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The Mutual Life Assurance Company of Canada is proud 'ot these employees and of the contribution they have made through the years to providing a high standard at service for the company's policyholders across Canada. Planners have no right to _ ing after more of theirown." "dictate" Wtto should live Currently, disadvantaged in a home, Waterloo Re- rural people, such as the gion's top planner said re- elderlyand poor, must move cently. to the city “as this is the "What right do zoning by- only place when they can be lam have in the homes of looked after," Mr. Thomson people, dictating to them commented. what family size mttst be, But cities must share whether. mom and dad their Wealth so rural com- should he married, or not munities can "help look and why can't large groups after their own disadvant- of people live together," aged citizens while saving said Bill Thomson, "Yet the agricultural land for these regulations are TP- food production." "What right do zoning by- laws have in the homes of people, dictating to them what family size must be, whether. mom and dad should he married, or not and why can't large groups of people live together," said Bill Thomson, "Yet these regulations are com- man and are found in this Region as well.“ Planners have no right to dictate who should live in home: Thomson He was referring to the definition of a family in most by-laws which limits the number of persons liv- ing together to five "un- less such persons are re- lated by blood, marriage or adoption." Such regulations can re- strict couples living com- mon-law or groups of young people living in single fam- ily homes. Mr. Thomson also criti- cized by-laws which "de- liberately rule out smaller houses in many communi- ties. This deliberately rules out lower income (people) from living in these com- munities." "Why this is permitted in our so-called democratic society is beyond me. But it is and those who admin- ister the by-laws refuse to change. Yet out of the oth- er side of their mouth, they say they have no prejudices." Speaking to members of the Kitchener - Waterloo Big Brothers Association Mr. Thomson suggested rural residents "must pick up the responsibility of look- Among the head office staff members honoured at this year's annual dinner meeting were (left to right): Adolf Fischer. Donald Foster, Eugene Janzen, Jerome Karl, Mary Ellen Marley, Aiia Melderis. Bruno Mitrovich. Gilbert Niall, Leonard Quinn. Gerald Ward, Glen Wilson and John Zupko. who have completed 25 years with the company. Also honoured was Donald Moore (below) whose 45 years of service were recognized in a special presentation made by President John H. Panabaker. "it's a two-way street of responsibility and sdcial awareness besides economic awareness." Mr. Thomson called on so- cial planners to offer advice in planning communities. "Social planners, up to a few years ago, were afraid to become involved in city planning due to its com- plexity and public exposure and due to the necessity to act quickly." Mr. Thomson criticized "entrenched academies" who offer "nothing, noth- ing that is except negative criticism." He specifically referred to York Univer- sity professor Wilson Head But city planners "starve for help" and it is up to so- cial planners to "speak up and otter help in understand- ing our complex eneiron- ment," said the Region's planning and development commissioner. who suggested planners must "devote their efforts to improving the quality of society instead of to increas- ing material benefits for those who have an abun- dance of them already. " Those comments are "just words," described Mr. Thomson. There was "no offer of working closely with the planner and his council in order to put into practical reality his pink cloud thoughts; no practi- cal solution of his own; no thought of the implica- tions or consequences if planners were to do nothing more. than address his pet projects," said Mr. Thom- Many pressures face com- munity and social planners, and politicans ranging from the state of the econ- omy to federal and provin- cial policies. Considering this, "it is a wonder to me that all of us do as well as we do," stated Mr. Thom- He admitted that in a rush to plan a municipality most planners have been "ena- moured with only physical planning and pretty, multi- coloured land use maps." But "great strides have been made in the field of joint social-physical land use planning," he added. While cities are "exciting dynamic areas", they do have problems which "won't go away with words." The Waterloo Family 'Y' would like to find people in- terested in helping their organization run more effi- ciently. Anyone who would like to contribute time and energy is invited to a meeting to be Family Y looking for volunteers Mr. "criticizing each other "no isnonhewayeither." sety Social expertise and his "practical realistic mea- into sures" are needed to plan pink the proper mix of develop- acti- meats in a city, he said. "Blame is never laid at the door of these developers who only wish to crowd the land for every dollar they can get and to heck with the people." pointed out Mr. Thomson. _ Fortunately, most of these kind of developers are in the minority today, he added. Economic planning must go "hand in hand" with so- cial planning in areas such as transit, he noted. Urban and rural planning for all people is not easy “but it will be better if we all be- come involved and dedicated instead of sitting back with tunnel vision. , ' Planners are criticized the most in housing, Mr. Thomson feels. Developers "yell bureaucratic red tape and hold ups cost money" when city planners request changes to proposals. Some politicians also Join the "bandwagon and blame planning for higher costs inhousing." For more information please call Sue Watt or Shir- ley Bemer at 885-3500f held Tuesday, October 18, 1977 at 7:30 p.m. in the adult lounge of the Waterloo Fam- ily 'Y'.