Page 6, Whitby Free Press, Wednesday,December 14,1994 The only Newspaper owned and operated by Whitby residents for Whitby residents! MEMBER OF: sIZ ONTARIO CANADIAN COMMUNITY COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION ASSOCIATION oI CANADIAN CIRCULATIONS CNA DIVISION AUDIT BOARD ISSN#0844-398X The Whitby Free Press is distributed free to 99% of the homes in Whitby, Brooklin, Ashbum & Myrtie as well as numerous public and commercial outlets In Whitby, Oshawa, Ajax, Pickering & Port Perry. 27,000 COPIES DELIVERED WEEKLY MAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS AVAILABLE Canada $32 + GST • Outside Canada $75 + GST Published every Wednesday by 677209 Ontario Inc. Box 206, 131 Brock St. N., Whitby, Ontario L1 N 5S1 Phone: 668-6111 Out of town: 1-800-668-0322 Fax: 668-0594 Doug Anderson - Publisher Maurice Pifher - Editor Alexandra Martin - Production Manager Printed on newsprint with minimum 20% .recycled content using vegetable based inks. e All written material, llustrations and advertIsing contalned herein Is protected by copyright. Any reproduction by any means for commercial purposes without the express permission of the newspaper is prohibited and is a violation of Canadian copyright law. Reproduction for non-commercial distribution should bear a credit Une to the whitby Free Press. Just greed To the edItqr: I am concerned about the proposed development of the Lynde Marsh area. As an 11-year--old who has lived in Whitby all his life, it makes me sad to know that the Lynde Marsh might be ruined forever. have enjoyed visiting the marsh and hoped my children could one day come and share the outdoor adventure as I did. Why can't people just be happy with what they have and stop pushing for more. The whole plan is just greed. Think of all the wildlife that will be forced to leave their homes. If people keep building on their habitat, where will all the animais live? Just think how it feels to have people move into perhaps Ontario's most beautiful park. I think they should Just forget the whole thing. In the long run, it will make everyone feel much better. What if, in 50 years, we realize it was a terrible mistake. What can we do about it then? Brennan Kirby Whitby 'Capital' issue To the editor: Re: Letter, 'Low-life display,' Free Press, Nov. 30 The visibility of the chair draws the attention of concerned residents to a great need in our society, the need for capital punishment. The prime purpose of government is to protect the citizenry. The abolition of the death penalty places the blood of the Innocent victim on your head and- mine because of lack of retributive justice. The purpose of the justice system should not be to reform offenders but to punish them. By swift decisive death for capital offence, we show we value lif e by protecting it from those who assume the divine preogative by taking it away from any they choose. The Bible affirms repeatedly (Genesis 9:6, for example): "Who so sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed." The abolition of the death penalty in Canada has led to increased violence in our land, the cheapening of the value of a human life and the loss of the fear of the law to the killer. Our government is not protecting us in this regard nor representing the will of the majority Alan R. Hutchinson Whitby Cheers To the editor: As the representative of the Whitby Salvation Army, I would like to pass along to the Whitby Downtown Business Improve- ment Area a hearty "thank you" for their sponsorship and support in Our successful Communitv Pancake Breakfast held Nov. 26 at the Centennial Building on Centre Street. We served pancakes, sausage and toast to 250 people in three and a haif hours. We received over $150 in our Christmas Cheer Bubble and we gathered a small truckload of food items. The. community itself showed its support for our ministry and the DBIA. Thanks ta ail who make it such a success. We wish ta thank DBIA much success in ail its endeavours this Christmas season. Certainly they have the right spirit for the season. Rick Sheasby Captain The Salvation Army s * th e ior, NDP 'dictatorship' To the editor: Many years ago when I first started to work, we had a common joke that someday we would have six months of vacation and six months of work each year. We workers never realized that dream. Now, in 1994, it has come to pass, but only for the elected members of our provincial members of parliament. On June 21, 1994 they adjourned. They were scheduled to return in the middle of September. However, there was not enough important government business to make the return date worthwhile so they began the fall sitting just before the end of October, then after three weeks will adjourn until the middle of April. This means that in 10 and a half months our elected MPPs will have been in their seats 30 days to answer to the public who pay their meagre, average $75,000-a- year salaries. These sittings are dictated by the NDP dictatorship we voted to govern us in 1990. We are told by the dictatorship that in the four months that our MPPS will be enjoying their winter holidays, there will be no committee meetings, no accounting for their time, and no embarrassing questions will be answered. The dictatorship has effectively muzzled the opposition parties by the use of closure. Since 1990, the NDP dictatorship has used closure 20 times as a means of muzzling any and all opposition to some of the most unjust Bills every pushed through the legislature. Bill 173, an Act to amend The Health Act, is a prime example of government acting in a dictatorial way. It appears to be a sop to the trade unions that were severely hurt by the social contract legislation by which collective bargaining rights were taken from them. Under Bill 173, health care workers will be employed only if they are trade unionists. The government will be the only agency to have the right to say who will be hired, the government will have the sole right to say which union the workers will belong to, the government will have the sole right to certify the bargaining agent, or union. The volunteer care workers will have to be government employees, if their employment is approved by government and they have a union card. Bill 173 was rammed through by the use of closure. In the Dec. 7 issue of Whitby Free Press, our local MPP tells us how he values the work of volunteers. He should apologize to them for voting in favour of Bill 173 which will destroy much of the valuable work they have been doing in ail communities ail over Ontario and the rest of Canada. Earlier this year in a letter, I criticized our provincial government. The only reply our elected member could give was a ublished personal attack on me. ater he phoned to apologize. He did not have the intestinal fortitude to publish his apology. In true dictatorial fashion, he attacked the messenger, not the message. This is the person we elected in 1990. This is the person who tells us he is for us, and is against many of the shoddy things our present provincial govemment has shouldered us with. Yet, in legislature, he has voted yes to those same bills. I wish our elected MPP a happy 10-month vacation from his arduous duties in the legislature and a happy four-year one after the next provincial election. Tom Doucette Whltby To the editor: The recent letter from Durham East MPP Gord Mills is only demonstrative of the arrogance and ignorance of the NDP body of clowns who supposedly "represent" their constituents. Mr. Mill states that the elected officials were not "socializing" but meeting one on one with the various ministers voicing concerns to the ministers of this government. What greater concern could there be than a petition bearing the signature of nearly 50 per cent of the entire population of Whitby? Given the magnitude of this petition, I would think that either or bath Mr. Mills or Mr. White would have pointed out the error in the form presentation long before it was presented. They obviously did not have the time to review it before it was presented. I guess other matters requiring "one on one" with the ministers -was far more important. The point raised about a signature from Ottawa was a red herring meant to deflect the reality of the situation. I do not suppose that it crossed Mr. Mills' mind that this individual could have been temporarily transferred to Ottawa, or perhaps just a former citizen who (unlike Mr. Mills and Mr. White) really cares about our community. I should point out that I am not a member of the petition committee (I do not even know who they are), but I sincerely hope that these 30,000 names will appear on a ballot next year beside one of your opponents. Perhaps then we will have representation from officials who are capable of listening to the people. Mr. Mills, your arrogance disgusts me, and I hope these 30,000 people see you and the rest of the NDP crew for what they really are -- incompetent, self-serving bunglers. W. Carr Whitby Shame on you To the editor: Re: 'For the record -- again' (letter, Free Press, Nov. 30) Mr. Mills seems intent on having the last word on the Whitby General Hospital petition presentation at Queen's Park. Doesn't he realize that we have the last word -- whenever a provincial election is called? S'd. like to suggest to Mr. Milîs that ho would have won a lot more favour from the electorate, had he shown strong support and some compassion for the community's position on keeping Whitby General Hospital's acute care capability. As it is, he obviously think it's more productive to argue with us than to work with us. Shame on you, Mr. Mills. Jean Gibb Concerned Brooklin resident NDP.'arrogance' To the editor..,.