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=x 8 -- Scugog Citizen ~ Wednesday, Octob rok co-publishers : John B. McClelland, Valerie Ellis editor : John B. McClelland advertising manager : Valerie Ellis advertising sale : Chris Hudson accounting : Sibylle Warren reception : Janet Rankin production : Tanya Mappin feature writer : Heather McCrae Zz (Co Circulation Controlled OCNA Member THE SC UGOG CITIZEN CCNA Member an independently owned and operated ccna weekly community newspaper, is distributed, free of charge, to over 13,800 hones and businesses -- in and around Scugog Township. CCNA Verified Subscriptions sold outside Scugog Township. Now, good news The people of Canada have not had a huge number of econonfic reasons to celebrate in the past few years. But just before the country shut down for the traditional Thanksgiving holiday weekend, the federal government reported that the employment was at its best in more than three years. Spurred by ggresurgence in the country's manufacturing sector, there were 66,000 new jobs created in September alone. And that helped drive down the official unemployment rate to just over 10 per cent. : That is very positive news indeed and suggests strongly that the tentative recovery from the worst depression since the Dirty 30's continues to gather steam. As for 1994, the economy so far has added 327,000 new jobs, almost all of them full time. On the downside, virtually all the gains in the national employment picture occurred in Ontario and western Canada. The situation remains serious in Quebec and the Maritimes. And in Newfoundland, where the official rate 1s over 20 per cent, it is obviously a result of the disgraceful handling of the fisherery. Still, th® overall national employment picture is most encouraging for a change. The federal government, as we all (1993-94) that will total $42 billion. But already, the federal treasury is posting an improvement in increased taxé$ and a decrease in Ul payments. Experts point to several reasons why the employment picture is starting to improve rapidly: a relatively low dollar that makes exports more attractive; government job creation projects; the need to catch up on inventories left vacant over the last three or four years; and a powerful American economy that drags Canada along by the coat- tails, But there is also a more than subtle swing in the mood and attitudes of ordinary Canadians. When people get back to work, they can pay their taxes, stop filing for Ul and start spending again. Canadians have had more than their share of economic gloom and doom over the last few years. It's time to bas a little good news for a change and move forward to get country eompletely back on its economic feet. Not that.guy, again As if there are not enough trouble spots in the world today, Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has re-surfaced to rattle some fairly heavy sabres along the southern border with Kuwait. It was just over three years ago that the American-led coalition handed Saddam a huge defeat in Desert Storm over the occupation of Kuwait, a small but oil-rich and strategically important country in the Persian Gulf. When Saddam last week began massing large numbers of troops near the Kuwait border, reaction from the Americans and British was sift: a quick deployment of ships, air-craft and troops to the Gulf. Nobody can be certain what Saddam is up to. Some say he kas trying to stir world opinion to have the UN economic sanctions lifted. Others say he has no intention of invading Kuwait again. Whatever, past experience tells the world that Saddam is totally unpredictable and brutal. The people of Iraq have suffered horribly under his iron regime. Past experience also tells the world that if he starts another war by invading his tiny neighbour, a new coalition ought to do what should have been done three years ago: invade Iraq, flush Saddam out and put him on trial for war crimes, if he's taken alive. TILL AFTER CHRISTMAS AND I'M HOME FREE a WELL, "VE MRDE IT PAST THANKSGIVING... NOW | JUST LAY LOW FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS g 72 2 1) OS "pe if D\sauise i MAYBE A know is trying to find ways to cut the red ink in a deficit |. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Island resident says MP's survey on Gaming Facility misleading and biased The following is an open letter to Ronald Irwin, Federal Minister, Indian and Northern Affairs Dear Sir: Re: Survey From My Federal MP Please find enclosed a letter with an attached survey from Alex Shepherd, M.P. (Durham). The letter advises that my opinion will be forwarded to you. I believe that several aspects of this survey should be brought to your attention immediately. First - the survey is factually misleading - the facility in question is a Charitable Gaming Facility. Mr. Shepherd's survey fails to outline what this means and his use of "Gambling Facility" puts a very negatively based connotation on the survey. Second - the survey lacks objectivity - it solicits three views (totally opposed, needs more information, no opinion). I suggest a survey of views should at least ask if the facility is in anyway acceptable. I contacted Mr. Shepherd regarding this issue and received a prompt commitment that he would address my concern in the local media. I enclose his response which was published in the subscriber newspaper but was absent in the newspaper distributed freely to all residents who receive the survey. Furthermore, gt does not really address my concerns. You will note that Mr Shepherd indigated that support could be indicated in the comment section of the survey. I suggest this is unacceptable. I suspect the Liberal Party would have had a difficult time in the last Federal election if only the other major party candidates were on the ballot and some newspapers explained that to vote for a Liberal candidate you would write down their name on the bottom of the ballot. Third - you should be aware that there is an aggressive telephone campaign underway in my neighbourhood urging residents to fill in one of the options for your attention. I also enclose an advertisement from this week's edition of the newspaper in which Mr. Shepherd's letter was absent. You will note that the advertisement was "paid for by the residents of the island opposed to the Casino". I have been advised by members of the Mississauga's of Scugog Band that they did not want a casino either - they have instead decided in favour of a Charitable Gaming Facility and the associated society shared value concepts. I believe you will appreciate the fundamental differences in the two and understand the degree of misinformation contributing to possible survey results. The misinformation campaign has prompted me to send copies of this letter to both local newspapers and I trust that the fundamental differences may be examined by the newspapers. However, I feel also that Mr. Shepherd must take some responsibility to clarify this issue to his constituents. In summary, I believe the survey lacks objectivity, contains an inappropriate bias and the process surrounding it is fundamentally unsound. I suspect Mr. Shepherd entered this issue with good intentions, however, I realize he is a rookie M.P. caught up in some broad agendas and as such request that you question the validity of the results. You probably suspect some indignation on my part regarding this survey - you are correct - I regard the whole process as unfair and offensive. I respectfully request that you review this issue and provide assurance that this process is in no way indicative of the way that your Ministry and t intend to d a future affairs of Canada. Bob Strickert Scugog Island