Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 7, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Brian Cole 6977044 focus Winnipeg free press it 4 july h i i Manning would do Well to learn about Quebe cers fears a risky move Ottawa i have the perfect Holiday plan for the new Leader of the opposition a visit with a quebecois two months of total immersion in the culture and society he refuses to accept As even mildly and on the first Day Back in Parlia Preston Manning can Tell the nation How he spent his summer we would All imagine this increasingly Power but frighteningly narrow Man waking in the morning to the sound of Les Nouvelle the news on radio Canada and the smell of eggs frying in Maple at the breakfast he could attempt to communicate with his Host family in that darned confusing language he cant quite i can see him blushing As he tries to make out what the child next to him is saying in bursts of French Seldom taught by expensive private Manning could share the daily papers la be journal de possibly be Given his he might Possi Bly indulge in the popular weekly Kathleen Ohara allo stories about crime and punishment in the hesitant at he might also begin asking his companions about the Quebec Legal system based on the Napoleonic unlike the rest of the or the education what Are Ceges Quebe style Community there not quite the same in he might As he becomes More familiar with the new world around perhaps hell ask about the music he who is Daniel Belanger is Beau Dom Mage a band like the beatles he will soon realize that this province has Many stars unknown to the rest of the in sure hed laugh loudly if he could understand the Wacky comedy show la Petite vie the Little life with Monian it the Leader of the opposition might find it in himself to ask about the roots of Pic Ture him sitting in a Montreal Bistro calmly drinking an aperitif and inquiring about the history of the controversial june Holiday Mem rating Jean Baptiste where did the Fleurdelis Flag come from anyway Tell me about the roots of the distrust Many Quebe cers have for Les Langlais the eng at this a More enlightened Manning might be ready to return to the National capital to begin his hew Job As the Leader of the party responsible for keeping the govern ment honest in its dealings with All canadians Over the next four or five All i must admit its difficult not to snicker As i write about the Leader of the Reform party spending the summer in the concept seems almost the subject of Cross cultural awareness is a very serious one at this time in the country i realized this after watching part of the Federal election returns at the Home of a quebecois family in although they live less than a mile from parliament Hill just across the several members of the family dont speak some Are separatists some but their reactions to the Rise of the Reform party were the they Are nervous and they feel the Quebec hating barbarians Are at the Gate to a Large they Are am feeling anxious As 1 examine the Lay of the political this is because of a Book i happened to pick up at a second hand shop recently mid Century written by William Shirer Best known for his study of nazi Germany in the Rise and fall of the third in this Shirer examines closely the ments that led to the Rise of the Sec Ond world very Here is what he concludes about the prewar British labour party but like the seemed to move in a world completely devoid of lost in a fantastic wilderness of their own and about France we have seen How this this utter confusion of this failure to face corroded France and made it Ripe for its defeat and 1 am not saying Canada in 199 is facing the same peril As Europe in the late but i am saying we should respect learn from it and err on the Side of caution when it comes to political Gam playing because there is no doubt that Over the past few weeks we have crossed a dangerous and potentially destabilizing line in this we have become a House More few years i asked a for Mer citizen of Yugoslavia the difference Between his country and he said Yugoslavia descended into bloody civil War because politicians exploited the fears and differences that had existed so Long among the but Canadian politicians appeared to be above such i wonder if hed give the same answer now Happy Kathleen Ohara is an editor with the issues letters to the editor 74 student guests a real pleasure recently i had the pleasure of accommodating 74 74 Grade 5 and 6 students from Vic tory school in Winnipeg at my resort at Clear this is the second time Victory school has stayed with us and i Hope they will be Back i am writing to commend the families of these students for their obvious guidance at Home in the realm of commonsense social and especially i would like to commend the administration and staff for their part in the education of these they enjoyed a multitude of activities in Riding Mountain National Park and surrounding and the students and staff treated my Motel and my other customers with the utmost these kids were great and it was a pleasure seeing them have such a healthy and Safe Carol hawking Winnipeg Bare chests for own backyard today paper had yet another com ment about those topless women Harris says his hands Are and How offensive it to quote the article because female breasts Are sexually enticing to this Type of behaviour is shameful and totally unacceptable to the majority of women in no one seems to consider that there Are women who would find a great bar chested Guy with marvellous pectorals sexually Why is that the fact of the matter you Are going to get some great looking chests out there male and female and you Are also going to get some very Nasty looking chests out there male and Why not just solve the problem and have both men and women bound by fully dressed in Public Bare chests Are for your own Winnipeg empty Ball Park a bad idea a Long time has transpired with the the of a privately funded baseball Park by its we have All the private Money Neces sary was often the Battle cry of the proposals the tune of the pied Piper has changed now that careful attention is being paid to the the Public sector has credited and up front committed a reported million of taxpayers and now More time is needed to seek further clarification and More Public the accountants disclaimer on the business plan is so loud and so Clear even City Council should Able to to paraphrase the very carefully worded warning from Price waterhouse we cannot verify any of the projections or numbers we just checked the math audited results of baseball team operations to Date Are noticeably so one can Only presume the team been making any so it does not take a Genius to deter mine that if the Goj eyes cant make Money on Loyod per game 1987 Ltd Only then what about Thunder 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 r2x letters can be sent to our fax number letters May be submitted through the internet at letters sent via the internet obviously cannot be but must include Home address and Telephone Duluth and Madison for can the leagues Lon term stability and local viability justify million in taxpayer including the most valuable site in our City the proposed private sector investors must be and hoping the Deal is not on Only 50 to 60 events a not Only will they not realize any 15 per cent return on their they could even be fac ing annual Cash it would lets say but no thanks to the offer of a free baseball stadium before its too its simply too expensive the prospects of an unoccupied dead space North of the Forks for 25 years does not agree with Winnipeg Praise parents for refusing tests congratulations to the parents who refused to have their children subjected to the example should encourage others to reject the mean and narrow beliefs that learning can be reduced to a measurable end product that like a Lump of can be measured that the incredible Power and complexity of the human mind can be encapsulated in a simple the the education min department and school division officials and administrators display their supremely confident that they can weigh and measure and Tell the exact Worth of every parcel of humanity children deserve better in the teaching they receive and the learning they Are encouraged to parents can take Back responsibility and Point the As these parents have done in abstaining from official this Small step can Lead to a giant Winnipeg tax Freedom Day a dangerous Eon tax Freedom pay is a dangerous bought and paid for by the Banks and multinational eos Paratinos who sit on the Fraser institutes Board of directors and finance it with generous Dona this is More than a Public relations Campaign to increase distrust in our elected governments and dissatisfaction in All a Reader fears a new baseball stadium near the Forks will sit empty for 25 Public it treats taxation As a ignoring the fact that we buy valuable services like health care and Educa Tion with our the supporters of the Fraser Institute would be Only too Happy to have us freed from Taxa free to buy our health care and our pensions from them at a of your readers might be interested in two Little publicized facts related to the Institute and tax Freedom the Fraser never mentions the fact that tax Freedom Day for corporations occurred around 30 this and More is the fact that both the Fraser and Howe which have very few individual Are primarily supported by donations from corporations and the their contributions Are classed As Charita ble donations and Are entirely tax Winnipeg give Rainy River place on map in response to your article winding Highway exacts deadly toll june the 17 is the Only East West route through Ontario is which was featured in an april Issue of the Globe and mail As the longest Street in the world extends from Yonge Street in Toronto West to the Small town of Rainy it is easily reachable from also there is an International Bridge at Rainy River to toll the information seems to have escaped this notice of both maa and Caa As it is not even featured on their As it is a Small Border Community fighting to keep the town i feel this should be brought to their Atten Linda Mcquade Winnipeg spending priorities Are staggering two headlines in the june 13 free press caused me to wonder where the priorities of our provincial and civic governments really fifty million dollars More to be spent on club Regent and Mcphillips casinos Page and Over the Page libraries face big cuts in City deficit Stag Gering indeed Charlotte Redekopp Winnipeg traffic cameras needed for safety the free press recently carried two complaints about proposed cameras to photograph cars going through red lights a letter june 10 by Martin Weirich and a column june 16 by Fred in my both of these along with All those who oppose this proposed Are possible offend ers who Are afraid to get caught break ing the Law and most of All endangering innocent people in the two Days i drove South on Moray Street and got to Portage Avenue just As the Light was changing from Green to when i made my the Light was red and to my sur prise a sports car with a Young couple in it came roaring past me and shot through the intersection and it was Only through the Grace of god that they did not have a their foolishness was of no help to them because when i got to Roblin they were held up at the Light i live on a Corner that is controlled by a fou Way Stop sign and it is unbelievable the number of vehicles that proceed right through the intersection from All directions and from what i can it appears to be a common we need even More cameras to catch All the the Lack of Courtesy demonstrated by a Good majority of the Drivers is hard to put up with and i feel that if they want to be break the Law and endanger innocent then let them pay for they can consider themselves fortunate if they Are caught before an Accident i feel that people who write columns for the free press should show respect for the Law by agreeing with things like cameras and instead of running Down our Law enforcement at every Chance they Winnipeg doonesbury by Garry Trudeau ;