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; CE NMTOS: ioNC parenls afe Sing‘e molnets. & According to Statistics Canada in a 1986 census, 3 more than 700,000 loneâ€"parent families, or 82 T per cent of this total, were headed by women. O Unfortunately, this means there are more than G one million Canadian children living in families ¢ with just one parent. i‘ _ The plight of the lone parent is an especially $ difficult one as they are faced with a variety of economic hardships. Consider this scenario. In order to face the challenge of breaking free of a life relying on mothers‘ allowance, the single mother strives to obtain a degree in hopes of acquiring a decent wage to better enable her in the future to independently care for her chilâ€" dren. In the process, she not only achieves finanâ€" § parent families across Canada, the implication of 2 such a drastic measure is an especially great conâ€" u; cern. Most lone parents are single mothers. To those out there in the workforce who rightfully complain of having to pay taxes to support such financially aided programs, please divert your attention to the actual problem here. The reluctance of nonâ€"custodial parents who shamefully neglect their responsibility to feed and clothe their children and/or are spoâ€" radic with support payments are the ones who need to answer to this problem. There is absolutely no excuse in that parent not fulfillâ€" ing his obligation to his children. The present system works far too slowly in obtaining monies owing to these children. In order for a single mother to purchase essentials on their behalf so that she may property care and nurâ€" cial dependence from socially assisted programs but breaks the cycle of her children possibly getâ€" ting locked into such a system. Yet, how can this be achieved if the Harris government proposes to cut subsidized day care? government continues to implement cuts in social assistance, there remains the very real threat concerning the disposal of subsidized day care. With the escalation in the numbers of loneâ€" Clearly, at this time, the Harris government is trying desperately to reduce Canada‘s deficit. As Advanced computer aided tread design. Special tread Deep tread for comfortable nde and long mileage. LETT EL S society‘s real p TIRE TEAM 886â€"4444 If you really want youngsters, expect to pay the entire finance from food right through to footing the bill for education. There is no reason that ratepayers without children in the school system should have to carry the cost of those of others. A protest, yes for ratepayers without chilâ€" dren that are not eligible for the school system, not placards that read "save the jobs of babysitâ€" ting teachers". Pay your own way; there‘s no money left and the debt is a burden we all have to pay for. So you‘re up in arms about cutbacks for prekindergarten and day care. Do you think that you deserve the right for such services? There should be cutbacks for such a service. There is no right for free babysitting. If you need it so badly, well then pay for it out of your own pocket and don‘t expect the rest of society to carry the financial burden of your children. We are entering the year 2000 and there is not enough food, water and land space to accomâ€" modate the current population. There are people starving to death and all you can protest and yell about is day care. Yes, we have the right to reproâ€" duce but serious consideration must be given for longâ€"term environmental conditions. With employment declining, is there any ethical sense for having four children? ture ‘her children, she must often rely on supâ€" portive family members. Sadly however, this should not be the case. Think of it this way: when one considers the phenomenal amounts of child support arrears owing across Canada, Harris‘ intention should not be in doing away with subsidized day care. It should instead be his priority to implement hard and disciplinary action to further reduce the deficit by focusing his immediate attention on these neglectful fathers to provide this responsiâ€" bility that solely belongs to them. PASSENGER CAR SNOW TIRE 584 racia Pay for your own day care Rhonda L. Baetz Waterloo B. Stegner Waterloo King Koil PREâ€" CHRISTMAS BOXING DAY 5 Hand stitched localty, shop earty for the best selection Quilts â€" 25% Off "Cherished Teddies" CC and "Hummels" Buy one at regular price and get a second of equal or lesser value 1/2 PRICE OR buy two at regular price, get a third of equal or lesser value 10 King Street, ST. 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