22 — The Prince George Citizen — Tuesday. May 26. 1987

C anada's African effo rt creates b o n d Walter McLean has become full-time development minister for Africa by DAN TURNER what is being offered, amounting to $850 million dur­ whelmed with the interest have shown For Southam News ing 1985-86 and more than $900 million for 1986-87. when they’ve come back to Canada to address them. OTTAWA — The description certainly fits the kind v Canada* — wm mm tms , Canada has tried to set an example to other indus­ MacDonald points out that Africa tends to break of sadness you might expect from a politician re­ trialized countries by declaring a moratorium on down into English and French-speaking countries, cently dumped from the cabinet: world's poorest continent. loans repayments for sub-Saharan African countries, which gives more of an affinity than Latin America “ He just broke down and talked about his sense of Canadian effort, which and declared last year that all further assistance or Asia, for instance. despair and humiliation.” would come in the form of grants, rather than loans. “ I also think that Canadians see we can do things And indeed, the person talking about his humilia­ across party lines, is not Aid projects have become more thoughtful, with in Africa that matter. If you look at Latin America, tion was Walter McLean, the 51-year-old Presbyteri­ hst on African haders. less emphasis on building infrastructure and more if you look at the Middle East, if you look at Europe, an minister discarded by in the on solving Africa’s chronic problems of maintaining it all becomes much more difficult — you’re invaria­ prime minister’s first major cabinet shuffle last it. bly dealing with the conflict between the superpow­ June. Some of the credit has to go to Mulroney. Lewis, ers. But the sorrow McLean expressed that night late who is not easily impressed and shares few of Mul­ “ But there’s no question in the world that Cana­ in April wasn’t for himself, but for Africa, the con­ tions Minister . roney’s political beliefs, simply calls the prime min­ da’s ability to matter is critical in Africa today.” tinent that’s become the focus of his energies since Lewis, 49, the ex-leader of the New Demo­ ister “ formidable” on the African question. Africa’s immense problems include what Lewis he left the cabinet. crats, has been spending such enormous amounts of And some belongs to committed public servants estimates to be a $ 2-billion shortfall in aid from the Addressing a reception for the United Nations Eco­ time on his duties as the UN’s special representative and workers at non-governmental organizations who industrialized world. nomic Commission for Africa, he talked about his re­ designated to follow up the General Assembly’s ses­ have been fighting an uphill battle to help Africa for The second main problem is some African coun­ cent visit to Mozambique — a country savaged by sion on Africa held last year that Clark has had to decades. tries’ almost insurmountable debt. war and starvation — and he had to stop and swal­ ship him an assistant to give him enough time to But the truth is that people like MacDonald, Lewis And the third is the disastrous drop in commodity low hard. perform his other duties. and McLean can barge through doors that bureau­ prices for everything from cocoa to copper, which David MacDonald, 51, is another former secretary crats can only knock on. The Africa Brigade has have cut export earnings by an incredible $19 billion When he finally spoke, he spoke the words of a of state and best known for standing alone in the been effective in large part by knowing the lim its of in one year. white man apologizing for some of his race, a white Commons against imposition of emergency legisla­ what is possible and moving quickly to get to them. “ Aid can be increased,” says Lewis. “ Debts can man who had witnessed first hand the scorched- tion against the FLQ during the 1970 October Crisis. “ We’re not just narrow Africanists,” says McLean, be forgiven. But what in the world do you do about earth devastation wrought by South African-support­ He took over as Canada’s ambassador in Ethiopia who worked with both the church and CUSO in Nige­ commodity prices?” ed rebels in Mozambique. last year after having directed Canada’s relief ria in the ‘60s. Still, there is a measured optimism within the B ri­ At that moment, recalls Stephen Lewis, Canada’s efforts there. Breaking from the African ambassado­ “ We all have a vision of Canada and what Cana­ gade. ambassador to the UN, “ you could see on the A fri­ ria l tradition of sticking close to office air-condition­ dians want. We all know government, what is possi­ Campagnolo has just returned from a visit to west can faces at the table the extraordinary solidarity ing, he has criss-crossed the continent in search of ble, what isn’t.” Africa, where she visited several CUSO projects. they feel with Canada. I was very moved by it, be­ ways to help. Lewis, who worked as a teacher in Africa as a “ You expect to come back from Africa feeling de­ cause it was so real.” Maurice Strong, 58, an unsuccessful Liberal candi­ young man, has flown there 10 times since last Sep­ pressed. I come from Africa feeling quite positive. Like Lewis, Walter McLean has joined ranks with date in during the Trudeau years, has man­ tember. While he’s acting as an agent of the UN, he The people know they’re in a tight corner, and what’s becoming known as Canada’s Africa Brigade aged to combine a successful business career with says the impression that’s always left is that he’s a they’re giving every single effort possible to change — a group of politicians and ex-politicians, brim ­ an overriding interest in international development Canadian, and that Canadians care. their destiny.” ming over with commitment and savvy, who’ve de­ and the ecology. Strong took a break from business Which is nice. But what’s in it for Canada? “ They inspire you,” says McLean. cided to dedicate much of their most productive to move in as the UN’s wagon-master when emer­ The question takes Lewis aback. “ It’s courageous,” says Lewis, “ and Canada's in years to a continent generally regarded as a basket gency operations against the African drought began “ I have to tell you honestly I tend not to think of on it.” case. in late 1984. those questions myself. One does it because one Both Lewis and MacDonald speak with pride of the The Brigade cuts across party lines: McLean and Iona Campagnolo, 55, former minister of state for must do it. This is a continent fighting for survival, night Walter McLean broke down in Addis Ababa. former minister David MacDonald from the Conser­ fitness and amateur sport and president of the Liber­ so you do it.” As well as African ambassadors at the dinner, there vatives; Maurice Strong and Iona Campagnolo from al Party of Canada between 1982 and 1986, is known, But he also argues that Canada gets good support were ambassadors from all the non-African coun­ the Liberals; and the NDP’s Lewis. among other things, for not getting angry after hav­ from African countries at the UN when it’s shooting tries represented in Ethiopia. Given the materialistic mood of the ‘80s, the con­ ing her bum patted by Liberal Leader John Turner for a program or an appointment, and that the Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo, former head of state in suming dedication of the five to a throwaway con­ during the 1984 election campaign. “ wise” among the business-minded should consider Nigeria, a leader in the African movement to pull tinent ranks somewhere between surprising and But she’s been indignant about the deprivation in what African markets might be 25 years from now. itself up by the bootstraps, and the guest of honor on astounding. the Third World throughout her years in politics. Af­ Do Canadians really care, and if so, why? the evening in question, gave the keynote speech. McLean was something of a laughing stock to co­ ter being defeated in the 1979 election she began Campagnolo speaks sadly of calling a Canadian “ I was almost bowled over,” says MacDonald. “ In lumnists and other political writers in the months helping CUSO — Canada’s major non-profit interna­ TV network early this month when she, McLean, and front of all of those other ambassadors, he singled before Mulroney cut him loose after spells as secre­ tional development agency — with fundraising and is Pauline Jewett of the NDP were attempting to kick out Canada as the one country that had stuck with tary of state and junior immigration minister. currently trying to break through donor fatigue over off CUSO’s fundraising campaign to move the A fri­ Africa through all the tough times.” But African leaders involved in the drama of try­ Africa in an attempt to double the agency’s public can initiative beyond emergency relief and further When you’re in the Brigade, these things matter. A ing to reconstruct their continent don’t laugh at contributions. into development. lot. McLean. He has turned into Canada’s full-time de­ While the Mulroney government has already taken “ They frankly weren’t interested — they said they velopment minister for Africa at the behest of Exter­ two steps backward on overall foreign aid commit­ were all ‘Africaed out’” (Dan Turner is a reporter with the Ottawa Cit­ nal Affairs Minister and External Rela- ments, it has provided Africa with 40 per cent of But Lewis and McDonald say they’ve been over­ izen.) INJURIES COULD HAVE KILLER HER Niagara sees red S k i e r r e c o v e r s from freak accident TORONTO (CP) — Two months her skis, her head immersed in the over tour buses ago, Lynda Clipsham received a clear water. call that parents dread. “ I could see her eyes looking at NIAGARA-OP!-THE-LAKE, Ont. Beaucamp wrote to the chamber A Vancouver brain surgeon me,” said Mr. Widdifield, estimat­ (CP) — Dick and Isobel Davis to complain about a bylaw enforce broke the news that her 17-year-old ing Carla breathed in water for at don’t smile and wave when they ment officer who approached the daughter, Carla, was unconscious least a minute before being pulled see a bus full of tourists roll into bus and said, “ I don’t care if after a freak skiing accident and out. town. they’re 24 or 94, they have to walk, that if she survived, she probably Medical help was called through They shake their fists, fling from the dropoff point.” would suffer brain damage. an emergency telephone at a near­ gravel and tell the driver to get “This will hurt all of us,” said Mrs. Clipsham, 44, of Belfoun- by chair lift. lost. chamber president.Paul Albrecht- tain, Ont., about 40 kilometres Two doctors and several par­ “ Shake your fist at a bus driver son. northwest of Brampton, went into amedics stayed with Carla, pro­ today, that’s our motto,” says Dick Ed Kurtz, a member of th£ shock. tecting her spine with a backboard Davis, 69. “ Citizens in this town chamber’s board, says he's heard In a weekend interview, she re­ and her neck with a collar, and should all get together and shake similar complaints from drivers; called sitting alone in the fam ily giving her intravenous fluids and their fists.” who bring tours to his roadside home in the Caledon Hills north of lung suction. The Davises and other local re­ fruit market. Brampton, telling Fraser, the fam­ At one point during the two-hour sidents — dubbed the bus chasers “ The talk of harassment is cont ily sheepdog, what had happened wait for a helicopter, Carla’s heart — are extending the unfriendly ing through too frequently and too to Carla. stopped beating. welcome because they’re angry loudly,” he says. _-.\l Her husband Bob, 46, rushed Doctors at Lions Gate Hospital in about a growing traffic crisis in Davis says he and other dowrti home that day from a business Vancouver said Carla’s brain was this popular tourist community. town residents are tired of living trip. swollen and hemorrhaging. Her More than a million people are with clouds of dust and exhaust M r. Clipsham, an engineering neck tendons and vertebrae were expected to visit the historic town fumes. Residents can’t keep their consultant, said he got out the soft damaged — the doctors predicted this year, many of them to attend windows open or sit outside in the toys Carla had played with as a paraplegia or quadriplegia — and the Shaw Festival Theatre. summer because of noisy traffic; toddler, thinking that if brain dam­ her lungs scarcely were function­ However, Chamber of Commerce he says. age had reduced her mental age, ing. officials are hearing about a num­ she might find them comforting. Every week of her recovery, ber of incidents in which visitors The town has only about 150piib: A friend who was an executive at Carla suffered a major setback — arriving by bus are being harassed lie parking spaces in a handful of A ir Canada quickly found the coup­ pneumonia, pleurisy, memory loss by unhappy residents. municipal lots, and allows parking le seats on the next flight to Van­ and then blood clots for which she Businessmen, meanwhile, are be­ on the street. couver, the first kind act in the still takes blood-thinning drugs. ginning to worry that the bus chas­ The downtown parking situation outpouring of generosity from But now the Grade 11 student is ers are driving tourists — and is dangerous in some areas be­ friends and strangers alike that back at home after five weeks in their cash — out of town. cause parked cars are so thick, has overwhelmed the Clipshams hospital, with no obvious ill effects. Bus driver Brian Beaucamp of emergency vehicle might not be since the accident March 27. Happy and energetic, she is ea­ Newmarket, Ont., says a group of able to get through, says Ben Re- That kind of support brought ger to ski again and w ill work as a senior citizens was treated rudely dekopp, the town’s public works Carla back from massive injuries camp counsellor this summer. by a bylaw enforcement officer superintendent. that could have killed her, her par­ “ I call it a miracle,” her mother who wouldn’t allow the tourists to Town officials say they recom­ ents said. said. “ God did this for a reason get off the bus near a local theatre mend suitable routes and stopping When the Clipshams’ neighbors, and our lives are completely to spare them a few blocks of points to the bus drivers, but can’t Glen and Wanda Widdifield, set off changed now.” walking. make them comply. for a skiing holiday at Nancy Carla Clipsham is back at her Belfountain, Ont., home two months Greene’s Olympic Lodge in Whistl­ after ski accident at Whistler. er, B.C., they took along Carla, an experienced skier, to babysit their eight-year-old daughter, Hillary. Olympic medallist Nancy Greene. embankment of a mountain Nine people were in the party re­ The group was taking a leisurely stream, striking a rock. turning from a morning ski trip on shortcut through the woods when a She fell through a hole in the ice Blackcomb Mountain. They in­ panicked scream rang out. on the stream, which was about a cluded Al Raine, a former national Carla had fallen backward, head metre deep. Blood streaming from ski team coach who is married to first down the 10-m e tre ic y her head, she hung suspended by

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* KITCHENER, Ont. (CP) - The of sexual and financial improprie­ “ Communication in the PTL minis­ U.S. newspaper that revealed scan­ ties. try, and in any tel-evangelist min­ dals involving television evangelist He turned the 518,000-member istry, is one-way communication.” Jim Bakker this spring knew about PTL m inistry over to Rev. Jerry Friedlein said the thrust of the allegations of his sexual improprie­ Falwell after admitting having sex paper’c coverage was not primarir ty three years ago, says an editor with Hahn and paying $265,000 to ly Bakker’s sexual behavior, de­ with the newspaper. keep her quiet about the encounter.spite PTL’s hardline views on The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer “ We knew it was story of poten­ adultery. knew in 1984 about the allegations tial tremendous consequences and that Bakker had sex with former we didn’t easily give up on it “ It wasn’t the story we were church secretary Jessica Hahn in although it was a tough story to actually pursuing . . . it’s a story about money, stewardship, trust, 1980, said the paper’s metropolitan get,” Friedlein said. judgment and faith, with a little f. editor Ken Friedlein. The newspaper acted as a ■ But the paper decided not to to “ On the one hand it was about “ church bulletin” for a huge the use o f m inistry funds. On the publish the story at that time be­ broadcast audience by giving the cause Hahn vacillated in her story, second hand, and this is where sex congregation news it couldn’t oth­ was a part of the story, it alleged he said in a weekend interview at erwise get, he said. the annual meeting of the Ontario personal misconduct that was Reporters’ Association, The financial and sexual scan­ grounds for dismissal from the de­ dals in the Bakker ministry would nomination with which Jim Bakker r "We decided we didn’t have a n i i E i i f m m m o * i : (c o j story at that point,” he said. be tackled by ministers, deacons was affiliated.” and the congregation in any other r' Bakker, founder of the Praise Friedlein said the paper spent church, he said. A Public Service Advertisem ent Inserted by the Lord (PTL) television evange­ about $60,000 on the story and at lism empire, resigned from the “ Communication in most congre­ one point had 14 reporters working The Citizen Newspaper ministry in March amia scandals gations is two ways,” he said. on it. — "r