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With the allâ€"party agreement on constiâ€" tutional procedures announced in Parliaâ€" ment on April 8, the Progressive Conserâ€" vative Party has prevented the Trudeau Government from unilaterally changing the future course of the country. Since the introduction of the Constitutional Resoluâ€" tion last October, the Official Opposition has worked to effectively reâ€"direct the Government‘s haste to force through its proposals. That course posed a divisive threat to the Canadian federation. Through our persistence in the House of Commons, the Senate, the Special Joint Committee and across the country, we ensured that a full and informed debate took place. At the insistence of the Opposition, television cameras were perâ€" mitted into the Joint Committee‘s forum. This allowed the broadest possible audiâ€" ence to follow the proceedings. The Prime Minister wanted his package approved before last Christmas. Public opinion, voiced by Opposition members, convinced the Government to extend the hearings to allow more Canadians to appear before the Thousands of Waterloo constituents have written to me of their concerns over the Constitutional Resolution. Their calis and letters have truly borne fruit. That, of course, leans towards the notion that the land comprising a nation is owned by the state, without separate parcels being available for ownership to private citizens. In some quarters, it‘s called communism. But, in theory, government could step in at any time and claim the property for whatever reason and the *‘*property owner‘‘ will have little legal recourse to do anything about When one wakes up on the day the Trudeau constitution comes into force â€" presuming it does â€" they had better accept the fact that they don‘t really have any right to own the piece of property their home rests on. As far as the banks, real estate agents, buyers and sellers, city hall and the immediate force of law are concerned, they probably do own the land and will, of course, continue to pay property taxes. * it. And, desperate for the support of at least one of the opposition parties, the Liberals have agreed to the socialists‘ demand that nobody be given the express right to enjoy property. The exclusion of property rights is one giant step to the radical left and is not befitting a nation that has prided itself on enterprise, freedom and individual, as well as collective prosperity. PAGE 6 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1981 Apparently, there‘s some fear on the part of the government‘s NDP allies that putting such a clause in the constitution will hamper government‘s ability to expropriate land and/or nationalize industry. . The Liberals once more last night rejected a Conservative proposal to entrench property rights in the constitution. WALTER McLEAN Property rights published every Wednesday by Fairway Press a division of Kitchenerâ€"Waterioo Record Lid.. owner 225 Fairway Rd S Kitchener. Ont Warerioo Chromucte oftfice is iocated on2nd oo: of the O W Sports busiding opposste Waererioo Square Periung on King Sweet o: in Waterice Square Oper Monday to Fnday 9 00 am t § OO p m address correspondence to Waterioo office 92 King St South Waterioo Ont telephone 886â€"2830 subscriptions $14 a vear in Canada $16 a year in Urited States and Foreign Countries Committee. The Government originally planned to byâ€"pass Canadian institutions and have its constitutional proposals approved by the British Parliament. Under the provisions of the April 8th agreement, time has been set aside to: 1. allow Parliament to complete work on the constitutional proposals in Canada, before sending them to Westminster; 3. permit the Prime Minister to meet with the Provincial Premiers before Parâ€" liamentary approval is given to the Joint Resolution. 2. wait for the Supreme Court to rule on the legality of the proposed changes; Without these three checks on the Government‘s unilateral timeâ€"table, Canâ€" ada‘s relations with Great Britain would have been severely strained. A major constitutional crisis in Canada has been avoided. The actions undertaken by the Official Opposition were prompted by Canadians from all walks of life, and from every region of the country. I have been contacted by over 5,000 concerned resiâ€" dents of Waterloo Riding. The issues raised cover almost every part of the Editor: Phil Jaisevac Publisher: Paul Winkier establisheqa 1854 Calls and letters worthwhile Many people have written me to express their dissatisfaction with the Governâ€" ment‘s refusal to inclpde the right to own property in the proposed Charter of Rights and Freedoms. As one Grade 10 student wrote, "I love Canada. It is a great land, but to eliminate the right to enjoy private property would be to destroy Canada." Wellesley Township Council recently adopted a resolution calling upon the government "to ensure that the basic right ‘to own and to enjoy property‘ be a part of the Canadian Constitution. Women‘s groups in Kâ€"W, and across the government‘s proposals. \ Many in our region expressed their opposition to the Government‘s refusal to enshrine the supremacy of God in the new Constitution. As I have said in responding to all who hdve written, this serious ommission contradicts the fundamental relationship on which this country was founded. It reneges on a promise made to everyone who has imigrated to Canada. The essence of the Government‘s package is that it puts the supremacy of governâ€" ment over and against the supremacy of the individual} and the inalienable rights we have been given as part of our humaniâ€" ty. THE PATHERS OF CONFEPERATION 1981 This year, Easter and Passover exactly coincide; both are celebrations of renewal. In conveying my best wishes to you all at this joyous time of year, I am grateful that the country as a whole is offered a national renewal. As a result of that agreement, each of the three parties has been allotted one ‘omnibus‘ amendment, to be introduced on April 21. These amendments can cover one or more of the provisions in the proposals. On April 23, votes will be taken on the amendments. Parliament will return to discussion of the amended Resolution only after the Supreme Court of Canada has pronounced on its legality. If it is found to be legal, the House of Commons will vote on the Resolution to be sent to Westminâ€" ster for approval and reâ€"patriation. Charter so that it will enshrine an end to discrimination on the basis of sex. My colleagues and I introduced this amendâ€" ment in the Senate, prior to the April 8 country, have pointed out the lack of a genuine guarantee cf equality for men and women in the Charter of Rights. The Government has now agreed to amend the