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@ Robert Glasbey Advertising Director > Norman Alexander Editor oGeot!mll Circulation Director Teri Casas Office Manager Tim Coles Production Manager Tan Oliver Publisher e Canadian military has always played a major role in the politics of the nation and this trend is continuing today as we await the formal swearing in of Jean Chretien, our 20th prime minister. Canadians have a long history of dealing with military equipment debacles like the aircraft carrier Bonaventure which saw millions of dollars wasted on reâ€" fits, only to have the vessel sold for scrap even though it was fitted with new There was also the Bras d‘Or, test hydrofoil which outâ€"muscled any vessel in its class. This ‘experiment‘ was a success but political and military haggling saw the project die. Then there was the legendary Avro Arrow jet aircraft. The machine was an engineering marvel full of many innovations that were on the leading edge of technology at the time. The aircraft outperformed anything in the skies for the era and should have been the springboard to the justâ€"emerging world of electronics and highâ€"tech industry. But the project was killed thanks to a number of factors, not the least of which was intense pressure from the United States, which saw the aircraft as a major threat to its aircraft industry. Prototypes were destroyed along with plans and an opportunity was lost. And so we enter the aftermath of a federal election, the keystone of which was a Liberal policy of "jobs, jobs, jobs" as articulated by leader Jean Chretien. . Our prime ministerâ€"elect also said he would kill the controversial $5.6â€"billion EHâ€"101 military helicopter deal, the belief being that billions of dollars will be saved. Unfortunately, this may well turn out to be a case of the solution being more expensive than the problem. On the one hand, Chretien believes killing the copter deal with save taxpayers money. The problem here is that no one seems to know, or isn‘t telling, exactly what kind of cancellation penalty Ottawa will have to pay to get out the contract. There is also the problem that aside from the possible hundreds of millions in compensation paid to contractors for doing nothing, we have the issue of having hundreds of people in highâ€"tech jobs working on helicopter subâ€"contracts thrown out of work at a time when the government wants to create jobs. Chretien‘s answer is that he will create jobs by spending more billions of dolâ€" lars the government doesn‘t have and possibly burdening provinces and municiâ€" palities with more debt to pay their share of his infrastructure program. And what kind of jobs will be created? They will be shortâ€"term construction jobs, most of which will be in the basic labor area. At the end we may have bridges and roads. We will also have fewer longâ€"term and expanding highâ€"tech jobs, more debt and a net gain in the list of the unemployed. Workers hired for these construction proâ€" jects will work a set number of weeks and then return to unemployment. This is The fallout is already coming from some levels of government. In Toronto, taxpayers may be hit with a ‘dedicated tax‘ to help pay their portion of the infrasâ€" tructure plan. Just one scheme for the city, another convention centre, would see the feds kick in $40â€"million, the province anteâ€"up another $40â€"million with Metro Toronto kicking in an additional $20â€"million. And this is just for one project! At the same time we have Ontario Premier Bob Rae, having already borrowed $8.6â€"billion this year to pay bills, saying he‘s ready to carry even more debt to participate in the Liberal infrastructure scheme. The province has already spent $4â€"billion on capital works and doesn‘t know what Ontario‘s share of a federalâ€" provincial jobs package might be. Regardless of how much our portion is, provinâ€" cial treasurer Floyd Laughren says he won‘t hike taxes to pay for the program. This comes from the guy who raised provincial taxes by $2â€"billion last spring. No tax hikes? Right. What should be the first order of business for the new federal governâ€" ment? The first order of business for the new government should be to bring back respect for the law and human rights. We now have homeless people dying on the streets in Canada, D Giecewicz ‘EDITORIAL CALL845â€"5585 Math of jobs 467 Speers Road, Oakville, Ont. L6K 354 845â€"3824 Fax: 845â€"3085 ‘Classified Advertising: 845â€"2809 _ Circulation: 845â€"9742 or 845â€"9743 How can MP‘s pensions be altered to ease the burden of taxpayers? Give us your opinion on this topic by calling 845â€"5585, box 5012. All callers are allowed 45 seconds to respond and must provide their name, address and phone number for venfica- tion. A sampling of the best answers will be published in the next Weekend edition of the Oakville Beaver. of suburban which incluc tame Adrence, branpion Goardiern, | B‘ . J.M: SON\AL‘M Abrzps, |MNE don‘t mean to whine, but I I face a lot of trials in my working day. _ There‘s the first one in the morning of course â€" hitting the deck. Lying there with the blanâ€" kets up under my chin and my noggin burrowed into the pilâ€" low, I can quickly list eight or 12 reasons why getting up qualâ€" ifies as an Extremely Inferior Idea. Alas, rising is but the first of many tribulations. There is the cold blast of water that invariâ€" ably precedes my shower. There is my wretched cat miaooo000owing piteously as it threads itself between my ankles. He‘s saying "Feed me for God‘s sake â€" it‘s been hours since I ate those chicken bones in the garbage." Other daily afflictions? Oh, my yes. There is the scraping of the windshield; the monotony of the chrome and plastic conga commute of vehicles on the highway into town. There is the unpleasant thug who mans the security desk, there is the depressing realization that yes, I‘m 15 minutes late as usual, and yes, everyone else is on time, working hard, taking just a moment to glance at their watches as I hustle by. The daily hassles. But none of them come even close to the mortification I feel when I face the greatest daily hurdle of all. It comes at the end of my working day, when I leave my office building and head for the parking lot. Be calm, I tell myself. Almost there. Just another few yards of sidewalk to freedom. But no. He‘s there, blocking my path. He‘s always there, Gus When it comes to fast foods, this consumer is a real hot dog Ns * is. Just Gus and his cart. A hot dog cart. 3 He sells me a hot dog just about every working day. I don‘t need a hot dog. All those hot dogs are not good for me. I can‘t afford to buy hot dog after hot dog, day after day. But I do. I can‘t resist. I flat out love hot dogs. Which is odd, because I mostly don‘t like junk food. I don‘t buy chocolate bars or jelly beans. I‘ve never seen the inside of a Taco Bell or an Arby‘s and I only go to McDonalds for the coffee or to use the washroom. (Great washâ€" rooms at MacDonalds.) Hot dogs â€" different story. But then, as junk food goes, the hot dog is practically venerable. Nobody knows exactly how long folks have been wedging wieners in buns and slathering them with mustard, but the name alone goes all the way back to 1906. Hot dogs were already popuâ€" lar fare back then, but they weren‘t called hot dogs. They were tagged everything from frankfurters to wieners and bread, bangers on a bun, tube steak sandwiches... Even dachshund sausages. At a New York Giants baseâ€" ball game at the Polo Grounds in 1906, a newspaper cartoonist by the name of Tad Dorgan sat in the stands watching the game and listening to the food venâ€" dorsâ€"bellow "Getcher red hot C He wanted the caption to read "GET YOUR RED HOT DACHSHUND SAUSAGES!" â€" but he wasn‘t sure how to spell "dachshund". â€" and created one of the most popular phrases of the century. dachshund sausages!" He thought about the vendors "barking"...he studied the dachshundâ€"like swoop of the wiener in his hand...and someâ€" thing clicked in the cartoonist‘s brain. Dorgan whipped out a sketch pad and doodled a picâ€" ture of a real dachshund dog, sandwiched in a bun and covâ€" ered with mustard. Back at the office, Dorgan touched up the cartoon, then tried to come up with a caption. His deadline was looking, Dorgan thought "ah, what‘s the difference?‘ and he printed "GET YOUR HOT DOGS!" Win the lottery? One of the things you could yell is "Hot DOG!" Remember the Perry Como Hit that goes "Hot Diggity, Dog Diggity, Boom What You Do To Me"? Kids who do somersaults on skis are called Hot Doggers. Blue Jays slugger Ricky Henderson is a Millionaire Hot Dogger. Hot dogs show up in songs and on ski slopes; in centre field and every day conversation. Actually, I can‘t hold a napâ€" kin to a New Yorker who capâ€" tured the world record by scarfâ€" ing 17 hot dogs in 12 minutes. And I‘m not the only one who‘s addicted. Nearly 17 bilâ€" lion hot dogs are turned out each year. I‘m not eating all of them. Thank he‘ll ever look at another hot dog? . Sure he will. With relish. . Q â€"AND KEEP | â€" i | > FOR. ANYTHING| > SUusrIcIoUus.]