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N.. sum 20 Waterloo, (Mum N'd Mtlf I‘M-1830 In: 886-0310 n t-airrioucltrortklr.ca nllilix lDR\I\'l()\ FAt 886-938} FN All, abvuslr" WW‘IIMMW MMt OR IN [WILSON I 1; WM ht l Aunt Ct, ”amino (Mum:- hi.'; JH8 ahl ms Miul SAIL" The time has come to end the miltlityttmtttrtt debate It's centrally located in the uptown. unlike the Canadi- an Clay and Glass Gallery and Manulife Park, and the Rrewmeister and Heritage greens. And it's in a heavily occupied pedestrian area. which ip crucial. Without a lot of people, the square would not be a success. Uptown businesses can't seem to get over the parking issue, but as city landscape architect Barb Magee Turner said, spaces would not be lost, they would just be shifted. A t the end of September. Waterloo city council will vole n the heavily debated public-square issue. On the one side, some uptown business owners fear the loss of parking in the Waterloo Town Square King Street parking lot will negatively impact their stores. Bufon thir other sideh the argument the uptown has signmcantly evolved over the Last couple of decades and it is now in need of a public gathering place right in its heart. It can accomodate large groups of people - which would be ideal for hosting events like the Uptown Water- loo Ian Festival - unlike the Barrel Warehouse Park. ‘Over the last couple of years the number of parking spots at the mall has increased. so the process of building a public square in the King Street lot would only reduce the total number of spaces by three. And, as Magee Turner said, losing three spots would Many sites for the public square have been looked but none beat the Waterloo Town Square lot. Especially considering the benefits a square in that location would have. A public gathering place in the heart of the uptown would attract more people to the core - and that means more customers spending money in its stores. 2gettge','edv.o,',Styl'g,2t'gt1/'g,'.' dmmtlmtfttumey,ro bosttttytgheeetrtttfbw mtmettstaAtttttt,ahoUd-tnrtP m: duct-hum - fIEWPOINT I TAKE IT THEN. YOU'RE NOT IN FAVOUR?.. r" arithte arise!" at, " ll Ill Ill ()UCIIRUNICUC Caught by the' census police Ihavv been a law-abiding citizen all my life. No stealing; no spray- painting; no jay-walking. But last week I came within a hair of committing my first major federal offence: failing to fill out and return my Statistics Canada census package, And yes, I heard a e radio arqnour1ceme after the deadline lhre pning those of us who for d 100 better things to do than tick off where my roommate?, best friend's uncle's doctor was born. I couldn't be bothered. That was until a nice older lady showed up at my door last Thursday "pack- age in hand - and told me I'd be on the hook for $500 come Monday if I didn't come up with the answers -quick. Yes, I got what seemed like a 200-page booklet in the mail months ago - the long version of the survey I My days of running were over; I fought the law and the law won. So I stepped outside and sat with her for the next 15 minutes, racking my brain for information that I either didn't know or hadn't thought about in a good two years. I admit it was a little embarrassing. sitting there while she filled out the forms, ', Yes, I was aware oft May 16 deadline. . I'm sure many of those who passed by guessed what we were doing. and that I'm now known as the census skirter among my .urvL-yx ‘e of I d a e " after 'i ruling After saying goodbye to the census taker, who was tickled she could now put a face to the name she reads éveryigeék in the Chronicle. I went inside and actually found my original census package. _ I had the best of inteR tions when it arrived. I even started filling it out before falling asleep one night-. page two did me in. neighbours. But I got through it. No more worries. for another tive years. But I, like many others, didn't take the national sur- vey seriously, and it almost came back to bite me. Turns out, that informa- tion is pretty important. In fact, it can have dramatic effects on areas that most people - including we cen- sus dodgers ___ make a habit of and, in some cases. a career in pushing for or complaining about, According to the Statis- tics Canada website, the census provides a statistical portrait of our country; and yi its people. in Canada. the census is the only reliable source of detailed data for small groups, such as lone-parent families. ethnic groups, industrial and occupational categories and immigrants, and for areas as small as a city neighbourhood or as large as the country itself. Census data provides valuable insight into the lair est economic. social and demographic conditions and trends in Canada. The information is also used to plan important pub- lic services including: health care, education. transportation, day care. fire and police protection. employment and training programs and subsidized housing. We love to whine about what we don't have, yet when we're given the chance to speak up and let the pow- ers that be know what we need, we have neither the time nor the inclination. People love lo scream about what's not right. but when it comes time to vote. they're nowhere in he found. This is just another example of our apathetic society. and how most of us want change but don't want to help make it happen, 19o any of those cate gories sound familiar? Maybe it's hecausr they're in the news daily - the topics of many a debate in terms of funding, waiting lists or whatever the case may be. The process is compara ble to that of an election.