Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 6, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba B2 i Frh i umber 2000 i crts continued from Page b1 Bertrand confides that when she first got the people extended their sympathies rather than their congrats la viewing the crts As a dry and thankless i worked very hard when there we rent any obvious Bertrand said in an you always have to enrich the Public process and embrace More people and make sure we Are not Only open but also Bertrand was also an unflappable defender of the broadcasting she reinforced Canadian Content rules in radio and television and approved an aboriginal Channel and a second French news network As part of Basic and few in the broadcasting world for get How Bertrand went head to head with the Csc last directing the Public broadcaster to pour More Money into local and regional programming while cutting Down on sports and big american Michael president of the Canadian association of said a big part of her legacy will be her keen management Bertrand introduced a vision plan and regular Calendar that set out the issues the crts would address several years in prior to her coming to the commis the inclination was to have to read the Tea wondering what a pattern of decisions meant and where they went Mccabe what she did was to Here is our direction and Here Are our plans and i think the whole of the Industry benefited from Bertrand departure came surprising even her closest jockeying and so begins the months of Specula jockeying and searching for a new some names that have been floating around include commissioner David who is credited As being the brains behind the crts decision two years ago to not regulate the Francois current chairman of telefilm ends his term in the next few and former Canadian Cable television association president Richard Stursberg is another potential Richard author of still stand ing the crts said the com Mission needs a Leader with a telecommunications background to address the converging worlds of technology and Canadian press in blasts israeli blockade report claims travel restrictions wrecking palestinian Economy Jerusalem israels blockade of the West Bank of the Jordan River and Gaza strip has tripled palestinian unemployment to 40 per cent and wiped out tentative economic gains of the last three the United nations said in a new report palestinians warned the travel ban will fuel More resentment against Israel but Israel said it has to keep out islamic militants plotting terror palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza strip have not been allowed to enter Israel since Israel palestinian fighting began As a some palestinian labourers have been kept away from their two weeks the restrictions were tightened in response to a bus bombing by islamic militants that killed two israelis and wounded including five in the Gaza since israeli troops have been blockading palestinian communities and barring residents from palestinians trying to go to jobs or schools outside their towns have tried to circumvent the restrictions by using dirt roads and Donkey in the desert Flats near cars have been stranded in Mounds of near sol Diers have slashed tires of palestinian taxi Drivers caught on Back palestinian peace negotiator Saab Ere Kat said his Home town of Jericho had full employment before the violence with palestinians coming from other towns to work in hotels and he Farmers cannot sell their education is disrupted and Facto Ries have been there is not one single person that employed now in Ere Kat violence will Breed Israel said it cannot ease restrictions As Long As it has solid warnings that islamic militants plan to carry out More terror two weeks the militant Hamas group detonated a car bomb in the israeli town killing two israelis and wounding More than Hamas renewed its threats against Israel yesterday Dur ing the funeral of a Hamas militia com Mander who died monday when a Roadside bomb went off in fresh fighting two pales including a 15yearold were killed by israeli fire in clashes on the West near Ramallal and Al khad palestinian doctors also yester in what has become nearly a nightly there was an Exchange of fire South of an israeli embassy employee was shot and wounded As he was leaving a food store in the jordanian capital Amman last Terje a senior in said Israel should immediately lift its Block Ade of the palestinian there is no other Way out of the situation than getting the parties Back to the table to find a Larsen said Dur ing a tour of a West Bank refugee this has to be underpinned by stopping the siege and a Radical improvement in the living conditions of the people Here on the also israeli prime minis Ter Ehud Barak renewed his Call to the Hartline opposition to join his govern ment but said he would not accept the oppositions demand to be Given veto rights Over the peace associated press feds Square off Over marriage banns for same sex couples by Gloria Galloway Toronto the Federal government says Gay unions Are not valid even though Ontario Law permits marital unions without a licence under an ancient Christian but lawyers for homosexual couples who want to tie the knot say the governments arguments will not hold up to Legal scrutiny and marriages per formed under the tradition of banns will be perfectly Brent a pastor at the uni Versal Fellowship of metropolitan Community churches which has a primarily Gay said yesterday if the Federal and provincial govern ments refuse to accept these marriages we will take them to court because we believe it is homosexual couples Are currently before the courts in British Columbia and Quebec asking for the right to be legally their cases Are to be heard late next lawyers for some of the couples Are hoping this new wrinkle will bolster their argument that homosexual unions Are acceptable in Long before we have a hearing in our Case we May Well Start having valid said lawyer Martha Mccarthy who is acting for eight Cou Ples in its going to change the landscape a lot in the Legal Hawkes plans to marry a lesbian Cou ple in january under the ancient Chris Tian tradition of banns that is accepted under the Ontario marriage that act says if a couple opts not to obtain a licence from City Hall licences that have been refused to Gay couples across Canada the Church can marry them said under the banns the names of the couple must be read aloud during three consecutive sunday ser vices and the congregation is invited to state reasons Why their marriage should not take Hawkes said the sex of the couple would not be a valid the ceremony is then performed and documentation of the event is sent to the provinces registrar general for recording and the issuing of a marriage the Ontario marriage act does not specify that the banns ceremony is limited to couples of the opposite said it does state that the ceremony May Only be performed by churches that have been in existence for 25 but his Church meets that Canadian press Sale prices end december while quantities 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