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p4 trib une kiarch 3 1993 st stouffville gnngs is mulroney really gone for good t s he reay gone when word came that brian mulroney had handed us his own walking papers many could scarcely believe it here was the man who stated he was staying denied he was leaving and complained of persistent rumors to that end it seemed odd that he received little of the com mon praise lent to joe clark in fact very little was said except from the citizenry who were most vocal in their relief at his departure but was mulroney the demon he was often made out to be history will tell but one thing is certain aside from his handling of the economic and constitu tional crisis the gst and free trade martin brian mulroney will likely be best remembered as the architect of his own demise but not the countrys o if wd ipoks like got we vanteo last mil rnms springs arrival j can be quick enough t know i should be a better winters he had said to me last fllspjk usually find a nifty power tool or thought and i almost raced fo know i should be a better canadian but im desperate for spring i knew how bad things were last monday morning when i woke up to face yet another trek across the tundra from my side door to the garage for the snow shovel knee- deep in snow that blew in my tracks almost before i reached the garage i thought to myself do we really need this have we really been that undeserving wouldnt a lilac or even last falls leftover leaves be a little more refreshing to look at right about now and with each heaveho of the white stuff the recent words of a friend of mine echoed in my throbbing brain whatever happened to real winters he had said to me last week winters when wed have five or six really crippling snow falls well monday i was so tempted to call him and tell him what he could do with his snow and mine for that matter because i have had enough im even beginning to look for ward to my t4a income slips and the revenue canada tax return deadline at least by then i should be able to make it to the street without skis and a st bernard and by then the streets and back yards should be turning to that wonderful springtime gucky brown color that at least signals the end of white come on mud i say suffice it to say i am desperate barris beat for a harbinger of spring even the flurry of music festivals this past week didnt really help last monday night was so cold at the festival hall that the adjudicator was wearing a blanket to stay warm ive tried the spring seed catalogues ive tried the tool sec tion of the hardware store i can usually find a nifty power tool or something to lift my spirits about working outside without a jacket on then i had an idea i hopped into my car after shovelling my way to the garage again and drove to the local shop in town that specializes in repairing small engines when i got there i had to wade through a snowmobile sale before i found the sales guy but i finally found him and blurt ed out can i bring in my lawn mower for an overhaul sure he said theres a spring tuneup sale my heart quickened at the thought and i almost raced for the door thinking i could be back in five minutes with the lawn mower in question my head full of thoughts of lush green grass sun shine and but he stopped me that wont be til the end of march he apologized i should have known even lawn mower mechanics dont come out of hibernation until after march 21 so here i sit waiting in vain for a harbinger of spring counting the notches in my snow shovel instead of robins and its still 19 days til the lawn mower tuneup sale then ill know spring cant be too many more snowfalls away stouffville tribune publisher general manager editorinchief advertising director business manager distribution manager operations manager patricia pappas andrew mair jo ann stevenson debra weller vivian oneil jennifer hutt pamela nichols sensitivity police are at it again start reporters tracy kibble julia caspersen roger belgrave photographers sioerd witleveen steve 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hiiithomhlllvaughan liberal scarbor ough mirror and uxbridga tribune national sales representative metroland corporate sales 4931300 6402100 6405477 fax t ts hard to think of anything t- nice to say about the crum my old 90s we remain mired in a recession that stats canada insists is over were told what to think by extremists whom nobody with the possible exception of john crosbie seems willing to chal lenge were tirelessly monitored by language police joke police and sensitivity police every public utterance which contains a modicum of humor is deemed inappropriate by some crusading vigilante group which feeds it to obsequious media pundits all too willing to blow it up out of context and out of pro portion john crosbie himself who is now making noises about leaving politics and who can blame him is on most media peoples hate list mr crosbie i venture to suggest was simply venting some of the frustration a lot of us kates corne qg r a a feel over the ludicrous extremes to which definitions of sexual harassment have been stretched if a man wants to make com plimentary remarks about what im wearing or how i look im not going to call my lawyer im going to celebrate flirting is good for the soul but in this loony era women who go to the trouble to look their best are expected to spurn any man insensitive enough to comment favorably on the results sometimes when the bank bal ance doesnt i consider suingthe- guys i used to work with in the dark days of unbridled exploita tion i too suffered harassment at the office but i was so dim i enjoyed it risque comments appreciative glances and yes even a hug or two were part of everyday life at the den of vice where i worked and if some meat head overstepped the line between fun and crudeness i was quite capable of telling him to take a hike unaware that i was a hapless victim of abuse it seems ironic that while schools celebrate the importance of selfesteem no one is allowed to hug a child for fear of being sued and what better way is there to bolster selfesteem than a spontaneous affectionate hug while were on the hot topic of sexploitation a final thought from victoria woods onewoman show sexual harassment at work isia problem for the selfemployed vv