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HILLS OUTLOOK INI Hal ton Hills OUTLOOK It published each Saturday by ALTON HILLS HERALD Home Newspaper of Hal Ion Hills A Divisional Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Gurlph Georgetown Ontario L7i Second Class Mail Registered Number PUBLISHER Don EDITOR Dave ADVERTISING MGR Cheryl ACCOUNTING Mike Bo wen Pauline Miller MARKETING REPRESENTATIVES Sharon fallings worth Cathy PRODUCTION SUPERINTENDENT Dave Hastings PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS on Mary Foreman Annie HEPAHTMENT Marie FOREMAN ASSISTANT McKrown Outlook Premiers head in sand on Lake Accord Queens Park By Derek Nelson Thomson Newt The head inthesand attitude of Premier David Peterson to the Lake accord has to end To Peterson the accord is a mood In the rough He refuses to pro- any changes unless someone can convince there is over- whelming need Well there Is such need When it comes to language rights the Lake gem is deeply flawed It will enshrine in the constitution dual linguistic standards for this country a Frenchonly Quebec and bllingualism elsewhere Some rather remarkable statements by DHbervillc federal official languages commis sioner make thot clear of course has been widely condemned for pointing out the ob vious In his annual report that the Quebec governments linguistic ap proach results In the humbling or of English It is the first time a figure from Canadas francophone establish meat has articulated what most anglophone Quebccers feel Interestingly Quebecs elected- anglophone Including Prime Minister Brian all for cover They fear French and prefer the hear no evil sec no evil stance that has marked their decade- long weak ceded defence of anglophone rights AGREED On the other hand unci cc ted anglephones nodded in agreement with in print and speech The repression of English is a fact something that all the howls of outrage In francophone media and from francophone politicians cant obscure repeated an observation made by others including Quebec anglophone spokesman Royal On- who spoke here to he Ontario legislative committee that Is ex amining the Lake deal In Quebec the distinctive nature of that provinces society is equated solely with its French aspect Yet at sold distinc tiveness of Quebec society seems to us Inseparable both in historical and contemporary terms from the contribution of the Englishspeaking community in that province and should be recognized as such It isnt of course The Lake accord simply recognizes the Quebec governments right to preserve and promote the distinct society of Quebec its French com only And that brings us back to Peter son If he were a unl lingual ist so meone willing to defend Ontarios centuryold tradition as on English Speaking province then his support for Lake might be under We Canadians could then retreat Into and enshrine our splendid isola lions Quebec would be French the rest of Canada English and the federal government In Ottawa on ly bilingual But Peterson claims to favor which is why he says he will someday make Ontario officio iy bilingual Leader Bob Rao thinks Peterson should have proclaimed Ontario bilingual yesterday while Progressive Conservative Andy Brandt says he isnt opposed to official Brandt a stance the opposite of former Tory leader Larry Grossmans during the provincial election campaign snows that same firmness of Tory principle we saw in Issues such as separate school funding and rent control With all of these parties onside you would think there might be sup port from one or more for explicitly Including protection for Quebecs onglophones in the Lake ac cord Berrys World Berrys World A AHNUAL Man goes to jail to keep his Stetson that traditional values have gone the way of the Dodo bird livecent ci gar and the Liberals chances of form fog the next government someone comes along and makes a glorious lure Iha I restores your faith This is why we were so moved to read about the chap down in Texas who has chosen to go to Jail rather than remove his cowboy hat Apparently the episode began with 21yearold Kcven summoned to a Fort Worth courtroom as a pros pec live Juror When the Judge ordered him remove his large black Stetson ven replied I dont take off my hat for no one but my momma and was promptly given 10 days for contempt Now granted Kevens gesture may not be quite destined to go down In his lory alongside the other great sacri fices that brave men have made In the cause of personal Integrity St Thomas More for instance faced a roughly similar choice when Henry ordered him to sanction his dl or lose his hat But stakes for lorn were just slightly higher consid that his to be inside the Still there Is on undeniable nobility In the stand of young To begin with you have to be moved a a young man who refuses to take off hat for anyone but his momma particularly for a momma who doesnt even know how to spell Kevin Such reverence for ones mother la tragically uncommon in these troubled limes Moreover you have to admire tome- one who would accept a Jail term rather than sacrifice any sort or personal clple Kevens Merri Mart Gal Hand Is quoted as saying that he has a bit of a stubborn streak but is really a good boy And we cannot doubt this for an distant what else would you call a man who has a fiancee named Marl On this evidence alone we can safely assume that has a brother named Billy Bob a hound named Blue and season tickets to the But most of all you have to admire man who would face jail rather than part with a cowboy hat There are perhaps people who will not Instantly grasp the deep of a mans attachment to his Stet son This is possibly because the world is full of people who would not be caught dead wearing one But I speak as one who has worn a cowboy hat and therefore as one who appreciates what the Stetson sym A symbolizes rugged Unity tempered with compassion It represents respect for momma and squareahootin and straight It represents in short the traditional manly Western Ideal This Is why when people see like me weiring a cowboy hat hey mediately exclaim Look at goof ball whos trying to pretend he s a Which explains why I no longer wear a Stetson At present youd have to classify me as a sort of closet hat- wearer someone who longs to go pub lic with his but who tacks the courage of a Or a Svend But I dlsgrcss We were discussing the splendid gesture of a man whose deepest values are so fully symbolized by his Stetson that he would go to Jail rather than doff it Staff Comment BRIAN Walking the picket lines is never done It myself albeit for only two days during a strike at Nor thern Telecom in when I was a summer student there several years ago When you first arrive for picket duty there Is a certain amount of ex followed by a long period of waiting The novelty wears off after about an hour Then you want to throw down your placard and go back to work Here In Georgetown weve got almost HO people walking the picket lines at two companies Smith and Stone employees walk ed out March and Standard Pro ducts walked out just one week later The strikes are the second and third in Georgetown in recent mon ths Packaging endured a sixweek strike before manag ed to with the Graphics Inter national Union The Canadian Auto Workers Union represents all workers currently operating the picket lines I cant imagine having to go for any length of time earning the a week strike pay the union workers let for their stints on picket line d go broke in a day Its amazing they manage lo hold On the companies side theyve got to be hurting too Good business relationships are crucial to a com ponys reputation and the decreas ing production during a strike cant help any But the one thing that seems to be common In most strikes is a distinct lack of communication If you look back to the post office strike last summer when the news hit papers the strike was settled the workers here hadnt heard anything from their union or the company They only knew what was in the But thats the way our labor system seems to work Both sides talk both sides disagree The union walks out or the company locks them out and then everybody Just sits with their arms folded over their chest and waits Its a funny way to do things All that money on both sides down the drain and people just wait Of course you always need a cool off period after negotiations break down but how long docs that have to last Some strikes benefit from a government appointed mediator But even a mediator can only do so much If each side tells him were not moving till they do It seems to be the you first syn- I wonder what would happen If the fovernment took a tougher stance Ike locking the chief negotiators together In a padded room with only pizza and beer for nourishment until they work out a deal I bet theyd settle up once the bot ties were empty and the pizza turned cold Our financial wizards down at Holton Region have a nice feather in their cap They picked up a distinguished budget presentation award from the Government Finance Officers Association of the United State and Canada Their presentations are judged on the actual document the operations guide the financial plan and how the budget is communicated to those who need to read it Since 19M only government in stitutions throughout North America have won the award All tfaia and a tax hike within the rate of Inflation too