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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 19, 2013, Winnipeg, Manitoba C M Y K PAGE A3 Over the years we have seen many changes in the furniture industry. I remember a time when every dining room suite had a china cabinet with it for display. Not today, now most want a Buffet only, large enough to act as a server and big enough to store whatever. I believe this is in response to women being a part of the work force, and no longer interested in collecting fine china or crystal, quite happy to register for kitchen stuff when getting married. There was a time when almost every table grouping had a secretary desk and a front hall chest to match. I cannot think of a single secretary desk that is available today. However, some things that seemed to disappear, for no apparent reason are finding their way back into production. In particular - bunching tables. You wonder what they are! They are usually 2 smaller tables that function as a cocktail table put together, but which can be separated and moved quite easily, to service chairs, or other parts of the room, and allowing the flexibility to adjust seating as the occasion requires. Although I had many customers asking for them for years there were none available. Finally, at the last furniture show, we were able to find them again. Not just by one supplier but by several. We now have sets from Century, Bernhardt, and Durham on the floor, and are quite excited to be able to show them, as we always found them to be so user friendly. Another table that is making a come back is what is now called " martini tables" These are small, usually round, slightly taller tables that can easily be moved beside a chair to hold your drink and whatever. The earlier version were called " wine tables, or cigarette tables" and were more traditional in styling, but today they are more sophisticated and we now call them " Martini tables" When I told my puppy GiGi about all the new things and how excited I am to be a part of this, her only comment to me was " Dad, face it, your still old" DREXEL HERITAGE . BERNHARDT . HANCOCK & MOORE . AMERICAN DREW By Fred Brick BARRYMORE . DURHAM . STANLEY . HANCOCK & MOORE . AMERICAN DREW 145 MARKET AVE. . 957- 1211 . wwwbricksfififinefurniture. com There is no association between Brick's Furniture & The Brick Warehouse BUNCHES OR BUNCHERS Email: bricks@ mts. net Website: www. bricksfinefurniture. mb. ca Cynthia and Fred Brick own Brick's Fine Furniture AGE BER COCK MO "... However, some things that seemed to disappear, for no apparent reason are finding their way back..." Helen Procner Frances Marr You have won a Double Pass to The Smurfs 2 Claim your prize before noon, July 26/ 13. 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" Subject to Additions & Deletions" " Everything Sold As Is, Where Is" with no warranties implied or expressed KAYE'S AUCTIONS 204- 668- 0183 ( WPG.) www. kayesauctions. com 71% of Winnipeg adults responsible for grocery shopping read the Winnipeg Free Press in print or online every week. Repetitive, distressing thoughts and worries? Distressing, repetitive, rituals or habits? Call us: OCD Centre 204- 942- 3331 TOP NEWS WINNIPEG FREE PRESS, FRIDAY, JULY 19, 2013 winnipegfreepress. com A 3 A B I T was the end of an era. Two weeks ago, Paul Vogt, the clerk of the executive council, quietly announced he was leaving the provincial government to return to academia. There was no fanfare or crush of media attention accompanying Vogt's departure. That is not because it was an unimportant event. Rather, it's a reflection of how little attention voters and journalists pay to the lives of the key people who make government run. Most people have never heard of the clerk of the executive council, let alone understand what he or she does. As clerk, Vogt was a top adviser to former premier Gary Doer and current Premier Greg Selinger, helping develop and implement government policy. He was the main liaison with deputy ministers and a constant presence in daily meetings between the premier and senior political staff. In other words, he was the most senior, most important voice advising the premier directly. Vogt was also the last member of an impressive team of advisers and strategists who engineered the NDP's 1999 election victory. The others included: union executive Bob Dewar, campaign manager in 1999 and 2003 who also served as Doer's first chief of staff after the election win; Eugene Kostyra, a former NDP finance minister who was a key campaign adviser and went on to serve as secretary to the Community Economic Development secretariat; David Woodbury, a key policy adviser who was Doer's eyes and ears on the Treasury Board; and communications director Donne Flanagan, a former journalist who died very prematurely of a heart attack in 2008. But Selinger's current staff is not without experience. Many of his key advisers understudied with the 1999 election brain trust. Anna Rothney, secretary of the priorities and planning committee of cabinet, started with the NDP government in the early 2000s. Chief of staff Liam Martin, son of NDP MP Pat Martin, is a veteran organizer. Nammi Poorooshasb, Selinger's director of communication, gained a wealth of experience working for the NDP in Ontario before coming here. And there is Jim Eldridge, a former clerk of the executive council, who came out of retirement to serve as an adviser on intergovernmental and international affairs. Even so, Vogt's departure marks a watershed in the evolution of an NDP government that will celebrate its 14th anniversary this October against a backdrop of profound political and fiscal uncertainty. Running behind the Opposition Progressive Conservatives in polls and still struggling to overcome a deficit, Selinger faces an April 2015 election that will be the most competitive since 1999. Opinion in NDP circles is mixed about whether this new group - a combination of new talent and accomplished understudies from the Doer years - is ready for the next election. Many insiders believe the preliminary test of the Selinger team was the most recent provincial budget, which was highlighted by a surprising decision to raise the provincial sales tax to fund infrastructure without holding a referendum as required under the balanced- budget law. This after Selinger and the NDP promised during the 2011 general election not to raise taxes to increase investment in infrastructure. In this instance it is not so much what Selinger did, but how he did it. Or, perhaps more accurately, when he did it. Some of that skepticism is Monday- morning quarterback stuff, the judgmental analysis of former Doer staff who would never acknowledge anyone can do it as well as they did. It deserves to be said that the PST hike did occur on Vogt's watch. Still, Vogt's departure definitely signals a generational shift in the staff that advise and support the premier. There are many ways to test a government, but right now attention is focused on a tax increase that may become the seminal issue in the next election. If there is any saving grace for the NDP, it is that the budget is only the undercard in a larger, longer battle for control of Manitoba. A lot can, and likely will, happen during the next two years. And as anyone in politics can tell you, an election result is the only true test of any political team. dan. lett@ freepress. mb. ca DAN LETT Key adviser's exit may be huge Comes at turbulent time for NDP S TALL tactics by the Opposition Progressive Conservatives are jeopardizing August paycheques for civil servants, NDP house leader Jennifer Howard said Thursday. For the fourth day in a row Thursday, Howard tried and failed to introduce a temporary money bill that would keep the government in the black after July 31 when a special funding warrant expires. That interim money- supply bill would put about $ 7 billion in government coffers. Howard also asked for unanimous consent for MLAs for a special sitting today to deal with the interim- supply measure, but she didn't get it. Today is a day off for MLAs. Howard said the government has funding in place to make its payroll July 26, but not for the next paycheque for government employees on Aug. 4. " That pay period could be missed," Howard said. " We don't have the PIN to the bank card after July 31." The delay in the budget- approval and legislative process is mostly due to Tory opposition to Bill 20, which would allow the government to raise the PST without a public referendum. The procedural delays the Tories are using forced the legislature to go into an emergency sitting, which heads into its fourth week Monday. The sitting started April 16 with the tabling of the new budget and was supposed to end June 13, but only Thursday did the first phase of the budget- approval process end. That phase normally takes about three weeks - it took almost two months instead. Bill 20 has yet to receive third reading almost three months after it was introduced, although the PST increase of one percentage point took effect July 1. The NDP's anti- bullying bill and another to amalgamate smaller municipalities are also stuck in limbo, with public hearings still to be scheduled. Howard said there's no logical reason for the Tories to drag their feet on interim supply as PC Leader Brian Pallister has already said his party would support it and not put the day- to- day business of government at risk. " I don't know why they want to wait," she said. " I don't know how that serves Brian Pallister's political agenda. You don't wait until catastrophe to act. And these guys want to be government? I shudder to think about that." PC house leader Kelvin Goertzen said Howard's words ring hollow as there is no looming " fiscal cliff." " This is self- induced hysteria," Goertzen said. " They have absolutely no ability to manage this so they cause panic. " The only fiscal risk is the fiscal risk of their own making. The only fiscal risk is if this government stays in power." Meanwhile, the legislature's division bells rang for almost two hours straight Thursday, calling all MLAs to vote on two Opposition motions to reduce ministerial salaries to $ 1.08, the eight cents symbolically representing the eight per cent provincial sales tax. The Tories have made similar motions for all NDP ministers, a move that has eaten up a lot of time on the legislative clock as the bells for each $ 1.08 motion ring for a maximum one hour prior to the vote. The last vote ended at the end of the day Thursday, but now the house moves on to the next phase of the budget- approval process, open- ing up a whole new basket of ways the Tories can stall house business, Howard said. " How is this being responsible to Manitobans?" she asked. bruce. owen@ freepress. mb. ca Pay for civil servants at risk: NDP's Howard Says stalling by Tories may turn off tap ' This is self- induced hysteria. They have absolutely no ability to manage this so they cause panic' - Tory house leader Kelvin Goertzen By Bruce Owen ' You don't wait until catastrophe to act. And these guys want to be government? I shudder to think about that' - NDP house leader Jennifer Howard A_ 05_ Jul- 19- 13_ FP_ 01. indd A3 7/ 18/ 13 10: 22: 17 PM ;