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economist suntribune saturday april 13 2002 1 x a metroland community newspaper 9 heritage rd markham ont l3p 1m3 publisher ian prbudfoot editor in chief debora kelly director of advertising debra welter editor jim mason classified manager ann campbell production manager pam nichols retail sales manager stephen mathieu distribution manager barry black electronic communications manager johnfuthey inside sales manager staceyallen business manager robert lazurko office manager vivian oneil letters social investment pays off in long run for communities individuals david -teetzefs- recent column limiting choice of pain affects jives does a fine job of explaining why a specific decision to delist certain procedures from the inventory of med ical interventions to be compensated by ohip does harm pain killers for his friend plainly ought not to have been taken away now it seems ernie eyes will have an oppor tunity to influence the healthcare agenda it stretches credulity to imagine premier eves will be more generous than his predeces sor in his treatment of the poor though we may hope no pregnant welfare moms in his constituency will die under house arrest while trying to get a college education it may however be hoped that as a fiscal conservative he will not allow moral revenge against the poor to trump good economics denying mr teetzefs friend access to pain- relieving drugs is a false economy it saves a few dollars in the short term arid denies our society a productive arid taxpaying citizen lets not forget social investment whether in the health energy educationtransport and communications systems and much else enhances the good of the community pro vides the necessary infrastructure for private sectordevelbpment and in the end the well- beingof the individual howard a doughty richmond hill canada post has little interest in paper recycling re canada post resists garbage bins near superbdxesapril6- v xwhile reading this article i immediately became incensed over comments made by the canada postspokesperson especially the statement declaring were in the distribu tion business not the garbage business i have witnessed this sentiment and reali ty yes canada post is in the distribution busi ness and tarn surethe majority of canadians appreciate the job it does but the on going paper pollution is truly a problem at residential pickup boxes furthermore it pales by comparison to the monthly tonnage canada post wnathncimb 3vj5t sbb wemlrwl we corporation dumps not recycles as trash from its municipal processing facilities in 1999 for almost a year i worked near a modestiy sized canada post facility in central ontario i was extremely disappointed to witness the weekly volume of recyclable grade paper and boxboard left there destined for landfill the experience left me wondering if canada post actively recycles anywhere across the country brian bonnell aurora efforts should be on recycling not shipping to landfill sites why are we spending so much time and money trying to find somewhere to ship our garbage would this not be better spent on finding new and better ways to recycle for example christmas trees are recycled into gardening chips so why can this not te done with scrap wood or why can we riot recycle the scrap wood and send it to a pulp and paper mill in graverihurst styrofoam packaging is recycled so why are we not doing this in york region and why is not all glass recycled roof shingles are asphalt so why can they not be recycled to pave roads why is drywall not recyclable or have we riot approached the manufacturer to see if this is possible if we really put in an effort we could find lots of things to recycle it would be cheaper if we could encourage manufacturers to recycle their products we could save money trying to find places to ship garbage and maybe in the future we can sell our garbage to the highest bidder making a profit and lowering taxes tim kennedy keswick being green requires more than agreeing with protesters i have been a proud canadian for more than 15 years but lately i feel a fair degree of irritation with rnany canadians blind accep tance of authority even when that authority is being manipulated by rich and powerful interest groups a substantial number of canadians believe they are green simply because they live in a land with great natural beauty arid vast areas of wilderness that niost just take it for grarited it takes more than just tooting your car horri when you pass true environmentalists protesting destruction of a natural landmark thats the easy way but verbal recognition that its a shame or they shouldnt be allowed to do that means nothing if you are not prepared to take a stand and help stop these abuses authority is not always right authority is comprised of people who often have their own agendas many are influenced by rich and powerful special interest groups developers in particular are antigreen because to be greeri would cost money mikeshackleford 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most parents itry hard to keep up with rapidly changing trends stuff like what colour hair gel is in this week learning the latest phrases and even lis tening to the pumpy beats of rb hip hop and rap a few twrigs havelchafiged in 27 yeafsfor example when i was a kid gel was called dippitydo it was pink sat in the bathroom cupboard next to moms hairpins and never came any where near my head fags were grandpas handrolled cigarettes remote meant far rerrioved and everyone in the family had to share the same tv my children cant believe this one computers were floortoceiling coritraptions with flashing lights that beeped whirred and shook and were used in spy movies and jerry lewis cornedies i remember little cards would spew out of them and some dweeby looking guy would try to stop the chaos hardware was something dad picked up at canadian tire and software wasnt even a word the only telephones not attached to walls or cords were fake and our phone number consisted of only two digits a power pc was a blowhard politi cian spouting off in the newspaper or on tv and someone my dad guffawed at and criticized t ram was a ihale sheep and having a lot of it wasnt a good thing pot was something in which mom cooked potatoes until i smelled its raw stench in the smoking area of high school no one ever wore seatbelts and hel mets while riding bicycles would have seemed ludicrous rap was a hit on the noggin deliv ered by a perturbed parent aspunish- ment for being a smartalec t boxers were twoi brawny men duk- ing it out in a ring surrounded by shout ing cigarpuffing fans the leader- of each group or pack of girls m brownies was called a packie craick was something that separat ed sidewalk blocksahdybudared not step on it or risk breaking your mothers back unless of course you were angry withher i guess keeping up with todays trendsis no different than the challenge my parents faced trying to relate to words frorri my youth i- rememberfer out rock on freaky nerd ahddecent 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