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Times Advocate, 1997-07-23, Page 4Page 4 Times -Advocate, July 23 1997 Publisher & Editor: nm Beckett Business Manager: Don Smith Production Manager: Deb Lord Advertising; Barb Consitt, Chad Eedy News: Heather Mir; Craig Bradford Brenda Burke, Kate Monk, Ross Haugh Production; Alma Ballantyne, Mary McMurray, Barb Robertson Brenda Hem,:Joyce Weber, Laurel Miner Trarpsportation: Al rlyim, Al Hodgert • . - Front Office & Accounting, Elaine Pinder, Sue Rollings, Ruth Slaght Ruthanne Negrijn;Anita McDonald. Cassie Dalrymple, Carol Windsor The Exeter Times -Advocate is a member of a family of community newspapers - providing news, advertising and Information leadership :• «w. EDITORIALS • 1 Publications Mail Registration Number 0386 SU SCSIP1}ON RATE-• One year rate for Canada subscribers - $35.00 ♦ 9-$T Two year Motor Canada subscribers - $83.00 + GIT OTHER RATES Outside Canada - $102.00. Published Each Wednesday Morning at 424 Main St., Exeter, Ontario, NOM ISO by J.W. Eedy Pubileations Ltd. Telephone 1.518-235.1331 • Fax: 519-2350766 0.5.1. #R105210835 Echoes of the Somalia inquiry hat Mike Harris may_have.givon the .go-ahead for the fateful.OPP deploy- ment at Ipperwash that ended in the dearth ofr native protester'Dudley George two.. years -ago.= hut- has yet to publicly say any- thing = should comc:as no_surprise to any- - one. • •it's -not airy moregalling than what has gone on -at the federal level - Recently, newly-appointeddefence thin , ister Art -Eggleton slammed the Somalia - Inquiry's findings - which.pointcd directly -• at high command for -much of the wrong-: doing --sparking suggestions that there ;might be a:cover-up in Canada's worst -United Nations sojourn: . Chillingly; there are -similarities in the two stories. They both started with.a questionable • killing, and only those directly involved were ever brought to justice... - Canadian Airborne Cpl. Kyle Brown • - :served-tiine.for-the beating death of Somali - te agerShidane. A.rone and OPP Acting Sgt. Kenneth Deane is doing community time for fatally shooting George in a stand= off. - While the Somalia fiasco hats -played it -- -self out and the reverberations are -being felt in the 'military, the Ipperwash, tale is, warmingup• awYer Norm reel, who represented - - - Deane, said in the July 11 issue of the Lon_ don )tree Press:that Harris,likely gave the go-ahead for deployment of the OPP's tac- tical unit and_ riot squad,.dnd should pub-- hely ub-licly defend his'decision. - Peel said it does not matter that the attor- ney general and the premier may have been, involved because he feels the deployment was justified. What Peel might be looking for - rather than scapegoats is to get to the truth of the matter, so that his client does not end up be-- inganother Kyle Brown, who-w.as convict- , ed -of manslaughter, discharged and made • out to be a racist pariah: • Now, the_Ontario government is unlikely to disband the:provincial police for their handling of the Ipperwash standoff - as the -federal government did to the Airborne in the wake of the Somalia scandal. - • - However, like the airborne - which was a . fine unit, despite what has been written the OPP may undergo much of the same trial - by -media that befell the parachutist corps. - So, if answers in the coming months do. not satisfy the natives at Ipperwash, and Mike Harris and others -involved wash their: hands of it, it's a safe het that those on•the force will be.scrutinized for any number of shortcomings, including racism. , Now would be a good time, then, for the premier to at leastacknowledge-some of_ what Peel -has stated,,or it soon might be too late to restore relations with the native com-- - munity. ` Also, a simple act on behalf of the leader • of Ontario might save the force the embar- rasslnent,of a useless inquiry, and allay any -fears the native'population may have. , ; ;,,. The fate of a fine police force, and the. trust of the ordinary' citizen, hangs in the balance. , St. Marys Journal -Argus :• • Your Views Letters to the editor I Pesky Penny campaign a success At the HOMME-Program we know every penny counts.... Dear Editor: ' , • . The . generosity of our: friends and neighbors, is shining bright. On Saturday. June. 7, VON HOMME volunteers: many of whom were local students were collecting for our annual Pesky Penny Campaign. We thank each and every person who donated .' Throughout the month of June there were over 90 businesses in rural Middlesex County that kept a can to collect pennies and we wish to sincerely tell them how mucic we appreciate their support. . • _Local people and businesses such as Jackie_ and Peter Martens of the Invcsuncnt Centre, Jason Ful- ton of Ilderton, Clarke's Food Mart, Lucan, Donut ' Delite,,Lucan also donated pizza, pop and donuts to our collecting volunteers, and we were given space by the Ilderton United Church to wrap our precious 'pennies. We want -you to know that due to people's generosity the program is the proud recipient of S2,724.90 (that's 272,499 pennies!). At the HOMME Program we know every penny counts. This money will help support programs such as Meals on Wheels. Transportation, Wellness Clin- ics and Visiting for Seniofs and Disabled Adults liv- ing independently. Thank you Middlesex! On behalf of the volunteers. staff and people we- . - serve. ---Cheryl: C-urti+-t?oordinator Pesky Penny Campaign '97 A View from Queen's Park By Eric Dowd TORONTO -- Doctors who traditionally play rough protecting their turf have gone overboard in trying to guard against the march of alterna- tive medicine. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario protested that a.proposal the legislature is considering to widen use of alternative med- icine would encourage sexual abuse of patients. This is the nastiest insult heard around Queen's Park in a long-time -- not even politi- cians have hit so low. The proposal by Lib- eral MPP Monte Kwinter would merely give doctors the choice of prescribing alternative medicine without fear of being disciplined or ruled incompetent by the college which regu- lates them. People are turning to alternative medicine because they have not been helped by main- stream treatments which rely heavily on drugs and surgery. About 3.3 million Canadians have tried alternative medicine and the number is growing rapidly. Doctors earlier opposed having their work Student Employment By Carrie McCone Choosing a career path - There are many things that one should . consider when choosing a career path. The following are a few things that should be taken into considera- tion when making that impor- I tans decision. EDUCATION: How much. time do you .want . to spend in 'school in preparation for . your career? WORK ENVIRONMENT: Do youwant to work- inside or outside, in the city or in a rural office? PERSONALITY: Does the, career 'match your personal qualities (e.g. working alone or ' with others)? - EARNINGS: Will the money you earn - in this career meet - your expectations? FUTURE OUTLOOK: Will there be a demand;for this in the future'? WORKING 'HOURS AND TRAVEL: Does this job re- -• quire a lot of overtime and fre- quent,business trips? How will this affect your lifestyle? These are a few ideas that one should consider when choosing a career path. You Should try ..to .pick something that meets your wants and needs. If you choose something that Tacks these areas,you will :find it hard to enjoy your career andthere- for become stressed out easier. Another major area that should be of interest to the job seeker, is. what education is needed for future jobs its Cana- - da. A graph that I have, found states that to the year 2005; many students and parents be- lieve that a university education -is the only road to success and that technical/vocationalpro- grams or apprenticeships are for those not smart enough for uni- versities. But. 70 per cent of fu- ture job openings, will require a post=second• ry education, only 17 per cent will require a uni- .vejy degree. This is an inter- esting statistic especially if you feel that you will not succeed as a college student graduate. Another major afea of interest is the unemployment rate. Based on -another--- graph -that =l- have obtained, it states that the more education you _ have. the less chance you -have in becom- ink unemployed. with more edu- cation: and training. comes Mort career . options' and opportuni ties,- and finally. the majority"e - new jobs created in Canada. wil require more than 12 years o edfcation and training. , These statistics are,important especial. ly if you are hesitant about you future. _ Since I did not get the oppor " tunny to write about the averag'' earnings by education level. will -tie doing that -next week But, there is one last thing that wouldlike to mention. Man' -students think that they 'can ge some sort of job and they wil be able to survive. Well surviv• maybe: but think of the extra .that you will be missing .out o if you decide to take the path a :high school drop-out. Th will only lead to inconvenient. for. you and_ your happines Until -next week. good luck wi your job. search and if you any' questions about this artic - .—or -any: thing -else that I .mavl- 'able to help you with. contact me at 235-1711. and incomes eroded by midwives and nurse - practitioners performing some tasks and there was the recent spectacle of many'refusing to ac- cept pregnant women as new patients to support their pay claim, which they naturally won. Doc- tors can wield a mean scalpel when they are looking after their pay-packets. Liberals and New Democrats supported Kwinter's proposal in a private member's bill and the Progressive Conservatives under Pre- mier Mike Harris, who have done their share of bowing and scraping to doctors, at least agreed to have it discussed further. The college wrote angrily to Harris's govern- ment that the proposal would enable doctors to escape accountability because, for example, a psychiatrist who sexually molested a patient could claim he merely performed a non- traditional treatment and pie college would find this difficult to disprove. This argument is not well-founded, because doctors now caught sexually assaulting patients often argue they merely used an unorthodox Doctors have gone overboard method of treating, and courts have had no problem deciding what constituted assault. Doctors also should be wary of pointing fin- gers. Few complaints have been made of alter- native medical treatments given by any type of practitioner turning into assaults. But the health ministry in the early 1990s cit- ed a study that found at least 8 per cent of fe- males aged 15 and older in Ontario had been sexually harassed or abused by their doctors. . Another study said one in 10 Ontario doctors knew of a colleague who sexually abused a pa- tient. A task force the college set up after public concern at doctors sexually abusing patients said the incidence was higher than generally thoughtand 143 "clear, substantive" cases were reported to it. The task force pointed out that women who seek help from doctors often are vulnerable, sick, uncertain and needy, and this enables doc- tors to exact sexual compliance without using force. It also found that many women who have been sexually abused by doctors windup w ith physical and mental problems, including in- tense anxiety, fear, panic, depression. loss of trust in everything around them. difficulties in developing an intimate relationship, night- mares, headaches, seizures, mental illness and addiction to drugs and alcohol. In the past year the college's discipline com- mittee has scheduled hearings at which no few- er than II doctors were accused of sexual abuse. in recent months courts have jailed a former chief of psychology at one hospital for two years and another doctor for nine months for sexually assaulting women patients, one of whom asked plaintively, "if you can't trust your doctor, who can you trust?" Doctors already know all about sexual abuse of patients because so many among them com- mit it and they should not suggest it will sud- denly be thrust on them by alternative medi- cine.