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Volume 118, Number 10 Dalhousie University, Halifax November 7, 1985 New Democrats speak out on youth issues By DAVID OLIE ting back, and now the feds are ~ - -~·­ [email protected]!w joining them. It's a damn poor UNEMPLOYMENT AND way to convince the provinces to fear of the future are making contribute more to post­ young Canadians apathetic and secondary education," he says. cynical, says Howard McCurdy, McCurdy says another problem New Democratic MP for with the education system is its Windsor-Walkerville and chair of inherent discrimination against the NDP Task Force on Youth. certain people. The sense of immortality "Our education system is a among youth is gone, says middle-class system and it can be McCurdy. "When we were young very alienating for a whole range we had the feeling we could do of non-middle class social anything," he says. "The essen­ groups," he says. "We haven't yet tial message we've been receiving figured out how to get the child­ is that your perspective has ren of lower class families into the changed." education system." McCurdy and other members McCurdy says the idea of the of the Task Force made their Task Force grew out of a number remarks in a press conference on of practical concerns. Oct. 30 and at a meeting of inter­ "If I'm supposed to talk about ested students in the SUB that youth in Parliament it makes evening. sense that we talk to youth, to try "The way we see it, the youth of to do the best job we can for the world is in a state of crisis," them," he says. Members of the NDP Task Force on Youth address student issues. Left to right (in foreground): Howard McCurdy, John Rod­ McCurdy says. "This seems to be McCurdy serves as the NDP riguez, Alexa McDonough. Photo by Todd K. Miller, Dal Photo. focused around the issue of critic for youth affairs. unemployment." "We want to hear what youth "Some youth today may never say, and not what people say Aquinian forced to leave CUP have jobs," he says. youth say," says McCurdy. "This FREDERICTON (CUP) - The responded with an $8155 grant CUP, so it won't pay thefees. And "Surely it's not too great an will lead to developments in student union at St. Thomas Uni­ for the bi-weekly paper. since the paper won't be CUP expectation to have a job and a party policy." · versity here has cut almost $4000 Neil Toner, the Aquinian' edi­ members, it doen't need a travel place to live," adds John Rodri­ As well, McCurdy says, "We from the proposed budget of its tor, says the biggest cut is in the budget or a mailing budget," says guez, MP for Nice! Belt and want to encourage young people newspaper, the Aquinian. paper's membership fees for Can­ Toner. another member of the Task to particioate in the political The paper's staff requested a adian University Press, a national Toner says the Aquinian staff Force. process.'' $12,115 grant from the STU stu­ co-operative of student want to remain members of CUP McCurdy says the concern of "It's also important that we dent union, only $703 more than newspapers. and receive advertising from youth over unemployment is increase the participation of what the paper received from last "Council says the Aquinian Campus Plus, the group's even limiting their participation youth in the NDP," he says. year's council. The student union doesn't have to be members of national advertising repres­ in the political process. entative. "In Sydney we were somewhat The student union, on the shocked by the response, 'If we other hand, doesn't want CUP appear at an NDP meeting we ·services or its ads. It also cut the may not get jobs.' We consider it a Bus passes pick up speed $3000 in advertising revenue the tragedy that these young people paper projected it would receive should feel this way," he says. By NAA DEl NIKOI various campuses and that those on a bus pass system. The MA did form Campus Plus. "They are very apathetic or . MWM-MEJD<~£"1"1Ml! who make use of the transit ser­ so in response to letters from city Toner says he doesn't know ignorant about _politics, says THE DRIVE FOR A BUS PASS vice do so between seven and 11 councillors and students. what the student union has Kevin Deveaux, president of the for the 20,000 post-secondary stu­ times a week. Already operating at a loss of against CUP. Nova Scotia Young New Demo­ dents in the Halifax-Metro area When give a choice of a $300,000 this year as a result of "I guess council doesn't crats. " 'Let me get an education, continues to pick up speed. monthly pass costing $18 and delays in the implementation of understand why it is impo. Lant let me get a job, and maybe then The results of the survey of stu­ valid only in off-peak hours, or a its GoTime computerized bus to belong to a national organiza- I'll start to worry about politics,' dents from eight institutions, $20 or $25 pass valid at any time, schedules, the MTC is hesitant to tion.That's ironic, since the SRC is the attitude," he says. conducted under the auspices of students expressed a preference commit to any plan it feels will belongs to the Canadian Federa- McCurdy says the changing the Students' Union of Nova Sco­ for the $20 pass and indicated that lose revenue. tion of Students," he says. role of the family, the changing tia (SUNS), shows an expected they would use the bus service In the meantime, rhe student Toner says without CUP the role of the community, and the increase in ridership with the more often if the pass was offered. council coalition is looking for Aquinian will be cut off from lack of having someone to talk to introduction of a monthly pass. Criticisms of the transit service more support in the form of let- outside advice on how to run a add to these problems. ''I'm pleased with the results. most frequently levelled were the ters from university presidents paper if the council won't pay the "It we've heard one word from They go a long way in helping to high cost of its use, the over­ and endorsements from local paper's $2394 CUP fees. every young person across the prove our point," says Reza Rizvi, crowding of its vehicles and the politicians. "We're going to fight the move country, it's the word 'counsel­ exectutive vice-president of the lack of late night operations. "All the support can be gener- on CUP. At this po;-u we're not ing'," he adds. Dalhousie Student Union (DSU). a ted, but the MTC has the last certain what we can, , but we do "Young people are saying . The DSU lost their bid for a stu- Other complaints included the word," say James LeBlanc, chair know we want to be members of things are not going to go back to dent bus pass three years ago on inconvience of having to carry of SUNS. He says the coalition is CUP," Toner says. the way they were, so we have to the grounds that they lacked sup­ around change, the long distan- preparing for a 'frontal attack' by At last week's council n·.eeting, find something to put in their port from other student councils. ces some students have to walk in planning a press conference to Greg Davis, the St. Thomas stu- place," he adds. This year a coalition comprised order to catch a bus and the fact announce the results of the dent union president, said he McCurdy says another thing of members of student councils of that buying tickets in large survey. didn't want to cut into the paper's the Task Force has heard consist­ Metro area institutions has been numbers in Halifax, unlike in With the impending fare operating expenses but he did ently is that "the universities are formed under the umbrella of other cities such as Ottawa or increase looming, the student want to trim "unnecessary hurting." He says this concern SUNS and is detemined to see a Toronto, offers no discounts. council coalition plans to meet expenses from the budget prop- has become even more pro­ student bus pass introduced. The Metropolitan Authority next week to finalize a report osal." Toner says it's hard to trim nounced since the announcement (MA), headed by Halifax mayor which will be the basis of their an already bare bones budget. of $6 billion in federal cuts to Results of the survey indicated Ron Wallace, has asked the Met- formal proposals to senior man- The paper publishes fourteen Established Programs Financing. most students live between six ropolitan Transit Commission agement and the board of the issues a year, and none of the staff "The provinces are already cut- and eight kilometres fro;m~;.;th~e;.i~r-~(~M~T.;.;C.;.)~fo~r;.;i ;ts~re;c~o;m;;:m:;eGn=d;;a;t;i iio;.;n~s =~MimiTi.C=:. ==--=-"""---======~:ri:e~c::iemivS!e:sas;l:::;a;.:r;;iei:si:io:iirio.oiih~o~n;;oiir~a~ri~a:;.· . ·"·'· Volume 118, Number 10 I N T H E G R A w 0 0 D November 7, 1985 THE '9 12 13 16 GAZETTE ffi Movie Nite Movie Nite Movie Nite P.J. Party Editors ~ "Best Defense" "48 Hours" "Trading Places" Mary Ellen Jones > 8 pm 8 pm David Olie 0 8 pm 8 pm z News Editor Saturday Tuesday Wednesday Saturday Bill Overend Campus News Desk Charlene Sadler Kimberly Williams National Affairs Desk Toby Sanger DALHOUSIE STUDENT UNION Women's Issues Co-ordinator LIST OF SOCIETIES FOR 1985-86 Susan Lunn Alpha Gamma Delta Fraternity Dalhousie-Mount St.

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