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snnnininpdiininininnimainninnniniiiinninenii _ 0jX ©/ $ 9 t .33 » d ppnrnidiemnmuntrâ€"mmenei 467 Speers Road, Oakville, On 845â€"3824 Fax: 845â€" Classified Advertising: 845 Miranlatian« RAEâ€"O7TAD ar AA It‘s about time seniors stood up for themselves Mulroney. So today she will call a federal election for Monday October 25th. Campbell must make the move today if the government is to save an estimated $15â€"milâ€" lion in formulating a new voters‘ list. And given the public‘s contempt for the way in which Ottawa has been spending their hardâ€"earned money, the PM wouldn‘t dare flush that amount of cash, and more to the point, potential votes, down the drain. What will Canadians do? The easy answer to that is simple: no one, not the politicians, polling organiâ€" zations or political pundits, have a clue as to what will trigger the voters to cast their ballot for a particular party. If we believe the latest ;.)ollé, the people would like to see a government led by Kim Campbell but composed of a majority of Liberal MPs. Confusing? You bet. The majority of Canadians just can‘t see Liberal leader Jean Chretien as leader of the country although by a margin of 40% to 36%, they would like to see a Liberal government. That tells you one thingâ€"the Grits made a terrible mistake in choosing Chretien as leader of their party when there were other solid choices. Remember Paul Martin Jr.? Among the more unknown factors in the campaign will be how Canadians, a Ontarians in particular, will view the federal New Democratic Party. NDP boss Audrey McLaughlin has her hands full in trying to distance herself from Ontario Premier Bob Rae whose problems have been publicized throughout Canada. With 8% support of the polls, the NDP is just one slim percentage point ahead of The Reform Party. That‘s pretty scary stuff if you‘re McLaughlin or an NDP supporter. The first early prediction a minority Conservative government? s hard to believe at it seems, the summer of 1993 officially ended at Amidnight on Labor Day Monday. And after a day to think about what a fine summer, weatherâ€"wise at least, it was, today we can mark the unofâ€" ficial start to the fall. It is the first day of school for Halton students. Today will see thousands of students heading back to the classrooms, some for the very first time. Many children will also be taking school buses for the first time and the Halton Regional Police are reminding motorists that they will be rigidly enforcing the school bus law. That means you can‘t pass a school bus when its lights are flashing and ‘stop‘ sign is visible and you must stop in front a school bus with the lights flashing if you approach it from the front. Dear Sir: Seniors unite! Have any of you looked at some of the commercials on TV lately and witnessed what some of the adverâ€" Every year there are needless tragedies surrounding children going to or returning from school. Many of these accidents could have been prevented by motorists using a little common sense and by driving defensively. Remember, children aren‘t careless, they‘re carefree. Dear Sir: I am very hurt and upset after reading ‘Kelly Wolfendale‘s® opinion on the Shell Park incident in the Aug. 27th letters column. I don‘t think J have ever read anything that showed as much ignorance and prejudice as the words written by Kelly. For one, I am very shocked when you said, ‘"There is too much AIDS in this world to be hiding the facts about gays". Do you not realize that ‘straight‘ people are also infected with AIDS? It is not a gay person‘s disease; it‘s a human disease. * Being gay is not an illness, it‘s a sexual preference. To label all gays as "sinners that will be punished by God," is by all means prejudism and immoral, let alone a sin itself. You are entitled to your opinion, but don‘t judge what you don‘t know anything about. If you think that the gay lifestyle is all about having orgy‘s in public washrooms, you are wrong. I am not for what these men did at Shell Park, but I am also not about to label them as walking AIDS cases that have sinned so bad by happening to be homosexual, that they should be punished by God. I think that you are the one who is sinning by your prejudism, judgement, and disrespect towards a lifestyle in which you are of no part of, and you are obviously ignorant of it. Sexual preference, not illness is the issue Ontarians dissatisfied with Rae government You stated, "you wouldn‘t want your children to be taught by a gay teacher or treated by a gay doctor", and I really want to know how you can tell which ones are gay Dear Sir: In April of this year, we predicted that the only winners in the NDP budâ€" get were the moving companies. Now, a new Environics poll comâ€" missioned by Ontarians for Responsible Government (O.R.G.) shows that a shocking 49% of Ontarians would seriously consider leaving the province if they could afford it. * When O.R.G. asked the same question just before the budget, 41% said they wanted out. It‘s no coinciâ€" dence that the number of Ontarians who want to leave increased by 20% after the taxâ€"grabbing budget of NDP Premier Rae. People have had enough of high taxes! Even more troubling, the poll revealed that 61% of Ontarians aged 18â€"24 want to flee the province. These young people are the future of Ontario, but they seem to have lost faith in it. The ever increasing tax burden is ime has run out for Prime Minister Kim Campbell. She has travelled across the country to try and calm the waters of discontent among the populace in an attempt to make voters forget about her old boss Brian Back to school Election fever EDITORIAL tising agencies are saying and doing with us? And about us? A rather prominent furniture sales organization had some very good commercials, until some bright likely one reason why so many Ontarians want to leave â€" and why so many want the ability to say "no" to hicher taxes. Another Environics/O.R.G. poll question revealed that 70% of Ontarians want any tax increase subâ€" mitted to a provinceâ€"wide referendum for approval. Rae‘s response in the PHONE ALONE CALL845â€"5585 and which ones are straight? Is there a stamp on their foreâ€" head? Or do they just come straight out and tell you what their sexual preference is? What if (you had children) and they turned out to be gay? Would you pack up your bags and leave them, as you said you would do if you had a gay neighbor? I think you might have implanted in your head that all gay men are lispingâ€"limpâ€"wnisted, and that all gay women If you can tell me what differentiates gay people from straight people â€" other than sexual preference â€" then I will admut that J am the ignorant, uneducated one. In the meantime, words are very powerful, and I found yours to be especially powerful and affective in my life. I am a young female who is struggling to accept the fact that I‘m gay. I have been trying to ‘come out of the closet‘ for a long time, so that I can talk to someone because I am scared. I am afraid of being rejected, judged, and punished by my family and community. But with what you said in your letter on August 27th, 1 ‘closed my closet door‘ a litâ€" tle bit because you rejected me and called me a sinner for something that isn‘t my fault. You can control the act, but you can‘t control the feeling. PS, Have you ever looked at the number of gay suiâ€" cides there are, and their reasons? You may think twice about your harshness. . SPEAK YOUR MIND | Got a gripe? Give us a call. Readers are invited to express their opinion on a topic of their choice by calling 845â€"5585, box 5250. All callers are allowed 45 secâ€" onds to express their opinion and must provide their name, address and phone number for verification. young ape got into the act, and startâ€" ed ridiculing seniors, by depicting them as coffee tables and lamp posts. Then, they show seniors as generally inane and make a mockery A cross section of the responses will be published in next Wednesday‘s Oakville Beaver. past to such a referendum has been "we don‘t need one." Ontario taxpayers are telling him that we do â€" and it‘s high time that Premier Rae started listening to us. Colin Brown President Ontarians For Responsible Government The Oakville Beaver welcomes your comments. M All letters must be signed and include the writer‘s address and phone number. Letters should be typed, doubleâ€"spaced and addressed to: Letters to the Editor, The Oakville Beaver, 467 Speers Rd., Oakville, Ont. L6K 3S4 Classified Advertising: 845â€"2809 Circulation: 845â€"9742 or 845â€"9743 JJS. Fax: 845â€"3085 of them. More recently, a firm advertising their particular brand of snack "CHIPS" has a rather pervert adverâ€" tisement depicting an older person walking across a street, and her "CHIPS" being saved, while she wound up covered with mud. Whatever happened to the revered older (parents) that I can easily remember, that were so well taken care of by their children and their children‘s children? Or is it the children that are now playing with those memories and distorting them bevond belief? Very recently, I had occasion to speak to a younger person on the telephone regarding a sum of money that her firm was "holding" for me against "possible future disburseâ€" ment". When I challenged her right to do so, I was told that it was "only $163.20". I am willing to bet that she makes more money in a month than I do in a year, and while to her, it is "Only" a small amount, to a senior this might be a great deal and possibly the difference between dog food for dinner that week and even hamburger. I dislike being talked down to, and as well, being discrimâ€" inated against, because I have white hair. (This younger person was well aware that I was a senior!) It seems to me that we should not only boycott those product manufacâ€" turers and sales agencies that make fun of SENIORS, but take them to court (perhaps a human rights case), or somehow stop this degenerate way of depicting our older people. It is true that they employ SENIORS to make these commercials, but perâ€" haps, they need the money to keep the wolf away from the door and stoop to this means as their only way left to make ends meet. A year or so ago, an article appeared in The Beaver by one of its staff writers that ridiculed white haired seniors for their tardiness while driving. I find this is possibly a trend in the "younger set" that we should certainly put right before it gets out of hand. Perhaps, they feel that they will never reach that stage in life when they will be the subject of ridicule that they now appear to relish. )nt LGK sn onZ t HoWs QCTOBER A. Velleman Robert Glasbey Advertising Director Norman Alexander Edilor Geoff Hil Circulation Director Tert Casas Office Manager Tim Coles Production Manager Ian Oliver Publisher â€"â€"iiiensstornenrmne »pareteemeitrere reeemmns e rennenmeiencnneren ce neaem nare en merregern ce eearrareenanenememeepete ut ramtrapenrenereerereenmememmmmnamem Dear Sir: I have just come back from the opening of the new firehall and the Smithâ€"Triller Viaduct with my two children aged 3 and 22 months. 1 thought that the three tetra packs of juice that I had packed would be enough, but when we got to the bridge my daughter (the baby) asked for a drink and I realized I was out. She was beet red and perspiring (as we all were), so I pushed her stroller under the canopy for shade and approached the drink table. I thought nothing of it because a number of community representatives and councillors were holding refreshments. One councillor (a stocky, elderly man with white hair and moustache) said, "Not until after the ceremony". I pointed to the baby and said, "It‘s for my daughter, I‘m concerned", and he said louder, "Not now". The baby was now crying, sweaty, beet red and I‘m looking at these people in name tags sipping their coolers. No problem getâ€" ting theirs! Not knowing what to do, I approached a policeman who was talking with a small group and near tears asked for a drink for my daughter. A lady said, "That‘s no problem" when she saw my daughter by now quite listless in her stroller. I told her I had twice been denied and she got us an apple juice herself. I felt humiliated. I would like to thank that "gentleman" for his wonderful disâ€" play of community spirit and compassionate demeanor towards a baby. Perhaps, he can explain to my 3â€"yearâ€"old son who asked, "Why can‘t Taylor have a drink, she‘s not feeling well". Why he said no. Perhaps, he can explain why he‘s a representative of the community. Perhaps, the next time, I‘ll be smart enough to stay home. Common sense needed The rise in passenger distance traversed by air has been meteoric since _ § _ 1950. in 1992, the number neared 2,000 billion passengerâ€"kilometers. ; World air transport Year *preliminary Year 1990 1970 1991 1992* 1970 1980 1991 1992* LETTER OF THE DAY (J 2s ] 15 J os )22 WEEKLY FOCUS 460| c Liwinbuling L1G, group o! suburban newspapers News Advartiser, Barfie Advance, Brampton Collingwood Connection, Etobiooke Quardiar Apton Free Press, Kingaston This Week, Lir Economist and Sun, Stouttville/Uxbridge Tribure Mhmuan News, Nowmarketâ€"Aurora Eraâ€"Ban Beaver, Onllia Todm“ Oshawa/Whithy This We Richmond HIVThomhiIWWauahan L iboral. Searb c 1j People (billion passengerâ€"kilometers) Frelg 4@“ron Meters) 1'0891 Abrse." 1.842 1 1,894 | 58.51 Jia 11967 M. Filice 61.21 Burlington Posl, wn |’I”WM Wook, Markham Yals d & & &