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"Canadians are clumsy. But they are blushing less and less. In fact, they are becoming brazen about it.”
—Dr. David Giles
(economics)
Describing how Canadians are increasingly dodging taxes in ways more commonly associated with Brazilians, Italians and even Russians. “Canadians are not in the same league as the Italians or Brazilians,” says Giles. Nevertheless, he estimates that Canada’s under-the-table economy now approaches 20 per cent of the gross domestic product.
New York Times, Feb. 27, 2000
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Water world
UVic biologist Dr. Asit Mazumder peers into a flask of untreated and undrinkable water collected from a campus pond. Mazumder heads UVic’s new research chair on the environmental management of drinking water — the only one of its kind in Canada. He will be on hand to answer questions during one of the CRD water department’s escorted bus tours of drinking water reservoirs and a chloramination plant during National Drinking Water Week, May 8 – 13. ”Many people don’t know how we get clean drinking water,“ says Mazumder, an internationally known aquatic ecologist. ”There are very complex natural processes involved and one of our research goals is to understand these processes and plug them into models that can be used by industry, scientists and the public to manage drinking water reservoirs and their watersheds.“ Mazumder and his 11-member research team, along with government and industry scientists, have begun summer field work in a number of watersheds, including Victoria, Nanaimo, Vancouver, Kimberley/Cranbrook and Saltspring Island. For information on the CRD tours call 474-9677.
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