Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 23, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba A6 Winnipeg free press july 1995 editorials Brian Cole 6977044 Kuchmas first year Ukraine has had a hard time since it emerged As an Independent nation from the rubble of the former soviet it in had a harder time than most of the new states that arose after the collapse of communism in Eastern one reason for this has been its difficult relations with which covets Ukraine More than any part of its former it has dominated Ukraine for centuries and russians clearly believe that they should be Able to continue to dominate it the result has been several serious disputes Over the disposition of the former soviet Black sea Fleet and of the former soviet nuclear Arsenal Over the status of the a part of Ukraine whose Large russian popu lation would prefer to be joined directly to these disputes continue to fester and to complicate Ukraine political and eco nomic the two most serious have been Ukraine economic dependence on Russia and the inability of its own leaders to implement economic the two Are directly while Russia and Poland have received generous Aid from the Western industrialized nations and International financial Ukraine was for some time left standing outside the part of the reason for this was its failure under its first pos Independence Leonid to Pur sue Reform vigorously a former communist was never entirely Able to shed his previous ideological baggage and the result was a wariness on the part of the West and increasing dependence on particularly for Oil and Kravchuk successor As Leonid Kuch elected one year seemed unlikely to increase Western Confidence in Ukraine commitment to democracy and economic another former and prime minister under Kravchuk he had not in his previous incarnations been an enthusiastic supporter of the new he has to be a healthy he has started Ukraine on a course of vigorous implementing Tough reforms and gaining the Confidence of Western the International monetary fund is working closely with his government and has finally begun to fund its times Are very hard for Ordinary ukrainians and Are Likely to get tougher still As Reform works its Way through a country and Economy badly crippled by its communist but most ukrainians appear willing to Bear that Burden if they can see at the end of it an Independent and prosperous nation free of russian there is no reason that goal cannot be Western particularly Cana with its close ties to should look at the efforts being made there and focus their Aid efforts in Eastern Europe More tightly on this nation that profoundly deserves a say what its not the sea to a French person might Tell you under certain and if you were a unilingual English you might Well be a Little baffled by in you could say to West in Cheval Dune Couleur which might leave him equally or a russian might admonish you not to hang noodles from his a xhosa speaker from South Africa might become visibly upset if you mentioned his mothers ears even in an angry Yorkshire Man might Tell you to Bozzim Coo All would be speaking in and in a cultural con text that can take some time for outsiders to the French speaker would be saying its no big Deal the English speaker would be saying that that an entirely different subject the russian would be cautioning you not to make a fool of him you would have deeply offended the to for whatever any refer ence to his mothers ears is a deadly insult and what the Yorkshire Man would Tell you is not normally printed in a family but if you know a Little you can probably figure it you All would be mystifying each because some idiomatic expressions do not translate very you could not literally its a into French and make any most of us have no idea what a cakewalk is even in although we know what the expression there Are Many expressions from Many different languages that translate quite easily show the universality of the human the old chinese the smile that hides the for exam or the medieval icelandic Bare is Back with out brother behind both translate Well into 20th Century corporate so language can unify As Well As the translator need not be a As the italians but he should not be surprised if he is sometimes greeted with a puzzled he a Canadian ism that Doest translate very Well Winnipeg free press Winnipeg free press est 1872 Winnipeg Tribune est 1890 Rudy publisher Duncan Mcmonagle executive editor Brian Cole editorial Page editor directors Calvin Verne Kalichuk human resources Stephan Majorki operations Perry Glenn 1995 Winnipeg free a division of newspapers Divi Sion of Thomson newspapers company limited published seven Days a week at 1355 Mountain win Manitoba r2x pm 6977000 a member of the Manitoba press Council another victim checks in Brian Mulroney is he is not sorry for what he did to the conservative which lies in ruins after 10 years of his he is not sorry for the Way he abused his Power As prime minister of but he is deeply sorry for himself and the abuse he suffered at the hands of somebody called the the former prime minister uttered a Long whine of complaint last week in the pages of Media studies Jour published by the press stud ies organization Freedom mule prey is a member of the organizations Board of he wrote personal abuse by the Media to some significant become an unfortunately High but necessary Price for leaders to pay for the privilege of service in truly democratic Mulroney left office in 1993 the most reviled prime minister in the history of Canadian opinion his policy was rejected in parts of the country but his personal style and his determination to Dis tribute the fruits of office among his Loyal supporters provoked wide spread revulsion in All regions among political opponents and some nominal Man Terence Moore Ito a Premier Gary Filmon took pains to dramatize his distance from Mulroney and stopped using the conservative name since mul Roney had made the party name in Mulroney was especially detested because he seemed less than honest in offering a maintenance contract for Canadian forces cf18 aircraft Public ten Der and when a Manitoba firm made the Best intervening to give the work to Canad air of Mon Treal for strictly political Mulroney now believes that personal abuse by the Media is a Nec Essary Price leaders must pay for the privilege of service in truly democratic his belief is Debat Jean Chretien is often mocked for his inelegant style of for his unsophisticated for his Lack of support in his Home province of but he is rarely condemned As hypocrite vain or want ing in personal if personal abuse is a necessary Price of Public office in Why has Chretien not paid on closer study of the Mulroney May find that report ing and commentary in the press Are related to the conduct of the Public official who is the subject of the report or the he May also find that complaints about him and his government in the press grew More frequent and More Adverse As time passed and the mood of the electorate turned against criticism is often is often though that is rarely a subject of complaint either from perform ing artists or from in his first election Campaign when Mulroney was the country chosen instrument for getting rid of the lib he enjoyed constant applause and uncritical acceptance from the press and from the Public at no statement he made was too banal to be no gesture too trivial to be by the end of his second term in the mood of the country had turned and he could do nothing commentators in the taverns and in the press would condemn him for the most innocuous love and hate Are like when you Are in everything your beloved does is another reason for with those we their every act justifies our democracies Are like when the country has decided they want to be rid of there is really Noth ing you or your handlers or your friends or the press can do about conduct has ceased to judg ment has been As he continues his study of press reporting on himself and his gov Mulroney should see what contemptible stuff was sometimes written by his Admir ers and try to explain How that came he should notice the shifts in Public mood captured by polling and consider whether the in shift ing from unfair Praise to unfair was not merely reflecting the mood of the Terence Moore is a free press editorial his column appears on Winnipeg Hall of male Fame the six vacant Limestone pedestals along the Walkway at the Forks Are More than just a reminder of the fluctuating water Levels on the Assiniboine the temporarily Dustless tributes to six noted Manitoban removed pending possible relocation to higher ground also draw attention to the fact that Only men were selected to Greet passersby on the picturesque the honoured gentlemen were among 16 who have been inducted into the citizens Hall of Only two of the inductees Mary John a social and Isabel a former Chancellor at the University of Manitoba who gave much of her life to Volunteer work Are yet Manitoba history is Rich with the contributions made by in an Effort to address this Iqbal Ive developed a Short list of women who deserve to be considered for a place in the Hall of it includes Nellie Mcclung this leading Canadian social reformer and novelist is one of the most famous canadians and yet no statue in Winnipeg honors her Many con in addition to her Well known leadership in the fight for Manitoba women right for the finally granted on january Mcclung was a bestselling novelist and speaker who regularly Drew packed audiences to Winnipeg Walker theatre no Small feat in the Days before the family along with other also dragged the Premier Rodmond Roblin to Winnipeg sweatshops in an Effort to improve the working conditions faced by immigrant june Menzies this woman most recent accomplishment is her co authorship of a study of Urban safety for but her contributions to the Quality of life in Winnipeg stretch Back 30 Menzies received the persons award from the governor general in the per sons award was named after the famous 1929 British privy Council Case which declared that women v file photo novelist Nellie Mcclung is a Strong female candidate for the citizens Hall of contributions to the Quality of life in women involvement in Public life a Confounder of the local Penni Mitchell were persons not Only in matters of pains and but also in mat ters of rights and Sybil Shack a Well known Winnipeg woman who has dedicated much of her life to improving the social fabric of Winnipeg especially in the cites less Selloff Cor Shack has been a longstanding Volunteer with the Manitoba association for rights and appointed to the order of Shack is a retired school author and has been a member of the judicial Council of Manitoba and the University of Manitoba Centre on Millie Lamb one of Manito Bas More colourful social now has a Long legacy of peace group voice of Lamb was also the founder of the Nellie Mcclung theatre group her contributions to Winnipeg include being a part of delegation of women in the 1960s that persuaded mayor Steve Juba to declare International Chil Drens As part an Effort to increase awareness of child Pover Cora Agri cultural journalist for the Manitoba free Cora Hind had a marked effect on Winnipeg development just after the turn of the Cen in she was hired by the free press As agricultural and com Mercial Hind became an internationally recognized authority on agricultural and an out spoken advocate for women economic and political on would make a difference for future Amelia Yeomans when Yeomans died in Cora Hind suggested that a portrait of Yeomans be Hung at City Hall because it was questionable whether any mayor Ever did As much for the Good of the Yeomans was a widow in 1878 when she joined her daughter Lillian in the Pursuit of a medical career in 1880 in the the same year Emily Stowe became the first woman in Canada to legally practise Yeo mans became the second lady Doc Tor in Winnipeg her daughter Lillian was the first in 1883 and Practised in the cites poor its about time the tributes to women adorned More than outdoor billboards in our hundreds of distinguished women have con us a Vulcu Nave coh one of her trips to she was tribute to Winnipeg Quality of life instrumental in lifting a 20year cat they deserve to be tie embargo for the importation of Penni Mitchell is a Winnipeg Jour Canadian livestock to Hind her column appears on Sun became a living example of How ;