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Ernie Regehr, spokesman to: Project Plungheharea, debated Canada's role in work! peacekeeping with Kitchener Conservative MP John Reimer (background) at St. David secondary school's Festival for Peace last Chronicle Staff Construction of the Waterloo City Centre has fallen approximately two months behind schedule because of the July discovery of coal-tar residue at the Regina Street site, says the construction manager for Canadian National’s Real Estate division. "A%iGadiGiGrtantiv, says Mike Kine. the delay has added "in the neighborhood of $500,000" worth of expenm to the civic-com- mercial-retail facility. _ _ ., - --. - . A“ "riirii2,ikki squere-loot structure. the future site of Waterloo City Hall, is now expected to be open for business by August 1, IN. The coal-tar delay has also halted CN's pursuit of tenants for the {shape}! iG'idiirg." iGiinow be at least-three to four weeks before CN officials begin to recruit clients. - The delay will not, however, affect Waterloo's autumn move out of the Marsland Centre into the 810 million facility. In fact, if you were to believe the initial reports detailing the completion date of the project, one would not expect the project to be completed until at least the end of August. The confusion stems from Kime's short time of employment with CN. As far as the company's construction manager of six weeks is concerned, the project was to be completed-landscaping included-- by June 1 and not the earlier report of fall IMT. Waterloo will lease approximately 3S,01ttt square feet of space for omee purposes and a council chamber. The lease term is for three consecutive five-year terms with two additional five year options. The additional costs all stem from the coal tar discovery. Not only will it cost CN "at least “0,000” to alter their method of construction, it will cost "at least that again" to deal with the clean-up of the contaminated site. tCemtimamt on page 4) Preventative program aimed at keeping kids Storefront strategy Reimer, Regehr debate Canada's stance at St. David festival onflicting views on peace role Gary Loduc ity Centre schedule delay_e_d Chronicie Staff Waterloo region's first "storefront school" will he launched next month by the Waterloo county separate school board of education. According to Gary Leduc, principal of continuing, community and alternative education with the separate board, " high school students will be enrolled in the innovative program. which combines aca- demic education with actual work experi- ence in the retail sector. The 301NFsquare- foot mm: school will be located in downtown Kiteheoer's King Centre mall. lad-c said the program is designed to help the "hard to service" students in the Catholic system who are considering "We're not going after troublemakers. students who exhibit deviant social behav- lor. These are students who are generally not acahmlcally Inclined. who are not school-belted. These are the students who would normally slawly slip through the - and quit school rather than -t-rtimAphoto CN's Waterloo City Centre development has fallen two months behind schedule because of last July's discovery of coal tar residue on the site. CttmogM.Ntoeo The Waterloo county program is mo- dolled on a storefront school which has operated for several years at Cedarbrae Mall in Scarborough. make I fuss." he said. Eight of the students in the program will be selected by school guidance depart- ments; two will be referred through the Lutherwood Youth Employment Service. Students will attend classes in the mom- ing, and in the afternoon will work in stores located in the mall and the surrounding area. The academic compo nent Includes compulsary courses in math and English as well as studies in business. marketing. career development and lifes- kills. Because courses are based on Ministry of Education independent learn ing materials, students will be able to work through the programs at a pace with which they are comfortable. Leduc described the storefront school as a “preventative program“ which the board hopes will convince students that they should stay in school and complete their secondary school diploma. Both the academic and cooperative credits can be Chronicle Staff when a missile is launched and where It The focus of Canada's defence policy will strike. “There's nothing we can do should shift from membership in NORAD once it's in the air," he said. and NATO to greater participation in .. , ,, peacekeeping efforts and the maintenance It hasn t gone further, Reimer of Canada as a neutral barrier between the tsl',:":",':';)",,"',',',',, 33mg! pg',f,'enii',',t t cm e - Wct"WdGedilid'd7.s a spokesman for ister Brian Mulroney has already vetoed . government participation in Star Wars re- Speaking at a St. David secondary search. school Festival for Peace debate with The Kitchener MP told students at the Kitchener MP 39"” Reimer last w.eek, debate that Canada is not a neutral Ernie Regehr said the North American country and its defence policy must reflect Aerospace Defence Command Agreement that. Speaking at a St. David secondary school Festival for Peace debate with Kitchener MP John Reimer last week, Ernie Regent said the North American Aerospace Defence Command Agreement now serves as a "danger to world security, instead of the early warning system is was meant to be. Canada's continue support of NORAD, he added means this country will increase ingly be used by the United States to threaten the Soviet Union, and ultimately, could aid in the deployment of the American Stategic defence initiative, Star Wars. "Canada must get out of NORAD...es- tablish a second agreement with the US. for an early warning system," said Regehr. "The danger is in what (NORAD) is leading up to-a titil-fledged nuclear con- ttoettatioet." But his opponent, Reimer, argued that NORAD remains and will remain strictly a warning system, which can only report WATERLOO CHRONtCt.E, NEWSOAY. NOVEMBER 19. 1986 - PAGE 3 in school applied to a diploma. "What we're trying to do is provide a year where they have a learning experi- ence which is more practically based-- removed from the structured academic "We are trying to keep these kids from dropping out of school--lrom falling through the cracks of the system." base," he explained. "They can take a year to look at their goals and aspirations. Get Input at what the working world ls like. If working is right for them, they will get some training. Some will see that it's not right; that having Grade 9 is not opening the doors in life they want opened and hopefully some of these will return to school full time. To be eligible, students must be in Grades Mt, 11 or 12. They will be paid for government's Futures program. One teacher has been hired to teach in the storefront school on a full-time basis. The King Centre space has been provided tree by Marathon Realty. when a missile is launched and where it "Canada is not neutral because we clearly have made a choice for certain values. This is a society that wants to be a democracy...we want to be a people that recognizes the uniqueness and freedom of every individual. The policies of that (Soviet) government and its values are totally contrary to ours," he stressed. Reimer and Regehr also differed on the question of whether Canada should with- draw from NATO. Regehr maintained Canada's 7,440 military personnel sta- tioned in West Germany is only a token, and the alliance itself has lost credibiliity because it is dominated by the US. Reimer countered that the presence of NATO is Europe is a deterrent to further aggression by the Soviet Union and "we're there because the Europeans want us to be the Ontario