Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 27, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba A12 Winnipeg free september 2000 editorials Freedom of Liberty of religion Equality of civil rights voting with their feet t a then canadians vote with their they t those cities and the provinces of Ontario and Alberta showed the strongest population growth this year and the greatest gains from Migra Tion within Canada the preceding the continuing shift of population will eventually bring shifts in Power and May eventually produce shifts in Canad an culture and population and migration counts published yester Day by statistics Canada showed that Alberta attracts More inter provincial migrants than British Vancouver attracts plenty of newcomers but has been a net loser of inter provincial migrants in each of the last three years while Alberta has been a big Saskatchewan has lost so Many migrants that its popu lation dropped slightly this Manitoba lost inter provincial migrants but More than made up the loss with natural increase and with new arrivals from so that the Manitoba population Rose it is probably no coincidence that the Western province with the strongest population growth is also the Western province with a Strong Industrial base and no sales people go where the jobs Are and the jobs tend to go where the taxes Are which has been aggressively cutting enjoyed spectacular gains in inter provincial its net gain rising to this year from three years Sudbury and Thunder Bay were net losers of migrants this year but the Toronto census metropolitan area gained by internal migration within Kitch Ottaw Hull and Hamilton also ranked High among cities favoured by canadians on the their attractive Power suggested that Ontario dominance in the Canadian Job Market and in political party strategies will Montreal continued to attract migrants but que Bec Overall suffered such an exodus of people that its like grew Only the maritime enjoyed slight population gains Aris ing from inter provincial but newfound despite its offshore Oil suffered a net loss of migrants and a drop in the dynamism of Albertas Economy helped to fuel the expressed in the 1990s by the Reform that Alberta and its neighbouring provinces should swing greater weight in Canadian the continuing dominance of Southern Ontario forced reformers to recognize that they had to broaden their movement into the Canadian Alliance and seek support in that Quebec and the Atlantic provinces continue to enjoy their accustomed formal positions in the country affairs but growth and the Confidence and innovative spirit that growth produces have slipped away to Toronto and to Winnipeg should be attracting a healthy share of the migrants who leave it should be profiting from the loss of population in Northern Ontario the Success of Alberta and Ontario suggests that this province should be driving its tax rates downward and putting the province and its main City Back in the unbelievable result it will take an extraordinary turn of events for any Good to come out of this weeks election in on the election commission which had been silent since just after the Early vote counting on sunday showed president Slobodan Milosevic trailing badly claimed that final results gave Milosevic 40 per cent of compared to 48 per cent for opposition Leader Vojislav Ostuni to be elected president a candidate must receive More than 50 per cent the official results give Milosevic a second Chance in a Runoff scheduled for almost no one believes these the opposition claims that Kos Tunica won a Clear majority 57 per most International observers agree and even former supporters of Milosevic con cede that the president suffered a dramatic the opposition has threatened to Boycott the run off because of the perceived fraud and to take to the streets in milosevics answer to those protests will almost certainly be bloody and either in direct oppression within Serbia or by provoking conflict in either Kosovo or Montene Gro to distract the nations the United states and Europe have asked that Milosevic accept the voters for eign affairs minister Lloyd Axworthy defined the consensus when he urged a a Quick and peaceful Transfer of but Only Russia has Milose Vics and Russia has been russian Aid has allowed Milosevic to survive sanctions against it is Russia that May be Able to accomplish the extraordinary and persuade him to it Western assistance to Russia including Canadian dollars that allows Russia the luxury of propping up milosevics Axworthy should be expressing Canadas concerns about the yugoslav election forcefully not just to but also in Moscow where president Vladimir Putin could be convinced that a peaceful Transfer of Power in Yugoslavia is in russian Best interests As major hitch in trucking rules Toronto it has happened More than an enormous truck barrels Down the pulls up just feet behind my car and tailgates until i am forced out of sheer terror to increase my Speed Well beyond the its frightening and life these Multi tonne monsters Are nothing less than lethal weapons on our High and they Are Dri Ven by sometimes reckless men mainly who sit Invulnerable and arrogant High above the Road surrounded by tons of its difficult not to wish them Ive cursed these truck Drivers Many a but the More i read about what is happening in the trucking the More i am begin Ning to think that Are victims beyond High fuel their lives Are diff demanding and downright and its going to get worse both for them and right the Federal government is push ing for new National safety code regulations to the watchdog canadians for responsible and Safe highways crash could Force truck Drivers on our highways to work the longest shifts and the longest workweeks of any country in the regulated but the Chretien which seems to put profits before is pushing for 14to 16hour driving shifts for truckers and a work week Between 84 to 96 hours up from 60 this is it Means that we Ordi nary Folk in our tiny incan cars hardly As tall As the average truck tire must share the Road with these increasingly drowsy modern Day cowboys and their killer of none of these government changes in work time have the support of the a poll by the Angus Reid group showed that 86 per cent of canadians want truckers hours decreased to 10 hours from the present 13 certainly not groups such As crash have been lobbying for a decent level of Public consultation on this Issue with Little the ridiculous pro posed changes to the Federal governments Federal hours of service which i just were supposed to be reviewed this summer during several Public but that didst now Federal government lawyers Are already making moves to write the new policy into regulation legalese says one Means that Ottawa is not really open to in other those sleepy truckers might soon be dozing off at 120 pm per hour beside or behind us on the Highway after Treyve worked 96 hours in seven its not As if the Chretien government Hast been warned that what it is dead set on allowing Pun intended is not at Ottawa has been told in no Uncertain terms by Independent consultants that Lack of sleep for truck Drivers is hazardous to just about everyone health in one Way or one Alison an adjunct professor at the University of noted that the proposed new work hours for truckers could have them driving six nights a week she would Lead to chronic she went on to state the risk associated with night driving especially when combined with inadequate sleep is very in her Smiley suggested that at the very least the government should require that the Drivers working the Midnight to 6 shift get two nights off per Cycle to would that be asking too one has to ask for some unknown the Chretien government and our transport David dont seem to think this extra shut Eye for truckers is perhaps Liberal members of parliament and their loved ones dont drive on our Public highways any and dont worry about trivial details such As the exhausted state of the Driver in the giant vehicle in the next adding to the Highway Nightmare scenario is the fact that several provincial governments Are already allowing longer rigs on the up to 50 feet in these new longer combination vehicles luvs or truck trains can be More than 100 feet in a frightening and dangerous that is Why crash is taking matters into its own hands Over the next few it has invited a variety of speakers to Toronto to pre sent their cases against the governments pro posed Michael author of sweatshops on will speak along with members of the group parents against tired that represents parents of Chil Dren killed in truck related crash will then take audio and video recordings of these presentations across the country presenting them to the Media and the Hope is that canadians will Wake up to the added dangers we will All face on the High Way if the Chritien government is not Good lives Are at stake Kathleen Ohara is an editor with issues its red and and magic one Day this someone hammered a tiny Maple Leaf up at the end of my its red and Green and i told my if you stand under you become part of the 21st Cen turns National the Leaf is the Mark of the trans Canada a path that curls in a great jagged capital c from Johns to and Back up North to Tuktoyaktuk in the North West it has been slowly Tak ing shape in Canada since when the country celebrated its 125th birthday and some Feder Al committee decided one of the Best birthday presents we could give ourselves would be a recreational Trail from sea to sea to the trans Canada Trail foundation was and thousands of volunteers were recruited to be modern Day trailblazers from Hope to Hal its not a flashy in its so under stated its hard to find anyone in Winnipeg who knows where it will run through the let alone through the but Manitoba Trail was actually mapped out about a year and 17 local Trail associations have begun carving out their pieces of the with within a Manito Bas Trail will be Halfway parts of it Are already a Beautiful 24kilometre Section at the South White Shell Trail to Caddy one 176kilo metre strip from Neepawa to Russell runs on the Bones of our old National dream an abandoned rail but some old rail lines though there an innovative Way to give new life to farm communities set adrift in the last three decades Are not always the Ideal says Jacqueline provincial trails we could just run it through a ditch by the trans Canada Crone says we could get through Manitoba real but that not going to be a tourist and its not going to showcase Manitoba or so in Many the Trail is being painstakingly stitched together by volunteers like you and in their free with government Money and private Over the rocks and bog of the Canadian through Prairie the bore Al some parts Are some parts mowed some parts Rock and the main Cri Terion for builders is it has to be open All year round and built to handle As Many of us As pos from hikers to bikers to horseback when it is the trans Canada Trail will be the longest of its kind in the there have been Brilliant efforts for right across to build Crone Points its taken people with greater vision to see an Opportunity to connect these i played connect thedous through Winnipeg this trying to find the cites 75kilometre it winds North to entering at Kil Cona looping West along the Assiniboine to Charleswood before heading South through fort Whyte Centre to marys for the most it is a marvellous Urban past Rivers and City planners say its virtually a done except for a stretch of Bishop patches Here and if City Council would make it official its been on the Agenda for several the Manitoba recreational Trail association would be Able to fix it on a map for interested trav and More Maple leaves could go last my sister gave us All a hunk of the for a donor builds one their names Are permanently inscribed in a Trail Pavilion theres one at the travel Manitoba site at the one at West Hawk Lake and one opening at Emerson next the Trail associations also need volunteers now and next summer to Cut mow move build if youre Call the Manitoba recreational Trail association at 7862688 for the name of the group in your today in this Trail is still Only a dream just 20 per cent Complete relying so far on a handful of bureaucrats and about 100 outdoor enthusiasts to map it its going to take More and Many More to make it a one Little Maple Leaf at a Margo Goodhand is a free press assistant City Winnipeg free press Winnipeg free press est 1872 Winnipeg Tribune est 1890 vol 128 no 280 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 member of the Manitoba press Council Rudy email Nicholas Hirst i Patrick Flynn ;