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Waterloo property rights and is be more rowdy than usual because Those words echoed loud and clear for my brother David The animals in our community unconstitutional. 0f the utter lack of respect the city is Ward this past weekend. as he was honoured with the Pm_ deserve our respecl and compas. The members of council have Showing to Citizens of Waterloo, Siam mll.mmen‘ of Newfoundland and labrador Ans Sign, at the very least. been advised about the illegality of Canadians and especially its stu- and Letters Award. for Best unpublished Non-Fiction. The pm- Some people in our community this bylaw by their legal adViSOl'S dents. . Elain- first established in 1952' has recognized some of NEW- may find feral 03‘s a nuisance. but and 5““ "'5'?! on rammlng ”"5 foundland and Labradors most talented and well-known the problem has been bmught upon lhl'OUEh COUhCll- M ““130“ artists. ourselveg They must be stopped and the Canadian Taxpayers Alliance The piece David submitted for the competition was a pas- ThlS picture depicts a hUSE step voices of the citizens of Waterloo ' w ms: w...» ~ a.» u: ,, sage from his yet-unfinished biography of old-time hockey backwards in how we view the ani- must be heard and obeyed. .v f» > ‘ " we player “m Ham“. "1315 in our community. ‘ Elderly homeowners are “3'.“ 4’; ' . Z 1 > ” ° “It's a book that's part-memoir, as it contains a blend of This picture is worse than a bad at “"5 horrific tum of events. “Ch 5‘35 ‘ ' , . what it means to me, a 50-year-old man. to 30 in search ofhis cartoon It is disgusfing and in very is causing them “In!“ “RS? and is . , ., . . . . :..: childhood hero. and find him in Kelowna. so.” David told me l bad '35“?- bound ‘0 be especrally detrimental . . i . _ '1, from his home in McCallum, a remote outport on the southern l ‘0 me" way of ltfe. lemg on a M ‘ i . ‘ , ' ' . ‘ coast of Newfoundland. accessible only tWhoa! and air. Susan Hebe-1 ““30"“? is finanCia'ly Palm” " ' . " Like me. David is also a weekly columnist. tie-writes for the ‘ l Waterloo enough. . . . » - - Coaster, a community newspaper covering news in Harbour l This restdentlal rental bylaw ls , . , Breton Newfoundland and Labrador #__.‘_~.. * ‘ Rental bylaw assaults yet another crushing blow to private 1‘; 7 ' ‘ . ‘1 ., and suirounding areas ' ‘ ‘ _ _ . _ property rights individual's peaceful lives and those 5;.» ..-, V .; . z . . ' . «it On occasion. he writes a guest col- l l l l l. \ i E l l Ohm" tenants '}=,_ -- fits“ . . . . . _.. umnfor theWatedoo Chronicleinthis 1 j \ l The City ofWaterloo's current pm . Such .3 Precedent his the. We” -s . very space I have occupied for the ‘ ; posed bylaw to impose licensing "a1 to d'mmmh Canadian rights of hie affix” 3‘53. ‘9 '1 {hf}; past five years (a milestone 1 reached . 935 for renting their rooms to needy property and leave a black mark on in ~- v . “laws?” , . . .2. . . . . 2- thisvery week). l Naturally, l was overjoyed to learn ‘ 1 of David's recent honour. which rec- e -- l 8' ° (1 'th Andre T 1 'di Wmmmmmm "'1 ‘ lttlng own W]. W e egl What we do each week as columnists '- l is a kind of concentrated storytelling 1 I have to start this column by reminding you i ran particular, along with the current incarnation of the -â€" something that requires dedica- ‘ in a federal election against Andrew Telegdi in Conservative party. is out in the open. tion, practice and often a thick skin. ‘ l 2000 as a Progressive Conservative candidate (a dif< A large part of that. I'm thinking. comes from David and I both value the ability l ferent beast from today’s Conservative party), and l Telegdi's passion for civil rights and freedoms. He to be heard â€" to have the open fontrn MARSHALL I was roundly thumped. considers them far more important issues than of a newspaper column to share our WARD l While I walked away from politics, Andrew Teleg» most people. thoughts l di bristles at the suggestion that perhaps On this. I agree with him. Mthout “The greatest reward occurs when I feel like I can be some 1 he should have walked away too after the those rights and libertieS. we're all kind of ‘voice' for people who don't always believe they have } last federal election in the fall of2008. l ”l l l l l ll going to have a lot more to worry one," said David. ‘That's why I call what l'm doingthesedays, 1 After all. he has done his timeâ€"â€" from iii ll l ii K i about than high taxes or the lack of ‘outport prose.‘ Because I believe that. for several hundred . 1993 on. as the MP for Kitchener Water~ jobs years, politicians and businesspeople have attempted to hold _, ‘ loo. Maybe it's time. I tell him over cof- . But it‘s not a sexy sell. and it's the rural Nmfoundlanders down. They devalue what rural Newâ€" : fee. for another generation to come on *: kind of issue Which lust doesn't seem foundlanders are. and what's important to them â€" things like .‘ board. ‘ g to resonate with the vast majority of their fishery, their language and their lifestyle." l Telegdi lost that election by a mere 17 r ' people. who are not attuned to the David continued. "And with my weekly column. I get a i votes to Conservative Peter Braid. And it ‘3 -‘ ‘ political pm chance to vent and rail against such abuses of power and l wasn’t long after that he announced he 5, . And mUCh of his time is spent trying money. And that's very satisfying to be able to support such 1 would stand as the Liberal candidate ‘1, to make his political point. and he incredible people who havebeensogenerouswith me." l whenever the next election came up. a ‘ works very hard at spinning stories living in an isolated community, with people who commu- l i asked if he was bitter over that , _ ,. ' from which he can launch into a cam- nicate difierently than David has had a great influence on his . defeat, and determined to win back the is” _ . paign attack writing. "The sayings they have. the words they use and don't : seat if for no other reason than revenge. ' ‘ This makes him no different than use. force: me to edit my work in ways I don't have to when 4 Telegdi says “No." While disappointed BRIAN his opponents it is the very nature of wriu'ng for a newspaper on the mainland. 1 find that if I want ‘ with the election result. he maintains he BOURKE the political b8851- 3!- much as I would to be read by rural Newfoundlanders. it’s best if i just get to the ‘ was not motivated by bitterness or like it to beditferent. and as mUCh as! pointasquicklyaspossibleâ€"and thatdoesn‘tcomenaturalto ‘ revenge. think we would be better served by a me.” ‘ Do I believe that? Not entirely. and I certainly different level of conversation. After receiving his award, presented by the minister of . wouldn't blame him it he felt those emotions Very The challenge. I sense. for Telegdi will be to con- tourism, culture and recreation during a ceremony at The few of us would be immune to them. Vince people that after a very long run as MP. he’s Rooms in St John’s. David took in the sights and sounds oi the j The former Waterloo city councillor says he is still relevant for a few more laps province's capital city. “After taking a couple days to savour my . motivated by the desire to help people. There's no I do not. however. question the man's passion for good fortune, l plan to drive along a stretch of coastline cur- 1 question Telegdi does take a great deal of pleasure the job or for the difference he believes he can rently socked in by icebergs.” he told me. “Then I'll have to get ‘ from being able to achieve things of benefit to his make. back to my writing." 1 constituents, and I do believe he misses that alter Next week. the NDP. ‘ long may your big jib draw. brother. 1 more than two years out of office. (And. I might add. l i can respect anyone who takes pleasure in their . ”' .. . work) WmmfiWdW105-3KOO'LW MarshallWardisauirlmlartistandumtlbtgreporm And as nice as all that may sound. there is no dis» morning m 0“" be MM by e-matl 0‘ E-mail is welcomed: marshalmmiflhomilcom. ~ guising that Telegdi's disdain for Stephen Harper in ~bbourbeeknolfmoom. ,.._____â€"