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_| HALIFAX(CUP)-About 700
_| people marched in downtown
| Halifax Wednesday in a de-
| Monstration against increas-
| ing unemployment.

| Chanting ‘‘we want work‘
and ‘we need jobs‘, the
Demonstrators paraded
| through downtown Halifax,
circled the provincial legisla-
| ture and congregated in front
| of the Unemployment Insur-
| ance Commission building.

‘| More than 200 marchers
| were delegates attending the
'|}22nd annual convention of
|the Nova Scotia Federation
| of Labour.

Representatives from the
| National Union of Students,
|the Voice of Women, the
| Nova Scotia Labour and Re-
|search Support Centre, the
‘| Halifax Committee of the

 

| Edmonton (CUP)--- New

| Brunswick Premier Richard
| Hatfield Sept 25, told Can-
ada‘ . Council of Ministers of
Education to ‘‘review the
| state of minority education in
| each province, and to report
| back to each premier within
| five months.‘

'|- Hatfield, who chaired the
18th annual premier‘s con-
'| ference in St. Andrews in

August, said he was speak-
| ing on behalf of nine pre-

‘| mier‘s (excluding Quebec's
| Rene Levesque), and sug-
_ | gested to the ministers that if
| the provinces cannot act on

WINNIPEG(CUP)-The Univ-
| ersity of Winnipeg‘s Board
of Regents is investing en-
| dowment money in corpora-
tions accused of discrimina-
| tion, exploitation and part-
|aership with military reg-
| imes.
| These companies include
|the Aluminum Company of
‘Canada, (ALCAN), Noranda
‘Mines Limited, and the Int-
| ernational Nickel Company

 

| WATERLOO (CUP)--Admi-

| Waterloo have backed down
jon a rigid language testing
| policy after more than 40
| percent of the students who
| took the exam failed.

‘| The tests were introduced
| because of what university
| president Burt Matthews
| termed'‘concern in the press
} and education over the lack

| of ability of students to meet

   
  

‘| Students were required to
| achieve a 5o percent score on
| 40 multiple choice questions
| and a 300 to 500-word essay.

‘| minimal writing standards.“‘ .

Unemployed and the Cana-
dian Union of Public Emplo-
yees,also took part in the
protest.

Labour Federation presid-
entGerald Yetman told prot-
estors there is a connection
between unemployment and
social problems such as
drinking and suicide.
‘“Why do people have to be
killing people to get. jobs
when we have full employ-
ment feeding the world‘s
hungry people? Desperate
people will do deperate
things. The federal gover-
ament has a responsibility to
meet social needs,‘‘ Yetman
said,

Fred Windsor, of the union

of the Unemployed, said:

“We're fed up. We must
continue organzing and get

“this important and urgent
issue ... then no one can
act.‘*

At a press conference after
a three-hour closed session
with the council, which is
meeting in Edmonton until
Tuesday, Hatfield said that if
the initiative taken by the

premiers at St. Andrews was |

not followed through, it
would result in ‘‘an unde-
sirable situation:for those of
us who. support a Canada
whole. ‘‘

According to the premier,
that situation in its worst
form ‘‘would be one where
the population of Quebec

U of W president H: Duck
worth said the investments
provide a ‘‘good return for
the university‘‘ and added
that any ‘‘investments which
might return amounts of
money beneficial to the uni-
versity are considered. ‘‘

The university president
said all the mentioned busi-
nesses are legally incorpo-
rated, obeying the laws of
Canada, and contributing to

~ Waterloo
backs down

Originally, the tests were to
be compulsory for all first
year students, and students
who failed the tests were to
have attended ‘‘a special
non-credit writing clinic be-
fore sitting to write the exam
again.‘

But following release of the
exam results Sept. 22, U of
W official Ken Ledbetter
indicated that students

might be ‘‘exempted‘‘ from
the clinic. and the literacy
program if they were able to
complete a ‘‘decent‘‘six sen-
tence paragraph.

| 700 demonstrate

more community support. ‘‘
Don Soucy of the Nationa
Union of Students stressed
there is not one solution for
student unemployment and
another for general unemp-
loyment. “‘It‘s everyone‘s
problem and we must work
together, ‘‘he said.

The march, organized join-
tly by the Halifax Dartmouth
Coalition of the Unemployed
and the Provincial Federa-
tion of Labour, was the result

‘of a summer of planning

action to fight unemploym-
snt-<in ~ Nova ,” Scotia.

Windsor announced there
would be a soup kitchen for
the unemployed after the
demonstration.

“*Yes, ‘‘he said, ‘‘This is the
30‘s.‘*

| Ministers review education

desired independence. ‘‘
Admitting the problem
should have been dealt with
sooner, he told reporters that
the reaction of education
ministers to his statement
was “‘that they would give
the question very positive
consideration. However, he
added he could not foreseee
any “‘solid recommendations
coming to light by Tuesday. ‘‘
A resolution issued by the
premiers in St. Andrews
committed them to making
“their best efforts to provide
instruction in education in
English and French where-
ever numbers warrent.‘‘

Endowment funds invested

the country by employing
many people.

The university has 75,000
shares in ALCAN, a multi-
national corporation which
has interests in two South
African industries: Huletts
Aluminum Ltd. and Silicon
Smelters Ltd.

In 1973, ALCAN‘s treat-
ment of its black workers was
documented. A report done
by Hugh Nangle for the
Montreal Gazette showed
the majority of blacks work-
ing for ALCAN were making
below the recognized poverty
line. The story said blacks
were not allowed to train for
skilled jobs and hence cut off
from earning higher wages.

INCOalso has interests in
South Africa, as well as a
subsidiary in Guatemala,

Mining analysts forRichar-
dson Securities said recently

-that INCO may have to lay

off Canadian workers in or-
der to offset losses incurred
in their Guatemalan opera-
tions. Experts say no matter
how much money the South
American mine loses INCO
can‘t close it due to the
“politically sensitive‘‘ atmo-
sphere that exists in the
country.

300 Students poisoned

HAMILTON(CUP)-As many

as 300McMaster University
residence students suffered
what may have been food
poisoning after eating dinner
at the residence commons
building Sept.16.

Students from four resid-
ences began reporting to the
university‘s student health
service at 4am the following
morning, all complaining of
nausea and diarrhea and all
saying they had eaten gravy
and meat at the commons
building the previous night.

Preliminary reports from
the Hamilton-Wentworth
health unit said the 53 repor-
ted» cases of suspected food
poisioning were caused by a
high bacteria count in the
gravy served with dinner.

One residence representa-
tive said ‘‘there were a lot of
people who were ill and
didn‘t report to health sery-
ices.‘‘ Estimates of those ill
have ranged as high as 300.
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CAFETERIAS

ector Siede Salamy has said
that the illnesses may have
been caused by a virus
infection, and added ‘‘the
reason food is immediately
suspected is because it is so
volatile. ‘‘

But Helen Linkert, health
services director of nursing
said ‘‘the symptoms which
the students displayed defi-
nitely suggested poisoning. ‘‘

She said most people were .

sick for one day, and were
better after they were given
medication,

Health unit inspector J.
McCalla said health unit
staff were taking samples
from cafeteria workers. He

added:‘‘Perhaps this will’

help us in determining how
the food was contaminated.

- However, it is possible that

we will be unable to tell
whether it was a person who
contaminated the food or
whether there was some
other reason for contamina-
tion. ‘‘

   
 

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