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Page 4— Halton Hills This Week, Saturday, June 12, 1993, Editorial It’s time to wake up It was party time in Ottawa last night as a gaggle of federal Progressive Conservative Party leadership delegates, hangers-on, bag-men, schmoozers and other potential leadershi, candidates got together to give retiring Prime Minister Brian Mulroney a royal send-off, Your humble scribe was unable to attend because my invita- tion didn’t get here in time for me to plan my travel itinerary. I Ah well, more’s the pity as I’m sure outgoing BM the PM would have appreciated the Mickey Mouse retirement watch I was going to bring along to the festivities. Was it coincidence or yet another example of brilliant Tory tactics that on the eye off the Mulroney retirement bash, Employment Minister Bernard Valcourt released a booklet ‘How to Find ‘a Job’ which will be displayed at Canada Employment Centres? Among other things, the booklet Suggests you gather informa- tion from “people you meet at parties” or from “people you invite for dinner at your home” when looking for a job. How trite! Whoever wins the leadership race automatically becomes our prime minister - at least until the next federal election, which The federal government - including members of the Opposi- tion - has been sleepwalking ever since Mulroney announced his retirement plans. It’s time they all got a rude awakening. The Liberals, under Jean Chretien, seem content to let the PCs and their leadership hopefuls Collectively shoot themselves in ing from. The federal NDPs are weighed down with a lacklustre leader and further burdened by the unpopularity of provincial NDP governments in both Ontario and British Columbia. With a federal election on the horizon, it’s time to talk turkey ~ and we’re not referring here to some of our elected representa- tives. Locally, Halton-Peel MP Garth Turner has been concentrating more on his questionable PC leadership bid than Tiding issues (no one at his constituency office or answering machine only) and one disgruntled local called Halton Hills This Week com- Plaining several letters he had written to Mr. Turner have gone unanswered. Aside from belting out a few tunes at the ‘Old Time Concert’ Staged recently in Norval, Halton-Peel Liberal ‘federal hopeful Julian Reed’s Strategy might best be described as the ‘Sounds of Silence.’ The NDP hasn’t even nominated a candidate yet for Halton- Peel. However, through Halton Hills This Week’s ‘The People’s Corner’, both the Reform Party and ‘the Libertarian Party have made it quite clear where they stand on a number of issues, Canada’s ‘Ship of State’ is perilously close to capsizing and the decisions made at the polls this fall will impact on our lives for the next five years, Yes, it’s time for all of us to wake up, including the politi- cians. Colin Gibson Wie [HIS WEEN Halton Hills This Week, We ition, is publ ry y iph St, Georgetown, Ont. L7G 4B1, and is printed in Oakville at Q.E. Web Printing. Halton Hills This Week duced by this newspaper. xy only In the event of i isi fi i id may not be sold. Advertising is merely HI PUBLISHER: Ken Bellamy PRODUCTION MANAGER: Kathleen Topolsek CIRCULATION MANAGER: Marie Shadbolt OFFICE MANAGER: Jean Shewell HALTON HILLS THIS WEEK IS INDEPENDENTLY OWNED & OPERATED. at any time, EDITOR: Colin Gibson PHONE: 873-2254 FAX:873-3918 Live To the Editor, Just what Canadians need - anoth- er money loosing Crown Corporation. It just shows what lit- tle regard our politicians have for the public opinion or is this another bail-out of friends by Mulroney before he leaves office. Canada Post is spending $55 mil- lion to buy a company that cost $9.4 Army cadets appreciative To the Editor Thank you very much for your Tecent Coverage of our Annual Inspection. The Pictures and accompanying article were very much appreciated, especially by our award winners. Could I please take this opportu- nity to express further thanks to all our Cadets and their Parents. Our sponsor, the Optimist Club of Georgetown. All the merchants at ¢ Georgetown Marketplace, The Beer Store, Miracle Food Mart and LCBO and all the other friends of #676 RC (Army) CC for their Tecent support in purchasing tickets for our Stars and Stripes Draw - Trip to Washington, D.C. The draw was held on the 4th, June 1993 and the winners are: Ist. prize - L. Green ticket # 039510 2nd. prize - N Sherman ticket # 010352 3rd. prize - S. Stiff ticket # 003380 Due to everyone’s efforts we are . able to take 18 cadets on the cultur- al visit to Washington, D.C. leaving on 27 June. The Army Cadet move- ment is an integral part of this com- munity. #676 Corps stands Teady to assist Community groups, service clubs and municipal agencies in a variety of ways. Yours sincerely, Captain J.H. Harrison, CD - Commanding Officer Georgetown Yet another Mulron AP CHICKEN wiTH {75 OrF Cor $170 million, Last year Canada Pos made a small profit, yet increased the cost of Posting a letter on January 1st of this year. Just watch Postal rates next year, Harvie Andre, the Canadian Minister responsible for Canada Post said he was afraid Purolator might be sold to U.S. interests and Gerry Schwartz, Purolator president said it wouldn’t be good for Canada to have delivery routes determined in Atlanta, San Francisco or Memphis. In my opinion Purolator is no different than any of the other private courier companies in Canada. Private business to serve Private business. New )By Jean-Luc Bernard = The Halton ee Catholic ‘ole. S. ré- HEAD ey bail-out million last year and has a debt of t Earlier this year I had mail Posted in Cobourg, four successive weeks, on a Tuesday that did not appear in It is interesting to note that the Onex stock price was in a gradual decline, below $8.00 (on average) from the first of this year until about the middle of March when it started to climb to about $12.00 early in May reaching $12.50 when the sale was announced. You can think what you like; I don’t know. Rod Pinkney, Georgetown | School Board’s Be ¢ Coeur, in Georgetown, was opened ae a seabhets S will he! Prepare our youngsters with the | k skills to better meet in 1961. The nity of Georgetown is proud to announce to its friends and sup- Students from Ecole Sacré-Coeur will be moving to a new home. The French Language Section of the Halton Roman Catholic School Board is pleased to see the Tealiza- tion of this long awaited Project. The new facility is located on Miller Drive. There is more to a catholic school than a simple building and furniture. The talents, skills and expertise of the members of the community and the staff are valu- able assets to the success of the school. Ecole Sacré-Coeur has a unique mandate: educating catholic francophone students in their lan- Suage and preparing them for the challenges of the 2ist century. To tmeet this goal, Ecole Sacré-Coeur is a state-of-the-art facility, both in the arts, sciences and in technolog- ical studies. Computers will be uti- lized as a daily learning tool: word Porters that, as of September 7, the - the challenges of a demanding and | everchanging job market. The French language trustees are excit- ed with this initiative that is Promising and proactive. = Everyone: staff, students and Parents are anxious to move in and make their mark as they continue to nurture their traditions and Pro- | mote the French culture. The new. school will be a cultural and lin- uistic springboard for its mem- bers. The students, parents and staff of Boole Sacré-Coeur would like to take this opportunity to extend their appreciation to the Georgetown community for its Support throughout the years. The Blessing and Official Opening mony of Ecole Sacré-Coeur is scheduled for March 10, 1994, Anyone interested in learning more about the school’s programs and Services or in visiting the new school, should call Ecole Sacré- Coeur at 873-0510.