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THg HURON Ex. OSITORt NOVEMBER II 10711
Police have a tough job
Nobody is more waryi—not frightened, mind you—of
the police than I am.
Over the years as a newsmernian, I hive been shab-
bily treated by policemen in various ways'. Years ago, a
suspicious cop gave me wrong information on a story
deliberately, hoping I would get into trouble. And I did.
-Another time, a pompous OPP sergeant refused to gi-
ve my paper any information at all. He simply refused
to talk to me or any reporters from my paper. He had
been badly stung by another editor years before and
made it a rule not to help.
Through political connections, he was told to smar-
ten up. And he did.
I have heard incredible tales lately on what is hap-
pening within our senior force, the RCMP. Not long ag-
o, I wrote a column suggesting that too many times in
Canada, supposedly a free country; too many policemen
overstep their authority.
However, I have always had respect and admiration
for the job most policemen do.
No other area, no other service, in this society opera-
tes under the same stress as policemen. Not even new-
spapering although there are many comparisons. Poli-
cemen are involved with people every moment they are
on duty.
A few months ago we were travelling along Highway
401. Traffic began to slow down and motorists began to
heat up_After almost_two miles of buinpenta_bumper
crawling, we came upon the reason for the slowdown,
. Five cars crumpled. Two ambulances picking up the
injured, perhaps the dead.
ywo police cars, four constables in charge.
A sickening scene.
Yet they had a duty to perform and they did it.
That is only one scene. Dozens come to mind after be-
ing a reporter -for more than 25 years: murders, suici-
des, drownings, shootings, woundings, bar brawls, do-
By Jack Riddell,. M.P.O. buildings not occupied be-
Legislation introduced by fore January 1976 or mobile
the Minister of • Consumer homes not in 'existence be-
and Commercial. Relations, fore that .date. •
retention of rent 'controls, at
Mr: Frank Drea. proposes
Debate
thepresent 6% ceiling, until
There has been consider- the end of 1980, although . it able debate on the subject of • has —been indicated that
a bill which would restrict Cabinet could decide .at the. Quebec employees from Quebec end of 1979 whether
working in Ontario, Speaking economic conditions justified in that debate, Albert Roy
•a • change in the -ceiling.
(Ottawa East) pointed out Undv the ,proposed • - that a Quebe,c regulation legislation, units renting for
restricting • Ontario con-
.$500 'or more a month would struction • employees • from
be exempt from controls holding jobs, in Quebec is
after the end of 1979: In creating a border along the huildingS with six, or fewer Ottawa' River where none
units, landlords. arid 'tenants
used to exist. and •"It•is with could, agree to an ineret)se of sadness in fact that we have
More . than - 6% • with .• the
to support this legislation in approval of a .provincial 'principle". He condemned
commission. the Quebec government for • • Opposition parties `have creating, by the legislation. a
heen .critical of the ex—, barrier. to free access to • emptions, suggesting that '• employment opportunities, the position of tenants would for Ontario citizens. The
be weakened. In an • inter- • Minister , of•-• Labour, Dr, . view, Liberal Leader Stitart
Robert Elgic, in the debate. Smith said that he supported
stated It is no secret that the principal of' extending
Ontario's concern • . has been rent .control and likes the
simple wording of the -bill, prompted by what this -
the 'provision for standard government regards as un-
. leases and the residential
fair ,,and discrimintary
tenancies commission which
features • of Quebec's re,
would amalgamate the gulation". This legislation
powers and responsibilities was originally introduced last
of rent review ofticers, land- June, and at that time. lord-tenant advisory bureaus Ontario urged the federal
and-small claim and county government. to challenge the -
con'stitutionality' of the courts. However, he expres-
Quebec rule in the Supreme sed concern about the special
Court. No such action has provision for apartments of
been taken by the federal
six units or less and is government and negotiations
sceptical about exempting
tenants in "so-called luxury
units,"
The legislation , does not
apply to housing owned or
managed by government,
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union challenged that move.,
asking that ministry officials
be jailed for contempt. A,
union,spokcsman also Said' in
an interview that the union
would be "monitoring the
monitors" to see whether
such direct supervision con-
stitutes harrasSment or per-
secution. •
Kicking
The Minister, Keith' Nor--
ton., has introduced .a bill
which would rescind .the
grievance. board's decision
and order •a new hearing. If
passed. this bill would, set a
precedent • in Canadian
labour law because it would
invalidate• the grievance
board's 'decision. -Pending
consultation with union of-
ficials -is another bill which
would .give the 'government
power to . fire without re-
course any employee con-
victed of using force • on
DobTrotter, author of One
Foot In the' Furrow. the
column syndicated. on the
Expositor's, farm page, is
back as a working journalist.
After nearly a decade
teachingCo
nestoga
College,
boon
nc journalismainpusoco
College, Mr. Trotter is
working for the new
Kitchener-Waterloo weekly
Drivers warned
Nature gave some animals
exceptional night vision. Un-
fortunately, man was not one
of them. The Ontario Safety
League states that periodic
eye checks are a must as a
driver grows older. The
average 55-piar-old driver
with,20/20 vision needs twice
as much light as the 20 year
old with the same visual
rating. Remember that vision
defects are exaggerated at
'night and on todays high-
ways, small errors can make
the difference between life
and death.
The use of tinted, colored,
reflecting or polarizing glasses
is quite fashionable. , Under
residents of a provincially
run institution. This legis-
lation, could be retroactive-
Contempt
The Deputy Minister of
Community and Social Ser-
vices,' Mr. Robert 'Carman
has been found guilty • of
contempt of court for re-
fusing to reinstate the
counsellor, but an aide to the
Minister has stated that the
ministry would-pay the costs
levied against the Deputy,
Handing down his judge-
ment. Mr. Justice :Lawrence
Pennell of the Ontario
Supreme Court. said "It was
not a pleasant judicial duty to
find that. a Well-intentioned
public servhnt.has disobeyed
an order of the court, and.
still less when his purpose
was dictated by concern' for
the well being of handicap,
ped persons assigned to his
care".
tabloid, Newsday.
The paper first appeared
on the streets of Kitchener-
Waterloo on Thanksgiving
Sunday.
Mr: Trotter had worked on
five newspapers. and for
.three radio stations before
assuming the position of
program co-ordinator of the
journalism program at Doon.
conditions of bright daylight,
the use of quality colored
glasses by drivers to reduce
glare and contrast probably
contributes to traffic safey
through clearcr vision and
lessening of eye fatigue. The
Ontario Safety League warns
however, tha. the use of
colored or tinted .glasses at
night further_ reduces the
amount of light reaching the
eyes, creating greater diffi-
culty in seeing and greatly
increasing the danger of
driving. A similar effect
results ' from the use of
colored contact lenses for
night driving and tinted
'visors for motorcyclists.
The Ontario Safety League
reminds motorists that the
human eye takes time to
adjust itself from bright light
to the dark. When leaving a
brightly lit building at night,
wait a few minutes for your
eyes to accustom themselves
to the dimmer light before
you drive.
Dirty windshields cut visi-
bility and aggravate glare,
but dirty headlamps reduce
illumination as much -as 25
per cent, according to the
Ontario Safety League.
John Blair
The company I represent
insures one out of five
persons in Canada and
the U.S. Don't you want
to do btisiness with a
leader too?
JOHN BLAIR
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Clinton
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elig Metropolitan
Life
where the future is now
The journalist views the
chance to be involved in the
birth of a newspaper as a
once-in-allifetime ex-
perience.,
"Whether the paper is
good or bad. history is being
made ' in this city," Mr.
Trotter said. '
Mr. Trotter's involvement
with the new publication
goes back to his association
with Doug Hoch. then' an
advertising representative at
the Kitchener-Waterloo Re-
cord. Hoch, now marketing
director at Newsday, came
up with -the idea of a new
paper for the city and
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Wileisemonmaimmiiismumis
between Ontario and Quebec
have proved in vain. "Ac-
cordingly, we
in,
no
alternative but to proceed
with the legislation", said
the Minister. The bill
empowers the Minister to
designate certain areas of the
province for preferential •
hiring practices. Possibly Ot-
tawa could be designated as
an area where construction
workers must be Ontario
residents.
New hearing
You will recall that last
November a counsellor at an
institution• for the mentally
retarded was fired and sub-
sequently convicted of as-
saulting a 29-year old woman
while she was kneeling in a
-punishment position. for 'al-
legedly stealing food, How-
ever, a grievance settlement
board ordered that...he be
reinstated, saying that the
assault was the result of
"Horseplay". In' the
'Legislature, the Minister. •
said•the counsellor would go
back to his job at the Huronia
institution, but he vowed he
would be "under constant
and direct supervision of a
.superior residential counsel-
lor until such time as a more
satisfactory solution can be
found." Instead of returning
the counsellor to his counsel-
ling job. the ministry had put
hint to work at the same
salary level in the in-
stitution's laundry room. The
,•ne 'foot 'hi the urrow• f .
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mestic battles, robberies, accidents.
Policemen have to cope with these things on a daily
basis. The stress on the adrenaline glands must be
enormous. The feeling of working flat-out for hours at
a time must cause great stress on the physical, emotion-
al and spiritual bodies,
An article came across my desk recently stating that
the Calgary notice department had hired Canada's first
police psychologist. His name is Bill Barker and he said
he came to the job with the same-prejudices most peo-
ple have against policemen. Since his appointment,
though, he has changed his mind and developed a great
new respect for them.
Living in the country, we do not see as much of the
regional police as city people. But since the regional
police force took over the area, we see more cruisers
along our sideroad now than previously. •
It is comforting to know that they are around and
available.
Not long ago I was present when police were called to
settle a dispute in a tavern. The young man who arriv-
ed was ,a credit to the force—any force—and may the
force be with you. He was polite, understanding and
concerned. He gave advice to the best of his knowledge,
made a phone call when he was not sure of his position.
He impressed everyone With his quiet command of the
situation.
And this is in Waterloo Region_w__here the of
the department is not the highest since their chief has
been under fire and the department has been question-
ed about brutality.
Again, I hold no public relations post for policemen.
I have on many occasions criticized them boldly, per-
haps too boldly.
Whenever I see,them handling tough situations I say
a little prayer that I am not in their position and thank
God men are available to fill those very large shoes.
Night vision worse
as you get older
Expositor farm columnist is
one founder .of new daily
approached investors who
agreed to back the venture.
Mr. Trotter holds the
unofficial position of as-
sociate editor at the paper,
but his official title is ,
editorial consultant, .4 senior
position at Newsday.
The journalist plans to,
continue his One Foot In the
Furrow column.
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