Public fund

Dear Editor:

Re: the publicly funded
Kwanten University College
offering courses for the gar-
ment industey to train entey-
level seamstresses (March 19
North Shore News).

_ This is a misus~ of public
institutions. It was just a few
years ago (1996) that 280
garment workers were put

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trovertible proof of a
monopoly and harmful to
consumers, but part of
Microsoft’s “larger cam-
paign to quash innovation

out of work at the Jantzen
swimsuit factory in
Vancouver despite it being a
profit-making business.

The reason was that the
S9 per hour wage was too
high. The business, con-
trolled by a parent company
in the U.S...) moved to
Central America.

While I have no quarrel

both a monopoly and preda-
tory practices on the part of
a company.

At its core, the antitrust
chimera holds discredited
theories about competition
and monopoly, Relying as it

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with the garment industry
trving to estabtish a business
here, public funding should
not be used to aid potential
sweatshops.

The cost of the program is
$1,500 with sponsorship
being available — from
where?

How long would the
applicant have to pay back

MAIL BOox—
ing has no place in sweatshops

the sponsorship cost?

Is there any guarantee
that the successful business
would stay in the area or, like
Jantzen, move te a more
usurtous business climate?

The article states that an
effort has to be made to
increase the skilled labour
force,

This boils down to supply

drive legislation

Break” decision, judge
Jackson also manages to
assert that the fact Explorer
is not “the best breed of
Web browser,” is further
evidence of Microsoft's
predatory behaviour.

Well, if the proliteration
of bad products in the mar-
ker is an indication of a lack
of fair competition, then we
ought to sue rapper Putt
Daddy on behalt of ].S.
Bach.

and demand; if the wages
and conditions in this indus-
ury wer. worthwhile the sup-

ply would be mei.
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does on a mode? of ideal
rather than rivalraus compe-
tition, it aims ata market
neatly carved between com-
petitors.

To cap his “Give Me A

that threatened its monop-
oly position.” Using this cir-
cular reasoning, antitrust
legislation considers a large
market share or 4 concentra-
tion in the market to signify

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