Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 3, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba A Winnipeg fuse july gun Law a matter of safety feds Ottawa fights Alberta suit Over Bill c5s peo ple might Well conclude every one who owns a firearm represents an unacceptable risk if there is no gun the fed eral government the Contention is contained in Legal arguments Ottawa filed yesterday in response to a court Challenge by the Alberta government to Federal gun control the legislation sets up a National registry for All opponents of the Law argue it goes too far and could make criminals out of la abiding gun owner in a reference to its Appeal argues there is nothing intrinsically evil or harmful about owning an unlicensed or unregistered so it should not be covered by Nal Law and is outside Federal but the Federal government argues the purpose of licensing and registering guns is to distinguish Between people who would pose an unacceptably High risk As gun owners and those who would absent such a the reasonable person might Well take the position that everyone in Possession of a firearm represented an unacceptable the Federal rent preventive criminal Law measures May be applied to reduce the probability that the underlying evil or in this Case de injuries and will the Federal government says it is within its fights to set up a registration system for All gun control is clearly a matter of concern to Canada As a the threat to Public safety from the Miluse of firearms is a matter of National dimension and the lives and Security of All an persons Merit equal Protection and depend on National Alberta argues that ownership of Ordinary firearms is not in itself but a matter of property and civil rights that Falls under provincial the Case is expected to be heard later this Ottawa also argues the gun control legislation Falls within its Powers to maintain order and Good Ern ment and is part of efforts to tool the threat from firearms that dates Back More than a Vista medical Centre effective August Arvind Kati will be leaving the Vista medical his practice will continue under the care of Fayez Salem 1633b marys 2573328 new courts to specialize in Domestic violence cases by Tom Blackwell Canadian press flooring for Busi Hiss great us Littlon level Loop carpet from 42 29 Kanaback carpet 1st qualify various styles in Stock from 14 to 199 Vinyl flooring Over 100 Rolls in Stock full Factor Warren to or special order from Tyrken unveiled a new family violence strategy yesterday that stresses prevention and tougher action against male offenders As police investigated the latest horrific Case of Domestic calling violence against women a growing Cri the conservative government promised to set up six new specialized Domestic violence each with a treatment program for Bat Ontario will also fund programs to help Chil Dren who witness educate the Public about violence against women and train teachers and nurses about the statistics show an average of two Canadian women a week Are killed by their cab inet ministers authorities discovered the bodies of a Toron to couple and their two children they been lying dead in their apartment for several police believe Janko Cindric shot his wife and two kids with a then turned the gun of him we Are faced with a women minister Dianne Cunningham told a news conference yes violence against women continues to have devastating effects on families and communities of this province and it must advocates for battered women and rape Vic Tims we rent Happy with the they complained that the provincial govern ment int replacing million it Cut Over the last two years from shelters and rap crisis Cen tres 7 the grassroots organizations that pushed the Long ignored problem on to the and the extra million the government is spending Over the next four years will go to institutions like hospitals and the Justice system that relatively few women turn to for the groups i government cuts to Legal Aid and subsidized housing have made it tougher for women to leave abusive said Eileen Morrow of the Ontario association of interval and transition new envoy knows Giffon grew up understands Quebec Canadian press Washington he sat through classes on sir John Louis Riel and lived through the Diefenbaker but the ambassador designate to Canada had decidedly nonpolitical heroes when he grew up in Gordon Giffin spent More time in the Montreal forum and Toronto exhibition stadium than Many canadians As a those were the great years of the Jacques Plante and Doug har said who never stopped being a Montreal canadians i also remember Sam Etcheverry and Hal Patterson playing with the Alou ettes and i was at the last base Ball game the Toronto Maple Leafs played As a minor league team for the Boston red the White House made official yesterday what had been expected for months by announcing Giffins Nomi nation As the next ambassador to the 47yearold bilingual lawyer lived most of the first 17 years of his life in Montreal and Toronto and has returned several times since on Busi Ness and As a he has followed Canadas National Unity squabbles with interest but is wary about discussing that or any other Issue until his nomination is confirmed by a vote in the such a vote could be months James the last ambassador to said Giffin is uniquely qualified to be the representative during a period in which there might be yet another Quebec referendum on he is he went to High school in Toronto and he understands the dynamics Between Quebec and the rest of the said Giffin has the right political connections for what has come to be a Patron age Job he ran Bill Clinton Campaign in Georgia in 1992 and but it was Likely his personal connection to Canada that cemented his that might not be enough to make him an effective said Chris a Canada expert at the Centre for strategic and International the Best ambassadors have had deep roots in the foreign service or close ties to the administration or the enabling them to stick handle their Way through inevitable crises in the i know Hes going to take the Job seriously but in afraid Hes going to struggle because Hes not an intimate of the White House and Hes not a for eign service Sands native elders paint picture of corruption Canadian press Calgary aboriginal elders painted a grim picture of Politi Cal corruption and rampant poverty yesterday As they endorsed a Crown review of alleged financial mis management on one of Albertas Rich est aboriginal band councils Are failing their Many of whom Are living in squalor on reserves across the coun the natives members of three first nations threw their support behind a ruling by provincial court judge John who ordered an investigation last week into the Stoney nation Reserve West of the system that on the Reserve is very said Roy Little former chief of the Sik Sika its a hidden mafia situation that we live Reilly was presiding Over a sentencing hearing for Ernest a Dent of the Stoney who pleaded guilty to assault charges after beating his wife during a Drunken rampage in court was told Hunter was unable to Complete treatment for his drinking problem because funding for the Gram had been that prompted Reilly to order a Crown investigation into the finances at the which received Mil lion in Federal funding and Oil and Gas royalties in Stoney chief John Snow was out raged at the but he has refused comment since and was not at yesterdays news elders said the situation is the same on reserves across the its like asking a Coyote to watch the said Bruce member of the Tsuu Tina nation being below the poverty we Are of ing pushed we cannot say we cannot express our of ;