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stauffwue tribune saturday june 232060 stbutmtetributifi mptewl a metroland community newspaper 37 saridiford d suite 306 stoufiville ont l4a 7x5 t 7 i5 90564075477 email newsroomstoufftribcom publisher ian proudfoot general manager alvin brouwer editor in chief brenda larson director of advertising debra welter deputy editor debora kelly editor julie caspersen production director cherikay distribution director barry goodyear online publishing manager brian kirlik classified manager ann campbell retail sales manager stephen mathieu inside sales manager stacyallen business manager margaret fleming office manager vivian oneil letters tory partisans going down in sinking ship i read with amazement and intrigue the let ter to the editor by mr chrys pelegris thursday july 13 and would like to comment on several areas to say jim jones has no political experience prior to being elected mp for markham in 1997 is absolute nonsense mr jones was an elected member of municipal council for several years before he was atory candidate in the 1997 fed- ei election this may be piffle to some in comparison to serving provincially of nation ally but it is nevertheless still experience secondly to state that in americanstyle politics- members of congress or state assem blies serve themselves instead of constituents it must be clarified their priority is to serve constituents not the party heirarchy as mr pelegris seems to feel is the canadian way brian mulroney and jean chretien have used this method to exert their power with the results being that backbenchers have been expelled for serving their constituents wishes rather thah agendas influenced by unelected backroom hoys likeit or not believes in a change from oldstyle politics which the fed- era tories are still in the business of j to suggest a tory will be elected in markham in the next election isnt necessarily tniait isupto the will of the electorateto make tfiat decision hot partisahswho will go down with a sinking ship in a sea of riewalter natives and facts that they refuseto recognize but of their arrogant pride i i kent edward baxter is- unionyille put an end to remembrance day f 7 outj standards regarding the observance of remembrance day have eroded steadily in the past four decades but have reached a new low- with the move by york region and its unions to take this statutory holiday in conjunction with canada day creating a fourday weekend both the region and union have demon strated a contempt for ouf intelligence in let ters explainmgemployeesaremorelikely to attend a ceremony organized at the work- place v left to theifown devices employees tend to use remembrance day as a day to shop why do w beach themselves nobody knowsfer if this is what it takes to get civic staff to observe the day and mostof the rest of us as well then i agree with one veteran quoted in the economist and sun article weshould simply legislate an end to remembrance day v as a holiday lest we forget apparently we already have steve gordon holland landing parents who ignore movie warnings are selfish sre takingchiidren to adult movies a form of child abuse by rick vanderlindein the economist sun july 22 thank you for putting into words exactly j how i feel about seeingyoung children viewing- movies that are totally inappropriate for them just recently we took our children to see a family movie i noticed the theatre had printed warnings to parents about scary movie strongly stating it was not meant for children unfortunately and i must admit riot to my surprise at all i saw several children going into the movie all i could think was that these poor children have really ignorant parents i agree with you that parents who take their offspring to see movies that are not ageappropriate are selfish and of course their needs come before the needs of their children children today do not need to be scared silly exposed to excessive violence or material of a sexual nature they need to be children but unfortunate ly many parents of today have difficulty allow ing their kids to be just that your statement an afternoon outing to the movies bordered on child abuse is an astute observation you have done an excellent job telling these parents what you think by expressing your views in your column if you had the courage to tell the care givers i use this term with apprehension what you thought you probably would have been told to mind your own business although you are correct when you state that- jwatching over societys future is everyones business i applaud you for writing such an excellent article and look forward to reading your next column marlene cooper richmond hill tory governments priorities mixed up all this talk about the mouldy courthouse in newmarket is making me sick this along with similar problems in our school portables makes me wonder what our priorities are we allow political agendas to supersede the 1 greater public good and are prepared to expose children to these toxins the time has come to think about the things government is supposed to do namely to ensure public envi ronments are safe the irony of finding mould in the court house and schools iswe aire risking the health of citizens in places where they are supposed to receive justice and education how sad we are now are paying the price for electing a tory government in ontario tonygenco woodbridge letters policy stousville tribune welcomes your letters all submissions must be less than 400 words arid must include a daytime telephone number nameahdaddnksthe c newspaper reserves the right to publish or hot publish and to z edit for clarity and space- write utters totfw editor 37 sandifbrt dr suite 306- vtoufmhonei4a7x5 email mten9ttonfftribcom stouffvilletribune serving the community since 1888 canadian circulations audit boaidmember ontario press council stoufrvilletnbune published every tuesday thursday and saturday is one of the metroland printing publishing and distributing lid group of newspapers which 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37 per cent of canadians who feel they have a say in what the federal government does results of a sevenweek survey of- 1278 canadians released this week- show 63 per cent felt they do not have any say over what the government does they said they wanted to be served by mps who no longer simply clap bark and vote on cue for the party line actually clapping and barking is all most mps are good for so who are the 37 per cent who- appear to be suffering from a case of contemporary insanity ifs confusing but i figure the num ber of canadians employed by the fed- eral government probaby amounts to at least 37 per cent of the population so the only people who actually think they have a say in what the federal government does probably do have a saybecausetheyareworktagforthefed- er government who are the 37 per cent who appear to be suffering from ay case of contemporary insanity- and as we all know federal bureau crats meander to a different drummer another interesting point from the survey conducted by the institute for research on public policy was that 88 per cent of those surveyed feel people with money have great influence over the government f which leads me to conclude that the 12 per cent who said they dont believe that must be rich canadians v speaking of money the survey also said 60 per cent beueve the political party that spends hie most during an election is almost sure to win meaning i guess that 40 per cent of canadians have lost all touch with reali- r vvv also surprising was the relatively low number 54 per cent who said they see little difference between the federal parties y which suggests 46 per cent of canadians can actually tell the differ ence between jean clark joe chretien stockwell duceppe gilles day and what the ndp leader but the most telling result from the irpp survey is that canadians favour the courts by a margin of twotoorie over the legislature to have the final say 1 when legislatioripassed in the house of cornrhons conflicts with the charter of rights and freedoms even though we vote for them there are very few6f uswho i trust bur mps to get things righl -f- -n6wmakcahadiaheh- v ii7 i mz jui