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6 - The Canadian Champion, Friday, April 21, 2000 * N4L.PLAYoFFSO*4 COMMENT NBsirâPLAYoFF&1,0 Not very nice way to treat volunteers At ais chage i n m drastic t iea team of dedicated volunteers to So it's no wonder at least some former members of the Conservation Halton (CH) Foundation are reeling from being unceremoniously dumped- following an mn-camera debate by the CH board of directors late last I U T D E N T111IIIIII It seems the authority is set to focus on big buck corporate fundraismng ANY BETT R TM4 N " " andth Funaton uedtoraising money through community [Hets 151 couldn't keep up. According toi one former member, the Foundation has finessed words more often than fundraising at recent meetings. And with iff govemment funding slipping away like sand through an hourglass, maybe IA i something had to give. But did the situation have to be dealt with this way? Wasn't there some other appropriate avenue through which to address these problems? All- former Foundation members are apparently welcome to reapply for their old positions, but the whipiash quick dismissal of those who graciously donated their time and energy smacks of an arnbush. At first blush, the action appeared drastic. After further scrutiny, uncon- - scionable seems to be just as apt a description. SO UR READERS WRITE 'Bight' way ià wrong way for future of the world, says concerned reader Dear Editor: J'in wriling regarding tse contention by thse Business Couneil on National issues Usat thse Canadian standard of liv- ing is falling relative tai the teat of Uhe worid. Contideiing that a bigher standard oi' living requires a higher consumption level of an obviously-finite world, Îsn't it possible that Canadians deserve pralte for doing with less, if they did? How long cant Use world ensulate the North American lifestYle before Uhe dif- ference between ricb and poor nations and citizens gela unhearable and we're back to the old problem-aolving meth- cida like war and dictatoeehip? Keeping six billion people in 2006 fed and houted doean't allow for a super- ricb cas or even a very ricis Class, Let't hope that our 'left-Ie-aing peo- ple, don't quit trying totmalea a more equal world. If manldnd it to bave any future the 'rigbt' way is the wrong way! Reno Moreau Toronto THE CANADIAN CHAMPION Box 248, 191 Main Si. E. The Canadien Champion, published eoery Tuesday and P iday at 191 Main St. E., Milton, Ont., L91 4N9 (Box 248), is one of Tpe Metroland Milton, Onit. L9T 4N9 Printing, Publishing & Distribuin Ltd. group oC suburban compames whictt includes. Aîax/iein Nes Advertiser. 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Hunter's Guide shouldn't be in school: citizen Dear Editor: The Ministry of Natural Resources has published a guide that includes a section called the 'Fundamentals of Handgun Shooting'. The publication called the 'Hunter's Guide' bas been sent to bigh scbool librairies througbout Ontario. These guides arrived aI the ochool boards for distribution seben Premier Mike Harris was telling Ontarians that students wbo take weapons mbtc Ontario schools would be expelled. This long- promised provincial rule strikes sE the moEberbood issue of safe ochools. It seems to be somesehat of a moot point (to Premier Harris) thatschool boards across the province have been very detinite policies that address these issues. One cannot argue against the need for safe schools s0 Premier Harris' star will certainly not be tarnished by Ibis stand. On the other hand, this government-pro- duced guide bas sections witbin Fundamentals of Handgun position, grip, sigbting and aiming, trigger control, breath control, fol- lowing through and loadîng a bandgun. Included under eacb of these headingo are descriptions and illustrations describing the "bose to" of handgun shooting. The strange thing is Ehat the first paragraph of this section begins, 4The use of handguns for hunting is legal in sorte areas of the United States. tn Canada, you are not per- mitted to use a handgun for hunt- ing." So what's the purpose of ihis information in the Hunter'e Guide? 1 don't think many Ontarians believe that making this handgun information widely available to students is wise. 1 also believe that if a student should be caught with a handgun in a high school, that expelling that student is somewhat irrelevant. One would make the assumption that students bearing handguns in ochools are breaking several laws. Il seerus likely the handgun would be unregistered and a restricted charged and placed in police cus- Eody, effeclively removing the stu- dent from the school system. Premier Harris has brought for- ward the issue of the Tories creat- ing safer schools through policy implementation. As mentioned before, who can argue against a policy tbat it is claimed will enhance the safely of our children? This popular Harris policy rhetoric displaces attention on real education issues that stem from failed Tory education reforro. This govemrment continually brings for- seard one-size-fits-sîl policies such as funding fonmulas Ebat fail to fit any school board's needs adequale- 'y, It's obvious. Weapone policies should be substantially different for schools in the GTA,. verses schools in the northern hinterlands of Ontario. Let the individual board's elected trustees make the necessary policies for their regions. Paul Tate Sunnyvale Crescent Pud by Steve Nease