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y-. s~-. ~if~ 5ev 1' S mmfflm( 2 Oýono WýeekIy -Ttnies, WýednesýdayNoývemnber 1,199 QRONO WEEKLY TIMES - s e E s Produced Weekly By Sonbou Publîshing Publications Mail Registration No., 0368 Publishing 47 Issues Annually at the Office of Publication 5310 Main Street, P.O. Box 209, Orono, Ontario LOB i Mo Telephono 905-983-5301 Fax 905-983-5301 WE'RE STILL HERE Monday. October 30 will be a date forever impressed into our collective history as a country. It is a date in which absolutely not hing happened, yet stili it maniages to become a benchmark date in our nation's future. The close No vote victory, while Preserving Canada's integrety for the moment, was not decisive enough to put the question of a separate and sovereign Quebec to rest. 11, as many other.across Canada, watched with baited breath as the No side slowly yet steadily gained over the Yes vote. Once the No vote had topped the 50% mark, I knew that the federalists had maîîaged to eek out a victory from what many had come to see as a certain defeat. Watching the reactions of the newscasters and PQ analysts change over the course of the evening from the early strong Yes votes giving them a 59% majority to the final 49% was great. The dour faces of Peter Murphy and Lloyd Robertson became softened by grins as the No side continued to work at the Yes lead. And the PQ went from loudly procllaiming the strength and the conviction of the people who want a separate Quebec, to saying how this now will allow them to negotiate with Cana-dai, to disappearing off of the stage altogethier. This issue however is not over. What this referendum has done is make it even clearer that negotiations will have to be made with Quebec, and certain concessions will have to be given. Quebec will have to receive distinct society status if we hope that it wil stay. The only way to end this once and for ail wil be a national referendum, one where the rest of Canada has the right to. decide if Quebec will stay or go, depending upon what is offered to them by the federal governiment. We will see a repeat of this past Monday night very soon il' things are not dealt-with quickly. What this referendum has also done is point out that there ar e some fundamental problems with Canada as it stands. The United Nations may have called Canada the best place in the world to live for two years frnning, a sentiment that is echoed by manry people across Canada, but we can no longer be blinded to the problems that exist in our country. We are a nation made up of distinct societies. Other than what seems to be a uiniversal love and talent for -hockey across the nation, the ties that bind are dangerously loose. Newfoundlanid, the newest priovinice to Canada, only accepted Confederation in 1949 wvith 52% in favour. Their way of life is dramatically different from Ontario; Ontario is dramatically different fromn the Northwest Territories, etc. It is these distinctions and differences that have made Canada the best place in the world to live in, but it is also a major cause of the problems that exist here. My family is from Nova Scotia, and many of them stiil live down there. Having been boru and lîved ail of my life in Ontario, I have a tie to that province but am also very much an outsider. Many people' down there express a dîslike for anrything west of New Brunswick, feeling more dloser allied to the New England Arnerican states than they do to Ontario. True, there- are many that would refute that dlaim, and are Canadian through and through, but even if the anti-Ontario (and rest of Canada) sentiments are only those of a small minorîly, the fact is that the identity problem exists. Canadian unity is a dream. Our history, the history of the provinces, whfle linked, is nonetheless very unique to each location. The distances between our provinces further exasperates the problem. The United own ç0uiïtrY; these differences do exist, but everyone identifies themselves first as an Arnerican. And while most of ù§ here in Ontario see ourselves as Canadians first,'almast 60% of the francophone voters in Quebec showed tc3 the rest of us that they see themselves as Quebecers first. What is the solution to, the problem? 1 do not know. But we must realize that a problem does exist, and it will not go away by ignoring it. Jacques Parizeau told the Yes voters Monday night that they will not wait 15 years for another chance to have their say. This issue cannot wait another 15 years. As much as we may wish it to be over, this is not the end. As William'Shakespeare wrote: "It is not the beginning of the end; it is the end of the beginning." This past Monday was only the end of the beginning of a very long road, a road that all of us will be forced to drive on, and at the nd of the road we hope to find that unified Canada which seems to keep eluding us. No NEWS Due to the referendum on Monday, there wîll be no Clarington Council news this week. We will continue our Council coverage next week. Lette r to the Editor Dear Sir: 1 note in an article you published hast week on Tim Hegarty that the statement was made that Scouting may entirely disappear from Orono. May I, as the minis- ter of the Orono United Church which has spon- sored scouting in Orono con- tinuously from 1939, assure your readers that scouting is not dead in our village. Both Cubs and Beavers have restarted on Monday evenings at the Orono United Church. Beavers are in the lower Christian Education Hall from 6 - 7:30. Cubs are meeting in the Main Hall from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. Anyone interest- ed in Beavers should con- tact Mrs. Debbie Barnicoat at 983-8285. Anyone inter- ested in Cubs should con- tact Do ug Stewart at 983- 8276. Tim Hegarty will in fact be helping with the Cub programme. Yours sincerely, Mervyn Russel L-M E LsmL sm â Serving East Clarington since 1937 Al St. Saviour's Anglican Church MILL STREET ORONO, ONTARIO Minister: Rev. Ann Tottenhami Rectory 987-5678. Church 983-5594 SUNDAY SERVICE, SUNDAY SCHOOL and YOUITH GROUP 9:30 ar.. 1 ST & 3RD. SUNDAY 0F MONTII HOLY COMMUNION ORONO PASTORAL CHARGE ~, Rev. Dr. *Mervyn Russell %. .~ Risebrough, -Secictarey 983-5702 Church Office 983-5502 CHURCH SERVICES SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH- Kirby United 9.30 a.m. Orono United 11:00 ar. (Ilst Sunday of Every Month Communion Sunday at Orono and Kirby United Churches) Leskard Service Last Sunday of Every Month Pot-luck 5.00 p.m. Service 6:15 p.m. SERVICE 0F HEALING, Sunday, November 5th Orono United Church 7:00 p.m. EXPLORERS Wednesday, November lst meet at Rosalyn Allin's home 4:00 p.m. -,6:30 p.m. For girls & boys ages 8- 12 yrs. LOGOS YOUTH GROUP mneet Tuesdays 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. Orono United Church For girls & Boys ages 12 -16 yrs. WOMEN ABUSE WORKSHOP Saturday, November 4th 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Orono United Church Keynote Speaker: Deborah Fllit Admission is free but registra- tion is necessary - please register by calling the office 983-5502 NUTURING FAITH IN CHILDREN A course for parents. Monday Evenings October l6th - November l3th 7.:30 p.m.- 9:00 pi. Orono United Cburcb The main place whcrc children learn ibeir belis and values is in, the home. Thec most important per- sons ini belpiiîg cilidrcn in flic developmnniof' tihir Christian Oives arc ibcii parcnts. Here is al course dih elps parents to bc and t0 do ihese tOi ngs. MISSION & SERVICE SER VICE Saturdav, Nos ember Il th 7:30) p.nî. Kî ' .iiitecl COuî Oi The mvmn o active healthy living Save now for CHRISTMIVAS 1while selection is goold SAVIE 25 % ORONO, ONTARIO 983-5009 983-5009 ý 1 1 RONO, ONTARIO Il