Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 23, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba A10 Winnipeg free May Blaikie hoping for tilt of righting House nip incumbent says parliament missing conscience by David Kuxhaus election reporter Ottawa has tilted so far to the right that cuts to social programs such As medicare Are going nip incumbent Bill Blaikie said theres nobody in the net and the right wingers Are firing puck after puck into an open said during a televised news the 1993 election was not kind to new they were reduced to nine seats and lost official party but the real said were the Canadian people who had to endure three and half years of a parliament without a Canada was basically ruled by a right coalition of reformers and All committed to the same he that Agenda allowed Large corporations to throw their weight he for pharmaceutical companies reaped the benefits of the 20year drug Patent Law while average canadians took it on the that is driving the Price of drugs to the said social clauses in free Trade agreements which protect the environment and the rights of workers have All but been said Jean Chretien has managed to make Brian Mulroney look Good on human said he said the liberals have taken the right Wing Agenda a step further than the old tory guard with the privatization of Blaikie said debating these issues without official party status has been next to impossible for him and the other handful of new democrats sitting in the House of the liberals have basically had a free he nip strategists concede that Selling themselves As a watchdog party is their Best Chance to reclaim Leader Alexa Mcdonough admits she Doest expect to form the next Blaikie said its a matter of taking a Realis tic its not that were Content with the Posi Tion of being a watchdog but weve taken a hard look at situation As it part of rebuilding is claiming the role in Parlia ment As a he Blaikie said its difficult to say How Many seats the party would need to win to become an effective theres no magic said but he added that the party was Able to Wield some clout with the 26 seats it held in 117 years in 70 Over 3o guaranteed used the Best a Bunch of its time for a Sale this is a once year Opportunity to save on the finest pianos from state theart manufacturers such As Roland Technics used size pianos from Mason Lowrey 957 Portage at Lipton 7724996 2 Days left Bank rate financing As Low As Mac no Down payment no interest for 90 Days option available May 23 May 24 fiscal infighting holds Little interest by Paul election reporter Agathe the peo ple of this embattled town care Little about the fight Between the Federal and Provin Cial governments Over who pays what amount of flood com they just want compensation a drive into Agathe clearly reveals Why the townsfolk Are Little concerned and even unaware of the intergovernmental Farmers Fields Are lakes or Sodden Homes Are empty with no no no downtown is almost vacant except for the heavy equipment removing the Sand and Clay that served As a a Dike that want Good enough to keep the red Rivers floodwaters at the main Street through town is a Muddy the residents who Are Back Are generally business people trying to generate some that difficult considering Home owners cant live in their Homes most of which have at least flooded Many More will need to be people just Roll their eyes when told the province is accusing Ottawa of not living up to its Deal and the feds saying the Agathe wants Cash now to Start rebuilding town province is playing and dont even bring up the we Haven had time to Lis ten to the news and keep up on said Yvonne co owner of the Agathe ser vice Joe Lecuyer figured he was one of the luckier an earthen Dike saved his business and Home from but he Hast had any income from his business for weeks because of the Lecuyer wants information about compensation and the compensation he blamed the provincial government for the wrangling with the saying they should give the fed eral government More information on whats Kisik Kim sits alone in his Agathe the radio by his feet playing As he stares across the empty he opened the store 10 Days ago despite the fact no one was in what can i i dont have any shrugged the government Doest pay me any like other business and farm owners has applied for Worth of emergency compensation through the fed eral government and Western Robert said wont last she just discovered one of the tire changers at the Centre needed meanwhile the Bills piled up in the weeks Shes been unable to operate the Art Remaud lives in Agathe but works in he returned to his Home on wednesday for the first time since the floodwaters ravaged the he grimaced when asked about his Homes Condi a a real i got a Wood basement in there so its gotta be ripped said Bre Hes been told he can Send his Home repair Bills to the Emer gency management Organiza but Remaud said he had no idea what portion of that Bill would be Hes concerned that two months Down the Road Hes going to be hit 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