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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1993-05-19, Page 4[Lady on white Letters THE EDITOR, At a recent meeting, I was shocked by what I learned. A doctor in Texas has come up with a new technique for abortions in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy. This doctor has done 700 such abortions. What I am going to say is sickening but unfortunately true. In this technique, one of the pre-born baby's legs is grasped by a forceps and the baby is pulled out of the birth canal with the exception of the head. (Only when the baby is completely out of the birth canal is it called a "person". If the head is left in the canal, the baby is not a person and the abortionist is not liable). Then the nape of the neck is pierced with a scissors, a tube is inserted into the head, and the baby's brain is vacuumed out. To call this outrageous is an understatement. How far can we go? Where is our sense of decency? Isn't it time that the silent majority speaks out against the evil of abortion? Dr. Morgentaler has requested an abortion facility in Ottawa. In his proposal he stated that he would do second trimester abortions. Will he use this new technique? To add insult to injury, the taxpayer will pay the bill. Where would our government find the money? In Wingham the Registered Nursing Assistants School is being threatened with closure because of lack of funds! - Sally Campeau, Wingham. THE-EDITOR, On behalf of the Canadian Cancer Society I would like to say thank you to you and your staff for helping to promote our campaign for the month of April. A special thank you to canvassers, business people, service clubs and citizens of Blyth who together raised $1,614.00 for a worthy cause. Mary Lou Stewart Campaign Chairperson Canadian Cancer Society. THE EDITOR, A small group of concerned mothers of Blyth teenagers are hoping to get through to the public that we need a facility such as "The Ark" in Brussels for our teens. "We Care". We want to keep our children off the streets and out of mischief! They need a place to go with their friends. We hope to visit "The Ark" soon to see how their "Teen Home" came about. Our teenagers need a safe and Photo by Lisa Boonstoppel-Pot relaxing environment (atmosphere) too, just like our elderly. We mothers have got together to try and make this happen. We hope to involve teenagers from the area. We feel a "teen home" will: • Benefit our community • Benefit our teens • Benefit parents • Promote co-operation between parent, child, teacher, etc. (better relationship) • Offer more opportunities to less fortunate children • Enable us time to relax and enjoy life knowing our teens are safer • Provide a golden opportunity for volunteers who care about our community. • Rid the teenagers of a "stigma" they have not necessarily earned (but perhaps inherited). • Show community true spirit and harmony does work The mothers hope to discover from Sallianne Patch whether there is any government funding available. Any information which might aid us would be gladly and greatly acknowledge. We are asking all interested teens to please call Leanne, Nathan, Kim, Margie, Kathy or Nikki. If enough teens are interested we will get the ball rolling, starting now. Our teen years are very important to our life. Let's get with it! Mary and Leanne Bell, Blyth. Et PAGE 4. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1993. ditorial The power of positive thinking Just think good thoughts and everything will be be all right: that seems to be the answer public sector unions in Ontario have for the troubles the provincial government finds itself in. Talk about the power of positive thinking! At the provincial level, public sector unions seem to have come up with the proposal that the mythical rich companies can pay rather than the public sector having to absorb $2 billion in cuts as Premier Bob Rae has proposed. There are too many companies that are making too much profit without paying enough tax, they say. Where? Do these people ever read the financial pages of the newspapers? Company after company has been reporting record losses. The large companies have gained less in assets and employment in the past decade than the economy in general. Many companies are looking at moving out of Canada already because taxes are higher here than other, more "friendly" jurisdictions. At a recent meeting between Huron M.P.P. Paul Klopp and public sector union representatives in Huron one person reportedly asked: "Are the rich and poor also going to help pay for this social contract, or is it all going to be on the backs of the middle class again?" Sure, the poor should take the burden off the middle class. This is good left wing thinking? Now the rich paying more, that's traditional socialist thinking. The only problem is that many people in Huron County would count public servants among the rich. Flo Dyck, representing the Huron Women Teachers' Association complained after the meeting: "The NDP government isn't following the NDP party line. This is a breach of trust." In other words, ignore the realities of the situation and just keep on as if all was right with the world. The unions sound like a child who has been promised a new car before mom and dad got laid off but still thinks a promise is a promise. Well thinking nice thoughts doesn't make nice things happen. We're in a crisis here and it's time to face the reality. Premier Rae and Treasurer Floyd Laughren seem to be recognizing reality when it hits them in the face but union leaders and other former NDP members aren't ready to. Welcome, folks, to the reality the rest of us have faced for three or four years. —KR Picking a loser? For those who think the last thing this country needs is another term of the Progressive Conservatives in power, Kim Campbell may be the best thing to come along in a long time. The early enthusiasm for the defence minister seems to have made her impossible to beat for the leadership of the Conservatives next month but the more ordinary Canadians see of Ms Campbell, the more in doubt they seem to be. It may be that by the time the Conservatives pick her as leader, Ms Campbell will have proven herself unelectable. She seemed to have everything going for her just a few weeks ago. Canadians, tired of the years of Brian Mulroney's government were prepared to hand her the country on a platter. She was a bright new face as compared to the faces we'd been seeing so much of like Jean Chretien and Audrey McLaughlin. People longed for something new. Naturally, as the obvious front-runner, the media spotlight switched to Ms Campbell and under the bright light the blemishes began to show. She has managed to put her foot in her mouth several times to help the loss of glitter on her image. Perhaps the most costly damage, however, comes from a "friend". Last week Trade Minister Michael Wilson came out backing Ms Campbell. "I think she is very much committed to the (economic) policies that I have been very much a part of in recent years," he said in announcing his support. Such an endorsement may help her sew up the Conservative leadership but will it help come election time? Ms Campbell was to be something new but now she is saddled with the image of giving us more of the same policies that got us into the mess we're in now. Mr. Wilson's endorsement will help remind Canadians that Ms Campbell was a vehement supporter of the Free Trade Agreement, ridiculing the fears expressed by opponents. Well many of those fears have come true. The economy, particularly Ontario's, has been devastated by the closure of plants moving across the border. What free trade hasn't done, the obsession with inflation by the Bank of Canada has managed to do, putting Canada into the worst recession in decades and destroying consumer confidence. Four more years of the same Michael Wilson policies? If that's what Kim Campbell stands for she's unlikely to be elected. — KR C itizen The North Huron P.O. Box 429, P.O. Box 152, BLYTH, Ont. BRUSSELS, Ont. 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