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The mo s t import an t:. it esi. - of ： ,th®. .■ proposed reforms of the
Divorce Act by Ju&tice Mini"
ster John Grosbie is the uni-
latera1 application for
Divorce by couplps who have
been separated for one year
without having to endure a
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According . to :Gro3bie 9 it. is 、. clear that a marriage which has fallen apart for one year cannot be remedied. Rather than letting the situation deterioratev an 平arly resom. 1ution may avqid further problems. t Factors such as material gains and the environment frequently complicate the once pure relationships of couples. On the other hand, when love is rep lacwith sex ， relation" ships become very simple. Two' persons can, after a one-night stand, be tota 1 stran-、 gers.-
Longlas t ing af fect ion can 'only be built on relationships^ .
nurtured by mutua V res pect, mannerly behavioursunderstanding and support. Even so, inter-personal relation^ ships are constantly undermined in this rapidly changing modern society , For those people with inadequate endurance to maintain a relation-ship, it will, like a dam bursting its bank, disintegrate uncontrolably. Under the current 1egislation 9 a couple must have been separated for a minimum of three years before they can app ly for Divorce. Natural ly,, grounds for divorce such as . a cruelty and adultery are cons idered separately. Forcing couples who no longer love each other to bear the emo t i ona 1 bur den of having to( walk the shaggy road which was meant to he walked together is actually psychological cruelty. Some people beleives that simplifying the divorce procedure does not get at the roots of ..marital problems ； i t
may even suffocate the chances
of reunion while not helping the situation at all.
As the problems have aris en 9
Me must face them. There are two ways in which to follows name ly reso lut iosi and pic even-tion。
The time of - one year"is suf f i~ e ien t f o r a s ep ara ted couple to make considerations and ref1ections• If the cracks s 1111 eannot be mended „ .theia this m4rriage is pbvion sly a failure. Dragging on a failed Marriage is torturous to both people; moreover9 it may in-flict a more arduous damage to the childrexu
Children are for certain the innocent victims when parents go their separate ways; how-
.ever.,: each parents is an in， dependent entity. He or she
.has the right to determine his or her fate。 Children can at least enjoy on half of the warmth when they 1ive with either one of .the- parents
The sIogan of
Toronto Pol ice and protect".
these objective:| How can the pol Chinese communi cannot speak th| The answer is s cannot. How mal Chinese speakin visitors experi| frustrat ion pf to have a poiicl understand -thei Once, an elder! gentleman repor his wife was se[ and he wanted e m e r g C yii!, tpi , t h| When he ed11ed there was no onl understand his lengthy delays.» finally arrivedl the necessary a Fortunately, th
SPEEDY
司法部長哥斯比提出改革 。建議中最重要的一k是：分居一 年便可單方面申請嚀婚》毋需經由 法庭聆訊。
.根據哥斯比解釋—'假如婚姻破裂 達一年，很明顯已無挽囘餘地；與
其令情況惡化》不若趁早解決&避
^日後帶來更多問題。
現代男女的關係*再單純-往往 【雜其他因素，如利害因素、環境
因素。也可說非常單純，實行 杯水"主義，以⑩性"代 今晚同床《明朝；
恒久的感情只能建立於互 、相敬如賓的關係上，以體諒、抹' 持爲基礎c卽使如此a在瞬息萬變 的現代社會-人與人之間的關係不
受到沖搫'忍耐力不夠持久》僳 如堤崩壩裂》—發不可收拾。
現行法例下，夫婦起碼要分居三 年才可提出離婚要求（虐待、通姦 等另當别論）。強迫怨偶繼續背負 感i靑之袱"走在一條原本需要相扶 的崎幅路上「镢異是變相的精神虐
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份人士認
化離婚手;
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：非正本淸源之法9對婚姻問 無裨助，反而窒碍復合機會。 問題旣然發生，便要面對。
的途徑有二 i，解決預防0
分唐夫婦經過一年時間考慮 討、時間上已很充裕$假如仍然
法彌補裂痕，這段婚姻明顯失敗 勉強維持》不但雙方彼此折磨-孩子的打擊和損害可能更甚。 父母雜異，兒^當然是無辜的 害人，然而夫婦本身也,獨立的 ,有權決定自己的命運。兒女跟 ：父母任何一方9至少可以享受到
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一半温情&而另一半仍， 則父叠丕好過，免女^首當其衝。 .母親再嫁或父親再娶，雖有可能.
影嚮兒女的未來發展9但後父、後
母的"好"與"壞50連或然率也無
可計算。世事盡如人意者鮮
輕重-r須擇其一。
天下夫婦白頭到老、眉 自然是莫大佳事。但婚姻問題並不 算是痼人問題，還涉及敎,問題和, 社會問題。預防，得從根本着手-
非朝夕可達。縦使保留舊例，'不1
化離婚手續&問齄依舊存在o
大多市警察^！口！
O
容易A如果一個
，弑問他如何，！ 者有很多說華語 向警務人員投訴 由於語言不同而5 有一次»一位
^我，他的太太
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while maintaining contact wi the other one. If that is not the case, then j apart from the difficult situation ofj parents ehiIdren bear the brunt of the blow,：.：. ：―,
Although the re-marrying o《 either parents may injfluence the future development of chiIdreaj, characters of stepparents defy even the calculations of probability. Things are seldom always satisfactory so pros and cons should be weighed and one method chosen. It is best that couples can retain their affections until the very end; however 9 marital problems not only are personal
problems; they are also connected with educational and social problems. • Prevention " ' started at the oriro
w t is not a quick
process. Even if the old rules are retained with no simp 1i， fieat ion of the divorce procedure j, the ■ problems still exi st.
The indus town in d< facing th< According port, the in the mai Toronto dropped 50,275. Eggleton ledged thi problem b: 'mid-life that Tor pi to it and better.
The Ecotipj ttee cornel an an and m| is set -up] taining a while, att other ess| ries such! ronics, p| duetion，
itiea wi factories I A m arke t i phlers anl advert is e| Toronto to Jeff D| and infor from this
An; esperi ence ofi* be ing- overthrown may be await ing the minority government ofthe Tori es. I fthe two o ther parties consolidate their powers p forming 7 3 votes, they can dissoIve pariLament and bring about another Wl:ec£ion by voting against the budget broughti«ft June * The two•par-、 ties may a1so approach the Lieutenant-governor as the party with the most seats by forming a coaliticm。 1 The two methods bjentioned above
form a great threat to the Tories, On the other hand, Tories are reeieving diminishing support from the voting public» made apparent by the result of the elect ion * Ac一 cording to th© Canadian press ^ 38 percent of the votes went to the Liberals while only 37 percent went to the Tories. Out 。f a total of 5。 & million eligi hie voters,approximateiy 4 mill ion , 68 percena: cas ted the! r bal lots':'
：In order to giiii. a deep er understanding of the voting situation of the people of Chi nese heritage»we have conducteA an exclusive sampling surveyo The result is quite unusualo 5 7 percent of the 100 people surveyed through the phone has voted in this election. Of these; 38 percent9 same as the Ontario average； voted for £he Liberals • The Tories only re8"
ceived 32•percent of the vote9 dowtv 5 percent from the Ontario average, The New Democrats only manage to get 15 percent of the votes, less 9 pexcenjt from the On tario average. But 15 percent of the participant did not want to disclose the party of their choice 9 so the above figures may have slight variations，
These voters are no strangers to voting, most have voted five times or less. While others have voted six to,: tern times. Although the voters have dif ferent explanations for voting, a11 favour parti-cipation in politics。 One
exp1anation stands out among the other reasons given; •mamely the increase of Chinese influence and status so as to gain the respect of po1it i一 clans who will further relate the op in ion of Chinese "the government o
These . voters who cossse f rom al 1 walks of life, all saiid that they will continue to vote. Oddly enough, all丄he others who did not go to the polls because of technical difficul™ ties, pessimism in the system or distrust in the politicians agreed that Ghinese ！ should vote and partiGipate ih poli-ticso A1so； 57 percent of them had voted before and 72 percent is certain to vote in (the next election.；.. Another iiitexesting point is that while 43 percent of the non-voters had nothing to say about how t he bus iness of the government should be conducted》 60 percent of the voters had no opinion at all on the same matter. Voters and non-vo ters exp res sed dif， ferent concerns. Voters stressed job creation and discrimination prevention whi1e non-voters put iterns such as freedom, equality andrlower taxes at the top of their lis£。
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-Las t thursday night8May 2nd 9 r.e°su 11s of The Ontario Provin-ciaI Election were known.WhiIe the gov ex n ing P ro gr ess i v e G on ^ servative Party won with only 5 2 seats ^ the Liberal Party 气 merged victoriously with 48 s<aats ， an increase of 20 seats 。 The New Democrat ic Party earned ojn 1 y a modest 3^ seats 5 tot.a-•
>iing 25 s ea t s 。
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