Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 8, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba A10 a Impi 2000 editorials Freedom of Trade Liberty of religion Equality of civil rights breaking windows the court order breaking up Microsoft showed the dedication of americans to the principle of Competition As the source of eco nomic few other countries Are As con Vinced As the of the benefits of Competition and few can match the dynamism of it is hard to show that anyone will Benefit directly from the separation of Microsoft into one company that will develop and sell the windows operating system and another to pursue All Microsoft other lines of Loyal buyers of Microsoft products will need a lot of convincing that they will be better off shop Ping for an operating system from one com Pany and other products internet e mail word processors and the like from separate Supply but the has concluded from Long experience that monopolies obstruct and Competition speeds the company Bill Gates and a Friend founded in 1975 gave the world innovations that became world wide standards in computer then the firm started using the dominance of its operating system to make people buy its internet products rather than competing and that was the firms Law and the courts now demand the dismantling of the company rather than allow it to stifle Canada is not nearly so opposed to when Calgary based Canadian airlines International lost Money year after unable to win Market share away from dominant air Federal Law makers took up the cry that there was Only room for one National airline in the Canadian trans port minister David Collenette and his colleagues paved the Way for creation of a monopoly National airline either by merge artist Gerald Schwartz of Onex following his by air Canada since the government has focused on inventing ways to make air Canada behave like a competitor while running a state pro tested the Hudson Bay ran the fur Trade monopoly that blocked settlement in Western the Canadian Pacific railway was Given the transport monopoly that later promoted the pre sent Liberal governments air transport policy showed that True to its historical is still a Haven for the Canadian Public shows resentment and suspicion of monopolists such As air Canada but Canadian Law tolerates monopoly and the authorities Welcome a Rumour last week that British columbian provincial govern ment might invite Microsoft to move to Canada and take shelter from Competition Law had a ring of the breakup of if it is upheld on Appeal and will be Long and Complex and will be terribly inconvenient for a worldwide software development Industry that has fitted happily or around the dominant but the United states has achieved economic leadership of the world in part by like sacred the principle of Competition even when it is the Petroleum monopoly of Standard Oil and the Telephone monopoly of were Bro Ken in the last even though Microsoft has helped assure dominance in information tech America is allergic to Canadian governments May scratch their Heads in Puzzle but Canadian Consumers will going out in style every president late in his last term grows conscious of his place in Bill Clinton has More reason to be concerned than after two terms in he would like to be remembered in a Way that did not link the words Monica Lewinsky and the Oval office in one tawdry twice this Clinton foreign travels have raised at least among his that he might Trade off Lon term strategic interests of the United states and its allies for his own Clinton met with syrian president Hafez Assad in Switzerland in an Effort to revitalize the Middle East peace Assad would not Budge Clinton refused to Compromise israels then last he met with soviet presi Dent Vladimir Putin in Moscow in what May have been his last Chance to pull off a foreign policy coup that would Cement his name in at Issue was an american plan for a nuclear missile defence sys tem that would require changes to the 1972 anti ballistic missile Clinton goal was to win Putin approval for in he but that is no Clinton critics feared that he might commit the to an agreement that would bind his successor in the White House to a Deal that would Compromise Western defence again Clinton Rose above the it was in who budged by not closing the door on negotiations and Clinton successor is not locked into any untenable this will not set Bells ringing around the but on such a difficult it can be considered a historians May yet agree that the dying Days of the Clinton presidency were its death penalty stalks Campaign Marie cocco death does not become every four presidential Candi dates demonstrate the depth of their moral bankruptcy Over an Issue that is always in the news but rarely discussed with the death the Ghoul of the moment is George he makes news simply by giving a condemned Man one last Chance to try for new evidence testing that might through Dan tech that he could not be the individual who raped and murdered his 12yearold step in this the first Bush Ever has granted since becoming governor in we Are to see firsthand the compassionate part of the compassionate it is the flip Side of when Bill Clinton Hopes for the presidency rested on Selling himself As a new not one of those bleeding heart to prove Clinton cancelled a new Hampshire speech and flew to Little Rock to be on hand for the execution of Ricky Ray besides being luckless enough to have his Date with death scheduled in the Middle of the new Hampshire primary Rector was notorious because he blew away a then blew away about half his own this left him unable to understand the word or to comprehend that the people hed shot were no longer with still and he made a Fine Campaign much As Ricky Mcginn does the Texas prisoners first Ever Success in winning from Bush a 30day reprieve so that he May continue his court fight for new Dan testing is win win for if it turns out Mcginn gets his test and it clears Bush gets credit for sparing an if Mcginn is Bush gets credit for having the Fly speck of Good sense required to see that giving Mcginn just one More month before his execution was of no consequence to except Bush this is a demonstration of the exquisite Polit ical craftiness those who know him attribute to the Texas Bush makes himself the perfect foil for his own record on during his Bush has approved 131 he has signed death warrants for defendants whose lawyers slept through much of the he approved the execution of an arson murder convict despite personal entreaties from an arson investigator after one Man was began to suspect a different arsonist in the Bush approved the execution of a con vict whose lawyer was arrested in the court room during jury selection charged with failing to file Legal papers in the death penalty Appeal of a different the roster of Texas death penalty lawyers who have admitted to alcohol or drug abuse or have records of professional misconduct is for in confident that every person who has been put to death in Texas under my watch has been guilty of the crime charged and had full Access to the Bush said in an Abc news interview in note the full not the Best representation for those accused of crimes that carry the ultimate not even adequate full the same thing you would get if you sued your dog Groomer Over a bad Al who has attacked Bush for everything Down to the Way he ties his is and Why not during the Clinto Gore the administration has approved of changes in the Way the Federal courts handle death penalty cases that have done much to make the United states look More like but you dont have to oppose the death penalty to favor the current fascination with Dan evidence As an empirical tool for Mea Suring guilt or innocence is of Little import unless it leads somewhere now it is a convenient Refuge for those who would look hard through the remain Blind to racial the abhorrent treatment of the mentally the legions of incompetent lawyers and other abuses in death penalty cases that make the skin taking these on requires political anything else exhibits Only political Marie cocco is a new Day a dancers hollow Victory of All the dance must be the just As a dancer approaches intellectual and artistic the body begins to Ankles and hips Are particularly individual careers can be satisfy but fleeting both for the artists and for the classical bal let is especially punish and especially an injury forces a dancer into Early some As with Canadian Ballerina Karen the denouement is nostalgic and very carefully along with pieces about dance prodigies and rising new creations and funding these Are the usual stories in the Ballet on it is brought to the Public attention that Ballet can be about More than punishing exquisite Beauty and grand Ballet can be downright at the National Ballet of Canada in the Battle of egos and artistic visions Between dancer Kimberly Glasco and artistic director James Kudelka has gone on far too no this has been an emotional and maybe even embarrassing fight for those to an the whole ordeal might just seem an Over the Legal Missy v to Recap is Glasco was told in december 1998 that her due to expire the following would not be is Glasco claims Kudelka told her the contract want being renewed because she spoke out for dancers As the dancer representative on the ballets Board of direct Kudelka insists that is who has been with the National since simply does it fit his artistic vision for the its been suggested that this is just cod speak for youre too is Glasco is Legal proceedings alleging wrong Ful in March the company and the dancer agreed to binding in March the arbitrator ordered that is Glasco be employed on an interim basis by the dancing As until the matter was heard and some people including the bring Back Kimberly Glasco which claims 500 members were delighted by Kudelka and the company were binding arbitration be the National challenged the arbitration award in Ontario Superior this a judge rejected the nationals Appeal and granted is Glasco interim rein statement As a principal she is expected to be Back on stage for the nationals 20002001 the company int com menting is Glasco was expected to make a Public statement this in this poignant Little its hard to know where ones sympathies ought to i have seen Many Ballet performances by Many and can make no quarrel with is Glasco artistry and As artistic director of a major dance Kudelka ought to be free to make casting to select ballets for his to make decisions about whom to hire for those roles and to fashion a style and image for the that Kudelka did him self no favours when he said hed rather quit in one extreme that hed even rather die before working with her when Kudelka can diva with the Best of the imagination reels at the image of is Glas cos first Day Back in the studio no hard Kim one wonders about the implications for professional team where players Are hired and traded seemingly on a whim or at the Mere suggestion of a and where coaches seem even More vulnerable than the sport is every bit As Bone crunching and capricious As its just that the top pro athletes make several million dollars inspired by the Glasco might a quarterback whose contract Hast been renewed because Hes too old or too involved in the players Union make the same claims As is Glasco already a 52yearold exotic dancer has appealed to the Ontario human rights claiming age discrimination was the reason for her perhaps is Glasco was released from the National and perhaps she deserves her principal a judge and an Arbi Trator can Rule on her employment Sta but no court can make Kudelka like her appreciate her or want to cast no ruling will ease the tension in the or the concern that artistic integrity has been Compro one wonders How grudging the program notes might read for a featuring is Glasco As Juliet or will there be a snide indicating that is Glasco appears under the auspices of binding arbitration As a is Glasco might never again receive an honest appraisal of her work in rehearsal or on that could make her decision to when the time even More classical dance is challenging enough without strolling into class every Day knowing that your Boss would really rather die than work with How sad and lonely a Victory it must seem for Linda hos Borough is a free press editorial her column appears on Winnipeg free press Winnipeg free presses 1872 Winnipeg Tribune est 1890 vol 126 n0176 2000 Winnipeg free a division of newspapers division of Thomson Canada limited published seven Days a week at 1355 Mountain Manitoba r2x pm 6977000 a number of Manitoba press Council Rudy email Nicholas Patrick Flynn Deputy editor i ;