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It appears, for example, that on Oct. 22, 1971, Edgar J. Benson, then minister of finance. requested the board to report on the tariff position affecting pleasure boat manufacturers in Canada. It has been said justice delayed is justice denied. Friday, tariff board officials ap- peared before the parliamentary standing committee on finance, trade and economic affairs. Their testimony reminded you of something out of Dickens. 'l‘wo finance ministers later, the report was tabled in the spring of 1976. Nowhere is that more evident than with our tariff board in Ottawa. The board is structured to hear ap- peals from customs and excise rulings made by the department of national revenue. It is to conduct studies, enquiries, and to report on the customs’ tariff structure as directed by the minister of finance. When the York North mini-cabinet meeting was over, a man in a blue pinstripe more immaculate than McKeough‘s congratulated the girl on her query and asked her if she un- derstood the answer. On March 2 this year, a reference to the tariff board of particular interest to the market gardeners in our area â€" especially in the Holland Marsh â€" as it dealt with the fresh fruit and vegetable industry in Canada, was reported upon. Hearing this and as the report was available 29 days before the last budget, I asked the chairman of the board, Miss P. A. McDougalI, if she had checked to see if any of their board's recommendations had been followed by the minister of finance in his budget of March 31. A cute young Thornhill high school student asked Darcy McKeough the other night if he knew how many millions of dollars per day it cost to pay the interest on the provincial debt. “I'm glad I came," said McKeough. He launched into an explanation of how the provincial debt really was not that much. Only so many hundred dollars for each man, woman and child in the province. With the tremendous growth the province has undergone in the last few years, no one could expect the tax- payers to pay for that growth all at once. He wished the mortgage on his house would work out to so little. In the meantime, some board members had retired, others had died. and undoubtedly many in the Small boat industry had been forced out of business. Miss McDougall replied that no. the minister had not received a copy of the Top vote issue The man went into a long explanation The candidates should clearly state their position on the question of whether or not school costs have run away on the taxpayers, as many people allege. What is to be done about wage negotiations with such organized public service groups as teachers and police? Next in importance should be the existing disastrous lack of Toronto perimeter green belt space. The candidates should show what they are going to do about this problem and also about local neighborhood green space shortages. The other 'major question is whether or not the long tenure of the Porgressive Conservative Party in power has been good for this area, The housing cost emergency should be the top southern York Region issue among the several important local issues to be dealt with in candidate debate here before the June 9 provincial election. Letters to the editor are welcome and should be ad- dressed to The Editor. The Liberal. PO Box 390. Rich- mond Hill. 0nt.. [AC 4Y6. The writer's full name and address must be included. and telephone number if it is unlisted. Unsigned letters cannot be considered for publication. The Liberal reserves the right to edit all contributions. I By MP Sinclair Stevens (PC -â€" York Simcoe) letters Retired or dead? PAGE A4 The Libelal is published every Wednesday by Melrospan Communin Newspapers Limited North Division, which also publishes The Banner in Aurora, Newmavket, The Woodbndge Vaughan News, and the Bolton Enlerpvise. PUBLISHER ROBERT MAXWELL By Larry Johnston parliament filly: Iihtral interpreting the news 10‘01 Yong: Slveu, Richmond Hull LAC 4V6 Omar-o ' The latter, who served several years as the village‘s reeve, converted the The other stood at Yonge Street and Lorne Avenue. It was founded and conducted by William Trench (the writer‘s father) who was succeeded by Thomas Trench (the writer’s brother). In the Lions‘ edition of The Liberal published on April 6, 1939, Wick Trench, a member of the Trench carriage works family, who spent his life in the municipality. asked: Do you know? That our village once contained two flourishing carriage factories, one of which stood on the front of what is Mr. T. Taylor’s lawn (Marshall Funeral Home) and was owned by the Wright Brothers. It was managed for years by Ashford Wright. I spoke to a senior representative of one of Canada's larger multi-national computer companies Friday and told him it was anticipated the report would be coming down within a few days. He said: “Is that right? You kxiow I had forgotten that matter. It must be over five years since I testified in So if the board’s report on the fruit and vegetable industry was not available in time to be dealt with in the March 31 budget, we then asked if the board’s pleasure boat recom- mendations had been followed in either Mr. Macdonald’s budget of May, 1976 or in his current budget. Miss McDougall said curtly, “N0”. A report requested many years ago on computers and data processing in Canada is now to be tabled this week. indicating he was not the least bit satisfied. He might have mentioned that if the government had not built so many institutions in its first 30 or more years in office, it could use some of the millions going for interest payments now to provide jobs for some of the young people who went to those in- stitutions. Miss McDougall said the time delay was due to the fact the report could not be_printed quickly. Cbnsequeritly, if was not available for citlculailtipn until April. It seems like a forlorn hope now. All they did was to delay the entry of a generation of young people into the labour force. Back to the meeting. If John Rhodes can build houses as fast as he can deliver one liners, he will be a great success. I said I knew the messenger service was not too speedy in Ottawa, but I felt 29 days should be ample time for the minister to have picked up his copy of the board’s report on this important industry. I can remember Tom Wells, now minister of education, speaking at the University of Toronto in 1966 about the important investment in the future that was involved in the education of the young. report by the time he brought in his budget. and whether or not the PCs have maintained a high enough standard in govern- ment. Cheap privately-owned housing is the leading issue because the housing cost crisis has been allowed to grow for more than a decade without being stopped. Action has been patchwork and tentative. The province ap- pears mainly responsible, but hasn’t provided the answer or answers. It looks like the provin- ce’s main failure has been in not stopping the municipalities from using bad and probably illegal planning tricks to prevent construction of economical housing for the middle in- come majority. As the election campaign rolls into gear this week, our York North and York Centre constituency candidates should clearly answer these questions. E Cabinet flops in region 29-day messenger Years for report jOur silly tariff board / remember WEDNESDAY. MAY 4, 1977 EDITOR HAROLD BLAINE yesterdays by mary dawson The tariff board does seem to be sharp in one thing however, and that is they know how to ask for a wage and salary hike. carriage works buildings into stores and apartments, when motor vehicles made the wagons and carriages ob- solete. A sash and door factory and saw mill stood at the western end of Richmond Street. The other (which still exists) on Mill Street, furnished power to a fanning mill factory. This stood about where the pumping station now is (the parks building on the south side of Mill Street). It is strange the tariff board could not have arrived at a decision on this matter years ago, rather than to allow the matter to drift with resultant in- decision for those active in the field. This year they are requesting an increase of approximately 30 per cent That there used to be two mill ponds west of the village. The one on Vaughan Road supplied power to a saw mill which later became a foundry and a cider mill. The net result is Canadian users pay more for their equipment compared to their counterparts in other countries which in turn contributes to our lack of competitiveness when we deal in the international market place. The law was being enforced; over 200 arrests had been made for drinking offgnces at Blue Jay games. In a fast moving industry such as the computer field, it is ludicrous to have such a slow moving, ponderous review process as we have in the tariff board. Currently, the main problem with the computer industry is that on average there is a 10 per cent tariff on computer equipment, yet there is no computer manufacturing in Canada to be protected. “Many of the people are dead now I guess, who were involved at the time and certainly there is little similarity to our problems today compared to our problems then", he said. park?" Consumer and commercial affairs minister Sydney Handleman was ready for rthe pitch. ' Ottawa." He called Margaret Scrivener Margaret Birch by mistake. “Well I could have said Margaret Trudeau.” Laughter. “What makes you think she isn’t here,” that one nearly brought down the house. A reporter bet the first question would be on the Blue Jays and beer. He was the one clear winner of the evening. “Why don‘t you enforce the law on people who smuggle booze into the ball There was actually a count being made of empty beer cans left behind by the crowd. There were 20 after a game attended by 21,000, not bad the minister thought Lud/cro us process Fast on one thing D Hill believe it or not 2 mi// ponds Clear winner Yet fear of this term might have allowed the people who wrecked my car to walk around free. I resent that. It makes me angry even though I understand it in a way. The word in- former “is” unpleasant. I was astounded when someone came up to me the day after the arrests were publicized and said, “You know, my son knew who did it, but didn’t want to report the vandalism for fear of getting involved." What could I say? I feel sure a lot of people knew the names of these vandals but didn’t want to get involved. That a frame Catholic Chufch stood on Mill Street. That the United and Presbyterian Churches and the steeple on the Anglican Church were all erected in 1880. Dear editor: When my car was damaged in a vandalism spree the night of April 1, I assumed the culprits would never be caught. That the first Methodist Church stood on the property now occupied by Brath- wzflte's Hardware tPjumhing Mart). That the Anglican Church is the olggst chu_rch building in the village. That a frame Presbyterian Church (the first in the settlement) stood imâ€" mediately behind the present brick edifice. That the old fairgrounds comprising two acres of land, lay along Arnold Street from the western limits of the Yet, within three weeks York Regional Police made arrests. over last year, although the size of their autorized staff is not anticipated to increase. Over-all, their 1978 estimate for expgndituljes is up 35 per cent. The total expenée to-be borne by the taxpayers of Canada for their staff of 39, including secretaries, office boys None of them could provide satisfactory answers to a supporter of the Ansnorveldt School in Holland Marsh. He wanted to know why public money should not be provided for private schools. People like himself didn’t believe in what the public schools taught but had to support them anyway. The ministers were asked to stand up to signify their loyalty for the free enterprise system and all 14 of them did. (Baseball has a well-earned reputation for attracting trivia freaks. The government has clearly outdone itself to welcome the major leagues to Ontario.) Was it significant that while Bernier was answering, McKeough was talking to someone else? A transplanted northerner asked Leo Bernier to explain what the new ministry of northern affairs would do. The rest of the answers left half the audience dissatisfied and half bored. Letters Ahother man céfildn’t think'of “a Old fairgrounds Th ornhi/l terror? Opinion That the school population (public and high) was housed at one time in four separate buildings, which stood in a row from east to west on the present McConaghy school site. The frame building. second one back. was once a grammar school. V The old high school, destroyed by fire, cost $2,700. This was paid out of That the village post office, a frame building, whose need of a coat of paint was hidden by a luxurious growth of Virginia creeper, stood about halfway between the present McConaghy school and the Greenholme apartments. Matthew Teefy was for years the postmaster and the village clerk. public school grounds, and that the first skating rink stood on the eastern end of it. A simple, anonymous telephone call would have done. But people bowed to the fear of “getting involved.” As a victim, I feel frustrated. It‘s irresponsible and inexcusable, in my view, to remain silent when you know of a crime. PETER WOOD, However, many people knew the names of the people who went on that April 1 spree. Not one chose to report his knowledge. Police can take responsibility for finding out whether a tip is the truth. They’re good at it. The police tell me they willingly pursue anonymous tips. This is an ideal way out of the dilemma of not wanting to “get involved” on the one hand, but not wanting to be a “silent accessory” to criminals on the other, especially when the criminal is an acquaintance. and what have you, will be over $35,000 “per” employee in the current fiscal year. That is certainly rich for a body that takes years to complete its reports and which reports anyway, when com- pleted, are ignored by the minister of finance. There is a man whoiknowg what in the province are its truly significant in- stitutions. Except for McKeough who was surrounded by people at the front for almost another hour, including Regional Chairman Garfield Wright. The only bit I managed to overhuearr was McKeough saying he did know wnere the Woodbridge Legion was. Jim Snow, minister of transportation and communication, couldn’t satisfy former Vaughan councillor Jack Gilbert on why the government would not build a $10 million interchange at Highway 7 and Islington Avenue. The meeting broke up. The ministers who had marched in behind a piper, fizzled out. The crowd went to the bar or went home, ignoring the model of the new $10 million courthouse the province is building in Newmarket. better example of free enterprise than a private school. Vaughan interchange Box 790, Thornhill, Ont That the Richmond Hill Village Band was organized in 1853. Each person taking out an instrument had to sign an agreement to return it in good condition or pay its value. Alex Hume, the village's second clerk-treasurer, was bandmaster for 15 years. That a public library was organized .in Richmond Hill as a joint stock company in 1852. The librarian was paid one pound 10 shillings annually. The stock of books numbered 367. Library service has been continuous in the Hill since that time. taxes in one year, bringing the village levy to 19 mills. The next year, the mill rate dropped to six mills. Now that isn’t the safest way to lodge a protest, and it probably unduly rat- tled the pilots. I know you could do something with this tidbit that would have all of us laughing hysterically once again. Would he fight back, and pelt Tucker from 500 feet with ripe plums? In closing, I just want to say, for all the hours of pleasure Bart has already given us â€"â€" ‘m’kew. Yours truly, A devoted reader. Would he end up suspended by one wing from the control tower, in- souciantly flinging over one shoulder his fox fur neckpiece with the beady eyes and little paws? But 1 can just imagine Bart's reac- tion! Police received complaints about him shining a light at planes and playing a tape of machine gun fire. Real-life scenario is here And right here in Richmond Hill we've got a real-life scenario that’s tailor-made for him. It seems a man by the name of Frank Tucker got so mad at planes from a nearby airport he decided to do something about it. Then you could just keep writing and not have to stop and think of more outrageous situations for Bart to get in and out of. A small, albeit front-page item in last week‘s Liberal sent me to my typewriter to dash off a letter to my favorite humorist. Dear Mr. Jack; For days, all over this staid govern- ment office, pin-striped civil servants were wont to give out with snickers and guffaws'. I thought it might help if people (maybe we could make it a national campaign!) sen; you ideas. We always hear about our "serious" writers struggling to make a definitive stateineiiyabgut the Canadian identity. He took the books to work and everyone there got into the act. In fact. in these parts we quite oftén hear about them in proportion to how mgpy‘tatboo words they used to do it. We took one to my brother in hospital. Maybe you should include a warning about danger to health with your books, because he loosened his stitches laughing hysterically. Wéll. I‘d just like yotf to know I think you do a first-rate job of giving literary legitimacy to the Canadian character. Does it strike you as funny (strange) that a country that’s supposed to be bland at the best of times. grim at the worst, is often best defined by our funny (ha, ha) artists? I mean, there was Leacock (ad- mittedly with a grim twist to most of his humor). And look at W. 0. Mitchell. Never mind his writing â€" he’s a funny man any time. I laughed hysterically.‘ My husband, intrigued, starting on volume one when I finished it, and he laughed hysterically. Anyway, my reason for writing boils down to this: I can’t wait any longer for another 8.8. book. Have you ever heard him talk about cultivating orchids naked in the bathtub. Most amusing. Since this was the third volume of “The Bandy Papers" I decided to read volumes one and two first. And then there’s you, Donald Jack and your Bartholomew Bandy. His description of these expatriates clustering in a bar to drink rye and ginger ale and adding an “ay?” to the end of every remark, had Canadians down pat. I first encountered horse-faced super- WASP Bart when I was asked to do a review of “Three Cheers For Me" for the London Free Press. I once heard a very funny piece on the CBC by a man talking about Canadians in New York. Laugh epidemic Funny Canucks Local scenario 7853 Hi// band By Lynda Nykor lynda's lashes