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City Doctors__ (Continued tram page 1) He described it as being "eonscripted" where the "government becomes our pay- master." The majority of complaints about extra billing came from the elderly and others who couldn't afford paying more than the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) covered. “I would find it absolutely incredible that doctors I know would extra bill the elderly and the needy," Swann said. "There should be some easy way for preventing those who can't afford it, from being extra-billed." Robe“ Pragdt Chronicle Special ' Canada should adopt a neu- tral stance in the coetftiet between the Palestinian Lib- eration Organization (PLO) and Israel, said the director of the Palestinian Informa- tion Office in Ottawa and the PLO representative to Can- (Continued trom page 1) against the further cut, but chief librarian Isabel Staal did not seem to mind. PLO repcalls on Canada to adopt neutral stance in Palestinian /lsraeli conflict _.. "I don't see it as an erosion of committment. If we get provincial sub. sidizing. it sounds very reasonable." said Steal. There was also a $55,000 revision to add extra revenue in achieving the $200,000 figure. - - - - Other projects that felt the crunch were the parks and recreation study and the uptown development report, the latter try 35.000 and the parks study by $10,000. The chamber of commerce had its grant chopped by 85.000 to 68,71!) and the Waterloo Arena capital improvements suffered a $32,006 cut. Abdullah Abdullah said Ca- nadian neutrality would give a boost to the Middle East peace process and would be in keeping with this country's perception of itself as a pea- cekeeper and middle power. Canada does not formally recognize the PLO, and Ate dullah noted it is the only western co mtry, aside from the United States, which has no official contact with the Twenty members of the Waterloo Jewish Students Association protested Abdullah's speech at UW. PLO above the ambassa- dorial level. - A His comments wdke made during a press conference and an address last Thursday night to about 115 people at the University of Waterloo. Canadians would take a more fair and balanced view of the Palestinian situation if they were made," aware of the factuality of the conflict in the Middle East," he said. "I think the people need to know more about the situa- tion. The flow of information is one-sided in order to justify the subjugation of the Pales- tinians," claimed Abdullah. a}; ook ... terrorists," and just want to be treated as any 7 He imptsasized, "it's im- portant that people in this area know the Palestinians Chronicle Staff Thanks to the determined efforts of Waterloo's protective services chairman, city council will give "top priority" to hiring a fire prevention officer in time for the 1986-87 school year. Ald. Dorothy Schnarr has been calling for the hiring since she presented a notice of motion to council on Feb. 17 which also asked for all rooming houses in the city limits to be licensed. At that time, her reason was the January fire which claimed the life of a 22-year-old woman. "What I'm ultimately asking for is that morning house accommodations be in- spected and also licensed to house the single person, living on low income, which includes the student population. .. she said at the time. In light of a second incident, a $20,000 basement fire last Thursday in a Colurm bin Street rooming houses, only three blocks from the home of the January tragedy. council decided it time to sound support for the additional hiring. “It (the site of Thursday's fire) looked like so many other bungalows in the neighborhood. We should be going out and checking those houses and we should be doing it as soon as possible," said Ald. Andrew Telegdi. who along with Schnarr and Aid. Lynne Woolstencroft. tried to get the cost of the new officer included in the ma budget. They were defeated by a vote other people in the world. "People don't know the amount of suffering the Pa- lestinians have been enduring for he last 40 years." _ Abdullah repeatedly de- tleeted questions about ter- rorist activities attributed to the PLO and its various splinter factions. He likened their actions to those of crim- inals present in all societies and added it would easier for Palestinians to control their people if they had a country of their own. He did rail at what he referred to as, “Israeli state terrorism.” such as the bombing of PLO head- quarters in Tunis last Oc- tuber. However members of the Waterloo Jewish Students As- sociation felt inviting Abdul- lah to speak at the university would aid, "in the creeping legitimization of terror as a valid means of obtaining world attention." of the Arts Lecture Hall where Abdullah spoke. The protesters carried placards while walking between rows of mock tombstones, each one inscribed with the place and date of attacks attributed to PLO, terrorists. Approximately 20 of them held a demonstration in front The protest was not an attempt to curtail free speech, said Michael Gold- bach, a Jewish student's spokesman. . Abdullah bypassed the de- monstration by using an un- derground pedestrian walk- way. Two bouncers were present during Atidullah's speech but their services were not required. Abdullah scolded Ontario Premier David Peterson for donating a maple tree to Canada Park, located on the Israeli-occupied West Bank of the Jordan River.' "Does he not understand that Canada does not recognize the Israeli occupation of the West Bank?" Canada Park was estab- lished on the ruins of three Palestinian villages which were bulldozed by the Israelis Those opposed to the motion wanted to wait for a report from chief administra- tive officer Don Roughley, expected early next month. But that opposition, does not mean there is not support. _ -icikervdnt the whofe"thing, licensing and the prevention officer, effective for the Dorothy Schnarr after they captured the terri- tory during the Six-Day War in 1961, said Abdullah. He claimed the remains of three Palestinian villagers were never recovered from the rubble and Peterson's. "ae- tions in no way contribute to peace, but in fact Compro- mise the peace process." The state of Israel was formed on the basis that Palestine was a land without people, said Abdullah. "That is the crux, that is the root cause of the conflict in the Middle East. It's a eonfliet between the power that is Israel and the legitimacy of the Palestinian people." WATERLOO CHROMCLE. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26. 1986 - PAGE 3 Abdullah Abdullah school year," said Mayor Marjorie Car- roll. - -isrhe committment is there," chimed in Aid. John Shortreed at Monday's budget meeting. 7 7 - - _ _ _ . -eouniiit decided early last week to start licensing hundreds of rotpingtouset. The complete report of last Thursday's fire from the Ontario Fire Marshall's office is yet unavailable, but Waterloo fire chief John Staller pointed out that at least two serious violations were evident. The most serious was the lack of a basement exit for the boarders. As well, by having six lodgers. the home contravened both a city bylaw permitting only five unrelated persons to occupy a dwelling and the Ontario Fire Code regulation which only allows a family and three others. Staller told council Monday that hiring another enforcément officer was not something you did overnight, and was confident that Roughley's report would positive. t uito, gonna take time to hire and train the right man," said Staller, - -iae"ioid eoGcit that "95 per cent of landlords" would be happy with the li- censing. _ A "A lot of publicity has been given to a few irresponsible landlords. Licensing will protect them. the students. the city and the fire department," he said. The “mm-salary of the additional officer would be paid from the city's reserve fire expansion fund. He wnmed the Palestinians and the PLO will not simply whither away with time. "If lane] hopes to live it has to come to an account with the Palestinians," and added if that does not happen Israel, "will continue to live in isoia- tion and a state of siege." That account will have to be a negotiated peace in which all involved parties are al- lowed to sit at the bargaining table " equals. Abdullah admitted that seems impossi- ble at the moment since Israel refuses to recognize the PLO, which Abdullah called the legitimate repre- sentative of tive million Pa- lestinians.