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Pages THE HERALD Wednesday October 10 1990 Editorial- Shattered dreams The Hahon Hills For those Canadians lucky enough to live in relative comfort Thanksgiving Day just past represented another opportunity to share good food good company and warm cozy surroundings with family and friends In this notsoperfect world however such opportunities and the hope for same appear to be lessening with each passing day In the notsodistant past it was a given thing that by working hard and being aware of finances each and every Canadian would one day be able to own hisher own house This need for hearth and home and it is indeed a need as sociologists have documented was taken for granted as being attainable Sad to say this is not the case any more High interest rates for loans and mortgages have been fingered as the chief cause of houses going unclaimed or not even being started but this is merely a smokescreen being used to hide the real culprit namely affordable housing In the boom years of the early to mid 80 s mansions were being built for the well to do while the little was forgotten Now these mansions are sitting emoty and the housing industry is crying the blues As ye sow so shall ye reap This same indictment of lack of foresight can be levelled in clear conscience at both the provincial and federal governments Affordable housing obviously was not one of their respective priorities although it should have been The recent opening of Carruthers Road Cooperative in Georgetown was hailed by Alan Minister of State Housing for the federal government who also added The federal government is proud to be a part of such a project But for how long The Carruthers Road Co op became a reality because of the financial backing of Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation guaranteed by the federal gov ernment But this year as part of its deficit reduction policy the federal government cut per cent from CMHC s budget for new clients for its social housing program It is an accepted fact that sub standard accommodations result in increasing health care costs for both children and adults Similarh social costs increase and this in turn increases thetaxpaver burden Governments all levels should make a to ensuie that Canadians decent place to live This not makes sense from a humamtauan point of view but increasingh an economic pom of as well Letter of the week blasted s Tin following It I r was fnm to Hills Herald for publication Ms Hawkins Senior Manager Public Relations I Companies 1 id 22St Suite Toronto Ontario Dear Ms Hawkins loblaws marketing strategy has boosted sales Too bad its a sales pitch and not a genuine effort to become more environmentally responsible In your August memorandum to all store managers Areas l and Supermarkets and Supercentres you outlines outrageous policy on cash refunds for reused bags Only for short lived paper and plastic bags do you provide a three cent refund Those terrific string bags that you self or peo ples own canvas bags don t qualify Yet these bags will live much longer than the paper and plastic kind The bit about the sir bags being subsidized by is a sorry excuse that explain away the reason for not a refund to folks bringing in their own or toft bags Will I consider taking more proattne step to did in against g ither than rewarding the use of those shortlived bags how charging people that use them ex what cost Don fortet to factor in the depletion our renewable resources e and the huge amounts of waste generated when producing plastic and paper Of course if the bag survives a second trip he user should not be charged again Or better still don t provide bags at all I am too happ to continue using the string bags that I pur chased from and I do not need three cents every lime that I use one However the practice of rewarding those bat use the in disposable substitutes must stop make the user pay Sincerely Diane van deValk Georgetown PS Somehow the Green sweep missed the Disposable Bird Feeders get real Write us a 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liability lor any amount paid lor such Letters Turner attacks Senate In I ran to be your Member of Parliament in the federal lion I inted earn a vote in the House of Commons and represent our community In that lection billot no matte for which candidate it was cast was important Vou were follow ing the rules of I writing tell you that your and mine no longer matter The Senate has decided it has the right to throw out laws which a majority of MPs sup ported For example I voted for a I Corpora lions lax which would see com panics pay a fairer share of tax That was passed by the House of Commons But the Senate won t let it go through I voted to change the unemployment insurance system so we pay people to retrain instead of just not working hat was pass ed by the House of in But the Senate won let it go through I voted for a package of measures cut government ding by billions of dollars That was passed by the House of Com But the Senate won let it go through The Liberal senators look our votes away on those things They because the GST is unpopular that they have the right to block or reject what the majority of MPs in the House of Commons want I resent this And I regret the on ly way to restore my vote is now for the government more senators who will not hold up legislation The Senate Ins to be reformed ormdbeabolished your MP I in ted you to know these things Whit is h now is important historic and troubling I ithtr democr ie have a Parliamentary or we don Sincerely Girth Turner MP Ha Hon Peel Turners record is attacked Open letter to Garth Turner Dear Garth How presumptuous can you be Yes I said I d vote the right way if you appointed me to the Senate It boggles the mind how you could believe that you way pass ing the and gouging the tax payers again is the right Over of Canadians can be wrong You have forgotten who you represent A local lory newspaper heralded your move to resign as chairman of the House of Commons commit tee of Consumer and Corporate fairs and Government Operations They said you had found your root again Why you find your roots when it came lime lo vote the GST Garth is thai because you wanted lo distance yourself from the government and look good or wen you going to lost the job on your own merits You can on the platform of ding the middleclass and against taxes in f of rec Trade Agree is bringing us so my jobs and economic prosperity You pointed to your staged protest on the steps of Queens Park over their 1 increase of the as proof of your commitment against this type of tax Your true blue colours are now coming through loud and clear You pretend to defend he middleclass pretend to support lower taxes and real tax reform What happened to the supposed voice of the people now turned apologist for the government Perhaps it all just showmanship It may have gotten you elected once but the people who elected you wont forget your hypocrisy In Parliamentary language that would read You misled the Peo ple in case you forgot how The People communicate If you think your way is the righl way then lell your master to go to the People If he won why don you resign your seat And lei Ihe People this riding decide Yours sincerely Pierre Klein ihcnil 1988 let I ion