ere

“1 didn’t think he had it in

‘ him to let go.
Letting go of power isn’t as.

easy as it looks..1 have long
‘been-a-believer that the trouble
with power ‘is not, as Lord Ac-
ton commented, that it cor-
rupts,;. ‘and absolute power
corrupts - absolutely, ” is,
rather, that power is sadicting
As for absolute power, who

‘knows? ~Nobody’s. ever had it...
We: do :-kriow “that ‘those who.

thought they had it — Caligula,
‘Hitler, etc. — got real weird.

We have''seen some
astonishing “ changes’ in Cana-
dian politics lately, starting with
"Pierre Trudeau taking his. walk
ina snowstorm and deciding to
split.

Rene: Levesque took the hint
and. memoi off. Puffing to write

an ‘powerful women,
yguess that it factors

’. referred to as ‘‘Minister’’

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| MY ESTIMATION of Bill Bennett soared the day
“he quit.

happen to know is Pat Carney,
the federal energy minister. We

used. to share a newspaper of- .

fice together. Today she runs a

~departmen? with a budget of

$3.8 billion a year. She has
5,762 civil servants at her
command.

Carney happens to be one of: |

the smartest ‘individuals I’ve
ever met, strong-willed and

= perfectly capable of taking care.

of herself. Yet the lifestyle she
is forced to live, in exchange for
the privilege of being a promi-
nent cabinet minister, is
perfectly horrendous.

‘Each Monday morning, she
faces a spreadsheet laying out
her weekly schedule. Aides rush
about, herding her from one
assignment to the next. Purring
black limousines are always
waiting — which is nice, of
course.

But the down side is that,
sooner or later, she has to climb
aboard and be whisked off to
another meeting, - always being

“Minister, this, Minister

-.that,’” all day long, seven days |
a week. The last time I talked:to :.

r,she still hadn't ‘been. able to
: ad

called the election. that saw him *

years ago, but”
a writer.The : Stress - :
Telatively” minor,

Deep Cove races

LET THE games begin.

All systems are go for Deep
Cove’s Great Land and Sea Race
and the annual Edgemont Village
community celebrations.

Edgemont Boulevard from
Queens to Cannaught and
Highland Boulevard from
Newmarket Drive to Woodbine
Drive will be closed from 10:30 am
to 5p.m., Sat., June 14.

The celebration is sponsored by
the Edgemont Village Merchants’
Association. °

The Great Land and Sea Race,
sponsored by the Mount Seymour
Lions Club, takes place Sun., June
15 at 9 a.m. in Cates Park.

St. George's School Open House -
Friday, 30th May.

You are invited to the
Official Opening of

St. George's new

Senior School facilities.
2-4 p.m.

‘Tours, Displays, Art Sale,
Light Refreshments

3 p.m.

Dedication and Formal

Opening by

The Most Reverend
Godfrey 2. Gower (Ret.)

The Honourable
Henry P Bell-Irving

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“We'll. never. know how. wee ,

Davey: would" have’ fared if: he
had ‘lasted,’ but'I must admit’ I

“never, thought’ I’d see. the day ;
that. Bill Bennett: would. resign’
“without being pushed.’He says.
‘he has done his thing — citing a.

new highway and Expo. Really?
‘: | presume he is getting off

while the getting is good —.
- since, the whole province is

probably about to ‘go plop,
economically ‘speaking. But
t?was. ever. thus. I remain
astonished. Also, rather im-

” pressed.

A guy who can call it quits at
the .right moment must have
brains. At the very least, you
can’t call him a power junkie.

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