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Now, don‘t start gewing the crazy idea that the members of. | Regional Council actually favor workfare. In the course of passâ€" | > ing the motion on May 16, nearâ€" : | . > L«uymvbmhrwlb claimed :10 be as opposed 10 . it as the four lonely souls who â€" ”z‘i‘&'b..u...ut‘ thet municipal decisions about workfare are being made under duress. Dave Tsubouchi is holding out incenâ€" tives and threats aimed at coercing municipaliâ€" dadnddmdahuw&c.daly. the Tories realize that if people were to make up their own minds, as many communities would reject workfare as would endorse it. That said, our local council has missed the one opportunity it will have 10 derail a program that is both inhumane and destined to fail. Arguing, as many buseaucrats and members of Council have, that participation in the early stages ol the program is the best way to create a "kinder and gentler® version of forced labor is completely fatuous. If the majority of councillors are as opposed 1o workfare as they pretend to be, they should have siood on principle with the councils of Kingston ticipation in the pilot projects. A significant numâ€" ber of municipalities rejecting workfare would have forced the province 10 rethink the very premise of their policy. As it stands, the Tories can point to the endorsement as a sign that their policy is fundamentally sound. Any reservations expressed in the passage of these motions will be swept aside with all of the other meaningless znd' “Condi-ud' ided to up this community as a testâ€" ing ground for the province‘s !mflaudluz(firn‘:hqr ing score, all four of the City of Waterloo reps voted with the Tuesday, June 11, 1996 â€" 7:00 p.m. Victoria Park Pavilion 80 Schneider Avenue, Kitéhener * Presentation of Awards * Election of Directors In celebration of the 100th Anniversary of Victoria Park THE PUBLIC 18 CORDIALLY ;,l'""|"""” l"‘; j A, ~Luck nunity as a testâ€"| ; ~ (‘i? province‘s j rdllheC:;Tl 6 owed with the â€" "e 1 irt getting . the e members of i actually favor â€" 3 course of passâ€" 1 + ) May 16, nearâ€" | .> fi}? s : as opposed 10 â€" ie e acknowledge that municipal â€" Until the " _~|] should â€"participate in order 10 BB lessen the severity of the torture â€" a lower voltage of clectric e shock or a smaller club, perhaps. Until the Chretien government repealed the C“m’h(fl:ud& rules for provinces to compensate for masâ€" sive Tederal cutbacks), workdare was illegal in Canada. There was a stason for this restriction: worldare is an abuse of an entire class of people who have been deemed expendable in our "new cconomy‘* . It creares a huge pool of captive workâ€" ers who will be forced to work for less than minâ€" imum wage, with no benefits, no right to choose. vbacd:ywat.dn*nrnn union. The International Declaration of Human Rights, 10 which Canada was one of the first sigâ€" natories, explicitly prohibits such exploitation. Workfare also assumes that there are jobs out there that welfare recipients have rejected in order to stay home. We all know that this is not the case. Indeed, workifare is likely 10 cost people real jobs as employers lay them off in order to hire workfare conscripts for less money The Waterloo Regional Labour Council recognized this fact when it decided to withhold support from social agencies which participate in workâ€" hurt the poor; if agencies really were interested in helping the poor, they wouldn‘t get involved in workdare). If only our elected officials had as much guts and vision as our local unions. Given‘it‘s acceptance of workâ€" fare, what would Waterioo Region‘s position be if the Tories decide in the future that the threat of torture is what welfare recipients really need as an *incentive" 10 "get back to work" and *reduce their depenâ€" dency" ; Based on recent evenis, we can only assume that many people â€"would argue that we * Two outdoor playgrounds * Weekly summer programs throughout July and August Please call Debbic Foster at $88â€"4030 for information or Patntin® Place Spaces now available! Regular and Summer Coâ€"eperative Day Care Centre inc. 159 University Ave. W., Waterloo Quality care for children 246 7:30am to 5:30pm SATISFACTION GUARANTEED! WE WANT TO REPAIR YOUR ‘Broken Windshield ((AUTO GLASS) 647 Sprucehurst 316 Conservation rREE YOUR pA »~an 15 vo‘flgffl 2 s Piece Barrel 20 "[36. j “” P Ch 7 °&% P#A 3 /S 213 HOMES SOLD (ALL INSURANCE C0.) 618 Burningbush 164 Pinegrove 1 5) Em reonsy ; *./ wiil? is 4 k vae&eu, e * 1 FK6â€"AZV | from 121 Partridge FREE q CAR WASH! $25,000 | 194 900