Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 15, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Editor John 6977042 issues Winnipeg free press a 7 Indian affairs is not to blame your editorial of 8 serving aboriginals echoes our own firm belief that aboriginal people in Manitoba will gain More control Over their lives once the Federal department of Indian affairs and Northern development Diane dismantles its Manitoba regional operations and transfers jurisdictions and authorities to first i am disappointed that you chose to perpetuate unfortunate misconceptions about viands let me set the record in of viands Manitoba regional budget of More than Mil 95 per cent of these resources Are administered directly by Mani Toba first at the Community these funds have an immediate and significant Impact through the provision of programs and services like social elementary and second Ary and Infra this year three new schools have been completed in the communities of York Garden Hill and while two More Are under construction at Lac Brochet and Madoule As More than 700 new houses were built by the end of the last Fis Cal while first nations youths Are currently receiving financial assistance to pursue Post secondary other programs delivered directly by Diane on behalf of first like settlement of treaty land entitlement the North Ern flood agreement and self gov Ern ment account for an other two per As you can what you Call the care and feeding of bureaucrats that program and and associated costs hardly amounts to three per cent of the total regional i am convinced that you would be hard pressed to find Many private sector corporations operating on such Low accountability for the use of fed eral funding and will a key component of the relationship Between first nations elected offi the Community members they and the government of the dismantling initiative will allow first nations to be More responsive to the interests and con Cerns of their memberships As Well As those of All while we All enthusiastically Wel come the Manitoba dismantling initiative because it will enable first nations to set their own priorities in Pursuit of their own its unfair to claim As you that the dedicated and committed regional Diane staff is somehow to blame for consuming resources that should be directed to first regional director general Indian and Northern affairs Manitoba division torpid behaviour i would like to applaud John Dafoe for the insightful article in which he Laid Bare the torpid behaviour of our present prime minister during the first one and on third years of his Liberal just about the Only significant decisions that have been made were to cancel the helicopter contract and countermand the privatization of the Toronto the latter item contains the elements of an empty and May yet have to be re solved in the Accident record of the Fleet of aging sea King Heli copters portends the need for More modern so the Deci Sion made by the former govern ment May be essentially what Canada needs is a government motivated by Leader ship rather than opinion using the Cross Canada checkup approach will Only postpone if not of the important measures that the country our prime minister needs the qualities which enable a Man to Trust his own sense to feel responsibility but not to fear it to venture where others and to decide while others that Brian Mulroney was disliked May be an but his government introduced the goods and services tax and carried the free Trade agreement in spite of in tense the personification of leadership in each Case was Chretien even vacillate Over changing the bloated pension benefits which maps will Rogers said you cant beat sum pin with with Parizeau cutting a wide Swath through que the country needs to see the Federal government develop sum pin pretty Winnipeg Pontius Mitotes i find it hard to conceive that you Are not aware that the prolife move letters 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 ment is not responsible nor does it approve or condone the murders and acts of violence referred to in your editorial killing for life free the Young Man accused of the kill Ings in Boston created a scene in his Church the sunday which would make one suspect he is of unstable the prolife movement propounds principles and a philosophy of the highest respect for All human life from the womb to the your actions in publishing this editorial and cartoon despite your Likely knowledge to the contrary Are reminiscent of the actions of Pontius after washing his hands in front of the crowd saying i am inno cent of the blood of this just he condemned him to death and had him crucified out of cowardice and fear of the Fern Marion Winnipeg Channel complaints these Are my major complaints about the new channels and i Hope to encourage All subscribers to add their we previously subscribed to the extended package which included that Channel has now been re moved and replaced by new coun try Why is new country network included with the new channels from my were already paying for it with the original Cartier Winnipeg make history compulsory last september the Swan Valley retired teachers group sent a let Ter to education minister Clayton manness requesting that Canadian history be a compulsory course in Grade As it has been in the his reply implied that Canadian history is dealt with in the social studies course up to the Grade 10 this reply was not sati Facto again the sorts have made a re quest to have Canadian history a compulsory course in Grade 11 As it has been in the it is very important that our Stu dents learn of their past and develop whether these students Are recent immigrants or whether their parents have lived in Canada for Many it is important for them to know the history of can Ada and develop a Strong Canadian Jean Shaw Secretary sorts committee something went wrong for months we have been hearing a fierce debate about the extent of the contribution of the jets hockey team to the Economy of the figures have ranged from less than Zero by thin ice to about million a year by those demanding taxpayer involvement in the construction of an Arena and a Guaran tee of we also know that the Deal signed by once and apparently future mayor Bill Norrie will Cost us Mon although there is some argument about How the debate is now a recent news item taxpayers jets losses Cut free 7 reports if the current negotiations Between the owners and play ers collapse and there Are no games the jets projected losses of about to million will be reduced by about Winnipeg jets spokesman Mike Ohearn con firmed that for every 10 games not the team would save about now the Only thing that could go and Cost the Manitoba tax payers a is if the negotiations succeed and the jets begin playing oops they just her Schulz Winnipeg hooded palestinian Fatah Hawks run at the end of a demonstration in the occupied West Bank town of pacts bring no peace israeli settlements aggravate plight Bysani Dajani special to the free press the hopeful speeches Given when the declaration of principles top was signed at the White humiliation and terror under continuing israeli occupation remain the lot of most it has been like this since when the israeli occupation of the West Gaza and East Jerusalem denied the palestinian people their right to for palestinians have suffered from unreasonable Security measures imposed by including checkpoints and other forms of collective we have watched our children being beaten and our husbands being although the world swiftly United to enforce in resolutions against Saddam Hussein during the Gulf Israel has refused for nearly 30 years to abide by in resolutions 242 and support these resolutions Call for Israel to withdraw from the territory it occupied during the six Day War and support israels right to exist within secure and internationally recognized the palestinian or which began in helped Lead to the establishment of direct Israel palestinian peace which in turn resulted in the top and the Osl Cairo these agreements brought Hope to palestinians in the occupied who had struggled and bled for so Long during the welcomed we anticipated a new Era of coexistence during which we would finally enjoy our legitimate rights on our National underpinning the concept of land for peace has Long been understood As the underpinning of any lasting solution to the Israel palestinian but this Hope is in the daily lives of most nothing has the israeli government continues to practice the same harassment As using the same tired rationale of securing the life of israeli citizens and fighting since the signing of the Osl Cairo palestinians have watched with dismay the increase in settlement especially in the Jerusalem we have seen palestinian institutions forced out of Jerusalem or prohibited from now codified in the so called Jerusalem Law recently passed by the israeli palestinians continue to be denied Freedom of our economic situation is deteriorating and inflation is the israeli which has already violated the timetables agreed upon in the is now further delaying palestinian elections and the removal of the israeli army from palestinian population at the same thousands of palestinian prisoners remain in israeli recent protest by palestinian villagers in the West Bank have focused attention on the institutionalized terror of israeli settlement the major obstacle to a lasting peace Between Israel and the since the signing of the top in september the israeli government has confiscated tens of thousands of hectares of palestinian owned land for the expansion of jewish settlements in the West according to the settlements Are among the issues which both sides agreed to postpone until final status talks Israel is feverishly building and enlarging settlements near Tel Bethlehem and Jerusalem in order to impose an Israel status quo in a final peace in addition to the confiscation of Israel is rapidly constructing a new network of tunnels and Bridges to serve the illegal jewish settlements of what is euphemistically called greater most of these housing units Are in the West often 10 to 15 Kilometres Distant from Rina the Jerusalem District director of the israeli housing recently announce new units of such housing will begin this year alone in occupied East Jerusalem and the surrounding at the same not a single housing unit for palestinians has been approved since the the palestinian question must not go unresolved if there is to be a lasting Resolution to the conflicts in the Middle As Israel makes peace with her surrounding Arab it is imperative that the israeli government also fulfil the responsibilities it agreed to under the declaration of conditional no one in the Middle East wants peace More fervently that the palestinian for support for the peace process is conditional on one end to the israeli occupation of East the West Bank and the continued digging of foundations for Homes in israeli settlements will not Lead to a lasting peace must be built upon a foundation of Sohir Dajani is a palestinian who has worked in economic development in the occupied territories for 20 she lives in the West Bank City loan repayment to be based on graduates income students can share Cost by Lloyd Axworthy special to the free press three months i released the discussion paper improving social Security in since i have been meeting student University administrators and others about the papers options for Federal support to pos secondary because it is important that the Public debate be based on Clear i would like to take this Opportunity to set out the facts on pos secondary the discussion paper explores ways to help provide Lon term sustainable funding to colleges and at the same we want to maintain and improve accessibility for both Young people and adults to higher education and the training needed to build productive and satisfying careers in the Job Market of the 1990s and while provincial governments Are responsible for pos secondary the Federal government funds half of the annual in the province pays for 17 per cent and the Federal government pays for 61 per this Federal support is provided partly by direct funding of University research and student but mainly through More than billion in tax and Cash transfers to provincial governments under the established programs financing Elf the fact is that the value of the tax transfers to All including will continue to grow with the from nearly billion in 199697 to a projected billion 10 years if we maintain the current the Cash portion will decline the Federal government is asking whether just letting this happen is the Best Way to support pos secondary the discussion paper offers an innovative and reasonable by replacing the declining Federal Cash transfers with a expanded program of student Loans and we would make available billion per year to help students pay their portion of their education the combination of growing Federal tax transfers and a broader Loans program would mean billion More in resources available for pos secondary education in Canada Over the 10year period starting in while this proposal would mean More borrowing by some students and currently 70 per cent of University students either graduate without Ever having to or owe less than we believe that a Well designed income contingent repayment loan program could ensure that the repayments Are repayment of these Loans would be based on earnings after this would guarantee students that their investment in pos secondary education would not Burden them with loan payments they could not the option would also include a broader system of Grants for Low income students and those with special in the Canada student Loans programs would continue to loan approximately billion a year to and students would also continue to be Able to claim approximately 25 per cent of their tuition As a credit against their Federal and provincial income or to Transfer the credit to their family members if they cant use it As it stands University and College students Only pay about 12 per cent of the total costs of pos secondary education while taxpayers pay nearly All of the tuition costs have been rising across but is not asking students to pay a somewhat larger share reasonable Given the benefits they receive in return the unemployment rate for pos secondary education graduates is under six per cent and their earning potential is 40 per cent higher than the National this translates into an average of about half a million dollars More in lifetime if we do nothing and simply allow the tax Transfer to continue and the Cash portion to where will we be in a few years time there is a Good Chance that students will face higher but nothing will have been done to help them meet these costs nor to increase this is something to think our vision is that of a More accessible and adaptable pos secondary education we have put Forward options for discussion and but nothing is etched in i Welcome the views and constructive ideas of All canadians on what should be the most appropriate form of Federal support to pos secondary education in Lloyd Axworthy is minister of human resources t ;