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1992-09-16
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Page 4 letter to the editor letter Constitution Viewpoint After considering the last 125 years of government of Canada by Liberals, CSnser- vatives. New Democrats and various shades of the lot, and observing the 1992 Canadian summer politics it is obvious we don't have a thousand years, no not even 10 years more of what we have had or Canada will be bankrupted, disintegrating what has been a once great nation. We spent millions of dollars and great effort by many people running around in a circle in the middle half of 1992 and are almost back where we started. There is a solution, it's called democracy and has erroneously been linked to Canadian governments ever since Confederation, but never implemented by them. Instead we have had non violent dictatorships by party leaders with the power to force the people's choice of MPs to vote as the leaders wish not as their constituents have a right to demand. Therefore it is time to implement the following changes in our parliament and legislature. 1. Prime minister and all premiers elected at large with a prescribed voting date at regular intervals. 2. Every vote in parliament and all legislatures to be a free vote. 3. Reduce the senate to one senate representative per province or territory. His or her purpose to act as their provincial premier's emissary to the federal government at Ottawa. 4. Move the necessary number of senate seats into the House of Commons to accommodate the native MPs from a number of newly created native constituencies. Our native Canadians have every right to sit as MPs and have much more to offer all of Canada than most of us think, when you serve alongside them in war or spend some cold winter months pulling a crosscut saw with a native Canadian on the other end as I have done, you rapidly lose your discriminatory bias. So called native self government will only create a set of native beauracrats to make annual pilgrimages to the Ottawa cash box mostly for their own benefit while most of their people flounder in a situation just as deplorable as it is today. Then let us really make them partners in the process of all our government and work to bring them into the general stream of Canadian life where they can be dignified wage earners and tax payers, the discrimination will disappear when they are seen as contributing members of society rather than liabilities. I would hope such a parliament would be attractive to Quebec and that they would stay in Confederation. I love Canada very much, I have suffered its bad times and enjoyed the good ones. I have fought for Canada and seen my friends and some relatives die for her, but I would rather have Quebec as a friendly neighboring country than as an unhappy continuously dissenting member of our Confederation. I ask what point is there in com- miting all the other provinces to a hard track constitution to placate Quebec for a few more years, when they so desperately want their sovereignty and very likely will eventually have it. In past years (I am now over 69) I have supported all three of the existing parties and been disillusioned by them all. I think Mulroney handed Joe Clark this constitutional job assuming he would get nowhere and never again be a threat to Brian's leadership, well Joe, you've proved you're the better man, no I did not say you've failed completely but please go back to the drawing board and finish it right. Above all, every Canadian must be equal, equal rights, equal privilege, equal opportunity and most important equally responsible in bearing both the financial and physical burden of maintaining and protecting our Canadian way of life. Harold Watson, Olds, j-Ylberta letter will go a long way toward changing attitudes among Canadians about mental illnesses. We have chosen to concentrate our campaign on three specific areas: schizophrenia, anxiety and depression, and Alzheimer's disease. These are three forms of mental illness that make Canadians uncomfortable, and as with any souce of discomfort, we try to make ourselves believe that it's not there. One Way we do that is by placing masks over the sufferers we encounter. We see them and we don't see them. We talk to them and we do not talk to them. We try, without really knowing it, to avoid dealing with the person who is suffering, to deal instead with the mask. This campaign is all about lifting that mask and seeing who's underneath. It is about allowing ourselves to put our stereotypes away, about looking at people, not preconceptions. Because it is when we see people, actually see them, and not our own caricatures of thein, that we ourselves can be at our most human. Let me just add this last thought. We are hopeful that we will change some attitudes, spark some discussion, and, most importantly, reach Canadians with what we believe is a vitally important The Gazette give a big thank you to the kind people of Realty World and the other cooperating sponsors. I only wish that my gratitude was felt by all the parents that took part in the Child Find registration. I will not disagree that **- was a long wait for some of us, but is an hour of your time too much to give when it could save your child's life? What about the people at Realty World who donated a whole day of their time for your child? As I waited in line, more than one parent came in, saw the line-up and told their children that they wouldn't bother. I only wonder how that parent will feel if something happens to one of their children and they didn't bother to take the time. The people of Realty World dM us parents a huge favor by bothering with the project'and they deserve a great round of applause. On a final note we must thank Alpha for the ice cream that all our children received for their patience and it annoyed me to hear one mother tell her child that it was supposed to be ice cream but now it is melted cream. Not only was that not true, it was another kind offer made and should be appreciated not condemned. Valerie Johnson Wednesday, September 16,1992 Dear Sir/Madam: October 4-10, 1992 letter will mark '.he launch of a new campaign by the Canadian Psychiatric Association. We are calling it Let's Unmask Mental Illnesses Now, ' and it is our earnest hope it I hope we have made a start by reaching you and that you will make it possible for us to reach others. Sincerely yours, Dr. Julio Arboleda-Florez Dear Madam: In regards to the Child Find Registration on Saturday: As a concerned parent, I would like to take this opportunity to Crime Stoppers This week Crima Stoppers needs your help in finding the persons responsible for the theft ,/Dr-TVs in Olds, .Alberta, f On March 22 and March 29, 1992 thieves forced their way into motel rooms at the Sportsman Inn Motel in Olds. Four Zenith portable 20 colour TVs were -stolen. The sets were black in colour with front control panels and all were model H263Y2. The serial numbers of the TVs were as foUows: 1. 2220502092 2. 2220502053 3. 22105020278 4. 12115500097 If you have any information on this incident or any other crimes, call Crime Stoppers now at 340- TIPS, that's 340-8477 or call toll free at 1-800- 661-TIPS. Calls to Crime Stoppers are not traced or. recorded and you never have to give your name or testify in court. Crime Stoppers will pay up to 2,000.00 for information leading to the arrest of suspects in any unsolved crime. Crime Stoppers serves all of Central /Vlberta. woman killed in accident An elderly Bowden woman was killed in a two car crash last Wednesday on a country road four km east of the town. Alice Heaton, age 70 of Bowden, was killed when the car she was driving collided with an oncon.ing vehicle on Range Road 285. She was the driver and only occupant of the vehicle. TJie occupants of the -se/ond vehicle were not injured in the crash. what others say New label won't hide old package Ever walk into a supermarket and reach for your favourite brand of ice cream or cereal or ketchup or laundry detergent, only to be stopped by the words New and improved splashed across its label? It makes you wonder what was wrong with it before, or why you spent all that money on a product which evidently wasn't as good as the advertisements had led you to believe. If it was, after all, then they wouldn't have to improve it. It's also usually difficult to distinguish anything better about the product afterwards. The constitutional amendments we'll all get a chance to vote on Oct. 26 in a national referendum spawns the same kind of feeling. Was the country so badly screwed up in the first place it warranted such dramatic changes to our constitution? Or does this mark an opportunity to truly renew Canada a change worthy of having New and improved adorn future printings of maps of our country? The answers to these questions will be subject to intense, emotional debate over the next seven weeks. Those campaigning for a yes Vote undoubtedly will argue this is the best agreement possible to keep our country intact a remarkable compromise which federal, provincial and aboriginal leaders have all consented to. Not an easy task given the size and diversity of this great country, and the competing interests which make it up. Those on the no side, however, are sure to say this latest constitutional package is not the answer to saving Canada. Instead, they see it as an emasculated combination of ideas and clauses which does nothing to solve the real problems facing the country. A strong vocal faction in Quebec will say the deal fails to adequately address La Belle Province's aspirations to protect its linguistic and cultural uniqueness while many in Western Canada are poised to complain their leaders surrendered too much to Quebec without preserving the equality of provinces ideal. What ordinary Canadians, and Rainy River District voters, must decide next month is which of these conflicting opinions is most accurate? Unfortunately, the very nature of the referendum question precludes any middle ground. You either support the entire package or don't. There's no way of saying yes tb senate reform and social charter but no to Quebec being a distinct society r to native self- government. Worse, those Canadians who cannot bring themselves to accept the sweeping reforms inevitably, though wrongly, will be cast as traitors. Ifs one thing to be a. card-carrying member of a political party which actively seeks to destroy Confederation by calling for separation of a province or region. It's quite another to legitimately question what our elected leaders have deemed right for Canada's future, f. But the biggest mistake Canadians will make in the October referendum is saying yes to the Aug. 28 deal simply to set aside the tiresome constitutional wrangling which has plagued our country for over 20 years. There's no question most of us are fed up with the whole issue, eager for our politicians to move on to more pressing matters. Giving our blessing in this case, however, is the worst reason to usher in a new Canada. Equally unfortunate, a yes vote Oct. 26 will not put asunder our constitutional anger forever more. The referendum result won't kill the Parti Quebecois, just like the Quebec vote in 1980 did not. Nor will it lay to waste Western separatism or the Reform party. None of the pleading, cajoling or expense of the coming campaign can prevent the PQ (or others) from taking power someday down the road and reopening Pandora's Box once again. Can our political leaders, Of all stripes, sufficiently explain the content and implications of last month's deal so ordinary Canadians can vote intelligently and rationally on it? Likely not, leaving the muddled masses torn between a desire to save theif country and whether this is the best formula to achieve that aim. New and improved or the same old stuff wrapped in a glitzy new package? Take the time to understand the deal, then vote wisely. 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