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Gateway
(University
of
Alberta)
By
Ian
Mulder
EDMONTON
(CUP)
-
Thanks
to
growing
provincial
coffers,
the
Alberta
government
is
creating
a
new
endowment
fund
worth
$500-million
in
the
fields
of
science
and
engineering.
The
fund
-
aimed
at
attracting
investment
and
creating
research
opportunities
-
comes
out
of
the
1998
Growth
Summit
and
the
1999
Roundtable
on
University
research.
Both
of
these
gatherings
recognized
the
need
for
the
creation
of
an
endowment
for
science
and
engineering.
"Establishing
this
endowment
will
allow
our
government
to
encourage
development
and
commercialization
of
new
technologies,"
said
Alberta
Premier
Ralph
Klein.
"This
approach
will
keep
our
government
out
of
the
business
of
being
in
business."
Funding
for
the
endowment
will
come
out
of
Alberta's
2000
The
People's
Republic
of
Cape
Breton?
Source:
The
Cadre
(University
of
Prince
Edward
Island)
By
Kent
J.
Bruyneel
SYDNEY,
NS
(CUP)
-
Decreasing
financial
support,
and
an
increasing
feeling
of
isolation,
have
left
many
on
the
island
of
Cape
Breton
feeling
that
a
separation
from
Nova
Scotia
is
in
their
best
interest.
"We're
living
in
an
area
where
our
coal
mines
are
closing,
our
heavy
water
plant
is
gone,
our
steel
mills
are
going
and
nothing
is
being
put
in
to
replace
those
jobs,"
said
Regional
Municipal
Councilor
Ron
Burrows.
"A
lot
more
could
and
would
happen
if
we
had
self-determination."
The
transfer
of
money
to
the
province
of
Nova
Scotia
from
the
federal
government
is
affected
by
the
increasing
unemployment
on
the
island
of
Cape
Breton.
Ottawa's
provincial
transfer
payment
formula
is
tied
to
the
level
of
unemployment
in
a
province.
But
Burrows,
among
others,
believes
Cape
Breton
is
not
seeing
its
equitable
share
of
the
money.
"Our
problems,
our
unemployment,
is
driving
Nova
Scotia's
transfer
payments,"
said
Burrows.
"And
we
Cape
Breton
are
not
seeing
it
.
.
..
We
have
no
say
in
the
financial
affairs
of
the
Provincial
government."
Both
students
and
faculty
members
at
the
University
College
of
Cape
Breton
(UCCB)
echo
Burrows'
thoughts.
Jamie
MacLean,
a
second-year
Science
student
said:
"The
mainland
gets
most
of
the
money,
we
see
nothing
in
terms
of
more
money,
more
jobs,
or
more
opportunities
and
you
would
think
we
should."
Dr.
Bob
Morgan,
director
of
the
Beaton
Institute
at
UCCB,
an
organization
dedicated
to
archiving
and
preserving
the
history
of
Cape
Breton,
concurs
with
both
MacLean
and
Burrows.
Morgan
feels
the
absence
of
a
strong
sense
of
Nova
Scotian
pride
and
a
complete
lack
of
interaction
with
the
provincial
government
has
led
to
a
situation
where
the
island
feels
much
closer
to
the
federal
government.
"The
feeling
is
that
the
money
being
sent
from
Ottawa
is
being
laundered
in
Halifax,
and
we
are
effectively
getting
the
crumbs
that
are
left
over,"
said
Dr.
Morgan.
Morgan
also
explained
the
historical
perspective,
which
has
led
Cape
Bretoners
to
feel
a
sense
of
individual
identity,
overrides
their
commitment
to
the
province.
Cape
Breton
was
not
a
part
of
Nova
Scotia
until
it
was
annexed
in
1820.
Since
then
-
especially
in
the
1830s,
1880s,
1920s
and
throughout
the
1970's
-
Cape
Breton
has
seen
the
occasional
rise
of
separatist
fervour.
The
current
movement
is
buttressed
by
the
fact
that
any
future
Quebec
distinct
society
clause
could
be
used
in
defining
Cape
Breton
as
its
own
distinct
society.
"Psychologically
we
are
our
own
province,"
said
Dr.
Morgan.
"We
have
our
own
culture
and
our
own
manners.
There
is,
here,
an
overwhelming
feeling
of
being
different."
Dr.
Richard
MacKinnon,
a
folklorist
and
professor
at
UCCB,
explains
how
the
level
of
complexity
inside
Cape
Breton's
population
makes
for
a
society
that
has
its
own
diversity,
and
its
own
mixed
history
which
supercedes
any
idea
of
a
provincial
identity.
"I
call
it
our
vernacular
and
it
is
very
distinct.
Even
though
we
have
several
different
nationalities
and
races
-
including
a
large
Micmac
population,
a
strong
Gaelic
culture
and
dozens
of
European
communities
-
we,
together,
in
Cape
Breton,
have
our
own
dialect,
our
own
pattern
of
life
and
our
own
way
of
thinking,"
Dr.
MacKinnon
said.
The
province's
declining
financial
welfare,
witnessed
by
the
closing
of
the
DEVCO
mines
in
Sydney,
has
further
pushed
many
in
the
community
to
believe
that
a
solution
which
includes
the
help
of
the
provincial
government
in
Halifax
is
no
solution
at
all.
"It
does
not
matter
who
is
in
power,
for
that
power
will
always
be
in
Halifax,
and
we
will
always
be
treated
like
a
poor
ninth
cousin,"
MacKinnon
added
The
legalities
of
separation
are
complex,
but
not
impossible,
explains
Constitutional
lawyer
and
University
of
Ottawa
Law
Professor
Joseph
Magent.
"Founding
a
new
province
is
covered
under
Part
5
of
the
Constitution
Act
of
1982,"
Magent
said.
"It
requires
the
participation
of
the
Senate,
the
House
of
Commons
and
all
of
the
provinces,
including
Nova
Scotia."
Magnet
further
explains
that
the
The
CNC
Free
Press
February
200QI
Alberta
announces
$500-million
endowment
for
science,
engineering
budget,
and
if
provincial
finances
permit
an
additional
$100-million
will
be
added
to
the
fund
each
year.
At
this
rate,
the
fund
could
be
worth
$l-billion
by
the
province's
centennial
in
2005.
"Every
industry
in
this
province,
from
farming
to
forestry
to
energy
to
information
and
communications
technology,
will
benefit
from
new
discoveries,"
said
Klein.
According
to
Val
Mellesmoen,
the
communications
director
for
the
Ministry
of
Innovation
and
Science,
the
endowment
is
a
reflection
of
the
government's
commitment
to
science
and
technology
"The
endowment
is
part
of
the
government's
economic
platform
for
emerging
technologies,"
said
Mellesmoen.
Raj
Pannu,
a
New
Democratic
Party
MLA,
applauded
the
move
-with
qualifications.
"It's
nice
to
see
money
put
into
education,
though
it
comes
at
a
time
of
rising
tuition
fees
and
problem
in
creating
a
new
province
in
Cape
Breton
is
that
of
all
the
provinces
will
still
want
to
keep
their
balance
of
power.
In
the
case
of
Nova
Scotia,
he
adds,
it
is
hard
to
imagine
them
handing
over
some
of
their
national
authority
to
Cape
Breton.
The
student
population
in
Cape
Breton
feels
the
weight
of
the
supposed
mistreatment
from
Halifax
in
that
they
are
often
unable
to
find
work
in
their
home
city.
"I
suppose
you
call
it
the
'brain
drain',
however,
I
know
many
UCCB
students,
students
of
mine,
who
would
have
loved
to
stay
here
but
were
unable
due
to
the
lack
of
existing,
or
potential
opportunities.
It
is
sad
because
UCCB
is
one
of
the
bright
lights
in
what
is
a
very
frustrated
region.
When
we
lose
some
of
increasing
student
debt,"
he
said.1
Pannu
claims
this
is
part
of
the
province's
"divide
and
conquer'
policy
in
giving
money
to
certain
kinds
of
education
while
ignoring
others.
"The
province
is
playing
mind
games
by
taking
so
heavily
from
students
on
one
hand
while
buttering
the
palm
of
the
other,'
said
Pannu.
This
is
the
second
large
chunk
of
Dfj
money
being
put
into
related
technologies.
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MacKinnon
and
othei
discussed
the
issue
at
a
confereni
that
included
Iceland,
Malta
am
the
Faroe
Islands,
a
region
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its
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past
weekend
to
discuss
sell
determination
and
the
role
of
loci
government
in
determining
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of
the
local
economy.
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has
been
shown,"
said
Dtj
Morgan,
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many
micro-states
do
as
well
as
or
in
fact
betten
separate
than
they
did
as
past1
members
of
a
larger
state.
These
are
the
issues
we
are
going
to
explore
with
our
guests
from
Iceland
and
the
Faroes."
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This
issue
is
headed
to
its
most
public
platform
on
the
18th
of
February
when
local
political
leaders
and
members
of
the
community
will
meet
in
Baddecl
Nova
Scotia,
to
decide
on
how
pursue
a
more
prosperous
futi
for
the
troubled
region.
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