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NAFTA critics told to enter the 20th century (Continued from page 1) competitiveness than wages is producâ€" tivity. He said the average Canadian worker is much more productive than the average Mexican worker. There are also other factors which are much more important than the wage differential, he said. "The cost of investment capital here is about half of what it costs in Mexico. Quality of life is also an important facâ€" tor. The best workers are attracted to environments where they can live healthy, interesting lives," Wilson said. Wilson said NAFTA, by expanding the scope of opportunity for Mexicans will help raise their standard of living, Students starve for World Vision Canada About 50 Grade 7 to OAC youths from the Calvary Baptist Church will begin a 30â€"Hour famine at noon today to raise $4,000 for starving people before munching out at a pizza termiâ€" nation party at the church Saturday night. . A World Vision Canada program, the fast means the Calvary Baptist group is "one small link in a chain extending across the country", accordâ€" ing to church associate pastor in charge of youth, David Horne. Last year the group raised $3,250. This year the World Vision goal is over $2 million. The fasting will end with the pizza termination party at the church Saturday night. their environment and their competiâ€" tiveness. The pact must be ratified by the govâ€" ernments of all three countries before it can be put in place on Jan. 1st, 1994. Wilson shrugged off criticism that the deal will mean more trade disputes between Canada and the U.S. "Over 95 per cent of our trade with the United States is carried on disputeâ€" free," he said. Wilson pointed to "record level" of exports from Canada to the U.S. to illustrate the benefit of free trade between the two countries. But those figures were disputed by James Kirk, another member of the disâ€" cussion panel "Mr. Wilson has indicated that the balance of trade (between Canada and Pup l for goodn. sake... A Good Health Tip From Oakvilleâ€"Trafalgar Memorial Hospital IT WouLD BE NICE IF You SHOVELLED THE DRIVEWAY , BEFORE YOuR DAD . GETS HOME. the U.S.) has improved substantially (under the Free Trade Agreement), the director of education for the Ontario Federation of Labor said. In fact, the trade of merchandised goods since the FTA has been consisâ€" tently lower than the five years before the FTA, he said. "Exports have been up in recent years, but imports have been up more," Kirk said. In the area of nonâ€"merchanâ€" dised trade the deficit has "skyrocketâ€" ed," he added. Between 1989 and 1992, Canadian investment in the U.S. increased to $9.7 billion, while U.S. investment in Canada was only $6.4 billion, he said. Kirk also rejected Wilson‘s claim that NAFTA will protect Canadian companies from harassment from the SIGNS OF A HEART ATTACK U.S. government. "We can negotiate what we want but when it comes to countervailing and antiâ€"dumping laws, the U.S. can do what it wants," he said. "(NAFTA) is a series of handcuffs that locks in policies which we have no control over," said Kirk. There are currently freeâ€"trade zones along the U.S.â€"Mexican border, but "the wages, working conditions, the environâ€" mental standards are far worse in the freeâ€"trade zones than in other parts of Mexico," Kirk said. However, panelist Jason Myers, chief economist of the Canadian Manufacturers‘ Association, said he supports the NAFTA deal. He said Canadian companies are already having to compete with lowâ€" waged countries such as Mexico. "It‘s a fact of life," he said. Canada is much more dependent on exports to the U.S. than ever before, Myers said. "If we didn‘t export there would be few manufacturers left in this country. We are so dependent on the American market and so dependent on secure access to the American market that‘s why we need trade agreements and that‘s why we need NAFTA," he said. "These agreements are nothing more than agreements put in place to facilitate the realities that are already there in the international economy. "I invite the critics of NAFTA to step into the 20th century before its over to realize that those changes are already occurring," Myers said. by Steve Nease GEE... THANKS HON. THAT WAS NICE so~ rz The major signs of a heart attack can include an uncomfortable pressure, squeezing, fullness or discomfort in the centre of the chest behind the breastbone, which may spread to the shoulder, neck or arms (the pain may not be severe). Other signals include sweating, nausea, shortness of breath and a feeling of weakness. 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