On November 17 th Vancouver w i l l s e e i ts c i t i z e n s go t o t h e p o l l s , e l e c t - ing a new Mayor, t e n members of Ci ty Council, seven commissioners t o form t h e Park Board and seven t r u s t e e s f o r t h e School Board.

For t h e 8 o r t e n weeks p r i o r t o t h i s , r i g h t now, two opposing fo rces w i l l t r y t o convince v o t e r s t h a t t h e f u t u r e of our c i t y is a t s t ake . They a r e r i g h t . I

When I sat down t o w r i t e t h i s , i t I n 1988, Campbell l i e d through h i s wasn't my i n t e n t i o n t o f e a t u r e Gord t e e t h when asked a t t h e Carnegie a l l - :ampbell. ~ e ' s good a t looking good candida tes meeting how much he had - l i k e any socred - and is a l r eady spent on h i s campaign. H e s a i d , wi th spending hundreds of thousands of a smirk on h i s face , "$300,000." The i o l l a r s on TV ads t i g h t l y e d i t e d t o s a t u r a t i o n of TV ads , b i l l boa rds , nake him look l i k e God warmed over . mailed propaganda, l e a f l e t s , ~arnph- Cf you watch almost any s t a t i o n , t he l e t s - a f i n e example of high-tech 'roving camera" format a c t u a l l y tr ies ooze - c o s t w e l l over one mi l l i on -: t o brainwash viewers i n t o think- d o l l a r s . The sc r aps of s e l ec t ed ing t h a t everyone t a lked t o sees f a c t s t o g ive t h e s l i c k image of a

I I :ampbell a s an 'okay guy who's been concerned & committed servant" a r e loing good s t u f f . ' They make d a m enough t o make your blood b o i l when sure t h a t no i s s u e s a r e a i r e d , t h a t you can t i c k o f f t h e ha l f - t ru th s , lothing about t h e d e s t r u c t i o n of exaggerat ions and o u t r i g h t l ies i n ~ u b l i c process i s even h in t ed a t . each sample. The most i n s id ious l i e

'well ," you say, " they ' re paying f o r (when t h e c r e d i b i l i t y of an exagger- he ads. What d'you expect?" a t i o n s m e l l s l i k e s h i t i t ' s a l i e ) . .

A s a r e s i d e n t of t he se he re p a r t s , t h a t Campbell s t i l l spouts is how expect honesty and open government open Ci ty Council now is.

nd d i s c l o s u r e of who i s a c t u a l l y campbell has been s t e a d i l y eroding aying f o r our no t g e t t i n g i t . t h e hard-won r i g h t of publ ic process.

Ser ious ly . There is now only an i l l u s i o n of ac-

cess. Council used co meet every Tuesday night. There were four stan- ding committees. When a committee passed a motion, it would be about 10 days before it came to Council as a recommendation and the public had the right to appear on any issue, at Council, on TV, and make a case eith- er for or against the recommendation. Campbell has reduced the number of

scanding'committees to two; every member of council sits on each, one meets at 9:30 am and the other at 2:30 in the afternoon. There is no TV, maybe 2 radio reporters, anyone wanting to speak or appear as part of a delegation has to take time off work, chere are no microphones, seacing for maybe 30 in the Committee Room, and, as soon as this "committ- ee-of-the-whole" has reached a deci- sion, it resolves itself into Council

and 5 seconds later the recommenda- tion of the "committee" is passed by I I council". No second thoughts, no

further research, no new developments

no public awareness excepL for what appears on the six o'clock news. Campbell has set himself up as the

Chairman of the Board. Public for- .ums are just information meetings - 'where city staff or the Mayor just announce what is going to happen or has already happened. If Campbell figures he can gec political brownie points out of it, he'll allow a spe- cific issue to come to a night sess- ion. If something will get flack or public outrage, it's dealt with at one of the 2 committees with the min- imum of press. Examples of outrage at che backroom

dealings and manipulation of Campbell and the NPA...has your rent gone up? Has the building you or a friend were in been demolished KO make way for a few luxury condominiums? Do all the homeless people and families in one hotel room and communities concern you. The NPA has shown its "concern" with refusing to have a moratorium on senseless demolitions, with a back-

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room d e a l w i t h Campbell 's f r i e n d J a c k *Poole and t h e Vancouver Land Commiss- ".r

q i o n f o r "a•’ f o r d a b l e housing" which h a s r e s u l t e d i n Poole promising t h e lowest r e n t s ( f o r a 1-bedroom) a t $800 a month.

4 The Poole d e a l was announced t o t h e p r e s s and COPE members of Council

( a t t h e same time. Jonathan Baker, an NPA Alderman, was outraged. H i s own p a r t y was s o out-of- l ine t h a t he con-

) ' s u l t e d lawyers t o s e e i f i t could be I) proved t h a t i t was i l l e g a l . What's

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( l e g a l and what ' s r i g h t a r e n ' t t h e same t h i n g .

The f i r e b o a t was s o l d f o r $140,000. " ~ u d g e t ," was Campbell' s reason. Last week t h e media found o u t t h a t he had ' ' been working f o r 9 months t o g e t t h e C i t y t o pay f o r 4 more f i r e b o a t s . No

) ( one knew and t h e C i t y ' s money is used

, t o make t h i s an e l e c t i o n t r e a t . On t h e '88 b a l l o t s , t h e r e w a s a

q u e s t i o n : "Do you want a review i n your neighbourhood on Secondary

) S u i t e s ? " It d i d n ' t m a t t e r what your 11 answer was, you go t a review" any-

) ( way. Then t h e "review" c o n s i s t e d of being given 2 o p t i o n s : A) l e a v e them a l o n e ; and B) shu t them down. I n ev- e r y community people were r e a l l y an- gry . " ~ h y on ly 2 o p t i o n s ; who a r e

D ' you t o come i n h e r e and dec ide ; why no l o c a l p lanning. . . I' There was so

) ( much p u b l i c h e a t over t h i s t h a t i t ' s FELICIDACIONES KIM! caused Caro le Taylor n o t t o run aga in

K i m Bolan, adjuncc p r o f e s s o r of ) ( and i s n o t being mentioned i n any NPA

C h i l i cookery a t Carnegie Centre, and p o l i c y Papers . A s soon a s t h e e lec - a long-time j o u r n a l i s t i c f r i e n d of ) ( t i o n i s over , i f t h e NPA has t h e maj-

t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e , h a s some happy o r i t y they w i l l do what t h e i r deve-

news - a new son, Liam Ernes to de l o p e r bosses ordered i n 1988 - c l o s e D a s t i l l o Bolan, born Occober 7th. a l l secondary s u i t e s and f o r c e t h e

Mocher and son a r e doing f i n e . owners t o s e l l o r l o s e t h e properry .

~ o n ' t t h i n k c h i s new development is K e r r i s d a l e r e s i d e n t s had had enough 1 going co slow t h a c human dynamo down, of t h e s e C i t y - a s s i s t e d developer scams

though K i m & ~i~~ plan to l e a v e after ) ( and h i r e d t h e i r own p lanner , a r c h i - New Y e a r t s for Central h e r i c a . K i m t e c t s and o t h e r p r o f e s s i o n a l s and de-

will be up a News S e r v i c e S O D ( manded that a B~-Law be passed desig-

people in North herica will really n a t i n g t h e i r neighbourhood as "Pre-

know what ' s going on down t h e r e . , ( s e r v e Area Number 1. " '*

y ~ h e people were powerful enough t o make t h e NPA nervous. They had t h e wherewithal t o h i r e a l l t h e s e peop le and i t was K e r r i s d a l e . When low-in- Fome people were v i c t i m i z e d by demo- l i t . i o n s , che NPA pleaded h e l p l e s s n e s s ( p r a c t i c e d being scup id ) and a r e very quiec when t h e new condo tower i n p l a c e of s c o r e s of a f f o r d a b l e s u i t e s o f f e r s 11 s u i t e s - f o r $800,000 each.

Monster houses a r e a n o t h e r b l a c k mark. . the NPA r e f u s e s t o do a n y t h i n g t o d i scourage people , e s p e c i a l l y r i c h people , from h e l p i n g t h e i r v i s i o n of an "execut ive c i t y . I'

Th i s i s long , b u t t h e d i f f e r e n c e between what Campbell and t h e NPA says and what they do would f i l l a book. It could be e n t i t l e d Calcul- a t e d Hypocrisy; b u t we'd t i t l e i t SHIT SMELLS & YOU STINK.

The f u t u r e of Vancouver is up t o us . With housing t h e c r u c i a l i s s u e , t h e b e s t c a n d i d a t e i n Vancouver f o r changing his c i t y i n t o a "People F i r s t " one is J I M GREEN. J i m h a s been working f o r 10 y e a r s on every a s p e c t of housing, from f o r c i n g slum l a n d l o r d s l i k e Ralph C a r a v e t t a t o c l e a n up t h e i r b u i l d i n g s t o g e t t i n g a l l k i n d s of government h e l p co make s o c i a l housing a r e a l i c y . DERA h a s f i v e housing p r o j e c t s f i n i s h e d and is working on a s i x t h . Imagine what i n c r e d i b l e changes cou ld be brought about w i t h J i m as Mayor and a p r o g r e s s i v e C i t y Counci l .

I f you haven ' t r e g i s t e r e d y e t , do i t . I f you a r e n ' t r e g i s t e r e d , you c a n ' t v o t e even i f you want t o . I f you d o n ' t v o t e then e v e r y t h i n g must be okay and y o u ' r e happy t o l i v e under a b r i d g e ? I f Campbell and t h e NPA g e t a n o t h e r term i n o f f i c e ( f o r t h r e e y e a r s t h i s t ime) a lmost eve ry low-cost o r even semi -a f fo rdab le room i n t h e c i t y w i l l be gone i n a m a t t e r of months. I t ' s n o t enough t o j u s t f i g h t t o hold t h e s e r a p a c i o u s exp- l o i t e r s a t bay, we have t o go i n a new d i r e c t i o n - a community d i r e c t i o n .

By PAULR TAYLOR

Downtown Eastside can be proud Edicor ,

I n a September 26 th l e t t e r Margar- eE Prevos t s t r e s s e d c h a t t h e news media t o o o f t e n r e f e r s t o t h e Down- town E a s t s i d e a s "Skid Row", r a t h e r than t h e s t r o n g community it r e a l l y is. I t h i n k r e q u i r e d r e a d i n g f o r e v e r y r e p o r t e r cover ing a Downtown E a s t s i d e b e a t , and any o t h e r i n t e r - e s t e d person, should r e a d t h e book pub l i shed a coup le o f y e a r s ago by

New S t a r Books c a l l e d H a s t i n g s & Main. I n t h e book, e d i t e d by J. Canningdew, o v e r twenty Downtown E a s t s i d e r e s i - d e n t s s h a r e t h e i r p a s t and t h e i r r easons f o r c a l l i n g h t e a r e a around Carnegie Cen t re "home."

Margaret P revos t was r i g h t on w i t h h e r comments about Main and H a s t i n g s be ing a r e a l community t o be proud o f .

Darren Lowe

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Following che recenc news it is obvious that the aboriginal problem became a real national eragedy and our country is on the brink of a fundamental change. In my opinion the different media

Editor,

I was quite surprised to see that the Socreds are running ads urging everyone to write to che Senate and tell them to "say No to the GST." A friend of mine recently received

a letter from Finance Minister Me1 Couvelier telling him chac the pro- vincial government had yet to decide whether co treat the new federal sales tax credits under the GST as income in calculating social assist- ance benefits for citizens receiving welfare or seniors' supplements. I find it incredible that the Soc-

reds would look for voters by spend- ing our money on newspaper ads when they don't even have the decency to say whether or not they are going to penalize people on welfare under the GST. The Grinch and Scrooge Tax (GST)

could cercainly become the Good Soc- red Tax (GST) for many lower income Bricish Columbians.

I informations and commencs do not deal with che most important ques- tion..namely to analyse the real cause which forces the native people

'9 to such actions. For them it is a must to defend their land, their cul- ture and their spirit against the whice man's destructive development 'a

3 megalomania. The recent violent ac- tions started because of a stupid golf-course developmenc project in the Mohawk's sacred burial land.

# 3 Violence will never scop until 3 forests will be destroyed by logging, land and waters will be polluted by

excessive mining or other industries.

# 'a It is unfortunate that even some

3 native leaders and spokespeople use a false rhecoric by considering this crisis as a racial struggle and com- paring their effort wich Quebec's self-determination. Quebec's strug- 's

3 gle is rather racial and macerialis- tically motivated; the native's str- uggle is deeply spiritual. Our bus-

# it iness-minded political leaders will never understand this fact.

\ ' In order to save our Canada, we Herman Litsky Y must admit the spiritual superiority % of the aboriginal people. We should

i@ learn from them and imitate their way of life so we will have a beccer chance to avoid the environmental

As f o r chem who a r e concerned about some economic impacc, I should men- c ion c h a ~ a l l t h e b i g i m p e r i a l i s c powers a r e running i n b a n k r u p ~ c y be- cause of c h e i r m i l i t a r y build-ups and t h e i r s t u p i d war-games. Furthermore, a t o t a l economic d i s a s c e r is inev i - c a b l e wich che con t inu ing degrada t ion of l i f e ' s q u a l i c y and coday's c r a g i c h e a l t h problem. I n c h i s perspective

che economic impacc caused by t h e coca1 independence of t h e n a t i v e people is very secondary.

.. . Ecienne Szekely

Rossland , B. C. Box 1198 VOG 1YO

Attacks on premier just -

'nit-picking' : I'm sickened by the nit-picking reports - and attacks on the personal goings-on of . : our premier. What is of utmost importance is our economy, which is healthy and

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I provides us excellent health care, educational facilities and social services. Thanks to good government policies, we

continue to enjoy these services without constantly digging deeper into our pockets.

On the other hand, Brian Mulroney, . whose private life appears unblemished, is taking Canada down a dangerous economic road. He is wliticalfy unethical and doesn't I really give a' damn about you and me.

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l ook ing f o r food c o l d and t i r e d he climbed i n t o

a s m i t h r i t e & f e l l a s l e e p .

The s m i t h r i t e & i c s c o n t e n t w a s h i s company

i n dea th .

A man w a s found dead, mangled. H e was i n a S m i ~ h r i c e . The s m i t h r i t e was picked up and i t s . c o n t e n t s squashed. When chey unloaded it h i s broken body was d i scovered .

Many homeless people l i v e o f f of s t u f f from s m i c h r i t e s - garbage.

C o l l e c t o r s should check every load . L i f e i s v a l u a b l e .

I ' m s u r e t h i s i s n ' c che on ly person who has d i e d t h i s way. Once they a r e crushed and i n c i n e r a t e d , t h e r e ' s no evidence. Winters are c o l d , i c r a i n s and people cake s h e l c e r i n smichr ices . L e t ' s ho ld che garbage c o l l e c t o r s r e s p o n s i b l e . Humans are n o t garbage.

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To S h e i l a Bax te r ,

I ' d l i k e t o a p o l o g i z e f o r my extrem- e l y a g g r e s s i v e a s s a u l t a g a i n s t you a t t h e CCCA Board Meeting. It was j u s t s o s t u p i d of me t o be s o h a r s h a t a p u b l i c meeting and s i n g l e one person o u t . A t f i r s t I wanted more "inform- a t i v e " o p i n i o n s from you i n t h e ELP Newslet ter . Donald M. set me s t r a i g h t a f t e r w a r d s and Muggs sugges ted t h a t we s t i c k t o g e t h e r t o f i g h t t h e i s s u e s and I agree . I focus t o o much on c r i t i z i n g and n o t enough on working t o g e t h e r .

J I ' m s o r r y f o r any o f f e n s e caused t o , you and t o ELP. I ' m g r a c e f u l t h a t an

o r g a n i z a t i o n l i k e ELP i s o u t the re . . doing something. Those o f us who c r i t i c i z e should t h i n k o f t h a t p o i n t more o f t e n . Thanks.

S teve Rose

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GOVERNMENT PROPAGANDA RIDES AGAIN!

I n d a i l y and community papers a l l a c r o s s Canada, t h e f e d e r a l T o r i e s have p laced n o t i c e s of "complete in- format ion packages" soon t o be s e n t t o every person i n Canada w i t h a m a i l i n g address . They a r e going t o e x p i a i n t h e Goods and S e r v i c e s Tax (GST) i n t h e i r own words.

The same Tory l i n e t h a t rammed t h e "Free" Trade Agreement (FTA) through

'even though a t l e a s t 57% of people v o t i n g were a g a i n s t i t ) w i l l be be- h ind t h i s l a t e s t misuse of t axpayers ' money. To quote from a s e c r e t 1985 government communications s t r a t e g y paper :

" t h e h i g h e r t h e p r o f i l e t h e i s s u e a t t a i n s , t h e lower he de- g r e e of p u b l i c approval w i l l be ... Our s t r a t e g y should r e l y l e s s on educa t ing t h e g e n e r a l p u b l i c , than i n g e t t i n g a c r o s s t h e mess- age t h a t t h e t r a d e i n i t i a t i v e i s a good idea . I n o t h e r words, a s e l l i n g job. . . I '

When t h e s e l l i n g job began i n earn- e s t , t h e a c t u a l ETA was = made pub- l i c . I f you wanted a copy of t h e , a c t u a l Agreement, che government re-

sponded wlrr t i an "exp lana t lonu . It you w e r e p e r s i s t e n t , you would g e t a n o t h e r e x p l a n a t i o n a f t e r w a i t i n g a few weeks bu t n o t one word of what t h e FTA s a i d i n b l a c k & whi te . Three samples of I I explanauions" would be yours u n t i l ,

f i n a l l y , you would g e t a copy of t h e r e a l ching. Now, l e s s t h a n 2 y e a r s s i n c e t h e ETA became law, a l l of t h e p r e d i c t i o n s o f t h o s e opposed t o i t a r e f a c t s : l o s s of o v e r 100,000 jobs ; f i s h i n g , mining, manufactur ing and f o r e s t r y a r e a l l i n d e c l i n e a s cor- p o r a t i o n s e i t h e r cu tback , l a y o f f o r j u s t move sou th .

The n e x t s t e p f o r t h e U.S. i s t o expand "free" t r a d e t o i n c l u d e Mexico. The best -paid workers t h e r e g e t l e s s t h a n $4.00 a DAY. Attempts t o form unions a r e m e t w i t h v i o l e n c e , even k i l l i n g s . The o v e r a l l s t r a t e g y i s t o g e t r e s o u r c e s from Canada, cheap l a b o u r from Mexico, and p r o f i t s f o r b i g bus iness .

The government, r i g h t a f t e r t h e ETA became l a w , s t a r t e d a massive s c a r e campaign about t h e d e f i c i t . ~ h e y ' d j u s t l o s c b i l l i o n s o f d o l l a r s i n t a x and t a r i f f revenue, c o n t i n u e t o r e f u s e t o make c o r p o r a t i o n s pay t h e i r f a i r s h a r e , and now t h e n e x t phase w i t h t h e GST i s be ing pushed through. Mulroney i s t r y i n g t o make i t sound l e g i t i m a t e : "An u n e l e c t e d body ( t h e Sena te ) h a s no r i g h t t o s t o p an e l e c t e d government from c a r r y i n g o u t i ts f i n a n c i a l program. I t

To i n c r e a s e t h e snow job , we a r e a l l going t o g e t t h e government 's ( s i c ) e x p l a n a t i o n of how g r e a t and f a i r t h e GST w i l l be . The main c rock w i l l be t h e e l i m i n a t i o n of t h e m a n u f a c t u r e r ' s t a x (13.5%) and how much b e t t e r a t a x of "only 7%" w i l l be. A l o t of u s have g o t t e n a n o t i c e from Revenue Can- ada s a y i n g t h a t w e ' l l g e t a cheque f o r $55.45 every 3 o r 4 months a s a " t a x c r e d i t " . So f a r i t sounds okay. But t h i n k : i f you a r e i n b u s i n e s s t o make money and suddenly g e t a r e d u c t i o n i n

your t a x e s , w i l l you pass t h a t on o r j u s t pocket i t f o r t h e f u t u r e ? Can we h o n e s t l y expec t b i g b u s i n e s s t o lower p r i c e s ? Come on.

The " t a x c r e d i t " i s an i l l u s i o n t o s t o p peop le from s e e i n g t h e l a r g e r p i c t u r e . People have s a i d they won't be a g a i n s t t h e GST because i t means a c r e d i t f o r them. I f you have $55, how f a r w i l l i t go when everyching you buy c o s t s m o r e . . 7 ~ on every d o l l a r you spend. A l l payments made f o r a TV and c a b l e , phone b i l l s , r e n t , s tamps, h a i r c u t s and s o on, t h e people who run b u s i n e s s e s p rov id ing t h e s e w i l l have t o pay t h e GST - and e x t r a book- keeping c o s t s and t h e $55 w i l l be gone i n less t h a n 2 weeks. For t h e r e s t of t h e 3 o r 4 months, a l l of t h e t a x e s w i l l come o u t of your own money.

The Oka s i t u a t i o n g o t t h e same t r e a t - ment w i t h an "information" package. The government p a t t e d i t s e l f on t h e back w i t h a h i s t o r y s t a r t i n g from 1717, when t h e l a n d i n d i s p u t e w a s "granted" t o a French r e l i g i o u s o r d e r . The Nat ives s t a r t e d t h e i r p r o t e s t t h e n bu t Canada c la ims t h a t t h e g r a n t by k ings of France & England and t h e re- p o r t t h a t some I n d i a n s came w i t h t h e Order from Montreal t o Oka means t h a t none were t h e r e b e f o r e and t h e Na t ives t h e r e f o r e weren ' t t h e r e from "time immemorial". And c h a c ' s i t . The gov- ernment u s e s v e r y ske tchy , s e l e c t e d in format ion and b u i l d s a c a s e based on what they want you & me t o b e l i e v e . ( t o be t aken w i t h a mountain of s a l t ! )

By PAULR TAYLOR

CARNEGIE MUSICIANS PERFORM IN A ~ ~ A J O R ~ SHOW !

During t h e l a s t week of Septenber a number of Carnegie music ians and East- s i d e p o e t s took p a r t i n a major mul t i - media even t a t t h e Art Ga l le ry .

C i t y on t h e Edge was a six-perform- ance even t symbolizing l i f e i n t h e b i g c i t y . With t h e Hotel Vancouver, t h e Toronto Dominion bank skyscraper and t h e i r p e e r s look ing down on u s , we danced, r e c i t e d , sang, a c t e d and por- t r a y e d our r e p i t i t i o u s e x i s t e n c e i n t h e I n n e r Ci ty .

E a r l e Peach, Barb G. Mike Dupuis and myself and o t h e r s p a r t i c i p a t e d . It w a s Barb 's f i r s t p r o f e s s i o n a l performance and l i k e l y a h ighpoin t of h e r s i n g i n g c a r e e r . The s t a g e was 40' h igh and 60' wide and resembled t h e d i s s e c t i o n of an apar tment b u i l d i n g wi th a l l i t s i n h a b i t a n t s doing t h e i r t h i n g i n The. . C i t y on t h e Edge. A t t imes i t was q u i t e c h a o t i c , b u t t h a t ' s che way i t is i n t h e c i t y .

We were honoured co appear wi th some of Vancouver's b e s t j a z z music ians , dancers , art ists , a c t o r s and s u r r e a l - ists. The Dance Soc ie ty , Kakoro Dan- c e r s and s e v e r a l i n d i v i d u a l i s t s coal- esced t o c r e a t e a Ci ty on t h e Edge popula t ion of a t l e a s t 100. We had a g r e a t t ime and were a b l e t o do what we do b e s t - s e t up, perform & have fun!

By STEVE ROSE

LOTTERIES Can Money Buy Happiness?

I b e l i e v e t h a t money cannot buy happiness . Winning a l a r g e sum of money could v e r y w e l l happen t o a pe r son who never had any money..a person who had t o s c r a p e by from pay- day t o payday. Suddenly, th rough a n i n c r e d i b l e s t r o k e of l u c k , t h i s per- son now h a s a s i z a b l e f o r t u n e .

Th i s i n d i v i d u a l w i l l need t o be a mature , s e c u r e pe r son t o r e s i s t t h e impulse t o go on a spending s p r e e . I f inves tments seem t o be t h e pre- f e r r e d c h o i c e , a thorough s e a r c h f o r j u s t t h e r i g h t T r u s t Company w i l l re- s u l t i n anx ious , s l e e p l e s s n i g h t s .

The f l u c t u a t i o n s of t h e s t o c k mar- k e t w i l l cause f u r t h e r w o r r i e s . Th i s person can become involved w i t h un- sc rupu lous a c c o u n t a n t s , r e c e i v e bad adv ice from money m a w g e r s and t h e l i k e .

F r i e n d s would want t o be inc luded i n t h i s sudden wea l th . They cou ld conclude t h a t t h e i r b i l l s shou ld be pa id f o r by t h e i r r i n h buddy. Th i s could l e a d t o e x p l o i t a t i o n by them of the unsuspec t ing , newly r i c h one.

Family members would d e f i n i t e l y want t o be c o n s u l t e d on money m a t t e r s . I f g i f t s of money appear t o be s low i n coming t h i s could r e s u l t i n fam- i l y squabb les , l e a d i n g t o b i t ~ e r ar-

guments i f i t wasn' t "enough." To make t h i s person want t o wish

t h e money away, c o n s i d e r t h i s : Governments ( f e d e r a l and p r o v i n c i a l ) would make s u r e t h a t t a x e s a r e pa id on any i n t e r e s t genera ted by t h e c a p i t a l .

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HOUSING & CHILDCAKE From ENGLAND t o che DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE

S ince j o i n i n g r h e Team of F i r s t Un- i t e d Church a s an i n t e r i m community worker, i t h a s become e v i d e n t t o me how e a s y i t is f o r t h e most vu lne r - a b l e i n o u r communities t o end up i n t h e s l e a z i e s t hote l / rooming houses imaginable. Worse s t i l l , many become homeless a l t o g e r h e r , ending up on t h e s t r e e t s of t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e .

My prev ious work e x p e r i e n c e w a s i n s o c i a l and housing i s s u e s i n B r i t a i n . Although t h i n g s are n o t p e r f e c t , Br i - t i s h C e n t r a l Housing L e g i s l a t i o n s t a t e s t h a t m u n i c i p a l i t i e s have a r e s p o n s i b i l i t y t o house t h e homeless. Th i s l e g i s l a t i o n does n o t p r o t e c t everybody, b u t i t does g i v e suppor t and a s a f e t y n e t t o t h e most vulner- a b l e i n s o c i e t y . It covers f a m i l i e s w i t h c h i l d r e n , t h e p h y s i c a l l y and

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a g a i n t h i s s e r v i c e h a s i t s inadequa- c i e s . . b u t i t does p rov ide suppor t f o r t h e most needy.

However i n Vancouver w e see many f a m i l i e s d e s p e r a t e f o r adequa te ch i ld - c a r e s e r v i c e s , and no l e v e l of govern- ment is ready t o meet t h e need.

I f i n d my work a t F i r s t Uni ted Church r e a l l y important t o meeting some of t h e immediate problems f a c i n g t h e community. Hopefully I can use my

e x p e r i e n c e from t h e U.K. t o sugges t some longterm s o l u t i o n s as w e l l .

By CHRIS DOWNING

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m e n t a l l y d i s a b l e d , t h e e l d e r l y and o t h e r s deemed t o be a t r i s k . It i s a requirement t h a t m u n i c i p a l i t i e s pro- v i d e housing t o people i n need and on low incomes. They b u i l d and manage thousands of housing u n i t s . On t h e o t h e r hand h e r e i n B.C. t h e r e is no apparen t s u p p o r t o r s a f e t y n e t t o suppor t t h e most v u l n e r a b l e i n o u r communities from becoming homeless. M u n i c i p a l i t i e s a r e d o i n g v e r y l i t t l e t o h e l p p rov ide more a f f o r d a b l e hous- i n g u n i t s . The F e d e r a l and Provin- c i a l government housing programs a r e be ing c u t back o r a r e inadequa te . A s a r e s u l t community workers on t h e f r o n t l i n e , l i k e a t F i r s t Church, a r e f a c i n g more and more d e s p e r a t e people needing housing.

Ch i ldca re i s a s i m i l a r problem. I n England, m u n i c i p a l i t i e s a r e r e q u i r e d t o p rov ide c h i l d c a r e c e n t r e s i n every community. They g e t a t r a n s f e r o f t a x r e s o u r c e s from t h e c e n t r a l gov- ernment t o h e l p pay c o s t s o f t h e s e and o t h e r s o c i a l s e r v i c e s . C h i l d c a r e is cons ide red an e s s e n t i a l s e r v i c e ;

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RESOLUTION ON MINIMUM WAGE

WHEREAS a s i n g l e person can work f u l l time a t t h e B.C. minimum wage of $5 an hour and s t i l l be $2000 t o $3000 a year below t h e poverty l i n e ; and

WHEREAS i n 1975 a s i n g l e person working a t t he minimum wage earned 122% of the poverty l i n e ; and

WHEREAS today a s i n g l e person would have t o earn $7.50 an hour t o reach 122% of rhe poverty l i n e ; and

WHEREAS low wages cause poverty and poverty causes s ickness , higher i n f a n t and a d u l t morcal i ty r a t e s ; and

WHEREAS higher wages w i l l i nc rease purchasing power and enable bus inesses t o have customers who can spend more money;

THEREFORE BE I T RESOLVED THAT ( t h i s group, union, church, munic ipa l i ty ) endorse t he p r i n c i p l e of i nc reas ing the minimum wage t o $7.50 an hour, and t h a t w e urge t h e Premier and t h e Prime Minis ter t o increase t h e minimum wage t o $7.50 an hour.

RESOLUTION ON WELFARE RATES

WHEREAS over 200,000 B.C. c i t i z e n s depend on wel fa re i n B.C. ; and e WHEREAS over 75,000 of these people a r e ch i ld ren ; and k WHEREAS over 30,000 a r e s i n g l e pa ren t s ; and

WHEREAS wel fa re r a t e s a r e about ha l f t he poverty l i n e (47 t o 64%); and

WHEREAS t h e average poor family i n B.C. i s $4000 a year below t h e poverty l i n e ; and

WHEREAS poor people s u f f e r from more s ickness and e a r l i e r dea ths than o t h e r people, and poor babies have twice t h e i n f a n t m o r t a l i t y r a t e a s o t h e r babies i n Canada; and

WHEREAS increas ing wel fa re r a t e s would he lp businesses i n low-income commun- i t i e s ; and

WHEREAS money f o r reducing poverty could come from the f e d e r a l government, higher taxes on wealthy people and corpora t ions , and savings i n h e a l t h car- education and j u s t i c e syscem programs;

THEXEFORE BE I T RESOLVED THAT ( ch i s group, union, church, munic ipa l i ty ) endorse t he p r i n c i p l e of r a i s i n g wel fa re r a t e s t o t h e poverty l i n e , and t h a t w e urge t h e Premier t o do t h i s .

RESOLUTION ON FORCED EMPLOYMENT OF SINGLE PARENTS

WHEREAS s i n g l e p a r e n t s on w e l f a r e i n B.C. MUST l o o k f o r work, r e g a r d l e s s of t h e number of c h i l d r e n they have, u n l e s s one c h i l d i s under 6 months o l d , o r t h e r e is s i c k n e s s i n t h e fami ly ; and

WHEREAS decen t jobs and c h i l d c a r e a r e n o t a v a i l a b l e f o r t h e v a s t m a j o r i t y of s i n g l e p a r e n t s ; and

WHEREAS r a i s i n g c h i l d r e n is v a l u a b l e and impor tan t work,

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT ( t h i s group, union, church , m u n i c i p a l i t y ) endorse t h e p r i n c i p a l c h a t s i n g l e p a r e n t s on w e l f a r e should have c h o i c e r e g a r d i n g employment o u t s i d e t h e home, and t h a t we u r g e t h e Premier t o change w e l f a r e r e g u l a t i o n s t o p rov ide f o r c h i s .

These r e s o l u t i o n s can be passed a t any meet ing of any group and senc co Vanderzalm. The p a r t below can be f i l l e d o u t by any person and could go i n t h e same envelope. People a l l a c r o s s B .C . a r e g e t t i n g chese and, w i t h an ava lanche of m a i l , t h e NDP and t h e s o c r e d s w i l l bo th r e a l i z e povercy i s an unreso lved i s s u e . The f o l l o w i n g page i s f o r your own s t o r y . Names a r e n ' c r e q u i r e d b u t , by w r i t i n g i t (o r t a p e r e c o r d i n g i t , o r drawing i t , o r a s k i n g someone e l s e t o w r i t e i t f o r you) you become p a r e of a broad movement of low income people . We a r e f i g h t i n g t o g e t governments t o end pover ty .

End L e g i s l a t e d Pover ty p l a n s t o make a b o o k l e t o u t of a l l t h e s t o r i e s w e g e t . I f you send a copy t o #104-2005 E. 43rd Ave., Vancouver B.C. V5P 3W8 w i t h a c l e a r r e t u r n a d d r e s s , a copy of t h e b o o k l e t w i l l be s e n t t o you when

! i c t s done. T h i s book le t w i l l be t aken t o V i c t o r i a i n t h e w i n t e r .

DEAR MR. PREMIER AND THE LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION,

I a m a pe rson who t r i e s t o s u r v i v e on low income. T h i s i s n o t e a s y , as decen t j o b s a r e n o t p l e n t i f u l , and w e l f a r e r a t e s a r e f a r below pover ty .

I want you t o r a i s e t h e minimum wage t o a t l e a s t $7.50 a n hour and t o r a i s e w e l f a r e r a t e s t o t h e pover ty l i n e .

I am r e g i s t e r e d t o v o t e . I n t h e n e x t p r o v i n c i a l e l e c t i o n I w i l l v o t e f o r t h e p a r t y t h a t is committed t o end pover ty and shows t h i s w i t h t h e i r a c c i o n s .

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DEAR MR. PREMIER AND LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION,

HERE I S WHAT I THINK ABOUT HAVING TO L I V E ON RIDICULOUSLY LOW WELFARE RATES OR WAGES :

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co be s t e r i l i z e d . I m p l i c a t i o n s a s i d e , S e l i c k i n v i t e s r e a d e r s t o d i s c a r d any q u e s t i o n of r e s p o n s i b i l i t y being asked of people who a r e no t poor.

"Blame t h e Victim" is f a r and away t h e e a s i e s c cop-out f o r t h e m i n o r i t y of people who a r e doing q u i c e w e l l w i t h t h e p r e s e n t s o c io-economic s y s tem. S e l i c k is one b e n e f i c i a r y who r e f u s e s co c o n s i d e r how its unfo ld ing adherence t o t h e c o r p o r a t e agenda widens t h e gap becween "haves" and "have-nocs" .

Governments r e f u s e t o c o l l e c t back t a x e s from mulc inac iona l c o r p o r a t i o n s t o pay che b i l l s i n c u r r e d by t h e i r b u s i n e s s prac- c i c e s . Rather than be ing f a i r , they c u t back on che very s o c i a l programs made nec- e s s a r y a s a r e s u l t of such practices. The Editor: Vancouver Sun pooresc people a r e made even poorer . In

RE: "DoMRIGHT IRRESPONSIBLE" (2/10/90) che l a s c 30 y e a r s t h e p r i c e s of food, c lo -

KAREN SELICK ("Ontario lawyer and maga- z i n e columnis t") h a s been a l lowed, through t h e e d i t o r i a l board of t h e Vancouver Sun, co have h e r o p i n i o n of poor people and pover ty appear i n a f e a t u r e d p l a c e on t h e ~ p i n i o n / ~ d i t o r i a l page. I f t h i s was done

" i n e x p e c t a t i o n of g e t t i n g a f l o o d of l e c - t e r s r e f u t i n g h e r poornographic p rose ,

+ t h i s one may be on ly a d rop i n t h e bucket . LIE i t was done t o r e f l e c t t h e o p i n i o n s

( s i c ) of t h e e d i c o r i a l board, then perhaps enough r e a l i t y w i l l f o r c e i t s way i n c o your minds K O make you c o c a l l y ashamed chat you permicced such la b i g o t t e d , d i s - c r imina to ry p i e c e of c rud co be p r i n t e d .

The e s s e n c e of d i s c r i m i n a t i o n is co cake one i s o l a t e d i n c i d e n c and app ly i t co everyone e l s e . I f one b l a c k , n a t i v e , o r i e n t a l , Jew does somerhing and i t ' f o l l - OVIY ' ctiac a l l b l a c k s , n a t i v e s , o r i e n c a l s , jews w i l l do clie same.. then a l l f u t u r e i n c e r a c t i o n wich any persons s o ca tegor - ized is now pre faced wich t h e d & m s drawn from t h e o r i g i n a l i n c i d e n t .

S e l i c k e d i t s h e r e x p e r i e n c e s w i t h a minuce number of "poor people" and con- demns a l l people on low incomes f o r having ~ I ~ i l d r e n , f o r god ' s sake! By implication, myone no t b l e s s e d w i t h i n v i o l a b l e f inan- : i a l s e c u r i t y and a rock s o l i d m a r i t a l r e l a t i o n has co j u s t a c c e p t t h e i r pover ty regard less of t h e s o c i a l , p o l i t i c a l o r m p l e f a c t o r s forming t h e noose. An ex- .reme i m p l i c a t i o n may be t h a t a l l non- real thy people should have t h e good s e n s e

t h i n g , s h e l t e r , medical a i d and educa t ion have i n c r e a s e d 8-10 t imes. Wages, espec- i a l l y t h e minimum wage, and w e l f a r e r a t e s have i n c r e a s e d t o about 3 t imes what they were i n 1960. P r o f e s s i o n a l and b u s i n e s s people can r a i s e t h e i r f e e s , p r i c e s and commissions t o keep pace - t o "compete" - w h i l e t h e poor a r e l e f t powerless .

S e l i c k c i t e s an i n c i d e n t of a mother s a y i n g she had a l r e a d y given up enough when asked t o g i v e up smoking. Nothing is s a i d about thousands of o t h e r mothers who d o n ' t smoke o r d r i n k o r go t o movies.. who cry co gee t h e i r k i d s t o d r i n k powder-, ed milk , co make do wich 2nd-hand c l o t h e s , co have no a l lowance because c h a t money may buy food f o r a day, co endure che m i s - e r a b l e e x i s t e n c e of a f i x e d income. She

impl ies t h a t t h e system i s open t o everyone . . t h a t anyone can 'make i t ' . A b i l l i o n a i r e would a g r e e ; winning i s a foregone conclu- s i o n when you can f i x t h e game.

The c o r p o r a t e agenda, expressed i n terms of " t a r g e t t i n g s o c i a l programs", has s o f a r produced r e l o c a t i o n of c a p i t a l and fac- i l i t i e s t o a r e a s of h i g h e s t unemploynient , lowest wages, no unions , l a x OK non-exis- t e n t environmental laws; che transforma- t i o n of t h e developing world i n t o war-corn d e b t o r s , a s l o a n s f o r weaponry l e a d ind ig - enous b u s i n e s s t o back m u l t i n a t i o n a l s ' u s e of food l a n d s f o r e x p o r t a b l e cash-crops l i k e c a r n a t i o n s and c o f f e e . The commodity p r i c e s a r e c o n t r o l l e d by che same mul t i - n a t i o n a l s , and t h e t r i c k l e of f o r e i g n cap-

i t 6 1 go lng back t o t h e d e b t o r s must be used t o s e r v i c e t h e l o a n payments. Nac- i o n a l l y , t h e c o r p o r a t e agenda h a s s o f a r produced c u t s i n Unemployment I n s u r a n c e , Medical i n s u r a n c e , h igh i n t e r e s t r a t e s coupled w i t h a " s t rong" d o l l a r , and h i g h unemployment t o keep wages low. Corpora te t h i n k t a n k s l i k e t h e F r a s e r I n s t i t u t e e t a 1 pushed "Free" Trade and now t h e GST - b o t h p a r t of t h e f o u n d a t i o n o f t h e n e x t phase i n t h e game ... money-in~o-power-into- money ad nauseum. The m o t i v a t i o n i s a men ta l d i s e a s e c a l l e d g reed . The g o a l is p r o f i t and ascendency. C a p i t a l i s m makes humans beggars ; com~nunism makes t h e beggar a b e a s t .

S e l i c k , a s a l awyer , is i d e a l l y a medi- a t o r between t h e sys tem and t h e people . For h e r t o admit f a u l t i n any o f t h e above would c e r t a i n l y e rode h e r s e l f - s a t i s f a c - t i o n . She must have some k ind of motiva- t i o n bu t i s n o t s o b l u n t ( o r h o n e s t ) t o s t a t e i t . She is n e i t h e r n a i v e , i g n o r a n t n o r uneducated, y e t s h e p r e s e n c s arguments -

and l o g i c t h a t most peop le can j u s t shake t h e i r heads a t i n d i s b e l i e f , b o r d e r i n g on d i s g u s t . Is s h e s e e k i n g p o l i t i c a l o f f i c e o r merely on a p r i v a t i z e d road t o w e a l t h /

I t ' s n o t t h e i n t e n t o f t h i s l e t t e r t o inform o r even educace he r . She is a l a y e r and is wel l -versed i n t h e need t o do r e s e a r c h b e f o r e making a c a s e a g a i n s c a n one o r any th ing . S e l i c k knows t h a t what s h e ' s s a i d i s c rud ; t h e one remain ing Robbie Marantz drawing from What Is Cod?: a saccharine theology q u e s t i o n is. .why?

I Run for the car! Abandon &o! 1

Crazy? 1

I spoke co God once and he spoke t o me Is t h a c c r a z y o r whac?

So I pre tended co be a dunce And they s a i d I w a s o u t of my c r e e E

Is t h a c c r a z y o r what? t

I was s e a r c h i n g f o r myscery and romance They s a i d I was h i s c o r y t

So I l e a r n e d how t o dance. I Is t h a c c r a z y o r whac? Shakespeare p layed t h e dominant r o l e C Buc he was on ly p l a y i n g C Is t h a t c r a z y o r what? C I used KO watch r e p e a t s on T.V. C Is chac c r a z y o r whac?

I E l i z a b e t h Thorpe

I f The Tru th B e Known

I I•’ t h e t r u c h be known why is innocenc blood shed?

i I f t h e t r u t h be known why a r e s t o n e s b led?

I f t h e t r u t h be known why does your memory s t a y i n my head?

I f che t r u t h be known.

I f t h e t r u t h be known why a r e h e a r t s broken?

I f che t r u t h be known why is t h e t r u c h s o r a r e l y spoken

* I f t h e t r u t h be known by t h e same token

Why i s t h e t r u t h s o r a r e l y known?

\ I f t h e t r u c h be known why am I s t i l l seek ing?

I I f che t r u c h be known

why am I s t i l l n o t seek ing? How many i n i t i a t e s does i t cake

t o l o v e t h e world? On1 y one.

.4 One t o l o v e t h e world and one

7 n o t t o l o v e t h e world.

I I f t h e t r u t h b e known why must I hedge?

- 1 f t h e t r u t h be known -8 why do s o many people l i v e on t h e edge'

y I f t h e c r u t h be known why t o only a ' f e w ?

I f t h e t r u t h be known why does my b e s t never do? I f t h e t r u t h be known

Why can I never p l e a s e you? I f t h e t r u t h be known

ask me no more ques t ions . I f t h e t r u t h be known

why s o many d i f f e r e n t r e l i g i o n s ? lCe I f t h e t r u t h be known

why is e a r c h ' s law l o v e y e t n o t love? I f t h e t r u t h be known

why is i t above? Who can say they a r e above t h e law? Who can s e e my every f law? Who can c a l l t h e conces t a draw? Who always wins a t t h e game of law?

E l i z a b e t h Thorpe

The r e c e n t d e c l a r a t i o n by t h e world Leaders t o pu t an end t o s t a r v i n g :h i ld ren by t h e t u r n of t h e cen tury g a s h e a r t warming. The longer I thought about i t , t h e wider che spaces between the l i n e s became.

My warm h e a r t turned bone c h i l l i n g :old.

To me what was being s a i d by t h e Leaders of t h e "have c o u n t r i e s " t o t h e Leaders of t h e "have n o t councr ies" gas l e s s humane than what was a l r e a d y ~ a p p e n i n g .

I n s imple terms t h e "dec la ra t ion" neant t h a t a l l s c a r v i n g c h i l d r e n would Look t h e same by t h e end of t h i s cen- t u r y , no macter where they l i v e d .

No f l e s h on t h e i r bones, swollen stomachs, sunken eyes and coo weak t o s t o p t h e bugs f rom crawl ing up t h e i r noses and inco c h e i r empty mouths. Dying would now t a k e longer f o r some and t a k e l e s s f o r o t h e r s .

A r t Van-Lane

' 'Excuse me ," Nonnie s a y s . They d o n ' t h e a r h e r . The guy i n t h e t a n k

t o p is g u z z l i n g showingly , h i s hand a huge f i s t around t h e can. H e b e l c h e s .

"Excuse me," s h e s a y s a g a i n . THE V I E N FROPI TENT CITY - She i s a t l e a s t a f o o t s h o r t e r than t h e

By BOB STALL men. She h a s no obv ious a u t h o r i t y , even I J l ~ i t e s a r e l a z y . They d o n ' t c l e a n up a f - t h a t o f a p p a r e n t age . Though s h e ' s a grand-

t e r themselves . They f i g h c . They d r i n k t o o mother and e l d e r of t h e t r i b e , s h e looks much. They c u s s and c a r o u s e . There i s no middle age and a lmos t suburban. She wears p l a c e f o r them i n p o l i t e s o c i e t y . r h i n e s t o n e g l a s s e s .

P a r t i c u L a r l y ma lad jus ted a r e Canadian " ~ x c u s e me, t h i s i s a non-dr inking a r e a . w h i t e s w h l appear unable t o cope w i t h t h e Y o u ' l l have t o leave, ' ' s h e s a y s . con ip lex i t i e s o f modern urban l i f e . Yes, i t Tank Xop f r e e z e s i n mid swagger. "What is u n f a i r t o g e n e r l a i z e because most w h i t e s t h e f-- and he u s e s t h e F word y e t aga in . do indeed possess a c e r t a i n d i g n i t y i f you "You' l l have t o l eave . " r ega rd them w i t h c h a r i t y . But t h e l a t e n i g h t Both men s t a n d r i g i d f o r s e v e r a l seconds downtown view from Tent C i t y f u e l s t h i s then walk o f f . One f i r e s a p a r t i n g s h o t ab- s t e r e o t y p e of ~ a n c o u v e r ' s w h i t e p o p u l a t i o n . o u t coming back w i t h a t e n t . They bo th ...

They c r u i s e down Georgia S t r e e t , two men The t e n t s d e s c r i b e a c i r c l e around t h e

i n t h e i r 20s , one i n a muscle s h i r t , t h e lawn of the art g a l l e r y '

o t h e r i n a swagger ingly t i g h t T - s h i r t . They The site is a t the very heart downtown

approach t h e c i r c l e o f 23 t e n t s on t h e - 23 t e n t s a t Georgia and Howe, s t a n d i n g

f r o n t lawn of t h e Vancouver A r t G a l l e r y . q u i e t l y on t h e a r e a ' s o n l y p a t c h o f g reen ,

They exchange b i g , dopey g r i n s . r i n g e d by t h i s h i g h canyon o f g l a s s and

The s i g n s announce t h a t I n d i a n s a r e en- and neon. camped h e r e t o demons t ra te t h e i r s u p p o r t Clockwise from t h e a r t g a l l e r y , t h e s e a r e

and s o l i d a r i t y f o r o t h e r t r i b e s i n Canada. t h e b u i l d i n g s t h a t loom and e n c i r c l e : b he T h i s i s t o o much f o r o u r w h i t e hunks. H o t e l Vancouver, Royal Bank, Hong Kong Bank

"What t h e f-- does tilac mean?" demands t h e o f Canada, Georgia H o t e l , Four Seasons Hot- one in clle T-shirt. lie has c u r l y blond ha i r . e l , P a c i f i c C e n t r e , Toronto Dominion & Eatons

He d o e s n ' t l i s t e n t o t h e answer. Tnstead, i n a s l u r r e d v o i c e , h e s a y s t h e

army shou ld be c a l l e d i n t o " t e a r down t h e f - - in ' t e n t s . " He b r a y s w i t h p r i d e & throws an empty c i g a r e t t e pack on t h e ground, t h e n t a k e s a -wig from t h e C a r l i n g s can d a n g l i n g c o o l l y from h i s f i n g e r t i p s .

That ' s when Nonnie h a s had enough. The man can badmouth h e r peop le . H e can

speak v i o l e n t l y and a b u s i v e l y . He can make p h y s i c a l t h r e a t s .

She w i l l be bo the red by a l l t h i s buc a t what p o i n t does s h e o b j e c t and move t o s t o p him? When t h e i n t r u d e r l i t t e r s . When h e d r i n k s i n a p u b l i c p l a c e . The I n d i a n s a t "Our t r i b a l peace v i l l a g e i s i n t h e b e l l y Tent C i t y a r e c o n f r o n t i n g t h e w h i t e middle of the says sally c l a s s on i t s own terms. The c a r s r o a r p a s t on Georgia . A b l a c k

"Nonnie" means grandmother i n Haida and T ~ ~ ~ ~ - A ~ slows and a man leans far the c h a t ' s what everyone c a l l s h e r . S h e ' s one window, bo th elbows hanging o v e r t h e d o o r , of two grandmothers h e r e . There a r e no l e a - his a wide oval. d e r s i n t h i s camp, b u t Nonnie - r e a l name "Hey, d i r t y I n j u n s , I ' he s h o u t s . "Gonna Bern ice Browne - i s i n a b s o l u t e cha rge . t r y a l i t t l e genocide on y a , ha-ha-hall'

The two w h i t e men d o n ' t know t h i s . The d r i v e r f l o o r s i t o u t of s i g h t . Tense Ci ty . -3

camp is a s t r i k i n g p resence , nor jus t : because of i ts c o n t r a s t wich che

Outs ide r e p o r c s have i t t h a t some

m e t r o p o l i s bur because of i c s n e a t n e s s . n a t i v e War r io r s and o t h e r I n d i a n s &

NO w h i t e p e o p l e ' s campground h a s e v e r t h e i r s u p p o r t e r s have been beacen and been c h i s c idy . More chan 50 peop le l i v e , h a r a s s e d and t o r t u r e d . That ' s why I ear. and s l e e p h e r e b u t t h e r e i s no C l u t t e r ) I s ay OKA AIN'T OVER. Therets going t o and n o t a s i n g l e s c r a p of l i t t e r . be a day o f c e r r i b l e and j u s t account-

They almosc a l l smoke c i g a r e c t e s b u t nor @ ing for army punks and que- one b u c t can b e found on t h e ground. This D bec "po l i ce" o f Bourassa & Mulroney. I n d i a n camps i t e i s c l e a n e r than Disneyland.

It is what t h e f r i e n d l i e r whice f o l k s Not LO be forgoccen is one O u e l l e t , - c o m o n e n t on most. I t ' s what s t o p s many ) ( the may0r Oka. passers-by and draws them over t o c h a t . ( It is and always been w i t h i n t h e

They have been t r i g g e r e d by Oka and a t - ) power of deep ly concerned people t o ~ r a c t e d by n e a t n e s s , and they a r e suddenly e x a c t j u s t i c e f o r t h e c h r o n i c a s s a u l t s open t o l e a r n i n g abou t n a t i v e i s s u e s . ' by t r e s p a s s i n f r i n g e d on n a c i v e l a n d s

These c o n v e r s a t i o n s prove c h a t a r t ga l - ) ( and people. Lessons w i l l b e t a u g h t l e r y d i r e c t o r W i l l a r d Holmes was r i g h t . H e s a i d p r i n c i p l e s o f f r e e speech governed

a and l e a r n e d i n c o u r t s throughout Can-

h i s d e c i s i o n t o i n v i t e n a t i v e s t o camp on D ' ada. H i s t o r y g i v e s u s names l i k e 4 R i e l and Lemay and even Cuscer t o h i s lawn.

The mayor and p o l i c e c h i e f ag reed . Lo t s of peop le s t o p and t a l k . They can b e s e e n t o p o s s e s s a c e r t a i n

d i g n i t y .

HOODED SEAL Adults to 3.5 m and 400 kgs. Dark gray to black on back, lighter on the sides. Male has inflatable sackon topof head which is in- flated when angry for a formidable look. Spends

, - much time migrating. Litter of one young born on L U . ice.

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) remind u s of c e n t r u i e s - o l d persecu- c i o n s of N a t i v e s , y e t t h e d e n i a l of r e s p e c r and f a i r t rearmenr c o n t i n u e s

D coday. Now w e have Canada's Wounded ( Knee!

The rock-throwing a s s a u l t s on Na- t i v e e l d e r s , women and c h i l d r e n , who ' wera l e a v i n g p e a c e f u l l y i n t h e i r c a r s . i s proof o f che mob-violence t h a r t h e

4 Quebec "po l i ce" a l l o w s , even approves ! T e l l me, j u s c who a r e t h e real

(I c r i m i n a l s ? ? !

0 HooHoo

disappeared Sept. 14

Valerie - call home!

My name is K a r r i e Smich. I r a n away from home when I was twelve y e a r s o l d . I r a n away because my mother was never home. She made me v e r y angry and I could noc hand le it.

When my mocher found me I clammed up. I wasn'c s u r e what co t h i n k .

I could noc b e l i e v e what she d i d chen. She took me shopping and go t me new shoes .

- s t o r y by E l a i n e Black

By Fabian Dawson Staff Reporter

The table will be set for an extra Thanksgiving guest a1 the Ryan household in Agassiz this weekend.

The Ryans are hoping the guest will be their 16-year-old daughter Valerie. who disap- peared on Sept. 14.

"We hope she will come back soon because we all miss her," her father, John, said yesterday.

" P l e a s e c o m e h o m e Valerie." he pleaded.

Agassiz RCMP Const. Steve Rayworth said he believes she is in the Vancouver area.

Anyone who knows where she is should phone him at 796-221 1.

- -- - - - - DONATIONS SINCE INCEPTION : Bruce T.-$200 Yanum Spath -$200

Lu is P.-$20 Marg S.-$20 Ted B.-$5

Nancy W.- George B . Robert S.

.$300 W i l l i s s .-$I 10 -$ I5 Rich P .-$41 -$80 J a n c i s A,-$45 Taum D.-$3.33

Tom - $4.02 Dave C.-$5 L.B.T. -$ lo0 Nancy - $ l o S h e i l a B.-$2 Alet -$25 L i l l i a n H.-$25 James M.-$50 I.MacLeod -$200 Ke l ly -$6 J . E a s t - $1 Nancy 5.-$70

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1 Sue H . -$45 S teve R.-$10

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c k x u t i a o f o r t h i s n c u s l e t t c r , so P e t e r E.-$4.57 E t i e n n e S.-$40 I C yur can t ~ e l p , find Paul Taylor Linda F.-$50 Ke i th C.-$20 and I l c 0 l l q i v e you a receipt. Mendel R.-$15 W i l f r i d B.-$17

l l u n k s e v c r y ( x ~ t y . K'lem G.-$5 Anonymous - $56.73 The F i r e Bug -$250 Ter ry t h e T e r r i b l e -$ lo0

NEED HELP ? 'L -Archie M.-$100 Linda K.-$100 Mau Sandy C.-$40

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End L e g i s l a t e d Malnutrition

A n Anti-Poverty confe rence happened i n t h e f i r s t week of October i n Nara- mata, a s m a l l p l a c e i n t h e Okanagan.

A l l manner of i s s u e s t h a t connect w i t h and /o r c o n t r i b u t e t o p o v e r t y were d i s c u s s e d o v e r t h e 5-day e v e n t and t h e most a p p a l l i n g e f f e c t s o f w e l f a r e made page 10 h e a d l i n e s : "CHILDREN G O I N G HUNGRY" i t read .

The s t o r y of thousands of B.C. k i d s going t o s c h o o l hungry was broken o v e r two y e a r s ago by Bob S a r t i . It was then deba ted , passed around, s h u f f l e d from one l e v e l o f government t o a n o t h e r . The k i d s , i n t h e meantime, con t inued t o go t o s c h o o l hungry. Vanderzalm p r a c t i c e d b e i n g s t u p i d ; he s a i d t h a t maybe k i d s were throwing away t h e i r l u n c h e s , o r

By PAULR TAYLOR

money f o r l e a v e s . A t t h e confe rence a Hea l th Department s t u d y w a s c i t e d jq w i t h a minimum of $566.61 needed by :P a f a m i l y of f o u r t o g e t t h e minimum 'W

P.S. : The buck keeps g e t t i n g passed - 1

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p r o v i n c i a l referendum t o p rov ide I lunch programs i n s e v e r a l s c h o o l s and 1 now t h e l o c a l s o c r e d s a r e t r y i n g t o 3 p i c k 1 s c h o o l (ou t of 7 ) where they can have a token program. The p a r e n t s , have been working f o r 2 y e a r s t o g e t t h e s e c r u c i a l food programs go ing , and h a t s o f f t o t h e i r pe r severence .

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n u t r i t i o n a l r equ i rements . Socreds t h i n k t o g e t p o l i t i c a l brownie p o i n t s by c a l l o u s l y p u t t i n g a c e i l i n g of

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a t schoo l , develop h e a l t h problems, P have s e v e r e l y r e s t r i c t e d oppor tun i - M ties and poor s o c i a l s k i l l s . H e l l o 1 1 1

t o i n c r e a s e d s o c i a l problems. Socreds a r e g e n e r a l l y q u i c k w i t h "budge t t ing t i p s " t h a t a r e obv ious ly des igned by someone who h a s never been poor. An awful f a c t : Welfare payments can

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~ c ' s l i k e l y some peop le w i l l con- s i d e r my criticism of r e c y c l i n g a "cheap shoe", bur: I would remind chem

' of a time-honoured lefc-wing c r a d i - / t i o n . . . a s k i n g r h e tough q u e s r i o n s . Tough q u e s t i o n s r e q u i r e cough ans- ' wers & ehese can on ly be found a t che

source of t h e problem. Almosc a l l of che non-biodegradable

I subscances chac hurc che n a t u r a l world a r e forms of packaging. Mosc of chese a r e on ly u s e f u l d u r i n g che b r i e f cime i c cakes t o c a r r y food & household icems from che s c o r e t o che kicchen cab le . Every purchase re- q u i r e s a p l a s c i c bag, container o r p l a s c i c - c r e a t e d carcon. Every month we chrow away huge p l a s c i c garbage bags f u l l of c a s t - o f f convenience

; ' packaging, i n o r d e r s imply t o main- ca in a r e a s o n a b l e d i e c & prov ide a necessa ry l i v i n g space. . .unnecessary l u x u r i e s shou ld a l r e a d y have been

J r e j e c t e d i f we had any real concern f o r t h e f u c u r e . . b u t of c o u r s e t h e y haven ' t been.

" The b e s t answer I e v e r found co package o v e r k i l l w a s w r i t t e n by Marshal l McLuhan, t h e so -ca l l ed "media guru" & p r o f e s s o r of communi- c a t i o n s a t che University of Toronto ... but i t was i n a c o n t e x t char "en- v i ronmental iscs" cou ld e a s i l y over- look. H e s a i d because t h e viewing

lo• ’ television would e v e n c u a l l y c a u s e people t o become p r i m a r i l y c a c t i l e in t h e i r r e l a c i o n s h i p s t o ch ings ("couch" would become t h e i r most im- porranc s e n s e ) . . . chey would demand thac produccs be s t o r e d i n b i n s s o that chey could f e e l che cexcure o f them. Th is , McLuhan c la imed, would bring back che o l d cusrom of c a r r y - ing & u s i n g c l o c h bags , & packaging as we know it coday would d i s a p p e a r ;from t h e s c o r e s . Needless co say , chis i d e a was noc w e l l r e c e i v e d by the packaging a r c i s c s , designers & i

expel -Ls wllv ULIICL-wise Vlewecl PlcLullall as t h e wizard of f u c u r i s c i c markecs.

I c ' s out-of-cime & out-of-context buc when a l l ' s s a i d & done, i t ' s pro- I bably t h e o n l y r e a l s o l u t i o n .

Only a few g e n e r a t i o n s our grand- p a r e n t s c a r r i e d small c l o t h "sugar sacks" t o che s c o r e , scooped food produccs from b i n s , c a r r i e d them home, scored them i n m e ~ a l & g l a s s con ta in - e r s , & reused c h e i r "sugar sacks" over & over a g a i n . NO p l a s t i c went i n c o che e a r c h . . n o n e ~ h a c s o e v e r ! (When t h e i r "sugar sacks ' ' were worn

ouc chey became p i l l o w c a s e s . ) Unforeuna te ly , p r o g r e s s descended

upon them, f u e l e d on ly by r h e d e s i r e o f greedy i n d i v i d u a l s t o inven t n e w , ways of making more money f o r chem- s e l v e s (che e n t r e p r e n e u r i a l s p i r i c ) .

These same i n d i v i d u a l s (businessmen0 today c e l l u s we "cannoc go backwards' . . t h e y imply t h a t a r e c u r n co anyehing t h a t w a s done i n t h e pasc would mean " f a i l u r e " . . . t h e s h i n i n g image of fuc- u r i s t i c "progress" ( c h e i r g reac money- maker) would be t a r n i s h e d . ... I f you don'c know a l r e a d y - ehese a r e t h e peop le who a r e determined t o dese roy n o t o n l y t h e e a r c h , buc co un- dermine & d i s c o r c everyehing t h a e is n a t u r a l , h e a l t h y & reasonab le .

They have a l r e a d y hurc u s & our c h i l - d r e n i n ways c h a t a r e h o r r i b l e co s e e , & beyond r e p a i r . The damage h a s been done, & continues every day t o be done i n t h e name of "progress".

Who w i l l wake up from t h e i r hypono- c i c s p e l l s - t h e i r consumerism - c h e i r c u r s e d & f a c a l i s t i c doublechinks?!

We, humble & well-meaning humans, w i t h our hands-on r e c y c l i n g e f f o r c s , are admirab le & innocenc, no doubt , as we d u t i f u l l y s e p a r a e e p l a s t i c , mec- a l , g l a s s , ca rdboard , f o i l s & polyure- rhanes & t h i n g s we c a n ' c even i d e n t i f y ..we c a r e abouc t h e e a r ~ h . . w e r e a l l y do But w i l l t h e y e y e r s t ~ p ? . . ~ r a l l o w t h i n g s t o change? I wonder.

TORA

Each person i s a sender and r ece ive r . We connect wi th someone who opens up t o us . Most people a r e c losed . We need t o l e t o t h e r s i n t o our minds t o exchange information

Make br idges i n our minds t o connect wi th va r ious r e a l i t i e s .

Some people have mental cons t ipac ion , thoughts a r e jammed because they haven ' t l e e choughcs go. Thoughts a r e no t moving f r e e l y . Clean your mind ou t l e e choughcs go t o ochers f i n d a good l i s t e n e r - share . Ger yourse l f going your motor curning, you w i l l f i n d your f e e l i n g s more f r e e Get r i d of t h e l og j a m i n your head.

Reccv Jacquel ine Robertson

Tumbleweeds f l y i n t h e wind The l ake is co ld The a i r and land i s dry The preacher s ays I ' v e s inned The head of t h e household i s o l d I t r y t o rest but I g e t no rest And I begin t o c ry They he ld m e t h e r e i n t h a t h o s p i t a l For s i x long months f i v e y e a r s ago They ' l l never see my f ace again I may f l y t o t h e occ iden ta l No I ' l l never go t h e r e on a t r a i n I ' l l never s i g n t h e i r papers I ' l l never sur render t o t h e i r w i l l Once t h e i r w i l l triumphed But they s h a l l no t triumph aga in Good-bye Pent ic ton Good-bye Okanagan You ' l l never be okay t o m e You' l l never be okay They got paid t o drug me And d r i v e m e insane They got blood money But c h e y ' l l never ge t me again.

Elizabeth Thorpe 11

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