PAGE.12ÎVHIT»Y ME PRESS, WDNU8DAY, JIJLY J0; 19911 Waikway ocation worrîes resîdnt By Mike Kowalski Concerne have been registered about the safety of a propoeed public walkway in a west Whitby subdivision. Two Ramsden Ct. residents have asked that a walkwiiy not be constructed between their pro- nertes located ini the Queen's eCase subdivision, north of Dun- dao St. and west of McQuay Blvd. George Malta and Bill Crook ar e even willingto purchase the J and designated for the walkway if Town council agrees the laca- *tion is not suitable. The. two neighbours appeared before council s planning and development committee hast week to argue against the site. According ta a staff report, the walkway is intended to provide accees ta public open epace land on the southwestern portion of the subdivision. If approved by cauncil, it will be bit between Malta's and Crook's homes at 5 and 7 Rams- den Ct., respetively. Although flot opposed toaa walkway, the nei h éurs contend the Riasden Ct. location ie wrong. In a letter ta council, the claim there wiii flot be enoug room for the proposed 10-ft. path because of. the praximity of Crook's house. They aiea note* the lack of parking on the court and ne clear street accees ta the walkway due toali ht tandard, fire hydrant and cabletelevision equipment. But of utmost concern ta the residents is a sharp incline at the end ot the waikway. «It's a steep drop-ff, it took me 15 minutes ta fight my way down ta take pictures,». Malta told the committee. Using the photographe as'evi- dence, Maita said the ravine is, rugged and overgrown and experiences heavy rim-off in the spring. «W're not oppoeed ta a walk. way, w. just fee1 this one is uneafe ta the publi,' said Malta. . It's steep,-has, a daxnFerous creek and is heavil'-- treed.' Instead of Ramsiden Ct., the Town should consider Roan Dr. te the north as the site once the street is extended, Malta sugges- ted. «We think Roan is more cen- tral ta the subdivision, itfs fiat, plain and safe,» hie said. However, the staff report notes that the western terminus of Roan Dr. is located -in another deveoper subdivision and reeve 0o a possible echool site. Hodgson Dr. resident'Dan Squibb tald the comniittee hie property does, not abut the" ravine. «When we bought'aur bouse we were tald it would be open space and greenland and there would be accese,» said Squibb. He asked that a decision not be made until more people mnove into the subdivision. .Councillor Rosei Batten, com- mittes chairmm romised that no waikwaLy wiii bbuilt until council makes its decision. He said the ravine will even- tually become the property of !Qhe Central Lakce Ontario Conserva- tion Authority. 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A lot of aur probleins in Canada today stem froin the fact that feW people can see beyand themseives into the other man's camp; and secondiy, few people make decisions based on the facte or on that seldam-found ingredient, cammon sense. The best example of this oponing premise je the rush with which moet North Americans embraced, the 'nuke Iraq' idealogy as evinced in the 1991 genocide called the 'Iraq vs. the world' war. But deep down in their heart of hearts, most Canadians are sensible, and caring. And most would, given a night ta think it over, espouse the following, or at least agree with:. 1. This nation bas primarily two languages. Net seven, not 27. Two. French and Englieh. Native languagles aside, fia other language wilh hast more than a generation and a baIf. There are about seven million francophones, one million outside Quebec. There are, about 20 million anglophones, one million inside Quebec. 2. Any governinent money spent on keeping Ukrainian, Duchor Chinese alive in aur cammunities je a waste. If the Italian-Canadian cammunity wishes te teacb its youngsters Italian, fine. But the reet cf us shouldn't b. forced te pay for it. 3. There je eucb a thing as the uin-hyphenated Canadian. That is, any persan wha, can't remember where ane'e great-grandfather was born, or simply doesn't care. 4. Learning a secand language je easy for a young child. It may aiea, make a child emarter. But after age 10, don't pueh it. 0f course, it anly makes sense for an Englieh child ta learn French, and a French child ta learn Englieh. 5. Whats good for Quebec je good for Saskatchewan. If Alberta bas ail ite signe in Englieh, Ontario ehauid be able tas well. If a community je primarily F'rench, let their signe b. in French. It wan't take any community long befare tbey realize that their poicies -- whatever tbey are -- are driving away touris. Too much legisiation is unproductive. 6. Most of us like- our social prograins -- medicare, Canada Pension, UIC, etc. - and dan't wieh te eee them end. What we do mmnd je their excessive cost through governient indolence, etupidity, waste, hypocriy and se on. We really believe that, if service could do twice the job and get a pay raise ta, boot. We hear stoies... 7. We do like aur 'chamber of sober second thought,'" the Senate. But we want it ta be accountable to the peole, not to Brian Mulroney. e want an elected Senate, five or ten or 15 per province. And we woud prefer their allegiance ta Canada were a lot stronger than their alegiance to the *** party. 8. We believe that an MP should be able ta vote against hie party if that is what bis constituents wish. The corollary is a sitting governmenit can't be defeated on a single vote. There muet b. a vote. Tlhere muet b. a vote of non-confidença, which the niajority government could withstand. 9. And, yes, let's folow the American example and have a vote every four years, ne more, no less. Two striking cases in point are: (i) Brian Mulroney will take hie five years, while 85 per cent of the country fumes. (ii)David Peterson of Ontario bad a mqjority mandate but purely for political reasons, called an election prernaturely i 1990, coting the taxpayers a lot of money. 10. And finally' doesn't it make sense that the federal gaverninent look after aur basic neede - defense, medicare, rights, justice, pensios and trade, wbile the provinces look- after local mattrs sch a police, transport, education, recreation, culture and induetry. Much as we have now, but with less overlapping- cf powers. Oh, by the way, we aise think that native groupe should be given more autenam , and maybe they will eventuairy need lesa monetary support. They have every. right te safeguard their linguistic and cultural identiies. If you agree with 'these points -or if yudiagree-- discuss it with someone.. Write your NP and MPP/MLA. Our future as a country depends on it. Dirk D. van der Werf Oshawa To the Editor- During the early morning of Canada'e 124th birthday, I sat an my cottage deck, quietly plunlidng a bano. Inadvertently, I began ta strum, 'Thi Land is Your Land." Because f the day it waà s, I sang the lyric softly and thoughtfully. Suddeniy the wards, or more accurately, the vision, attributed ta, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, The Twentieth Century belonge ta Canada, camne ta mind. I grunted a miner, rather scornful, profianity, then said, 'gt could have, dan it, it ehould have!" But look at us: angry, cynical, intolerant and suffering fram materialistic indigestion. Here, in thie final decade, we have bankrupt governments, a debt-ridden, demoralized eociety and a ehaky confederation. Even wers >e. we are marcbing, woefully unprepared, bebind a brass band cf transnational corporations, waving Ifag lettered, 'Global Economy.' ià ke children, we are being led int aa iaybrinth of international trade that will, by its very nature, by its totally mercenary rationale, expiait aur natural resourceýs, undermine aur economic independence, thereby weakening aur democrac an d, eventually, bomogenizing aur culture and Ourgift ta Canada on its 124 th birthday must be a new vision. It must b. a vision that each of us holds. It must be a vision for which we are prepared to fight and to sacrifice. It must be a vision. that -will proteet aur natural abundance. It must reach' out to every human being, helpfing them as we can, and integrating them, as we are able,' into an exciting nation where our diversity je our strength. It must take us into the global village, stili masters in aur own hause. It muet maintain us as a free, democratic, comipassionate, juet and en]ightened society. It must compel us ta meet the, challenge of our potential. I know a'ur country well. I know it from aur maple leaf flag waving on aur ships i Halifax harbaur to the towering foreets of Vancouver Isand. When I think about it,'I feel proud. -Our new vision, if we embrace it and if we insist upon it, will surely make us all proud again. The twentieth century may, even yet, belong ta, Canada, and aur land could, in the twenty-firet century, be an inspiration to, the rest af the world. AIWard Il S ALL MHEE 4 Bedrooma, main floor Iaundry & famlly room, fabulous kitchen with SGWO to fenced yard. Flnlshed basement. Centlral air and vac. A must to view. ROSEMARY BROWN Centurion Award Winner 1987, 1988, 1989,1990. AS ME.ABOUT Our gift to Canada must be a new vision 1 -»--" kligu«ýA