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Ph 36 WATER ST., PORT PERRY, ONT. L9L 1 one : (416) 985-6397 Fax: (416) 985-1410 manager : Valerie Ellis ES 3380850809 53533 355 'CCNA Member "CCNA Ver a ified 535888350 SATIS" ve by Scugog Citizen Publishing Ltd. co-publishers : John B. McClelland, Valerie Ellis OCNA Member editor : John B. McClelland advertising advertising sales : Chris Hudson accounting : Sibylle Warren office prevaricator : Liz Drebit feature writer : Heather McCrae THE SCUGOG CITIZEN an independently owned and operated , weekly community newspaper, . is distributed, free of charge, to over 10,000 homes and businesses in and around Scugog Township. Subscriptions sold outside Scugog Towpship. Ete ey THE EDITOR | Looking at the other side of abortion is issue To the Editor; With yeference to "possible injunction a threat to ProLife rights". I would: like to congratulate Katy Ouellette on her well researched and heartfelt letter. Her passion to protect the defenceless is a great credit to her: I would want. to ju Katy and the m young mernbers of that you are going to shapers of the future, probably: through political life. The. first lesson you have to learn is that your right to the freedom of speech brings with it responsibilities to the democratic system which is the frame work for your rights, I defend your right to demonstrate peacefully, Pro "lifers must respect the right of other citizens to make their fown lawful choices too. The "gther responsibility of free Yeon is.that it's a useless reedom if no one listens, Pro life representatives seem to do so much shouting they won't listen. That's a shame because if there were more constructive dialogue then a few more solutions might emerge. Pro Life would strike most of us as fundamentally such a "Good Cause" that it makes you wonder why, every year, the opinion polls find that over 70% of both Canadians and Americans do not want anti- abortion legislation. I believe one of many reasons is that Pro Life fails to answer the Voter/Taxpayers primary question (remember they are not all church goers, so Bible thumping does not wash). They want to know how much a prohibition will cost and where the money will come from? Figures released for 1991 show that there were 95,000 legal abortions in Canada. If these women had been . denied access to abortions $400 per termination would have n saved but the tax payer nows_ that even a normal, healthy pregnancy scosts thousands in pre and post natal care, cost of delivery, maternity leave etc. Aas so many of those pregnancies would have been with poor, young and substance abusing women this would have gfeilied in a 'tremendous urden on OHIP and the welfare system for many years With prohibition you would need to add to that the cost of transferring or recruiting whole new police departments (assuming you could actually find police personnel who would arrest doctors," nurses and desperate women). Thén add the cost ofr ing néw medical staff to replace those in jail for breaking anti- abortion laws. Which health service would you cut in order to fund this? Would you transfer resources from ki dialysis patients to maternity and pediatric depts. or do you expect the alreadyysoaked taxpayer to fork out again?? Canadian and .American politicians. can easily take 'the pro choice position, becau that's what.the vast majorit; voters support. 'Politicians saw what happened to Bush. He To the Editor; Remorse? In the darkness she fights for light She glimpses light for a second but it vanishes It's dark again - she panics The silent screams are wishes. Suffocating, she struggles even more It can't end so soon echoes her mind As she is sucked closer and closer To the thing that leaves life behind. Her head feels like it's going to explode Her lungs and her heart like collapsing She is becoming weary but Nothing will silence screams , have one day called mother" 4 she struggles on For the few last seconds of life that's leaving. Her heart cries for someone to help her She knows she can't fight this thing alone Yet the one who she may "Will turn her back and leave her alone, All the tears and all the regrets in this world Al ihe fears and torments and the worst of dreams None of these things warrant the death of a child And none will silence the screams, Janna Fletcher Scugog Township --- was 80 sick of Pro life that he, admitted, near the end of his' doomed campaign, that he wished he'd never taken that issue on board. The voters are wise by experience of past prohibitions. They have learned that there are two types of law, some to prevent harming others and the rest to prevent harming ourselves. 'Assault, robbery, »rape and murder are examples of harm to others and we all agree these laws are necessary. But laws against alcohol, gambling, abortion, narcotics and prostitution are examples of the law trying to protect us from ourselves. The voter/tax payer realizes that these laws dying mothers and their, habies. You encourage mothers who are HIV or addicts to carry to term, so it is incumbent ;on aif to the for them; and their babies show the taxpayer how it's done!! When you coerce a woman with an abuse problem to carry Tum to page 12 Committee to Isave Island park' To the Editor; There will be. an announcement shortly 'concerning a General Meeting at the Scugog Island Community Hall, called by the "Save the Scugog Island Park" C He often result in situations that result in harm to others. The law against murder does not by its very nature produce more robberies or any other crime. But a law against alcohol or narcotics as we have seen, produces more assaults, gang warfare and other crimes than would occur if the law did not exist. By forbidding an activity 'many people want, that law creates a market which can only be catered to by people operating outside"the law, frequently corrupting the justice and law enforcement systems. During the last prohibition this very aspect bred such disrespect for the law, it was made a mockery and a whole genération turned into law breakers. The harm caused to society by prohibition type laws is worse than the evil that they fail to prevent. You might as well try passing a'law against heart attacks. If only they would try to live up to the name "pro life", forget silly laws, work to prevent deaths of the pre-born through poverty. For example by putting your weight behind the move in the U.S.A. for health care for all. Infant mortality in US black ghettos is worse than any third world country. The life expectancy for a child born there is worse than in medieval Europe! Canada is supposed to be the number one country in the world for standard of living yet we are only 20th when it comes to infant mortality. What are less wealthy countries doing that saves: the lives of pre-born and new born that Canada could * also do? Pro-life could research and = 'lobby for those improvements, gaining our respect and credibility along the way. Put your hande in your wpockets, build hospices for Invitations are on the way to our M.P.,, our M.P.P.; Chief Edgar and his two councillors and former Mississaugas Chief Yvorine Edgar. Response to my letter last week has been heavy and favourable. We look forward to an educational discussion and question and answer session. I will be in the chair. Respectfully w Joel W Aldred, D.F.C. ..Scugog Island Chief Edgar replies to letter To the Editor: The first point I would like to make is that Joel Aldred objetts to funding that is set aside for First Nations only. (letter, Scugog Citizen, September 8) Since we (the Mississauga's of Scugog Island First Nation) have had little funding in the past, it is finally our turn. In fact, most First Nations already have businesses, offices, halls and -of Indian Affairs, which he calls the "taxpayers." Too bad, Joel, old boy, even you can't have it both ways. As for his figures (cited in the letter September 8), they are what is outlandish. Maybe he got them from his imaginary "Department of Indian and Eskimo Affairs," which was allegedly a great election idea he had, way back when. . In regard to the new development projects up and running for years before we were able to %btain any funding for thebe purposes. The fact that we are a small group should not deny us these privileges and rights. Ironically, as an example of this, in the early 1960's, w needed to put our farm up for sale in order to improve our housing, Joel Aldred (in his, former wife's name, for some " reason) took Tull advantage of that situation, literally a *steal of the farm" at a price of $12,000. Over the years, could this be called free-loading at anyone's expense? Especially, since he then offered to sell it back to us in 1991 for $900,000. Now, talk about a lot of money for a small "band" (his is a lot smaller than ours) Where on earth would we raise that kind of money, land- locked on an island and fore without I assume he thought we could get help from the Department "or tion," Joel, with your track record on other issues (the Library, etc) it is our sincere hope that you will be its first president (or is that Prime Minister?) The Mijssissauga's of Scugog Island First Nation are a proud and progressive group. We will continue to improve our lot in life while at the same time sharing our new facilities and projects with all the people of Scugog Township who care to work with us. Mr. Aldred continues to exhibit the'the ignorance, racism and greed he brought with him when he moved here in the 1950s. Some things never change, but this individual could learn a lot if he"took the cotton batting out of his ears and ; stuck itin his mouth. Yours truly, Gary Edgar, B.A., ED.O. Mississauga's of Scugog- Island, ; First Nation. 8