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THE UBYSSEY by Lucho van lsschot Blatchford said. NAFTA-that Mexico’s debts will happen.” “But now we have to wait five BC labour leaders have Maude Barlow, of the to North American banks Gillsaid “Myconcernsare days after the harvest to en- come out against the North Council of Canadians, points make it difficult for them to specificallyaroundhealthand force the tax.” American Free Trade Agree- out that, “Of the world‘s 100 refuse the deal. safety issues. Does NAFTA In those five days, Ameri- ment. largest economies, 47 are “Thecarrot being dangled meanthatworking conditions can farmers flood the Cana- tending a labour conference in Swanee, Georgia. re seem to be a lot of who’re working the borders to e sure that the ple aren’t forgot- I also been work- ; with other 7 Blatchford x M y believes that the According to hurt the NAFTA nego- Farmworkers’ Blatchford, “This C an a - tiations have been Funding crisis impairs access to BC schools by France8 Foran Dwindling public fundinghas causedrecordnumbersofstudents to be shut out of post-secondary schools this year, said concerned studentsandfacultyatrecentcon- ference. And at a time when more people need education to improve their job prospects, said Jacquie Best, chair of the CanadianFed- eration of Students-BC, the eco- nomic future of BC may bein jeop- ardy. Best said students who have to stretch out their education over more years are being driven into debt, and are unable to contribute to public services through taxes. “Its the students who are suf- fering now, but in five or ten years it‘ll be the rest of us who are suffer- ing, those of us who depend on a medicare system, on a n elemen- tary education system,on a pen- sion system. We aren’t going to have the same kind of province unless we educate our people.” According to CFS res-arch, this year between 14,C.A and 16,OOOapplicantstoBCmiversi- ties andcolleges have been shut out due to a lack of spaces. BChasthe secondlowestfull- time participation rate in post- secondaryeducation for 18-24 year olds in the country, after Manitoba. Theabominableparticipa- tion is strictly due to a lack of spaces caused bylow funding, critics agree. Kathey Conroy of the College and Institute Educators of BC said puo1ic.funding for education in BC has decreased 16 per cent over the past decade. This year nearly 7,000 stu- dentsweretumedawayhmBC’s three universities-more than half of those from UBC alone. Owen Underhill, Confedera- tion of University Faculty Aseocia- tion of BC said the demand for a seat in a classroom is driving up the minimum entrance require- ment. ‘At SFU, a high-school gradu- ate had to have a 3.0 average to get in this year, even though it’s pub- licly stated that a 2.5 is sufficient. 950 students fell into the pocket between, and had to be turned away.” Best said, We have the sec- ond lowest education funding per capita in thecountry and we are one of the richest provinces. The system is failing the people of BC.” Best said in order for BC par- ticipation rate to catch up to the nationalaverage,nearly 6,000 more places would have to be cre- ated every year for the next fiye years. The NDP made access to education an election platform last fall, but in the last budget created only 3000 new spaces. ‘Faculty and students are tired of being told that educa- tion is a low spending priority because there are too many people at the public purse,” Conroy said. The lack of public funding will only worsen the economic situation of the province and erodepublic services, Best said. After a summer when the student unemployment rate was up by 50 per’ cent, more students are relying on loans theywillbepayingoffforyears. In addition to its low participa- tion rate, BC also has the high- est student loan default rate in Canada. ‘Thoee on student aid are being hurt most. They need a 60 per cent course load to just qualify for a loan and so they are taking courses they don’t need while they accumulate greater and greater debt,” Best said. Nearly a $1 billion in out- standing loans has accrued on the federal books since 1964, the year student loans strsrted. That money would have been better used to subsidizeeducationtomakeitmore accessible, Best said. In a report on access to educa- tion submitted earlier this month, suggestions made to the Ministry of Advanced Education call for the restructuring ofthe loan system to reducethe burden on students. The recommendations will be publicised in the next few weeks. Best said, ‘We have a crisis right now in secondary education. There is a desperate lack of seats caused by chrorlic underfunding.”

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Page 1: THE UBYSSEY - University of British Columbia Library · THE UBYSSEY by Lucho van lsschot Blatchford said. NAFTA-that Mexico’s debts will happen.” “But now we have to wait five

THE UBYSSEY by Lucho van lsschot Blatchford said. NAFTA-that Mexico’s debts will happen.” “But now we have to wait five

BC labour leaders have Maude Barlow, of the to North American banks Gillsaid “Myconcernsare days after the harvest to en- come out against the North Council of Canadians, points make it difficult for them to specifically aroundhealthand force the tax.” American Free Trade Agree- out that, “Of the world‘s 100 refuse the deal. safety issues. Does NAFTA In those five days, Ameri- ment. largest economies, 47 are “The carrot being dangled meanthatworking conditions can farmers flood the Cana-

tending a labour conference in Swanee, Georgia.

re seem to be a lot of who’re working the borders to

e sure that the ple aren’t forgot-

I also been work- ; with other

7 Bla tch fo rd x M y believes that

the Canadian According to hurt the NAFTA nego- Farmworkers ’ Blatchford, “This C a n a - tiations have been

Funding crisis impairs access to BC schools by France8 Foran

Dwindling public funding has causedrecordnumbersofstudents to be shut out of post-secondary schools this year, said concerned studentsandfacultyatrecentcon- ference.

And at a time when more people need education to improve their job prospects, said Jacquie Best, chair of the Canadian Fed- eration of Students-BC, the eco- nomic future of BC may bein jeop- ardy.

Best said students who have to stretch out their education over more years are being driven into debt, and are unable to contribute to public services through taxes.

“Its the students who are suf- fering now, but in five or ten years it‘ll be the rest of us who are suffer- ing, those of us who depend on a medicare system, on an elemen- tary education system, on a pen-

sion system. We aren’t going to have the same kind of province unless we educate our people.”

According to CFS res-arch, this year between 14,C.A and 16,OOOapplicantstoBC miversi- ties and colleges have been shut out due to a lack of spaces.

BChasthe secondlowestfull- time participation rate in post- secondary education for 18-24 year olds in the country, after Manitoba.

The abominable participa- tion is strictly due to a lack of spaces caused by low funding, critics agree.

Kathey Conroy of the College and Institute Educators of BC said puo1ic.funding for education in BC has decreased 16 per cent over the past decade.

This year nearly 7,000 stu- dentsweretumedawayhmBC’s three universities-more than

half of those from UBC alone. Owen Underhill, Confedera-

tion of University Faculty Aseocia- tion of BC said the demand for a seat in a classroom is driving up the minimum entrance require- ment.

‘At SFU, a high-school gradu- ate had to have a 3.0 average to get in this year, even though it’s pub- licly stated that a 2.5 is sufficient. 950 students fell into the pocket between, and had to be turned away.”

Best said, We have the sec- ond lowest education funding per capita in the country and we are one of the richest provinces. The system is failing the people of BC.”

Best said in order for BC par- ticipation rate to catch up to the national average, nearly 6,000 more places would have to be cre- ated every year for the next fiye years.

The NDP made access to education an election platform last fall, but in the last budget created only 3000 new spaces.

‘Faculty and students are tired of being told that educa- tion is a low spending priority because there are too many people at the public purse,” Conroy said.

The lack of public funding will only worsen the economic situation of the province and erode public services, Best said.

After a summer when the student unemployment rate was up by 50 per’ cent, more students are relying on loans theywillbepayingoffforyears. In addition to its low participa- tion rate, BC also has the high- est student loan default rate in Canada.

‘Thoee on student aid are being hurt most. They need a

60 per cent course load to just qualify for a loan and so they are taking courses they don’t need while they accumulate greater and greater debt,” Best said.

Nearly a $1 billion in out- standing loans has accrued on the federal books since 1964, the year student loans strsrted. That money would have been better used to subsidizeeducationtomakeitmore accessible, Best said.

In a report on access to educa- tion submitted earlier this month, suggestions made to the Ministry of Advanced Education call for the restructuring ofthe loan system to reduce the burden on students. The recommendations will be publicised in the next few weeks.

Best said, ‘We have a crisis right now in secondary education. There is a desperate lack of seats caused by chrorlic underfunding.”

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Union of BC Indian Chiefs rejects constitutional package On Wednesday, the BC

Union of Indian Chiefs, which includes the five largest tribes in the Interior, declared its op- position to the constitutional deal.

Barbara Weiss of the Na- tive Women’s Association of Canuduhusalsodenounced the Charlottetown accord as an un- acceptable deal for Native women.

Weiss said the M A C has opposed the deal for several riasons. Among thereasons are that, under the accord, court cases related to aboriginal self- government would be delayed for five years, and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms could be lifted rom selfgozrernment and wou f d not guarantee basic rights for women.

As well, the accord would subject aboriginal laws to the crown’s standard of Ypeace, or- der and good government.”

Weiss said the deal states that, underselfgovernment, ”no new rights” are created, and this could threaten land claims.

‘We dent really know what they mean by ‘no new rights,” Weiss said.

Phil Fontaine of theAssem- bly of Manitoba Chiefs ex- pressed concern last month that self-government as described in the Charlottetown deal would be a means by which thkfideral government could back out of existing treaty rights in Manitoba, such as health care.

The promise of selfgovern- ment rin s hollow, he said, when thegderal government is chipping away at treaty rights like health care by hunding their administration over to the pri- vate sector.

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In 1981-82, the Union of BC Let us be clear about this. The we are being =ked to give up First Nations are being de- Indian Chiefs led First Nations Charlottetown Accordwill doaway across Canada in opposing the withwtion-to-Nation& that, in re&ty, will be ten years or communityconsultations based on

out later. This we cannot do.

our right to go t o c o w for a period nied sufficient time for proper

sovereign nations with a historic, come something different This is intolerable and the bilateral, nation-to-nation rela- and, we submit, something Union of BC Indian Chiefs will not tionship to the Crown and that, less than we truly are. ’ -ked to accept the re- sit back and d 0 W Our First Na- thisrelationshipcannotbechanged We are being sponsibili ties of self- tions to be hijacked by the October without the full and informed con- asked to give’ our serit of our people. This remains consent for the our position today in 1992. e s t time in

Over the past three weeks, history to the Union of BC Indian Chiefs has t h e nipulating the referendum cam- been analyzingthe ”Charlottetown broad ee$ p a i s for its own political ends. Accord” and its provisions on ab- p We will do whatever it takes original self-government. [On to insure that the voice of the grass-

We are being

government but 26

. We will do whatever it takes to in.sure that our people are directlv con- sultedand have the oppor-

Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs afmounced that it must reject the “Charlottetown Accord” and Canada’s referendum process in

We have looked carefully at a n d what is & being proposed for jurisdic- “aboriginal self-government”iq the tions ofthe Constitution. What we see is a federal and clear and present danger to our provincial gov- peoples’aboriginal title andrights, ernrnents“bue the to the integrity of our traditional powers and jurisdic- territories, andtoour survival asa tions of pur povern-

e r n -

that suffi- cient financial .

resokces will be available for our

governments to meet the desperate economic

and social needs in our com-

immemorial.

tally change the relationship be- field. tween our Nations and the Crown. We are being asked to surrender lengthy self-government negotia- unacceptable. our nationhood and sovereignty tions without any protection guar- and accept an undefined “third anteed for our traditional krrito- order of Canadian government” ries. Instead we are being asked to zt Of the c h a r l o ~ ~ ~ w n statusthat willbe workedout,later give our consent in advance to pro- termiMtbn

termination. self-&-

in negotiations with the federal VincidjUriSdiCtiOn over Our lands lean biyouthatthe Unionof and provincial governments. and resources and work the rest BC Chiefs is not alone in its

The Accord would fun are guaranteed only the opportu-

we Z&ed to go into nity to bargain. ’&is is unfair and

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There is a conspiracy of politi- cal con artists trying to smooth- talk our people into blindly voting ’Yes” in the October 26 referen- dum. Federal, provincial and na- tional aboriginal leaders have jumped on the Quebec train-but our iople are being left behind.

tunity to give or refuse their full informed consent according

toour Nations’traditionsandlaws. Finally, the Union wishes to

take this opportunitytoexpressits supportyorthe Wefsuwet‘en people who blockaded the railway track at -Gitwangak this week. Their situation is a clear example of why we cannot simply trust the federal and provincial governments to do the right thing by our people.

It is already apparent how the “rule of law“ is being used against our people in the BC Treaty Com- mission, process. We are into a police state situation when, at the signing ceremony on Monday, an Elder of one of our Nations was cut-off from expressing the opin- ion of his people and was expelled fiom the hall. We demand a full public apology from Chief Joe Mathias for this disgraceful insult to an esteemed hnd respected El- der.

As the Gitskan and Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs have pointed out, all of this only proves what the Union has been saying for over a year-that the BC Treaty Commission is a shal- low tripartite exercise presided over by Tom Siddon, Andrew Petter and a complicit group of tribal council leaders.

This concludes our statement

Chief Saul Terry, president Union of BC Indian Chiefs

September 25,1992

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THEUBYSSEY September 25,1992

The UbpseY Wakortle~ letters On any Issue. Letters must be typed and are not to exceed 300 words in l e n g t h . Content which Is judged to be libelous, homophobic, sexist, r a c i s t or factually incorrect wlli

to SUB 241k. Letters must include name, faculty. and signature. not be published. Please be C O n C i s e . Letters may be edlted for br-, but it Is standard Ubyssey p o l i c y not to edit letters for spelling w grammatical mistakes. Please br ig them. with ident[flcatim,

... And what happened to The

Independent, Jason?

I am greatly concerned about the recent AMs Council decision to prevent the distribution of the Campus Times inside the SUB. I do not doubt that they have the right: they are the managers of a semi-private institution to which I have CHOSEN to belong. How- ever, I am afraid I do not under- stand the Council’s purpose in banning the “imes &om the SUB. What could possibly be the point of thispettybureaucratic spasm? Bill Dobie, AMs Director of Finance, was described in The Ubyssey of September 18 as suggesting that “papers which are run for profit, like the Campus Times, [dol not necessarily represent students’ interests.” It is somewhat dis- turbing that the AMs Director of Finance shows so little confidence in the workings of the free market. If the Campus Times is run for profit (good for them!) this means they must collect advertising rev- enue. In order to attract adver- tisers, they must demonstrate that their paper will be widely read, hopefully (for the Times) more widely read than other campus papers. To become widely read, the a m e s must attempt to become popular, whichmeansitmustprint articles and columns which stu- dents will want to read-that is, - articles and columns in which students are interested. On the

other hand, a paper which is NOT run for profit can safely print trash which its editors know is not of interest to any conscious human. Essentially, only a paper which is run for profit is guaranteed to at least TRY to appeal to students’ interes ts... while papers which are supported.by subsidies are free to provide a forum for malcontent editors to grind their own personal axes without considering their ever-dwindling audience. It’s simple economics. In fact, it’s so obvious that I‘m not sure the AMs didn’t already know it. Which brings to mind only one question: what are they a h i d of?

Jason FOP^ Med 1

human, then, € guess.

I am writing in response to your policy of censoring pro-life advertising; your stance is stupid and makes no economic sense whatmever. I wantedtorunan ad to remind students not to support The United Way because it funds Planned Parenthood, an organiza- tion which supports abortion and birth control. the cost of the ad was $145.60. My request was refused because your paper is pro-choice. Xf you print this letter, which you suggested I write, you will have printed the same message free of charge that I was willing to pay $145.60 for. This money will now go to the Catholic Church which

advocates the protection of all hu- man life.

Katrina Bogsomethingillegible

(please everyone, if you‘ve an “artistic” [read scrawled]

signature, please print your name. Okay?)

Sophomoric invective from the

post-literate In the September 18 edition of

The Ubyssey, h u n g Jeet Keigh deplores the ”racism of white soci- ety“ and urges “people of colouf to unite against white society in or- der to “defend” themselves. Wide- spread white antipathy towards non-whites is said to be evident in . a recent poll that suggests many Candians are concerned about im- migratim, and by Bill C-86, which Keigh claims is “racist legislation” that “seeks to ensure that white people never become a *minority‘ in Canada.”

It is true that some Caucasian Canadians have racist attitudes, as virtually all Canadians know through personal experience, the mainstream media, and so forth. Yet, that a racist ruling elite is conspiring to keep Canada more than 50% Caucasian via Bill C-86 seems more like paranoia than accurate reporting..

Such extremism is typical of The Ubyssey. Were I to rely on your paper for real news, rather than the lati?st in sophmoric invec- tive from the post-literate, I would never learn such information as what the Canadian Government

seeks to achieve with Bill C-86 (which certainly has a number of seriousfaults), Keigh’sarticle does little more than slander whites collectively and shake in our faces the bogy of Canadian fascism.

Comparative work by your staffwould help you transcend the “politically correct” parochialism, reflected in Keigh’s and other Ubyssey writers’ work, that only white people can be racists. How- ever, my point here is not to minimize the problem of white racism; instead, I want to empha- size that whar M;. m: rafling f ~ r the citizens of Canada, and espe- cially the white rnaj~rity~ ?z da i s something quite unique among human societies. Fundamen+ai justice and the interests 5f : : w

multicultural national cammunity require &hat we all abandon ethnicity and skin colour as mite- ria for judging otbers. Indeed, in

culturesandpeoples,ourchallenge as Canadians is to present a poi- tive model of the future to the rest of the world.

I wonder if our task is truly best served through Keigh’s pha- lanx of colour hurling missiles of hate in aracial war. Is it not better to engage in reasoned debate, to learn from our mistakes and those of other societies, in order to delvelop better public policy than Bill (2-86 and its ilk? Why, for example, did Keigh see fit to cari- cature Germany as anation ofneo- nazis anda sympathetic, xenopho- bic state? It seems to me that, regarding Germany, we could best further our collective goal by re- sponsibly analyzing the mots of

anerao~jniei .~ing~~i~,’ .~~- .~, i ~ ~ - ~ : ; . - ~ c . . r r ~

the country‘s explosive racial ten- sions and then by seeking to avoid or alleviate such stresses in Canada.

The Ubyssey muld contribute to building inter-:thnic and inter- racial solidarity in Canada by adopting a new editorial policy, onethatsetscriticalthinkingabout a range of ideas in place of the current philippics against the usual suspects.

Jasjeet Sin& Sekon Political Science 4

emer leader” falls flat

%sponse to article by Miranda Alldrittin the Sept.18 issue of The UbysseyTndependentsbidfortrial run in by-election”.

I would like to thank your paper for its coverage of the recent civic by-election in Vancouver. I am pleased to’ say I finished 5th out of the 15 candidates with 711 votes. I was surprised to have been described by your reporter as the “former leader“ of the Family Coalition Party. F.C.P. leader Kathleen Foth, I’m sure, would be choked to read such a finding. To set the record straight, I am a former candidate of the F.C.P. in the last provincial election. I ran in Vancouver-Kensington where I received a paltry 151 votes.

John O’Flynn Former Independent

Candidate for Vancouver City Council

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Protesters shout: legalize it! ~ w - ~~ - ~~ - ~

ULegallZe hemp! Saw our for- ests!"shoutedagmupofpmt&ersas they marched thlough the streeta of Vancower an Wednesday.

About 125 people gathemd out- side aforestry conference at Canada maCetoopposelawsthatpmhibit growing hemp (or cannibis) in Canada

Bystanders reacted with con- fusion to the march, which lacked signs otherthanbannersdiplaying marijuana leaves.

"hedemonstm~rswereangry when press and media failed to show, even after massive down- town pestering had been done.

So the demonstrators decided to move on to the Pacific Press building, temporarily stopping on the Granville Street bridge, block- ing traffic in both directions.

When Vancouver Sun man- aging editor Scott Honeyman of- fered no comment, the demon- stration then moved on to City Hall.

According to a leaflet handed out at the rally, the hemp plant can replace t e e s or petroleum prod- ucts, to produce paper, fuel, rope, plastics and clothes cheaply and effi- ciently.

hdmgtotheleaflet, up until 1883,75 to 90 per cent ofthe world's paper wasmanufacturedfmmhemp. One acre ofhemp can produce as much paper as four acres oftrees.

onebystanderwas particularly unimpressed with the group, and de- scribedthepmtestemas%onebds.n

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