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* J.McKenze entlound of The Canadian Statesman. BowvmafvlU, Dec. 17, iguu 4ThCamtUan Statesmnan, Rowmanvîîîe, Dec. 17. 1989 EDITORIAL COMMENT WeII., Since You Ask.. If we had any orchids we would hand them out to the Globe & Mail editor for one of the best replies we b ave. read to a letter from a reader. Here'. the letter and the reply: Reading your editorials for the past 'year or so, I find that you don't have too mnany good words for our Prime Minister and the Liberal Party. Mr. Editor, could you please tell us what party and under whose leadership would you like.to see in Ottawa? Now please be gallant and answer below. M. Monette Timmins Somne time before the next election, The Globe and Mail will weigh the rec- ord of the present Government and its f irst minister and consider the alterna- tives offered by the parties in opposi- tion. The paper will then give its edi- torial support to the group it believes offers Canada the best leadership po- tential for the next three or four years. This support will last until sundown election day, after which The Globe will revert to its role of critic of ail political parties in general and of elected politi- cal parties in particular. The paper wil be called fickle, unfaithful and unfair -which its editors will accept as a reasonable assessment of Page 6 poiicy. -Editor. ln A Flash! Flash! That's how the story goes. Suddenly a seared group of nigbt-watching sbeep herders on a hili were dazzled by lights, angels and the sound of music. Later on, when the shepherds look- ed back on that eventful night, they claimed they beard voîces singing, "Glory to God in the beights of beaven and on earth peace to mankind." But it all happened in a f lash! Tbat's the way the Christmas short- cake crumbles. Ho! Ho! . .. Christmas carols . . . the desperate Christmas shopping countdown... and Zap! It's here! That's the kind of world we live in - tbings happening in a flash. Flash! Our garbage cans are over- foigwith a superior type of North Amrcn garbage. Flash! Sometbing's got to be done Infafition and The citizens of Ontario know about Inflation, not because they read about it, or listen to politicians talking about it, but because they expenience its malîgn effects every day of their lives. Ontario citizens also know about high taxation for the same reason and in the same manner - bitter experience. Some members of the Legislature have displayed enough wisdom to think of these facts wben proposais bave been nmade for increases in the money the citizens of Ontario pay M.L.A.s for rep- resenting tbem af Queen's Park. These f ew members bave suggested that they do not like the tax-free non-accountable *expense alawance tbey get. Not only does it flot wonk out equitably as bet- ýween members but, these critics feel, it gives tbem. unjustified relief from the income tax. What a pity that these voîces at Queen's Park could flot have prevailed when the 50 per cent raise in income and expenses was voted. As it is, tax- payers. are going to be very incensed about that Biafran kid watching us through our picture windows eating our Christmas dinners. Flash! Billions for a moonsbot and a bunch of crummy toys for the Christ- mas Exchange. Flash! Our nice, established, golden ,ghettoes are messed up wîth pot-puff- ing, speed-killing, alienated long bairs. Flash! Students on campus, welf are recipients, high rise dweilers, labor unions, ail clamouring to get in on mak- ing the decisions that affect their own lives. The shepherds got the message in a flash. As fast as they could, they got over to Bethlehem to check it out. Sure enough, there was the baby - God in a manger. Peace to mankind had come right down to earth. Wben is that happening on a hili- side going to get through to us? Queen s Park that at this particular time the Legisia- ture bas seen fit to raise the money paid to M.L.A.s to $18,000 a year - $12,000 plus $6,000 in the form of a tax- free, non-accounitable expense ailow- ance. The rates for Cabinet ministers are increased pnoportionately, bringing the whole Legislatune up to the level of Ottawa and Quebec. There is no justification for sucb an increase at a time when taxes at al levels are steadiiy încreasing while Many government services are being reduced. The increases are also unjusti- f ied in the light of the fact that Ottawa is trying to arrange an eanly meeting carly next year between, the Prime Minister and the *provincial premiers for the purpose of negotiating a nation- wide agreement -on price and wage res- traints. It is going to be very difficuit to convince the people of Ontario that the Legisiature did not vote for these increases at a suspiciousiy critical mom- ent. -Smiths Falls Record-News The message that came thnough loud and clear from tbis weck's consti- tutional conference is that we are stilî a long way from agreement on Canada's constitutional problems. Prime Minister Trudeau spoke cf "very real pragress" but some of the provincial Premiers, particularly those from the West, were not sa optimistic. The main issues discussed this wcek were taxes, welfare and the division of legisiative authorîty betwecn the fed.- eral authority an anc hand and the provincial authorities an the other hanid. These mattens were referred to commit- *tees of officiais for further study. Long and careful study is required on these issues before any government can take a firm stand. The Prime Minister is a realist. H1e is, amang other things, a noted consti- tutional lawyer. H1e realizes that con- stitutions are nat written, or even re- written, in a day or even a year. The fact that Canada's leaders are still talk- ing with mare and mare amicabie un- derstanding was in itseif pnogress in this incnedibly compiex task, Mr. Trudeau said. The real cruncb came on the issue of whether on not the federal govern- ment should be allowed ta extend its jurisdictian aven social and cultural policies. Quebec stood alone on this point although on the second day other provinces rallied ta its support. Not because they agreed that Quebec should have more power but because they wanted ta defend tbe present division cf powers. Prime Ministen Trudeau apparent- Iy believes that in dealing with the govennmcnt cf Qucbec's demnand for more authority in the field cf social legisiation he should meet it head on. As columnist Charles Lynch stated, "Mr. Trudeau is gambling that he bas more support among the people cf Que- bec than is enjoyed by Mn. Bertrand". Quebec Premier Bertrand enumer- ated the benefits neceived by the people cf Quebec frein provincial govcnnments. Frime Minister Trudeau responded with a list cf the things the federai government has done for ail Canadians, including Quebecers, and lie emphasized that as long as he remained Prime Min- ister of Canada the federal government would flot abdicate its nesponsibilities to the goverfiment cf Quebec. Durham County's Great Fami)y Journal Est abli shed li5 years ago in 1854 AIso Incorporating The Bownianviiie News The Newcastle Independent lia. The Orono News 40t- Second class mail registration number 1561 Producd every Wedxeday by THiE JAMES PUBLISHING COMPANY LIIVITED P.O. Box 190 62-66 King St. W., Bowinanville, Ontario JOHN M. IA MES GEO. W. GRAHAM GEO. P. MORRIS EDTO-PVuUsEEEADYTr. 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They fear that in Canada there are too many messages in the media. These Senators iast week started open hearings de- signed to determine exactly what Is the state of the mass media in Canada. Their Special Senate Com- mnittee. on the Mass Media, cthaired by Senator Keith Davey, plans to call during the next few months repre- sentatives of ail the mass :media and major publishing Interests in Canada. One of the first things they learned was that the mass media is flot the monolithiec single.- minded interest it is often pictured by crities. Spokesmen for Canadian organizations of publishers and of managing editors said their groups have not been able to reach agree- ment on such basic issues as 25 YEARS AGO (Dec. 21, 1944) Thermomete«rs registered six beiow zero, Sunday, Dec. 17, but severai bare- Iegged sub-debs went cheer- lly along oblivieus ef weath- er and raised eyebrows. With roads compietely filied foliowing the recent snow storm, people on some rural routes have had ne mail for a week. Principal characters ln the musical comedy "In Old Vlenna'" presented by Bs.S students, under the capable ditrection of Mrs. Ma rie Clark Bell, \vere Irvine Brown, Charles Cattraîî, Lenore Collacott, Gwendo- lyn Brooks, Gregory Friend, Carl Boe, Joan Newton, George Brown, Alan Strike, Joan Longman, Stewart Ferguson, Elenore Wight. Howard Sturrôck, G;rant Brooks, Ted Hoar. Robt. Stevens, Eric Mcflveen and Wm. Knox. Postîmaster C. B. Kent re- ports the heaviest Christmas mail ln his experience of over 50 years. Extra staff engaged te handie the mail Include Irene Piper. Bill Knox and Stewart Fergu- son, pupis at B.H.S., and Mr. and Mrs. Art Kent and Mn. and Mrs. Bob Kent. Mr. Art Noble, Taber, Alta., formenly cf Taunton an Hamton, l vislting N. Langepe another friends ln the district prior te re- turning two months hence. LAC Clair Wakelin. R.C. A.F., Manning Depot, Toron- to. spent the weekend w1th hie wife and parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wakelin. Mrs. Elmer Ott and Sally left Sunday to spend the Christmnas season wtth the former's niother ln Montreal. Mr. W. L. Buttery, Bow- mnanville, wlshes to announce the engagement of his only daughter, Anne, to Elwood X. Cole, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robent TD. Cole. Toronto. The m--rri;age will take place quâistu Sa Juary. _ the establishment of non- governmental press councils in Canada. Such couricils are one of the major items the Com- mittce is considering. They have been told that press councils w o u i d increase public understanding of me- dia and wmtld provide a forum in which newspapers and other media groups could explain their actions. They would act as un- officiai courts to which the public couid go if it feit wrongfuliy treated hy the press, the Committee was told. The councils might aise induce a greater sense of responsibility in news- paper, publishers, one pub- lisher suggested. The press councils could be created at three levels ln Canada - national, provincial and lo- cal - to take into account the country's breadth and diversdty. There would be balanced representation on the ceun- cils, includting prominent miembers of the appropniate co)mmun ity. Most proposals agree they would have no Inthr oersdîwul and -Distant Past From the Statesman Files 49 YEARS AGO (Dec. 23. 1920) Mvr. F. C. Colmers bun- galow on Wellington Street, faclng Centre Street, ls ap- proaching completion and is a very attractive edifice. Capt. Florence Baston of Toronto, who was here as- sisting with the Salvation Army bazaar, was guest of Mrs. W. F. Dale. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Mut- ton were in Oshawa Iast week visitlng their son Nor- maarn. Miss Mande Beacock of Boston, Mass., lhas returned tu Toronto afler a pleasant visit %vitii Mrs. M. G. Bell- mani, Manx'ers Road. Mr. Calvin Standen, Medi- cal student ef Toronto Uni- versity, is holidaying at his grandfather's, Rev. W. C. Washington. Mr. Oliver Mutt.on. Pirk- ering, recently visited his sister, Mrs. Geo. T. Charl- ton. Miss Jennie Merchant, On- tario Ladies' College, Whit- by. is home for holidays. Bowmanville Women's Institute will meet at Mrs. E. Beliman's on Fnlday, Dec. 31st. Secretary W. A r thu r Edger and John A. Gunn represented B o w manvilie Hockey Club at a meeting In Oshawa on Thursday when gnoup schedules were drawn Up. The third meeting o! the season of the Durham Club was held 'at the residence or Mr. R. W. King, Walmer Road, Tarante, on Thursday evening. December 14, when another very delightful gath- ering tock place and an ex- cellent progrnm submitted. At t.he closlng session of Counties Council on Friday, Warden M. E. Maybee, Reeve of Murray Township, was presented with an ad- dreu and a beautiful gold watch and chain by Reeve Gea. A. Srnith, Port Hope. on behaîf cf lts fellow coundilor& 1 rely on Public opinion after reporting their delibera- tions and decisions. The increasing concen- tration of ownership of the media is one reason the idea of press councils has great appeal. 0f the 45 or so daily newspapers in On- tario, less t>han haîf are in- dependently owned. In the rest of Canada there are ,another 60 or se dailies, a minority of which are inde- pendently owned. While Committee mem- bers say there is nothing inherently wrong with such concentrated o wn er s hip, rnany favor press councils where newspaper execu- tives would meet regularly with prominent citizens to discuss complaints about the media and ensure that newspapers, radio and tele- vision stations were in tune wlth public feelings about media. A second major proposai to the Committee would perhaps balance the in- creasing restriction on newsmen tihat would result from creation of press coun- cils. This second proposai is for the establishment of a legal right for newsmen to protect their sources. Again, varjous aspects of media differed on the nec- essity of this right. The American Newspaper Guild. which represents working reporters and editors, was strongly in favor of such a right of privilege. The Managing Editors, Associa- tion was undecided, sug- gesting the right hadn't been needed in the past but might prove to be necessary in the future. There is a long tradition In Canada that newsmen do flot reveal the sources of their information - even in court - especially when the source oould be subject to retaliation. Recently there have been threats te this tradition. In Montreal a reporter was jailed for contempt of court for not revealing a source of information. Another re- porter was questioned by RCMP officers after she obtained an advance leak on a B'ilingualism and Bi- cuituralhsm Commission re- port. Guild spokesmen told the Committee that reporters should have the privilege of refusing te name sources similar to, that enjoyed by lawyers. One niember of the cern- mittee who has worked as a reporter, Senator Harper Prewse of Alberta, dis- agreed with the idea of ex- tending this right te news- nmen. suggestîng it would give unscrupulous reporters possibilities for mischief. However, the Comniittee did question later wîtnesses on their opinions about this pro'posai. Whatever the Committee decides, it will not likely cerne about in the imme- diate future. TIh¶e Commit- tee report will not likely be prepared untii late next sprîng at the soonest. After that iA wili have to be studied before any sort of legisiation can be framed. While many of us enjoy the Aarmth and love of famlly and frends at Christmas time, the lonely and unwanted don't have this priviiege. But they are not forgotten. for the men and women o! The Salve- tIon Army love and rare for the les fortunate of our community. Sugar by Alex Carruthers BILL 194 After weeks of intense debate in- volving the Standing, Committee on Health, the Ontario Humane Society, the deans of Medical Sehools and num- erous private citizens and organizations, Bill 194, An Act Respecting the Care and Provision of Animais for Research, is now before the Commîttee of the Whole House for final approval. The legislation had its genesis in the year 1962, when discussions began in Ontario to resolve the need for an adequate supply of animais for teach- ing and research purposes in the buman and animal care fields. A number of related factors con- vinced the Ontario Government that legîslation dealing with research and animal care was urgently needed. These factors inciuded: a) The rapid increase in the popula- tion of Ontario requining increased training of health care specialists. b) A growing pressure on veterinary coileees to train more veterinaries. c) The need to license animal supply facilities in order to end the present unscrupulous practîce of dog and' cat- napping. d) The contracturai arrangements which the Ontario Humane Society bas with same 90 municipalities to perform the function of animal control for them bas drastically reduced the number of animais that might be availabie for research. Bill 194 provides that oniy unwant- ed, unciaimed animais are to be used for research and, in order to ensure that the intent is realizcd, the failowing safe- guards are built into the legisiation : 1. Ali supply facilities, xvhere dogs and cats are bred for research facilities, must be licensed and inspected. 2. No person can be licensed as an op- eratar of a suppiy facility unless he is experienced in the proper care of ani- mals and possesses aIl the equipment required ta properiy cane for bandling the animais on his premises. .3. AIl research facîlities must be regis- tered and must comply with the regu- lations governing such facilities. 4. Anasthesia must be used in ait research practices wherc pain ta the animal may be a possibility. 5. A licensing and Registration Review Board, consisting of at least three mem- bers none of whom can be members of the Public Service in the employ of the Department of Agriculture, is establish- ed to hear appeals and regulate licens- i ng. 6. Alil pounds are required ta kecp accunate records of the disposition of animais. 7. Alil research facilities are required ta keep accunate records of aIl animais received and their disposition. 8. Inspectors appointed under the Vet- eninary Services Brancb of the Depant- ment of Agriculture are authorized ta enfance the regulations and terms of the act. 9. A MTNTMITM redç'rrxntion rx'riod of three days in whicb animais may be and dos otiMldeSP.P.an hl reclaimed is established. This perio and may be extended for a lo4ng period. 10. Where a dog or cat with a tag, name plate, tatoo or othen identification is impounded, the operator of a pound shahl take ail reasonable steps ta -find the owner. Il. Animais may be disposed of âfter the redemption pcniod in the following alternative ways : a) Returned ta the original owner. b) Adopted or sold ta a new owner as a pet or working dog. c) Sold ta the operator of a registered research facility in Ontario. Ail animal sheltens owned and operated by the Ontario Humane Soc- iety are exempt fnom the legislation. The Ontario Humane Society fnom the beginning took the position that it was not opposed ta the use of animais for research from public pounds,' but was adamant in refusing ta nelease ani- mals from their shelters. Without this Act on the statute books of Ontario, the practice of cat and dognapping wiil continue and no one's pet will be safe from this un- scrupulous practice. The legisîntion with Iicensing, in- spection, and for the f irst time a ne- dempton period will no doubt be a model for similar legislation in other jurisdictions on the North American continent. Centainly for suffering hum- anity it may mean release f rom pain and a lengthening of tbe life span. TUE HOME TOWN PAPER When the evenin' meal is aven an' the dishes put away, An' a feller in bis slippered feet loads up bis Henry Clay, There's nothing dees him se much good, be fortune up or down, As the little country paper from bis ci' home town. It ain't a thing cf beauty an' it's print ain't always dlean, But it straigbtens eut bis temper when a feilen's feelin' mean; It takes the wrinkles off his face, an' brushes off the frown, That little country paper from bhis cl' home town. I read the daily papers and religious papers toc; An' sometimes ancient school bocks when I've nothing else ta do; But when I want same real live news from ail the country roun' Give me the iittle paper fnom my ai' home town. They say aur good and bad deeds are recorded Up on high,~~ Sa that God can ciassify us wv19Pý h cornes aur time ta die; If that be true I know a chap who's gain' ta wear a cnawn- The mpn 'vhnr, mns the paper in my ai' home town. Sice By Bill Smiley A SPECIAL CHfRISTMAS GIFT Don't know how things are around your way, but there's littie doubt that we're going to have a white Christmas around here, Winter came in like a polar bear wîth a toothache, and 1 went off ta work on December lst as though it was mid-January. Prayerfully. That is, wade through six inches of fresh snow, pray fervently as I try to start the car, breathe another littie one of thanks when it goes, close my eyes and bomb backward down the drive- way, muttering another supplication that l'Il make the road, and then send up another few words of gratitude be- cause I'd got my snow tires on the day before. One creature who despises the whole business as much as 1 is our cat. It was bad enough for her before the snow came. Huge tomncats, black, white and piebald, littered the yard, and she'd sit on the picnic table, spitting and snarling at tbem with an air of chastity and virtue that is seldom seen these days. She was in command of that situa- tion. But when 1 chucked her out into half a foot of snow, her first experience of it, she almost went out of ber head. Skiers are delighted, of course, and that other insidious new breed, the snow-niobilers, are beaming ail over their big, fat, red faces. It's flot enough that we should have our summers ruined by half-wits in motor boats and on motor cycles, tear- ing around polluting the water and the air, destroying the peace and endanger- ing flot only their own lives (who cares?), but those of everybody else within ramming distance. Now we have their winter counter- parts. I can tolerate the snow-mobile as a handy tool for work, or for getting from one place to another under diffi- cuIt conditions. But I haven't much time for those idiots who merely revel in the noise, the sense of power, and the stink, half-trained -and often haîf- stoned, a menace to everything ini or out of sight. Report. from Queen 's Park he's dead. Imagine trying to write a beautîful, haunting thing like Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening, today. Some moron would come charging out of the woods on a snow-mobile, frighten the horse, and the poet would wind up in a snow-drif t. I suppose I mustn't get churlish, wîth Christmas approaching. But if any snow-mobile manufacturer tbinks he can bribe me into reversing my stand by sending me one of these infernal machines for Christmas, be's mistaken. I'd send it right back. In April. Hope you're in better shape with your Christmas preparations than we are. Every year, at our place, the last week or so is about as organized as an Irish cattle sale. But MI bet vou despise. as much as I do, those aseptic souls who buy their presents in September,- have their color- ed lights out in November, and mail their cards on the first of December. There's something about people like that that irks me. They're of the same species as those who work with a clean desk, neyer lose their rubbers, and smirk, "No thanks, I don't smocke," when you offer them a fag. Perhaps the reason I can't st#tid them is that I hate myseif. My desk looks like a bargain counter after a sale. I lose gloves, rubbers, bats, and important papers. I forget important things and remember trivialities. One of these is buying clothes. I'd rather go into the jungle than a cloth- ing shop. I have one suit, for ail occas- ions, one two-year-old jacket, one pair of flannels with a hole in them. 1 have an old trench-coat about as warm as a silk nightie, somebody else's rubber boots, a pair of gloves with holes in both thumbs, and a golf cap for winter headgear. So I shall leave this column lying about ostentatiously until Christmas. Maybe my family wviil rebabilitate me, at least outwardly. However, 1,11have about the nicest Christmas present I can think of, and it won't be wrapped. lil have my dear- ]y loved daughter home for the holi- Report from Ottawa By Russell C. Honey, M.P. 'i * ~1 M 1'~ il 't de 792 MYe %îmnbia I i I j f ~ t ,. f bl M.P.P.