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PAGE 4, WEDNESDAY, JAN UA RY 22, 2986 WH ITBY FREE PRESS LAit y Pblished every Wednesday BILMOA S by M.B.M. Publlshing Communlty Editor and Photography Inc. F z'm Phone 668-611il VALERIE COWEN W J ~~~~The Free Press Building, AdellnMagr Volce of the County Town Michael Ian Burgess, Pubisher - Managing Ed.O.:1 Box Stree WNorty, Sn. ecoirnd Noas 535 The ony Whitby newspaper independently owned and operated by Whitby iresidents for Whitby residents.P..Bx26 htyOn. RgsrainN,51 Nigel Schilling a natural Peter Per'ry The Peter Perry Award festivities are over for another year and the selection committee would have been hard pressed to find a more deserving IndivIdual than this year's award winner, Nigel Schilling. Mr. Schilling is an example of that rare creature, the person who seems to be able to do It ail. Cool and unhurried, he has somehow managed to pack more accomplishments into his 42 years than most of us would aspire to in a life time - and a very long life time at that. Only some of those ac- complishments are touched upon in the -front page story devoted te Mr. Schilling in this week's Issue of the Free Press. The exigencies of timne and space simply do net allow the kind of thorough attention a man like Mr. Schilling deser- ves. What appears is a kind of tbumb nail sketch. His legal practice is acknewledged with a nod, bis extraordinary community works for which he was honoured Friday nigbt are skimmed over with a g lance that only hits upon some of the.highlights "utMo4ug V .asaiI OTTAWA - I was surprised te see frorn the annual Maclean's-Decima poil that fully 75 percent of the population sees the idea of trying te negotiate a more open trade agreement with the United States as a good move. But 1 was not surprised, when I read on, te dis- cover that 55 percent would oppose such a deal if it harmed their own provinces, even if it was good for the country as a whole. That's hurnan nature, i suppose, or typically Canadian, or both. And it's one reason I'm not expecting miracles from the upcoming free trade talks witb the Americans. 1 arn no expert on trade and tariffs, but 1 can read, and when I see that American fisherrnen regard our Un- employmfent Insurance Program as a subsidy te Cana- dian fishermen, and caîl for a U.S. import tax on Canadian'fish, to compensate for the Canadian advan- tage, 1 know we're in for a rough passage. 0f course the Americans want everytbing te be negotiable. There's ne point in talking unless we and they are willing te consider ail the factors in our trad- ing relationship. A subsidy is as much cf a tariff as an excise tax. And vwhen you consider just how Canadian f ishermen, and other seasonal workers, use the unem- ployment insurance program, tl begins te look like an income supplement. And if an income supplement isn't a subsidy, l'Il eat my watcb cap. As Pierre Trudeau observed s0 nonchaiantly a few years ago, the free market system in this country is as dead as a dodo, and has been for some tirne. The government's thumb rests heavily on every scale in the country. The United States could hardly be described as a free market system either, but it's freer than we are, and getting freer, despite the standoff between the President and Congress. At the moment, trying te mesh the two systems would be like hitching a rhinocerous and an octopus te the same wagon. Until Canadians recognize that government bas is tentacles irn every- tbing in this country, and become willing te do without government assistance in areas where i bas corne te be regarded as a God-given rigbt, a broad free trade agreement is extremely unlikely. The taiks, however, should be a useful exercise, if only te remind us how far weve corne frorn free en- terprise, and why it is that the federal deficit is sucb a whopping size. After a few montbs cf seeing our- selves as the Americans see us, we wiil at least be bet- ter educated. and his family life receives little more than a men- tion. To be sure there is mucb more to Nigel Schilling than meets the eye. It is te bis credIt that he cardes off bis accornplishments witheut a lot of fanfare. It is only througb the accumulated woight of more than 15 years of service to the community that this year Mr. Schilling finally recelved the attention be deserves. And wbat a year It was. In one clean sweep ho came away witb the towns biggest citizensbip awards - the Wbitby Chamber of Commerce Businessman 0f the Year Award and of course the Peter Perry Award. t is citizens, like ýNigel Schilling that make Whitby tIck. Industrial starts may beip te get the gears rolling but It is the people wbo live bore that will determine wbetber or net Wbltby is the kind of communlty w'e can be preud of ln the futuro. People wbe go about their business like Nigel Schilling and just tackle a projeot because it is wortb doi ng - eut of a sense of d uty rathor than fer sel f-agg randilzement - croate a spirit at the heart ef the commun ity that reaches eut to everyone. They are aise nice people te know. In an Interview on Saturday, Mr. Schilling was more interosted ln talking about the accomplisbments of fermer Peter Porry winners or about fishIng -and on several occasions the Interviewer had to steer hlm back te the matter at band - himsolf. In a world so self-absorbod it is a pleasure te knew there are stili people wbo can look beyond themselvos. The late Judge John E. Pritchard is te be cern- monded fer oiginating the idea 0f the Peter Perry Award back in 1955. Witbout the notoriety that the award bostows upon its recipients most of us would nover know Mr. Schilling, Bort Heavor, Brian Winters, Bryan Davies and ail the other Peter Perry wipners that bave given se mucb te Wbitby. We are in good company. 5-NOV/ oiz S5I4W,/CAT-CALL$ fROM t4elýH5OUQS ANP 5-r.ANCQE LOOKS 3ffZQM 5YPASSERS,., , oTýliNC PETEIQS FeARLESS FR~ANK FROM CELE3ATINý WEEU'LE5S WEPNESPAY'.. EARýPCiNG FOR THOSFJ N o t i c e PEAPLy PANW'ELIOPJS, awr- - Ottawa - Jan. 20 - Scott Fenneil, Member of Parliament for On- tarie, and Mayor Bob Attersley will be ce- sponsoring a meeting between Canada Post officiais and residents ef the Whitby, Breoklin, Oshawa area. The Whitby Junior Chamber cf Commerce will be assisting in arranging the meeting, which is scheduled to be held en Friday, Jan. 31 at the Town Council Chambers, 575 Rossland Rd. E. in Whitby, begin- ning at 7 p.m. Three officiais from Canada Post; one from PýSKY PLIANTAIN Toronte and two from Ottawa, will be present at the meeting, and during the first hall heur they wili deliver a brief presentation. Af ter the presentation the meeting will beceme an open forum and residen- ts may ask questions *and present their'views to the officiais. It is requested that al questions be written down and handed te the Chairman by the Junier Chamber Officiais. The questions wili then be read aieud by the Chairman, and an- swered by the Postal Of- ficiaIs.1