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PAGE6qr, WH1BY FREE ,PE, 9WEDNESDAY UGUST 21,, 199r"x" The only Whitby Newspaper owned and operated by Witb reidets for Whltby residents! Published every Wednesday by 677209 Ontario 1mc. at 131 Brock.St N., Whitby, Ontario LIN 5S1 Phone 668-61111 Toronto Line 427-1834 Doug Anderson - Publisher' Maurice Pilier - Editor Alexandra Martin - Production Manager 2nd Class Postal Registration #55 Me was the beset To the Editor: 1 founid most interesting the lètter1 ('Shame, shame, shamne,', Aug 7, Whftby Free Press) by Vrincent Balzan. -1 was ans. ai the seniors who Vince pked up on, a regular basis, once.and mostly twce a week, al Wlntr and spring. 1was veryi111aa the time. 1 lound him ta be the most. courteaus and efficient driver inthe whole gammunity set-up. The other drivers are prompt but most ai thsmr neyer open the r door for you or talcs you ta the door an an icy, or windy day. They also do not talcs your graceries ta yaur apartrment, if necessary. 30me ai us who are very iii and who need this extra service are willing ta give extra ta the driver il need be, but Vince did not accept 1 ach individual got special, cheerful cars from the van driver, and t's a shame that we can't counit on this driver and this van for future use. Surely there are enaugh organizations *In Whtby, il asked, thaï wauld helpwith expenses on repairs, insurance, etc. Whsre are the senior ging ta put their wheelchairs, shopping carts they take with them? You would alays have them in the van and later on the returnttip put your groceries in them. To cars for seniors with the love this driver, had, takes a speciai klnd af man and we just lost him through poor organization somewhere. His theory should have been considered -- share the, van for pick-up with Oshawa or have a luft put on it for the disabled and keep it rollung. Now many will worry- about getting a ride, and the cars they will receive. Somne drivers corne and go at will f they don't feel like driving but.not this van driver. You could always count on this driver being on time and with a cheerful welcone. 1Corne on, seniors,,f you have used the van belangîng ta Community Cars and have -had Vince treat you with special kindness and respect, let's have your opinion. Greta Scott Whltby ""Here we go agan.1 Sinking shipý To the Editor: The Toronto press made the recent Progressive Conservative convention appear ta be a barn- again experience for. the Conservative leader and his party. R loaked mare like passengers crawding araund their captain an the dock-ai a sinking ship, haping ta jump on ta lieboats called econanly.and'constitution. Unfortunately, the economy has sprung a leak because aio overlaading with high taxes and other anti-job creatian baggage, malnly in Ontario, and the co.nstitution lifeboat for the PCs sank long aga ln Meech Lake. No thank yau, that convention will nat wash. Canadians ,nsed ta. ses a genuine party convention with a broad base af concerned citizens nat beholden ta any special lnterest graup or province, not prone tao making cheeleader speeches solely for.the purpgseai hnigonto power white obliviu ta th deep cancernis af aver-go 1vemeci and under- employed' Canadians, something that has not occurred in this country in living *memary. Otherwise, public mistrust and cynicism will persist ta furthsr threaten any hope- ai restoring even a modicum ai faith in what could be thebest political system in the world. LusS lo Whitby. A time for reform By Edis Gomîlle "We'vs been mlsled. 'm sick and tired aiof V The sound ai many hands clappinq in the 100-plus audience, including mine, underscared this indignant, resolutety delivered statement by a Whitby citizen last Wednesday, Aug. 14 at the Reiorm Party ai Canada's first local informational meeting. Citizens Iocally, pravinciaily and nation-wids are ied up wit h high taxes, a higher deficit and low accountability. The Ontario Taxpayers' Coalition, seeking greater contrai over municipal taxation, is growing: over 40 coalitis have been iaormed. A courageous Whitby citizen, James Sadier, fed Up with iesosible taxation. recently d=iedta withhold 10 per cent of his property taxes. The state ai the economy, job loss, environmental deteriaration worry us. The Faorm Party of Canada, founded in Winnipeg in 1987 ta work for construc.tive changes in the ioderai systsm, is addressing many aof these cancenrs, and is consequently fast becoming a national party ai note. Only three g ars aiter ifs inceptuon, the party as 50,000 members (according ta the pamphlet; 85,000 according ta a speaker that evenin9), compared ta the Conservative Party's 212,00; it received 275,000 votes in the 1988 ioderai elect ion. Other. successes:, ,Deborah Gmy. 1' ths RForni Party' irst Memblter oi Parliament, was electsd in the, Beaver iver March 1989 by-eiectiain,' taking. almost hall the votes in a iaur-way contest; Reformer 'Stan Waters was appointed ta the Senate in 1990, defeating the closest ai his six rivais in the Alberta Senate nomination by a 2-1 margin. True, E.. Prestan Manning, president and chief consultant for an Edmonton cansulting iirmn and the Reiorm Pcàrty's president, conveys sincerity, integrity and honest niceness (puhleez, don't mislead me, Preston>, but most ai the party's appeal cames fram the common sense, taughness and sanity aifits principles anid policies: it has put grassroat cancerns and convictions on the political agenda. Get yaurself a copy of wPnnciples and Paiicies.0 lIts 38-page statemient makes exhilaraling reading; ifs proposais wauld bring èxicitement inta nolitial Ite for the electorate. As k6nung says.in his1foreword: *the heart' ai aur platform and aur reason for being resiçies in.those reforms designd ta get Canada's constitutional, fiscal, econamic'and Parliamnentary houses in arder during the 1990e' -- a necessary prelude ta 'the vision of a nsw Canada that the party wishes ta croate. (Okay, okay, thet ans wasn't too exhilaratmng, but read on.) Samne highlights fram this clear, detalled statement ai parliamrentary and other reforms are: *the Rofarm Pai'ty supports amendlng, the MP's oath ai office such that they swear or affirm fundament'al ,allegiance -ta their ca 'nstituents as wel as ta the Qusen. a binding referenda by a simple majority vote ai the electorate., a voters' initiatives by way ai a piebiscite. *allawing constituents a recali procedure against an MP they fesi has violated his/her oath af office. a apposition ta any assistance ta Fltclparties and polit ical robbies from public iunds. To reduce the* deficit (now' in the 30s ai billions) federal projects), suc1 as off iciai biiingualism, mul i-culturalism, and certain governr ent advertising,' would expe ience iunding reductian or elirtiination, as would ioreign aid, interest groups and business (reduction or elimnination ai tax concessions>. The party opposes the goods and services tax -- a cîsar example af the -present government's turning a deaf ear ta the wishes ai those who elected if. My necessarily short averview can't, ai course, do justice ta the party's platformn, so get, your own copy afi Principles and Policies.7 Cali 430-3495. t's time we stoad an guard -- for aurselves, for Canada and what kt stands for. For who will catch Canada if we fall? Opinions expressed are- thoseý of the author. ADAM REMD helpa Valerie Wood board the Handi- T'ransit vehicle and Whitby General Hospital. cbronic Smare atents went on a camping trip to Eaglewood anefferlaw on Auge 9 To the editor