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f -i- iiaiilriintmwii 9lr economist suntribune thursday feb 8 2001 stoiiffvffletribuhe c a metrbland community newspaper x heritage rdmarkhamontl3plm3 publisher ianproudfoot general managerpuiin brouwer editor in chieffbfenda larson director of advertising debra wetter deputy editor debora kelly editor jim mason production manager pam nichols distribution director barry goodyear t online publishing manager margaret fleming classified manager ann campbell retail sales manager stephen mathieu inside sales manager stacyallen business manager t roblazurko office manager vivian oneil 1 editorial i what is it that canadians want from legisla- tion governing youth crime v its apparent canadians have not been satisified with the young offenders act since its introduction in 1993 there hawbeen protests r lagainst the lacklustre laws nationwide v canadas justice minister anne mclellan has introduced a new bill yet again to reform the laws but hernew legislation the youth criminal justice acthas been met with deri sion from opposition critics the bill mclellan has proposed introduces more than 180 changes to the lawincluding allowing courts jxtimpose more community- i oriented sentences such as community ser- lviceprograms andgiving provinces the rights to lower the age atwhichypuths can bejhahd- jedadult sentences 4 yictowes the alliance justice critic com- jplaihs the new legislation is too confusing and jtqo complicated to administer he also says tlierehastoibegreateraccountabiutyfrom 7y allows jis k tosumup thelciiticism pfthe proposed c youth crimfoal its too tough its s itstob complicated theres ho taccotabuiry jc v v y i- thisis ridiculous whatclo we really want v ifromuielelatfdnk- v jyve want violent young criminals to be dealt with appropriately inaciult couit where v they delqngjwewanf the message to be clear j mat our society believesvioient criminals should be held accountable for their actions 1 ckancewhenit asa cjbreakandenteriwithino violence we want jjudgestojhavethepption ofsentencins such 1 iciiminals toy community service programs letters to the editor try going for a few days without the luxury of clean water re were slowly starting to understand the value pfwaterstyacy kibble column jan 25 having returned fairly recently from a twoyear roundtheworld journey covering discrimination is wrong but so are samesex marriages should we change jaws to allow same sex marriages my answer is an unqualified no samesex marriages is not about discrimina tion at all it is about the very core of our social community s whetheycwidpsdmegood programs s ivene in ayoung persons life before he or she i i rgefefmired hfalifeiof gimefrty lfeagpaperletsremembermatitsnotsimpiyaboutaj 31 countries including tibet sri lanka south and family values while it is not right to dis africa indonesia japan some of the middle criminate against them it is equally wrong to east and much of europe i can attest to permit their marriages in any legal wayif we tracys column on the value of clean water do we will eventually destroy our traditional v for two weeks istayed ona farm in giza family and social systems near cairo egypt where there was ho nin- like any other species humans also need nihgwaterprelectriciry i to perpetuate themselves sure v samesex imagihenoflush toilets no running couples could children should they water for kitchen taps showers baths choose to however of our socializa- coffee or anything else v 2 tion starts at homel with our female mothers i no electricity so no tv orvideos no com- s andmale fathers as our role models puter qrtejephbnfe radio rib refrigerator how could anyone expect these children cvbut ijwrite fails letter not to tease a sigh of to growup and thrive like childreritrom nor- jelief qrsnort of disgust from alreader who mal families- who have been scientifically menfluickly turns the page to see whats real- proved to be abletodo better in their adult yly gpin on inmarkham and whitchurch- lives without proper role models it is very jstouffvjlle nol irbimnendtliat families set likely thattliey would become gays and les- 5tkenieles acliallengerto go for just afew biahs as well and end up being samesex ayfmoutrunng water think couples could anyone imagine society orejtricity tfu of california- wheremostwif not all are gays and lesbians ft ceqy happen kere5 our families are at stake ourwholesociery iandfapp1fmatetwhatthevhayeandwha isatstake itishigh time thatweputdown bur counuess millions on the earth dont have 5 foot and say no pbkelly- u v y l v yiyang markham markham f tas stoufmlle tribune published every thursday and saturday is one of the metioland printing publishing and distributing ltd groupof newspaper which includes the ajaxpjckering news advertiser allistwtherakjcourier jibane athancebaryvs bay this week bolton enterprise brampton guardian burlington shopping news burlington jpostvotyparencollingwo6dwagaccmnectioneasty routes etoblcoke guardian- ffamboroughpost- geonjstown 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bikes and head to the creek the beach the park or anywhere else our free spirits would lead us we didnt need to tell our parents where we were going every second of the day as long as we returned for lunch or supper times have changed another reason children are putting on the beef is we serve them fast food and meat that has been injected with growth hormones chemicals used to speed up maturity in cows and chickens the of education is getting into the game with a new curriculum reflecting a more active learning envi ronment the curriculum introduced in 1998 requires students participate in physicalactivity for a sustained period of timeeach day from grades 1 to 8 studies show 40 per cent of canadian children are at an alarming risk of heart disease autopsies on young children show the beginning signs of various heart problems proof it- takes yearsbf unhealthy living to build a bad hearts were in the middle of a health crisis and the school board isslowly working on this said gail stewart york region district school boards curriculum con- sultant for health and physical education statistics show 29 per centtof boys n and 24 percent of girls are overweight up from 15 per cent in 1981 sqwhat are our schools doingabout it plenty f j it is our vision our goal that by the end of next year every student will be f s vigorously active in class said stewart my son is lucky his grade 4 teacher- is naturally active and his love of recrej atioh is nibbing off on his class wj while enjoying physical activity carrt be taught teachers across the jbparcl have had coaching sessions with a doc- tor to reiterate itsimpbrtance t jj but we knowtaerejlre many parents s struggling withtheif childrens weight 7issueswe wantltpknow what yourer v doing about ilreporterxisa queen is compiling a story about 2 children s iyourchildsweightproblem and v i methods you re undertaking to puthim l li- i t fit- jc n k 1 5tii4 or herbackon the road to good health- il contact lisa at 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