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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2004-07-14, Page 2ir.....atai.....ro.- sinera...al.../� ■.........- w......— at+a..iw- 1 a. ass ■a■ ■•- • "111111111111111111•••••••••111111 -4111111111111111111 •�rr i s :: :: ■ s Week's Specials Roll Top Desk Windsor Style Wood Chairs Set of 5 Excellent woodworking 0* One Only' •sT ono mar High quality cherry — finish & classic style $99.99 *319." ClassicToNch 90 Moin St. S., Seaforth 527-0661 OPEN Wed & Thurs 10-5 Fri 10-6 Sat 9-5 2 -THE HURON EXPOSITOR, July 14, 2004 Smyth's SHOE STORE Scmmet .541e Is Now On 2O5O% Off SELECTED SUMMER MERCHANDISE 28 Ontario Rd., Mitchell 348-9951 r "iscated cc cite Veeara sd s?korew eeu«ry ALBERT STREET DENTURE CLINIC Denture Specialist Dean R. McTaggart D.D. Complete and Partial Dentures Denture Repairs Relines - Additions 482-1195 50 ALBERT STREET CLINTON The Corporation of the Municipality of Huron East NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to the Municipal Act, S. O. 2001. c.25, as amended, s34, the Council of the Corporation of the Municipality of Huron East proposes to enact a by-law as described below to stop up and close a road allowance known as VanEgmond Street (formerly Church Street), Hamlet of Egmondville, Tuckersmith Ward. The proposed by-law and description of the lands affected may be viewed at the Huron East Municipal office at the address hereinafter noted. On Tuesday August 3r", 2004 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, Municipal Building, 72 Main Street South, Seaforth Ontario, the Council of the Corporation of the Municipality of Huron East will consider the by-law as described below for closure of the road allowance. Any person wishing to be heard on this matter who claims that his or her land will be prejudicially affected by the said by-laws may apply to be heard. Dated at the Municipality of Huron East This 14th day of July 2004 John R. McLachlan, Clerk -Administrator Municipality of Huron East 72 Main Street South Seaforth, Ontario NQK 1 WO 519-527-0160 Road Allowance as proposed by Rv IAw 51.2004 News Huron -East taking a "good first step" in blocking child porn on the Internet By Susan Hundartnark Expositor Editor Huron East's plans to attempt to require internet service providers in the municipality to block child porn is a "great first' step," says Detective -Inspector Angie Howe, of the OPP's Child Pornography Section. "Being the first municipality is a great move since others might follow suit but we also need the provincial and federal governments working as well," she says. "Internet service providers need to be accountable." While Howe says she's not certain whether Huron East's proposed bylaw is workable yet, she says the OPP are already blocking child pornography websites on a small scale. "Internet service providers are already blocking some of the websites we've given them but what people don't realize is that there are hundreds of thousands of child porn sites and if you block one, it's going to come up again under a different name," says Howe. "It's a constant battle but one we have to fight," she says. Howe, who heading up the provincial Child Pornography Section for six months now, says it's. a n emotionally draining job that's "even worse than I thought it would be." " I t ' s absolutely vile - it's adults having sex with infants and we need to educate the public more about what it is because we need to jet outraged about child porn," she says. The fact that pictures are available on the internet of adults sexually assaulting children means that real children are being assaulted somewhere. And, Howe says the assault happens over and over again every time the picture is shared. "You look at these poor has little save been great kids land you want to them all. It does feel trying to stamp it out," she says. While blocking child porn websites is one way to stop the proliferation of the illegal material, ,Howe says what's more difficult is to stop the filesharing networks, the bulletin boards and the direct exchange of child porn through a -mail and chat rooms. "Blocking sites isn't foolproof, even if it is a big part of the solution. What's sickening about it is that pedophiles barter for child porn exactly the same way they'd trade hockey cards," she says. And, anyone who visits adult pornography sites often will be invited to visit illegal child porn 'sites. "To intentionally access Quoted 'You look at ti these poor kids and you want to save them all. It does feel great to stamp it out,' -- Det ctive-Inspector child porn, even if it's just to go in and see how easy that is, is against the law. There's nothing moral or ethical about child porn," she says. While child pornography was available long before the internet existed, Howe says the problem has "grown exponentially" since the intemet since it's so easy to share the material. "And, that's made it easier for pedophiles to validate their behaviour even though there's no validation for what they do in society," she says. A U.S. study says that 40 per cent of those who collect child pornography will go ahead and act it out. "Any move to stop it is a good thing. Even the intent to stop it is going to help. If there was an easy answer, we'd have stopped it already," she says. Huron East council was expected to discuss at last night's meeting whether or not to form a committee to gain legal advice and to discuss ways to write an enforceable bylaw blocking child porn in the municipality. Border issue receives boost from PM From Pogo 1 way through," Eby said. The border closure issue received a huge boost last week when Prime Minister Paul Martin, speaking to a business conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, said American special interest groups are blocking a solution to the BSE crisis and warned Canadians are planning to fight back. "What Canada is going to have to do pretty soon if that market does not open is start to build massive processing capacity in Canada," Martin said. "Then when the market opens you're going to have huge overcapacity in processing, a lot of it north of the border competing with you here." Martin said this would strike at the heart of the U.S. beef export markets. "If the border does not open, then that processing capacity is going to go and start major shipments to Japan and Korea, who are your major markets," Martin added. "In other words, the advantage of the North American market is that we have a rational system and when you begin to tamper with that market, what you then do is effectively hurt both of us." The prime minister's comments were well timed, Eby said, adding that the Canadian Cattlemen's Association .had requested Martin push this issue. "We've also approached the minister of finance and he followed through to visit with the banker's association and ask them for their consideration in working through this," Eby said. "Ever since May 20, 2003 it's been a crisis in Canada and barely and issue in the U.S. Our lobbying strategy is to keep it on the front burner in the U.S. too." Huron -Bruce MP Paul Steckle, a leading contender to be the country's next agriculture minister after current minister Bob Speller was defeated in last month's federal election, said perhaps the time has come for Canada to test every animal while at the same time removing all animals eight years and older from the food supply. "Let's just clean up the system," Steckle said. "It's going to cost money but we've spent all this money and have nothing to show for it and we're no closer to opening borders. "I think we have to create an environment here and a climate for people to want to come to Canada to buy their meat products. If we do that then we've gone to the level that really no one else has gone. "Let's develop a niche for beef that no one else has been able to copy. On the short-term it's going to be very hurting but on the long- term we can't go wrong by doing it right." Steckle said this type of "protectionist system" the Americans have chosen is making a system that is very profitable for a good number of farmers while the packing houses stand to be the hardest hit with very little capacity to make their operations profitable. "I think Canada has to start thinking more about doing the value -adding work here and becoming more independent in terms of where we sell and how we sell rather than always selling the raw product and then bringing it back in as a finished product," Steckle said. "That doesn't just apply in the meat industry - it applies in all kinds of sectors." Steckle echoed the prime minister's comments that perhaps the climate is right for additional packing plants to be established in 'Let's develop a niche for beef that no one else has been able to copy,' -- Huron -Bruce MP Poul St ckM Mani MA TIPLE t IS,K1 SE,►ICP www.mls.ca Culligan REAL ESTATE LTD. 8 Main Street, Seaforth 519-527-1577 office www. -:x111 ricl,4("nforth.cc fl Thank You from the DAVE JOSLIN Huron -Bruce Campaign Team A hearty "thank you" to all those who helped in the Dave Joslin campaign with their time, talents and financial resources --- and their votes. "If you will not fight when your victory will he sure and not too costly. you may come to the moment when you will have to flght with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance for survival. There may even he a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live As slaves." Wlncran Churchill CCHRISTIAN HERITAGE PARTY OF CANADA Authectr.d M M. Orhd.t Ag.nt ror new Immo Canada. "Let's face it, I think as Canadians we tend to be a bit of a lazy lot of people and I say that in a kind way," Steckle said. "I think as long as there's cheques coming in the mailbox and it's covering costs and there's a bit of money for ourselves we keep on doing it. "We had such an integrated market and such a friendly relationship with the Americans we knew that every time we had an animal that needed a teome there was someone ready to take it. "All of a sudden that door was closed and we hadn't really thought a whole lot about it and while the other markets were being developed in certain niche areas we didn't culture other Steckle wouldn't discount the idea being bantered about that the border reopening hinges on the U.S. election this November. However, he suggested that a victory by Senator John Kerry wouldn't necessarily be good news for Canadians. • "Mr. Kerry coming on is no different than Mr. Bush in the sense that he's more of a protectionist than Mr. Bush," Steckle said. "So, if we see Mr. Kerry winning the presidency this is even going to get worse. Kerry is not the answer for Canada." Eby, having spent a considerable amount of time consulting with his American counterparts, said while it's true the election could be playing a part in delaying the border from reopening, he's optimistic that a change in government could speed up the process. "Historically, if there's a change in administration they usually get as many of their issues cleaned up as possible before they transfer power," Eby said. `The power would change about Jan. 20, 2005." Eby, who was expected back in Ottawa on Tuesday before leaving for a two-day conference in Calgary this Thursday and Friday, said he hoped to leave Denver with a timeframe of when the Americans were going to move. "I question whether we'll come back with that information but that's one of our major concerns," Eby said. "The other big question is whether there is anything else we can do to push this thing forward because we've got a number of people that are down to their last hope for various reasons." Walker, who represents close to 150 Huron County beef farmers, said the situation is growing worse locally. "Everybody just kind of goes along and they don't want to talk about it and that's kind of a bad thing," Walker said. "They don't want to tell everybody their problems. "It's just getting worse day by day and nothing looks any better down the road." Walker said his members are still trying their best but this summer would tell the story. When it Comes To Protecting Your Assets.... 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