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What‘s mere, the Commission wants to make it illegal for citizens to freely associate with others to spend more than $1+,000 to express a political viewpoint. ing proposals admit that they violate our If the federal government accepts recent recommendations by the Royal Commisâ€" sion on Electoral Reform, citizens may be jailediftheyspendmeytoexpreua political opinion in the next election. The Commission urged the government to jail a citizen for up to two years if he spends more than $1,000 during a federal electiontompportcoppoae.politiul party, candidate or a policy of either of Free speech under attack in Canada The economists insist this hasn‘t been a depression. Maybe not, but hurting is hurting. Every job lost is a significant individual or family tragedy, but some of the bankruptcies have a special poignance. When a familyâ€"owned company goes under, generations of work may go with it. And generations of pride. The other day a Waterloo businessman told me that he‘s attempting a most difficult feat: He‘s hanging on by his fingers while they‘re crossed. His is a family business, and he‘s haunted by the thought that he‘ll be letting down his late dad and grandfather if the business fails. Like countless other businessmen, he‘s hoping for the big turnâ€"around. It‘s not hard to describe business today. Picture a nervous breakdown with tax returns. I won‘t detail how bad it is, but you‘ve never heard the Last Post played at so many annual meetings. survivors. But that‘s just smartâ€"Alec talk. Still, it‘s simple logic that every day brings us closer to a recovery. Even now there are tiny signs in Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo of an uptick in the economy. Waterloo Town Square 75 King St. South, Suite 201 Waterloo, Ontario Chronicle I sort of wish government economists wouldn‘t keep saying they see a light at the end of the tunnel. The way thingsmgoingitmightbeamrchpnnylookingfor Where is that light at the end of the tunnel? Maureen McNab Pete Cudhea (Sports editor) Melodee Martinuk threatened with imprisonment for doing the same? We say the government should respect to sway public opinion through their ;:rknuoutlm.hitfiirthuhaymud ve the right to spend money to express a political opinion while other citizens are freedoms but they argue that the limits are needed to prevent anyone or any group from "buying" an election. This is arrogant nonsense which shows little respect for the common sense of Canadians. In the recent Ontario provinâ€" cial election, the: NDlaâ€"sp;;fi)yv f:rwtl:e least of the three major parties, but won a majority government. Not only are the Commission‘s recomâ€" mendations antiâ€"freedom, they are inconâ€" sistent. Because the news media is exâ€" wealthy media owners would be able to try $ cA d ol . . The businesses that seem to be doing well are the ?‘“:vm'&‘h!bwummtm:lficfim nr thatâ€" for that: Mary Baycroft and defend the freedoms of speech and association of both citizens and the media. UWMMI .l a ns lnociafingfioopponpo}mwudby all major political parties â€" such as the ripâ€"off pension plan for MPs, official biâ€" lingualism and multiâ€"culturism, "pay equiâ€" ty", electoral reforms, forced unionism, etc. The real purpose behind the recommenâ€" dations is to ensure that professional politicians have a monopoly on debate during elections. The Commission‘s most cruel cut came with its recommen dation that citizens, whose fundamental freedoms would be cians to the tune of tens of millions of should be forced through their taxes to continue subsidizing these same politiâ€" ‘”’M w.wwhmwmwm,b, President: PaulWinklee â€"â€" +GST. The Fai Incorporated _ Subscripti fptiindsy Pubscrinti I t "_""‘_"-"J 'v-rl“l-udu“mm him: It‘s a smidgeon of ham with baloney. 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One hopes that Mr. Mulroney is wide awake now and that he will reject outright these undemocratic proposals. _All Canadian citizens should have the right to participate meaningfully in their Brian Mulroney apologized for his party‘s support of the bill, saying "We were asleep at the switch." silence citizens during elections once beâ€" fore. In 1983, all three major political "‘.'fi“mlll'.wc-lw,whichdm stifled of speech during elections. Challenged in the courts by The National Citium. Coalition in 1984, it was ruled At the time, then The federal government has tried to The National Citizens‘ Coalition $40 yearly in Canada, $45 yearly outside Canada. leader