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New poverty lines are out The National Council of Welfare has come out with the new poverty lines for 1992. They call them the "low income cutoff" lines.

In-a city like Vancouver the overty,line for a single person is 15,426 a year. If there are two people in the family, the poverty line is $20,910. For a family of three people it is $26,579. For four people, it is $30,548.

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I t ' s taken about 5 y e a r s t o g e t from t h e 1 1I a b s o l u t e mess i n h e r i t e d when t h e infamous The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of t h t "old board" was tossed o u t on i t s e a r i n Carnegie Community Centre Association on 1987 t o t h e p r i s t i n e shape of 9 2 ' s record.

Sunday, June 21st was one of t h e b e s t a t t From being regarded a s a community joke ended i n memory. Following w i l l be a l o t with a $23,000 debt, t h e Association now of what was reported by t h e v a r i o u s commicommands g r e a t respect with a l l funders & t t e e s , but f i r s t , t o do t h i s bass ackwards donors.

Bingo s t i l l p l a y s a major r o l e a s (Carnegie s t y l e ? ! ) i s t h e r e s u l t of t h e , e l e c t i o n of t h e 1992-1993 Board of Direct-1 a source of revenue & a casino eventnetted $11,000. Norm Jang, our a u d i t o r , suggested , ors: SHEILA BAXTER t h a t we r e a l l y don't need an a u d i t due t o ED BUHR t h e excellence with which our f i n a n c e s a r e DEBBIE GOSSELIN I handled. However, t h e Association's consGARRY GUST I t i t u t i o n r e q u i r e s an a u d i t s o w e ' l l keep LORELEI HAWKINS 1I having one done annually.

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A L I C I A MERCURIO KEITH MORRISEAU GEORGE' NICHOLAS 'MARGARET PREVOST IRENE SCHMIDT MUGGS SIGURGEIRSON JEFF SOMMERS PAUL TAYLOR Also running but not e l e c t e d t h i s time were Terry S i n c l a i r , June Rose, Mike .White , head & Katherine Galan.

DIRECTOR'S REPORT Diane MacKenzie gave h e r r e p o r t while masquerading a s Donald ~ a c ~ h e i s o(nh b i r colour was a dead giveaway). Diane seems t o have a l i g h t n e s s with c e r t a i n i s s u e s t o keep us from g e t t i n g c a r r i e d away with ourselves. Muggs was p r a i s e d again f o r r e cognition a s a Woman of D i s t i n c t i o n i n t h e community s e r v i c e category of t h e YWCA awards. The renovations, almost complete except f o r a handy-dandy h a n d r a i l t h a t some company i s using a d e c r e p i t beaver t o c h i s e l out of hardwood, have been i n c r e d i ble! Almost everyone i s s a t i s f i e d with t h e New Carnegie Order, except f o r t h e smoking 6 non-smoking designations t o new spaces.

Staff changes have almost run rampant but the volunteers j u s t keep g e t t i n g t h i n g s done. What's r e a l l y s t r a n g e i s t h e p r a i s e heaped on t h e Board.. I mean, whaddya expect - mediocrity?! The amazing successes i n Oppenheimer, t h e Library & t h e Learning Ccntre were a l l mentioned 6 f i n a l l y t h e awesome idea t h a t t h e r e ' s more t o come.

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Pedestrian s a f e t y .

Use of h e r b i c i d e s on playing f i e l d s and , railway t r a c k s .

- Mental h e a l t h s e r v i c e s i n t h e community.

- Weapons c o n t r o l .

- Danger a t Strathcona school. .

- Francophone survey.

- Violence a g a i n s t women who work s t r e e t s .

L e t t e r s went t o Cabinet M i n i s t e r s about r a i s i n g welfare r a t e s , t h e d i f f i c u l t y of five-week months, food vouchers, housing f o r mental h e a l t h p a t i e n t s r e l e a s e d i n t o t h e community & GAINlgor t h e handicapped f o r mental h e a l t h p a t i e n t s . Support went f o r funding f o r Kiwassa, f o r r e t a i n i n g t h e s e r v i c e s o f Constable Dickson a s a youth worker, s e l l i n g S h e i l a Baxter ' s book Under I t h e Viaduct a t - t h e f r o n t desk..

Congratul a t i o n s went t o Four S i s t e r s Co-op & DERA f o r a UN Habitat award nomination and c e l ebration with End Legislated Poverty when one of t h e i r g o a l s was r e a l i s e d a f t e r 3% ! years o f s t r u g g l e - S i n g l e p a r e n t s a r e no longer forced t o seek employment a s soon a s t h e i r youngest c h i l d i s 6 months old; t h e choice i s now t h e p a r e n t s without f e a r of beidg c u t off a s s i s t a n c e i f t h e y choose t o work f u l l - t i m e r a i s i n g t h e i r f a m i l i e s .

The Action Canada Network, Tenants Rights Action Coalition, Urban Landscape Task Force, F i r s t Step Drop-In F Centro Americano Latino were & a r e p a r t of t h i s commit? t e e ' s ongoing work.

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Much of t h e work has been focused on outreach, both within Carnegie & t o t h e l o c a l community. Writers & poets have come and t h e Library j o i n t l y sponsored t h e I,,iteraoy Celebration with t h e Learning Centre. Flyers a r e i n h o t e l s & roomihg houses h i g h l i g h t i n g s e r v i c e s 6 asking f o r r e t u r n of m a t e r i a l s . C i r c u l a t i o n has soared, with t h e Native, French, Spanish & Chinese c o l l e c t i o n s t h e envy of many.

The range of courses i n t h e Learning Centre has expanded g r e a t l y , including upgrading & high school equivalency. Debbie Bryant i s t h e Literacy Outreach worker and Sharon Jackson t h e l i t e r a c y drop-in coordi n a t o r . Education here i s more learning than formal ' t e a c h i n g ' , a s English a s a .

Second Language l e a r n e r s went t o t h e book launch of Under t h e Viaduct, by S h e i l a Baxter, under t h e Georgia viaduct & Jimmy Wu b r i n g s information on alcohol, drugs, housing, mental h e a l t h , poverty & s a f e t y from t h e Downtown Eastside/Strathcona Coal i t i o n . The Learners Conference was m o t h e r h i g h l i g h t with s t o r i e s , poetry, exercr i s e , music, welfare r i g h t s , banking workshops and l o t s of fun! Important v i c t o r i e s were g e t t i n g funding r e - i n s t a t e d f o r t h e Westcoast Reader, k e e p h g funding f o r L i t eracy Outreach & having a course f o r youth who've been i n t r o u b l e continue. The c l o s ing l i n e of t h i s r e p o r t can be taken t o h e a r t by a l l - Never give up.

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

This i s t h e "in-Carnegie" forum f o r a wide range of i n t e r e s t s , including - formation of a middle-age men's group ( t o d i s c u s s i s s u e s on h e a l t h , personal financing, anger & r e l a t i o n s h i p s ) ; - Newsletter workshops; - Centre programming including weekend computer courses, weaving courses, yoga lessons, f i l m & video p r o j e c t s ; - Renovations updates; - Christmas F anniversary c e l e b r a t i o n s ; Issues l i k e smokinglnon-smoking a r e d i s cussed, a "Community Headstbne" was s e t u~ a t Danny Korica's g r a v e s i t e t o commemoratc a l l l o c a l s who pass away, t h e Pool Room's c o l l e c t i v e e f f o r t s were highlighted and an i n v i t a t i o n t o a l l t o j o i n i n t h i s committee was/is extended t o a l l .

VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE Volunteers a r e t h e t r e a s u r e of Carnegie Both t h e Association & t h e C i t y of Vancou h*.Ann+ C..-2+ - 7 - - - - -- - .LUIIUa L O & A ~ I G L U ~ I I ~ iSh~ i s fact t o provide 8 d a y t r i p s & one 5-day camping t r i p . A s well, t h e r e were 13 recr e a t i o n t r i p s f o r bowling, minature g o l f , e t c . A F i r s t Aid course happened 6, not d i r e c t l y connected, Bob provided c h i l i every Wednesday. Free C h i l i was given t o volunteers when t h e r e were 5-week months.

Volunteers contributed 44,780.5 hours i n 96 d i f f e r e n t c a p a c i t i e s , a t a c o s t of $31,332.35 i n Volunteer t i c k e t s subsidized by t h e kitchen. The year s t a r t e d with 368 a c t i v e v o l u n t e e r s on f i l e , Atiba i n t e r , viewed 218 new people, and t h e r e a r e about 160 a c t i v e v o l u n t e e r s i n any month. The Seniors Support Group was named 1991's Volunteer b i t h e year 6 t h e honour i n April '92 went t o Doris Rathke.

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ADULT LEARNING CENTRE "The most successful year t o date" saw 15 t o 25 people d a i l y a t t h e morning literacy drop-in, a s well a s s e v e r a l high school courses i n s u b j e c t s including Engl i s h , S o c i a l S t u d i e s , Western C i v i l i s a t i o n & I n t r o Math, a s well a s science, grammar & c r e a t i v e w r i t i n g courses. The computer room i s extremely busy, under t h e eye of Floyd Wong & s e v e r a l t u t o r s . Tutoring i s a v a i l a b l e on a one-to-one basls m j u s t about anything, with t h e l e a r n e r choosing t h e a r e a & i n t e n s i t y . Lex Baas wrote t h e r e p o r t so couldn't p a t himself on t h e back but h e ' s doing a g r e a t job, along with 13 o t h e r peopfe working from 3 t o 25 hours a week. The success of t h e Carnegie Learning Centre amazes t'educators" t o o used t o t h e i n s t i t u t i o n a l i s e d methods of teaching.

PUBLICATIONS The Carnegie Newsletter comes out on t h e 1st 6 15th of each month i n 700 copies. I t goes t o a d u l t learning c e n t r e s , a few schools, anti-poverty o r g a n i s a t i o n s , farming communities & i n d i v i d u a l s i n t h e Lower Mainland, BC, a c r o s s Canada, t h e S t a t e s , England, & has been seen i n Mexico,Germnny

China, I s r a e l & New Zealand. (!) Help i n t h e Downtown Eastside comes out 3 times a year i n ~ n ~ l i s hFrench , 6 Spanish, donations t o pay f o r p r i n t i n g c o s t s coming from F i r s t church, Legal S e r v i c e s Society, DEW Four S i s t e r s Co-op, PLURA & t h e Rotary Club of Chinatown. Like many e f f o r t s i n Carnegie, both the Newsletter E t h e 'Helps booklets a r e a compendium of v o l u n t e e r ~ \ e n e r g i e s i n w r i t i n g , poetry, a r t , layout, e d i t i n g 6 review, c o l l a t i n g , s t a p l i n g , folding & d i s t r i b u t i o n . Costs f o r t h e year I were over $8500, t h e Association budgetted $6000, but donat ions were over -$4300.

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Throughout t h e year t h e goal of a l l i n valved i l l Lilt: p a r k was and i s m a ~ i n gir. s a f e 6 open t o t h e e n t i r e community. Drugs & alcohol & violence cannot be eradicated by police -or s t a f f o r t h e community i f working alone. This has l e d t o community meetings, p o l i c e l i a i s o n & s t a f f e d program areas. Native/Latin Friendship F e s t i v a l s a r e now ongoing, k i d s ' o u t t r i p s & s p o r t s a c t i v i t i e s happen a l l summer & s t a f f a r e funded year round.

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The ' r e s t of Carnegie' i s t h e Library, t h e card/games lounge, second f l o o r lounge , and t h e s e n i o r s ' space a t t h e l a n e 3tevel.

I t s s hard t o t e l l s t a f f people from u s e r s , of Carnegie, which i s t h e way it should be I guess. ,I With a l l of t h e above s t u f f E more going on d a i l y , t h e r e a r e s t i l l l o t s of people who wonder i f t h e y can come i n ? I t ' s a s ^ open & a c c e s s i b l e a s p o s s i b l e , s o maybe i t ' s t h e f e e l i n g of it being home t o s o many people t h a t someone new might f e e l l i k e an o u t s i d e r . . t h e new kid on t h e block.

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Other s t u f f not reported on a s p a r t of t h e Association but d e f i n i t e l y p a r t of t h e Carnegie Centre include:

Kitchen: A s i n c r e d i b l e a s it sounds, t Kitchen s t a f f & Volunteers s t to provide t h e highest q u a l i t y food a t most reasonable p r i c e . The Kitchen had make $31,332.35 l a s t year j u s t t o pay f t h e Volunteer t i c k e t s . After t h a t , any t r a money goes f o r t h i n g s l i k e r e p a i r s cash r e g i s t e r , aprons, supplies, vitam (which a r e given out f r e e l y ) & so on.

City of Vancouver won't s u b s i d i s e any p a r t of i t s operation, so t h e goal i s t o break a t l e a s t even.

Gym: Floor hockey a t t r a c t s team s p i r i t s i n t h e evenings, a s well a s volley-, b a l l & basketball.

A r t Gallery: Displays of individual & coll e c t i v e work a r e here year round. Photos taken by s t r e e t kids, p a i n t i n g s , p o t t e r y and Native A r t have been here.. .&more!

Music: Jam sessions happen on Tuesday E Wednesday afternoons, with t h e CabI a r e t every Tuesday evening.

1 Cultural Sharing:- The p u b i i c gathering i s on Monday evening i n t h e Theatre, with outreach & trips t o events.

Pool Room: There i s a 6'x12' snooker t a b l e I 1 8 a 5'x10t t a b l e f o r numbered b a l l s . Membership i s $5 f o r 6 months.

I Theatre: This i s t h e p l a c e f o r a v a r i e t y of events, from p u b l i c meetings t o Bingo (Wednesday a t 6:30) t o Volunteer Dinners (Wed. before chequeday) t o musical events t o memorials t o dances and more.

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T h i s i s s u e , completed as a community s e r v i c e , i s d e d i c a t e d t o my ybunger b r o t h e r R o b e r t-, who d--i e d - 29 J u n e 1992. .

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Our T r i p t o Vancouver from Logan Lake 5:20 am: Wake up t o go t o t h e Bathroom.. look o u t s i d e . . b i r d s chirping 6 coyotes crying. George wakes up..wanta go t o Carnegie. OK, wake up Mom, l e t ' s have a c o f f e e 6 g e t going.

7:OO am: On our way t r a v e l l i n g down t o t h e Coquihala Highway, two d e e r come int o view. Oh God, don't l e t them come down on t h e roadway! We pass them with no i n c i d e n t s .

Then we t r a v e l on down t h e highway and on t h e r i g h t s i d e seeing a mountain - i f you looked you could s e e an Indian Chief whose f a c e & f e a t h e r s had been carved i n rock by ages of wind & water.

I looked a t it 6 gave thanks t o t h e Great S p i r i t f o r allowing u s t o s e e t h i s b e a u t i f u l country 6 allowing u s t o once again s e e a l l our Carnegie family.

Congratulations 6 a l l our hopes t o t h e people e l e c t e d t o t h e Board.

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To t h e p o l i c e , "I am sorry" means g u i l t .

Instead of t h e i r standard l i n e s of gibberi s h by t h e i r p u b l i c r e l a t i o n s o f f i c e r s you would t h i n k t h a t saying "1 am s o r r y f o r t h e awful i n j u r i e s t h a t you receivedft would be s t a t e d by t h e p o l i c e r i g h t away.

T n q r ~ a dnf h i a m i n g ny nnr h i a m i n g rhe victims, t h e p o l i c e should add t h e word ftsorry" t o t h e i r vocabulary.

Personally, i f I was h i t by a cop c a r & t h e p o l i c e went through t h e i r r o u t i n e verbal dance of d e c e i t , I would not accept any words of s o r r y a f t e r t h e y attempt t o deny any wrongdoing.

Right o r Wrong, Legal o r I l l e g a l i s not so important when two women a r e l a y i n g i n a h o s p i t a l bed, lucky t o be a l i v e .

Any compassionate human being would not be concerned with t h e i r own g u i l t o r lack of g u i l t They would be concerned about t h e well-being of t h e two ladys i n t h e hospital.

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eyeless thoughts r i s e t o l i v i d faces traced by u n l i s t e d s i n s t h e r e s o l u t e , c e r e b r a l ache clung t o a s i f i n unholy t e r r o r echoing i n t h o s e c l o i s t e r s l a dead language yields s t o i c a l l y t o the ring of c e n t u r i e s pacing i n classrooms of pure thought, l e a r n i n g by r o t e t h e a t l a n t e a n equations supporting single-handed v a s t and s e r i o u s arenas l o v e r s s i n k beneath t h e i r days l i k e abused c h i l d r e n Dan Feeney

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I n s i d e Out There once was a c h i l d who was named "The One Who Smiles A Lot".

One day, t h e c h i l d who l i k e d t o wander, walked t o t h e t o p of Gold Mountain.

There Anis grew wild. The p l a n t had t h e f r a g r a n c e of l i q u o r i c e . The c h i l d p u l l e d it out of t h e e a r t h .

The mountain shook. The p o o l s s h i v e r e d .

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Guns And The Dog Mountain T r a i l

An e l d e r l y woman who had been p r o t e s t i n g a g a i n s t t h e apocalyptic power of a Trident submarine a t i t s base i n t h e S t a t e of Washington, t o l d me t h a t during one p r o t e s t a young army o f f i c e r ran up t o her. He was e x c i t e d t o t h e p o i n t of h y s t e r i a , ' t h i s being h i s f i r s t a c t i o n , and he c a r r i e d a gun which he pointed a t her. "Get over t h e r e with t h e o t h e r p r o t e s t e r s , " he ordered.

The e l d e r l y woman looked a t him calmly 6 replked, "Young man, I w i l l j o i n t h e o t h e r people g l a d l y , a s soon a s you put t h a t gun away. I f For a second t h e young man understood t h a t t r u t h does not l i e i n t h e b a r r e $ of a gun. He lowered t h e weapon, and found two experienced s o l d i e r s who g e n t l y helped t h e woman j o i n h e r companions.

I r e a l i z e t h a t t h e shooting ranges Like t h e one i n t h e Seymour Valley a r e i n a period o f t r a n s i t i o n . Once t h e y were i s o l a t e d .

Now urban a r e a s and parks a r e surrounding them. I t i s time f o r them t o move on o r t o become soundproof. The whole purpose of j Nature Parks i s destroyed by gunfire.

1 Our e a r t h i s facing a c r i s i s of s u r v i v a l and guns a r e not t h e s o l u t i o n . I f we a t t end t o Nature, however, and l i s t e n i n s i l ence, she w i l l h e l p us. "Speak t o t h e e a r t h and it s h a l l t e a c h thee: and t h e f i s h e s of t h e s e a s h a l l d e c l a r e unto the6j" i s t h e way t h e Book of Job put i t .

The Dog Mountain T r a i l winds through a l jpine f o r e s t n o t f a r from t h e Mount Seymour ski resort.

I walked t h e r e r e c e n t l y t o escape t h e s t r e s s of c i t y l i v i n g , t h e noise, and t h e r o t t e n a i r . The t r a i l was green and q u i e t .

A grouse drummed i n t h e d i s t a n c e , and t h e " a i r was a l i v e with l i s t e n i n g . I breathed slowly, walked slowly, and prepared myself t o share with o t h e r beings t h a t mysterious pbwer which c a l l s u s t o be ourselves.

A t Dog Mountain I saw t h e numinous Mount Baker, t h e Olympic Mountains, Vancouver Island, t h e Fraser d e l t a , Vancouver with i t s f i n e harbour, Lynn Peak, Grouse Mounta i n , and t h e wild mountains a t t h e north. ern end of t h e Seymour Valley. An e a g l e c i r c l e d overhead, t h e s u n ' s rays s t r e t c h ing beyond t h e t i p s of i t s wing?. In t h e presence of such beauty I f e l t thankful; Then t h e sound of guns s h a t t e r e d t h e ..:7--..m---~ fro~ua s i ~ o o irig i 3 1 1 G 1 1 ~ G . 111F; U U ~ S Scame range i n t h e Seymour Valley, and t h e loud, m e t a l l i c s h o t s echoed down t h e v a l l e y and over t h e mountains. Cracks ran down t h e f a c e of t h e sky. The mountains ceased t h e i r singing, and t h e e a g l e f e l l behind a rock ridge.

G u n f i r e ' i s t h e predominant n o i s e of o u r century. I t h i n k of Passchendaele and t h e Some, and i n my imagination I s e e men standing. I s e e them leaving t h e trenches and walking forward i n t o t h e f i r e of t h e machine guns. Some f a l l g e n t l y and l i e s t i l l . Others scream 4 r o l b on t h e ground.

When w i l l we l e a r n t h a t o u r r e l a t i o n s h i p t o each o t h e r and t o t h e e a r t h must be one of power with, not power over? When w i l l , we l e a r n t o l i s t e n ?

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Why do I feel so lonely?

I'm not!

I've walked many miles in my whole entire life, Meeting new people and friends who are so special to me.

And yet, I still feel lonely.

I'm always in a corner, A dark corner where no one can see my pain.

A pain that's so hard to lose, A feeling that will drive anyone crazy and sometimes death I cry ...

I shout.. .

I scream out for love.

But it's never real.

My body gets numb...

I start to shake ...

I can't breathe ...

I can't stop the lonely feeling I have...

I'm so afraid!

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(Tim Agg, ( I b e l i e v e ) i s head of L e g a l Aid i n B C . F o l l o w i n g i s a r e p r i n t from FLAMl i n e , t h e F r o n t L i n e Advocacy Workers n e w s l e t t e r e d i t e d by Pam Fleming.)

FLAWs consult with Agg "It's a group like this that can mA.: me forget it's a beautiful day outside. Your input is really helpful," Tim Agg told FLAWs as we wrapped up the consultation May 23 in the CLAS Boardroom.

FLAWs from around BC gave ithoughtful presentations to Agg about what their communities have and need in terms of legal services.

Other FLAWS present: Anne Miles (Gibson 9 .

Jenny Kwan (DEM); Anne Drolina (Rape Reliet); Ron Pratt (Fort Nelson); David hlossop (CLAS); Debbie Bischoff (Kamloops); Colleen Smith (LSLAP); Joan Morelli (Vancouver); Pam Fleming (ELPIFLAW); Christine Schimkat (Langley). T l ~ a n hro help from Leprl Services

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Nadine Chernenkoff, Nelson Advocacy Project: This issue is about poverty. These lack of services would never happen to middle class people. We need more services like the Advocacy Center, more consideration of local cultural needs, like the large Russian community.

Diane Evans of Sechelt: 65% of our clients were women when our Community Law Office was closed down. Now people have to go to Vancouver for services. This puts stress on people who do not have the money to travel.

Gerry King, Terrace: We need more public education materials and workshops on ongoing basis about poverty and law reform re: poverty.

Quickie Update from the Minister's Office From Jacquie Bobenic, Executive Assistant to Joan SrnaNwood:

Cheryl Gullickson, One Hundred Mile Mouse:

"We have done several changes in a short time. A lot of people have been telling us to slow downmeans a'one hour trip to Williams Lake where both in the field and in the -.--.....-- ... ,.^^^^.. c-^, t l r ^ ^ , . ....... - government. We've uicic iS UIK l a w y cl WIN L U I I I G ~ IIUIII v LLIILUUVLI been saying, "No way. rou ain't seen nothing once a week for a few hours. If people are late, or yet. This is the direction we are heading and these cannot afford to get there, they don't get services. changes are only the beginning. " We need local funding for advocates over and above legal aid.

"Shelter and support distinctions aren't being looked at this time around. We are looking at the Karen Shillington of Nanaimo's ABC: We need GAIN Advisory Council coming up. There is a less denial of GAIN benefits at the outset and whole package on Family Maintenance at the AG's better GAIN rates. This would put less stress on (Gabelman). " legal aid. This review process is rushed, we need more time.

"We are just going to catch our breath and make sure we are going in the right direction. We will slow down in July and touch base with people and Daphne Morrison, North Shore Community groups that we need to. Maybe we can set-up a Services: LSS should broaden their mandate to include l e d information couselling. meeting time with FLAWs for early fall." if you were not at the meeting with Tim Agg and would like a copy of the-report, call 879 1209.

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He said he ivas concerned with the "thin line" between the rights of an individual and the rights of the public.

Vancouver police Sgt. Doug Ellis said legal advice is sought on the wording of each message sent over the system.

"It is a thin line but we do not give out the name or address of the subject . only a general description, the m.0. and' a description of the vehicle if one is involved," he said.

Ellis said a limited version of the system has been used 12 times in the past two months, each time to warn neighborhoods of child predators and potentially dangerous sexual offenders.

In one case, residents of the 2800-block of East 5th Avenue were warned of a sexual predator offering to babysit for single parents.

"We got a suspect and charged him as a result of people d i n g in after getting the message."

Ellis said the messages originally went out to . hlwk watch cn,ntAns md co-captlns. Sdt n3.v the system is bemg upgraded to contain over 200,000 telephone numbers.

A similat system has been used in Surrey since 1988 but messages go out only to 7,000 people who signed consent forms to receive them.

Other, areas wiq the system include Coquitlam, Maple Ridge, Burnaby and Delta.

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1t"i s q u i t e a s o c i e t y evolving i n t h e s e times. No wonder youth i s sickened and overwhelmed by t h e oppressiveness s o prevale n t from kindergarten on up. I have witnessed t h e behavior i n s t i l l e d i n small c h i l d ren and I know H i t l e r doesn't come c l o s e t o what i s happening i n youth today. My f r i e n d t e l l s me human r i g h t s a r e something I am making up, so now I know what he means.

Please give a t t e n t i o n t o my concerns. I f t h i n g s continue i n t h e s e ways people w i l l r e b e l and we w i l l a l l l o s e from t h e b a t t l e t h a t w i l l rage. Promotion of business minded, u s e l e s s make-work schemes t o f u e l economic growth which i s i n e q u i t a b l e f o r t h e 1 populations t o come, i s unsustainable dev] elopment. People i n subrubia b e l i e v e we're a b l e t o continue drawing wealth from t h e 1 l i v e s of people..with l o s s of f o k e s t s and d e s t r u c t i o n of t h e e a r t h . I t i s a sad t e s t I imony t o t h e corruption o f our s p i r i t u a l a b i l i t i e s . So much f o r Love Thy Neighbour. : Come down t o t h e street today Colin. Tru-' 1 1y t h e poor aie opjiressed t o dekth, c PC o a p icdcsd eitleefkd.y3

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A hi-tech crime-fighter is set to blanket Vancouver -with phone messages.

PC Cops, or Personal Computer community Organizational Prevention Systems, is to be officially unveiled today. %it i k 'vh~~cuuverpoiice department's new computerized dialling service, which warns of potentially dangerous persons, was news yesterday to Attorney-General Colin Gabelmann.

"This% the first I have heard of it and I will have my staff look at it," he told The Province.

Colin Gabelmann, Attorney General Rm 232, Parliament Bldg, V i c t o r i a V8V 1x4 Big Brother i s here 'and watching you.

Perhaps I should be w r i t i n g t h e dept of I t i s hard t o d e s c r i b e how truth.. i t f e e l s t o be viewed with suspicion by my neighbours. Maybe a c h i l d molester i s s t a l king t h e a l l e y s and parks. So t h e media chooses t h e most heinous, o f f e n s i v e behavio r s t o i n s t i l l f e a r i n every a d u l t male s o none d a r e go n e a r c h i l d r e n .

I f you think c h i l d r e n d o n ' t n o t i c e , your awareness and consCiousness i s dim.

Now computer access ko hundreds of thousands of telephone numbers, PC cops, Persona l Computer Community Organizational Prevention Systems.. . a s i f videos & informers, cops, s e c u r i t y guards, alarms i n homes & c a r s , t a l l fences, sensors, p r i v a t e p o l i c e and one-way g l a s s a r e n ' t enough. PeopJe a r e so wealthy, t h e p o l i c e p l a y on and enhance f e a r ; law enforcqment u s e s f e a r monge r i n g t o c r e a t e job d e s c r i p t i o n s , union pay, expensive equipment, fancy c a r s , ever y expense so t h e y can ask f o r increasingl y higher budgets t o f i n a n c e t h e i r s u b t l e agenda. How many people must go through our j u d i c i a l 3 stem a i d go t o brisafl to s a t i s f y these h i d , Bfgh-mifidrd pktl#i8

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The Victim Lying t h e r e . . . f l a t on h i s back with arms limp a t h i s s i d e s . . .

H i s bloody f a c e with sweat and d i r t . . . a missing t o o t h , newly l o s t H i s c l o t h e s t o r n , wet from r a i n , h i s s h i r t pulled out with blood s t a i n s r i g h t up t o t h e c o l l a r The odours from t h i s v i c t i m made me rather sick.

Yet a few of u s looked on! ''He's drunk" one l i t t l e o l d man muttered a s he s h u f f l e d on h i s way - "he's drunkw.

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go i n s i d e t o make s u r e help i s on i t ' s way This scene I r e c a l l from memories deep My uncle was a drunk, he d i e d . a drunk My impulse makes me want t o save a l l t h o s e whose a d d i c t i o n s lead t h i s way So l i t t l e I can do.. .but I do pray somehow On t h e i r journey they w i l l f i n d a way t o inward peace and love.

Light within t h e i r s o u l s I t ' s never too l a t e t o s t a r t t h e upward climb - so much joy and happiness a r e t h e r e f o r them t o f i n d .

Eleanor Strong

A BACHELOR'S GUIDE FOR A FIVE WEEK MONTH

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Get a tobaco tin size container, and make a habit out of putting all your small change in it every day when you get home.

Four weeks of stashing your pennies, nickels, and dimes can make a big difference 4 days before cheque day.

If lugging a bag of uncounted coins to the store is an embarrassment, go to the bank and ask for "Wrappers" for pennies, nickels, and dimes.

The wrappers have instructions on them and itdakes just a little practice to wrap the counted coins neatly, which your storekeeper will appreciate.

I t )mu Live ~ L n n e ,yc.; ~ h o . t l dhave a~roughCoin savea up to go down to the store on Saturday afternoon and get enough food to last you from Sat. to Tues.

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This is not the most nutritious food, but at least you won't go hungry.

Then go to the library and get a good book to fight the economically imposed cabin fever. And of course there's ALWAYS the Carnegie.

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reat leaps and bounds are being made in the exploration of nature's own cures for. humad diseases. Two Australian scientists recently announced , they have found a peptide in the , green tree h g that is effective in aghtinggolden staphylococcus,a noti,riously antibiotic-resistant bacteria. More pertinent to B.C. is the use of yew tree barb in the Wx4ment uf cancer.

British researchers have discover&! @at venom b m American h n e l web spider is a valuable calcium blocker which may prove to assist recovery for stroke victims. .Annette Dolphin, head of phacmacology at London's Royal Free Wwl of Medicine, says.her ,A . research shows that spidersare a good pharmacological source.

"There are gifts out there fkom nature that we are only just beginning to realize," Dolphin said in the London Guardian.

Ah, the wonders of modem medicine. In this age of specialization and high-tech healing, have we not lost sight of the , known salves of nature? Whatever happened to the wisdom of witches?

With the introduction of Chris? 1 tianity, women, with their myste- 3 rious knowledge and appreciation: i of the sanctity and cycles of nature, were supplanted by the 1

ihention of the devil. From the late Middle Ages to the early 18th century, holy opposition to witches was demonstrated throughout Eurclpe in public . trials and executions. Once the early church's fathers had convincedjts followers that the practice of witcficrtift Pre$um&i ,demonic possession, heresy and rejection of Cod, thousands, if n6t

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-rituals. Miidern-day witchery is coming out of the closet.

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T h i s a r t i c l e is knowledgablc Cr worth r e a d i n g , b u t we should temper o u r optimism with xhe u n d e r s t a n d i n g t h a t p r e s c r i p t i o n d r u g companys who w i l l be h a n d l i n g & d i s t r i b u t i n g t h e s e substances a r e extremely d e c e p t i v e , greedy commercial u n d e r t a k i n g s .

They a r e determined t o p r e v e n t d r u g prof i t s from being s h a r e d w i t h 3 r d World . c o u n t r i e s which p r o v i d e t h e n a t u r a l s u b s t i n c e s t h e y a r e based on. Not o n l y t h a t b u t it t a k e s 3 o r 4 b e a u t i f u l yew t r e e s t o m k c one d a i l y dosage f o r each i n d i v i d u a l cancer p a t i e n t .

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W i l l t h e wild c r e a t u r e s be misused o r even e x t i n g u i s h e d i n a mad r u s h t o p r o f i t o f f t h e i r h e a l i n g e f f e c t s ? Remember t h e b u f f a l o , t h e p a s s e n g e r pigeon, t h e dodo ...

Humanity w i l l have t o g e t i t s a c t t o g e t h e r i n a p r e c i s e , h i g h l y r e g u l a t e d & comp a s s i o n a t e way t o s u s t a i n n a t u r a l p l a n t s & a n i m a l s t h a t s u p p l y u s w i t h h e a l i n g subs t a n c e s . . . n o t o n l y s u s t a i n b u t honour and r e s p e c t t h e s e g r e a t g i f t s . Otherwise i t ' s more of t h e same, & we a l l know what t h a t means.

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Not Really Here Out of i t . Not r e a l l y here.

Not connected, not missed.

Bathroom mirror beginning t o acquire a mystical p a t i n a .

Renting c a b l e now.

Not r e a l l y here.

Never r e a l l y was, I think.

J u s t passing through.

Oh entropy, where i s thy s t i n g ?

TO BE SEEN BUT NOT HEARD

She never sees the wonders of nature She never speaks her mind But she's noticed What does the silence curtail?

Could it be a lonely existence?

Stephen Belkin ( a f t e r song) So follow me down t o Entropy's palace where nothing much happens anymore.

We'll make love i n t h e void and not be annoyed a t t h e blandness o f our despair.

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The bottom l i n e i n t h e development G nationhood. .['ies, a r e b o r n . Throwing down o n e ' s s t a f f , b u t why shiukd t h i s s t a f f s & s e r p e n t s / i n a n c i e n t terms, meant r e v e a l i n g t h e innp r e s e r v a t i o n of " n a t i o n a l I 1 i d e n t i t i e s i s j e r s o u r c e of o n e ' s a c t i o n s - t h a t i s , 1 t h i n g d e c i d e h i s r i g h t t o do t h i s ? p h y s i c a l warfare. To f i g h t w i t h weapons, philosophical O r Wiritual justifToday a person i n ~ o s e s 'p o s i t i o n would ' k i l l human l i f e 6 t e a r b o d i e s limb from ' I ication have t o f i g h t a bloody r e v o l u t i o n .

Many limb i s thought by many t o be a n a t u r a l animal i n s t i n c t f o r s u r v i v a l - i n t h i s way would d i e h o r r i b l y on b o t h s i d e s & ,his r e - ' , Moses, a c c o r d i n g t o t h e b i b l i c a l v e r s i o n Was r a i s e d a s t h e adopted son of a Pharaoh t h e y t r y t o j u s t i f y t h e k i n d o f w a r f a r e we b e l l i o n would p r o b a b l y be c r u s h e d , s i n c e e v e r y n a t i o n s t o c k p i l e s high,tech k i l l i n g So We assumehe learned of h i s have t o d a y w i t h t a n k s , p l a n e s , r o c k e t s , in magic the E g ~ ~ l a s e r s , computerized t a r g e t t i n g , o r what-; machines i n o r d e r t o p u t down i n s u r r e c t i o n ? philosophy & t i a n s themselves.

But Moses had v isited a people have existed before there were e v e r . B a s i c a l l y . t h e n a t i o n s of t h e world' had mountain in S i n a i , o u t s i d e Egypt, n a t i o n s .

No doubt t h e y w i l l c o n t i n u e t o bow down t o t h k - i d e a t h a t 'might i s r i g h t a f t e r t h e drawing of borders & become t h e f o l l o w e r of a d i f f e r e n t t e a c h e r though you o f t e n h e a r them s a y i n g t h a t it I e x i s t long d e c l a r a t i o n of p a t r i o t f s m s have ceased be- - Yaweh, whom t h e E g y p t i a n s c o n s i d e r e d isn't. " s e t h a n V . . t h a t i s , a c o n t r a r y god, r e p r e s i n g thought of a s s i g n i f i c a n t , o r even The world h a s n k always been t h i s way e n t i n g t h e f o r c e s of f i r e , chaos & s p i r i t n e c e s s a r y . i n f a c t , t h e f u r t h e r back we l o o k i n h i s t u a l darkness.

To u n d e r s t a n d why Moses was a b l e t o o r y , t h e more obvious i t becomes t h a t s e r The Pharaoh o f f e r e d Moses t h e most a n c i avoid war w i t h Egypt, we have t o know t h e i o u s m a t t e r s of n a t i o n a l i d e n t i t y i n v o l v r e n t t r a d i t i o n a l form of s e t t l i n g d i s p u t e s meaning of s e r p e n t s & s t a f f s i n a n c i e n t i n g m i l l i o n s were o f t e n d e c i d e d by e v e n t s a c o n t e s t i n magic i n which t h e two most t i m e s .

The symbolism of magic i n t h o s e t h a t c o u l d o n l y be d e s c r i b e d a s c o n t e s t s respected magician-priests i n h i s court days d e s i g n a t e d t h e s e r p e n t a s t h e simpli n magic, would c o n t e s t w i t h Moses o v e r t h e f a t e of : e s t , most c o n v e n i e n t image t o i n d i c a t e a One w e l l known example, recorded by t h e Yaweh's "chosen people". ;wavelength t h a t h a s t a k e n on i d e n t i t y B i b l e , was t h e magical b a t t l e between T h i s b i b l i c a l s t o r y i s t h e most commonly ' t h a t i s t o s a y a " l i v i n g s p i r i t " we usuMoses & t h e Egyptian p r i e s t s f o r c o n t r o l known example of a c o n t e s t i n magic r e p l a ' a l l y s e e i t entwined about a s t a f f ( a d i s o v e r t h e t r i b e s of Judah. The e v e n t t h a t c i n g p h y s i c a l w a r f a r e a s a means of s e t t l t a n t remnant of which i s o u r present-day d e c f d e s t h e f a t e of t h e s e p e o p l e i s d e s c r i ng s e r i o u s disputes, but t h i s t r a d i t i o n symbol of t h e m e d i c a l p r o f e s s i o n , s i n c e i b e d a s a c o n t e s t i n which t h e Egyptians was common-throughout t h e a n c i e n t world. & magic were of t h e same o r d e r i n medicine throw down s t a f f s t h a t t u r n i n t o s e r p e n t s , I n every c u l t u r e on every c o n t i n e n t we . t h e a n c i e n t world) .,.Moses throws down h i s s t a f f & i t t u r n s f i n d v a r i o u s examples of i t .

A t one time i n t o a l a r g e r , more powerful s e r p e n t t h a t ,.- ~ h g i, n f a c t , was a common form of t h e i t was w i d e l y b e l i e v e d t h a t t h e f a t e of swillows t h e s e r p e n t s of t h e E g y p t i a n s ; s c e p t r e s & s t a f f s c a r r i e d by Egyptian n a t i o n s should b e decided by God, o r " t h e \ p r i e s t s what does t h i s mean? & p r i e s t e s s e s , w i t h which t h e y Gods".

The p o i n t i n d i s p u t e was s e e n a s Because of h i s s k i l l i n magic, Moses. i s : w e r e s a i d t o d i r e c t s p i r i t u a l powers. The one of "righteousness" - o r e t h i c a l integs t a f f symbolised s t a b i l i t y & w a s t h e o u t then g r a n t e d t h e r i g h t t o g a t h e r t o g e t h e r r i t y . t h i s l a r g e number of p e o p l e & l e a v e Egypt ' ward e x p r e s s i o n of i n n e r s p i r i t u a l support Today we s e e t h a t e v e r y s o l d i e r i n every in sp_~rp_f? ~f I " ~ T O E ~ S C1~8 ~ 2 " . ~ h i ~ iki i i li i ~ v cep-tr.d Lz t L n -..-l--l --l..-- s--- - - L > - L on b o i h s i d e s , w i l l j u s i i i y i ~ i l ~ ~ s r i i war, Lwould i n t e r p r e t a s a d e s i r e t o e s t a b l i s h - i wavelengths manifestine: a s human i d e n t i t by c l a i m i n g t h a t God i s on h i s s i d e , y e t many p e o p l e a r e aware t h a t Yod, o r s p i r i t u a l j u s t i f i c a t i o n , i s l o s t a s soon a s t h e f i r s t ' b l o w is Struck.

When e t h i c s & philosophy ( f o r m e r l y i n up a ~ibetan flag at the base of the main stage, mance. ' pavement and twisted my arm," he said.

"The Plaza of ati ions is private property," t h e realm of "magic") have become j u s t where the Tibetan Z z d Luge Art Troupe of said Gary Ross, president of Canadian Metro- He was picked up by an ambulance4an?r China was performing. ', words w i t h no power t o move o r t r a n s f o r m "I wanted to show the Tibetan dancers that politan Properties Corporation, which owns taken to St. Paul's Hospital shortly after r e a l i t y , s p i r i t u a l t r u s t has evaporated & incident. He suffered cuts and bruises to Hi$ we have.the fieedom to display their flag in and operates the Plaza of Nations. head.

And he said his "shoulder feels as ifit's we a r e l e f t w i t h hollow d i s p l a y s of f u t i l Canada," Huizinga said. "In China, Tibetans "People come to the festival to have fun, not .,, . .(, i t y - l i k e t h e U.N.'s attempts t o stop t h e :-t are shot on the spot if they're caught with to be badgered by people expressing a politi- dislocated." ' -it."

-. . Ross said he was conducting an investigg war i n Y ~ g o s l a v i a ,o r t h e meeting i n Rio cal opinion," he said. tion into the matter and lie preferred not to, Other members'of the Canada-Tibet Comt o s t o p o r t u r n around o u r war on t h e enRoss said the protesters would have been talk about the incident. mittee were refused entry at the plaza's gates .,..... vironment. allowed to come in, but only if they left their because they were wearing "Free Tibet" Deke Sarnchok, 28. was one of the women We've l o s t t h e s i m p l e magic of b i n d i n g oolitics behind.

T-shirts and Dalai Lama buttons. asked to leave Friday afternoon. agreement made on t h e b a s i s of s e r p e n t s & Four Tibetan women were asked to leave Huizinga said the security forces who threw ' s t h f f s , & o u r f u t u r e l o o k s dim. because they.draped the Tibetan flag across him out were unnecessarily violent. "They "They asked us to leave because the flag their laps during Friday's dance perfor- threw me down, slammed my head on the was offensive," she said.

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"Free Tibet" T-shirts, Dalai Lama buttons and the Tibetan flag triggered a confrontation at the Dragon Boat Festival over the weekend.

Members of the Canada-Tibet Committee paraded "China'out of Tibet" placards in, front of the Plaza of Nations Sunday. They were angry because they had been refused entry to the plaza.

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A dark h i n t as t o what Crab/Portside wat e r f r o n t park would be l i k e came i n t h e form of t h e a i r c r a f t c a r r i e r USS Ranger.

There were 5,700 s a i l o r s dropped off a t t h e foot of Main S t r e e t , near our ~ o m u n i t y greenspace.

A few out-of-town,dressed t o t h e "T's" p r o s t i t u t e s s a t i n t h e park waiting f o r ' the s a i l o r s t o come by. A few o t h e r work- / ing women waited near t h e 25 p o r t a b l e t o i - ! l e t s . They had t h e i r own Cars i n t h e p a r k ing l o t , sb were~iI t l o c a l women.

Four underaged l t s a i l o r groupies" s a t on the g r a s s waiting f o r t h e i r prospects.. young women who expect a meal 6 a movie o r dance f o r t h e i r a f f e c t i o n s .

This was t h e f i r s t time a l a r g e number of s a i l o r s were water-taxied t o our park'; A r n ~ r i r ~cni g z r ~ t t e sE bczi- bottles were l i t t e r e d on t h e park nearby. There was more paper f o r me t o pick up. The park caretaker, had t o speak t o two s a i l o r s who 1 were carrying t h e i r macho posing too f a r .

There was a small brawl between American s a i l o r s F, Native Indian people i n t h e Balmoral Pub. The s a i l o r s l e f t before the pol i c e arrived.

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On f o u r ocx a s i o n s i n one nigh t a mamag of a Powell S t r e e t h o t e l turned away s a i o r s with 15 year-old women. One of them s a i d . "Isn'l : t h i s a whore house ?I' he s a i l o r s have been t o l d t h a t Hastings i s t h e i r u n o f f i c i a l red l i g h t d i s t r i c t and pubs l i k e five^ Orange a r e drinking holes.

The s a i l o r s 'walk race-segregated i n low packs through the park and income s t r e e t s .

For the first time in history the emergency ambulance phone'lines were jammed & unable t o be used. The TV news broadcast r a i s e d the p o s s i b i l i t y t h a t i t was e& uss Rangqr a i r c r a f t c a r r i e r t h a t was jamming

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t h e needed phone l i n e s . One-half hour . - a - f-t e r t h e TV bioadcast t h e phone l i n e s came back i n use. I t ' s known t h a t t h e ambulance phones weren't broken so t h e i n t e r f e r e n c e was from o u t s i d e t h e system.

I f t h e f e d e r a l Port of Vancouver Corp. b u i l d s two c r u i s e s h i p ( E warship) p i e r s beside Crab Park won't t h e park be taken away from l o c a l c b i l d r e n & f a m i l i e s ?

Also, thousands of conventioneers, with ample sources of alcohol, would be nearby

with t h e proposed convention c e n t r e .

Wouldn't Crab Park become t h e ' f r o n t lawn' f o r t h e 1500 'Love Boat' c r u i s e s h i p tourists?!

CRAB-Water For L i f e Society has been send. ing l e t t e r s & r e p o r t s t o d i f f e r e n t groups and p o l i t i c i a n s t o h e l p defend t h e park " f o r l o c a l downtown EastSide people and Vancouverites.

By DON LARSON

( E d i t o r ' s note: A r a n t l e t t e r came on t h e t a i l o f t h e above a r t i c l e when it d i d n ' t appear i n t h e June 15th i s s u e . I t wasn't received u n t i l .June 1 5 t h . Neglecting to mention t h i s small p o i n t , Larson s e n t h i s letter theMayor, t h e D i r e c t o r of Sotial & t h e D i r e c t o r of Carnegie.

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According t o B e a t r i c e Ferneyhough, some people h e r e a r e "burned o u t unemployablesl What a n i c e t h i n g t o say about people who r e f u s e t o be employed by t h e m i l l i o n a i r e s of a r o t t e n system. I , & people l i k e me, a r e of no u s e whatsoever t o t h e Great Nat i o n of ~ a n a d a ,where cops a r e c h i l d a b u s e r s , where Prime M i n i s t e r s a r e ass-kisserg t o George Bush's NeGt Ffotld Order, where their tedi estate pig* stuff prdfits gededy y a p s & s n b r t fok d o t e : Thky b7adk

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your neighbourhood, your n a t i o n & your p l a n e t f o r a scoreboard i n t h e b i g g e s t game on E a r t h !

According t o Barry Morris I am v i c i o u s & name l a z y in my a t t a c k On the h i s beloved church, which was named by , Native people who s t a r t e d it i n t h e hopes t h a t t h e i r C h r i s t i a n i t y would come t o be a s good a s t h e "old" ways. I f t h e y a r e t r y i n g t o make C h r i s t i a n i t y more l i k e t h e Longhouse t r a d i t i o n s , I s a y more power t o them! But i f t h e y a r e t r y i n g t o l e n d t h e d i g n i t y of t h e Longhouse t o an empty dying f a i t h j u s t t o d r e s s i t up a l i t t l e & make more Native c o n v e r t s - w e l l t h e n t h e y can j u s t go t o h e l l .

Of c o u r s e , nobody h a s t o t r a v e l t o o f a r t o e x p e r i e n c e t h e torments of h e l l . They have been s u b t l e y interwoven w i t h t h e ori g i n a l p a r a d i s e of E a r t h by t h o s e g r e a t white f o r e f a t h e r s of t h e s o c i a l d i s a s t e r , t h e economic & t e c h n o l o g i c a l s l a v e d r i v e r s of western p r o g r e s s If you a s k t h e e x p e r t s - t h e s c h o l a r s & researchers of h i s t o r y - where t h i s system came from, t h e y w i l l c i t e Judeo-Christian r o o t s . Ply opinicjn of Judeo-Christian r o o t s i s t h a t they a r e r o t t e n t o t h e c o r e .

Why do I t h i n k t h a t ? Well, beyond t h e bovious c r a p & c o r r u p t i o n w i t h a c l e a n smiling face t h a t surrounds u s , t h e h i s t o r i c a l s i t u a t i o n is t h a t t h e so-called " C h r i s t i a n s " know almost n o t h i n g about what s t a r t e d t h e i r " ~ h r i sita n i t y f l except t h a t Rome t o o k over t h e t e a c h i n g s , c u t a t l e a s t h a l f of them o u t , censored t h e r e s t , S p r e s e n t e d i t around t h e world a s t h e i n f a l l i b l e Word of God. - Knowing t h a t t h e Holy Roman Empire c r e a t e d western "progress'1 & t h a t i t c o n t r o l I c J 4 manipulat'ed t h e t h o u g h t s of humanity f o r thousands of y e a r s by promoting f a l s e i d e a s about J e s u s , any s e l f -confesseduChr~ s t i a n "should t a k e it upon h i m s e l f t o looh i n t o t h o s e t e a c h i n g s t h a t were banned

by Rome, which were c a l l e d heretical 6 f o r uhich people were whipped, t o r t u r e d and burned a l i v e .

I f a " C h r i s t i a n " were a t r u t h - s e e k e r r a 1 h e r than a hayqy-go-lucky s o c i a l i t e , he o r she would want t o know who Yaweh o r .Jehovah r e a l l y was, & what purpose t h i s God-the-Father had i n k i c k j n g o f f t h e Judeo-Christian spark t h a t i g n i t e d , L , I ~ , nni~d

ah who t o l d h i s chosen p e o p l e t o go i n t o k i l l everyone there, the Promised Land t a k e it over for t h e g r e a t e r g l o r y of H i m s e l f . (Check o u t t h e Old Testament on i t . ) Himself, (Jehovah-Yaweh) even gave h i s chosen people an i r r e s i s t a b l e weapon with which t o accomplish t h i s . For t h e f i r s t time i n h i s t o r y an a l t a r was t u r n e d i n t o a weapon - n o t o n l y t h a t , b u t it was a p o r t a b l e weapon t h a t c r e a t e d an e l e c t r o - m a g n e t i f i e l d t h a t could k i l l E d e s t r o y t h e enemys of Yahweh, who were a l l t h e p e o p l e a l l ove t h e e a r t h who h a d n ' t y e t bowed down t o him The Ark, t h e s a c r e d weapon, l a t e r became t h e USS Ranger, t h e l a r g e s t weapon i n t h e ..--I 2 w v l l u . aiid l o , tlii: greai. Ark n f 'r'awe'n ? a i l ed u n d e r t h e Lions-Gate Bridge & t h e media s c r i b e i n t e r v i e w e d t h e anonymous w a r r i o r o t h e American-Christian dream & asked him o primetime TV: "How do you f e e l about your involvement i n t h e Gulf war? & t h e happy, s m i l i n g , c l e a n , C h r i s t i a n m o t h e r ' s son r e p 1 i e d : " I t h i n k i t made me a b e t t e r person" Whereupon t h e g n o s t i c a n g e l s o f h i d d e n Egyption r o o t s laughed a b i t t e r laugh E s a i d one t o a n o t h e r , ' T h i s must b e t h e son o f Jehovah, t h e s e l f - r i g h t e o u s ! Now t h e seonhas g i v e n b i r t h t o many sons o f Jehova . . ass-headed, armed t o t h e t e e t h & happy t b e pushing t h e b u t t o n s t h a t burn t h o s e s u e kers in t h e i r sleep.

And Heaven was i n an u p r o a r a g a i n s t J e h o vah & h i s famous image of J e s u s f o r what t h e y had done & c o n t i n u e d t o do behind was S C ~on t h e r i g h t e o u s hymn-singers who s t a r t e d i t a l l t h a t t h e y might d r o p dead & purify the earth.

A l l t h e gods & powers of n a t u r e r e b e l l e d a t t h e t o x i c t a s t e G smell of Christian p r o g r e s s . J e h o v a h ' s temples t u r n e d i n t o s o c i a l c l u b s where whited s e p u l c h u r s donned b u s i n e s s s u i t s 6 sweet l i t t l c o l d l a d y s h i d w i t h i n thcmselves t h e m i l l i o n s upon m i l l i ons o f & s u f f e r i n gc o r p s e s of t h e B i b l e ' s stinking progress.

Horror v i s i t e d them i n t h e i r dreams 6 t h e y covered t h e i r f a c e s w i t h p a i n t & powde r E repeated t h e i r catechisms 6 crossed themselves a g a i n s t vampires t h e y had c r e a t ed o u t of t h e gods o f o t h e r s .

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him. He was i n a church t h a t c a l l e d i t s e l f C h r i s t - l i k e & h e vomited & c u r s e d 6 convulsed & f e l l down i n an e p i l e p t i c f i t .

Dorothy came G poured magic w a t e r on him G - an image of t h e wicked witch o f t h e west was d i s s o l v e d i n a puddle of poop. She p u l l e d back t h e c u r t a i n & observed tlac isiza r d pushing b u t t o n s & p u l l i n g l e v e r s on a g i g a n t i c machine t h a t had made him aFpear a s a god. Dorothy E t h e Lion E t h e Scarecrow E t h e Tin Man laughed E t h e Great Oz t u r n e d i n t o a phony medicine man, a f a l s e p r o p h e t who j u s t wanted t o g e t back t o Kansas l i k e e v e r y one e l s e .

I. Not o n l y am I a b u r n e d - o u t unemployable, v i c i o u s G l a z y . I am a l s o a madman who i s burning w i t h a slow f i r e . My madness w i l l - no doubt consume me b u t , b e f o r e I go, I ' d j u s t l i k e t o k i c k some o f t h e s e s t r a w men o v e r & punch a few h o l e s i n t h e s e h y p o c r i t s & show a t l e a s t a l i t t l e v e r b a l r e b e l l i o n i n t h e midst of t h e g r e a t b e t r a y a l of l i f c .

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I n any c a s e , t h e y have a s s u r e d u s t h a t t h i s w i l l make t h e world l e s s l i a b l e t o end i n n u c l e a r d e s t r u c t i o n . Does anyone buy i t ? C e r t a i n l y n o t t h e Pentagon, who a r e c u r r e n t l y a d v i s i n g t h e US Congress t o r e a c t i v a t e disused p r a i r i e m i s s i l e s i l o s f o r a new ground-based anti-missile system.

They want t o spend 3 1 b i l l i o n d o l l a r s on it & s t a r t work immediately. S i n c e t h e y no l o n g e r have t h e USSR f o r an enemy, t h e y ' r e t - a l k i n g about " a c c i d e n t a l f t o r '?lnauthorizedtl a t t a c k s from " t h i r d world c o u n t r i e s " .

The s o - c a l l e d " S t a r Wars" m i s s i l e defence system, which some c l a i m t o be a s e c r e t S u r v e i l l a n c e - b y - s a t e l l i t e network aimed a t

f u t u r e economic monitoring G corlt ' )Y a g l o b a l s c a l e , i s going ahead a s p i , ~ l i i l c d :; h a s s o f a r c o s t American t a x p a y e r s 29 b i l lion dollars.

A t t h e s o - c a l l e d "Earth Summit" i n Ilia, Mila blulroney v i s j t e d a s l u ~ ni n a c h a u f f e u r - d r i v e n l i m o u s i n e . George Bush t r i e d t o r i g t h e agenda i n advance b u t was caught doing i t ; t h e n , a f t e r a f l a g waving v i s i t t o Panama t h a t caused s h o o t i n s r i o t s i n t h e s t r e e t G delivered t e a r gas t o t h e sens i t i v e n o s e s 01 Bush G h i s body guards t h e US P r e s i d e n t r e f u s e d t o s i g n a t r e a t y t o p r o t e c t b i o - d i v e r s i t y bccause it c o n t a i n e d a c;ause r e q u i r i n g US drug companies t o s h a r e p r o d u c t r o y a l t i e s with 3rd World c o u n t r i e s from which t h e s u b s t a n c e s used i n d r u g manufacturing a r e d e r i v e d . Are t h e s e t h e same 3 r d World c o u n t r i e s t h e Pentagon t h i n k s might t t a c c i d e n t l y " a t t a c k t h e US w i t h n u c l e a r m i s s i l e s ?

The drug companys i n q u e s t i o n a r e by f a r t h e l a r g e s t , most p r o f i t a b l e i n d u s t r y i n t h e United S t a t e s . They a l s o o p e r a t e t h e most e f f i c i e n t p o l i t i c a l lobby i n Washingt o n , w i t h l a r g e d o n a t i o n s made t o t h e cam-

The p r e s c r i p t i o n drug companys have cons i s t e n t l y r a i s e d t h e i r p r i c e s a t a much h i g h e r r a t e t h a n t h a t of i n f l a t i o n , G t h e medical p r o f e s s i o n c o n t i n u o u s l y r e c e i v e f r e e t r i p s & c a s h payments f o r convincing t h e i r p a t i e n t s t h a t t h e y ml3st u s e p r e s c r i p t i o n d r u g s f o r t h e r e s t of t h e i r l i v e s .

A s u b s t a n c e known as e r g a m i s o l , a cance r c o n t r o l l i n g drug once used f o r sheep, is now s o l d nation-wide by Johnson & Johnson. lVhen t h e y s t a r t e d s e l l i n g it t o humans t h e p r i c e was i n c r e a s e d from 64

p o l i c e c h i e f s 6 RCMP o f f i c e r s i n S a s k a t chewan a r e up f o r o v e r a hundred c h a r g e s r e l a t i n g t o s e x u a l abuse c a r r i e d on a t a E we know l o c a l d a y c a r e f o r many y e a r s about a l l t h e t r i g g e r - h a p p y cops i n Vancouver E Toronto who a r e b e i n g h e l d r e s p o n s i b l e f o r snap k i l l i n g s of c i t i z e n s suspected of criminal a c t i v i t i e s o r j u s t creating a disturbance.

I n t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e two i n n o c e n t women were s e r i o u s l y i n j u r e d r e c e n t l y by being h i t by a p o l i c e c a r i n v o l v e d i n a h i g h speed c h a s e , & J o e Swan, t h e c u r a t o of t h e p o l i c e museum, i s s u s p e c t e d of p o c k e t i n g f u n d s , a s a r e some DERA employ e e s , who a p p a r e n t l y t o o k advances on t h e i r wages t h a t amount t o somewhere =vn,,nA c7CJnfln w h i c h wsr nelwrer bsc 7-V And t h e y r e c e n t l y banned begging on t h e s t r e e t s o f Winnipeg.

People wonder why o u r cops a r e g e t t i n g s o Rambo-ish, & some blame i t on t e l e v i s ion. T h i s may be q u i t e a c c u r a t e , s i n c e a TV s t a t i o n i n D a l l a s , Texas ( t h e Kennedy k i l l i n g ground) i s p u t t i n g o u t a 24-hour p o l i c e channel on s a t e l l i t e t h a t i s p i c k ed up on t h e d i s h anywhere i n North Amer i c a . No doubt t h e cops i n a l l Canadian c i t y s a r e r e c e i v i n g American supplements t o t h e i r r e g u l a r t r a i n i n g by t h i s method

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t o $6 f o r t h e same dosage. Ergamisol i s s t i l l used f o r sheep, 6 i n F l o r i d a an ill e g a l d r u g s u p p l i e r i s g r i n d i n g up sheep s e l l i n g them a t t h e o r i g i n a l c o s t . pills liere i n BC, d o c t o r s , who a l o n g w i t h lawy e r s , a r e by f a r t h e r i c h e s t p r o f e s s i o n ~ a l s i n Canada, a r e t h r e a t e n i n g t o s t r i k e i f t h e NDP p u t s a c e i l i n g on t h e i r wages ( t h i s would n o t reduce t h e i r p r e s e n t h i g h l e v e l s of income, b u t simply e n s u r e t h a t i t wouldn't go t o o much h i g h e r ) . T h i s t h e d o c t o r s , who were once c o n s i d e r e d humanit a r i a n & i d e a l i s t i c , a r e c a l l i n g "a dec7

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The US Supreme Court h a s decided i t s law enforcement a g e n c i e s can send undercover a g m t s i n t o any c o u n t r y i n t h e world fr l i t e r a l l y kidnap anyone charged w i t h c r i m i n a l a c t i v i t y s i n t h e United S t a t e s . "Criminal" a c t i v i t i e s a r e now r e ceiving t h e i r widest p o s s i b l e d e f i n i t i o n i n Amcrican law, 6 much p o l i t i c a l d i s s e n t Ci even environmental a c t i v i s m a r e s o defined.

F u r t h e r t o i t s t r a d e war a g a i n s t Canada American f a r m e r s a r e dumping cheap C a l i f o r n i a l e t t u c e i n t o BC, f o r c i n g l o c a l f a r m e r s t o plough t h e i r c r o p s under.

Back i n Rio, t h e C a t h o l i c Church made i t s e l f h i g h l y unpopular by t r y i n g t o e l i minate a l l d i s c u s s i o n of a r t i f i c i a l b i r t h c o n t r o l methods, government s u b s i d i z e d s t e r i l i z a t i o n 6 c h o i c e on a b o r t i o n .

The hmericanadian t r a d e war h a s developcd some b i z a r r e twists. Heart by-pass s u r gery, o f f e r e d f r e e i n BC, h a s c r e a t e d a long w a i t i n g l i s t 6 p e o p l e on t h a t l i s t arc b e i n g bombarded w i t h a d v e r t i s i n g t h a t o f f e r s them no-wait bypass s u r g c r y i n Califur111i.a f o r $2S,OOOUS ( c o n ~ p l i c a t i o r l se x t r a ) In Canada, t h e g o v t t has i n c r e a s e d t h e p e n a l t y f o r smuggling a l i e n s i n t o t h e c o u n t r y from $10,000 o r a y e a r i n j a i l t o $500,000 and/or up t o 10 y e a r s i n j a i l .

Can you imagine some o f t h e s e church min- , i s t e r s G t h e i r c o n g r e g a t i o n s , who o f t e n I a s s i s t i l l e g a l immigrants, being locked up f o r 10 y e a r s ? Talk about martyrdom!

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In Vancouver, t h e f i r s t c a s e i n which t h e g o v l t i s attempting t o s e i z e property it c l a i m s was bought w i t h money from crimi n a l a c t i v i t i e s , i s being t r i e d , t h e defense a r g u i n g t h a t t h i s law v i o l a t e s a p r o p e r t y owner's r i g h t t o freedom from unreasonable s e i z u r e .

A s f a r a s I ' m concerned e v c r y p i e c e of p r o p e r t y i n Canada was o b t a i n e d w i t h money o b t a i n e d from c r i m i n a l a c t i v i t y - -but t h a t i s i n t h e realm o f p e r s o n a l philosophy, & t h i s i s h a r d c o r e ncws.

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She found her t a l e n t a t p u b l i c r e l a t i o n s e x c e l l s while she i s pushing c a r p e t cleaning. She i s q u i t e comfortable doing , their spiel.

Karen has had many odd t h i n g s happen while dealing with managers and customers over t h e years, but h e r most memorable event happened while working f o r a l o c a l company. One of h e r bosses died i n h i s o f f i c e , from s t r e s s , a f t e r a break-ande n t e r i n which s e v e r a l vacuums and clean-

ing machines were s t o l e n . When t h e owner' S bereaved l i v e - i n p a r t n e r drank the company i n t o bankruptcy, Karen had t o move on.

Karen's only d i f f i c u l t y i n s?e l l i n g i s some of those l a s t names she i s given t o call : Papageorgiouxenophon. Ch, ralambopoulos.

Swingenshloegal. Slusarskikcizimiers. n Dobrozdravich ~ & a l a k a n i h a m r s ~ aand Triantafillidif.

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The t r a n s n a t i o n a l s have a u n i f i e d globa1 s t r a t e g y of economic p e n e t r a t i o n t h r u the S t r u c t u r a l Adjustment Programs (SAP) and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) t h a t includes p o l i t i c a l and m i l i t a r y domination.

The Canadian Peace Alliance views t h e s t r u g g l e a g a i n s t US m i l i t a r y domination a s an i n t e g r a l p a r t of t h e growing movement f o r peoples1 c o a l i t i o n s t o defeat t h e North Amenicaxi Free Trade Act. Changing our foreign p o l i c y t o a peace policy i s p a r t & p a r c e l of Canada's f i g h t against t h e t r a n s n a t i o n a l corporate agenda H ow is t h i s US M i l i t a r y Domination Seen? ........................................

The US has c l e a r l y s t a t e d i t s o b j e c t i v e s i n Pentagon planning documents on post cold-war s t r a t e g y . They t e l l t h e m i l i t a r y what t o plan f o r G buy t o meet US o b j e c t i v e s i n t h e 90's. The documents a r e c a l l e d Defence Planning Guidance 1994-1399.

In a f i r s t d r a f t Feb. 18, 1992, leaked t o the New York Times: W h i l e the US cannot become t h e world's policeman, we w i l l r e t a i n t h e preeminent r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r addressing s e l e c t i v e l y those wrongs which t h r e a t e n not only our i n t e r e s t s , but those of our a l l i e s Access t o raw m a t e r i a l s , and f r i e n d s . t h e US primarily Persian Gulf o i l should be postured t o a c t independently when c o l l e c t i v e a c t i o n cannot be orchest r a t e d .I1 and i n t h e second d r a f t Apr.16, 1992, which attempts t o b l u r t h e f i r s t p o s i t i o n but which changes l i t t l e : "While t h e US cannot become t h e world's policeman.. . r . e i t h e r can we allow our c r i t i c a l i n t e r e s t s t o depend s o l e l y on i n t e r n a t i o n a l machanisms t h a t can be blocked by c o u n t r i e s whose i n t e r e s t s may be very d i f f e r e n t from our own...we maintain t h e c a p a b i l i t i e s f o r addressing s e l e c t i v e l y - t h o s e s e c u r i t y problems I t h a t t h r e a t e n our own i n t e r e s t s . " i In layman's terms, global s t r a t e g i e s must defend US i n t e r e s t s , o r e l s e ! Remember what happened i n Granada, Panama, I r a q

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Canada has committed i t s e l f t o an i n creased defence budget (whikh, by some abe r r a t i o n i n t h e mind of t h e Finance Minist e r , Don Mazankowski, was d e l i v e r e d i n thc House of Commons a s giving Canadians a "peace dividend").

Defence budget o b j e c t i v e s a r e f o r 2830% towards c a p i t a l equipment, while c u t t ing bases E numbers of people i n t h e Canadian Armed Forces. It means buying more s o p h i s t i c a t e d weapons, u s e f u l f o r aggressi v e a c t i o n s (subs), not f o r defending our borders.

Our g l o b a l t r e a t i e s a r e dominated by tht US. In N.b.TQ they tie us te t h e nucle~rddet e r r e n t with i t s i n h e r e n t dangers;;.We could be involved i n m i l i t a r y a c t i o n , without approval of Parliament, 6 a g a i n s t t h e w i l l of t h e Canadian people.

Our defence s t r a t e g y has become an i n d u s t r i a l s t r a t e g y , because under t h e Free Trade Agreement t h e North American Defencc Production Sharing Agreements a r e exempt.

The Minister of Defence, Marcel Masse, ha c a l l e d NATO an " i n d u s t r i a l a s well a s an army a l l i a n c e . .

I f we wailt to. g e t t h e col t r a c t s we have t o be a member of t h e club Canada i s a c t i v e l y marketing 4 s e l l i n g weapons i n a world already overstocked, & funding an arms r a c e t h a t can r e s u l t i n ur precedented s o c i a l , environmental & human e f f e c t s f o r years t o come. We have passed l e g i s l a t i o n t o access s e l e c t e d foreign m i l i t a r y markets ( B i l l C - 6 ) . We ask t o r e s c i r this bill.

The CPA c a l l s f o r a r e v e r s a l of government p o l i c i e s ; f o r an i n d u s t r i a l p o l i c y based on people's needs, not arms, f o r a country-wide cohesive s t r a t e g y t o convert weapons p l a n t s t o s o c i a l l y useful purpose: f o r t r a d e with a g r i c u l t u r a l products, not arms, and f o r t r a d e t h a t w i l l meet t h e re; needs of developing c o u n t r i e s & not create environment a1 damage. -

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"A brigade & two sauaclrons of CF-18 a i r c r a f t , based i n ~ a n a d a& capable of i n tervening anywhere i n t h e world, could al! be placed a t NATO's d i s p o s a l i n t h e event

of a c r i s i s o r war i n Europew, according t o Marcel Masse i n h i s Defence Policy S t a t e ment of Sept.18, 1991. J e f f S a i l l o t confirms: "Canada w i l l maintain f o r c e s f o r A l l i a n c e operations i f ever required, but these u n i t s w i l l be based i n Canada,."

The CPA s e e s t h e RRF a s involving Canada i n a p o t e n t i a l s e r i e s of responses over which Canada would have l i t t l e o r no contr o l . J u s t a s NAFTA t h r e a t e n s Canadian t r a d ing sovreignty, so t h e RRF challenges m i l i t a r y decision making. The CPA wants t o work with t h e peoples' movements i n developing countries, not a c t a s a t h r e a t a g a i n s t them GPALS (Global Protection Against Limited S t r i k e s ) i s a smaller version of S t a r Wars (the S t r a t e g i c Defence I n i t i a t i v e ) . According t o Mary C o l l i n s (9/3/921 Canada i s w i l l i n g t o l i s t e n t o American bvertures t o p a r t i c i p a t e i n t h e p r o j e c t . I f SDI was inv a l i d against n u c l e a r a t t a c k i n t h e cold war, why should we l i s t e n now t o developing nuclear war s t r a t e g i e s i n space, when t h e a l l e g e d t h r e a t of nuclear a t t a c k s have been g r e a t l y diminished. Costs o f p a r t i c i p a t i o n a r e unknown, & w i l l e s c a l a t e . A s well, such p a r t i c i p a t i o n t i e s u s i n t o US c o n t r o l .

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how could I f o r g e t t h e s i l e' n c e t h a t opened a huge grace f o r t h e stunningly b e a u t i f u l non-chalance of your absence? and a measure i s f o r remembering how we come up s h o r t a g a i n s t t h e horizon's t a l l order horizon s o t h i n one l a p s e could cancel i t fusing owrlds l a s t n i g h t I warched a rainbow disappear i n t o t h e bent rhythm of our l i v e s thorn of l o n e l i n e s s drawing s t r a n g e blood Dan Feeney

9. I f you began papering two l a n e s of t h e Trans-Canada Highway i n Vancouver with $100 b i l l s 6 continued going e a s t , which town would you h i t by t h e time you had used enough $100 b i l l s t o equal t h e Debt?

( s u b m i t t e d by Darren Lowe) Editor, I thought Carnegie Newsletter readers might be i n t e r e s t e d i n t h e following Federa1 Fiscal Issues Quiz, e s p e c i a l l y s i n c e here in BC Our taxes rise On t h e r e is s t i l l no r e a l commitment from any l e v e l of g o v t t t o eliminate wasteful exp.

ANSWERS 1. False. They r e c e i v e $400 worth of p i c t u r e framing.

2. False. There a r e two c e l l u l a r phones i each vehicle.

1. True o r False - A Member of Parliament r e c e i v e s $100 worth of complimentary p i c t u r e framing- each year?

4. The banana n e w s l e t t e r , costing $619,00 5. The grocery shopping r e p o r t , which cos $20,483.

6. 960 d i f f e r e n t forms. billion 7. More than doubled $12.517 Sillisn.

8. The s i n g l e person paid a 17% t a x and a 3% s u r t a x . Brascan paid a .07% t a x and A i r Canada paid no t a x e s .

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1. Income: i n c r e a s e welfare r a t e s t o t h e poverty l i n e , i n c r e a s e earnings' exemp 4. Which p r o j e c t received t h e most gov't t ions. funding s i n c e t h e 1988 f e d e r a l e l e c t i o n 2. Jobs: Job c r e a t i o n programs l i k e low - a n e w s l e t t e r about bananas growing i n t h e c o s t housing, r e f o r e s t a t i o n , salmon en Frencb.Riviera, t h e Atlas of Ethopia, o r a hancement, merchant marine, municipal cap study on t h e "technological E s t r u c t u r a l i t a l works programs, c h i l d c a r e , e l d e r c a r changes i n Turkey's c l o t h i n g i n d u s t r y f f ? and education.

Minimum wage: r a i s e it t o $8.26/hour 5. In Brian Mulroney's f i r s t term i n off: ( i n June 1991 d o l l a r s ) i c e , which study received t h e most govt Child r e a r i n g : recognize t h i s a s l e g i t funding from t h e g o v t ' s Social Sciences E imate work deserving of adequate incom llumanities Research Council - "Yard A r t : The Social Values of Lawn O r n a m e n t ~ ~ , ~ T h eabove t h e Poverty l i n e .

Wife's Role i n ~~~d shopping f o r t h e Fami- 3 . Services: Free medical, d e n t a l , phone, bus pass f o r a l l G A I N r e c i p i e n t s ; qua1 ly", o r "The Anatomy of a Seance"? i t y c h i l d c a r e a c c e s s i b l e t o a l l low incom 6 . AS of December 1990, how many d i f f e r e n t people. forms a r e a v a i l a b l e from t h e Ministry 4. S h e l t e r : Return r e n t c o n t r o l , i n c l u d i n of National Revenue, Dept. of Rev/Taxat*on? for residents of rooming h ~ u s e sE -hot7. Between 1977 6 1979, when Liberal Party e l s ; abolish d i s t i n c t i o n between s h e l t e r support; b u i l d p u b l i c and s o c i a l housing. l e a d e r Jean Chretien was Minister of 5. S o u r ~ eof funds: Canada Assistance Pla Finance, Canada's n a t i o n a l debt increased r e i n s t i t u t e t a x e s on wealthy people an by how much? corporations who can a f f o r d them.

8. Who paid t h e highest t a x r a t e i n 1989 Brascan with income of $442 m i l l i o n , ELP supports a Time t o Stand Together, A A i r Canada with income of $231 m i l l i o n , o r Time f o r S o c i a l S o l i d a r i t y , a d e c l a r a t i o n a s i n g l e person whose s o l e income was on S o c i a l 6 Economic Policy D i r e c t i o n s •’0 $10,000 from ynemployment insurance?

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,, The Canada-US. Free Trade ~ p m e n (FTA), t now in its fourth t , year, has been a bad deal for Canada. j lt devastated our economy, causI q ~ l a y o f f s ( 5 1 1 , 0 manufacturo i ag pbs lost since the lTA) . This I fallout has led to the I ' underfundingof Medicare and other I &a1 programs. / A Gallup Poll in May, 1992, revealed that only 4% of Canadiansare satisfied with the FTA. The majority 1C want it eitheramended or terminated.

But which of these o~tionswill ,roGdethe desired relief? Which of hem isthemore likely tobe achieved?

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US. President George Bush has already said publicly that he would never agree to renegotiate the FTA. Why would he, when all the terms we dislike and want to change are terms that American business loves and wants to keep? Why would they ever agree voluntarily to give us back control of our resources, for example, or controloverforeign investment,without getting back something of equal value to them in return?

The fact is that the Mulroneygovernment made so many concessions to the U.S. in the lTA that we have nothing much left with which to bargain, evenif the U.S.didagree tocome back to the table.

And thaYs why the ETA must be scrapped completely.

The Action Canada Network (formerly Ro-Canada Network) was formed in 1987 as a crosscountry coalition of organizations opposed to the MulmneyReagan free trade deal. Our nation-wide campaign resulted in an historic level of public debate during the election.

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