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The .. .AGAINST THE GRAIN: BRAZIL PROCTER & GAMBLE!! c GROWTH HORMONE Daily ... STUDENT FEE INCREASES ' -- / .., ' ... THE MCGILL DAlLY OPEN PRODUCTION NIGHT QPIRG Renews PuSh for Green McGill STUDENT GROUPS URGE SHAPIRO TO MAKE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITMENT BY BEN ERRETI' T he Quebec Publfc Interest pletely unacceptable," says Becky Research Group (QPIRG} Lipton, coordinator of campus at McGill is launching a and community environmentnl campaign this week to try to action nt QPIRG. "It looks like pressure the university into McGill is not concerned at nil adopting a coherent environmen with the environment." tal policy. QPIRG's figures estimate thnt QPJRG will be setting up infor n fully-implemented recycling that~ mation tables across campus in an program nt McGill could save the effort to encourn'ge students to university S200,951.1 a year. sign a petit.ion demanding that In a reply to student lead1m Principnl Shnpiro net to ensure dated January 5, Principnl thnt the university hns a formal Shapiro admits thnt he has "not mnndnte to pursue environmen followed up on this matter ns I tally friendly policies. had to agreed to do." However, he This public campnign is the rules out nny immedinte action, culminntion of a lengthy corre ·~~~t~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~· spondencq between the Princi sthayei1 1Mg ctGhailtl "\tVl1nes rtee iJMJstaanteangJeemnte notf ~ pal's office and a coalition of stu and Recycling Coordinating dent groups, including the SSMU Group "(WMRGC) would hnvo to nnd the Post Graduate Student's be assessed agninst other pressing or.icty. as well as QPIRG. An en priorities in a very different vironmental policy known as the budget context." McGill Green Plan was drawn up Dr. James Nicell. 1\ssocinte mandate." "The Green Plan without the consumption, and more efficient in 1D OG, but has never been im Professor in the Deportment of Dr. Nicell said that the WMRCG is only worth the paper heating are taken into account. plemented. In the same year, ad Civil Engineering nnd Applied WMRCG had previously been too it's printed on. Without the com Lipton expressed her frustra ministrative restructuring re Mechanics nnd co-nuthor of the centered on recycling, and the mittee, the funds and the recog tion nt the indifference from the . ulted in the disappearance of the Green Plnn, says that the WMRCG Green Plnn would have allowed nition, the Green Plan is worth Principal's office, which has McGill Waste Management and essentially disappeared because it to become more focused on a less," Lahaie snys. prompted QPJRG to launch its Recycling Coordinating Group, an of staff changes in the university comprehensive strntegy involving Lnhaie's enthusiasm for recy campaign. ad-hoc committee which had ad m in istrntion. nn overall reduction of waste. cling was considerably more re "We've been told that if we had been responsible for reducing the "With the departure of [Asso Claude Lahaie, manager of the strained than QPIRG's. He states a money saving project, we could generation of solid waste, as well cinte Vice-Principal] Sam Waste Management Progrnm and that recycling alone "doesn't pay'' take it right to Shapiro. Well, it as improving the recovery of ma Kingdon, the committee lost its another co-author of the Green and that at hest the university will takes four months to get a hold of terials used for recycling. connection with the ndministra Plan, is glad to see that QPIRG is break even. However, he stresses him and even then he refuses to "To have an institution like tion. We need to reestablish the pushing the issue of an environ that a well-implemented Green make a commitment. It is very McGill with no formal commit committee, reconnect it to the nd mental policy, but says that the Plan could generate a slight profit hard to get anything done at ment to the environment is corn- ministration, and expand the policy alone is not enough. when fnctors such os reduced McGill concerning these ideas." 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I I I I I GOOD I I I I I I I I I I BOOI{S I I : Global Capitalism: : I I LATELY? : 0 a spreading crisis : I n Wednesday. January 1!lUOs and 2 percent in the first half scnpu bore outu.ndur thu bntshus I I 13, Brazil made thu of the 1!l!llls," but wu weren't re· of the neolibernl artists. As I The McGill Daily Canadian I decision to devalue its -minded that alongside COP Robin 1-lahnul points out in the I l currency. the real, by 11.:1 pur- December 1!l!lll edition of Z I Literature Special Issue l ccnl. As the snowbllll of cco· • • • •8 V• • • • Magazine, I I nomic collapse runs llround the "The share of income of thu 1 'vants to know. lglobe from Asill, to Russia, to JE F F top ~ percent of households in 1 I Latin America, speculative the U.S. t:limbud from1fi.li pur-1 Suhmit your essays, r·cvicws, intcr·vicws arul I capital tries desperately to keep wE ER cunl of all income in1 !17:1 to 21.21 your own 11etion to Shatncr· B-03 hcfor·c I ahead, while the indelible print 88 pun:enl in I !l!H. The share of I Jarmar·y 23, 1999. For· nwr·c iufunuation, I of human cost is left behind. the richusl 20 p •rcunt rose from eont:wl Jcff or· Louigi at the Daily Office. I nesTschrul sa ffalri ghwt eo hf acvaep inlnolt fwroimt· •••••••• 4w:1h.Gil e pthurer :suhnnlr •to o f4th!lu.l p opo •rr c•sutn2lll .Il lurnzil on par with Soulhunst growth. the world's population porcont full from 4.2 p •rr: •nlto I IAsin ('l!l!l7/1!l!lB). Still. many exploded. euvironmenlal dugradn- :l.~ pure •nt." · I l economists are not convinced lion rapidly increased, and in· \Vors • still. llahn •I points I lthattho 13raziliantuctic: is likely equality of wealth and income out. that. contrary la nssurnnc:us I I to succeed. For example, 13nu:u soared to unprucudenled heights. of nuolibural dictums. •v •n llw I I Stcinherg, Mcrrill Lynch's chief Furl her, the "goody •ars" of the absolute poverty of th • poor •st l 1oconornist, told The \V nil Street 1! JUOs nnd early 1! lOOs, were in fact sectors of society increased. 1 volume 88 number 38 , •. 11ournnl. "\Ve rlon'tthink this is "hnd" for most regions of the llnving thus dispelled tlw 1 edllorlal offices: l going to work and, in nlllikeli- world. nnd lhu majority of this myth of the boom urn, wo r.an I .HHO.\IcTuNI Sr., Mn,..rilit. QC.,auu\4 n.o.,\,11~\ IX9 I business and advertising office: hood, the 13taziliun cLirrenr:y is planet's populntion "enjoyed" in· only despair at whnl's happened liSO McT41M Sr., .ltu-.at.Ao, QC., ••••~ JI.07, lljA llt? I going to he devalued a whole lot creased job insecurity, a decreased thus fnr ns the bust rears ils head. : 11 \Ielml @c-Citfl l~:t 1.\ TIUS,NET (5e1diHit9oHri·a67l:8 -I more than B percent." portion of the economic pie. and The International Monetary tax: business/advertising: I If the lntter is true. we can ex· an erosion of living conditions. Fund (IMF) is hounr.ing from I (Si-1}1911-HjiH (5 14}198-6790 lpect n grout deal more capital Certainly, for L1tin Anwrica the disaster area to disaster area.l I night from !Jrazilthan hns so far 1! lUOs was the "lost decade," promising loans in exchange for I business manager: U\IL\!'1 Saoma I transpired. Further. event he de· marked by tho deprivations of their radical austerity measures. nnd I assistantI '•b•u•·s'"in Nesus•; om anager: lvllluationthnt has occurred hns debt crisis. The boom also eluded more liberalizntion. In short, the I advertising management: 1 mnde repayment of foreign debt the Middle East and North Afrim, cosls of fixing the presenl bust 1 adveI.rFt.TisTli' n~gL\ rlarwy,o lulmto ~a nSduU dNeI\s' ign: 1more difficult for Brnzil. \Vhat where sagging oil prices meant n are being pnid on lh' hacks of 1 M.\MK u. ..... . 1 is most disconcerting. however, corresponding drop in the finan· those who rwver gnrn •r •d thu 1 contributors: lis the fact that this 13razil's cial and sor:ial well huing of most lavish wuallhofthehoorn intlw I Jus IIMII.XU,IIL• f.MMlTT, u'II>I.IIUMUO.ll.l, 1\tiiY ju.l'u~, I,IUUtF. :\t.\L' Jl\llruau. 1ur:onomy repr •s •nts Lntin of their populntions. first plncu. \Vu might Ink • Thni· l RI.IUIC\ "'"'-'"""' I America's llngship. !fit goes, the Suh-Sahnran Africa ex pori· land and lmlonesin as examp i •s I co·ordlnatlng editor: \'tMU' Cum: whole boat goes. enced only the perpetuation of of what 13rnzil might b •come, co·ordlnatlng ,.n feltlw~ifs" uer duimto r: I This lends me to the thrust of their long-standing uxdusion from ami what Russia is becoming. nil I I"' eh~ 4f tro·hm..m(IpFltlF.c . t\ \'EUHU I this wook's cohm1n. It is time we the wealth of global c:apitnlisrn. wi I h I he "hol p" of 1h e IMF. I co·ordlnatlng culture editor: I reconsider two preeminent Finally. the countries of bastern Since September 1!l!l7, roughly I A.\S~ AIHuIhI!NCfItSt'u ·bu\.mCpll \-,. I myths of the present neoliburnl Europe and those of the former 2,000 peoplu have lostthuir job I news editors: I era: a) that every region. and all Soviet Union. who put their faith each day in Thailand. In lndo- 1 IJnm;r Auu••n•Duar lo.IJ.uilro·boo mq:oll.<> I inhabitants of the world ben· in capitalism, were hardly om· ncsia 20 million people ha vu I jA.~INCII,I,Ih'.I,.'·I Q!ru·bo• """u eo lefited ·from the 1 !lUOs • 1!l90s braced in the warm arms of pros· lost their jobs since September 1 culture editors: l"boom" in global capitlllism; and perity. Really, the only benefici- 1! l!l7. Tho people there face ri-1 frrmJic•b91k•.J!~~~.n~·'IJLT, • I b) that the current measures of aries of the developing world ots, and an infant mortality rate 1 features editor: lllusterity, liberalization, unre- were a few small East Asian coun- which may increase by an esti-l strained global capital flow, and tries, known as the "tigers," since mated 30 percent by year's end I photo editor: 1rullscaloderegulationloresolve 1997 perhaps the "diseased, (UNICEF). layout and design co-ordinators: 1the "bust", affect all people caged,ifnot dead, tigers." Those people were not the I AMY p1~~~·bo•'"'J)Ic. I equally, and are in all cases the It's not a difficult task to further cause of speculative capital ex-1 •urt\I'IOtJnJeuirv&nJJ~,~ YAP l"rational" route to choose. erode the romanticized vision of iting East Asia en nwsse, and I office manager/ onllne editor: I To begin, the 1980s and early the era just now coming to a close. what they never gained during I l19!l0s are together an era much We might simply turn to the ex· the "boom" should not bo taken I d611l franljals: rrnmcAulfh~~~f~:!mP l.ttttF.AU I esteemed by advoclltes of perience of ordinary citizens of from them now. I lneolibcralism; an example of countries that enjoyed the fruits Currently, speculativo capi·l I how liberalization translates into of the boom. The average East tnl has not spread its wings in 1 All conlrnls () 1999 Dall)' l'ubllcallons Socltl)'. All 1economicgain for everyone. The Asian person might have gained Brazil as quickly as some 1 ri~hll n:s,rmd. Thr conlml ol lhls nOispaprr Is lhe I focus of government policy in a low paying job in- if they were thought it might, but if- por-I rr!pon~lblllly ol the M«.lll Daily and d()(J nol nrc!'lsuil)' rrprrsrn11br 1ir11·s ol McGill Unin:nily or canl!dn, like the United States, lucky-a modern factory, hutmom haps more accurately, when- ill 1 1hr S1udm1s' Sodrty ol McGIII Unhmil)·. Produm or has boon on deficit reduction, likely in a sweatshop, in exchange does, expect the subsequent I compmlrs aolrrrtisal in this ne1rspapcr m no I "\\ (\9-i\~ l and the dismnntling of all bnrri· for their former lives as under cm· downward spiral of the Lntin nccr>wil)' rndonc:d by lhr lllil)'llall'. Prinlrd h)' Parrue a Simms, Monlrtal, Qurbc:c. he 1\\cgl l ers to free trade and capital flow. played seasonal labourers in an American economy to fall on the I Thr llaily Is a lounwng mrmbrr ol Canadian t since 1911 I We were told hy the World unproductive agriculturnl sector. hacks of the poor and I l'nilmil)' Pr!'lsand Prrsse rrudiml<d u !Jurbrc. I B.ank. tha.t ".the. wo.rld. ec.ono.my. · ..In t.he .U.S.., an.oth.er .ben.efic.iar.y .di.som.po.wer.od.. Ex.po.r:tth.is, .but I Printed on 20% Recycled Paper. I grew nt :1 percent a yellr in the of the good years, a similar land· lot's notnr:cepl it. I ISSN 1192·4608 ~ ~ THE McGILL DAILY--------- 3 Monday, January 18, 1999 Boycott Procter and Gamble!!. ~~ Campaign Overview The following is n list of some of the mnny P&G Products being boy Each year, thousands of animals die in Procter & cotted nnd the nlternntive products you cnn buy instend. 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The smaller-scale, for the SSMU. last year have shown the build sponsibi li ties through The McGill Students' Fund problem is, at first glance, it just The library aspect of the MSF ing to be "just not a safe and the continued underfunding of would ask every full-time McGill looks like a lot of money. It's only would take over from the current healthy environment in which to post-secondary education, stu student to put up an additional when you examine it that you Library Improvement Fund, have large numbers of students," dents nru faced with the horror of $70 a semester- $140 a year- in realize ... how desperately it is which expires this spring. How explained Reid. watching once first-class schools students' fees. needed." ever, the MSF will double that The building fund is one of the sink under economic burdens. "$140 is a lot of money." con- The fund would cover several fund's contribution by asking $20 biggest stumbling blocks in set· per student per semester instead ling up the McGill Students' A of$10. The extra cash, Reid said, Fund. Reid said, quite simply, SM cSG MilUl, ..• .\ .:., '· . . .. - '':·'I ~••: ~ •. ... ..I) ~., . . \, . is to "reach beyond just books, to "lthel University Centre is crucial. 111n y take a ·.··:·~.·1.1 ..\ . ,· :· ·:·\::';_..'; .. ,. .' .... technology." Our ability to provide safe serv sintegp t oin s tterym ·>' ·· <\... •. ·; ·'·• ' \.I·,' . .•. • ~..'. · '.· ·,,':, I~·; ':! w~; '...,• ·. :i•.: ' I · .·. ·,~ ,: .:\ · \..' '· '': "·.• · .., rariTlyh en abmuresda ryth ep roMgcraGmill, tAemccpeoss iecned wumill bfaei ltsh.r"e atBeyn ebdu nifd thlien gre ftohre· this trunci. . \.. . ... I •. ·. . <• ·...1 : 1. :' :·, .• : : . Fund, would aid students who relatively insignificant University ~~}··>;· ~· _..._OWl A t might not otherwise be able to re Centre funds in with so many oth main enrolled at McGill as a re ers (the building monies make up Thurs '• • ': • 0 :~ 0 • sult of financial difficulties. By only 17% of the total levy) the d n y ' s returning the fee to the students SSMU is gambling that the fund S S M U with the toughest financial bur will go through, with what R• id meeting, den through bursaries, the blow calls "serious consequences" if it President of the new fee will be regulated. does not. Duncnn R e i d How the Faculty funds would Obviously, there are many a peels brought be allocated is yet to be decided. to be considered before the March forth one "The faculties know how to get that referendum period. Fei ner has of these money to their needs better than the suggested "a survey mechanism ideas, hop SSMU ... thnt's why I suggested the ... finding out what people think." ing to ere faculty eo mp onent." says Rei d. Reid echoed this statement, re ate a new There lie hurdles to overcome marking that "we are going to sur M cG i 11 before this idea could become a re vey people informally ... to der.ide Students' ality. "We have to know this is whether to go forward." Plans on Fund. This something tJwt students want be survey and referendum questions, fund is fore we ... waste our lime and our campaign strategies and even the similar to energy." commented Jeffrey Feiner, exact parameters of the fund have the idea that brought the new stu cedes Reid. On the other hand, areas: library improvement, safety VP Extemal Affairs. He continues yet to be decided, however, and dents centre (currently under con· Reid states that "if I and the peo and health upgrades in Shatner, a "lbutl if students can be shown tJwt Feiner notes that much more dis· struction at the corner of ple who support this ... could talk need-based bursary program, fac it is in their best interest, yes, I think cussion is called for. Mc'Ji1vish and Docteur Pen field): to every McGill student one-on ulty ftmds for projects within indi It he fundi will pass." "If you've ever seen a project asking students to step up and fill one ... and make them see the need, vidual faculties and departments, As to the building improve- in its infancy, this is it." h 'said. Questions Raised About Scholarship Society BY IRFAN DHALLA VANCOUVER (CUP)- Six-figure More than 800 students paid nger of the Vancouver Better Busi- study of for-profit as well as non- (joining the organization) wasn't salaries, trips to Cancun and $80 each _ for a total of $64,000 _ ness Bureau, says withholding profit organizations revealed that forced or highly recommended." glamorous conventions with paid to join the society that according such information .is highly unu- the average salary of a chief ex- Aside from Piper's letter, some speeches from Hollywood actors to Golden Key literature is asso- sual for non-profit organizations. ecutive officer in the US is students were encouraged to join do not fit the description of most dated with the likes ofU.S. Presi- She and tJte president of UBC's $225,000. the organization by a member of non-profit organizations. dents Bill Clinton and Ronald Golden Key chapter, Fahreen "(Mr. Lewis') salary is re- the university's awards and finan· But the Golden Key Ho nor So Reagan, Nobel Prize winner Elie Dossa, have also expressed con- viewed annually by the Board of cial aid office who recruited the ciety, an Atlanta-based non-profit Wiesel and American Red Cross cern over the society's spending Directors," said Sivam. The or- first few students after being ap· organization that boasts the mem· President Elizabeth Dole. practices. Dossa said she had ex- ganization's board of directors is proached by Golden Key. bership of several Canadian uni [Jut questions are being raised peeled scholarships would ne- made up of university professors Carol Gibson, director of the versities, is one exception. about whether the Golden Key count for around 60 per cent of the who ore not paid for serving university's awards and financial The organization promises Honor Society is as good as it organization's total expenditures. Golden Key. aid, says the committee charged scholarships and contacts to high sounds. She also pointed to the high While Golden Key spends a lot with looking into whetJter to join academic achievers to its 271 af The organization's submission salaries paid to Golden Key direc- of money on salaries, it spends the organization reviewed all in· filiates, including the University to the U.S. Internal Revenue Serv- tors. The organization spent even more on conferences and formation available about Golden of Oritish Columbia, the Univer ice, obtained by the Ubyssey, $1,822,837 US on salaries and initiation ceremonies. More than Key. sity ofToronto. McGill University. shows it spent just $289,461 US other employee benefits in 1997 half of the organization's budget "Certainly the claims tlwtthey McMaster University and the on scholarships. or less than five and its executive director, James is spent on these ceremonies. have made to what the money is University of Alberta. per r.ent of its total expenditures Lewis, received $247,600 US. Golden Key directors were used for are up front." she aid. The University of British Co for the fiscal year ending June 30, Out Golden Key's representa- unavailable for comment. Gibson said material available lumbia joined the society last fall Hlfl7. live in Vancouver feels that Lewis' Despite her concerns, how- included an audit by the ncr:ounl· partly on the urging of its presi And according to the Atlanta salary is not extraordinary. ever, Dossa says UBC students are ing firm Smith and Hart that dent. Martha Piper, who sent let Better Business Bureau, Golden Kari Sivam, a forme~ UBC stu- not being bilked of their money. clearly shows Golden Key's schol· ters endorsing the organization to Key has refused to provide it with dent who is now Golden Key's "On the one hand, you can say arship figure and conference ex· about 3,200 of the school's top its financial statements. Assistant Director of Internal ional that UBC students got ripped off," penses, but does not gi' ea list of students. Valerie Maclean, general man- Development, said that a recent she snid. "On the other hand, it salaries. 6 McGILL A Monday, January 18, 1999 Milk More for Your Money? BGH DEBATE CONTINUES ON APPROVAL OF FOR CANADIAN USE BY LOUIGI A.DDARIO-BERRY L ast Thursday, The Globe Medical Association (CVMA) has failed, the truth may be a lit Royal College of and Mail presented its stated that "Many of the cases of tle more murky. Physicians and Sur renders with a rare treat: a lameness involved joints, and The Department of Health geons of Canada, was positive headline on the front dairy producers and vets cur commissioned two expert panel~: more flattering in page. rently have a limited ability to one on the effects of BGH on ani their report. Its con "Ottawa refuses to approve control this increased risk." mals, the other on its effects on clusion said: "In bovine growth hormone," the There's also the question of the humans. Both reports were re summary, with one headline read. effects of the drug on humans. In leased Friday. The first panel, exception, the panel Debate over Canadian ap a letterfrom the City ofToronto's consisting of CVMA members, finds no biologically proval of Bovine Growth Hor Food Policy Council to the 13oard released findings that were prima plausible reason for mone (13GH) began over eight of Health at an early stage in the rily negative. Hence, the wide concern about h u years ago. Deliberations had con deliberations, the following con spread view that this will force man safety if rBST tinued despite the U.S. approval cerns were raised: the Ministry of Health to turn were to be approved ofBGH in 1993 and a continuous "ISiynthetic BGH differs by 0.5 down the proposal. The report's for sale in Canada." pressure from Monsanto, the to 3.0% from the natural hormone wording, however, was not un It did, however, raise manufacturer of BGH. Monsanto and may therefore induce immu equivocal. Though it stated that questions about one has allegedly put pressure di nologic or allergic reactions in the "there were a number of legiti anomalous piece of rectly on scientists for a rapid gut wall. In addition, intact mol mate animal welfare concerns as data; namely "one approval. as well as purported ecules may be absorbed through sociated with the use of rBST", it test animal develop bribery attempts in the form of the gut of newborn if1fants or also suggested that the number of ing an antibody re research grants. those with impaired protein di tests performed was inadequate. sponse at low dose The benefit of the drug is in gestion, with, ... deleterious re The report stated that "without (0.1mg/kg/day) after creased milk production in the sults (e.g. cystic fibrosis)." better data on the frequency and 14 weeks." cows to which it is given. Its list The letter from the food policy severity of injection site reactions, 13ased on this of detriments, however, are some council recommended that until the Panel could not determine if oddity, the panel's UIU:ATIIINO A 51011 Of 1\~UI:F what more extensive. "concerns about the drug and the these represented a significant recommendation was "on the ba tinuation of the research. There Possible side effects in cows evaluation process have been ad animal welfare concern." sis of present knowledge, that the are six months between now and include: udder infection (25% in equately addressed, the Board of And should further data study in question be repented." Alan Rock's official announce crease). lameness (50% increase), Health opposes the licensing and present itself between now and In their conclusions, both ment: perhaps the Globe's sug infertility (18% increase) and in use of Bovine Growth Hormone." June, it could be the edge panels suggested that further gestion that "tomorrow's an crease in the presence· of other And though The Globe and Monsanto needs to get back into studies should be done. Both loft nouncement in effect will turn infectious diseases. Mail suggests that Montsanto's the game. the door open for, if not an ap it down," was just a bit prema The Canadian Veterinary attempt at getting its BGH passed The second panel. run by the proval of BGH, at least a con- ture. CFS to Hold Internal Inquiry into Alle .. gations of Racism, Sexism Wooos BY ]AM.IE VANCOUVER (CUP) -The Cana At least one member, the stu national executive. only because the national execu "I'm hoping that we can find a dian Federation of Students could dent union at the University of "!think that they admitted that tive wasn 'I informed about irregu way to deal with conflict," she find itself staring at an expensive Regina, considered leaving the or they probably kept it a little qui larities in her election. said. ganization because of the move. eter among the members than "We received notification in "There's an understanding phone bill after its leaders partici It and other student unions they should have, and that they the summer about the aboriginal within the organization of how to pate in a conference call this said they had some concerns also hadn't given the time or con caucus issue," she said. "We deal with this kind of issue, but weekend to discuss a public in about the decision to hire Link _ sideration that they should have didn't receive a complaint or no when it comes down to the details quiry into allegations of racism concerns they say the CFS did not to the issue," she said. tice of irregularity (about of it, and the specific situations, and sexism within the organiza tion. adequately address. There are other issues contrib Zaenker's election) until fairly it's hard to know what to do when And while the federation is uting to internal rifts within the close to the November meeting." we haven't had much history in The federation's members poised to finally address those organization. Not so, says Brown. She says dealing with this kind of thing." mandated the inquiry last Novem concerns, some argue the delayed Brown, for one, says she's also she informed national staff of ir For now, Carlyle and other na ber, in response to what some say response is in itself cause for criti uncomfortable with the way na regularities in the elections yet tional staff must focus on coming was il mishandling of the after cism. tional staff handled the election they only acted on the election of up with guidelines for the inquiry llli!lh of a staff member's acquit "I think that the leadership had of Many Grey Horses to the posi Many Grey Horses. which it will then pass on to its tal of an assault charge. to be forced to address this issue tion of national aboriginal stu "I pointed these things out members at the federation's an Phi lip Link, then a staff mem and I think that's a problem," said dents' representative last May. right away to the people in the nual general meeting in May. ber with the federation's British Marjorie Brown, graduate issues After the election, Many·G rey national executive," said Brown. Carlyle says she hopes the in Columbia component, was ac . coordinator for the University of Horses was told she would have The organization's internal in quiry will begin soon after that. quitted last June in B.C. Provin cial Court. Regina Students' Union. to vacate the position because of quiry, currently in its research But the process, she cautions, The assi!ttll charge stemmed "If people hadn 'I kept agitat election irregularities. The re phase, faces the task of sorting out will be meaningless unless peo ing I don 'I think it would have election didn't take place until these and other issues. ple are willing to see it through. from a November 1997 incident been addressed." last November. The national executive will "I'm not saying that the onus involving Lanna Many Grey Leigh Borden, vice president But while the same election have the final say over how the in is on people who may have suf Horses, who was the organizil of the student union at Memorial irregularities also affected na vestigation, which may take up to fered to bring those discussions tion's B.C. aboriginal students li University, agrees the organiza tional women's representative two years to complete, is handled. forward," she said. "But I think aison at the time. tion's national executive failed to Anita Zaenker, she was able to To begin preparing for the (the inquiry) can only be useful if Concerns arose within the or properly address membership keep her position until November. process, Carlyle says the CFS has there's a commitment to working ganization when, a few months concerns over Link's promotion. 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We had our kick at the can complex the new worker needs is holding elec aware because the initiatives are ary Education and Social Pro last year and didn't get much out some type of university or college tions for the fol meaningless," said parent Gilles grams. "For most Canadian stu of it," Carlyle said. degree," he said. Chfmier. dents, accessibility is limited by Davies anticipated that this !Jut the government takes ar lowing positions In a letter to Human Resources their parents' income and inabil year's budget will focus on health guments that savings initiatives on Thursday, Janu Development Minster Pierre ity to save." care, with the Liberals having such as the RESP only help those Pettigrew, Chilnier addressed the just under 43% of those sur touted last year's Millennium who huve the money to put away, ary 22 at 5:30pm: struggles of his two daughters, veyed expected the CESG to beef Fund as the heart of an education and that in reality the Millennium both recent graduates owing a fective in encouraging families to budget. "Education is going to be Fund will only help a small combined $79,000. Chilnier esti save, while that number dropped somewhere at the bottom of the · number of students in stride. -Photography mates that by the time the two pay below 35% for the RESP. Those list," Davies said. "They're effective," said Editor off their loans, and "are in a posi numbers still further decreased Nonetheless, Davies joins CFS Thompson, who conceded how tion to start a nonnal life," they among middle and lower-income in calling for implementntion of ever, "that there's more to be -Features Editor wi 11 be 3 7 and 41 years old. Canadians, and along regional notion wide tuition standards, in done. "It is an enormous problem -Culture Editor The Liberals have made state lines, with the lowest degree of cluding a fee freeze, and the re and it's not going to he solved ments to the effect, that they do awareness being present in On instatement of transfer pay overnight." -Online/ Office not attribute the apparent poor tario and Quebec. ments to provinces. CFS is gear The Millennium Scholarships, Manager awareness of these assistance ini "Of course I'm concerned ing up for its Access 2000 cam introduced in last year's budget, tiatives to the initiatives' lack of (about rising tuition fees). but pnign next yenr, in which it consist of a $2.5 billion federal scope. "I'm not sure what that that's also why I've saved money pions to make these policy rec fund to be given us grunts. Re Candidates must means," said Adam Thompson, over the last eighteen years," said ommendntions the centre of its cently, Ontario's government tried Vice-President of Policy for the Liberal Party Spokesperson Terry efforts. The cnmpnign is ex laying stake to a claim of about be staff members Young Liberals and a recent Po Mercer, whose child plans to en pected to include a large mobi half of that, an amount roughly and must be nomi litical Science graduate from ter a post- or secondary program lization of students sometime equal to what they have removed Queen's. Thom pson suggested next year. Mercer did however, next winter. from post-secondary spending, nated by two cur that low awareness could be at agree that for many families, ac Some parents like Chilnier, lenving many wondering whether rent Editors. For tributed to the initiatives having cumulating savings on the scale are even going as far as to make students will ever really see a c:ent been only months old when the required are impossible. "I am a a call for a completely publicly of the fund. Meanwhile, the CESG more information, urvey was conducted this sum lucky person," he said. funded post-secondary educa and RESP initiatives are both come down to the mer. Thompson did not wish to Those not so lucky, however, tion system. When it was long-term investment incentives, comment on whether he had are awaiting next month's annual deemed of importance that which aren't much help to current office, Shatner B- taken out any loans in the course federal budget in the hopes of re every Canadian have some high students or those who plan on 03 to become of his own studies. lief from the skyrocketing cost of school education, Chilnier entering post-secondary institu "More and more students are post-secondary education, but points out, secondary school tions over the next few years. part of The Fam ily. 9 THE McGILL DAILY Monday, January 18, 1999 ------__,;.;_-~-- YOUR VOICE IS A WEAPON '. LEARN HOW TO FIGHT From small projects to big ideas, The Daily wants your bt:-ain power ·' and volunteer work. Calling all writers, graphic photographe~~~ designers, cartoonists, activists, or whatever else you may be: make · your voice heard... ·.. 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