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the HERALD On Parliament Hill Home of Hills Tilt IB A if Newspapers Company Limited St South Georgetown Ontario I Publisher Hydro is not above the law The sheer gall Do you want to hear how our socalled public cor rations operate Ontario Hydro those friendly folks who continually keep bumping up their rates to local Hydro com missions want that through Halton Hills But they t prepared to go through the hassles and frustrations that any other corporation private or otherwise must by Jaw go through No sir Hydro wants to be able to do whatever they want wherever they want Inshort they wish to be above the Official Plan of Esquesing the primary method by which municipal authorities are able to control the future development of this area Hydro wants a free hand bound by such menial things as rules and regulations that apply to everyone else to do whatever their planners want And they re willing to spend a lot of money trying to gain that special status First they brought their lawyers out here to tight the Of ficial Plan amendments before the Ontario Municipal Board When the flatly turned them down they decided that where everyone else is forced to stop they would go further right to the Ontario Cabinet So now their lawyers are once again preparing briefs and presen for the Cabinet all with the hope and expectation they they will get what they want The Cabinet had better not grant it if the public is expected to retain any of its already slim belief in the principle that government stands for the people and not for big business Besides what affect would such an about turn have upon the prestige and resDect of the OMB A very serious one Besides what affect would such a turnabout have upon the prestige and respect the OMB hasearned It would be a serious setback to a body that has taken a lot upon its shoulders and carried the job well The infuriating thing is that every time Hydro files a brief either to the or now to Cabinet Halton Hills knowing full well that we are in the right must have our lawyers draw up counter presentations and briefs With all due respect to our counsel legal representation these days does not come inexpensively and unlike other courts legal fees are not recoverable should Hydro lose its case before the Cabinet just as they were not recoverable when Hydro lost its OMB presentation We are paying to disprove a frivolous stand by a public cor Even more frustrating is the knowledge that next time we pay our Hydro bill we are paying a small fraction of Hydro legal bill So we re caught paying at both ends of a legal war that t have begun in the first place if Hydro had come down from its high and mighty position and realized that it no better than the next guy when It comes to our municipality a rules Queens Park Commentary Minority government staying out of trouble Queen Park Bureau Of The Herald TOHONTO Minority government is a supersens vie government or at least he one here Is If any Illustration of this Is needed have he incident of Did 4 This bill would have amended the Public Commercial Vehicles Act lo try and get truckers operating without licences oil the rood Through questionable leasing arrangement these truckers and apparently there are a good many of them have been able avoid PCV licensing And freed from he controls and responsibilities that such licensing has they have been under cutting regular carriers by 1015 percent The bill actually went through second reading with Ihe supporting the government But representatives of the licensed truckers raised a They hrew figures around which got the Liberals so excited hey asked that the bill be let stand The government not only did this it with drew the bill And then It announced it was appointing a select committee to inquire into the PCV Act The Ontario Trucking Association present case which blows he licensed group sky high Over the years me rrucklng Association it wis formerly the Automotive sporlation Associilion has been Ihy particularly for its But this I have much bearing In the present minority situation The big thing is to stay out of trouble where possible Foreign Students The move by Universities Minister Harry Parrot to increase he fees for foreign in our universities and colleges is long overdue University education Is one of the best bargains in the province It costs a year o educate on graduate and for this he pays is ill right o so highly subsidize On tario students and students from other provinces a good number of Ontario students go to university In other provinces but there is no reason why the Americans and English men should get such support As it is they Kill be paying less a third of their education cost even under the new tees S universities Canadian students who use them And remembering back it was not so long ago that the universities were jammed and it was difficult to get Into them particularly the professional schools and student places were being occupied by foreign students A typical press gallery squabble iiysi MacLeod Of The Herald reporters frequently tight among themselves i o one pays much mention to those little squabbles in the I Press Gallery But the current could love some far reaching impllcitlons regarding die daily coverage of I At the root of the dispute is that long twilled plnn to televise proceedings in the House of Commons And one offshoots is that television reporters arc up In irnisovcr suggestions that IhislUc coverage may eliminate the need interview In dwlduii MPs after the dally In the middle of the dispute Charles I vnch resident of the press whi Is being accused by some of his electronic colleagues of strengthening these suggestions Mr Lynch of eoursc is losing no opportunity to express his while new side issues keep developing petitions are circulating mid people whlpscr nasty things each In oiler words it so typical press gallery squabble But this one is more than usual it does raise the question of how the public will view Parliament when television arc mounted in the Commons at a cost of million And this could happen as mot House next month calling for the entry of the cameras when this is approved as it will be a committee will be established to the plan Much of the work has already been done by an outside firm And lo Inform MPs of how a televised Commons will appear on vour screens the firm made a film on the subject how the cameras will operate how the lighting will be installed and how in dividual MPa will come across The film was shown to all party caucuses with encouraging results But when it was displayed to the parliamentary press gallery the were decidedly different Electronic reporters said the whole tone of the production indicated lhat live coverage would replace the in terview complete with their forest of microphones now bring MPs to television screens And what annoyed them moat was their president Mr Lynch was on the film appearing to support this thesis Without going Into the subsequent shouting it s fair to say the film presentation ended without riotous sustained applause One of the basic problems the press gallery is thai print journalists and electronic journalists have totally different requirements the print people require a pencil they can operate effectively within the Commons chamber But cameras microphones are not permitted there so electronic reporters must have some special arrangements few years ago cameras were set up outside the chamber after the daily question period MPs who said something significant inside were asked to repeat it for the benefit of radio and television But when the lobby became a snaking mess of cables cords and cameras former Speaker Lomourcux decided that better facilities had Special loom So a special interview room was one Moor below the cameras it is called and MPs were invited down there lo repeat their statements And often they were saying a great deal more than they said in the House This meant that the print journalists were In danger of missing new material So Iriey began following the electronic reporters to monitor the conversations And gradually began as a simple repetition became a full scale news conference and it fairly descriptive word for it Anyway amid all the concerns and some of the electronic reporters are circulating a pebbon which will later be presented to oil MPs calling for a eon of the present interviewing process We don want this proposal sold on the basis we are going to stop in sajs the s Terry It s a lovely scrip but somehow I don think ironic journalists have too much to worry about The MPs run and show me a politician who like being interviewed Viewpoint Some real crazy ones for you by Gerry If you re a regular reader of Viewpoint you know by now that I am a born optimist We enjoy life to the hilt and though we see all the reasons for gloom and doom and kamikaze squads wc prefer to accentuate the best of what lite has to offer Yet even though wc think optimism we still look on certain happenings that not only make little sense they can temporarily take me shine off the most promising of silver linings The following examples come under the headings of sheer stupidity or mans continued Inhumanity to his fellow man A psychologist Monty in Wyoming sees no reason for the public lo get upset over the use of prods on retarded children The prods arc used as a means of oiling excessive behaviour in the retarded A cattle prod produces an electric Jolt and is used to move the cattle along Now can see the point of needing some kind of control over excessive behaviour In retarded children However children even retarded children arc not cattle The process is one of dehumanizing people in this way we take something away from the human dignity of all of us With drugs being used for every con purpose these days one wonders why sedation be preferable to a cattle prod At any rate in my book cattle prods arc for cattle not for people and retarded people are still people By today standards who to say who and what is crazy No one dogs more than I do We bed and yet In the final analysis a dog has to come after human beings Though in defense of my canine friends I known many that behaved on with more hum inily than many humans The case of Cyril La skipper of a fishing schooner who has been charged with manslaughter in the deaths of two crewmen Is one of drawing the line between animal and human Captain La refused to throw his dog overboard after his schooner sank off Atlantic City two years ago and rotate his crewmen In the water The trial Is now in progress We have probahly all wondered at some time or another what we would do about choices in a disaster that meant some would have to be taken over others It always a decision to moke without mercy Vet between humans and a dog there should be no choice I speak as one who has loved dogs In this we often look at the penal systems and the degradation to human life it imposes In many Instances Here the reverse or you In the Son Diego Metropolitan Correctional a new kind of federal prison is in operation Glass entry doors carpeted lobby and halls giant ferns coloured TVs private and snacks that can be prepared In microwave ovens It coats the US taxpayers million It Is here Lhat Patricia Hearst will be sent to serve out her term There are no bars and prisoners wear coloured jump Now we cannot see how going to the cement offered no rehobllitlon yet we cannot see how going to the extreme opposite in the other direction will fair any better What ever happened to a happy medium Take heart folks as it goes In the so It follows here More tax dollars to supply luxuries that many working people the taxpayers can afford for themselves Human yes microwave ovens no like the man said it pay to be honest unless the thought of mis spent taxes keeps you awoke Here s a realty crazy one for you Midglcy was surprised by a man who con fronted her on on street wearing nothing but a towel around his head and carrying a shotgun She started to scream and he hit her She was released from hospital after being treated for a cut head Picture tht one and some people still believe that we lock Ihe crazy ones up Remember our great Canadian wagon train adventure of last spring Well only one wagon is left from the original that started out A brother and sister team from Toronto John and Barbara Houghton are the last wagon still intent on finishing the jour con seem lo move backwards in lime no matter how hard try though the dream of escaping the rat race is at one time or another held in all of our hearts Still we wish good luck and God s help to the last wagon We 11 leave you this week with what we feel It is the best quote in a long time That rebel Morion commenting on how he enjoyed the physical work of building a house by hand In Tahiti made of grass sticks and palm trees Work ethics are funny things The Tahi turns gltc threeninth of two pieces of lizard droppings about working Never heard it put quite that way before Marlon Till next lime Thoughts GDAAHAs decision on face and mouthguards a wise move by Colin Gib on Herald Sports Editor inn reporter heartily congratulate tho Georgetown District Minor Hockey Association for he stand It has adopted concerning the wearing of dental and facial protectors At its annual meeting on Sunday the association has made It complusory that all players registered with them be out fitted with the required protective devices for the 1976- The group has taken a bold stand one which undoubtedly will see hurled their way but one which in the end can only further good of minor hockey In Georgetown Tom Pas by a North York eye specialist released the results of a survey he had conducted over a two year period concerning eye Injuries He revealed that in the previous two seasons youngsters across Canada lost the use of an eye while playing hockey It wis also revealed that another minor league players have effective vision In only one eye so thn on injury could leave them totally blind The Georgetown minor system was fortunate this past year in that while there were several eye injuries sustained none were of the serious nature Association president Joe Pcntesco puts this revelation in it proper per by terming It sheer luck Dr matter a minor system when he com mented Minor hockey should become a recreation activity again rather than a hockey factory This view more than likely is shared by the Georgetown association and by taking the stand that they have they have endorsed this phi 11 soph A brochure prepared by the Ontario Association was similarly circulated at the annual meeting and several important facts emerge According to the studies of minor hockey injuries have shown that the is the most commonly Injured area of the body Tragically it is reported many of these in Juries have unfortunate consequences because teeth even though they can be skilfully restored by dentists to their original appearance cannot heal themselves like other pnrt9 of body Dental are therefore per GDMHA has endorsed the of the Dental Association by In the aforementioned changes Before anyone jumps up and starts talking about the ruining of game or being forced into added expenses perhaps It would be advisable to peruse the closing remarks The urges you to ensure that adequate head and mouth protection is a basic part of your family hockey equipment It could make a for a lifetime On The Home Front Does it make sense by Susan As wise hockey playing philosopher nnce said you never know when somebody up there Is going to do It to you and t that the truth Unfortunately the number of doers be on the Increase and those of us i the receiving end seem be getting done more more frequently While government on wages to have worked very well to the disadvantage nil but select few I lainly tan see much happening in the way of price controls Wc are simply having to slretch less money a whole lot further to cover even the basic necessities of life If it not the government Inflation your husband or children doing it to you it will be Ihe mosquitoes within next few weeks and if they don sock it to you how about Ihose killer bees Should water seep through die walls or pour in around the window frames of that brand new 000 home you just purchased console yourself though it will reduce fire hazards of the aluminum wiring they tried out on you as an ex While diseases are killing off trees and foliage ana locusts infest our farming country nuclear reactors ore being sold to countries where la considered a solution to overpopulation that though you sleep mors peacefully at nighf and all you thought you were going to get was horse meat hamburgers at the names this If of course you were suddenly horrified l that our department stores ore sticking vou with an unbelievable IB percent interest on your charge account quit worrying maybe a gaily painted little witch doctor located in some far comer of the world will push a button and boom all problems solved instantaneously Don t thing that it is only people who arc being done cither Haw about those mad down in the USA who are producing naked It appears that some wag discovered that percent of the protein it chicken produces goes into feather growth A flash of sick in and presto bald chickens with higher protein content However so far the idea has backfired These poor little starker chickens arc not only neurotic but also cold and their hyperactivity is resulting in a bunch of skinny chickens with massive goose bumps Our bleeding hearts pcnnl code allow- child molesters and rapists weekend passes Dr Morgentaler wins a humanitarian award for lucratively relieving us of our errors daement despite an abundance of wouldbe adoptive parents Maybe Jack The flipper should be posthumously nominated for the next one for so kindly removing all those shady ladles of the night from society midst the unfortunate lady in England recently and painfully found out even a bedspnng will do it to you upon occasion and Im now fully expecting my baby peas bravely raising their little heads In the vegetable garden to get zapped with yet another snowfall We are regretfully nil players In the rigged games society sets us up for and re all being taken for a rusty ride Are you willing to gamble that your nice shiny new Ford will outlive the car payments