Home & Country Newsletters (Stoney Creek, ON), Winter 1977, p. 11

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cond Year Board Directors Lâ€"R Mrs. Keith Hiepleh. Mrs. Gordon Sherwin, Mrs Peggy Hamper, Mrs Donald Jacobs, Mrs Margaret Woof. St» rwsor Junior Extensron, Mrs. Emerson Stanley. Mrs Donald Hennessy. Mrs Gerald Brown, Mrs Otval Jordan RESOLUTIONS quest CBC to eliminate the foul language so that lis- it-rs may enjoy the often fine content of the pro- .mme. Patricia Hull. PRO from CBC Head Oflicc states: c‘vc read the resolution with interest and very .cli regret that the members of your group havc a disturbed by what they consider to he t'oul lan- tgc on CBC. Language. however. can be a very dif~ lll problem to resolve since we don't 1'ch that we .iuld necessarily censor the way in which some iplc choose to express themselves or writch chousc hat-c their characters speak. It is not. of course our motion to encourage profanity. but there arc some tibions . . . particularly in documentaries and adult iotaâ€"where strong language seems a valid rcllcc- n ol‘character. We try to ensure that language is up- ipriale to the context in which it is intended. How- ~:r. it is difl‘icult to set precise rules. or to avoid ‘cnding some listeners occasionally since standards i}‘ so widely among the public." 'lllllhlllllg manufacture and importation of aerosol trays. Hun. Bryce Mackasey says: “At the pl'ESEl'Jl time. the question of the cil‘ecis ol‘ ‘tiltS on the ozone layer remains highly controversial .-.l hawrds of aerosol sprays under normal houschold e conditions have not been demonstrated. There ems to be little doubt about their dangers, only when liberater and directly inhalcd by teenagers in .irch of a “high”. . . . should evidence ol‘a health hazard under con- ilions or normal use be identified. I will not hesitalc -v take appropriate action." _ ...Sabsequently. in a letter front the Aerosol DWI‘ run. all the points made in our resolution were repu- tliatcd and they wished to know on what basis our res- olution was drawn up. Recluth to restore legal drinking out: In 2|. l'lun. RU} McMiirtr} I\ not comint‘cil lllh IN the only Mlllllltln to tccnagc problem. He l‘iirtlici \llL‘yt'\l(l) mandatory idcntilicatiiin L'tlltl\ mill photo ill litm- incc wide educational classcs UNPUL'ltlll} .luniur grades (3) htrictcr control ol‘ liquor .idt‘crtising (~ll toiiglicr pc- nalties. Request the government of Canada to enact legislation to grant an Indian mnuan the 'u'tllllt.‘ riglitx and [triti- lcgcs regarding her linshand‘x estate as that urantctl In other Canadian women. The Hon. .lllLlLl Buchanan hL'llL‘\ c» the pit-«cut hm» arc adcqtiaitc and pruiulc litl Indian \\I|lllL‘ll Inning the right to hc adniinutraton tll L'\t:L'tllt||'\ til tlicir lllle band‘s calatcx. If a person passes a school bus while stopped. reqnmt govenimcut to enact legislation that a school hih tlriwr can take the licence number without identification, leaving the oath on the owner of the vehicle to name the driver. Hon. .lillllt.‘\ Soon: [he llighua) ’lrallic Act prtnhlttlh .irc dcsigncd to mniml operators nl' nit-tor \L‘hlLlC\ and an essential ingredient ol'such control is the proper identification. The resolution removing the rcqtiircmcnt iil‘ actual identification of tht' ollcndcr. il' cn.ictcd_ \lt‘tlltl rcdiicc the cll'cctivcncxs of these programmes. V.D. is on the increase. request. blood tests for a inur- riage licence requirement. l-lon Frank Miller. Minister of llL‘ttllllI "As you know. blood texts. are ul‘ value only in thc prcsuniptivc dlilgntlhh til" syphillis al certain stages of thc dth’uhL‘. and there is no cllcctivc blood test liir gm norrhoca. Wc will continue In concentrate nut ell'nrtx and resource-x on public cducatinn. treatment nl'ctisus. and contact follow-up of high risk groups."

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