Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 19, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Best rate Rice gig rates subject to certain conditions May 1411 Henderson 9257420 491 Portage 7884040 1510 marys 9257423 3025 Portage 9257390 news continued on b2 Mound bombings denounced it claims to id defaced to d to this said ing of a aut defense do fran in sover Sand paint of local h lobster 0r in government aria1 Burnt Church 1 first has set a deadline of this afternoon to reach a peaceful Resolution to the con Rae said hell end his efforts and return if the int settled by the boat victim Dies Victoria an elderly woman who was critically injured in collision Between a ferries vessel and a pleasure boat has died after being removed from life Lois of had been in critical con Victoria general Hospi Tal since the collision last Bernard of port died Short after the strike notice filed the Union representing about 350 Grain elevator workers filed strike notice threat to the Job As soon a strike would affect water front terminals owned by Parrish James Richardson Agri Saskatchewan wheat Pool and United Grain dirty Little secret Toronto they Call the sur vey americas dirty Little secret and it should make you think about touching the 1 doorknobs in Public the american society of has found that 1 while nine out of to people say they Wash their hands after going to the Only to 10 actually beware pet abusers society for the of cruelty to animals drawing a link Between animal and spousal r toe society surveyed Wal men nearly a Whf e per cent said Tot Ern Over their welfare prevented them from september 2000 Canad world b1 business b3 tse listings b5 Mutual funds b6 editor Doug Speirs 6977294 tip they Canadian Alliance Leader Stockwell Day skipped the usual scrum and dragged disgruntled reporters downstairs to discuss his plan to chop fuel lets give canadians a Gas tax Breaf Jonathan Hayward Canadian press Days scrum shuffle gets press peeved newest my panned for toying with parliament Hill tradition by Paul Samyn Day wont be sworn in As an my until this morning but he already has reporters swearing at the new Canadian Alliance Leader got off on the wrong foot with the parliamentary press corps yesterday by refusing the traditional Post ques Tio period scrums in the foyer of the commons when maps return from their summer Day has deigned that he will answer reporters questions in a press theatre in the basement of parliament a move which not Only angered the but also opened him up to shots from his political Day is playing in the big league of Canadian politics he can not change the rules Back to the rules that he is comfortable tory Leader Joe Clark he has to accept the rules that the rest of us Here Are going to play we will see How he stands up to that treatment and that in his first parliament Hill appear Ance As Alliance Day insisted he is not trying to pull a fast one on the he argued that bypassing the daily bump and grind of scrums in favour of the More relaxed theatre setting is a better Way for reporters to ask their we Are having a scrum and i am Loving Day said jokingly As he tried to explain the rationale for his daily news which he pledged to continue if he becomes prime the Media Arent laugh Hes got a lot of ill say one photographer the parliamentary press gallery will hold an emergency meet ing to find a Way to Force Day Back upstairs to the scrum setting used by other press gallery president Gilles Toupin said reporters had to fight Long and hard to ensure they would have daily Access to maps in the foyer after question Toupin said he has heard numerous from reporters who say they cant be in two places at once and from television networks which will have to move cameras Down stairs to try to staff Days my feeling is that they Days office will Toupin every As Many As 100 reporters gather to scrum maps at three microphones set up outside the while scrums can be fairly they have become an accepted part of political life on parliament Preston the exr form was strummed daily and his office never registered any com plaints with the Toupin said Days staff approached him last week about saying Day Doest want to have reporters and cameras standing behind Winnipeg Liberal my John har Vard said Day needs to be prepared to take it on the Chin from reporters just like every other it indicates to me that Day is not yet ready for the Harvard slash Gas Axworthy gets go tells Axworthy by Paul Samyn affairs min ister i4oyd Axworthy won Praise and endured criticism yesterday As news spread that he is about to retire 27 in pol tory Leader Joe himself a former foreign affairs said Axworthy announcement that he will soon be stepping Down has left Canada with a lame Duck on the world continued please see go nqwb2 soaring prices predicted by drugs to ruling a blow to generic makers by Sandra cordon Ottawa the Federal government says its disappointed but Likely must live with a world Trade organization Rul ing that is estimated to Cost the health system tens of millions of dollars in higher drug the to yesterday dismissed Cana Das Appeal of a ruling that found parts of the country patents Law Are illegal because they fail to protect inventors for a sufficient the generic drug Industry says that will Cost Canadas healthcare system about million in higher Cost Brand name last prime minister Jean Chretien announced plans to invest Bil lion in health care Over the next five the ruling will bite a big piece from said Jim president of the Canadian drug manufacturers Assoc the generic Industry lobby a Good chunk of the extra health Money that was care spending targeted to to to Money that will was targeted to go to medi of go into the Cines will now cof f 6fs of the thl multinational drug multinational manufacturers drug manufacturers to fund the higher costs because the generics wont be on the Market until about 25 medicines Are still at with outstanding patents ranging from one month to three he Trade minister Pierre Pettigrew said the Federal government is disappointed with the to we will review this ruling carefully and continue our consultations with stakeholders and provinces before Mak ing any decision on How to proceed with respect to he but Keon said there is Likely nothing More Ottawa can the Trade dispute has pitted the generic Industry backed by labour and health groups against bran name drug major multinational firms argue they deserve lengthy Patent Protection because of heavy investments in drug research and generic drug makers won a Small Vic tory earlier this year when the Trade body ruled that Canadian drug manufacturers could begin to produce their version of bran name drugs six months before the expiry of but their practice of stockpiling those in Advance was struck the to established at the request of the United said Canada reneged on an agreement to offer 20 year Patent Protection under the Trad related aspects of intellectual property rights legislation in 1987 put on the 20year limit from time of application but Only affected patents filed after october 1989 patents filed before then remained under the old 17year Protection officials say Canada will Appeal a separate to ruling yesterday that upholds a French ban on imports of White the to ruled the French ban on the import of All products containing Asbestos is Legal on health Canada was the main exporter of Asbestos to Canadian press helmets ;