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Page I1AITON HILLS March HaJton Hills Outl published each Friday by Tie Herald home erf Halloa Mils a division of Canadian Limited is Street Georgetown Ontario PUBLISHER Garnet Cowsill EDITOR ADVERTISING MANAGER Carl Sinke MARKETING REPRESENTATIVES Lowes Sharon Marshall Bo wen CLASSIFIED Terry Colter Elaine STAFF WRITERS Ani Pedcrian Sandy Campbell PRODUCTION SUPERINTENDENT Dave Hastings PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS Annie Mary Lou Foreman Joan Brown ACCOUNTING Dave Walker Pauline Miller Outlook The double standard of the north and south Ottawa Report The Canadian political conscience may have been shocked hear businessmen paid to meet with cabinet minister LaSalle but apparently be any big deal In Washington There it seems prices go higher Mr LaSalle we are told ted a letter of resignation to Prime Minister Brian not im mediately accepted largely because of the uproar over the head meeting The reported thai Mr was guest of honor at a gathering which in dividual businessmen paid this amount In hopes of getting merit contracts Earlier Mr LaSalle suffered the embarrassment of having to fin two aides who it was learned had records But It was obviously the pay to meet the minister incident that caused the greatest political furore coming so soon after the government was being buffeted by other scandals Mr has suggested that if such fees were involved in meetings he attended he had no part of it He has denied receiving any money from the get togelhcrs But he the prime minister he felt physically and mentally ex from what he has gone through HIGHER PRICES There was no suggestion of ex In the Washington version Actually this story comes via the Miami Herald courtesy of its POETS CORNER rounded boulders if it meant sharing your load Washington bureau And there It ap pears the pay process is much more out In the open as is of fid lobbying The story begins in a letter new meaning to the old adage that time is money Senile Commltte Chairman I loyd Rent sen D Texas has offered to host once a month rcakfost briefings for each goes on holds lion of ml ml recintlj wrote lobbyist committee directors thtm jinn his chairman council tor contribution to s 19E8 election campaign Bent si n promised them chance to meet Willi him and about of their for monthly discussions on Ihe trade and lax bills that pass through his commit Itee Now if that isn an enticing invila lion for lobbyists I don know what is the circumstances it imagine Ihe sponsor firms getting too excited over the fee It an offer that wouldnt easily be refused Were not talking here of a isolated meeting of Hopeful tors hut regular monthly meetings lobbyists to discuss ligishtion with elected politicians No doubt It does wonders for Mr re election campaign MORE Of But It comforting to know that Just as the pay practice outrages Canadians it doesnt sit well with ill Americans Mary director of political action for the Chamber Commerce is quoted as saying There is a lot of frustration at this because It an example of what Is happening everywhere She said business representatives ore to feel they have give in order to have access It seems that Mr Bent sen predecessor Robert Pack wood Oregon held similar breakfast Era with business lobbyists but they attract so much attention because not only was the price lower but no letters of in vitatfon were written We just In led folks by word of mouth said a folksy spokesman When Mr Benlsen was confronted about the disparity between the fees charged by the two men he replied Iguesslhat apart of Inflation And that so far as we can tell end that No scandal no offered resignations no nothing Some short notes on some long subjects Queens Park 111 Some short notes on the separate topics of Immigration and First immigration Not many people realize this but immigration just a respansibill tyof the federal government Under the constitution is a shored Jurisdiction between Ottawa and the provinces Yet youd never realize it from how the government acts The only Ontario programs con to immigration like Welcome House or English As a be Language deal with the results of rather than migration itself Ontario totally ducks any com or position on matters such as illegal Immigrants posing as refugees or the screening of im migrants to be sure they are wanted in Ontario Quebec t Incidentally When Boat People were Interviewed in Malay a for immigration to Canatla a Quebec Immigration of ficcr sat at the Canadian official shoulder and exercised a veto over those going to his province In Ontario the politicians won even talk about immigration They especially don want to discuss legal immigration And by way when did that good English word refugee become a synonym for Illegal Im migrant as you have to believe If you read heard or watched the It rather tells you the bias of editors in this matter any case have you noticed the total silence from the province as legal immigration swamps our emergency fad II ties to tlie point where special are And It Is going to get worse The socalled tight of border controls by the federal government is being operated In such a way that It la simply a disguised form of amnesty As usual Ihe politicians are gutless on the issues that really mat people Unlike waves of immigration and unlike real refugees like the Boat People and the Ugandans he current crop is coming to the land of the instant welfare cheque and free medicare A country of citizen suckers and politicians without backbones that s Canada Second That television equivalent to Heaven Gate In Its boredom was shot partly at Queens Park Retiring member and former Tory leadership candidate Dennis Tim office was used And as usually befalls anything that might be judged the slightest bit Soviet a miscellaneous ion of leftists including some of the sitting here didn like idea one bit All kinds of American tripe crosses the airwaves dally and no one cares but dare even hint that the Soviets pillars of virtue and watch the ideological Ion of bricks fall Suddenly there were calls from censorship and he laying of charges under the hale II era lure section of the Criminal code As it out the moaners have worried When a KGB general shoots himself in remorse because he orders a couple of hundred Americans killed politicians at thai you can only shake your head such portrayal of the Soviet secret police And while Amerika had some good things to say about the nature of the Urn led States and the nature of patriotism collaboration and so on the self indulgence of Ihe director in allowing a fourhour movie run hours plus four hours of dais ruined It for most watcher Perhaps the line in Ihe film that should be remembered and it ap plies as much to Ontario and Canada as to the S is that America lose its freedom to the Soviets it gave 11 away Barring the unlikely event of a successful Soviet first strike that is exactly how we re going to lost it Remember a nutritional month of March March is Nutrition Month in Canada a time when nutritionists and dietitians encourage us to stop and consider our nutritional health The food you eat affects the way you look feel and act Sensible and lifestyle habits can reduce your risk of diet related diseases later in life up to you to consider the facts and make healthy food choices now Her an eight ways to get jour eating habits in style by cooking bet and eating better II Don I Those Veggies Leaving the peel on vegetables and fruits will keep in vitamins and minerals For example peeled ear rots lose thiamine riboflavin and niacin Important Fating unpeelcd fruits and vegetables also increases their dietary fibre content something the Canadian diet is relatively low m For vegetables you usually peel potaloes and carrots try scrubbing with a vegetable brush To remove the w coaling on cucumbers peppers and apples wash in soapy water and rinse took Occasionally In A tost Iron Pot Iron pots arc not only perfect for browning foods they arc a waj of adding Iron the diet This Is important as many Canadians dieters vegetarians en durance athletes don get enough iron in diet Cast Iron pans and pots actually add iron to the foods cooked In them for example a fried egg triples lis Iron content This is Socially true when cooking with die foods such as tomatoes So simmer your spaghetti sauce In an Steam Vegetables Don Boil Them The more water used to cook vegetables the more nutrients ihni ore lost For example potatoes lose per cent of their vitamin C when boiled compared only 30 per cent steamed Microwaving saves more vitamins as vegetables can be cooked in a very small amount of liquid Lightly cooked vegetables also have a higher fibre level If you can mash your carrots with a fork its not adding much fibre toyour diet Don Overcook Meal Keep vitamins at peak levels by not aver cooking meat Rare ana medium cooked meats contain more thiamine than well done steaks and roasts Broiling and baking also re tain more nutrients than braising and stewing due to the shorter cook ing times Cook It Whole Save nutrients by cooking vegetables whole Vegetables cut Into small pieces Ipse significantly more vitamins during cooking If necessary peel and cut your carrots and potatoes after cooking them whole Hold The Salt Most Canadians use more salt than necessary Gel ting that salt shaker off the able and using salt only during cooking is one way lo cut back on sodium Intake However there arc times when salt be used during cooking Don t salt the water for rice pasta or vegetables as you tend to over do it Salting according to taste after cooking will actually save on sodium Cooking In Salted water can also toughen he skins of vegetables Remember you haven peeled hem And salting meats and fish before cooking can result In a loss of juices and nutrients