Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 18, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba Maday Zine weve got entertainment Winnipeg free press carotid b1 helping Junior Buck bullies the Bare facts you might have trouble remembering the stories if you watch but millions dont seem to care b2 when meanies torment your loved heres a strategy gets her bearings in Ottawa dizzying whirl by Paul Samyn Ottawa Anita Neville was used to life in the fish bowl As a High profile school As a single mom holding a senior Job within the provincial civil she also knew a few things about hard work and Long but even though Neville had Long been involved in nothing could prepare her for what she has experienced during her first three months As the my for Winnipeg South when i came to Ottawa the first time in Decem it was like Alice coming to Neville it was As Neville and other Rookie maps quickly the surreal world of parliament Hill comes com plete with its own cast of Cheshire cats and Queens of Shes been struck by the Way internal party poli tics shows up from committee appoint ments to private Shes been run off her feet trying to set up an office and still Hast had time to find an and Shes struggling to adjust to the Way the crack of the Liberal whip requires her and other grit maps to fall into the first three months have been exhilarating and Awe inspiring in terms of walking the Halls of parliament and realizing where you Are and what has gone on before but it has also been because the learning curve has been so huge in so Many with things like budgets and committee structures and parliamentary there have been a whole myriad of competing and exciting feelings and emotions Cou pled with the fact that the Days Are very Long and you switch from one thing to another very at several Points in a one could be at three different things at for the Neville has managed to catch her Shes sitting in her first floor which still has that jus moved in just to the West of parliament the new couches Are in place but the bookshelves Are All but Bare and Shes still waiting to get some Manitoba Art on her Back in Shes still squatting in Lloyd Axworthy old constituency office on Osborne but a move to Corydon Avenue should be completed Neville says Shes starting to learn the ropes through the help of colleagues such As veterans affairs minister Ron i feel like i am moving Forward i do not feel on top of the issues of the policy the Bills coming before but i am feel ing More in control in terms of the structures and the for she now knows her Way around Par feel like Lam moving Forward now Jonathan lament the first week or i didst know my so i was leaving half an hour Early so i be late and now i am learning it is not so terrible to walk in five minutes although i dont like to do from a seat in the commons that seems Kilometres away from the front Row Perch Axworthy used to she got Over the jitters to deliver her Maiden a Tutor she helped arrange for should ensure Neville and other Rookie grits get to know the ins and outs of parliamentary she has quickly Learned there is no end of invitations to threatening the Waistline of every or if i go to All of i will be a her eyes have been opened by the Way the infighting Between the Chretien Camp and those backing finance minister Paul Martin is always in i am aware of what is going but i dont know who All the players so Basi Cally i am not getting i dont have time for then there is the business of the Liberal whip imposing party the whip process is an no question about i am not used to being told what to i want to be Able to maintain my own personal integrity and represent the interests of my constituents As Well As my commitment to the Liberal it will be a balancing 2001 rotary career symposium putting the pieces together Don t miss out on the informative evening sessions on March 20 and March 21 from i March speaker sessions vhf t h m March 21 and 22 Winnipeg convention Centre tickets at the for More information Contact March 2001 speaker sessions supports at pos secondary initiations whats m p 0 m u m 0 r ;