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I HILLS OUTLOOK II 1M Hills OUTLOOK published each Saturday by the HILLS HERALD Home Newspaper of Hill A of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited at Guelph Street Georgetown Ontario LTG Second Class Mall Registered Number Donna ACCOUNTING Brent Borne Pauline Miller MARKETING REPRESENTATIVES Sharon oiling worth BeUiMicGllliviry PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT Dave Hastings Annie Mary Leu Foreman Outlook Promises are mere puffery SNAFU by Bruce Ottawa Report Stewart MacLeod Thomson News Service Now If Judge Pamela had said that the campaign rnises of politicians are contaln a lad of puffery or hefty wad of puffer you would not be reading about the subject here to- the Ontario provincial court Judge went further much further In a landmark decision that might send the hyperbole index to laying height In future campaign she said that a politicians statement of intention often mere puffery In other word all puffery And that means It seems to me there no reason to believe anything that promised Even ihe most gullible of voter would be foolish to rely solely on the statement of a candidate without further investigation as to past ac tions and current policies the She delivered this Judgment after a Kitchener salesman John Buffalo hod tried unsuccessfully to sue Prime Minister Brian for misrepresentation Mr claimed the prime minister broke promises to improve postal service and to oppose free trade with the United States Bui after Judge Thomson said politicians words are often mere puffery the case wasdismisscd Now I certainly dont want lo ex here or venture into the realm of mere puffery but I have colossal concerns about he impact on future elections It could become in effect the politicians own Charter of Rights and Freedoms COURT BACKING Okay so there might be a wee dollop of puffery In what 1 say but imagine what promise- prone can make of this Armed with a court ruling that no one has to believe them ihe skys the limit Yes sir that road we plan on to James Boy will eventually extended to tie in to the Prince Edward Island causeway And if you dont believe me take me to court Remember that little lady who buttonholed Ihe prime minister on Parliament Hill over pension and sold You lied us It was devastating television footage At that time Ihe prime minister had no ready reply But now If the same thing happened he could smile understanding and ex plain he was engaging In daily- sanctioned puffery when he made certain promises about Ihe Indexing of pensions That Impress her And If the prime minister wanted to rub it in be could ask whether of protesters had read the Thomson doctrine They might well say no thai theyve been too busy reading the free- trade agreement which In cidentally the prime minister once vowed would never come to pass 1 want no part of It he said tag hi successful run for the party leadership Here puffery ALLOWS SPECIFICS The beauty of this new found freedom for politicians la that they now can become far more specific with promises since Judge aon said lhat only the most gullible of voters would believe everything they say As far as new politicians are con cerned there is even more freedom since Ihe Judge said their promises should be viewed in association with their past actions Often new can didates dont have suitable past ac tions to their credit They are pufferyrookies tossing out outrageous promises for openers And why not If as the courts tell us It can be accepted as mere puf fery why not go for the home runT Think of all the ground former prime minister Pierre Trudeau lost when he said it would be the height of Ir responsibility to make promises that cant be fulfilled How absolutely quaint Of course that was long before we had the Thomson doctrine Thais as Just society and participatory democracy If no one knows what they mean its not easy to charge tailor But one troubling Issue still hangs there The Judgment did not deal specifically with political promises to keep promises such as practised by the present prime minister And it strikes me albeit a glancing blow that when mmeonc promises to keep promise or promises to remember promise to keep the promises the puffery should lose some of its puff What were dealing with Is once removed or even removed The only solution hot comes to mind la full disclosure of puffery content Just as drug companies must disclose in en The following solemn promise to settle native land claim contains less than per cent puffery the candidate might declare Or since that causeway officials my department have advised me that the puffary content has edged up from percent to The following paid announce ment contains no unnatural ingre dients as puff Lets have a Senate committee on the subject Electric shock If possible turn off when someone suffers from electric shock The World Almanac advises Dont touch the victim until contact Is bro ken Pull person from contact with electric source by using rope wooden Start mouth tomtmlh resuscitation If breathing bos stopped Carbohydrates provide energy for body function and by supply ing Immediate calories notes The World Almanac The carbohydrate group includes starches fiber and starchy vegetables The best sources arc grains legumes nuts po tatoes and fruit I dont consider the operation a success unless he lives long enough to pay Foreign investors may halt the exodus Your Business Foreign Investors have been ping Canadian stocks hand over pulling billion out of the country since last October But early signs show that the worst could be over says David economist at Scotia McLcod Scotia McLcod is result of the Bank of Nova Scotia buying in vestment dealer Young Weir Having foreigners In our markets is important because they broaden than they bought cutting million from their holdings of Cona equities in the first quarter the study shows Its Interesting to note how things have changed over the past while The Japanese or example bought 7 billion worth of Canadian bonds In the fourth quarter of a later In the 1967 fourth quarter they bought a scant 14 million By the first quarter of this year they sold million more than they bought Foreign investors poured whopp ing billion into the stock market laat year up from 9 billion in After market crashed they pull out In the final quarter of last year a trend that continued in thofirst quarter easier I people to buy and tell capital also boost the value of dollar McLcod stock traders say foreign business picked up a bit May and June particularly from the Americans Japanese Investors continue to shun Canadian stocks and bonds fearful that the North American dollars have further to fall If the dollars were to fall In relation to yen dollardenominated securities would be worth less In the hand of the Japanese AMERICANS BUYING Fortunately for government and borrowers the Americans Europeans are taking up the slack buying bonds while the Japanese are selling them US Investors bought billion worth of Canadian bonds net of sales In the first quarter Euro peans bought billion The Japanese sold more bonds than they bought paring million from their holdings In the stock market nil three foreign Investor groups sold more Staff Comment By DONNA Farmers In Hills are a brave bunch Being I was pleased metropolitan haughtiness which by way is being weaned out of me at a rapid pace lo find Intelligent optimistic men out in the fields sweating over our next meal worry ing about lack of precipitation but not losing that any day now at titude In the wait for rainfall Out there on Ihe farm sitting on bales of hay talking to these men whose livelihoods were threatened I had a strong feeling that money was only a part of it These people love the land You cant help but admire so meone who spends day- In dayout working for the dinner table of entire communities doing what IS sometimes considered a thankless Job and not making the scad of money Bay Street entrepreneurs can aspire to But how can you match the satisfaction These are people who con spend time with their families can be close to animals to nature and make friends who are lifelong as they ex the climax of harvest Canadian singer Murray McLaughlin noticed thai crop growers were being ignored when be wrote his Farmers Song back In the 1970s With the FM radio broken in my car songs like that would spon taneously pop Into my head in drive through Norval with its farm fields collapsing under last months heat and drought Theres no farmers song on that car radio Just cowboys truck drivers and pain Well this Is my way lo say thanks for the meal And hope theres of rain Imagine this type of empathy coming from a saw her first cow close up bock In September who didnt realize what a cash crop was end who loved the land as only a person can because theres shortage of It Altitudes like those of Hills farmers arc the reason I came to a place like Georgetown And Im not disappointed PICKUP IN WINDS The popularity of the bond market with foreigners peaked a year earlier In 1986 when foreigner napped up a record billion of Canadian bonds In 1B67 they bought SB billion net Their interest in Canadian bonds seems to have been rekindled this year by high Interest rates and the rising Canadian dollar which especially benefitted US Investors When the Canadian dollar rises against Its S counterpart Americans holding Canadiandollar securities see the value of their holdings rise All in all Mr seems op timistic the future of foreign Investment More Canadians raised money in Europe in May and June which odds to European holdings Bond buying swelled lo billion in April from million In March Bcnoath these lies a strong argument for keeping the Canadian dollar comfortably above SO cent Any sudden drop in the dollar would send foreign in vestars scurrying for cover As the rushed to sell the dollar would turn oven further Theyre called catwalks bridges or walkways and they are Is slobs of cement lined on either side with Robert Frosts con to America hut re big problems in Hills Okay so its not the walkway Its Ihe people walking on the walkway Or not on the walkway Perhaps It people shedding debris of their childhood all the backyards of Georgetown purity Perhaps no one would like smashed beff rallies used and loud revellers landing practically on their doorstep as the presumably adolescent bunch lets loose on wild weekend Is the answer policing Maybe not police can be quite oc cupied fighting real crime yes even In Georgetown dont forget lost weeks robbery Is the answer bright lights Maybe Bright lights will shed some illumination on the situation They might give juveniles a good look at t- Triving make them ri tlon opposite direc ts the answer permanent closure No What about children going to school neighbor who want to pass freely from street to street this is a free country isnt It and dog walkers wanting lo soak in the night air It wilt take Hills several day to compile a feasibility study of different fence types for the Georgetown walkway It will take town council several weeks to truly settle the Issue And if the walkway dosing Is op- roved it will toko Irwin and Crescents residents several more minutes to walk around the block