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C ontentions & § ntentious se | I . Contentiot parate school issue effective By Scott White j sy seamme 5. 5 e Conservative stronghold, of Renâ€" l f 4 ho. frew North. He won B’Zf Toug ty [3 = The hall j § â€" tion by less than 200, 70(88 27 .. Toronto ~ t legislt;:ved A 3 last spring‘s election, he had inâ€" y ui ies uo oure & creased his plurality to over ffle iast 12 months, but or%e of ‘tl;:: 5 A fln * ost rem. j P & F ; & tloss Mang;a;l:lle (;fmthe metamor [ / e S When it became apparent after | boisterous and way from a W mt : e B l2 1 omm | beisterous ar sometimes obrox. N f i | C 3 ~eoal Democrats would be willing to > dous opposition critic to a staid _ ey! $ 3 ig P . i : lous: oppesition eritlc, o 44 , support a minority Liberal govâ€" and t ce 1 2. ® \ P e ... ernment, David Peterson put (f;n& | s / es i way on his negotiatin; team. And § %. .ofes s _ 4 B _;/ %‘ zns t 285. ) ancy:e an agreegment vgas reached, 6 (career, (Coawey has beem callcd s ol . w . e w‘ @ * 9e Conway played an important role e \ey;’e.l‘ythmg from the Prince of ~ e . M | A/f , in helping Peterson put together O ails to the Premier In Waiting, Pol 3 it .g MA F wite the first Liberal cabinet to rule $ a:t ttgisehg,aysthe’s known simply °... °* Ales F5 Ontario in 42 years. inister for Separate ngs & PBE . _ mm /A / i * _ Schools. i eees .. 2s\ ~â€"â€" â€" M ts d o es o o mong the y x 3y e . * * Cw * ~@ _ â€" 20 ) | _ tew weeks were among the most Es ssioing suust povormment uce 3 v@ M %*> m .. . enjoyable in Conway‘s career. C LC . wile. ZXE E.n se ie «gé”& x; é‘f Catholic high schools is one of the Sean Conway 8 tte fenssn . _/ uie Rmontier a time phon | { _ most contentious issues in Ontarâ€" ‘Sensitive issue‘ insmangeble one y movice tes, epverne Mss | : s:s nc x Some memtrable exchanges this province was governed by | 6 sibility for a controversy that‘s just couldn‘t go on. I like to think i 1 a.nythmg Pund there wae a sense [ t ce es o epproacy sine, anaion thoy al opportunity vis a vis those in tive party and there was a sense (_ effectively put a muzzle on the ing, consultation, consenselfs- 2 g _ 1 in trever and qure | rankly, f%: usually glib Conway. Tha?'s n‘?,t to say we‘re not goiné e o d Pal" tie insl ie ggmio?fver. 'And "Tops ~f'rankly, a v};‘l came to this job at a time es ?che o o orainled cog thi‘:li 1::1 (t)l‘l; Sgggsmon is, \_ _ when there was one very signifiâ€" _ When C i onway is only 34 years old. But i ds ied ¢ mtb e moe ftiieg on ve in is :v 1lt;h there was a lot of strong the two politicians engaged in _ Murra wls i oagieenie iess [ [ feelings," says Ontario‘s new eduâ€" SOme memorable exchanges. He from 1925â€"45. _ tibetsl gueto®" â€" Alcto havein \_ ‘eation minister. liked to call her the "Czarin arn mging" whout that change was \. .T like to think & Education" and she MX e c tle se en iBiod iesine. . .. _ & ~sons I might have gre]:nochghe r‘f?a' the "Prince of Wails." gix;;e gl h e z(ii'ii on eaainim Een regninaye sowe, ‘ j t eacey , Conway suddenly f imâ€" t f‘}}':et ;fiik I‘S that, despite all the ha(SUrll(f:rttug:;\te}ly, a lengthy illness se}f nominated, at age ggndashltr;xe hecng?g r;xz:)st a':ways T cafee, S mete inéjvi;':;lf}, estelst anaicss 1 Ofpthe fifirfgfifzeixfio?‘éfi Liberal candidate for the then politician â€" evefxc%ll-\no?.lgi tf:rl?:ls- 3 f legislature so she and C 2"~ 4 i tnio:;z;,egh r:)e‘:(?:sl-CkI}} :dds: "It is ?:\{e l:’nad little chance to Orz::g j â€" dees! 6 ion & C & the discipline of office a:et;oxl;:g plr ame-l)- i £ b Uw %‘; ne arpersonany Laxing one er§ona]1t1es aside, Conway and .‘ m uz Z e 3 o. % | + thi Liberals have taken a differâ€" a §.. ory is a dying art in poliâ€" ent approach to the Educatio e in ie c iss ten e C tion no other career. He is of & ‘his way with word(; make; 1?,'.’2 did. onservatives / ;’-futed as an obvious success%rt?tg (el:el:'lf?:?m hgs l’)een s ome y mo Ef. one of the best speakers in the The Coll : | et9rsony,but Conway says he has mensel l 1Im t oJ ceptrore \\ ‘Ontario assembly. Since the Libâ€" Colleges and Universities | 5P oo ols " important Yesponsibluy E\ erals have assumed powere C;n- fr:’.rfif‘:ho was given to another | f the party and premier °5 :1; t mrefersuay nollg. ns ya> s er Cor inister. That allows Conway to | His future plans call to at I take serioiusly and I do K way has used his ve Circumlocuo ::;:It‘:t :us ,f,"“ Eftentiont ta the | :urn to university, this tixrfe aasreâ€" waln]!t3 to leave my mark $s become t â€" school £. : 1. h . ® ;'.‘ ~:¢l)?1x;h questsigigxa!]y when asked says it‘s not the onrglafi:;;e te | wggehe;,bg’l;‘ef’i ;'smCPUld *A foarl ]Emgdtl}?:ne Ie‘:j?gl m?re 6 . ‘ ite: » ics. c nve _ did a few $4 "He can talk a lot and sa Last week, he announced a $13â€" | is new opportunity in govâ€" gome ;‘%"v en *ts ce Sap uP c say very million program for coâ€"operative â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"=â€"â€"-â€"-==-â€"-â€"-===â€"nâ€"a *&4"*~ 4. § Peurd Ahs “Hee ’:cfiflon critic â€"education that will provide high i s%.. ; io generalizatfons withou? cr::ster schpql students with onâ€"theâ€"job | ing any information at all to v;g"; (terallnu;)g. femmman p. on . and that‘s going to continue to b S nafpael c relanietee s e prove francophone representation | f 3 on local school boards. onservative critic Bill i iti i says Conway is so ba\'ll th?ta‘;xl: is T;orry"::::gt:culzl)tzvm'nia]);? § 4 even avoids "very innocent quesâ€" 2 1 fostaes to, § _ compassionate individual... b al;)sr:vsert“hat I think he could he doesn‘t have a tremendous gr}lt nswer. upon the whole education scenel’)’ Conway‘s style is certainly difâ€" Conway‘s biggest failure so far ferent than Bette Stephenson‘s, says Davis, was to allow a strike the fiesty education minister in by high school teachers in the the former Conservative governâ€" Guelph area go on for three ment of William Davis. mootks "I have a lot of respect for Dr. Conway, who grew up in the Otâ€" # Stepehenson, but I really felt her fows Nalloplown of Battys Bay attitude of confrontation hurt the ?;nd éttonde? o hole Soucol Unkll â€" partnership that was so important fene i beiore shiflins toathe between the ministry and the eduâ€" wiblie stt c aains of is bational community out there in next priorities is to provide more Reprovice money for rural school boards. o 4 "©There was an exhaustion on vate r;se?rfibrex:'ywc:: c&rns e in both sides after the Stephenson with some documentzdsens'?i w1 era had ended. I think there‘s a . smaller sheools and clfwl idg genuine need for a more relaxed . tricts in rural and northsernooo 12 ‘relationship because the war of io were increasingly hard pr:stsael(.i- words and the levels of tension to provide a quality of educationâ€" . L n _ m oi l is imiaa . n