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Ian Oliver Publisher Robert Glasbey Advertising Director Norman Alexander Editor Geoff Hill Circulation Director Teri Casas Office Manager Tim Coles Production Manager ommc n ie is t ces I In trying to diffuse the study‘s findings, the society‘s president downplayed the results with the explanation that the doctors were probably saying that it was alright to have a personal relationship with a consenting patient. Like we said, an interesting spin. New regulations in Ontario forbid physicians from having any kind of sexuâ€" al activity with a patient they are actively seeing or one they‘ve seen in the past year. Failure to abide by these rules could see the doctor lose his or her license to practise. And while we can sympathize with those doctors who become attracted to a patient, the very status of the physician and their unique professional relationâ€" ship, means that the patient must be protected. There have been countless examples of doctors who have abused their staâ€" tus and engaged in what amounts to sexual abuse of their patients. Just this week, the former chief of pediatrics at Toronto East General Hospital had his licence to practise medicine suspended for three months for fondling and kissing the mother of a patient. M n p ie t sls ud It‘s all a bit much and we have to wonder how the ethics of T patient relationship is being taught in our medical schools these days. es ie Ts L onl sc se a ) id 4100 And as a closing comment, we refer to a printed comment of the SOGC president in summing up the issue of sexual interference with patient. He reportedly said very few obstetricians and gynecolgists are sexually involved with patients. N uP Te s ons o t c oo h eA nc e hi isnnd We‘re sure that must be of great consolation to those women who are vicâ€" timized and carry that memory with them for the rest of their lives, regardless of what happens to their physicians. Common sense possibly have been going through your minds Friday when you decided to remove snow along Lakeshore Road West during mornâ€" ing rush hour? Our guess is not a lot. Memo to the Town of Oakville Public Works department: What could Wt m Cars were lined up past Applebly Line in Burlington thanks to this illâ€" timed move. Further, cars were also backed up on Mississaga Street so that it was taking some motorists up to 30 minutes to travel the street from Rebecca Street. Surely the convenor machine and the dump trucks used to haul away the snow, could have been used in another section of town and then used over the Bronte Creek bridge after 10:00 a.m. It‘s something to think about next time we have a major snowfall. EDITORIAL t wonder how the ethics of the doctorâ€" ; he construction of the Canadian Pacific, at the time the longest rallway in the world, was one of the epic feats of (the) nineâ€" teenth century...The transcontiâ€" nental railway‘s importance to Canada was so fundamental that its history has been celeâ€" brated in song and story as a Canadian national epic. â€"Michael Bliss, Canadian Historian Profit means money. Money has no heart, no soul, no conâ€" science, no homeland. â€"Frank Stronach, Canadian Businessman This is the winnerâ€"takeâ€"all attitude that governed the behavior of the Van Hornes and the Van Normans who rammed the railway across our land more than a century ago. New corporate logo of CPR says much about leadership It was a sweetâ€" heart deal for the barons. They got a $25â€"million government grant (a colossal fortune in those days) plus the rights to 25â€"milâ€" lion acres of Canadian land. And that was only for openâ€" ers. By whining and wheedling, the builders shook the governâ€" ment down for even more milâ€" lions later on. Still, they did build the railâ€" road, and the existence of those steel rails from one coast to the other did more than any other single thing to stitch this fracâ€" tious, farâ€"flung country togethâ€" er. The country was served. The government was happy: The railway barons were delirious. Canada may have gained a train service, but CPR gained an empire of prime land nearly half the size of Great Britain. Of course, they wouldn‘t be true robber barons if they‘d been satisfied with that. Before the ink was dry, CPR officials began to try and wiggle and weasel out of the deal or at least get more goodies for themâ€" selves. They‘re still at it. Last month, the geniuses at CPR head office unveiled their latest moneyâ€"making brainâ€" wave. It‘s a new corporate logo for the company. It shows the Canadian Maple Leaf soldered to the American Stars and Stripes. After all, explained Canadian Pacific spokesman _ Paul Thurston, "We do 25% of our business in the United States." Why stop there, sir? Why not issue a company directive ordering mandatory Eagle tatâ€" toos on every CPR employees butt? You‘ve got to wonder about the pinâ€"brains and raisinâ€"hearted nonâ€"entities we call leaders. Remember Mulroney on his first day as Prime Minister rubâ€" bing his hands like a madame in a brothel and gleefully burbling that Canada was "open for busiâ€" ness"? I see cardboard cutouts of Wayne Gretzky down at my travel agents. He‘s touting vacaâ€" tions in California. Kripes, Wayne â€" do you need the money that badly? The Canadian Football League announces that they‘ll probably change the name of the CFL to keep new American teams happy. And another morsel of Canadian tradition gets drowned out by the ‘ching ching‘ of the cash register. It‘s ironic, but the most senâ€" sible thing I ever heard about Canada‘s railâ€" ways came from m the pen of an American sports writer by the mm name of William es O. Johnson. He was quoting a CNR conductor he met while riding the train across the prairies. "I have a theory," said the conductor, "that if we gave every kid in Canada a free ride coastâ€"toâ€"coast on this train at a given age â€" say, 12 or 13 â€" we would change the nature of this country. As it is, half the people in Canada don‘t know anything, and don‘t want to know anyâ€" thing, and never will know anyâ€" thing, about this country except their own province." Fat chance Canadian leaders would ever go for a proposal like that. No money in it.