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This deliberate policy of denigrating rail travel while promoting such monstrosities as Mirabel calls our whole transport policy into serious question. Enter ma the mqtl arm-no. m the My; W;IV(WID; aGiaii"ia card Po-moot-ttrr-tr-asf-ttOtt-railway/iii/i 2nd loo: and you an m Every other major industrial nation in the world, faced with rising fuel costs, air conges- tion noise, pollution and the need to move peo- ple efficiently is turning back to the cheapest and most effective way for medium and short distance - the train - Canada's policy com- mits it to bigger and more expensive terminals, gobbling up prime farm land in rural areas while our railways decline to the point where few people can use them even if they wished. Much of the expropriated land is still vacant. Farmers can't use it, the airport is almost use- less. In order to beef up their predictions, (which have proven incorrect), MOT officials are de- liberately diverting traffic from the much more convenient and inexpensive Dorval. Mirabel is taking flights from overseas that airlines would like to see arrive in Toronto. Toronto airport, according to independent studies, is not overcrowded, as MOT claims, it is merely under-utilized and only overcrowded at certain peak periods because of poor scheduling. W-Iorloo Chm”. one. a beat“ o_n Pe' Egon otiwm Sounds 0'60. Iowa Anyone who has had the misfortune to use Mirabel or the outlandish facilities foisted on Air Canada at Toronto's Terminal Two cannot help but wonder at the slavish commitment that the federal government has to air travel in this country. Mirabel took over 80,000 acres of farmland that were needed, the MOT experts said, be- cause Dorval was overcrowded and couldn't handle the traffic predicted for the late seven- ties and eighties. Over the protests of Ste. Scho- lastique farmers, prime-land was expropriated far beyond the needs of Mirabel and the enor- mous facility started. __ The stories about the federal government’s latest white elephant of an international airport squatting in the lush farmlands north of Mon- treal would be funny if they weren't so indica- tive of the cast of mind that permeates the bureaucracy at the Ministry of Transport. It was former Transport Minister Jean Mar- chand who said the MOT was a mess. Since that statement almost Jour years ago Mirabel has been built, Pickering narrowly - and prob- ably only temporarily - postponed the rail travel further diminished by the bureaucrats who make the real decisions at MOT. There's a story about a businessman setting out on a major trip. He checks his suitcases: "Socks, underwear, .clean shirt, shaving gear, lunch...that’ll get me as far as Mirabel..." Page 4 - Waterloo Chronicle, Wednesday, February 23, 9977 waterloo chronicle j The transit problem . established 154 "but“ every Wetland” by Filmy Plus. a division at Kitchener-Water!» Round LIA. owner. “In (some to Waterloo ottiee: Waterho Square. Water“, on, mm: - Publisher James M Boland Editor Mary Stupan subscriptions: no a year in Canada. " a year in United States and Foreign Countries II Filmy Rd, s., mm. thet Submitted by The United Church of Canada , The newest appointment to the Committee of Adjustment is John Shortreed. He is typical of many with university affiliations who have lived in the city for some years and are willing to donate some of their expertise to the community. As a former member of the Planning Board, he Speaking of downtown churches, Ald. Walter McLean chatted with the DRA executive at their February meeting. We wanted a chance to meet the two new faces on council, but unfortunately Blake Hull was ill that evening. Mr. McLean appeared much as he did during his election cam- paign, as an energetic and engaging man, eager to make his mark on the city. Once started, with the growing need for more children to be on their own without parental super- vision after school hours, the committee could find its project even more popular than surveys indicate. We try to understand. Plato said that the tyrant is the most wretched of men. "He is naturally a prey to fears and passions of every sort. He can- not control himself and disorder prevails within him. The tyrant is a slave and a parasite depend- ent on scoundrels. His life is haunted by fear and is torn by suffering and misery. Power makes him envious, untrustworthy, unjust, friendless and godless, a real sink of every iniquity and a source of unmitigated misery to himself and his neighbours." Downtown churches have been working for the last year on a commendable social project. St. Johns, St. Louis, Holy Saviour, W-K Mennonite, Knox, First United, and Emmanuel have formed a committee to launch an after-school program for 6-10 year olds. Working through four down- town schools, they have ascertained the need, and are planning to start such a program next fall. mato observes the symptoms but he provides no cure. Meanwhile, Archbishop Ted Scott, pri- On hearing of the death of Archibishop Janani Luwum I thought it a very small world. He was in Kitchener just one year ago. He preached at a local church. He moved his listeners with his gentle wisdom. He was a tall, very handsome very black man. He must have felt very strange in our community so different from his own. He returned there, a be'acon of hope, for the Chris- tians of Uganda. However, he returned to a growing atmosphere of persecution towards Christians. It is said that Amin's soldiers are kill- ing hundreds of civilians in Northern Uganda. The tyrany of Uganda's President Idi Amin has shocked us again. Is there no end to the misery this man will inflict on others? Ihnwntuwn Ipersipecttve A View inm- the Grass Inputs Currently the city's Tree Committee recom- mendations in its annual report for a city arbor- ist, and for some attention to a replanting policy for our declining mature tree population. are under consideration. The signs indicate that trees may get a bit more 'attention in the next budget. Meanwhile the end of winter means the Winter Works fund will remove our latest casualties to disease and old age. Our Association has been invited to send a re- presentative to the second planning conference at the University of Waterloo in early March. Run by the planning students, it is a weekend of panels and discussions by planners and citizen activists from across Canada. We hope our group will partly represent the local community. Recent decisions of the Committee of Adjust- ment have been most encouraging to downtown residents. They have been influenced by the in- tent of our recent secondary plan, most assuring to those of us who suffered through its inception. It appears that its intent is immediately being followed, even though individual home-owners may have a long wait until their property is re- zoned. Archbishop Scott is also moderator of the World Council of Churches. He has called for an investigation by the United Nations, for sanctions by the Organization for African Unity, and for other international pressures. These can only be exerted by governments, and yet we are not powerless as individuals. We can speak out against this evil with letters to the Prime Minis- ter or to our member of parliament. was quite helpful to the Downtown Residents Association in its early days. We welcome his appointment. . There are practical political steps being advo- cated by church leaders throughout the world as well. Perhaps the Church has a bigger role to play in international politics. Is it a sleeping giant? Mr. Hobson is vice-Prosser-kt of the Waterloo- Cambridge Progressive . Conservative Riding Association. ' mate of the Anglican Church of Canada, has call- ed on all Canadians to begin a week of prayer for the church and the people of Uganda. The hymnist wrote: . "This is my father's world: o let me ne'er forget that though the wrong seems oft so strong. God is the ruler yet. .. submitted for the WDRA by Rosemary Rowe