Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 20, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba B2 Canada world Kii to Maui 2001 Cash Short army May get smaller by John Ward Ottawa the commander of the Canadian army cant make financial ends meet and is look ing at drastic cuts in the Mike who took Over command of the army last says he cant maintain the status quo with the Money Hes been the institution requires More dollars to keep it running than there Are dollars Jeffery told the Canadian press in a recent Jeffery said he can restructure things to save Money and try to save More with better but in the Hes Likely going to have to Cash in people to pay the he would give any exact say ing the numbers Are still being but he offered a hint general hints a brigade might go defence analysts aghast at idea when my predecessor was going through some of this exercise there were options that included the potential for going from three to two and clearly that is an if you want some idea of losing the equivalent of a brigade would mean several thousand people out of a Force with an authorized strength of and a combat strength of per haps defence analysts were it causes any number of said Jim associate executive director of the Canadian Institute for strategic studies and a retired i think if i was chief of the land staff id think seriously about cashing in my second career at this stage of the game any commitment is going to become More and More notwithstanding the spin of and he that its not Quantity that said Alain Pel Lerin of the conference of defence Asso we Are into big said Brian a retired artillery we Are in the interesting position of see ing a once proud and magnificent institution just suddenly crumbling in front of the generals comments follow on the news that the air Force plans to scrap a third of its and come after the Navy tied up one of its West coast destroyers for Lack of a Rumour suggests that an East coast destroyer May get the same also for Lack of defence minister Art who recently found another million for the military in the supplementary Esti has said repeatedly that the forces will get what they need to do their Jeffery said he didst set out to Cut the shrinking the army is not the object it May and probably be a the Bottom line is i believe the army can do what is required of but if we dont change what the army is and dont change some of the there will come a Point when it Canadian press Safeway food drug Safeway seniors f this wednesday is seniors Day at Safeway shoppers 65 and just show us your and use your Safeway club card and youll Mahum Bhimji your Safeway grocery Purchase your base air Miles Reward Miles off exclusions diabetes postage transit passes 9jn certificate gasoline purchases and custom ordered speciality department Ite Tim a id Xii cd i l t i i event ticket a i 1 i1 t i i Uwi t View Utji Iii ii in limes air Miles exclusions postage transit event ticket Starbuck Girt certificate sales and gasoline pharmacy prescriptions now qualify 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but promised that its peace keepers in Kosovo will do All they can to prevent Kosovo albanians from Supply ing the insurrection in nato has occupied Kosovo since the end of its War with Yugoslavia in simmering hostilities Western governments fear that the Macedonia fighting will become the fifth Balkan War since the disintegration of Yugoslavia in the Early Macedonia had until now maintained a peaceful multiethnic society despite simmering hostilities Between the slavic majority and albanian the government made no imme Diate response yesterday to the Call for More nato troops in during last years presidential Campaign advisers to George Bush expressed interest in winding Down the deploy ment there but More recently have said they would take such a step Only in close consultation with european a White House official said yesterday that the United states is considering new nonmilitary help for the Reuters news Agency White House spokesman Ari Fleischer the president is concerned about the actions taken by albanian extremists and that another reason Why the president and nato authorized stepped up the Washington Post honest broker continued from Page b1 the palestinian authority spokesman in the United has san Abdel appealed to the Bush administration to be an honest Bro Ker in the Middle we Are hopeful that the administration will not endorse Sharon plan to pacify a palestinian Abdel Rahman told the associated he accused Sharon of trying to blame the current problems in the Middle East solely on the we do not believe that this is an Issue of Public like Sharon and his supporters in the United states Are try ing to make of this Abdel Rah Man Sharon met at the Pentagon for about an hour with defense Secretary Donald they discussed the new israeli governments priorities and plan for making Progress toward ending the ongoing violence in the Region and achieving Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman they also discussed defence cooperation and regional Secu Rity Whitman Sharon conferred Lon distance with his senior advisers on Steps that will be taken to end the renewed bloodshed that took the life of a father of six in a drive by shooting and a second israeli Man whose body was found near the Northern 60 Auto Matic rifles were stolen from a against the bloody Sharon accused Arafat elite Force of terror activities and said a Core group of Arafat Palestine liberation was increasing its cooperation with fundamentalist ter ror in his Powell reiterated a pledge he made 10 years ago As chair Man of the joint chiefs of staff let there be no question about our commit ment to let there be no question that America will stand by press tenders the Winnipeg school division 1 Sale of used pianos sealed offers will be received at the o fice of the the Winnipeg school division 1577 Wall Street Manitoba noon april i 2001 for the Sale of thirty 30 used pianos on an As where lying May be viewed and bid forms obtained at Somerset 775 Stree Between the hours 22 2001pm s30 pm 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