Volume X,
Number 13
Oct. 11, 1988

Is he just after her natural resources?

Free Trade Debate Attracts 80

Marriage became the analogy of choice in the Free
Trade debate held recently. The pro and con sides of the
argument saw the bride (Canada) alternately as a
willing partner and a victim of coercion.

The first in the lunch hour lecture series, the

debate attracted over 80 people, many of them students.

Economics instructor John Sayre led with his argument
that our market-based economy needs the shot in the
arm the American populace could give it, and small
business owner and former Retail Management
instructor Jan Anderson backed him up with an
exuberant cry of “go for it!” Jan said the Canadian
consumer is deprived of many goods because of
restrictive trade laws.

Speaking for a second look, Nigel Amon argued that
we'd be fools to sign an agreement in which the fine
print hasn’t even been written. He pointed out that the
so-called binding dispute arbitration mechanism in the
agreement isn’t actually binding at all (John Sayre had

to concede on this point). French instructor and NDP
candidate Olga Kempo brought up the issues of
medicare, resources, and "harmonization" and urged
listeners to read a report written by Judge Margaret
Bowker which translates the agreement into readable
English. It is in the Media Centre.

Listeners enjoyed much twisting of the classic bride
going down the aisle image, and Olga completed her
statements by saying, “This bride isn't afraid to turn
around and walk out of the church.”

The next lunch hour lecture will be Wednesday,
October 26 with John Dixon, philosophy instructor and
president of B.C.’s Civil Liberties Association speaking
on civil liberties.

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