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GNAi-STAR, .THURSDAY, SEPTEa
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There'a-. Henri, home from, a '"hard
day's work at the plant, lounging, on the ,
sofa, feet propped up on the coffee table,'
beer in one hand and the evening paper
M the other. The -smell -of .Mrs.•• Tar ,•_
tiniere's efforts in the kitchen permeate •
the atmosphere and all seems well.
Then a scream! A bea0ribie : gut
twisting shriek,a gasping for breath and
another painful wail. The beans and
wieners hit the kitchen floor as Henri.
panics. •
"Martha, oh for the -love -of Pete,
Martha, have, you seen this?" Martha,
covered with tomato sauce, comes
hustling into,the living roorn in her best
Edith Bunker manner. Henri sits on the
sdfo, slightly pale4 nhvinu
just as ebviously.not injured. •
"What,'t', Martha. gasps, "is ;, the
matter? I thought you'd' 'fallen . and,
broken,yourleg° •
With shacking hands Henri handed herd
the "' folded nPwannrPii - praatix» that,
some dear friend of'the family/dssibly
even a close relative, had died in some
• dis,astrous' air crash or volcanic
eruption, shefumbied for her glasses.
- Thert.,_whea41inea. read ."lnep dation• . "..
planner wants advertising of condoms
on TV."
"Why what's the problem?" she asked
Henri. "I'd never want to live .in one, but
why shouldn't they advertise'thein. I'm
sure someone would like them:".
-Henri's shaking quickly turned to
rage.'"Condoms," he yelled. "Condoms,
you half wit; not condominiums."
Martha slowly turned pink, then red,
'then scarlet. A traffic lamp would have.
paledin her presence, "Oh , Henri I
see 'Lmeair.: oh advertlseond
•'onTV 7"...
By this time Henri has regained at
• least some of his composure. He snat-
•.ches the newspaper from his wife and
flops back down of the couch. He reads:
"Population planner Eleanor Marcus
told 'an international 'health education
conference Tuesday that constraints are
put against condoms that no their
-.pro.ducts ...face_..,..„.i.ea•iaaftte
products; whichroinise a lot but are
nothing but harmul, have been put on
television.”
Stili. aghast,. Henri read an.: "Ms:
Marcus;said published Aia,erican studies
indicate that. condoms end spermicidal
contraceptives,-whep usectproperly, can
be almost as effective as. the pill., -
"She said moves are now underway in.
the United States- to: allow condom ad-
vertising. The• National Association of
'Broadcasters,, which imposes . the . ad-
ina____...alatisias ban, will review it when it re-
examinesils code wii'in e
months '
Qh; Henri groans There goes the cable
TV service. It's back to the aerial. We'
• can't have the kids watching that filth an
According `to the newspaper story
recent advertisements seen on in -
'dependent television in the United States
alt 'first elicited a negative response, but
n., the day -after . they.lpp.ea es •totg ane .,..
calls were eight tri" orae in favor of the
ads.:.
That, Henri just did not believke
The story also noted• that Ms. Marcus .. r..
has said the time had aorne to take
condoms, out of the closet .arid advertise.
them' on; television litre any •-other
product;'. '
Now, thought Henri, that . just sboWs
what that. Crazy woman" actually° knows N,
about condoms. "Out of • the . closet"
_ indeed. Everyone knows they're stored
in .medicine: cabinets or dresser dowers,
nit clarets.
"Something's, wrong, very Wrong,'
'Henri murnbled only half to himself..
"What did you say, dear?" ,Martha
called from the kitchen: '
,INFORMATION, BACKGROUND AND OPINION •
Tucher"smith Township Council came'
yup against a group. of seven irate
Vanastra residents at its regular
meeting last :week who. succeeded in
blocking passage of a bylaw which would
have closed two . sections •of walkway
between -Regina and Quebec roads in
that community.
The 'council had proposed, to turn the
property now occupied by the walks over
to , developer Harvey. Hammond of
Brucefield for the fee of $1.00. This would
haveenlarged . two lets •' now owned by
Mr. Haniniond, which abut the walk, to a
'sufficient size on which to build homes.
In, addition to the token payment Mr.
Hammond would have turned over
ownership of • a small lot at anoth 'r
location in.thecommunity to the council:
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The Vanastra property owners told, the
meeting that they had- not been properly
informed of the transfer of : a public
property to private ownership:
Spokesman for the delegation, eRobin
Gates, said the first he knew , of the
proposal was when he had read about it
in the Clinton NewstRecord:
Tuckersmith Township Clerk James
McIntosh pointed out that it was only
necessary.' to put the notice ofj the.
proposedbylaw in the newspaper a}id'to .
notify, dire tly those people whose
property ad gins theroadways involved.
ss•r
del ti it was necessary
The e a �n claimed
gY,.
that all property owners :within a; certain
' number of feet had to be notified and
asked council tq, contact its lawyer for -
def inition of • the •requirements.
The main reason for the residents'
opposition to theplan.' is that school
children walk along the passages in
question and if they .were closed the`
children would have to use Regina Road..
which Mr. Gates describedas. a.
"raceway".
Mr. Gates also told the councillors that
such .a;closure would be a "step back into
the dark ages" while other commuziities,
are spending great 'amounts on the in-
stallation of sidewalk systems.
n-stallationof'sidewalksystems. •
He. also suggested that in years to.
come it was possible that council would
be turning aroundand laying out funds
to install new sidewalks.
The delegation also pointed out, that
Mr. Hammond had already begun
construction of house on two lots which
are still partly owned by the township.
They also questioned the legality of
issuing building permits for construction
on such -property.
As a result of the.se complaints., Mr:
Hammond has ` been ordered by the
Township council to cease work until all.
the factors and arguments.involved'can
be aesolved.
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,' The -.delegation presented their: ob-
jections in written form as well, signed
by ,18' property owners in the Vanastra.
complex. In addition to spokesman
Robin Gates the delegation included
Mrs.
Mrs. Ben Bridges, Barry Black Ind Mrs.
`1Vlarelen Thurlow,. all of Vanastra and
Mr. and Mrs. John Baker of ' RR 4 ,
Clinton:
Mr. Gates told the meeting, "I un-
derstand this to be a very .serious . -
business, but it should not have been'
doge in .t11e, first ,place. Someone is
caught with egg on his face." - • , -
He' also challenged . the • council for
selling the property for $1.00 and offered
to: give the cou° it $1,000' for the two
stretches of pro erty.. Council members
made no response to that offer.
In the end, council •did not take any
action on passing the bylaw. Township
lawyer Kenneth Devereaux • of Seaford),
when contacted later by telephone said
he would be_ at the next meeting.'
mThe• Ombudsman for the Province of
Ontario, Arthur Maloney, Q.C., LL.D„ is
visiting the local area. Yesterday his
staff was at.MacKay Half in Goderich
end today they will be at the municipal
building in_Listowel "making themselves
available to indiv,iduals, groups,
organizations and' their representatives
who wish to bring complaints to his
attention: • ' • -
. Ontario adopted the Office of. the
Ortibudsman in the spring of 19"75 with
the passing of pill 86, an Act. to provide
for an Omubdsman to investigate ad-
ministrative decisions and acts of of,
ficials of theGovernment of Ontario and
P`1Jrt
its agencies.
Complaints' to the Ombudsman are to
be made in writing but during visits to
the area personal ' interviews ` were
conducted: Due to the obrigation on the
=-Ombudsman to make no disclosure of
any informationreceived;the-interviews
are held in private. '.:. •
Once : a complaint • is . received, the •
Office of the Ombudsman proceeds to:.
gather all the pertinent facts .from the.
cornpl-ainant,, ''the- goVerrimental
organization •in!'olved, and any other
person who is! able to give • any - in-
formation. In: order to do this the ,
CIAL
Ombudsman' has been given broad
powers of investigation and access to
information. • -
After investigation, should his office
be of the opinion that; the complaint
submitted to him is : a valid one, •hp
reports his opinion and his reasons to the
appropriate governmental
organization, and may - make such
recommendations as he thinks fit,
These recommendations .mom -suggest
that the matter be referred :to the• ap-
propriate authority, for further con-
sideration,• that the -.emission be , rec-
tified,that the. decision • or 'recon
n endation be cancelled or varied; that
any, practice on - which the decision,
-Figuratively -speaking Canadian
Indians are on the w'axpath, -and who
/ could blame them: -They- ha_ve_ius.tbeen
made,, the, victim of the ., most racist,
bigoted, vicious and false piece of racial
• slander since Gen. P. H. Sheridan. said,
"The only good Indian is a.dead Indian"
back in 1869. •
This time'their.race has beef' attacked
•in more 'detail in,.a top secret prison
training manual prepared by the Nor-
thwest Territories • government and
signed by C. S. Wilkins, .chief of
correctional'sery_ ices in Territory.
It is unfortuhate'for. 1VIr. Wilkin and
• the Territories government tha'Vt,the
report - fell into the hands of The '
Canadian• Press. 'It is even more un
fortunate_. for the Indians, and. all
Canadians, that such a piece oftrash
was everprepared inthefirst place. .
According to the manual, Indian traits
come from his mongol origin. It also
notes that "like the Japanese, he (the
Indian) copies to perfection but has no
creative artistic genius". Apparently it's
not enough, to slander the Indians. A few
shots must be taken at the Japanese as
well. . -
The report states further, ".Having
nothing that is his, neither glorious past
nor original culture nor religion nor
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recotnmendation, act or omission was
based should be altered, that any 1aw on
which the decision, recommendation,
act or omission was based should be
considered, ,that reasons she i have
been given for .the_alecision or recom-
mendation or that any other steps should
be taken. - . .
-A copy of that report and recom-
men tion is submitted to the Minister
con neo,: arid. if nebe sari; -tom-thee••
Premier of the Legislative. Assembly.. -
Each year the Ombudsman• reports
annually' upon the affairs, of his office to
the Speaker of the, Assembly, wholays
this annual report before the Assembly.
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There are certain governmental ac-
tions which the law, • precludes . the
Ombudsman :from in vesigating. These
include judgesor any function of :the.
court and proceedings of the Cabinet or
its committees:
The • Ombuds.man-can .:investigate
decisions and recommendaiions.where a
right of appeal -or right to apply for a
hearing or review exists under any•act,' •
-but n`it-irrrtil that•right-of• appeal or ap-
plication has be -en exercised, or until
after any' time for the exercise of that
right has expired.
His office therefore urges everyone to
country, he feels insecurity and seeks all. -white parentage, fall into the same '
possible ,means of evasion -• dreams, pattern,. the manual 'says, but Eskimos.
drink,'the ready pleasures Of the flesh, have "some pride and motivation".
lrnplerrd unromantic, without per.- - Other weaknesses listed are: 'lack of
foresight, •procrastin•ation,' even when
Versify ' or abnormality, the solea cold or hungry, addiction to sports and a
brutalizing.and deceiving pleasure of perference to work • for wages rather
sex naturally accomplished. _- •• . than for himself. -
• ft says the Indian's key weakness' -is a _ , ••
weakness of will.TThis made him fearful, "His intelligence is that of an.
easily tempted, inconsistent and .timid�ada}eseent-a.ff€dive ratlie than log_ical_
(What would Custer say to that?) - His intelligence • is'deviated through
He also has an inherited inferiority passion; it is lazy at work requiring
complex and a deceitful mentality, the awakening through concrete induction
• report adds: and strong motivation;. The manual says
Metis" persons of mixed Indian and that t lthoh theIndian s more evolved
s ug . n tan i
than primitive ,• people, lie retains
childish traits. "It would be more exact
to say that the•Indi'an belongs to a race in
the process of•evoluti,on." •
The manual says the Indian is in-
telligent but this. perhaps' is not always
apparent because often he is • un-
dernourished, sickly or weakened by
drink to excel
at1 the inhibitions, the reporn temperamente_Indiatemperament can•be •
Despite
.c laim.s.,,kl
educe ed. .It recommends that Indian
° prisoners -be given absorbing interests,
tiring occupations and sports activities.
The manuxrdoes condescend to grant
exercise• any right of appeal or review
which` they. May have, before bringing
their complaint to the Ombudsman.
The Ombudsman is not authorized to
investigate : any decision, ' recom-
mendation, act or 'omission of any
person," , actiri`g as . legal, adviser '' or
counsel to the Crown.
Although -the Ombudsman and -his •
staff d0 visit communities all across the
province, as they are at present in this
area,: the:-head_office_is.iin Toronto and
anyone . with a complaint. should write,
including copies` of all related material,
to the following. address; The •Ombud-
sman, Sixth Floor, 65 Queen StreetWest,
Toronto, Ontario, M5H 2M5.
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the Indian a feiv': good qualities: gay,
sociable, happy go lucky, 'language.:
gifted, resourceful in.his own setting,
good with his hands„ observant of what •
interests him, storyteller,- respectful of
human life, peaceful, patient, indulgent
(to the •point of weakness) , 'generous and
even pompous.'; . ' '
• It may well only serve to further heap
unjustified discredit on the'Indian people oh- _ -
by -repeating the oh-Seri/miens- a- -
racist manualbut we hope this is offset
in the n me ,•of presenting to. the
Canadian People just what is being done
in their /erne by their government.
Swedenl.,and Canada have more in
common than hockey - nuclear power
and some serious questions about the
wisdom of its use.
Early returns (at this writing) show
that the 44 year reign of that countiry's
Social . Democratic party has r been
brought to,. an end. The question of
nuclear power was one of the largest
contributing factors to this defeat. The
Social Democrats had announced plans
to expand Sweden's nuclear energy
program.
Thorbkoern Faelldin, head of the
Centrist party and the than Who will now
become PrihteMinister, said during the
campaign that :he WAS strongly opposed
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to the nuclear buildup, He even went so
far as to announce that he would shut
down the country'a existirrgfive.reactors
unless he could be 'assured that the
. Swedish people would not be harmed by
• the risks involved. • harmed,
Former Prime Minister Olof Patine
had introduced a plan, shortly-beforethe
elections,- to e,epand 'the number ,of
nuclear power plants in •:the nordic
counttry•from five to 13 by 1985.
One opinion poll 'showed that 48 pet'
cent of the `voters supported F'aelldin's'
position against 30 per cent whohbacked
the proposed nuclear ' expansion.
Another 22 percent stated themselves as
undecided; '
The Centre party leader' claims that
nuclear safety problems can never be
completely solved.
"Th'e risks of cancer and genetic
damage, which could.affeet generations
for thousands of years to come, are just
too great for us haven to consider jour-
neying further unto the aternic age,"
1~ aotldin•is quoted assaying.
.He gained support for these views in a
most unlikely combination of Centrists,
Conservatives and young Swedes, and
the final count of Sunday's election -has
indicated just how much.
His- critics, on the other hand, com-
plain that Faelldin has not told voters
how a no nuclear Sweden would generate
the power needed to fuel its industry and
satisfy the Swedish desire for high living
hydronfl
staards. Sweden is in short 'supply of •
power. -
W3iether or not the six million Swedish
voters took this into consideration when
they went to the poll's is impossible 'to
- Say, but the* did choose to throw their.
support behind the man and the part
who'carne out in such strong opposition , -
to nuclear generated power. -
. At th`7s,b'writing the count was not
completely inbut sample ,polls shaped, -
the .outcome this way, .Faelldin's
coalition of Conservative, Centre and
Liberal parties with 50.6 per cent of the
vote, the Social Democrats and the
Communists with 47.6 per -Cent. (The
Social Democrats and Communists had
been partners in the last government.)
The projection gave the moderates a
majority in the 349 member parliament -
180 seats compared with 169 for the
Socialist bloc. s -
In the 1973_ election . the Social -
Democrats got' l,56 of 350 seats and then_.
Communist 19 to form the government in -
coalition. The opposition was made up of
F aellclin's Centrists with 00, the Con-
servatives with 51 and the Liberals with
34. ' -
While Faelldin has led the .combined
three parties to.form a'government far
the first tirrte in 44- year's it will not be
easy, sailing. Even the nuclear issue,
while given token'support by the other
parties, is not_. supported as completely
by the Conservatives and -Liberals ashy
the Centrists therriselve.s.
In fact the Conservatives are riot all
that opposed to future development • of
`such power and the Liberals only With to
see a more,controlled,expiansiori than the
old government .•proposed, They 'would
be unlikely to support a program calling
for the shutting down of enciSting; reap-
--tors;as the Centrist fader hos'imileited
he might like to do, •LL u -