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Wednesday, October 6, 2004
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EDITORIALS
Co-operation
needed
Co -operation is the buzz -word for Canada's
38th Parliament, which finally got back to
work Monday.
"Co-operation," "consensus" and "compro-
mise" are three things that will be of outmost
importance to the federal government, which
sees the minority Liberal government relying
on the help of the other parties to pass legisla-
tion.
Things got off to a relatively smooth start
Monday when all parties agreed on their first
major decision — choosing Liberal MP Peter
Milliken as Speaker of the House. Milliken was
also the Speaker in the previous session of
Parliament.
But the big test was to come Tuesday, after
the Times -Advocate went to press, when
Parliament was to hear the throne speech.
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper has
promised "reasonable co-operation" with the
Liberals, which is about all that can be expect-
ed. Don't expect the Conservatives or the other
parties to make things easy for Prime Minister
Paul Martin, nor should they.
This Parliament is all about bringing the
Liberals down a notch or three — unspeakably
arrogant under Jean Chretien's tenure, the
Liberals may eventually get the message they
shouldn't have carte blanche with our country.
On the other hand, it's only the incompetence
of Canada's other parties that forces Canadians
to keep voting Liberal.
This new Parliament offers a good opportuni-
ty for the Conservatives and New Democrats to
show Canadians an alternative to the Liberals.
Will they seize the opportunity? Only time will
tell. With Adscam and Dalton McGuinty's bud-
get causing anger at the Liberals to reach levels
not seen in a long time, the other parties still
couldn't claim victory from the Liberals.
But at least now they have a bigger say and
the Liberals won't be able to railroad every
piece of legislature they like through
Parliament. The next time there's a federal
election, the Liberals may not be so lucky as to
even win a minority government.
ARE You DIGGING
F0R WATER,
MOTHER?
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MAYBE THEN
THE WORL.DWILL.
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The kindness of neighbours
Sometimes it takes a bad situation to remind us of
the kindness of our friends and neighbours.
I was recently reminded of this after my brother was
involved in an accident that left him with two broken
legs and a stay in the London Health Sciences
Centre.
As I have probably mentioned before, my
family farms near Wingham. After my dad
passed away five years ago, my brother, Joe,
took over the operation of the farm with my
mom.
Farming is his life and I can't imagine him
doing anything else, so one of my first
thoughts when my mom phoned me with the
news of his accident was "don't let it be any-
thing that will prevent him from farming." My
next thought was, "what will mom do about
the work that needs to be done? She can't
handle that all by herself."
My mom proceeded to tell me Joe was riding
on the wagon behind one of his horses after
heading down the road on an errand. He was on his
way back home when the horse went berserk, kicking
and rearing up to the point where she took the front
end off the wagon. Joe couldn't get her under control
and was afraid of what she might do next, so he decid-
ed to bail. Unfortunately, he broke two bones in his
right ankle and his left heel in the process.
The horse made its way back to the farm and Joe
was left on the side of the road in terrible pain.
Fortunately, a woman stopped and was able to help
him. She went to my mom and told her what had hap-
pened. She waited while the ambulance was called,
drove mom back to where the accident had
happened and waited with them while it
arrived and took Joe to the Wingham hospital.
But her kindness did not end there. She has
since phoned my mom, came by and visited her
and offered to help out in any way she can.
That's what it means to be a neighbour —
going the extra mile to help when someone is in
trouble.
And this woman's help is not the only exam-
ple of neighbourliness my family has experi-
enced since this incident happened. Other
neighbours have been by to do the chores and
a crop of corn will be taken off by more kind
people who have offered their services in a
time of need.
The event was totally unexpected and in
many ways I wish it had never happened, but some
good has come out of it. After all the bad news we hear
and the horrible things people do to one another, I and
the rest of my family have been reminded of what it
means to live in a community where people take care
of each other in times of need.
I encourage all of you to be thankful for your friends
and neighbours. I know I am.
MARY
SIMMO
PENNY F
THOUGH
NS
OR MY
TS
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