Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 5, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press March 2001 local a3 City editor Steve Pona 6977292 features editor Carolin Vesely 6977292 gun control Laws take aim at new target local outfitters worried by effect of fee for american Hunters by Bruce Owen american Hunters will be targeted for the first time by Canadas new gun control Laws As they Stream across the Bor Der this and local outfitters say the new their fee will Only create ill mass confusion and Long lineups at Border Crossings and customs its going to be quite a said Jim executive director of the Manitoba lodges and outfitters Asso there will be a lot of unhappy americans coming across the Border and the first person meet is a customs officer who is just As starting this foreign Hunters will be required to Register their firearms before being allowed to enter Many Hunters have already protested the temporary permit precondition and its can saying Boycott americans typically Start heading North in May for the Spring Bear Ticknor said other americans Are unhappy because they see the registration As an intrusion into their Pri Vacy and their right to Bear if there forced to Register their there concerned its going to get into a database that going to be shared with the american gov Ticknor and they dont want the government to know what Treyve Ticknor advises Manitoba outfit ters to Warp their american clients of the new Rule and get them to fill out the paperwork the form is available for internet download prior to them arriving in and they should come through the Border in the Middle of the night when its not he if they come through when its till be Randy bean of Aksa Nerk Advent an outfitter who runs specialized Hunts in Manitoba and the far said he wants to mail the per Mit forms to his clients rather than them download but was told printed forms Are in trying to be but the government is making my Indus try look bean when we cant get the forms to our clients i see lots of those problems will be Long line ups at Border Crossings As Hunters fill out the forms and have their firearms some May also miss connecting flights due to the paperwork Ticknor said Hunters Are quickly learning about the new gun Law through sports shows and Hunt ing some of our members already have Hunters cancelling he according to Industry More than mostly visited Manitoba in 1999 and spent in excess of this is not going to be easy for anyone and it will take time for everyone to get comfortable with Ticknor bean added while he disagrees with the new gun its better to work within the new rules so that Hunters or the provinces outfitters dont theres no use spending so much negative Energy on something you cant he the first peo ple an american Hunter meets is a Federal employee and there is no use them crying to a Guy who Only collecting weve got to try and make this bean also said american Hunters who Are threatening to Boycott Canada Are voices in the the people making these state ments dont travel any he in you have to pay us per in its us for three in you cant take your gun at but you still have to buy a permit to use one when you go at least in the client can still bring their own and if you want to youll pay the fee and youll live with Steinbach Loewen a mercy of says ceo window sales factory lays off 48 by Bruce Owen Steinbach Loewen windows Laid off 48 workers last per cent of its reaction to slow sales South of the Charles chief executive offi cer of the window manufacturing said yesterday a Cooling Economy could be the reason behind the seasonal slump in Export sales of its custom win Loewen said sales in january were stronger than anticipated but in Gebru tapered off More than expected a drop that May be to recent severe weather affecting House there is still a lot of Opportunity in the housing Industry in the he to the past when slow sales caused Lay Loewen Cut up to 150 but were Douple the size now of what yet our layoffs Are he said some Canadian economists have said the slowdown in the jul see Canadian exporters cutting Back up to 35 per cent of the provinces Gross Domestic product is represented by merchandise going Loewen added by laying off people the is Able to keep More employees on staff for a longer period he also said indications Are the Spe Fialty housing Market in the will remain Strong and that the company does not anticipate More Job but we dont guarantee he were at the mercy of the markets Loewen also said the company is 90 per cent completed its Plant an expansion made necessary because of record sales Over the past three Loewen is Canadas largest manufacturer of Wood framed windows and has about about two thirds of them based in sales Are currently concentrated in the southwestern and northeastern states As Well As with a focus on the custom Windova t boom1 v photos Jeff free fess after 76 gone in 7 seconds with a thunderous buildings on the former Canada packers site were imploded Early the 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