Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 9, 1998, Winnipeg, Manitoba Brian Cole 6977044 focus Winnipeg free press j j september 1998 f i i dont link rights to economics As a woman and As a i am appalled by the govern ments decision to Appeal the human rights tribunals ruling regarding pay the Liberal government has allowed this Issue to remain unresolved for 14 years the fact that it would take action to prevent its Resolution for even longer is for a country that ostensibly considers itself to be a Strong supporter of human the failure to comply with the tribunals ruling on pay equity is undeniably prime minister Jean Chretien pal try explanations As to Why he wished to Appeal the ruling despite the fact that he in to abide by the tribunals decision while he was still Leader of the opposition in 1993 is that he assumed that the Cost to the government would be less than Bil the message that Chretien expresses by these comments is that Canada supports human but Only if they Are not too i would question by what basis and logic the prime minister feels it is reasonable to limit equity by fiscal Crite human rights need to be considered independently of financial this is after that should have been coming out of the government coffers All if the interest accrued on these unfairly unpaid wages raises the Cost to the and thus the the taxpayers ought to punish the Liberal government in the next election not the majority female Public employees who have been unfairly denied equitable wages Over the past 14 the arguments that have been evinced by the Federal government Are and notably lacking in its so called desire to save Money on behalf of the by denying a portion thereof of their due financial is i believe that canadians commitment to human rights is not being evinced by the actions of their if they there is no real commitment of which to Kelly Friesen Winnipeg will pay equity alter al claims As i listen to the debate going on Over the ruling by the human rights tribunal about pay which affects me one question comes to since the retroactive payroll adjustments Date Back to will it have any effect on numerous unemployment claims made by the affected employees since that Date Rene Hebert Lorette forget get on with life i am a firm believer that women should be paid the same salary As men in the same i have a hard time trying to figure equal pay for work of equal i understand a complicated formula has been worked out at great in sure but it is apparently open to perhaps its like asking 20 economists for their solutions to the same problem and get Ting 20 different i also must ask if these employees were satisfied with their salary when they started work if they thought they were Why did they not look for a position where they would be paid a higher salary when Are All these past humiliations Ever going to be for gotten and we get on with life surely we can say these things should never have happened but we can say let them never happen May Frith Dauphin history was not politically Correct Black educators want the Book underground to Canada yanked from the provincial list of approved teaching materials because the word Nigger is history can teach valuable lessons on past mistakes and injustices if the facts Are not changed to represent the politically Correct views of Gay and lesbian educators of which recently supported a teacher regarding her discussion with students on her personal sexual pref Are deemed politically Correct by the upper Louis convicted of is acquitted 100 years later and is being considered As a father of confederation because of political the new published by the Oxford University has eliminated references to god the father and son of changing these terms to the human the begin Ning of the lords prayer begins our father Mother in heaven to accommodate women rights the right hand of god has been changed to gods almighty hand to end perceived discrimination against left handed changing the because of relativism and creates a false history of civilization and leads to a Lack of understanding As to Why and How is where it is past history should not be but used As a learning tool for today Sci a 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 Iorli through the internet at letters sent via the internet be but must include utress and Telephone truth becomes just an interpretation and distortion of the our history was not politically Karen Lalonde Oak Bank seize potential Orwinn Portolan your 29 Chance of a should serve As a makeup Call for All this is a wonderful Chance for Winnipeg and All of Mani Toba and one our political leaders should seize and act on the development of win port and the concentration of All inter modal Container facilities at the Winnipeg International Airport was one of the recommendations made by the coalition for Public works in the Public interest when that group contested the construction of the proposed under pass on Kenaston Boulevard at Wilkes the recent report of the mid continent International Trade Corri Dor task Force further reinforces that position and it behoves All those involved to ensure that action is taken without i think it is time we asked our Polit ical representatives Provin Cial and municipal to put aside their their own agendas and Start at once to ensure that this project is carried in other words ensure that Public works Are in the Public the Prospect of Many Well paying increased Rev Enue and a Bright future for Winnipeg and Manitoba should not be the time for action is All Manitoban should be vitally concerned that this project goes Forward All they have to lose is an Opportunity Media role to Check statistics i am always looking for Good examples of bad Ristics to bring up in my Industrial statistics so it was with great interest that i read Terence Moores article in the free there Are lots of examples of misinterpreted and just outright incorrect not just in medical Moores conclusions at the end of the article do not follow logically from his More goes on to criticize the foundations of Sci ence based on his interpretation of the reliability of the study he you can use science to prove anything at recall that science is defined the Oxford dictionary As a if based observation and Central to Sci Engels the development of the ories models to explain whats the alternative astrology or the Dogma of the new politically Correct i tend to think of Sci ence As the search for the truth not my truth or the Church but the absolute truth Moore tends to blame the researcher for poor or incorrect results i tend to blame the Media Tor publicizing Unkefer eed reports by dubious we dont hear too much about bold fusion any do another Case in Point was the free press Cle in october 1997 on How people can detect staring from which i use As classroom Case study in ing a simple statistical test can prow that the reported conclusions Are per haps we would have less hokum reported if reporters took the time to critically examine such stories and seek out Independent second Opin Allan University of Manitoba win port ceo Lynn Bishop left and founding chairman Hubert Leysen with spirit of lost due to indifference and Content themselves to mediocrity in the Brazzell Winnipeg non francophone oppressed people in the recent supreme court pronouncement regarding the legality of a possible unilateral declaration of Independence udi by the Fol lowing statement was made there is no right under International Law for udi in the Case of Quebec does not constitute a people As defined in International Law wherein a people is a colonial term applied to an oppressed population in a Given territory under alien occupation within its existing Quebec does not meet the thresh old of an oppressed it could be argued that the no fran co phone minority in which has been subject to discrimination and a form of nonviolent ethnic cleansing at the hands of the Quebec govern is an oppressed perhaps they should have the right to secede from Patrick Winnipeg protectionism wrong direction David Orchards plucky Campaign for the Federal tory leadership on an ant free Trade platform is a Monument to not just to Orchards stamina for spending Over a decade campaigning for a return to protect but to the stamina of the very idea of in spite of being Given up on by governments of the Centre and right for its inherent protectionism continues to lurch about the political landscape like a creature from a 1960s avengers in spite of the tendency of free Trade opponents to Label themselves As pro the realization of Orchards dream of ending free Trade would be a highly regressive step for leaving this country defence less against the three deadly sins of protectionism first sin is the fact that it Breeds political every Tariff and Trade Barrier Ever imposed was in response to lobbyist the imposition being made by politicians who expected something often Campaign contributions in where tariffs and Trade Barri ers were to be and How High they would were political those industries with deep pockets and a Good network of contacts in parliament and the civil service were the Best protected while industries with Little or no political influence were Usu ally free by reducing Trade barriers and helped clean up politics a Orchards proposals would bring the dirt Back in by the the second sin is in protectionism being a scam by which working canadians fund corporate which Orchard Are essentially hidden taxes charged to canadians buying foreign the purpose is to artificially raise the Price of Inex pensive politically influential corporations Benefit by being Able to charge higher the rewarded politicians also the losers Are the working families whose wallets Are looted a 1989 study by the Institute for International economics found that tariffs and other forms of protectionism Cost each family an average of us per the third sin is in the International hostility that protectionism the endless list of disputes Between countries Over Trade barriers is a Monument to the ability of protectionism to disturb the and leaves no doubt As to Why the arguments against free Trade often have a jingoistic there has been no Case in the 20th Cen Tury of any two countries improving their relationship or building Mutual respect by preventing their citizens from trading with each in every the relationship deteriorated and acts of disrespect became More com Mon and More inflammatory than David Orchard is a Well meaning candidate who feels strongly about his country but while his protectionist policies remain he is the wrong Man to Lead Kevin Mcdougald Winnipeg bands mention a Good sign Many thanks to Hartley Kives for including albeit in a very minor Way the Nields in his preview of new fall the Nields have become one of the most popular acts at the Winnipeg Folk festival in recent and Are one of my Favourite they have gotten Little publicity in your newspaper so but i Hope this mention is a sign of bigger things to come Robin Attas Pinawa Manitoban need land use input the statement by Vince Pine Falls paper divisional forester 22 that the company did not know about the need for Federal Navi Gable Waters permits is rather remark Able Given that the company repeatedly states in its two year forestry plan and environmental Impact statement that it follows All applicable Page 3 of the provincial Stream crossing guidelines in place when these Bridges were built lists applicable including the navigable Waters Protection passed in the role of this act is to protect the Mariner from obstructions to Tran if Industry is Given the responsibility to manage our Public lands and one would Hope that it would abide by relevant the coast guard began its investigations of illegal Bridges built by Pine Falls Only after they were alerted to the fact that no application had been made for a Low Bridge Over the Manigotagan one of the most controversial of the 14 or More a permitted had there been no Public there would have been no Federal three of these Bridges were built North of the Berens far North of their Forest management with no provincial environmental assessment and although they were presented to the coast guard As at least two Are this is just a continuation of a longstanding contempt for regulatory processes shown by Pine this Bridges fiasco Points once the Lack of provincial and fed eral control Over the activities of companies operating in our Public provincial permits for logging roads and Bridges do not require Engineer ing drawings or hydrological inform and there Are no fisheries or other aquatics monitoring Waters flowing from the East Side sup ply Over half of the surface water to Lake Winnipeg and Are extremely important to the water Quality and subsistence and com Mercial fisheries of Lake culverts and Bridges have a High potential to disrupt affect fisheries habitat and add sediment to the affected another article 25 quotes statements by Keenan about their proposed top Mill but is silent on the fact that Pine which has been in a critical Wood sup ply situation for Many years and draws Wood from across this not Only wants a Mill and they also want to double or triple their Wood figures Given publicly have grown from to to the More recent cubic metres per a huge increase in output would be required to pay for the proposed pro that is Why they Are pushing for the al weather logging Road All along the East Side of Lake Indus tries Are known for their past prac and the past and present practices As far As environmental pro protected areas or concern for the cultural and societal needs of aboriginal people living in the Vicinity of the Mill and along the East Side have been it is unbelievable that a company that has shown such disrespect for its Neighbours and the environment is about to be rewarded by being Given More of our Public lands and Waters to All of their operations Are on Public our and Manitoban deserve to have input into any Deci Sions made by the Filmon government regarding the use or nonuser of these Alice Chambers Pinawa doonesbury by Garry Trudeau so this a lot is7hefkmous Antov Stroh that Alverna Thuc out on 99 ;