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p4 weekender march 6 1993 1- write us or fax us w5www aaisafilsi m m m m m mlm jl numbers at right 1 j i m ai tfc o who will tackle debt reduction after brian the recessions officially over so why havent you begun spending your purchases of cars appli ances and furnishings are what drives this economy and the experts are primed for this charge to the engine dont they know that many people are cash strapped outofwork and outofsorts those who can are paying down their debts not chalking up new ones interest rates are low and should in the long run stimulate the economy including hous ing but right now it seems a little heavy to r viewpoint f m m jo ann stevenson expect the beleaguered citizen to bail out the nation as a taxpayer he or she is already applying gst like a salve to the national deficit and that isnt enough the federal and provin cial debt is in crisis any candidate for election at any level had better be prepared to reduce debt as the number one priority its feasible that some of our provinces will not be able to borrow money in the near future we are spending our childrens childrens birthright a sacrifice in lifestyle now will go a long way to protect theirs and after the recent blame brian frenzy what politican will risk making debt reduction a priority no one is going to like paying the piper its going to hurt guys but reality is such that politicians of all parties have to dish out teens deserve better representation dear editor i would like to comment on the two page ad sponsored by the markham stouffville crisis pregnancy centre in defense of a little virginity feb 13 the us stats do not necessar ily reflect the canadian reality the adolescent pregnancy rate among 1519 year olds in the us is double the rate in cana da as a matter of fact the teen pregnancy rate has fallen by more than 50 per cent in canada since 1975 the ad states since 1970 us unwed pregnancies have increased by 87 per cent the findings of a 1992 canadi an study show that by age 18 twothirds of girls have had sexual intercourse the ad claims almost 65 per cent of all high school students under the age of 18 are virgins nowhere in the article are adolescents differentiated a 13 year old is not the same as a 16 year old or an 18 year old in terms of their intellectual emo tional and social skills and abil ities nor is the reader informed of recent canadian findings that indicate adolescents and their parents share similar values and that parents continue to be one of the major sources of information for teens regarding sexuality finally the position put forth is incomplete in that it does not address social determinants of male and female adolescent vir ginity besides the media these mayinclude pornography sexual abuse violence against women and children and sexu al harassment i believe canadian teenagers deserve and have a right to bet ter representation elaine walsh unionville wmm by brian basset awa toy m a cowmtfteut tovjtfck ntllq suzanne 1umy0u2q omrontokpat the medicine well have a chance during the federal campaign to see whether candidates are cowed or are learning from brians song parties must over ride popularity to do what is essential to this coun trys well being if the task is too difficult for the political system they should strike an all- party economic board with the mandate to make us solvent markham economist and sun stouffville tribune uxbridge tribune weekender edition a meiroland community newspaper patricia pappas publisher jo ann stevenson editorncmef paula croweix editor andrew hair editor debraweller director of advertising vivian oneq business manager pari nichols operations manager markham 2912200 sales 7987624 classi fied 2944331 stouffville 6402100 uxbridge 8529741 2948244 distribution and administration 9 heritage rd markham l3p1m2 fax markham 2941538 stouffville 640- 5477 uxbridge 8524355 the markham economist and sun stoufivibe tri bune and uxbridge tribune published every wednesday and saturday is one of the metroland printing publishing and distributing groupof subur ban newspapers which includes ajax pickering news advertiser barrie advance brampton guardian burlington post couingwood connection etobicoke guardian the liberal georgetown inde- cendentacton free press kingston this week indsay this week milton canadian champion mississauga news north york mirror oakville beaver orillia today oshawawhitbv this week peterborough this week scarborough mirror the era banner contents not to be reproduced without written permission from the publisher transparent is the new hot color of 90s all my life ive been trained to respond to colors white good pure inno cent green clean unspoiled virgin red exciting vibrant alive so what do i learn when i pick up my copy of macleans this week i learn that the new color the now color the happen ing color for this the sec ond half of 1993 is no damned color at all the color of the moment is transparent clear vanilla on albino im not making this up ask any marketing person the hottest products of the day include crystal pepsi gillette series cleargel deodorant ivory clear dishwashing detergent amoco ultimate gasoline zima maltbrew choice mouthwash and what do all these wonkysounding products have in common well sir they are all transparent without color which is to say clear clean through it all started last year with the clearly canadian beverage corporation a gaggle of entrepreneurs who launched a nonalco holic throatquencher called clearly canadian it is a sparkling fla- voredwater beverage that tastes remarkably similar to your runofthecooler carbonated pop-the-top- and-pour-it-down-your- throat soda fizz except for one thing no color clearly canadi an is as transparent as a glass of water so is crystal pepsi pal- molive sensitive skin dish washing liquid and the gasoline that gurgles out of the amoco ultimate gas pump whats the point who cares if your deodorant is unclouded or pinegreen what different does it make if the gas in your tank is basic black arthur black clear as gin or black as roofing tar fewer additives for one thing i never knew it but the reason pepsi and coke are brown is that the man ufacturers stir in some caramel coloring to turn it that color without the caramel drinks like pepsi would be well clear like crystal pepsi thats one reason mar keters are pushing a whole new raft of transparent products at us another reason is even simpler it gives them something new to sell lets face it i dont just buy a drink of pepsi any more i have to decide whether i want it in tin glass or familysize plastic bottles or do i want to buy it in cans in shrinkwrapped sixpacks after that i get to choose from pepsi diet pepsi caf feinefree pepsi sodium- free pepsi caffeine and sodium diet pepsi or wild cherry pepsi obviously the market was just crying out for the intro duction of all new crystal pepsi also available diet crystal pepsi reminds me of the old joke about a guy buying cigarettes certainly sir will that be small medium or large small and did you want regular or kingsize regular filter or plain end filter menthol or standard standard crushproof or fliptop fliptop lowtar or fullflavor forget it i just quit smoking