/22 04 2011 / 09 volume 66 Meet Melanie brand new column page 19 The Manitoba Health Care Debate election coverage page 3 How to Run a Small Business four easy steps page 5  02 The UniTer SepTembeR 22, 2011 www.UniTer.ca interviews with LooKing for LisTings? Cover Image Winnipeg chic CaMPus & COMMuNItY lISTINGs aND The Pains of Being VOLUNteer OPPORTUNItIES PaGe 4 MELANIE DAHLING The photography of MusIC PaGe 12 Read the debut instalment of Pure at Heart FIlM & lIt PaGe 14 "An Open Relationship with and Karkwa Lisa Varga GallerIES & MUSEUMs PaGes 14 & 15 Melanie Dahling" on page 19. tHEATRE, DaNCe & COMeDY PaGe 15 PHOTO BY DYLAN HEWLETT arts page11 Culture page17 aWarDs & FINaNCIal aID PaGe 18 Dog licensing for the money, safety UNITER STAFF city enforces decades-old ManaGinG eDitor Aaron Epp » [email protected] bylaw to help fund animal BUSiness ManaGer services Geoffrey Brown » [email protected] PrODUcTiOn ManaGer Ayame Ulrich » [email protected] aNdrew mCmoNagle cOPy anD styLe eDitor volUNTeer STaff Britt Embry » [email protected] Photo eDitor Dylan Hewlett » [email protected] Zero tolerance for dogs without licences started Sept. 1 in Winnipeg, and some critics wonder if newS assiGnMenT eDitor it amounts to anything more than a cash grab Ethan Cabel » [email protected] by the city. newS PrODUcTiOn eDitor Dog licensing is nothing new in Winnipeg. Matt Preprost » [email protected] The Animal Control Bylaw (2443/79) is more than 30 years old, but there has never been an arts anD culture eDitor Nicholas Friesen [email protected] effort to enforce it like this year. The bylaw states » that any dog over the age of six months requires cOMMents eDitor a licence, regardless of breed. Trevor Graumann » [email protected] Anyone found with an unlicensed dog in their Listings cO-OrDinator possession can incur a fine of up to $250 issued Kent Davies » [email protected] by The Animal Services Agency. If an unli- censed dog is found wandering stray, the owner caMPUS BeaT rePOrTer is responsible for all charges, including boarding Zach Fleisher » [email protected] fees of $23 per day and an impound fee of $52. BeaT rePOrTer Critics of the licensing move, such as Sarah Chris Hunter » [email protected] McKinney-Mills, a longtime dog owner, won- BeaT rePOrTer der why a licence is necessary if a dog already Dylan Hewlett Anne Thomas [email protected] has an identification tattoo as well as an embed- The crackdown on dog licensing is two-fold, says Leland Gordon, cOO of the city's animal services agency. “One » ded microchip. element of the licence is to identify,” he says. "The other element is the revenue.” BeaT rePOrTer “It’s essentially fundraising under the guise of Riel Lynch » [email protected] a law,” she said. “A $10 PetSmart tag gets your vehicles and animal control, which rely heavily fees are waived the first time. culture rePOrTer dog home faster than calling animal control.” on donors. If you call the phone number on licences after Aaron Snider » [email protected] Leland Gordon, chief operating officer of “The people who have dogs should contribute hours you will get directed to 311, who will han- Winnipeg’s Animal Services Agency, responds more,” Gordon said. dle reuniting licensed pets with their owners for that it’s to protect the dog. Animal shelters in the city hope that this will no extra fee. CoNTrIBUTORS: make a difference in the number of unclaimed Gordon is confident owners will see the value “licensing provides a measure animals. in licensing. Kaeleigh ayre, Danelle cloutier, D’Arcy Johnston, founder of D’Arcy’s Ani- “When people go down (to Animal Services) Melanie Dahling, Kaitlyn Farrell, of control. We get calls for mal Rescue Centre, is all for the enforcement. they will see where the money goes to,” he said. missing dogs everyday.” “Licensing provides a measure of control,” he In response to critics, Johnston sides with the Shosana Funk, Jared Gauthier, amy said. “We get calls for missing dogs everyday.” city. Groening, natasha havrilenko, – D’arcy JOhnston, founDer, D’arcy’S ARC Before Sept. 1, the city was looking at 40 per “The bylaws have to be upheld, or else why rachael hiebert, Luke hildebrand, cent compliance with the bylaw; since then, it have them?” “One element of the licence is to identify,” he has risen to 50 per cent. Johnston hopes that the city will enforce reg- Dunja Kovacevic, Stephen Kruz, said. “The other element is the revenue.” Gordon stresses the benefits to the owners, ulation of the teeming cat population next. andrew McMonagle, Scott Price, According to Gordon, Animal Services such as the free ride home program. “Licensing is not the answer to the overpopu- Sarah reilly, evan roberts, Pamela responds to 10,500 calls per year, which can If found lost, a licensed dog gets a free ride lation, but it’s good for control,” he said. range from illegal animal reports to noise com- home. If the dog has to be housed until the Visit www.winnipeg.ca to license a dog online roz, David Skene, Jon Sorokowski, plaints. The revenue will pay for their facility, owner can respond, the impound and boarding and learn more. 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For inquiries e-mail: [email protected] News 03 www.UniTer.ca SepTembeR 22, 2011 The UniTer News Restraining the growing costs of health care Politicians look for savings in health system aNNe ThomaS BeaT reporTer As politicians strive to outbid each other's remedies for health care staff shortages, we hear less about how they'd tackle the long- term challenges facing the health care sys- tem – the system today's young people will be paying for in the coming decades. Manitoba's health care budget has grad- ually increased from 32 per cent in 1980 to 43.5 per cent by 2005. Recently its growth has slowed, reaching 43.7 per cent by 2010. Phil Cyrenne, an economics professor at the University of Winnipeg, points out that healthy equalization and federal transfer pay- ments have helped cover recent cost increases. But the federal transfer agreement is due for renegotiation in 2014. Under pressure from an aging population and ever more expensive new treatments, tests and drugs, the health care budget could eventually run short of growing room. “Once it gets over 50 (per cent) then there's a saying that pretty soon there'll only be two ministers: one will be the finance, the other will be the health. You won't need anybody else,” Cyrenne said. Rachael Hiebert Health Minister Theresa Oswald, along Under pressure from an aging population and ever more expensive new treatments, tests and drugs, Manitoba's health care budget could eventually run short of growing with PC health critic Myrna Driedger, share room, critics say. similar outlooks on ensuring sustainability of publicly funded healthcare. would also save dollars, Driedger said. She nation. acute. She said planned primary care net- “There's a whole lot of ways you can find offered the nursing shortage as an example of “We have the largest repository of health works would free up doctors' time by giv- efficiencies within the system just by looking unnecessary costs.