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Ian Oliver Publisher Robert Glasbey Advertising Director Norman Alexander Editor Geoff Hill Circulation Director Teri Casas Office Manager Tim Coles Production Manager s oo e d ine Eubleniny j rs Rd., ille, is one of the Metrol inting, ishi istributing Ian Oliver P UbllSh-er Lid. group of suburban newspapers which includes: Aiflx-’anofing Newg Robert Glasbey Advertising Director efi Sumblen cuarter. Pos. Norman Alexander Editor 'wee%rim:.saJiJo:BCaKmMémflmscfigZfluzdZ Geoff Hill Circulation Director . dn ie l hn Oe ds m ho Beare; is protected by copyright. Any Tim Coles Production Manager reproduction in whole or in part of this material is strictly forbidden Without the consent of the publisher. Advertising is accepted on the condition that, in the event of a typographical error, that portion of the advertising space occuried by the erroneous item, together with a reasonable allowance for signature, will not be charged for, but the balance of the advertisement will be paid for at the applicable rate. The publisher reserves the right to calegorize and reject advertising. in the event of typographical error, advertising goods A D P TS TTE OO ELNA Moxdichcismarale an allar in sall and may he withdrawn at anv time. sBb 9 1 l d or services at the wrong price, goods or servi an offer to sell and may be withdrawn at any time. WJTomh“is' c;erdj-t-P;m;e ‘Minister Jean Chretien didn‘t actively engage Bouchard in debate but instead took the high ground in saying what all Canadians want are jobs and a decent standard of living. But this kind of argument rings hollow to Bouchard an educated, bilingual Quebecker who has a philosophical, rather than economic agenda. His arguments are those that have been trotted out before...Quebec has been hard done by; Quebec does not receive enough from the federal government etc. etc. etc. Quebec will hold a provincial election this year and if it elects a Parti Quebecois separatist government, then Bouchard will have a true platform for his constituâ€" tional ravings. And yet, Quebec voters are a politicallyâ€"pragmatic bunch. They support those who will give them most but in backing Bouchard, they may have made their biggest mistake. If the separatists win provincially and it comes down to whether or not Quebec will leave Canada. It should be on Canada‘s terms, not Quebec‘s. Residents of Quebec should realize that Bouchard‘s schooling is in phiâ€" losophy and not economics...they have supported both he and PQ leader Jacques Parizeau at their peril Wicked weather the cold. Some seniors view the wailing and gnashing of teeth with great glee, having gone through winters as cold as or colder than we‘re now experiencing. The recent spate of frigid weather had a lot of people complaining about What the doze of cold did for us all, however, was make us realize that Canada is a winter country. We have more cold days than warm and because of that, we have adapted. And so, while we might complain a bit, we still have electricity and heat and television and services. Cars that may not have started years ago, do so now (if you‘ve got a good battery) because of technoâ€" logical advances. To be pitied, however, are some Americans living in cities illâ€"prepared for the vagaries of Mother Nature, particularly in the winter. We find it the ultiâ€" mate of ironies that in Washington D.C., the federal government had to send people home because there wasn‘t enough power to heat buildings. Not only that, a series of rotating blackouts were used to conserve power. Yet even as southern Ontario shivered in reord-setting cold, Vancouverites basked in temperatures so balmy that people took to area golf courses and trees and flowers started to bud. Talk about turning the knife. So while we dream of warmer days ahead without reference to windâ€"chill factors, meteorologists and climatologists are saying because of the unpreceâ€" dented amount of snow cover from the north to southern Ontario, we could well face a longer winter and colder spring. Vancouver anyone? Battle for a nation 467 Speers Road, Oakville, Ont. L6K 354 845â€"3824 Fax: 845â€"3085 Classified Advertising: 845â€"2809 Circulation: 845â€"9742 or 845â€"9743 The law, sir, is a ass. A Idiot. Increasing secrecy in justice system should concern us all ard to believe that ‘way back in 1837, Charles Dickens had twigged to the fundamental characteristic of our justice sysâ€" tem. It‘s fundamental insanity I mean. The evidence, M‘lud, is all around us. Check out the Karla Homolka/Paul Teale publicity itâ€"isâ€"toâ€"laugh ban. This conâ€" temptible attempt at media manâ€" agement was doomed before the judge‘s gavel hit the bench. Ban publicity? Sure, you can padâ€" lock the door of the Moose Jaw Examiner or slip a mitten over the microphone of anchorman Joe Blowâ€"dry at the local TV station but...has His Honor heard of, oh...electricity? How do you muzzle a communicaâ€" tions satellite orbiting the earth? How do you stop a radio station in Detroit from lobbing its sigâ€" nal at will across the world‘s longest undefended border? But, thanks to the Canadian judiciary, all our knowledge comes with a tiny tag around it that reads: "Made in U.S.A." You don‘t. Which is why millions of Canadians know more than they ever cared to about the grisly details of the Teale/Homolka outrage. Stupid or not, our judges have obviously taken a fancy to this new, less bothersome form of dispensing justice. Have you noticed a proliferation of secret â€"Mr. Bumble, in Oliver Twist SDEYRE NEeEbep HERE AT trials going on recently? Of course you haven‘t â€" the Canadian media has been forâ€" bidden to print, televise, or broadcast them. There‘s at least one such trial going on right now, but if I told you where it is or who‘d been charged or what‘s involved, I could be arrested and thrown in the slamâ€" mer for contempt of court. The Canadian Bill of Rights. How do you like it so far? Cheer up. Our justice system may be goofy, undemocratic, and hopelessly behind the times, but at least it‘s not quite as insane as the variety of jurisprudence practised to the south. Exhibit A: The U.S. Court of Appeals â€" versus Merrill Chamberlain, a twoâ€"bit thug serving a life sentence for the murder of a New Mexico police officer. Mister Chamberlain sued the police, claiming it was their fault he was guilty of murâ€" der because they had "allowed him to gain access to his handâ€" gun" â€" and â€" "the officer he shot and foolishly neglected to wear a bulletâ€"proof vest." Verdict pending." Exhibit B: McCummings versus Sandusky. This. case goes back to 1984 when Jerome Sandusky â€" a 71â€"yearâ€"old DE TIME HAS COME To PULL CANADIAN OUT OF BOSNIA! retired businessman â€" was smashed to the ground andi robbed by two muggers in the‘ New York subway. j Well, the Mills of the God": grind slowly and the wheels 0 justice sometimes barely turn a all, but turn they did. Las“‘ month, the U.S. Supreme Cour made a $2â€"million settlement the Sandusky/McCumming case. Sandusky‘s glasses were shattered. His jacket was torn He was bruised and bloodied. He probably would have had hi throat slit, except a New Yor police officer came upon th scene. The muggers fled, th cop shot one of them, on Bernard McCummings. Mister McCummings, 4§ years younger than the man hi assaulted had just finished serv ing time for a previous robbery. Nine years after the inciden granted, but better late thai never. S What‘s that you ask? How 1 Mister Sandusky going to speni the award money? My, you ar naive aren‘t you? 1 Sandusky didn‘t get :: money. The victim of the m1 ging, now 80, didn‘t get a dime It . was the mugge McCummings, who got the $ million. For pain and inju caused by the policeman‘s bu let. I know Justice is supposed be blind, but where does it l that it has to be bone-stuTl too?