EVER Ljiiiiiiiiiii For some ream, however. Mulroney appmechee privatisation like I shy school- boy approaching the homecoming queen Take privatization. for example. Here's a policy which, if implemented enthusiasti- cally, would help the economy. reduce the federal derseit and boost the PM'a sagging popularity. thing when heue, it. PM should try privatization One of the problems with Prime Minister BrianMulrmteruhedoean'tkrtowagood Perhaps it’s because it is difBeult for those of us with twostrong,steadylegsoranioewarmcartoempathize with people who depend on their scooters or wheelchairs to get them around or seniors who find walking on uncleared sidewalks dangerous. The next time it snows, think about what that few minutes of extra shovelling will mean to someone and then think about what life would be like if the city stopped plowing and sanding our streets. Wateektrthmti+ispt*tidted-Thdr-dqrtrt New Marduk ?tiothtdhowetoditor) Tatum Chiiiiiicle !“M'iii t8trmrttirt_tu+ gitthr-,iht . mind's“ Waterloo Town Square 75 King St. South, Suite 201 Waterloo, Orlario N2) 1P2 Telephone 886-2830 News Line Fax. No. 886-2830 886-3021 886-9383 mere 15% of the state-owned oil company. Mulroney’s reluctance to embrace prime tiution more enthusiastically puts him outofstepwiththemsrld.indoed,more than 100eourrtrietrhmn-pointinthe globe are now actively privatizing, Tly appeal of privatization is simple: it for a date. He is timid, unsure and hesitant. His recently announced plan to sell PetroCan in a case in point. Even Petro- Canada’a management thought the com. [any would run better in the private sector. Nevertheless, the Tory government wained for six long years before finally amtoteiNAeymmldlmwfiliygtoistsiitt What do you think the biggest issue at 1991 will In? lit fact, wherever privatization has been carried out properly it has been successful. Privatized companies immediately be come more etfieient and stop being a drain 9n the pgtiopal treasury: Ptivatixatipn has been called the nearest thing to a foolproof system for saving money and improving productivity. Besides making the economy more efrt. cient, privatization has the added bonus of gains Popular with the public. Take the PatriAhsh example again. A recent nation. al poll by Angus Reid showed that 70 per cent of Canadian agreed that PetroCana. da should be privatized. The prime minister, with his tentative Ithinkthomrinhaqmmld be a bias problem than ttnrttittgeise." "a!!! W," in? 994mm tttitiriiGi-iir, “WWW-Am- Paul Cauldo Waterloo ttrivttttuti?ttgtyettme, is clearly miss' . a wonderful WW. tS'l'll'l"llllgi1'l','e2auutgeto, with it. Aa a ram- authority on privatization, Dr. Pirie, noted recently, privatisation is like learning to before you so in the water," he says, "you willbewaitingfmersttheedgeofthe water, Get in there. Start doing it and you will learn awfully quickly". These are wads our Prime Minister should heed, for the sake of his government and sake of the country. David Somerville Nttthntal Chim’ Coalition 'ff you want tp learn it from a book "reeipirortmiitr, thiiujriuauGhi .I tl'lftikfi"'8ltf'lieisl "he oar. I but everyone talking than! it." Dian. Yvonne ngler Waterloo Anal: Pub Wmloo