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a* 4 w Pa â€" weterlo0© chroutcle mnuw\{mm 92 King St. South, Waterioo, Ont., telephone 806â€"2830 mmmm-mmmz:duwdnow.momm mmm-fihmmmwmamwoww,mmnm' 9:00 a. m. to 5:00 p.m Last fall, a motion came before the Legisâ€" lature calling for removal of school taxes from persons over 65 and the disabled. All parties voted for it on second reading, but the government still hasn‘t called it for third reading. . The Ontario government, it seems, puts its senior citizens pretty low on its list of priorities. â€" S â€" The motion was meant for relief now, not two or three years from now. Without immediate help, some pensioners will surely have to give up their homes and become public charges in institutions. Others will have to cut back their alâ€" ready pinched standard of living. While still others will eat less nutritious foods. There were tax concessions for the mining, insurance, and hospitality indusâ€" tries, but not a crumb for those struggling to make ends meet on inadequate pensions. The longâ€"awaited relief from property taxes wasn‘t in the budget. The relief was promised to us in the "‘Charter for Ontario‘ (the advertiseâ€" ment was carried in the Chronicle) in the 1977 provincial election campaign. But the fulfilment of the promise has now been put off until market value assessment comes in â€" in maybe two years: | Senior citizens got nothing from the reâ€" cent provincial budget except a slap in the face. So senior citizens will have to cope with this year‘s rise in municipal taxes, and with the burden of school taxes for at least another year or two. Unfortunately, â€" Conservative _ election promises are starting to look more and more hollow, as time passes. Well, I think if I was a pensioner I‘d tell them what to do with their measly three dollars. What an insult. Along the same note, a press release from the federal government proudly anâ€" nounces an increase in old age security penâ€" sion increases. It states that basic old age security penâ€" sions will rise a whopping $3.22 per month. Sure as shootin‘ the Trudeau regime is heading us towards national bankruptcy, and they‘re starting with our senior citiâ€" zens, who‘ve toiled their lifetimes away for their country in one way or another. The pension increase is said to be the 18th quarterly escalation based on the cost of living. I‘d be willing to bet that the cost of living has risen more than $3 in the last three months. Where will we go from here? Helping seniors? a division of K. lzncripuou: $10 a year in Canada $12 a year in United States and Foreign Countries established 1854 published every Wednesday by Fairway Press, Publisher: James M. Botand Editor: John Schultheiss Advertising Manager: Wolfgang Urschel 22 Fairway Rd. S., Kitchener, Ont To the editor : _ Those who seek to destroy orâ€"divide Canada, whethâ€" er for gain or glory, overlook one basic facet of huâ€" man and animal nature â€" pride of territory and home. Most of the wars and conflicts of the world throughout history â€" be they tribal, civil or internaâ€" tional, stemmed from the greed of those seeking to occupy someone elses territory and those who would fight to the death to protect said territory. _ â€" In 1534, when French explorer Jacques Cartier wantâ€" ed to know if the land he was exploring had a name, the Huronâ€"Iroquois Chief Donnacona misunderstood the question and pointed to the huddle of huts where the tribe lived, using the word Kanatta, meaning ‘"home"‘. Today, Canada is "home‘‘ to millions of people from around the world who fled from persecution; who sought a better life for their children, who volâ€" untarily accepted the laws, infstitutions, customs and traditions of their adopted home. Politics and economics notwithstanding, Canadiâ€" ans will work and fight to protect their "home" with all its faults and foolishnesses â€" just as the tiniest creature in the dessert or ocean will fight to protect its territory and its young. To the editor: Those who seek to "divide and conquer‘‘ are the real ‘"enemies of the people" whatever name they give themselves, elected or appointed. . C _ Criticism has been directed toward the Board of Directors of the Children‘s Aid Society by one of its members who stated that it ‘"‘does nothing but rubâ€" ber stamp‘* staff recommendations. As president of the CAS I must comment on this and other accusations which are essentially untrue. The CAS Board of Directors is made up of twenty six citizens from all parts of Waterloo Region and includes, by law, four Regional Councillors who must, by law, be members of the Executive or polâ€" icy directing Committee, and the Finance Commitâ€" tee, which drafts and controls budgets. Most Reâ€" gional Councillors also sit on other committees which in Councilior Adams‘ case include the Perâ€" sonnel Committee, which negotiates and sets salaries and the Public Relations Committee, and optionally, the Audit Committee. The budget setting process starts in October of each year with all committees, including Services, Personnel, Public Relations, Property, and Finance reviewing all programmes and planned expendiâ€" tures. Lineâ€"byâ€"line consideration is given to a host of items including boarding home rates, group home costs, clothing costs, medical costs for all children, transportation, staff salaries and benefits from top to bottom, repair and maintenance cost in CAS facilities, advertising, promotion, capital expendiâ€" tures, etc., etc., etc. Once passed in committee, they are taken to board for interim approval and once all items are received and programmes set the final budget is set for submission to the Ministry of Community and Social Services and Regional Govâ€" ernments. e . Had Councillor Adams attended all thirty four board and committee meetings on her CAS agenda instead of the four actually attended, her confusion and misinformation would have been greatly miniâ€" mized. Certainly all documents and records of CAS including byâ€"laws and all financial data are availâ€" able to all board members and most especially Reâ€" gional Councillors. During times of severe fiscal restraint such as the past few years, undoubtedly there is less latitude for innovative and discretionary decision making. Such is probably true for all public and quasiâ€"public bodies and their controlling boards. One cannot conâ€" clude, however. that these boards and councils are therefore unnecessary. On the contrary these diffiâ€" cult times are a truer test of the value of Boards such as the CAS board as they pursue restraint. control and undertake to priorize needs and services. If Councillor Adams does not know what duties of CAS are legislated and which are descretionary. I suggest she read the Child Welfare Act of Ontario. the ‘"constitution‘‘ of all CAS‘s and the byâ€"laws of the Waterloo Regional CAS. all of which are availâ€" able at the Kitchener and Cambridge offices Most CAS board members have given freely and generously of their time and talent. all on a volunteer basis. to direct and control the affairs of this imâ€" portant Regional resource which has played such a vital role in making this an excellent Regional * * # * L Yours sincerely, Patricia Young. Community. Non constructive criticism of their efforts, especially from a position of apathy and misinformation is unwarranted and unacceptable. James A. Beingessner President To the editor: * The September language report of the Treasury Beard Secretariat and Public Service Commission should be read by every editor in the country. Its provisions appear to contain a deathâ€"blow to the cause of National Unity. "Officially‘‘ both English and French will be used in federal public offices in the bilingual regions esâ€" tablished five years ago, PLUS these additions: The balance of New Brunswick, all federal offices outâ€" side formal bilingual areas, AND similar offices abroad. In this enlarged sphere of federal operations, meetings may be held in BOTH languages. Lanâ€" guage of work and communication in remaining Canadian unilingual districts and offices is to be that of the respective population majority, either French or English. \ The second directive seems equally divisive, with probably an earlier disruptive impact. ALL departments and agencies are asked to increase the number of Frenchâ€"essential positions to extend the number of units working in French. A special efâ€" fort is also urged in raising the level of Francophone participation in departments and areas where it is Unfortunately, the report also contains two conâ€" tradietory features. The first indicates all public servants are to be bilingual, revealing the definite possibility that most, if not all, in time will be Francophones. . Are such developments desirable? Henceforth, will it be bilingualism in theory, French in reality? If so, how long can nonâ€"French employees last in such a oneâ€"sided situation? What will happen when all public servants in federal, provincial and muniâ€" cipal governments are basically Frenchâ€"speakers? If Canada is to continue as a seaâ€"toâ€"sea nation, bilingualism beyond Quebec must be abolished beâ€" fore it becomes permanently entrenched. Separaâ€" tism is a myth. Most Frenchâ€"descendants and nonâ€" French citizens are opposed to what a small ethnic elite is attempting to impose on the rest of the popuâ€" lation. During meetings held as part of Africa Weekend at the University of Waterloo, the issues of freedom and apartheid were discussed. We talked about the present situation in Zimbabwe (Rhodesia),. South Africa and Namibia (South West Africa). The hour has arrived when the great majority has to indicate the one course Canada is to take for posâ€" terity: Straight ahead on the foundation laid by the men and women â€" and their children â€" in all its parts, who toiled so hopefully that this land would provide a better life for all. The particvipants oppose the investment in the opâ€" pression of the people of South Africa and Namibia by Canadian banks and corporations like Falconâ€" bridge. Hudson‘s Bay Company. Toronto Dominion Bank. Royal Bank, Canadian Imperial Bank of Comâ€" merce and the Bank of Montreal. We note that these same companies have also contributed to mass layâ€" offs and growing unemployment in Canada. To the editor : We also feel: 1. The average Canadian has enough power to offâ€" set transactions between banks in Canada and corâ€" porate bodies in South Africa It is time to retire the Trudeauâ€"Levesque team to pasture.. Provincial as well as federal representaâ€" tives must be subjected to intense public pressure to work for country rather than party. During a naâ€" tional crisis such as the present it is imperative that through a coalition or free vote in Ottawa a clearâ€" cut referendum on bilingualism and separatism be authorized to be held with a federal general election before the end of June. ° Every reader desiring such action can help get things underway by mailing this letter with home town on it to his or her MP. Further material may be obtained for a stamped return envelope to Box 66 Station C, Winnipeg R3M 383. 2 The average Canadian has been rendered passive to racism in South Africa by lack of a clear picture (Continued on page 8) Waterloo Regional Children‘s Aid Society Sixthâ€"generation Canadian W.F. Green