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) . jatdivision of‘Kitchenerâ€"Waterioo Record ‘Ltd., owner [ 225 Fairway ‘Rd:S., Kitchener, ‘Ont. The «most significant â€"problem facing In the meantime, ‘the governor of the Canadians today is the new economicâ€"elite ‘Bank of Canada makes sufficient salary who have. many kinds of economic power thathe doesn‘t have to personally worry over the individual. â€" about inflation or interest rates. As a result of long periods in power, the In fact, of course, interest rates that are Liberals in:Ottawa, the Tories in Ontario high get reflected in‘higher prices since,.in and the NDP in Saskatchéwan have come Canada, ‘industry and marketing ‘boards to view themselves as the natural rulers. are monopolistic enough :to pass ‘higher They, consequently, view with disdain any costs onito the:consumer but civilâ€"service opposition . increases have tended to match inflation if Also, because of the <workings of our not exceed iit. political system they are able to ignore the umw.mwm needs of ordinary people, turning toâ€"civil . Marc L Wmfifl servants and advertising to make the voter . pricing .=~ to divide ‘the think that the choices are being: made corâ€" ‘between ithe federal and provincial govâ€" rectly. ernments. There has never been a time since the ‘Not very much was left for producing Second World War when the people in this .So‘little, in fact, that.a number country were quite so angry about a of have continued on the trek to the fedéral budget that does nothing to heip ‘United * the economy, about a central bank that is And who pays? bent on ‘bringing about +economic ruin, Of «course ‘the consumer pays ‘both, about a constitution :that ‘includes civil ‘because ithe agreement fails to achieve rights but really takes awayâ€"civilâ€"rights. _ selfâ€"sufficiency in the foreseeable future M'fi‘m?m ‘% hfid in the United on us m: as the: fattened by ‘huge ‘increases in their own ~‘States would not be so bad if that led to self Douglas J. McCready Perhaps the university administration should take the initiative to approach city officials, who seem reluctant to upgrade lighting. After all, UW represents ‘the largest institution not only in that area, but in all of Waterloo. Upon ‘returning ‘to :«classes :or work following the ‘holiday break, University.of Waterloo (UW) studenits :and staff might haveâ€"noticed a : difference. Lights â€"many more‘lights. s iL. For females in particular these ‘lights will probably ‘be a welcome â€"relief. Prior to Christmas, women on campus vocalized :concern, :and sometimes downright fright, about walking on or near campus at night. According to each person we spoke with, concern was heightened after two sexual assaults were reported in the vicinity. But their concerns : may not loom as large now ‘that lighting has been upgraded on ‘the university campus. Officials at UW decided to upgrade lights following a report by the university security head, in which nine specific campus areas were cited as providing "places for assailants It is commendable that the university has acted swiftly on recommendations in the report. Weâ€"chope women will now feel less threatoned when walking alone on campus after dark. But when will the city do its part to improve lighting in parks adjacent to UW‘s campus; namely, Waterloo and Centennial parks? Thousands of people pass ‘by or through these wooded areas each day, en route ‘to the universities or Westmount Place shopping centre. & Since the area is so heavily travelled, we believe better lighting is needed. However, to :date, it appears the city will not act on this situation until specifically asked by a group of concerned â€"citâ€" to conceal themselves." Tel ueieeaeiine the ariiment dortcalle.. _ Cantia‘s eascihigher; Since March 1980, the Bank of Canada to more money for th What it asks for, it just might get. UW‘s campus vu-nom“-un-ou‘wu‘ wnmmmdgu bag 118 a year in United States and Foreign Countries aznh-.iollflh.h Tact, that a number of wmuuwmh United k And who pays? Of «course ‘the consumer pays both, because ‘the agreement fails to achieve costs on :to the.consumer but civil service increases have tended to match inflation if not exceed it. MW. Mervin Leitch and Marc ‘Lalondée ‘negotiated a ~new pricing nznl-lt to divide ‘the m between federal and provincial govâ€" companies. So little, in fact, that a number Publisher: ~Paul Winkler established 1854 16 in Genedia nes Sies t d . allowance of MPs. .Civil servants ‘have a perfectly indexed put six to.eight per cent of ‘his income into A iprivate plan it isn‘t indexed ito iperfectly match inflation â€" ‘the costs mldjnltheu:‘am‘hut&em ment can index either print money or tax, not worrying about the conseâ€" taxable but for MPs remains free of tax. caused this writer to be most ua:‘d:: issue was one pertaining to : ‘percent ‘rate of interest MPs can get to gmmmvwm That news broke a week after the budget in which such lowâ€"interest loans became business will be as a cost of doing *blka They must understand what the farmer â€"or the lawyer or the assembly warker must face daily and the only way to do that is to make the rulers subject to the same rules ought to be prepared to do something about that but we can also change parties at an election. Thus, as an economist, 1 want to see a government that understands the econâ€" omy, knows the problems of maidistribuâ€" ‘tion of income, knows the burdens of high _ Trudeau and Davis have both led their ‘kicks around the disadvantaged. Nor is it leadership regularly that leadership would rest of us. s And, yes , it is a political problem with political solutions. Each individual has a responsibility to More and more it is big government that kicks around the nonâ€"elite â€" that is, the Dr. W economics il{rid Laurier and is a rea I don‘t want a government insulated as HF 4