The Times Advocate, 2005-11-23, Page 44
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EDITORIAL
A defining
moment
0 ne of the pleasures of being in the news-
paper business is the opportunity to meet
so many individuals who are successful in
their own right.
Interviewing them provides insights into who they are.
They often tell us of pivotal moments in their lives that
have helped define who they are.
We believe the Ontario Junior Citizen of the Year
Awards provide those pivotal or defining moments. The
awards help us recognize outstanding youths in our
community for their contributions in a number of areas.
This pat on the back for a job well done helps these
young people realize that what they are doing really is
making a difference — and this recognition can help
reinforce a lifetime commitment to community service.
Co-ordinated by the Ontario Community Newspapers
Association (OCNA), of which this newspaper is a mem-
ber, and sponsored by the Tembec Paper Group, the
Ontario Junior Citizen of the Year Awards are seeking
nominations of six to 17 year olds who:
• are involved in community service;
• are contributing to the community while living with a
disability;
• have performed an act of heroism in the past year;
• and those who are good kids' who show a commit-
ment to making life better or do things not normally
expected of someone their age.
Our newspaper will proudly present a certificate of
recognition and give mention in the paper to each young
person nominated in our community by the Nov. 30
deadline.
One group and up to 12 individuals from across the
province will be chosen as fmal recipients of the Ontario
Junior Citizen of the Year Awards and presented with a
plaque by Ontario's Lieutenant Governor in Toronto in
the Spring.
Nomination forms are available at our office, online at
www.ocna.org, or by calling the OCNA at 905-639-8720.
Help us create a defining moment in someone's life.
They are our leaders of tomorrow and we want to show
them how proud we are of them.
Editorial ` Opinion
Who do we want to be?
Here's a quick quiz. Try naming the last five songs
from Shania Twain, the newest recipient of the Order
of Canada.
Having trouble? It might it be easier to do it by her
videos. There's the one on the table, the one on the
horse, the one on the beach, the one beside the pyra-
mids...
Don't get me wrong. Turn the sound down and
Shania is a fine entertainer, although there are
many fine entertainers with the same moves at a
lot of quality establishments around the airport
in Toronto (or so I've heard, honey).
While Shania has her attributes, as an Officer
of the Order of Canada has she "demonstrated
an outstanding level of talent and service to
Canadians"?
And does living on a $14 million, 61,000 acre
ranch in New Zealand, which is literally as far as
you can get from Canada, qualify as "desiring a
better country?"
Shouldn't there be an additional criteria for those
considered for the award? Shouldn't they actually
have to, oh I don't know, actually like the country
enough to want to live here? It is called the Order of
Canada, not the order of "I was born here but left and
made a lot of money and I live somewhere else but I
still consider myself Canadian," award.
The Order of Canada was instituted in 1967 by Prime
Minister Lester Pearson to recognize exemplary
achievement and service to Canadians and to humani-
ty at large and to recognize the lifetime contributions
made by Canadians who made a major difference to
Canada.
But should people like Twain, Celine Dion and Martin
Short rank in the same class as Gordon Lightfoot,
Stompin' Tom Connors and Ernie Coombs who made
careers living and breathing the country, instead of fly-
ing in to promote their latest album and whose
Canadian identity goes no deeper than wearing a ball -
cap with a maple leaf on it for interviews?
Admitting people like Twain and Dion to
the Order makes as much sense as if
Harold Ballard was admitted to the Hockey
Hall of Fame in the builders
category...which unfortunately he was.
And what exactly was Joe Clark's `major
difference' to Canadians, other than letting
Pierre Trudeau scuttle back in through the
door for another four years?
While "it is accepted that influential lead-
ers such as former prime ministers will be
appointed after they leave office," is it
enough to merely have been elected to qual-
ify for the award or should it be for leaders who have
been truly inspirational?
The Order of Canada and who it is awarded to goes
to the heart of what we want in our leaders, heroes
and citizens.
Is it for a lifetime of service to the country, however
mediocre, such as Clark?
Is it leaving to make bucketloads of money and
achieve international recognition so we can be proud a
Canadian has achieved worldwide success and still
claim some Canadian ties, no matter how thin?
Or is it people like Father David Bauer? When we
know that, we'll know who we really want to be.
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