4- * Wane: Samurai Location: Central Ontario By Robert G. MoEwsn Oentrai Ontario> là .being dlsmantled industrially, by forces. beynd ts ontrai. ln order to accmpishan seseOf victory- we must organz rmwfthIn7.m «This sounds like' pretty heady stuff, but if you 1ok at what sa happening withln .one- ganarat Ion, we mustrethink aur options .tao maintaln a'Iffesfyla that -wasý xeced just a short time ago. Th e reglan la taking a licking internationially -- nat only with Our praduct%, but aur jobs.- Recenit announcements ln Oshawa Indicate there will be further layoffs, ln the auto industry if the plants cannot compoe a*anst sister plants elsewhere. The region may not see the total impact until the rest of the world la out of recession and leaving Central Ontarioa, Iagging behind with very little growth potential, regardiess of the world market opportunities. We are laslng, in the short term, to the United Stattas but in the long term ta Mexico and China. When It comes ta education, we have what it takas, but wa do flot apearuta ave thawilll. Business plans are passed down ta our plant managers from corporate g iants from around the world. With f ew exceptions, we have littla contrai over our future which we forfaited for the sake of foraeign-controlled jobs which are constantly under, the threat of extinction by unseen farces., At one time, the reglon was able -to 'use ifs rnatural resourcas to open the tarritory. Our. natural resources are no langer an advantaga becausa we have' cut aIl the trees that created:jobs back at the turn of 1the. century and did naît raneow t h em.:. The industyy' moved on ta cheaper sourdes of material and operating costs. Our factories that thrivad in places like Lindsay and, Peterborough are virtually gone. Entrepreneurs wha established the area are aIea gone, or hard ta find., Companlas like Fisher Gauge UJmted and Milltronlcs of Peterborough are thriving because they are relatlvely young cam- punes ndhave built up world- clseorganizations due ta the vison of thoir founders. ft la very dicu to kmep qp the pace as neww .wal take ovar omman ftehoinm. Entrprnsur are the 09 ewssOUur society. They brM euw ground whera others folow ln wénd.sm.n. We need tha dgeto compote ln global mu6diIot. matdn a,*egshed ma-m Oopoduaikle ound around the iwiU ln vktuulyvery field -- 118-Iau#oftÀ agicture, taie- 41-10 -01-0 M am*nrgye health . e g Tf,.~putdownul la aur orni *1,aipofonilgovernmant Interférence. The job of government has changed fromn paving the way'for businesses, ta inving them ta leave by charglng higher taxes, than, necessary and regulations that hinder.growth ta the point of, suffocation. These shortslghted actions bave a vacuum ýwhlch puts the tax burden an peple Without jobs. Weare stili struggling between what governments should do for us vl and what we should be doing for ourselves, as a community. -Developing regianalism by residents of the community is the only valid way of creating expertise- and growth of the community, nat by government interference in the process of business development. Lon -errm planning of Centrai Ontario's manufacturing sector is required ta get, beyond this ,Present. recession. Mufti-national campanies .are .excellent empioyers as long as there is sufficient, re-investmerlt into regional plants to, help, themn compete as technology changes. Unfortunately, multi-nationals have a habit of mnoving on when they sea more efficient ways of competing in their, respective mnarketplaces. We need access to business 'Samural' or specialists who have a, vested. interest ta create businesses in. Central Ontaria. They stiôuld be .armed' wiuth credentials through, training r recognized experienca, and ,a commitment ta excellancp. Obviously, this -la not one parson, but a collection 9f professionals who are given the task. The initiative should be accomplished collectively, by community or. regionaliy. Each niamber of the community must have a vested interest in any devalopment plans. .Central Ontario has na corner on ragionâl concerns. Communities ail over the worid are concerned about econamic survival inta the next century. The only way ta salve this potentiliproblem la to address th problem head-an without'delay, and nat pasa the responsibility on ta goverment.. or outside interests that have their own agenda. Multi-nationais have their handa f ull trying ta survive into the next century without' the added, responsibility of looking after the interests of supplying jobs ta communities that do not want ta bacome involIved with the proces of developing a winning strategy. The collective conscience of the community . la the, oniy -way taý p rotect' the lifestylethat we,,have beme accustomed .ta, in Central- Ontaria. 'What la good for'Central. "Ontario is good for ail Canada. LAURA BBILE, 10, and Mathew Bridi,8s ee who..c aumake the largest buffle. TheW I&tby PuAblie Library edan udoor .Da? ethat, mcluded games, crafts and c«ontes. To the editor.. Parents choose -'home' over 'institul To the Editor: Re: Ltter by, Kenneth Barnes, 'Commenta were 'irresponsible,' Whitby Free Press, June 12. In ' his haste to defend the institution which has supported his famiby.'ôver the past 22 yaars, Ken Barnesà , the owner of Christopher Roôbin Home, has complately misa"ed the point that the director and prasident of the Association for Community Living were attempting ta maka. Mr. Barnas' rationalizatian of Christopher Robin Home as a cheaper (and therefore superior) form of care for develapmentally- handicapped children ovar com- munity group homes la nathing but a comparison of 'two forma of institutional care, and attempta to divart focus fram th? leghiimate comparison of institutional versus home tare, as Mr. Powell and Mrs. Curi were doing <Ltter, Whitby Free Press, May 29). Home la not an institution. Homne la nat a group home. Home la home. Home ta mom and dad (or sometimea juat mam or dad), and brothers, and sisters, relatives, friands, teachers and nelghbours. As parents of a develapmentally- handicapped child, we would fia 77he only Whltby Newspaper owned and operated b>' Whltby residents for Whtby resîdents! Published every Wednesday by 677209 Ontario Imc. at 131 Brook St. N., Whitby, Ontario Li N 5S1l Phone.668-6111 Toronto Line 427-1834 Doug Andlerson - Publisher Maunoée Pifher - Editor AlxadraMrn - Production Manager 2nd Class Postal. Reg istratio n #05351 sooner gîve a ur chibd over ta any form of institutional care than we woubd aur -non-handicapped child. Quita.. simpby, we love har. Sha, deseryes hat love. in the sama way aur athsmatic chiid doas, and' in the same way ana of aur chibdren wauld if.,ha or sha -had, leukemia or cancer. We ', are neitherý saints nor martyrs, we are siinpby parents., Just as a haalthy chiid might break his parent's hearts, so can *a handicappad child bring a family laughtar, jay and prida in accomplishment.1f Unfartunately, aur davotion ta aur chibd is chalenged every day' because our society has chosen ta support the clice of the basa than tan par cent of parents wha choose an institutional option over the more than 90 par .cent ofus' who woulcl neyer considar if. Look- at the wondarfui, supot Mr. Barnes describes -in his=ate about, his soon-to-ba-closed institution - doctors, teachers, therapiste, nurses and. ordinary heipers avallable as naeded. Those of us with a child at home wiil typicalby g et on waiing. lista for months for t hose supports, travél far and wida ta accass themn; and aften 'recoive, oniy >'mîediator mnodal' suppo,'rts, in which- the experts-show us what to do;,and then' we do it ourselves., Many, parents administer oxygen, suctian f rail lunga, do G-tube feadinga, physiotharapy, qet up during the. night-to do position.changes and accompany aur child tal each hospital visit or stay.. tion' Why ist so, hard for cOs ta ga9t the suppr « u. childran equaily deserve? . Becaute over 90 per Cent of. theMinitry of 'Camnmunity and Social 'Sérvices» finaricial rfesourcas aré ',cons'iumed ta support the leas thantan per cent Of peaple who are 1'ii institutional care. Rif laironic'.that the amali number of familes. wlé, choosa or can acces inst tûtionai -options ,for their chilIdren are rewâded for t hat choica 'and 'converseÎl,-thase wiha keep, an' equally-cýhioened child at homfe are punished.'g WVhy .has this .ýhappened? 1 believe if la that we ail fear aur reaction to the birth of,,a.child wha is devebapmentalY:halldicappad SME PAGE 14 Hi neighbour, there s room for both of u8!l