Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 3, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba A d Winnipeg free Oci to Brian Cole 6977044 1997 editorials Freedom of Trade Liberty fret Tigon Eft Tafito Liberal farce imagine the scene Kevin Deputy Liberal Liberal House Leader and la for is in his office in so overcome with emotion at the Prospect of carrying out his decision to quit politics in a couple of years maybe that he cannot he tries but is unable to articulate what his problem is with keep ing the Only Lon term Job he has but it is Clear Only that it has to do with his me Indi Cates he remains a Loyal but what that could possibly mean in the context is not on the other Side of his closed office door is his Liber Al Leader Ginny who is not elected but is his Boss on the strength of being one per cent More popular than he was under a weighted ballot formula that can celled his majority at a convention almost a year she is knocking on the but of Rex wont open it and tells a reporter present not so his who the Day before heralded As an amazing Victory a loss in a by election she decided someone else should contest despite the fact she is the one who needs to get elected to be goes Lamoureux phone then starts to but he wont answer it because Hes certain its his Boss again and he does it want to talk to the scene could have been called an embarrassment for Manitoba liberals except for the fact that act ii proves even is Hasselfield and Lamoureux hold a press conference during which is Hasselfield announces that Lamoureux has been stripped of the title of Deputy Leader because he exited the party of which he nevertheless remains a he will retain the position of House Leader even though he declares to television cameras with is Hasselfield staring daggers at him that he will Only take direction from her in the future if it suits it is Clear neither is Hasselfield nor Lamoureux agreed before the press conference what it was they were going to they simply Blunder along until it mercifully we can take from this that liberals were Correct in not making Lamoureux Leader he stands a Man of stronger emotions than but was the party Correct in choosing is Hasselfield the three person caucus she inherited was Cut to two when Gary Kowalski defected earlier this saying he had no respect for his with Lamoureux halfhearted it now stands at is Hasselfield could have acted decisively she could have demanded Lamoureux loyalty or his she became another bit player in a Send a message there May or May not have been an attempt to assassinate Khaled the political Leader of the ant israeli terrorist group in Jordans capital Amman last if there was an assassination it May or May not have been committed by two it May or May not have been committed by agents of the israeli secret using Canadian Israel has since released from prison sheikh amid the spiritual Leader of this May or May not have been a gesture of Goodwill towards the palestinians on the part of the government of prime minister Benjamin it May or May not have been an attempt at damage control by Swap to get the Mossad agents out of Jordan before the incident causes damage to israels relations with Canada and there Are always wheels within wheels in the mid dle but the most Likely scenario is that israeli agents using Canadian passports bungled an attempt to kill it would not be the first in Mossad agents using Canadian pass ports killed the wrong person in Norway in Pursuit of the palestinian architect of the Munich olympics and foreign minister Lloyd Axworthy has made reference to another incident in the As prime minister Chretien is it is also no Canadian passports have Long been a document of Choice for the former the Cia and that does not Lessen the seriousness of the whether the attack in Jordan was mounted by canadians or by israelis flying false colours May not make much Dif Ference to the thinkers of whose response to every imagined slight is a bomb or a canadians have been put at and that is what is it will also almost certainly be repeated unless Israel understands there will be a Price to pay for misappropriating the Canadian making that Clear is How Axworthy can Best Deal with this Winnipeg free press from fit 1879 Winnipeg Tribune tit 1w Rudy publisher Nicholas Hirst Brian Cuie editorial Page editor directors Harry Cirp Yafen sales and marketing Verne Kauchuk human resources Perry Nixdorf technology Glenn Williams Fine and administration 91887 win grits Recycle Green plan by Gerald Mcduff special to the free press Ottawa of everything works out according to the Best of we May have solutions to protect the environment even As natural resources Are one twist is that Young canadians Are going abroad to find the with a Little More the same missionary enthusiasm could have Young people look into the use and abuse of our own environment an intensive National Effort would also make us appear less advising others about conservation As we still clearcut our pave Good Farmland to build shopping malls and fail to control greenhouse Gas emissions and toxic Chemi Cal in the throne speech at the re opening of the liberals did pledge to reduce our contributions to these and they offered a vaguely worded Promise that no doubt is supposed to be taken As a Tough stand canadians both Delight in our magnificent environment and fear for its maintain ing what is and improving what has been requires constant it is an Effort the government will similar words were heard from them before but we rent followed up by any notable under the International the Federal government is pay ing to have 20 University graduates in ecological International affairs and business administration look at environmental Protection and sustainable development in about a dozen from Malaysia to Costa they will work with International business Trade organizations and sustainable development institutions in developing All were recruited through the Winnipeg based International Institute for sustainable development a nonprofit Orga supported by the Federal and Manitoba govern ments and private Money for the project comes from foreign affairs and the Canadian International develop ment funnelled through the Federal human resources department under its youth employment its a roundabout Way of reviving environmental issues that disappeared from View in the last Federal election Campaign and is a surprising Given that Ottawa seems willing to turn Over its responsibilities to the provinces to keep them conned really faithful and another plus is the govern ment is committed to continue its International cooperation to pro Mote sustainable As interns of the they will Deal with matters that have baffled Many others before if the stated goals Are realistic and not just the interns Are to assist with the information Infra Structure in developing country institutions As Well As communicate How to build sustainable development into world Trade policies and government practices and sustain Able solutions for the business but even As they they will have to choose among different definitions of sustainable devel the United nations world commission on environment and development the Brundt land report says sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the pre sent without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own Winnipeg uses Agenda has a Clear business and Industry Bias to be development must improve economic protect and restore the ecological system and enhance the Well being of peo Greg researcher with the Canadian Institute for environmental Law and policy in Points to a weakness in claiming resource development can be if you think of sustainability in any Given there would be All sorts of things with current Are clearly not theres the whole Fossil fuel Coal and Oil extraction use Basing our society on Fossil fuels is clearly not sustainable since they wont last for Barry geography professor at the University of current discussions should not Only be about Safe guarding natural resources but also about the most devastating environment in the world the Urban whatever the interns their assignments underline the fact that no country has a right to allow uncontrolled demands on the nor should development always be automatically regarded As Gerald Mcduff is an editor with the issues nip gets knives out for doer their poor performances in the Portage la Prairie by election could shake up the new democrats and spell the end of the liberals As a credible both very bad news for the victorious the liberals share of the vote dropped almost two Points and the Dps Rose by just Over one Point compared to the 1995 a repeat of the Centre left Seesaw that has been so Benefi Cial to the conservatives since their return to Power almost 10 years the following a distraught Liberal House Leader Kevin Lamoureux Inkster announced he would not seek reelection for personal the party Only won three seats in 1995 and was reduced to two members when Gary Kowalski the Maples resigned in june to sit As an the liberals will go into the next election with Only one St Boniface la Neil the Dps failure to gain momentum As the gov eminent in waiting May bring out into the open growing inter Nal unhappiness with the party failure to renew itself and pre sent a fresh vision to Manitoban the new democrats marginal by the fact Portage is a tory As the official the new democrats have Seldom had More ammunition to fire at the government its ruthless crushing of the legislature last the Hack and slash approach to Public the privatization of the Manitoba Telephone the misery Aeses towards flood nip sources dismiss the internal unhappiness As just a Small group of several Isaf new Mem carats Casto the number far More than just a few they credit party Leader Gary doer with a Good Job of Frances Russell rebuilding the party but fear he cannot take it to after three consecutive electoral they believe its time for a a fresh Start and a Dif Ferent names being floated include Steve Ashton Thompson and Jean Friesen Wolseley from within the Cau Cus and former Cabinet ministers Leonard Harapiak and Jerry Sto Rie from at tory by election Headquarters tuesday a smiling Premier Gary Fumon claimed a Clear Victory and boasted we did Fine with Good his tories looked to have scored a double not Only did they keep the albeit with a vastly decreased but they proved that the Only party they have to fear under current conditions is Reform because of its vote splitting Warren a political neophyte running As an Independent won nearly 16 per cent of the popular almost All at the expense of the Conser the tory vote share plummeted from per cent in 1995 to just per the party worst showing in 20 Don who is on the executive of the Federal Reform party in Manitoba and who is personally opposed to its entry into provincial has acknowledged that goodwins show ing will definitely hearted those who favour setting up a Provin Cial Reform will decide at its next National convention whether to take the plunge at the by elections the nip Leader predicted that if Reform obtained just 10 per cent of the it would spell trouble for the translated across the he that 10 per cent could throw a num Ber of narrow tory victories to the a review of the 1995 results that the majority of the tight victories were in the nip of the 12 seats won by under seven were nip and five were and of those five narrow tory wins River Norbert and vital the liberals were the threat in Only in Rossmere and vital was the nip the Only Solace the nip can take from the Portage by election therefore is that the liberals vote went Down in their Best Rural the liberals Hopes for Victory tuesday night were genuine Federal Cabinet minis ters bearing Federal Money were poured into the Riding and Tom strikes and some new democrats say of oui prior to shifting solidly into the tory column 20 years ago Portage could the first major shakeup in provincial politics in a ending the Era of Centre left vote splitting and beginning the Era of vote split Ting on the near and far right Frances Russel covers politics for the free her whom appears wednesdays Ana Friday ;