"3|m ner Goods and Services Tax: will have any : wlike products or services in the & wner s ‘pdï¬ueflldmmdiu.lï¬ï¬‚lm ntplmâ€"mmmmm 3 jigg=y will have any positive effect on this wflw by Mulroney‘s GST â€" swuy‘s dnc i": /..‘ The to this is that uncompetiâ€" Time is running short. I believe that you, tive policies and structures like high 4 Mr. Mulroney, as a reasonable man and as marginal tax rates, cumbersome labour Sent to Prime Minister Brian ‘leader of our beloved country, will and can legislation and regulations, and lmly Mulroney: mwmmnndnothlthxing management marketinig boards will likely T have just returned from a threeâ€"hour . books will be devastating to Canada. disappear. Even the governments of eastâ€" seminar sponsored by the Canadian Bookâ€" plead with you to stop the process right ern and central Europe have come to sellers Association regarding the Goods now and to reverse your government‘s recognize the wisdom of deregulation. and Services Tax. I cam away from this decision. It is never too late. That is why Canadian society must seminar with feelings of anger, frustration, Tricia Siemens change if it hopes to compete in this and despair. Waterloo â€" emerging global market. Businesses must Anger because Iâ€"could not believe that n reduce their reliance on government atrim governmen actually tance, labour unions must cha eir w«: reading. tW‘I'I:liw eonnm l: canada Fac'ng militant attitudes and Nï¬ï¬dï¬ must manymiununqlen,you.dlmd Tou h reeqniut.he'need for policies that inâ€" everyone slso who Shn read, must do att" 1 OUGO crease Canada‘s competitiveness. _ . quarters of the year the tax was in plm.mommofCamdai:umdy mndemhphnnfllgthqdflun only worsen the situation. I feel frustrated that I am going to have to pay someone on my staff to monitor the paperwork for a tax that will do nothing to enhance my is bea ts flocien in the qpvernmeny â€" to be a tax collector Andhdly.lb.)lum.lbolhti'r; Despair that your government will :o.plltohi\:thuhxwhnthpblk not want it. Certainly many things we do not want will be of some good ultimateâ€" age Make no mistake about it. _ _ Now, I‘m not so naive that I don‘t understand the basic reason for this. When you have a stadium where you can buy beer, but not in the stands, and can go to the washroom, but not in the stands, it tends to promote a great deal of aigle and concession. traffic. Underâ€" that boggled the mind of this sports But bdn'zu labelâ€" me a crusty curmudgeon doesn‘t know how to have fun, let me state that today‘s fans (well, most of them) don‘t bother me. They‘re just different from what I grew up with, and they take some getting used to, especially the following cast of Watching a Toronto Blue Jay game at the Sky Dome is not a sporting event. ?GEEGVMMMMW on a bus trip to the Dome to watch the Jays triumph 7â€"5 over Kansas: City My most ing impresgion <of â€"the uï¬recvmmm and I mean Anyone, sits in their Seat for more than about 15 minutes at a time. It‘s a constant ‘to and fro, back and forth, up notâ€"soâ€"rare species invariably is will be of some good ultimateâ€" -,xmuflum RTUrcipain, NTE TA ie dn agpteRena® LL 1. memaac se c3 ce access to worldwide television programâ€" -&:l‘hflm-fll as -“h‘m facilities as relevant as ©Mode! T Fords. Businesses of the future will have to be leaner, more efficient and more adaptable to new ideas. ndltln worldwide move toward freer trade have, in effect, made nations around the world participants in a global experiment. Social systems and structure mmmawdm technology is altering today‘s society just as the Industrial Revolution transformed however, is occurring much faster and on a much wider scale. creating‘a h hand. Computers are already uuping m are in around the world and capital has quickâ€" silver mobility. Consumers will soon have This type has been around for a while. For who knows what reason, Ronnie brings his ghetto blaster to theâ€" game and ‘tunes in w-by-plu at a decibel level that scare away a pit bull. Three sections over, they can hear Tadg io on o omnt Â¥ o ut q m 2 S OBR PAPETR dogs, cokes, slush cones, you name it, but Tony has this one problem. Instead of leaving his seat between inni he mwmmmmWno out and the count is three and two on the neck. Knows but two words, and utters them every second inning when he beers, more beers." bars, meet people at the ball game time, you can count on in itills tubmnttratetearrirbitottherthidibeetths sntatammansecendnimmatzneatiae aiin Street closings violates fro:floms, reader argues ern and central Europe have come to recognize the wisdom of deregulation. That is why Canadian society must change if it hopes to compete in this emerging global market. Businesses must reduce their reliance on government assisâ€" tance, labour unions must change their militant attitudes and politicians must recognize the need for policies that inâ€" crease Canada‘s competitiveness. To be competitive, of course, Canada must unleash the dynamic forces of the free market. One positive step would be to begin an aggressive privatization pro gramme focused on handing over assets, services, influence and power from the state to the private sector. Our social programmes and educational systems are also out of date and badly in need of reform. Certainly, the scale and rapidity of change will result in some inescapable tion. Canadians will have little choice, howéver, but to meet those challenges and it Amazingly, does not watch one pitch of g:'memb\nthewmna as a goodâ€"looking female and ‘when a ball lands about halfway across the stadium, says "next one‘s coming our way, and I‘ll be ready." Uh Disappears for innings at a time, t esay you was fifth inning, this is the eighth, and it‘s Cool Hand Luke 7â€"5." Forehead furrowed, Art b "what? You‘re kidding." You wish. poute P pories thould Ronnie‘s radio as it blares away at his feet. The antidote is to have someone e e down the row, saying "scuse me, scuse me" until reaching Ronnie, at which hoof the noise box into next "Oh, was that your radio?" his ball glove to catch a foul National Citizens‘ Coalition WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1990 â€" PAGE 7 resolute foes of Nimbyâ€"ism, who have declared they will accept any inconveniâ€" ence if it is for the good of the city, can be persuaded to take up this issue when they have concluded their current crusade. They have, besides, a personal interest â€" it must be hell to reach the liquor store from Waterpark Place. prevents movement in both directions. It is therefore half as bad as a blockaded street, but it affects all the residents of the street, not just those who live near the end. A person living on a oneâ€"way street looks wistfully up the street, knowing he can never experience the freedom that he sees The human cost of this frustration is frightful, as I know from personal experiâ€" ence. We have friends who live two houses up the street. If we want to visit them, we have to drive clear around the block Naturally, we don‘t see as much of our friends as we‘d like. Oneâ€"way streets sever relationships and break up families If the City of Waterloo wants to improve its human rights record, the first thing it should do is eliminate all oneâ€"way streets Erb street would be a good place to start Perhaps the residents of Waterpark Place, Comes to the game dressed like he‘s a Secret Serviceman or a cheap extra from Godfather II. Stands in the aisle virtualâ€" ly all game conversing with buddies, showing off his threads. When you bark "nice suit, but can you tell us who‘s at bat," your comment rolis off him same _-maflhhpdm.ahhm Oh where, oh where, have true baseâ€" ball fans gone... This stupid habit has been passe for a glr.hnemynnoinmflthinning. anda gets up and tries to start one. Sit down, Wanda, the wave in your hair is Wanda Wave cerned, she‘s there to be seen, to heck May as well give her ticket to someone dnflho-s"tbmn up at flnmhlkigtomud were biocked up, they were oneâ€"way streets, and a oneâ€"way street is also a abuses. Long before Herbert and Willow A oneâ€"way street Letters welcome the vital statistics on his