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1~AIT' ~ITPfV I'~ I>~QwE!nNE!QfAY. fLY V4. 1M VOICE 0F THE COUNTY TOWN The only WhÎtby newspaper independentlyl owned and operated by Whitby residents for Whftby residents. ibliskiod overy Wodnesdlay By ie77209 Ontario Imc. Phone: I 668-6111 Toronto Line 427-1834 Poug Anderson Pubisher 131 Brook Street North, P.O. Box 206, Whitby, Ont. LiUN M5 Maurice Pifher Edftor Larry Cook Advertising: Manager Aloxandr' Simon Production Manager Registration #05351 Whltby councillor and planning commlttoo cnairman Ross Batten was quite correct to criticizo the Rogion off iciai plan procoss. Whitby's own officiai plan reviow is undorway. The Rogion and Town could woli vary on how and whore, growth should occur ln Whftby, doponding on public Input and consutants' recommendations. And public Input, or lack thoroof, was paramount among Batton's concorns about tho Region procos. A proper process Tho Region Is prop ring guidolines to accommodato a ýWhtby population of 140,000 by the yoar 2020 - more than double the current population. Will this, too, bo the Town projection and accommodation? Reglonal chaîrman iGary Horroma romlndod Mr. Bat- ton ta public Input wlll bo retiectod ln the Roglon plan when completod (a statemont with which Mr. Batten, as local planning committeo chairmnan, Is woli familiar). Future officiai plan public meetings at the Town lovel may more'adequateiy convoy the feelings of Whtby's current population about such growlh. Maybo thon the Rogion wlll alsol obtain a more cloar Indication of just how. tho Town wlshes to grow, and not a Region vlew of how it shouid grow. 1 ........... Noparty o eech o r epeettvs inn a To the editor Re: Ontario Community Newspaper Assoiation initiative Ourw country is too, important ta, lose ta the politiciane', in Doug Anderson column, Whitby Pree Press, June 27, 1990 Your proposai contains the first words of sanity in this entire debate. The Meech Lake Accord does not represent the will of the Canadfien people. We are ailso busy just makmng a living, Setting back and torth to work or looking after our family, that wo do not have time to become involved in probably the moot important decison-miaking pracesos snce Confederation. Although Our éeocted representatives continue to MI1 the air with hyperbole about the dire coneqences attached ta the faiure of Mehwe rai that something more is required in ordor ta ensure the continued survival of Canada as a nation. Your suggstion that a constitutional conference ho convened, addressos our dilemma with respect to our availability and concerns about full disclosur and discussions. The procs must ho seon and heard for what it is ... no closod door and no back-room deals. Let us build a countrv toaether where those issues wich now threaten to <ivide us can ho aired in full by people whose primary interest lies in anaiigOur unity with dignity and equality for all. We love our coutyand wo respect the way our fiow Canadiens are caale of rising to the occasion, whon given the op r iti doe M nis*ng body politic de not now lend itsofwell towards allowing our elected officiais to enter into these discussions because of their party prejudice. Therefore, Ilagreeothat elected mandate, shoud be sent frnom each riding. Teir sole purpoSo 1ilibe to reflect the willoôftheir comnmunity, after which their job will be done and they can return to their previous occupation or To the editor. We would like ta, thank the residents of the Region of Durham for their continued support of the blue box recycling program.- With your help we have collected 8,500 tans of nowspaper, glass and cana this year so fer. vocaraon. Please let me heip. know lhow 1 can Yours .inoerely David BaWbei whftby We went to do more! The centre has recoived orders for newspaper which can't ho filled without your help. Please place your bundled newspaper out for recydling. Remember, every ton of recycled paper saves 17 trees. Durhbam Recycling Centre whitby Meech Lake discord High on student hiring By Terry O'Shaughnessy To say that nothing has changed in Canada is to profoundly misunder-j stand the failure of the Meech Lake i Accord. But regardless of how one i feels about the outcome, the terribly 1 flawed process virtually guaranteed a harrowing experience for ail con- cerned. Much of the bitterness, anger and divisiveness in the country can be laid right at its doorstep. When the original Meech Lake Accord was reached three years ago, the news was sprung upon the country following a closed-door meeting with ahl the premiers and the Prime Minister. There was absolutely no understanding at the time, except among a small group of insiders, of what had been discussed and what the Accord was ail about. And for many months to corne, Canadians were kept on the outside looking in while politi- cians burned up telephone lines with private chats and public warnings that the country would break up if the Accord didn't go through. The rhetoric became more threatening as the new premiers of Manitoba, New Brunswick and New- foundland announced their reluctance to go along with the original Accord. The federal government stated repeat- edly that rejection of the Meech Lake Accord would spell disaster for the country. And, as the constitutional dlock ticked away, the public got cauglit in the doomsday scenario predicted by its political- leaders. Quebecers increasingly believed that a rejection of the Accord was a rejection of Quebec by English Canada. In other parts of the country, there was of Quebec agalinst the good of the nation as a whole Perception replaced fact at an alarming rate, aïmdc stirred regional resentments from cogt- to-coast. The process did nothing to help the general public better understand the complexity of the Accord and the various arguments on ail sides; it did nothing to build trust in the political representatives who were the key players in the negotiations; if did nothing to reduce the divisiveness and rancor within the country, and it did nothing to calm the foreign investors and the world at large thatCanada was a stable country in full control of its own destiny. So the question begs, what have we learned from ahl this? For starters, our political leaders, and especially the federal government, should learn that it must neyer again put the country through such turmoil as was guaranteed by public exclusion from process. They should learn that constitutional reform is dloser to brain surgery than it is to cutting beef in a butcher shop. They must learn that it requires more than deal-making and high pressure tactics to gain public endorsement and support. Finally, they must neyer forget that a proper process requires trust in the general public, and that an honest approach whereby the nation is included in the process, not left out to watch and worry, is the best course of action. Certainly the hard lessons of Meech have just'begun. But one lesson should have been self-evident: a roll of the dice was no way to deal with such a matter. Constitutional reforrn is not - B Feature Serice To the ecitor. On beheif of tho Canada Emplomont Centre for Students, Iwould like ta thank you for supporting our organization by participatirîg in Our Hire-a-Student" lob bal toumament held Sn' Saturday, June 23, at Southnxead Pwrk. Luckily, the rein held off long enough for us ta complote the taurneznent. Congratulations go ta Oshawa-Whiitby This Week for winning the chempionship and ta the Rotary Club of Oshawa as consolation winners. I would also like to commend the Oshawa Times and the Whitby Free Pross for their outstanding efforts. A thank you goes to The Bay, Bay Sports, National Sports Centre, North Anierican Van Linos, Golden Griddle and Belamy~s for the prizes. This taurnament got Hlire-a-Student week off te, a great start. Once again, thank you very much for your support. iherely, JoeamTcpp Student Placement Offcer zzz- - - - - - - - ~ .----------- flWaI0114ire de Save atree JrAIL*JtU 0, WkJLLKJL$ 1 r MUN Jt-$Wàmi34 JLýw.~ r-- '-woulne--s-ub-mitli-ng CFIB i