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Wednesday 12 1992 the HERALD Opinion Duignan must start to fulfill his obligations This is a call to North Noel to start fulfilling his obligation as the area provincial representative It turns out Mr cial colleagues recently amended a regulation of Ontario s Con solidatcd Hearings Act to include the Region Act However nothing on the matter was heard from Mr Duignan before the amendment approval at the beginning of January and nothing has been heard from him since its approval Neither the amendment nor Mr silence may seem like a big deal But for those opposing the Acton dump proposal it is a major development The province passed the Region Act during the early 70s in order to create the municipality of In creating the municipality the province gave it responsibility over waste disposal within Halton That mean under normal cir the construction of a landfill needs regional approval before it can go ahead or those who don t know Milton based Reclamations Systems In corpora ted RSI the dump proponent has applied for a Con sohdated Hearings Board to con the proposal s validity A Consolidated Hearings Board will consider the the proposal in context of all related provincial ts Until the province amended the Consolidated Act the Region Act was included as by Ben part of tins law That meant up the change Region had two kicks at the can so to speak to stop the dump proposal Since the Region Act gives the Region control over waste disposal n council would normally lie right to reject the RSI application Since the region has already come out against the proposal in all likelihood Regional council would have rejected it If this happened RSI would have most likely appealed the decision to the Ontario Municipal Board which would have upheld or rejected regional council decision If regional council lost at the it would try to stop the dump at a Consolidated Hearings Board However the province decision to change the Consolidated Hearings Act means regional doesn t have a chance to deal with the proposal directly Contacted Monday Mr Duignan said he had only heard about the change to the Consolidated Act as a result of my con ting him Why did Mr Duignan only find out about a government decision in volving his ward after the fact And from a reporter at that Mr said he would look into the matter and get back to me Instead of getting back to me Mr should be more concerned about explaining himself and his party to his constituency His being unaware of such a major decision indicates one of two things Mr Duignan know what s going on within his own par or his party is shutting him out of the decision making process Whatever the case it doesn say much for Mr Duignan or his party Intolerance in disguise is on the rise Are we facing a new fascist era J or many Canadians fascism is some old horror vaguely associated with weird people in jackboots and funeral clothing But fascism as a social phenomena was something much more insidious and much more damaging than the antiques of a bunch of violent loudmouths Fascism meant uniformity and repression of original thinking Meant hypocrisy and fear Fascism meant mediocrity and the death of significant life in the countries affected It meant the triumph of the petit bourgeois way of thinking and the death of generosity and open in Why raise the spectre of fascism in 1992 Canada Becasue we are surrounded by in tolerance under the cloth of fairness and tolerance The so called political correct ness which is permeating the media and political life is nothing more than an attempt to stifle our freedom not only to act but to think The mealy mouthed voices on the Radio and on TV the gutless commentaries and reporting in the newspapers are attempts to impose a correct view Correct for whom Correct why Some examples Racial discrimination is disgusting and foolish Which does not mean that I do not have the right to harbor the most stupid prejudices 1 have the right to dislike Jews Wasps Italians and Venusians It is my absolute right not only to harbor such sentiments but to ex press them If in the name of political cor rectness we lose those rights the whole structure of democratic life is undermined To impose on me a perfect position in the name of political or social eor is a crime just as big as the crime of active racism Another example To condone and support the state of moral Another View and intellectual confusion of the teenager is an abdication of my duty to criticize and oppose such confusion There is a huge dif between tolerating a state of mind or a form of behavior and supporting it I have no right to stop a speeder on the but I have no right to en courage the speeder or to con done herhis behavior Democratic life implies variety and freedom But everywhere I see signs of attempts to impose strict rules the rules of the in tellectual grave We are becoming prisoners of stereotyped thoughts and like dogs we are expected to react in the predicted way to any news I have worked with blacks and shared room and board for four years with a black student I have been supported in my political careers by black Torontonians Which has nothing to do with the fact that I think and I must be free to express my opinion that there is an abnormally high rate of m the black community Or even better that there is a perceived high rate of crime By refusing the perceived fact we are committing two major rors First we are not in vestigating the perceived fact And a proper investigation could well turn out to refute it In other words we keep alive a perceived fact which could be absolute baloney But what if a serious investiga tion would confirm the fact The logical action to follow would be to attempt to cure the sickness to the benefit first of all of the black community But the politically correct voices do not want even to mention the issue Right next we will not recognize cancer and let people die in blissful ignorance Do you think the above is just a lot of words with little relevance Why do you think we are in an economic mess Because politi cians in the name of holy hypocrisy have refused to face reality and honestly debate it After Bob speech the heads of the Liberals and vatives scathingly attacked the Premier Good fun No utter pathetic nonsense Another example of the abdtca tion of the to be free to think and of the necessity of debate To accept correct thinking is a bigger oxymoron than fascist freedom Peoples Forum Reporter chided for opinion on escarpment initiative Editor Note The following letter was forwarded to Herald senior reporter Ben Dear Ben Back in the real world To the Editor Now that I have your attention lets take a look at a perfect UTOPIAN world or what gunners want A world free of guns and violence Such a world would have no armies because guns can and are stolen from armories People who commit crimes and or violence to another person would be dealt with most severe ly Since most serial kilters prefer knives and blunt in slmments or strangulation the fact that there are no guns would not bother them A criminal wan ting to have an edge on their vie tim could use say a baseball bat Guess baseball is doomed cause a bat is now a weapon Can t have cars because some nut ran over a bunch of people at the bus stop before he did himself in with a butcher knife UTOPIA Definition of Utopian is ex or ideal but existing only in visionary or impractical thought or theory So here we are back in the real world A place where criminals can point a gun at or even shoot someone and walk the streets in five years Maybe we need to have laws will send someone to prison for at least 20 years with no parole for crimes committed with weapons I own a gun and I am proud of it Why not I am a law abiding citizen I shoot my gun at paper targets this makes it a weapon Although it could be used as one it never has been Lets not forget baseball The bat is a wonderful thing It can be used to give your child hours of enjoyment or to protect yourself against an in Problem is when the criminal has a gun you will be dead bat or no bat and the police just don have the man power to be there until its too late Weapon An instrument or part used as a means of attack or defense m combat a means employed to disarm persuade or get the better of another t that something Doesn t say gun anywhere Well whats the answer Nothing tool proof I m afraid If we take a look al the mass shootings of late we can see that they were directed at schools women children handicapped and generally defenceless people Perhaps if even one of those women had a snub nose in their purse history would hive been a little brighter Perhaps if even one of those McDonalds employees or patrons had Ihe means to defend themselves a gun it would be remembered quite differently Maybe gun con should be set up much like licencing to drive a car with yearly competency tests family safety and orientation programs and the ability to carry a gun for protection I for one would feel a lot better if I knew my wife could safely handle and carry a firearm for her protec Criminals would think ferently if they thought that gas stations might be the last thing they ever see or that women that they are stalking with violence in their minds might blow them in to the next life N Georgetown Ont I read with interest your last two articles in The Herald regar ding the Niagara Escarpment Plan amendment that I initiated You may have been carried away in painting a battle between two parties which in reality are both interested in opposing new quarries on the Escarpment Then you may have tried hard to find a compromise position bet ween what you wrote about our positions as a journalist you are entitled to raise public concerns or dismiss them state someone else opinion or your opinion However when you print thai I showed lack of good faith I must respond Good faith is not a skill that you develop Nor the lack of can be attributed to a mistake Good is a way of acting and dealing with people or issues in a and sincere manner Either do it all the time automatically or otherwise you have of deceiving peo ple People have losl f nth in politicians beeiuse of their politicking If in your opinion I did something wronL then say so I am prepared recognize my mistakes But if you try deriv from my actions a picture of my character it is imperative that you look at all the facts We myself and the other members of the group EAGLE tried to make known our inten lions to ask for this Amendment since August 1989 We published articles the local papers specifying Lots and Concession numbers We called several meetings in the last two years open to all at which this matter was raised I personally dropped a note to more than mail boxes last stating my intention to go ahead with the application to the NEC As a result of all of the above I received not one phone call nor one letter Not one extra person came to EAGLE s meetings I was not surprised by that Most people have work hard to earn their living and do not have the me to attend one more meeting I recognize that we could have done more but there is a limit to our time and EAGLE s funds I then initiated the only process know the Amendment which starts with a letter of notification to all the neighbors sent by the Niagara Escarpment Commis sion staff asking them for their comments The Amendment can be withdrawn in whole or in part at any time even before it is presented to the Commissioners I stated to you my intention to do exactly that if serious opposition developed The official NEC staff letter finally raised people s interest and fears I then offered to meet with anyone anywhere to answer any question Last week we called a new OPEN meeting to which ALL including planners from the NEC and the media hav been invited Lack of good faith Sincerely Giuseppe Support is essential Letter to the Editor These are very busy times at Acton F Share but we feel we must express our thanks and gratitude to the many wonderful people organizatons and businesses that help us with gifts of food and money Thanks also to the Churches of Acton and Churchill for their donations and support the Christmas season we received an of gifts of toys cookies Christmas cakes fruit and turkeys helping to make the season brighter for those m need On behalf of the directors and volunteers may I express our thanks Your support is so tlal Sincerely Couple thanked Dear Editor I just wanted to take the time to write and thank the nice couple from who stopped to help me January 23 when my car stalled out on Airport Rd South of DerryRd MississaUga When my ear stalled and I t restart it I tried to get out and push it off the road However since I was in the cen tre lane and no one would stop I couldn do this Not until this couple stopped and helped me The gentleman then helped me restart my car This kind behavior is one of the reasons my husband and I moved to Georgetown last summer I ve generally found people here are friendly and happy to help others This is something for Georgetown to be proud of and to encourage Sincerely Diane Hamilton