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the HERALD Friday August 9 1991 Opinion There is nothing a good Canadian cannot do How about running for Presi dent in a 38 million country com ing second and going ahead with a new party which will probably win the next election Well nothing a good Canadian cannot do I am naturally referring to Stan the PolishCanadian entrepreneur who last fall dared to enter the presidential election in his native Poland and got a third of the votes scaring the socks out of poor Mr Walesa did not make it and even ran the risk being sent to jail because of his criticisms of the Polish political leaders But the man has not given up on the contrary He has now created his own political party named Party X more about that later and ac cording to most analysts is likely to win a majority in the parliamentary elections schedul ed for October The popularity of has so much frightened the new Polish establishment that a law has been passed with the express purpose of keeping Tyminski himself out of the competition The ironically called Lex requires candidates to have lived in Poland for the past five years in order to enter the race Undaunted by this restriction Tyminski who by the way has a residence in Acton has held a constituent congress of his new Party and has been duly elected its president Another View by Carlo Testa Stan Tyminski who seems to have learned fast- the political game naturally claimed to be a reluctant candidate to the presidency forced by his sense of duty to stand for office Back to the meaning of party Besides the obvious attentiongetting value the is claimed to stand as Roman 10 for the centuries of existence of the Polish state and for the commandments The Tyminski political philosophy is reminiscent of our new Reform Party and has strong elements of the Liber tarian Party of Canada proposes a strong populist platform particularly directed to the middle and lowermiddle classes which have been squeezed by the economic reforms of the present govern ment In addition Tyminski offers a strong nationalist flavor reaching back to the notion of Polandasamartyr a favored concept of the Polish people bas ed on the subjugation of their land to the foreign powers of Russia Prussia and Austria Unfortunately the platform also has in his nationalistic fer vor a whiff of antisemitism a traditional component of Polish political life To play it safe Stan Tyminski is also trying to get the support of another famous Polish ex patriate the Pope While he has so far not received an endorse ment Tyminski has been claim ing with a bit of tongueincheek that the Pope has not informed him of any objections Conclusion Canadians are not as dull as they like to think Any takers for a similar venture in Canada Constant abuse takes its toll on smoker Im sure youll forgive me for confessing that the warm glow of vindication crept over me the other day when I read in the newspaper that we smokers are simply better human beings than anyone else It goes without saying of course that this is not an easy time to be a smoker The constant abuse can take its loll And it doesnt really help much for a smoker to try reassuring himself that hell get his reward in heaven even considering that hes likely to gel there a lot quicker than other people But then to open up the newspaper and read a story which establishes beyond all doubt the moral superiority of smokers I refer of course to the story about a Vancouver nightclub that discovered it was heading for bankruptcy after instituting a nonsmoking policy The club reversed the policy after just two days having discovered that both bar profits and tips had plum meted One of the owners was quoted saying It was a real nice at mosphere you could breathe But people who dont smoke dont drink a lot either Theyre cheap loo Excuse me for a moment while I light a cigarette and savor my sheer generosity of spirit Granted I can already hear the wrathful rebuttals from non- smokers Its only logical that smokers will drink more than nonsmokers they will cry since smokers by definintion dont care nearly as much about their health This is a decent point and I concede it When youre lighting your thirtieth cigarette of the day its a bit silly to worry about the white sugar in the fudgt- you had last weekend But this bit about nonsmokers being lousy tippers is another Weirs World by Ian Thomson News Service issue entirely Indeed it allows us to hold up two starkly different pictures The smoker is the fellow on your left the one whos buying a round of drinks for his friends and urging the waitress to keep a few dollars for herself On your right is the nonsmoker the one whos peering peevishly at his small ginger ale blowing the dust off his wallet and offer ing the waitress a nickel on condi- News Feature tion that she invest it wisely The fact is we as a society just arent geared to recognizing the moral superiority of smokers And admittedly we smokers have one or two things to feel guilty about like secondhand smoke All the same lets clear up a large misconception Even in the bad old days smokers never argued that nonsmoking co workers should be forced to sit all day in polluted offices breathing noxious tobacco fumes Heavens no Weve always felt nonsmokers should be able to take regular breaks order to go outside and not smoke And I believe I can speak for all smokers in adding that weve always believed in designating nonsmoking areas too Every town should have several But now that the truth about this Vancouver nightclub has been told perhaps we can at least see smoking in its proper perspective Smoking is not a wicked vice or a pathetic addiction It is an act of generosity We smoke because were too darned civic- minded not to Like millions of smokers Ive been longing to quit for years But every time I try the govern ment raises the tax on cigarettes again and then what can I do Mr Wilson has a deficit to reduce Schools and hospitals must be maintained And if I dont buy another carton of cigarettes then where the money to come from Please dont tell me that would make up the shortfall Not when theyre out there driving nightclubs into bankruptcy and refusing to tip waiters Its an onerous moral burden It really is But hey somebody has to hack it Maplehurst facility a noholdsbarred centre By LISA BOONSTOPPELPOT The Herald Halton Regional Police Detec tive Sergeant Keith Woudstra said the newlycompleted adult detention centre at Maplehurst Correctional Complex in Milton will save the service a lot of time and money Its a real time and money saver he said after the centre was officially opened July 25 The new 272bed Maplehurst Detention Centre will hold adult male inmates from Halton and Peel who are awaiting trial sentencing or other judicial pro ceedings Inmates from Halton are currently held at the Metropolitan Toronto West Detention Centre and the HamiltonWentworth Detention Centre Every person we have to take to Hamilton or Toronto requires to escort officers said Sgt Woudstra Its a long drive and it takes up time the officers could be using for other things He said it will also eliminate the long hours the police services own esort service spends on the road bringing accused persons to court and back to the detention centre The new detention centre is on ly minutes from Milton court where most of Haltons accused persons stand trial The new centre was built at a cost of million The max imum security detention centre will have a firstyear startup cost of million with an annual operating budget of more than million Mike Minister of Cor rectional Services and Solicitor General of Ontario said the detention centre is part of a comprehensive strategy aimed at reducing population pressures at institutions in the Toronto Area He estimated the Metropolitan Toronto West Detention Centre presently holds an estimated 160 inmate from Halton and Peel while the Detention Centre has typically held up to inmates from the Halton area on any given day An information officer with the Ministry of Correctional services said the new centre will also pro vide approximately new jobs for the community One of the new employees at the centre is unit manager Ted Johnston who said inmates should start arriving at the cen tre sometime in August He led reporters on a tour through the centre at the official opening pointing out the new cells which accommodate two inmates and the day room are equipped with two television sets and telephone booths which the prisoners have access to all day The open day room provides a positive atmosphere he said From the day room the inmates can look through a hall window to the outdoors and Mr Johnston said just that glimpse of the out side world can give the inmates a positive feeling As far as a jail setting theyre not going to get much better than they get he said The new centre comprises a onestorey sq metre addi tion to the existing easterly building of the Cor rectional Centre The addition will bring the total capacity of the 16yearold complex to beds Mr Farnan said the centre is part of the Ministrys long term strategy to balance correctional services delivery to meet the changing needs of society and in volves a limited amount of new capital construction to existing correctional facilities The Honorable Mike left Minister of Correctional Services and Solicitor General of On tario took a tour the new adult detention centre at Correctional Complex In Milton with Gary superintendent of the complex Herald photo Cells at the new adult male detention centre at Correc tional Complex In Milton which was officially opened July IS hold two inmates and have beds cemented right into the wall Herald photo