WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1985, PAGE il Peterson teHls local. Grits they can beat the Tori es The Ontario Liberal will becomne the provin- ce s centre-of-the-road "moderate free en- treprise" party no mat- ter who is elected leader of the Progressive Con- servative Party later this week accordirig to party leader David Petersori. The Leader of the Op- position visited WhitbY last Tuesday to tour the Durham Centre for the Developmeritally Han- dicapped and to speak to the annual meeting of the Durham West Liberal Association. In what cari best be described as a pep talk for the troops, Peterson attacked the Tories on ail fronts but concen- trated much of his remerks on the plenried closure of Durham Cen- tre. The closure, he said, "symbolizes what is happening ini this coun- try." Peterson accused the goverrimerit of closing Durham Centre and six sinilar facilities across the province for purely economic reasoris, and without much regard to the future well being of the developmentally handicapped people who live in them. "This is onie of the Pro blem fixed.... iFaulty circuit blamed for power loss Officiais of the Whitby Hydro-Electric Com- mission seid lest Thur- sday that tbey have discovered the cause of the power outages suf- fered by residents of the Otter Creek area over the past few weeks. According to W.H.E.C. general manager Tom May, tbere bave been four outages since the latter part of November. However, extended outages have been ex- perienced ini the last three weeks. The lest one occured on Jan. 13 when some residents of the Otter Creek area were without power for just over 1/2bours. May says that the trouble was firially traced taorne of the timing circuits ini a sub- station. "Thne problemn was ex- tensive," he said, "We couldn't get tbe feeder breaker ta stay in." Homes effected were in the Otter Crek area as far south as Dundas St. May added that even the White Oaks apartment complex bad been affec- ted. "We're pretty certain that we've found the problem and repaired it," May said adding that tbe W.H.E.C. realizes that the 800 or 900 families involved "1suffered a lot of incon- veierice beceuse of it. " He rioted that elec- trical power delivery is normally 4"very reliable" iri the towri and problems sucb as these are not usuel. "lWe car't blame them for getting upset," May said. "And we don't lîke it any better than they do." Solway contmnued CONT'D FROM PG. 5 bligbt on society and if the police and the courts won't bang tbem ail we bave no other choice. Tbat's why I watched ta the end. Ta see if wbat I feared would happen. It did. Frantier justice prevailéd. Dirty Herry, impatient witb crime (wba isn t.) and even mare impatient witb the demnocretic system, makes is own law. That he is right anid the criminel is wrong does not excuse bis death squedeapproech to putting things "rigbt." No wonder so meny people, Americens on the scene and Canadiens watchirig fromn a distance, are cbeeig for that vigilante on the subway who shot Up four men who demended five dollars from hlm. Let me give tbe benefit of the doubt ta the cbeering section for thet unfortunate yourig mari and say that Law and Order is whet it is ail about; thet we cannot continue ta tolerate anti-social behaviar and a system that appeers ta protect the wrorig-doer. Except thet "Law" if it is ta survive must apply- to elI. The law is a precious thirig. It must reflect due process and bumnan rigbts. It must recognize the fundamertal that. in a democracy we assigri the trust of keeping order ta specially trairied and qualified "agents." Tbey act for us with aur consent and subject ta aur approval. Tbe samne law eand order that the criminel violates also says that no one is permitted to respond ta a tbreat with a defense greter than the danger or threat per- ceived. Unless the subway vigilante cari prove he was threatened witb deatb or injury by sbooting, bis t use of a gun cenriat be tolerated. Even if a forgiving jury lets him off, those four yaurig men, however sinister they mey be, should proceed tbrougb civil action ta recover compensation for their pain anid suffering. 1 dislike hooligans. 1 detest violence. Sa 1 canriot jcondarie it as an instrument of justice from sene, law-abidiig people. But 1 am efraid Dirty Harry» is mare than just e figure on the screen. He is a riew kind of savior. Most inhumane situations 1 have ever seen in my life," he said. Peterson acknow- ledged in a brief inter- view after the meeting that under outgoing Premier William Davis, tbe Tories have been a middle of the road party and have kept to the centre of the political spectrum. Buit urider any of the four men wisbing to succeed hlm, the gover- rment will take a shif t to the right. "They're al running to the rigbt, " he said adding that this will give the Liberals a truly separate political iden- Uity. He told the 90 or so people at the meeting that the Liberals have $ta tradition that believes in its respon- sibilities to others. "It's a party that bas always fought for the underdog and the op- pressed in our society," he contînued. "We are here to serve ail of humanity, not just special interest groups. " Peterson said that the Tories are tied to their variaus ."vesteci business irterests" and the New Democratic Party spe aks for the "union bosses" which leaves the Liberals to speak for everyone else. "The values we stand for have neyer been more important thari they are naw," be ad- ded. He also applauded his audience for keeping the faitir after four decades of tory rule in Ontario. "'You have to be a believer to be an On- taria Liberal for the last 41 years," Peterson said. "But we have neyer been more ready to fight the Tories and thé NDP." in the interview, Peterson said bis party has a chance at beatirig the Tories because they have "lost the historic dynamic." He noted that when former Prime Minister Joe Clark announced that the price of gas was going up 18-cents a gallon just before the 1980 federal election. the the move wasn't in the provirice's best in- terests. And because tbey stood up to Clark's goverririent, it lost the electiori. But when the gaver- riment of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney raisedl the weeks, nothing was heard from the provin- cial goverriment. 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