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8 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, March 10, 1987 tHegring Al Hearing insuitgn Dennis J Hogan ann id (Jentre : of Port Perry 24 Water St S Plaza, Port Perry, Ontario LOB INO 985-3003 Or § 985.9192 Mueller's Office THE GALLEY FISH & CHIPS It's Here . NICE n SPICY CHICKEN 161 Queen St., Port Perry 985-8647 | Country CORNER CERAMICS OPEN HOUSE o.oo, March 14th & 15th 20% Off all Greenware 25% Off all Duncan Products Spring Class Specials 10 WEEKS - $10 CALL TODAY (Classes begin March 23. 24 25) : 985 9508 "= ; «lon utd it aii iia, RRR Sh Jer ates cep AE Yuh, | SFR We are an authorized Duncan Dealer. Air Brushing - Custom Firing - Gifts 87 LILLA ST. 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Child care for mothers who feel they must have a paycheck to make ends meet is a problem that must be faced, but is universal day care the answer? We think not. As a group who believes in equal rights for women, but not at the ex- pense of other human rights, we feel that the government should consider the needs of children as well as the sneeds of women, whether working in the home or in paid employment Love is a child's birthright. Modern psychology as well as tradi- tional wisdom emphasizes the im- portance to the small child of the parents - especially the mother. The bonding that takes place between the child and the mother and father is of great importance for its emo- tional security ard mental health. "The child needs a great deal of tender, loving care to be healthy and happy. Some children have even died from lack of cuddling. Day care institutions can never equal good home care in this respect, even though they may sometimes be necessary, .if the family distress. In case families need day care, we should see that it is provid- ed by people who really love children and will look after them well. However universal day care is neither necessary nor desirable, and would impose an enormous tax burden on everyone. This, like other taxes, would squeeze the middle in- come family. It is estimated that this program would cost at least $11 billion dollars per year - our whole national deficit in three years. is in' Chatterbox (From page 4) hours of programming, most of it recognized around the world as being of superior quality. '3. Television is the most power- ful cultural instrument in today's world. And TV drama vies with news and public affairs as the most powerful component of TV programming. 4. One of the 17,600 hours of drama programming on Canada's English-language TV in 1984, only two per cent was Cana- dian. Of that, 66 per cent was pro- vided 'by the CBC. (In 1960, the CBC produced more live produc- tions than any other broadcasting organization on earth). 5. The total CBC drama-budget for the current year -- including all overhead and distribution -- is $4 million less than the $44 million ABC is spending on its Cold War propaganda asterwork- 'mini- ~ series Amerika. 6. CBC-TV's drama is of con- sistently high quality = as measured by critics inside and outside Canada .as measured by . audience response. Anne of Green Gables attracted 5.8 million viewers -- the largest audience ever to watch a TV drama in this country. 7. Canada could increase to 800 from its current 300 hours a year the amount of its drama produc- 'tion and to 50 from its current 20 the number of low budget films, for an investment of $250 million. The Conservative government that actually is further reducing CBC's drama budget "spent $53-million changing the -military's uniforms, $1-billion to bail out a bank and $300,000 to cart" the Prime Minister's private camera crew around the world to record His Utterings, as Jack Gray has pointed out. Mr. Gray is chairman of the Council of Cana- dians' research network on broad- casting and film. 8. Sixty-one per cent of Cana- dians believe more should be done to develop a separate cultural identity from Americans, accor- ding to a 1985 poll by Environics Research' Group. Only five per cent of Canadians felt less should be done. Other polls turn up similar numbers. The dinosaur Tories are startingly out of touch with public opinion. In Canada public broadcasting is 'cultural national defence," as the Friends of Public Broad- casting have put it. Americans, always totally self-absorbed (ex- cept for those who work in agen- cies such as the $25-billion-per- Viewpoint (From page 5) tingly or a Tim Raines. It should be enough to keep the wolf from the door. Then, the contract should have extremely attractive incentives built in whereby a player can make the really big bucks if he earns them by hitting for average, home runs, triples, doubles, etc. There should be big bonuses for keeping fielding errors under a certain number, for wins and saves by a pitcher, number of games plaved and/or appearances, innings pitched, and so on. There should probably even be a nice bonus if a play er stays free of all injury all season. That just might tempt a few of them to get in better shape. What I'm saying is that performance on the field should be reward- ed as it takes place. The big reward should not be for what a guy pro- mies he will do, or what he did in 1986. Look, I don't want to see any ball player or professional athlete have to line up at the welfare office just to put groceries on the table. And I'm not crazy about seeing all the big bucks going into the cof- fers of the owners, most of whom won't be attending any tag days. But somebody has to say, hold on just a darn minute. And per- sonally, I've just said jt. My boycott won't change a thing. But that's not the point. I'm-just tired of w orking hard for my bucks, and then have to turn around and pay through the nose to see a bunch of cry- babies who couldn't care less about me or any other fan in the park Sorry, boys. This year, my money stays in the pocket of my blue jeans If such a heavy tax load were add- ed to the burden that we already carry, most families would need two incomes just to put bread on the table, and most mothers would be therefore forced into the job market, as has happened in Sweden. Our organazation has made some proposals to the government to help families who are in need of help with caring for their children. These are as follows: Families should get the benefit of any money spent on day care. Only needy families should be subsidized - these should receive the money directly, so that they could then choose the type of day care most suitable, whether in the home or elsewhere. Higher child tax credits, .and higher credits for spouses caring for children at home. . Joint income tax if the family chooses, which would mean a lower rate for the one-income family. At present husbands and wives who are both working can take advantage of this type of saving, while one- income families cannot. Tax deductions for child care in the home as well as outside the home. We hope that your - readers w ill tell governments that they do not want to pay a huge tax increase for a universal day care program which would make everyone pay for child care for affluent double income families, and by forcing mothers to work to pay these taxes, would deprive children of their right to be cared for by their own mothers. Yours sincerely. Lynn Schime, President ~ Real Women of Canada. - Toronto. year CIA), are unaware of the battalions of cultural soldiers they dispatch daily across the borders, led by show-biz generals from the A Team or such as Johnny Carson." There's more, but I think I've already run over my Shee allotment. But space allotmeht will mean nothing to me when I write my let- ter to the CBC, begging; pleading and demanding Gzowski and Co. remain on the air. Chances are, the letter will do nothing. Gzowski and Co. will likely become a thing of the past. in spite of anything I, or anybody else writes! 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