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14-Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, March 13, 1991 Lette to oss Sevenon 'lobal information Disputes M.P.'s cdaims ma - Daied February 25, 1991 Dear Ross, In reply to your letters of January and February 199 1, i which you attempt to justify our position i the Guf War, 1 feel very srongly about many of thxe statements you have made. To begin with, I arn astounded by your conclusion that Canadians who do flot favour Ainerican pollcy, dislike Ainericans. This is totaily absurd and does flot apply to those of us wlxo question the logic of their govemmients action. The United States orchestrated this crisis in their own interests. This is flot a UN. war but a U.S. led coalition as pointed out by Dr. Sadik, under-secretary general of thxe United Nations and 1 amn furious that Brian Mulroney, after conferring with the President, commiuted Canada to participation i this slaughter and devastation. In light of the risk to Canadian 1lives, Canada's reputation and a monetary burden that was flot anticipated, why, did the Prime Miister not recail parliament? What was the point of a week long debate i the house, after the fact? Secondly, on wlxat do you base your opinion about sanctions? Inx August, the director of the CI.A., two former joint chiefs of staff and several former defence secretaries urged thxe President to give the sanctions at least a year and to my knowledge the U.N. neyer declared they were not workig. The Securi:y Council under pressure from the United States, reiuctantly authorized the use of force. How sad that the western powers resorted to the saine tactics tbey abhor in Saddam Hussein! More ironic is the fact mhat motivated by greed, they created their problem tirough the sale of armns. It beboved tbemn to fmnd a peaceful solution and this might have been possible were it flot for an adamant, miùlitarily-minded George Bush, beil-bent, on bullying everyone in sight, testing bis sopbisticated weaponry and maintaining access to oul (the bottom lime). His platitudes about righteousness, dernocracy, and supporting the U.N. sicken me. The U.N. denoumced mhe invasion of Panama as did most of mhe world. Wby didn't Canada? The U.N.'s recent Test Ban Treaty Conferencé failed because mhe U.S. said it would continue to develop and test nuclear weapons and voted no to a related proposai. lncidentally Canada abstained from voting. You maintain we are flot lock-step with Wasbington? Our opinions were once our own and respected. foc Ciark's rhetoric about our good friends and our influence upon themn is at best laughable. I'd lie to sec somemhing more tangible tixan an assumption that perlxaps our counsel had a bearing on their decision to flot go it alone in mhis war. How many Rarebird's nest is found in B.C. forest By Lorraine Brown A student from mhe University of Victoria in British Columbia discovered mhe nest of a rare species of seabird -- the marbled murrelet -- in mhe west coast rainforest in sumnmer 1990. It was mhe first mnurrelet nest ever found in Canada. The marbied murrelet, a robin-sized bird, nests bigb in mhe canopy, or topmost layer of vegetation, of old- growth forest (forest that has neyer been logged) along mhe west coast of North America, As logging bas elnninated old-growth forest, tme bird bas becorte increasingly rare. Aimhough murrelets are seen flying into fixe forest, their nests bave neyer been found, even mhougb scientists have been looking for mhem for nearly a century. Irene Mmnley, a fourth-year biology student, was studying mhe relationsbip between the number of mnurrelets mnd mhe distance mimlani the Carmanah Valley, one of few remaining areas of old-growtb forest on the west coast of Vancouver Island. She mnd ber colleague, John Kelson, a researcher with an environimental organization, the Western Canada Wilderness Committee, and ant experienced cliiber, decided to check nearby Walbran Valley for birds. dispute settiements have we won since the implementation of the F.T.A.? Unfortunately mhe United States bas'little use for anytbing it cannot nianipulate to its advantage. 1 fail to understand wby you admire a country wbo bas thxe most bomeless, biggest gap between ricb and poor, highest crime rate, no universal health system, the ighest level of adult illiteracy and above ail two administrations who have spent trillions of dollars on arms. 1 dare say spokesman for the suffering and dead of Central America wouid have a different definition of a good neighbour. If tmis is Amnericanization, we don't need it. 1 feel sorry for the American people, many of whomn seem to be unaware of wbat is happening. Canada is mhe best country in the world and it-is disheartening to sec the present anger, frustration, and divisiveness fomented by Brian Mulroney. To begin wimh, bis Iack of patriotism is shocking. With strong leanings to the south and to big business, he is completely insensitive to the welfare and pride of Canadians. Canada with its plentiful resources, ample space and caring people could continue to be a model to the world. (3ranted we have problenis, sorte of them long- festering but every undertaking of the presenit governinent turnis into controversy and disaster; Meech, Oka and the Frce Trade Agreement being prime examples. Brian Mulroney bas no leadersbip skills. He consistently resorts to evasiveness, deceit, scare tactics and dire threats. As if mhat weren't enougb bis mismanagement of our economny is mhe last straw. I'mi tired of bearing the present governimerit say it inberited the debt with no mention of the fact that it bas increased it substantially since taking office. I'm also tired of an attempted comparison of tbis recession with '82. 1 don't recali 117,000 on welfare ni Toronto, nor daily increases in food banks, job losses and bankruptcies. We the public are not al gullible or as Brian Mulroney would have it, either naive or misinformed. The priorities of this administration make no sense wbatsoever. Brian Mulroney talks of Canadian iLnity and proceeds to dismantie Via Rail, Air Canada and mhe C.B.C., or most vital links. Tne excuse is iack of funds but tbere is money for popularity poils, campaign ads, increased staff, various commissions, extravagant buildings, additional senators and to top it ail millions for an unnecessary war, the result of American politics. Finally Ross, wben are you and other good people in the party, going to put mhe welfare of our country first and demand the resignation of the most incompetent Prime Minister of my life tlime? 1 pray soon. Sincerely, Mary Bunting, Wbile walking along a logging road, mbey saw a murrelet swoop dow,,, nmd fly low along the roai, then straight up into the caniopy. They watched the area for two days, mhen Kelson decided to dlimb the tree wbere the bird had prie up. Fifty metres up mnd four metres out fromt the trunk, be noticed a ring of white bird droppings on a moss- covered brancb. Crawling out onto the branch, be found the nest inside the ring: a small depression in tme mess, coetaining egg fragments and feathers. Leaving the nest intact, since tbe bird is known to use the sanie nest year after year, Kelson took samples of egg fragments mnd feathers to verify their find. Dr. Wayne Campbell, c urator of ornithology at the Royal British Columbia Museum la Victoria, confirmcd that the shell fragments were those of a marbled mnurrelet. Since the nesting season was over, mhe bird would not retuni Io its nest tilt mhe next summer. Hence, the f act mhat humans had been mhere would not frighten il into moving its niest; al traces of the people Aould disappear over the winter. The murefed on smrall maine fishi such as sand lance mnd herring. Despite the birds' dependence on the sea, murrelet nests have been found in Califomnia and Alaska as far as 70 kilometres imad. Scientists estimate mhe birds make mhe fligbt to the sea once a day wbile incubating, and twice a day while rearing their single offspring. Manley's nest was 18 kflometres from the sea. The small bird is creating a major clash between environmentalists and mhe logging industry. Experts say mhat Alaska and Canada are the only places where *the bird is likely to survive nowv, and only as long as large areas of old- growth forest are left intact. In California, wihere most of the forest is gone, only 1000 to 2000 murrelets are left. 'Me Canadian population is estimated at around 45,000 on the basis of surveys done in mhe area of Baiidey Sound on the B.C. Coast. "It took a nest discovery to get the murrelet issue rolling in B.C.," says Mmnley. She adds mhat in Califomnia envi ronm ent al ists have heen tiying to save the bird for somne time. Manley's research was funded by tbe British Columbia Ministry of Envrironment mndtMo environmental organizations -- Friends of Ecological Reserves, mndtme Western Canada Wildemess CoMmittee. revoiution' mak-ung work more hectic By John Eberie Computers, fax machines, cellular phones and other business tools baven't made life any easier for the majority of office workers in middle and upper management. according to research by a Britisb Columbia consulting firm. The rapid evolution of information technologies has made businesses more adept at accessing and analyzing data. But the benefits of greater efficiency are being lest on many emnployees who now have to bandle more information than ever before, according to a recent report by Priority Management Systemns Im. of Vancouver. The "global information revolution" has led to "too much work for the time available, concludes mhe report, wbicb surveyed 411 executives from 114 industry sectors la five countries. It found, among omher tbings, mhat "the average work week bas risen to 49 hours from 41 hours in 1973, while "the average amount of leisure timie has decreased by 32 per cent in the samne period." 'Me report notes that today 83 per cent of business people work tbrough lunch at least once a week Sixty-five per cent work at least one weekend per montb. And 47 per oent bring at least three hour of work home each week. 1The îrend towards longer hours is exactly opposite to what many people miought would happen, says Peter Dickens, vice-president in charge of rnarketing at Priority Management. Ini the early 1970s, people believed that technology was going to shorten the work weck. "We would go into the office, tel me machines what to do, and men go homne." Instead, tecbnology bas caused the reverse. By allowing faster flows of information, it bas rendered obsolete huge layers of middle management mhat traditionally existed to convey information, explains Dickens. As a result, corporations "have restructured like crazy," laying off large numbers of people and assigning additional responsibiities to the remaining employees. According to the report, mhis bas put office workers under tremendous pressure. Eigbty-one per cent of the survey respondents said they suffered from stress at least one a week "and a starng 48 per cent said tbey experience stress every day." Alil old, 'stresa-reiaied iliness and- burnout now account for 75 per cent of days lost in mhe North Arnerican workforce," tbe report notes. Despite this, 55 per cent of office workers report being "well-satisfied" wimh their jobs, according to a follow- up survey involving 1344 respondents. And their vision of mhe future is generally optimistic. "Most believe they will work less, wonry less about money and take more vacation timne by mhe year 2000," the subsequent report says. Moreover, people continue- to believe tomorrow's business machines, wil iniprove mhe quality of life. 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