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Fax Meanwhile, the Commission‘s report continues to sit on the shelf. In addition to the need for an apology, recommendations to recognize the inherent right to selfâ€"government and compensate for centuries of oppression continue to be ignored. If we ignore the report for anothâ€" er year, the consequences could be catastrophic as voices of moderaâ€" tion within the aboriginal community get pushed aside by those who favour violent mefins for achieving their objectives. Commussions have been established all over the world, for the purâ€" pose ol enabling governments to take collective responsibility for past wrongs, to allow victims to heal, and to provide a mechanism whereâ€" by all parties can be reconciled. It is widely recognized that only after such as process, can a country genuinely move forward, towards unity, prosperity, and moral regeneration." He went to remind his audience that, "after years of study, the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples has reported that it is time for recâ€" oncihation and healing to take place between the Aboriginal peoples and the rest of Canada. As a part of the reconciliation process, the fedâ€" eral government is now being asked to make an apology to Aboriginal peoples lor its role in the attempted cultural genocide, forced impovâ€" erishment and psychological and physical harm inflicted by the resiâ€" dential school system. Needless to say, it is long overdue." i _ * _ In a September speech to the Canadian Club, Current AFN Chief Phil Fontaine lamented this regression and called for a renewal of the relationâ€" ship between aboriginal people and all levels of government. "As we «pprouch the next millennium, there is a powerful, global sense of renewal in ‘the air. The aspiration for fundamental change â€" to respond to past cruelties, human rights violations and various forms l barbarism that occurred during the twentieth century, are evident in various movements toward democratic rule and associated human rights. Truth â€" Avoruer rg Waterloo Town Square 75 King St. South, Suite 201 Waterloo, Ontario N3 1p2 Of course, the Rae government was replaced by the Harris government Harris has reâ€"opened the Temagami agreement and initiated new logging in the disputed area. Canadian government has achieved anything close to the progress that looked possible. Rae‘s government signed a Statement of Political Relationship with the aboriginal people of the province and negotiated settleâ€" ments on several land claims, including the longâ€"running dispute in Temagami. Jennifer Bettke Bob Vrbanac Tim Gardner Deborah Crandall Denise Tucker Shannon Blacker Lynn Mitchell Bill Karges Major Accounts: sense now. And such folks are left bidding for the meanest jobs. Like lifeguard at the car wash. Ouch: Gosh, 1 wish I‘d written this bit that J penned for Id "Let Bill 160 pass. Shake up the Economic growth is running at a whopping 7.2 per cent, mmllmdoublcllnllpacmindngovcmmusbudm assumptions. That‘s some pace. Ofcm.mwillbekfioulohlnecmomicgam, including the folks who dropped out of school. Dropping out wbuy':mdwhuk‘,faimu.nukuabsolutelyno Anddon\thinklerm‘sgomanmno(hhgwdo with it. At the moment, is expecting the 1997â€"98 deficit to come in hundreds.of millions below the $6.6â€"billion forecast. Things have been good but the forecasts are for them to get even better. Employment will improve, housing and construcâ€" tion will be up, and, in general, we‘ll have a mood reminiscent of the boom days. Bright Vista: Never mind the doom from the usual sources; it looks as if Waterloo Region are headed for an brighter future. For instance, computers have saved billions of personâ€"hours. We now need to straighten out the mistakes in computer billing. Thoxmsbmxhi:vmu,ch?.&nd,by the way, theres no need to. fear computers. Situations have a way of balancing themselves out. In 1995, 30 U.S. companies sent recruiters to check out the Waterloo grads; this fall there were 120 companies. Waterloo is one of the 15 schools in the world Microsoft tarâ€" gets when it‘s looking for employees. And Microsoft boss Bill Gates told a Washington newspaper that Waterloo has supplied more employees for , Microsoft than any other university flm and while that may be a bit of a stretch, you might want to consider this: You wonder sometimes if the University of Waterloo gets the respect it deserves. UW has been called the MIT of Canada, Does UW get the respect it deserves? /" ... 8aYy ‘UNCIGQ" / Z zie g aAp / C es “\ Lt 4 ’/~ ;°‘\, * j J t )* ; 3 «. M P <â€"â€"~%a y K '{‘}?J’"@ Jerry Fischer Evan Mitchell Matthew Hayes Millie Martin iidesiiatains oi mt ts lt " ie es en eenempTSpmmmmmmmT TT crying even In James Russel ¢ system. Try The views of our columnists are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of the newspaper fl m . Reeewapers o anccne International Standard Seriat Number 1SSN 0832â€"5410. â€" . mmmmmmmmmmmmmenss.,...... o. 200270 Seti Waterloo Chronicle The Wztedoo‘”g:ol-l'ic'lc'h pu:bnlhlnil lyl‘lc Fairway Group a division of Southam Inc. es . 75 King S S., Suite 201, Waterloo ON. N2J IP2 886â€"2830 of menial ONCE ovER LIGHTLY The condition affects his French almost as badly as it does his English. And mark this, it gets worse when he is preoccuâ€" pied, or tired or under stress. Anyhow, since so much of a PM‘s job involves speaking, you can imagine the burden he‘s under. Me? 1 always try to talk grammatically. You never know when it will become popular again. # The Fairway Group A division of Southam Inc In addition, his choice of words is odd and his grammar is terrible. It once referred to a wide of problems, but Chretien‘s problem bd»flcmlkhs:'dhmmrds with a long series of syllables. o e On ocmion,C!mienwlIWlquds, or won‘t pronounce the whole word as one. He may repeat words, but repeatedly fail to say them correctly. P I The real truth is that it has nothing to do 1 with English being his second language nor the Bell‘s palsy he has suffered from. Or even that he‘s been deaf in one ear since birth. It goes deeper than that, As reported in a recent copy of Saturday Night, "Jean Chretien has dysphasia. It is a WWI’A disorder that also afflicts a cousin." Space Clunker: 1 wonder how many folks are wait: Mir, the Russian spacecraft, to go completely kaput. in : est disaster, the nearly 12â€"yearâ€"old Mir suffered another something new. What‘s the worst that can happen? Our eduâ€" cational system will start putting out kids who can‘t read or do math? Oops. Too late." is published every Wednesday by myself. t Double Talk: We Canadians find a lot o sport in our prime ministers speech deects Har, har, we say, Canada has two official lanâ€" guages and he can‘t speak either one of them It‘s fixed, they claim. Again. Repairs have required more than a few space walks And you know 1 really envy astronauts who go for such strolls. Ever since they started showing movies in planes, I‘ve wanted to do the same thins puter breakdown Subscription rates $45 yearly:in Canada $90 yearly outside Canada +GSTI. at ig Walsh said las with represents Limited, the ci the Edward R. He was to me ing spots, he s At the Nov. administrativ employee Jim the area about But J think that school be lish school cor work with pa establish sche over whom s power, school a government extent to whi success. 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