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p4 tribune june 5m99r h wmmmmmmwmmmmmmmmwmmim census poll has serious flaw this time t he census is due today v this monitor of the countrys pulse only invades our lives every so often but it does serve a vital purpose however there is an unnecessary element to it as well one question asks for your ethnic background xne toronto newspaper is urging people to write canadian in the spot marked other for people that were born here there are many people especially in this area of ontario who go back five and more generations as canadian residents and yet they are reduced toothef in their own land and while the census board had put a disclaimer under the question concerning ancestry it should be noted that there is still no spot for canadians it is no wonder we have a hard time with national pride in this country w the government isnt going to push it no one will welcome to other the true north strong and undefined mpp out of his element against angry residents poor poor larry you should have seen him pathetic it was i covered a meeting last week at green gables retirement home where durhamyork mpp larry oconnor was to meet with constituents and try to sell us on his governments budget well i think he learned real quick that the days of the passive listener the docile voter arid the quiet constituent are long over stouffville businessmen especially ed hakonson let ole larry have it but good i felt real sorry for larry not because everyone was telling him what a lousy thing the new democrats have done to our fine province and not because he looked totally lost through the whole meeting and not even because he i didnt have one potentially viable argument to come back on i felt sorry for larry because he is just a lost pawn in the ndp governments plan of mixedup strategy so brainwashed he is that he doesnt even know it larry oconnor is not a politician he never should have been a politician he just doesnt have what it takes he doesnt make one feel good about their statements or bad about the situation he makes one feel lost alone and at wits end this scares me because after hearing how angry people are at the ndps and after realizing larry oconnor is our sole representative at queens park i came to one main kibbles bits conclusion the riding of durhamyork is in big big trouble major serious ooh nellie they just wouldnt listen to him what really kills me is the fact that the ndp caucus makes him an assistant to environment minister ruth grier great imean he doesnt even know whats going on in his own riding he needs time to get on the saddle before they make him jump this guy is so far from politician material its like asking mario andretti to host a needlepoint session at the local church poor poor larry he looked like a toothless puppy surrounded by a pack of angry german shepherds i mean these people blasted the man and rightfully so but the really pathetic part is larry oconnor didnt have one substantial comeback he didnt throw one good curveball at anyones statement he added no meat to his feeble arguments and that made everyone more angry he had no control of this meeting yep were in big bigtrouble i think larry was truly shocked that the small businessmen of this community are so angry but they are these men and women are the backbone of our country the hardworking selfmotivated people that get steamed when the government bleeds them dry larry didn t know what to say he should have admitted that too durhamyork is in big big trouble this is the one thing we can count on stouf fvilleuxbridge tribune summertime is no picnic publisher editorinchief editor advertising director business manager promotionsdistribution mgr operations manager patricia pappas jo ann stevenson andrew mair debra weller chris bertram jennifer hutt pam nichols stall reporters tracy kibble enzo di matteo julio caspersen photographers sjoerd witteveen steve somorville real estate joan marshman classified retail sales doreen deacon debbie amundson 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but the living isnt getting any easier for the stressedout stunned parent of the 90s dont you just love this time of year the flowers are out the sun is hot the garden is kneedeep in weeds alas such trivialities fail to register with those who of us whose job it is to juggle our childrens insane timetables of extracurricula activities this is when the dance recital collides with baseball soccer and swimming schedules your children come honie and announce that the teachercoach has told them that making a commitment means never ever missing a practice naturally its your job to ensure their attendance at 12 events in one week someof which are going on simultaneously at different locations if you havent already lost all your hair from tearing it out one child helps you finish the job by announcing he has a school project which will take three weeks kates corner k a t e cj preparation but which is due tomorrow you wake up at 3 am worrying about it while your offspring sleeps the sleep of the virtuous custodians of female grade eight students are in the final throes of a heated battle involving the great gulf between mothers and daughters perceptions of what constitutes an appropriate graduation dress maybe your mother didnt let you wear an offtheshoulder number when you were 14 but as your daughter is quick to point out that was centuries ago unwilling to shell out a measly 500 your cruelly neglected child will never recover from the embarrassment of wearing something that doesnt require a second mortgage just as youre about to throw yourself in front of an oncoming train the phonerings its someone reminding you that a committee for which you blithely volunteered to be secretary last winter is meeting that very evening and theyre wondering whats happened to the minutes of the previous meeting knowing you couldnt read your notes even if you could find them you make a feeble excuse and try to figure out how your child will get to that vital outoftown game without transportation meanwhile you must somehow get v your paid job done tackle the overflowing laundry basket and clean the house theft you can welcome assorted friends and relations who have been enticed north to watch your children score a goal or perform a pirouette to join you for that tempting little dinner youve completely neglected to organize as a mother id be quite happy to settle for a dogs life