The McGill Daily Vol. 88 No. 041: January 25, 1999

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by  McGill University, Daily Publications Society,,

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NEWS BRIEFS
January 25, 1999
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Volume 88 Issue 41 OFF THE DARKROOM
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over 80 billion served since 1911
New Work-Study
Program Proposed
BY]. P. Fozo
So on enough, we'll be in the committee may not be getting applied for Work-Study and only
midst of another student their message across to many of 555 were given jobs. \"''ork-study
referendum. the professors that this program at its present state cannot supply
The question on this ballot will hinges upon. Although most in all needy students·with employ
be whetll8r or not the Arts student structors interviewed about the ment because there is no perma
body feels on extra $6.50/semes proposed program admitted that nent funding and employers are
ter in Faculty fees is on nccept it sounded familiar to them, none not providing the jobs.
nble price to pny for the creation really understood what the pro 1\vo programs would work to
of more on-campus jobs that will gram was all about. gether to support the proposed
go exclusively to Arts students. Professor Curtis Eberwein, in idea: Work Study, which is run by
The proposed fee would be the Department of Economics, the administration at the financial
directed to.wnrds promoting work stated that he vaguely remembers aid office; and tlte Faculty of Arts'
with professors. Currently, em a memo about the issue, but that Students Employment Fund Pro
ployers, including professors, ore is all. "!think I remember getting gram, jointly run by the Arts Un
given n 50% re-imbursement by a brief description about it; how dergraduate Society and the Fac
Work-Study when they hire stu ever, I must have misunderstood ulty of Arts. The second fund is
dents. But even nt such n dis it," Eberwein said, "I didn't real in response to the many students
count, many professors cannot ize what was being proposed." who do not qualify for Work
afford to hire because of their tight · Nine other professors from Study based on financial need,
research budgets. A successful English, Political Science, An but still want to work with their
referendum would create n spe thropology. Philosophy, Sociol professors or stay out of student
cial fund for Arts professors that ogy, and History were asked to· · debt.
hire students to receive n subsidy comment on the merits of such a The current Work-Study pro
that is close to 100%. program. Although they all felt it gram would receive 75% of the
5 POOR WORKING CONDITIONS AND
Sam Johnston, SSMU VP Uni seemed like a good idea when new funds, while the remaining DI:STRUCTION OF MINFORI:STS WORLDWID~. TURN TO I'AG~ 6.
versity Affairs, feels this program given a quick synopsis of the pro 25% would go to the Arts Student QPIRG's Green Cam-
would creole a win-win situation posal. it did not seem like any Employment Fund. The addi
for both students nnd professors. were waiting in the wings to hire tional student contribution would
paign Continues
She emphasizes the importance of students. result in on extra $68,000 per yeor.
creating a better relationship be "I'd have to give it some Both the Faculty of Arts and the
tween student nnd teacher. thought. I'm in between grants Administration have ogreed to
BY MIMI GROSS
"This program will help stu right now and I'm not hiring any jointly match that figure, bringing
dents finance their education, one. In the past I've normally the now Work-Study fund to T here are plenty of stu ofl Waterloo and other schools in
while providing valuable aca hired Graduate students. I'd have $136,000 per year, with $102,000 dents and staff members Canada and the United Stoles
demic experience. Students will to know more about the program, going directly to Work-Study. and at McGill who do not be have had concreto recycling plans
be able to get a better idea for their but it sounds good," said Anthro $34,000 going to the Arts Employ lieve that the university has a re and polir.ies for many years, but
field of study through direct work pology professor C. Scott. ment Fund. cycling problem. The campus is not McGill.'' ho said. "lAnd be
in their discipline," she said. AUS President Heather In 1995, the Science Under by no means short on aluminium cause) thoro is evidence Ion cam
Johnston and the program or Bradfield said she was aware that graduate Society held o similar can deposit crates, nnd blue pa pus) that o certain amount of re
ganizing committee have worked profs were not too well-informed. referendum and created more per recycling boxes aru a common r.ycling is happening, many stu
hard to get all the professors. "\Vo are going to campaign to jobs. Often, many international sight. But this evidence belies the dents nre surprised to find out
chairmen, and directors in the professors and let them know al and non-francophone stud nts fact that McGill has no compre how little McGill is actually do
Arts faculty well-informed about most free research assistants are find it difficult to find employ hensive environmental policy. ing. They could be doing much
the issue. She sees it as benefit available to them with under ment. and is doing little to change that. more."
ing them as much as it does tho graduates. We want to target pro The referendum will he hold In the following weeks. the Quo The current lnc:k of n clear en
students. fessors to let them know that they on March 17, 1B, and 19 for Arts bee Public Interest Research vironmental policy was not al
"It has become harder and are just as important ns the stu students to decide the fate of the Group (QPIRG) will continue and ways the case ot McGill. Current
hard r to get tenure and this op d nts in this progrnm," she sai I. progmm. The Quebec government intensify their campaign to rnise r cycling efforts stem from initin
portunity will give professors bet he also added thot many on fac will probably begin to finance awareness and involve students tiv >s led by former Principal
t•r ar.ces. to resources. B) work ulty could have boon misin Work-Study by the year 2000. in its plan to rem rly the situation. Dnvid johnston. Almost a decode
ing with the students, professors form d ns a r •suit of 13y having an estoblishod fund. jeff Roberts, o co-ordinator of ,go. a committee was formed un
will better understand how stu miscommunicat ion. johnston adds that the program the project, notes that McGi lllags der his initiative. to "investigate
rlents learn. This can only help In the past,lo s thon holfofall "can only grow once thoro is gov far hehind environmental stand and foster recycling projects ut
the educational experience for nil students that have applied for ernment funding.·· In the oven! of ards that are already in place at McGill." The committee existed
parties involved," she said. Work-Study wore actually given a successful referendum,the now many other universities across under the auspices of former 1\s-
The Work-Study referendum jobs. In 1997-1998, 1506 students (continued on page 9) North Amorit:a. "I The University (continued on page 8)
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editorial offices: lrnnke th.reecrucia.l errors.in their English speaking, JE F F shops. nnd the la· 1997 edition of Dissent. if nil I
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co-ordinating editor: ltion in Krugman's argument - are largely situated "Worlds.'' countries developed er:onomi-1
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,\!\~\ t\UMtiKUS F et in motion, and the GDP hos problem is not being addressed. when GDP increases in develop- would rise, providing at leastl
ulfrcrtl'f~·bot mt.'jUII 1 1risen in a given country, wages In an interview appearing in the ing countries, those suffering thu some form of human dignity. 1
news editors:
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culture eJ•dhnit"olr~s,o: · tm.:•ll,.a in some countries) will rise si- what these sweatshops mean in ing standards. Unfortunately, this bal economic treaties. such as 1I
1multaneously. Evidence suggests human terms. She works over Jws not played out in cases such the proposed Multilateral
features editors: 1that this is also incorrect. twelve hours a day. seven days a as China. Agreement on lnvestrnentl
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office manager: ltake flight only to land in other in order to avoid being fired. The frog.'' prohibitions on talking that can be done, and has to bel
AfMrL WAS~Il'KII.MC r :ountries where cheap labour is doctor recommended a six month even while eating. bans on leav- done. or course, there is always.
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ljobs, while the country with rent employment, i\racely has more fuzzy in their hearts for two century, Cuba "performed" in al
lcheap labour will have horren- since undergone operations to reasons: a) it's better than any vastly superior economic: fash-1
business manager:
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advertising management: IJ'his is a typically simplistic, ei- men!. "I suffer a lot,'' she told Jo- prove over time with the magic utilized slaves after J\fricansl
advel.r~tnisri n~lg.1 nlauoy,o Iu~'t "a" nSdnr odwoevs ign: lther/or, scenario posited by Ann Mort in the interview, "I of the free market. had been emancipated in otherl
~l\KK JIRCMI~U ~Bconomists. In reality, there are don't know how mur.h longer I Well,asi\nitaChannndRohert countries. IJut all roasonahlel
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nrcrs11ril)' rrprrsnutbr •·ir..-s of McGill Uoh·mll)' or :'rhe concepts of the so-called industry for thirteen yenrs. fairs (not a particulnrly "radical" need to reject the notion thatl
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companies adl'l:rtht'd in 1hls ocwspapcr m not coming opart at the seams. Un- economists and I can at lens! agree growth rates in China since the ers, just like we hnve interna-
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The Uailr is a rouncling mrmba or Canadi~n I :Iutching this anachronism like nation. In addition, it's clear that labourers have not changed. While slavery. despite any "pluses" fori
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THE McGILL DAILY
The
Corporatization of
SSMU
WHO IS 0UNCAN REID REALLY
science fictio
WORKING FOR?
ear I Dj Era 55 i,
Stanford University
A.NNA KRUZYNSKI
Tuesday, January 26, 1999, 6:oop.m.
Fleldhouse Auditorium, Leacock Building, Downtown Campus
A couple of weeks ago supposed to defend the rights
The public is welcome. No tickets required.
''President Dunan Reid of students in Quebec and
Information: McGill Welcome Centre, 398-6555
unveiled what he called Canada to accessible, high
Me Gill his latest 'brninchild' ·the McGill quality post-secondary educa
Student Fund" (Tribune, January tion. They are supposed to or
19,1999). Thisgestureofextreme ganize demonstrations when
generosity on the part of McGill new fees are proposed. Most
students (S140 per year) would go importantly. they are supposed
HOTEL CENTRE-VIllE life Style without glasses to cover libraries, information to be organizing against ancil
"No touch" las•r Exclmer, PRK, laslk ('?!?!), faculty renewal ('?!'?!), spe· lary fees, not thinking them up!
large rooms cial academic programs(?!?!), and Ancillary fees are nothing but
Myopia· Asligmolism ·Hyperopic
Conlocllens discomlorl bursaries. Reid's discourse disguised tuition fees (i.e .. , a
entirelv equipped
LASER ULTRAVISION INSTITUTE sounds just like that of the Presi university is not a university
lor caree" in the Armed Forces, pilots, RCMP dent of 113M in a presentation to without a library). Ancillary
fridge provided
air trallic controllers, firemen, police, athletics.
shareholders about the newest fees let the stale off the hook.
from $450/month Medical Director corporate racket. Or like the Chair Their institution sends a message
Dr. Marvin L. Kwitko deter people from applying."
of the Chamber of Commerce to the state that universities can
843-2483 EPa.csti mCerh alaisrmera, nfo, r AHdevailstho ryan dC oWmemlfaitrtee eC aonn adthae. preaching to a h"·1ch of suits find the funds elsewhere. They are supposed to punch holes
in the state's neoliberal agenda ...
5591, Cote-des-Neiges, Mtl, Qc, Canada about the newest idea for privati Student union presidents are
1(514)73S.1133 I-800.20LASER zation of a social program. \Vhat supposed to write opinion pieces you know, "Quebecers are air ady
paying for their education
it does not sound like is a Presi· describing the reasons for free
through the tax system" or "th •
dent of a student union. education ... you know, "people
government's neoliberal agenda,
Presidents of student unions from all classes must have ac
the deficit-reduction-craz , and
are supposed to fight against fee cess," or "an educated society is
CINEMA the resultant cuts to education
increases of any sort. They are a better society," or "tuition fees
and other social programs, ish n
Ill THE CARD FOR GOOD efiting the elite of Canadian soci·
l Letter to the
a: ety, not the general public."
w TIMES AND GOOD
u But no. Instead, Duncan R id.
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BARGAINS proposes that "students . t p up
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and fill in the financial uaps
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Editor where the government ha. cut it.
funding" (Daily. janunry Ill,
1999). Duncan, who do you hink
we are? Do you even reali s holl'
much students on financial aid
I was happy to see jeff plan SS IU's effort to stern the live on? After fees (the current
\Vebber's January 1H indictment tide of underfunding for educa ones). books. and school supplie.
of the effects of neoliheral policy tion. lt continues in "objective" (and no, no vacations) I n111 lucky
on Third \Vorld Countries. How fashion, yet it only gives voice to to have $600 per month to lir •o n.
ever, I was surprised that the same the SSMU executive, who spout I cannot afford $140. An t-.IU '
issue of the Daily ran an article neol iberal .. diru-consequences-i f Councillor was cited in the a1ne
Enjoy arts and sports at a discount with that contained absolutely no cri w e ·don't ·I i g hIe n-o u r· belts" article claiming that ''(the 140)
the Montreal access card, your ticket to tique of SSMU's blatantly·. bullshit that allneoliberals spout. is not much- it's the price of a
85 cultural and recreational activities. neoliberal policy, evident in the This is how nooliberals guilt peo- sushi night." $140 is thr •' we 'ks
Save on admission to: new S140 fee that is Duncan . pie into going along with their of food for me. I don't know what
Bell Amphitheatre skating rink Reid's latest pandering to the agenda. planet you people are living on,
Canadian Centre for Architecture
Centaur Theatre administration. This fee will not stem the tide but it a in 'I the same one I'm on.
Goethe Institute films The Daily article begins: "As of chronic underfunding, it will Duncan, is Pierre Pettigrell'
larry Tennis Centre
McCord Museum Izll t)1e government persists in only encourage it. \Vhen govern knocking on your door of ering
- MMoonnttrreeaall ISmympapcht osnoyc cOerr cghaemsteras 0 shirking its responsibilities ... ," ments see students taking out you a job in the Liberal "overn·
1- as if students, and citizens in their individual books to pay for ment? Or is Shappy off•ring to
Only SS, only for Montreal residenl.5. general had nothing to do with their education, instead of in write you a nice cushy rof •renco
Information: 87-ACcES, 9 for English service, #610 or pick what the government does; as if sisting that funding for educa letter to gel you into the Milr\ pro·
up a brochure at Acces Montreal offices or municipal SSMU was not shirking its re tion is a coller:tive, societal re gram? Who ARE you really work·
library branches.
sponsibilities in protesting the sponsibility, they will pat them ing for? It's not for me. that's for
www.ville.montreal.qc.ca/c.lrn government policies that have selves (and Duncan) on the backs,
led to the decimation of post for realizing the neoliberal dream
secondary education in this
MONTREAL of making social programs a pre
You're city! country; as if this collective rogative for those who can afford
;.,
·;:; shirking of responsibilities had them.
a
nothing to do with deliberate
e..,a.. neoliberal policies: deregula Erin Runinns
/.. tion, privatization, decentrali Ph.D. 6
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~ zation. The article calls Reid's 11£!/igiou.~ Studies
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Management Under adventures. French or Italian "No toufh• Lo"r Exclmer, PRIC, Loslk
graduate Society's winter speaking and well-traveled Myopia ·Astigmatism -Hyperopia
carnival as largely racist, candidates are particularly Contocllcns discomfort
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lot career! in the Armed Force1, piloh, RCMP
Following that carnival, Write for information:
oir troflic controller!, firemen, police, othletio.
MUS promised a cleaner, Box 219, Suite 6001,
Medical Director •
less offensive celebra Banff, AB, TOL OCO,
Dr. Marvin L. Kwitko
tion. This has, however, or email: Poll Chairman, Advhory Committee on the
failed to occur. [email protected] Excimcr lo1e1, lor lieolth ond Welfare Conoda.
5591, Cote-de.-Neiges, Mtl, Qc, Con ad a
I attended the opening two ac part of the participants, or by that isn't blatantly obvious. Attn: leader Appllcation-MG
1(S14)73S-1133 1-800-lOLASER
tivities on Friday. First, a presen some sort of group hysteria/peer The second team's was "The
tation of the "team chants," to a pressure. Hormones." On the back of the
panel of judges. Second, a "Na The first group entered outfit was computer generated
ked Torch Run" proceeded from chanting "So fucking wicked, picture of a woman, proportions
the Bronfman building to RVC, So fucking cool, So fucking hot, slightly more extreme than
through the Milton Gates, You make me wanna drool," re Barbie's, positioned on hands
across to the Shatner Building. peatedly. Their song was sung and knees
and finally back to Bronfman. to the tune of Bob Marley's Their song was sung to the
Re~irements are:
Both of these events, particu "Three Little Birds." The lyrics tune of "My Heart Will Go On." I. Must be McGillstudents
larly the first, appeared to me obtained from one of the lyric It was moderately more palat 2. Undergrads must have a CGPA above 3.0.
contact
as offensive as any in previous sheets carried by each team able than the first team's song, Graduate Students must be in good standing. OS
3. A-minimum in the course(s) they want to tutor. 1
years. The second, the nude member, wore as follows: if only because it was less in q, Must have good verbal communication skills. '-l./
torch run, was unchanged from telligible. The remuneration is the following Powell. 3637 Peel. rm 301
previous years (thus, it is not Don't worry about a thing The third team entered the I. $15 per hour cash from McGill clients Tel: (51~) 398-6011
this to which I will direct my 'Cause every Sofa King room chanting, as had the first 2. Aex hours. your tutoring schedule Fax: (51~) 398-81 ~9
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however, seemed to me indica jacking in her box, I'm jacking
tive of sexism, homophobia, Baby don't worry about a in her box, I come so fucking
and general ignorance on the thing hard, that she can barely walk."
part of the participants. 'Cause every Sofa King The team was called "Jack In
I arrived to find the cafeteria 's gunna please you right The Box." Natch.
cleared of most chairs, and the I decided at this point to
organizers - about twenty ~f Woke up this evening take my leave, having gotten
them-being instructed as to ex (still feeling pretty hung) as much out of the event as I
actly how they were to judge the to three little virgins felt I could, under the circum
presentations. Judging sheets on my doorstep stances. ·
were handed out: the teams wearing sweet thongs Later, as I returned from
were to each be given a score on carrying a case of brew dinner, I passed seVeral dozen
their performances, and the to singing, this is our promise management students, dressed
tal scores of all judges would be to .you only in undergarments, sprint
tallied following the event. ing down from Shatner to
The teams entered one at a Don't worry about a thing Bronfman, clearly enjoying
time, chanting, then took their 'Cause every Sofa King themselves. Again, I am left
place on a stage in front of the 's gunna get fucked just right with little to do but shake my
judges. Each team sang their head at what I see as the idi
"song," then retired to a spot be Baby don't worry about a ocy of the whole event. I
hind the judges to observe those thing would hope that the group of
remaining. 'Cause every Sofa King people who will soon run our
The chants and the songs fol 's gunna get fucked tonight banks, governments, national
lowing them, were only moder and multinational corporations
ately coherent. They were sex I have a hard time conceiv would have interests less puer
ist, offensive, and in my view ing of anyone actually sitting ile than these.
can only be explained by either down and writing these lyrics: Apparently, my hope is mis
individual ignorance on the they leave me with little to say placed.
Monday, January 25, 1999
a p a g
I d '
BY ]ON BRICKER
A the two-and-a-half
friend in
year British court
my build
case pitted Morris
ing boasts
and Steel, a single
a closet-collection
father and a part
of techni-colour
time waitress, with
plastic balls from
little in their corner
McDonald's
save the efforts of a
Playland jumping
few inexperienced
rooms all across
Texas and Louisi researchers, two
ana. I'm not sure hours of free legal
whether that makes aid, and S35,000 in
her a kleptomaniac fundrnising dollars
or a toppling sub put towards wit·
versive of meager ness' travel ex
corporations, a penses, against a
proud member of McOon nl d's
the worldwide defense which
ranks who have boasted as many as
made the golden ten lawyers with n
arches a more rec tab coming to an es·
ognized and con REFLECTIONS OF timated SS -15 mil-
sumed icon than the were given an all too up-close planned to air on UK television, lion.
Christian cross. look into the executive-level in but its release was met with deci And a push to mobilize against
After Tuesday night's ner-workings of the major inter sions from the legal departments the Big Mac doesn't stop in the
screening of lvlcLibel: 1il•o national conglomerate. Along the of meager-media moguls, the UK, says Leblanc. "The idea that
Worlds Collide, I'm also way, the pair's personal relation BBC, ITN, and Channel 4 not to we can draw national boundaries
not sure if! should reveal ship with the hands that pull air the film. on international companies is de
her name, for fear that Ronald's strings included "Censorship is a major issue teriorating. And the idea that it i
Ronald McDonald him backroom efforts at settlements that comes to light," said Global not happening in Canada is com
self might soon be beat and the infiltration of London Action Network Director An drew pletely ludicrous," she said,
ing down her door. Or Greenpeace by three private in Plurnbly. The Montreal-based speaking to the corporate prac
worse, pressing charges vestigators retained by Net\\ ork joined Quebec Public tices which were at issue in the
in his undying effort to McDonald's to pose as concerned Interest Reasearch Group chapters UK trial.
uphold the fast food gi Foremost among those issue
ant's good name and were McDonald's employment
"It's no exaggeration
reputation for family val practices, which marked an atti
ues, nutrition, the cham tude that presiding justice Dell, in
to say that when you
pioning of animals' his verdict, described as "antipa
rights, and the millions thetic to any idea of unioniza
worldwide proudly hold bite into a Big Mac, tion." It was indeed only recently
ing down Mcjobs. that the beleaguered efforts o t\\'O
The documentnry de sixteen year-old employee at a
you're helping the
toiled the case of Helen McDonald's in British Columbi
Steel and Dave Morris, resulted in the establishment of
two members of the Eng McDonald's empire the company's first unionized
land-based London store in its forty-year reign O\'er
Greenpear.e. In 1fi8G. the wreck this planet." forth American fast food.
organization (which has Employees right here in Qu -
no affiliation with the bee, at a Ste.-Hyacinthe store, met
larger, better-known in activists. This case. which rends at lcGi 11 and Concordia in hos - no such success. Their own effort
ternal ional Green peace) like an episode of L.t\. La\\', has ing lnst Tuesday's screening. to unionize and seek better work
began distributing a flyer taken the K high courts hy storm Originally scheduled a \\'eek ear ing conditions \\'as nearing it.
that alleged several cor as they consider McDonald's lier, the Leacock Building screen goal last winter, when the~ \\'ere
porate practices that cast charges of libel against the activ ing wa. to be one of almost a hun told one night not to come to work
a not-so-golden light on ists. dred worldwide to mark the fifth the next day as the store was to
the golden arches. The But as remarkable as the social anniversar) of the trial's start. be closed for good. While
chain \\'as accused of study of the Steel and Morris case While QP!RG and CAN had no McDonald's defended the shut
having lied to the public: seemed to be, the reception of qualms with sen•ing up the film, down as motivated by the store's
about the nutritional \JcLihel: Tll'n Worlds Collide, Plumbly . aid the UK net\\'orks' poor financial performance, em
value of its menu, ex seems to have struck just as deep decisions speaks to how ployees were convinced of a more
ploiting children with its a nerve in consumer culture. An McDonald 's handles its critics. sinister motive to impede solidar
marketing tactics, deny under-funded and volunteer co "They feared what McDonald's ity.
ing its employees funda ordinated documentary, high might do to them. ]McDonald's] In addition to labour practices,
mental labour rights. priced director Ken Loach took on \\'i 11t ake an orgnnizntion to task," the leaflet entitled "What' \Vrong
treating its farm stock in the film pro bono. For Louch, Plurnbly said. \Vith McDonald 's'' cited facts and
humanely. and destroy whose CV as Britain's most com But QPIRG McGill Co figures, fingering McDonald's for
ing rainforests in the mercially successful director in ordinator, Dr. Lauraine Leblanc "ruthless exploitation of re
process. cludes not only such UK suc se~s response to the intimidation sources, animals, and people."
The leaflet quir.kly be cesses as JV!)' r-..nme is /ne and tar.tics as the dividing line be The leaflet identifies destruction
came the r.cntrc of what Car/a's Song, but also u tween the likes of the BBC and ac of rainforests for cattle, poor ef
would ue the most lvlcDonald's commercial enrly in tivists like Morris and Steel. "Peo forts to use recycled packa ing
drawn-out court case of his career, the documentary ple who believe in these causes products. lies about the m nu's
any kind in British his. marked a go nt redemption. aren't going to be deterred,'' nutritional value, abuse of live
lory. and in the mean The hour-long dor.umentary, Leblanc said. stock and poultry. and broad ex
time, Steel and Morris released last jun . ,,. : quir.kly
Dubb J the "ivl .Libel'' case, ploitation of staff as among some
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ofMcDonald's more questionable gets and victims of McDonald's Reich's Minister in charge of workers' rights to unionize,
corporate practices. "It's no exag corporate practices. Propaganda. they had nonetheless failed •·
geration," the leaflet reads, "to say "The more money you have, . They argued over McDonald 's !o prove several other •
that when you bite into a Big Mac, the better you will do in court," exploitation of workers, poor claims. Deforestation, food
you 're he) ping the McDonald 's said Plumbly of the lesson activ wages, poor working conditions, poisoning threats, and poor
empire wreck this planet." ists learn when their battles are use of child labour, and efforts to working conditions turned
But if the leaflet's authors felt forced into the legal ring. Unable impede worker solidarity. out to be the Achilles' heels in 0 f
as if they were taken advantage to afford any more representation "!The workers! want to be part the activists' case, nncllhey were every
of as consumers or as small, over lhan the occasional free aid of bar of something victorious," said ordered to pay £Gn.ouo. thing," she
looked citizens, the moment they rister Keir Starmer and a few vol McDonald's UK President Paul 13ut it hardly seemed to matter. said. "It gives us pause as commu
took to the streets circulating their unteers, Steel and Morris were Preston, the documentary's dev "What would have ueen a loss nit) activists," she added.
literature, they were about to face forced to represent themselves in il's advocate, himself oily and lit would be if we hadn't (ought this Here in Canodo, a close paml
the even more
daunting prospect of As the McLibel case celebrates its lel has O\'en been
drawn to o case that
toppling giants in
wound up in the
both McDonald's
courts this past sum-
and the British jus fifth anniversary, a documentary ...
:;:~L~.~;.~,~:~ ~~r~~
tir.e system.
In tlie two years
ronto-based social ne-
before the libel by Director Ken Loach tells us
just:~~;:.:;~:~:~~~"~~~~~;:
charges were even
laid, London
Green peace became what's gone into our patties against Daishowa
the unwitting sub
Electronics. The Eloc-
jects of espionage
Iron i CS CO Ill pan y
tactics which saw
sought to put on end
three private investigators join the court. with no legal aid. in such a way as to make him an case," said Steel. The week of the to a boycott promoted by the
group under the employ of What's more, Britain's unique odd reminder of a French fry. verdict, some 450,000 copies of the Friends. The company charged
Mr.Donald's. The spies assisted libel laws place the burden of Bul Morris is seen not so con leaflet wore circulated. The lea net that the r.ompany's clear- cutting
the group in several of its cam proving the truth of the ques vinced of the work ethic that olso appeared-now in twelve dif on Lubicon Croe First Nations soil
paigns and helped circulate the tioned claims on the defendant. drives the chain's staff and its ferent languages-on McSpotlight in Alberta cost Daishowa sovorol
"What's Wrong" leaflets. The spy "The UK stands out as a particu high turnover rate - 300% in website, launched in 1991i by the of its corporate customers. Last
tactics included at least one larly difficult place for a libel North America. "It's like joining two to follow the case and goings spring, an Ontario Court judg •
break-in at the London trio!," said Plumbly. a gang," rebutted Morris. on at McDoiwld's.ln its' first week, found in favour ofth! I· ri •n l. nnd
Green peace office. One PI even Remarkabl) though, the activ In addition to addressing la the site received over million hits, said that th • I oyc:ott 's prc 111 lion
hnd an affair with a member of the ists managed to make a case for bour practices, the trial high 2,700 of them from a computer did fall ll'ithin th ar:til'ists' rights
sor.ial activist group. In Septem several of their contentions, and lighted the leaflet's claims of called McDonald's.com. A hook to fr •e spt)ech.
ber of 1990, Steel and Morris were again -nearly as convincingly McDonald's role in the destruc was on its way, and Ken Roach "I've always thought or anndn
s •rved with Writs of Libel -basi in documentory dmmatizotions of tion of rainforests, and unethical had agreed to direc:l the documen a particularly good place to do po
cally, charges thutthoy had inten the hearings. McDonald's wit- treatment of animals, among other tary. litical work, hnt there's olot still
tionally and maliciously spread to be done in terms of free
informntion thnt they knew to be speech,'' said Loblanc comparing
false. the McLihul to the Daishowa casu
In the months and year to and the APEC investigation.
cam', the two would be given two Across the pond mem1whilu,
opportunities to apologize to Steel and Morris moy be pnving the
tvicDonald's and discontinue their way for a sequel to the documen
campaign. Along the way, they tary and won'L be quick to lot
would meet with settlement-seek McDona Id's and their bumbling PR
ing executives. one of whom told efforts off the hook. The pair has
h • pair. "you've had your day in appealed the McLibol ruling nnd
the sun," who conceded little con are hoping to argue the faimoss of
cern for McDonald's r.ustomers. the trial and Britain's libel laws be
(supplement) and expressed ex fore the UK's Court of Human
plicit and strict interest in pulling Rights. As for Ronold, some of his
an >nd to\\ hat had become a los mnkeup has been stripped,
ing PR battle for McDonald's. (The though he's looking just n little
documentary even manages to nesses conr.eded that the restau issues. "The public needs to know "Against incredible odds, they more pole these days - presum
document the meeting in a secret rant's menu \\OS indeed not as nu everything about McDonald's." did amazingly w.r-11," Plumbly ably over his tamished image and
audio-recording b) Dave and tritious as it purported to be, and said Leblanc of the importance of said of the octivists' success. "The the loss of his balls. And as for
Helen.)- thnt for that matter, those eating the truths about McDonald's be real loss was Mr.Donald's' during the sr.ore i11 tho unending bnttlu
But the real uphill battle began it regularly are particularly sus ing brought to light. "But it's not the course of the trial. It was one to topple the r.ommercial Satan,
in the British courts, before Helen ceptible to heart disease and the practice of big corporations to of the worst examples of Public well. il's just o little bit closnr.
and Davu could so mur.h as try to bowel or breast cancer. give us thnt information.'' Relations in history.'' Socinl activism1, Mc:Donald's 130
ubstantiate any of the claim. The case spoke to tvicDonald's "It's not common knowledge,'' Indeed, despite the court ruling, billion served.
they had made about McDonald 's. exploitation of children's "pester r.oncurred Plumbly. "They have a Leblanc and Plumbly ore both en
The pair were quickly made to power" in their odverlising, nnd lot of control over what people eat couraged by McLibol's outcome. He/en's and
wonder just how ready the justice the unreasonnblo burden it placed and what people think," he said. "Stupidity does exist at that level J\tlcSpnt/igJrt IVI!hS '!I' r. 11
system was to stand up for con on parents. The documentary In the end, justice Bell ruled and you can fight it. The message McUbe/ nnd goings-on nt ,\le
sumer rights. In the preliminary even featured defense witness that while Steel and Morris had is very inspirntional," said Donnlds cnn he found nl
hearings ending in l!l94, a judge Geoffrey Giulliano, a former established their claims about ex Plumbly. "You can always take cor 11' 11' IV. C! n vi r o 1v eh . n r g I
aureed with the corporation's Ronold McDonald nctor, who says ploitation of children through ad porations to task.'' mr.spot liglrt-11n
claim, ruling that the issues were his decision to quit r.nme when vertising, misleading the public Lob lane sues a timeliness in the McLibul: TIVn ll'or/ds r:n/
too weighty to be heard by o jury, his role in McDonald's motive to with respect to the nutritional lessons from th case as well. lide cnn be vierwnl in its t'll·
in whom Dnve nnd Helen hoped exploit the child market made value of its menu, mistreatm •nt "There's n big upsurge of mov - fire/) 11/ II'II'IV.SfJIIIlllt'f' org/
to voko sympathy os both th t:H· him f el like Goeh •Is, the Third of animals, and interfer •nee with ment aoainst hn ·'cor oral i;on io 1" llltliht•
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Monday, January 25, 1999
Universities get slick donation from Imperial Oil
BY DEREl( CHEZZI Alberta, of the donation. Diane Naugler, president of A member of Imperial Oil's put toward developing a clearing
University officials were also York's Graduate Student Associa· management will sit on the cen house of teaching materials and
AND l<AREN FoSTER quick to point out that the dona tion, also criticized the universi· tre's executive decision-making establishing the first Canadian
tion comes \Vith no suspect obli ties for approaching Imperial Oil board. journal of education in science,
TORONTO (CUP) · A Cana gations. for the money instead of lobby But director David Blades says math and technology.
dian oil giant will donate $3.25 "We just don't tnke a donation ing for more government dollars. the centre's goal is not to provide Through Yo.rk's new Imperial
million to four universities across from any company with strings All four universities ap· Imperial Oil with employees, al Oil Science Education Program,
the country in a move that's be attached," said Stan Shapson, as proached Imperial Oil separately though he can understand the the donation will go toward facili
ing met with both gratitude and sociate vice president of York in 1998. company's interest in it. tating the Internet component of
harsh criticism. University's strategic academic "The fa.ctthat tho universities "We do not exist to promote the Pan·Canadian Science Cur
The hnperial Oil Charitable initiative. "They didn't put strings approached the Imperial Oil foun skills for the oil sector, but peo riculum Project.
Foundation will distribute the attached. We think it goes to a dation means our infrastructure is ple do want to hire students with Moved to York last September
cash over the next five years for good education purpose." putting money into finding basic science skills," he said. from Industry Canada in Ottawa,
projects that improve rnath, loch· Representatives of the other money," said Naugler. Haduke is also adamant that the project was created by th
nology and science curriculums recipient universities agreed ac "We could be spending that Imperial Oil will have no direct Council of Ministers of Education
at the schools. cepting Imperial Oil's money same money to find money by influence on the centre's projects to develop national edur.ation
The University ofToronto, the doesn't compromise their integ approaching governments as well despite the representation it will standards.
University of Albertn and York rity. and trying to change the tide at have on the board. York also plans to use th •
University will each receive $1 "1t 's obviously fabulous be the same time." "It (will keep) us in touch with funds to establish a York·S •n ea
million. The remaining $250,000 cause there are really no strings Still, Naugler says she under what they want to see in the cen· Institute for Sciences, Technology
will go to the University of New attached," said Michael Fullnn, stands why the universities ap Ire," she said. and Education and monitor th •
13runswick. dean of the Ontnrio Institute for proached Imperial Oil in the face At the University of Toronto, performance of students in el·
Barbara Hnduke, president of Studies in Educntion at the Uni of significant government cut Imperial Oil's donation will be ementary and secondary sr.hool .
the foundation, says half or its
versity of Toronto. backs to post-secondary educa
donations are geared to educ:n· New fee added to blank
13ut student groups aren't con tion.
lion.
vinced the universities won't "I can appreciate the bind the
"Mat h. science and technology
hav!J to give something up in re· university is in," she said. "I think COs, tapes to compen
uppeared as a real need nnd thnt
turn for the cash. They say large that they need to be careful that
was a good fit with Imperial Oil."
donnt.ions like the ono from Im they don't singulnrly focus on in·
said Hadukc. "We recruit from sate for lost royalties
perial Oil nre an indication of cor dustry to rectify the funding cri·
these kinds of disciplines, and in
porate influence on universities. sis."
•eneral for our country, we are BY SHER.I BLOCK
"These deals nre really danger· The University of Alberta will
going to need people with these ous," said York Federation of Stu use the money to fund its centre REGINA (CUP) · The price of But some people in th' music
skills 111ore in this globnl rnarket dents president Dawn Pnlin. for the sciences, which it plans to blank tapes and CDs is about to in· business are concerned that . inc
plnc:e." "They allow corporations to have rename the lmperinl Oil National r.rease thanks to a new levy inlro· distribution of the levy is bas don
Oflkials from en eh of the four control over whnt will be the best Centre for Mathemntics, Science duced by the federal government. factors such os radio ploy and
universities said they were funded programs at university." and Technology Education. It will While no on is sure exactly how record sales, only big-name artist.
pleased by the news. She and other student leaders operate as a linking agency simi· much more consumers will have will benefit from it.
"Uer:ause it's focused, I think argue that as more university pro· lar bodies across Canada nnd con to pay, industry insiders speculate "lt will benefit the big guy but
it's going to have a great impact grams become funded by private tinue to develop new programs the increase could range from $1 not the little ones," said Joe \Voorl,
in the long run," said Dr. Larry dollars, the government will be· for Alberta's elementary nnd high on the price of tapes to $2.50 on owner and president of RDR Mu·
Beauchamp. dean of the faculty come less committed to funding schoolteachers. the prir.e of CDs. sic Group. a Toronto-based CD
of education at the University of post-secondary education. The actual levy will not be de· manufacturer.
termined until next fall after hear· "Their music would have to b
ings are held. Importers and manu· in such a demand (for them to b n·
facturers will not be required to efit)."
QPIRG Campaign
charge the levy until a decision is Mayer agrees. "It's probably af
made. to say bigger artists will get bigg 'r
The levy, which came into ef· shares," he said of the levy.
fect Jan. 1, was introduced to com· 1bdd Rennebohm, who plays in
(cont'd.from page 1) pensate for the revenue lost by the Regina area band F1i\. says h
sistant VP of Physical Re According to Mt:Gill's Waste cled, and that new programs will musicnl artists, composers and doesn't expect Lhe levy will mak •
sources Samuel Kingdon, whose Management Program mnnager, be put in place to deal with producers when copies of tapes a difference for independ nt
department also funded the group. Claude Lahaie, "Recycling never styrofoam and other waste. Roberts and CDs are made. groups.
1t was comprised of members of the spread beyond paper, cans, and claims that QPIRG has "the sup· "The levy is really geared to· He says many independent
teaching ami administrative staff, glnss. And since the committee port of ISSMU president! Duncan ward the consumer who walks in bands will end up being harm d
ns well as representatives from the went by the wayside with re-or· Reid, and we're hoping to even tu· and tapes a CD onto a blank," said by the levy because they often buy
student body. ganization, nothing niore has been ally have him take it to the Sen Marian Donnelly. executive direc blank COs to make copies of thrir
The programs implemented by done." Compounding the problem ate." This, coupled with letters thnt tor of the Saskatchewan Recording music.
the committee were modest in is the fact thnt the recycling project will be written to members of the Industry Association. "Being an indie artist, it' a
scope, but were the source of vir was not folded into any portfolios 13oard of Governors, are the neces- Until recently, copying a pre drawback because you're paying
tually all currunl on-campus recy that survived the administrative sary steps for making the commit- recorded CD or cassette onto a (the levy) for your own discs," he
cling. These services are now run shnke-up, leaving no VP who is tee a reality.
blank one was illegal. But under said. "Instead of saving us mon•y,
through a combination of the ef. accountable for environmental is· QPIRG collected signatures at
new federal legislation, this is now it's costing us more."
forts of the 13uilding Services and sues. tables mound campus last week,
allowed for private use. But while Mayor says the levy
\Vnste Management departments: QPIRG is directing its current and tabling will continue this
"The music industry did not has some unfortunate cons ·
paper, aluminium, and glass prod· efforts at reinstating the commit· week. On Monday, January 25th,
want (dubbing) legalized-the levy quences, he says it's important to
uc:ts are recyc:led in selected build tee, with a budget, ties to the ad· members will he tabling in New
was the trade off." said AI Mayer, compensate for unauthorized tnp·
ings. ministration, and the consequent Chancellor Day Hall (Law build
owner and president of Attic ingiftheCanadian music indu. ·
With the re-organization of the power to affect policy changes. ing). Tuesday, they will be in the Records. try is to grow.
nclministrntion under Principal Recently, members have been gath· Redpath Library, and Wednesday
So far, some consumers don't "When the industry i not
Shapiro, however, Kingdon 's po· ering signntures to petition the in the Frank Dawson Adams build-
seem to mind the fact that they'll maximizing its profit there i
sit ion was removed, and the com· university to resurrect the group ing. The tables will be set up from
soon have to dig deeper into their not much to invest in n •w
mittce foundered. The commitee nnd institute n comprehensive en·. 11 mn to 3 pm, and free coffee will
pockets to purr.hase blank media. bands," he said.
has not been officialy disbanded, vironmental policy. Over 1000 sig· be available to those who bring
"I think it's probably a good idea A joint body, including the
hut left with neither financial re· natures had been gathered ns oflnst their own mugs. In addition, n
because there's so many people out Society of Composers. Authors
sources nor formal ties to the ad Friday. demonstration is planned for Fri
there taping," said Jennifer and Music Publishers of Canndn
ministration, it has made little r\moi1g other goals, QPIRG day, January 2!lal12:30 pm in front
Melville, a first-year science stu and the Canadian Musical R •
progress since Kingdon's depar hopes that a greater percentage of of the james Administration build-
dent at the University of Regina. production Rights Agency. ll'ill
ture. the garbage nt school will be recy· in g.
"lt's like stenling." collect and distribute the levy.
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paving the way for a two-year tui Memorial by $19.6 million. Dale Kirby, chair of the New . . • Back of Heck • Front of Neck • Hands • Back or Chest
tion freeze for students at the University offkials hailed the foundland and Labrador Federa CALL FOR A FREE CONSULTATION WITH OUR ON-STAFF PIIVSICIANS.
province's only university. r:ash injection as "the best birth tion of Students, says while he is WE OFFER • Botox for wrin le~ • lip Augmentation • Hair
Mernorinl University will get day present'' Memorial could re· glad the government is doing· Tran~plantation • liposuction • Endermologie for cellulite • Facial Peels
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an extra $7 million for its oporat ceivo for its 50th anniv •rsary year. something, he doosn 't see how the
inggrnnt while the remaining$4.9 "I'm particularly pleased for nnnouncemont will help relieve ~ QUEEN EIJZAIJETII HEALTH COMPLEX
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the North Atlantic, Newfound president Art May. "The $12 million the goverr.l
land's public college system. "Their fees have be n increas ment is reinvesting in post-sec
ewfoundland Premier Brian ing over the past number of years ondary education falls short oft he
Tohin announced the new money and we were very concerned reinstatement of funding to pre-
at n January. 14 news conference, ahout the impact that was having 1994 levels that Newfoundland
prompting media analysts and op on accessibility and student debt students have asked for," he said. Don't let legal problems ruin your
position loaders to call the move lands." Kirhy says students need five semester
a cnse of pro-election spending. May added the money would times the money the government
"It is time to hcgin ... rein allow Memorial to be "the lowest is currently offering to offset the
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\'esting in these institutions now cost (university) in Atlantic 250 percent increase in tuition fees
thnt cfficiencies have been Canada .. . (and) that's a place over the last decade Clinic
found," Tobin said. where we want to be." "(It's) a start, but it's only that,"
"They've all played their part Students attending the College he said. "It's not ground-breaking."
in restraint for the first two or of the North Atlantic will also no Brett Dawe, a vice-president
three years of this government's longer have to worry about tuition with Memorial's student union,
plan and now it's time-prudently increases, says Vince Withers, says he was "generally pleased
· to re·invest." chairman of the college's govern with the tuition freeze." Dui he
Memorial responded to the ing board. agrees with Kirby that there is
n •ws Friday by officially endors "(Thu Coli 'go was) going to nothing new to address student
ing a tuition-freeze for the next have to increase our tuition fees, debt.
two yenrs. in the next two years, by between "In the end, this is a Band-Aid
Currently set at $99 million, 20 and 30 per cent," he said, but solution to a much larger problem
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The Work-Study referendum Du lundi I fcvricr jusqu'au vcndrcdi 26 From Monday, f-chmary I until
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setting up the program in con d'ctrc mcmhrc du GRIP-Qucbec a wishing to relinquish membership 0:a:J .
junction with tho administration, McGill pourra se presenter entre 11 het in QPIRG-McGillmay come in ':Q"l
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trimestre d'hivcr 1999. Cettc portion des the fee fur the winter 1999 semes-
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plant the seed now, we want it to TIME: 6:30 pm mencs par lcs ctudiant-e-s. Pour plus and action in the public interest.
grow so that more than one-third PRICE: $8-10-12 . d'amples rcnscigncments. appelcr le For more information, please call
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