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Last 'week's Ontario Throne Speech is an interesting document not so much for what it says, but for what it doesn't say. Throne Speeches by their very nature are vague and lacking in specifics. They let the electorate know the direction the Government will be following fiscally and in policy, identifying the issues that will be getting a lot of attention. - The 15-page Throne Speech read by Lt. Governor Henry Jackman to open the Third Session of the 35th Parliament of Ontario contains numerous referefices to "partnerships." Everybody, it seems -- governmient, labour, business, the eldetorate is being encouraged to join in "partnerships" that will be the first step to solving the problems facing the good ship Ontario. Here's just'one sample. "As a society, we cannot move forward without bringing everyone along. We are in this together. That has been our guiding principle. That we are in this together, to share the benefits, to bear the difficulties as a single ity. Our economic policies are based upon that principle. So are our efforts to build partnerships to deal with issues and opportunities." The prgblems that face the good ship Ontario are all too familiarfmassive unemployment, the massive debt, the growing deficit, and so on. - Tucked away in the Speech with all its "feel good" words and phrases are a couple (just two) references that should be a warning to all these partnerships the Government wants to form. ""Raising new revenue through taxes," and "raising additional r " are self-expl. y. . Get ready for a new#fround of tax hikes when the Government brings down a new budget in a few weeks time. If Bob Rae and his NDP Government really want to get this province on the road to recovery, they will skip any new tax hikes ear. The ess and investment climate in Ontario is already extremely fragile. Any kind of new tax at the corporate level would drive business away and cause others to re-think their plans to locate here. ' As for personal taxes, how much more can individuals carry in this province? Taking even more loonies out of the pockets of Ontario consumers will do further damage to the economy. The key to getting Ontario back on its feet is getting people working again. It's that simple. People who are working are not collecting UI or welfare. People working are paying taxes and buying goods and services. Government can help create jobs and it can help individuals with re-training programs. That's all well and good. But the real thrust in job creation has to come from the private sector. If anything will put a damper on job creation in the private sector it is a round of new taxes. The Ontario Government is right in recognizing that deficit duction and ing g ding is of p t importance. But a round of new taxes at any leyel is No new taxes! N THE HORROR OF WAR HAS LEFT. HIM Heritage, a roadblock? To the Editor: Two articles in the April 13 edition caught my attention. They were "development proposal fox Old Simcoe St," and "this one baffles council." In the first article it is noted that a 94-acre development is being held up while waiting sewage capacity and a watershed study for Cawker's Creek. The article noted that several other developments are held up for similar reasons. However, in, the second article, another development is being held up also, but this time for an apparently trivial reason. The site may hold evidence of human habitation at a time and place when history was not recorded by the written word.*There are no text books to tell us the story that lies under this ground. It has yet to be discovered. Apparently such information is of no importance to some members of the council, except that it holds up development. The first article pointed out that development cannot completely ungcceptable and will d the probl we already face. If the NDP Government wanted to send a truly positive message to individuals and the corporate sector (here and abroad) it should have headed up the Throne Speech in big bold letters stating loud and clear "No New Taxes." Better still would have been the words "Tax Cuts Coming." Partnerships and all that are well and good, especially in Throne Speeches. But the real fact of the matter is that Ontario has been bled white with taxes. Surely Bob Rae and colleagues know this and they must surely know that tax increases now will only keep us on the vicious treadmill of falling government revenues and increasing costs to look after the legions of unemployed. P d'anyway, due to little sewage capacity in the town. Ia it our cultural heritage that is the roadblock to has a long history of development and this is an opportunity to gain insight into the distant past. Once the site is disturbed, it is lost for good. Instead of possibly finding human remains uncovered by the bull-dozer's shovel, why not help the developer invest, more than just money in our { publis lishers : 36 WATER ST., PORT PERRY, ONT. L9L1j2 Phone : (416) 985-6397 Fax : (416) 985-1410 There are grants available to assist with these situations and help us all gain a better understanding of our community's diverse and exciting heritage. 'As such developments are on hold anyway, why not make the most of the time and use this chance 'for community enrichment and education? It does not surprise me that Mayor Hall had no knowledge of such sites. This information is carefully kept: so that individuals will not illegally dig, disrupt or remove important information. There has been positive and exciting co-operation . - <between devel s and with archaelogical sites. In Barrie, a site was excavated by developers with the artifact collection dnated to a museum. Such innovative ways help us preserve the past for the future and can add to the value of the community * through education, understanding and a . development of pride in our varied heritage. I am dismayed to read that our heritage is perceived by some to be a roadblock to development. It is only those who wish it to be, that make it 80. 8 Andrea Wilson, Scugog Township. egativity not affecting others To the Editor: This is in response to Joel Aldred's letters of March 30 and April 18. I am an off-reserve member of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation and I find it difficult to understand why Mr. Aldred is having such a hard time with these grants we have received for the future growth of 'our native community. - Somebody with his diverse background should know that grants are available to anyone seeking to further themselves in a busi d . If Mr. people, he should handle it in a more private manner, instead of ing possible bad feeli among the rest of our fine community. Although, from all the positive responses we have heard so far from other people, it is great to know that none of Mr. Aldred's negative remarks are affecting their views, or that none has expressed agreement with his views. I'm sure that any other minority group would not stand for these discriminatory remarks, and I cannot Aldred has a problem with the Scugog Island First Nation feature writer : Heather McCrae "Proud Canadians, proud to call Scugog Township home." d d why they are even allowed in our newspapers. Jill Thompson,,Port Perry, hed by Scugog Citizen Publishing Ltd. : Teg in, midomi done buted, free of charge, to d Scugog