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WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1979, PAGE 17 0 w. Ottawa Rport By SCOTT? FENNELL, MP (PC - Onitario) October 9th marked the opening 0f -the Thirty-First Parliament 0f Canada, with *Governor-General Schreyer outlining the Govýernment's short and long-term strategy in the Throne Speech. Foilowing eight days debate on the speech, the House will begin regular legislative work by dealing with both Government and Private members' Bis. As you may know, Standing Committees, composed of MP's from ail parties examine in detail ahl Bills bofore they become law and thus are an extrenxemly important and demanding part of the legislative process. I have been placed on three such' committees: Public Accounts, Exter- nal Affairs and National Defence, plus Health, Welfare and Social Affairs, ail subjects of which I arn definitely in- terested and can contribute significantly - with input frorn ail of you, that is. A rather unexpected responsibility was handed down recently when the Pime Minister appointed me Parliamen- tary Secretary to the Minister of Communications, the Honourable D avid McDonald. Honoured to have been one of the "first round" of Parliamentary Secretaries for a new Governmfent, I arn particularly pleased about the choice of portfo1kq as well. A complex and tropical fihed, it will make, demands on my business skills while involving me in a completely new field. As a Parliamentary Secretary, I will be assisting the Minister in his duties, which will be con- siderable seeing as how the Minister is carrying a double responsibility as the Secretary of' State too. AnsWering questions in the House of Commons in the Minister's absen- ce, liasing with the House and the Department, dealing in various capacities with interest. groups and the provinces, plus * representing the Honourable Mr. MacDonald, at public functions will be some of the new demands on my time and I arn thoroughly Commos open Iooking forward to the challenge. A brief1 description of the Department of Com- munications would be apr ôpos, for as rnentioned earlier, the subjeet area is varied, complex and essentially affects ail of US'in one ýwaY'or another. Formed in 1969, the DOC was designed to bring under one head the different policy areas which had been handled to that Ãœime by bodies like the Canadian Transport Commission, the Privy Council Of- fice and the Department of Transport and National Defen- ce. Its basic responsibiiity is to foster the orderly develop- ment and operations of communications for both t he domestic and international spheres and in order to do this, its responsibilities r ange beyond those solely of a gover- nmental nature. in addition to its normal departmnental functions, two Corporations, Teleglobe Canada and Telesat Canada faîl under the Ministry's aegis. Numerous private sector organizations such- as Bell Canada and CN/CP Telecommunications depend for their well-being upon DOC's decisions and policies. Finally, the Canadian Radio Television and Telecommunications -Commission presently does not report directly to the Minister, but through him accounts to Parliament. issue wise, DOC's interests must range from the social to the scientific, from public and private broadcasting to futuristic telecommunications. With its objective being to -maintain a truly national communications system, it con- sistantly researches and analyses new trends and emerging problems and, w here possible, decides the pollicy direction. Areas presently foremost in their concerns in- clude the status and extension of cable television, the potential of satellite television service to the entire country, the expansion of communications facilities In the frontier regions plus the future 0f the Canadian.television and film industry. More contentious questions concerning the provinces' jursidictionin these areas, the potential for Pay- TV and the maintenance of Canada's leadership in the telecommunications equiprnent field are presently under review. Topics such as sex-stereotyping in the media and the effects of television on children are or have been examined. Moreover, the Minister is going to introduce the. I More behaviour, Telecommunications Bill which, when passed, wiIl take CONT'I) ON PC. 22 Ã"½ WHY S~M.-/LNOT BE SUPER *SLIM BYXMAS Join U*r BLITZ. CLASS CLASSES IN BOTH DIET AN DIOR EXERCISE 839DIlET Fitness For Life Enterprises Ltd. Diol -Exorcisa Contre 1305 Sheridan Mail Pkwy Suite 320 Ptckering. Ontario 839-OIET c~y$ Sehool roundup CONT'D FROM PC. 16 Southwood Park P.S., in Ajax: alter a scorelesa firat hall the boys from "H1utch"P totally took over the reins of the play scorlng three goals >(Glenn Mizen, David Uden, Brian Watson) before the Brooklin players had a chance to retaliate with a lone goal). From the aforesaid it inight appear that the Hut- chinson forwards con- tributed exclusively to the good fortunes of their team; but while they deserve a great deai of credit their companions must not be forgotten: the goalies Mark Riegel, and Glenn Sachko and the defenders Travis Casey, Doug Love, Jef Reddon, Mark Gibeauit, Greg Clark have piayed out- standlnglY; a work of r ecognition must also be said of the substitutes- Andy Palfirey,, Scott Jamieson, Jeiff White, Robert Buque, Tom Bosgraa, wbo have patiently: walted on the sidelinesdand who have givea their . utmoet when callod to play a fraction of CON T'D FR 0M PC .' 15, tedly plays a role in our behaviour as well, 50 the smiling"' reflex is an example. IQ. is aiso influenced by heredity but has a high en- vironrnental ;componet as well. How much genetic variation influences I.Q.? What do they measure? Genetists, sociologists,,and physiologists disagree. Drawn up and administered by white Men in a white culture the tests are a non-issue and often dangerous because they give false confidence and can give rise to justifaction racist vlews. An intellectual heirarchy, as ail members whatever colour or race go through the sarne systern and ail absorb each other's knowledge. In other animais one' sees rnany degrees of social behavlour ranging frorn none, as in sorne inseets, to a hlghly, developed socialsystern as- in bees', ants, termites and man. Man has evoled into a very social "anmal and, based upon the basic family unit are higher. and higher levels of order. Much of our behaviour is learned and cuIturally deter-' rnined but it is interesting to contemplate the degree te which the observed sociaiity in man is due to genetie in- fluences. Many thanks te Kent for ail the things he taught me. Vl neyer worry about -cloning again as it- sounds, like a non- issue too. 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