Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 21, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press september 2000 local a3 City editor Steve Pona 6977292 features editor Bruce Owen 6977292 breast feeding frenzy did business violate mothers rights by Paul Mckee a mothers an expensive antique those two incongruous elements came together at an unusual human rights commission hearing yesterday in which a mothers right to breast feed collided head on with a business owners right to protect a 19th Century Jacobin Winnipeg adjudicator Colleen Suche will have to decide if the human rights code gives Kimlee Wong mor Risseau the right to breastfeed her baby in or if business owners Jason and Vivian Wall were right in asking her to and made a reasonable accommodation to help her feed her Morrisseau was shopping in Osborne Village on april when she and two friends entered Paisley an Antiques and collectibles store owned and operated by the Morrisseau walked to the Back of the store carrying her then five Montgold while her friends were looking at fur Kachina got so Morrisseau sat Down and breastfed Jason Wall walked Over to her that she and said i dont have a problem with what youre but others May find it Offen Morrisseau said Wall directed her to a Bench in a courtyard that was immediately outside the i and it was an said i would not feed my baby in any she refused to go outside to breast feed and an argument although Morrisseau claimed she never raised her voice and never used profanity because she didst want to disturb her Wall said the dispute had nothing to do with chair was Selling for and was made Iso years a sign on the chair told customers to ask permission to sit on customers had damaged chairs in the Wall he knew babies Ken Violiotti Winnipeg free press Kimlee Wong Morrisseau right to breastfeed is pitted against a Busi Ness rights in a hearing before the human rights sometimes spit up during feeding and was concerned about the fabric seat on the the Walls represented themselves at the hearing while lawyer Aaron Berg acted for the human rights commission on behalf of Morrisseau was rude and Belliger said ill Damn feed where i he recalled her j during Walls three Young women arrived with his Testi Mony was often punctuated by the sound of the three babies suckling Berg said the Walls May have infringed on Morrisseau rights unintentionally but her rights were still Morrisseau is not seeking financial if the adjudicator does award Money her right under the code Morrisseau wants it donated to Villa a Home for sin Gle Ter limits motion hits a raw nerve councillors bid for snap debate Issue sent to executive policy committee by David Obrien a motion to introduce term limits for City councillors has hit a raw nerve with some of the cites 16 id say theres been some hostility on the whole said Harvey who tabled a motion yesterday at councils regular monthly meeting to restrict the length of service of City a Small group of councillors attempted to hold to s3v a snap debate on the Issue and put Vici c a it to but they been 801116 failed to get enough Hostel Ltd of the he whole motion was referred to exec sudj8ci utile policy com Mittee for Harvey Smith several Council including Jae Garth Bill Clement and Harry Lazarenko and mayor Glen Mur have strongly condemned the idea of term for said the Charleswood Bridge would not have been built if it had not been for his Long experience around City Clement has served continuously since this is a Eadie accusing the free press of driving the Eadie was elected in Mike who voted for term limits in said Hes since changed his i Haven had one person ask me about term a 21year he added he would support holding a nonbinding plebiscite on the question in the next general civic elec Tion in the provincial govern ment has opened a file on the Issue and is studying the a spokesman for the intergovernmental affairs depart ment said the official said its Normal for departmental staff to study issues on the Public i read too much into he its just part of the Normal course of doing intergovernmental affairs minister Jean Friesen has said she opposes term yesterdays motion didst recommend a specific term merely that various options be considered As Means of inject ing fresh ideas and new blood into City City councillors can be difficult to unseat at election time for a variety of particularly the advantage that name recognition gives incur As councillors have considerable Independent Powers and can Dole out Cash and favours in their contributing to their they have a direct say on whether Trees get planted or Cut Down and on which roads will be members of the legislative Assembly have Little such Independent whether they Are part of the government or executive policy committee has Sev eral options in dealing with yesterdays they could refer it to the administration for a report and or they could simply vote to file the the committee can also defer dealing with the motion for a few but eventually the Issue will return to coun cil for a final two members of the seven person executive policy de Smedt and Dan Vandal support term while John Angus said he is still the including Lillian Clement and Are strongly monks building Buddhist Pagoda near Norbert Marc Hail ant Winnipeg free press by Bud Robertson near the ruins of a Trappist a Small group of burmese monks Are hard at work constructing something rarely found in North America an authentic Buddhist led by Venible say Daw Thila a 90yearold Monk from the group has been Labouring since last Sun Day to construct the which will be one of Only five in existence in North Watha began a quest in 1958 to construct a Pagoda in every country of the buddhists believe the also known As Are capable of generating what they Call wholesome states of this is his fifth trip around the world and this will probably be his said Bhikku a Monk who was born in Burma but now lives in Edmonton and is travelling with Watha to serve As his he is trying to spread Lov ing kindness to the people of Winnipeg and Canada at said invited to Winnipeg by a group of buddhists from the dharma Centre of win the monks selected a site for the Pagoda behind the Norbert cultural after the foundation was poured on Watha and his group of monks began work on the which will stand nearly six metres tall once it is an urn containing sacred Buddhist relics will be imbedded in the there Are currently Only two other pagodas in existence in Canada one on Galiano Between Vancouver and and another at a Buddhist Cen tre outside people and buddhists will gravitate predicted Gerry a prac Tising Buddhist who was instrumental in bringing Watha to come and have picnics come and meditate hang out there just to be near it and get into that state of Kopelow estimates the project will Cost As much As so Treyve managed to raise about Watha from with fellow monks Abhi Zinah and stands near Pagoda under construction at Norbert cultural crts Public hearing the crts 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