Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 20, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba Win pc Freh june 2001 local As Gay adoptions will be studied by new panel by Mia Rabson neither the government nor the official opposition will introduce amendments to add Gay adoption rights to Bill but there will be legislation to Amend the adoption act and other statutes next the government said attorney general Gord Mackintosh announced yesterday he has established a two person panel to study the remaining Manitoba statutes there Are at least 70 which discriminate against Gay men and Les the made up of family lawyer Jennifer Cooper and retired associate chief Justice Alfred will report Back to Mackintosh by the end of the in addition to statutes that need to be amended include property the ability for same sex partners to make medical decisions for each and conflict of if All 70 statutes Are amended next Manitoba will rocket from the Bottom of the pack to the becoming the nation Al Leader on Gay Mackintosh latest announcement comes a Day after nearly 100 people packed a legislative commit tee hearing to express their outrage that adoption had not been included in Bill the set to com ply with a supreme court of Canada ruling from extends Alimony and death benefits to same sex Mackintosh said there Are Many Complex issues to be looked including confidentiality for people who Are not yet open about their before legis lation is Jill town Doest understand Why the government feels it has to she and her partner want to adopt a but have had to apply separately As i divid i dont think there Are very Many people who would say current adoption Laws dont Dis Crimi town adding she int positive the government will actually move Forward on this Issue next in always hopeful but i also am not hold ing my Janet chairwoman of the Manitoba human rights also said yesterday that adoption should be included now because it has an immediate Impact on tory la Darren who on monday indicated the tories might introduce an amendment to include adoption in Bill said yesterday he now supports the idea of having a committee study the Issue and then have legislation introduced there Are a lot of complexities that have to be sorted out and i think the right approach is Mackintosh Praznik d to sorry were still Here after 15 Northcott says food Bank opens new warehouse by Carol Sanders Manitoba May be Riding a wave of economic with welfare caseloads falling and employment lev Els but not everyone ship is coming Antipoverty groups the expansion of Winnipeg Harvest facilities announced yesterday shows there is a raft of hungry castaways that been set they its sad when food Banks Are a growth Indus said Garry executive director of the North end Community renewal the food Bank officially opened a new Square foot warehouse next door to Winnipeg harvests Winnipeg Avenue in sorry were still Here after 15 said Harvest executive director David North Cott at a news conference on the Steps of the newly acquired when the food Bank opened in it distributed pounds of by it was two million by 1995 it was four last year they distributed nearly six million pounds of said too Many people in Winnipeg Are lining up for said Wayne executive director of the Winnipeg social planning coun at the same the province reports fewer Manitoba families Are collecting theres been a substantial said Gisela a spokeswoman for the depart ment of family the number of individuals seeking income assistance in 1995 was five years there were that a 26 per cent one of the things were seeing is the num ber of persons with Dis abilities is increasing while the rest Are decline she fewer sin Gle parents and single people Are applying for social Manl n Lnu what continues to Rise Vui u buy is the number of in Dividson their kids urls with Rempel they face More barriers to becom ing Northcott said single parents and individuals Are getting off but Low paying jobs Force them to go to Winnipeg Harvest to make ends the working poor May have jobs but there sinking further below the poverty North Cott he cited a National Council of welfare poverty profile published last year that found that in Many women Are eating one can eat three Harvest Boss David Northcott 1998 it would take billion to bring poor canadians up to the poverty in that number was billion and in it was people Are struggling with income said the numbers have not gone away there sinking deeper into he said the Rich Are getting Richer while the working poor dont have enough Money for Winnipeg is ranked 3 among Canadian cities for the number of children living in poverty Many women Are eating one meal a Day so their kids can eat said the number of people needing the food Bank has risen by three or four per cent a year but the depth of the need is its a service we wish would go out of Busi said Richard executive director of the Winnipeg it provided a capital Grant to Winnipeg Harvest to buy the warehouse which will be used mainly to store seasonal food and the 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