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Chronicle Staff Jon Klassen, a member of the K-W Peace and Justice Group said his organization will work to convince these companies to "convert their production from weapons of war to something which is socially useful." To get this message of peace across. more than 350 people marked their Palm Sunday by joining in a "parade for peace" from Waterloo's Seagram Stadium to Victoria Park in Kitchener. which had as its theme Disarmament Starts at Home. Local peace groups are "Starting the Peace Race" by focussing public protest on Kitchener and Waterloo companies involved in the production of military equipment or compo- nents. Council again Klassen said the march was designed to bring to public attention "how many arms manufacturers are heated here _ we're trying to get people to realize how much is going on in "Too often we only look at this from the national level and we aren't paying attention to what is happening here at home," he continued. According to a 1983 survey of the armaments industry done by the Legislative Research Service, eight K-W firms are now, or have been in the past. involved in the manufacture of military equipments. These include Centra Machine and Tool Ltd., Electronic Craftsmen, Leigh Instruments Ltd.. and Raytheon Canada Ltd.. of Waterloo. Prime tarpe1 of the curn-nl protest activity, however is Diemaco Inc. of Kitchener, which was recently awarded a $107-million contract by the Department of National Dcfcncc to manufacture automatic rifles. (Comuumd hum [Mar 1) Marchers Sunday were asked to sign a Disarm Diemaco petition, as well as a national Peace Caravan petition requesting an end to Cruise missile testing, and that Canada be deela red a nuclear free lune ment of the petition. which he will send to Immigration Minister John Roberts, saying. "I know you can‘t change federal policy, but you are leaders of people who pay taxes to the federal govem- Local companies 'target' of peace march message These marchers took a lighter approach to getting the peace message across by dressing themselves in clown, jester and Santa cos- tumes. In the petition Joseph said, "The people of those countries are being suppressed and live under sub-human conditions." He added that the policy change will “only enhance their oppression." After 1iiscussing the request, council unani- W00 “0an photo muusly decided nul to vote on it because the matter is out of the city"s jurisdiction. Ald. Doreen Thomas said she was unable to make a _decision on the petition. because she lacked "concrete facts." Ald. Robert Henry The Waterloo Region Peace network will undertake a door-to-door (‘anavas of the region May 19 to collect signatures for the national petition. The march was sponsored by the KW Justice Group and the Peace Society of the University of Waterloo. said he has followed the issue in the media and understood the regulations had to be changed for these four countries because they were “the major abusers ... people were coming in as visitors permits and then dis- appearing." Joseph will take the petition to Cambridge and Waterloo regional councils for their Sup- port. Last week Kitch ener aldermen de [erred the request until they receive additional information from the Employment and [m migration Canada. WATERLOO CHRONICLE. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1984 - PAGE 3 Last week Bette Stephenson, minister of colleges and universities, announced to the Ontario Legislature that University of Waterloo will receive $31.1 million from the provincial. government to build a computer research build- mg. The close collaboration between the university and industry provides a most effective method for technology transfer to industry and a mechanism for the university to maintain relevance in the research and teaching of computers and their applications. The money will be released over a four-year period and will create 1,160 construction jobs with an average duration of 12 weeks. The building will be headquarters for the Institute for Computer Research and will also be the new home for some existing facilities now housed in the math and computer and engineer- ing buildings. ln making the announcement, Stephenson praised UW for its pioneering instincts in many areas of education and its continuing commit- ment to scientific excellence and the promotion of a healthy research department. The university itself has committed another $14 million to this project to equip the new build- ing. This project will provide space for research and teaching activities in many areas of computer science as well as several branches of engineering which have resulted from the widespread use of computers, In addition, the facilities will provide space for specialists from industry to work alongside university re- searchers. In partnership with the government. the University of Waterloo will also provide funding for this project through its own fund-raising activities. Under the chairmanship of Mr John Trevor Eyton. president and chief executive officer. Brascan Ltd.. WATFUND, the universi- ty's fund-raising drive has been most successful and I am pleased to note that the university has undertaken to assume the balance of the cost of this project. Following is a text of Stephenson's statement to the legislature: Mr. Speaker, Over the next four years the government will provide capital assistance of up to $31,] million to the university towards the construction and alteration of facilities for the Institute for Computer Research. Twenty-seven years ago, the University of Waterloo took the innovative idea of co-opera- tive education and pioneered and educational program that has come to be recognized as a vital feature of the university. Today, the University of Waterloo conducts the largest co-operative program in Canada, and the second largest in the world. Recently, the university brought together several first class computer research groups. created over the last ten years, into a single organization known as the Institute for Corm puter Research. The establishment of the institute marks another milestone in the univer- sity's continuing commitment to scientific excellence and the promotion of a healthy research environment. Numerous advanced technology companies such as NCR. Raytheon. Electrohome. Allen- Bradley, etc., which are located in the geo- graphic region have benefitted from the indus- try-university partnership approach to the advancement of education. rvsearch. and tech- nology transfer. The University of Waterloo has served this province well, Mr. Speaker. and today I am pleased to announce the government‘s support for this industry-university partnership. More than 8,000 students and thousands of employers throughout Canada and elsewhere are involved in this successful program which has brought about a close relationship between the university and the industrial community. Computer research at the university dates back to its early beginnings. In 1964, the university developed WATFOR. which was considered a major breakthrough in program- ming language research at the time. This was quickly followed by other successes through the sixties and seventies in software development and computer networking, includ- ing such recent developments as mieroNET. and JAnet. Today. the university's developed software are used under licence by more than 3000 users world-wide. The university's dedication to excellence in teaching and research in computer science and engineering as well as co-operative education has been well received and supported by commerce and industry. Stephehson's announcement brings smiles to UW campus