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â€"Carrier Corne "Can‘t you ask the Government to keep a war from happening"? Can‘t we share the world? It‘s big enough for everyone." This anguished plea came to me from a group of school children at Waterloo‘s Northdale Public School â€" boys and girls too young to have experienced war first hand, but old enough to realize that we are heading for a superâ€"power collision. in which no side can win. Canadians are anxious about jobs and rising interest rates. But they are also hungry for world peace. From all regions of the country they write to me expressing their deep concern for the escalation of the arms race, which they know can jeopar dize the survival of life on earth. not just the satisfaction of a job. Just the other day 1 received a letter from a 7!â€"yearâ€"old grandmother in Aldergrove. B.C., who wrote "to plead for the plants. the animals and for the four billion human beings whose future is now in peril." People often ask me how can a nation like Canada do anything to step up world disarmament, to influence the nuclear powers to halt the rapid escalation of My question to the Minister of the Environment. the Hon. Andy Brandt focused on the release of information a few weeks ago by seven chemical companies admitting that dioxins in the herbicides they manufacture cause gen etic deformities and cancer. I drew to the Minister‘s attention the fact that the companies include Umroy al. located in Elmira. and Dow Chemiâ€" cal. Mr. Brandt‘s response was as follows: "There is....some validity in the comment that some of the chemicals involved in that case may well have been produced at Elmira at the Uniroyal plant. I will look into the matter to see when my ministry was informed." Recently the aboveâ€"named companies reached an outâ€"ofâ€"court settlement in the United States wherein they paid $180 million into a fund which will be used to compensate 15,000 Vietnam veterans and their families. With this in mind. I asked the Minister whether he would undertake additional drilling to determine the dioxins that might be present and to increase the Pam Dorscht Queen‘s Park MPP (Lib., Waterloo North) Herb Epp i Innocent plea ministry‘s monitoring programs to enâ€" sure that the water supply for the town of Elmira is safe. The Minister‘s response was as folâ€" lows: "I am quite satisfied that the amount of control we have on the Elmira site is more than adequate. We have test wells not only on the site but off the site We are attempting to use the best technology available today to determine whether there is any offâ€"site migration of contaminated chemicals." Last week Pat Reid, MPP Rainy River, criticized the government‘s inâ€" creased spending on outside consultants, who he said are displacing civil servants in order to give the impression of beltâ€"tightening. He cited the case of the Ministry of Government Services‘ figâ€" ures which show a 517 per cent increase in spending on outside management consultants from 1977â€"78 to 1982â€"83, when payments went up from $176,000 to more than $1 million. (This is the last regularly scheduled appearance of Queen‘s Park Report. ) Pam Dorscht could rightly be called a "veteran‘‘ Waterloo Chronâ€" icle carrier, since she has been delivering the paper for the past four years. international tensions. | tell them of six middleâ€"power countries from four conti nents _ India. Mexico, Sweden, Greece, Argentina and Tanzamia â€" whose leaders have issued a joint declaration urging the United States, the Soviet Union and the other three nuclear powers to halt all testing. production and deployment of nuclear weapons . This could be a first step to building a program of arms reduction and disarmament, helping to reduce the risk of nuclear war. A 14â€"yearâ€"old student at St. David junior high, Pam delivers in the Sunview/Hickory area of the city, and has been involved with a host of activities. These six nations‘ proposal hopes to break the political impasse created by the intransigence of the two superâ€"powers. Political will is needed to halt the rush toward global suicide.. For if either superâ€"power attacks the other with nuâ€" clear arms, the ensuing "Nuclear Winter® would doom even the innocent bystander countries. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of India urged ‘"all nationalities to stand together on this issue. We are all neighbors on this planet." The Decliaration represents the first time nonâ€"nuclear states have acted toâ€" gether to intervene on an issue usually the exclusive domain of the superâ€"powers. It She belongs to the Youth Bowling League, St. Michael‘s CYO and senior choir, plays baseball in sumâ€" mer and somehow finds time for sewing, latchwork, biking, swimâ€" ming and playing the electric organ. And if that isn‘t enough, Pam ailso babysits, with her Chronicle cusâ€" tomers being among her clients. Sounds like a young woman who knows how to budget her time‘! When she finishes school, Pam would like to become either a secretary or homemaker. Judging from her current activities. she‘l) be fantastic as either. Good luck, Pam. Walter MclL.ean (P.C., Waterloo) advocates putting impartial ideas on the negotiating table. getting leaders to talk, which in turn will influence parliamenâ€" tarians and move public opinion. _ â€" L believe it is a Declaration which the Canadian Government could support. Huâ€" mankind is no longer content to wait on the sidelines while relations between nuclear powers worsen, the threat of war in creases and life decisions are taken by another party. Canada, lamentably. is not a signatory to the Deciaration. When questioned by the Leader of the Opposiâ€" tion, Hon. Brian Mulroney, M.P.. Prime Minister Trudeau in response could only rather feebly allow that he was in "agreement‘‘ with much of the overall thrust of the text. While it had been hoped that he might have been a signatory, "as Leader of the Canadian Government he could not subscribe to some of the specifics." He could only fall back on a defence of the NATO "twoâ€"track decision which. he stated. "precluded any state ment of a nuclear freeze What has happened to the Prime Min ister‘s peace initiatives of last winter? With retirement imminent. has he lost the Yikes." Here we were about to launch a campaign to get rid of those 12â€"yearâ€"old pictures they show during the national anthem at theatres, and wouldn‘t you know it, wouldn‘t you KNOW it, along comes Communications Minister Franâ€" cis Fox to tel} us Tuesday that Canadian theatres will be told to show even more Canadian content. I suppose there are tougher things to live with, but after all, doesn‘t the Canadian film industry already have two per cent of all theatre exhibition time in this country? What does it want, a monopoly? And even that two percent figure seems rather suspect, given the glut of nativeâ€"made films that have hit the market in recent weeks. Just check the following list, especially «~f them whaâ€" tyercaller governmental profile docuâ€" mentaries, and tell us that we need more Canadian contént. Your opinion might be changed by the end of the list. Terms of Endearment: the story of a Liberal backroom session, when Prime Minister Trudeau was told his term of endearment with the Canadian public had been longâ€"exhausted. Greystoke: The timely swooping onto the scene from the vines of corporate excess by pretty John Turner,. bringing the Liberals the image they so desperâ€" ately need. But, is pretty John able to adapt to his newâ€"found uncivilized enviâ€" ronment in the land of the journal junâ€" gle? All the Right Moves: The study of the political campaign of Jean Chretien, the only man who qualifies to be Canada‘s next prime minister, but who won‘t be, because all his right moves come at all the wrong time, i.e. after Pierre. Firestarter: An isolated look at Don Johnston shooting off his mouth, beth in allâ€"candidates‘ meeting and on "tennis courts Indian Affairs John and the Temple of Doom: The documentary short with John Munro in an exclusive interview with Maclean‘s magazine somehow statâ€" ing he figures he still has a chance to win the leadership race. Film takes us through all sorts of panoramic quotes and colorful ideas. Iceman: A behindâ€"theâ€"scenes look at the campaign strategy of Mark McGuiâ€" gan‘s camp, and their attempts to turn a robot into a seemingly intelligent man in hopes of winning the leadership of the Liberal party. Against All Odds: The crucial two hour oneâ€"scene drama when Eugene WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1984 â€"â€" PAGE 7 Whelan, a man everyone in this country hates to love but does, decides he can run for the roses using the platform two cars in every garage and 43 chickens in every pot. Splash: The dogged pursuit of John Roberts to get any newspaper, TV or radio station to admit he is indeed running for the Liberal leadership. Peculiar plot leads to no conclusion whether he makes a big splash, but many times he is witnessed bellyâ€"flopâ€" ping in the public. _ And if yf)u haven‘t had your fill of government movies after that, try these ones on for size: j Footloose: The attempt of Conservaâ€" tive leader Brian Mulroney to yank his Adida out of his mouth at a women‘s meet in Toronto when, after puffing up the crowd, he misread one of his cue cards and screwed up an abortionâ€"onâ€" demand comment. Show goes on and on, with no end in sight. . Blame It On Real: Any member of the NDP party attempting to explain why the party is going off the charts in every opinion poll in the country. You wouldn‘t believe some of the subplots in this gem, unquestionably the toprated fantasy flight of the year. Hard Bodies: A longâ€"overdue assessâ€" ment of the Senate, when a horrorâ€" stricken night watchmen uncovers the grisly truth that the people in those seats have no intention of moving, ever. Sequel to trashy flick Coma released several years ago. Breakin‘: Revenue Canada‘s attempt to wipe out every small business in the country merely by sending a terse directive to its regional robots. The Bounty: updated, nicelyâ€"done story of how a regional robot rose up in mutiny over aforementioned flick and upsets the establishment appleâ€"cart. Strictly a baresâ€"all type epic. Police Academy: The crossâ€"country PC caravan that decided to play John Wavyne in sequel to aforementioned Breakin‘. The Natural: Haunting, onlyâ€"inâ€"Canâ€" adaâ€"youâ€"say thriller that sees Pierre Trudeau. on eve of Liberal leadership hunt, decide to throw his hat in the ring one more time. "It‘s all I ever wanted to do," he says. Film‘s uneven nature fails to account for past 15 years of his life. will to be a world leader on issues of peace and disarmament? Is there a glimmer of hope that Canada will play a leadership role in trying to rid the world of nuciear arms? I sincerely hope so, for as one of my constituents, Rev. John Markvart of Emâ€" manuel Church, Bridgeport, wrote, "my vote goes to any politician who will take a stand for peace. and I‘m sure that there are many Canadians like me.~ l-lwr_vthv‘mg you ever wanted to know about the people that count in Canada At your neighborhood theatre. Today So you see, the Canadian film industry isn‘t doing that badly. â€" â€" Pope John Paul I1 has supported the Four Continent Peace Initiative. In his message he said: "... the dangers and the consequences of the nuclear conflict would be of catastrophic proportions, as has been made evident by the recent report of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences."‘ Rev. Dr. Phillip Potter, General Secre tary of the World Council of Churches. in endorsing the statement of the world leaders. called on churches "to intensify their efforts for peace and justice in cooperation with others who seek to arouse the conscience of the public regarding the current threats to peace." (This is the last regular appearance of Walter McLean‘s column.)