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The name i s o f f i c i a l l y CRAB Park now. I t ' s t h a t b e a u t i f u i p i e c e of land on t h e o t h e r s i d e of t h e t r a c k s . What it came t o , i n p u b l i c a t l e a s t , was a w e l l - a c t e d p l a y where t h e mayor voted t o break a t i e and tirash e i g h t y e a r s ' work. Other a r t i c l e s i n h e r e g i v e a l o t of t h e u n d e r l y i n g s t u f f , with people on Council b e i n g 'swayed' by t h e word WRONG.. b u t read i t l i k e t h i s Vested i n t e r e s t s d o n ' t want l o c a l people t o use Crab Park. Development of t h e w a t e r f r o n t has been planned f o r y e a r s and having hundreds o f poor people u s i n g such a p r i s t i n e p i e c e of r e a l e s t a t e f o r fun : r e c r e a t i o n does n o t f i t with any p l a n s . The p r o c e s s , i f i t even d e s e r v e s t h a t name, h a s dragged on f o r 8 y e a r s . Even t h e Free' Trade Agreement only took 2 y e a r s . A f t e r s t a l l i n g it a s long a s p o s s i b l ? and g e t t i n g a l l ? a r t s o f t h e puzz l e ready f o r t h e f i n a l e , we s e e t h a t t h e r e a r e suddenly 2 o r 4 o r 7 new "conmunity o r g a n i s a t ions", a l l claiming n o t t o have been c o n s u l t e d . Imagine a few phone c a l l s by t h e chosen C i t y r e p t o a few s e l f - i d e n t i f i e d p a r t i e s i n a r e a , s a y i n g buzzwords 1i k e " h e r i t a g e " and " r e s i d e n t s of Gastown" and "business" and even a couple of condo owners thrown i n f o r l a u g h s . "Draft a bunch o f r e a l l y o f f i c i a l sounding recommendations. Make them a s k f o r . . . I f and t h e r e p then l i s t s what t h e m a j o r i t y would have t o h e a r t o b e 'swayed'. \ h e n i t comes t o Council, make s u r e t h a t t h e 'new' c o u n c i l l o r s who a r e t o l d t o vote against it a r e s u f f i c i e n t l y i g n o r a n t o f t h e h i s t o r y , of w h a t ' s a l r e a d y been done, t o sound p a s s a b l y innocent when t h e y OOOhh and AAAhh a t t h e recommendations o f t h e " r e s i d e n t s " ( a s above) and one o r

two can even p r a c t i c e b e i n g s t u p i d (1,ike Kennedy) and p r e t e n d t h a t none o f t h e recommendations on a l t e r n a t e means o f ~ r o v i d i n ga c c e s s had e v e r o c c u r r e d t o anyone, much l e s s been t r i e d a y e a r o r t h r e e b e f o r e and bombed Do a l a s t phone around t o make s u r e t h a t what w i l l look l i k e a c r o s s - s e c t i o n of " s t a k e h o l d e r s " ( t h e new C i t y euphemism f o r v o t e r s who m a t t e r ) g e t on t h e s p e a k e r s l i s t . C i r c u l a t e a r e p o r t from t h e U i t y Manager t h a t t a k e s 3/4 o f t h e f i r s t page t o recommend b u i l d i n g a p e d e s t r i a n o v e r p a s s , t h e n spends t h e n e x t 8 o r 9 pages g i v i n g C o u n c i l l o r s e v e r y which excuse t o v o t e No. When i t ' s a l l o v e r b u t t h e c r y i n g , have t h e r e q u i r e d m a j o r i t y g i v e r e a s ons t h a t p a r r o t what t h e s e " s t a k e h o l d e r s " s a i d . Closed c i r c l e . I t sucks.

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I f e e l l i k e Mayor P h i l i p Owen stomp ed a l l o v e r my f a c e with jackboots. By now you've heard t h a t t h e NPA a t C i t y Hall s h o t down t h e p e d e s t r i a n o v e r p a s s t o CRAB Park. What a s l a p i n t h e f a c e t o t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e . People f r o m ' c a r n e g i e among many o t h e r groups, p u t i n 7 long-years o f work g e t t i n g t h a t o v e r p a s s . And a f t e r promising i t t o u s a y e a r ago, t h e NPA used some whining yuppies a s an excuse t o v o t e it down. I t ' s c l e a r now t h a t we c a n ' t t r u s t C i t y H a l l any more t h a n we can t r u s t t h e P o r t . The o v e r p a s s a t Columbia St, i f you remember, was a compromise on our p a r t . When t h e whole p r o c e s s s t a r t e d back i n 1987, t h e community wanted e i t h e r an a t - g r a d e c r o s s i n g over the t r a c k s , o r renovation o f t h e old Columbia S t . t u n n e l . Both o p t i o n s

3. Right now, t h e Vancouver P o r t c o r p . and VLC Properties/Mirage.: Resorts a r e working w i t h t h e c i t y t o b u i l d a 2 . 6 m i l l i o n s q u a r e f o o t development r i g h t n e x t t o CRAB Park. I t w i l l n o t o n l y wreck t h e park, i t w i l l a l s o steamr o l l r i g h t over t h e neighbourhood, t a k i n g most o f t h e h o t e l s w i t h i t . development w i l l i n c l u d e : * The a huge, o r - p r o f i t gambling c a s i n o * a 10,000 f person centre * a g i a n t c r u i s e s h convention i p t e r m i n a l , about i c e t h e s i z e of Canada Place * taw 1,000-room luxury h o t e l t h a t w i l l n o t b e t a k i n g you o r me a s a g u e s t

Dealing off the bottom

Inevitable...?

were s t r e n u o u s l y opposed by t h e CPR o r t h e Port o r t h e c i t y e n g i n e e r s o r t h e p o l i c e . We f i n a l l y a g r e e d t o an o v e r p a s s because t h e c i t y o f f i c i a l s t o l d us t h a t was t h e o n l y p o s s i b l e t h i n g we could g e t . They were wrong..or d i d t h e y l i e ? Another t h i n g t h a t ' s c l e a r i s t h a t t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e w i l l n e v e r g e t what i t wants o r needs by keeping q u i e t , going t o a l l t h e meetings, - . l i k e good l i t t l e c i t i z e n s . From now on, we have t o t a k e a c t i o n t o defend our community. I f we have t o go t o C i t y H a l l , i t should b e on o u r time, n o t t h e i r t i m e . We should o n l y go when w e ' r e good and ready, when we have 100 people t o go w i t h us and make a l o t o f n o i s e and t a l k about our i s s u e s . If we l e t t h e NPA g e t away w i t h t h i s , we can s a y goodbye t o t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e . If t h e y f i g u r e t h e y can g e t away with t h i s , t h e y won't be l i s t e n i n g anymore. By J E F F SOMMERS

Some people s a y t h i s development i s i n e v i t a b l e and t h a t t h e neighbourhood should t r y and g e t what i t c a n from t h e d e v e l o p e r s . But i f t h i s goes through, t h e r e won't b e a neighbourhood t o g e t a n y t h i n g . And anyway, VLC i s n ' t o f f e r i n g a n y t h i n g b u t crumbs. L e t ' s look a t some o f t h e f a c t s . 1. A t t h i s v e r y moment VLC has a r e zoning a p p l i c a t i o n i n f o r Block 17. That1 s r i g h t a c r o s s t h e s t r e e t from t h e Sun Yat-Sen Gardens a t Keefer E C a r r a l l . They want t o b u i l d almost 500 u n i t s o f housing. The c a t c h i s t h a t over 400 o f t h e s e w i l l b e condos Dave Podmore, VLC v i c e - p r e s i d e n t , s a y s t h a t l e s s t h a n 40 o f a l l t h e housing u n i t s w i l l b e low r e n t a l s . 2 . V L C ' s b i g p l a n f o r Woodwards i s t o h e l p Simon F r a s e r U n i v e r s i t y expand i t s downtown campus. Whenever t h e t o p i c comes up, VLC a l s o s a y s , "oh, by t h e way, we want t o b u i l d 200 u n i t s o f s o c i a l housing t h e r e t o o , " I asked Podmore where t h e funding would come from, s i n c e t h e BC government o n l y f u n d s 800 u n i t s a y e a r . He r e p l i e d t h a t , w e l l maybe w i t h a l l t h e new t a x e s from t h e c a s i n o (which h a s n o t been approved y e t ) , maybe, j u s t

maybe t h e province would p u t some of t h a t money i n t o housing.

w a i t i n g t o do t h e same t h i n g . I t won't t a k e much t o push Abbott S t r e e t over t h e edge. Where w i l l a l l t h e Crumbs and peanuts people who l i v e i n t h e rooms t h e r e go 200 u n i t s o f housing i s p e a n u t s when t h a t happens? compared t o t h e damage t h e w a t e r f r o n t And i f Abbott S t r e e t can g e t demoldevelopment w i l l do t o t h i s n e i g h b o u ~ i s h e d , o r redeveloped, j u s t about any hood. There a r e thousands o f h o t e l where e l s e i n t h e neighbourhood can, rooms where people l i v e . How long do t o o . For i n s t a n c e , C i t y C o u n c i l l o r you t h i n k t h e y ' l l be t h e r e once t h i s Lynn Kennedy1s husband, Gerry Kennedy development goes through? and h i s d e v e l o p e r p a t r o n , Brad Holmes, If you d o n ' t b e l i e v e me, j u s t go want t o b u i l d 132 condos on t h e parkand s t a n d on t h e c o r n e r o f Abbott and i n g l o t a t t h e c o r n e r o f Klarrall and Hastings. I f you look s o u t h , y o u ' l l Cordova. That ' 11 b r i n g t h e yuppies s e e t h e first of 3 30-storey luxury w i t h i n 112 a b l o c k of H a s t i n g s . condo t o w e r s under c o n s t r u c t i o n . J u s t A f t e r what t h e NPA d i d w i t h t h e past t h a t , you'll see the 4 cranes p e d e s t r i a n o v e r p a s s t o CRAB Park, b e i n g used t o b u i l d t h e new Canucks' y o u ' r e dreaming i f you t h i n k we can arena. t r u s t t h e NPA t o look a f t e r u s . That Then, t a k e a walk n o r t h t o Water St. i n c i d e n t a l s o shows who w i l l win when On t h e o t h e r s i d e o f Abbott, a l o n g t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e goes head t o Water, a r e b u i l d i n g s being renovated head w i t h t h e yuppoes i n f r o n t o f an f o r condos. There a r e over 400 h o t e l NPA C i t y Council. rooms on Abbott between Water and We won't be a b l e t o s t o p t h e P o r t ' s Pender. I n t h e H e r i t a g e House (former w a t e r f r o n t development by t r u s t i n g L o t u s ) , 2 5 % o f t h e nooms have a l r e a d y t h e C i t y . We have t o do i t o u r s e l v e s . been converted t o o v e r - n i g h t rooms. There a r e o t h e r owners a 1

Mountains on h i"~ ... h (Mama's l i t t l e baby l o v e s s h o r t ' n i n ' ...) Vancouver f o l k h a t e greedy c a s i n o s Vancouver f o l k don' t want a c a s i n o Don't want volcanoes and gimnicks Don't w a y t t o l i v e i n a gambling town 1i k e t h a t . Don't want t o b e a Las Vegas o r a Reno Don't want schmaltzy r o u l e t t e "machinostl Mobs and r a c k e t e e r i n g w i l l d r a g u s down.Glitzy e n t e r t a i n m e n t and b i g f a t c a t s ! Mountains on high ... Mountains on h i g h Beaches and s e a Vancouver f o l k l i k e t h e c i t y ' s l o c a t i o n NO o n e ' s gonna s p o i l o u r s c e n e r y ! Where i n t h e world would you r a t h e r be? Wide open sky S t o p BC 's government from changing Wherever we may be legislation And we're gonna keep o u r w a t e r f r o n t WE DON'T WANT A GAMBLING INDUSTRY. c l e a n and f r e e ! Mountains on h i g h Beaches and s e a Vancouver f o l k d o n ' t t r u s t Mirage, NO o n e ' s gonna s p o i l o u r s c e n e r y ! P o r t C o r p o r a t i o n , o r t h e V.L.C. Wide Open sky Don't want a g r a n d i o s e , complex b a r r a g e Wherever we may b e Round-the-clock gambling and booze And w e ' r e gonna keep o u r w a t e r f r o n t ~ i v e nf r e e . c-l-. e-a .n and f r e e . --

Dear Carnegie N e w s l e t t e r , A c t u a l l y , t h i s i s an open l e t t e r t o t h e people of Carnegie Community Cent r e . ,4s one of t h e f o r t u n a t e people, and t h e r e were many, t o be counted a s a f r i e n d o f J a n i c e S a u l , I would l i k e t o thank Carnegie f o r t h e b e a u t i f u l memorial g a t h e r i n g which was h e l d f o r Janice. Thanks t o a l l i n t h e k i t c h e n who g o t up and s h a r e d t h e i r s p e c i a l memor i e s o f J a n i c e and t o t h e o t h e r s f o r being t h e r e . Thanks t o mother J h r y George and t h e Saul f a m i l y . Thanks t o b r o t h e r P r e s t o n Saul f o r making u s laugh f o r a b i t even though we were

v e r y sad. I t o n l y goes t o show what a remarkable f a m i l y J a n i c e came from. 5 . I am assuming t h e r e w i l l b e a p l a q u e o f some s o r t honouring J a n i c e ' s contr i b u t i o n t o t h e c e n t r e and I would l i k e t o put f o r t h a suggestion t o t h e board of d i r e c t o r s . I would l i k e Carnegie t o name a room o r a r e a a f t e r J a n i c e Saul t o e n s u r e her memory l h e s on t h e r e . Other p e o p l e who f i n d t h i s i d e a agr e e a b l e could maybe w r i t e a l e t t e r o r n o t e o f support and l e a v e it a t t h e n e w s l e t t e r o f f i c e on t h e 2nd f l o o r . Thank 'you. Sincerely, B. Prints , < / '

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,uarglireL l'revosl can sllll lee1 the sting from the slap disabled people got at Vancouver city hall last week, when councillors voted against a wheelchair-access route to the waterfront park in the Downtown Eastside. But she's not about to turn the other cheek. ''We need to show city hall that we're not going to sit down and take this," she said. Prevost said she is willing to chain her wheelchair to the railroad tracks to convince the port, city and Canadian Pacific Railway that something has to be done to give people access to Crab Park. "Whatever we do, it has to be a drastic measure to get all three groups to take notice," she said. In 1987, after the community had spent years haggling the port into creating a park out of the mud pit on the waterfront, the Vancouver Port Corporation built a threestorey-high bridge into it at Main Street. The B.C. Human Rights Commission later found the bridge violated the rights of disabled people because the grade was too steep for them to climb. For seven years, the community has been fighting for proper access to the park, now officially named Portside Park. The council defeat is a bitter pill to swallow, Prevost said. "We live down here and many of our seniors and disabled people would like to be able to be in our park -to see the mountains, smell the ocean and watch the boats going by," she said. "This is really disheartening. It's like another death in the community." Despite a staff report that recommended building an overpass with Plexiglas walls and Plexiglas elevators at either end, council defeated the motion 54. Mayor Philip Owen made the deciding vote against it. Owen said Sunday he had been planning to support the overpass but when he heard the divided views of the community at the committee meeting Thursday, h e changed his mind. "For that kind of structure and that kind of money, we're looking for more consensus from the community," he said. "But that was a lot of money to spend on something that has questionable results." Owen said opponents were concerned about safety, view corr~dorsand costs. Besides, he said, the crossing is really the port's responsibility, according to the human-rights commission.

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MARGARET PREVOST: fighting tor access to waterfront park

Prevost said the dissension in the community came from the condo owners who moved into the area less than one year ago and from the Gastown merchants who don't live there. "They never come to our meetings but they feel they have the right to belittle us at city hall," she said. "It's not fair." Margaret Birrell, executive director of the B.C. Coalition for People with Disabilities, who sat on the city's working committee to come up with the best crossing option, said the cost issue doesn't wash with her. The cost of the $1.6-million structure would have been shared with the port corporation. The plan was for the city to contribute about $850,000. She said the city's portion had been found in the existing budget from savings on the Granville bridge seismic upgrading. As well, the motion to turn the issue back to the port to upgrade the Main Street overpass is ludicrous, she said. "That bridge can not be made accessible. We went through all kinds of options and none of them are feasible." Birrell said safety is also not as big a problemas c ~ u n c imade l it out to be. She said the three women's-. groups from the area all support it and so does the organized disabled community. "We found that a lot of the issues we had addressed were being exaggerated at the meeting."

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u n i c a t i o n s come from a confused s t a t e of mind t h a t e x p r e s s e s i t s e l f i n a fascinating l i t e r a r y s t y l e it's l e a r n ed t o g r i n d o u t i n r e t u r n f o r p r o f i t . "Wordsmiths" become f f s p i n - d o c t o r s l l when t h e y p r e s e n t t h e i r views on subj e c t s when t h e y a r e d e a l i n g w i t h t h e d a i l y b a r r a g e of pop c u l t u r e t h a t r o u t i n e l y p l a c e s c o n t r a d i c t o r y messages s i d e - b y - s i d e G seems t o r e q u i r e

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l i t t l e p h i l o s o p h i c a l depth, t h e s e s l i c k word p u s h e r s r e v e a l themselves t o be the c o l l e c t i v e s o u r c e of p s y c h i c infect i o n s t h a t c r e a t e a world-wide epidemi c of disinformation. "Disinformation" i s a word o r i g i n a l l y invented by s e c r e t a g e n t s t o r a t i o n a l i z e t h e i r job of t e l l i n g l i e s i n t h e name o f t h e s t a t e . A l i e i s a l i e , no m a t t e r how you d r e s s i t up, G t a c t i c a l , d e l i b e r a t e l i e s with t h e purpose of confusing minds t h a t a r e a t t e m p t i n g t o s e a r c h o u t t h e t r u t h a r e t h e kind of concealed weapons wordsmiths a r e w e l l paid f o r . one small i s o l a t e d example: a s t o r y i n a l o c a l newspaper about-the New #York Times' embarassment o v e r an a r t i c l e advocating t h e c e n s o r s h i p of p o r ~ o g r a p h i c imagery i n a d v e r t i s i n g being p l a c e d o p p o s i t e a "four-page f o l d o u t f e a t u r ing s c a n t i l y - c l a d m o d e l s i n p r o v o c a t i v e poses" a d v e r t i s i n g Express J e a n s . One of t h e Times' e d i t o r s n o t i c e d t h e und e s i r a b l e e f f e c t o f t h i s l a y o u t 6 suggested a s t o r y on A f g h ~ nt e r r o r i s m t h a t posed no problem. A t i m e l y job o f damage-control no doubt - but t h e w r i t e r of t h e S u n ' s s t o r y on t h i s b e g i n s h i s piece by s a y i n g t h a t t h e New York Times "paid a b i g p r i c e f o r being s e n s i t i v e " no "big p r i c e " was p a i d by anyone over t h i s , s i n c e t h e s i t u a t i o n was c o r r e c t e d b e f o r e t h e p r e s s r u n , 6 t h e Times was being i n s e n s i t i v e , r a t h e r t h a n sem t h e c o r r e c t i o n was n o t a s i t i v e . EVG r e s u l t o f l ' s e n s i t i v i t y , " b u t j u s t an e d i t o r doing a job of making s u r e t h e paper d i d n o t , a s he s a i d , "send a wrong s i g n a l " - But t h e r e a r e r e a s o n s why t h e i d e a of a " s e n s i t i v e " New York Times paying a b i g p r i c e ' f o r i t s ' s e n s i t i v i t y ' i s run by you. I t goes by f a s t and your mind a c c e p t s i t without even t h i n k i n g about i t . . o r a t l e a s t t h i s i s what t h e wordsmith hopes w i l l happen. T h i s would seem t o be a small t h i n g , e x c e p t f o r

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a r e f u l l o f such s u b t l e b u t s i g n i f i c ant d i s t o r t i o n s . A t t h e bottom o f t h e same page we err c o u n t e r an a r t i c l e r e p r i n t e d from t h e Edmonton J o u r n a l t h a t d e a l s w i t h Kyle E l v i n Brown, t h e Canadian s o l d i e r who c o n f e s s e d t o doing h i s d u t y by t y i n g up, t o r t u r i n g G b e a t i n g t o d e a t h a p o o r b l a c k A f r i c a n whose o n l y crime was a t tempting t o s t e a l an expensive p i e c e of Western technology (probably a porta b l e r a d i o o r something s i m i l a r ) . Not o n l y d i d Brown commit t h i s crime, b u t he allowed o r p o s s i b l y encouraged h i s commrades t o t a k e p i c t u r e s of what he was doing. Under c i v i l i a n law, Brown would p r o b a b l y r e c e i v e a l i f e sentence, but t h e m i l i t a r y c o u r t gave him f i v e y e a r s , i n a m i l i t a r y p r i s o n environment where he w i l l most l i k e l y b e t r e a t e d a s a hero. A s bad a s t h i s i s , i t ' s o n l y t h e kind o f coverup you'd e x p e c t t o g e t from s o l d i e r s who " j u s t f o l l o w o r d e r s " b u t now t h e wordsmiths go t o work

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on i t , & t h e Edmonton J o u r n a l ' s a r t i c l e opens w i t h t h e f o l l o w i n g f i r s t l i n e : .. "A s i n g l e ambition glowed b r i g h t l y i n Kyle Elvin Brown's h e a r t : he wanted t o be a soldier." This almost evokes an image o f some s t a r r y - e y e d a n g e l i c c h i l d wishing Sant a would b r i n g him a G.I.Joe d o l l f o r Christmas. -But Kyle E l v i n Brown ish by h i s own admission, a s a d i s t i c k i l l e r 6 h i s government, by i m p l i c a t i o n , i s a b r u t a l a d v o c a t e o f p r o f e s s i o n a l sadism a g a i n s t d e s p e r a t e l y poor b l a c k A f r i c ans when i t s a d v e r t i s e d mission was t o feed t h e s t a r v i n g population. J u s t f o r t h e sake of s i m p l i c i t y , t h e f i r s t l i n e of t h i s a r t i c l e can b e compared t o t h e l a s t l i n e , which g o e s : . ."I f e l t v e r y p o s i t i v e about going t o Somalia," Brown t o l d t h e f i v e - o f f i c e r p a n e l . "1 f e l t i t was t h e opportun i t y of a l i f e t i m e . " Back i n t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e , media wordsmiths a r e working u s o v e r a s t h o r o u g h l y a s anywhere e l s e . An a r t i c l e i n t h e weekend Sun about t h e Las Vegas c a s i n o p r o j e c t c o n t a i n s a quote from "Hank", who i s p r e s e n t e d a s a c l a s s i c r e s i d e n t of t h e a r e a : " I know t h a t i f t h e c a s i n o goes ahead you can j u s t f o r g e t about t h i s community," says Hank.. . a s t r a i g h t f o r w a r d s t a t e ment indeed, which i s commented on by t h e p a i d wordsmith t h i s way: " . . . t h a t ' s t h e moral c h a l l e n g e , i s n ' t i t ? To prove Hank wrong." The "moral challenge", o f c o u r s e , has n o t h i n g t o do with "proving Hank wrong". . . i t h a s t o do with r e f u s i n g an o f f e r t h e Godfather t h i n k s w b cannot refuse. But t h e wordsmith i n j e c t s a s m a l l dose o f d i s i n f o r m a t i o n i n t o o u r b r a i n s , , 6 it happens so q u i c k l y & p a i n l e s s l y t h a t we h a r d l y n o t i c e i t . TOM

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i s i t i v e philosophy o f b u s i n e s s . I t would seem t h a t t h e Reform P a r t y would have c o r p o r a t i o n s o p e r a t e without t h e r e s t r a i n t s t h a t e t h i c a l human beings e x p e c t o f each o t h e r i n a j u s t s o c i e t y , and t h i s s u r v i v a l - o f - t h e b i g g e s t view o f t h e world f i t s i n t o the p r e s e n t dog-eat-dog g l o b a l economy. For example, t h e Reform P a r t y c a l l s f o r t h e entrenchment o f " p r o p e r t y r i g h t s " i n t h e Canadian c o n s t i t u t i o n . They a r e p a r t o f t h e U . S. c o n s t i t u t i o n , and have g e n e r a l l y been i n t e r preted a s t h e r i g h t o f corporations t o make a s much p r o f i t a s p o s s i b l e . They have been no h e l p i n p r o t e c t i n g the property o f ordinary c i t i z e n s , and t h e thousands o f small f a r m e r s who a r e l o s i n g t h e i r l a n d w i l l t e s t i fy t o that. A person, f o r t h e purposes o f prope r t y r i g h t s , i n c l u d e s huge corporat i o n s , and what t h e s e c o r p o r a t i o n s want i s t h e r i g h t t o u n l i m i t e d wealth.. In Canada t h e r i c h e s t 5 % of Canadians own 46.5% of o u r wealth w h i l e t h e poorest 20% o f Canadians own minus .3% o f wealth. Surely only a f a n a t i c a l c o n s e r v a t i v e would w a n t t o e n t k c n c h

c o r p o r a t e b u s i n e s s t o u n l i m i t e d wealt h , a r e c r u s h i n g a democratic v i s i o n of Canada t h a t r e q u i r e s a more e q u i t a b l e d i s t r i b u t i o n o f w e a l t h and i n come than we have now. We need t o uphold human r i g h t s above t h e r i g h t s o f p r o p e r t y , and t h o s e human r i g h t s have been l i s t e d i n t h e United Nations C h a r t e r of Human R i g h t s which Canada has s i g n e d . Human r i g h t s r e p r e s e n t t h e r i g h t of a l l human b e i n g s t o a f u l f i l l i n g l i f e . A s John Rushkin s a i d "There i s no w e a l t h b u t l i f e . " The Reform P a r t y would c u t a l l funding t o advocacy groups i n t h e cornmun i t y t h a t f i g h t f o r people who do not have much money. Judy Rebick, p a s t p r e s i d e n t of t h e National Action Comm i t t e e on t h e S t a t u s o f Woman s a i d , "The c u t s ( t o advocacy groups) w i l l be a s e r i o u s t h r e a t t o democracy This w i l l mean t h a t o n l y groups l i k e t h e Business Council on National I s s ues w i l l b e a b l e t o make t h e i r v o i c e s heard on t h e n a t i o n a l l e v e l . I t ( t h e Reform P a r t y ) p r e t e n d s t o b e f o r t h e " l i t t l e persdn", b u t i n f a c t t h e Reform P a r t y ' s p o l i c i e s f a v o u r t h e most

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powerful f o r c e s i n s o c i e t y . f f (Dobbin, p. 240) . P r e s t o n Manning h a s had more t o do with b u i l d i n g t h e Reform P a r t y t h a n anyone e l s e , and he i n h e r i t e d t h e dream o f an i d e o l o g i c a l l y p u r e , u l t r a c o n s e r v a t i v e p a r t y from h i s f a t h e r , Ernest Manning. A 1 though P r e s t o n Manning c a l l s Ref o m a g r a s s r o o t s p a r t y , i t was c r e a t e d by a group of wealthy i n d i v i d u a l s , i s c o n t r o l l e d from t h e t o p , f i n a n c e d by powerful b u s i n e s s i n t e r e s t s , and guided by u l t r a - c o n s e r v a t i v e lobby groups l i k e t h e F r a s e r I n s t i t u t e and t h e National C i t i z e n s ' C o a l i t i o n . I n s t e a d of being a p o p u l i s t p a r t y , Reform i s a c t u a l l y a r i g i d c o n s e r v a t i v e p a r t y w i t h a s t r o n g component of C h r i s t i a n fundamentalism. The Reform P a r t y ' s c o r p o r a t e b u s i n e s s agenda w i l l r e s u l t i n i n c r e a s i n g unemployment and p o v e r t y i n Canada. Anyone who wants t o know more about Preston Manning and t h e r e a l Reform P a r t y t h a t l i e s behind h i s ambiguous s t a t e m e n t s , should read Murray Dobbi n ' s e x c e l l e n t book "Preston Manning And The Reform P a r t y f t . By SANDY CAMERON

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S.O.L.E. (Save Our Living Environment) s t a g e d a s p r i n g clean-up a t t h e o l d bank b u i l d i n g k i t t y - c o r n e r t o Carnegie, on t h e f i r s t , day o f s p r i n g . T h i s was i n exchange f o r permission t o u s e i t a s a temporary r e c y c l i n g depot. S o c i a l Planning p a i d t o r e n t equipment, s u p p l i e s and r e f r e s h m e n t s . O t h e r c o n t r i b u t o r s were Paramount P i c t u r e s G t h e Community Bank Advisory Grp. The guys a t F i r e h a l l No. 2 showed up and hosed down t h e o u t s i d e of t h e old building. The p r o j e c t f o r t h e s i t e has working committeesi? Housing, and Ehployment [Gi M u c a t i o n have both s t a r t e d t o meet w e r who w i l l l i v e t h e r e and how jobsltraining w i l l be allocated. The Housing Subcommittee meets on t h e 2 n d G 4 t h Wednesdays a t 7:30 a t t h e bank. The EhploymentfG [Education Subcommittee meets on t h e 2nd E 4 t h Mondays a t 6pm a t t h e bank. Both o f t h e s e groups w i l l u s e t h e windows o f t h e bank t o p o s t i n f o on meetings and d a t e s and o t h e r news. The S t r e e t - l e v e l Use Subcommittee w i l l b e meeting soon t o work o u t r e c ommendations on what t h e commercial

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L e g i s l a t e d Poverty l a s t November. He helped o r g a n i s e and a t t e n d e d t h e Dec. 18th J u s t i c e n o t C h a r i t y e v e n t , h e l p ed o r g a n i s e f o r t h e Feb.23 c h e q u e l i n e event, and on March 7th helped p r e s e n t E L P 1 s b r i e f t o t h e Standing Committee on Human Resources Development. Some o f Dave's comments on t h i s work.. . " I t ' s s o r e f r e s h i n g n o t t o f e e l marg i n a l i s e d and t o f e e l t h a t I can make some unique c o n t r i b u t i o n s . I f " I t was f u n p r e s e n t i n g t h e b r i e f t o t h e Committee on Human Resources. I r e a l i s e d t h a t I can i n t e r a c t with poli t i c i a n s without having t o t a l k up t o them. Before I was involved i n ELP I was s o r t o f awed by c e l e b r i t i e s . I t ' s funny how r e l a x e d we were b e f o r e t h e p r e s e n t a t i o n . We a c t u a l l y had t o s t o p g i g g l i n g b e f o r e we went on. "At t h e Dec. 1 8 t h e v e n t , i t seemed l i k e t h e p o l i t i c i a n s who were t h e r e f e l t g u i l t y . The p o l i t i c i a n s o f c o l o u r (Emery Barnes and U j j a l Dosanjh) seened t o r e l a t e t o o u r message and o u r position f a s t e r than t h e others."

"I was r e a l l y s u r p r i s e d when I l e t go o f my f e a r s . Some o f t h e b e s t s t u f f came o u t . I t was p r e t t y encouraging t a l k i n g t o p e o p l e i n t h e welfa r e l i n e s . About h a l f o f them seemed t o b e p r e t t y c l e a r about p o l i t i c a l hype and d o n ' t b e l i e v e t h e myphs abe o u t unemployment b e i n g t h e i r f a u l t . I guess we need a l o t o f people t h a t a r e c l e a r about t h i s . " "At l e a s t i f we can work t o g e t h e r and r e s p e c t each o t h e r , we can d e v e l op an immediate energy. I f e e l p r e t t y o p t i m i s t i c f o r t h e s h o r t term. For me i t ' s a break i n a l l t h e poor bashing I u s u a l l y have t o d e a l with. I ' m looki n g forward t o b e i n g a b l e t o s t a y i n t h i s business. T h e middle and owning c l a s s seem t o b e i n heavy d e n i a l . I ' m t r y i n g t o be l e s s s e x i s t . But t h e y a r e denying t h a t there is discrimination against p e o p l e who a r e poor. Groups t h a t a r e n o t dominant, l i k e poor p e o p l e , can s e e two p o i n t s o f view. We can actuall y s e e more t h a n t h e o t h e r group t h a t o n l y s e e s t h e i r own p o i n t o f view. If we can g e t o r g a n i s e d , w e ' l l b e more powerful. - r e p r i n t e d from The Long Haul End L e g i s l a t e d p o v e r t y ' s Newspaper'

Gust TIE THIS IN WITH THE FACT THAT THE PORT IT'S A GOOD DAY TO LIVE OF VANCOUVER IS NOW THE TOP POINT OF CORPORATE STRATEGY HAS STRUCK A LETHAL ENTRY FOR WESTERN AMERICA'S HEROIN BLOW IN THE WAR OVER THE LANDS BETWEEN' SUPPLY, AND THAT THE CPR, WITH ITS CRAB PARK AND THE HELIPORT ROAD (CRAB-, CONTAINER CARGO SHIPS AND TRAINS, IS hELI). BY FORCING PUBLIC DEMAND FOR A IT DOESN'T TAKE THE MAIN TRANSPORTER; GAMBLING REFERENDUM, THE CAPITALIST A ROCKET SCIENTIST'S DIM WIT EROTHER COSA NOSTRA HAS TAKEN THE WIND OUT OF TO FIGURE OUT THAT ORGANIZED CRIME AND THE SAILS OF THOSE DOWNTOWN EASTSIDERS1 NORTH AMERICAN CAPITALISM ARE THE BODY WHO DO NOT WANT THE LANDS TURNED INTO 1 AND SOUL OF CORPORATE POWER! A HIGHRISE GHETTO FOR THE EMBARRASSTHE REAL KICKER IS THAT ALL THIS IS INGLY AFFLUENT. TAKING PLACE UNDER THE DOZY GAZE OF THE THE DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE VOTERS COLLECGOVERNMENT AND THE RCMP, WHILE THE TIVE (DEVC) HAS CORRESPONDED WITH THE , MASSES REMAIN CONVENIENTLY INDIFFERENT. CITY, PROVINCE, AND PORT CORPORATION THE POOR DUMB MASSES - OUR DAILY LIVES TO DEMAND THAT NO BUILDINGS HIGHER THAN FOUR STORIES BE ERECTED, AS WELL ARE SHAPED AND MANIPULATEU BY THE NEWS AS NO LANDFILL BEYOND TWENTY METERS MEDIA AND HOLLYWOOD WRITERS, WHO ARE BEYOND THE CX(1STING CRABHELI SHOREIN TFRN CONTROLLED BY CORPORATE POWER. LINE. BUT JUST AS ORGANIZED CRIME HAS EVOLVED? 1 SO HAS THE NATURAM SCRIBENDI; A FACA SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEVC SAID, "IF THE BC GOVERNMENT FINALLY GETS ITS TION OF THE LOWER MIDDLE CLASSES WHO hEAD OUT OF THE GUTTER AND REFUSES TO I HAVE HOOKED INTO THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE I, MARTIAL ARTS: IN THE EAST, MARTIAL ART CHANGE ONE OF THE FEW GOOD LAWS OF bc, THEN THE BATTLE O V ~ H LIMITED E j IS EXPRESSED THROUGH KARATE AND JUDO, USE OF THE LANDS WILL BE ON EQUAL IN THE WEST IT IS EXPRESSED THROUGH FOOTING. BUT IF A GAMBLING REFEREN- I MILITARY AND CORPORATE STRATEGY. BOTH DUM TAKES PLACE, THEN NO MATTER WHAT , GLOBAL CONCEPTIONS CAN BE USED TO PUT THE OUTCOME, IT WILL BE WELL ENTRENCH7 DOWN INJUSTICE, BUT IF THE ORIGINAL ED IN THE MINDS OF BRITISH COLUMBIANS PHILOSOPHIES ARE ABANDONED, THEN THAT MN(~.MUMCONSTRUCTION ON THE NATURE'S LAW OF EVOLUTION IS BEING CRABHELI LANDS AND WATERS IS A DONE TAMPERED WITH, AND IT SHOULD BE OBVIOUS 1 DEAL." TO US, AFTER ALL THESE HUMDREDS OF I THOUSANDS OF YEARS, THAT WHEN YOU IG$errannnnnnnraanrn$ 1 NORANTLY TRY TO PUT NATURE INTO A DEVANCOUVER - WHAT HAPPENED I EVOLUTIONARY MODE, THERE WILL BE DIRE I CONSEQUENCES. IN JUST THIRTY YEARS, ORGANIZED CRIME 1 IN NORTH AMERICA HAS EVOLVED BY I THE NATURAM SCRIBENDI HAVE TAKEN THE THROWING AWAY ITS GUNS AND ETHNIC I EAST AND WESTER# PHILOSOPHIES OF MARLOYALTY FOR THE MORE LUCRATIVE WEAPON TAIL ART TO A NONPHYSICAL & NONORAL OF CORPORATE POWER. CONTEST OF GAME PLAYING, WHERE POINTS ARE SCORED BY INFLUENCING THE TIDE OF NO FEWER THAN 29 UNION EXECUTIVE MANKIND'S OCEAN OF THOUGHT. COUNCILS HAVE EARMARKED THEIR UNWIT- i MODERN THE GAME IS NOT A SPORT OF FUN; IN ESTING WORKER'S PENSION FUNDS TO FIN, SENCE, IT IS A STRATEGIC GAME OF WORDS ANCE A LAS VEGAS STYLE STRIP ON VANAND ANTICIPATION REGARDING THE PHYSICAL COUVER'S WATERFRONT. I ACTIONS OF CORPORATE POWER.

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gambling i s an UNSAVOURY ACTIVITY

- we don't want @ u r WATERFRONT t o be s p o i l e d -

mobsters and r a c k e t e e r s w i l l b e drawn h e r e Vancouver has p l e n t y t o o f f e r t o u r i s t s a l r e a d y

- p r o f i t s w i l l go t o v e s t e d i n t e r e s t s , n o t t o t h e community

drugs and p r o s t i t u t i o n w i l l i n c r e a s e

- gambling g u a r a n t e e s human misery, d e g r a d a t i o n and waste - Vancouver cannot s u p p o r t a b i g i n c r e a s e i n h o t e l accommodation (1000+ rooms) e i t h e r i n water supply o r e l e c t r i c i t y supply

law enforcement would have t o be i n c r e a s e d WE DON'T WANT TO BE ANOTHER LAS VEGAS!

Vancouver cannot s u p p o r t an i n c r e a s e i n t r a f f i c flow

- t h e l o c a l economy w i l l s u f f e r - WE DON'T WANT TO BE ANOTHER LAS VEGAS! - Vancouver f o l k d o n ' t l i k e t h e underhanded way t h i s p r o j e c t h a s been i n t r o d u c e d - p u b l i c meetings w i t h s c o r e s o f i n t e r e s t s and n e i t h e r t h e i d e a n o r even t h e word ' c a s i n o ' e v e r came up t h e gambling i n d u s t r y s e l l s ILLUSIONS WE DON'T WANT TO BE ANOTHER LAS VEGAS!

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AMBER HALLS OF SUNSET

y o u ' r e an e x p e r t a t c l o s i n g doors on t h e drunken echo of an ocean u n s e t t l i n g i t s f a t d a r k i n t e n t ion toward you, i t s c u r i o s i t y unasked t h a t swells t o inquisition

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your hands f l y t o t h e i r game, t h e i r task: l i k e basketballs, l i k e the cold r o t e Lutheran n o t e s you t o s s e d t i p i s i l y , almost b e l l i g e r e n t l y i n t o a t h e a t r e n e a r l y empty you move among t h e worm b i n s and p l o t s o f a l a n d locked from i n s i d e i t s s i g n s , i t s t i d e s o f decay and g e n e r a t i o n , r i d e a i m l e s s c u r r e n t s of l a t e n t f e v e r Dan F t o t h e end of a long masquerade where you l i v e , where I 've seen you s t a n d b r i e f l y and l i s t e n t o some f a r wave break l i k e a b o t t l e a g a i n s t i t s rage

a scar adrift momentarily, a message drowned i n t h e amber h a l l s o f s u n s e t a p a r t i n g red sarcasm t h a t s l i p s l i k e a moon i n t o i t s ebb, i t s s e c r e t catastrophy shut t i g h t and t h e measures o f wonder c l o- s .i n g . - * -

ANNUAL WALK FOR PEACE CANCELLED

I t ' s t r u e , r i g h t now a t t h e end of March, t h a t Vancouver w i l l have no Peace Walk t h i s y e a r due t o l a c k o f a sponsor. I'm n o t c l e a r on what a "sponsor" has t o do w i t h a n y t h i n g , but t h a t ' s t h e i n f o r m a t i o n passed t o t h e Newsletter by a person c l a i m i n g t o have been one of t h e f o u n d e r s o f t h e until-now annual e v e n t . So..

* Can Vancouver walk p e a c e f u l l y without a sponsor?

* I know I can r e s p o n s i b l y r e p r e s e n t

i q L a "nimbus of f o r b i d d e n d e s i r e s " cumulative d i s p l a c e m e n t s f i n d home very, v e r y s e r i o u s

because a young g i r l knee deep i n g e n t l e muck must b e k e p t by s i l e n c e a l o n e i n language with a n o t h e r f a c e under d i f f e r e n t c o n s t e l l a t i o n s o f f a t e o r what have you no more t r u s t w o r t h y now t h a n when you dragged y o u r s e l f t o t h e edge of r a i n and t u r n e d your back on h e r b l a c k and p r o t r a c t e d peace beneath t h o s e d i s a s t e r s , t h o s e p l a n e t s gravitating t o allegiance myself. * The world would (might) n o t i c e and h e a r i f a few - 100/1000 - walked.

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Don't sell tenants short, Mike! Premier Harcourt: You said you'd bring back rent protection for B.C. tenants, and now you are. For the first time since 1984, we will be able to fight unfair rent increases. But let's make sure it works! B.C. needs a rent protection system that really protects both individual tenants and the supply of affordable rental housing. W e need a rent protection system with:

N o loopholes for landlords Full coverage of all tenants Clear information for tenants

Ways for tenants to work together N o increases between tenancies Better ways to get repairs done

W e know that powerful organizations representing B.C.'s corporate landlords are lobbying for a weak system that will not work for tenants. But when your party was elected t o government in 199 1 you promised t o bring back rent protection. There are over a million tenants in B.C. who need you t o follow through.

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The landlord has the advantage Landlords have c o n s i d e r a b l e power o v e r t h e l i v e s o f t e n a n t s simply because bhey own o u r homes. T h a t ' s why t e n a n t s s a y t h a t ' l a n d l o r d s s h o u l d be closely regulated. The Tenants' R i g h t s t e l e p h o n e h o t l i n e g e t s hundreds o f c a l l s from t e n a n t s , e s p e c i a l l y women, a s k i n g what t h e y can do t o s t o p t h e i r l a n d l o r d e n t e r i n g t h e i r s u i t e i l l e g a l l y . We ;et hundreds more c a l l s from t e n a n t s a s k i n g how t h e y can g e t b a s i c r e p a i r s

Bennett 6 t h e s o c r e d s took it away i n 1984. We want a system t h a t p o t e c t s o u r homes by r o l l i n g back u n j u s t r e n t increases. We d o n ' t want t o d r i v e small landl o r d s o u t o f b u s i n e s s . We want p r o t e c t i o n f o r o u r homes. A l a n d l o r d ' s r e n t a l b u s i n e s s can f a i l and he can move h i s money i n t o mutual f u n d s . We have t o keep on r e n t i n g . By MIKE WALKER (Mike i s c o - o r d i n a t o r o f Tenants1 R i g h t s Action C o a l i t i o n ) place stamp here

Hon. Mike Harcourt Premier of British Columbia Legislative Buildings Victoria, B.C. V8V 1x4

done. In many c a s e s t h e n e x t q u e s t i o n i s : what i f t h e l a n d l o r d t u r n s around and j a c k s up t h e r e n t ? S i n c e 1984 t h e answer has been t o pay o r move o u t . We a l s o need p r o t e c t i o n f o r B C ' s supply o f a f f o r d a b l e h e n t a l housing. More t h a n 140,000 t e n a n t households i n BC pay more r e n t than t h e y can a f f o r d . Over h a l f o f s i n g l e p a r e n t s and young p e o p l e and s e n i o r s have d i f f i c u l t y paying t h e i r r e n t s . Tenants i n BC need p r o t e c t i o n aga i n s t r e n t gouging, p r o 2 e r t y f l i p p i n g and r e t a l i a t i o n . We've been a s k i n g t o g e t r e n t p r o t e c t i o n ever s i n c e B i l l

A t Armv 6 Naw the bo&es live pretty high.

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"She was born with a silver spoon in her mouth. "If life wasn't always easy for her, it was always

without financial worries. "Her aim now is to lift the financial burden of those who are trying to make others' lives that much easier. "'I used to be the one writing out the cheques all the time and feeling kind of guilty, knowing I could do more,' says Jacqui Cohen, Army and Navy store heiress." -Vancouver Sun, June 12, 1992 She hangs out with Donny Osmond, Tom Jones and George Segal while raising money for charity. She hosts intimate $250-a-plate dinners and auctions for 300 people at her waterfront mansion in Point Grey. "We want that auction fast. You know: in and out, raise two hundred grand and let's dance," says Jacqui Cohen. -April 17, 1993 In her Ferrari 308, she participates in car rallies to Alta Lake, along with other folks who can afford Ferraris and Porsches. "What do you do with your old emeralds? You make buttons of them," suggests Marlene Cohen Wexler. In her case, for a private-label red-green-and-black fitted jacket. You can't buy one like it at Army and Navy. -March 14, 1992

We don't. There are 200 men and women working at Army and Navy in Vancouver and New Westminster. $7.20 an hour is the top wage paid to sales clerks and cashiers. About 55 people make this much. $6.80 an hour-r less-is the wage paid to about 100 Army and Navy employees. Jacqui Cohen's negotiators have offered some of us 10 cents an hour, in each year of a three year contract. Others would get nothing. Unlike other employers, their wage offer is not retroactive to when our last contract expired. (Dec. 31, 1993) We receive very few health and welfare benefits. Unlike other employers, Army and Navy pays only half of our Medicare premiums. We have voted 86 percent in favour of strike action, if necessary. Before taking that step, we have asked the Labour Relations Board to appoint a mediator. A strike will not take place while we are in mediation. We're determined to get a fair deal. We ask for your understanding and support.

"This place is like boot camp," says Jacqui Cohen

of the Optimum Health Institute of San Diego where she is subsisting on a diet of watermelon juice and liquefied wheat grass. "But I'm feeling great." Earlier, she paid $5,000 a week to rub shoulders with celebrities at the Golden Door spa. -Jan. 16, 1993

Should we have to live like this, so they can live like that? Issued by the 200 employees of Army & Navy, members of the B.C.Government and Service Employees' Union oteu 15