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LE rrERS Throw away habits ruin city beauty 'l.. People have become much mun- conscious of the environment and what the generation of waste really means to us all It's critically important to our future _ -- a quote from a statemo1 at Mayor Marjorie Carroll on page Hint Aug. 31. mm Waterloo Chronicle. The context from which this statement was taken pertained to "Waste Manage- ment" within Waterloo Region and pointed to landfill sites in particular. This is fine but the statement has other connotations as well. especially to this concerned reader and longstanding city. resident " tho pnnu-innsness of the oeoule is “L it In a recent statement, my colleague, Liberal Leader David Peterson, wer comed the fact that the Government at Queen's Park had finally taken action to help beginning farmers in Ontario, He commented: “Its tardiness in introduc» ing the Young Farmers Financial Aid Program, first promised in the Throne Speech of 1981, is a commentary on the government's casual attitude to the state of agriculture in our province, If the consciousness of the people is s0. it does not show. The evidencc is plain to see if one scans city streets. lawns. parking lots. plazas tm. everywhere. The garbage not taken to landfill sites litters the city fur tourists and city residents alike to see. Mrs disturbing to face the rcality of such a thing. Waterloo once prided itself as being (me of Canada's eleanest cities. Since then we have lagged behind. be we not care anymore? What kind of image do tourists have when they see a beautiful residential area littered with pop eans. candy wrappers. pepsiele sticks. ham "Just as my party promoted the creation of a beginning farmers assis- tance program, my colleagues and I will continue to press for actions designed to cut farm bankruptcies, preserve agri cultural land from further urban en- croachment and reduce the province's dependence on imported foodstuffs." Among the Liberal proposals are: . Interest rate relief. Our farm adjust- ment assistance program guidelines relaxed to allow producers with less than 10% equity to apply. Subsidized interest rates under OFAAP from 12% to 8%. 0 Capital cost assistance. Establish a capital grants program to provide up to $10,000 per farmer to improve Produc- tion facilities. oTile drainage. Provide $50 million The need for Parliamentary reform became obvious last year with the bell- ringing episode. All parties agreed to test new rules of procedure in 1983. and to date the experiment has been successful. The House of Commons is due to resume sitting on Monday, September 12th » on schedule. The success of these reforms leads me to hope that other equally necessary changes can be made. One incident which demon- strates the need for reform in the accountability process is the Canadair fiasco. Canadians feel betrayed by a spending-approval process that allows a crown-owned interest to lose a record 814 billion during a time of restraint and tragic unemployment. I It is hard to believe how such a disaster could have been allowed to occur. For years, the Committee on Finance. Trade and Economic Affairs had been told by Canadair executives that the company was doing well. However, Parliament‘s Queen 's Park Report WALTER McLEAN statemo1 of May or HERB EPP per year in loans at 8% rather than present 10% interest for tile drainages Program should cover 75% of work rather than present 65%. o Preservation of farmlands. Draft a farmers' Bill of Rights to protect farming from intrusion try non-farm interests such as those which have caused a milliorracre reduction in farm- land in the last ten years. oExport assistance, import substittr tion. Establish an aggressive program of import substitution to expand job potential in agriculture industry. Coop- erate in the creation of Canagrex to improve marketing of Canadian food abroad. 0 Human resources. Increase funding of agricultural programs in institutions of higher learning such as the University of Guelph and Ontario Veterinary Col- lege. 0 Small town revitalization. Protect rural Ontario from further decline by improving communities through munic- ipal assistance and agricultural support (a Liberal Task Force headed try my colleague. John Eakins. MPP (Victoria- llaliburton) has been launched to study problems confronting the province's smaller municipalities. burger and fries bags. etc? The fast food and junk food industries are thriving. it\ plain to see. This type of attitude is getting worse and Worse in this "Throw Away" society. I hope this letter reaches those of us who can take action before it is too late. Pleased with Centre coverage On Aug. 24 the Waterloo Chronicle published an excellent and informative article by Pat Arbuckle that made the public aware of the current drive to establish a Rheumatic Diseases Centre locally. under the direction of the Kitchen- er-Waterloo Hospital and the Regional Health Council. So effetive has been the article published by the Chronicle that many citizens of our community have sought an opportunity to contribute to this worthy endeavour. and we would like to advise those who wish to help that their donation can be forwarded to: The Rheumatic Diseases Centre Fund. c/o The Arthritis Society. 528 Victoria St. North. Kitchener. Ont. N2H Mit. John Acheson R.D.C. Chairman Waterloo, Ont. "watchdog" on government spending. the Auditor General. was prevented by the Cabinet from making a businesslike audit of the company's books. Even when Canadair went before the Committee for emergency funding last year, it was with the assurance that difficulties were "tem- poraryC Then, earlier this year, Senator Jack Austin. the Minister responsible for the Canada Development Investment Cor- poration (CDIC) - the new Crown holding company which owns Canadair e finally decided to disclose the full financial situation. $1.4 billion is the single largest corporate loss in Canadian history and the rountry's taxpayers have been given no choice by their government: they must pick up the tab. A" - .__, --" "Hanan" uh.) TPi, Plln up ..._ ...... While stunning and angering the " nance Committee with this disclosure, Senator Austin made no excuse for having kept Members in the dark for so many years. In fact. he asked them to wait for Way no Witt Waterloo. Ont. Needing change Of all the days of the year dedicated to certain segments of our society, can any be more important than the one cele brated last Sunday" Grandparents Day For some. who hase never known the joy of Sunday dinner at Grandma's, never played horsey, horse) on Grand pa's knee. or in later years. have missed out on the sage advice and wisdom of their grandparent9, the dedication will have little impact, How sad Because that's precisely what the day's dedication is attempting to change. It is a day to show your grandparents how very much you love them. how much you care, how you really respect what they stand for and have passed on to your parents and you over the years. For those like myself. whose grand- parents have all passed away, the meaning of the day is Mill retained as ideally we would remember our own grandparents through gestures such as visiting the residents of seniors' homes. sending cards and letters to elderly friends, taking Mr. Wilson at the other end of the hall to the ballgame. or what- ever. And what is the bottom line? They are all gestures which cost us so very little, but which to grandparents and seniors, mean so very much. Despite the fact my grandparents are no longer alive their legacy lives on for me in rich remembrance. Remem- brance of time selflessly spent, love generously heaped upon me, examples that were set. emotions that were shared. requests from Canadair's “new" manage ment team (the old management team newly re-apppiNed) for additional funds! Understandably, the Canadair situation has led to immediate demands from Members of all three parties for parlia- mentary reforms. Such a situation must never be allowed to develop again. This demand has been supported by the Business Council on National Issues, representing Canada's largest corpora- tions, The Council agrees with the Auditor General that: iljdme what details I can remember about my life when I was six years old. and the answers will be scarce, But to "Parliament is no longer able to exact effective accountability from the Prime Minister and the executive for policy and administration or for public expenditure, Members of Parliament, whether as indi viduals. members of committees, or in opposition. have lost ground in two impor tant respects: in holding the executive to account and in shaping legislation." my dying day, I will remember racing The man liw home from school. bouncing next mm with cancer where my father's parents lived. and ments, and, listening to Maple Leaf ball games on him complai that huge RCA radio with my grandfa- will never 1 ther. troubles in My other grandparents were saints too. Grandma Campbell. who when I was 11 praised my for drinking healthy white milk when everyone else drank chocolate. An indomitable woman, who to her deathbed clutched a wallet full of family clippings and pictures, who insisted she was afoot-2 when she was about rfoot-11. who wouldn't put sugar in her tea, then would eat two pieces of cake to make up for it. who chased my brother and I with a thimble if we picked on my younger sister. I had a special soft spot for that lady because it was through her that I gained an appreciation of what life is like in a seniors" home. A thoroughly indepen- dent woman, caught in a crossfire of sickness and old age. she entered a fine facility in later years. but never became As the House of 'Commons resumes the WAYERLOO CHRONICLE WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 14, 1983 - PAGE , RICK CAMPBELL A Grand day a part of it, I will never forget her tears the first weekend she was there, nor the smiles of her fellow residents when we'd stop to chat for a few moments. nor the hug Grandma gave us when we'd pick her up almost every Sunday for dinner. I vowed to keep that hablt as best I could, as did our entire family. and although she never called Kipling Acres home, Grandma was by far one of the luckier ono‘s My mother's parents were the htereo- typical model unit. with the old, well- furnished house in the city, sprawling dining room table, and that damn butter knife on the crystal dish. We were lucky to have our own knives at home, never mind a butter knife. so I had to give myself a pep talk each time we'd go for Easter or Christmas or birthdays. "Don't smear the butter knife in your mashed potatoes. Rick, others have to use it too." a Grandma McCarthy was always viewed by us kids as the most serious of our grandparents as she tried land succeeded) to run her household with solid discipline. But under the surface, the sense of humor, the soft heart, the mild chuckles were omnipresent, and it never took long for us to bring them out. Devils that we were. Of all my grandparents, the one I admired most though was Stewart McCarthy, a battling little Irishman who lived and breathed his family. Told the greatest stories. time and time again. And I listened time and time again. I could never get enough of his tales on the job at Simpson's, his pep talk to a drunk famous golfer, Ben Hogan, during a tournament in Toronto, his hopping a brute much larger than himself at a streetcar stop t"Oh, dear, you didn't, did you Stewart," Grandma would say). The man lived to 90, midst a struggle I guess I'm rambling. Point I'm trying to make is that maybe our present and future wouldn't be so bleak if we'd take the time to draw on the past, to draw on the experience of those before us. who knew a tougher world than we will ever know. Who want nothing more than to be recognized as the wonderful resource they are, and who will give much, much more than they take. And because of that, it's a fine idea to have Grandparents Day once a year. Just a reminder, to let us know that yes, some of the greatest things in life are free. with cancer and assorted other ail- ments, and never once did 1 ever hear him complain. He taught me a lesson I will never forget. to pack away our troubles in a closet and maybe. just maybe. they'll go away for good. He was a man of true courage, of delightful sense of humor, of outstanding charity. Priceless gifts. and we all shared in them. ' longest Session in parliamentary history this week, the new Leader of Her Ma, jesty's Loyal Opposition. Brian Mulroney. M.P., will take his seat. He is an advocate of increased freedom of information, greater parliamentary accountability for spending, and more accountability from Crown corporations to Parliament. This view is shared by spokespersons from all parties.'llowever. it will take a strong political will to gg,','e,,If'h, the necessary reforms. A govemmen used to ruling without reference to Parliament will find it hard _ and has found it hard - to break the habit, Hope for change lies with a new government. a government which does not have the ingrained arrogance and disre- spect for the voters which the current government has. In the coming election. Canadians will have a clear alternative: they will be able to vote for change, with the assurance of getting it,