Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 23, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Brian Cole 6977044 focus Winnipeg free press a 4 c May 1997 m i o Manning unravels constitutional consensus is Reform Leader fool or Knave there Are More fools than knaves in the else the knaves would not have enough to live Samuel Butler thanks to Jacques the current election Campaign began with Quebec Sovereign lists in a salutary state of disarray and bloc quebecois support Cascad ing toward the if anything might staunch the Hemor raging of the blocs the spectre of an implacable English speaking Canada might be the Preston Manning to the for years Manning argued that there was too Little talk about the Economy and too much on the but now he talks of nothing else and recalls Church ills definition of a fanatic a Man who cant change his mind and wont change the alarmed that a conservative revival might Challenge Reform on the political Manning spent this week relentlessly promoting an Imp Laca hostile and unbending backlash in English speaking Canada against Quebec and All politicians from que he is so sure of the outcome of his strategy that he now wants to debate the terms of Over the last 18 Manning was right to argue the need for canadians to begin thinking More clearly about constitutional the Chretien caught napping in began to develop its so called plans a and b that purported to com Bine speaking softly with carrying a big that approach has come to reflect a Broad Swath of opinion in All the on tone and even with their legitimate differences Over what conciliation and toughness should mean whatever consensus might have existed has now unravelled under the pressure of reforms Zeal to improve its electoral position at All this Manning called for a debate on likening it to the debates on slavery which preceded and did not prevent the civil Manning wants to not the options by which the country might be kept but the options to facilitate he in to use a television debate to plan the breakup of this seems tantamount to saying that All constitutional and especially his Are doomed to what he is proposing is a dry run of the negotiations that might follow a yes with the Canadian positions All made and the Quebe Cois negotiators conveniently absent but taking this is pure Cloud the chief effect of Man rings gambit would be to legitimize separation not Only in the eyes of but for the world at Large the world at Large did not die laughing Over our Manning proposes that the debate on the plan to break up Canada exclude Gilles Dueppe whose mis Sion would already be accomplished but also Alexa Mcdonough says the nip has Little to such from a Man who greens himself As a illustrates the proposition that the Only thing More corrupting than Power is its Why not also exclude Jean Chretien and Jean Charest since Manning has already impugned their loyalty to Canada by suggesting As que they have a conflict of inter est Why not have Manning debate himself it would save time and reduce it no laughing Mcdonough has observed bluntly that mannings policies will Lead to civil we Are unused to such Strong and chilling it May be salutary to have such a for it is after who invokes Percivil War the conditions for civil in a society marked by regional and linguistic Are not hard to identify impatience with inflammatory lines drawn in the identifying political opponents with their regions rather than the playing regions and languages against one it helps if one starts with fear and anger it helps even More if one can increase fear and Manning is doing mannings leadership of Reform is in danger if he does not Advance the party position beyond the results of deprived of his monopoly on the righting fiscal he seems determined to secure and enlarge his righting constituency by offering a smorgasbord of constitutional simplicities to those frus tired or angry Over Many of whom Are simply antique he is the Mirror image of Parizeau normally employing the lofty language of occasionally lets slip his base Appeal to anti English and ant ethnic senti Manning is appealing to disaffected English speaking voters by waging a not Subtle Campaign against que As Charest Points is running fewer candidates in Quebec than Are the marxist Leninist it makes no pretence being interested in support from Manning routinely identifies Charest and Chretien not As canadians but As leaders from he is like Richard Nixon in the 1960 presidential repeatedly decried the religious Issue every time he did reminded voters that Jack Kennedy was a Between this and demagoguery is a very Fine our collective failure to achieve any movement since the 1995 referendum has been a function of the polarization of Opin Ion both within and without a situation involving great risks and High when Manning pro motes further one is required to ask who benefits the answer the separatists and in the smaller Pond of a Canada with out Manning could be a More substantial creature than he would Ever be in a United in taking our political discourse into realms completely unknown and along with Lucien Bouchard and is preparing to preside Over the Disso Lution of the Canadian this is a dangerous is it that he Doest understand what he is doing or is it that he does but is doing it anyway is in a fool or a Knave William Neville is a Winnipeg Reform plan Only Hope for Unity letters to the editor your editorial dividing which attacked Reform Leader Preston Manning on the National Unity really plumbed new Depths of even for the free i refer specifically to your Manning never defines what he Means by treating provinces the free press editors do not understand the meaning of the word no wonder you cant appreciate the Validity of mannings for your enlightenment equal Means exactly the As All citizens should receive equal treatment from their you go on to berate Manning for misrepresenting the premise of the distinct society How can a premise be misrepresented when no one can state with certainty what it Means conservative Leader Jean Charest says it is just a symbolic Ges Ture to Quebec conferring no special Powers or if that is Why is it so vital that Quebec be granted this symbolic status Why does Charest Promise distinct society when in Quebec but refuses to utter the words Here in the West Why did prime minister Jean Chretien think distinct society was a terrible idea and then suddenly reverse his stand on the eve of the last Quebec referendum you also accuse Manning of hastening the Day when Quebec is no longer a part of in it is the Chretien liberals and Mulroney tories who have hastened that Day with their refusal to be honest with Quebe cers and their policy of eternal the policy came within per cent of losing que Bec in to criticize Manning for jeopardizing the country is ridiculous in the the Reform plan to offer All provinces extended Juris diction while focusing the Federal government on 10 major areas of Federal responsibility is the Only Hope for end ing the constant constitutional Wran gling and keeping Canada Lees Steinbach three cheers for Tom Jackson three big cheers to Tom Jackson for organizing this terrific Benefit concert for our flood in a very Short period of time he got some of Winnipeg greatest talents who unselfishly donated their time and efforts toward a Good once can say that i am proud to be a Noel Lambert Winnipeg political reality glossed Over it was with interest i read in the May 10 free the righting political bed is As it helped my understanding of the political Par ties in i am often amazed at the tendency in our society to gloss Over the facts of reality to put on a front and make everything look 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 letters can 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