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nswmmwhf st weekender- may 3- 1997 p 23 reader challenges reporters view of reform meeting from page 7 line of questioning which the reporter interpreted as ugh in relation to your use of the word fete i can only assume that reference is being made to the cookies and cakes which were provided at the candidate meeting the title manning struggles to shake racist rap seems to suggest that mr manning is a racist i have never heard or read from mr manning any suggestion that he is racist it seems that the choice of article titles do more to serve an agenda that certain ele ments of the press seem to support i will now give you my disclosure to some of what was and wasnt said at this meeting if the tribune being unbiased as it is decides to print this letter then im sure that others who were present at the meeting that night will come forward to corroborate what i witnessed in your leading sen tences subtitled hail of calls for women to stay at home you set up the deception nicely either your corre spondent ms ebden ignored what was actually said or you have refused to print it i know this because your reporter was facing me as she listened to my wife explain to her that a moth er or father should have the choice of staying at home with their children that families are the group most dis- ctiminated against in canada and how government funding and taxation discourage the stay at home choice all the other women in the crowd appeared to agree with my wife and many of them gave examples of other positive benefits to children who are raised by their parents the fact that eighty per cent of this discussion revolved around the welfare of chil dren seems to be suspiciously absent from your article your article states that issues of womens rights hit the floor they hit the floor when your reporter asked mr sarafian about reforms position on womens rights mr sarafian advised your reporter that both he and the reform party believe that men and women are equal in relation to women staying at home mr sarafian stated a number of times that women should have the choice to stay at home and raise their children but it should be the womans choice your lead sentence hail of calls for immigrants to return to theirs is a further deceptionquestions on immi gration were asked of the candidate by two people who were at the meeting their comments and questions were never applauded for and obviously did not represent the concerns of the people who were present im not sure what your paper means by return to theirs but if it means that the audience present was suggesting that immigrants should return to where they came from then either your correspondent has reported the facts false ly or someone at your paper is mischievous in their intent in the second paragraph of your article it states minutes after question period began racial slurs were uttered to shouts of agreement with this im afraid i must accuse your correspondent of being either a liar or grossly incom petent i was sitting closer to other people present than your correspondent was and did not hear one racial slur neither did my wife or neighbour in the bottom paragraph of the second column of your article you refer to sarafians comments that immigration has been an asset to canada in the next sentence you falsely tie the first comment into sarafians comment that past governments have bowed to certain pressure groups you than say that his comments were met with applause the long conversation that separated these two comments is suspiciously absent at the top of the third column of your article you state that sarafian was cut off by cries or antiimmigration slogans as i have mentioned already there were only two people present who seemed to have an urgent concern about immigration the last point which i would like to make consists of very telling decep tion on the part of your correspondent it occurs in the last paragraph of the third column of your article as follows the crowd shouted at the media for trying to block reforms changes to the criminal justice system your reporter asked mr sarafian numerous times for his response to allegations of racism within the reform party for retail advertising please call kate or joan 6402100 the tribune the york fertility clinic and the toronto centre for advanced reproductive technology present an tuesday may 20 1997 york county hospital auditorium 7 pm 8 pm complimentary coffee donuts for more information call 519 6518012 attention serious investors michael comeau vice president and senior investment advisor of td evergreen investment services is available for consultation at the stouffville td bank branch td evergreen is a full service investment dealer and offers broad range of investment products and services including domestic and foreign bonds canadian and us equities and mutual funds rrsps rrifs and resps free portfolio analysis investment advice development of personalized investment strategies to book your appointment with 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as it is a great misuse of media privilege she changes the content of the article from her being challenged by people at the meeting on her actual questions on racism is that of being challenged tor try ing to block reforms changes to the criminal justice system which she was never asked about or challenged on in fact i have never heard that allegation leveled at the media at any time i tell you truthfully that there were never any racist and sexist slurs in carsten strouds book contempt of court he refers to our present form of government as a judicial dictatorship existing in a moral vacuum this is in relation to the powers which trudeaus charter of rights and freedoms has given to the canadian courts in relation to the power and influence which we canadians have allowed the press to exert i see now that there is another title which is befitting the type of government which we canadians have and that is one of a media manipulated democracy existing in a moral vacuum as for me i take an oath and do swear that the above contents of this letter are true and factual br farndon stouffville town of whitchurchstouffville corporation of the town of whitchurchstouffville notice of open house and public meeting proposed towninitiated official plan amendment community of stouffville secondary plan the council of the corporation of the town of whitchurch- stouffville will hold an open house and a public meeting on monday may 26 1997 at the municipal offices 19 civic avenue to consider a new secondary plan for the community of stouffvillethe open house will be held from 300 pm530 pm the public meeting will start at 700 pm the proposed secondary plan establishes the community vision principles and objectives as well as general policies and speciific strategies with respect to community character the natural environment servicing land use and transportation for the developed area of the community of stouffville and adjacent lands as shown on the plan legend e3 gs t- community of stouffville secondary plan fuur 1 concept f un figure 1 any person or public body that requests a referral of a proposed decision in respect ot the proposed official plan amendment to the ontario municipal board and does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or does not make written submissions before the proposed official plan amendment community of stouffville secondary plan is adopted then i the regional municipality of york as the approval authority may refuse the request to refer all or part of its proposed decision to the ontario municipal board and ii the ontario municipal board may dismiss all or part of the referral of the proposed decision if you wish to be notified of the adoption of the proposed official plan amendment community of stouffville secondary plan you must make a written request to the town clerk at the municipal office 19 civic avenue stouffville ontario l4v 7z6 any written submissions regarding the proposed secondary plan shall be directed to mr tom parry director of engineering and planning at the town of whitchurchstouffville a copy of the proposed official plan amendment community of stouffville secondary plan including maps is available for inspection at the municipal office and the stouffville public library during regular business hours on may 6 1997 for further information please contact the town of whitchurchstouffville engineering and planning department at 6401900 dated at the town of whitchurchstouffville this 3rd day of may 1997 mrs michele kennedy amct clerk 19 civic avenue stouffville ontario l4a7z6