Winnipeg Free Press

Thursday, July 03, 1997

Issue date: Thursday, July 3, 1997
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just Lay i just prayed he find Waters said after the growling stopped he limped Baek up to the end of the Trail where he had to tear up his shirt to use it As a temporary Bandage for his after waiting for 20 he began to make his Way Back toward the Seene of the the Only Way out of the he met another group of hikers on the Trail and they helped him to get Waters said Hes knowledgeable about the outdoors after learning wilderness skills in his River Heights boy scout troop when he was a he was treated for his injuries at a local Hospital and returned to his dorm at the where Hes defence chiefs condemned continued from a1 what happened in Somalia have but it does it change my opinion of what they did ill support the military for the inquiry concluded that a 1993 peacekeeping Mission to Somalia was doomed by cow ardly and blindly ambitious senior officers who looked the other Way when their soldiers needlessly took the lives of those they were sent to the entitled dishonoured the lessons of the Somalia concluded the death of an unarmed somali youth on March 1993 who was shot in the Back As he was fleeing the Canadian peace keeping Camp is a Clear Case of excessive Force and Given the fatal should be investigated fur any use of excessive Force Lead ing to the death of someone is a crime at commission chairman Justice Gilles Letourneau in commissioners made More than 160 recommendations on improving daily operation of the Mil preparing military personnel for peacekeeping missions and reforming the military Justice sys they called for a Complete House cleaning of the senior ranks of the defence depart ment a Reform of the military Justice system updated training programs so sol Diers Are better prepared for foreign missions further investigation into the pos sible perjury of senior officers who appeared before the inquiry a More thorough review of the 1993 shooting death of a somali youth with an Eye towards laying criminal Letourneau said he and fellow commissioners Peter Desbarats and Justice Robert Rutherford delivered their condemnation of the military with a heavy but with the knowledge the truth must be we have concluded that Ordinary soldiers in a very real victimized by the systemic and leadership failures that plagued the Somalia Letourneau we recognize that most of the Cana Dian soldiers who served in Somalia did their the sorry sequence of events in Somalia was not the work of a few bad apples among our soldiers As some senior officers and and officials would have but the inevitable result of organizational and leadership Many occur ring Over Long periods of time and ignored by our military leaders for just As coverup condemned the commissioners were United in their condemnation of two former chiefs of defence generals John de Chatelain and Jean and the current vice Admiral Larry for allowing the shame of Somalia to and for their roles in the a former member of the armed went As far As to suggest that Murray is hot the right Man to continue leading Canadas Letourneau added it would be a huge mistake to allow any of the officers tainted by the Somalia to implement the commission recommendations because As contributors to the they would be in a conflict of the report documents a military unable to perform Basic functions a Battle ready in its blistering the commissioners reported numerous systemic prob including a Lack of leadership in the mis and that accountability for this shortcoming was scandalously Defi a level of discipline among the troops not became alarmingly substandard and chronic because it persisted without in racist attitudes and racially motivated actions were allowed to run rampant the fact the Canadian airborne regiment was poorly trained and unsuited in almost every aspect for the Somalia Mission these inadequacies contributed to the incidents involving the Canad an airborne regiment Mission to Somalia in in which one somali prisoner was shot and killed and another died following a severe beat ing by Canadian the commissioners also came to the damning conclusion that senior officers and bureaucrats up and Down the Chain of command conspired to cover up the 1993 shooting death and then through the efforts of the Public affairs Wing of the attempted to cover up the initial in their the commissioners note this coverup extended to the inquiry hearings when the commis Sion was deliberately denied Access to key documentation about the Inci dents in and later when numerous senior officers gave Tes Timony characterized by Inconis selective and Plain on some issues we encountered what can Only be described As a Wall of when several behave in this the Wall of silence is Evi Dently a strategy of calculated deep the commissioners working for the summer to help pay of his tote water ton lakes area prime grimly and Cougar Park Warden Bill Dolan said the bears emerged suddenly from dense about four metres from this behaviour is Normal for 2ly bears when surprised at close Range but at this Point we cant con firm if it was a he water said he appreciates he startled the Bear and Doest want it destroyed if wardens capture its not a danger to anyone he if it wanted to kill it would health critic compares bailout to bribe continued from a1 As he said Many hospitals would find it next to impossible to pay off their shortfalls As they move into the new regional health if youre trying to move a system to a new regime you have to have some degree of cleaning the slate or youre creating too Many problems for the new system to Deal with and youre dooming it somewhat to fail ure and i dont want to do Praznik he said hospitals will be expected to pay for any shortfalls for the latter part of As Well As for any unauthorized expenditures that take place until the changeover later this we Are hoping they will be Able to get their own houses in order to be Able to evolve into the Winnipeg hos Pital authority he said of the City ultimately this is still All the Public i dont want to be 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