PAGE 6, WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20,1991 Published every Wednesday By 677209 Ontario Imc. MuiePfe Phone:MariePfr 668-6111 Editor Toronto Line 427-1834 Alexandira Martin Doug Anderson Production Manager Publisher QIA OICEFTHEOUNTTOWN131.Brock Street North, - wndan oeatd yPO ox""0WhtbOn, 2nd Ctass Postal "dsThe only Whftby newspaper independently oLiN 5d op1 Re byP.O Box206 WnE535Ont Whitby residents for Whitby residents. U S eitaine55 1A residents' grouîp was unabie ta sway the Town ta change plans for the Coscan development at Whitby harbour. .Now, a higher, more influential authority may do Just that -- ta the benefit of Whftby residents. The Ontarlo Ministry of Municipal Affairs has objected ta the $1 50-millan Harbaur Isle projeot, over concerns aver lack af full public access (300 metres of waterfrant would be private under the plan approved ln January), size and population denslty of the developmnent, and the Ace ss stili1 possible development's relationshlp ta a praposed walklng trail aiang the shorelirre tram Burlington ta Newcastle. The new provincial governiment ls paying heed ta recommendatians made ln the recent royal commission repart on the Greater Toronto*Area's waterfrant. It would appear that the Cascan plan, as now proposed, does nat abide by the report's emphasis on full, public access ta the waterfrant. Such access was removed tram the original plan by Town councl, fearlng liabltty problems with a waterfront walkway. The minlstry, IR seems, has no such fear. The minlstry, Town and Coscan representatîves are meeting this week ta discuss concems, and no agree- ment is reached, an Ontario Municipal Board hearing- Is likely.1 One way or another, we can again hope that full waterfront access wlll be part of a revlsed plan. What's to admire in history olýf Iraq? To the edfitor. I have read the views of Doug Anderson, Barbara Black and others regarding the, Gulf War. In Mr. Anderson's column several weeks ago, he expressed bis admiration for Iraq, and'-its past histoiy. Would he kindly enlighten me and his readers just what is ta be admired in the past history offIraq? Prier ta 1918, Iraq, as a nation, did net exist. Prior ta that year, Iraq was a country named Mesopotamiia; in 1916 and 1917, British blood was shed ta liberate Mesopotamia from the Turks. In one battie alone, the freeing of Baghdad, 1,800 British soldiers gave their lives. During World War II, Iraq was a well-established, oil-producing nation. It owed its modernization and petrochemical industriel postion Iargely ta the financial hlpit had received from Britain and the Unit.ed States. It offered littie military or financial help in the war effort from which it was a major benefactor', although it lapped up the profits from the cil that was shipped by the British- and Axnerican-built pipeline which carried petroleum products ta, the U.S.S.R., even though the U.S.S.R. was flot at that time a western'ally. The communists were referring ta the war as the second great capitalistic war, this was while they were the secret allies of Nazi Germany. That expression chan!ged in June 1941 whien their Nazi ally attacked the U.S.S.R. This aiseougt a complete change in the thnling of the extreme Ieft-wing elementà here i Canada. Before June 22, 1941, many were denouncing Canada's mnvolvement in war. No sooner were their comirades i the U.S.S.R. under attaclc, than they were screaming for more involvement ta aid "aur sccialisi brothers in Russia." Iraq bas a short history, a history of dictatorial rulers whose methods of rule include tarture and. atrocities that have few Keep our open spaces To the Editoi: 1 went ta tell you how delighted I was ta read cf the Neil Grandy development proposai before the Town planning commi*ttee ndcouncil. Marcel Brunelle deserves a thunderous round of applause for articulating what se, many people in Whitby want: our naturel spaces preserved and left wild; our creek valleys held in common for ail ta enjoy, including the wild animais that live there and use them as transportation corridors; quality open space meticulously written inta every new development proposaI, not just the occasional postage staxnp play area that makes our children tbink "nature" is two trees and a patch cf grass. Brunelle's defense cf our common right ta nature is a commendable one. I hope bis action is heralding in an era when the terni "cash in lieu" is a thing cf the past, and "nature preserve/opon space" is the order of the day. Margaret Carney Wbitby Support for garbage cutback To the EditSr: Re: 'HaIf-baked idea,' letter fr-om Adam Chapman, Feb. 6 edition of Whitby Free Press Mr. Chapman doubted tbat garbage pick-up could be eut by 25 per cent. How about cutting it ta 25 per cent? First, you save papers, tins and bottles. We take them ta.-a Durham recycing depot on Rtitson Rd. Second, make a compost heap or box or bin for ail kitchen scraps except meat. You cen even do, this indoors with. red -wrigglers chewing up the compost-The- end product gues inta your vegetable garden or flower bordera. S We are a household cf two who live reasonably well and once put eut two large or even tbree bags a week. We now put eut about half a bag aweek. Trusting that the paper, tins and botties are being recycled by Durhami, we seem ta bave eut our contribution ta landfill problemas ta, about 25 per cent cf what it was -* net by 25 per cent, but ta 25 per cent, from more than two begs to half abag. Give it a try Mr. Chapmen. Help cut taxes and save the countryside. -1 oteymal th equals in the history of sadistic cruelty and oppression. This is the not-so-serjous aide cf Iraqi history. Persia and Arabia have a good bistary, based on tbe accomplishments of their peoples. Perhaps Doug Anderson can tel us cf the glories cf the Iraa* bistorical past. Io its war itI Iran oneof them, and is the use cf poison gas against the Kurdish niinority another? Barbera Black states the war is for oil. And the war is causing the deaths of innocent women and children. She aise suggesta we go back ta, the horse-and-buggy days What a lovely, simple solution. She mentions the War cf 1812. It was a horse-and-buggy war, yet it caused six million casualties, many were innocent victinis. The Ainerican Civil War i 1865 was a horse-and-buggy war, it caused four million casualties, many were women and children. The War of 1812 was not restricted ta North America, it was aise, fought in Europe and on sea. The deaths of innocent civilians are regrettable in any war. It happens when there are no wars In 1987, 14,000 Canadiens died accidentai deatha. Nearly 4ý000 died on our roada and highways. Many of thoe deaths ýwere caused by drunkenness. Ini six years during World War II, Canada had fewer illed than we will have tbrough accidents if the 1987 trend continues since the Gulf War started Aug. 2 when Kuwait wes cruelly overrun by Iraq. More Cenadians have died as the result cf murder than Canadien deathe i tis war. Where- are the outeries against these Canadien deaths? We have the cry 'Nô blood for cil,." We should aise have the rallying cal ' No blood for alohol." TOM Douace .Whbitby It's our right to protest To the editor. . I was one cf the four people ta visit René Scetens' constituency office ta protest the insane amounts cf money being spent by the government on the Gulf War when there are 1.6 million Canadiens living under the poverty lime. The reason that I arn writing tbis letter is to let Mr. Seetens know that bis statement that we should be "out looking for jobs," is an inhumene, sickening state- ment frcmn somneone who is suppoeed ta represent the people, be they presidents cf corporations or single mothers trapped in the vicieus circle of unsifordable daycare and inadequate welfare. Obviously we know which of these two he represents. Who is he to say that we should be out looking for work? Meybe we are concerned citizens who taok a day off work. Maybe we are one of the nine per- cent unemployed. It's none of bis business. It is our right, Whoever or whatever we are, ta, exercise our right ta protest or speak. eut aganst semething that we might find urijust, whether you agree with us or not. And I amn disgusted and- frightened that you, a democratically-elected representative, would im lythat we should be out locking For work instead cf exercising that right at your, or should I say "our," office. Think about that word "right," Mr. Scetens," before y ou criticize, peole orusing their rights. Remeberit. is everyone's right ta vote, tac. ScottGriffun Whitby