Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 25, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba 48 pages vol 123 no 174 Canada Post sales agreement 563595 Winnipeg free press get Post t get t Post Oul Sido cily 75e in Nolano weekly Homo the livery wkly 05 t 20 Post in win ipod 21 May 1995 cons get a history lesson scholar queries their right to vote by Linda Quattrin staff reporter the Crown has brought in a renowned scholar to sup port its Case against allowing Federal prisoners the right to vote in National on the first Day of a precedent setting Challenge under the charter of rights and freedoms Seymour Martin Lipset took Centre stage in a Winnipeg Lipset testified that the Funda mental differences Between Cana Dian and american values have a bearing on whether Canada can deny prisoners the right to a political sociologist who specializes in comparative studies of Canada and the United touched on a Host of issues during wide ranging testimony from the american civil War and slavery to the current trial of accused killer Paul Bernardo and the recent bomb ing in Oklahoma the examples were used to de scribe How Canadian society continues to Champion communitarian where the Community collective Good has Primacy Over individual which Are Paramount in the United the argument was used to make a Case that the Community right to protect itself allows it to limit the Freedom of the individual by sex deny the right to its the idea of order and Good government in Canada versus the Ideal of Liberty and the Pursuit of he Canada puts More emphasis on individual responsibility to the Community whereas the puts More emphasis on individual Lipset told Justice Howard wet Ston of Federal seven prisoners from Stony Mountain institution brought the landmark Case to arguing they should be allowed to vote in National there Are about Federal prisoners in Federal prisoners can vote Only in provincial while inmates in provincial jails can vote in the Stony convicts argue that the Canada elections act denies them rights guaranteed in the which says All Canadian citizens Over the age of 18 May a professor of Public policy at George Mason University in fair faced a vigorous Cross examination by Arne lawyer for the seven thumbing a Well indexed copy of lip sets 1990 Continental i and a paper Lipset prepared for Peltz questioned the valid Ity of lip sets academic director of the Public inter est Law Centre for Legal Aid Mani asked did you do any assess ment As to the degree that Canadian prisoners do participate in elections currently Lipset Peltz pointed out that Lipset was not familiar with the constitutional amendment that denies the vote for convicted run i v Salvage Mission a Sarajevo resident salvages a to set from a neighbors burning House yesterday after it was hit by a mortar vicious Battles Shook the bosnian causing the United nations to Issue an ultimatum warning of air please see stories on Page fill pm blow pm up lab puts condoms to test by Linda Quattrin staff reporter How do you test a condom in the aids conscious 1990s fill it with Roll it around on a paper then inflate it until it that not a bad its what workers at Winnipeg Condo testing Canadas first and one of Only two in the for a after youve tested 10 or the howl kind of wears joked chemist Robert Janz after demonstrating the technique used to test the thousands of condoms that come through the discreetly tucked into the Slick health Canada building near the Royal Canadian mint on Lagimodiere the idea is to ensure condoms coming into the Are manufactured in government safety standards like those for other medical such As hearing aids and xray its a particularly important Job in an age when a defective condom can using Latex sexual the Only Janz pumps litres of com pressed air into condom at recommended methods to avoid the deadly virus linked to we probably spend a disproportionate amount of time testing said lome supervisor of health Canadas drug and environmental health inspection unit in the enforcement end of inspection really increased with aids a number of years the singles sold in vending be Well labelled and marked with an expiry lot number and and they must be Able to withstand a Good Deal of As part of their testers slip a condom Over what appears to be a Low tech domed piece of bicycle pump and inflate to pass the the condom must be Able to hold at least 25 litres of air the volume of a water guzzling toilet when it of Latex Are stuck to the labs Walls in places computer automatically records the volume and pressure and adds the data to the Sample if a Sample fails to meet the health Canada has the Power to Issue a and that not As rare As we might in the government labs in Winnipeg and Toronto tested 164 manufacturers from Germany to 29 lots had to be i i me win quest Tor Cash 1st prize jets Deal ready to sign source suspects Ante May go up by John Douglas staff reporter a binding contract to sell the Winnipeg jets to a company called the spirit of Manitoba is sitting on Barry Shenkarow waiting for him to but one Day after both sides agreed nothing could stand in the Way of the some people close to the negotiations Are concerned Shenkarow May be trying to put off signing the final agreement in Hopes of upping the he and his part ners Are said to be getting Mil lion for 42 per cent of the we think weve covered All the things the ownership group lets sign a source close to the negotiations they want a memorandum of understand ing but were looking to have a Pur Chase and Sale agreement completed and signed something binding and something that has the source said an attempt to raise the Price was the Only reason he could think of for the be cause the contract reflects exactly what Manitoba entertainment com plex and the Shenkarow group had agreed a memorandum instead of a contract would allow More time to seek a the source the proposed Deal creates a new called the spirit of Mani to keep the team in Winnipeg for As Long As hockey remains economically the name was inspired by the Strong Community Effort shown to keep the National hockey league franchise in the created by the it will technically own the club and investors will Purchase shares of the limited sources say Thompson Dorfman the lawyers for the sent the finished contract yesterday will it be at the Forks b3 commitment to to Aikins Macaulay and Thorvald lawyers for Shenkarow and his who own 64 per cent of the jets and would own 22 per cent if they sign the were meeting with their Law yers this morning to go through Alan Sweatman said last Mec wants a firm Deal so it can go out into the Community and raise the final amount of Money needed to create a Pool of capital to cover on going team the contract would not take effect until the fundraising efforts will go ahead without Mec knowing the tax implications for the new limited partnership and the endowment Mec is awaiting a Revenue can Ada ruling on whether it can dissolve the current partnership and recapitalize its including players under a new the assets could then be written Down against future provid ing a tax break for new weve had assurances a favor Able ruling would be Sweatman but things Are less Clear when it comes to the tax treatment of a Pool of Money that could reach Mil lion or million to cover future losses of the hockey some have said the answer is the creation of a Crown corporation that would own the new All Money donated to it would be considered a gift to the Crown and eligible for a 100 per cent deduction from but Manitoba finance minister Eric Stefanson dismissed the it is an Issue that is to be dealt with through Revenue not through the establishment of a Crown Stefanson t o d a quote of the Day these kids Are nothing but Mark whose brother Marvin was beaten with a baseball Bat and left beneath a City Bridge last vents his details on Page 81 the weather today sunny with afternoon High Low tomorrow increasing High Sun i wet sett Moon rises Sitf details on Page c10 inside diversions rubes and 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