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Prime Minister Kim Campbell is coming to town Tuesday in a last ditch effort to stop the hemorhaging of her party's popularity locally and to try and save the seat for the Tories. The media mob will be here to collect background for Oct. 25th when the electoral map of the country will change forever and not necessarily for the better. They will point to the blip that will be Oakville- Milton and conclude that as we go, so goes the nation. The handlers of the three main players here, Tory Ann Mulvale, Liberal Bonnie Brown and Reform candidate Richard Malboeuf know the electorate is more than cranky this time out. They're angry, concerned and disenchanted with taxes and government of all kinds. The same mood that was so pervasive in the last provincial election, has again emerged ten-fold during this federal election. And just as the provincial experience saw the Liberals, who held a massive majority at Queen's Park at the time, turfed out, so too will the Tories be looking on at govemment from the other side of the House of Commons when the last ballot has been counted. As in too many other massive election wins, many good MPs go down, and both government and the voters are worse off because of that fact. That's one reason why the performance of local candidates in federal elections these days are of almost no consequence. The electorate looks more to the party leader than the individual, since most riding constituents never deal with their elect- Do you think the federal government was right in privatizing Terminals 1 and 2 at Pearson International Airport? The answer is 'no'. The unelected PM lied when she said things would be different with her. Here's a good exarnple of the same gutless patronage in the shameful contract at Pearson that gives a monopoly for the terminals to a It's a new age of politics where past allegiances and promises mean noth- ing, regardless of their source. It's a 'go for the jugular' mob mentality that is now driving our political system. It is a worrisome trend. Former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney pulled off a rare feat in winning two majority governments in different economic climates. It's not going to happen this time. Tim Cole: Production Manager Only one factor made both women make such defeatest statements with two weeks to go in the campaign...public opinion polls. They've been all bad news for the NDP and Tories and good news for the Gn’ts...end of story. And so we are in the phase of the campaign when the media vultures and political pundits begin to circle the country looking for 'swing ridings' to key in on for their election night coverage and analysis pieces. Enter our own riding of Oakvilleâ€"Milton. Over the past week, the media mafia has been burning up the phone lines asking candidates where they'll be election night so they can get that classic 15 second sight and sound 'bite' so critical to electronic media. Ian Oliver Publisher Robert Glubey Advertising Director Norman Alexander Editor Geoff ml] Circulation Director Tel-l Cull Ofiice Manager ferent. What is a 'change from the norm, however, is how the party leaders are viewing the outcome of the Oct. 25th vote. Stande operating procedure is for all party leaders to say they have the momentum or the people to carry on to victory. But this time out, we have seen both New Democratic Party leader Audrey McLaughlin and Prime Minister Kim Campbell, apparently ready to concede the election to Jean Chretien and the Liberals. While we give both leaders kudos for candor, it's bad politics. Maybe this is what the PM meant when she said her kind of poli- tics would be something different. ' a ll elections have their own peculiar personalities and this one is no dif- > OPHVI ON EDITORIAL CALL845-5585 WHAT RI The swing 467 Spe ers Road. Oakville, Ont L6K 334 845-3824 Fax: 845-3085 Classified Advertising: 845-2809 Circulation: 845-9742 or 845-9743 AKVILLE BEAVER I Adm Free Press. thmn TM- WGdg mam. Week, Mun MWSMSWWTM Camila mmNm Mum-Aurora mentionmvukum. ammonn‘r .mnaua/wnlbyTHsWook PeisttmmumTIIsWodtI W “MMMSclbzmuahm. Whmwhmdwmumumw mottnpubflsnar. ' MUESTION OF THE WEEK| 1'9 WP WLWM,W W- W.“ 5W: 9‘ “Z Are you for or against province-wide testing in schools and why? Give us your opinion on this topic by calling 845-5585, box 5012. All callers are allowed 45 seconds to respond and must provide their name, address and phone number for verifica- tion. A sampling of the best answers will be published in the next Weekend edi- tion of the Oakville Beaver. 5T WEI Humankind has been using seap‘egpgts ever since. The English treated the Highland Which personally I think is a helluva lot preferable to having your throat slit on an altar, but that’s not the point. The point is: the Hebrew ritual gave the world the principle of the “scapegoat” â€" picking some poor shnook out of the crowd and blaming him, her, or it, for everything that’s bad. You can read about it in the Bible. It tells us that on the Hebrew’s Day of Atonement, Aaron selected two goats. One was slaughtered ritually as a sacrifice to the Lord. Then Aaron turned to the other goat and said something like: “You! Look at you! You call yourself a goat? You’re a joke! A disgrace to goatdom! Not only that but I hereby saddle you with all the sins and transgressions my peo- ple have committed in the past year. My people are now pure and innocent. You on the other hand are a mess. Now get outta here already!” And the goat was banished. Driven into the wilderness. But I think the greatest gift the Hebrews bestowed upon us was the concept of the scape- goat. « he world has benefited greatly from the Hebrews. They gave us the Torah and Doctor Seuss. They also gave us Albert Einstein and Lenny Bruce; Yehudi Menhuin and Bob Dylan; bagels and 10x. It's tough being a man in the '905 when one must be seeially-correct As a matter of fact, there’s a politician in Albany, New York who is trying to get a law passed “banning weight bigotry". If assemblyman Daniel Feldman has his way, any employer who refuses to hire someone as...oh, say a ballerina, or a fashion model, or a trapeze artist just because said person weighs, as much as, and is built like a Dodge Minivan â€" well, that employer would be subject. to? prosecution. AAAAAAA It is no longer politically cor- rect to wax lighthearted about ethnics, gays, or women. Hell, you can get in trouble telling jokes about folks who are short or bal...oops - I mean follically challenged. On a less bloodthirsty scale we all use scapegoats. The Newfie joke, the Mulroney dart- board, the Toronto Maple Leafs â€" all variations on the scapegoat theme. Trouble is, good scapegoats are getting hard to find. The Toronto Maple Leafs are begin- ning to play respectable hockey. Brian Mulroney is mercifully off the front pages and out of our lives. And Newfie jokes just ain’t funny. Scots and the Irish as scape- goats. The Nazis did the same to the Gypsies and the Jews. In your Herstory book. Man. The ultimate scapegoat. I’d whine some more, but I’ve gotta go. I promised I’d meet my buddies out in the Wilderness forpa couple of beers. . Hey, don’t laugh. It’s already happening. The Lingo Police are out there as I write, scouring the English tongue to eradicate every filthy foxhole of male- tainted language. We’ve got personhole covers in the streets now. We’ve got Chairpersons and fisherpersons and if you think I exaggerate, go look it up. There you have it kiddies. The perfect patsy. No question of race or religion, or custom or belief, or short or tall, or fat or skinny. Just...man, the fall guy. Half the human race ready, waiting, and practically crying out to be pronounced Guilty As Charged. It was an ad for a new book by one June Stephenson. The ad copy says â€" “Why do so many boys grow up to be criminals? Whether it’s murder, rape, or the SL scandal, crime costs $300â€" billion a year. Prison inmates are 94% male. Why is crime essentially a male pursuit? Read MEN ARE NOT COST EFFEC- TIVE: Male Crime in America.” But I think I’ve managed to turn one up. A scapegoat, I mean. I found it in the pages of Harpers Magazine. As I said, it’s getting tough to find a decent scapegoat these days.