Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 16, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba Focus a11 in i in so finn 11 2001 v Alberta to mics Alberta distinct society in own Way Alberta flourish despite indignities from Canada the reelection of Ralph kleins conservative govern ment in with Over 60 per cent of the vote and nearly 90 per cent of the Legislatures seats electoral Reform anyone is being widely attributed to the enormous Prosperity the province is enjoying and the heralded by Klein of that Prosperity allowing for the ultimate elimination of the provincial income the importance of these issues to and the Manifest weakness of the Alberta opposition Par ties As alter a can scarcely be underestimate Albertas resource wealth gives its government options unknown to most jurisdictions in the and in Gen Are not Given to shooting Santa Many years when i was a High school student in a then current joke involved a school teacher who asked her pupils if they knew How Oil came to be under Albertas Ernest Manning put it replied one after a pause another god at this Point the rest of the class turned As and throw that Nasty socialist plus Ca Prosperity yet if abundant Prosperity accounts for much that is singular about Albertas current there is something else that needs to be Alberta has never had much of an attachment for parliamentary government As it is understood in the rest of the it a unique and continuing tradition of one party in office for Long periods of typically with weak and ineffective the result has been in partisan it has Only had four govern ments in nearly a Century As a province the liberals held office from 1905 to the United farm ers from 1921 to social credit from 1935 to and the conserva Tives Ever what is also remarkable about this record is that no once Ever came indeed for the Ufa and social credit defeat was something from which they never though one might observe that something of the spirit of social credit infuses the phenomenon in has latterly infused the provincial the sense of a single mind de electorate is reinforced by the fact that Many of the same values and attitudes have prevailed through successive those reelected Premier Ralph Klein and wife Colleen celebrate his Victory in professional of these Phe the editorial the Challenge for the rest of Canada is to try to keep up that will not be it May not even be but it is not a bad thing this be a but exhortation Only carries one so far when looking realistically at the competitive advantages Between our wealthiest and poor est even the most imaginative provincial policy and the most attitudes cannot really be adequately characterized As conservatism of the British or Canadian varieties rather As liberalism in the classic american tradition with an emphasis on pop Market values and limited this is hardly Surpris ing Given the magnitude of american settlement in Central and Southern Alberta and the rein forcing Impact of an Oil Industry highly oriented to Ameri can interests and viewed this what is some times described As is in fact neoliberal ism in Alberta is its seen for what it it presents a Challenge to the rest of the country on at least two the first arises directly from the Prospect that Albertas resource based Prosperity will Lead to a Radi Cally different tax regime with All its As the free press noted editorially this Albertas wealth is already having considerable Impact on the ability of other provinces to maintain competitive environments for investment and for the attraction and retention of this country most highly trained Alberta has never had much of an attachment for parliamentary govern ment As it is understood in the rest of the from make Oil the Manitoba f in from Alberta what is being rationalized Here in an Era before Market values trumped All be More readily understood As the second not entirely is though Ralph Klein has described Bernard the new Premier of As far More dangerous than his predecessor Lucien Klein and Landry could prove to have some things in starting As they do with a deep antipathy to the Federal Adrian wild Canadian press Albertas election at the a major impediment to any collaboration Between them is Landry intemperance and kleins shrewd sense of How the wind is Landry has already established a Pat Tern of offensive ant Canadian these Are probably intended to serve two purposes to solidify Landry Appeal to the extremist and ethnic nationalist elements in the parti quebecois and to try and pro Voke people in the rest of the country into intemperate this lat Ter May not work Landry demagoguery simply May be viewed As the outbursts of a Man moderately deranged by his own Short of achieving the outright breakup of Landry next est option would be a highly decentralized with an even weaker National government than we now Klein himself is doubtless too much of a not to say an to embrace a yet one observes that a highly decentralized federation is the program advanced by Albertas and kleins offspring at the National the Canadian Alliance and Stockwell in their respective which emphasize the flourishing of their own communities despite the indignities inflicted on them by can anyone doubt that que Bec after a distinct and Alberta yet another fat flip the free press welcomes letters from they must include the authors address and Telephone number w letters May be letters to the 1355 Mountain r2x fax email voice carried show to great Heights re music there was music 11 come Hartley admit even without the spectacular props and Aerial Sarah Brightman amazing could have carried her concert to great Eleanor smythe Winnipeg audience enthralled by Brightman re music there was music my Hus band and and my along with everyone around us were absolutely enthralled with Sarah Brightman per the stage show was fab she has a wonderful voice and stage one of the Best concerts weve been to in a very Long Michelle Drobni Winnipeg kids need to support each other the to coverage of the shootings in California had great Impact on i feel that this could happen in our school very weve already had bomb with every there comes the misfits or As they Are these kids get harassed and teased if not people think that it could never happen at their but they Are we definitely need to do something about kids in my own classroom Are bullied and often no one really does that much about the kids really need to support each other instead of putdown it should be and any threats should be taken very they should All be reported to an adult even if it Doest sound serious to Andy Williams had used his fathers no charges have been pressed against his father because the guns were locked up and the key was supposedly hidden where a teenager have found i dont know about other but i know about every hiding place in which my parents could hide How Many columbines an there going to be before we actually do something Jil Dudar Winnipeg school must Deal with bullying to principal Brian Wallace and superintendent Ron Westin of Teulon collegiate a collegiate is meant to be a Safe place conducive to if the 20 children represented by the 17 families Are unable to attend school without the fear of being picked on by peer bul then How can you Call your school a collegiate Over the the situation at Teu Lon collegiate seems to be spiralling out of control when More and More children Are living in dismay with nothing being done to Stop the aggressiveness of certain it is obvious the parents of these bully children have failed to teach them the respect that is deserved by All i suggest you take affirmative action to discipline bullying instead of cower ing away in a Israel Mendez Winnipeg Gay teacher turned student around in response to Gay teacher wont lie March i would like to say that i am one of Gale lots former Grade 8 students from Over 10 years i have gone on to become a teacher and later involved in i myself use some of the same effective techniques in my classrooms that is Mlot quite elegantly and effortlessly is Mlot was always the teacher that had a partial class of Troub Lemak of whom i was that no other teachers every year she was successful in turning these learners into Clear think witty my Posi Tion at red River and my successful business is due purely to the organizational and development skills that is Mlot taught and prac As an i know the value of a Good and the tremendous influence they can have on impressionable when i am asked by my or other professionals about my secrets to Suc i always Tell them the Story about a Grade 8 teacher who turned me who made me who i am in i would like to ask which is More important in this Day and age effectiveness in what we or sexual preference thanks a is Brian Fawkes program creative arts red River College Winnipeg hold Hsc brass responsible re Money to flow for baby deaths March senior management at the health sciences Centre Are some of Manitoba highest paid and ultimately responsible for the Fate of those i would like to quote a Brief excerpt from the Sinclair report on How the breathtaking incompetence displayed by senior management led to a disastrous in chapter judge Mur Ray Sinclair discusses How the Hsc never bothered checking with Jonah dims supervisor in Boston before Odim was judge sin Clair writes John Mayer said he was not entirely convinced that Odim had fully grasped some of the concepts that were being from a technical standpoint he i was never comfortable helping him do any thing More than relatively simple and straightforward simply because i was not comfortable with his level of technical evidence pages it would be Safe to say that dims recruitment and hiring was marked by flawed if this was the Why int the senior management at the the highest paid individuals in being held financially responsible for what should be enormous compensation to the families of the not the citizenry and taxpayers of Manitoba Warren Klass Winnipeg doonesbury by Garry Trudeau put Pon worry y an 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