_ News that a senior civil
servant is hotfooting -.it to.

France and West “Germany
- Set this. corner. Biggling,
mostly because. we recognize’
an unfolding comedy. when.
we see one.’ If: this turns out
as we think it will, it could be
almost as funny as Mork and
Mindy—currently -- . the)
funniest show on the air, not
counting, the. nightly 1 news. .

De. ‘Montigny: Marchand,
deputy secretary: to — ‘the
cabinet, leaves May 1 for. a

one-year assignment ~

Paris, thére to discover how :

come “Canadian” economic’
‘penetration. of France ‘and ©
West Germany has not been,..
um, deeper. The Europeans
-, are. outselling us and do not
appear. too. interested in
purchasing gréater quan-
tities of Canadian products.

Figures bear’ this out...

Exports to West Germany
increased by only two per

cent between 1977 and 1978,
for example, while imports
from the country grew by 30
per cent. News from France
is better: Exports gained by
28 per cent while imports
rose 31 percent. .

This department will now
save the federal: government ~

one(1) return air ticket and
one (1) year’s rent: France

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and. West Germany have 1 not

‘ 2 into themselves? The answer ~

“Marchand’s assignment: is.

been more appreciative: of: ~_one’ of. them. ‘Whether “he

Canada’s economic potential
_ for the. simple reason they

-are European nations. And, |
“as any fool knows, -ever since
- Andre Malraux invented the.
*.Buropean-,

_Hconomic
Community that. whole area
-has turned inward upon itself
economically. ,

This process will continue, _

he said,, somewhat §sar-

“donically, mostly. because it -

is an idea whose time has
-come. And the French and
the West Germans recognize
this: In other words, as if

other words are necessary,

they -will continue to buy”

_ more stuff from each other

and European trading allies.

' This is merely one reason:

why we have advocated the
idea of Fortress America in

‘the past.“The notion here is

that Canada must form some
sort of loose trading
federation with Mexico and
the U.S: if it is to increase

' trade in both non-renewable

natural resources and
manufactured goods. That is
only one obvious response to
‘a lousy Evrpopean situation.
There are others.

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_. information .
_gathering—is something else ©

part.” from

“again. The. guessing here is
‘ that he will not.-However, in
fairness, he’s not supposed
to.-His job is merely to
reports back with bad news
we already know. |

that the assignment. shows

the’ government’s much- .

vaunted third option is. not
. dead. But its very life shows
willingness to withdraw from
USS. influencé? In a cultural
~ context this is desirable. In a
trading context it may be

‘suicide. -

The U.S. is our biggest
customer. Billions flow
across the 49th parallel
annually. To threaten this as
the third option implies, is to
perhaps dgom ourselves to
reduced U.S. trade, or at
least trade that will not grow
as quickly as it shquid and
could. | ~

Now comes: the obvious
question: Does it make sense’
to do this if the Europeans
will continue to withdraw

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" One interesting wrinkle is

is equally obvious. And it isa

resounding no. .

intelligence to. the feds,

‘however, since they seem to

feel Europe is a_ hot
prospect. It is not, But hard
truths never - bothered
anybody in Ottawa before.

There’s no sénse in assuming -

they will now.
Mind, a little Knowledge.

‘never hurt anybody, and if

Marchand can unearth some:
new insights the assignment

will probably. pay for itself.
“At least it will give usa year-
long overview. of our ~

chances in Europe, and that
could—just . could—deflect*
the government into a more
sensible approach to the
U.S. and to the concept of
Fortress America. —

But don’t ‘get your hopes
up. Canada‘is not exactly the
smartest nation in the world
when it comes to trade
(Japan and the U.S.. share
that title)’ and it is entirely
possible precisely nothing
will come from Marchand’s
voyage of discovery.

Meantime, we have four
words of advice, delivered
somewhat flippantly from
the Faithful Underwood:
Don’t drink the water. -—-

By | _ Walker's S ecial Old

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Student Job C

By KATHRYN GALLAGHER

Officer in Charge Canada
Employment. Centre. for |
Students,

Business i is booming at the ©

Student Employment Centre
on the North Shore. Job.
orders are coming 4in at-an
ever

positions.

This past week the we
Employment Centre has
welcomed aboard three

Student Placement Officers:
Brad Wittal —
Doyley, both SFU Commerce
Students studying Personnel
and Marketing and Nancy
Henderson, a UBC honours
history student. Their job is

to interview students. and

carefully match them up with
employers’ requests.

in promoting student

_employement on the North

Shore. Their enthusiasm and
undoubtably
make this one of the best

. summers yet for job-seeking

students.

120 — ‘Lonsdale, i
North. Vancouver [986-3404] .

-in the fields’ ‘of: social. service

increasing rate and .
there is a steady stream of -

students applying. for. these _ are funded: through feder

. and provincial “job. creation:

_and | Doug -~

They -
will also be actively involved .

“is located at

At the present - there. are
about 55 jobs’ posted ‘at the ‘
.. Student’Employment Centre,

“i most of which are ‘suitable for’.

college . or .’.-university:.-
students. These positions ate
.the™::

recreation, sciences, BA

business: and industry.

Some * ‘of ‘these positions B

student. rich A overnight they:
will provide: valuable career-; a

‘oriented éxperience.

‘There .are not yet. -any
summer jobs for high school *
students posted at the
centre:. However there are ‘
some part-time and weekend e
jobs, so it is still a good idea ~.:
to drop.in occassionally now.
and- more frequently as -
summer gets closer. =

The Student- Employment «
Centre is open from 8:30 to —
4:30, Monday to Friday and _—
First and .
Lonsdale, . North Vancouver os
above the Post Office.

Billions. seen from e

The Syncrude oil sands
plan will generate $12 billion
for the Alberta government
and $5.6 billion for the

_ federal government over the

néxt 25 years, according to a
report released recently.

Of the federal money, the
report says, the Crown

Corporation Petro Canada
will get $900 million dollars
for its 15 per cent share in
which ”

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’ But the predictions made —
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What the report does not
take into account is the high.
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