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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1974-03-07, Page 12SIR PAGE 4 ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS r: $ 'f'' 1 :I :a > Y, t 4 Why not a system of quota ? If Canadians are disturbed about the possible depletion of our electric power, 011, gas and wood pulp through excessive exports to the United States it must be remembered that a drastic cut- off of these commodities southward could result in an equally drastic upset to our economic stability. We need American steel for Canada's automobile production as much as that country needs our oil and gas. Would it not be more reasonable to conserve our natural re- sources by planning a program of conservation which would amount to scheduling the rate of our resources' development over a number of years? This rationing type of conservation is practised in Sweden as a matter of national economic policy. In every field involving the use of a national resource annual quotas are set which no industry can exceed. This limits com- mercial development in each field to an annual figure. Such quotas can differ for different industries and, following regular surveys, can be revised. It is felt that such systematic rationing of production in the field of natural resources has other advant- ages --not only in preventing looting by possibly unscrupulous developers, but in serving to stabilize the entire Swedish econ- omy by providing regular employment in these industries from year to year without mass lay-offs. It also prevents over -prod- uction, and thus market sluts, with resultant lower prices for Swedish products in world markets, Such a quota system calls for a type of managed economy for which Canada at the moment may not be prepared, but some thought might be given to the idea, rather than going all-out for drastic immediate cuts which could affect this country's econ- omy unfavorably. (contributed. r` 4 o '';' ire k.: h c,+' n s rva d o 7 No one denies the need for greater conservation of Canada's natural resources, but does it mean hoarding against a possible future far -removed emergency, and in the process ignoring the present drastic needs of the world at large? The term conserv- ation is frequently used in a generalized and often vague sense, with no figures or data supplied regarding the actual extent of our natural resources or their rate of depletion. All Canadians approve of the preservation of this country's natural beauties of field, forest and stream --of its bird and animal life but no arbitrary decision to restrict the development of northern Canada's almost unlimited electric power resources, or the carrying of oil by pipeline across northern Canada, should be made without more complete facts and figures. Our future world is pictured by extreme conservationists as a land reduced to barren ugliness, with Canadians deprived not only of a future means of livelihood, but of such actual • necessities as electric power, gas and oil, which contribute so much to our standard of living. Such folk demonstrate a compl- ete lack of faith in mankind's almost unlimited ability to mould, change and adjust to unfavourable conditions of both climate and environment. It is these qualities of adaption and innovat- ion which have raised homo sapiens above the animal world. "Ten years from now, " authorities tell us, "nuclear energy should be generating about one-third of our electric power, and by the year 2, 000 over half of it," And atomic blasts, we are told, could be used "to dig coal through solid rock virtually instantly by the use of fissionable devices." Let's not be pessimistic. Let us remember that man is greater than his environment and, given thought, can control and change it. (contributed) Thrway I='etiler Hon! Our principal product is not progress, it's garbage. A possible slogan for today is "Be careful how you throw it away!" You know what happens when you cast your detergents on the waters --or dump your sludge in the oceans. All that glitters likely as not litters --especially when you think of pop bottles, beer cans or aluminum foil. Cellophane is a pain when it lies mainly in the lane. It was bad enough when all we had to worry about was what we threw away in the picnic areas or the ditches beside the highways. Now we've got to watch what we throw away in space. It has been reported that a 40 -pound chunk of space debris, some metal from a U.S.-launched space piiobe, crashed to earth in Cuba and killed a cow. A recent count of orbiting objects was 624 satellites and 2,349 pieces of debris. Whether it's an ancient jalopy, a piece of tissue stained with lipstick or an old nose cone, you've got to be responsible dis- carders. You must learn how to throw things away intelligently. It doesn 't matter whether you're an actor throwing away a line, a president throwing away tapes or just an ordinary citizen throw- ing caution to the winds. (contributed. ZURICH Citizens NEWS PRINTED BY SOUTH HURON PUBLISHERS' -LIMITED, ZURICH HERS TU.RKHEIM, Publisher Second Class Mail Registration Number 1385ata 4 Member: *PERT" . Canadian Weekly. Newspapers Association tig Ctnterio Weekly Newspapers Association i R µs Subsorlption Rates: $5.00 per year in advance in Canada; $6.00 'in tufted States and Foreign; single -copies 15¢ International Scene (by Raymond Cannon) A LITTLE MORE LEADERSHIP, PLEASE My feelings about Mr. Trud- eau are rather mixed, When he represents Canada abroad, he generally does an excellent job, When he gets home, he tends to re -act rather than act or even to avoid the issues. I am particularly disappoint- ed in the way lie treats the problem of inflation. Unless you are making a real effort to keep up to date on the sub- ject, you might be excused for thinking that Ottawa has all but abdicated in this matter. Recently, Mr. Trudeau was interviewed on the radio about the state of affairs. He claimed that there was very little that the government could do about inflation because of great deal of it was due to higher prices of our imported goods or to people in the country who were bent on taking more out of society than they were willing to put into it. I'm not impressed with this latter group of people and I'm sure you're not either. However, I'd like to look at the Prime Minister's statement in general to show you how much of a cop - Establish ce ttre r sty r eats Again this year, Canada Manpower is estab:ishing a Canada Manpower Centre for students in the Federal Building on East Street, Goderich, and Huron Park. While the official opening will be in April, 1974, the centre is now operating for those students and employers wishing to arrange summer employment now. John Gillespie has been rec- ently appointed as Student Placement Counsellor. John is 26 years old, a graduate of Sir Wilfred Laurier University and resides in the Zurich area. One of the centres primary responsibilities will be to prov- ide access for young people to existing jobs, and for employers to available workers, This will be done by - referral of qualif- ied persons to available sum- mer job opportunities. (Visiting, informing, and soliciting job orders from area employers) - Soliciting job orders from area employers. - Counselling students on how tc find summer employment. - Referring students to suitable summer positions. Most area employers will be contacted to encourage summer employment and all the area high schools will be visited to inform the students of the serv- ices available and to encourage early registration. LIVESTOCK SNIPPING TO TORONTO UNION STOCK YARDS Dunn and Levack Every Monday All Loads Fully Insured" CONTACT Campbell McKinley RR 1, ZURICH Phone 262-5430 nommousameirattnicallemnimmtammviensmarbounotemo THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1974 that inflation is caused by people who take more out of society than they put into it, If that is the case, what is the government doing about such people? Does the government know who they are or was Mr. Trudeau's statement just a general ane commenting on the situation without doing any- thing about it. If Mr. Trudeau does know who these people are, what is he doing about it? This is most assuredly not the time to pussy- foot around -- not with an infl- ation rate of 9.13/0 and a 100/0 rate projected for 1974. • It is sometimes argued that things are bad in all the indust- ralized countries and that infl- ation in Europe is running into double figures. However, the fact of the matter is that, while some countries undoubtedly have more inflation than Can- ada, others are doing better and it is in this latter group that Canada should belong. What really surprises me is that our Prime Minister seems tc lose the dynamic qualities he possesses at a time when the country could really use them. I wonder what it will take to light a fire under him as far as inflation is concerned. out it is. First of all, I grant that there is frequently little that can be done to control prices on goods brought into the country. If the Chinese want to raise the price of rice or the Japanese the cost of radios, we just have to go along with it. However, in case you haven't noticed, the Canadian dollar has, in the last little while, gone up by 30./0 in terms of the American dollar, Technically then, the price that we pay for imported goods should have come down by 30/0. 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