Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 19, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba As Fin 2001 comment editor Terence Moore 6977044 editorials Freedom of Trade Liberty of religion Equality of civil rights Progress reported the flood Protection studies for Winnipeg Progress released should come As Good news for All Manitoban and in particular Premier Gary while the report does not endorse any of the proposed methods of improving Protection its presenters went out of their Way to make Clear that such an endorsement now would be irresponsible the facts As gathered to Date Advance the debate and seem to be pointing More favourably toward a bigger red River flood Way rather than a Dike South of doers preference has been the expanded which he believes would reduce risk for Winnipeg with out causing increased risk and which could allow Winnipeg to control water Levels within the City so As to reduce Riverbank erosion and increase the use and enjoyment of the Progress report seems to support doers beliefs on most although it cannot say with credibility whether Selkirk might face a greater risk from a larger an Issue that is to be researched further this on the Issue of flood Protection works increasing upstream the report finds that a Dike Over time creates greater upstream risks than does an expanded flood Way and under extreme Cir cause floods of greater duration in the United states and could destroy the Community at Roseau agreements would need to be negotiated with both the United states and study to finds that the upstream risks from a larger flood Way were significantly overestimated in preliminary investigations and except under the most extreme a bigger flood Way would not cause Elevation of water Levels above natural on the report Narrows the margin Between the original competing ideas from a Gap of about million to a Gap of about it has been found that the Dike which protects to the requires not just one control Structure on the red River at Ste but two More on the rat and Marsh As Well As a Channel to connect the Rivers and perhaps an additional control Structure on Tourond All these structures greatly complicate How the Dike would work and greatly increase environmental the Cost of building an enlarged flood Way to the 500year flood has fallen slightly to not More than million while enlarging the flood Way to the flood is now seen As even Desir and that is being closely studied with an Esti mated Price tag of work is to begin on the socioeconomic including All of which Are considered of such import that no further engineering work will be done on the Dike option until work on impacts is while engineering work on an expanded flood Way will continue with an expanded As a result of the Manitoban know More about the pros and cons of flood Protection than they had which greatly and usefully assists the process toward reaching an informed Royal return there Are Many pretenders to the former thrones of Eastern but Only one of Bulgaria Simeon appears to have any Chance of Ever being crowned the idea of a former King of Bulgaria returning from exile to Lead a political party to a decisive Victory in a democratic election May seem slightly but it is no laughing matter to Many in sundays the voters of Bulgaria gave their former Kings political the National movement Simeon about 43 per cent of the vote and a Large plurality of the seats in the country National in King Simeon ii was forced by Bulgaria new communist govern ment to abdicate the throne when he was nine years after the fall of communism in Bulgaria in the former King returned to a warm from Simeon is Point of joining in the political process has been an overwhelming Suc from other Points of View it May be less aus i the government that the King Defeated the Union of democratic forces led by prime minister Ivan Rostov had made valiant attempts to Reform Bulgaria Economy and political these reforms were difficult and necessary if the country is to succeed in its ambitions to join both the euro Pean Union and but their Short term effects appear to have been too painful for a nation that has suffered More pain than most in Eastern what form a new government will take is still the most promising Prospect is a coalition government Between the parties of Simeon ii and the two parties Are both Centre right and share Many similar in such a Kostov could continue As prime the former King has said he does not want that he would prefer to be Simeon ii also claims no interest in being King but Many of his supporters May think differ they reverently refer to him As his majesty King Simeon a restoration of the monarchy is not impossible it May not even be what and what the West needs to encourage by paying More attention to Bulgaria than it is that the reforms continue so that Bulgaria can rejoin Europe As a fully modern nevadas pet project if Winnipeg dog owners think they have Pound they need Only look to Nevada for while our City Puppy patrol offi cers have threatened scofflaws owners of stuffed dogs and leashed cats with a the dog Catcher in Pahrump has gone Ever according to town offi Karl Mitchell has been actively stealing the Bowser Brouhaha began when a local Man who keeps tigers and other exotic animals on his 10acre was asked to assume the Mantle of dog a two Brothel was overrun by pooches whose owners let them wander the previous do Catcher sheriffs offi cers said they were understaffed and not up to the task of rounding up later this the Man who would be Kennel King will be in court facing charges of stealing valuable animals from their owners and using euthanasia drugs without proper he denies the i took an unpopular Job that nobody wanted and now in getting hit with All this scan Dalous he told the los Angeles for the Means thin and one can Only assume Mitchell was accusing the Good people of Pahrump of a technique familiar to any Winnipeg Ger with whom our Pound has been Mitchells recent arrests he has a record going Back to 1985 involved the alleged theft of two purebred Silky terriers from a front Mitchell said he needed to Rescue them from the he told the owner the dogs in died and implied it was All her she called sheriffs officers who found the dogs snug and healthy at the do catchers the dogs might As Well have been Mitchell eventually told the distraught semantics catch you every by the overzealous approach of Winnipeg animal services Agency seems almost if i had a something i will neither confirm nor i would Welcome City officials to my Yard and encourage them in their quest for half chewed Bones and Stool id sit on the deck and cheer As they determined which pile belonged to the dog i May or May not have and which to the dozens of mongrels paraded past the House each i would offer shouts of encouragement As they rampaged through the carefully separating dog houses from Pup tents in an Effort to extract the necessary civic for the i think Winnipeg dog owners should cheerfully pay the 15 Bucks plus the Usu rious fines imposed when dogs go bad and Are in the Pound should Call Tell them Rex has been nabbed and offer cab ser vice it seems like a fair an Agency that claims to want what is Best for one that Doest consider an identifying ear Tat too enough id to effect a would surely be willing to do everything possible to reunite dog and second offence a bus lets All try to work together it looks like Karl Mitchell will soon be before the City gets entirely fed up and hires we need a All in favour of a fee for cab fare arrangement please notify your local Ani Mal control Hes the one peering Over your trying to determine if that garment on the line belongs to your kid or if Gap has started making sweaters for been done that history never exactly repeats itself but it some times throws up intriguing reflections of current the setting and the characters May be Dif Ferent but the political dramas of today can often find their parallels in events of the do those reflections offer us any profound insight into today events perhaps but they can produce some interesting historical anyone who was around 35 years ago and was pay ing attention to Canadian politics will recognize some parallels Between now and in the Leader of the opposition was fac ing widespread revolt in his caucus and in the party at his opponents and those who claimed not to be opponents but merely dedicated to giving the rank and file a voice in the Leader ship were pressure was building for a convention to choose a new that looks very much like the situation facing our current opposition the Canadian there of a few except the besieged Leader then was John die Fen whatever his he was a political figure of National a former prime minister and a powerful player in Canadian poli tics for the beleaguered opposition Leader today is Stockwell Day and Stockwell to put it is no John there is another significant difference As the tories in the 1960s went through a period of dissension and disunity but in the end they Man aged to Channel the procedure of leadership change in a constructive when the time came to vote on a new Diefenbaker was still fighting but there was an impressive roster of people ready to take his of Robert Stanfield and Duff the tories emerged from their leadership crisis stronger than though not Strong As it turned to beat Pierre the process that brought Trudeau to the Liberal party leadership also has certain parallels to the events of along with certain Cru Cial Lester Pearson was prime minister and let it be known that he did not plan to contest the next that opened the door for would be leaders of the Liberal party to launch their campaigns to replace they got so Busy campaigning that they tended to shirk their ministerial the result was that Many were absent for a crucial vote on the budget and the government was actually Robert Stanfield helped the Pearson govern ment to restore its Confidence in parliament but the 1968 defeat has obviously stuck with Jean the memory of that in May have a lot to do with Chretien Stern line against would be prime ministers in his own a determination to avoid Lester pearsons embarrassment May have inspired his warning to his ministers to concentrate on their ministerial duties or risk being Chretien is probably not going to Lead the Liberal party into the next election but so Long As he holds out the possibility that he might he can keep his ministers on a there is one More crucial difference Between now and the 1960s the lineup of potential new prime ministers in both parties looks a lot less substantial today than it did both parties could put up leadership candidates with significant track the Alliance party and the conservative party Ogeth along with whatever new political amalgamation emerges from the can offer very Little besides Joe who should be the liberals have Paul other candidates Are warming up for the race but few of them look like prime ministerial candidates at the they looked better thirty some years ago or is that nostalgia speaking and not history Bush makes Good Start with Putin the new York times said in an editorial for monday the Quick rapport struck Between pres ident George Bush and russian presi Vladimir during their initial meeting saturday exceeded even optimistic All the More so considering the rhetorical chill that briefly crept Over relations Between washing ton and Moscow earlier this on Bush seemed genial and at although his comment that he had looked Putin in the Eye and found him an straightforward whom americans can struck some observers As even whose usual steely Demeanour recalls his Long years As a soviet Kab opera visibly warmed to the personal chemistry of the to be there should be no under estimating of the difficulty of the prob lems that could potentially Divide America and Russia Over the next four these include american missile defence the next round of nato expansion and russian problematic sales of nuclear material and technology to but if the two leaders stay committed to their vision of Washington and Moscow As potential even the hardest problems can be constructively the most pressing disagreement Between the two countries right now concerns missile Bush has talked of renouncing the 1972 Anibal Listic missile treaty so that he can quickly build a missile shield against unpredictable countries like North he has offered Russia incentives to accept this including military joint antimissile exercises and the Purchase of russian surface air mis Moscow has concerned that abandoning the abm treaty would allow America to test advanced defensive technology that could one Day Blunt russian nuclear missile on Putin again warned that if Washington developed a missile shield without some understanding with rus it could severely complicate rela but he emphasized his Hope that some form of agreement could be Secretary of state Colin Powell and defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld will begin a series of meetings with their russian counterparts on these and other issues in the coming on nato expansion Bush last week called for the eventual inclusion of All european including the three Baltic nations that once formed part of the soviet a step strongly opposed by but in the same Bush stressed that even As it is no enemy of a stance welcomed on Russia should not have a veto Over future nato but further expansion must be handled in ways that do not appear provocative or no visible Progress was made on Russ Ian arms sales to Iran or Moscow Assis Tance to the iranian nuclear Power which Washington fears could Speed Tehran development of nuclear further discussion of this Issue will be needed when Powell and rums Feld meet with russian officials and when Bush meets again with Putin at next months economic Summit meeting of Industrial nations in Winnipeg free press Winnipeg free press est 1872 Winnipeg Tribune est 1890 vol 129 n0189 2001 Winnipeg free a division of newspapers division of Thomson Canada limited published seven Days a 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