WHEN MARY COL LINS went to Ethiopia a couple of

years ago she came back burbling about what a nice. man

the Communist dictator of that country was. Yes, Col:.
-Mengistu was a sincere man who made a2 good impression,
ete, (So was Hitler, I said at the time.)

My friend Peter Wotthington |
. was. recently i in Ethiopia, and ~

\ wrote’a sefies for the Toronto ® -’

‘Sun about it. He isa journalist, :
“of course,“not‘a politician eager.
to'please’ the'trendies, so Ht was to
, be expected that. his view would
be dif! ferent.

As you: ‘may know; the, Red
“Cross has: just been given. the
bum’s from’ Ethiopia, on accdunt
of how it won't take orders {rom
“ Mengistu as to-how its family
‘ relief should.be administered. \

'. Worthington's stories: pre-dated

“that; but show. what. a waste our”.

foreign aid: program has been” “
ethers, Js, \
He was with the Britrean rebels

‘and toured 4 camp-of the 19th.

: Division .of the Ethiopian ‘Army
» that had: teen evacuated ina ©
 hurry:‘It was a shambles’ of
_ wrecked buildings and burned

"Everywhere were pro aganda
Pa symbols: of: the ham- .

' with the beowet Soviet Union of

hington: found: “stacked against ¢ a
wall'a: number of 50-kilogram.
“sacks” ‘of- flour marked CIDA.

be used by’

, other sacks that had once contain-
‘ ed Canadian wheat.’ "
When Worthington express: :

ed surprise, ihe Eritreans
shrugged and said it was nor-
mal for food aid to refugees to
the Ethiopian Ar-
my. In the liberated town of
Afabet, every store, literally,
had Red Cross cooking oil,
gallon cans of precious cook-
ing oil marked with the Stars
and Stripes and proclaiming,
‘Furnished by the United

. States of America, not to be

sold or exchanged,'””
. Last’ year,, Canada gave $65

» million i in aid to Ethiopia, $27
. Million of it in food. We even
“have:Red Tory Donald Mac-

Donald there. as‘ our Aid
Ambassador.’ .

You would think this coun-
try could think of better ways

“410 spend its moncy. Instead, :

we seem bent on turning South ©
Africa into an Ethiopia.:
“Maybe Mary Collins would

: like to take another trip?

‘Don’t you feel,sorry for the

three‘North Shore mayors who ©
“got sweaty socks on that Help

‘Africa. walk?

Pe te

Here and there tee
». The Vancouver School:
Board, ever cager to suck up

“to'the ethnics; has advertised -

for a Propaganda minister (to

A dGoudd the province, 9a

i

: ' UA
be called the Multicultural
Education Officer). Salary 1s to
be $49,219, rising to $57,580,
which is acceptable, if you ask
me, ,
. bthink Twill apply. Among
“the qualifications required is
the ability to “write sup-
plementary curricular materials
that promote students’ pride of
their heritage."
I think 1 could do that, all
) Tight. Some people would be
disappointed, but you can’t
picase everybody all of the
time,
Another requirement is that
one be an author of materials,

on Canadian multiculturalism.

Well, |-would score there, too.
Didn't | write “Immigration:
The Destruction of English ~

Canada""? Am 1 nota fount,of

knowledge on multicult?:

The board also wants the
applicants to be ‘'well ac-
_quainted with federal | povern: .
ment initiatives.’ vf,

eJust-my bag, No one ‘has ”
written more on the multicult .
waste basket than Yours Truly.

te ws
7 7
Let us end on a cheerful

* note: the B.C, Press Council’ =
has refused to hear Professor

Werner, Cohn’s complaint. You .=:
know, the one in which he said -

“ }was all: wrong in ‘stating that
the.media blackout of the:

Zundel trial resulted from oe

. Jewish pressure, |
Thank you, It's not that
mind going before the fnqui:
tion, but there are, ‘more im-
_ portant things to do. oe.

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