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Wednesday March 7, 2001 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER A7 COMMENT J o e C la r k s h o w i n g m o x y in P a r l i a m e n t The most intriguing elem ent of the past month in federal politics has been the way in which Joe Clark has w hipped up the House o f Commons, bringing u nexpected jo y to the hearts o f sm all c conserv ativ es everywhere. Why, w hat's this, they are asking them selves? Is it an opposition party that does more than rehash hoary old cliches and grasp at hot button issues? An opposition party whose main fellow doesn't have to w ork at that critical elem ent o f p o litical longevity: credibility. W hile the Canadian A lliance fal ters with the continuing m edia fren zy around Stockw ell Day's litigation woes, Joe hum s along, seem ingly having the time o f his life. Stuck in a corner in the House o f Com m ons he's like an aging boxer, flying out of the corner with both wrists raised and pounding away at the Quebec hotel scandal th at's plagued the Chretien governm ent. He's no fool, is our Joe. And like any good boxer, he's finding the w eaknesses and h it ting where it hurts. But perhaps an even more intrigu ing question that's been floated in the entire affair of the grand mere hotel is who is behind it. Is none other than Brian M ulroney orches trating it, as some say? M ulroney, safe to say, is no friend of Jean Chretien's. W hen pundits claim M ulroney has vow ed to refur bish his reputation by w recking that o f Chretien's, it may not be so far off the mark. But they are forgetting one thing in all of this. W hat is often lost is the underrated way Joe Clark is per ceived: he may in fact not be Joe W ho to anyone other than from Mars but he continues to always be the catch up man. Dalton Camp, one of the more shrewd conservatives, wrote once that there is huge difference between a vain politician and one w ith an ego. Brian Mulroney, oddly enough, didn't have an ego but was vain. Says Camp: Joe Clark, o f course, hasn't a stitch o f vanity^but a m as sive ego. And so we have these two dissim ilar politicians, both of the same political stripe but diam etrically opposed in m anner and goals, w ork ing together to make Canadians sec- E For our 36. page Spring Is Everywhere Flyer (Sale dates: March 5-11, 2001) (C032F501) Page 19 - The savings for Cotton Casual and Royal Velvet tablecloths & napkins are reversed. Ad should read: 1/2 price Royal Velvet and 40% off Cotton Casual tablecloth & napkins e a r s correction i D o c t o r 's C o n f e s s io n to O a k v ille " We sincerely regret any inconvenience this may have caused our customers. DIANE HART ond-guess the prime minister. Too crazy to be true? I think so. There is some validity to this but again it dim inishes the excellent per form ance by Clark this past month. The bitter battle with the prime m in ister has brought nasty insults, nam e-calling and stretched the level o f decorum in the H ouse o f Com m ons to its max. But it's been hugely enjoyable for the man. You can tell just by the tone of his voice. He's enjoying it in the same way he enjoyed the leaders debate, in English, in the recent fed eral election cam paign. He was, as they say, on. So now what? Joe isn't saying. He has said in the past he'll be on his way some tim e in the future. But I wonder. H e's waiting and watching and putting out some feelers. W hat he'd like is a larger opposition party, some real pow er in Parliam ent. And with Lucien B ouchard gone, he's got a better chance. C lark doesn't see much depth on any of the opposition benches: none in the Bloc, none in the Canadian Alliance. B ernard Landry may indeed feel it is "damn right" that he is more of a threat to national unity. G ood for him. He can run his little kingdom how he wants; but w hether or not the rest o f the province buys into it is quite another thing. C learly, Joe view s him self as having w hat it takes to unite all par ties and lead a vibrant, tough, chal lenging opposition. O f course, he says, it will take time. O f course it will take patience. For now, it looks as though he'll ju st enjoy battling from the corner. D on't put it past the old warrior. He may not have much o f an oppo sitio n in num bers. B ut w hen it com es to overall effectiveness, this u n d errated , u n d er-appreciated underdog may ju st score the final knock-out punch. OUR "BUSINESS" IS SERVICES... · BAPTISMS · CHURCH SCH O O L · W ORSHIP · NURSERY · GRIEF COUNSEL · HOME VISITS · FUNERALS · CONFIRMATIONS · W EDDINGS ·H O SPITAL VISITS · YO U TH PROGRAM S · FELLOW SHIP AND MORE. W E ARE ST. JOHN'S UNITED. SUNDAY WORSHIP 10:30 a.m. RECITAL 10:00 a.m. Look for our flyer in these areas L6L, L6M, L6K, L6J delivered inside the Oakville Beaver on Wednesday, March 7 Regional Science Fair 2001 Sheridan College Gym, April 4-7 Grade 7 to OAC students in Halton and Hamilton Regions are eligible to enter. Deadline is March 7, Noon. Get all the details on how to enter, or to assist in judging, at www.hwhsef.mcmaster.ca. You could win cash, trips to National and International Science Fairs, as well as trophies, scholarships and much more. For more information call 905-974-7975 in the Hamilton area, or 905-693-7076 in the Oakville area, or see our website. Public viewing takes place Saturday, April 7 , 1 0 am - Noon 169 YEARS IN THE HEART OF OAKVILLE Proud sponsors include: Burlington Post, Oakville AT RANDALL AND DUNN STREETS PRAY JO IN US, W O N T Y O U ? Beaver, The Hamilton Spectator, Sheridan College, Mohawk College, McMaster University, Dofasco, JNE Consulting, Bell Canada. M ARC H 2001 o f m i : S E A S O N Bookers Bookstore, 172 Lakeshore Rd. E-, Oakville ·844-5501 · bookers@sympatico.ca _ b e s t G> O A K V IL L E PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING Waste Processing and Waste Transfer Stations Thursday, March 22, 2001 7:30p.m. Regional Building (North Auditorium*) 1151 Bronte Road, Oakville 8 4 5 -6 6 0 1 A N 1. IR IS H A S S O R T M E N T School name not the issue In response to M s. A dam s L etter "N am e o f new public school in a p propriate, O akville B eav er Feb 28, 2001. I w ould like to ask Ms. A dam s w here she was during the tim e that A lexandra P acheco-L opez and I w ere fig h tin g the H alto n D istrict School B oard to build this school? M ichelle K noll, w ho has five c h ild re n , tw o o f w h ich w ill be going to o u r new school, helped o rg a n ize a p e titio n , she did research on the history o f the area and earned a rig h t to voica her opinions. M ichelle K noll is a re si dent o f O ak Park. A lexandra and I placed notices in all the schools and the m ailb o x es in the area asking fo r interested people to help us. M s. A dam s did not respo n d w ith any offers o f sup port or help. If she has such strong fe e lin g s ab o u t th is sc h o o l, you think she w ould have helped us get the school in the first place. Ms. A dam s states that w ithout O ak Park there w ould not be a school. I beg to differ. W ithout the efforts o f the p arents w ho p a rtic i pated w ith us in o u r fight, w ithout L e tte r s to th e E d ito r the coop eratio n o f Paul M ondell and M etro n tario, w ho developed this entire area, and w ithout R iver O aks Properties that did not w ant to give the school board the land at site 09 at a fair price, there w ould not be a school on site 011. Oak P ark is a p art o f this com m unity, but at this tim e a sm all part. The nam e o f the school should be a nam e that the w hole com m unity relates to, not one sm all part. And the nam e is not the big issue, hav ing a m odern state o f the art school in o u r n eighborhood is the issue and will have that. N o m a tte r w hat the nam e is (L o m e Skuce being a prim e exam ple) it w ill not effect the spirit o f our school. Pettiness and mean spirit w ill. I hope that the energies o f the p arents o f o u r com m unity w ill be used in a p ositive way to hep our school be the best school in H alton. I thin k o u r children w ill benefit from it greatly. L e t's not forget our ch ild ren are w hat its all about. WILD IRELAND, by Brendan Lehane 2. A LAMBING SEASON IN IRELAND, by Maria Coffey 3. CLARISSA AND THE COUNTRYMAN, by Clarissa Dickson Wright 4. IRELAND: A BICYCLE AND A TIN WHISTLE, by David Wilson 5. HOW THE IRISH SAVED CIVILIZATION, by Thomas Cahill 6. ANGELA'S ASHES, by Frank McCourt 7. TIS, by Frank McCourt 8. IRISH WAR, by Tony Geraghty 9. EPICS OF CELTIC IRELAND, by Jean Markale 10. IRISH MIST, by Andrew M. Greeley A public meeting is being held by the Town of Oakville at the Regional Administrative offices (see address above) regarding matters pertaining to Waste Processing and Waste Transfer Stations. Discussions on the definition of waste, including hazardous waste and waste of a nuclear origin wtll also be involved. There will be an opportunity for members of the public to express their views on this matter at the meeting. For further information on the meeting, please contact Ramona Boddington, Planner, Ixing Range Planning Section, Planning Services Department, Town of Oakville, at 905- 845-6601 extension 3032. Hnter building from the north. C o u n c il & S t a n d in g C o m m it t e e Monday, March 19,2001 M e e t in g s Tuesday, March 20,2001 N O N -F IC T IO N DESIRE OF THE EVERLASTING HILLS, by Thomas Cahill 2. T h in k in g l ik e a m o u n t a in by Robert Bateman 3. THE DOG RULES (Damn Near Everything), by William Thomas 4. T h e i n f o r m a n t , by Kurt Eichenwald 5. THE COOK AND THE GARDENER, by Amanda Hesser 6. FENG SHUI FOOD, bv Steven Saunders 7. ICEBOUND, by Dr. Jerri Nielsen 8. La n d s c a p in g y o u r h o m e , by Lee Anne White 9. HISTORY OF CANADIAN GARDENING, by Carol Martin 10. AS HOGAN SAID, by Randy Voorhees 1. Planning & Development Council Community Services Committee 7:30 p.m. · Oakville Room Council Chambers Administrative Services Comm. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. - Bronte Room Monday, April 2,2001 Monday, April 9,2001 Council Meeting Council Chambers 7:30 p.m. Planning & Development Council Council Chambers 7:30 p.m. C o u n c il & C o m m it t e e T o u c h t o n e P h o n e L in e 8 1 5 - 5 9 5 9 CAT BY-LAW Public Consultation Meeting March 14,2001 The Town of Oakville will consider a recommendation to enact a by-law regulating cats within the Town of Oakville at a future committee meeting. Public input is being requested. The draft by-law would require owners of cats to attach identification to the cat in the form of a tag, collar, or microchip and amends the powers of the Oakville Humane Society to impound cats found running at large and charge fees for their return. The draft by-law does not prohibit cats running at large although submissions will be received on that issue for future consideration. The public is invited to attend a public consultation meeting on Wednesday, March 14,2001,intheOakville/TrafalgarRooms, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, Ontario at 7:00 p.m. Copies of the proposed by-law are available for pick-up at the By-law/Licensing counter of the Building Department from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday at Oakville Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville and on the Town's web-site at www.town.oakville.on.ca Written comments can be forwarded to Moira Fogarty, Supervisor of By-law Enforcement (905) 845-6601, Ext. 3252, mfogarty @town.oakville.on.ca until March 28,2001. ____________ (TARGET DATE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING IS APRIL 10,2001 at 7:30 p.m.) M arsh a D avies Teachers, count your blessings 1. F IC T IO N WHAT WE ALL WANT,, by Michelle Berry (Brunch Event, Oakville Club, April 29) I am in full sym pathy w ith our current teachers' problem s w ith the governm ent, but com pared to w hat they had to deal with 130 year ago (as per this excerpt taken from a N iagara D istrict School Board doc um ent o f 1870), they lead a life of Riley. " .Each day teach ers w ill fill lam ps, clean chim neys and trim wicks. -Each teacher will bring a bucket o f w ater and a scuttle o f coal for each day 's session. -men teachers may take one night each w eek for courting purposes or two evenings a w eek if they go to church regularly (you're o u t of luck if yo u 're Jew ish, fem ale or, heaven forbid, both.) -W omen teachers who marry or engage in unseem ly conduct will be discharged (so men may marry and engage in unseem ly conduct?) -Every teacher should lay aside from each m onth's pay a good sum for his declining years so that he w ill not becom e a burden on soci ety. -A ny teacher who sm okes, uses liquor in any form , frequents pool halls or gets shaved in a barber shop, shall give good reasons to suspect his w orth, integrity or hon esty. -The teacher who perform s his duties regularly and faithfully and w ithout fault for five years, will be given an increase o f 25 cents a week in his pay, providing the Board of Education approves." As you can see, the old double standard was alive and w ell in those days - nothing m uch has changed there, has it? Anyway, teachers take note and count your blessings. 2. 3. THE DARK VIRGIN, by Oakland Ross (Brunch Event, Oakville Club, April 29) THE WIFE TREE, by Dorothy Speak 4. CAPE BRETON ROAD, by D.R MacDonald 5. MY DREAM OF YOU, by Nuala O 'Faolain 6. THE BODY ARTIST, by Don DeLillo 7. T h e b o n e s e t t e r 's d a u g h t e r , by Amy Tan 8. WE WERE THE MULVANEYS, by Joyce Carol Oates 9. T h e h o u s e o f s a n d a n d f o g , by Andre Dubus 10. DAGMAR'S DAUGHTER, by Kim Echlin B est B ets p ro v id ed c o u rte sy o f m B ookER S b o o k « t o r « a * D * o i o i o ' d s n - b o o K Olvjts* Ann Rogers 1225 TRAFALGAR ROAD · OAKVILLE, ONTARIO · L6J 5A6