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Chronicles assistance with the second annual "Fire Safety Awareness Day" September 21, 1996. Your willingness to assist with this very worthâ€" while event makes it possible for us to promote and educate the public concerning the imporâ€" tance of "fire prevention and safety". Proceeds Some of that bravado was still present in his remarks on Friday and Saturday (Sunday sesâ€" sions being entirely closed to the media). At 1 was particularly interested in seeing whether the government‘s attitude toward extraâ€"parliamentary opposition had changed any since the last of the really big shows of strength â€" February‘s twoâ€"day rally in Hamikon (and since smaller but significant rallies in Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo and Peterborough). Recall that in Hamilton, Harris denounced the demonstrators as "a special interest group" that was staging "a union leader led demonstraâ€" tion... in favor of the status quo". When asked whether the protest would have any impact on his policies, he repeatedly said that "we were elected to do a job, and the people who voted for us are counting on us to do it". While many of the people that 1 C know paraded past the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on u Saturday, 1 was inside talking to delegates attending the Ontario “ PC Convention. Yes, as you might f expect, 1 did take part in a numâ€" ber of events in conjunction with the Metro Toronto Days of Action (including the first half of Saturday‘s march), the latest in a series of cityâ€"wide protests against the Harris government. But, most of my weekend was spent observâ€" $ ing the object of the demonstraâ€" e C tors‘ wrath at close range. In case you were wondering, 1 6 didn‘t sneak in. 1 had a legitimate claim to the media credential that 1 wore on a chain around my neck: 1 was conducting research for a book that I‘m writing on the Harris government Suill, 1 couldn‘t help feeling more than a little outâ€"ofâ€"place rubbing shoulders with people like John Snobelen and Tom Long, considering how fundamentally 1 disagree with the direcâ€" tion in which they are taking the province. On behalf of the Waterloo Fire Department, 1 LETT BE R $ Thanks for the support to ho t e aiens Mok eriie Christmas Open House w62 C Sunday, November 3rd, 1996 | 12:00 p.m. â€" 5:00 p.m. hss and we hope to build on this event next year â€" our goal is bigger and better. We look forward to your continued support and working with you in from this event will go towards fire safety educa tion for children and the Sunshine Foundation. people did not share their enthusiasm for the Common Sense Revolution. If it is true that the Tories to soften their attiâ€" tude toward their opponents, that is only the first siep. For all his surprising talk about "hearing the message", Harris is giving no indication that he has been influenced by it. "We will stay the course. We will not stop â€" not now, not a year that is the case, then neither will the protests be stopping, Not now, not a year from now. from now," he stated in his speech to delegates. If what was happening in the outside world. Those who were prepared to talk were, with a few notable exceptions, fairly conciliatory. "They have as much right to protest as we do to be here," said Ken James, a former MP from Sarnia. Most people seemed to realize â€" or perâ€" haps they had been told â€" that inflammatory statements against the demonstrators would do nothing to advance their cause. Instead, they exhibited a kind of bewilderment that so many ~ ~ â€"~~ _ to avoid the fact that over a hun dred thousand people were in the streeis because of their policies. They had been kept downstairs at the Convention Centre while the demonstration passed by (leaving the street level in the hands of a huge number of helmeted police officers), making it possible 0 ignore i f Once again, thank you Union leaders seem to want total control over their members" By Saturday evening, while still givâ€" ing little indication that he would be swayed by their efforts, Harris was at least admitting that he had heard and understood their message. "If they have ideas about how o balance the books or create jobs then, gosh, we‘d be happy to sit down with first, Harris maintained that he was "not sure what the organizâ€" Chief Fire Prevention Officer 518â€"7260 N* Donna & Carol Iintroducing The New Audi A4 1.8T quattro. Lease for $499 . with this od with Donna & Corol 2500 King $1. 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