Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 13, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba Jim 2001 local a grit maps disagree on Federal fund by Paul Samyn Ottawa the Federal govern ments Western economic diversification department is doing Little to justify its Price tag and should be shut Winnipeg lib eral my Reg Alcock i think it is an Experiment which has failed and should be Alcock Winnipeg South my sense is that we do not get much Benefit from Alcocks decision to break rank rep resents a surprising attack on the Chretien governments main lever of economic development across Western which has spent billion since Western economic diversification wed has been under the control of Manitoba ministers for the last decade and the office poured million into the province in the Wake of the 1997 red River Ron the Boniface my who has been in charge of the depart ment since said Alcock is alone in his push to pull the plug on the depart i dont think you would find one min ister or one colleague who would agree with his said the vet Erans affairs Reg has his own View and that is All i can Duhamel said the departments string of Success stories across the West has led the Northern territories to ask if they can be part of the Alcock slams Western Duhame fires Back there is no question about we have made a Alcock stressed his Call for the end of wed is not a criticism of for Mer Winnipeg my Lloyd Axworthy or Manitoba lib eral Leader Jon who also used to serve As its Alcock who has been offside with Duhamel on a number of issues said that after nearly eight years in government he can no longer remain silent about a department he believes is a Barrier to growth in Mani Toba and the other Western Alcock said those work ing at the department Are at Best bureaucratic paper pushers and there is Little strategic analysis being done to help the Alcock said the existence of the department Means the West is forced to Deal with a second tier cutting off the Region from the Best minds and big Bucks available elsewhere within Industry the Alcock would be better served if the wed was wound Down and the million spent annually to admin ister the department was flowed into the Region to help grow the i think it is an Experiment which has failed and should be ended1 Reg Alcock i dont think you would find one minister or one colleague who would agree with his Point vacations Syme Nowith the Bay travel and air and youll be on your Wayl you use your Bay air Canada vacations Paradero sol club Coral All 1 week june 30 sol elite palmers All 1 week june 30 Ciego de Avila Cayo Guillermo All 1 week july 1 sol club Cayo Coco All 1 week july 1 h299 12 equal payments from Only Iii 12 equal payments from Only s101 58 Terri and prices Are per Parson based on double Canadian funds including airfare from taxes and tour lit card cuban departure tax s20usd paid rates subject to availability at Lima of subject o downtown 9822999 toll free 18009911919 the 1 closed sundays apply for yours trademark of the Hudson Bay the Bay travel is a Licensee of the Hudson Bay Ontario Regis lotion 104425969 b c registration Holder of a Quebec id rather spend the Money building capacity in Alcock the Canadian taxpayers which last year published a critique of wed that said it wasted tax dollars and applauded Alcocks we Welcome Alcocks Point of Wal Ter the cts fed eral if people question the Utility of the that is positive it gets it Back on the radar in its the ctr concluded the existence of regional development pro Grams such As wed will ultimately hinder this West Ern Canadas Prosperity rather than promoting Duhamel described the ctr report As Duhamel defence of wed received support from an unlikely Quarter As Cana Dian Alliance my inky Mark broke with party say ing he Doest want it my own opinion is that it could be bet Ter said Mark dauphins an but there Are Many needs out Ron Duhamel there that this program does Mark said Alcocks View mirrors offi Cial Alliance which would end All regional development efforts like John the Winnipeg grit who chairs the liberals Western and North Ern said he Doest know anyone other than Alcock who wants to see an end to As far As caucus is that is a Harvard Charleswood James Assiniboia Harvard said its the View of Western liberals that far from being wound wed needs to have a substantial funding boost so it is on Par with the Atlantic Canada opportunities which receives million we made it Clear to the prime minis Ter that we want wed to be put on a level playing Dan the Canadian federation of Independent business Prairie vice pres said he has no formal surveys on support for wed but believes there is Little membership support for it other than its business resource i would believe if it was scrapped in its entirety there would Only a handful of business owners across the West who would notice it was Kelly d Green treated posts Green treated posts Fence boards materials landscape fabric 3 x 24 incredible savings Cedar tone mini ties 816 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