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Page 13, News, Tuesday, May 15, 1990 Northern Insights- continued from page 5 The Nishnawbe-Aski Nation also had a major political problem 'on its hands with amalgamation. Jim Morris, the Deputy Grand Chief Responsible for health care, says he conducted a survey of the chiefs after the Health Panel's report was released. Eight chiefs favored amalgamation, because they thought it would lead to bet- ter services. Eight chiefs opposed it, because they thought it would be a set back to aboriginal self- government. In between, nine chiefs, mostly in the eastern region (such as Fort Hope, north of Geraldton) expressed no opin- ion on amalgamation. They just wanted better health care ser- vices. So the Nishnawbe-Aski Nation went back to the drawing board. ° One year later, they've emerged with a new proposal, which has just been sent to Ottawa. It calls for the creation of an Aboriginal Health Authority, somewhat like what was proposed by the Health Panel. But at the community level, the native proposal goes one step further than what the Health Panel suggested. The Panel called for local Health Authorities to be established on each reserve, to take over existing programs. The Nishnawbe-Aski Nation objected to that, calling it paternalistic, and an entrench- ment of the status quo. Instead, Morris has submitted a plan for a three to five year community development process, with Ottawa funding development workers on every reserve. The task for these development work- ers is to develop plans to improve the health of the entire communi- ty - including economic and social health. Morris says this community approach will tackle long stand- ing problems on the reserves like poor housing, poor diets, and non-existent sewer and water treatment systems. Morris calls it a "holistic approach. Native peo- ple have always done everything in a holistic manner. A person's life is everything, its not only physical or mental, its also spiri- tual. Its all tied into your way of life. Where we start running into problems that are not holistic, for example, is the medical service. model - you get sick, and then you go see a doctor, and he treats you for that illness. On Sundays you go to see somebody else if you're having spiritual problems." Morris's proposal calls for a development process to "work with the reserve and government authorities making sure that those things that affect the health of people are taken care of, such as housing. We know that a lot of people are sick because their houses are just too cold. We.also know that the quality of the water has a lot to do with it, sewage has a lot to do with it. The communi- ties may think that their water is fine, but one of that attitudinal changes that we have to tell them is that, in the old days, when you lived all over the land, you didn't pollute your land. But now your living on one spot, your water's polluted. You've got to take a modern approach to cleaning it up." Ottawa has not yet indicated whether it will fund this develop- ment strategy. It they do, and if the process works, communities like Sandy Lake, where the hunger strikers came from, will have things like modern housing water treatment plants, and healthier diets - things that com- munities in the south have long since learned to take for granted. I wonder if that's the outcome the hunger strikers were really after. All the World's a circus- continued from page 5 mauling his lower abdomen area while the male lion has Jim in a headlock and is giving him a noogy.") "Does it do any tricks?" asked the zookeeper. "Does it do any tricks?" I asked rhetorically. "Is Johnny Carson the marrying kind? Are the Kennedy's gunshy? If a tree falls on George Bush and nobody hears it, does anybody care?" "What kind of tricks does it do?" "It makes things disappear." "Like silver coins and rab- bits?" "Yeah, and car parts and Christmas gifts and big boxes clearly marked 'Fragile - Handle With Care." "So it makes people laugh a Pet Talk- What's a dog show? By Alice Scott What's a dog show? Last week I spent the whole weekend at one of my favorite activities, a dog show. Quite a few people phoned and asked question about the show; where it was, what time certain dogs were on, etc. Until I became interested in dogs and showing nine years ago, I hadn't a clue what these dog shows were all about. The only time I had really seen anything about shows was on the Walt Disney movie"Big Red". First I'd like to tell you that these are not spoiled dogs who are pampered and undisciplined. Most of these dogs spend hours being groomed and trained. Take a standard poodle for example. They must learn at a young age to stay on a table and be brushed, cut, trimmed, blow dried, etc. They also learn to stand still for examination by the judge, gait properly around the ring, and must adjust to loud noises such as barking dogs, loud speakers, crates being dropped, and people talking and clapping. They are handled by strangers at times and shipped all over the country on planes and trains. SHANK GOU "Stance gace to ecuerga$te cuZo Cocavled aed worked fo mae the Cake sale far Gye FiGras0 oe lot?" "It knocks people down laugh- ing and they wind up with their pants ripped at the knees after repeated attempts to stand up again once they've seen it per- form." "Geez, it doesn't poop a lot does it? We're kind of short- handed around here." I hung up. Even a salesman couldn't lie about the number of times this beast has dumped on the paying public. The public? Sure, that's who will buy Canada Post. Now all we have to do is key in on that particular segment of Canadians who would be prime candidates to snap up a public offering post office shares. Their stress level is very high, and their owners are very con- scious about making them very comfortable at these shows. When you go to a show, the first place to look for is the show secretary's desk. Here you can buy a show catalogue which will tell you when certain breeds are to be shown, how many there are of that particular breed, who owns the dog, and the breeding of each dog. Once you have this informa- tion, find a comfortable spot and watch. This is the best way to see the breed you're interested in. After the dogs have been shown you can then find the owner and ask any questions about the dog. Most exhibitors are more than willing to answer your questions, but they usually prefer to wait until after they've been in the ring. Next week- "How to become a Canadian champion." Before I close, I would like to ask all pet owners for their help to lobby the government for This can be done quite simply. First, we scan the warranty lists for all those people who ever purchased a "rebounder." Rebounders, you'll recall, were those mini-trampolines which guaranteed you massive weight loss and Herculean fitness if you jumped up and down on them a few times every day. Then we cross-reference names on that list with the list of people who stood in line in the '70s to get Swine Flu shots. The Swine Flu was the disease that never quite made it out of the medical experts' martini glass. Finally, we take any name that appears on those two lists and see if that person was ever the proud owner of a 1968 or 1969 Pontiac tighter regulations on pet food companies, At least 50 dogs died and an estimated 800 have suffered per- manent damage from eating Martins Techni-cal Growth Lot 0110. The food was contaminat- ed with high levels of the drug monensin. Many families lost their family pet and breeders - their valuable stock. Write your M.P. and get the government moving on this issue. Firenza, the car that fell apart before you could get it home, rusted before you could wash it, and caught on fire a lot. 'Pontiac Firenza owners were the people responsible for the creation of the Lemon Law. BINGO! 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