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Page 4 â€" The Weston Y ork Times, Thursday, October 14, 1971 One shouldn‘t vote for one party just because their parents do. One should know the issues. One should know who is running in their riding. One should know of the provincial parties and what they stand for. We still have a week to go before making up our minds of leader, party or candidate to vote for. A week is still plenty of time to get out to a couple of the all candidates meetings, to read some of the literature that candidates have been passing out or just plain digging into the issues to see what suits us best. Next Thursday we all go to the polls to voice our opinions on what we have heard, read and seen during the past month or so. There‘s still time to find out. It is just as much your duty to know the political score as it is to cast your ballot. The Westonâ€"York Times had tried to present as complete an election coverage as a weekly newspaper can do. We‘ve introduced most of the candidates in the Yorkview and York South constituencies. We‘ve gone out with the various party hopefuls to get and present eye witness reports on mainâ€"street campaigning. We‘ve dug into the lives of a couple of the men seeking a seat on the Ontario legislature in an effort to see what makes them want a job of this nature. We‘ve tried to be fair in our reporting by giving each party ‘equal time‘ so to speak. We‘ve tried not to show our personal feelings toward the candidates nor their policies. This week‘s issue should just avout wrap up the Ontario Provincial election coverage with the exception of a feature on election preparations reserved for next Thursday. R This is the last you‘ll hear from us on individual candidates and party politics until it‘s all over. We‘ll tell you now and remind you again next week to get out and vote. It‘s a privilege. It‘s our duty. And we hope the man you vote for, the party of your choice and the platforms that suit you best are what will be part of the government you vote for. Wereernenrernen ternmis it en Published at 2159 Weston ®nad, Weston, each Thursday by Principa Publishing Limited Esfablished 1890, incorporating the Weston Times and County of York Meraid, the Times and Guide, and Weston Times Advertiser. and the Weston Times The doâ€"itâ€"yourself dry cleaning outlet was officially opened by Miss Canada as hundreds of local citizens swarmed tq see the first demonstrations of a machine that promises to cut cleaning bills to one quarter . Other countries $9. 00 Second Class Mail Registration Number 1588 Subscription Rates $7 00 per year in agvance to any address in Canada He took only one bag of mail, holding it between his knees. When he was over Garden City he dropped it on the signal of a man as preâ€"arranged. The bag contained 75 pounds of letters and postcards. The progress that aviation has made has carried us to the beginning of a new epoch in the postal service. 20 YEARS AGO The editors were digging for this issue of the Times and Guide. The front page was filled with things like : A letter to the editor; news of a raffle; the amount of photo night funds; an announcement that a blind cyclist who toured Europe would lecture here; the notice of a founding meeting for a ballet group and a column devoted to a meeting of parents who want to evaluate summer camps. 10 YEARS AGO A miracle comes to Weston as Canada‘s first coinâ€" operated dry cleaner opened in the laundromat at Jane and Lawrence. 60 YEARS AGO The first mail ever transported by aeroplane was carried last week from Nassan Boulevard, Long Island, N.Y., to garden Cityâ€"a distance of five milesâ€" by Earl Ovington. 40 YEARS AGO The Oakwood Theatreâ€"just a five cent car fare to the doorâ€"featured a biggie this week: Maurice Chevalier in the Ernest Laubitsch production of The Smiling Lieutenant with Claudette Colbert and Charles Ruggles. It‘s described as a heart throbbing romance< sparkled with witâ€"and bubbling with love lyric. And, at Saturday afternoon matinee there‘s the 7th episode of the Vanishing Legion. Westonâ€"York Times Election wrap up Looking back V J MacMillan, President and Publisher Bill Bailey, Egitor Molly‘Fenton, Advert Manager Cathy Dunphy,. News Editor Telephone 241 5211 niautt nnt t i titt Canada‘s first Environment Week Jack Davis â€"Minister of the Environment â€"speaks Assets of the Canadian banking system passed $50 billion this summer, a notable landmark in its history. Massive figures by themselves are not inâ€" dicative, and comparisons with other economic data would put this total in perâ€" spective. But the recent growth has been dramatic, and it is interesting to look back only five years to see how it has happenedd. This is a period when Canadians should focus their attention on the quality of your environment. While it‘s a time to reflect on what we have been able to acâ€" complish in the last few months, it is also a time to reassess â€" our _ pollution problems and our plans to deal with them. This week, October 10â€"16, Canada is observing its first national Environment Week. In the past year the Canadian _ government tackled the world‘s greatest single pollution problem â€" the Great Lakes. We have secured _ agreement _ in principle with the United States for a cleanâ€"up of this important â€" water systems. We have passed the Canada Water Act, and the Clean Air Act. We have drafted a Canada Wildlife Act which will provide a Undoubtedly an important impetus came from the revision of the Bank Act, effective in 1967. In several ways it restored the banks to competitive equality with other financial institutions, particularly through removal of the 6 per cent interest ceiling on loan rates Banking assets top $50 billion JAPA/VFSE o = §. 5 { HARD ACT 10 EFotLOow/ Similar regulations, also developed jointly with the provinces and industry, are in the final legal drafting stage for the chlorâ€"alkali of threatened species. The Fisheries Act has been amended to put greater strength into the prevention of â€" industrial disasters to fishlife. on the increase of water pollution _ abatement research in the pulp and paper _ field. Effluent regulations for this industry, formulated in â€" consulation with the provinces and inâ€" dustry, are to be announced So0n. We have put a stop to in dustrial dumping of mercury into our watercourses. We‘ve drastically limited the permissible phosphate content in detergents. and granting the right to lend on mortgage. Other factors, such as the reduction in the cash reserve requirement, also improved the banks‘ ability to compete. â€" A five million dollar fund is having an encouraging effect legal base for the protection This less â€" restrictive statutory base, along with a general growth in monetary assets as a result of cenâ€" tral bank policy, a very aggressive drive for foreign currency business and a burst of dynamic comâ€" petition in many aspects of banking in Canada, are the main elements in an unâ€" precedented recent growth in the size of the total system. In June, 1971, total assets for the first time exceeded $50 billion. This compares with a level of about $28 The Department of the Environment is heavily engaged in studies with the provinces to determine the environmental hazards of such proposals as the James Bay hydroâ€"electric scheme, and the Mackenzie Valley pipeline route. The federal government â€" in cooperation with the provinces â€" has undertaken recovery measures on the Ottawa River, the Saint John River, the Exploit River in manufacturing â€" industry. Work is well underway on studies of the mining, petrochemical and fish processing industries. We are involved in studies of water bodies that are of national significance. Lake Winnipeg, _ the _ Saskatâ€" chewanâ€"Nelson River Basin, the Okanagan Valley, and the Ottawa River, are examples. billion at the end of 1966, prior to the revision and of the $50 billion total for June, 1971, some $13 billion were foreign currency assets, compared with about $5 billion in 1966. The relative growth of bank and nonâ€"bank inâ€" stitutions was rectified following the Bank Act changes. Where the nonâ€" bank assets increased on annual average by 15.2 per cent in 1963â€"66 compared with 8.3 per cent for banks, in 1967 and 1968 this had been reversed to over 14 per cent for the banks and to 9.9 per cent and 11.3 per cent respectively for nonâ€"banks. Tight money in 1969 and 1970 again swung growth in favour of nonâ€"banks, but this 4 was due to general conâ€" ditions of monetary policy rather â€" than _ statutory competitive restrictions. Industrial, commercial and farm loans, both large and small, have been the historic mainstay _ of banking. Without lessening their attention to these areas in the last five years, the banks have become a very important source of residential mortgages â€" at one period this year the larget nongovernment source. And for some time they have been the largest source of personal inâ€" stalment credit. In addition, banks have supported many government sponsored schemes, such as farm improvement. and student loans. On the international level, Canada is active in organizing the Law of the Sea Conference for 1973. We are working hard in preparation for the United Nations‘ Conference on the Human Environment, to be held in Stockholm next June. In terms of the world‘s developed countries, Canada is a leader in environmental reforms. We‘ve acâ€" complished much. Still, we face serious problems. Some of the problems are internal, some come from without. These problems, will, ultimately, _ be solved. Canadians are the most environmentallyâ€"conscious people in the world. Given sound legislation, and strong leadership at all levels, Canada will recover from the mistakes of the past. Newfoundland, and the Peaceâ€"Athabasca Delta. Despite increasing automation, bank staffs have grown from 77,000 in 1966 to 93,500 today. Over twoâ€"thirds of these are female, and banks are actively seeking opportunities for advancing their female employees to higher positions. Seminars for branch managers and others are now a much more common feature of banking. The developments of the Institute of Canadian Bankers in the last five years, now with 7,500 registrations, is also striking demonstration interest ment. have also coâ€"operated very closely in the expanding role of the Export Development Corporation. The possibility of a fuel shortage in the United States over the next decade could have considerable bearing on the future development of Canada‘s energy resources industries, according to the Bank of Montreal‘s justâ€" issued Business Review for September. The Bank noted that energy imports to the U.S. doubled between 1966 and 1970, largely as a result of supply and demand disruptions in the electric utility sector. While U.S. energy demand is expected to grow at fairly strong rates over the decade, the real concern in that country centres on supply. Whether the U.S. energy deficit widens in future will depend on its ability to bring nuclear power on stream, or to find means of boosting the supply of hydro power, coal, oil and natural gas from domestic sources. ‘‘And, of course, the prospects for increasing the U.S. supply of energy from each of these main sources hold important implications eposit demonstration of in . staff developâ€" U.S. fuel shortage may have impact here Not that I want to turn this column into an item of political propaganda, any more than I would want to turn the pulpit into a political platform. That would be to fall into the opposite error. Instead of religion having nothing to say about politics, that would be religion trying to say too much about politics. In my mind religion and politics are interâ€"related and therefore interâ€"actionary. But for either one to at tempt to dominate or dictate to the other would be disastrous. This, at least, we have learned from a thousand years of Weston Politicsâ€"religious history. Religion and politics were two subjects no one in the forces could avoid discussing. Religion and politics are two subjects that no one in any walk of life should avoid discussing â€" especially during an election. That‘s why I‘m discussing them in this column today. Every soldier, sailor and airman was under orders not to discuss these two matters in public. But what went on in private was nobody‘s business! With the possible exception of "wine, women and song" religion and politics were the most talked about matters in barrackâ€"rooms and bunkers, in foxâ€"holes and submarines, in workshops and ablutions. And inâ€" variably they would be discussed together. Because religion and politics belong together. They are both "people things‘"‘. Veterans of the Armed Forces will remember affectionately K.R‘s â€" King‘s Regulations. Our lives were shaped and governed by them. They laid down what could and what could not be dong. Two subjects were strictly "verboten‘". They were religion and politics. It is clear that Jesus himself recognized the separate spheres of religon and politics. For he spoke of rendering to Caesar the things that are Caesar‘s and to God the things that are God‘s. But it is also clear that for him religion and politics were closely interâ€"twined and interâ€" related. He was so much involved with both that state and Church were evenâ€" tually driven into an uneasy alliance to get rid of him. First, this: that every manjack (and woman) of us from the youngest, dounyâ€" cheeked 18â€"yearâ€"old, to the oldest grizzled senior citizen must be involved. "Parâ€" ticipatory democracy‘ â€" that‘s the name of the game. And an election is where we participate at a key point in the democratic process. Don‘t let anyone of us renege on it. What shall we say then, from a religious point of view, of the key political concern of the moment â€" the provincial election? Politics is so much in danger of becoming too much the exclusive sphere of professionalism these days (just as the older and equally basic sphere of religion was in a byâ€"gone age). Northcote Parkinson has seen the danger and warns of it with mordant wit in two books "Parkinson‘s Law" and "Left Luggage". If you haven‘t read them, put them on your book list. They should be compulsory reading for everyone who exercises a franchise. The expected rapid up surge in the use of nuclear power carries with it the promise of a concomitant When politics is left too much to the politicians the state grows into an omâ€" nicompetent monolitic monster prying its fingers and poking its nose into places where it has no right. So the private sector shrinks even as the public sector expands. One of these areas is that of business. There is a fine line to be drawn here, between what is private and what is public these days. Business is never an entirely for Canada," the Review said. For example, the exhaustion of viable hydroâ€" power resources in areas in the U.S. where electricity demand is forecast to grow rapidly, together with technological improvemâ€" ents, has led to consideration in Canada of developing the enormous _ potential _ of northern sites. Previously, these sites had been conâ€" sidered outside the realm of commercial possibility. The most notable example is the $6â€"billion James Bay hydro project, which will produce 10 million kilowatts, most of which is expected to be exported to the Northeastern United States. However, it has been estimated that in the next 20 years, U.S. electric utilities will require one billion adâ€" ditional kilowatts of installed generation capacity to meet forecast demnand. It is hoped that most of this need will be met by the development of nuclear energy. by Dorothy Clare Kilburn Many of our problems remain unsolved because we do not pray about them. When Moses was in the wilderness he saw a bush which was burning yet not consumed. He turned aside to see this unnatural phenomenon. The word of God tells us that when the Lord saw that Moses turned aside to see the bush He spoke to him. When we too take the time to ‘turn aside‘ to hear what God has to say to us we shall find. the solution to our problems. When I lived in Toronto I had a friend whose friendâ€" ship I prized greatly. When we moved to Georgian Bay she visited me but always in the company of others. I longed to have her all to myself as I used to do. After three years I had that privilege and had her, for a short time, all to myself. God feels about us exactly as I feel about my friend; He longs to have us all to increase in the demand for uranium and ‘"it may well be that the effective ban on Canadian sales of uranium to DON REED Rev. Reed is Minister of Westminster United Church in Weston. Imagelection POINTS TO PONDER private thing, and a totally laiserâ€"faire policy can mean misery for the many. Some legislation relative to business is right and necessary. But business techniques and business management are another thing. These should be left securely in the hands of businessmen. They are not the business of politicians. These and other dangers _ of professionalism in politics can only be avoided by everyone‘s participation. The Voice of the People must once again be heard in the land. It was Jefferson who said years ago: "The sum total of the common sense of the common people is the greatest force on earth". That statement still holds. Similarily with Welfare. In principle welfare is good. In practice â€" especially where the practice is governmental â€" it can go too far. It was against this failing of modern government that Needham was hitting hard when he said: "The main issue of this election is whether we are to have a "Bill Welfare", or a "Robert Welfare" or a "Stephen Welfare". This is why I have coined the words at the head of this column "Imagelection‘"‘. The colossal hooâ€"ha currently being made with regard to the Political Image belongs more to preschoolers‘ television than to hustings. It is not without significance that such images are built more by T.V. jingles than by any other single factor. The second thing I have to say about the current election is to deplore the methods and techniques employed in campaigning by the party leaders. As budding preachers we had it pointed out to us that people could possibly say "I can‘t hear what you are saying because what you are shouts too loudly." Of politicians today it is possible to say "We can‘t hear what you are saying because what you are blown up to be gets in the way". If you want some light reading to bring this Image danger home to you I would recommend J.P. Priestly‘s "The Image Makers". This is a comic exposure of the leadingâ€"byâ€"theâ€"nose tendency of what Priestly calls the philosophy of Social Imagistics. My third point follows from this. It is to stress the need to listen carefully and read discriminately what all the candidates are saying. This means that at this time, if at no other, you should take in more than one newspaper. Every newspaper is comâ€" mitted in some political cause or other. And no matter how careful it may be to keep its political skirts discreetly down it is inevitable that some area of its political bias shows from time to time. For an allâ€" round impression of a candidate and his policies it is vital to read more than one newspaper. It‘s to our political wellâ€"being that the Tely is still around to give a third point of view on the election campaign. Just as important as reading about the campaign is hearing the candidate in person. Not on T.V. â€" which is 50 per cent grimmicry anyway â€" but face to face. In Weston we are going to have the opâ€" portunity to do this with our local canâ€" didates next Tuesday evening at C.R. Marchant Senior Public School at 8:00 p.m. If you haven‘t already circled your calendar in red for that date, do so now. I shall look forward to seeing, and maybe hearing, you at that meeting. Meantime, it‘s a week to the polls. Make good use of the time and go prepared to put your mark in the place where you are convinced it should go! Himself; long to speak to us through the written word, the Bible; longs for us to want to be alone with Him just as He longs to have us all to Himself. Because _ Moses _ was concerned enough to take the time to turn aside God took him _ from _ a _ dreary monotonous desert existence and made him a leader of His people. When we too take the time to turn aside to visit with God in prayer and Bible reading He will bring zest and challenge into our lives. What blessings we lose by our failure to turn aside with God! George Matheson, the blind preacher, wrote, "My soul, practice being alone with Christ. It is written that when they were alone He expounded all things to His disciples. If thou would understand thyself send the multitude away. Let them out one by one till thou art left alone with Jesus." Draw nigh to God and He will draw nigh to you. the United States established in that country in 1959 could be lifted during the sevenâ€" ties." James 4:8 " U