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p4 tribune october 6 1993 st stouffvfflej comment bloc seeks to destroy t he televised debates in the this election have left at least one thing clear that lucien bouchard has no busi ness being in a canadian politi cal debate in fact that he wish es to collect a salary as a cana dian mp while frantically work ing to dissolve this country is an affront to democracy itself while many are saying that the bloc quebecois candidates have as much right to run as any other party the rest of the country is certainly at a distinct disadvantage in not being able to vote against them so we end up with a lopsided balance in the house of commons the next government should restrict the rights of fringe par ties by passing a law stating that oneagenda groups must run in more than one province bouchards party is democracy by blackmail he knows he will take away dozens of valuable seats and likely force the hand of a minori ty government in effect he will be as power ful as the government and while it may be ultimately democratic it is not just jtalj i you have to waitpatientlyfor the politics r here are several a whitchurchstouffville coun cil meetings that come to mind when one thinks of the words heated argumentive explosive or outofcontrol there are a few more that come to mind but not as vividly when one thinks of nothing in particular in fact when think ing is altogether not on the agenda through meeting after meet ing a reporter gets to know just when to start counting sheep and when to poise his two-for- the- priceofone bic fine tip im sure there are some politi cians out there who would swear us media slugs get the two mixed up from time to time ive learned and im not a patient woman that i must sit through a lot of nothings before a gem leaps off the page i have come to appreciate those few powerful and so mini mal council debates packed and backed by solid factual knowl edge and which ring of strong intellectual conversation gotta love those cheap shots too i have also learned to endure although grinding my teeth has become a nasty tuesday habit those few discussions when one wonders well just wonders take for instance councils annual discussion about which days they will meet to decide how to spend your money which you havent sealed with a kiss and sent in yet during this annual ritual councillors get out their tiny cal- kibbles bits aw k i bb i e endar books lick their fingers and flip through the pages look ing thoughtful and busy oh no i cant attend those days one councillor says something about a dog a rib bon and a library card is men tioned i have contemplated putting down my pen and yelling at the top of my lungs pick a day be there discuss away and lets get on with ituh hum please but of course that would be completely out of line and com pletely out of order and com pletely boorish even for me im just some reporter what do i know about organization so i sit there and clench my fists draw funny faces and write up a quick grocery list well i just cant make that meeting im scheduled to floss my teeth that day and anyway i have a job someone is heard mumbling as he looks around the table for approval i cant make it either for that day im pickling eggs that very morning and this takes preci sion and timing i just cant put it off someone else is heard remarking as i try to recall if my husband likes mustard or may onnaise with his salami on a bun this can sometimes go on for hours at a time me not listene- ing politicians not thinking both of us doing nothing for money but then there are those rub- yourhandstogether newspaper- type meetings where councillors yell at each other people pack the chamber like a netted load of sandwich tuna in hopes to catch a glimpse of some real hometown mudslinging glasses come off ties are loosened tem ple veins pop audiences smile and someone cracks the seal on a everfresh juice pack stouffvllle tribune publisher general manager editorinchief advertising director business manager operations manager patricia pappas andrew mair jo ann stevenson debra weller vivian oneil pamela nichols staff reporters tracy kibble julie caspersen roger belgrave photographers sjoerd wittaveen steve somervillo real estate joan marshman classified doreen deacon debbie amundson uxbridge retail sales joan marshman doreen deacon heather hill gibson uxbridge dlstrlbu- hon ariene maddock canadian publications mail sales product agreement 439010 published every wednesday by metroland printing publishing and distributing at 9 heritage rd markham ontario l3p 1m3 tel 2942200 the stouffvllle tribune published every wednesday at 6244 main st stouffvllle is one of the metroland printing publishing and distributing group of suburban newspapers which includes aaxplckerlng news advertiser aurora banner barrle advance brampton guardian burlington post colllngwood connection etoblcoke guardian georgetown independentacton free press kingston this week undsay this week markham economist sun midland express milton canadian champion mlsslssauga news newmarket era banner north york mirror northumberland news oakvllle beaver orillla today oshawa- whltby this week peterborough this week richmond hiiithornhlllvaughan liberal scarbor ough mirror and uxbridge tribune national sales representative metroland corporate sales 4931300 i 6402100 6405477 fax why would anyone want to be pm ijjj w3s t f jean chretien is being sold to quebec voters as superan nuated and facially challenged surely the tory camp can find a way to capitalize on kim camp bells permanent bad hair day flogging the motley crew who aspire to the prime office of cana da relies more on style than sub stance judging by some of the ad strategies laid down by the experts their first assumption would seem to be that their audience is as thick as two short planks most of us they reason would not be able to figure out by ourselves that looking like the back of a bus is not necessarily an indication of intellectual dwarfism would chretien stand a chance at election time if he hadnt invested in that nice denim shirt has audrey mclaughlin put paid to her partys aspirations by wearwgtljewrongkindottrdils kates corner kalo qiioerd ale er suit its obvious from her pho tographs and videos that kim campbell does but which brand id just like to know so that i can be sure never to use it on my hair i might vote for her though if she happened to present the party platform that most closely represented my political leanings radical concept eh if looks and image are what were voting for its hard to see a clear winner preston manning while more willing than most to challenge the status quo is unlikely to be invited to abandon politics for hollywood should he fail to click kwith the voters i dont think lucien bouchard should give up his day job either and while mel hurtig is quite cute comparatively speaking hes hardly high profile enough to hit the jackpot this time around wanting to be prime minister in the first place seems something of an aberration to me why would any normal person subject herself to the nasty invasive scrutiny which is the lot of the career politician when youre not kissing battal ions of bawling babies youre faced with the press conference this ritual as emery kelen so acutely observed is a politicians way of being informatiye without saying anything should he accidentally say something he has at his side a press officer who immediately explains it away by clarifying it i think hi stickitdwriting u