INTERIOR DEPT. SLASHES ATLANTIC DRILLING AREAS

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Atlantic Drilling Areas
DRILL, From C1 ated to camouflage., their
real needs. It would be my
permission to drill as close
as 23 miles from shore. guess the Interior Depart-
ment probably approved the
An Interior Department acreage they (the
spokesman said yesterday companies) most wanted."
that the decision to 'cut back
on the number of tracts The Interior Dspartment
has begun to produce a
available for drilling had draft environmental impact
been based on environmen-
tal statement on the proposed
concerns as well as oh-
drilling area, a . pokesman
jections from the fishing In for the department ,said.
several states and federal
to be completed in
agencies. These included the October
National Marine Fisheries and public hearings on the
.~, sites will probably take
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and Wildlife Service.
Seventy-one tracts were ary, he said.
Although ther4_bas been a
eliminated from the drilling relatively mild show of op-
area after they were ob- position to' the.--, Coast
jected to by the Mid Atlan- drilling plans upto now, In-
tic Finfish and Lobster As- terioi Department officials
sociation of Narragansett, have said they expect more
MI., an Interior spokesman vehement protasis to arise
at the public Bearings from
,said. environmentalists and oth-
Despite the sharp cut- ers.
backs in the available drill- If the_.deprtment's tents-
ing area, an official of one tive timetable holds, a
of the oil companies in- spokesman aid the tracts
volved in the preliminary may be available for leasing
exploration of the offshore by next May. Once a tract is
site said the areas of pri- sold to aZ(t@ pr ems` ct"''di
agreement were discussed and a lit- by the American senators may be
tie progress was actually made. unavoidable.
Whelan. The larva of the iwctuid moth,- vev
we understand, can compensate for its to th
tnt M AL huffing, puffing, Man
~gr~loth is, sadly, famil- , amo-
far to most of us, as is the apinele'ss, infoi
soft-shelled turtle of central and south- Ism
If Quebec had the oil
Re Geoffrey Stevens' Trying Not, to;,.
"If Mr. Lougheed were Premier of
Quebec, there, would be screams of outrage
across English Canada.";
What does Mr. Stevens suppose would
happen if Quebec had the oil, and the fed-
~ral Government dared to impose an ex-
port. tax to help pay for Alberta's lack of
same, as 'the are now doing to subsidize
Quebec and the Maritimes?
Also why does the federal Government
not tax the export of electrical energy by
Quebec and Ontario. Hydro, the same as
they. 'are doing; on Western oil?
James A. Johnston
Orillia
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`damaged both writers and publishers in this who is
country, and I am certain that all of us will
welcome this decision. It is to be hoped that
ultimately (and the sooner the better) legis-
lation will be worked out to prohibit the im-
portation of all American editions of Cana
dian books in cases where the Canadian edi-
tion is available.,
Lakefield
sion to utilize the Finch subway station
many times at all hours of, the day. I co1jd
not. help but notice the piped-in music which
the TTC is now oozing through the air in
the bus-boarding area.
Please note:
(1) 1 am forced, by circumstance, to use
the TTC subways. I refuse to passively sue-
numb to that drivel as well.
everywhere on Tl'C property, forbids me to,
carry any sound-emitting device on, WC
property (which..may. annoy ,others with
thhat sound). 'I consider that. law to be
equally applicable to the 'FTC itself.
(3) With the imniigentthreat of a $56-mil-
lion deficit for the TTC tind/or a substantial
Fare increase for riders, it hardly seems
the appropriate time to be wasting money
,
' on such aggravating superfluities.
Grant Chorley
Agincourt
Connaught ' Laboratories
It is with amazed admiration that I am
following the dedicated and unselfish cam-
paign waged by some of your journalists
aimed at purifying the Canadian public and
scientific life for the benefit of our whole
conmlunity. Their.; previous revelations of
police brutality affecting almost exclusively
the law-abiding, taxpaying, innocent citi-
zens already has brought a great measure
of feeling of safety for those walking the
streets.
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By GEOFFREY STEVENS
OTTAWA What's not so good and what gives
There are reasons for 'being both rise to a certain pessimism is that
p
much seems to have tra
er
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no
optimistic and pessimistic about the
outcome of the Third United Nations pened since the Caracas session ad-
Law of the Sea Conference which re- journed at the end of August. The
idea then was the months leading up
smuts in Geneva on Monday There to Geneva would be devoted to inten-
are two main reasons for oyptimism, live discussions with other countries
the first being that there was, at the to narrow existing differences and to
conference's first session in Caracas set the stage for hard bargaining to
last summer, a very real determina- beg in without delay in Geneva. In-
tion on the part of virtually all of the stead, a .weariness--a sort of diplo-
137 nations to come up with a coin- matic fatigue--seemed to set in
prehensive international treaty. Per-
m after the 10 hard weeks in Caracas.
haps some of them were preoc- to far as Canada is concerned,
pied with tactics rather than with there have been some bilateral talks
no. one wanted to r
negotiating. But
do anything that would destroy the with the 'United States and Japan;
'representatives from Guides and
possibility of eventually reaching all have passed through Ottawa;
cge that his government Mr. Lapointe led a delegation to
could mant could ratify. Senegal, Tunisia and Algeria in Jan-
The second rgency for optimism as no noted nary; another External Affairs offi-the sense
urg ye erda of surrounds which, as noted cial went to Tehran; the leader of
the confer- the Canadian Law of the Sea delega-
yesterday, "We've got to have good
suts even i they are n partial tion, Alan Beesley, who doubles as
res, even ow a from m on the only confer- Ambassador to Vienna, flew to New
results, to show York for meetings at the United Na-
nal Affays Paul Lap,, of d Exter y tions. But this rather diffn e.activity
n al , who will eputy does not seem to add up to concen-
leader of the Canadian delegation in trated pre-conference negotiating
Geneva. Ambassador John Steven= and there is no indication that any
son, the leader of the United States of it has really advanced Canada's
delegation, 'emphasized the same position.
point in an interview in New York: . Another cause for concern, if not
It is very critical that Geneva does pessimism, is that no one is quite
produce not only progress but some-
" sure what will happen when every-
thing people can see as progress. one gets to Geneva. The assumption
Everyone involved in Law of the is that the conference will go
Sea discussions knows the negotia-. 'straight into working sessions, skip-
lions are in imminent danger of ping the formal plenary sessions and
being overtaken by events. If Ge- political speeches that ? wasted so
neva does not produce real and tan- much time in Caracas. But the con-
gible progress, countries like the ference could go off the rails before
United States, Norway, Iceland, Ja- it has a chance to get down to work
pan and, yes, Canada, to mention if.--as rumors in diplomatic circles
only a few, will give up on a com- suggest-a group of African nations
prehensive treaty, move to have the Palestine-, Llbera-
Then, one of two things would hap- tion Organization (which ad ob-
' C s) seated as
rat
pen. Either every country. would lay server status in d
.aflt,,, to as much of the sea. as it a full delegation and to have Israel
could, or negotiations would turn to
erism of piecemeal treaties cover-
0 specYific issues. The trouble with
great as one comprehensive weary:. A imai cause im
Each country would be free to ratify that is already making the rounds
the treaties that benefited it and re- about yet another Law.. of . the Sea
sect those that benefited spmeone 'Conference in early 1976, This sort
else. of talk is self-defeating. The more
The awareness of the undesirabil- likely the delegates think a future
Ity of the alternatives-unilateral ac-. conference is, the less they will feel
thin or piecemeal treaties-can only compelled to accomplish in Ge-
spur delegates at Geneva to move neva. The postponing of hard deci-
quickly to a draft treaty. And that's sibris is beast of the nature of the dip-
good.
Your article. re Linda Epstein's It
#gOqq.~ experience completely disma
Hat~ Father Took Linda From
-March 7).
in a society where Linda .Lovelace
star of Deep Throat) is laughingly pictt
in your entertainment section of the sa
issue autographing a tattooed arni, I
Krishna must represent a grave tin
imagine some of our young people folloi
the notion that purity of mind and bod
the path to spiritual awakening. imagir
licit sex is not allowed. Imagine fantas;
and violence are not allowed. Oh Lord,
this wTed orld be isafe from such frightenin
nocents?
Julie Lyons
Islington
in the act of deprogrammning
Father. Took Linda From Sect-Marc
Ted Patrick confined a 19-year-Old inn
ual in a room for several days again
wishes. He also showed disrespect an
indignity to the deities of other religi.i
wonder what would our reaction be if
Krishna followers had used similar ti
A wrong is a wrong, no matter who do(
The whole affair smacks of our it
ance of other religions and, sickenhij
gious bigotry of the few. It is bas muuct
to tear apart Shrimad Bhagws the
would be to tear. apart a copy of
S. K. Kumra
Etobicoke
1 was outraged to read your front
story about how a girl was deprogra
from the Hare Krishna movement
do Father know how athe From Hare Sect-Marc
Krishna
ment operates or what methods they
attract devotees, but the reported it
of deprogramming are a disgrace tos
ciety which has any respect
liberties and religious freedom
V. A. Sreedhar
Toronto
The recent abduction and forcibl,
sure to "de rogramming" (How
Took Linda Frain Sect-March 7) o
Epstein (Rudrani Dasi) are alarr,
several respects. First, though least
is the grossly false image th
Krishna movement being fostered
brain-washer for hire. Second, ,
tremely urgent, is the flagrant viol
the rights of a young woman (with
suggestions that there are more at)
yet to come). Third, and to ins the'
roux of all, is the assumption be
this that the private sensibilities,
identity, and religious faith of a
woman of college age are no more
ble in this society than the progi
read into and out of a computer. P
are only nine years short of 1911, it :
I hope this incident will spur tl
and conscientious response
mostitc
especially from persons
Iay human
well be that somewhere ai
numerous new and old religio
(Hindu, Christian, Satanist, or v
attracting young persons today t
some-surely not the Hare Krish)
ment-that are clearly destructi%
man beings. if there are such, tl
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Law of the Sea (III)
By GEOFFREY STEVENS
OTTAWA
Two issues will stand out from the
dozens of others when the Law of
the Sea negotiations reopen in Ge-
neva next week. They are passage
through international straits and ex-
ploitation of the international
seabed.
They stand out because they are
exceptionally difficult to resolve, be-
cause they intimately affect the in.
terests of the United States and be-
cause the U.S. Congress cannot be
counted on to ratify any treaty
which fails to satisfy U.S. interest.
Without American acceptance, a
treaty would be next to worthless.
On the straits issue, the United
States (along with the Soviet Union
and certain other maritime powers)
is clinging to the doctrine of free-
dom of the high seas at a point in
time when most of the coastal states
are eagerly dismantling the doctrine
by bringing as much of the seas as
they can under national jurisdiction.
The United States supports the con-
sensus at Caracas last summer. that
the territorial waters of coastal
states should extend 12 miles off-
shore. The problem is that 112.inter-
national strat ,: that are less than 24
miles. wide (including Gibraltar and
Malacca) would become the terri-
torial waters of the bordering na-
tions.
This means these nations could
impose their own rules, ban certain
types of traffic (say, oil supertank-
ers or nuclear submarines) or close
the straits entirely to unfriendly na-
tions. This is totally unacceptable to
the United States which insists on
"unimpeded transit" through
straits.
The straits issue can only be re-
solved through compromise. Vessels
planning to pass through could be
required to notify the straits states
involved. There could be special
navigational standards imposed on
the transiting countries-traffic sep-
aration, vessel construction, emis-
sion of pollutants, and so on. It
might be possible to restrict the
types of armaments that could be
taken through straits. So far, how-
ever, the United States has shown no
inclination to compromise.
On the seabed issue, it is generally
agreed there should be a bicameral
international seabed authority on the
pattern of the United Nations itself.
That's where agreement begins and
ends.
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Flora MacDonald
I am becoming a little weary with all the
fuss about the possibility of Flora Mac-
Donald being the next leader of the Pro-
gressive Conservative Party and even
Prime Minister. During the past few weeks,
she has appeared on nearly every radio and
TV interview show in Toronto and has been
the subject of numerous newspaper col-
ummns.
Now, before the women libbers begin to.
scream, my concern about all this attention
being paid to Miss MacDonald has nothing
to do with the fact that she is a woman. As
everyone knows, a woman can be bright,
and stupid just like a man.
merely r+
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fly. It is
for it ret
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What I want to know is Miss MacDonald's with a
beliefs about man and society, what she me was
stands for, what solutions she has for such gun but
pressing problems as growing unemploy- emblem
ment, economic recession, the energy prob- fot the
lem, food shortages, growing racism in Cie.
Canada, and peace, to mention a few. She Here
says she is concerned about the fabric of German
society and about the growing number of on Sept
people who are losing faith in government. gun th(
connection between women
There is obviously some
.
the attitude of the voter to government and
the performance and quality of leadership
of our elected: officials of all political
parties.
I am convinced that the man on the street
is prepared to do what is necessary and will
respond to honest and forthright leadership
..
and example. So; please let Miss Mae-.
Donald stop being coy about this leadership
business: and standup and be counted.
Albert G. Watson
Toronto
Statists
Your columnist, Geoffrey Stevens, must
be wearing blinkers if he honestly believes
the allegations of Tory. MPs Howard Graff
toy and Sinclair Stevens describing-the Tru-
deau Liberals as statists to be "so ludicrous
as to be hilarious" (Three Mild Surprises-
Feb. 26). True, the new Grits haven't done
their sharp left turn dramatically, as, say,
by nationalization. But neither have most
democratic socialists around the world
lately. Today, Western socialists seek more
to control the economy and people's lives :
through interventionism and massive gov-.
ernment spending.
Federal Government intervention in the
Canadian economy has been increasing rap-
idly in the last eight years. Federal expend-
itures have tripled during the period and
federal policies have been partly responsi=
ble for the increase in provincial govern-
ment spending. Government spending in
Canada (including transfer payments) has
grown so fast with relation to gross national
product during the period that at this rate
by the mid-1980s it will equal the total GNP.
If this isn't "leading the country down the
slippery slope, to socialism and state con-
trol" Pd like to know, what columnist Ste-
vens would `consider. it to be.
Grant Shaver
Gormley
Recently.I read I'm Stilt Living b Chiva
Kwinta. It is the testimony of a Polish Jew.
who, as a child, survived the atrocities of
the Nazi regime.
Yet, she does not denounce the Nazis but
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The United States wants an au-
thority that would be little more
than a traffic policeman-issuing
mining and drilling licences to coun-
tries and corporations that have the
technology to do the job and collec-
ting royalties from them. The devel-
oping nations, fearing a rip off, want
an authority that would do the ex-
ploitation itself.
Again, it's a matter of compro-
mise. Canada and some others pro-
pose a mixture of contracting out
and direct exploitation. Some Afri-
can countries suggest starting with
a lieeneing or contracting arrange-
anent and gradually phasing it out in
favor of direct exploitation.
An even more difficult problem
concerns the structure of the bica-
meral seabed authority. The United
States wants no repetition of the one
nation-one vote problems, of the UN
General Assembly. It would assign
to the larger body (on which every
nation would be represented),, only
the power to recommend to the
smaller executive body. The smaller
nations naturally :want the real
power to reside in the larger body.
The compromise could be to give
most of the power to the executive
body. and structure -its membership
in such a way as to guarantee that
every interest. bloc is represented.
But this could prove so awkward as
to be impossible.
To sum up, keep one eye peeled
for. signs of compromise at Geneva
on the straits and seabed issues.
Keep the other eye (if physically
possible) on Washington. If the Con-
gress concludes Geneva is not mak-
ing progress on issues vital to Amer-
ican interests, it can be expected to
take unilateral action; there might
be enough votes to over-ride a presi-
dential veto.
Senator Warren Magnuson's bill to'
declare an exclusive 200-mite fishing
zone off the coasts of the United
States, which passed the Senate by
68 votes to 27 in the,dying days of
the previous Congress,. will be be-
fore the Senate again, Similar 'legis-
lation is planned 'in. the House of
Representatives. "If the fisheries
bill goes through," predicts a Senate
aide who specializes in the Law of
the Sea, "it will be followed very
shortly by bills dealing with, mineral
resources, environmental, pollution
and unimpeded transit."
If that happens in Washington, the
debate in Geneva will be rendered
largely, irrelevant.
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Law the
OTTAWA
If you accept the basic thrust of
the Canadian policy, you'd have to
agree that things are going pretty
darned well for Canada in the Law
of the Sea negotiations. We have
reason---thank you very much-to be
pleased with both the performance
of our diplomats and the substance
of the negotiations.
We are, of course, delighted with
the consensus that emerged at Cara-
cas last summer in support of the
proposition that coastal states. (of
should ? have 12-mile territorial
waters and an "economic zone" ex-
tending 200 miles offshore. Why
shouldn't we be delighted? Accept-
ance of the 12-mile territorial limit
would give international sanction to
something we have already estab-
lished unilaterally. And the 200-mile
zone would give us control over 85 to
90 per cent of the fish taken off our
coasts and the lion's share of the o.il,
gas and minerals of the continental
shelf.
So what does Canada want when
the negotiations resume in Geneva
next week? In a word, we want
MORE. We think the 200-mile idea is
very nice, but we'd really like to
push the economic zone all the way
out to the edge of the continental
margin (a distance of 640 miles at
eral clainr?to the waters of the Arc-
tic will be recognized and that we
will get most of what we want on
pollution control in economic zones.
However, it looks very much as
-though we will have to abandon the
continental margin. Despite the fact
that Canada and some other broad-
shelf countries are agreeable to
sharing with the rest of the world
some of the revenues from the area
between 200 miles and the margin,
they are not winning much support.
Only about 40 of the:137 nations in'-
valved in the negotiations support
the margin position and votes at Ge-
neva will require a two-thirds ma-
jority.
There's less outright opposition to
the salmon, but there's also less out-
right support. Only perhaps a dozen
nations are vitally interested in safe.-
guarding the species. Most of the
rest are not interested in the ques-
tion. Some of the African countries
take the view that, although. they
have never-fished for salmon, they
are not prepared to sign away the
right to do so in the future.
Canada's only hope on the salmon
and the margin is to try to work
some trade-offs with countries with
peculiar problems of their own. For
example, the -Algerians are con-
cerned about the special difficulties
of semi-enclosed seas (the Mediter-
one point off the east coast) ; that ranean being one) and about the
way, we'd pick up an extra 400,000 Balearic Islands, - which belong to
square miles to preside over, not.-to Spahr.but which would interfere with
mention all the fish and all the non- Algeria's economic zone. Similarly,
In the case of what are known as Greek islands that screen much of
the anadromous species (such as the their Aegean coastline and the Tu-
salmon), which spawn in fresh nisians are worried about islands be-
sea, we would like to push our juris- like Indonesia, Fiji and the Philip-
diction even further. We'd, like to pines are -shopping for support for a
than th:e coastal country in. whose We them to draw their territorial
waters the salmon spawn, to fish for limits around .the outermost points
salmon at all. Our argument (and it . of their outermost islands. Canada
has virtue) is that our best efforts to may find ? negotiating room with
wasted if countries such as Japan . Of course, we would be overjoyed
mon before they have a chance to coup, we were to win everything we
get back to Canada to spawn. The want. at Geneva. -But should we be
Danish reply to this (and it has vir- overjoyed? Should we even be ask-
tue, too) is that. east coast salmon ' ing for more than we already have?
nadian because they feed and grow series, will look at the question of
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meat attitude toward the East
Houses of Parliament. The pro;
of Sir John A. itilacdonald's a
block to the public is as scan
the bastardization of this histr
suit the doubtful tastes of pa,
crats. And the arrogance of a I
which apparently doesn't give
Canada and its history as log
doubtful tastes and comfort a:
dated passes all understanding.
I hope that as many of youL
possible will protest personally i
Minister about this cavalier alt:
our history. We should prev+.
means possible, any further ti
of this historic office and we
that it be reopened immediate
view on Sunday tours.
Pierre Berton
Toronto
I am writing to continent on
ment decision to stop includi
ear operations in, OIIIP insuran
I" think this is a bad mistake.;
I am 14 years old. Until la:
had very protruding ears. It
for as long back as I can rerr
ways wore my hair long
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did. It is cruel of the Govern;
of this"type of operation as to
a luxury. Many children whos
not able to afford the expense
tion will be forced to leave tr
ears uncorrected. Perhaps the
should think of the future whe
children could' easily be emot
people in need of very expe
treatment.
Hilary Thomas
Port Hope -
Who's iiterata
Relative to Ian Morriso.n's
Literate?-March 11):
I would like to remind Mr.
there is no conclusive evider
his contention that an Englis
dividual with more than eigh
education possesses a higher i
acy than a person with less.
R. S. Craggs
West Hill
William French put his fi
05-1glected point about the book
ada (Who's Literate?-Marcl
Are we a nation of reader
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By GEOFFREY STEVENS
OTTAWA
"We must aim for nothing less
than an acceptable distribution of
the world's wealth. In doing so, the
inequities resulting from the acci-
dental location of valuable geologi-,
cal formations should no more be
overlooked than should the present
unequal acquisition of technological
and managerial skills." -- Prime
Minister Pierre Trudeau.
"A 200-mile limit does not fully
cover the Canadian case. We must
obtain recognition of our rights and
needs beyond that limit if we want
to protect adequately our natural re-
sources." -- External Affairs Minis-
ter Allan MacEachen.
These two statements, both made
this week-the one by Mr. Trudeau
in an excellent speech in London,
England, the other by Mr. Mac-
Eachen in a clear presentation to a
parliamentary committee in Ottawa
-set out with striking clarity ? the
schizoid character of Canadian for-
eign policy.
The Prime Minister, in the best
traditions of Pearsonian diplomacy,
is touring Europe, preaching inter-
nationalism and calling for an' equi-
table sharing of the world's wealth
and resources. In Ottawa, his Exter-
nal Affairs Minister is spelling out a
blatantly nationalist policy designed
to guarantee that Canada will not
have to share anything with anyone.
It sort of takes the breath away.
Nowhere is this schizophrenia
more apparent than it is in Canada's
approach to the Law of the Sea ne-
gotiations. No country adopted a
more nationalist stance than we did
at the Law of the Sea Conference
last summer in Caracas. No one will
be more nationalist than we will be ;
when the conference resumes on
Monday in Geneva. At the same
time, however, a good many less fa.
vored nations will in Geneva, as
they did in Caracas, accept at face
value our sincere assurance that our
most earnest desire is to protect the
small and the poor from being
ripped off by the big and. the rich.
Canada, of course, is not alone in
preaching internationalism while
promoting national self-interest;
we're just more efficiejit at It than
most we've been remarkably suc-
cessful in internationalizing nation-
alism. Now, obviously even an im-
perfect Law of the Sea treaty, as
long as it discourages every nation
from setting its own rules, is much
better than no treaty at all. But the
original dream of a treaty that
would truly treat the riches of the
seas as the common heritage of all
mankind is dead.
Some of the figures are startling.
If every coastal nation establishes an
exclusive economic zone for 200 miles
off its shores, 30 per cent of the
world's ocean space will be brought
under national jurisdiction. The fig-
ure will be even higher if Canada
and other broad-shelf countries are
permitted to push their economic
zones to the edge of the continental
margin.
One estimate is that the coastal
states will have the exclusive enjoy-
ment of $20-trillion worth of oil, gas
and minerals in the seabed of their
200-mile economic zones. This sug-
gests that by the time it is necessary
or economically practicable to de-
velop the international deep seabed
(whose revenues all nations would
share), it may be a case of too little
too late.
Some questions should be asked.
Does Canada really need an. eco-
nomic zone that would stretch to the
continental margin? If the Prime
Minister's words this week mean
anything, should we not turn our
thinking around and contemplate
sharing with the rest of the. world
even those resources that lie within
200 miles of our coasts?
A proposal to this effect was pre-
sented to a private breakfast of two
dozen MPs in Ottawa this week by
an American Law of the Sea expert,
John J. Logue, director of the World
Order Research Institute at Villa-
nova University. Professor Logue
proposed that up to 20 per cent of
the revenue from each coastal
state's 200-mile economic zone be
contributed to a "world common
heritage fund". The amount each
nation would receive from the fund
wo d in inverse proportion to its
pe c a income. This way, at
leas' portion of the oil riches of
such areas as the North Sea, Per-
sian Gulf, Gulf of Mexico and the
Canadian continental shelf would be
spread among the poorer nations.
The fact that the MPs did not rush
to embrace Mr. Logue's approach
does not mean it does not have some
merit. At the very least, we should
take a critical look at our present
Canada-first Policy.
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GENEVA, April 15-Although
more than mid-way through
its eight-week session, the Unit-
ed Nations Law of the Sea
Conference was divided today
on how to plot its course for
drafting a charter to govern
man's use of the oceans.
A suggestion by Hamilton
S.. Amerasivnghe of Sri Lanka,
the conference president, that
the time had come for the
138-nation conference to. as-
semble the many conflicting
proposals ran into heavy going.
Despite general agreement
that basic negotiating texts
would be necessary, a number
of countries said more discus-
sion was required before drafts
could be prepared.
The issues still causing prob-
lems include navigation
through international straits
that would fall entirely within
the territorial seas of bordering
coastal states.
A0.other key issue involves
the rights and obligations of
coastal states over the resour-
ces `to which they would be
given title in,an economic zone
extending 200. miles ' off their,
shores.
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