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The Lucknow Sentinel, 2015-11-25, Page 44 Lucknow Sentinel • Wednesday, November 25, 2015 www.lucknowsentinel.com The Lucknow Sentinel PUBLISHED WEEKLY P.O. Box 400, 619 Campbell Street Lucknow Ontario NOG 2H0 phone: 519-528-2822 fax: 519-528-3529 www.lucknowsentinel.com 1j] POSTMEDIA JOHN BAUMAN Group Manager, Media Sales john. bau man@sunmedia.ca JOY JURJENS Office Administrator lucknow.sentinel@sunmedia.ca LINDSAY THEODULE Media Sales Consultant lindsay.theodule@sunmedia.ca MARIE DAVID Group Advertising Director 519 376-2250 ext. 514301 or 510 364-2001 ext. 531024 Publications Mail Agreement No. 40064683 RETURN UNDELIVERABLE CANADIAN ADDRESSES TO SENTINEL CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT P.O. 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The Sentinel is available on microfilm at: GODERICH LIBRARY, (from 1875) 52 Montreal Street Goderich ON N7A 1 M3 Goderichlibrary@huroncounty.ca KINCARDINE LIBRARY, (from 1875 to 1900 & 1935 to 1959) 727 Queen Street Kincardine ON N2Z 1Z9 We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canadian Periodical Fund (CPF) for our publishing activities. Canada pcna Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association and the Ontario Community Newspapers Association Refugee crisis an opportunity for the Conservatives Michael Den Tandt Postmedia Baltered and bruised, and facing the immi- nent rollback of much of its legislative agenda of the past 10 years, the Conserva- tive party has a sterling opportunity to reclaim some precious moral high ground. Tentative toes have been dipped in these waters. What remains is for a leading fig- ure of the party — a potential future leader, say — to dive in headlong. Such a plunge would begin with the acceptance of this premise: Not everything Prime Minister Justin Trudeau does is wrong. In particular, the Liberal gov- ernment's professed deter- mination to help refugees from the Syrian war is abso- lutely right. It is in harmony with Cana- dian values and traditional Conservative values. It is in keeping with the will of the people, as expressed in the recent federal election that turned to a significant degree on issues of pluralism, inclu- siveness and, yes, refugees. It is a project that must have engagement across the polit- ical spectrum, at all levels of government, if it is to suc- ceed. The Conservative cau- cus can play a constructive role in this, while exercising its obligation to act as a check on the cabinet. The tragic picture of little Alan Kurdi, dead on a Column Michael Den Tandt Turkish beach, has faded somewhat from the public mind. It's been replaced by images of the Paris attacks, during which faux -religious sociopaths killed 129 inno- cents. The previous day, they killed 43 in Beirut; days before that, 224 on a Russian airliner. Meantime the Syrian refugee crisis threatens the cohesion, and thus the secu- rity, of a borderless Europe. It's no wonder many are rat- tled. The nightmare scenario — terrorists slip onto a refu- gee transport bound for Can- ada and unleash their terror on Calgary, Toronto, Quebec City or Vancouver — is on eve- ryone's mind, whether acknowledged or not. It is not racist to worry. Nor is it xeno- phobic to seek instinctively to protect those nearest and dearest when danger looms. It's human nature. Leadership, though, requires that people rise beyond first instincts and quick reactions, to apply rea- son and compassion, tough- ness and wisdom. This coun- try appears blessed with more than its share of strong leaders, in this regard: municipal and community heads continue to step up to help with refugee settlement, initial emotional public reactions to Paris notwithstanding. For the truth is that conflating Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists with Syrian ref- ugees does not bear scrutiny. It is beliedbythe fact that most of ISIL's victims are Muslim; that the refugees Canada seeks to rescue are already in camps administered by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and have been for years; that the Paris terrorists held European Union pass- ports, and thus could presuma- bly have entered Canada simply by getting on a plane, had they wished to; andthatthe attacks in Canada last October were carried out by homegrown ISIL wannabes. The refugee selec- tion process is believed to be geared toward helping families with young children. Moreover, the security services are carry- ing out checks on everypoten- tial refugee. Is this an iron -clad guarantee of perfect security? No. The real- ityis there is no such thing. The so-called Islamic State has declared war on civilization and civilization must be open in order to remain itself Until ISIEs medievalist, savage, lunatic interpretation of Islam is defeated and its safe harbours in Iraq and Syria destroyed to the last brick, and even beyond, there will be no reducing the risk of terrorist attack to zero. Indeed, living free requires the bearing of some basic level of risk— unless we plan to stop going to hockey games, restau- rants and rock concerts — just as pluralism in a wealthy democracy requires a hand extended to the dispossessed in their hour of greatest need. To repeat, this is a Conserva- tive value. It was a Conservative prime minister, Brian Mulroney, who led the Commonwealth countries in opposing apartheid in South Africa in the 1980s. The decision by Stephen Harper's strategists to walk away from their party's long tradition of pluralism, especially in the recent campaign with its niqab- baiting and barbaric practices tip line, figured significantly in its defeat This isn't to say it isn't legitimate for Conservative leaders to question the necessity for an arbitrary Dec. 31 deadline, as interim Tory leader Rona Ambrose and Toronto Mayor John Tory have done, sensibly. But that message can take two forms. The first says slow down, because this whole refugee venture is a bad idea in the wake of Paris. The sec- ond says slow down, if you see the need, to ensure it's done properly — and no one will accuse you of being a promise -breaker. That second path can begin to re -brand Canadian Conservatism, never mind marginal tweaks over tone. It remains to be seen if any of the party's grandees have an appetite for such bipartisan madness. It is a torch waiting to be seized. Kinloss Kairshea WI meets at Mayfair The November meeting of the Kinloss Kairshea W. I. met at the Mayfair Training Centre for their Business & Industry Meeting. President Charlene McEwan opened the meeting with a read- ing "November Woods': The Opening Ode and Mary Stewart Collect were recited. Guest Speaker Marilyn Scott spoke on First Aid. Marilyn spoke of the history of CPR and how things were done in the past and then showed us how CPR is now given - such a difference. Marilyn gave out gloves, masks, bug card candy, band aids, two sizes of gauze, and chewable aspirins in a plastic bag for each person for a mini first aid kit. Marilyn showed how to give CPR to an unconscious per- son and also showed how & when to use a pen for an allergic attack. She talked of some won- derful life saving tips and what to do for a heart attack or stroke victim. Alice Doelman thanked Mari- lyn for a very informative and life saving message and also for the first aid packs we all received. Erlma Haldenby gave a report of the last months minutes and Gladys Johnston reported the financial Erlma told of the Bruce County Rally at Elmwood on Oct. 22. The roll call "A safety tip in the home as we age" was answered by 14. Alice Doelman read the scrip- ture. Members made blankets with teddy bears and a book for children in distress to be given to firemen, police etc. at a future date. Irene Haldenby had a reading on the "Poppy': Marg Stanley read "Women's Revenge" and Old People had every one laughing. Joan Murray read "Wondering': The meeting closed with "0 Canada': A delicious lunch of angel food cake with different toppings was served by Marg Stanley and Charlene McEwan. A fabulous meeting closed.