BymbynHme What-is it? Itis alt‘mdrtinelecture.‘ ' serieswith different. speakerswheprardse mdinformtive.- ~ - Ihadthecpportmity toattendthefirstof theserieswith Sister 32pm lie. . ~ In 1979 em w. " 3 .the Daninican We to live withthe people for as long aspossible in order to learn of wlture and their ' struggles. and perhaps aid in any way possible. The spelt living with a J K hr first year was fanily,‘to_ help in learning the language, _ and getting generally . acquainted with the country and it‘s people. later, her tine was _ divided between in the country and ‘ organizing the farmers, and living in the Barrio helping and encouraging “her neigl'abours. “She told us of secret police, raids on villages, no water or medical aid in the slum .areaofth‘eaity. children and adults with no educatim, sporadic. euployment, and overall disparity. - ' Chelsea Se Centers were organized to help the people see the "reality" of their struggles, the forces that put them there and how possibly. to overcame then. She . worked nore with her neighbours, encouraging them to fight for their water, visit the-doctors, . and to organize. Organization was the key and people were listening. Naturally the government was getting rather _ disturbed to say the least and started departing tl'ose aiding the poor. ‘._'1‘his acticnwasallpartof a plan to control any gamut of the poor. (he day, after her Barrio had fought The UPEI Sun, Novenber 26, 1981, page 3 ries I vehemently for water, the secret police picked up Sister Maureen. They held her without cause for two days, then sent her -. hone, witI'mt her thin‘ gsbutwithapatcn the back and a "see you seen". She has heard nothing more emept that she is forbidden to re—enter the country. - In closing she told us - as we sat in front - cf our dessert and coffee- that " 'me people are asking for a chance to . live... we have to respect this. They don't want us to run the struggle for them. but support it." I an indeed. looking forward to the next luncheon. Care to coma? 4 Clear. As a Blinding Snowstorm By Terry Palner -‘ My Fellow Vbrkers: A docmmnt which ‘ is being called a budget ' was recently presented - to the noise of (buttons by Finance ' _H , ‘ Mac ‘ me inpli'c r ations' of this budget as it relates to post— secondary education and specifically to the Established Prograns Financing funding . . arrangement are about as clear as a blinding sncwstorm. In other Words, ndiody knows ’ . what the hell is going on! . On one hand MacEadien states in his budget that "The government ‘ of Canada proposes‘that new federal-provincial arrangements for the financing of post-secondary education and human ‘ resources development be devised , in consul- tation with provinces, for in . new federal legislation Only 1 more issue" of the SUN. before Xmas! government. . by March 31, 1983." Well yes! We agee with that. To ne that is supposed to mean that no alts have been made at this point because of student pressure onthe I But wait! The NOV. 12 budget has dropped " what they callpthe "revenue guarantee" _ which is linked in some way to the EPF fornula. 7 ‘The goVernment, it seems, did live up to - its promise of EPF cutbacks. This revenue guarantee was introduced in 1972 to help the ' provinces adjust to income tax reform of that year.’ It was ' supposed to end in 1977 . but was continued by the government at that time ‘by an adjustment through the new EPF fornula. By dropping this ‘ revenue guarantee , 4 the government feels it's well within its limits to do this because they say it was never intended for ' the financing of health care and PSE. 'Ihe provinces, Wever, argue that it should not be taken into account in conputing federal ' contributions for these programs. The feds say, then, "if that's the case,renova1 of this revenue guarantee will _not lower the level of federal support in areas of health care and PSE. So, the ball now seems to be in the provincial court. Although there is a reduction in general revenue to the province, ' they say that it's not tied to programs coming under the jurisdiction of the EPF program. It's now up to the provinces to make the next Hove. No one knows what that may be. In conclusion, even through the constitut- ional struggle has ended, the EPF cutbacks ‘ V are still undecided. Were cuts to EPF funding brought down in the budget or not? We . may have to wait for a while for the answer to that question until somebody figures out what's going on!! r . The Avenues . Mon,Tues,WED . _f.Special 'NighTs, Special PRICES ' "mow SPAIN" ' FEA'IIJIUING: 'BFST 5mm OF MUSIC- BFST LIer 5ch IAKEEST DAME FUDR' IN MM‘N .m- 9 m r 1