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Then in 1984 along came pasâ€" sionate Mulroney who not only condemned South Africa‘s influx controls, but promptly and emoâ€" tionally scrambled Cannuck Oh, well... immigration. Way back in the Trudeau years â€" 1979 to be precise â€" a qualification sysâ€" tem was in place, a protection that served Canada well. Life issued a Press Release to your paper, which you apparently decided not to print in whole or inpart. Once again, the stronglyâ€"held viewpoints and convictions of our 3,000 members are to be exiled to the "Letters to the Editor" section of your paper â€" or worse â€" banished entirely. Therefore, in the space we have left, we would like to quote from the original press release so that the community may gain some meagre insight into our stand on these issues. In response to the euthanasia decision which was But then, anybody hankering after the good old days, like you do, deserves to be forgiven, even though you forget that in the good old days the fashion for editors was to give fair representation to the community. Dear Sir: Your editorials will be the death of me yet. Fancy that, you being interested in immigration, I mean. Recently, the Supreme Court of Canada handed down momentous rulings on two of these issues â€" euthanasia and abortion. In response to these rulings and in accordance with our mandate, Halton Proâ€" Dear Sir: As you may or may not know, Halton Proâ€"Life is registered as a charity whose express purpose it is to educate the community with regards to life and death issues: abortion, euthanasia, infanticide, fetal experimentation, new reproductive technologies, suicide, and homicide. Rejecting ‘death on demand‘ was good news Halton Proâ€"Life backs Supreme Court decision Immigrant qualification system worked well The legal acknowledgement of specialized selfâ€"perceived rights perhaps should require a unanimous decision since the long term conseâ€" quences are rarely well presented. Dear Sir: Humanity for the few or many? Frankly, 1 believe you trivialize the very serious aspects of the Supreme Courts‘ 5 to 4 decision which in essence favors humanity for an infinitely greater number than those who face death from a "known" fatal disease. The media has had a pretty cozy time with Chretien during the campaign, let‘s hope their style and content improves now that‘s in a position to put the promises in his ‘red book‘ into effect. vice, many of them in cabinet positions, including the finance portfolio, there wasn‘t one news story, backgrounder, analysis piece or editorial in the major Toronto press about Chretien‘s job performance or what we‘re likely to expect from our new prime minister. It further illustrates the kind of media campaign it‘s been for all the [ leaders except for Mr. Chretien. Despite more than two decades of public Naturally, Liberal leader Jean Chretien said no decisions have been made about what people would go where. That‘s all he said and the press let him off the hook. And as if that wasn‘t bad enough, when Rizzuto was asked to elaborate, he said the Liberals make up the country‘s intellectual elite and would do as good a job as anyone in these posts. The story came out of Quebec and concerned some pretty amazing comâ€" ments from top Liberal party strategist and Senator Pietro Rizzuto. The good senator told the people‘s own Radioâ€"Canada, that he would find jobs for those Liberal candidates defeated on Monday. Does the word patronage come to mind? Specifically, Rizzuto said he "will do everything for these people, who I‘m sure will deliver excellent service whether in private industry or in other postsâ€"around the world even, as representatives, in embassies." CBC f the news had come from the camp of Kim Campbell, it would have been Ion the front page of every daily paper. Yet despite the story being ‘broken‘ on Friday afternoon, the story was buried deep into the pages of the area dailies. The story also received little or no play on radio stations except the The prime ministerâ€"elect has promised much and Canadians are waiting for him to deliver. Time will tell if he‘s up to the task. Chretien will have to respond to the ideas of Reform for strictly pragmatic reasons. He knows that if you add the votes of Reform candidates and those of Progressive Conservatives, the Liberals would have been the party to be deciâ€" mated. nce all the jubilation on the part of the Liberals dies down, they will Ohave to come to grips with some sobering realities. The first thing to address is the deficit and how Prime Minister Jean Chretien will deal with this crucial issue. And if Chretien thinks he will able to forge ahead with policies that will incur more debt both federally and provincially, he‘s in for a rude awakening. Because on the other side of the House of Commons is Reform Party leader Preston Manning whose mandate is hard on fiscal meaâ€" sures. Forget about the fact that the Liberals have a massive majority. The volatile Canadian electorate has shown it plays no party favorites anymore and any attempt to raise taxes will not be tolerated or forgotten and in the next fedâ€" eral election, Manning will be ready to say ‘I told you so‘. ~OPINION Compliant press Sober realities EDITORIAL As I said, though, I laud and applaud you for rushing to reopen immigration to accommodate $$$ buyâ€"in spinoffs and cut the red tape â€" a true blue violation of citiâ€" zens‘ rights. The horror story gets worse... CALL845â€"5585 How readily perceived were the longer term consequences of the "conviction" government has no place in the bedrooms of the nation...conâ€" senting adults may do whatever to/for/or with one another. The fact is consenting adults did not choose to remain in the bedroom. Today, we face a radically altered assortment of alleged sexualâ€"social rights which imply open behavior in parks, on beaches, in public washrooms, some sex marmages, invitro fertilization, spousal benefits, ad nauseum... > We saw the fact that the Morgantaler decision (allowing him to set up an abortuary in Nova Scotia) was handed down on the same day as "more than coincidence". While on one hand, they ruled in favor of protection for the most vulnerable at one end of the spectrum â€" the elderly, they once again turned their backs on the most vulnerable at the other end â€" preâ€"born babies. five to four in favor of not validating the active and deliberate killing of the terminally ill, we pointed out that "we came awfully close to turning our backs on the vulnerable, turning our doctors into killers, and turning the clock back on civilized responses to death and dying." We also expressed our desire that the medical community respond by "providing better palliative care, hope, and caring to the sick, the depressed, and the terminally ill â€" instead of abandoning them to soâ€"called death with dignity." been for all the party | SPEAK YOUR MIND | All callers are allowed 45 secâ€" onds to express their opinion and must provide their name, address and phone number for verification. A cross section of the responses will be published in next Wednesday‘s Oakville Beaver. Got a gripe? Give us a call. Readers are invited to express their opinion on a topic of their choice by calling 845â€"5585, box 5250. the good old days door, but please credit the right vehicle with always having the best wheels rolling for Canadian terra firma and an enlightened driver in the immigration seat. The Oakville Beaver welcomes your comments. All letters must be signed and include the writer‘s address and phone number. Letters should be typed, doubleâ€"spaced and addressed to: Letters to the Editor, The Oakvilie Beaver, 467 Speers Rd., Oakville, Ont. L6K 354 Gloria Lawrenson Executive Director Halton Proâ€"Life H 467 Speers Road, Oakville, Ont. L6K 354 Classified Advertising: 845â€"2809 Circulation: 845â€"9742 or 845â€"9743 Di du Toit 845â€"3824 Fax: 845â€"3085 Those who cherish the right to life must never be forced to choose death because it is too burdensome to others to maintain life. The decision to reject Death on demand or the right to die with dignity whatever that may mean is an important deterrent to what may well become the obligation to die with indignity based on the capacity of the aging to perceive that they have become a burden to those around THE OAKVILLE BEAVER AQV 1 Oakville is a caring community and its people are our most preâ€" cious resources. We need to be kept informed and educated. A neighbor said recently ‘"When a friend or family member is hospitalized from now on, instead of sending something, 1 would like to go to offer a drink of water, rub a back, or hold a hand." I‘m pretty sure that she learned something from personal experiâ€" In regard to the hospital spendâ€" ing $10,000.00 on a public relaâ€" tons study, 1 would like to comâ€" ment. I feel that we can ASSUME that the general public has the wrong perception of "champagne services on a beer budget" and would like to see more informaâ€" uon and education on medical care in your newspaper. We, the public, need to underâ€" stand the changes in technology, the need for discretionary use of the emergency ward, the cut in nursing staff, and yes, even the cost of parking and the need of the new machine to pay for same! There are other issues such as preâ€" ventive medicine, long term care facilities, community programs on which we need information. When the public hears that a hospital stay is now cut by several days, knowlâ€" edge of community programs is imperative. Another important area for concern is the shortage of beds in nursing homes and chronic care wards. People should be preâ€" pared, some perhaps, need to be thinking of waiting lists. ‘ Medical system changes need more publicity Â¥vonne Dickie R. McKay Ian Oliver Publisher Robert Glasbey Advertising Director Norman Alexander Editor Geoff Hill Circulation Director Teri Casas Office Manager Tim Coles Production Manager Dear Sir: f As the close of the 1993 growing season, I would like to congratâ€" ulate the Oakville Parks department for the good taste and success of this year‘s planting scheme for the containers in. the Lakeshore Road area. The massed planting of singleâ€"color impatiens was most impressive and used this plant to its very best advantage. Downtown plantings a joy to behold destruction of the neighborhood and the project was blocked. The conversion to nonâ€"profit housing was a success and could be repeated in Oakville where affordable housing is in short supply. The Town should also enter into negotiations with CGT for sharing the costs of cleaning up the land. Another option to consider is turning the properties into affordable housing. This option was used in a downtown Toronto neighbourhood in the late 1960s when lands were expropriated to build a hydro transformer but the local community protested the Should the new road be built on CGT lands, perhaps the town might offer the former owners of the houses on Pine Street, many of whom are still living in the houses, the chance to repurchase their homes. While the town has already spent $4â€"million on the lands for the current proposed Cornwall Road route, expropriation of propâ€" erty is not yet complete. Instead of displacing the remaining property owners on Pine Street, why not at least consider the alternate route? I am appalled at councillor Mark Brown‘s suggestion for General Tower to "take their proposal and stuff it..." It is this type of closed mindedness that prevents finding solutions to problems that will be of mutual benefit to everyone. 17th | Gre Options available to road route E:E Country Percentage of people 60 years old or older in each country of the European Community Dear Sir: Re: "CGT ‘CGT suggests alternate route for Cornwall Road" Oct LETTER OF THE DAY "l4* WEEKLY FOCUS [ ¢+] «1 0. 4% ) 491 [R ta N 20 ( 40 MF hÂ¥ 1991 22.9% 8%| 29.9%}f 3 Â¥ i ¢. J j »os) ° Ab salin 24.9% 25.3% 25.5% 25.8% _... . fitin «capppibars Seaua \I! & , Stouftvili/Uxbridge Tribune, Milton Canadian Champion, Newmarke!â€"Aurora Eraâ€"Banner, North York Mirror, Olmlib iy, Oshawa/Whitby This Week, Peterborough This Week. 2020 projection Frances Ballantyne 36.4%1 Brian Pehora $ Oct. 27, 1993 ubithing "A nc