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Pants (AFP) — In the year 2025, nearly three quirtars of

the world’s old people will be Iiving in Third Warld esun, °

_ ties, United Nations estimates Andicate, ° 1)

oe The older-than-604;, ‘who numbered: 350 miliion in 1978;

- Will be S90 milion in the year 2.000 and 1,120 millon, a B'century ‘later...

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- The first world conference on: "United Nations opens in Vienna rede

_ and its repercussions an Society, chfefly in healih care’aind ,Fetlrement. y

uf "Most countries in Asie, Africa end South Auris have no

_ #eneralized retirement; health and’ welfare schemes and _ the standard of living of old people is low. m o

"In Costa ‘Rica, for example, one state. which has.

ss established a relatively modest: retirement ‘scheme, there

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France's move to defy the U. S. on the _- Siberian gas pipeline Issue was well timed last -week, coming just. hours after Gen. Wojciech _Jaruzeiski’s propaganda announcement of the ‘so-called easing of martial law. i”

'-~- What U.S. President Ronald Reagan wants.

‘from Moscow and Warsaw before he's willing to lift the ban on U.S. equipment for the ‘pipeline: Relax martial law In Poland, free

political prisoners, revive a dialogue with.the -

Solidarity union. .

None of these conditions have been met. ‘Solidarity leaders stitl remain in prison, and,

‘while a few members are: released:from prison,: ;

nothing has really been accomplished. Martial law has been relaxed as long as no-one Is Solidarity makes a move outside the boun- darles of the socialist system and the Pollsh Party of Workers. In reality martial law has not been retaxed at all. The Polish government jis still talking with Solidarity leaders, but only “in the interrogation rooms.

Now the soclalist-communist government in France says that the U.S..and Europe Is" un:

dergoing a “progressive divorce.” It is easy to

‘See who still loves freedom. The U.S: Is @emanding freedom for Poland but Europe is eager to be harndssed to. the yoke of. Soviet dependency on Siberian fuel. Remember what OPEC did once it got the West dependent o on Its

_ oil supply?

‘Oll and power go ‘hand in hand today. Moscow's. offering of Siberian gas Is only designed to bring Europe under Its control. Meanwhile, the world thinks the U.S. conditions have been. met In Poland, while nothing has

accomplished except a neat propaganda ¢ampaign for the Kremlin. i]

Letters to | the Editor. - Pay ere

To tie Editor, _ ”

Allan MacEachen’s June budget i is a tragic case of an opportunity wasted, The partial de-indexing of personal exemptions is an ill-disguised grab for more tax: money from those still fortunate enough. to have a job. The tum- bling stock prices and our sinking dollar’ show what: the - financial markets think of this budget with iis record deficit -

a projected $19.55 billion. That’s more: than ‘the entire .

io7a-74 federal budget.

$Oneo! the many failings of the budget was that it did little ® cut and restrain government spending. .For instanice,

while civil servants are being forced toaccept a six per cent

ipcrease and while other taxpayers are being threatened —.

“fil either accepting that ceiling or having wage controls

inposed, the government's foreign aid budget will rise 17.67 er cent to a staggering $1.724 billion. The federal govern-

pent will have toborrow money at 17 per centor moretobe —

le to give it away or to lend it at three per cent interest to @ likes of Marxist Grenada and Tanzania, .

CIDA has recently announced that they-have earmarked

00 million over the. next five years ‘to communist China,

ina, however, itsn’t so- poor that. they weren't able to spratch Up $1 million t contribute to the PLO. : 7

E If Canada is ever to struggle out of the present economic. eas, the government simply must start putting the in- ts of Canadians first. One of the major causes of high terest rates is the federal deficit, The insatiable debt- dden federal government soaks up huge aums of capital us making it harder for businessmen, farmers, and’ meowners to borrow the money they need. As a start ard erasing the deficit, we recommend the proposal of MP John Gamble who urged. the government to slash’. é eign ald by 80 per cent. 7 Paul Fromm, Research Director

Don Schaffer -

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Were 125,000 older-than-60s in 1960, or 6.3 per ceft-of.the .

"population. The figure will double in 20 years. But already . the additional burden of paying a pension to 125 000'people is posing problems for local authorities,

‘In Brazil, Mexico and Nigeria, the number of old people © will have increased respectively 15, 13 and 12-fold between. 1950 and 2025, In contrast, the increase will only be between _ two and five times for the Soviet: Unlon, the United States, Italy and Weat Germany.

Haitian reunion. a miracle -

CHICAGO (AP) —~ When Acceus Serrant fled from Haiti four years ago, he hoped one day his wife could join him. She finally arrived, but only as the soft-spoken hospital janitor lay terminally ill with leukemia.

“It's like a miracle — for him, for her and for is,” said ‘Trudy-Coplan, social services director atthe suburban Skokie Valley Community Hospital,’ |

The reunion Sunday came only after. ettorts by hospital workers and the mother of a U.S. senator to obtain, State Department permission for the visit, .

“T didn't think people would bring themselves. out to help _ 80 much,” said. Serrant, 47, -

Serrant came to work at the hospital after he fled Haiti in 1978 and was granted political asylini in the United States. He left his wife, Marie-Louina, and their five children in Haiti. : .

While in the United States, he sent every penny he could

‘spare ta his family, hoping they could one day join him. ; But about a month ago, Serrant was diagnosed as having.

leukemia,’ and he began to deteriorate “very, . very’ rapidly, Said hospital spokesman Patricia Brown. Although

heisreceiving chemotherapy, he 1s not expected to recover, . .

‘she said.

Because hospital workers knew about Serrant’s 3d-year- -

old wife, they began to investigate ways of bringing her to seehim. ok ”

SEATTLE (AP) — Security for the arrival of the nuclear Submarine Ohio next m nth ia so tight that the state will, eda germistce 1 Hest Tee ost Guard to coritinué Work on the new Hood Canal Bridge while the sub ; passes through the Strait of Juande Fuca. my .

Under Coast Guard regulations being disputed in federal _ _ court, about 30 kilometres of Hood Canal would be closed to -

virtually all unauthorized, non-military personnel until the §60-foot (170-metre} ‘Ohio docks at. the new submarine base at Bangor. |

_, A second security zone of an area 900 metres around the sub ig planned when the sub is moored at Bangor and may

remain in effect when the Ohio leaves, said James Walker,

alternate port captain for the Coast Guard: oe

‘After a hearing on the legality of the security zones

Friday, U.S. District Judge Barbara Rothstein told at-

torieys for the government and opponents of. the security ,

zone to work out a compromise.

World | population se )

and 1970 reaches 3 74 in 18 ‘years time.

fein in‘Asia, the woéld’'s most y populated region,

‘that the Bereentage of old people's. expanding fastest,

"Dating the mex 29 years, the total population of. Eastern aad Souther Asia will increase by roughly §2 per cent, hut “the rate o f ‘increase for those jin: the older- “tna-605. 3 ane bracket will be 102 per cént, - * “By the year 2,000, because of a: falling bifth rate and tae ’ creased life-expectancy, nearly half the old‘ people inthe World’ will live” dn. Asta’ = ‘proximately, -UON- researchers have found. that: developing: Asian Countries, facing. more urgent. ‘problema, hava been | “overtaken” by. the ‘aging ‘of their population. er,, 86 a. result }d? urban development, in- dustrialization and educatiéi ; families now tend to disperse and ¢an no Tonger afford the traditlonal ‘Support to aged

relatives. .. beer observed in Africa,

The same. phenomenon. has where the number of older-than-60s is expected to Teach 4 million at the end’of the century... ~....

‘in Latin America if current trends continue, there will be 19 ean more old people at the turn of the century than at: presen

< Thelr number will increase at a-rate of 2 per cent compared with 65 per cent for the population as a whole, as average life expectancy Which was 47 years’ between 1065

“He la a special employee, and their hearts went out ‘to “him,” said Janine Raymorid, co-chairman of a program to.

~~help Haitian refugees. Hoapital workers contacted her in an _ attempt to help Serrant.

A lawyer for Serrant had been unable, working through

: reguiar State Department. shannels, to get a temporary - visa for Mrs, Serrant. So hospital employees sent a letter. signed by more than 200 people asking Senator Charles

‘Percy (Rep. Il.) to help.

.. Even Percy's mother, Elizabeth, was contacted —. by a. friend who heard of Serrant’s plight from one of the hospital workers.

Mrs. Percy arranged to have someone {rem the hospital

call one night when her son was visiting, aid Scott Cohen, a Percy aide. The next. day, Percy called the State Depart. ‘

; ment. . “The State Department at first turned down Percy's

request, then relented and gave Mrs. Serrant a (0-day visa, Cohen sald.: “They are often concerned about foreigners coming and > staying,” Cohen said, “But this was clearly a humanitarian, situation.” - _ Serrant’s fellow staffers were , prssent Sunday to greet Mrs. Serrant, who speaks no English, give her a bouquet of “roses and escort-her to her husband's room.

With a broad smile, she embraced and kissed him.

Submarine security tight :

Walker said he expects permission to continue work on * the bridge. tobe santed,, Otherwise, the state would haye to. suspend work for about six hourmfs os ecu beet? on 5

Work on the bridge is slightly: ‘behind schedule but state

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. Officials say the span is tll expected to open by early.

November. :

‘The western half af, the bridge sank in r violent wind: _Storm in 1979. The security zone will become ™ effective Aug. 4 or ' whenever the Ohio enters the waters of northwestern Washington and could remain in ect until the end of the. year,

Restrictions apply to. all structures on the part- ‘of the canal to be closed, including private docks. Property

- owners would not be allowed on their docks without Coast~

Guard permits... Walker said permits would be granted: in most eases.

UNESCO conference open

MEXICO CITY (AP) ~ Western culture’s dominance of

‘what the people of the Third World read and’watch will ©

come under fire again at UNESCO's second world cultural conference opening in Mexico-€ity today.

Sources: close to the UN. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization said the United States and other western countries won't be able to prevent the. two-week

“” 400-country conference from adopting recommendations

that governments do nidre to regulate cultural pursuits, especially in the field of communications. _ ' _ ‘The conference will see a renewal of the drive by Third World countries, which UNESCO Director General Amadou Mahtar M’Bow of Senegal has fostered, for a “new world information order’’ to replace western newa agencies “by national news agencies in Asia, Africa and Latin America. - Governments of the developing countries say that their news media are dependent for news on western agencies that ignore their special needs. They also say that the western. media, ‘in. reporting from. their countries, con- centrate. on news unfavorable to them and ignore favorable news. a

“, The ‘western media say that UNESCO. proposals to .

~ Quebec

- OTTAWA (oP) —

; land

The federal cabinet has. set Feb. 1 as

_ the proclamation date for controversial legislation that

‘would permit expropriation of Quebec land for a. ‘Newfoundland sponsored hydroelectric corridor to export markets. -

The legislation received. royal issent earlier this month. after the government agreed to. postpone proclaiming for six months sections that extend the. powers of the National:

Energy Board to cover hydroelectric transmission lines. :

* In broad’ terms, those sections allow ihe ‘board: to. _ authorize ‘expropriation of: land in’ Any province for ‘ine

terprovincial or international power lines,

‘But debate. on the legislation focused on its potential impact on the dispute between yebee and Newfoundland over power contracts. _

Energy Minister | Mare ‘Lalonde, who" proposed ihe .

amendment during | final - Commons ‘debate ..on. the. legislation, sald the' delay ‘might. give the: two provinces — time to resolve thelr differences: ©. ' ‘A cabinet order setting. the-Feb.1 proclamation date was approved last week, mo, .

“strengthen the national” news agencies “will increase government’ control over the media and journalists,

The draft agenda for the conference says modern com- munications have.led to the development of “cultural in-

dustries”’ that cari “cover the globe with their distribution :

networks. " a

“They are thus able to. ‘encourage mediocrity; to stan- “dardize tastes, to distort certain cultural values and to affect the behavior patterns of-many population groups.”

-. ‘The conference will also debate culture and society, ef-

forts to preserve the heritage of disappearing cullures,.

establishment of new historical districts, ‘cultural co- |

, operation and “measures to foster. artlatic and intellectual creativity.”

UNESCO sources said the. Soviet Union, Cuba ‘ond other Communist countries are expected to introduce resolutions Calling for disarmament and | an end to neo-colonialism, and racism. ‘

The 1,000. delegates include Greek Culture Minister

’ Melina: Mercouri, the actress, film director Costa Gavras, . aclor Charlton Heaton and writers Simone de Beauvoir,

Louis Aragon and James Michener..

| expropriated _

- Under the existing contract, Newfoundland Is obliged to. :8ell most of the Churchill Falls power. in’ Labrador. to Quebec until 2041 at low prices set before oil prices, shot up ‘fa''the 1970s. Quebec then resell the, electricity at highier *

"prices. .

Newfoundland wants the contract rewritten, but the ‘two.

_ provinces have. been unable to. come to terms on the issue. -

Once the new jegislation is - proclaimed, Newfoundland ..

‘will be able to apply. to the National” Energy Board for. : ‘permission to.bulld its own hydro transmission system:

though Quebec to export markets.

application as soon af possible, although it has been critical

of the federal gove: that would have alldwed it to wield power. through Hydro -- Quebec's existing ttahsmiasion facilities.

Meanwhile, the contract dispute has worked its way to the : Aupreme Court of Canada after a Newfoundland. Court- of--

Appeal decision to allow. the province to break its éeyear-—

; old contract with Quebec. © . Quebec has appealed the verdict and the Supreme Court io expected to rule next ot monty! cad

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_OTTAWA YIEWPOINT

by JM FULTON” | _Skeena. mP =

380; out of. $00" millian -ap- —

«After the fiasco of Inst November’ ‘5 budget, we all shared ~“ahope that the Liberals bad learned some hard economic

. lessons. But once again, Canadian have waited in valn'for © «

-. the government to provide economic leadership.

There is, in this budget, no committment to bring down

‘the crippling interest rates [hat have paralyzed our economy, attacked our housing industry, crippled small

business and destroyed the security of workers all across .

the land, There,ia no constructive program to reduce the double digit inflation that threatens the well-being -of

millions of Canadians, And (here are no serious initiatives.

tostimulate the econamy and put the more than two mfitien

unemployed back to work. smn ‘rere are some modest tax breaks for investors. .

’ But in the midst of a record4ong recession, | ‘businesses have 3 already indicated that {the government's - band-aid

measures are not what the doctor ordered. And the $9000 to

"> first-time homebuyers sounds good too, Until you realize . that with mortgage rates a¢ 20 per cent.the required income ; for an average family house in close to $15,000 higher than

what the average family earns. But worst of all, the .

vernment’s job creation proposals are nothing short of Sametul. At most, 89,000 jobs will be created - bringing down the rate of unemployment by a whopping 1 per cent.

In short, this budget Is an admission of failure and a prescription for continued hard times.

But it's more than that. It's mean spirited and. petty ;

minded.’ What else can you call a document that cuts back on the automatic indexing of 900,000.pensions to. senior

citizens who receive more than the princely sum of 0008. year? What other adjectives could you use for aneconomic

program that makes scape goats of the public. service, ‘partially de-indexes family allowances, and cuts to 6 per cent the annual increase in personal income tax deductions

of.ordinary working people? All measures that will take .

“$2.6 billion out of Canadian pockets over the next 20 months

"a move that will reduce consumer spending, restrain the economy and put those same Canadians further behind than ever in their fight against inflation, . ~

' The only way out of this economic mess is tor Finance

Minister MacEachen to resign and make way for some new ideas that can get this country prodacing, working and

- Moving again.

“VICTORIA REPORT

by FRANK HOWARD cSkegna MIA. el

How would you like it If I sent you a Christmas card but

"made you pay for the card before Lsent it to you and then ‘charged the postage to you as well? You would probably tell -

me to go someplace else. But, what {f you didn't know that ‘ you had pald for the card?

That is exactly the case with Socred Cabinet ministers, They have been sending custom printed Christmas cards, at costs of up to $3,000 plus postage for which you pald. They simply ordered the Christmas cards and then had the

printer send the, bill to government for payment, And your

‘penerous government paid for them,

We have been examining the billa and. invoices for , . ‘Cabinet - expenses and probably: the most infamous _ Fevelations had to do with wine at $87.50 a bottle and Braodway Bob's “‘Ilmousine and sugar babies” soiree in :

New York, But, there is more-—- much more.

for. Coffee for .a minister’s visitors, coffee for himself, coffee far the people working in his office. Everywhere else

_ we have a fund paid for by employees themselves to buy their owi coffee. Not in a minister's office, You pay for that. And, you pay for the sugar and the milk and the coffee filters, and the spoons, and the cups,-and the saucers, And

theserviettes, and the — well the list goes on and on and on.

We heard testimony before the Public Accounts. Com: mittee where a Cabinet minister, earning some ' $65,000 a "year, takes a deputy minister to lunch. The deputy minister earnd some $60,000-a year, Yet neither one of them pay for lunch, You, the taxpayer, pay for it.

There's a lot of talk these days about restraint, much of it ;

coming from the mouths of the same people who make you pay for thelr Christmas cards and their custom-made clothing, We have’a Cabinet in B, C, who enjoy the idea of

' For example bills for coffee have been run up and paid _

spending other people’a money so much that they want. — _

further restraints on tose’ other people so they, the. Cabinet, . can continue on their spénding binges.

So far this session, we in the New Democratic Party biaver

moved motions to reduce the funds for Cabinet ministers,

for their travelling expenses, for their offices expenses (tea

~ pots and coffee filters) for their advertising {Christians

Cards). Every. motion we have put forward has ‘been . defeated by the Socreds, Every time we in the NDP have -put forward motions to restrain ministers in their profligate.

ways Uhey have rallied behind their leader to keep 0 on i the “ course’ of excessive expenditures, -

So far this session we have tried te reduce such’ govern. :

* ment excesses by some $52,000,000. Think what $52,000,000,

would mean if it were in your pockets rather than in the |

* packets of the fqvernment $52,000 Christmas car and a: Tot. ¢ But the Socreds: have sald are ‘more importa than groceries fc for you.

0,000 would buy a lot. of

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