Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 18, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Brian Cole 6977044 focus Winnipeg free press a h j october 1995 i Duguid playful and highly polished two contrasting aspects Over the next three the free press will feature stories on the three leading candidates for the cites top Here is the first of three reports City councillor Terry Duguid glanced Over the sparse left lean ing audience in front of him in an upper room at crossway the rebuilt Young United he glanced sideways at former new democratic party Cabinet minister Al chairman of the the speech i gave at the chamber of Commerce this afternoon is probably not he quipped with a sly this was an evening meeting of save our a group organized to oppose publicly financed construction of an Arena As a Home for the Winnipeg jets hockey save our Pride had invited All the mayoral candidates to come and address Duguid and candidates Natalie Nick Ternetti and Peter Kaufmann mayor Susan Thompson did about 30 people were scattered about the Duguid spread some papers before then paused and unstuck a foreign object from the whats this a piece of gum he the Grin is this Nick he asked thrusting the offending object at the nearest mayoral this was the playful Terry quite unlike the highly pol machine managed candidate who had been on display at the chamber of Commerce luncheon a few hours the two appearances showed contrast ing aspects of dug ids attempt to unseat Susan Thompson As mayor of Duguid arrived at the chamber of com Merce luncheon in the Winnipeg convention Centre with an entourage of policy advisers and press Liaison since there was no room for so Many at the head table with the spillover had to be accommodated at a Back Thompson arrived Une Scort Kaufmann arrived with an entourage of who was pointedly not arrived with a Small Phalanx of Placar waving supporters and was bundled out of the Hall by the convention Cen tre Security detail when he pushed his Way in and tried to distribute his Campaign in the convention centres vip where Kaufmann and Thompson and their encourages gathered before officials of the chamber explained the rules of the each candidate could speak 10 questions from the floor would be submitted in writing to the the chamber executive had prepared some written questions in after the drawing of lots gave Duguid the Lead off Duguid and Kaufmann retired to huddle with their after lunch was Duguid used his ten minute speech to talk about Cut Ting City immediately upon taking he he would direct All the Terence Moore departments to Cut their spending Back to 1994 Levels and he would freeze travel and the letting of contracts at the discretion of the Board of commission the he is normally the time when department Heads with left race for the mayoralty Terry Duguid born in age master of Environ mental design two daughters aged one and environmental first elected to Winnipeg Council reelected chairman of works and operations since Over funds hasten to spend not this he the cites whole budget writing he told the chamber sets up the Council to councillors Are faced with a Choice Between raising the taxes or else reducing services that the Public does not want the he should not face unacceptable the Council must get information from inside the process and abandon its reactive he ended his speech with a gentle dig at Thompson and her in her mayoral Campaign three years to keep the realty tax increase to i cant Promise you you cant Promise Zero from a it takes nine anyone who guarantees a property tax freeze int telling the the audience listened politely to dug ids remarks and showed no reaction beyond perfunctory the Chambers first question for Duguid cited this years City contract with the Canadian Union of Public bargained under dug ids which has been criticized by the Cham Ber for continuing the Job Security of City since he had new democrats working on his the Anonymous questioner was Duguid the labor candidate How could he be impartial in dealing with City unions Terry Duguid cites his experience in work and As a City councillor in his quest for the mayors Duguid was ready for that he had former nip provincial president Brian Oleary working on his he also had former progressive conservative Manitoba Leader Sidney Spivak and conservative Olga Fuga on his Campaign As to the cupe eleven City councillors had voted for including councillors John Jae Eadie and Bill who were not the contract limited workers rights to take Cash in lieu of sick Days and it allowed for Early retirement incentives that could take people off the City payroll Over three at the evening Duguid arrived when his turn he spoke less of City Hall administrative detail and More of Airport devel he said he was very excited about the win port which Aims to make Winnipeg an air cargo Hub receiving Polar route air cargo from Europe and Asia and distributing it by truck to the rest of North we cant let this initiative he this will be the highest economic development priority of my City government in later he added win port is so important that whoever takes office has to make that the imme Diate we simply cannot fail in that initiative for the future of the he spoke also of the jets hockey which was sold to new owners in min Neapolis after Winnipeg investors failed to come up with the Money to buy the team and keep it Duguid supported construction of an Arena for the jets at one stage but opposed it at another i supported the Manitoba entertain ment Complex but i fell off the Wagon when people said the Community would die without the that kind of rhetoric Hurt our Duguid he continued the spirit business plan didst add Winnipeg entertainment entrepreneur Izzie Asper fell off the Wagon for a very Good he is a smart Man and it did it add As at the chamber of Commerce Duguid ended with a gentle dig at this time for her enthusiastic support of Arena construction and other measures to keep the jets in Winnipeg who was leading the charge and what does that say about How our municipal government was led he when Ternetti asked if As would proclaim Pink Triangle Day and Gay Pride As homosexual lobby groups ask each Duguid replied that mayors should not have to make such decisions he would Call for a review of the mayors Power of he did not believe he should impose his values on to a questioner who wanted to know the personal background of each Candi Duguid said he had grown up and started University in then quit University to drive a in a second Stab at higher he completed a Sci ence degree at Carleton University in followed by a master of Environ mental design degree at the University of Calgary in As an environmental manager he had directed insect spraying operations and advised industries on waste he was first elected to the City Council from Miles Macdonell Ward in 1989 and re elected from North Kildonan Ward in Terence Moore is an editorial writer for the free a True thanksgiving letters to the editor h of do you say thank you for a gift beyond Price a gift that gives Hope of a Fuller life to the recipient and Joy to his family this gift arrived thanksgiving morning with a phone Call from health sciences Centre to say they had a kidney donor for my son and one other patient if the match was it was so our Day of happiness but it was tinged with our thoughts Are with the family of a wonderful person in their grief and a sadness that in order for our Miracle to happen they had to lose a loved not really lost for in their hearts they must know great Pride for this caring act and the consequences of we dont know the identity of this person but we will always remember thanksgiving 95 with gratitude and the Joy in my grandchildren eyes has revived my Faith in the human of theres still a Long Way to health but just to have the Chance is our thanksgiving Mira in these times when so much seems How wonderful to have such a Audrey Harden Winnipeg Public hearings a must for Parks in july Manitoba passed a new provincial Parks now More than two years the government finally appears to be mov ing toward proclamation of the act j How to reach us 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 May be edited for style and Short letters Are less Likely to be please address letters to letters to the Winnipeg free 1355 Mountain Winnipeg r2x 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 time address and Telephone stakeholder groups Are being invited to meet with representatives of government to discuss the regulations necessary for implementation of the the new Parks act Calls for pub lic invitational meetings Between government and the various stake Holder groups read special inter est groups Are being there will be no Public forums with the Media present where interested persons can speak publicly and share their concerns about their Parks with each Manitoban who Are not Mem Bers of organizations invited to participate in the consultations Are effectively excluded from the con in the the politicians will Cut their usual deals with the private interest granting them priority Access to log and mine in our provincial such a process insures that now ranked lowest of the 10 provinces in protecting its will fall further and further the Public consultation process required for adopting regulations for the new Parks act is a splendid Opportunity for Manitoba citizens to engage in dialogue on the future of Manitoba provincial Public meetings with Media coverage would heighten Public awareness of the sad plight of our provincial Harvey Williams Winnipeg club quest provides a laugh to get my daily i Seldom have to read the comic i just read about the antics of Winnipeg i recall not Long ago the Good folks of Woodhaven refused to have a Seminary Bible College in their then Many residents of Woodhaven protested that townhouses will be built near their a few weeks ago a number of residents of an area in vital were making much noise protesting that a senior citizens apartment Block is slated to be constructed near their and in the 11 free Community club searches for the report tells the Story of How the Fine people of Whyte Ridge do need a Community but for the past six years cannot decide where to locate the Centre because no Home owner wants it near his or her thanks for the laughs Dave Richards Winnipeg deficit spending is not the answer in his article second wave Rolls Over Ontario free columnist Gil Hardy challenges the spending cuts made by the Ontario it is indeed unfortunate that governments in Canada must delete programs from the social Security network that has been built up Over the last 60 years but that problem must be weighed against the problems of deficit if governments continue to spend More than they then it seems logical that one Day creditors will not give them further two things might then Hap the programs that Are financed through this deficit spending the ones Hardy is defending would collapse the government might be so in debt that a recession or depression might who suf fers More in a the who can sustain them selves through the bad or the poor who cannot and might literally die because of a Good Economy is one of the Best securities we have for the a Good Economy generally requires not Only a balanced Bud but also a Good flow of Cash within the lower taxes would mean that More people would have More Money to buy better thereby creating More jobs Means less need for unemployment and and hopefully less need for deficit spending deficit spending and higher taxes Are sure ways to bankrupt the those who oppose cuts in government spending and taxes Are not thinking of or do not care for the Anthony Morham Winnipeg doonesbury by Garry Trudeau you folks am a who 15 Honzu your really m mind looking m if i you obviously que wn5 is ;