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Coa28 191 Main Si. E., IMilton, Ont. L9T 4N9 igo5i 878-2341 g Fax: 878-4943 Classifned Advenising. 875-3300 ien Oliver Publisher oNnei Otiner Gexvu an.g, "o Knliy n, IK.M, H.h.... ci Tr Cu.s Oli, e angr jIl. CMi« P-1 l"'.-,,n 1-Te U.àny Aeiuud sud,, Munug, WfMENT Looking Bac Tu5 cdm" 115i1, f"W" "" W*fimtOs au FTMa li . an. « Loim MsSHIl M te Si OnI. fonpn W fC P cli., &~ u Pinl . Mn., OOisSn..ntnI hOUa tnIsa.t GAn. 1 iSk@mo mm, EloIooS Gwu Gns10no. IodnudW Ar- Pnl, KIMO15. TISa M, tOY Thés ana MI*hmn EcSOnO & SUR, MlnO,/ Ptnenibfn Mirgon, MnOîsannao tu*$. MnnWMn. nn i A- . Inooa uiNnnunm,5OM N d w»ols «-r- oolimn mnanv mosOsileS.S/whow / -Sn. Tino "n PmmSnI.Snn Th. W.*, Oenn-Mu W ThmnnOni 0540? itniESiîboiug iaSrUe5n oiln, 1We T'i5*. O.nn 5w -R55 nsYflý m. iSSOjIW- b SI l #n innsmm 1i S~.i ion O U5 50i~Ii.To Where will this end? Can you afford bo pay more taxes? Do you think you should have 10 pay more taxes? Today's deficit is tomorrow's lax. There are only two ways 10 deal with debt. You raise taxes o r you Iower expeýnses. The revenue generated by either or boîh of thdse measures is used io pay down loans, for that of course i what prov incial debris k moncy we have borrowqd froro somteone cisc. Duning the last provincial eJectiioi people in Ontario decidcd they liked Mîke Han-is plan 10 curnail our borrowing and begin paying b.sck the staggering.debts we have àccumulated pmovinciaây over1 the lasi decade. Mike 1farris is Premier Harrs now, and he's following through on his pledge 10 slash govemment expenditures. He also says, by the way, that he'll follow through on his promiàUed tax culs, which thse Tories sce as the righf way t0 stimulate the cconomy and create jobs. In the meantimie, tktough, there is going In he substantial disloca- tion in thse public sector, and we're seeing that now. As of today tihe entirp unionized proétincial Public service will likeiy be on strike. Many of those people are scared and angry. T'hey have every rit t 1 feel thatway. A great many of lhem are goirsg to lose their jobs in thse coming months. That ks what happened in thse private sector across Ontario. and tisat is what will happent in lise public sector. There is simply no way aroussd il given fisc current economig imperatives. And, truli be bold, it is difficuit to fînd sympathy fqr the public sector workers among tiseir pfivaie enterprise counterparts.ii'e lat- ter have lived wiîis a brutal so-called"'restructuning' for years. Tise former enjoyed far more security and coped largely only wits tise overbiown flap surroundirsg formîer Premier Bob Rae's timid foraý int austerity. Thbat lime is over now. Event tise unions whicis will be dramatically and adverscly affect- ed by provincial cutbacks say publiV1y there is a real need 10 rein in expenditures, an acknowledgemnn thài would have been uniseard of haîf a decade ago. Evetyhody knows we cannot sustain tise cur- rent dangerous pace of debt accumulation. And if everyone agrees on thal tisen they must also agree, il stands Io reason, that postpon- ing tisor afftliated difficult decisions only makes the situation woese. Really, when you look at the positions of thse provincial govem. nlient and ils ens5poyee union ai prescrnt, the arguments are moslly about how 10 cope witis tise imminent massive layoffs, nol about how lise remaining unionized employees will be treated. Likely, afler a short period of give and take. an arrangement will be ptruck, once the union sees tirat is has gotnen ail il will gel for peoplewho will selon be ex-members. That sounds brutal. perhaps, but Usat is thse painful patina of politica, provincial and union, in tise 1990s. U!Ikflately, we can only hope tirar, as public expenses are cul and dïpos>ble income nises, so wi Il new opportunities evolve for tise disgraced. In tise meantime we have tise current lamentable situation- wideýprcad misery inflicted on so many due to irreaponsiblé spending by us ail. And we have a disquiehing, uneasy sense of thse future. For where will thia ail end? Whaî will bc our new economie cquilibrium? How long twill we bicker over less because we have laken more, without paying for il? lý-RbX uatk.per Rieli %1 of 1he MINois bond l'h. WUdsinu ala hot pounidlng rhtsyhm frons Wulow bond members basé gultarlet Rîcis O'Hore, land gulbarisI Allens Nixon end rhsythm gultlorot Kens O'Hoo lIn Decasubse, 1907. Pages of the Past One Year Ago From the March 1, 1995 issue *Milton Chamber of Commerce president Michael Bourgon lielped perform ihe traiional nhtnon cuing cer- emony following thse official opening of the rcvamped tourisq centre ai Steeles Avenue and Martin Street. - Church congregations fmom sevcral denominations gatisered to celebrate World Day of Prayer. Grace Anglican Churcs hosted tise service. Tise gatisenng pro- moled Chnistian unity. u - Former Milton regional Counci0pr Brad Clemergs was putting hits efforts ini tihe Milton United' Way following hi, appointment as 1995 campaign chair. 20 Years Ago From tise Marris 3,1976 issue - Milton Pire Chief A. E. Clement accptedl lise keys iu a ney ire department utility van frot Acting Mayor Hazel Porter, who represienoed ilse Town of Milton. - me Hallon Board of Education announccd tisai Qu en leffir.es wàs to retire in tise summer afrer serviaj for 18 yeus as principn: of Sl!nshine Seisool for the Tnainable Retarded in Humby. -Staff ai Tise Canadian Champion won lise plaques in tise 1975 Ontario Better Newspapers Competiiion. Tie Champion won isesi all.rouf' in is circulauion class plus hesi front page, hest sports page, hest editonial page and besi composition ansd layout owards. 50 Years Ago Froun the Februery 28, 1946 Iasue - The Februaty meeting of lie Homhy W. I. was lieId ai tihe home of Mns. J. McCam:n under lise convenoessip of cilizen-in-csarge, Mm. Pescy Merry. lishe finir meeting of lise newly-organmzeW Miton Junior Panmer Grrîup osas field ai tie homte of Margaret and Bobn Ford. Bel#/een 40 and 50 young people ancre in arien- daisce. - Tise second debote in lise Hilton Junior Farmsers Debating Series brougist logeliser Milton and Palenno Juniors ai Millon igri Scisool. ille suljcct under desul was "Resolved Tisai AIl Public Scisools in Eacs Towship Sisonld Be Placed Under a Single Board of Tisaime." mle winners of lise debat wnre t0 mcci ie Acton club. Pud bv Steve Neaie