401 Main St., McEachern did what his bosses wanted. He slammed Natives with his "decision" in one of the longest and most costly land claims cases in the recorded history of , telling them they should just assimilate themselves into the mainstream. The judge took a giant step backward going against many precedent-setting victories of Nacives. The ~itskan-~et'suwet'anpeople ex- pected a victory and objective obser- vors agreed. McEachern chose to feed their rage, to lecture about ample op- portunities for getting off reserves and just 'give up'. To him, thousands of years of Native history, tradition and belief weren't worth a dam....the Oka standoff is meaningless ...legal recognition of Native rights irrelev- ant. McEachern had his orders. McEachern's bosses are the same who tell Mulroney and Vanderzalm what to do..be it deregulating air travel or the phone system, privatizing public services, removing farm subsidies & Dear Carnegie and TnulR Taylor, gutting the fishing/mining/forestry/ manufacturing sectors, weakening pol- I would like to send a thankyou to lution laws..anything to make trans- the one who did the artwork and the national corporations independent of layout in January 15th1s issue. The local, regional or national concerns. art really enhanced my poetry; thanks! McEachern knows what hand feeds him I'm sending 2 poems and a newsletter and scratches his head; all he's done on the war - new to Calgary. The Up- is lick that hand. By telling Natives date has received the last 3 issues of to leave reserves he makes theft and the Carnegie Newsletter. Also, articl- exploitation of natural resources on es from Carnegie have been going to them simpler. the Calgary Poverty Focus Group. For decades, Natives struggled with We enjoy so many aspects of the News the non-native concept of 'owning' letter; the articles, poetry and poli- land, then years in discussions, neg- tical commentary and, of course, Car- otiations and courts demanding their negie's Newsletter gives us the images birthrights and heritage be respected. language and the courage to speak the Herb George (Satsan) , a Wet 'suwet 'an truth. My son Danny and a friend , hereditary chief, said: "We will come Eliza also read it. 1 off our reserves in a way this country Thankyou again for the newsletter has never seen before." and publishing my poetry in such a 1 The language of the judgement speaks wonderf ul way ! 1 of the attitude of McEachern - #'our Marilyn Seelye t Indians" - By PAULR TAYLOR Calgary, Alta, mix my wine with water; don't give a damn 'bout quality. iuix my wine with water; t makes a week seem like a day n my bummin' money... week seems like a day. ver in the graveyard is my favorite place o drink and cuss and sin. hey put a fence around my favority graveyard ecause people are dying to get in. o when I bite you for a dollar Lines From Your Learning Cent re nd you only give me a dime, MIKE KRAMER ain't gonna scream and holler cuz I mix my water with wine. What do you want to know about this guy? tanding outside the liquor store, I say Here's the latest info: partner how you doing today?'' nd if you~etortwith a grumpy snort, - he has lived in say, "You can go to hell all the way." for umpteen years and loves the city and it's people. ell I'm a derelict rummy with guts in my tummy, L he's a teacher who thinks ut my head is feeling fine; everyone should have lots ou see I mix my wine with water. of chances to learn - any- mix my water wuth sweet dream wine. thing and everything. mix my water with wine. - he will match you up with a tutor DEside Joe who will help you learn whatever you want and at times that suit you. It's a wonderful deal. Drop in any- time and get started. Everyday is the right day for you. Tell your friends about our place. All for free! Monday to Friday 9 am - 7 pm. -a Dear Folks, -an Doree Keeping Carnegie going, struggling with problems, having fun and keep- Correction - ing 'up' on being here is part of all A few issues ago, Bob Kiyoshk was of us, I guess, but doing all this & more is part of the unwritten job nistakenly referred to as "a director ~f a new shelter for battered Native description of the staff people. I domen". Bob did and does a lot of the want to say Thank You to Phil Goad. research in this area, networking with I almost lost it during a severe as- qative support groups all over North thma attack and he stayed calm & cool, herica. He is presently working as keeping me together until the ambu- =he Program developer for this house. lance arrived. Just decent...staff are people - even human! Leona ~il'WatPeople Assert Claim to Sovereignty The Lil'Wat people of Mt. Currie are currently engaged in a nonviolent struggle to prevent the building of a four-lane lumber road corridor through their ancient, sacred burial grounds on Lillooet Lake. This area has his- torically been the training ground where the Lil'Wat have gone to become ABORIGINAL WOMEN'S TRANSITION HOUSE strong - spiritually, mentally, emo- TO COMMENCE OPERATIONS tionally and physically. The Board of Directors of the Help- The Lil'Wat people have always lived ing Spirit Lodge Society'wishes to on this land and have never given up announce April 15, 1991 as the date their claim to it through any treaty. for its transition house facility to They are asserting this claim both in begin operations. This initiative is the courts and by physically blocking the first of its kind in the Greater construction of the road when necess- Vancouver area, and will address the ary. The Kt. Currie Band Council re- unique needs of Aboriginal communities. cently submitted an application for The home will offer shelter and sup- land claims to this area, and the Lil' port for ten women and their children, Wat People's Movement, in a separate and will provide options to remaining case, was recently granted leave to in abusive situations. Counsellors appeal the road construction on the will be on hand to assist residents in grounds of sovereignty - a major step areas of physical, emotional, psychol- forward. The outcome of these two ogical, and sexual abuse. Appropriate hearings will have a profound impact referrals will be made for persons who on the future of the Lil'Wat people, cannot be accommodated for whatever and on the relationship between Native reasons. The Society's basic philo- and non-Native peoples in B.C. sophy is "creating healthy families", The Religious Society of Friends Y1 and will combine contemporary and tra- (Quakers), along with other churches 4 ditional healing methods. and community groups, supports the 1 In addition to serving women, child- ~il'watpeople in their non-violent g ren and elders, the Society is propos- efforts to assert control over their ing to offer a program for abusive men. own lives and resources. If you wish This is seen as an essential step in to show your support, please join us I preventive services which will benefit in the public prayer vigil held on the the entire family. first Friday of every month, from 1 Public and legal education will also 4:15 - 5:30, on the south steps of the 1 be a major focus of the Society's work. Vancouver Art Gallery (Hornby & Robson) I, The Society is looking forward to The next one will be on April 5th. working cooperatively with all agen- Ruth Walmsley, on be- cies dealing with victims, witnesses, half of the BC Quaker Committee on i and perpetrators of family violence. i This includes justice system personnel, Ruth Walmsley, on behalf of the BC policy makers, transition houses, and 1 Quaker Cormnittee on Native Concerns. counselling and support services - f both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal. B-C- Coalition cbf People with Disabilities

A new guide to accessible places in Van has been published; the 192-page, pocketsize book contains listings on basics like stores and libraries and parks and festivals and washrooms and phones and on and on. The Coalition also does advocacy for HPIA applications. One current struggle is to get MSSH and the Ministry of Health to stop passing the buck back and forth and decide which pays for aids, wheelchair repairs, etc.

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PHONE:_- - -. - - POLITICS OF THE HEART: have no agenda, except to work for the The Individual Voice truth as they see it. One of the best ways to establish a There are lots of people in this voice of your own is t have no serings world who will support humanitarian no commitments to any outside group.. & causes speak up for justice, equal- be it political, religious, or simply ity, freedom, etc. as long as there's I Ihumanitarian" . a chorus of support backing them up. No allegiance to any flag is "anar- But when they find themselves stand- chy" - but in this case it's not just ing alone on commitmentl to truth a political anarchy, it's an anarchy of about poverty, about land rights, war the heart, because it seeks to estab- or social justice, these same people lish new freedoms only out of an soon become uncomfortably embarassed ethical imperative. - a gnawing insecurity takes them Anarchy does not mean freedom to go over & they fade conveniently into against the grain - it means freedom the background. to express & follow your own personal Their own personal understanding desire for truth, in spite of ridicule rises up in them, their friends fail oppression, the self-interest of bur- to support it, & they swallow the eaucracy, the group power syndrome or truth along with their pride. They whatever, It means you care enough to usually think their only source of make room in your society, your neigh- power lies with the establishment bourhood, your family, your community (left, right, centre). It's the centre, for honest unobscured express- group power syndrome. Many individuals ion of direct truth even if it alien- are intimidated by the idea of being ates you from your neighbour. "politically correct", or they don't This doesn't mean we have to open want to rock the boat for economic our doors to every neurotic opinion - reasons, or to preserve the "one big to white power racists, christian happy family" illusion. fanatics, economic fascists, or what- On the other hand, there are those ever - these are all classic group who will say & do what they think is power syndromes that often attempt to right no matter what the consequences. disguise themselves in the values of individual freedom. KNOW YOUR Standing alone is the freedom to RIGHTS pursue an ethical ideal, to offer serious & constructive criticism, to co-operate or not co-operate with established procedures, as your heart dictates. This is the freedom to present your own ideas & to stand be- hind them. Without it life can be- -- The fact that-you might have to stand come just one long-standing agenda - alone, even be ridiculed, put down or a power struggle, with no real cornmun- ignored by your "friendsl'.shouldn't ication. even be a factor in the equation. Real answers to real problems seldom Some people actually do have a voice come out of agendas - but they often of their own, without rules & regula- do arise from spontaneous no-holds- tions to back them up. These people barred communication. This is only FOR BETTER OR true when free dialogue pursues an ethical goal. To challenge group allegiance is a difficult & thankless task - it's usu- ally labelled "destructive" or "stu- pid" or simply ignored. People who stand alone for truth are of ten accused of "emotionalism" - they are put down as "bleeding hearts" but when we stop hearing & seriously considering individual points of view, when we ridicule those who attempt to tell the truth & honour only group interests, we cease to reveal our in- nermost thoughts, become suspicious of MISSING each other's motives, & line up obed- iently behind the latest "groupthink". When this happens, our actions lose their ethical momentum. We are in danger of becoming merely collective yea-sayers or nay-sayers in a sea of politically correct smugness. Groupies cling to an image of power, & those who have only group allegi- ance feel powerless on their own. Preserve & exercise your individual voice. Group intimidation is a paper tiger, because the truth always speaks with a single voice, and to have no voice is to have no power. TORA Gerald Pittao This person is missing and was last seen February 20 in the downtown Vancouver area. He is Gerald Pittao, caucasian male, 6'1", 180 lbs., age 42, dark brown hair, brown eyes, may possibly have a beard now. DISTINGUISHABLE FEATURE: STRATHCONA GARDEN Losing control of his head, neck and The Carnegie Plots shoulders. NEEDS MEDICATION, INTERESTED? possibly confused. Anyone with infor- Saturdays, loam to 2pm with Kathyrn mation on Gerald's whereabouts is Thomson. Meet on the second floor asked to call the Vancouver Police outside the kitchen offlce. Dept. Missing Persons - My friend

How to tell you Where ar.e you? you have chosen death have youL become... Hiding behind the walls of class the gran.d controller building the walls thicker with who must know.. . revulsion how the child comes out distinction disgust the child must respond hate child must look Insisting you are on high ground LIKE A RANK ACCOUNT but back preoccupied with dirt and disgust when I told you I might be crazy how the husband must be told me life was brightly coloured laughter no breath Marilyn Seelye

THE U.S. CHILDREN'S POEMS FROM TEREZIN CONCENTRATION CAMP (1942 - 1944) (:15,000 went in - 1BO survived) AT TEREZIN --

Such, such a yellow

For seven weeks I've lived here, MAN PROPOSES, GOD DISPOSES Penned up inside this ghetto Who was helpless back in Prague, But I have found my people here. And who was rich before, The dandelions call to me He's a poor soul here in Terezin, And the white chestnut candles in the courl His body's bruised and sore. 3nly I never saw another butterfly. Who was toughened up before, That butterfly was the last one. He'll survive these days. Butterflies don't live in here, But who was used to servants In the ghetto. Will sink into his grave. Pave1 Friedmann (1942) "Koleba" (1944) I'll LIKE TO GO ALONE Maybe more of us, I'd like to go away alone A thousand strong, Wlrere there are other, nicer people, Bill reach this goal Somewhere into the far unknown, Before too long. There, where no one kills another. Alena S ynkova

YES, THAT'S THE WAY THINGS AKE In Terezin in the so-called park A queer old granddad sits Somewhere there in the so-called park. He wears a beard down to his lap And on his head, a little cap. , Hard crusts he crumbles in his gums, He's only got one single tooth. My poor old man with working gums, Instead of soft rolls, lentil soup. Ply poor old grey-beard! (>I. Kosek, H. Lowy, Bachner) TWO- FACED EL ECTION MONSTER 1' . .the struggle goes on. ." her last twenty dollars goes to bingo at least a chance she may win the year in review -- JANUARY 9: , who beat soc- the caller calls her red in the by- Fate election (Oak Bay-Gordon Head), is sworn fill the frig in as MLA and named urban development the kids critic for the NDP. Cull's was the 6th F until the gov't by-election won by the NDP over Eocreds.

'7: cheque comes - JANUARY 11 : Housing critic at least a chance unveils the NDP housing stra- r& of a week Whh tegy for BC, including the construction a month of 5,000 new homes for first-time buyers as well as rent review and other protec- w of everybody well/. . I -Our food tion for tenants. rI Our frig JANUARY 17: After weeks of media manipu- full lation, Bill Vanderzalm goes on province-wide TV to announce he will why with $20.00 stay on as premier. says - buy enough kraft dinner the speech "resolves nothing", adding - I to last until month end somewhat prophetically that it "is a -- guarantee the socred leadership crisis-- - I'm O.K. - will continue. " I1 I can take -

hard JANUARY 23: Vanderzalm introduces his 'A ship Meech Lake plan, which makes trapped by every province 8 "distinct society" - -- beat & howl the plan is universally panned by other of wind & rain provincial and federal leaders. ...we're tough JANUARY 24: Back in the fold, Part I. I'm good The first of four dissident we'll survive on less socred MLAs, Duane Crandall, comes crawl- GOT & less ing back to the socred caucus. he re- $16.00 &less maining three soon follow. p -51~A DAY JANUARY 26: Harcourt demands the resign- BOX OF KRAFT DINNER ation of Agriculture Mini- A DAY ster John Savage over his role in a cab- Webb and kraft amd Celiacs inet decision that vastly inflated the disease. .. if he ate kraft value of his Delta farmland. Savage had he could starve signed an Order-in-Council allowing golf ... courses on land in the Agricultural Land CAN KIDS Reserve. Because of that decision, the CAN ANYONE minister's own farmland - which he and- EAT MACRON1 ONLY his family purchased in '85 for $250,000 - skyrocketed in value to $1.6 million. Marilyn Seelye JANUARY 31: In typical Vanderzalm style, 13. the premier turns a blind FEBRUARY 28: Despite the 2 independent re- eye to conflict of interest by one of ports denouncing his conduct, his cabinet ministers, and refuses to Bill Reid says he expects, and deserves, fire John Savage. to be back in cabinet very shortly. The socreds introduce a school funding NDP finance critic, , demands referendum scheme, which NDP education the government empower the Auditor-General critic says will only encou- to investigate a $500,000 grant given to entertainer David Foster by Vanderzalm's rage more coqflict between children's education and property taxes for home- office in '88 for a promotional video on B.C. that was never used. owners...... MARCH 8: No sex please, we're Socreds. A FEBRUARY 1: The socreds' Expo land deal letter written by Social Services losses continue to add up. Minister Peter Dueck says one of the soc- Concorde Pacific sells 4.2 hectares of reds long term goals is "restricting sex- the site for $40 million, 5% times the ual activity to marriage and adult monog- ber-hectare price it paid the socreds amous relationships." 'Pn '88 for the 82.5 hectares. With this deal, ConPac recouped almost 1/3 of its Bad timing . It ' s International Women ' s total purchase price. Day and BC's 33 women's centres are facing closure because of federal b"dget cuts - -FEBRUARY 4: Despite growing opposition and Women's Minister responds in BC to the Meech Lake Acc- with medals...3 of them, to be precise. Oh ord, Vanderzalm says he will not pull yes, and a logo contest, as well. his support for the pact. Meanwhile, Mike Harcourt is demanding FEBRUARY 15: NDP energy critic Anne Ed- emergency funding for the centres, saying wards tells the BC Utili- the $500,000 funnelled to David Foster by ties Commission it must reject any att- the socreds could have provided core fund- empts by the socreds to use BC Hydro as ing for all 33 centres. a way for taxing BC citizens. Hydor app- MARCH 15: NDP status of women critic Dar- lied for a 9% increase to cover a $500 lene Marzari demands the recall million payment demanded by the socreds. of an "offensive and sexist" government FEBRUARY 19 : An NDP government will in- land transfer title document. The docu- troduce "green taxest', aim- ment's example sheet uses the standard ed at reducing pollution and environmen- 'John Smith' name for the male lawyer, but names the female lawyer 'Sue May Love1. tal hazards in BC - Harcourt announces. MARCH 20: Harcourt and NDP justice critic FEBRUARY 27: "Irregular and improper". That's how reports by the announce they're giv- ing the socred govt. until April 19 to re- Auditor General and Comptroller General consider their decision not to charge Bill describe former socred tourism minister Reid with breach of trust. Sihota warns if Bill Reid's political abuse of public lot- that deadline is not met he will launch a private prosecution against Reid. to funnel $277,000 in GO B.C. grant money The New ~emocrats'demand for a charge ! to his campaign manager and close friend. against Reid is reinforced by revelations from the Attorney General's department I FEBRUARY 27: "Girls need to have the same that the RCFP wanted to lay charges attitude as boys" in order against the former minister. to reach equal pay status, says Women's Minister Carol Gran. MARCH 21: Attorney General re- fuses to act in the public in- terest by again insisting no charges will be laid against Reid. i I -* ~RIL23: The socreds try to push thru APRIL 2: The socred cabinet pushes through a $5 billion spending bill in an unprecented special warrant, five minutes, but NDP fights the bill allowing them ;o spend $1.3 billion in for a full week. public money without the approval of the legislature and with no accountability. APRIL 25: Real socreds. Vanderzalm de- APRIL 5: New Democrats steal the socreds' fends his government's use of thunder on Throne Speech Day by taxpayers1 money to distribute a REAL Women newsletter that MLA introducing motions to establish four brands as hate literature that insults special committees, including one to in- women, homosexuals and AIDS patients; vestigate government ethics in the wake of refers to Vancouver as 'Sodom North' and the Bill Reid lottery scandal. Other speculates that last year's Montreal committees were to deal with the GST, wo- massacre of 14 university women may have men's programs and housing. been the fault of "a feminist" who abor- APRIL 6: Vanderzalm government slammed for spending almost $12 million ted the gunman's child. After reading the newsletter, Vander ia public money on ads and polling last Zalm refuses to critize it, and says he year alone. has no problem with the group's plan to APRIL 10: The socreds announce they're hold part of their canvention at Fantasy _ . dividing the Carmanaugh Valley Gardens. in two, with half being used for forest- ry and half being turned into a park. APRIL 30: The socreds' .hidden Hydro tax a scheme to tax British Col- Harcourt announces NDP will oppose the - plan, calling it a "shortsighted politi- umbians an extra $500 million over the next 3 years cal game". Environmentalists and the through their electricity bills is rebuked by the BC Utilities forest industry also label the decision - ."political Commission. ." Harcourt demands the socreds pull ads APRIL 11: Bud Smith orders an "investi- lauding "balanced budget" because they gation into himself I' says Har- ...... are false and misleading. court, after Smith announces his mini- MAY 1: The Auditor General's yearly re- stry's decision not to prosecute Bill port comes out, exposing: Reid will be the subject of an inquiry - socreds' $500 million budget deficit headed by Ombudsman Steven Owen. - empty BS (Budget Stabilization) Fund APRIL 17: In a late response to Moe Sih- - costly, dishonest and potentially un- ota's announcement that he safe privatization scheme, and will lay charges against Bill Reid if - loss of at least $150 million on the the Attorney General doesn't, Reid says socreds' Expo land deal. New Democrats don't have the guts to Finance Minister Me1 Couvelier resp- follow through. onds by calling the Auditor General a "beancounter with his nose in the public APRIL 18: The AIDS prevention video - trough. banned for a year by Vander- " MAY 2: The BC automobile association zalm - is finally released, but with two significant changes that clearly put the calls for an independent audit of responsibility for AIDS prevention on highways maintenance in the wake of the. women. Auditor General's criticism of highways privatization. APRIL 19: The socred govt. brings down It's revealed that Doug Adolph, a 20- its budget which it claims is balanced, but which NDP, media 6 public stry of the Environment, resigned over recognize as a .$SO0 million deficit. sacred environmental practices that he *I *I says help polluters break the law. MAY 3: After much public pressure, Me1 ~UUUU~~UU~~~~~~ Couvelier offers a reluctant apo- MAY 29: Following questioning by Glen logy to the Auditor General for his Clark in the legislature, Finance "beancounter" remark. Minister Me1 Couvelier conf inns that cab- inet ministers are forbidden from accept- MAY 4: Bill Reid refuses to participate - ing free trips from private suppliers. in Stephen Owen's breach of . trust inquiry. MAY 30: Social Services & Housing (and former Health) Minister Peter MAY 5: Voters stay away in droves from Dueck resigns over his involvement in the the nine school referenda held, Slemens.scanda1. He is the eighth mini- with turnout between 12.5 & 32% all - ster to resign from Vanderzalm's cabinet. nine ,districts renew their call for an end to the socreds' referendum scheme. JUNE 1: Ombudsman Stephen Owen.,postpones hearings into the Bill Reid scan- MAY 15: The Vanderzalm govt. is "soft dal because of the charges laid. on crime" says Moe Sihota after it's revealed the socreds reap up to JUNE 2: Glen Clark calls for Me1 Couvel- $1'00 million a year from the offshore ier to be dumped from cabinet for sale of lottery tickets - often connec- trying to cover up Peter Dueck's role in ted with organized crime. the Slemen's scandal. 4s the constitutional crisis grows, JUNE 5: Glen Clark reveals Oak Bay Mayor el Couvelier pushes the idea of econo- and socred candidate Susan Brice mic sovereignty for B.C. also took a free trip to Europe - paid for by Slemens - when she was a govern- IUY 17: BC Supreme Court Justice Thomas ment appointed member of the Victoria Dohm raps the Vanderzalm govt. Hospital Board. for routinely failing to enforce the After weeks of media stories on the .pollution permits of BC pulp mills. Slemens scandal, Health Minister John MAY 18: Moe Sihota lays a breach of trust Jansen agrees to a review of hospital charge against Bill Reid by swea- equipment purchasing policy. ring a private information before a JP. JUNE 6: The Environment Ministry confirms MAY 23: NDP introduces sweeping new laws that 14 of BC's 23 pulp mills are to help eliminate pulp mill pol- routinely breaking pollution permits. lution throughout BC. The 8 laws - inclu- JUNE 7: Government Management Services ding bills to eliminate toxic discharge Minister Carol Gran refuses to by 2002 and toughen enforcement -:are release flight logs for govt. jets - all rejected by the socred government. saying the situation is too "volatile" MAY 24: Deputy Minister of Health Stan and BC is too close to an election to re- Dubas is fired suddenly - NDP lease lihe.information. She adds people finance critic Glen Clark later links it will have to "trust us." to a free trip to Europe he accepted from JUNE 11: After continued questioning from Slemens Electric, a German supplier of New Democrats, Carol Gran agrees major hospital equipment to the BC govt. to release government air logs. MAY 28: A Justice of the Peace accepts The Crown announces it will not prose- the argument put forward by Moe cute Bill Reid. Sihota and issues Bill Reid a summons to JUNE 12: Carol Gran releases guidelines answer charges alleging breach of trust. for use. of govt. aircraft. .. but Glen Clark links former Health Minister she says they don't apply to her, the Peter Dueck to the same free trip to Eu- premier or other cabinet ministers. 3I - - President of the Tree Fruit Growers' As- sociation calls for the resignation of 'good government ' legislation, including Agriculture Minister John Savage, while tough conflic t-of -interes t laws and free- angry growers begin a series of tense dom of information laws. meetings with socred Okanagan MLAs. The Auditor General tells a legisla- Emergency patients are forced to fly in tive committee that one quarter of all slow propellor planes while govt. jets lottery grants break lottery rules. are used as taxis for socred cabinet min- Bill Reid makes his first court appear- isters, says Adrian Kroll, recording sec- ance - he doesn't enter a plea and the retary for the Ambulance Paramedics Union. case is bound over till July 17. JUNE 19: The government air logs reveal: JUNE 13: Provincial Secretary Howard * govt. jets frequently fly one Dirks admits the socreds' grant- cabinet minister at a time back to his/ ing of lottery funds is "political." her constituency & return empty; JUNE 14: Peter Dueck abused the govt. * a govt. jet was once sent between Vic- jet service, says his seatunate toria & Quesnel in order to pick up Harry DeJong - Dueck responds by saying 's suitcase; and he is a victim of "character assassina- * Bud Smith and often tion and innuendo." take separate flights home to Kamloops on the same day and only two hours apart. Glen Clark wants a probe into the un- The cost of flying socred cabinet mini- tendered purchase of Slemens equipment sters on govt. jets is estimated at $750 f at Kelowna and Victoria hospitals. an hour - or $48,000 a month on average - r Mike Harcourt puts forward his Environ- based on the government's own figures. i mental and Jobs Accord as an alternative JUNE 21: Mike Harcourt releases his trav- to the socreds "pdlitical" Carmanagh Val- el expenses for '89-'90, showing ley decision. The Accord will bring log- only $28,000 for the 12-month period. He gers, environmentalists and Natives to- challenges the premier & cabinet minist- gether to put an end to the valley-by- ers to do the same. valley confrontation set up by the soc- JUNE 23: While visiting Penticton, Van- reds, says Harcourt. It will double BC's derzalm's car is blocked by 150 park and wildlife areas while protecting angry Okanagan fruit growers demanding jobs by focussing on new secondary manu- action for their struggling industry. facturing jobs in the forest industry. JUNE 24: In the aftermath of the Meech JUNE 16: Back in the fold, Part 11. Jack Lake failure, Vanderzalm hints Kempf - fired as Forest Minister at some kind of "sovereignty association" in 1987 and a staunch critic of the Van- for B.C. derzalm govt. since - rejoins the socreds after winning that party's nomination in JUNE 25: The socred caucus officially Bulkley Valley-Stikine. welcomes dissident MLA Jack Kempf back into the fold, saying the 3- JUNE 18: The finally-released govt. air year old comptroller-general's report logs show socred cabinet mini- - used to fire him at the time now vin- sters are using govt. jets as a taxi ser- - dicates him. vice, New Democrats charge. Mike Harcourt meets with 120 BC busi- Tree fruit growers are outraged with ness leaders at a Board of Trade recept- the release of the Luszig Report into tion, and tells them that a NDP govern- their industry and the socreds' failure ment's priorities will be realistic.'0ur to provide any concrete action or fund- goal is a balanced budget and to live The ing for their struggling industry. within our means. ' ...... _...... _...... (_ ...... - .... -...... JUNE 27: Harcourt calls for a province- elements'in the Reid court case with his wide election (on the same day head of criminal justice, Bill Stewart. F The conversations reveal how Smith is as municipal elections) to fill B.C. 's 1 vacant senate seat. made aware of potentially damaging info On the recommendation of the lawyer he about the lawyer. Sihota hired to prose- hired to prosecute Bill Reid, justice cute Reid, and his subsequent attempts critic Moe Sihota drops his case against to make that info public through the me- Reid for financial & logistical reasons. dia. The Smith scandal would be investi- Still smarting from the govt. jet scan- gated by both the RCMP and a public in- dal, Bud Smith tries to turn the tables quiry commission headed by Ombudsman by attacking the media over its use of Stephen Owen. telephones, free parking at the legisla- JULY 12 : Nine men out. SmitH resigns i as ture and other priviledges provided by Attorney-General, less than 24 the- .- Government Speaker. hours after insisting he would not quit. JULY 3: New Democrats reveal that over He is the 9th cabinet minister to resign - the past 5 years, patient demand under the Vander Zalm government. for air ambulance services has climbed JULY 26: The socreds' conflict-of-inter- 37% while the use of govt. jets as air est legislation is introduced ambulances has dropped by 34%; according and immediately labelled a "socred cover to the government's own emergency health up" bill by NDP leader Harcourt. Behg .Qervices commission. While the jets were an extreme response to the Smith scandal being used'as air taxis for cabinet min- and other socred conflicts of interest, 1 isters, the commission was forced to pay the bill essentially 'gags' any MLA from an additional $1.2 million in public mon- raising or discussing publicly potential j ey to charter extra lanes as ambulances. conflict-of-interest by cabnt mministters. C JULY 4 : NDP puts forward a package of NDP puts forward tough, new laws to - rights for BC women, including a protect BC's forest environment & jobs. public service pay equity program, a JLJLY 27: The legislative session comes guarantee of freedom of choice, and ac- to an end - and on a bitter cess to affordable child care. note, with Bill Reid launching a wild P attack against Moe Sihota in the legis- JULY 5: The Vanderzalm reveals its new ref ergndum legislation, as prom- lature, calling him "a turkey", "sleazy" ised in the Throne Speech, to widespread and "whacko. " criticism. The legislation gives the soc- JULY 30: 'Line four, you re on.' Socred red cabinet the power to decide whether candidate Susan Brice- announces or not a referendum is binding, when it she's backing out of her nomination to can be held, where it can be held, who take a radio hotline job "If I was a can vote, and even what percentage is re- socred candidate, I'd be getting cold quired for it to pass, Harcourt labels feet by now," says NDP r val Cull. it a 'bad bill' that will make referen- - AUGUST 9: "I hope if I have been of any dums "a floating crap game where the cab- ' Hindrance to the party in the inet can change the rules or percentages last 10 months, I hope this may be of however they see. fit. some assistance." Bill Reid's words in an-

, JULY 11: Tapes of public radio phone con- nouncing he won't run in the etectionc.: versations revealug an attempt AUGUST 10: After raising expectations of by Atkorney-General Bud Smith to tamper major help for BC's troubled with justice in the Bill Reid prosecu- tree fruit growers, the socreds abandon tion are presented to the legislature by those growers and their families by offer- justice critic Moe Sihota. In the two ing a 4 cents-a-pound extraordinary grant taped conversat ions put forward by Siho- - 6 cents below what's needed to keep the I ta, Smith openly discusses a number of . -

industry healthy. Harcourt calls the off- egy provid'es a clear alternative to the I' er 'insulting' and repeats his commitment approach taken by the socred govt. which tolbring the offer up to 10C a pound im- recently removed the contractual obliga- mediately after the next election. tions of forest companies to provide jobs AUGUST 29: At the Owen Commission inquiry in return for access to p~bltcls1 ttees. BC's bead of criminal justice, OCTOBER 17: Documents filed in the New f Bill Stewart, says Bud Smith wanted to Westminster land titles off- help Bill Reid prepare his breach-of- ice show the total sale price of Fantasy trust defence by giving Reid's lawyers Gardens at $16 million. It's also learned' material relating to the case. (Province) that the deal includes an $11 million SEPTEMBER 6: The Fantasy Gardens saga mortgage carried by the premier ti1 2000. f opens as Vanderzalm rolls OCTOBER 31: New Democrats launch their out the red carpet for Emilia 'Bien Bien' fall campaign on fair taxes, Roxas, whose company is interested in buy- equality for women, and the future of BC ing the premier's castle. "He's using a +. +. forest communities 21-gun salute and lunch with the Lieutan- . ht-Governor to impress a woman who's buy- NOVEMBER 9: NDP social services critic calls for the ing Fantasy Gardens. How many other entre- preneurs in this province get that kind creation of an independent Children's Ad- vocate and the introduction of Children's of chance," says Mike Harcourt. Not sur- Rights legislation, after an Ombudsman's prisingly, a deal to buy the Gardens is report is released criticizing the soc- announced shortly after. reds' failure to properly protect the in- SEPTEMBER 21: vanderzaim accuses media & terests of children and young people un- NDP of forcing the sale of der their care. Fantasy Gardens because both groups want- I NOVEMBER 13: The socreds' privatization ed wife Lillian "to go broke." ' * scheme takes another fall SEPTEMBER 22: The truth comes out on Fan- when Stena Lines announces it's termina- tasy Gardens. Despite years ting the Victoria to Seattle ferry run, of assertions by the premier that Lillian and with it axing 200 BC jobs and $10 owned the business, documents uncovered million a year to the BC economy. by the Vancouver Sun reveal it is Bill Vanderzalm who owns 83X11of the Gardens. NOVEMBER 14: After months of saying they For the, next few days he jumps back and would put $350 million into forth between stories in an attempt to the new five-year provincial-federal talk his way out of the revelation. FRDA reforestation program, the socreds slash that offer to $100 million - $50 SEPTEMBER 24 : Mixed messages. Vanderzalm million less than its commitment in the claims "stupidity" in not previous program. knowing until checking with his lawyers today that he owned 83% of Fantasy Gar- NOVEMBER 21 : In his final commission re- dens. Yet on a CKNW radio show he said port, Ombudsman Stephen the information "was part of the public Owen recommends nine major changes to record all of the time. The Vancouver Sun BC's justice system, including the crea- could have released this information two tion of a special prosecutor to handle years ago." The Fantasy Gardens fiasco cases involving politicians . The changes effectively puts an end to an election in are enthusiastically praised by justice 1990. critic Moe Sihota. Owen also reports that Bud Smith displayed an "inapproprf- SEPTEMBER 27: "The right to cut the peo- ate mix'' of his political and administrg- ple's trees will be directly tive roles in the Bill Reid case. I linked to forest jobs," announced by ,Bar- court at the IWA convention. This strat-

- - I I II I NOVEMBER 23: Vancouver Sun item: "The Source: ReWeuvi Lye: Feminism &?zz&?- 1. lawyers who wrote opinions on whether to charge Bill Reid over his I Am A Dangerous i handling 05 lottery funds said the former Woman tourism minister's conduct was highly im- proper, confidential documents released By Joan Cava~gh., by the Owen inquiry reveal. They just I am a dangerous woman 7 couldn ' t agree on whether Reid engaged carrying neither bombs nor babies - in fraudulent "deceit" or "poli~ically- flowers nor molotov cocktails. inspired pork-barrelling. 'I I confound all your reason, theory, realism,. Because I w~llneither lie in your ditches DECEMBER 5: Where do you stand Mr. Rey- Nor dig your ditches for you. nolds? One day after flip- Nor join in your armed struggle flopping and surprisingly announcing for bigger and better ditches. there will be full public hearings on I will not walk with you the controversial Kemano energy project , nor walk for you. ' qnvironment Minister John Reynolds again I won't live with you and I won't die for you. reverses his position by insisting no But neither will I try to deny your right to live and die. such hearings will be held. I will not share one square foot DECEMBER 11: Following John Reynolds re- of this Earth with you signation over the premier's while you are hell-bent on desuuction. erference in setting new pulp pollu- But neither will I deny that we are of the same Earth, 4 "' it tion standards, 's revealed Vanderzalm born of the same Mother. I-, weakened tttese those standards after re- I will not permit you to bind my life to yours ceiving phone..calls from angry pulp com- But I will tell yau pany officials. It's also 1earned.though that our lives are bound together , that Reynolds himself was planning to and I will demand that you live provide many of those companies with an as though you understand exemption from the tough standards he this one salient fact. was proposing I a dangerous womad . Because I will say all this DECEMBER 13: Vanderzalm shuffles his cab- lying neither to you nor with you. inet to bring more loyalists Neither trusting nor despising you. in. He also brings Bud Smith back. Short- I am dangerous ly after the shuffle, the new environ- because I won't give up ' ment minister, Cliff Serwa, rubber stamps or shut up the weaker pulp pollution standards Van- or put up with your version of reality. ; derzalm insisted on. You have conspired to sell my life quite cheaply \ h And I am especially dangerous I bccause I will never forgive or forget or even conspire to sell your life in return.

Editor's note: 1990 - the year in review and weasel and squirm. A lot of them comes from the NDP. We get reports of a have even tried to make a public show of -rude nature - when the socreds are so a "clean break" with Zalm/Social Credit -ross in their double standard rule (one and form a "new" party. The truly sad rule for them, their friends & insiders, part is the slime left behind doesn't anone rule for everybody else) - but the just wash away. It wouldn't matter if RDP has had the task of getting to the these geeks joined the Hottentots, they'd bottom of all this crap and then making still rot in the stink of their own re- %tSO public that the socreds have to lie flection. Their minds 'smell.

- - :the Attorney-General's office, wound up in the hands of his political nem- esis, Moe Sihota, NDP critic for the ~ttorney-General's office. As a re- sult, Bud Smith had to resign. After suitable period of quarantine, he as welcomed back to the trough of ill Vander ~alm'scabinet, where t ' s business as usual. Then something fantisek happened. e all heard that Vander Zalm didn't wn Fantasy Gardens - his wife, Lill- did. The Zalm took a prospec- tive buyer down the yekkiw brick road , of Canadian opportunity, some thought using his political office to facili- tate the sale. He pocketed a cool $16 million. But documents filed last week in the BC Supreme Court not only revealed the premier's inti- mate involvement in the sale, but al- S-'I'IC; GUY so suggested that Vander Zalm used Well, it looks like the Zalm's his position to arrange business political career is headed for the access to cabinet ministers. The rev- big tulip garden in the sky. elations prompted an announcement I As Saddam Hussein huddles in Iraq, that Edward Hughes, the BC Commiss- I/ still in power but facing death or ioner of conflict of interest, will exile and desertion by his followers, investigate the sale. The Zalm had might well be sitt- in fact owned 83 per cent of Fantasy ing by the fireside in Victoria or Gardens. Politics is simply fan-tas- Richmond saying: "Got any ideas Lil?" tic! Did it start after the Zalm's tele- Socred supporters are packing their vised:tspeech last spring when he bags. Nicole Parton, former Vancou- seemed destined for the comeback ver Sun columnist, became a candidate -trai- and the Socreds were talking but left because of ~alrn'shandling about "windows of opportunity"? Could i just be the Zalm slammed one of those win- ~ra&eMcCarthy, after sniping from dows on his thumb. In any case, a the sidhlines, announced her retire- series of miscues followedk one of ment, speculated by some to be short. the most notable being the Bud Smith Socred supporters are packing their affair. bags. Nicole Parton, a former Vancou- Bud started ihe as consultant to ver Sun columnist, became a candidate Bennett, then thezalmandhiscareer butleftbecauseof Zalm'shandling blossomed. He became a big man on of just about everything. Finance campus and was appointed Attorney- rt Minister Me1 Couvelier jumped ship General after his election. But some last week. recorded telephone conversations, Grace McCarthy, after sniping from when he made prejudicial remarks the sidelines, announced her retire- about an investigation underway by ment, speculated by some to be short. A certain element among Socreds, in- , cluding constituency par;y presidents, lis trickling away from the lifeblood of Socred support, many going to the Reform Party, headed by Preston Mann- ing, son of former longtime Socred premier, Ernest Manning. The Reform Party is another western alien- ation party, which claims 10 per cent of the national vote. By the time you read this, Saddam's fate may be resolved, but Vander Zalm's political review will be carried out by che electorate sometime this year. Thec Zalm is said to be an embarassment to the business community. And, faced with a deficit of $375 million in My GOLD transfer payments as a result of the Writers and Artists recdnt federal budget, which will un- Seldom get rich doubtedly result in cutbacks in govern- -The very finest jment services, the Zalm can no longer Have died in poverty 'be the fair-haired boy he was when he 1 strolled through the Expo site in 1986. Should I trade 'yep, politics is simply fan-tas-tic! My Poems For a money , Canada is a great land of opportun- 1 'T ity, even for someone who claims to Making job? [ 8) have eaten tulip bulbs during the war. Should I sell - !gut sometimes those opportunities cost My life - everybody. To make the By JOANNE HAMEN Corporates richer? Or shall I Sit on a river bank - Pen and Paper here is a time when Flowing with tide

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tr~ly\rrl$l, The coalition forces unleashed I firepower in Iraq than any in other war. This explosive tonnage, however, is now being dwarfed by the energy of the most volatile weapon of them all - was predicted months in advance and communicated to the headdof the U.N. Thousands of groups around the world are now trying to come to grips with the fallout from this ultimate weapon. 1.m * . ..I IWI Every effort musc be made to put the fires out as quicklycas possible. No expense can be spared. Hundreds of millions of lives - perhaps all our lives - depend on it. Agriculture will whither under a toxic black cloud in one of the most heavily populated areas of the world. If the new world is to have order, the United Nations Environment Program must make an immediate assessment of the situation, oversee the capping of I *A the wells and deal with the cleanup. - Over 6," Kuwait The General Assembly must declare a now raging infernos belching chemical state of emergency for the world. toxins more deadly than any of Saddam's A millenium from now the next few warheads into the air. They are ex- years will still be remembered as the pected to burn for years. bi era of the Black Rain.

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But Lord this time I think I mind.- - Cause they've put fallout in my rain!! SUPPORT WESTERN SHOSHONE LAND RIGHTS C Protect the .Earth Gimme Twinkies, FUND HUMAN NEEDS Gimme wine No War for Big Oil Gimme Jeans by Clavin Klein There will be a Peace Encampment & But if you split the atoms fine non-violent direct action at Nevada's Mama keep 'em off those genes of mine test site from Wed., April 3 to Mon., Gimme Zits, take my dough April 8, 1991. If you want more info Gimme bunkym in my jelly roll call or write: Call the Devil, AMERICAN PEACE TEST And sell my soul P.O. Box 26725 But mama keep Dem Los Vegas, Nevada 89126 Atoms whole! ! (702) 386-9834 Or: GREENPEACE By Berkelej. Breathed (Bloom County) 1726 Commercial Drive (portaged by East) Vancouver, BC 253-7701 These poems are meant to end the arms rqce and to bring- in the traditional peace that spring her- alds to us all. First the Peace at the Nevada testside, 27 Peace Walk in J.E. What I really want from this job is 17 years and a coffee truck. I know there isn't 17 years left before re- tirement age and I know you are momen- tarily quitting law, but when people say to me: so how long did you work there? I want to say: 17 years. I'm not sure how a person would say that, possibly with a judicious mixture of self-satisfaction and self-pity. Cer- tainly it could never be said in the same tone of voice that I say: I've had 22 jobs in 24 years, or whatever my job count is now. Seventeen years MEMO would sound, you know, significant. ,TO: R ,* Barrister and Solicitor And a coffee truck. You know these FROM: H ,* Secretary places where the coffee truck drives RE: Vacation Time around more or less the same time every day and blows its horn and everyone downs whatever they're doing and runs out to the truck and some are stopping others to give them money to get them something, and like that. I " I haven't seen you since this case could leave you memos saying something started. As you have another trial like, the truck was early this morning 1 coming up soon after this one I shall or the coffee truck was out of blue- probably never see you again, which is berry muffins, or whatever it is a pity because you are as worthy an people say about coffee trucks. example of Womankind as ever crossed Then when I retired, I could com- the bar and it was a privilege to have plain the cinnamon buns in the nursing known you. home aren't as good as the ones on the Leaving me a note drawing my atten- caffee truck and I could say stuff tion to a course on managing secretar- like: in view of my 17 years with ial stress is not an appropriate res- this one company, I think this, that ponse to my previous memo requesting a and the other. I know you think you' vacation. I do not wish to manage re a liberal employer because I'm al- stress nor go to a dynamic seminar. I lowed to type B.C. on addresses in- wish to go to bed. I do not wish to stead of spelling out "master the magic of manager-employee but this is neither here nor there and synergy'' nor am I interested in "esc- what I really want is 17 years and a aping the approval trap." I don't coffee truck. have secretarial stress anyway, I have *Using initials is in the best tradi- poet's stress, a much more delicate tions of old literature and I have condition. Poets are not expected to always admired it so I am turning manage stress but to write passionate everyone I know into initials. poetics as a result of it, and succumb to either stress or consumption, (This is an excerpt from a work in I whichever is most popular that year. progress by HELEN POTREBENKO)

Don ' t Quit When things go wrong as they sometimes will When the road you're trudging seems all uphill When the funds are low & the debts are high When you want to smile but you have to sigh When care is pressing you down a bit - Rest if you must but don't you quit. Success is failure turned inside out The silver tint of the clouds of doubt And you never can tell how close you are It may be near when it seems afar

So stick to the fight- when you are hardest hit It's when things go wrong that you mustn't quit. Submitted by Sheila Bell Public Relations & The telephone ... Having a phone is a necessity for a lot of people. If your income is GAIN and you are not paying your maximum shelter portion for rent, a phone can . be paid for with the money not going to keeping a roof over your head. The cheapest option is a dial-phone and not calling long-distance. Busi- ness, being concerned with profits, is controlled by government regula- tions so profiteering doesn't screw the many for the sake of the few. At least that's the ideal anyway...... A notice came with phone bills a while ago saying that BC TEL wants to make push-button phones mandatory; a price increase for this "service" is of course included. It will cost more for something you get whether you want it or not..or whether you can afford it or not. On a larger scale, Big business is -tyring to get the entire telecommuni- cations industry deregulated. With a monopoly, profits are ensured, but up to now in Canada the average costs of basic service are low because of what is called "cross-subsidization". If you don't live in a major urban area you still don't have to pay 2 or 3 times what a city-dweller pays because the extra profits made from the city subsidize rural service. Also, the high cost of long-distance sees 213 of the price go to maintaining and building the network to make access to all telecommunication universal. THE RUN FOR THE HOMELESS Profiteers want to deregulate the Date: March 24, Sunday Canadian phone system, and have comp- etition for long distance rates. The Place: Brockton Oval, Stanley Park. direct effect of this on us will be Distance & Start Times: higher phone bills, as the profits - Half Marathon - 9:00 am used now to subsidize will be cut by - 10K - 10:OO am competition, local 'free-call' areas - 5K - 10:30 am will shrink, research & development - 2K - 11:OO am co improve services and equipment The Vancouver International Triath- will be reduced as funds go to dupli- lon Society and KISS-FM are the spon- cation and advertizing. sors of the Run for the Homeless with In the States, deregulation has led monies raised going to DERA. to increases in rates by an average of There.'.are fioui different distances 44%, while long distance has gone that one can run or walk; 2km, 5km, down by 29%. This's great for the few lOkm and half Marathon. Draw prizes major corporations that rely on long- will be awarded to participants and distance but the vast majority of a portion of the entry cost will be I phone users make just local calls. donated to DERA. Out of any 10 people, with this dereg- Everyone is welcome. For more info ulation, nine suffer higher costs and come to the DERA office (9 E,Hastings) one benefits...sound familiar? and pick up an entry form or phone ..more on this 'mandatory' stuff soon. the event hotline - 737-2453. By PAULR TAYLOR

3?~qg~-5v~2**9?4~*6- t9 A A -All Because "When it comes to myself, I can fight off the fear."I I've heard this so many times. The result: Black and blue from head to toe. Before heading out, dress up. Behind sunglasses, face covered with a scarf and the need for a long-sleeved sweater, on a bright sunny 4ay. All because dinner wasn't ready, and there was dust on the stereo and a scuff mark on the floor. ( When it was all over, he said, "I love you honey,"($ "Come let's go talk about it in the bedroom." of course you're not going to say no, for fear of getting another beating. 1 *THITBISYSITTER CAN 5VRE PLAY Safe Love - a sort of an essay Safe, meaning - reaching base with- She cringes as she walks past me, out being put out. Love, meaning - a ffering from an obvious state of score of zero. Safe Love is not like sgust. She speaks excellent body cutting off your ear or chasing Ann glish and can cut you to the bone Murray around the Provinces. th the slightest gesture. she's an Safe Love is pretending that you're pert at protecting herself from me he Flying Dutchman who was cursed to o are compelled to love her - her sail the Seven Seas alone for eternity. east attractive posture - but what But in pretense you amend the story so n coudd resist a woman with such that the curse can be broken if the rsonal integrity? Flying Dutchman passes one night with- Physical differences are ridiculou n the arms of his heart's desire. perfect; she is statuesque, I am Safe Love is the realization that omish. She is entering her sexual no matter how much you feel for some- %e, and 1'm just about through my one, if they don't share the same irst mid-life crisis and can only feelings, it's a matter of playing a quate my outlook on sex with that 0 ealistic game of Charades with child with his nose pressed agains hastity as the secret work. a candy store window with no money in Safe Love is standing alone at a his pocket - some things never chan alf-way point wanting nothing more when it comes to getting what you w han to be a brief exception. That last remark, of course, is "sour Safe Love, in the end, is spiritual grapes" and not entirely true. in that it fulfills a basic mental / A strong negative of Safe Love is unction that would otherwise dry up that a safe lover is an unwanted enti- and wither away like an unwatered ty, who is but obsessed with the opti- mgarden. mistic logic that every condom has its DEside Joe

Alien Curiosity Who are you? Where are you from? Why are you here? What values do you have? Do you get stoned? Are you an insomniac? Are you for real? Are you really reading this? Is something

Do you hold grudges? Is your Karma in good balance? Do you believe in Atlantis or heaven? Name three things that make you happy. Do you think this space could have been put to better use? You do! But don't you see I'm sincerely curious about if anybody actually reads this stuff all the way through? Well, so long. 1t's bem nice icating with you. DEside Joe DOWlt'?'G\.YNEASTSIDEIPS - are you interested in iivinp and working in the country? I You can stay in one of four far-nrs'in B. C.'s scenic Cariboo country (between 100 Mile House. and Williams Lake) for a short or long period of time, and , help care for animals and grow organic food. No experience. obligation or investment necessary - just an interest in being part of a Froup of people who share their volunteer labour and lave a healthy outdoor life. The farms are operated by the Cariboo Community Enhancement and Economic Developmc.nt Society (CEEDS). an independent. non-profit society that is not connected to any religious or political group. The Carnegie Community Centre Association is a sustaining member of the Society.

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testimony at the ' ~ouseof Commons Sub- committee on Child Poverty provides a With this system, people on welfare clue to a likely government strategy in would be forced out to work at extremely the following explanation of the Nation- low wages, with existed social programs al Child Allowance Program. converted to wage top ups. It comes from Barbara Greene, the Tory Chair of the Committee: "We would elimi- 2. Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa says nate all the income-related programs the that governments have to "re-evaluate federal government finances but still social programs" in the light of global keep certain social programs such as economic conditions (Globe & Mail, 2312) sub?idized day care and others." Bourassa says that his government is When asked if the credit would be for considering various cutbacks. Social pro children and parents or just children, grams like welfare provide a bit of sec- Greene replied: "For children only and urity to people without jobs. Does he the.parent would be financed either thru want to reduce these programs so Canadi- 1 the welfare system or a minimum wage. ' ans can fit into the global reality of lTheI minimum wage would not have to-cover slaving at jobs that pay very low wages? the costs of raising children, just the 3. Quebec,welfare programs have already costs of the adult." been changed -to force so-called employ I Does this mean the federal govt (which -able people to seek work even though just announced a fireeze of 3%-on public unemployment is at 11.4% and expected to sector wages) is planning to abolish the grow. When wages are extremely low, for- old concept of family wage..the idea cing people on welfare to seek work as a that a working person should make enough condition of getting their cheque, will to support a family? push more people into