Misleading statements Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * Misleading statements Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? Opinion Misleading statements My MPI interim statement states in large blue text, “On Aug. 14, 2024, your next payment is due.” Under the “total due” in much smaller black text, it states, “Failure to pay the amount due by Aug.
14, 2024 will result in late fees, interest and possible suspension” I visited a broker on Aug. 14 to pay for my renewal and was promptly advised that I owed a $100 late fee, as the actual renewal deadline was midnight on Aug. 13.
I objected and called MPI. My broker also called MPI and quickly advised that the late fee was reduced to $7. I paid this reduced late fee but still feel like I was ripped off.
If Aug. 13 was the actual deadline the statement should have read “ On or before Aug. 13.
..” It has me wondering how many other Manitobans have paid late fees for renewing on the date stated on MPI’s poorly worded and misleading statements.
H.H. Pheifer Winnipeg No threat Tammy Macintosh, in her letter to the editor “Unhelpful move,” Aug.
14, continues to spread the unfounded and unhelpful myth that the actions calling for a ceasefire and end to the war in Gaza, like the one held outside of the Israeli Folklorama pavilion, are making people fearful. As someone who has attended these events and many of the weekly events calling for a ceasefire, I can say with confidence that they are peaceful, orderly and non-violent. For further proof of that, readers only need to refer to the words of Jeff Lieberman, CEO of the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg, who in a story ( , Aug 8) regarding the event outside the pavilion, said, “Everyone has a right to protest peacefully and that’s what they were doing.
” Lieberman went on to say that the protesters have never been violent and there was no disturbance to those trying to get into the show. Peaceful and non-violent, and zero turmoil. Doesn’t sound to me that anyone had anything to fear.
As for Tammy’s mis-characterization of Ramsey Zeid as only being on the one side, I know Ramsey to be a man with an enormous heart who mourns for the senseless loss of the lives of both Palestinians and Israelis. Harold Shuster Winnipeg An opportunity Is it what the doctor ordered? I recently returned from a trip to Montreal, where local TV news and articles in the were reporting that physicians there were unhappy with a French language initiative that would make it difficult for doctors to provide medical services in English. It occurred to me that Manitoba Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara might be able to leverage this situation to help meet her recruiting targets.
Of course, language is only one of many factors in deciding where to work and live, but it just might be what the doctor ordered to tip the balance in favour of Manitoba. Fred Phillips Winnipeg Other options This letter is in reply to Shawn Kettner’s letter to the editor “No to nuclear waste storage,” Aug. 9.
I worked in nuclear research for 30 years, one-third of which was in nuclear fuel reprocessing. Although there is no way to make nuclear waste benign, there is a way to reduce the storage time, to make it essentially benign, by a factor of 1,000. That is to remove the fissile plutonium which can be eliminated in a nuclear reactor.
The remaining fission products must then be stored for 500 years instead of 500,000 years. Leon Clegg Lac du Bonnet Slowing down The affordable way to make our roads safer is to reduce speed limits. Most drivers see the posted maximum speeds as the absolute minimum speed to travel.
Travelling slower than the signed maximum speed limit incurs the wrath of our fellow drivers. Be it in a residential neighbourhood, or a well-travelled city thoroughfare (with the exception of Salter Street’s 50 km/h speed limit) or a provincial highway, the posted speed limits encourage drivers to drive too fast to avoid collisions. As a driver, entering busy thoroughfares such as St.
Mary’s Road, Pembina Highway, and McPhillips Street from the side streets has become a stressful ordeal. We wonder what to do to make the Carberry intersection safer, and expensive re-designs are pondered. Meanwhile, there are many other similar intersections throughout the province.
Traffic volumes have increased over the years, and it is unrealistic to think that we can change our infrastructure to safely accommodate our need for speed. Granted, it won’t be easy; it will be painful. However, we must slow down.
Marilyn Bird Winnipeg Words with power Re: Aug. 16. Thank you, Niigaan Sinclair, for your powerful words, and for all that you have done for your province, for our country — for all of us.
It is astonishing how Indigenous people not only survived the barbarities of colonialism, but are now leading our community into a new world – one of tolerance and love. I am honoured that you refer to all of us as your relatives. Thank you.
Bill Martin Gimli By the numbers Re: , Aug. 13 How many City of Winnipeg employees does it take to fill a pothole? A 311 operator who takes a citizen’s call, prepares a report which is sent to the appropriate department. The departmental intake person then enters to report into their system.
A team of two assessment specialists is sent out to visit the pothole in question to see if it actually meets the definition of a “pothole.” The specialists prepare a report which is forwarded to the pothole filling department to be approved and entered into a triage system whereby only the most important potholes get attention. After weeks or months of waiting, the pothole fillers show up.
One driver, whose union contact forbids him or her from actually assisting in the filling and a couple of employees who first set up an elaborate pattern of safety cones. They leisurely shovel the hot asphalt mix off of the truck and into the hole and wait. Wait for what? The hole repair isn’t complete until the heavy packing roller shows up to finish the work.
After the job’s done, everything gets packed up for the next repair. We’re up to seven people now. Throw in the multiple layers of bureaucracy in the City of Winnipeg’s management team and an AI pilot project to find potholes and we can probably double that number.
Fixing potholes isn’t the problem. Fixing the City of Winnipeg bureaucracy is the problem. Fix the bureaucracy and the potholes will get fixed; traffic lanes will get painted; outdoor public pools will stay open till schools starts; city-owned land will get mowed before the weeds take over; Broadway Avenue will return to its former beauty, and North Main will stop looking like a garbage dump.
Let’s fix what’s really broken and the rest will take care of itself. Wally Barton Winnipeg Advertisement Advertisement.
