Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 20, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press local june 1997 John Douglas 6977292 features Jim Carr email a3 Green space and greenbacks key for Forks by David Kuxhaus staff reporter the jewel of the City is not for even though there appears to be a min construction Boom under Way at the were not looking to eliminate any Green Kent president and ceo of the Forks North Portage declared but Smith is after some the Forks is losing about million of Public Money a its business plan approved by the City earlier this year says it has five years to become Well do a 200seat restaurant is already in the works with some metered parking tossed theres also the Prospect of a baseball stadium being built next and the Forks announced that it was seeking propos information Access Bill alarms group new stonewalling provisions flayed by Alice Krueger legislature reporter the Manitoba governments new Freedom of information legislation has run into a Las minute Wall of opposition from a coalition accusing the province of trying to slip through changes that will make it harder to gain Access to government Bill 50 is being debated on second Reading in the at a hastily called press conference a diverse coalition representing women and civil rights groups flayed the Bill As antidemocratic and urged the government to delay passage to allow for More Public the new Freedom of information provisions Are contained in a Bill that also sets out new rules to protect the privacy of nobody Here is objecting to government providing for Protection of said Brian president of the Manitoba taxpayers association and spokesman for the whats happened piggybacked on top of those privacy changes you have a number of amendments which reduce the average Manitoban right to know just what the hell their government is doing with their their their votes and in their besides making it harder to get government Kelcey said the proposed changes invite political and bureaucratic Many changes have nothing to do with protecting individuals he the Freedom of information act is not living up to its he Fred spokesman for the Canadian association of journal said a clause clause review of the Bill reveals several significant new ways for government to refuse Access to provincial among the restrictions cited a clause allowing the government to deny Access to any minutes or Agen Das of meetings of a Public including a government no matter what the briefing notes to Cabinet Are now and advice to government from anyone could be a provision allowing the head of a Public body to refuse Access to an elec tronic record on the grounds that it May be too much work for the government to produce the there is no such provision for paper an bureaucratic process that would be applied to any request for records such As land titles or prop erty tax assessments in electronic or other bulk Kelcey stressed that for there to be informed debate on any subject of pub Lic people have to know what information the government the government is the most pow Erful information its the most powerful source in our he Kelcey said unless the Public has open Access to government the government winds up with All the Power and the Public with Little or cultural affairs minister Rosemary who is piloting Bill 50 through the maintains that other than a few minor the Access sections of the legislation remain virtually unchanged from existing she rejected delaying the say ing a White paper released last year provided for ample Public there is a review that is within this Bill that says it must be reviewed with in a five year so Well see if it the Filmon government used its majority wednesday to defeat an nip motion to delay passage of the als to develop two More one is located next to whats come to be known As festival where the Large outdoor concerts Are the other is on a parcel of land North of Provencher Smith said that where they Hope to develop a a Cinema is also suggested in an and calling for the deadline is Smith pointed out that Only 11 acres of the 56acre site have been devel oped so were looking for innovative and unique projects that will have an entertainment or recreational focus that family said in the the historical integrity of the site must be main juggling those two and Mak ing a Buck at the same is a tall said Christopher who teaches Urban politics at the University of it can be a real said he pointed to Toronto Harbour front As an it started off just like the it was a place where people could go and see cutting Edge when the government Cut it the office Tow ers went its always Tough to take a Public facility and say it has to pay for Marc free press a big catch police divers helped pull two stolen cars out of a retention Pond on Springfield Road yesterday area resident Bernard Wilgosh inspects Interior of one of the one car was stolen in the other in the vehicles were spotted in the Pond province dilutes sex Trade Law tories abandon plans to seize vehicles of men picking up hookers by Alice Krueger legislature reporter the Filmon government has watered Down one of its major Lawa Dorder Campaign promises to get Tough with the sex during the 1995 provincial election Premier Gary Filmon vowed that people caught soliciting sex from prostitutes would have their vehicles he further promised to sell the confiscated vehicles from convicted and use the proceeds to fund programs to help Young prostitutes escape life on the but under a Highway traffic act amendment now before the Legisla the government is proposing to seize vehicles Only if the John refuses to attend a special the Semi developed by police in conjunction with the salvation army and scheduled to begin in would be an alternative to the court nip Justice critic Gord Mackintosh said the measure is a far cry from Fil Mons Tough talk during the last elec Tion he noted Justice minister Vic Toews didst even men Tion the Section when introducing Bill 38 to the they made a big splash about it that vehicles would be seized from Johns and that on conviction those vehicles would be confiscated by the govern the government Hast come through whatsoever on Toews said the after consulting with decided it would be More effective to educate people than to slap them with a Crimi Nal the new measure gives police two routes when arresting a they can charge them under the criminal code or under the Highway traffic As a result of my discussions with police and Given the experience of the chief David Cassels in Edmonton with this kind of he much favours this he in addition to educating Johns about the dangers of what they Are the seminars to be paid for by the Johns for a fee of to will also open the door to Young prostitutes to get out of their Toews said the Money collected from Johns will be used for programming to put prostitutes in Contact with social Toews said while some May View the new approach As less he prefers to View it As a More effective Way to Deal with what is essentially a social supper break had freshly on menu by Doug Nairne police reporter its being touted As one of the most productive supper Breaks in Winnipeg police a pair of plainclothes detectives having a Burger late wednesday after noon were eyewitnesses As two of the mos wanted robbers in the City Casu ally walked into a Portage Avenue pharmacy and held it not believing their the officers ditched their dinner and gave catching the suspects and arresting them a Short distance we had been actively looking for these people for some time and then this Opportunity just presented itself to said police spokesman the Guys were just eating their burgers when they saw some sushi Cious looking people wearing Sun glasses go into the although most of the robberies the men have been linked to have taken place in the Vicinity of where they were the pharmacy was not under Shier said it was a coincidence the officers happened to be taking a break across the Street from the Vimy Park pharmacy at 893 Portage when it was police have spent weeks searching for two men linked to at least 10 robberies since police made apprehending the robbers a priority because the level of violence in the incidents was including shots being fired to intimidate the there were fears someone was bound to get police say the investigation into other robberies continues and More charges May still be Donald Jason of 376 Alexander is charged with two counts of robbery with a three counts of robbery and four counts of wearing a Ronald Alvin of no fixed is charged with robbery with a robbery and two counts of wearing a both men were remanded in 97 escort zx2 97 explorer 4x41 97 escort la Sedan 97 Ranger cab 4x41 97 f150 sopercab4x4 97 f150 super cab r98 mystique is nth or 97 Grandi Marquis Auto air Remote 4 As Low As nth or 97 pickup 4 Els captains locks i much 4 your Choice nth of 97 explorer 4x4 til much 9 to choose from your Choice Thor 2 door loaded 4 As Low As 94 Mustang 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