Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 18, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba A4 local Winnith Ohki March 2001 my robot can beat your robot Ken Gigliotti Winnipeg free press heavy concentration William Dominie left and Steven Swain play robotic sumo trying to push each others robot out of the at the Manitoba robotic which end today at the Manitoba museum of Man and about 400 students from Grade 1 to univer sity level Are participating in the Multi event stacked deck addresses panel commission on corporate accountability Doest get corporate View by Paul Mckie de Broadbent brought his com Mission on corporate account ability to town Friday but business minded its own business and stayed the Canadian democracy and corporate accountability commission held its second meeting in a National series in the co chaired by former Federal nip Leader de Broad Bent and Mclelland and Stewart chair Avie was formed to explore the Issue of corporate accountability and its role in the commission seeks to understand issues about corporations role in the Community and their social Respo Sibil Broadbent said the commission recognizes the key responsibility of managers is to make Money for share but were also saying that there related accountability questions that go beyond the corporate responsibility simply to their said before fridays session Ben Nett said the commission sought dialogue and suggestions from the Community and that it didst have the answers Bennett also wanted More input from the business but there was Little business input to be had in Winnipeg the presenters during the Day Long session were Community based churches and labour minis Ter Becky Barrett was scheduled to talk late Friday about Manitoba Law Banning corporate and Union donations to political the commission wants to explore whether such a Law should apply across the coun Only Quebec has a Law similar to Manitoba on political lome spokesman for win Nipges chamber of said the chamber knew very Little about the com he said they Only found out Broadbent about the commissions visit a week ago and didst have time to prepare a paper or a formal he noted the com Mission was Garth senior vice president of National affairs for the Canadian federation of Independent said most employers dont even know about the he called the list of pre Senters before the commission a stacked the Lack of business input could be due to Lack of at least a third of the presenters said they heard about the hearings because they read free press columnist Penni Mitchells column on the subject earlier this Broadbent said the commissions Man Date was to look for answers about corporate the which began in Ottawa and will go to Cal Montreal and will wrap in Broadbent unlike a Royal the report will be timely and be ready by years Broadbent and Bennett have met with Federal Industry minister Brian Tobin who told them the reports recommendations will be taken dutch reimbursing Netherlands holocaust survivors by Mia Rabson at least six holocaust survivors in Winnipeg will receive More than each from the dutch government As Nursement for what was taken from their families during the second world it is believed there Are Many More in Winnipeg who Are eligible but who do not know about the dutch government began Dis Bursing the nearly million can in last december As part of a project known As which is hebrew for bitter Carla a dutch holocaust is leading the Effort to let oth ers in Winnipeg know about she has already told several people herself and knows there will be others Here who Are Ive come across two people that were totally unaware of she my major concern is that people Here find out about anyone who lived in Holland at any time during the second world who was alive at the end of the War and who had at least one jewish Parent and two jewish grandparents qualifies for Reim it is estimated As Many As people worldwide Are Kremers and her four siblings Are applying to recover Money stolen from their maternal grandparents in 1941 when the family jewelry store was seized and the assets confiscated and deposited in dutch her grand parents were eventually killed in a prison several years after the the dutch government sold All the jewish assets sitting in Amsterdam causing a Public uproar that led to the establish ment of the major applications for reimbursement will be accepted until All Eli Gible applicants will receive the same amount to prevent anyone from having to Supply proof of How much was taken from them or their if monetary documentation is Avail separate applications for restitution can be children or widows of qualified people who have since died can make applications on their forms can be requested at or by calling 011800 can Nairn tire correction notice we wish to draw your attention to the following in our current 2001 catalogue Page item 7 stackable High Back 8803508 and item 8 aluminium lounge due to circumstances beyond our these two items Are no longer available to order 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