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Page HILLS OUTLOOK Saturday January JO ifsg Halton Hills Outlook published each Saturday by The Hilton Herald home newspaper of Halloa Hills a division of Canadian Newspaper Com Limited at Guelpb Street Georgetown Ontario 3ZA Second Class Mail Registered Number 2201 877 PUBLISHER Don ADVERTISING Carl EDITOR Dave MARKETING REPRESENTATIVES Sharon Lathy McGough Karen SPORT Terry Colter Mike Turner Elaine STAr WRITERS Brian MacLeod Cheryl Mooder PRODUCTION Dave PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS Mary Lou Foreman Mike Pauline Miller PRESSROOM FOREMAN ASSISTANT chard Constitutional problems Twos a Crowd arent all over just yet Ottawa Report Stewart MacLeod Thomson News the Lake Accord Is receiving such overwhelming support there Is a natural unrealistic tendency to think that It will solve most of our remain constitutional problems Sure there arc opponents not the least of which Is former prime minister Pierre Trudeau And a dozen or so members of the federal Liberal caucus don like It But with one or two exceptions the entire Tory caucus of Prime Minister Brian Mulronoy supports the accord which would affix Quebec signature to the an Constitution And Liberal Leader John Turner and New Democrat Party Leader Ed ccrta ly favor the agreement With the exception of New Brunswick Frank McKenia all premiers are stout defenders of the accord not unexpectedly they all helped draft it Mr McKen was not premier the time so he can afford to be somewhat dispas sionate He has said he will be seeking changes but it not clear whether he will refuse to approve the accord if these changes are not The view of the federal govern meat and most premiers Is that the whole will unravel If any of it it renegotiated SO far the accord has been ap proved by Ottawa and three provin cial legislatures It still must be ap proved by seven other provinces In eluding New Brunswick STILL PROBLEMS But even if as expected it clears these remaining hurdles It would be a great mistake to Ihlnk Ihs is the end of constitutional argument in Canada In fact it could create ten we haven even thought about up until now As things stand it will be difficult to prevent future problems The corf already approved with en Twos a Crowd by the Quebec legislature really be recalled without bringing on a new crisis On the other hand it equally dif flcult to see how all Canadians will finally accept the accord with mony The main problem is that the full implications of the Meech Lake Accord are not understood by most of us In fact they are not even known by the experts It the courts namely the Supreme Court of Canada which will in due course provide us with the necessary deflni In the meantime we hear all those fancy phrases about completing the family circle and making Canada whole There s often so much mutual back patting about how the prime minister and premiers managed to reach agree ment that critics become races the wilderness But looking this and beyond the day when the accord becomes the law of the land re w almost certainly be lew ten Just look at the the agree ment is being sold Vr HMO What w II cause the most trouble the recognition of Quebec as a distinct society or more par ticularly that province mandate to promote such a inct let y This has already been the most difficult clause to sell since no one seems quite sure what It means Since Its significance Is in the eye of the beholder so to speak It has become many things to many peo ple In Engl ah Canada generally speaking we are told that the clause has no profound implications that it a mere recognition of the feet that Quebec is indeed different And when women groups and minority force That s outside Quebec But If you listen to pol II dons in Quebec you come away with a decidedly Impression The authority to promote a distinct the Developers can play politics too Staff Comment IM POSITIVE THATS Cost of living rises faster than salaries 3in Business Business Analyst PPPPPPPPJM News Service i the bowl would be something about Years ago explaining the need for wage and price controls then prime minister Pierre Trudeau said had a choice We could accept a 10 per cent reduction In our stan of living voluntarily or face a much larger one later We chose the larger one later Though Inflation has since abated the decline In our purchasing power that began In ha continued throughout the 1960s Given the upheavals that plague the world economy no end is In light This week the United Nations released a gloomy forecast that said the world economy will be precariously unstable this year and may even slide into recession In the western Industrial world workers paycheques will shrink in real terms as growth slows and unemployment stays stubbornly high Curiously the boom years from to 1987 did nothing to bolster our living standard Wages and salaries grew J per cent over the period but prices rose more by per cent according to Statistics Canada Average weekly earnings rose per cent In October from the cor responding month In 1S86 Though modest the increase was he best since June COSTS The discrepancy may be far worse than Statscan averages cute In Toronto and ding regions for example prices have been rising in leaps and bounds particularly for housing A intent in Toronto rents for a month If you can find one Only one In a thou sand is vacant Yet not everyone Income has risen proportionally Across country most us are paying more taxes than we did in 1952 vet tax increases are not in eluded In the consumer price index the Financial post a weekly business newspaper points out The 1982 recess on was so severe that many people are still without work Ground lost in the past Is unlikely to be made up in the foreseeable future To figure out how you vc done in relation to the averages the Post has come up with a for mula Multiply your 1962 salary by I and compare the result with your earnings to see If you arc ahead of the averages or behind them Your tax return will list your Income for that year To measure your purchasing power multiply your 1981 salary by 1 compare the result with your salary CANADA V8 Comparing our standard of living with that of our neighbors south of the border yields some interesting results a study shows In 1989 the year the study was done Canada standard of living was about per cent of he Americans That op from about per cent In the 1960s Things for which we have to spend more of our Income include household equipment and tions and tobacco and clothing and footwear Things that are cheaper In Canada Include con struct ion medical care and fuel and power So while our standard of living has declined over the past decade the si has been North rather than phenomenon Thi of in can too By This time it was the developers turn to baffle the councillors Two developers handed in last minute objections Jan IB about a which was 1986 The home development which will be built by Rene was op posed by Don and Mr Rice has an agreement of purchase and sale to purchase build ng lots In the subdivision Mr Zouvko was represented at council Jan by agent another prominent developer in Mr lawyer Bert Ar nold was also looking on In the diencc the meeting Curiously neither of the objectors even own land In It was clear that should a prolong debate at counc 1 take place some interesting discussions would undoubtedly arise But the debate never happened Instead council ruled the lions were lodged against the draft approval of the subdivision and not the zoning process The appeal period against the sub division expired long ago and since no mention was made of opposing the bylaw In the letters council refused to refer the matter to the On Municipal Board for a healing In a tie vote which means the mo tion Is lost Mr was denied chance to speak to council about the objections The whole thing was over in five minutes A letter from Mr lawyer lo the Town of Hills dated Jan he day of the meeting has some interesting in formation Mr Arnold said Mr stands prepared at any time to withdraw his objection or have it re jected or dismissed provided Mr or his nominee do the same Mr said Mr Arnold on filed an objection because he wanted eliminate he possblllty that Mr alone would control the timing of final approval That it would seem means that Mr would have company in delaying the subdivision The objections by the way were lodged on the basis of poor planning poor engineering and encroachment of he hamlet on agricultural All three of those objections were dismissed In short term by the own Deputy Planning Director Bruce MacLean If the objections held no water why put them in Developers it seems are allowed to play politics as well But you ve got to hand It to ell hey dealt with it swiftly and quietly The message he developers must have been loud and clear We don want to referee About members of the 6th Girl Guides watched lively during the Jan 25 counc I mooting At the end of the regular business Mayor Mill naked If he had any Two pro questions from rls what j re Do you a meet every jifthn and I nerc any special