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8 Monday, May 28, 2018 • Last Mountain Times Subscribe for free at LMTIMES.CA Regina Beach Treasures One person’s trash is another one’s treasure, is a statement that rings true every May long weekend at Regina Beach. The local Arts and Crafts Association held their annual Trash and Treasure Sale to raise funds to encourage and develop a knowledge and appreciation of fine arts and crafts within our community. Held at the Art Center built in 1957, everyone enjoyed sorting through the many donated items to find a treasure to take home! The Arts and Crafts Association sponsored the first “Artist in Residence Program” from 1998 to 2000 funded by the Saskatchewan Arts Board. The outcome of this program was the formation of the South Shore Art Guild and the establishment of the Last Mountain Lake Cultural Center. -info and photos from Sandi Metz, Regina Beach Shari Beer (left) president of the Regina Beach Arts and Crafts Association, with member Zena Lamontage. CONTINUED from PAGE 8 ern provinces. Saskatchewan newspapers have, in fact, discussed this issue with much more candour than the Globe and Mail, for example. These newspaper editors and editorial writers have on-the-ground knowledge of the issues. Although rural crime is committed by people of all ethnic backgrounds, unfortunately, it’s a particularly severe problem in rural areas that are close to some - though not all - First Nations. Whether Toronto editors like it or not, a Saskatchewan male resident of a First Nation is 33 times more likely than a non-Indigenous male to be convicted of an offence. Manitoba numbers are similar. The rural crime statistics reflect differences in conviction rates between Indigenous and non-Indigenous residents. It’s impossible to have a meaningful discussion about rural crime on the Prairies, in areas that are near some First Nations communities, if alarming statistics like this are ignored. Before we can understand the outcome of the Boushie and Fontaine murder trials, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people need to be able to candidly and intelligently discuss this important fact. Good policy is dependent on a good understanding of the facts and logic, not on the racial background of jury members. -Brian Giesbrecht is a retired judge and a senior fellow at the Frontier Centre for Public Policy. www.troymedia.com Disclaimer: opinions expressed are those of the writer
NAFTA agendas There is a reason people are reluctant to open a can of worms, and that is simply once it is open the wiggly critters tend to escape and can be very hard to get back in the can. It is an old adage United States president Donald Trump should perhaps have thought of before forcing a renegotiation of the long-standing North American Trade Agreement. Of course Trump has shown he very much marches to his own drum in terms of how he does things, even if his drum appears badly out of tune with common sense in general, (and reality) on more than a few occasions. But questioning Trump’s reasons for opening NAFTA now is pretty much worrying about why someone left the barn door open after the horse has escaped, to continue in the vein of old sayings. Regardless of the reasoning, the NAFTA deal needs to be renegotiated, and from the perspective of Canada in general, and Canadian agriculture specifically, the sooner the better. Perrin Beatty, the president and CEO of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce touched on the need for urgency when he spoke at the annual Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce Conference held in Yorkton recently. Perrin said there are some key issues before the country now which business needs to be keeping abreast of, and have a say in depending on how things progress. The first are the ongoing negotiations around the NAFTA. Beatty said NAFTA is “something that is special in North America,” adding it has been a benefit to the three countries involved. So the key in negotiations is not to do anything which hurts the signatories in terms of trade. “What is crucial is we do nothing that undermines it,” said Beatty. That said, Beatty did suggest some changes are warranted, noting as an example at the time of the original negotiations and signing for NAFTA “e-commerce didn’t exist.” There are also new job classifications today which should be covered in the deal which because they also did not exist at the time. Beatty said the next days are crucial in the current negotiations as a deal needs to be in place soon ahead of presidential elections in Mexico this summer, and Congressional elections in the United States this fall. The Congressional and Mexican presidential elections were thought by many to be the motivation to hammer out a deal through May, but the reality of a complex document with each side having agendas they see as important, have pretty much scuttled the likelihood of deal anytime soon. Robert Lighthizer, the U.S. Trade Representative, came out recently suggesting a deal is a long way off, and there are now indications from some quarters that a deal might well not be achieved before sometime in 2019. A lot can change in that time, including the potential of a new Mexican president less supportive of NAFTA changes, and a change in the congressional mix stateside. And at risk is a deal that, while never perfect through its history, or even fair on every commodity, at least provided a known framework of rules to follow which was generally positive for trade among the three countries. Monday, May 28, 2018 • Last Mountain Times AG NOTES CALVIN DANIELS - Calvin Daniels Disclaimer: opinions expressed are those of the writer. From Foundation to Finishing 9 FRIES TALLMAN FRIES TALLMAN LUMBER Subscribe for free at LMTIMES.CA GREEN ACRES GREENHOUSE INSPIRING IDEAS FOR YOUR YARD AND GARDEN OLD MAN WINTER WAS A GROUCH AND ATE UP MANY OF OUR PERENNIALS! To help you refurbish your flower beds, this week we are offering perennials at 30% OFF! PLUS Leafy fillers and Million Bells are BUY 3 GET 1 FREE, just in case your planters need filling in a bit. 704 – 4th Ave. E., Watrous ● 306-946-4191 Open daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. until June 30.
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