NEWS
      &
      FEATURES
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Natural
      Law
      candidate
      debuts
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Stress
      reduction
      the
      key
      to
      more
      effective
      government
     
    
   
   
    
     
      young
      political
      party
      fields
      its
      first
      ls-
     
     
      A
      land
      candidate
      in
      the
      riding
      of
      Hillsboro
     
     
      for
      the
      up-coming
      federal
      election.
      Fac-
     
     
      ing
      the
      Tories’
      Tom
      MacMillan,
      the
      Liberals’
     
     
      George
      Proud
      and
      the
      N.D.P.’s
      Dodi
      Crane,
      is
     
     
      the
      Natural
      Law
      Party’s
      Peter
      Cameron.
     
     
      Cameron
      held
      a
      press
      conference
      on
      Monday,
     
     
      September
      nineteenth
      at
      the
      Holland
      College
     
     
      lecture
      theatre.Thanking
      the
      few
      media
      and
     
     
      private
      citizens
      who
      “braved
      the
      winds
      of
      public
     
     
      opinion”,
      Cameron
      set
      down
      the
      major
      tenets
     
     
      of
      the
      N.L.P.’s
      philosophy
      and
      what
      the
      N.L.P.
     
     
      hopes
      to
      accomplish
      if
      elected.
     
    

    
     
      The
      N.L-P.’s
      strategy
      to
      improve
      Canada’s
     
     
      sagging
      economic
      fortunes
      is
      the
      reduction
      of
     
     
      the
      negative
      side-effects
      of
      stress.
      According
      to
     
     
      Cameron,
      scientific
      studies
      show
      that
      the
      build-
     
     
      up
      of
      stress
      stifles
      the
      individual’s
      ability
      to
      find
     
     
      personal
      solutions
      to
      provide
      for
      him/herself.
     
     
      This
      in
      turn
      drains
      public
      money
      when-s/he
      has
     
     
      to
      go
      on
      social
      assistance
      and
      negates
      the
     
     
      possibility
      of
      any
      jobs
      which
      would
      accrue
      as
      a
     
     
      spin-off.
      Stress
      in
      the
      individual
      also
      stifles
      the
     
     
      initiative
      to
      go
      out
      and
      obtain
      different
      skills,
     
     
      even
      when
      government
      sponsored
      retraining
     
     
      programs
      are
      available.
      Cameron
      pointed
      out
     
     
      the
      Newfoundland
      fishery
      as
      a
      recent
      example
     
     
      of
      the
      negative
      side
      effects
      of
      stress.
      The
     
     
      government
      is
      paying
      fishermen
      social
      assist-
     
     
      ance
      because
      they
      have
      been
      devastated
      by
      the
     
     
      loss
      of
      the
      fishery.
      Most
      of
      these
      fishermen
      will
     
     
      not
      work
      again.
      With
      the
      reduction
      of
      stress,
     
     
      Cameron
      sees
      these
      fishermen
      taking
      the
      initia-
     
     
      tive
      to
      explore
      new
      ways
      of
      making
      money,
     
     
      stimulating
      the
      economy
      atthe
      grass
      roots
      level.
     
    

    
     
      Stress
      is
      reduced,
      according
      to
      the
      N.L.P.’s
     
     
      platform,
      by
      living
      “spontaneously
      in
      accord-
     
     
      ance
      with
      natural
      law”.
      This
      is
      achieved
      by
      the
     
     
      daily
      practice
      of
      Transcendental
      Meditation
      or
     
     
      T.M.,
      a
      technique
      developed
      by
      Maharishi
      Yogi.
     
     
      It
      is
      not
      an
      art
      or
      a
      form
      of
      magic.
      It
      is
      a
      mental
     
     
      technique
      which
      achieves
      co-ordination
      be-
     
     
      tween
      the
      two
      brain
      hemispheres.
      Lack
      of
      such
     
     
      co-ordination
      is
      the
      main
      cause
      of
      stress
      in
      our
     
     
      lives.
     
    

    
     
      The
      practice
      of
      T.M.
      is
      open
      to
      anyone,
      no
     
     
      special
      skill
      or
      talent
      is
      required.
      The
      advanced
     
     
      practitioner
      becomes
      a
      “yogic
      flyer”
      which
      is
      a
     
     
      term
      explaining
      short
      leaps
      made
      by
      the
      medi-
     
     
      tator
      while
      sitting
      cross-legged.
      This
      has
      nothing
     
     
      to
      do
      with
      levitation.
      Stress
      decreases,
      resulting
     
     
      in
      increased
      creativity
      and
      ingenuity.
      Cameron
     
     
      predicts
      that
      people
      will
      actually
      want
      to
      prac-
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      tice
      it;
      however,
      if
      the
     
     
      N.L.P.
      is
      elected,
      no
      one
     
     
      will
      be
      forced
      to
      practice
     
     
      transcendental
      medita-
     
     
      tion.
      The
      average
      time
     
     
      spent
      practising
      T.M.
      is
     
     
      twenty
      minutes
      per
      ses-
     
     
      sion
      twice
      a
      day.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      If
      the
      N.L.P.
      is
     
     
      elected,
      10,000
      people
     
     
      will
      immediately
      be
     
    
   
   
    
     
      trained
      in
      transcendental
     
     
      meditation.
      Not
      every-
     
     
      one
      has
      to
      practice
      it.
      If
     
     
      only
      the
      square
      root
      of
     
     
      one
      percent
      ofa
      commu-
     
     
      nity
      practises
      it,the
      stress
     
     
      level
      of
      the
      entire
      com-
     
     
      munity
      is
      reduced.
      The
     
     
      reduced
      stress
      in
      those
     
     
      who
      are
      practising
      it
      is
     
     
      communicated
      to
      non-
     
     
      practitioners
      by
      way
      of
     
     
      the
      “unified
      field”-
      the
     
     
      existence
      of
      which
      was
     
     
      known
      to
      Einstein.
     
     
      Because
      the
      problems
     
     
      that
      exist
      in
      Canada
      are
     
     
      the
      sum
      total
      of
      each
      citizen’s
      individual
      stress,
     
     
      if
      each
      individual
      can
      do
      something
      to
      reduce
     
     
      his/her
      stress
      then
      the
      problems
      of
      Canada
      as
     
     
      a
      whole
      will
      be
      reduced.
      T.M.
      exploits
      Canada’s
     
     
      greatest
      natural
      resource,
      her
      people.
     
    

    
     
      Besides
      stimulating
      economic
      growth,
      the
     
     
      reduction
      of
      stress
      naturally
      fosters
      a
      spirit
      of
     
     
      harmony.
      Government
      could
      be
      streamlined
     
     
      because
      the
      N.L.P.
      proposes
      an
      all
      party
      coali-
     
     
      tion
      which
      would
      fulfil
      all
      Canadians
      instead
      of
     
     
      having
      a
      significant
      minority
      under-represented
     
     
      and
      unhappy.
      Experts
      known
      to
      be
      at
      the
      top
      of
     
     
      their
      field
      would
      be
      employed
      by
      government-
     
     
      regardless
      of
      political
      affiliation
      or
      special
      inter-
     
     
      est
      groups.
      Scientific
      studies
      would
      be
      carried
     
     
      out
      on
      all
      proposed
      projects
      to
      determine
     
     
      whether
      they
      would
      benefit
      the
      community.
     
     
      Witha
      renewed
      sense
      of
      initiative
      and
      coopera-
     
     
      tion,
      advanced
      communication
      and
      transporta-
     
     
      tion
      technology
      could
      be
      used
      more
      efficiently.
     
     
      Canada’s
      infrastructures
      would
      run
      more
     
     
      smoothly.
      People
      would
      not
      be
      tied
      up
      in
     
     
      government
      red
      tape
      because
      there
      would
      be
     
     
      fewer
      strata
      of
      authority
      in
      government.Legal
     
     
      wrangling
      and
      delays
      would
      be
      reduced.
      More
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      es
      —
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Peter
      Cameron,
      P.E.I.'s
      Natural
      Law
      candidate
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Importantly,
      money
      would
      be
      saved.
     
    

    
     
      The
      use
      of
      T.M.
      will
      provide
      gargantuan
     
     
      saving
      in
      national
      health
      care
      costs.
      It
      has
      been
     
     
      scientifically
      proven
      that
      stress
      is
      amajor
      factor
     
     
      in
      widespread
      medical
      problems
      such
      as
      hyper-
     
     
      tension
      and
      heart
      disease.In
      Quebec
      people
     
     
      who
      follow
      the
      T.M.
      technique
      have
      reported
      a
     
     
      13%
      reduction
      in
      their
      health
      care
      costs.Two
     
     
      thousand
      people
      who
      practised
      T.M.
      over
      a
     
     
      period
      of
      five
      years
      experienced
      a
      66%
      reduc-
     
     
      tion
      in
      health
      problems.
      Consideringthe
      amount
      -
     
     
      they
      spend
      on
      medical
      plans
      for
      their
      employ-
     
     
      ees,
      corporations
      will
      save
      money
      if
      their
      em-
     
     
      ployees
      practicetranscendental
      meditation.
      The
     
     
      N.L-P.
      will
      promote
      prevention-oriented
      medi-
     
     
      cine
      and
      medical
      techniques
      such
      as
      acupunc-
     
     
      ture.
      The
      emphasis
      will
      be
      on
      maintaining
      the
      -
     
     
      health
      of
      the
      healthy,
      which
      is
      cheaper
      than
     
     
      giving
      emergency
      medical
      aid
      to
      those
      who
      are
     
     
      critically
      ill.
     
    

    
     
      Over
      50%
      of
      the
      N.L.P.’s
      candidates
      are
     
     
      women.
      The
      N.L.P.
      is
      pro-choice
      on
      the
      abor-
     
     
      tion
      issue
      and
      further
      asserts
      that
      “living
      spon-
     
     
      taneously
      in
      accordance
      with
      natural
      law”
      will
     
     
      decrease
      the
      necessity
      for
      abortions
      in
      the
      first