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THE ERA WED JULY 1969 VOL NO 29 Editorials Proper choice Newmarket Council was perfectly within its rights in choosing Lou Stephens to fill a vacant council seat and In choosing him probably made the best choice of the available candidates The vacancy was created by the resignation of Hugh Grant who was elected last December Council had three names placed before it Mr Stephens Henry and Herbert When it came to a vote Mr Stephens defeated Mr by a vote Council elected Mr Stephens despite the fact that Mr Vanden received more vote at the December election Councillors decided to take advantage of a recent amendment to the Ontario Municipal Act and choose anyone they wish not follow tradition and pick the runnerup In his column this week the Town Crier accuses council of a blatant disregard for democracy in choosing Mr Stephens over Mr The Town Crier cites the fact that more people voted for Mr VandenBergh than Mr Stephens and that it was therefore the wishes of the electorate that he sit on council This is not necessarily so Mr VandenBergh ruled himself out as a candidate for the vacant seat when he made some untimely remarks following a recent council meeting Council in its wisdom chose Mr Stephens It did so because the majority felt that Mr Stephens would be the best man for the job Council was elected to make decisions for the good of all the town and in this case did the job we are paying them to do The Town Crier is wrong in his assessment of the situation and the council is right The Era wishes Mr Stephens and his colleagues every success during the remainder of their term Increase tax penalty The Ontario Municipal Association is presently going to ask the Province to raise the limit municipalities can penalize property tax delinquents and those who are in arrears The limit for tax arrears is eight per cent per annum and one per cent per month for those who are delinquent in paying their The Government should raise the limit for taxpayers in arrears those who havent paid their taxes within a year to per cent Then perhaps Newmarket for example would not end up with about per cent of its taxes not collected Bar the door Matilda ami close then shutters look to your f 111 luck Injuns arc the war path Lots lo that lint the Indians of an Iter iiiIIm of the wit hive lo eye of politics or hen wine And they dont malm musket this tin IlLV have pons which bring them right Into the ma iir age SUGAR SPICE By Bill Smiley Injuns on the warpath more noble than the rest of Third the paradox exists that the Indian has special privi leges medical care free education no taxes on the reserve etc and yet he is underprivileged inferior housing and education plus plain old discrimination social and econ omic And now the Federal government with a cold logic that seems lo seep down from Mr Tru- says Put up or shut up If you arent happy about the way we run things do it yourself This after years of treating reserves with all the largesse and benevo lence usually associated with an or phanage The Federal government proposes lo dump the Indian prob lem on the provincial governments and the Indians themselves all in the course of five years then Cold its lent and steal off into the night The provincial governments want the Indian problem like they want the Black Plague So do the In- For the young Indians dissolution of the reserves is like burning your boats behind you For the middle- aged and elderly il is terrifying Indian leader of ape put it s lice i ly if aversimply when he said the new legislation would al low an Indian to sell his properly for two hollies of wine That does nt solve a problem creates one The Indians dont want assimilation They want help on their feet and year or Canadian One is the while mans guilt plex with which they belabor him al every opportunity The other is III Ill I I 1 1 I III using with a skill that would make a public relations man turn green There are some fads thai led up to the tain First of all the Indians is of one of Hie in history when the lo the sky and he mountains do not fall down etc etc Then comes the crunch in Ihe small As lung I he slay he mid bin rens children shall receive an an lual bounty from the deal White Queen across the Big Water Treaty Day according to oldtimers used lo be a real fair at the reserves Indian fam ily received its share of the loot and avaricious merchants gathered to separate the treaty money as Today lie might be able to buy a few bottles less less mere slum areas Some are extremely valuable as potten- resort areas How does every- body get a fair share if these lands are handed back to the Indian themselves for disposal as they red man The calls him a shiftless bum Neither is any where the ti ith He is i man being Hes neither red nor Dear Editor This is my first letter to your fine newspaper and the effort was prompted by the subject mat- dians to follow the practice southern neighbors Perhaps there is threat to our security by some of the more fanatical flag wavers of our community but ser vice in two wars and life long disability obtained in the last one throws that one back in their teeth I have a great respect for my country but to ask me to show respect to a flag that resem bles a rag that a butcher has used to clean off his counter with and that was foisted on us by Pearson to appease Quebec and incidentally to build a monument to himself That is another matter I would fight for my country again if necessary But I would not wrap my garbage in Pearsons patch work for posterity If we are going to have a flag at least let us have one we can respect Maybe we at the Canadian International Develop ment Agency can help Because of an intensi fied interest in Canadas interna tional development programs last year organized a Speaker Bureau of experts who had re turned from lending their know ledge and training to developing countries all over the world A new group of exports are on their way homo this year willing to talk about their activi ties in countries as varied as Mau ritius Kenya Malaysia or Pakis tan Some are teachers others are technical advisers accountants foresters air traffic rollers and others in a variety of profes sions They will address church groups and community clubs in their own areas on this important subject of international develop ment Our problem is therefore to bring this service to the attention of club and church secretaries We would bo pleased lo put organizations in touch with speakers Write to me the Direc tor of Information Canadian Inter- ational Development Agency Norman Director Information Division for democracy For he second lime in one short year we have witnessed within the boundaries of this com munity a blatant disregard for of its a large segment of he public demanded he issue be put a vote of the people With reasonable justification our New market administration denied the demand of the public saying No members of council knew that ur ban renewal would he a great thing for the community And a bat like self thai my fiahlc Council members unfortu nately are not entitled to that luxury They are or should be ex officio the foremost upholders if democracy in the community Dime of council choosing lake advt of the recent amendment lo Ontario Municipal ignored the wish of the electorate and gave he nod to lou Stephens who was in fact third runnerup Now I havent the slight est doubt that Stephens is very best choice bat council could have made Fully aware of his great experience and potential worth to he administration of did not vole for him last December 1 have a moderate acquaintance with have enjoyed his home In my earlier a a lolmniiisl with the old wife Mm of As a matter of fact have before me as 1 write this column a Christmas card she seal me from her native South Africa some vturs ago It depicts two ele phants crossing a road in the South African not a sign of iusl a couple of elephants where urban renewal was as large an Issue he decision was reached by a vole of Ihe populace In he case or Newmar ket however Hie urban renewal was soon scilicet by he senior governments both of which announced that grants for such things were being indefinitely suspended And now with the some what obscure blessing of the Municipal Hoard our New market administration has done II again It has totally ignored the will of the people When Conn Hugh Grant resigned his seal in council recent ly to take up a position elsewhere Ihe question of who should fill the vacancy became a vital one Ac cording to the vote in last Dec embers election Henry Vanden Heigh should have been he auto- llul mi the nomination I on sine member of council could thai But Ihe fad remains that I 1 Newmarket for him and under the rides of democracy which in essence means lliat the majority rules llios I hid right lo see their choke of dai Despite the liiiwch word Ontario Municipal Act revision the duly of municipal what talking about which in effect Is what five members Of council fold thde citizens wo he said and beside the only way to break down the walls of Commu nism is with trade He correctly pointed out that the US now trades with main Communist nations lliat we should lied One thing about John he can debate both sides of any point The former Prime Min ister who will go down in history as one of Canadas greatest deba ters in the House of Commons been accused of many things by the opposition in and outside the Conservative Party But no one can ever accuse The Chief of re fusing to take a stand particularly when hes in opposition The concessions o Que bec made by Liberal Prime Minis ter I ester Pearson and continued Picric I rude ive continual ly come under scorn In fact the real block claim his antiFrench stand ruined the Conservatives in the last elec tion forgetting that it was Hubert Slanfiehl the original stone face against the magician In fuel as leader probably would have won as scats for the Conservative as cer tainly more in he West If less in the wasnt the PCs year It is to that the old warrior is still it making speeches on everything from the monarchy to draft dod gers to recognition of Bed China The Queen couldnt ask for a bettor watchdog on the rights of the monarchy in Canada than John The government only lias to make a move to slip lotting the world know Recently in Kansas the 73yearold politician was I tn tin to tin- Order of Inteniatinnil it could on to keep the delegates awake Without passing for a I think iiisptitinri and advice teams like those of Presi dent Eisenhower should have con- Having said that Communist forces in Asia for the United Sinks to withdraw now You have committal yourself and there should be no retreat The circle had been com pleted Again on Bed China lie showed his amazing ability lo see the government that took credit for starting the big wheat deals with lied China arranged Agricul ture Minister Hamilton To the politician it meant money for Canada and more important money for Wes tern grain farmers hard hit lis- costs ami slumping prices plus ops THE ERA Count Since Incorporating THE POST THE HERALD TERRY CARTER Managing Editor WAIDEN News Editor Published every Wednesday at Mill SI market Ontario by the Newmarket Era Express Company Limited Subscriptions for two years for one year Single copies 15c each or by carrier per month Mem ber Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association and the Audit Bureau of Circulation Second Class Mail icgi ration number Phone Phone Aurora