Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 27, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba A6 Winnipeg free press july 1995 editorials Brian Cole 6977044 Parizeau scandal Premier Jacques Parizeau of Quebec has caught Federal labor minister Lucienne Robillard re handed doing exactly what she is supposed to his attempt to wring a scandal out of her modest plans for a campaigning support of Canadian Unity fell Parizeau announced on tuesday that the Federal government and nine provinces were forming a common front against is who is in charge of Federal strategy to counter Parizeau planned referendum on Quebec was said to have instructed Manitoba Premier Gary Filmon to Lead the formation of the common front of nine provinces against Robillard replied that she had discussed National Unity issues with Filmon during a Well publicized tour of Western provinces but that she did not mention any common front against we have Contact with All the this is completely she to think this is a big Deal against Quebec is Only fic with a grand Parizeau produced what he called the proof of the plot against he produced a copy of an april 25 discus Sion paper written in the Federal privy Council office which mentioned several Steps might be taken to encourage cers to vote against one of the Steps mentioned is a possible common statement by nine premiers at the annual premiers that is the full extent of the plot against the substance of the proposed statement is not described in the discussion Parizeau produced no evidence showing that anyone had started writing the proposed the nine premiers who want to keep Canada United should certainly express their views about Parizeau plan to tear the country that is not a common front against it is a common front against que Bec a minority idea in the Parizeau opted out of the National consensus on Canadas future a Long time he should not be sur prised if the nine federalist premiers get together and talk about Canada without waiting for the predictable dissent of the one separatist Parizeau is proud to have welded together a com Mon front of the separatist the bloc action Democrat ique and his own parti he should Welcome a Little coherence on the other Side of the Parizeau and his plan to break up Canada can produce unanimity among the federalist premiers sooner than anything promote Parkland it never made much sense for the Federal and provincial governments to help finance a ski Hill in the ase Sippi provincial Park near but it does make sense for the two Levels of government to invest Public Money promoting tourist attractions in the Parkland Region of the the people of the Russell area have every right to feel badly treated by the provincial when the Shell Mouth dam was constructed in the 1960s to control flooding in the Southern part of the acres of land were taken off the municipal tax when the Park was More were used the Rural municipality of Shell Mouth has never been properly compensated for the lost tax local residents claim promises were made at the time but today politicians were not the ones who made the Mulroney government made an ill considered Campaign commitment in the fall of 1993 to help a Pri vate group looking to finance the construction of a ski Hill in the no Money was Ever earmarked for the project but the Promise was made it became known last week that the Liberal government cant find the Money the provincial which had also promised some financial says its contribution was contingent on building ski Hill five hours from to com Pete with bigger ski Hills closer to High population is hard to justify when virtually every expenditure of government is under the environmentalists were worried that natural habitat for exotic species of Birds such As the yellow throated vireo would be the clean environment commission dismissed those but the economic viability of the project and the appropriateness of pub Lic investment in such an Enterprise remain in the Filmon government has an option available that will help the tourist Industry in the Region while paying off a debt to residents of the Shell Mouth Western Manitoba offers some of the most Beautiful Parkland in the province a fact too few Manitoban know a special Effort should be made to promote the Many tourist attractions in the hotel opera retail outlets and restaurant owners will promoting what is already there makes funding a ski Hill Likely to fail Winnipeg free press Winnipeg free press est 1872 Winnipeg Tribune est 189d Rudy Redekop publisher Duncan Mcmonagle executive editor Brian Cole editorial Page editor directors Calvin James circulation Verne Kalichuk human resources Stephan Majorki operations Perry Nixdorf advertising Glenn Williams finance 1995 Winnipeg free a division of newspapers division of Thomson newspapers company limited published seven Days a week at 1355 Mountain Manitoba r2x pm 6977000 a member of the Manitoba press Council silence that infernal noise there Are Days of profound Tranquillity at the such was one recent Lan guid Manitoba a stillness in the the voices of Birds Drift ing from Distant a morning for a morning for the Sun was gentle behind a layer of the sky and the Lake coalesced in a Greyble i half shut my eyes and could not distinguish Lake from there was the faintest Ripple on the and such quiet i could hear the whirring of the wings of a Grackle As it flew swiftly through my i could hear a Lone Pelican take off in the rumbling the water with webbed feet to soar in the it was a time of sheer enjoyment until one of those infernal personal water Craft shattered the i have written about this before but i continue to be astonished at this Loutish behaviour and the indifference of authorities to Stop this abuse of our now there Are More of these frenzied machines these Are Swift Craft designed apparently to create a noise of a most annoying pitch strident and they have aroused such animosity in the and Europe that authorities Are taking measures to control these for is taking Steps to ban them on Small Freshwater they endanger canoeists and threaten Shoreline nesting of produce a dreadful As it the Csc radio pro Drew instant support for con trolling the Craft from listeners across they labelled them a Scourge and similar said one listener from there Are few things More irritable than a Val Werier noisy water toys ruin a quiet afternoon at the these one is that they never drive but at top zoom ing Back slapping the water to create More a doctor tells me that this violent routine can ultimately injure their another characteristic is their monumental the big draw to our province is the peace and quiet of our Many they abuse this it is a form of imposing their will and infuriating noise on if such a noise were inflicted on offenders would soon be brought to last year a Man in placed speakers outside his Home to blast loud music during a feud with Mosquito buzzing around your ear at these boats sound like mosquitoes amplified Many people Are mad that a few boaters can violate their space with Imp uni they can also inflict injury to one cottage plagued by a neighbouring duo of these Craft tells me a pair of great Blue herons have they have been fishing for years in the shallows of a quiet several attributes distinguish he was sentenced to seven Days in jail under a rarely used Section of the criminal code dealing with interference with lawful enjoy ment of we need such enterprising use of the Law to Stop offending noise can literally drive people to suicide and according to a Reuters news Agency dispatch from in the past three 17 plagued by killed either themselves or other noise pollution is an emotive Issue for British City dwellers and not taken lightly by in London a student was fined for annoying fellow train passengers with music from headphones of his personal i and Many others consider offend ing Drivers of these personal water Craft an intrusion on our space and an assault on our rights to quiet enjoyment at the people move to Rural places to escape noise of the big City where it is considered the major pollution silence is a most precious commodity in the increasing din of this tomorrow Winnipeg Beach residents vote for a new Council and As far As i none of the Candi dates is concerned about noise pol Lution at the they campaigned on Progress and development and other motherhood but they seem to be oblivious to the intrinsic values of the they fail to recognize the Sanctity of silence and the essence of our Beautiful As Well As the requirement for civilized Val Werier is a Winnipeg journal his column appears on thurs world Bank notices labor at last by Roy Culpeper special to the free press Ottaw there Are some fresh breezes blowing though Washington these Days not in the White House nor on capital but just Down Pennsylvania Avenue at the worlds largest inter National development there is which sounds almost of the need for govern ment and effective Trade if labor markets Are to be governments and employers across Canada should take free Trade unions Are a Corner Stone of any effective system of Industrial relations that seeks to bal Ance the need for enterprises to remain competitive with the aspirations of workers for higher wages and better working this could be a slogan of the Cana Dian labor or any Union in but it is not it is a startling assertion made in the world Banks latest world development released last week and entitled workers in an integrating because the world along with its sister institution in the International monetary fund has become known Over the past decade for its Freemark oriented views on economic in the to Check deficits and eco nomic the world Bank and if supported austerity poli less government t and getting the prices give Market forces free developing countries will and everyone will thrive or so the Bank and if falling behind around 1990 the Bank discovered that the poor were falling further behind because of such austerity it countered by advocating a strategy emphasizing social expend particularly in health and the world Bank now have an obligation to ensure that All particularly the have Access to these social otherwise they would very Likely miss out on mar Ket driven economic now the other shoe has even if society most underprivileged Are Well educated and the Bank has acknowledged there is no guarantee that a rapidly growing Market Economy will provide every one with or that these will pro vide satisfactory wage or acceptable working there certainly is no marketplace magic to ensure that women get Access to the same kinds of jobs and salaries As even if they Are just As Well in poor despite almost Universal legislation forbidding child the youngest workers Are frequently the most exploited in the labor car pet factories in the Middle or brothels in Southeast Are ample testimony to How ruthless Market forces can be to in other have no i conscience other than the Bottom the world Bank has realized too some critics feel that if glaring inequities Are to be Correct it will take Public action to improve Market outcomes and protect vulnerable govern ments Are urged not to give up fighting discrimination in the work place against women and effective ant discrimination poli cies difficult to design and but Are consequently All the More collective bargaining Between firms and Independent unions is an effective Way to improve wages and working these Are Basic truths to the millions of workers across the Many of whom have faced repression or imprisonment for organizing Active but it seems that the world Bank has Only just discovered what is the Banks research Indi Cates that unions often have a Posi Tive effect on productivity and efficiency a fact already established by the International labor organi inside sources indicate that the Tom Oleson Tom Oleson is on his column will return next Banks even if was not the 1995 world develop ment report was written by a few labor economists specialists who until recently were conspicuous by their absence at the development the chapter on unions is carefully balanced to reflect the negative As Well As the positive effects that unions can have on efficiency and does this signal a fundamental shift in thinking at the worlds pre Mier development institution or a Mere Blip on the radar screen cer most of the report is categorical in its Praise of economic integration and global which it urges All governments to and it does not hesitate to claim that globalization will bring huge benefits to the vast majority of the worlds yet the shift in which has been underway for the past five is a highly significant economic disparities Between and among nations Are increasing and show every sign of continuing to do Job creation is not keeping Pace with the entry of Young workers into the labor most of All in the worlds poorest such trends can Only heighten social and political instability across the some new thinking on the relationship Between free markets and equity is Long and it May not yet be too Roy Culpeper is Vic president of the North South Institute in ;