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mtaiist sunvstoufptftribtaieitlrursd aiig 5 199 stouffville tribune a metroland community newspaper 37 sandifbid dr suite 306 stoufivflle ont l4a 7x5 publisher- ian proudfoot general manager- alvin brouwer editorinchief brenda larson regional editor brian kirlik advertising director debraweller classified manager staceyallen business manager margaret fleming office manager vivian gneil editor tracykibble distribution director barry goodyear jeditprjal parents deserve more daycare options every day across york region working moms and dads leave their children to be cared for by someone else perhaps its a professional daycare centre with trained early childhood educators and government subsidies available to those who need them or it could be at a private inhome daycare with some other youngsters maybe its with a relative or a family friend and these parents like many across the nation arent always satisfied with their situation some dont like the options of care they are offered some cant afford the level of care they really want for their child some simply dont want to leave the child with someone else but have no other financial options a study prepared by canadian policy research networks inc and released last week states three- quarters of canadians want a new childcare system that works better for everyone theyre asking for economic support for parents during the first three years of a childs life childrens issues come to forefront theyd like the option of working part time and theyd like the government to provide economic sup port for parents who choose to stay home with their children rather than going out to work the release of the studys results coincides with the federal governments preparation for this falls throne speech which could focus on childrens issues that combined with an expected 5billion federal surplus that the liberals are itching to spend on some new megaproject could launch childrens issues to the top of the governments agenda the governments commitment to studying the options everything from providing universal day care to providing partial funding with other levels of government and the private sectorsharing the burden is commendable its an acknowledgment that we are all responsible for caring for our children and that we should strive to provide the best possible services to them however providing universal daycare is not the solution to canadians dissatisfaction with child care tax cut benefits would be enormous instead of examining how budget dollars and this years surplus will be divvied up to buy public support the liberals should be allocating the cash into tax reductions for citizens whether its a direct reduction such as a lower incomctax rate or indirect such as being able to claim a portion of a mortgage as a tax deduction the benefit to canadians would be enormous rather than launching some superprogram that would require billions of dollars in funding the esti mate for one universal daycare option in the study was 87 billion over five years the government should determine how best to ease each citizens tax burden perhaps tax relief will allow parents who would pre fer to stay home and care for their own children to do so rather than having to earn two incomes just to make ends meet then spending a large chunk of that second paycheque on child care perhaps it would allow some parents to make better childcare decisions because they could afford to do so while it is noble of our government to want to ensure quality care and a great start in life for our chil dren establishing a system of universal daycare may not provide anything other than an increased tax bur den to parents opinion letters to the editor what do older reporters know about teen festival the spirit of woodstock was alive this year it was in the form of everyone in the mosh pit sharing their water with those who needed it people giving money and sharing food with others and what sur prised me the most was the lack of prej udice people from around the world came together at woodstock and in many cases that could be a plan for disaster but i didnt hear a bad word thrown aim lessly at anyone because they were dif ferent people stuck together and realized they werent all that different from one another yes there were riots but they were not about injuring people it was not about crowds taking out their misguided frustrations on everything they could sea there were no people destroying camp sites or stealing from each other their frustration was aimed at those who were selling bottles of water at 4 us 6 canadian or a chicken nugget on a dinner roll for 6 us woodstock vendors were ripping off every person in the park for the full three days yes there were fires fires of hope and fires that served as a rallying point for everyone to focus on they were con trolled contained and hurt no one no different than the braburning fires of the past i saw no physical fights everything was focused on standing up for whafs right the spirit of woodstock people should not believe everything they read especially when its written by older reporters at a teenage festival that would be the same as the teenagers of today reporting on the woodstock of 69 its a different generation a different society the spirit was the same at heart but that can only be seen when you look past the obvious and the few sensational inci dents that were reported michael barltrop 16 research proves pesticides are dangerous poison re lawn pesticides meet strict safety standards letters july 27 youve got to be joking the weed man tells us the application of pesticides produces environmental benefits such as noise reduction air purification and temperature moderation how stupid do you think people are if pesticides were so healthy scien tists would not be spending time looking for more effective and less damaging ways to eliminate undesirable plants weeds are plants indigenous to the geographical area in which they grow most of the grasses you spray with toxic chemicals are not this is the reason why weeds have a tendency to take over our yards if we choose not to pull them out lawn care is a euphemism for environmental destruction there are all kinds of documented research that proves this m herman stouffville doug devine time to change laws on speeding when more than twothirds of society is routinely breaking the law its time to change the thats exactly what the opp found this year when they began cracking down on speeders on hwys 400 and 401 not only did they find that 65 per cent of the cars were travelling more than 120 kmh they were amazed to find almost a quarter of them racing along at morethan 130 kmh noting that the 400 highways are designed for faster speeds and that we were allowed to drive at 70 mph 112 kmh until the gas shortage of the late 1970s opp officials have suggested the limit be raised to 120 kmh on some highways however critics are quick to predict carnage on the roads insisting that if most drivers are driving 20 kmh over the limit now raising the limit will increase the average speed to about 140 kmh but as the opp stats show thou sands of drivers are already clipping along at speeds of 130 to 140 creating a dangerous mix with drivers trying to obey the artificially low speed limit its that wide variance of speed which poses the greatest threat on our high ways as york regional police const dave mitchell said to reporters this week the other big problem is drivers not adjusting their speeds to match traffic and weather conditions opp supt bill currie has an answer to that concern variable electronic speed limit signs in addition to raising or lowering the limit based on traffic and weather the electronic signs could be used to warn drivers of traffic jams accidents or dan gerous conditions such as whiteouts and icy roads if the opp can convince our reluctant politicians to implement these ideas driving on ontario highways could become a lot more enjoyable for all resi dents how refreshing to have police offi cials lobbying to change bad or outdat ed traffic laws instead of taking advan tage of those laws to pad their enforce ment stats maybe york regional police could now explain to our municipal councils how artificial speed limits and a sea of fourway stop signs do nothing but frus trate local drivers and create a danger ous and false sense of security for pedes trians stouffville tribune sewing the community since 1888 the stouffville tribune published every tuesday thursday and saturday is one of the metroland printing publishing and distributing ud group of newspapers which includes the ajavpickering news advertiser alliston heraldcourier barrie advance barrys bay this week bolton enterprise brampton guardian burlington shopping news burlington post city parent collingwoodwasaga connection east ttrk mirror erin advocatecountry routes etobicote guardian flamborough post georgetown independentacton free press kingston this week lindsay this 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