Nase Novine, July 26, 1978

              KANADSKE VIJESTU KOMENTARI
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NeSto pre viSe od mesec dana, tafinlje 1 .
aprila 1978, Federalna vlada u Ottawi,
ukinula je do tada postojebu subvenclju za
mleko u prahu. Ministar poljoprivrede,
Eugene Whelan, objasnio nam je neSto
docnije "da je to uradeno zbog toga sto je
po specljalnom IzveStaJu Kanadskog biroa
za statistiku bilo utvrdeno da kanadska
sirotinja ovaj subvenclonirani proizvod,
kojoj je bio namenjen, vrlo slabo ill nlkako
ne upotrebljava?"
Protlv ove mere o5tro su protestvovall
opozicija u Federalnom parlamentu, Ka-nads- ki
radniCki kongres i Udruzenje kanad-ski- h
potro§aca. Primeceno je da u dnevnoj
Stampi nije bilo mnogo niti pisanja o tome
niti ozbiljnijih komentara, sa izuzetkom
prikaza pod naslovom "Ukidanje subven-cij- e
steti sirotinji" od novinara Leonarda
Shifrina, objavljenog u "St. Catharines
Standardu".
Problem! oko mleka u prahu I mleka u
opSte nisu novi i stalno se vracaju u
jednom ill drugom obliku.
Proizvodaci mleka se zale kako su cene
mleku niske i da mleCna industrija пебе
moci da opstape bez uvodenja ozbiljnih
promena u opStoj politic! mleka Kanade.
Cesto citamo u dnevnoj Stampi 1 6udimo se
kako farmeri prosipaju mleko u znak pro-tes- ta
ill sa njim polivaju politlcare, koje
krive za sve nezgode oko proizvodnje I
raspodele mleka.
Pre dve godine, ondaSnji federalni mini-sta- r
narodnog zdravlja I socijalne politike,
bio nam je savetovao da zbog sve vece
cene svezem mleku trofilmo mleko u
prahu I Danas nam pak ministar poljopriv-rede
diiecenu mlecnom prahu, jer to u
stvari znaCi ukidanje subvencije. .Subven-cij- a
je do skora iznosila 34 cente za 453
grama a sada cena mleka u prahu u radnja-m- a
skocila je za 40%. Da li je tacno tvrde-nj- e
da kanadska sirotinja ne kupuje I ne
tro5i oyomeko?
Shifrin' u pomenutom napisu tvrdi da
nije. On takode pominje podatke i druge
stvari koje upucuju na zakljudke suprotne
onim koje Whelan iznosi.
Jer u izvestaju se navddi da I ako su koli-,ci- ne
koje kupuju domacinstva sa najnizlm
prihodima (20%) samo neSto viSe od 13
od onih koje nabavljaju domacinstva sa
visokim i srednjim prihodima (60 do 80%),
ova, bogata domacinstva su, skoro dva puta
veca od slrqmaSnih I dja.je,! razlika u njiho-vo- m
sastavu velika. Dok se u broj sirotinje
ukljuduju I starosni penzioneri, koji nisu
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bogzna kakvi potroSa6i mleka, dotle kod
bogatijih ima najviSe mladih porodica. '
Zato bl trebalo da se potroSnJa mleka
racuna po broju dece, ill statistldki po
jednom detetu, kaze Shifrin.
Kada se tako postupl vlde6e Be da je raz-lika
u potrosnjl mleka skoro nepostojeca:
3.1 prema 3.0 unce.
A kako je u IzveStaju utvrdeno da boga-ti- ji
kupuju skoro dva puta viSe svezeg
mleka nego siroma§nl, to izlazi da po
detetu siromaSni kupuju dva puta viSe
mleka u prahu nego svezeg. Subvenclja od
13milionadolarakorlstila jei bogatima, all
je srazmerno vise pomogla sirotinji da veze
kraj s krajem u svom tankom kucnom
budzetu.
A to je trebalo da bude zadatak ovakvog
programa. Ako bi cenlli ovo iz ugla eflkas-nost- i,
kaze Shifrin, onda bl zaista program
trebalo ukinuti. All kako bi Covek mogao da
se pomirl sa gubltkom pomo6i od 1 .5 mili-on- a
dolara sirotinji, kojoj je to zaista treba-lo,
kako profile tako I ove godine, pita se
on.
Vlada u Ottawi je za poslednjih nekoliko
godina najavljivala potrebu da se napuste
razni "skupi I neefikasni opSti (socijalni)
program) a da se prihvate oni koji bl se
odnoslli na Kanadane kojima su zaista
potrebni, tako zvanl selektlvnl. "No", kaze
Shifrin, "to je bilo samo na recima. Kada je
trebalo da se neSto stvarno u6inl, prog ra-mi
nisu bill menjani, nego ukidanl pgtpuno
Sirom zemlje.
"Trudeau je na primer", pISe Shifrin,
"bio primetlo na Konferencljl premljera,
kada je bilo govora o davanju subvencije
potroSafiima nafte, za§to da istu doblju I
oni koji imaju visoke prihode".
Da, pitamo se zaSto?
All kako na ovo tako i na druga slicna
pitanja nije do danas usledio zadovoljava-ju6- i
odgovor.
Mozda bi se Isti naSao u radon I ran ju
potroSnje, ali to ne bi odgovaralo bogatl-ji- m,
koji mogu da placaju svaku cenu, dok
bi siromaSnima snabdevanje bilo oslgura-n- o.
"Kako je sa mlekom u prahu, slidno je I
sa indeksiranjem porodicnog dodatka, sa
besposlenlCkom pomocl, i drugim", tvrdl
Shifrin.
Bogatl I oni sa visokim prihodima treti-raj- u
se sll6no kao i siromaSni i najsiromaS-nij- i.
"I tako", .veli Shifrin, "ovo poslednje
poskupljenje mleka, zna6i da ce porodice
sa visokim prihodima placati neznatno viSe
[hego rardje, cuza decu siromaSnih znacl da
'cebitimanje mleka". ' ,lS
D. Jovanovic
Vlada has poziva da kupujemo
domace
proizvode
U Ottawi je objavljena kam-pan- ja
za kupovanje domacih
proizvoda umjesto uvoznlh.
. Najavljuju6i kampanju mi-nistar
industrije Jack Horner
e rekao da ce vlada dati prim-je- r
I kupovatl domace, proiz-vode
"kao god je mogu6e". U
pitanju su bilioni dolara, re-kao
je ministar.
Kupovanje doma6ih proiz-voda
ce 'osigurati, diii se;
ve6e zaposlenje kanadskih ra-dni- ka
i smairjiti deficit u plat-n- oj bilanch --
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Raymond Cloutier (left) as Louis Riel and Roger Blay as Gabriel
Dumont in the CBC-T- V drama production Riel now filming at
the Klefriburg Studios.
Louis Kiel
Raymond Cloutier and Roger Blay
star as Louis Riel and Gabriel Du-mont
in the three-hou- r CBC-T- V
drama production Riel.
Riel is a complex and fascinating
figure. A man whose vision of Can-ada
as a country where people can
live together with dignity and in
harmony is as vital today as it was
at the time of the North West
Rebellion.
Riel is the most ambitious single
dramatic film ever undertaken by
the CBC. Riel takes us up from the
sweeping Western plains where the
Metis hunted herds of thundering
buffalo to the private chambers of
Eastern cities where politicians
negotiated the dimensions of what
is now Canada.
The cast of Riel is one of the most
exciting ever put together ami in-cludes
Cluislopher Plummcr as Sir
John Л. MacDonald, William Shal- -
Thursday, May 25
AT THE HARBOURFRONT:
-- Artist allve:THE DANNY GROSSMAN
DANCE COMPANY performs tonight at
8:30 P.M. In the Brlgantine Room as part
of a series of music and dance concerts.
For ticket reservations and further infor-mation,
call 922-503- 1.
Friday, May 26
AT THE HARBOURFRONT:
— Four films are featured at 8 P.M. in
the Theatre,
a) ROCKA-MY-SOU- L, covers traditional
and contemporary black music derived
from Jazz, spirituals, blues and gospel
songs.
. b) DANCE: NEW YORK CITY BALLET,
an introduction to the work of choreo-grapher
George Balanchine and soloists
of New York City Ballet Company.
c) DANCE: R. JOFFREY BALLET; a film
revealing the unique qualities of Ameri-can
Ballet as demonstrated by the
Robert Joffrey Company.
d) DANCE: ECHOES Of JAZZ; traces
the development of Jazz from tap thro-ugh
the orchestrated jazz of the thirties,
to the cool, abstract jazz of the sixties.'
ncr as the Barker, Leslie Nielsen as
Major Crozicr, Xloyd Bochncr as
Dr. Schultz, Barry Morse as Muc-Tavis- h,
Jean-Lou- is Roux as Bisnop
Bourgct, Marcel Sabourin as" Father
Ritchot, Claude Jutra as Dr. Roy.
The talents of scores of CBC crafts-people
are being brought together
to create visunl excitement and
authenticity. Fort Garry mud and
all has been reproduced at the
Kleinburg Studios. Arms and uni-foi- ms
for hundreds of soldiers in-volved
in major battle sequences
have all been faithfully duplicated.
Great cue has been taken by the
special effects people to create
spectacular but safe (for the actors)
explosions.
Riel was written by Roy Moore
who says of his chatactcr, "Г think
Kiel's personality was and slill is
a reflection of Canada. He was a
man living out on a grand scale a
vciy private scaich for a place in
which to be Iruly at home."
Riel is being directed by Gcoigc
Bloomficld and produced by John
Trent. Executive producer is Skin-le- y
Colbert.
Saturday, May 27
— 375th Anniversary of Samuel de
Champlain arrival on Canadian shores.
AT THE OLYMPIC STADIUM, Montreal,
— 2nd International Motorcross Compe-tition
at the Olympic Stadium.
Sunday, May 28
AT MASSEY HALL:
a) Jean La Pointe will be at Massey Hall,
at 8 P.M.
AT HARBOURFRONT:
a) Jazz — this week it Is THE BOB DE
ANGELIS DIXILANDERS in the Brlgan-tine
room, at 7:30 P.M.
b) Goan Festival Day: Celebration of the
music and culture of Goa, today from
9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Activities include folk
dancing, a fashion show, an exibition
of arts and crafts and films.
c) Indianapolis 500.
Monday, May 29
— 130th anniversary of incorporation of
Fredericton, New Brunswick.