r WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEÃ")NESDAY, MARCH 21, 1984. PAGE5 LETTERSTO THE EDITOR Privacy act will be P.E.T.'s biggest contribution Dear Sir: As a regular reader of your paper, I found your editorial in Mar. 7's issue very interesting. The only part I disagree with, is the overblown expectations in The Canadian Charter of Rights. I wonder how many Canadians realize the difficulty in having those rights which are enshrined in the Charter enforced. The Charter states; "Anyone whose rights or freedoms, as guaranteed by this Charter, have been in- fringed or denied rnay apply to a court of com- petent jurisdiction to ob- tain such remedy as the court considers ap- propriate and just in the circumstances." This wording is a magnificent hoax for the simple reason that few ordinary citizens have the time, financial Dear Sir: On bêhalf of the Oshawa - Whitby - Newcastle United Way, I would like to sincerely thank you and your competent staff for your community spirit and the excellent coverage of the successful 1983/84 Big D eal! Dear Sir: So we have paid our mayor and councillors $85,000 - correction over $85,000 this year. Big deal! Show me a big cor- poration whose executive salaries are any less and I will com- plement them. The Town of Whitby is a big Corporation, so lets pay these people willingly for the good job they are doing in- stead of making them appear to be money grabbing rascals. If we only knew the hours - and yes - abuse - these people handle for that $10,0oo! Yours truly, H.A. Dunbar Cochrane St. Whitby resources and power to take the offender to court because the usual complaints are seldom against an ordinary in- dividual. The most important piece of legislation which was brought into effect in Trudeau's fif- teen years in office was the Rights of Privacy Act, yet it is the least mentioned and the least understood. This act made it a criminal of- fense to wiretap phone conversations without a court order, made it illegal to record private conversations unless the parties to the conver- sations are consenting parties to the conver- sations which are inten- ded to be recorded; the third most important part of this act deals with the opening of the mails, however, few seem to know this is a Campaign. It is a well known fact that without the com- plete co-operation of the media, a successful United Way Carmpaign would be very difficult. Your continuous and dedicated support over the years is very much appreciated not only by the hundreds of volun- teers involved in the Campaigns but also the Agencies benefiting from your generous support.' The Oshawa-Whitby- Newcastle United Way is already planning the 1984/85 Campaign and we are confidently looking for your support this year also. Yours sincerely, Richard H. Gay, President. criminal offense. Often business and public institutions follow the practice of having one person in charge of all in-coming, and out-going mail. It is usually the respon- sibility of this person to open all mail pertaining to the operation of the business, this is normal business procedure. Quite often mail will be addressed to business offices, but to the atten- tion of a particular per- son; however it becomes a different matter if a piece of mail is addressed to ân in- dividual by name c/o the business or in- stitution, then this places the piece of mail as a private letter, it also places the person who accepts the private letter under an obligation to assure that the letter is delivered to the proper recipient in- tact. 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