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Amendents to lgilaioe for disabedpersas Ontai4o rid*ng Mp More than 3.3 million Canadiens wit.h disabilities face obstacles in their çlaily lives. Simple tansa such as 5indn a jobiý travefling,, communicatigwvith eothers and finding aplace to live, just cannot lie"talcen for granted. W. cannot afford te ignore the. talents, energies andablts ofpeole vwli disabilities and the contributon tha they make te Canadla. i federal government in committed to ensuring that, ail CanadiànÀ can partit! yinsocîiety. On. of the measures l~e haeve taken to achievethis goal is Bill C-78, an Act that amends certain legfisi"on with respect te disabled persons. 'hslue l, reently passedin part of the. ationalstrategy for the Itertio' of .PéesnswfhDisabilities-a fiveya *168-million initiative.,,Undr,,tbis strategy, 10 .federaf depaumn *ëta ;and. agendia'sare- doing their part te eliminato barers that face people with disabulities.- The billchanges six different laws te, maketiiem sensitive, to the needs of Canadia nvwith disabilities. Cages »te the Elections Act malce it easier for people with' disabilities te vote. This means'zmalingý polling, stations accessible and using mobile polling saton for people in institutions. Better information will e provi ded to make sure that voting rights are exercise. he bill will ease the. financiai. burden of runniâng for publiceffce. Disability-related expenses wiil not lie considered an élection expense. Tii. Citizenship Act will le changed se people with.disabilities have equal access te Canadian citizenhi. The National Transportation Act wiil also b. altered. Travel by planes,* trains ýand buses wil lie more accessible and hasse-free. Amendmnts te the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act will ensure gov.rrnment: records and persona information are atcessible teo pIe:2ih:snsm" iablties. The. Criniinal 'Code will li9o0f. e oen with a disability can give evidence in a sexual assault ce fr-om li.hind a screen or outeide the. courtroom if s.eing the. accused would 4ý i -..tàt,ébiUl, pohicy .and rglti changes are ad.,Frexemp)le,, ww s iWX,.,under,.the,. 'Ëoadating Act- 'té mkestronger ,rules npioning and enp1 ent equity te epdsbe people. T edea governmen ;will also b. reviewing:, proposais, by thei. disabl.d- communty te ensur. fair access te tth. justice WMTBYFREE P¶ME98 WEDNESDAY, AtJGWU 3 199 2, PAGE 15 RealolutOnseto garbage crisis FRMPAGE 6 we are ail hooked on a way of life, that- is extrardnarily wast.fiu, 1'o ur ,garbgewiilýz continuetep*le upaoudus.- in deslingwiii ail tu a. W. have created a huge waste. disposai industry that buries- it, siips it out teo, o caionll dumlps it oo'o e rural bc road, burns ',it., -witii. high-tech incineraers ý, tsemake energy fr;om itfil up miaine shlafts witli it. Tlhere bas evýen been .tiieodd, efforttobuld thingewith it. None 0f thies ways 0f dealing wit.ii our, garbage l ihu proll emsincuigti. eton- of a- wasteý disposai induestry.ý Ther. is senogic (or ,«Gju stice?) t ii. fact» that solutions .te waste dispoaiproblems cause otier' prbl ems. 1Thereal solution is the, moSt cbvious: eliniinate wast. at the source. 1ý Source elimination, means, among lotiier things, that. onlyý necessary products woulSd lie manufactured& These products would lie durable and repara* e And, they would lie made locally. This last, point is peniiaps tiè' most impôrtant. .Riglit now, we have an economy that operates on the. concept - of centralized, mass production. Thus is thoughit te lie an efficient sud low-cost way te provide gooda,ý whicii it may lie if tiiere w-erei unlimited resources for thei. m ,uacuring, and if tiiere, w ere' no waste, products inovdin the. manufacturing proe 1s ahd no disposa fti pïodué.t iaftert it is usd But, tiieré aren't unlimited môsures, therg are lots of waste, productsansd' w, dispose of the prouçt wbuy.- Sà, mass prçU;CIt2o-Oý equals umasive resource, use, mass waste production 'an d.disposai of masses Of products., Mll alongt - we have tiiougiit that w. wer e tting ail thus staff atlo1 pruceaa iglieneit of Our mdmignuite, when we wer, simply folig* ourselves witiivxypo accounting of the. true «tets. In. the, end, tii. so-càlled efficiencies and advanées brougiit by mass production are ilusion- ary. Yet, w, ail are 'deeply ib.dd.d in a economic system that is basud on false accounting metiioda. Eaciiof. us lives a KinsImnpool, PROM PAGE 6g, wading pool, are. restrictive, Our' familyStUll tries te come on warm days but, unfortunately, it i* nolt unomonte libe turned'away.by tiiè. lifeguard Wiio haus dtermined fo ae swimniing., hav ony hd ti eopportunity te use tii.-pool for about 10minutes. On othi days , we have arrived wel ieor the closing. time >0f 5 p.m.', only te find that tii. poolI bas already closed. I know, many -Oshawa prents wiiowish a wading 'pool l eourîs was available te thelm. Continue' te keep, the Kinsmnen pools open in fuÎture years. They are. a great asst te Whitby and its children. When, weatier pormits and tii. chiorine levels are fine, many children erjoy the wading Pool' very mucii. San" ~Film Mofle Whitby lifestyle that i, to a greater extent, ussanbe.' These are' the , reasons why there i a- garbage crISis0. There are alsoé the reason why sol1ving our wast. criais lias to go b.yond acrimonlous debates over meithodi and sites.* There are né' totaily aif or acceptable disjposal mthôdi, W. have té look beyond thoee ihsues and look to moving, awýay from a centralized, mass ecohomy to loca ommnunity-based ' ço(no- mues. To lié continued. Opillions expreaaed -are those of the author. *Answers to Whitby Triviaý from pa ge,3 1. The Brooklin Miiil, bultýin* 1848,ceaSed opratingas a * flour Mill in.-1l992 2.Frederick Cumberland and William'Storm idssigned .the centre portion of Osgoode <Hall (1857), and Universitýy, Cotiege ý(1856); Cumberland * and another partner ' designed'St. Jamfes'-' Cathedral (1850) and th. lth Toronto Post Off Ice (1852),,(now the Argus Coporation building).ý 3. Bob Atters .ley was Whhby's longest-serving mayor, 1980-1991. (11 years). 4. Whitby's founder Peter >Pery celeb.rates his 200th birthday on Nov. 14. 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