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That’s it. I can’t contain myself anymare..
My normally placid, imperterbable nature, my:
‘ unprovocable and: steadfast attention to
-economic subjects has to.go by the board while ©
I share with you an increasingly frustrating per-"
ception of the current discussion of nuclear ar-..
ms. This is evidently not an economic subject
and in speaking out on. it I speak not as a prac-
tised expert but. as a bewildered, ‘in- ;
- comprehending Canadian. aghast with what Ts
’ see taking place beforeme.

~The last straw which has -pricked” me out, of.
me placidity was the. widespread press attention:
over the last several days to the utterance of the’
‘delegates of. the Soviet. Peace. Committee
currently on.a tour of Canada.;A committee

S which, -in, their? own, Sadi
“protested, against . their own. government's
nuclear armament policies because ‘‘their coun-.
try is a leading proponent ‘of world peace.’?
Even as. this committee’ was :touring Canada
telling Canadians about ‘‘the tremendous work
we are doing in our own country in opposing a
nuclear arms buildup,” East German police
‘| were arresting five: members of West’ Ger-
many's anti-nuclear Green Party who. had:
dared to unfurl.a disarmament banner-.in East
Berlin, Of course, the reason why the so-called
Soviet. Peace Committee ‘doesn’t. protest
publicly about it’s country's deployment: of
nuclear arms is because. -protests simply aren’t
permitied, ©

The leader of the delegation actually told
reports that the Soviet peace movement does
not feel the need to oppose the’Soviet govern-
ment for its deployment of the: new SS20.
‘missles for in general their participation in the °
| arms race: because his government: is clearly °

comitted to dente. While on the surface these.
comments may seem. to be-ridiculous to the
casual obsérver it is important to note that it is
basically this sort of sentiment which informs
the surge of. intexest in world peace. This |
movement received its initial impetus from the
_KGB-financed. World Peace .Congrass..a ‘fact
“which was’ recently unearthed by ‘the U.S;
Congress and which was found not to: be im-.;
portant since the investigation also showed that-
most of the peace movement in the Western
world at the moment is not Soviet financed but
is rather reflective of the genuine concerns. of.
_ well-meaning, unaligned citizens.

Let me be cleat that I am not one: who
prescribes to the “commies. under the. bed’:
‘theoriés of how the world unfolds. Iam, °
however, certain that as Lenin pointed out
more than 70 years ago, the important conduits *
of. Sovietized Communism would be’ well--
meaning, unwitting citizens in other countries. 1
-don’t know about you but.I find it completely
remarkable that the peace movement at the
moment seems implicitly to have a view of.
- world politics which involves the United states
as an. imperialist aggressor led by a President:
who {sa war monger and by comparision the
Soviets: are simply peace-minded folks at-
tempting dgainst great odds to bring peace to
the world at last. This view is made the more
remarkable by the fact that it is after all the
Soviet Union which is led by an individual who
up until his ascention to the premiership was.
the head of his country’ § secret service -- the
KGB an institution well-known for its use of
terror to control the more democratic sen-
-timents of Soviet bloc residents.

. As a matter of fact, I simply don’t know
what tlie facts are about the current deployment
of nuclear arms in the world. I’m not sure that
~ anybody does. I’m_not even sure of the position
] should take on disarmament talks. But of
several things [am sure and one is. that
unilateral disarmament at this time. would be
comparable to the sheep passing a revolution
that henceforth the wool. would: -become’
vegetarian, and that, secondly, no nation in the
history of the world has ever been able to
establish an umbrella of security for its People
by negotiating from a position.of wea
‘Unless, of course, as was the case with somie:
countries during the Second World War; the’ 'y
established themselves as: neutral ‘observers: in
such @ way as to profit from the miseries on.
both sides. °

Well, that’s It--I've gat it off my chest aid 1
‘promise nevet again to return to the subject;
unless, of course, the Soviet’ peace Selegation

comes back again! mae wha

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an improving. economy.

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well as s Improved ‘demand to: explain: {he phenomenon of

Doctors support user fees

VAN COUVER (CP) — Young doctors are as enthusiast.c:
“ supporters tf user fees for hospital and medical services’

“and for greater control of the health care system as older*

doctors, says a paper presented Tuesday during a session of

, . the Learned Societies conference. wie

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7 ‘increase or. introduction of

thelr: ‘study. is “how widespread the. consensus. favorirg
-” professional : autonomy is. within: the. profession,”
2 especially “how complete is the: socialféation to that

-__ Sensis of younger. doctors," ."

‘ profession towards . state: “imanagemeht™ and financing
- remains an important constraint upon henge and reform

_ care issues and fee levels, rather: than. as decision makers.
for the prepayment agencies it had. Breviously ‘controlled. ny

- of government health. insurance’ programs," the repart

’ vthin the profession who approve of proposals for premium
* and user fees, who justify extra-billing beyond the govern

. And there is substantial Support for an. iitisdluation o or.
increase in medical premiums i in: ach of the five Provinces :

surveyed, says the paper. |

-It says doctors déel they have lost control of the health
care system since the federal Metical Care Insurance Act":
cdme into effect July 1, 1988.-

“The profession sees itself reduced under Medleare to its a
earlier state as simply another interest-group |

“in the:
final analysis forced into the role of negotiators on ‘Medi:

‘Presented by M. G. ‘Taylor,’ ‘HM. Stevenson and, A. Pp
Williams of Toronto's York University, the paper reports on
research conducted under.a grant from the federal Health.”

_” Department's ‘National: ‘Health: ' Researeti Development
. Program.

Questionnaires were gent to 4 ‘100 ‘doctors in Nova Scotia,

an ‘Quebee, ‘Ontario, Alberta and. B.C, -between ‘November; Ve
+) 2862, and: this -Mareh, - with..2;100- doctors responding.
. , although ‘beause of tate replies, the- paper. presented
-. "Tuesday'is based-on. 1,887

coop RESPONSES oy

replies.

Provincial responses Were snpeeatimately equal, they:
say, although B, C. was less. thai: 50, per rent, and Nov
Scotia: was more than 65 per, cent, ;

- The. authors believe that the most’ interesting. aspect o of

and
Con:

’ The reagon youtiger ¢ doctora and gétierl practitioners do’
‘not hold tore liberal views than: their: older of specialist”

~~ collegues. is probably - -bechuse" the : two! Broups: are
“relatively. disadvantaged within’ the. medical profession
.-. both ‘economically; ‘and: in: terms of: their function and
"- , statis,” the paper says.” aoe ‘

“Despite the essential ‘conkinuity In the atructute of power.
in the health care system, before and after the introduction

concludes, ‘‘tte ideological resistance. within the medical

of national and provincial health care plans. a
“The resistance in indicated by the: sizable majorities

ment (Insured fees for service, and who-oppose measures
which would :reduce’ professional : ‘ailtonomy by) th
geographical co-ordination of manpower, the audit oO
patient tecorde or the setting of workload guidelines." ws

“introduction of user fees for hospital and medical services,”
with higtier proportions in Alberta | in B.C,, the paper Bays
Moré than three-quarters of those” answering favored a
whe mos fos :

quite’ there: yet; he said.

care delivery system.” '
* Specialists are more likely to approve » policies for user

. payments than general practitioners, are leas likely to view |

_extra-billing as a threat to:reasonable access: to medical
- ¢are, and “to approve’ proposals. for _Tequlation sof
"professional workloads, ‘the study : ‘Bays. a

‘And younger physicians are: “mote - ‘inclined. to’ justify

: “extra -billing, it says, because they have had no experience —

in the economic elreumstances before government health:
insurance. . :

; Camps changing

_ Songs, and hot chocolate around the campfire.’

The swimming, boating, fishing, hiking and “a pens | '

“activities é are still part: of the experience i in the 1900s. But

nw ‘there is a whole new dimension — the‘computer: - _

-, From their beginnings just a few years: ‘ago in the, United '
States, computer camps. are. now ‘becoming’. the rage in.
Canada... :

:~ n'addition toa wide variety ot day’ coinputer’ workshops,

.- iin the Varicouver area, there now are several facilities in
*douthwestern B.C, offering computer: camps: ‘with: ‘stays

ranging’ from five days to a week.

“Camp ‘Alexandra at Crescent Beach in Surrey, B c, ‘sbulli
; Vancouver; went: ahead with plans for five-day computer
pps this aummer after a successful, pilot program during

“the: epting school break earlier this year.

Camp director Steve: Chitty saya registration is strictly
ited: to boys and girls between the ages-of/11 and 15,

, we the pring program which included some kids oned.

id 16...
vowel found that the. attention span at 03 year: af olde)

: Sixteen year olds algo were found to be lunsittablé for the
ips: ‘I guess it's getting wheel . ;
hat makes them too old, Chitty. sald.

Chitiy said those have Been eliminated “in ordet thit: rai
eal a: lot more: and. eet more’ ‘of a f

future, camp eae are saree to: prevent loi

front of computer terminals. .:

he said; * -- 4

sent but Chitty scoffs at suggestions that boys have i inore’

7 “ability to handJe computers... :
“Girls are just as capable; by fact,-1 think some of the oy
"younger Ones are even more capable because they develop . rene
ane and seem to be academically i more re udvanced than
' boys iti the younger age Broup.” "

"U.S. but government leaders say: permission’h

. attack on Hiroshima in 1945 and who now is prealt
" inadman might set off the next nuclear holocatis

"resources spent on armaments but until we can noe a

‘| cissues.as the withdrawal or continued. presence

eo VANCOUVER (CP) — Summer camp. For those for-
tunate enough to have had the experience, it would be hard
“to. forget the recreation-filled: days’ and. the -eveninigs of.

mt an

or mone, homtioned? Le

: The pilot camps offered two-and: three-day sessione it *

oni

8éa8 ons are limited to 90 minutes, followed by: r) ab. a
ininute recreation break, Chitty eaid. Each day.the children. :
get at least. three hours: of instruction and, another “80: ro
«minutes of free.time at the. terminals. i
-More tian 70 per cent of the doctors surveyed approved’ e

Untike- sporty: progréms there aré no. comiputer com: s pe
petitions: “We Just let them progress, at thelr own speed,” we

Hegiatration leans ‘jueavlly iowards boys + = about | per : =
4. LJ will eventually leave the camp of the-sadical.

vention; Dr. Bemard Lown baid Canada is complicating the

whole disarmament process by allowing ‘the testing on the

U.S; ‘cruise missile on its land. a, ; ;
‘Canada has signed an-arms testing agream:

been ‘given for testing -the missile, =
“The Harvard University ‘professor told. ‘eanWentton
delegates that faulty early: ~warning computers or-human
“aberrations” could plunge the ‘World into ‘nuclear: warfare,
- He said a U.S. Senate committee: reported - 3708; false
alarms in 18 months In the system that warns of attacks -—
with: 147 ‘of them ‘serious enough to require - further
evaluation and: four ‘that: “nearly led tb Ba ‘nuclear’ e%

cliange.”

“Human fallibility can ‘play. an even ‘more - portent

pole," .he-said, reporting that. about 115,000" 'U.S.. Military
' personnel have access to riiclear weapons or thelr Control.

“And ‘every year -since ‘the U.S. - defence: department

started a.program. to, weed out potentially dangerous staff,

. + about 5,000 are released for such reasons a9 alcoholism,
"Hard “drug. abuse: and. -paychological and. getpiinary
.” problems, he: sald. : ;

“God only knows! what goes on ‘in the Soviet U
‘A “Fapanése docto? who: treated victims of the, ‘fucleat

service clib’ ‘organization also expressed . con
Dr. Hirojo Mukasa, a psychiatrist, sald a.

“fering from psychosis .or hallucination can: take i actin

‘which could set off a ‘holocaust. " _
Mukasa ‘said all people agree that a nuclei

wanted: the disagreement Is on how-to prevent,
VAM responsible people decry the amount of. mo

_ Choice for Syria

The poker game in the Middle Bast has.come.
toa turning point.:The participants of. the com-.
plicated process’ are.dealing with such; idelicate

” of foreign troops ‘in. Lebanon and “such a
relative issue as the sovereignty of the Lebanese
_|  State.at'a'time when President Gemayel’s power
“exceeds. no further than his palace. When the
. game: was over and: the. agreement ‘had: been
signed: it’ suddenly appeared’ that 2 new: par-
 ticipant: was ‘looking for ‘a-place around: the
‘table.. The USSR, removed from-Middle East
- political life’ ten. “years ago, is making: a:
desperate attempt to come back, The: airlift
from Mos¢ow to Damascus, ‘carrying hundreds
of tons. of the newest equipment. and most
- sophisticated weapons -: was. “designed
enocurdge President Hafez: Assad of Syria’ nol
to follow the.moderate line of the majority of
: or ‘coutitries with _Tegard to the Lebanese
crisis Lee
‘The: Kremlin uised the fact that Syria, having
forty thousand troops. in’ Lebanon:and
- dominating. seyéral powerful ‘factions of the .
- Lebanese Political spectrum -actually has. the
right ‘of veto’ over. tie: difficult agreement
-.feached ‘by Israel, -| banon and the United
., States about’ the. withdrawal of foreign troops
. | from Lebanese soil. If Damascus decides not to
move its army from thé:Bekaa valley together.
with” an estimated’. fifteen: thousand “PLO
- guerillas the Israelis would’ have “0 choice: but
 |- to stay in Lebanon.
~. Taking into cnsideration. ithe: fact that only
one. hundred: metres, divides the. Syrian army
and PLO units: from‘ the Israeli troops, one
-’ §park could. ingnite the-most devastating, Mid-
die East-war ever fought. .The Soviets managed,
© convince. President ‘Assad that. they would
; come to his aid.if needed, which. means if the
_ War takes an undesirable turn. What the Syrian
President does not’ know is that’ under ‘no cir-
> etimstantes ‘Would ‘the Kremlin involve ‘itself
‘direvtlyin ‘a milifary conflict: in .the Middle:
© |: Bast. “Belng” brilliant strategists; the Soviet
be ‘political 'thinkérs: have not the slightest doubt
2 a peel Sythy woukbimmediately. be defeated: by
oP dsradd tashas happened in previous-wars in-that
vitae Heh ng sa, ia exactly, what Moscow wants to
ge then, ithe, only .condition on”

at

oe i which hictegine f Khater Assad. would be able
_- | to survive would eat viel assistance and
|: that would make Moscow ‘a dontnating power, .

al least in Syria, and the’ Soviet political and.
military presence there syolitd” be less _Shakey .
: thari itis now.
“The West has: an opportunity to éxplain this

to President Assad. However; 1 doubt thatthe
U.S. State. Department understands the prin=:
-ciplés on which the Soviet Middle East strategy
ds based. If-it does, there isa chance that Syria ,

_ Atab states atid wilt join the moderate regimes.
. In the search for peace in the Middle Rast,"
. “That area has never been sd close eit to
a ie Peace ¢ orto wat ais is it is ow... S