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PAE6, WIFI'YFR PRESS,.WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6. 1991 Published every Wednesday *By 677209 Ontarioa mc. MuiePfe Phone: M u i e P f e 668-6111 Editor Toronto Lin. 427-1834 Alexandra, Martin wDoug Anderson Production Manager Publisher plAN 0F HE C O N T Y 1W N1 Brock Street North, P.O. Box 2Ã"6, ýWhitby, Ont. 2l la OI *The only Whitby newspaper independently owned and operated by LiN 5S1in 05 Whitby residents for Whftby residents. Ifs Injustice when nothlng la done about some of the more serlous crimes ln soclety. Essentlally, that's. what Is. happening ln Ontario courtrooms, lncludlng those ln Durham Reglon, for criminal cases. Impalred drlvng, mînor theft and assault cases make Up the bulk of cases that are belng stayed or dlsmlssed because trials have flot taken place wlthln a reasonable perlod ef tirne. The latter was the rullng by the Suprnme Court ef Canada wlth regard to what la now known as the Askov declison. In that case.* the accused were charged ln 1983 but R totek three years for the matter te reach tral, and that delay led the charges to be dlsmlssed. Justice for ail? Local judges have lnterpreted a "Ireasonabie iength ef time"I from the laylng ef charges te the trial te be six te elght months. As a resuit, about 2,500 cases have been stayed Corder of the court delayed) or dlsmlssed ln Durham courts since October. While most effences may be consldered miner, some Include sexual assauit and criminal negligence. That's net a Judiclai systern. one can look to fer falmess. it's a system ln whlch some effenders,- once cenvlcted, will meet the corisequences ef their criminai actions. But lts aise a system ln whlch effenders can go unpunls hed. Is that justice for the vlctlms ai crime? lsn't Rt a great waste ef time'by police forces whlch, for example, In the case.of Ilmpalred drivlng charges, are contlnually trylng te stop drtnklng and drlvlng? The fauft ls wlth a system that Is inadequate. lb. attomney-general's mlnlstry sheuld have taken Immediate steps te redrnsswhat Is aserlous wrong - Inadequate personnel and ceurtroomns te keep Up. wlth the case backleg that ls part of the problem of delays. Untîl changes are made te make for a reasonable iength of tîme ln the court procese, there can be lftie fafth that justice wlll prevail ln ail cases. ........... . N . . QMI . ............. MIN. --- ---------- A."Ualf mbakeclt ideup Unfortunaté that abortion bill denied- By Soe"M OwgAo riarg IMP On Jan. 28, 1988, in its decision in the Morgentaler case, the Supreme Court of Canada struck down CanadaIs abortion law under the Criminal Code. In 1989, the féderal govemment put forth Bill C-43, an Act abortion, commitment to Canadians forward e legielation and allowing individuel MP to in a free vote. Bill C-43 was subsequently =sf abrytIcI e House of Commons on May 19, 1990 and sent to the Senate for final approval. However, on Jan. 31, 1991, the Senate vote reeulted in a tie, effectivély nuillifying the %gislation. It is unfortanate that these non-elected officialn, who have no consfituento4 electorate or oblil)rtioru4 decided not to, peu a bill which was - approved by the e ected members of the House of Commons. Considering the impact of theïr efforts, I would hope that the senators; have nome owt of new 1 'dation in mind. It is abo interestîng to note that cul 'S cf the 112 senators decided ta show up for the vote. ;Z4 theïr recently self-indulged tax-free bonus of $163 a day, just fw showing UP to work, was not high enough. Prior to, the abortion lqp«dation being put fwth, I recoived a = t umber of phone celle and lot thý! mat!*r- tien, 1 aolicited your input throue "a4uesUir-nsnye- which a substantial number cf you Simpleted and ritý Whon the abortion bill was put forth, I was pleased. to note that the contents of the bill had in fact mirrored w1mt the mafflty of My constituents were aoldng for - a compromise. In conclusion, I would like to thank aU dum who filled, out my petition regarding the abolition of the Senate. This latent manoeuvre by the Senate is just une of its many efforts to thwart the will of élected MPs. While it in indeed unforbmate, it in Srtainly not surprising. LM M&U 111 VI ' - MI, 0 ýol .1 - , . 1 1 By aephM C. Leahy A war . is a'wholly destructive enterprise for evegone and everything involved. There is not 001y the terrible destruction of life and property but alsô severe damage to the ecSysteme involved. And there is ýPore: the maldng of war aleo, uaes huge amounts of human -talent and intelligence, consumes rare and finite resources of the earth, and creates twdc nSsons in the production of the machines of war. That war is a terrible event in human terme W universâlly acknowledgied despite the number of times we have entered into it. The impact of war on the eartWé envirorunent is less well understood and usually ignored. Right now thousands of tons of bomb shelle and missiles are uting the air and d with the vanous, y tSdc compounds that make up these weapons, some of which will contaminate the earth and'water for years. 'lhen. there are massive amounts of fuels consumed, and not many pollution control devices té, be found on military jet% Ùucks'or tahIrs. Iere are many support requirements for armies, sorne tomic, and much of it will 'become mountains of waste. The military is not known for its concern for environment even during times of peace. Other considerations muet include the envirormental coste involved in this conflict here in North America. Pight now factories and all the ancillary industries involved in supplying the miUU" are worIdng double time to produce replacement material. Non-renewable resources are being consumed at tremendous rates. Tomic effluent, .in m=y "s, Js the by-product. No is going to blow the whistle on polluters who are supporting this military effort. ]Billions and billions of dollars are being consumed. Tremendous efforts are being, made by hundreds -of thousands of individuale. Hundreds of thousandsý, if not millions of people, are suffering directly from the war. In all of this, in every conceivable inter-connection, this war is sjmding , up, the destruction of our environment. The universal principles of Bfe on earth are rarély considered during war: the earth has finite resources; man in no more important than any other part of the world ecSystem; and everything connects to everything else. If the war continues for too long it may be written in histwy as the puin past the point where the earth cannot sustain our current human, population. The earth in not; inifinite in its capacity to feed all of Uë. We are reducing this capacity dramatically by the amount of mieuse and destruction we are inilicting. One of the indicators of how far we have to progress in our understanding of ourselves and life on earth is the. apparently déliberate, dumping of rifilions of tons of crude cil in the Gulf. On the other aide, the decisions to bomb refineriès and chemical factories do not include concern for the environmental damage. Such destruction is considered to be an unfortunate by-,product. We are not a mature species to see these connections, to take a longer perspective and realize that through our actions we are destroying our home. This war may be the straw that breaks the back of the earWé abihtjr to continue to fuUy nurture un.. What this could mean to - 017 children and theïr, children in teyTifýing mi seffl and potential. We are borrowing muêh too heavily on our childreds future. 0 are those -of t aut ýmM-. TIÈs inay give Whitby residents an jdea of- what,,,,,to do with theïr excess garbage. I am fed up with politicians who, continue to, mate resources and monies on half-baked ideas. Adam ît-by Thanks for coverage To the editor. On béhalf of the Whitby General Hospital Auidliary, I would like to, thank you and your staff for the coverap given to us for our mini bazaar and bake sale held Dec. 6, 1990 in the hospital, lobby. - It was a very succesdul day, raising approàdmately $1,350, and we wish to extend our thanks to everyone for their help' and support. As alway% it is mSt appreciated. Joan Harvey To the editor. RSent Free Press articles have outlined Lynda Buffetes notions of sclving our garbage problem. She states: "Fd'Uki to sS it' reduced ýy about 25 per cent. Her solution is to reduce the number of garbage bage allowed to each Whitby resident, froin six to thr». This would be laughable, except the other councillors continue to indulge her by having Town staff investigate this ab- surd poWbility. (Note that 25 r cent of six is not, three, but 1.5.r Of course, this would reduce costs as they would pick up less. But where do residente put the contents of the fourth, and fifth bag, when other councillors (names forgotten) are aloo recommending blue boxes be picked up every second week? * 1 sugest you publish the home addremes of these various pâliticians who continue with this m mý M 9ýcà pee. bnýkeýnk -er. 'o§ M Aasi-,Ili"ýIlm M . r"--.5m 1 el -env:Lro me t costs-of