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No one at the meeting, however, actually gave any specific suggestions as to what will be discussed at the joint civic liason comâ€" mittee meeting, to be attended by Aldermen Wagner and Bauman. A very reluctant, hesitant Waterloo council decided this week to establish a committee which could suggest methods of settling the Kitchener Transit workers strike. With the assistance of others, including Mother Nature, residents have been contendâ€" ing with the three week old strike. Senior citiâ€" zens have turned to neighbours, friends or taxis for alternate modes of transportation. Students, meanwhile are either walking, jogging, hitchâ€"hiking, riding bicycles or getâ€" ting rides with fellow students. For now, perhaps, Waterloo residents can cope with other means of transportation. Once one becomes accustomed to a certain life style or pattern, a sudden transition is not always easy, enjoyable or sometimes feasible. The majority of councillors said it was a waste of time, and none of their business to interfere. Others felt it was their duty, as representatives of Waterloo citizens, to at least make an attempt in voicing their opinions with regard to the issue. _ As a direct result of the strike, the traffic volume of cars in Waterloo has increased, which in turn endangers the safety of numerâ€" ous cyclists. The problem of trying to avoid wobbly cyclists is doubled during wet weather conditions and over Waterloo‘s maze of railâ€" way tracks. The need for bicycle paths has never been so evident as during the strike. Especially for those who have become deâ€" pendent upon the transit system for numerous years. Riding the bus does have advantages. Its relatively cheap, and transfers are availâ€" able to take passengers across the city. Most of all, its considerably more comfortable and warmer than riding a bicycle or hitchâ€" hiking on cold fall days. It‘s easier to push thoughts of cold, wet, miserable winter months to the back of our minds, than to face the facts that Old Man Winter is just around the corner. Council is going to make a noble attempt at giving Kitchener suggestions with regard to settling the transit strike. Perhaps they could also take a pessimistic look at the strike situation and plan ahead, just in case. Published every Wednesday by Fairway Press, a division of Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo Record Ltd. 225 Fairway Rd.. Kitâ€" chener. Ontario.. Address correspondence to Waterioo Square, Waterloo. Ont. Telephone 744â€"6364. Page 4 â€" Wptodoo Chronicle, Wednesday, October 1, 1976 _ Viewpoint _ matter of choice In Canada: one year $8; in United States and Foreign countries. one year $10 waterioo chronicle SUBSCRIPTION RATES ESTABLISHED 1854 The season of the hunter is upon us with more amâ€" munition than ever. For many â€" Canadians autumn is the time when it is legal and enjoyable to dress in hunting garb and commit the annual ritual of proving their power over the animal world. This fall however, the antiâ€"gun pressures appear to beâ€" prepared with their own ammunition of statisâ€" tics. To date these people have been dismissed as bleeding hearts because their only base of appeal was by emotional outâ€" bursts. Prior to the federal Cabiâ€" net shuffle, Solicitorâ€"Genâ€" eral Warren Allmand and Justice Minister Otto Lang received briefs that call for control laws aimed at rifles and shotguns. A third of the murders committed last year were by these weapons. While most Canadians find their spending habâ€" bits, lifestyles and future increasingly under reâ€" straint from the pressures of inflation and spiralâ€" ling costâ€"ofâ€"living, no such restrictions are eviâ€" dent in our federal civil service. Indeed, with a present list of more than 250,000 Canada‘s bureaucracy has increased 44 percent since 1966 and between 1969 and 1975 the number earning $20,000â€"aâ€"year jumped 1,300 percent from 1,225 to 16,868. The days of dedicated men and woâ€" men have rapidly been replaced with people who now know that the best place to make a good livâ€" ing is Ottawa. Taking Oftawa by Storm Statistics Canada recentâ€" ly reported that a standard shotgun or rifle was used in about 190 slayings while another 80 murders were caused by pistols. Unless the control of Canadian decisionâ€"makâ€" ing, ranging from external affairs to fisheries, is returned to the Parliament of Canada and the civil service.curbed and returned to implementâ€" ing, rather than forming policies, the entire demâ€" Of these shootings, 194 OTTAWA and Small Business "GUN SyNDKAateE TWMIiO A study of murder recentâ€" ly stated the increased likelihood of murders when weapons are used while a person is impaired by high alcohol consumption. The report also said many of the double killings resulted from depression, the availâ€" ability and impairment by alcohol. In Ontario alone almost 80 per cent of the murderâ€"suicides _ involved rifles and shotguns, the most frequently used weaâ€" An alarming fact in this issue is the ease with which Canadians can order their weapons through the mail. Some people have recommended _ that _ this An executive of the Canaâ€" dian Bankers Association adds that armed robbery of Canadian banks will inâ€" crease about 100 per cent in 1975. Michael Ballard said there will be a record 950 bank robberies in Canâ€" ada this year with even more to follow at a similar rate next year. were under the headings of Domestic, Immediate Famâ€" ily, Kinship or Commonâ€" law. practice be outlawed comâ€" pletely. . The _ strongest and most feasible argument is that all firearms should be sold only to people with the proper permits. The â€" murder â€" statistics have come too far already. Gun control opponents usâ€" ually say most hunters are responsible with their weaâ€" pons. This is likely true but the murder rate with these weapons includes too many cases of gun abuse. To change the â€" result â€" you change the cause. Some gun owners state their need for guns. Many farmers use their weapâ€" ons, and justifiably so, to kill unwanted animals on their farms. A farmer cannot stand by and watch his newâ€"born calf being killed by a wolf. ocratic process will be endangered by an enorâ€" mous, secretive and usually unaccountable buâ€" reaucracy which exists for its own service and not that of the country. But the case of casual hunters against gun conâ€" trol is losing its punch. Owners of guns, in many cases, have proven themâ€" selves to be _ irresponâ€" sible. As for the. general purâ€" pose of guns in this country, a little reason please. In a letter to the editor of an Something has snapped in the machinery of government and most Members of Parliament will admit it but they also feel powerless to stop it in the face of such faceless numbers, combined with a nagging fear that the civil servants may be right â€" perhaps government is too complex for mere mortals and only mandarins have the insight to rule. > ' This may be, but until Canadians are prepared to abrogate democracy for bureaucracy, then we suggest that Parliament spend some of its next sessions, both in committee and in the House of Commons, examining the role of its servants. The role is still to serve and not to rule. We‘re being swindled Ottawa newspaper, an Onâ€" tario woman asked four baâ€" sic questions about duck hunting. * ‘‘*How many of those thouâ€" sands of shots killed ducks? How â€" many ducks were maimed? How many ducks were actually picked up in the pouring rain and dark? Are duck hunters interested in ducks as food or is this merely target practite with living, flying things as targets?" The rifle lobby in Canada is indeed very strong. Their stand against gun control has convinced many people that controls are unnecesâ€" A final note to all hunâ€" ters. Please ask _ yourâ€" selves why â€" you â€" hunt? Don‘t answer this when you‘re in a group. Rather ask yourselves the nex. time you see a wounded animal at your mercy. sary and an infringement on their liberty. Are we not willing to look through these arguments and see their weaknesses? If we must use an example, we must simply look to the arsenal in most homes south of the border. By John Storm