Durham Region Newspapers banner

Whitby Free Press, 30 Sep 1992, p. 6

The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

The. only Whitby Newspaper owned and operated by -Whitby residents for Whitby residents! Published every Wednesday by 677209 Ontario Imc. at 131'Brook St. N., Whitby, Ontario Li N 5SI1 Phone 668-6111'Toronto Line 427q-1834 Doug Andelrson - Publisher. Maurice Pither - Ed itor Alexandra Martin - Production Manager 2nd Glass'Postal Registration #05351 Place 'i. Ti me A Swnmer Contest of Architectural Identification 'TII Next Year* THA NKYOU to ail those who have shown an, interst i the arcbitec"ui heritage of our coniunity. location ftim its. original site, a block north. LAST WE'S VWINNER Elinor Kidd PRIZES WEfREDONATEDBY ~444 Vet44t * 1U&'EAU "Hy!Where is everybody?" To theedo.. CoR party has'con cerns To the Editor: The -Ontario Provincial Confederation af Roglons (CoR) Party, while welcoming th national referendumn, sriously questions the intent andmotives ai the ioderai gavornmffent ln çanducting a referendum that -is no« binding' on the govommont; that doos nat give adequate time for careful study of al Issues; that -hoéavily promfotes the .yes' side and psks the people ta vote on'a blanket 'motherhood'-question. The Ontario CoR Party will be providinq its* memborsr wth an information package highlighting important -foatures of the document, thus. helplng them ta arriveat informsd answors to such questions-as: *does the country neod 42 more MPs costing $500,000 each per year? 0 is dsmocracy weIl-sorvod when Quebec is guarantoed 25 per cent'ai the Houise 'af Gommons seats- and three out ai -nine Suprome Court j udgos? 0 is democracy well-àerved by a Senats that l9 not truly 'Triple E,' that can bypass the people and be solected by a partisan governmffent, or that, can ý be decreod ta represent certain olemonts ofisocisty? *0 doos native self-government create two more distinct socioties (aborig mal and Metis), howv much will self-government cost, who will pay the bilI, what. are 'the implications af supposedly equal members ai society living and warklng under 'different laws, or cnth politicians even be trustéd to Justly Implemont the proposed Inhorent irlght ta self-government?ý 0doos distinct society mean Quoboc will be furtherable. ta romote group rights, aver IndMvdual rights, thus,,repeating such abuse as thoir Infamnous language logisiation,. or will distinct sacioty fbroyer 'instituiaralize, racism in canada? SEE PAGE2e Discretion To the Editor:, 'Say- yes for ..GýanadaW is -a farkod-tongue message because of the way Ris 18boing.usedta imply that a persan isinot patriotlc un.less he/she spysyes. Howpvr, use common .sense. I ln cent <Îclrcumstancos you have' ta say noto yaur child, dodes that imply yu 'don'aove -hlmý anymore? 0 course not. VoYs and no. are. twa wards' which must ýbe usod. with wisdamn 'and discretion. Muri McCaskll Ha lf-truth." To the Editor: Referendum. The very,.woýrd Is boginning ta strike terror, Into, theý hearts- a'ofmany Canadians,' whether francéo or anglo. Why? Could. be the people ai a» ur. country have allowed themseives' theý uxury ai sftting back and lettig thousands aofi.inopt, sel -serving, career-promoting politicians and lawysrs gain contrai af aur great dsmocratic state. Now, the have fashioned, by means oai halftruth and! compromise, a f lawod unIty scenarlo whlch, If we' either don'tunderstand or vote against, makos, us some 'kind af traitar' -- or maybe.,j ust stýupld. This is what the massive. yes' campaign infers. They are putting us between a rock and a hard place.,Where are aur statesmen?, ><My inclination 'to vote na' stems also fram a view that People ai 'English' Canada- shauld be willing to give the gâod people ai Quebec time (say two years) ta sort out thoir own probloms and prosent a positive and blénding. proposition ta Canada. If, ad that. timo, their deliborations resuitin a negative way toward staying in Canada, they shauld- be allowsd ta secode with dignfty. Hopefully, 1 will be around ta help t hem., Bemard H. Grs.nlng Whity. To the Editor: Re: Unity referendum vote Oct. 26. 1lam voting nàO. 1 vote na because no, one must be docilared distihdc (or thoir Society). 1 vote no because no- group ai Canadians .desorves ta have <native) self-government. I vote-no ta. a Senats that has quotas, both regionally -and by gender. 1 votie no ta, more members af Parliament., 1, vot e 'no 'toa.anon-binding (wseul) referendum. (Finaily, 1 vote no because ai the sellout, not'compromise, by my To the Edîtor: Having read the consensus repart on the constitution, I have decided that 1 must Vote 'No.' W. are not vo ting on the constitution, but on a pig-in-tho- poke which; iff okayed, allows the FirstMitisters and thoir associates to run roug hshod over our country. Thsy will have the right ta decimate aur institutions, croate anot her lovel ai government for the native peoples and spend mors ai aur taxes for enlargod gavernmsnts. W. are being blackmailed by some Quebecois and some native people. We are boing hoodwinked.. It la proposed tao nlargeau Hause ,of Commons ta aver 337 mombers which will add millions ta aur taxes. Nf wo must rodistribute, make it loss, not mare. The aboriginal issue takes up a lot af the repart but answers nothing. f is basod on what, ta me, is an exaggsratod promise -- that 1 - , A x- Ait.w ,Pî prime ministor and by the premiler af my Ontario. At the very bost, anly four out ai f ive Canadians can agree on anïthing. a moiy a believe iofy o Canadians will roi oct tsf lawed: sellout. If this means breaking off some parts af Canada, s0 be Lt In a recent Ann Landers' article, dealing wth a breakupf divorce, Rt finished with wise* words lndoed. They. are somsthing like this: ¶W is botter ta save the persan (Insert part ai a country), than ta be dostroyed by < insert a sellout) trying ta save the marriage (insert Canada). Ted Grosnfilld Whitby govern the land. Thoy livod hors iri smail numbors, vastly separated with, no *overail govornment or contraI. This doos not in my mmnd, givo them an inheront rîght ta self-government on the scale that the report indicatos. .The social part of the social and economnic clause wornies me, for if it becomes entronchod than I can, fansee people suing aur govornmonts f or hausing, food, a reasanable standard aif living and roaonaleaccess ta hlgher oducation etc., doing nathingfor themseives. The- report proposes that the Sonate be olected by the people or by the provincial assemblies, -and. suggests gendor quality. No ta both. Ovor and, above ail the above, the main thing the report will lead ta is tho woakoning ai the ioderaI gavornmont. We prospered and grew as a cutywithout -a constitution. Srinc w got one, things have hot impraved. ohreors, 1 will vote no. WI. J. Geiger Whhby~ No --definitely Hoodwinked mm i

Powered by / Alimenté par VITA Toolkit
Privacy Policy