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To thi.e flitas- I attenïded the" Whit Council meeting on Mont 10. At the end of the, n realized why politicians e such -criticism in our today. ii. item on the. a1 iaterest te 'me i recommendation by operations committe., i by the parka' and r departrneat.., to instailPh equipment la the. opený the. end of Briargr..n routine .deputati a s wu W the «o ad 'againsi and then the. real show lx Councillor Bugefli ru iastead of -'admdrsi recoenmendations Of comiitt., adeami instal tii. equi"pmeat KCapuscinskci passve pari cof the. Biargeen Ct. openspace. Th. motion was 1 ui<, - Zbà Town secffdd l counciioe LBt n. aY,, Jun. Buellthen procSedd to extol weting, I 'the, bene t nd low oost.çf are under removing a 150ft.1,y 200 ft. area country of iixed trees, .draining thé <-nd cf p ir a n bickfifllg it ' gena o -Ete t Kapusc'inski* w a -ýa '.H., fbrther estiniated 'the, rptehh#~velyhigh cost of the" upoted Birne ite, quoting fgrs la oeaton th hudrods of~, t cmsasof aygroud doUai lb. h,:Brlargroen uât, lu a relfiel fat aopiag, rass t.lefield whch would rem ir lttle Se made prepara tio eItlla mma ~groupu, amount - f play e quipmeût on a egm- anilarea. ne 'and, Each couacilor'then, in,,turn, ng .the. poke oi f,' mone s4anst r the. Buel' icoe.Avote wau totion te aidiktyr -At"riiy and' inl the cWuncillor ]Brunefle " Supot O nstead Bugelli and Battea'. motio and, Committee refuses protestors PROM PAGE 1 DURHJAM REGIONAL Pofie took part ini the 'Torch Runl' on June 7 to raise funds for the. Special Olympi*cu pro1ra m involving the develop- mentaliy handicapipegi. Abve,- police offioeru run throughà Whitby. Tfii event iu h IeId by the. Ontario Special O0ypies and *OntarloAssociation- of Fr rmiht Firearins,.contrai Duning the, lat session c Parliameat, -tiie gomerment introduced Bill 0-80s, the orn ntsremscfolpka. How.en, this leislation met with groat apposition, la gdi a group of Conservative MPs, of whichi I was an active participant As a- result of tuis opposition, the. goverment mcrpped thes. -ameadments and introduced Bill C-17, whicii refiecta the. recoenmendations of the. aorementioned 1MPs. Under. Bil '-17, ayone wishing t. abtain a Firearms 'Acquisition Certificat. (FAC)- will have te provide, a phiiotograph, thei. names of two references, wait 28 - day. for the. poli ce to do a thorough es ent and successfully complet. a safety cours, or -pas.' a test. At the. saime time, local firearins officers may certily' competence without a cours or test where they are- satiufied on other grounds that thei* applicant i. competent te use a gun safely. In this way, the. law refiects the. intersu cf botii l.gitimate,,gun own.rs and the, public. In addition te tighter screening procedures, safe storage regulations wiil b. strengthened and will apply te al types of Fuily-automatics are now prohibited la Canada. 'Amndments will also prohibit fuly-automatic guns that have been converted to semi-automatic. Hlowever, genuine gun collectons wil ho able te keep their converted firearme. Specific 'nilitany or para-miitary-typ. firearma wiil also become pnohibited or restricte- by Order in Council. LargeCapaity mgznswilho limit.d for the. smple reasan cf*lifmng firepowen. It must bho*remered that tii. mimoity of sporting firearms la Canada are non-semi-autoniatics and wiil net ho affected. In addition, regulations limiting magazine sie. il obefled in both tihÜo f Commons and Sat tealew for full public input. -Howeven, it i. in this area that I holieve slcme changes must stili ho, madle. Perhape one of tiie meut important chanes contained in BiBl C-17 is thei. implementation of stiffer sentences 'for people convict.d of firearin offences. Wh.reas Bill. -80 contmned ne chagste sentenciug provisions, Bill C-17, la more cases, doubles maximum sentences. 'In addition, the. biBalilow.for tii. automatic revocation of prmt. and certificates te, remove guns framdangerous or violent envimente such masdoenestic diptes. According te, a rment poil, aven 80pa cent of Canadiens are lanfaveur of sticter gun control, and Iwud apre. that better arm cotra iste reduce ti. isk t. public safeyty. Ehma sad tat:aMm aware that gens have a plac. la aur a"e *b. itfotadina reagan.for Noriir and rur-al legitimat. ecrestional use or an o .mpoymnt - as for polic and the. mllitaiy. I bi.levei Bil -C-17 takilt. accoemt bc&h sides of tbis lis and wlll keep guns out t fthe. rng hands, while ensug that gui, usera are tratdy and prop.rlytrai. Councillors - Dennis Fox and Tom Edwards, along witii Mayor Bob Attersley, refused te support Drurnm's motion. - "Tii. committee voted to iipiield councill's rlic, the. meet- mnais adjourned, said Bugelli. *lMTis great cornmunity is treating us like second-class citi- zens, shouted on. person. AU unidentified woman asked the. comnutte. how it feit te hoe rapias, "becaus.ýyeure raping Our woodot.' Stili another woman aaked iiow council could support the boy scuts tree-planting pregram and then vote to destroy trees at the. Kapusciaski site. Virio accused ý- Bugelli of seteîdmroll*ng" council fite sup- portinÉ thé. Kap scinski par- He said workers-were clearing an approximate.,one-acre site far- greter tii' .tii. 675 b 5 7onll'e4l.Vinlo., <1ôPllown the meèeting, Drumm said, he- sti I ltends te p esu ii issue next week- even thorugh h. cencedeà it may, be4a."fait accom- pli.- Drummý said he did net expect werk on tii. parkette te begin se_ soon. Nor did h. know wiiy a police- officer was posted at -the. Town hall (se. separate stery). Meanwhile residents pondered their next meve. Some suggested picketting Bugellis and Attersleys homes, whule others talked of a court 2nuiction or lodging a complaint wth" the. Ontario Minisfry of Municipal Affairs. However, tiiey appeared te re*ign themselves te the fact that little could likely ho don. te steop the work now. «W. can corne back next we.k and ask wiiy tiiey did what they did and how mucii it wiIl cout,» said Virie. "These are questions they have te address." V'ie was especially critical of Bugelli's role as cheinai, of the. Central Lake Ontario Conserva- tion Anthenity (CLOCA). . Bugelli. said Briargreen was ma an envfronmentally sensitive Cpat meeting PROM PAGE i ad Emm. Emwio là runnlng for electon as mayor, could net recail police being present at any Town couneil meeting ho attnded. Em=M isad Naicotiesw auinc 4reaDao Rqdtinta conucil meetigs " But ws nover callsdthe. police when I w»s on Town"coundl," ïudi mi. ares according to CLO:CA,» said Vinlo. «But h. didn't say CLOCA s'aid it (park)would have no imnpact. It's possile te put i a play- grid without it affectng the. Mfloodpain.» Prior totth. meeting, local naturallut Dennis Barry told reporters he and two botanists spent about an heur document- mng animal and plant 1f. found in the. Kapusclaski woodflot., Barry said they counted almodt 40 differeht %m.e of plants, 12 types of trees ad 18 bfrd specie. "Mhe thing that btesm h mos isth tiin,»said Barry. «R* nw éý-einthemiddle of n.sting seasoa, tiiey couldn't have picked a w orne time.7 wh~it uies William D. LÉittie- FMarkeig&Mtvto t.a bis corporate* office bu!ilnat'IByrom'ýn antidu streetsni dowatowa Whaty it..bsns desiga anti IOmenm arktig srae isfr varlousproducti an" ervioes. LETTER.1> PlayJ'ing politles vil,4 to 3 to ailqçat. *$2,%00 (plus however much -moe - lu needed.'from tii. parffloorve flmd) to build a, pe&keItq~i5 ft.' bý,'200 ftc' f mixquito-lnfested ~ag What, YôU àask, lu th ii. cost? Questo-n'o directed t. tha park departaint, memer at, thé. meeting, 'Iregarding the, cot,<~ atrdiversion, 'were almet with the lamne roqMoS.__ - wouldù% venture ,to m ati sume. onthe couL" 8% theomi etoleni a decied t= r-&par ktt. ýfor ia, undtSmnedamount cf mi!oney' mi a 2m,-nIa swap, -an are nDmWwaits.Ti. 14 familiïls who wanted: a. simpî lanesive Pla. st*ucturs etectod on pbic'aid t Briargreea Ct.L v been duped. Thi. 14 familles who 1po.dtii. Park cma continue t. odz and plant tiees çn thé* pub lian ss manyhav don, a4 enjoy ,their Town o k4<utW Whiiey Whaàt /was théi, revelation I discovered at the. end cf the meeting? Tliat. politicians .don~t represeat the. interesta cf thè r1etoSty of ele Who put -themü «M owr.Irhirtheyprroto tiieir own perualpoies, or are influencsd by iai vcal minorities. A r WB Ili and, Mayor r"-lectônion lathei. municipal élections. Peniie more otiier faesm!1i chang. on couacil and providoe a 'new ~peuity for' coemdilto address aconSoescf the. communiy, istead of playing politics witIi issues. J. Vfra 1 Parlianientary Report :1 avté.ci, ["fi fuý