed by so called pro violence of any kind is any thing but this Vio Lence is sometimes used As one More wedge against the prolife some would further curtail the activities of we Are a group whose activities include a regular peaceful Demon stration at one of the cites Abor Tio performing one of our Aims is to provide Public awareness of the fact that abortion kills we would abhor being identified with violence of any sort but we would also deny that our presence As a group constitutes the Type of emotionalism Ca Pable of inciting any of us into acts of the Man who killed and wounded in Boston As Well As those involved in similar cases in the recent past to save babies is a who does not belong in the prolife thus his killing rampage must be seen for what it is the deplorable action of a Lone whatever his motive the Issue of abortion is still in the Public it receives front Page coverage Only when acts of violence Are Perpe each time this happens the prolife movement is thrown into a bad and its image in tainted through a wave of antagonistic it can Only be hoped that the Vio Lent action by individuals will not be used to further stifle the efforts of pro lifers everywhere in their quest of Justice for the for Michael prolife modality for a City our Cli mate we Are blessed with the Quality and variety of entertainment that comes to our at some win nip Eggers forget or do not know the ethics of being a member of the a i recently attended the Samuel Ramey recital at the concert Hall and during the performance a cellular Telephone rang several rows be Hind not but True to his Ramey continued on in moved by though he obviously heard so did everyone telephones and other beepers should be turned off during perform last while attending the creative production of a member of the audience chose to shoot a Roll of thank goodness he did not use a which certainly would have been a distraction to the performers on never those around this Man were not pleased with the clicking noise of the which he refused to put a third Type of disturbance occurred frequently enough during a symphony prompting the conductor to admonish the Audi that was incessant coughing by six or seven people who should have left the the symphony now offers free cough candies to those in Arno dross Winnipeg doonesbury by Garry Trudeau Ive 6ota site facility Mountain i wit to notate Wuu was ;