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     The Cadre ; 
     
    
   
   
    
     17 February 1998 
     
    
   
   
    
     Local WUSC goes to 
     
     Sackville to represent UPEI 
     
    
   
   
    
     BY EMILY LEDWELL 
     
    
   
   
    
     On the weekend of Janu- 
     
     ary 30 to February 1, three 
     
     members of the World Uni- 
     
     versity Service of Canada 
     
     (WUSC) Local Committee 
     
     went to Sackville, NB, to rep- 
     
     resent UPEI at Mount 
     
     Allison’s WUSC Symposium 
     
     “Globalization: Should We Buy 
     
     Into It?” 
     
    

    
     WUSC is an organiza- 
     
     tion which involves Canadian 
     
     communities in social and aca- 
     
     demic development at home 
     
     and abroad. Because of 
     
     WUSC's goals, the idea of 
     
     globalization is an important 
     
     one for discussion and debate. 
     
    

    
     The symposium high- 
     
     lighted a diverse and impres- 
     
     sive variety of speakers. Sid 
     
     Pobihushchy and Eric Claus 
     
     of Co-op Atlantic, and econo- 
     
     mists Frank Strain of Mount 
     
     Allisonand Richard Nimijean 
     
     of Carleton spoke about glo- 
     
     balization as an economic phe- 
     
     nomenon of global production 
     
     and profit. 
     
    

    
     On one hand, globaliza- 
     
     tion can be good. It breaks 
     
     down barriers to trade, and 
     
     encourages geographical ex- 
     
     pansion of the market system. 
     
    
   
   
    
     But on the other hand, 
     
     globalization can be a danger. 
     
     It limits the role of the state, 
     
     replaces political rules with 
     
     market rules, and may result in 
     
     the extension of capitalism on 
     
     a world scale. It is a process 
     
     evolving in unpredictable ways. 
     
    

    
     The keynote speaker of 
     
     the symposium, Innu chief 
     
     Daniel Ashini, furthered the 
     
     discussion by reminding the 
     
     audience of the impact globali- 
     
     zation has not only on the 
     
     economy, but on cultures, com- 
     
     munications, and education as 
     
     well. For Ashini and the Innu 
     
     people, economics, while im- 
     
     portant, are merely one aspect 
     
     of our cultural systems, which 
     
     are merely aspects of our eco- 
     
     system and natural order. 
     
    

    
     As globalization creates 
     
     complex (and fragile) socie- 
     
     ties, the challenge this com- 
     
     plexity puts to young people is 
     
     to maintain the balance be- 
     
     tween our economies and our 
     
     cultures, to sustain our lands, 
     
     and to be self-sufficient. The 
     
     rest of the day's speakers, pro- 
     
     fessors and community work- 
     
     ers from Atlantic Canada, ex- 
     
     plored the different ways one 
     
    
   
   
    
     can maintain this balance. 
     
     “Live simply so others can sim- 
     
     ply live,” Ghandi said. 
     
    

    
     The final event of the 
     
     symposium was a panel dis- 
     
     cussion about the Multi-Lat- 
     
     eral Agreement on Investment 
     
     (MAI), which nee the 
     
     most complicated and press- 
     
     ing symptoms of globalization. 
     
    

    
     The treaty, negotiated by 
     
     the OECD countries, opens 
     
     Canada’s national borders for 
     
     investment and allows Cana- 
     
     dian Transnationals to invest 
     
     in other countries, but critics 
     
     are concerned it will impact 
     
     negatively on Canadian cul- 
     
     ture, social services and sov- 
     
     ereignty. A debate took place 
     
     between Tony Clarke and Fred 
     
     McMahon, during which many 
     
     of these criticism and solutions 
     
     were discussed. 
     
    

    
     It was a slightly over- 
     
     whelming but successful week- 
     
     end. If you have any questions 
     
     about the symposium or about 
     
     WUSC, contact Kerry Maze 
     
     or Jolyn Campbell at 
     
     Teale ei.ca or 
     
     jycampbel i.ca,andkeep 
     
     your eyes open for WUSC 
     
     upcoming events. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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