The Huron Expositor, 1989-05-17, Page 38>1
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'Taxed t the limit
The Ontario government presented its 1989 budget to the people recent-
ly, but many people tried to ignore it and hoped Robert Nixon, provincial
treasurer, would go away. '
The sad fact is people are sick and tired of budgets, and the tax grab that
is attached to them. Nixon's budget was no different than budgets that
preceded his, or of this year's federal budget presented by finance minister,
Michael Wilson. •
While Wilson has a good excuse in that the feds need more money to
stave off this country's financial ruin, Ontarians wonder what reasons, or
right, the provincial government has for increasing taxes. After, all, the On-
tario economy hasn't boomed as much as it has in the last couple of years.
The irony of the whole thing is good times mean services are taxed to the
limit. Whether this country is teetering on the verge of financiatcollapse. o'
one of its provinces is enjoying good times the story's the same - the people
have to pay.
At the same time governments must realize that the people are reaching
a point where they won't take the excuses, or for that matter, tax grabs,
much longer. And, it has come down to the municipal level. The County of
Huron is increasing taxes by 19.5 per cent, the Huron County Board of.
Education 'is increasing taxes by 10 percent, and the Huron Perth Roman
Catholic Separate School Board is increasing taxes by 14 per cent. Even
the Town of Seaforth, which held taxes to bare minimums in recent years, is
forced to evoke a higher tax increase this year - even though it is still only
6.5 per cent.
We sometimes wonder how much more we can pay, and why. To simplify
it, perhaps we should look to th.e top....to the federal government. it needs
more money because bureaucrats and politicians have piled- up a $320
billion debt. In order to cut that back, it needs''more'money, but at the same
time, cuts services or asks the provinces to pay more. •
Thus, the provincial governments need more 'money to cover their own
projects and schemes, but•atso to.pick up the slack. Though taxes are rais-
ed at the provincial level, some of the slack is passed down to boards of
education, county governments and municipal councils. The people faced
-with tax hikes from all sides, wonder where the money will come from.
Tax talk and tax hikes are becoming predictable. Seemingly unnecessary
tax grabs are also something people are coming to dislike. There will come
a time when taxpayers won't accept the rhetoric and the excuses that•ac-
company higher taxes. Hopefully governments have enough sense to
realize it can't continue. Adapted from the Walkerton Herald'Times.
Young :Offender's
Dear Editor:
As you may well be aware, there are
many problems with the existing Young Of-
fenders Act. As it stands now, murderers
under the age of 18 will serve a maximum of
three years in a youth detention centre. Only
three years for the most heinous crime
known to man !
In order to protect society from violent
criminals and the devastation they pro-
pagate, we must demonstrate an adequate
deterrent to violent -crime. Sentences must
reflect the seriousness -of the crime.
A prime exampleof justice gone awry, is
the case 'of Edmonton's Chantelle Hamlin.
Chantelle was ,two -years -old when; she was
brutally and savagely -beaten to death by
her 14 -year-old babysitter, in October of
1988. Chantelle will never rollerskate,
swim, or play baseball like -other kids. She
will never gossip with•theother girlsabout
boys,.or go out on her first date.'She will
never see another sunset. Her -right to .life
was ruthlessly•anatched away, forever.
For this atrocity, the .accused, ff;proven
guilty, will be inconvenienced ,for three
Act needs -changes
years maximum, at a youth detention
centre.
Jim Karygiannis, MP for Scarborough '-
Agincourt,
Agincourt, has put forward a Private
Members Bill .asking for changes to the
Young Offenders Act. These changes are to
include•the•mandatory transference of those
charged with murder toadult court,.and the
maximum sentence:taised•.to five years less
a .day. This is definitely a step in the right
direction.
There mill.be a meeting,of ,the Attorneys
General, in Charlottetown, •P.E.I., on June
15th, 1989. On • the ;agenda will .be proposed
changes lathe Young.Offenders Act: Before
this-meetingatekes,place,d►owever; it isrim-
.portant.thatwthepublic-shows itieupport•for
chanige,.-If you:aretired=of eiolent•criminals
itiding,behind'the law, thenwrite to:
'The HonourableDoug.Lewis : MP
JusticeMinister of Canada
Housetof Commons
Ottawa, Ontario"KlA 0A6.
Yours truly,
Karl•Klassen
Project .Coordinator
.Recent lettersconght io = ignored
To .the Editor,
The silly,letter by Ruth -Workman,of Kip -
pen (Expositor, May 24, "Canadians
Unaware of:What's.Going On" );;ismalnly, a
quote -from. the -back cover<of aebooksby a
retired sailor -who -claims that,,our govern-
ment,is -conspiring to turn -Canada -into. a
French spedking;nation. -
Adolffk itler:said: *1 heebigger ;the ale the
more readily Foolish, guljtble,pepple.will
.believe: it.''e33e.was<ritt.
'The -retired Admiral's AatuousArtd,iseur-
riloushook „is An excellent-exargpleaofghe
biglie, andsMs.'-W,orkman'&letter reveals a
.personuseemillgly tout of touch.,with ,reality
•sand eoi nmon.sense.
.In,the„same, .ssueiof he;E positoc..w,as
• anotherrletter (`Writer. says beware, aed be
t:aware' ;,fro tift:,,Maltory,*::Barrie, whomiso
.oughttto,beignored,as,a ettifiiabie,loony,
xhutrswho iuntfertsitateIy,dwillbe believed,Ips
-Hitler„.war,)3ibyypeo a ,w.ho are foolish, :ig-
norant, J1ateful,xatid pareuteid •
Yeurat incerely,
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rstxbeAltld`�i
Whoever coined the phrase, tDiamonds
are allrl'sbest friend', if female; was pro-
bably on a'better rapport with 'her engage-
ment ring, =than I urn.
To spare any 'feelings, I should clarify
here, atytheutnseternes colutnn,'that thane
nothing against my engagement ring. It's
-what it hasagatnst me that is•worrying me
to exhaustion.
Despite• -the fact that my 'diamond' is and
always'will °be•oneof my most prized posses-
sions, I've learned in'recent -months, that it
could be one of the deadliest as'wel1.
I suppose the root of the'problem lies with
the fact that 1 am -just not used to -wearing
rings. And it seems Pm having a harder
than usual time adjusting to my new
situation.
I think for good reason, too.
Rings can be a menace to one's health.
And I've found that out quite convincingly
since I started wearing mine some months
ago. Let me explain.
It all started shortly after the hardware
was slipped on my finger - when I decided to
'engage' in the next step of the garne, and
find myself a wedding gown.
Well, everything was fine until I stepped
into the dressing room, gown in hand, and
attempted to pull the fluttery array of satin
over my head.
I never made It! My ring got caught in the
netting installed toflounce the skirt, and the
result was a somewhat claustrophic female
with arms outreached over her head, tangl-
ed in a mountainous web of material and
•unable -to free herself, and/or -gain aceess to
fresh air.
To this day I consider myself fortunate
that mysisterwas clese by, and able•to hear
me Melting at'the•door of the dressing room,
then respond -to my cries of "Help, .get me
out of' this -thing.” I could just imagine the
headlines that mould have resulted from
that escapade. 'Headlines such as -'Families
mourn female suffocated by wedding dress;
Engagement ring culprit in wedding gown
death; or even, Prospective groom freed
from promise by engagement ring hold up -
wedding dress turns out to be bride's undo-
ing, etc,..
Needless to say I did not buy that par-
ticular•dress, nor did 1 try any others on, un-
til weeks later, when I had recovered from
my brush with death.
However, despite the successful nature of
my next fittings, the vendetta launched on
my person (and primarily my ring
finger)by my engagement ring, has
continued.
The result - a bruised finger, a gouged and
bleeding•knuckle, a red and calloused finger
and a scratched face (caused when one's
ring twists during the night, and the sleeper
unaware of this, toadies the palm of her
hand to 'her face
More reeently, I endured a finger that
swelled from a size 5, to a size 8, after I at-
tempted to exit via a screen door only to be
catapulted back indoors because,
•unbeknownest to rne, my ring had hooked
itself around the door handle. I thought I'd
been maimed for life.
Yet, my finger has almost returned to its
normal size. The ring, however, well, it
looks like it may require the services of a
blacksmith's iron before it takes on the
semblance of normalcy.
And whether -or not it ever achieves it, I'll
have learned a valuable safety lesson.
Banishment of rings at various workplaces
now makes more sense, I only wish someone
would 'have made note of the fact, that rings
are just as -dangerous in one's everyday life -
unless you're far enough removed from
such obstacles as wedding gowns and screen
doors.
Beauty aside, it just could be that
diamonds are not always a girl's best
friend !
Loo
tr
tries 1 StJ ' 1` L Jinre
These loonies cause unrest.
You take your pack of gum,.hand the guy
at the till a bill, and wait for your change.
He gives you a mitfull of metal and three
dollars in.bills.
"Hey,pal, I.gave you a fiver, not a four,"
you accuse.
lie points to the hand your change is in
and there you see one of those big brassy
coins and realize you, haven't been ripped
off. "Oops, sorry. Damn loonies. Who
counts their change?"
I don't know how many times I've been
through this scenario, and from the way
the,clerksrthink nothing of it you can tell
it's almost automatic that they have to re-
mind .people about the dollar coin. And
wetrerseeing a lot more loonies around to-
day, and pretty. quick they'll .be .all.that's
circulated.
People didn't like the idea of a'dollar
coin to replace the bill at first, and I know
when I was handed a loony something in-
sideme always.saidFd.rather carry a, bill,
but I'm warming up to the idea of a dollar
coin.
Probably .because I have no choice.
There are advantages to the coin like it
is easier for the blind and vision impaired
toidentify,sothey.areless likely to -get rip-
ped off when receiving change. And it'll
outlast,the:dollar bill,andso:is.economical-
ly a better bargain, to •what the •govern-
ment.says is a tune of about.$150 million
per year, .after the initial higher cost to
manufacture them.
But neither of these reasons have :much
to do with the majority of ,people who
typically don't-like:a lot of change.
I look .at the looney .as a way for our
monetary system to catch up. For years
the largest coin .was the quarter, and this
was fine when the quarter .was worth
something. There .was a time when that
quarter would get you into .a movie, or a
bottle of.pop.etc. Now ;that single quarter
will get you virtually nothing, except
Formes tont.
-MAY $1,1889
An -interesting baseball match will be
played •on'the'Recreation Park on Saturdcy
afternoon,between•the menin theBr. oadfoot
and Box .factory :And the boarders of 'the
Commercial Hotel.
There.are. a.number of bovines, roaming
.around thebackstreets at nights,:thatr donor
appear ito have the fear of -the ,cow by-law
before;their. eyes.
A, friend• inHowick,sends -us^thefollowing
ran,wJich.was,enclosed aaampleoffall-wheat
•measur ng•;two;feet, 11 inches.rm dength..Be
a says: ";In a,reoent,issueof youtypaper,there
ewasts. metbla •,g ab�oqutgood.wl3eat.:It.was
also.,. ed: t-llr.'I'horas'Catppbell„of
.Mc , hss•t e st.wheat-in'the,:co t .
,lie ..un Y
Naw,.Mr.=Editor, yourmust^not.forge that
}Flowick pis ;in the -,county of -Boron „and ,can
yproduce,good wheat. ' he le.enelosed
;grew,on=the;,fat-rn-sf,.-rlr. 3-SIevena.00,402
Conoession,j,Howick youicanmeaesreltand
;give your r ea jers'the exact ifleasArergent: ”
,-Mr strick.'Ford.of Goderieh,ra orzner
•.re dent of -1u kersmith,awesrin town:this
aweek. Hetneelps,to t.ake;kindly tO'the;;Huron
ern tr h
maybe some of the cheap candy associated
with preschool and tooth decay.
Remember when a kid could check
under sofa cushions or behind car seats
and, if he kept his mouthshutabout it, find
enough coins tote high on the hog fora day
or so? Today it wouldn't be worth the time
of day to go messing around serounging for
bits of change -if not for the loony.
It is beaky compared to a Canadian bill
and you don't want too many on you at
once, but compared to the monster coins
they have in other countries we're not too
hard done by.
The coin was the subject of debate in
Government because that's the opposi-
tion's job -to oppose government pro-
posals. But I think its nickname is
undeserved, It's really not so loony.
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where,they willxwork,pndenoontract,forith '
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metra lslead,a perrnit:1rplm:theple rnment
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