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Page OUTLOOK Friday Aprils Halton Hills home UWoa Canadian Company JM Gw Ontario Second Clan Mall Registered Number PUBLISHER Don Brander EDITOR Dave ADVERTISING MANAGER CarlSuike MARKETING REPRESENTATIVES Lowes Sharon Marshall Alanna CLASSIFIED Terry Colter Elaine PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS Myles Annie Mary Lou Foreman Joan Brown ACCOUNTING DavcWolker Pauline Miller Outlook Quebec caucus all is not well Ottawa Report I Stewart Mac cod To understand all the currents and undercurrents flowing through the Conservatives Quebec Caucus might well require a thee but it t take much on to know that all not well Nor should anyone expect it to be sweeping of the provinces scats in the 1984 election and now the party popularity plunge to depressing depths in the opinion palls it obviously a time for uncomfortable reflections And since oil but two of these 57 MPs came here without prior parlinmcn tary experience and with personal probably running unreal is high the discomfort factor is further compounded In any event here is a handful of Quebec Tory MPs who haven been happy with the way the is being run In the province After things recently came to a head most of the Quebec MPs now arc talking happiness pence and harmony tut hero are obviously problems still bubbling dose to the surface The trick is to keep the lid on them and even Prime Minister has become directly In In this process APOLOGY After Montreal MP Edouard threatened punch out a reporter from Devoir he actual ly grabbed Michel Vastel by the necktie before being restrained by colleagues the prime minister per tonally phoned the reporter to lie also ordered Mr Desrasicrs to apologize which MP dd without any outward display or en He had objected to stories in Le Devoir which included Ins name among the dissidents in the Tories Quebec caucus Bui regardless of Mr Dcsrosicrs views on the state of affairs there Is clear a group unhappy with the way things are being done for the party In Quebec One MP frequently named as the leader of the diss dents or if you prefer reformists is rancols tram Megontlc Com p ton win had complained about the party being led by complacent lionanes and bagmen When Industry Minister Michel Cote said that Mr Gcrln had bitter stop criticizing the party or decide what to do there was immediate talk of expulsions from caucus In fact Energy Minister Marcel Masse was a Quebec newspaper as saying he planned to expel two or three dissidents Meanwhile Mr was quoted as saying he t hive to take orders from anyone but the me To settle matters Mr Masse coll a special meeting of Quebec MPs It was fully expected that the two or three alleged dissidents would turfed out But as the meeting got one MP after another saying complimentary things about Mr It clear that whatever they are called there were a good number of MPs or more who are impatient for changes In the party structure in Quebec When you drop in the polls you got to become more reformist to change some perceptions sold MP Louis Plamondon What the group wants among other things is a more democratic party struclun more grass roots participation In policy and lim tn lions on corporate contributions to all political parties Mr Masse proposed the creation recommendations for the next con vention of the party Quebec wing Afterwards there were conflicting versions of what it all means in the long run Some so- called reformists said it was a great victory for them others said absolutely nothing had changed All of them perhaps for differing reasons said the rfl has been healed But beneath the surface the heal process seems far from com What may be required Is a few months of basking in improved raon polls That tends to work wonders with internal party bicker iTfeTKe Iftft If s I A WoMAW FROM RIB wiat will SB Every parent needs help from his kids At long last after decades of Spock Inspired permissiveness there has been a blessed break through in Ihe philosophy of child rearing An family counsel lor has lust been quoted In the papers as saying that children should be taught to accept responsibility at a much earlier age From the time they are very small we do everything for our children and then when they hit age 10 or we suddenly decide It time they start making their own beds or making their own lunch to take to school Every day ask yourself If you ve done anything for your children that they were capable of doing themselves well this strikes me as superb ad vice and I speak as something of a expert on child rearing since I never had a child This means I can address the Issue logically and dispassionately without being Influenced by such things as paternal Instincts My own childhood quite frankly was harsh and rigorous Wc had only one television channel and no VCR at all Moreover I was cruelly abandon by my mother In my bour of greatest need I was 12 at the time My little friend who had a paper route out of town and my father ordered me to take the route on Well this misrepresents things Just a bit He actually order me to lake the route He Just an that be was cutting off my allowance and that I could make my own decision Blackmail Is istrong word On the other hand it s a terrible thing for a father to do to his eldest ton In any case I turned in lion to my mother But she was already wavering Well she hedged all of us have to make a contribution In family Your father works all day and 1 clean the bouse Unfortunately this was about the time at which my mother was begin to launch her writing career So in a fit of pique retorted You don t spend the day cleaning the house You spend the day locked In your study My mother stiffened Her eyes hardened and all vestiges of mater love disappeared from her face she snarled As It turns out taking the paper route was a good move In fact It was the only Job ve ever had that I was much good at That a why ft s good to hear that family counsellors are now urging parents to make their children take more responsibility Those wise words bear repeating Every day ask yourself If you done anything for your children that they were capable of doing them selves This of course Is a pretty sweep ing question Did you by any chance feed your child today Did you help him with his homework On the morning of the did you drive him to school Or in the Interests of his own wellbeing did you advise him to stop snivelling as you punted down the front steps But wait This Is starting to sound Just a bit And nobody wants to be teen as a cruel and unfeeling parent Except perhaps my mother on the night she threw me to the paper route But that was years ago and time heals even grievous wounds As such perhaps we should rephrase words from the family counsellor to state Every day ask yourself If done anything for yourself that you could nave made your children do for you Ambulance volunteers Sorry II we woke you In the middle of the night Hut someone in neighborhood Is fighting for his life Sorry block he road And mike you urn around But the rr a hid wreck With children the ground see us coming II understand ltu hate ihe rlghtof way Someone nerds our helping hand Sometimes a child Sometimes a broken leg Sometimes a heart stops beating ilsloolate iou know ltulwelllrynlrou Mr don Idoil for mi know I paid Me dan do ll for Hut or a life that might be lined SojiirwhcrrdrcpwIIhinUt Me re here help our neighbor In their hour of pain and doubt special To help us see you through Mrdolt And we care about you too Say yes EDITOR S NOTE The following let ter was filed with the Herald for publication lion Brian Mulroney House of Commons Ottawa Ontario Dear Sir President Itcagan should say yes Premier Gorbachev has proposed the removal of all medium range missiles from Europe with no ings attached Lets take him up on it For the first time In years of negotiating the would be reducing the number of nuclear weapons Instead steadily adding more At your upcoming meeting with President PLEASE en courage him to accept the offer It would be good for him and good for everyone on this planet Yours truly Roy For the members of HAND Sunday law Dear Sir The enforcement of Sunday Law is In opposition to the Scriptures that proclaim the seventh day as the Sab bath Exodus Sunday Is the first day of the week on the calendar Constant Christian Emperor changed the Sabbath to Sunday In the Edict of Milan and the Christian Church enforced this change at the Council of Laodlcea in C Michael for a Assembly in Messiah Bo Armstrong VOE1B0