Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 7, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Focus a13 in 2000 letters to the editor the free press welcomes letters from they must include the authors address and Telephone letters May be letters to the 1355 Mountain r2x fax email . T Winnipeg Princess Patricia Canadian Light infantry moving unit to Shilo not Best for All decision makers Arent dont understand hardships of military families the debate continues about what to do with the base at Shilo and the troops of the second Princess Patricia Canadian Light unfortunately for the members and families of 1rcha and the people responsible for making the final decision Are not part of the Canadian forces and will not feel the direct Impact their decision will the 2ppcli needs to move from the decrepit Southside a move out of Winnipeg especially to Shilo is not the Best very few people know what soldiers do and therefore dont under stand the big Deal about in a typical soldiers Are away from Home three to six months on training and every three years or time away from Home increases to eight to 11 months out of 12 while military personnel prepare and then deploy for a sixtoes Kenmonth mis Sion Canadian forces members Are on Call 24 hours a seven Days per 365 Days per even while on the military needs a phone number to recall soldiers in Case of its a gruelling Job and military members deserve far More respect than they Are Ever soldiers experience continuous physical and mental stress due to the demanding nature of the in the constant coming and going of members and the effect of prolonged absences on soldiers and their families Lead to an alarming number of divorces and Normal families can grow up Ogeth military families Lead fragmented unless you Are the spouse of a sol you cant imagine How frustrating it is to be associated with the members of the second battalion Princess pats Canadian Light infantry train at Kapyon Barracks for duty in Bosnia earlier this while soldiers Are spouses attempt to Lead a Normal life three weeks to seven months at a time with a spouse in name after every trip couples have to get reacquainted and try to establish a pattern of Only to be separated a week to two months moving 2ppcli involves far More than simply relocating soldiers from one base to families will have to sell the houses they bought to raise their families two Hundred and eighty spouses will be forced to give up irreplaceable jobs for couples with one the decision will have to be made As to who will com mute 20 minutes to or from since Brandon has promised an Abun dance of by the the jobs i was quoted were in a hog shopping retirement Centre or Board of that quite a selection for a highly educated per most military families rely on two i dont believe 280 spouses will find suitable employment families will be forced to live in military of this is Only if families a Large proportion will choose to remain in Winnipeg with or without their spots the military states that it is committed to improving the Quality of life for military moving troops to Shilo will not do no one will convince me and Many others that a move to Shilo is Best for Bondy Winnipeg invite nato to train at Shilo concerning what to do with cab Why not invite other nato countries to consider using it for their training Spain or even the United states May appreciate its wide open spaces and our cheap Dollar enough to train some of their armies to Combine army and air Force exercise perhaps our former cab Portage la Prairie air base could be used As John Craig Winnipeg our pollution affects too in the Public health warnings that have been issued about the Han tavirus and How householders should protect no reference has been made As to the length of time the Deer mouse urine and droppings remain that time Span May be an important Factor in spreading the virus to Distant cardboard Cartons and taken from an infected Ware can be swiftly moved hundreds of Miles into other areas where uncontaminated mice May become infected through Contact with old urine stains or the fees dust in packaging Many years it was common to keep a cat in residence in warehouses and other they were often listed on the payroll and some staff members had the responsibility to see that puss had food and those mouser provided a recognized and valued we have now dispensed with that kind of human and animal cats Are either pampered pets or a nuisance to be we place a special value on but consider those lives far removed from our sophisticated we Are so self absorbed that we dont ask whether Birds and other animals also suffer when we contaminate streams and Rivers with Coli we focus entirely on the human forgetting How badly we pollute the animals drinking water with our flush Industrial Tox ins and livestock Are part of the great web of life we forget that at our Ellen Francis Silver train aboriginals for Job openings studies by groups Are saying that by 2016 Canadas labour Force will Stop but the same Winnipeg aboriginal population could be estimated at there Are also people on reserves in but Only Are part of the labour As quoted by an official with the Manitoba Bureau of right the unemployment rate is about 90 per cent on if these statistics were included in the Manitoba unemployment this would make Manitoba unemployment Rise to almost six per what has to be done is not More immigration for the but to train aboriginals to fill the vacant Job and also to give tax Breaks to Canadian companies who Are willing to open production plants and other Busi that will train Ajja employ aboriginal by hiring aboriginal people who Are everyone benefits by lower unemployment insurance the government will Benefit by giving less Money to reserves than they would have to through the department of Indian creating jobs for aboriginals on reserves would help Speed up self gov Ern ment for first casinos Are not the Only answer to create jobs for there is no reason other companies could not utilize this aboriginal willing to work to have a living like the rest of the population of Manitoba and the governments and Cana Dian companies will explore this option that is needed by the Canadian aboriginal Philip Beausejour patient has become the hostage re patients in the crossfire free May this article touches a topic one usually does not want neither to talk nor to write about the patients in the Cross it Doest matter whether it is disunity among the healthcare personnel or the temporary withdrawal of health care it is the patient who while one chooses to be occupied and preoccupied with the right of the healthcare worker to have an appropriate the patient has become the hostage instead of being the first concern of those who ought to care for our progressively careless attitude and even glib abandonment of values once regarded As Basic and absolute seems also to have sacrificed our respect and our concern for the care of the sick and the lives have become dispensable bargain no doubt we have condemned Winnipeg Hilmons other accomplishments in the Hope that the free press offers balance to its it is Only fair that letters be published opposing the great Praise the paper has poured on Gary a Book could be written listing the sleaze and suffering caused by the Fil Mon now that Filmon is resigning from the revision of history please permit me to list just a few of the accomplishments of the Filmon government a when elected the government was headed for a the tories turned it into a deficit b whenever the Federal government provided Money for the poorest of the the tories clawed it Back c the tories gutted Pha Macare d the vote splitting and lottery scan dals happened on Hilmons watch e one thousand nurses were Laid off and health care gutted f Home care began to charge for pal Liati Secare medication g Day care was starved h secrecy was the Rule and was strictly enforced i user fees were this list can go on Fil Mon was finally Joe Segal Winnipeg end discrimination based on health throughout the past Dif Ferent groups have battled for acceptance in these groups have managed to attain a level of acceptance that is very often at Par with the rest of the there Are still people who Are discriminated Howe and this is a common modern science has allowed us to diag nose diseases earlier and to determine if one is at while this has proven a great advantage on Many it has been a detriment to those who have been diagnosed As having an Many employers will not hire a person because they May encounter health problems later in they fear that a disease will cause an employee to take otherwise unnecessary time off work in the affecting Job this can spread beyond the this increased knowledge also makes it easier for insurance companies to know what kind of coverage a person might this can let the companies know if a person is a High risk invest ment or after All the great advances we have made in human Why is it that instances such As these Are allowed to occur our society is built on the foun Dation that All people Are created not that one group has domination Over Many of the diseases in question can be con trolled and the risk of if the condition is Well is there is absolutely no reason for these people to be discriminated against and i Hope that people will do something about there is Little we can do about this except not to discriminate ourselves and encourage others to the easiest Way to solve a problem is to Cut it off at the Alex Paissan Winnipeg honour wishes of the people we All know How the people of Headin Gley and Andrews voted regarding five locations have now been made Public we know there is opposition from area if the nip does not listen to and honour the wishes of the people it will find itself out of office come the next so much for a government of the people by the Dales Winnipeg so Board has no alternative re so Maestro at Odds Over debt free May Over a decade of Volunteer service at the Winnipeg symphony orchestra taught me that ultimate fiduciary responsibility lies with those who accept trusteeship of a nonprofit organization on behalf of the during those there were Peri ods when the Board had to Call for increased fiscal without the musicians and staff strove in Solidarity with the to achieve a balanced in his haste to Iveigh against Bramwell Tovey and the members of the Winnipeg symphony Bruce Maccormack forgets to give an account ing of the boards role in the sos poor financial the Board has no alternative but to replace a president who directs such invective against the very charges he has pledged to Julia so Winnipeg fas needs urgent attention from May to Winnipeg played Host to the 2000 Manitoba Prairie North Ern conference on fetal alcohol syn i was encouraged to see the commit ment and dedication of Tim minis Ter of family services and housing to this minister Sale stayed Long after the cameras disappeared and was in Atten dance each Day of this three Day con minister please talk to Justice minister Gord As a Parent of a Young child who Strug Gles each and every Day to live a meaningful and Independent and As an educator working hard to find appropriate teaching strategies for these Chil i implore the government to make awareness of this 100 per cent preventable disability a National fetal alcohol syndrome is a health con not a moral or ethical we need action now when will we Stop putting people with brain damage in prison instead of giving them the intervention so desperately needed if tobacco companies can be held responsible for the misery and suffer ing of Why not hold the Alco hol Industry accountable government initiatives such As a Levy on each bottle of alcohol sold and then directed to Edu prevention and treatment pro Grams can go a Long Way in eliminating this leading cause of mental retardation in the Western Deb Thordarson Winnipeg doonesbury by Garry Trudeau cant say eve Moue ;