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PAGE 6 - WATERLOO MONOCLE. WEDNESDAY, serum Cia,, Mall Rrtttstrattort Number (mu Monday, twenty-one days after he Senator Jacques Hebert gave up the had launched with the purpose of federal government into reviving tl timavik program. It's been some three weeks for the 62-year-old senator. who has, if nothing else, shown himself to be a masterful media manipulator. With excessive dili- gence Canadian print and broadcast journalists recorded Hebert's every visitor, his weight loss, his failing health as Hebert attempted to force the Mulroney government to save the $20-million program he founded in the 1960s. Until Monday's conclusion, when the gaunt Hebert lifted a glass of grape juice and proudly told a news conference that he was ending his protest because he had "attained" his objectives. Several questions arise from Hebert's actions. First, what has he attained? Certainly not the continuation of Katimavik. Despite Jean Chretien's announcement that he and a group of prominent Canadians would try to find other sources of funding for the program, it is still out. But then, Hebert himself now seems to be downplay- ing the importance of Katimavik. Instead he is claiming a wider victory-that his fast has "sensitized" Canadians to the "national tragedy" of this country's 600,000 unemployed youth. It's always nice to see new interest in the problem of youth unemployment, whatever the source, especially if the attention prompts new initiatives to create jobs. Whether Hebert's protest will stimulate such action is in doubt. Unfortunately, his fast did more to focus the public eye on himself, than on youth unemployment. r“..- w- --. "e-""-'""""-", "m ,7 " . - Then, there is the matter of whether Katimavik was worth such an elaborate defence-to this the answer must be no. Born of 1960s prosperity and idealism. Katimavik did provide valuable experience for those youth who participated in it; youth who went into Canadian communities and helped those who needed help, for merely a token repayment. The truth is, however, that Katimavik had nothing to do with the problem of youth unemployment. Those who need the most help finding a job were not the not those participating in Katimavik. With reason it has been called a "Cadillac" program most suited to advantaged students already well on their way in life. "Thea; ”the federal Tories", were justified in their decision to cancel the program, as they were correct in their resolve not to be blackmailed into reinstating it., Frankly, faced with a youth umployment rate of crisis proportions and a $233-billion public debt, this country cannot afford the misplaced extravagance of programs such at Katimavik. But it also can ill afford to let the problem continue. Now is the time for the public and private sectors to work together in a search for effective solutions to help those 600,000 unemployed young Canadians. There's already been a start-,-government programs offering incentives to companies hiring youth; programs offering support to young entrepreneurs with ideas to create their own jobs. Those initiatives must be expanded and improved. because it is through such effort that jobs will be found for Canadian youth. Hunger strikes won't do it--neither will Katimavik. If Mr. Hebert is committed to reducing youth unemployment. he should direct his energies towards developing new solutions. not protecting outdated dinosaurs WSN‘. 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"T.'2r-T.r, 'iii-i-ii--'-':""""""); ,r'sii',i'" l w 0 ‘0 /" ' l C3 . ./ 5 cyrl1,(i:..,a-, NH- Haw rs-i:;,',,;';';"" . 5&2 U/l/V 't _ 'iejisiit),(lf.i _"i;iei'ji, o 5255623520020» f' _ 'so) Here's an idea for you that can double, triple, even quadruple your income. In fact, you can run it up as high as you like. And for those who do not care about money, it can be applied to anything else you wish to accomplish. The experts say that most people are using about 10 per cent of their mental ability. So, if you are a self-made person, everything you have affecting your life-style may be said to have resulted from the way you have used your brain. The home you live in, the car you drive, the clothes you wear and every penny you spend and save came from the extent of your mental capacity. Now, if the experts are right, and you have been using only 10 per cent of your brain poiver, you can double everything you are getting by merely using 20 per cent! How often do you actually spend time trying to think of ways in which you can make better use of your time, ability and talents? These represent your capital, an how you invest them will determine your return. "ifertiki/auli, go by without trying to think of new and better ways of performing the things you do is the same as throwing money, away. I remember, as a kid, being told by some uninformed character that, "Opportunity knocks but once" and you have to be ready when it comes. This was horrifying to contemplate. What if it came when I was asleep? 0r while I was blinking my eyes, or looking the other way? Or worse still, what if it had already gone by, before I even knew it passed only once? Well, of course, opportunity does not pass by at all, it abounds all around us; it simply exists all the time, and it is up to us to recognize it and grab hold of it, and this calls for an attitude of cheerful expectancy. ks Aristotle said:" "What you expect, that you SQ "The thing Um worried about is accessiblity. It'g taking longer and longer to get patients into hospitals." " is written returns next week Rick Campbell Chronicle Editor Geoffrey Fellows will find." There's no magic in this - it just depends on your mental attitude. So. check yourself: Do you perceive a glass to be half-full or half-empty? That will tell you whether opportunity will stare at you unrecognized. Ideas are free and there is no limit. Just one good idea can transform our lives for the better. It can increase our rewards a thousand fold. When you reflect that everything produced by humankind was first an idea in one person's mind, from a hot-dog stand to the CN Tower and from a Wick's cartoon to an opera, they are all ideas in tangible form. So, if you want to crank up your idea machine, here is the way to go about it. It is a simple mental exercise that you should regard in the same way as if you had decided to do some body-building. Find yourself 15 minutes during the day when you can be undisturbed. (How about getting up before the others?) All you will need is a blank piece of paper and a pencil. Now, write down all the ways that you can think of to improve the way you do things, both big and small. Don't expect too much in the way of good ideas. If you get one, fine: just remember this is an exercise. Try and get as many ideas as possible without passing judgment on them. If you persist in this mental creative "warm-up" every day, you will soon find ideas popping into your head throughout your waking hours. When they do, be sure to write them down because ideas are like slippery fish - if you don't gaff them with a pencil they will get away from you. Dr. Warren law, WW doctor explaining his reasons tor opposing the extra-billing ban - SEE PAGE 1 (Mr. Fellows is the founder of the Human Resource Development Institute, P.O. Box 642, Cambridge. NIR 5W1)