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Meech is dead: Long live Canada er, a stronger Canada may well emerge. b;ll:dthe'wpmd,itwwldin: an appalling appeasement Quebec‘s ultimatum to the rest of the country. Throughout the recent "negotiaâ€" tions" over the Accord, Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa rigidly refused to make The Meech Lake Accord is finally dead. From its painful and messy demise, howevâ€" any concessions and hinted that Quebec would separate from Canada if it did not get its way. If the Accord had passed under such a threat, it would have encouraged other separatist groups â€" most likely from the West â€" to engage in similar constitutional blackmail by threatening separation. As well, the whole Meech Lake process was undemocratic and flawed. Our proud democratic traditions are violated when political power brokers meet secretly to Letters Comment Sometimes losing your job can be good for you Of course, when you are new to your position there is usually cause for some apprehension until you have mastered the job and can feel that you are on top of it; but, once having put in the extra effort to achieve this, there is no good reason why you should allow your job to get on top of you â€"~ unless that is, you are a procrastinator, or unable to deleâ€" gate, or don‘t get along well with people, and so on. Otherwise, the only people who have cause to be afraid of their jobs are those who are disinclined to do their share of the work, or "have bitten off more than they can chew". However, Mr. Gray describes an inter@sting exception. He tells the story of John, who was not a shirker, nor was he unqualified for the job as internal auditor and treasurer of a fairâ€"sized corporation. John had come up the hard way; he knew every detail of So what did I do on my holidays? I shaved off. my moustache. Paul Buâ€" nyan‘s safe for another day. The official party line is that I did it because it gets dry and itchy in the summertime, Why I really did it is because I‘m. attempting to find the fountain of youth, and figured going cleanâ€"cut was the best way to start. And so, one Friday morning not long ago, I discreetly tiptoed into the bathâ€" room and did the deed. Twelve years of I got things a little backwards on my recent holidays. s Ne > Usually when a guy takes a couple of weeks off in the summer, oueanamt himfio@oare_fllypnciothing , grow a nhq.gg beard or get a tattoo or something. You know the , they come ll_(ck_to_tllgoflhe_upgintird_with DmaWooleEinmdofnfianhave, te anyone who will listen what a rugged two weeks it‘s been roughing it in the wilds. â€" There was an interesting article writâ€" ten by Frank W. Gray, titled "Career Killers I Have Met." In the article he does an excellent job of covering many situations that can lead to the death of a person‘s career. One of them concerns the wisdom of not being ‘afraid of your I‘m facing the music without my moustache mmdmwu n_pgnllinguthepmce-t.hat it. By giving every province â€" but most imporâ€" tantly Quebec â€" a veto over some crucial constitutional areas such as Senate reform mdthoeompuifiandtho&m-m the Constitution would have dangerâ€" As Newfoundland Premier Clyde Wells put it, "The Constitution of this land should not be developed by 11 first minisâ€" ters sitting around in the secrecy of a private dinner meeting. .. . It boggles the were sordid and shabby. ers at the talks were bugged and tailed. Prime Minister Mulroney admitted he had staged the meeting at the eleventh hour to 'i,fi!’ create a ‘crisis atmosphere â€" to _ all the dice" in his own words. Opmmdthemdwmdclib«uuly iso and builied. the work in his department and how to organize it. He knew how to pick the right kind of people, and to plan their activities. The trouble with John was that he was by nature, a timid, overâ€"conscientious soul who was worried by the fact that he had passed the thresholdâ€"of 60, and might be replaced by a younger person. With nll‘wt.:xlil on his mind he ::l subconsciously expressing a somewhat subservient attitude in his conferences with top management. Fear is easily detected in :mn’l attitude, ,nndntfirt.fln:zn ials of the company joked about John‘s obvious dering whether the aging treasurer was on the downgrade. The résult was inevitable. A new and younger person was hired and John was The first test in public tame when I boldly decided to attend our company‘s growth and manicure, down the drain, â€""Oh, you shaved off your moustache," "OK, it looks different and nice. If it makes you feel good, Rick, then I‘m happy for you." $ observed Beth, passing me in the hall. ‘"That looks different." "Different? What do you mean diffeâ€" rent? I perform major surgery on the mug you have to look at 24 hours a day, and you say it looks different?" Geoffrey Fellows Perspective The sequel to the situation was, that after leaving the company where he had wukdfcnmnyyemlohnffieudu small office as a tax consultant. In a few years, he found himself at the head of a money on his own than he had ever done on the company payroll. There are two things that we can léarn from this little story. The first is that John‘s . fear â€"subconsciously brought about the very thing he was afraid would happen. As Job discovered before him: ‘"That which I greatly feared has come upon me." _ _ . _ lllyfe:&aipplhg;uinkh’gmd: his job and, even though it was based on scared people don‘t either. assigned to a minor executive position with easier duties. Although he had subconsciously brought this upon himâ€" self his pride was hurt and, whatever faith he had in himself was destroyed; Jphnwufinnllylidotucbdonupn- sion. ~*No more mouth from you, catch, or you‘re history," I screamed. “‘:‘*.ywhlooking%tmdtrim.“l a base runner. "Nice single, t_l.h:\nlflydunaxtupattbeplm to take a razzing from all in attendance. Wflnmzfi,lmmw umpire, but still felt I‘d be the centre of Was I . A coworker‘s ciled mitt my efforts to the contrary. “Hcyg:ha‘ , any more Jip and you‘re out of th gtm."{bellawednu'o-t.he Nobody bit. Not even a nibble, from 50 or so coâ€"workers. I was depressed. Someâ€" retained the right under the Accord to appoint 33 per cent of the justices who utuehm;ann&cbaudnd the Supreme Court of Canada. Tt should be mentioned that the failure of Meech will not affect Quebec as a distinct society. It will continue to emerge as a unilingual French entity inside Canada. Let us hope our political leaders do not spend too much time mourning Meech‘s passing. They must go back to the drawing board and draft a new formula that all Canadians can accept w’i‘gfi Tripleâ€"E Senate % a â€" one that is equal, effective and elected â€" would have been killed if the Meech Lake 1 was ratified. The Tripleâ€"E Senate is ded to protect the interests of the less populated regions of Canada from further economic pillaging. Also, even if Quebec‘s population conâ€" to t too, right? :::mmmwmk,mey David Somerville National Citizens‘ Coalition it , fully WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 1990 â€" PAGE 7 ‘The other thing we can learn is that, in every setback there lies an opportunity, if we can but see it. In many cases, the most fortunate thing that can happen to people of ability, is to get fired from a job that they didn‘t have the sense to see that they had kept too long, and to look around for a situation where their talents would be more effective and A survey of some of the country‘s most successful people indicated that many owed their success to the jobs they had lost; and the reason for having lost their former jobs was that they were afraid . went on to positi better If it is your age that you are afraid of, forget it. It is your expérience that you are selling, so don‘t diminish your selfworth. As Emerson so wisely put it: Resource r Institute, P.O. Box 642, cm%nm,m and industry.) a "No more Oil Can Harry," said my Dad during a recent visit. "Going to be strange not looking at that smudge of dirt under your nose." "I think it‘s great," said my sister. "And it does make Rick look younger, which is something he really needs at this time in his life." _ No, what he really needs, if this keeps up, is a new moustache. fl:’-fid&mfi"flw. as mmwflfl.m Rick‘s desk. "I thought you looked kind of naked at the ball game the other day, what are you trying to prove, anyway*?" And on it went. L soon wished that like at the barbecue, no one had noticed. But I‘ve toughed out the ridicule. And my family has been most supportive. made up for it, though. A barbecue noâ€" show picked up on it immediately. _ "You shaved your moustache off. You look like an idiot. Grow it back again." We are distressed to see that the profits of the airline companies and the tobacco manufacturers take precedence over the huhhnndwollboiww‘&mly those who looked to Doug Lewis and his government for leadership on this vital This letter expresses the deep disappointâ€" ment .of C-dhn. fiv-ua;.:fl the flights by Canadian carriers on July 1st as Docs disappointed airline smoking ban delayed Canadian Medical Association Marcien Fournier