Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 23, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press local september 1997 John Douglas 6977292 features Buzz Currie email Ca a3 and Courcelles listen to presentations by fellow flood victims at legislative building protesters complained about delays and Boris free press woes of flood persist victims feel air list of complaints at legislature by Alice Krueger legislature reporter tt1lood compensation h is pouring out of Provin Jacial coffers at a rate of million a but Julie Blaise still feels Manitoban have for gotten the people of the red River More than a dozen people accepted an nip invitation to come to the legislative build ing yesterday to air their com plaints about inadequate delays in getting Lack of answers and the mountains of paperwork they must Blaise made an impassioned plea to Manitoban to come see for themselves the level of suf Fering flood victims continue to the Grande Pointe res ident said things Are far from Back to please come out and see our u she summing up the sentiments of Many residents in the there is no Money i to but government services minister Frank Pitura said Hes puzzled some people Are having such difficulty when the government is writing million in compensation cheques a in addition to nearly Mil lion in government Pitura said Cash advances Are available through local financial he said trauma teams and financial counsellors have been doer Many people Are unable to rebuild lives permanent available to Deal with difficulties and help people make the Money is going Pitura adding that out of claims have been Lack of Cash flow to rebuild was a common theme As one speaker after another denounced Premier Gary Fil Mon for turning his Back on flood victims said Treyve been required to come up with 80 to 100 per cent of the upfront costs of flood roofing and and have waited months to be some who have begun Jill Gamblin discusses concerns at rebuilding said they Are unsure what will eventually be covered by government i dont want a million Bucks All i want is what i had and in not even getting close to said Richard Courcelles of who so far has received a commitment of just to compensate losses of Hes borrowed Money and made a Down payment on a new even though he has no idea How much hell get in the Del Secretary trea surer of the Grande Pointe restoration said people have been living in deplorable conditions for the last five More than 200 flood victims remain out of their Homes in trailers or other temporary Pelletier said the red tape and paperwork involved in getting compensation is creating a stress level that for some is at a breaking the people Are feeling aban not Only by the govern but by our own families and friends who think things Are Back to she Rita whose family greenhouses on red River drive were said shed been made to feel like she was begging for every opposition Leader Gary doer said its obvious Many people in the red River Valley Are still in dire the bottleneck is at the he calling on Filmon to get personally the Impact of the depreciation and delays have left Many people not Able to rebuild their Pitura promised to follow but he put the complaints Down to an inability to face reality because of the trauma the flood victims have i guess its just a Case of peo ple Are just so frustrated and have so much anger about the whole situation of the flood and what its done to their that they have a great Deal of difficulty coming to grips with the minister Law making parents liable for vandals takes effect new legislation lets victims sue mom and dad for juniors damage by David Kuxhaus legislature reporter Christine Hay woke up yesterday to find the picture win Dow of her Home smashed with a i was sick when i saw said the repair Bill is the East Kildonan Resi dents May not be All that because the parental responsibility act became Law allowing victims of property crime to sue the parents of Young offenders for up to in Small claims who broke Hays window remains a police figure it was probably a group of wayward if that the Case and convictions can be Hay said Shell take the parents of the Young offenders to id push it to see where it she the new legislation is designed to make parents accountable for the actions of their i think something has to be said Justice minister Vic Toews hails it As the first of its kind in parents could be sued in the but the new act offers up a new instead of working on the Assumption of innocent until proven parents will have to prove they made reasonable efforts to prevent their Childs crime to avoid pay ing victims could also go after the parents of Chil Dren under the age of even though those same children could not be criminally charged under the Young offenders act because of their we Are breaking new Trews said yes others dont necessarily see it that i think its More of a political said University of Manitoba Law professor David the tories have sold themselves As a party that Tough on defence lawyer David Phillips said its unlikely Many victims will be com the vast majority of youth crime is committed by kids whose parents Are said if its a single Mother with four kids on its a com plete waste of your time to go to court because youll never see a dime of your Deputy police chief Jack Swatski said they will be advising victims about the new whether it will improve the skills of their parents or act As a deterrent for Young offenders remains to be said youth Ken Many of the kids were involved with Are dealing with ongoing Complex life said there chronic offend nip Justice critic Gord Mackintosh said he sup ports the legislation but would like to have seen it expanded to include compensation for personal that would allow victims to claim compensation for med ical treatment and other related weve got to recognize that the most heinous kinds of crimes Are crimes of said Mackin Tosh Johns Mackintosh said parents of offending youths should also be required to take parenting even though the Legisla Tion came into effect yes Trews suggested it could in fact be ret Road that not an improbable Toews told adding that the Issue will have to be settled by the said theres Little Chance of that happening because its a substantive As opposed to a procedural change in military probes racial insult slur found on soldiers door military police Are investigating an apparently incident that occurred at the quarters of the 2nd battalion of the Princess Patricia Canad aft Light infantry in win racial slur was found on the door of a soldiers room during a routine patrol of soldiers quarters on said Barry the battalions Deputy com mending Southern said military police began investigating the incident the following the probe is continue Canadian forces and the department of National defence do not tolerate harassment of any said it is certainly not a com Mon the Soldier whose door was defaced is Southern said the slur is a con non pejorative refer ring to mask a Corporal with at least three or four years expert he is a Soldier certainly with regard to the Rigi Metal sergeant major and the commanding Southern Southern said he didst know Why the Soldier did it notice the slur maybe he was Southern acknowledged the incident May have been a tasteless its not much of a he i guess that is part of the invest Southern said he knew of no racism in the battalion and said that morale was the battalion returned in july from a tour of duty in Bosnia members who did it make the trip were among the thousands of military personnel who helped with this Springs floodlighting the incident int the first of a racist nature in the four years an aboriginal female Soldier said she was subjected to racist and sexual harassment a number of the Mem Bers of the former airborne which was Dis banded two years ago after a series of were members of you a full have 7 Days Unfall classes bus gun do you need on Cours on sited a Carp t employment opportunities calln0w h 7758175 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