University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario volyme 16, number 10 friday, july 18, 1975
Inside Surmner’s here, and despite some quixotic weather at least a couple of peopie and some duck&are set to take advantage of it. The philosophy f&r this time of year seems to be: “Put off until tomorrow whatever can’t be put off until the day after. ” Oh well, that will change soon enough and maybe we’ll run this pit again along aboutjanuary photo by henry hess to remind you what it was like.
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enumeration will mostly be done by students where possible and coop-. dinated by OFS through local committees on each campus. *-The local committees wilr ar-
Gorge bridge- apprOved A court injunction aimed at stopping the construction of a highway bridge spanning the scenic Elora Gorge failed last Tuesday in the Ontario Supreme Court. The injunction was thrown out by Justice Weatherston 09 a legal technicality that only the attorney-general can launch a legal action against a public body where matters of infringement of public rights are concerned. Kitchener city councillor and a member of the Grand River Conservation Authority, Morley. Rosenberg, and a Brantford councillor, Mat Makarchuk, had asked for an injunction to halt the transfer of the land to Wellington County for the $1 million bridge project. One year ago Wellington County was granted a crucial piece of property for the highway bridge approaching by the Grand River Conservation Authority. Rosenberg and Makarchuk insisted in their injunction that the ..conservation authority did not have the authority to transfer the land except for the “conservation, restoration, developfnent and management” objectives set out in the Conservation Authorities Act.
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A Toronto lawyer, E .A. Goodman, representing, the two said “the authority had acted beyond its powers because the land was to ,facilitate a traffic bypass for the town of Elora”. _ However the GRCA’s lawyers were in complete disagreement with this contention. Stephen Glithero, lawyer for the GRCA, and W.D. Griffith, lawyer for the county, argued during the two day hearing that at the very least the injunction attempt was premature because -the GRCA’s -decision to sell the land had not been approved yet by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. The resolution to sell the land has been held in abeyance for a yea,r pending the injunction decision. It will now be sent to the Ministry of Natu%l Resources for final approval. .-*: One major reason for the o;pposition to the gorge bridge was that it would destroy the view of the deep gorge through which the Grand River flows. The other important point of contention was the environmental considerations. Rosenberg and Makarchuk contended the county
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did not consider in detail altemative routes for the road and failed to conduct environmental impact studies at the time the work was proposed to determine the effect of the road on the park and gorge. Later the county did undertake an environmental report which noted: “Construction and existence of a bridge over the Gorge would have a significant, negative impact on the vegetation primarily because of the salt spray and the noise level in the vicinity of the bridge crossing”. A Ministry of Natural Resources report said: “It is our belief that salt spray from traffic using the bridge in winter would damage most of the white cedars near the bridge, thus detracting from the beauty of the area’ ’ . Thee lawsuit is the first of its kind against a conservation - authority. Daivid Estrin, a lawyer and a director of the C&adian%nvironmental Law Association, which had opposed the bridge, said he found some solace in the judge’s refusal to award costs against the two councillors and his remark that it was not unreasonable that such a concern would be brought before the court. -michael gordon
range with the appropriate political parties to ensure students are allowed to do their own enumerating as they understand better the layout of the campuses and the timetable kept by the students, Harries said. In addition, the committees willbe responsible that a questionnaire prepared by OFS asking each candidate to respond to certaip student concerns such as housing, employment and education issues will be compiled and sent out to all students I The questionnaire will detemine whether there’s a pattern among candidates which corresponds to their perspective party platforms The local committees will be the btickbone ‘of- OFS’ election strategy, Harries said. “They will form part of the mechanism forconducting the campaign during the election.” The committees will also try to make all-candidates meetings more meaningful than they have been in the past by asking “burning” questions which might prevent them from being ‘ ‘showca%es”, Ha&ies said. In order to determine the audience’s reaction to the candidates, people at the end of the meetings could be asked to vote for the candidate of their choice, he added. The OFS executive, at its weekend meeting, decided to: -print a special issue 6f the OFS newspaper, the Ontario Student, discussing the tertiary education programs of the three major par- ties; l
-distribute pamphlets outlining OFS’ stance for the election to both students and non-students. -put. out a series of posters highlighting the election issues with regards to higher learning; -publish a position paper focusing on the post-secondary education policies of the three main parties with special emphasis on the cur-rent government’s . OFS also plans to stage a rally made up of delegations from each campus in Toronto sometime during fall to bolster public support for post-secondary education, Harries said. “The strategy which OFS will follow is one that general&es issues aimed at the gener;il public and one that ensures that the major political parties can’t run a cheap antiintellectual campaign. ” In addition, OFS would “establish links with community and labor groups which support OFS policy and whose policiex-OFS can sup port during the election,” Harries said. Some of OFS’ demands include the abolition of tuition fees at Ontario’s 15 universities and 22 community colleges and guaranteed living stipends for students. OFS was created three years ago in regponse to decreased government funding to the university system. Now, OFS represents 125,ooO university :and ..college students, ,each:pay&g ;$1550qper year to the organization’s coffers. -john
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This concrete turnip which has been growing just oubide the chevron office window for the past several weeks turns out to be the beginning of the latest and possibly last of a series of sculptures adorning the UW campus. It may be the last as the Works of Art Committee responsible for the sculptures has run out of money, hardly surprising when you consider that this lump of concrete is allegedly worth $2,000. photo by henry hess
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/r’kes student brief’ “they would fit in perfect,” he , said. ’ In reply, Shortall said there was a definite need to keep the option open. After having been hereunder visa more than four years, a foreign student may have become out of touch with the home country. Yuzyk replied that if the student wanted to stay but was needed in his/her owncountry, then it would be unfair if they were able to stay in Canada, to which Shortall agreed. When asked if it would not be feasible to send teachers to other countries instead of bringing students here, Shortall said that it is not sufficient for students to learn about other countries from textbooks. Rather, he said, they should get that knowledge first hand in the country where theywish to study. The committee has extended their submissions deadline until September 15, giving more time for consideration of briefs on the Green Paper.
course of study. At present foreign The special federal parliamenmust apply yearly for tary joint committee studying the students visas. If a student does not meet Green Paper on Immigraiion requirements for visa, he/she could reacted favorably to a brief presented by the National Union of be forced to end studies and return ‘to their country of origin. Students, July IO. At the same. time Shortall argued Stating that the brief contained that the foreign student should angles they had not seen too often, the committee said, “these are have the same right as a Canadian citizen to seek and accept employvery concrete proposals and . . .we’ll take them into account.” ment. The student must, however, The proposals, outlined by John retain his/her status of a full-time student if employment is accepted. Shortall, president of the student federation at the University of Senator Yuzyk, speaking for the Waterloo, called for a term of special joint committee acknowledged that foreign students should foreign student visa which would be consistent with the term of the be able to apply for permanent residence when, as a result of political changes in their home country, they have reason to fear for their well-being when they return. He said the student should be able to apply here because they have come to know this country, better than most immigrants. After The engineering society held its having been accommodated here elections on Wednesday and the for a period of time under visa, results were as follows. Rob Morrison was elected president, to succeed Kim Etherington. Brad Snoulten was elected secretary, and Bob Penner got the nod as Last week’s front page housing treasurer. shortage article incorrectly quoted Engsoc refused to release an the Waterloo Region Appartment immediate vote count for various Owner’s Association as saying rent undisclosed reasons, but claimed increases would be on the average, that the voter turnout was one of/ 25 per cent. Instead the average inthe best ever. crease will be 12.5 per cent. They have promised to disclose the vote count at a later date.
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provide $10,000 per year beginning The piece of artwork presently in 1970 and extending through being erected outside the Campus 1974. However, when university Centre may be the last to grace the finances began to tighten in 1972 UW campus unless new sources of the funding was withdrawn, thus funding are found, according to Marlene. Miles, secretary of tK& reducing the available monies to $20,000, The Bachinski sculpture UW Works of Art Committee. will exhaust the last of these funds. The Campus Centre sculpture, Other sculptures erected include when completed, will consist of an “Joy”, the stylized concrete fig11 foot three-sided concrete ures outside South Campus Hall, obelisk containing three rectangu“Break”, the fountain outside lar metal plaaues. Chemistry II, the indoor and outThe plaques, to centre around door sculptures associated with the “humanistic themes, such as f Hagey Hall of the Humanities and a mother and child”, are being prenumber of other ‘tlandscape sculppared by Guelph artist Walter tures” around campus. Bachinski and should be finished The Works of Art Committee, sometime in August. composed of representatives from It will cost approximately each faculty and student representatives from the societies, currently $5,000; $3,000 of which is for the plaques and $2,000 for the concrete has an application beforethe Onstructure. tario Arts Council for $4,000 to Another sculpture had been erect the final planned “landscape planned for the island in the walksculpture” in the walkway island. Any further works of art purchased ways between the physics and chemistry buildings and the library, will probably have to be associated but it is now being postponed pendwith new buildings and included in _ ing further funding. their budgets, as with the “sonic’ Originally formed in March, _ space frame” sculpture in the op1969, under the auspices of Muriel tometry building. DeGre , then information officer for Attempts have been made to UW, the Works of Art Commitraise money for artwork by other tee was intended to “lobby for means. In November of 1970 the works of art to be integrated into committee sponsored an art aucpresent buildings and buildings tion in return for 25 per cent of the planned for the future. ” In Deproceeds from any sales. Unfortucember of that year it was designately the auction was a failure and nated an official presidential comthe committee ended up with a mittee by acting UW president slight loss. The auction has not Howard Petch, and plans were been repeated and the committee is made for funding. now looking for other ways of raisA four-year plan was drawn up to ” ing funds.
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o-d for n and. pr I by Doug Ward Policy disputes over food production within fed- . eral government circles have consistently found their way onto the ,front pages of Canada’s daily press during the past two years. The disputes, however, have largely been charades and a solution to the incessant waves -of overproduction and shortages plus spiralling inflation of food prices seems at this point even more remote. The latest episode in theon-going charade occurred last week and went like this. On July 5th Eugene Whelan, federal minister of agriculture, announced that there will be an imposition of import quotas on eggs moving into Canada. Correspondingly, prices of the top four grades of eggs rose by six cents a dozen Four days later, like clockwork, Beryl Plumtre, ever-vigilant head of the Food Prices Review Board, attacked the federal scheme as a creation of a monopoly for Canadian egg producers and as an afflictionon the Canadian consumer, for whom food prices are already out of joint. Out of this long-standing policy conflict between Whelan and Plumptre has emerged acommon view in ’ which the farmer and consumer are the main com’ batants in the-current fray over food. One school of thought, seemingly representing the farmer and led by Whelan, argues that agriculture is underdeveloped and requires rapid adjustments, including higher food prices ., Beryl Plumptre and certain consumer advocates, on the other hand, criticize the government for over-protecting the small farmer whose inefficient production has forced processors and ultimately consumers to pay inflated prices for farm products.,
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The recently published The Poiitics of Food, written by DonMitchell, begs to differ on this point and effectively reveals how this misconstrued perspective obscures the real contradictions inherent in federal food policy and capitalist food production in Canada. The obvious discrepancy in the situation’is that while agriculture in Canada has become increasingly underdeveloped, prices for food commodities take giant moves upward with the ceiling nowhere in sight. Between 1972 and 1974 the price indexes for such products as beef, bread, eggs and milk have undergone increases between 23% and 46%. Meanwhile, down on the farm, in 1971,60% of all farms had gross earnings of under $10,000 which represented less than $5,000 in net income. This occurred in spite of increases in productivity by farmers of 6%annually _ --between 1945 and 1970. Deduction shows consumer and farmer alike to be victims within the present system and in turn raises new questioqs: Who is the middleman and whence his power over the afflicted parties concerned? The answer, according to The Politics of Food, can only be found by placing agriculture within the context of the power relationships existing in the economy and society as a whole. “But the reality of the corporate capitalist system of production and distribution, ’ ’ writes Mitchell, “has been that we possess power in accordance with what we own in productive property or what we produce. The conflict within the system, in food production and elsewhere, is primarily between those who own and those who produce.” For those who ‘own’ in the food sector there has been a decreasein numbers and, correspondingly,
greater concentration of control and power. For those who ‘produce’ the opposite has occurred: the number of farms has declined drastically and the power of farmers dissipated accordingly. The unequal exchange and centralized decision-making implicit in such a relationship is, for Mitchell, the source of the current food debacle. The disparate positions in which the farmer and the corporate concern with whom he deals find themselves cannot be seen as occurring apart, for they are the dialectical results of the unencumbered movement of private capital into Canadian food production and distribution. The Politics of Food provides an excellent explication of how this process occurred and continues in Canadian agriculture today. The most salient feature of agriculture in this country has been the transformation of the farming unit from a fairly decentralized , self-sufficient operation to one characterized by large-scale, mechanized and increasingly corporate-owned productive units with protected and guaranteed markets. Mitchell notes that although corporate farms are still small as a proportion of Canadian agriculture, the trend is a profound one and, if not effectively impeded, could eliminate the working farmer and develop a system of corporate-owned agricultural production accompanied by ‘managers’ and industrial farm wage workers. Hard statistics are used by Mitchell to document this transformation, and they speak of the thousands of farms that have disappeared and of thousands of farmers what have left for the urban areas. The faces of these farmers are akin to thousands of others who have been affected by the great Canadian tradition of rural de-population-a movement which is a part of the drawing of wealth to the centres of power and the creating of underdevelopment in the hinterland. The migration of farmers and the impoverishment of most who remain on the land is part of the longterm and generahzed destruction of the independent commodity producer, craftsman and small-scale entrepreneur as capitalism has matured in Canada during this century. With this there has developed in: creasingly in the: Canadian economy a polarization of economic relationships according to the classical model of capital and labour. While a great number of the independent producers and merchants have over the decades entered into labour-intensive industry or into the mushrooming white-collar sector, many of the dispossessed farmers have come to form a permanent “underclass” of poor, living out on the far margins of Canadian prosperity.
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’ As The Politics of Food shows clearly, the mainstay of this process (at least as it affects farmers) has been the cost/price squeeze of the post-war period. The cost/price squeeze is felt when the rate of increase in the combined costs of production are rising faster than the gross return received by the farmer for the commodity he sells. This is better understood when Mitt-hell tells us that between 1962 and 1969 total cash receipts for farmers increased by 45% while total depreciationand operating costs rose by 70%. The pressure of the squeeze has grown in proportion to the entry of agribusiness into the farm supply sector. and the food and beverage industry. Prior to the 1920’s food production in Canada was a relatively decentralized sector in which local market areas were self-sufficient. However, in the period of capital consolidation in Canada after World War 1, finance capital poured into take-overs and brought
about the centralization of the food manufacturing industries. Since then until the present the dominant source of capital investment for agribusiness in Canada has been from Canada’s small corporate elite, centred in a cohesive network of banks, trust companies and insurance firms. Since then the main actors in food production and distibution-from the farm to the comer store-have been so many directors ensconced on Toronto’s Bay Street. And lest we misconstrue food production as an anomaly in the Canadian economy there are the Americans: Swift, Safeway, De1 Monte, Cargill Grain and Kraftco to name a few. The degree of market concentration among the rival firms and to near total integration of markets and ownership through all levels of the industry is, for Mitchell, the source of the cost/price squeeze. And while the farmer is hit hard by the ability of the dominant firms to adminster prices without fear of challenge due to the level of concentration, the consumer equally is prey, especially at the retail level where in terms of regional concentration the major supermarket chains have anywhere from 50-80% of the market to divide between them. In Mitchell’s opinion virtually all aspects of agribusiness are controlled by oligopolies. In the farm supply sector, 67 percent of the tractor and combine market is supplied by four major manufacturers and two of those (Imperail Oil and Cdminco) have 55% of the market. About 9% of fuel supplies emanate from U.S. multinational oil companies. Feed mills are concentrated among the major grain companies, plus the meat packers such as Bums and Canada Packers. While there are some 800 feed mills in Canada, the four largest have 30% of the market. The sway of power over the farmers contained in such concentrated supply sectors can scarcely be overestimated. In the food processing sector, the three major meat packers have 55% of the national market-;‘ seven companies account for ‘85% of all fruit and vegetable processing; four companies have 77% of the flour milling capacity and four companies have 96% of all breakfast cereal manufacturing. It is in the retail sector, according to Mitchell, that concentration is most pronounced. The scene of aggress\ive infighting for the past 15 years for control over the market,. the food retail industry is now dominated by five huge firms: the Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company (A&P), Canada Safeway Limited, Dominion Stores Limited, George Weston Limited (Loblaws) and Steinberg’s Limited. Concentration of this depth is inherently noncompetitive, operates within guaranteed markets anZIhas no little bearing on inflated food prices. The boostgiven food prices over the past few decades directly relates to the growth of these chains and the corresponding loss of a multitude of small-scale, independent stores.
Vertical integration The concentration of markets, however, isn’t the only card agribusiness has to play in its role as middleman between a relatively impoverished farming sector and the consumer beseiged with high food prices. Equally effective in the process of rationalization with the goal of increased profits is vertical integration in which companies at various levels of activity are owned or controlled by a single financial empire. Mitchell discusses in detail the two outstanding I Canadian examples of integration: the Bank of, Commerce-Argus-Canada Packers network and the Weston family empire.
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Set amid the backdrop of incretiing Nazi terrorism and brutality the play, I am a Camera by John Van Druten, recently presented at UW by Maurice Evans examines the interrelationships of a group of people caught in their own traps. Each character is susceptible to both internal and external pressures with the play recording their struggles, from the basically good natured housekeeper who becomes “enNazi proplightened’ ’ through aganda to hate jews, to the gentlemanly cad who must resolve his feeling of racial shame. The .play very effectively dramatizes how these characters confront their situations and in their own ways, come to grips with it. The main thrust of the play centres on -two expatriated Britishers, Sally Bowles (a nightclub singer) and Christopher Isherwood, a writer. The charac-
teriiation is deep and thorough, especially for Sally who changes from a,clicheised vamp to a sensitive, thoughful and tormented woman. Although these two characters are emotionally attached they are forced to separate -due to their distinct and opposing personalites. * Is’her is the consummate artistisolated from the world and aliented within himself as he faces his own impotency in dealing with life. He is actually aware of his own weaknesses and yet he is willing and eager to give in to them, knowing that he will suffer. However he is a passive character for it is his role in life to be the artist, the camera that photographs life around him, but never really becoming involved. Bowles character is remarkably. similar for she too is very aware of both the mask she wears in front of others and the role that she is powerless to stop herself from playing. She is caught up by the thought of glamour and excitement and though she realizes the falseness, she blindly follows the: glow. She is an independant free spirit 4hat longs for freedom but never finds it. All the characters in the play are trapped helplessly to play their parts just as the world around them must inevitably go thr’ough the agony of facism. The play itself blends comedy and tragedy very ef-
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6:OO Explorations-David Assmann 630 People’s Music-Each week at this time Radio Waterloo features a local artist recorded at Radii Waterloo’s Trak Four Studios. This program is intended as a showcase for local musicians and fetures many original compositions. This w&k Greg Benoit is featured. tin. July 20
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530 How On Earth: A Study of Survival“Food for a Hungry World”- The Honourabli, Eugene .Whelart Federal Minister of Agriculture and Member of Parliament for Essex-Windsor since 1962 addresses the Couchiching conference on the status of Canadian agriculture and the part Canada can and @ou# play in feeding peoples of other nations. 9:OO The WorM Around Us- “‘Agricultural ‘.,, Problems in California”- A look at the history and hardships of agricultural workers in the state of California from the turn of the century to the present with particular emphasis on the struggles of the United Farm Workers. Part 2.
5%) Political Realities “Law and Politics in the United States” William Kunstler lawyer, talks about the American legal system, the repression of the anti-war movement and how politics is very much part of justice in the United States. 9:00 Audio Mirror Presents . 930 W-6 A roundtable discussion of local, regional, provincial, national and international issues by a panel of six Radio Waterloo staff members, each of whom brings a well researched item or i-e of concern for disscussion.
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530 Native Issues- “Bended Elbow” A discussion with Flora Conroy, Jane Pet&, Paul Wrightman and Dave Rayner about the controversial book written about the natives of the Kenora area. 630 The Phantom and Fitzgerald with Michael Kerr and Craig Forgrave 630 Is This It? Local News and Commentary with Carol Pierce and Michael Gordon 900 Bill Culp Resents 930 Labour News with Tom Krol
530 People and Issues “The Status of Women in Canada Today” Anne Francis, Chairperson of the Royal, Commission on the Status of Women talks about the status of women in Canada in 1975 including such topics as property law, abortion, job equality, etc. 9:OO Gardening for Fun and &od: An In_ troduction A five part series of talks shared by Wree horticulturists. Professors H. Tiessen, M. Tsujita and B. Teskey are &I with the Department of Horticultural Science at ,the Ontario Agricultural College. Various aspects of home gardening are covered, today - “Let’s Grow Our Own Fruit” B. Tes@y. Fri. July 25 5:30 Drugs and Society “Recreational Drugs and the Law” A short talk by Arthur Wheal, who was a senior counsel to the department of justice in Ottawa, but now has a private practise in Toronto. He speaks primarily with reference to the Ledain Commission. The latter part of the program contains exerpts fmm the dis- ’ cussion which followed the four speeches. Radio Waterloo broadcasts 9:OOam to 2:OOam
fectively maintaining a delicate balance throughout. The first act is very light in tone with manycomic passages but as the tragic despamtion grows, as well as the growing Nazi attacks. the play takes on a more sombre tone. However Van Druten is very careti to balance the heavier passages with comic relef. The action of the play takes place within a sitting room of a Berlin flat in the 1930’s and this placed restrictions on director Maurice Evans. He does use pacing, both in dramatic movements and iA the dialogue, to add affect throughout the play, such as the physical isolation of a character when he is spiritually and emotionally isolated as well. Throughout the idiosyncrosis of his characters, such as Isherwood’s constant smoking and Bowl& attempt to shock, add greatly to the characterizations. There is ‘a danger for the actors to overplay their parts for as the playwrite readily admits ‘ ‘the characters are broadly drawn” but for the most. part acting is very nicely underplayed. Bridgette Allan playing Sally deserves credit for her acting for hers is a very difficult role due to its complex and changing nature. She had to bring out the dual nature of Sally’s character. For the most part the entire production added to the dramatic in-tensity of the play. -rty
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of days or hours per week that you wiy work, . contacts,with employers mus t.bti * by Lynn. &$y shift work., yithout .,ver$ good ifit is only a word of mouth situation. So, it’s . YJIC haq the obligation and desire to help ‘including I UK to pay. ben&itt$ to a former,employee if . _ a good idea td obtain a short stateqent fiorh you as ~IN.IC~. as possible. The empl’oyees %re reasons i . riot be tgcked~ into saying that you will the empl’oyer belieyes. that she/he is not enti- , employ&i% saying. that’ you did apply for trained., helpful people, whose job it ii to 40 aticept a certain limit of pay. A good lisle to tled, or that a disqualification should be imwork on such and such a date, an&that there make it. as easy as possiblF,.for YOU to claim use is “I will accept the prevaili@ rate’-‘; . was no positionown at that itme. -- ‘posed.” If an employer dhecks off on ttie _ I the+&enefit to which you-afe lentitled.” .-it is not nec;Cessary to sign-any statement -separat&n certificate “other”and exblains I_ Aftei an’ 8 week period (a &imant is sup-. \ So states the Rights and Obligations Pam.@&ding those from a Benefit Coritrol’ Ofor labor disputk. it is ‘assumed that ; pos$d to \irlideii- his/her job se&h tsijnclude - “Quit” phlets preptied by the help@ -Uiie@oynever sign such a statement unless‘ihe employ? is reco&m&ding a dis@Gfi’ . any~ work : ‘within his occupational capal+rne?t Insurance Commission$eople, @d in fic&)‘cpd that it reflects’ a true ; ityat a rate’ of paynormal for that occupation cation. ThiF,giy&s an undue amotint of power the opinion of many claima@ and would be ybu a absohitely’sure situa- . or at.-their” old rat*, whichever is low&!“. ; to/one’!- fqytier bo&. i -clainian&, the pamphlet is‘as far as this goes : ,akd acctuate picture of your iqdividual ;g-: The claimnt- rnFt-‘write up an mpe&i / And, after l6 weeks; cl&mants must provi ‘-.,-The UIC not-so-merry go round starts tion* they have ‘&ade effqs to, find \iGork that ’ notiye? with the speclficdecision he wishes to ’ with the first -step in theii dirkction-your . AS .Smn as YOU am U~eml&Yed~ aPPl_Y for needn’t wait for ~o&~par& appeal along with the ar&ents as to why he \ .’ “may cause some incotrenience in the short. 2 ,application for benefits. The UiC wd likely \- benefit%you registei at your nearest thiriks the- decision was unfair. He will%e run, as a condition of’bei@ re-accep ed into try to make it mqre difficult for you to claim . tion certificate; Canada Manpower I)ffick-as soon as possi- .p&uctive work.zi -’. t notified by ma&wh@~h~ apma& to be held.: and\ recieve benefits than to find a job. (“The ble. Make a reasonable effort to obtain work - . : Thus afhr 16 weeks on un&&-)yment.in-. . The cldmant’s appemance, ;it the appeal UIC is vit&lly concerned with helping claimsurance, you may ‘be expected to travel, to , hearing is very im$@ant asit strongly favors ants re-entex the wXtirk force as soon as pas- I. add keep your own record of each_ job or iemployer contact, you make: -On your reany decision the Board of Referees comes to. - ‘fmcl work, or to move to an area where opt sible ,’ ’ ,the. UIC brochure states.) j ports ,-always state. that YOU & capable andp&tunities for :york are good. Ifthe claiinant ’ even if it qou& only to a reduction of the ;! - The str&egy is obvidtis, and’ many available for work, unless absolutely -not, penalty 6r find, i&volved. If possible, ‘the ; &’ y moves to ati. area- where .:opportunities for‘wo@d-be claimants do giqe up because of and; if you are disc@alified, appal and attend claimant should ,take a represenbtive or per& work& limited or non-existant , and refuses the indignity, time, paperwork, phone calls tiny hearing scheduled t&ear your case. It-is to move elsewhek for the pglrpose ($f’i’i&g son’to act as & representative on his/-herbe- ‘. and just’ $ain h&isle involved. “Your job wise t@ get-help from someone who knows employment, she/he is cotisid&ed to haie -: half. Legal Aid lawyers may 3 be available tc while unemployed shc&ld be th-+t @finding’ : \ / 1 ’ ’ ’ . ’ L him/herself from the work fo,xq and is subdo this. _“another job.” Th+;js’ “If you ,hgve the the ?’- ,abo@ UI-$.* ‘-1 S,ure, it’; confusir?g, ani those,who most - sequenqly cut tiff of UIC. .’ __ Pb work clause and energy:!e$t gg~:. !I@@ to get SO& “’ “ / 1I need benefits; seasonal -$o@e&-dJld those in ‘+ It used to be su@cient ior & claiman; to b;e money to kei$: $I?? &$* +@ you are uhthe lower wage t>rack&s; +&s &e &ready 2 - registered with Manpower and his/h& union empltiyed. ,: ,I~. ‘exploited-by so mani, &y$u&nottje able to -’ - , ‘ ‘avalilable for work”. Unless. j/au ace u&sua;lljr ‘foptinate, you< .rfl‘to .‘be considered YIC control move the +imant *from one? cope with, the red tape+re,tfie VIC p?ople ‘1 -N&v, a,+im~t~~qtied to prove himself will likely be plagbed with incomprehensibl& phase tcy another, and-pla&s progressivtily $-fully aware ofthis, and just usingit to the full available for work by making “reasonable’ . lette,rs alpd- reams of bureaucratic trivia, increasing demands on ‘him/he.r, .demands advantage of the government and the people questions you’re sure you’ve alr*dy ansefforts to obtain etiployment”, the ~OIC w,ered in triplicate, misinformatioti, lost%iles stipulates.It is a-4egal requirement- of the which are for thk mqst part u@?wn ‘to the ’ in whose interests it is to keey, peop&- off Should he/She become disqualified . unemploy.ment’ tisurance and thus at the and letters, a,nd innumerable hitc_hes and UIC &t that the cl.aimant m,ust be making a claim+. on any section of the’ Act referring to “avtiercy of low wage embloyers? booby traps. Everyone agrees that machines c&&uo~.personal effort tolook for work. \ some UIC emp’Ybu al& have an “obliga&n” to_“carry ’ ‘, . d can make mistakes,. ti ‘1 loyees s&in inclhed, that way: There are out” ANY directions given you to assist you IDI&me things that may behelpfui to know and in etting emp!o9me& and-m&y, be requ&d use in $1 dealirigs with the UIC, and parti&, to 5l f but &n “Active Jdb Search Statement” larly in an inve&gative intetiiewr : for inwhich alIbws the ,UIC t? assess &e,degr&e of daculty you are @ving in finding work, and stance. 1‘ --;-assume that an&n& ‘who says they are whether you need’help from other govern-, ’ X?orn t&e UIC is an investigator: Ifit turns out. mental z&&&es. that they aren’t, you haven’t lo& anything; \ When you are out @@ing *out possible Write down their n-e, you may need it for jobs; there is “no veed to have anything signed saying-you werq -there, but you m%y fhtme cefeqencc, , ‘:’ . later & &x&-ed tqforward your list as prodf 40 not give any indic&& &$t you are. restricting your job search to a limited area, of-your job finding efforts, so that you can continue to receive benefits”,* to prove that even if you a+, ;’ ’ you arti making a “reaionable effort to ob-‘ -and do.I.pot restrict yourself to the number -
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Slow-pitch Well, the summer of toed slowpitch has passed. The Fairballs coached by Jock Dunlop had a great season, placing tops with no losses. Second placed Campus Allstars had one loss. Right behind them were the Village Drunks, Mattes (Dutch for alcoholic mathematicians), Andy’s Sunnydale. Strike Outs, Frenchie’s Whiz Kids and the Real Machine. Last Sat., July 4th, the slow pitch season ended with a tournament. Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Faipballs were not able to play up to par. Village Drunks, coached by Killer Keller won first place standings over the Campus. Allstars coached by coacheecoachie. All teams played hard and had a great time. A great note to end off the summer season of toed slowpitch. -maag louko
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The two losers played off for the consolation medallions with the winners vying for the tournament trophy donated by CHYM Radio. . In the championship game, spectators were treated to very good softball. The game was tied going into the 4th inning when Queen St. exploded for 6 runs and held onto their lead to win the game 13-6. The day proved to be a good time for all and hopes were expressed for . further tournaments.
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is being held on Saturday, July 12 “starting at 9:30 am. The four championship games begin at 330 pm on the Softball diamonds. Co-cd Innertube Waterpolo: Five teams have entered the fun tournament with the final game starting at 8%) pm &he-pool PAC. Games are played continuously from 5:30-8:3Opm. Ball Hockey: On Monday, July 14 Team 10 plays the winner of the game between the Stompers and Arseholes for Consolation honours at 5:45. In the final Devastations takes on the mighty Floor Lords at 7 : 15 pm. All games are played at Seagrams. 7
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Softball: Thursday, July 6-5:OO pm 9 innings Village Green B consolation Columbia No. 2 A Consolation Columbia 5A A Championship Columbia 5B B Championship Soccer: Monday, July 14-Columbia No. 1 5:OO pm A Consolation .6:30 pm B Consolation 1 . Wednesday, July 16-Columbia No. 1 5:00 pm B Championship: St. Pauls vs Arrdvarks, A Championship: Panthers vs Klingons. Basketball: Wednesday, July 16-PAC 5:30 pm A Consolation - 6:30 pm B Consolation 7:45 pm B Championship 9:00 pm A Championship
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Football:
Wednesday, July 16 at 5~00 will probably be the B’s vs either Math or the Don’s. Come out early as there will be standing room only beside the final.