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Digital Archiving Completed by the Ethnography Lab, A University of Toronto Anthropology Initiative and Produced in Collaboration with David Perlman/Wholenote Media Inc between July-December 2015. Page Six/June 25 1992 ENVIRONMENT Kensington l\farket DRUM FROM BLEACHED AND lJNRECYCLED by FRANK SCHERER SUNNYSIDE Although fully aware of the serious· recession we · are undergoing, he is not too pessimistic. He smiled, when the conversation came to economic matters. Ozone depletion? In a way, he Jis already prepared, having extended his commercial activities to the sundeck business, which means umbrellas and so on. His laughter, when: he asked me, if I had heard about the gardeners of the park around the corner. No? T1wy have '- been handed out a sun cap each for this summer, for the sunny . side. And the ozone, .he explained, you make it. Every time you wash your hands and you dry them, you are generating ozone. That simple. He suggests to send a space shuttle up there, like the Columbia, producing the needed quantity in the depleted spot. And there you go. Think. Frank Scherer was born in Germany in 1956. After leaving school at an early age he travelled extensively through Europe, Africa and both Americas. He is living and working now in Toronto, expressing in this booklet a first literary effort in English. · For information on how to obtain a copy of Bleached and Unrecycled, call or write Marty c/o DRUM. :::=~~~if.{ff;~'-~~~;:.~~i~~i~1:t~~~it.~f.~~~.~i~iilil;l;~~~::J OTHER PEOPLE'S MAIL , The most cost effective and efticient use of the Editors' note. Merchants and 0thers in the market are 1 Duffer in site would be for Metro to compost clean looking forward to the, we hope, not-too-distant day source separated organic matter, collected from stores when we have effective separation of cardboard and and restaurants. Metro's pilot project, collecting waste compostable matter in the Kensington Market. from households, is by comparison both less efticient Anyone interested inthe idea should note, and take and cost effective. heart from, the following exchange of letters between Could you please let us know by Wednesday June members of the IT'S NOT GARBAGE COALITION and lOth whether or not the materials we delivered were or the Metro Commissioner of Works. will be composted at the Dufferin Composting Facil- .. ity. Letter 1 Monday June 8, 1992 Yours Sincerely, Commissioner R. F,erguson . Metropolitan Works Department 19th floor, 439 University Ave. Toronto, ON M5G 1 Y8 Dear Commissioner Ferguson, On Friday June 5, It's Not Garbage delivered six clear bags full of thirty pounds of clean fo.od scraps to the Dufferin Composting facility in Downsview. In an accompanying letter the Metro Works Department was requested to compost the materials. Material delivered to Dufferin was . clean, SOl!rce separated vegetables and bones from a fundraiser at Toronto City Hall which attracted over 5,000 people. Other material was collected from a food market on Queen St. West and was comprised of carrot, corn and fruit peelings and rinds. It's Not Garbage believes that composting discarded ·commercial food and oth~r organic materials should be a top priority in Metro Toronto's Waste Management Program. Responding to Metro's Garbage Cris'is, Councillors have adopted, in principle, an action agenda to begin broad-based materials diversion pro~ grams. Mandatory source separation and community , based siting for composting plants were two key points · leading to an increased role from Metro in composting commercial and industrial food materials. ' Debbie Field cc: Brooke Bell Works Committee Members Director, Dufferin Composting Facility Letter 2 12 June 1992 IT'S NOT GARBAGE 401 Richmond Street West Suite 104 Toronto, Ontario M5V 3A8 Attention: Debbie Field · Brooke Bell Re: Composting Program We are in receipt of your letter dated June 8, 1992, requesting confirmation that the organic waste collected on June 6, 1992 was processed. In answer to your qtiestion, the material deli'vered to our Dufferin Composting Facility was processed at that facility. R.G. Ferguson, P. Eng. Commissioner /ww ODE TO MR. REW Leaning over the fence, He watered my garden, Caring as though it were his. With a smile he shared his wisdom: · Introduced me to the potato world, Told me when to plarit my sweet peas. We grew together, With our garden .. His grin always greeted my dogs, Even when they upturned the soil. Unfailingly, he was a friend, More reliable than the S\.Jn. Except this one time. This time he didn't return. 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Digital Archiving Completed by the Ethnography Lab, A University of Toronto Anthropology Initiative and Produced in Collaboration with David Perlman/Wholenote Media Inc between July-December 2015. Kensington Market DRUM ~ o n {,j o Cr ·nr~ee +-al ~.,~a~g'~\~u~~~~.~~~' vvtt;~.~ n~ ~:v w~ 'w Utl w Lll1\ ~ G:nnmumty Health Centres A bv. M. 11 Health: a community base mma a er - . West Central Community Health Ce~tres held its AGM recently. Our topic for the evening was on issues around mental health. I could not help but ponder how many of our social issues are related to mental health and, how many mental health issues are precipitated by social situations, and how increasingly important community based support services are. Homelessness is a case in hand. It may not take much to lose a home. A job lost due to Frye Trade or the recession, could quickly lead to the family home having to be sold, and in this market it would likely sell at a loss. For many women escaping an abusive relationship has been the beginning of a slippery slope. After the refuge of a shelter time comes to find a place of one's own. It is difficult to rent with children, and sometimes a mother may lose her children to CAS because she cannot provide a home for them . Even without children it is difficult. The landlord wants references from previous landlords, and if you have not rented before you don't have references. When she does find a place to rent there is the problem of tirst and last month's rent. A common problem for women is sexual harassment by landlords. If she exercises her right to press charges she may be further victimised until she leaves, or she may just leave to avoid the situation. Because of the cost of moving or storage, each move means leaving behind furniture and many belongings that were hard to come by and starting over again. It does not take too long for a person's energy and motivation to be depleted. Remember that she came into this downward spiral already eroded and with damaged self esteem, and her energy was already largely spent in LIVING getting out of the initial unhealthy situation. The constant stress and insecurity do their work on her mental health. It takes an inordinately strong person not to be effected by such forces. Here, social issues are the cause of th~ mental health problems. The woman functioned well until she had to leave her original home. However, once the mental health problems manifest the chances of returning to a "normal" secure life are indeed slim, life as a marginalised person on the street is a more likely outcome. For such people adequate housing wilr go a long way towards restoring their balance and function. During the sixties and seventies there was a movement to deinstitutionalize p~ychiatric services. The concept was admirable, patients in insti'tutions would return and be integrated into the community and lead more normal lives. History recalls that the transition was far from successful because sufficient community based mental health services were not in place before patients were released. Many of these ex-psychiatric patients are still with us and swell the ranks of the homeless. Far from benefitting from the change many were unable to take care of themselves, and witho'ut the support and help they needed, they soon became casualties in society. Their mental health problems did not go away but became worse. For such. a homeless population adequate housing alone is only one part of the solution. Community supports around life skills, work _skills, appropriate health care etc. must also be in place to help sustain independent living. See cqMMUNITY LIVING, page I2 PUBUCLY SPEAKING: A COLUMN FOR POUTlCAL PEOPU! PUBUC'LY SPEAKING: A COLUMN FOR POUTICAL PEOPLE PUBUCLY SPEAKING: A COLUMN NDP MAKING ONTARIO A BETTER PLACE TO WORK Rosario Marchese £ MPP, Fort York ~ The reform of our labour laws constitutes the centrepiece of the NDP government's ~ agendafor economic justice, equality, and workers rights. I am happy to report ill d that after one of the most extensive consultations in Olltario 's history, on June 4, ~ ~ the government unveiled its blueprint for an updated Labour Relations Act. ~ ~ What is the gist of the reform and who will benefit from it? Essentially, the c E proposed changes to the Act aim to make it easier for workers .in the service, ~ j financial, and retail sector to organize. These changes are not forcing or inducing ~ 5 people to join a union. Under the old Act, many workers simply could not exercise i!i ~ this freedom because of the many legal requirements that practically, though not .. > ~ always technically; impeded unionization. ~ Here are some of the highlights of the reform: ~ ~ • Part time workers can n;ore easily organize together with full time employees to ~ ~ make stronger, more effective bargaining units. . ~ ~ • Employees in small workplaces can organize and bargain more effectively ~ ~ through consolidation of two or more separate bargaining units represented by the ill ;J same union. ' ~ iii • Building cleaners, cafeteria workers and security guards are better protected in 1! ~ their jobs, wages, benefits, and bargaining rights when their employer changes !: E (i.e. the contractor), but they continue to work at the same location. e ~ j • Low-skill employees can organize more effectively because of new restrictions on ~ 5 the use of replacement workers during work stoppages. ~ ~ • Domestics are finally allowed to organize, and security guards can join the union ~ ~ of their choice. , ~ ~ •Newly organized employees have increased access to first-contact arbitration to ~ ~ facilitate collective bargaining. , ' £ ~ • All employees receive stronger legal protection against arbitrary discipline and ~ ~ discharge following official recognirion of a union or lawful participation in an g ~ organizing campaign (fast-rrack hearings at the Labour Relations Board). ill d Because a substantial part of rhis reform affects workers in the !service, financial ~ ~ and retail sector where mosrly women, immigrants and part-time workers are 1! employed, the reform will have a fantastic impact on the lives of many Fort York § residents. Our constituency has some of rhe largest immigrant communities in the " ~ province and is the home to the largest employers in the sectors in question. In the long run, improved organizing rights will result in higher wages and ~ better benefits for many workers, in less conflict and confrontation at the workplace, and in more cooperarion between unions and employers on workplace issues. It was time Ontario caughr up with Western Europe, Scandinavia and Japan, where legal provisions similar 10 those we just illlroduced have existed for at least two decades. The high standard of living and the economic success of these countries prove that srronger workers' rights we not antirherical to wealrh creation, but can actually increase economic performance. ~0!1 NYI!Il'lO:J V :nNDIV3dS A[;)nHild 3Kf03d IV.:JUnOd UO.i NJ!Ilfl,O;) V :oNDIV3dS A,:JnHnd 3KJ03d '1V;)UI10d HO.i NWfl'lO;) V :oNDfVBdS 1 § S June 25 1992/Page Seven Got a screw loose? How about a flat tire? 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