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Robert Glasbey Advertising Director Norman Alexander Editor Geoff Hill Circulation Director Teri Casas Office Manager Tim Coles Production Manager : Classified Advertising: 845â€"2809 Circulation: 845â€"9742 or 845â€"9743 Ian Oliver Publisher _ ie exileBeaer publishedeve the federal New Democratic Party and the Progressive Conservatives, it‘s a case of wanting to rise from the ashes with the helping hand of the new Liberal government under Jean Chretien. If you live by the ballot box, you die by the ballot box. But in the case of And that‘s the crunch. A political party must win 12 seats to have official status in the House of Commons. That status opens up federal funds for research, staff and facilities. It also allows the parties time to ask the governâ€" ment questions during the daily question period. It‘s these two aspects of government that the NDP and Tories must have if they are to rebound from their crushing defeat on Oct. 25th at the hands of the Liberal juggernaut. As usual, the main issue is money...lots of it and the fact that both the NDP and the Tories won‘t be able to get their hands on any of the government lucre available to official political parties. So there‘s little surprise in the fact that both the NDP which holds nine seats and the lowly Tories with just two seats, are lobbying the government to change the rules and give them both official party status. We trust that neither NDP leader Audrey McLaughlin nor Conservative leader Kim Campbell, aren‘t holding their collective breath in anticipation of a favorable ruling by the new government. In fact, Chretien has already offered Kim Campbell, who also lost her own British Columbia seat, the use of government office space, a secretary and a researcher for one year. And that should be just about enough time for Campbell to resign and call yet another leadership convention. But with the party‘s finances, now in dire straits, look for the venue to be in someone‘s livâ€" ing room. Should the controversial plan to purchase new helicopters proceed? The staggering results of the election have many people clamoring for a revision of our electoral system that can see a party that garners 16 per cent of the popular vote gaining only two seats, while a party that only contested seats in one province, not only gets 54 seats but is declared the official opposiâ€" tion. But will the Liberal administration even think about that issue for more than five seconds? Nope, and why should they? For them, and the two majoriâ€" ty Progressive Conservative governments before them, the system worked just fine. Historical footnote Chretien. And sitting across the House of Commons from the prime minister will be the face of Bloc Quebecois leader Lucien Bouchard and Reform Party leader Preston Manning.»© * 8 #.0:4 fi s of yesterday, Canada now has a new Liberal government run by Jean Somewhere at he side, Chretien will have to strain his eyes to see New Democratic Party leader Audrey McLaughlin and he won‘t even have to deal with either the rump party that is now the Progressive Conservatives or its leader and former prime minister Kim Campbell. Clearly, the ladies are ‘out‘ and the old boys club is back. Aside from being the first woman prime minister in Canadian history, Kim Campbell, in serving just 123 days in that post, was also the shortest serving, the previous record being in the dubious hands of Joe Clark. Audrey McLaughlin will be forced out as national leader, Kim Campbell will have to resign and suffer the fate of being an historical footnoteâ€"not what she foresaw when she ran for the Tory leadership. Question of status e Results of the poll will be published in % \._ the next Friday edition of the Oakville ~ Dedver. RESULTS OF LAST WEEK‘S POLL 467 Speers Road, Oakville, Ont. L6K 384 The Oakvile Beaver, published every Sunday, Wednesday and Friday, at 467 8 rs _ Rd., dOakvile.o' is o::an Mdrobhndh Prial;?; PubiPs.h(}:lq istributing Lt subut newspapers which incl jevt Pickeri Nows Actgsnse?mgme Advance, Brampton Guardian, Burlingion Pw Collingwood Connection, Etobicoke Guardian, G lown . 1 V Acton Free Press, Kingston This Week, Lindsay This Week, Markham Economist and Sun, Stouffville/Uxbridge Tribune, Miton Canadian Champion, Mississauga News, Newmarketâ€"Aurora Eraâ€"Banner, North York Mirror, Oakville Beaver, Onilia Today, Oshawa/Whitby This Week, Peterborough This Week, Richmond HillThomhil/Vaughan Liberal, Scarborough Mirror. All material published in the Oakville Beaver is protected by copyright. Any reproduction in whole or in part of this material is stricily forbidden wl the consent of the publisher. Do you think the NDP and Progressive Conservative parties should be given offiâ€" cial party status in the Hous of Commons? Cast your ballot by calling 845â€"5585, box 5008 to vote. Callers have until 12 noon Thursday to register their vote. I find it very disturbing that the Town of Oakville, rather than appreciating the effort made by a resident to beautify their home and our community, would treat resiâ€" dents in such a cavalier manner. It is apparent that the Town does not have the financial resources to supâ€" port community beautification. The homeowner has now been informed that approximately three feet of this garden is on Town property and results in a byâ€"law breach. The Town has threatened legal action, if the garden is not reduced in size and grass reâ€" installed. To comply with the byâ€" law, the interlocking structure must be disassembled and reâ€"installed. As well, the natural stone and planting material will all have to be removed or replaced into the remaining smaller garden, of course, incurring considerable added expense to this homeowner! Dear Sir: In 1990, I moved into a new subdivision in southeast Oakville. At this time, one of my neighbors applied to the Town for a permit to cut out a section of curb in front of his residence to allow for the installation of a circular driveway. After the driveway was finished, a landscape company was hired to create a beautiful raised garden in the arch left between the sidewalk and the outer edge of the driveway. The landscape design incorporated natural stone, various ground covâ€" ers, and a quality selection of everâ€" green material. This garden has been well maintained by the homeâ€" owner and is admired by all who appreciate lovely garden design. Town residents deserve better treatment The Oakville Beaver welcomes your comments. All letters must be signed and include the writer‘s address and phone number. Letters should be typed, doubleâ€"spaced and addressed to: I only hope this Liberal government will show more fiscal responsibility than the previous Liberal regime of Pierre Trudeau. I also hope they will resist the urge to attempt to buy back their support in Quebec with borrowed dollars at the expense of Ontario and the rest of Canada. We owe it to the future generations of Canadians to minimize the already enormous debt load they face. I wish the new government well and the ecoâ€" nomic recovery they promised during the campaign will evolve. They have raised the hopes and aspirations of Canadians with their promises of jobs and prosperity, and now they must fulfil those promises. Good luck Bonnie Brown; good luck Jean Chretien... for the good of Canada, I and all other reformers, wish you well. Dear Sir: I would first of all like to congratulate Bonnie Brown and the Liberal Party for their resounding victory of Oct. 25th. They ran a professional and flawless campaign which resulted, not only in a huge Liberal majority, but also in the almost complete elimination of the Conservative Party from the Canadian political scene. Dear Sir: Your Oct. 27th coverage of the local election results, "Bonnie Brown rides Liberal tide to victory" was, I feel, deliberately misleading! It is most annoying and condescending of your reporter to suggest that she won only as result of the ‘Liberal ... tide.‘ Bonnie Brown won by a wonderful majority in this Tory stronghold by presenting herself as an experienced and intelligent candidate. Her campaign team was wellâ€"organized, her doorâ€"toâ€"door contacts were invaluable and her wellâ€"placed signs indicated effort and confidence in her own_ strength."Bonnie Brown, you deserve the right to say ‘how sweet it is‘ â€" might have been a better headline. Good luck to Bonnie Brown Liberals Surely to resolve this matter, the Town Administrator could be instructed to issue a byâ€"law permit that would allow the garden to remain? It is absolutely ridiculous for the Town to insist that this garâ€" den be reduced in size to accomâ€" Brown didn‘t need ‘tide‘ to win riding Your ‘rides the tide‘ comment smacked of childish "yeah, she won but . it‘s no fair." Letters to the Editor, The Oakville Beaver, 467 Speers Rd., Oakville, Ont. L6K 3S4 Richard Malboeuf Reform Party of Canada candidate modate a strip of grass. It is even more annoying to think the Town would squander taxpayers‘ money to fight this case in the courts. The residents of our Town deserve better treatment! Elizabeth Bedard