Ontario Community Newspapers

Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), November 2, 1996, p. 4

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su p 4weekenderov6mbeff 2 ffc v stajx welcome recovery due to tough medicine finance minister paul martin is positively glowing about the state of the nations economy his accomplishments are nearly certain to be the wind under jean chretiens wings to power for yet another term but look to the basis of martins bragging rights the federal government cut transfer payments to the provinces drasfically such that ontarios health and educational systems went into in a shrink it or loose it position at least part of the federal success has come from shuf fling the burden of debt to provincial taxpayers viewpoint jo ann stevenson praise for mike harris isnt forthcoming from many other sources but to find a politician willing to take us back to solvency despite risking popularity is a rare find indeed as well hes doing it without whining and pointing fingers at the federal government in the face of union and social service strikes and threats misjudgments by media and all the rest of the public resistance that har ris and his ministers have faced it would be difficult to find another as committed to the task his focus on the job to be done is reminiscent of the former bank governor john crow who dished out the public medicine of high interest rates while we squawked and swallowed reluctantly paul martin has deflected a closer look at federal waste which by many accounts is horrendous the closer the government to the people the better such waste can be watched we need to do more squawking at the fed eral level if we feel the har ris government is cutting too close to the bone we can look to a brighter future in canada because of john crow ontario remains in transition but the four year forecast is good because of mike harris jobs will fol low naturally not artificial- jy meanwhile we need to keep an eye out for real need around us as social pro grams are falling through the cracks and lets put the credit where it belongs for this blossoming recovery the tribune weekender edition a me troland community newspaper patriciapappas publisher jo ann stevenson editorinchief andrew maer general managereditor debraweller director of advertising barry goodyear director of distribution vivian owed business manager pamela nichols operations manager stowfville all enquiries 905 6402100 fax 905 6405477 6244 main st stouffvule ont uxbripge all enquiries 905 8529741 fax 905 8524355 88 brock st w uxbridge ont hie tribune published every wednesday and saturday is one of the metroland printing publishing and distributing group of community newspapers which includes aja pick ering news advertiser barrie advance brampton guardian burlington post city parent collingwoodwasaga connection east york mirror etobicoke guardian george town independentacton free press kingston this week lindsay this week midland- penetanguishene mirror milton canadian champion mississauga news newmarketaurora erabanner northumberland news north york mirror oakville beaver orillia today oshawawhitbyclarington this week peterborough this week richmond hillthorn- hiuwaughan liberal scarborough mirror todays seniors contents not to be reproduced without written permission from the publisher permit 1247 the weekender is 0 member of the ontario press council gghjg its smoker hostile out there there was a time not so very long ago when lighting up a butt was considered attractive even sexy bogey and bacall crawford and coward everybody who was anybody smoked we smoked in air planes and buses in doctors waiting rooms and restaurants nobody asked if they could smoke when they came to your house of course they could smoke thats why you had ash trays all over the place well ho more smoking is definitely and officially no longer glamorous us presi dent clinton has officially denounced it our own prime minister while gleefully continuing to pocket the tax money charged on each pack of cigarettes has publicly allowed that hits a bad abit joe camel a cartoon character invented by the makers of camel cigarettes has turned out to be just about the worst idea a madison avenue hack ever had uncle joe has become a lightning rod for the american antismoking movement a symbol of everything they detest and deplore as a halfpage ad in a recent edition of the new york asked all who tell kids tobacco or basic black arthur black in editors mail columnist certainly fits with harris party to the editor i would like to respond to andrew mairs opinion column oct 26 from the tone of his column he refers to the days of action demonstration as a farce he certainly fits in well with the mike harris government if he thinks because of some unfortunate incidents fear and frustration can push some people into doing things that they normally would not do that the thousands and thousands of people that turned out to protest the slash and cut tactics of our present gov ernment was a complete fizzle he needs to get into the real world he obviously is not among the many thousands of ontarians who have lost their jobs or are being refused transportation on wheel trans have lost daycare for their children etc etc i could go on infinitum if mair thinks apathy and distaste will be the hallmark of the days of action i wonder what he thinks the hallmark of this present governments agenda will be bob rae realized the necessity of cutting back but chose to try to do it in a human way people didnt want to listen this government is cutting off the whole leg to remove the tumor but i guess as long as it isnt their leg they feel ifs ok unfortunately if we wait until this government is voted out there wont be enough of our amputated leg left to walk on evelyn tobias markham we welcome your opinion please make this opinion page your own this is your community newspaper your views belong on this page write fax or drop your letters off to us our address and fax numbers are on the masthead on this page times after should about t h e parents uncle joe we live smokerhostile times anybody addicted to the weed will find him or herself segregated in restaurants ostracized at social gatherings and frowned upon the instant they flick their bic the building i work in has been declared a smokefree zone nicotine junkies have to hike themselves off to a depressing little smoking room on the second floor oth ers stand around in clumps on the sidewalk puffing coughing and avoiding the eyes of pinklunged selfright eous colleagues it could be worse last month 6000 employees of motorolas two plants in illinois received a memo inform ing them that they risk being fired if caught smoking on motorola property and that includes in their own cars while in the company parking lot theres a town in california where its illegal to smoke anywhere outdoors so how do i feel about the escalating smokers war ambivalent actually ive been on both sides of this par ticular no mans land i kicked a 25year habit stayed clean for five years then strayed again as i write i havent smoked for three months but i dont kid myself i know fm only one puff away from being a two-pack-a- dayman i know that smoking is a grubby expensive debilitat ing and thoroughly addictive habit i also know that non- smokers can be youll pardon the pun a pain in the butt aside from kids naive enough to be conned by the likes of joe camel i dont know a single smoker whos happy about being addicted to nicotine most smokers could stand a little sympathy and compassion what they dont need is some snooty holierthanthou zealot preaching at them cut them some slack folks theyre smokers not lepers and if youre really feeling generous spare a kind thought for john taylor he smoked his last cigarette in the snow outside a public building in utah last january when he finished his cigarette john taylor walked inside the public building which happened to be the utah state prison execution shed john taylor was then shot to death by a utah firing squad the state of utah forbids smoking inside any public building getting killed is still perfectly legal

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