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Letters to the editor New Senators & GST To the Editor: . Re the appointment of 8 new senators and the GST. The British parliament seem to have dealt with the situation of the unelected Upper House trying to override the elected House of Commons some years ago. These events are recorded in many places I am sure but I read about them first in Mary Churchill Soames book about her mother, Clementine Churchill who was of course the wife of Winston, and then in Twentieth Century British History Made Simple by Peter King. It seems that around 1910 the House of Lords was trying to become a blocking chamber in- stead of merely revising bills, and had adamantly refused to pass a bill limiting their own powers. When the will of the Commons was being repeatedly thwarted by the Lords, the Liberal Prime Minister, Asquith, exacted a pro- mise from the King to create 249 new Lords in order to get the bill passed. King George V was not enthusiastic but came to realize that in order for responsible government to work, command must rest with the elected Com- mons. When the Lords realized they could be outvoted they gave in. Would that our Liberal senators showed as much respect for the will of our duly elected parlia- ment. At the time of the British show-down the Archbishop of Canterbury who sat in the Lords said "that if they did not vote for the bill they would be the laughing stock of the British Dominions beyond the Seas." Little did he know! Instead in Saturday's paper we read that Senator MacEachan who leads the liberals in this arrogant act of de- fiance says that "he will be pay- ing close attention to the public: reaction to Liberal tactics treading a fine line between public outrage over the GST and public cynicism with politicians and their tactics." He is apparent- ly being guided by the telephone calls he receives. This man who ~ is beyond the reach of voters could go on tieing up the business of the nation on any point he per- sonally considers will further his parties fortunes until he is 75 years old and must retire. If this goes unchecked we have a dangerous precedent. What has clouded our view of the danger we are in? It is the eee YA -- REDWOOD -- PINE -- FIR VINYL -- ALUMINUM {eo} ime *DISCOUNT PRICES* ~ RR4, UXBRIDGE Durham No. 23, just s. of 47 (416) 892-7722. .. hated GST. The opposition and the media have been playing on our wish to enjoy medicare, old age pensions and similar costly ser- vices yet pay fewer taxes - known as having your cake and eating it. It is my recollection that two major reasons for rejection of the Liberals at the polls were, Liberal arrogance and the size of the na- tional debt, servicing of which was taking more and more of the money we paid in taxes, and threatened to do so increasingly unless some real progress was made in reducing the debt. Liberal arrogance in the form of the Liberal dominated senate flows on unrestrained, and since the PC government undertook to act upon the mandate given them when elected, to reduce the na- tional debt, the opposition have fought the move tooth and nail. The media have supported this at- tack by playing up the human in- terest aspect of news and reflec- ting predominantly our desire to hang on to as much money as we can, ignoring our need to be finan- cially solvent. So we have come to believe that the last thing we want is the GST which was introduced to curb the national debt, and we egg on Mr. MacEachen to destroy responsible government, which is the mainstay of democracy. An election put this government in power, and an election can vote. them out and with it the GST if we so mandate their successors if that is what we really want, but not so Mr. MacEachen. He could go on ruling the country unelected, in reponse to his inter- pretation of telephone calls for years; B.A. Foulds R.R. 4 Uxbridge, Ont. Mill Run Golf du {i and Foal Country Club mE SE PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, October 2, 1990 -- 19 Officer praises teens The top-ranking Durham Police officer in this area has publicly praised the teens and young people of the community for what he called "their posi- tive reaction" to recent events that could have turned ugly and violent. Staff-Sgt. Bill Van Dole- weerd, who commands 26 Divi- sion, made the comments while meeting Monday afternoon with Scugog Township council- lors. . He had been asked by coun- cil to attend Monday's meeting following threats that a brawl might break out Friday, Sep- tember 21 between local and out-of-town youths. The Regional Police stepped up patrols that night, including the presence of a "paddy wagon" in downtown Port Perry, but there was no outbreak of trouble. Speaking to council, Staff- Sgt. Van Doleweerd said "kids in the community are generally well behaved, but there will al- ways be a couple of bad apples." In response to a question from Ward 2 rep Marilyn Pearce, he said there does not seem to be any kind of patterns (of trouble) developing from the teen dances usually held Fri- day nights at the Latcham Cen- tre. He said on the night of Sep- tember 21, officers arrested two youths for liquor offenses, but that happens all the time, win- ter and summer. But he did say that the sin- gle off-duty officer hired to pa- presents a CRAFT SHOW Sunday, November 18th 11 AM to 4 PM Bring Your Christmas Lists FREE ADMISSION REFRESHMENTS SERVED Tables Still Available to Display Your Crafts $25. Single Banquet - $45. Double BOOK NOW 852-6212 Uxbridge 642-1321 Toronto trol the Latcham Centre during the teen dances is not enough to keep an eye on things inside and outside the hall. The problems apparently started at the dance September 14 when a scuffle broke out in- side the hall. 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