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---- I A NN ---- 24 - PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, October 20, 1992 Seagrave woman has personal interest in police legislation By Scott Anderson Port Perry Star | Linda Calder remembers the incident well. In January of 1979, she was listening to the radio when she heard that a childhood friend of hers, who was then an Ontario Provincial Police officer in Sim- coe County, was shot to death in the line of duty. He was 33- years-old and left behind a wife and two children. The memory of her friend Duncan was brought back re- cently when his name was read, along with others, during a ser- vice remembering officers who diedin the line of duty. NOW WE'VE MADE TAR MARKETPLAC EASIER TO GET Pick one up this Thursday at one of our convenient newspaper boxes! It is due to this incident that Mrs. Calder is supporting the Job action of police departments across Ontario. Mrs. Calder is particularly concerned with the Ontario gov- ernment's recent legislation which requires police officers to file a report each time they draw their guns. She believes the laws are makingit easier for the criminal and harder for the police. "I don't think the police should have to worry each time they take their gun out," she says. : "They shouldn't have to put themselves in danger just so they don't have to fill out a form." Mrs. Calder, who knows a number of police officers includ- ing her husband who serves as an auxiliary officer for the OPP, says the law is not necessary. She believes the last thing a po- lice officer wants to do is shoot somebody. She says the politicians should put themselves in the shoes of the police officers when making the regulations. Mrs. Calder is calling on the Ontario government to recon- sider its position. "Provincial laws should not be aimed at making their jobs more difficult. Bleeding heart liberals should try walking a mile in their shoes. Let's not make things even easier for criminals. They already seem to have too many rights." Hilstone project is dead From Page 4 / Mayor Hall says the region should now reach an agreement on the long standing issue of landownership. For years the City of Oshawa has contended it owns a portion of the land where the current regional building now stands. This was one of the thorny issues during the de- bate. He supports going to court to settle theissue. : Mayor Hall also took excep- tion to Oshawa Mayor Nancy Diamond's statements that it was the region's fault the agree- ment fell through. She blamed the death on the regional coun- cillors' squabblings. But Mayor Hall says it was the fault of Oshawa which led to the down- fall. "For her to say it was the re- gion's fault 1s not fair game," he said. "It's Oshawa's fault. Oshawa has been dragging their feet." Mayor Hall scoffed at Mayor Diamond's suggestions that this event would cause years of hard feelings in the region. "It doesn't have to be that way if she doesn't want it to be," he said. Scugog's Regional Councillor Yvonne Christie said she was pleased the proposal was nixed. She said now the region will have time to step back and "re- think" the development. She added it will also provide them with a "fresh view" on the whole affair. DID YOU KNOW? We Offer Quality Printing of e Letterheads e * Business Cards e Wedding & Anniversary eo Invitations e eBusiness Forms e PORT PERRY STAR OFFICE CENTRE 188 Mary St. - Port Perry The Rebellion of Wm. Lyon Mackenzie From Page 23 Americans in the war of 1812. He lost his life in the defense of the Town of York (Toronto) in April 1813. George Detlor's motives for getting involved in politics stemmed directly from his pas- sionate desire to ensure that Canada did not fall prey to the same kind of radicalism which led to the American breakaway from the mother country and the death of his father. Detlor and his friend John S. Cart- wright continued to represent the riding of Lennox and Ad- dington until 1846. MACKENZIE'S REBELLION The gross incompetence of Bond Head's administration added fuel to the already burn- ing fire inside radicals such as William Lyon Mackenzie. His frustration over Bond Head's involvement in the 1836 elec- tion was further compounded by severe economic times. There had been extremely bad harvests in 1835 and 1836 and in 1837 there was a collapse of the international wheat market which contributed to an eco- nomic depression that year. Mackenzie had been to England in 1832 and had witnessed first hand the Reform movement in Britain which led to the great Reform Bills in that country. . Mackenzie felt that the only way to reform was through armed revolt. He led the Rebel- hon of 1837 in Upper Canada. [larly in December he gathered a few hundred of his followers and, armed with pitch forks, sticks, axes and a few muskets, they marched on York. They were quickly defeated by the government forces. A smaller skirmish took place at London. But the most violent of the up- risings took place in Lower Can- ada led by Louis Joseph Papi- neau. Perry had always opposed Mackenzie on the issue of mili- tancy. After the defeat, Mack- enzie fled to the United States for refuge. His actions were no! all in vain however. The Rebel- lion had been immediately no- ticed in Britain. THE DURHAM REPORT Lord Durham, a keen reform- er who had co-authored the 1832 Reform Bill (The Great Re- form Bill) in England, was sent to Canada to investigate and re- port back to the British parlia- ment. The Durham Report is- sued in 1839 suggested radical changes in the administration. He clearly defined what Peter Perry and the other Reformers had been stating for 'many years; an administration re- sponsible to the elected repre- sentatives just as the cabinet was in Britain. He also recom- mended that Upper and Lower Canada be joined politically. These aspects of his report were adopted and passed as the Un- ion Act on July 24, 1840. He died five days later of tuberculo- 818. PERRY MOVES ON After his defeat in the 1836 election Perry moved to Whitby where he had acquired exten- sive land holdings. After his vis- it to Iowa he decided to set up a merchant business at the four corners of Whitby. He bought and sold an extensive range of goods, somewhat like a combi- nation general store and de- partment store. His business was so successful that the inter- section became known as Perry's Corners. By 1840 he was looking for ways to further his enterprises. He recognized the desperate need for timber. The timber trade of Victoria County at the north end of Lake Scugog was in its infancy. The timber from the lake was being shipped through the Trent Sys- tem to Port Hope and Trenton. Perry realized that Lake Scu- gog to Whitby was a far shorter route and it offered an opportu- nity to expand his own holdings in an economic growth potential of Whitby. In 1844 he confident- ly purchased 100 acres 6f bush on the southwest end of Lake Scugog. Next Weel A PART THREE PAUL ARCULUS WRITES ABOUT PETER PERRY AND HIS TOWN