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Page 6 — Halton Hills This Week, Saturday, May 15, 1993 Editorial playing to a world-wide audience in the former tepublic of Yugoslavia. More ifically, in z3f What, one might ask, does this turmoil in such a far-off Place with a Strange-sounding name have to do with our cocoon-like existence in Halton Hills? How does it affect our lives - how Can it affect our lives? approached the counter. A copy of this particular edition of NewsWeek was lying on the counter and the older youngster - a lad of maybe 12 ~ exclaimed in wonderment, “Oh look, Mom, ever neat. The kid doesn’t have any eyes, That’s cool.” The second youngster - a girl perhaps 8-years-old - then remarked, “ It looks just like a cartoon.” The mother, totally non-plussed, it should be Pointed out, then the door and was heard chiding them, “It’s only a magazine! You kids, sometimes I just don’t know!” Are we so content to bitch and moan about our brain-dead, Politicians that we can’t see the world for- .€st because of the accumulation of acorns they have strewn to Cover their tracks. - The Year of the Child was and our lame-duck leader Baffle Baloney promised to do his utmost to make the world a Other Tesigning, what else has he done? In Canada alone, it is estimated that one-in-four children live in households deemed below the poverty line. A report the other day estimated that our major political par- ties will each spend approximately $21 million in contesting the upcoming federal election, ‘ The mind reels at the vision of how many meals this amount of money would provide to hungry - and yes, Starving - chil- dren. Teports that 40,000 children world- disease or violence, about it - other than hunting for A United Nations survey wide die each day either from Starvation, Is anyone doing anything boars in Russia.? It is said the meek shall inherit the earth. The children of the world who survive their Present plight will not be meek. And they won’t inherit the earth, they will take it and do as they want with it. Who can blame them, . Colin Gibson i [HIS WEER Halton Hills This Week, We ion, is publi ry y elph St, Georgetown, On. L7G 481, andi printed in Oakvile at LE Web Printing. Halton His Tis Week duced by this Such material may p I ie ms EDITOR: Colin Gibson HALTON HILLS THIS WEEK IS INDEPENDENTLY OWNED & OPERATED. PHONE: 873-2254 FAX:873-3918 To the Editor: Tt appears the powers that be have rendered their judgment: the latest Toad block to Acton’s growth and Prosperity will be allowed to stand. What now? Concerns emanating from the Federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans - concerns which strangely intensified since a local citizen had the audacity to write our MP questioning the sanity of allowing a nebulous federal regu- ation to threaten the continued via- bility of this community. It would appear, as horrifying as it sounds, that Garth Turner’s inquiries have inadvertently stiffened the uncom- Promising stance of the D.F.O. offi- cial on the case. Wrapping his presentation in glib motherhood statements and with the aid of a Patronizing slide show, Mr. DeBruyn may well epitomize what most ails this society — but he has won; and we audacious “yokels” have lost: Acton will continue to While the Hide House Group is Certainly less reliant on the local Mulroney was a “hatchet man” To the Edi itor The letter by Mr. Rod Pinkney, “Let businessmen run the country”, in your Saturday paper, gave me a bitter laugh, I assume that Mr. Pinkney is unaware that the boom and bust cycle in the capitalist countries ‘of the West is caused by business, in Particular, big business. me of the reasons why govern- ments have to run up deficits is that the “hatchet men from business”, as Mr. Pin! calls them are throw- “ing their employees onto the Public Purse, whenever they have man- aged to run their businesses into the ground. It’s easy to make a profit ay. May I also remind Mr. Pinkney that Mr. Mulroney came Straight from business into government. In a way, one can say that he was “a hatchet man from business”, and where has that left us? John Sommer Georgetown Taxpayer theft To the Editor: Thank you for publishing my let- ter in today’s (Wednesday’s) Halton Hills This Week. There were some figures missed out - The Liberals received $1,668,000, PC’s $1,872,000. And of course the NDP $1,668,000. This totals $5,156,000. This, together with taxpayers’ joney, paid to their local represen- tatives ($14,227,000) means that over $19 million has been taken by the three old line parties out of the tax payers pockets for their own use (1988 federal election). Tlooked up “stealing” in my dic- tionary - it says “to take without its Owner’s consent - esp. secretly”. Do you think this could apply to the old line parties taking your money without even a thank you? John Shadbolt, Deputy Leader OLP Acton iu. The People's Corner Fishery fears shoot down Flight-Line Population than most Acton retail- €rs, we had certainly been awaiting the arrival of the 3,000 new local customers we foolishly believed were on the horizon. Our Flight- Line store, in Particular, has been stocking casual Sportswear and accessories towards helping the downtown attract local shoppers. Indeed, encouraging the revitaliza- tion of downtown Acton via the development of both tourism-reliant and quality, local-oriented business- es has been the prit motivation behind the Flight-Line store from the onset. At 7 p.m. on Monday night, after watching several federal and Provin- , away. When the systemic abuse of Acton ends, our company will once again invest in the future of its downtown. For now, it’s a hopeless and futile exercise; the Flight-Line Store will close before the end of this year.. “Steve Dawkins President, the Olde Hide House Acton We can share our wealt To the Editor: A complaint expressed by a minor- ity of Canadians is the fear that ual employment opportunities for “blacks, homosexuals and teligious minorities” will undermine similar Opportunities for those whom they consider to be “mainstream” Canadians. We believe one must look at this issue in a historical Perspective. For many centuries, the Europeans in North America have had an advan- tage. Our history is replete with refer- ences to the control and financial teward by dominant European cul- ture, There is no denying there will be some pain in order to bring about a new equality. Some of us may feel that we are being unjustly put upon. Yet, somewhere, sometime, someone has to deal with this tolerance and Opportunity deficit, if we are to avoid the kind of violence witnessed in our Country, such as at Oka, when long- standing tensions erupted. It behooves us to remember that we have all been immigrants to this Country at some point in our family history. Canada is a rich and beautiful nation. Visit any other nation and witness that we have more than enough to the needs, wants and aspirations of all Canadians. Let us no longer look with bitterness upon the achievement of our neighbors. Let us instead make a Place for them and their own distinctive offerings at our table where we can share our wealth willingly, Only then will Canada be able to retire its tolerance deficit and realize its fullest Potential. Lucinda Landau North Halton Citizens Cultural Awareness Committee Georgetown