Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 5, 1998, Winnipeg, Manitoba Sati May pm a17 Canada gets falling Grade on treatment of its poor in panel cites rising use of Bod welfare cuts by Helen Canadian Prass London a United nations committee issued a damning report yesterday on Canadas treatment of the single mothers and the in committee on social and cultural rights issued a blistering attack on Canadas record Over the last five saying the country has not ensured canadians enjoy economic and social rights guaranteed by a in covenant to which Ottawa is a the committees report painted a Pic Ture of a country that int taking care of citizens living at the Low end of the economic highlighting Sis Levels of eting usage of food deep cuts in welfare rates and inadequate funding for battered women the committee is gravely corned that such a wealthy country As Canada has allowed the problem of homelessness and inadequate housing to grow to such proportions that the mayors of Canadas 10 largest cities have now declared homelessness a National said the released yesterday in it placed particular emphasis on the living conditions of Many first nations to this gives a Black Eye to Canada from a respected United nations said Bill executive director of the grand cil of the which made a presen tation to the Canada goes around the world say ing that its a Champion of human think he prime minister Jean Chretien has to begin to address the situation in his backyard the committee was highly critical of the Federal government for timely shelving the report of the Royal commission on aboriginal we Are concerned about the High disparity Between aboriginal people and the majority of in terms of inadequate High unemployment the High rate of suicide and the Lack of Safe and Ade quate drinking water and the dispossession of their committee chairwoman Virginia Dandan said at a news conference the committee made 21 recommendations calling the need for Low income housing to be treated As a National emergency in a report that emphasised 26 areas of principal it called for National standards for Reform of the employment insurance program so More workers Are and More Money from All Levels of government to combat women poverty and poverty among its obviously one of the most scathing critiques of an affluent country that Ever been released by a in human rights said Bruce a spokesman for charter committee on poverty one of several social advocacy groups that made presentations to the in foreign affairs minister Lloyd Axworthy was cautious about respond saying he haunt read the but he suggested some of the figures the committee relied on were from so they dont take into account Many of the initiatives that have been taken by this but nongovernmental organizations like porters and Ontario Low income families together briefed the committee extensively on the current situation in so it was aware of new Initia Tives such As the National child non jews second class citizens in Israel in panel associated press Geneva non jews in Israel Are treated As second class Cit a in rights panel said asserting the emphasis on being a jewish state encourages Dis the panel was particularly critical of the plight of the a bedouin tribe it says was forcibly evicted from its ancestral lands to expand a jewish settlement near the committee deplores the Man Ner in which the government of Israel has housed these families in a garbage dump in Abu Dis under subhuman Liv ing the in panel the in committee of 18 Independent experts meets annually to review whether countries in the 137nation International covenant on social and cultural rights have assured an adequate Standard of Liv ing for their in its review of the panel expressed concern that the govern does not Accord equal rights to its Arab this discriminatory attitude is apparent in the comparatively lower Standard of living of the israeli the panel adding that the coun try emphasis on being a jewish state encourages discrimination and accords a second class status to its no jewish israeli officials said the government had made tangible and costly Progress in combating inequality and that the Campaign would but they conceded that sometimes palestinians suffer economically because of Security Clampdown Nec Essary to fight in a list of 15 recommendations and the committee called for equal treatment of All israeli respect for the right to self Termi nation and recognition of the rights of Arab bedouin villages to Basic ser including if you think satellite to has More channels to watch then watch out with satellite it May seem like you get a lot More to Pui pc there Greg up to you really w of All nil games on the Nonh Oeal sports net and you still dont get Hob and in the end you May end up paying a lot Man for what you have with Videon Cable the fact with you have Access to virtually the same viewing channels As any satellite to provider in plus Yoy get of your local when you really leak at the picture 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