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THE HARD CORE ISUE On T u e s d a y , O c t o b e r 3 0 t h , p e o p l e f i l l e d t h e Robson S q u a r e a u d i t o r i u m ..literally. By 7:30 i t was h a r d t o f i n d a p l a c e t o s t a n d . Vancouver i s i n a c r i s i s s i t u a t i o n w i t h homeless f a m i l i e s , s i n g l e mothers & c h i l d r e n and s i n g l e p e r s o n s " l i v i n g " i n p a r k s and a l l e y s and u n d e r b r i d g e s . The r e a s o n f o r g a t h e r i n g was t o h e a r b o t h J I M GREEN, t h e COPE/Civic NDP c a n d i d a t e f o r Mayor, and Gord Campbell, who h a s b e e n p l a y i n g Mayor f o r f o u r y e a r s a s head of t h e NPA - t h e No Principles Atall party. S h o r t and s w e e t : Campbell t r i e d t o

defend t h e r e c o r d of C i t y Council's p e r f o r m a n c e and f a i l e d on e v e r y p o i n t . Now b e f o r e you g e t t h e i m p r e s s i o n of t h i s b e i n g b i a s e d o r o n e - s i d e d . . any p e r s o n a t t e n d i n g c o u l d o n l y come t o t h e s a m e c o n c l u s i o n . Every answer h e gave f e l l f a r s h o r t of even b e i n g a n explanation. H e kept r e f e r r i n g t o t h e " r e a l i t i e s " and when t h a t d i d n ' t s a t i s f y anyone h e c o n s t a n t l y p a s s e d t h e buck t o " s e n i o r l e v e l s of government". He d i d come o u t s t r o n g l y i n undying f a v o u r of "property r i g h t s " ; which d e s c r i b e s t h e NPA's p h i l o s o p h y on j u s t a b o u t e v e r y t h i n g money.

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A s a s t a r k c o n t r a s t Jim Green won a p p l a u s e and s u p p o r t on p r a c t i c a l l y To w h i c h COPE/Civic Nb1 r e s p o n d e d : a l l p o i n t s . He even gave G o r d i e a t i p on how t o n e g o t i a t e w i t h t h e Under t h e NPA- 285 d e m o l i t i o n p e r m i t s boogieman Campbell k e p t r e f e r r i n g t o i n v o l v i n g 1345 h o u s i n g u n i t s w e r e i s t h e " s e n i o r l e v e l s of government". s u e d between J a n . & S e p . ' 9 0 . I n ' 8 9 , Then J i m c i t e d s e v e r a l examples where o v e r 500 p e r m i t s i n v o l v i n g 1500+ u n i t s ' h i s s t r a t e g y had worked and h o u s i n g were i s s u e d . Housing l o s s c o n t i n u e s . was t h e d i r e c t r e s u l t . Campbell 9: The P r o v i n c i a l government, a f t e r NDP 1 c o u l d n ' t e v e n b a c k up h i s numbers MLA Emery B a r n e s l o b b i e d f o r y e a r s , when t h e C i v i c NDP t o r e i n t o h i s s eliminated discriminat ion against chil" F a c t s on Housing" - p r i n t e d i n newsdren i n r e n t a l housing. p a p e r s a l l o v e r t h e p l a c e . Each f a c t T o r o n t o had more h o u s i n g s t a r t s t h a n I was p r e f a c e d w i t h 'Under t h e N P A ~ T T T Vancouver ; a l s o S u r r e y . P e r c a p i t a , - new d e m o l i t i o n r e g u l a t i o n s were i n s o d i d Burnaby, C o q u i t l a m & Richmond. , I:; During t h e P t Grey b y - e l e c t i o n NDP t r o d u c e d on A p r i l 4 , 1990. S i n c e t h a t t i m e no new d e m o l i t i o n p e r m i t s c a n d i d a t e Tom P e r r y p r o p o s e d i n c r e a M, f o r a p a r t m e n t b l d g s . h a v e b e e n a p p r o v e d . s i n g SAFER r a t e s . Sic s o c r e d c a n d i d a t e C, - d i s c r i m i n a t i o n a g- a i n s t c h i l d r e n i n a g r e e d and f i n a l l y t h e g o v t . c o n s e n t e d . 1 4 0 r e n t a l h o u s i n g was e l i m i n a t e d . To d a t e 9 p e r m i t s f o r f a m i l y ( i n - l a w ) s u i t e s have been a p p l i e d f o r . 63 per- I - Vancouver had more h o u s i n g s t a r t s m i t s f o r permanent ( s e c o n d a r y ) s u i t e s Df i n t h e l a s t y e a r t h a n any c i t y i n Canada. h a v e b e e n a p p l i e d f o r . T h e r e a r e 305 - t h e l a r g e s t l a n d bank f o r low c o s t standing a p p l i c a t i o n s t o phase out cc s u i t e s . The t o t a l number of s e c o n d a r y h o u s i n g was c r e a t e d i n t h e c i t y ' s a & in-law s u i t e s i n t h e c i t y i s e s t i m history. a t e d a t 2 6 , 0 0 0 . Cost of t h e program t o - t h e S h e l t e r Allowance For E l d e r l y d a t e i s $1,261,872 o r $ 1 7 , 5 2 6 / u n i t . R e n t e r s (SAFER) was i n c r e a s e d by I Improvements t o t e n a n t p r o t e c t i o n s 15% o r more. , hf - $300 m i l l i o n w o r t h of a m e n i t i e s f o r o n l y a p p l i e d t o t h o s e l i v i n g i n RM-3 Vancouver i n t h e form of p a r k s , dayzoned a p a r t m e n t a r e a s . The m a j o r i t y of gl c a r e c e n t r e s , and s c h o o l s w e r e negot e n a n t s a r e n o t p r o t e c t e d and t h e NPA t i a t e d w i t h major d e v e l o p e r s . A l l a t C i t y C o u n c i l h a s r e j e c t e d z o n i n g and no c o s t t o t h e t a x p a y e r . by-law m e a s u r e s , s u c h a s d e m o l i t i o n con- a l l in-law s u i t e s were l e g a l i z e d t r o l s , t o protect tenants. throughout t h e c i t y . To q u o t e somebody, "When t h e c r e d i - t e n a n t r i g h t s and p r o t e c t i o n s w e r e b i l i t y of a n e x a g g e r a t i o n s m e l l s l i k e expanded i n c l u d i n g t h e t r i p l i n g of The NPA s l o g a n of shit, it's a lie." n o t i c e p r o v i s i o n s and r e q u i r i n g t h a t "HARD W O R K 6 DECENCY" i s a j o k e . d e v e l o p e r s pay t e n a n t r e l o c a t i o n a l S t a y t u n e d . . a n d remember t o Vote! lowances. - Vancouver won t h e P l a n n i n g I n s t i By PAULR TAT!LOR t u t e of B . C . ' s 1990 Award f o r P l a n ning Excellence f o r the successfully c o n c l u d e d F a l s e Creek development p l a n

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E To C a r n e g i e N e w s l e t t e r Readers: Some p e r s o n s i n che Downtown Eascs i d e a r e opposed t o t h e GST b u t a l i t c l e c a l c u l a t i o n t e l l s me I w i l l b e ahead f i n a n c i a l l y i f t h a t t a x becomes r e a l i t y i n 1990, p r o v i d e d c h e S o c i a l S e r v i c e s and Housing M i n i s t r y d o e s n o t glomp onEo any p a r t o f i t . Whether chey w i l l o r w i l l n o t w i l l be d e c i d e d i n V i c c o r i a when and i f t h e GST becomes F e d e r a l l a w . The GST w i l l NOT a p p l y co r e s i d e n t i a l rencals nor t o basic groceries. ( I t w i l l noc a p p l y t o c h i c h e n a t t h e meat marker b u t i c w i l l a p p l y t o chicken i n a r e s t a u r a n t . ) S i n c e che GST won't a p p l y t o r e n t , we need concern o u r s e l v e s o n l y w i t h t h e Support and t e l e p h o n e of my G A I N cheque. These t o g e t h e r t o t a l $263.60 p e r month. I t h i n k I p r o b a b l y spend a b o u t $100.00 p e r month on non-GSTt a x a b l e g r o c e r i e s which means I w i l l have $163.60 t o spend on GST t a x a b l e Seven p e r c e n t of goods and s e r v i c e s . t h a t amounc i s $11.45. Over cwelve months t h i s t o t a l s $137.40. Revenue Canada s e n t me a n o t i c e s a y i n g I w i l l g e t a $95.00 r e f u n d - i n advance i n December and a f u r c h e r $95 r e f u n d i n 1991 f o r a t o t a l of $190.00. S u b t r a c c whac I am p a y i n g i n GST, approximately $137.40, I w i l l come o u t ahead about $52.60 a y e a r . The 13% F e d e r a l S a l e s Tax w i l l b e a b o l i s h e d when and i f t h e GST g o e s i n c o e f f e c t and businessmen w i l l b e required t o reduce t h e i r p r i c e s i n o r d e r t o p a s s on che s a v i n g s t o consumers. T h i s w i l l mean a f u r t h e r b e n e f i t co p e r s o n s s u c h as m y s e l f . I f t h e businessmen do p a s s on che saving, tobacco, c l o t h i n g , f u r n i t u r e , a l c o h o l i c b e v e r a g e s and many o t h e r l i n e s of goods s h o u l d go down i n c o s t . The $190.00 I w i l l g e t i s t h e b a s i c GST r e f u n d f o r a s i n g l e p e r s o n . The amount of t h e r e f u n d i n c r e a s e s w i t h income u n c i l t h e $24,000 Annual In-

come p o i n t i s r e a c h e d when i t d e c l i n e s s h a r p 1y K O z e r o . It i s e a s y t o s e e t h a t t h e f a t - c a t Middle C l a s s i s g o i n g co b e t h e l e v e l o f s o c i e t y h i e h a r d e s t by t h e GST. T h a t ' s your t y p i c a l S o c i a l C r e d i t e r w i t h a h o u s e , two c a r s i n t h e d r i v e w a y , and a n income from $25,000 t o $100,000 a year. It i s t h a t c l a s s t h a t buys most o f t h e h i g h - p r i c e d i t e m s and t h a t demands t h e overwhelming m a j o r i t y o f s e r v i c e s . The poor o f t e n d o n ' t own c a r s and h o u s e s and b o a t s and r e v e n u e b u i l d i n g s t h a t demand upkeep. The Middle Class do a n d , i f t h e GST becomes r e a l i t y , c o s t s o f t h a t upkeep w i l l become t a x a b l e . No wonder t h e Middle C l a s s and t h e i r man Vanderzalm a r e screaming. The r i c h a r e n o t a g a i n s c t h e GST because t h e i r f i n a n c i a l well-being i s t i e d i n w i t h m a j o r i n d u s t r y and manuf a c t u r e r s a r e happy t o s e e a coming reduction i n t h e i r prices with the end o f t h e 13% F e d e r a l S a l e s Tax without a corresponding reduction i n t h e i r profics. It is worth n o t i n g t h a t w h i l e t h e GST r e f u n d s w i l l b e p a i d i n advance, according t o plan, the Federal Sales Tax C r e d i t s a r e p a i d a f c e r - t h e - f a c t , s o t o speak. T h e r e f o r e , even i f t h e GST becomes r e a l , we a l l s t i l l h a v e a r e f u n d coming when we f i l e Income Tax papers i n January. L e t me s a y a g a i n , i n my o p i n i o n , t h e poor who campaign a g a i n s t t h e GST might w e l l t h i n k a g a i n . . They might f i n d t h e y a r e campaigning i n s u p p o r t of t h e F a t C a t s wich t h e i r b i g c a r s and h o u s e s and a g a i n s c t h e i r own interests.

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Who's r e s p o n s i b l e f o r c h e c k i n g up. on bad working c o n d i t i o n s and s l e a z y employers? "'rl~e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y a l w a y s l i e s w i t h t h e employee a n d c l i e n t . " R e a l l y ? What a b o u t MSH c r i t e r i a f o r t h i s program? From a b r o c h u r e a b o u c t h e program: "Fmployment I n c e n t i v e w i l l n o t b e improved i f t h e r e a r e a n y u n r e s o l v e d comp l a i n t s a b o u c e m p l o y e r s a t t h e Employment S t a n d a r d s Branch, M i n i s t r y o f Labour and Consumer A f f a i r s . "

"1 t e l l p e o p l e t o make a n employment s ~ a n d a r d sc o m p l a i n t , o r t h e y w o n ' t h a v e a c h a n c e o f g e t t i n g b a c k on r e g u l a r w e l f a r e 1 ' s a y s Freda. A c c o r d i n g t o MSSH'S own c r i t e r i a , i f t h e r e i s a n " u n r e s o l v e d " ( l a b o u r ) comp l a i n t , t h e employer should b e o p t e d o u t o f t h e program. BUT, i s MSSB d o i n g t h i s ? " I f t h e complaint is r e a l l y horrendous, I ' 1 1 go LO t h e Area M a ~ i a g e ra b o u t i t . 1 g e u e r a l l y won't r e f e r c l i e n t s t o en~ploye r s t h a t we've h e a r d p r o b l e m s a b o u t , l i k e a b o s s who i s i m p o s s i b l e t o work f o r . " I n o t h e r w o r d s , t h e r e i s no f o r m a l f o l low up o f e m p l o y e r s . I t ' s up t o t h e t irne and whims o f t h e RO i n a t h o r o u g h l y und e r s t a f f e d m i n i s t r y . No human c o u l d p o s s i b l y do i t e f f e c t i v e l y a l o n e . T h e r e f o r e , e v e n i f a l a b o u r c o m p l a i n t i s made, peop l e c o u l d s t i l l be r e f e r r e d t o bad b o s s e s . The p r o b l e m i s s i m p l e . W e l f a r e i s f o r b u s i n e s s , n o t p e o p l e , i n B.C. T h e s e p r o grams p r o v i d e a c h e a p l a b o u r f o r c e w i t 1 1 l i t t l e a c c o u n t a b i l i t y t o t h e worker.

I n e f f e c t , PLANS and p e o p l e on w e l f a r e a r e p u t i n t h e p o s i t i o n o f m o n i t o r i n g tile program f o r MSSH! Meanwhile, MSSH i s p l a y i n g t h e r o l e o f hob r e f e r r a l a g e n c y . T l ~ e i r c o m m i s s i o n is t h e p r i d e o f " c l o s i n g welfare files." "we're p r o u d o f t h i s program," s a y s P a t M e t t r i c k . "It's a r e a l t o o l f o r independ e n c e . " I n r e a l i t y , t h e wages i n t h i s program d o n o t b r i n g p e o p l e a b o v e t h e p o v e r t y l i n e , e v e n i f t h e y a r e s i n g l e s withour. d e p e n d e n t s . S e c o n d l y , t h e program, b e i n g o n l y 6 months l o n g , s h i f t s p e o p l e from t h e welfare dole l i n e t o the U I dole line. " I n e f f e c t , Employment P l u s p r o v i d e s emp l o y e r s w i t h s l a v e l a b o u r and makes t h e g o v e r n m e n t l o o k good w h i l e e x p l o i t i n g p e o p l e , " s a y s J e a n Swanson o f E.L.P.

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t r a n s f e r payments have been c u t b a c k , p r o v i n c i a l money h a s been s p e n t e l s e where, l e a v i n g c o l l e g e s w i t h h i g h e r numbers of s t u d e n t s p e r t e a c h e r and A l l this t h e c u t t i n g of programs. i s happening a t t h e same t i m e t h a t p r i v a c e s c h o o l s are u s i n g p u b l i c money, i n t h e form of s t u d e n t l o a n s , t o t u r n o u t more and more of a " d i s p o s a b l e workforce. I ' I n s t e a d of a c q u i r i n g p o r t a b l e s k i l l s and a d a p t i h i l i t y , companies and t h e i r t r a i n i n g make a s t u d e n c good f o r j u s t one j o b , e s p e c i a l l y i f i c ' s l o w - s k i l l , and t h e w o r k e r ( s ) c a n ' t market i t i f t h e y choose t o l e a v e . I t was p r e c i s e l y t h i s k i n d of b u s i n e s s t h a t good p u b l i c e d u c a t i o n d e f e a t e d . Adult s t u d e n t s l e a r n as much as p o s s i b l e about a s much a s p o s s i b l e and have t h e power of choos i n g and a d a p t i n g . Now, w i t h che the socreds - the B.C. government whole i d e a of e d u c a t i o n is b e i n g "adapted" t o b u s i n e s s . They want a d u l t education run l i k e a business where e d u c a t i o n i s t h e commodity and a d u l t l e a r n e r s a r e t h e consumers. P a u l G a l l a g h e r , P r e s i d e n t o f VCC, h a s j u s t announced h i s p l a n s t o "Reshape t h e F u t u r e of VCC" , which i n c l u d e c u t t i n g o v e r 300 p l a c e s i n r e g u l a r c o u r s e s and c a n c e l l i n g many programs. The f o l l o w i n g l e t t e r s a r e by i n d i v i d u a l s e x t r e m e l y concerned with t h i s socred d i s a s t e r .

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Editor, I wonder how many C a r n e g i e Newslett e r r e a d e r s know what Halkomelem i s ? No, i t i s n ' t Hawaiian f o r watermelon. Halkomelem i s t h e n a c i v e l a n g u a g e which was spoken t h r o u g h o u t t h e Lower Mainland f o r many, many c e n c u r i e s . I n f a c t t h e r e a r e 31 d i f f e r e n t n a t i v e l a n g u a g e s s t i l l spoken i n o u r Provi n c e h u t most a r e d y i n g . Squamish h a s 24 r e c o r d e d s p e a k e r s ; S e c h e l t h a s 15. T h e r e a r e l e s s ~ h a n20 e l d e r s who s t i l l s p e a k Halkomelem. I n 1986 t h e p r o v i n c i a l governrnenc d i s b a n d e d che n a c i v e l i n g u i s t i c s program a n d , d e s p i t e a c o n s i d e r a b l e numb e r o f p r o m i s e s , no replacernenc h a s y e t been announced. T h i s summer Nat i v e i s s u e s were a t t h e f o r e f r o n t . Preserving a p a r t of p a s t n a t i v e cult u r e , which i s a p a r t o f a l l Canadian c u l t u r e , s h o u l d be a p r i o r i t y o f governmenc. W r i t e t o N a ~ i v eA f f a i r s m i n i s t e r Jack Weisgerber, Parliament B u i l d i n g s , V i c t o r i a , V 8 V 1x4 and u r g e him t o fund a n a t i v e l a n g u a g e p r e s e r v a t i o n programme. To l o s e t h i s p a r t of B . C . ' s h i s t o r y would b e a t r u l y s a d and t r a g i c l o s s .

"Yes, bur it's not exactly breakdancing, is it?"

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AST WEEK on this Ontario lawyer Karen Selick wrote about a few of her less resourceful clients. She used them as starting points from which to generalize about the poor. The poor have too many children they can't afford, she cona&ded, her indignation over an@h&cdote implying a heedless, sweaty promiscuity among the lower classes. The poor fritter away the largesse we bestow, she believes. If the poor quit smoking they'd have money for their children. Blame Canada's hungry children on stupid, spendthrifl parents, she implies - not her class, which never has children it can't afford and indulges only those vices it can. This is the classic cant of the philosophical conservative identified by novelist E.L. Doctorow as "someone willing to pay the price of other people's suffering for his principles." It's rooted in the idea of self-reliance as an absolute; but a grotesque self-reliance without reference to the broader community or the ancient and honorable concept of noblesse oblige 2 the belief that privilege entails responsibility. If you're mired in poverty, it must be God's punishment or your own laziness. Therefore, it's up to you to repent of your poverty and haul yourself out by prayer and your own bootstraps. Let's leave_dside the ethical questiba take$ by a profbuipnal who accepts fees for services dnd tbn displays cont&mp'tEor h& clien ts' whom slie uses ad plfblic examples Let's exabhe the argument that pins blame for poverty on the poor. Selick's claim that child poverty

is increasing because the poor have too many children is at direct odds with the facts. Canada's birth rate hxs plummeted to half of its 1955 level. Our fertility rate, the measure of a population's reproductive capacity, is now the third lowest in the world. Canadians, poor and rich, are not producing enough children to replace themselves. Without immigration, Canada's population would quickly decline to the level of 60 years ago. Simple reading of census tables refutes the claim that the poor have too many children. The majority of Canadians living below the poverty he,it hms out, are childless individuals and60 per cent of this group is female. Of family units Uving below the poverty line, 64 per cent are childless couples or couples with one child. This, contrary to Selick's steamy fantasies about poverty, is typical of Canada's population at large. Canadian families, on average, consist of three people, two parents and a child. Only 12.7 per cent of families were single-parentin 1986 but 85 per cent of lone parents were female and 64.6 per cent of children raised by single mothers were poor. Since childbearing patterns among the poor do not differ significantly from higher income groups, if numbers of poor children increase we are compelled to look elsewhere for reasons. Try another common argument: the poor's inherent laziness. t is genWhile ~~nemploymep cay higheQWong the poor, this reflects geography more than work habits. The poor become the labor pool for seasonal employers and

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cyclical industries for example, the unemployed poor in Newfoundland outnumber their counterparts in urbanized Ontario by a factor of three to one. Yet in urban settings the poor work hard. Half of all Canada's poor children live with a family head who works. Hard work, unfortunately, is not necessarily an escape route kom poverty, particularly for women. Of lone-parent families living below the poverty line, 94.5 per cent are headed by women. Many of the working poor earn the minimum wage. At $5.40 per hour, annual income is $10,530. In 1987 the poverty tine for a family of four living in Vancouver was $22,612. Meanwhile, at Canada's six chartered banks, for example, where female employees outnumber males by three to one, women earn only 57 per cent of what their male counterparts take home. One key source of poor children, therefore, seems to be a male-dominated society's attitudes toward the value of women. Hod about the charge that poor children go hungry because their parents squander wages on booze and tobacco?False: The census shows families earning the minimum wage spend 80 per cent of their income on food, shelter, the household, transportation, clothing and health care. On average, they spend $8.50 a week on tobam and alcohoL B.C. f a d -

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lies earning the average income spend triple that amount on booze and cigarettes. These numbers show the poor as a rule to be thrifty, hard-working, frequently victimized by sex-based discrimination. Inept as it is, Selick's analysis suffeis from a more serious and pervasive flaw. It's that smug rejection of social justice that Doctorow calls "the gangsterdom of the spirit." O Stephen Hume writesfor this page Monday, Wednesday and Friday. THE "LAST WEDNESDAY" T h e r e ' s e l e c t r i c i t y and excitement i n the a i r , A s c o u p l e s t i g h t l y c l u t c h one a n o t h e r SO'S n o t t o l o s e one a n o t h e r . Rent t o be p a i d , d e b t s t o be s e t t l e d , b e t s t o b e covered, b o o t l e g g e r s t o s e t t l e . A q u i c k count of t h e r o l l , my! how f a s t i t q u i c k l y dwindles... Careful, i t ' s only t h e f i r s t night.

One two more n i g h t s g o t t a p l a y h e r t i g h t . 'Cause Uncle Willie won't b e around f o r q u i t e a few more n i g h t s .

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N OCT. 2 The Sun, in an article by lawyer Karen Selick, presented a stereotype of the single mother on welfare. In its words and cartoon the article can only be described as vicious. It wasentitled "Downright Irresponsible;" the cartoon showed a pregnant woman with three clinging chidren being pushed off a pedestal. , . The sub-headline stated: "The reason we have so many poor children (in Canada) is because poor people keep having children." The article also said "... Middle-class people find it hard to blame the poor. for their poverty ..The truth is that many poor people earn their poverty." Selick presented no facts to support these conclu-

ian Fact Book . CLARKSON on Poverty 1989. 1. Canadian single mothers, whether poor or non-poor, produce very few children. In 1986. while 185,000 non-poor single mothers averaged 1.5 children, 240,000 poor single mothers averaged 1.7 children. Since more than 55 per cent of Canadian single mothers a t any one time in the last 15 years have been p r , and for most of them it is temporary (2-3 years), sin'gle-mother poverty has to be situational

2. Fewer than 10 per cent of poor single mothers receive child support from their children's f a t h e r s , which t h e a r t i c l e ignores. 3. If "poor people earn their poverty," why is it that besides 57 per cent of single mothers, 62 per cent of single elderly women and 40 per cent of single elderly men are poor? If The Sun thinks poor single mothers deserve to be called "downright irresponsible" how would i t want poor elderly women to be described: Damnably irresponsible? Or lazy bitches? As important as the facts about poverty are, the real question raised by the article is, did The Sun practise bigotry when it published Selick's article? Bigotry is the presentation of a blind, intolerant prejudice. The article presented clearly a stereotype of the single welfare mother, which elicited the expected responses. From my interviews, qiddleclass conservative women thought the article was harsh but very true. Social justice-minded women and women's resource groups were shocked and disgusted. Populist women found it disturbing but more true than false,.Single welfare mothers " found the article hateful; it humiliated them, Sun assoc~ateeditor Alex MacGillivray defended publishing the article by saying, "The article was written by a trained person (a lawyer), and the opinion page is meant to make people think." This sounds reasonable, but to appreciate the seriousness of The Sun's error it is only necessary to consider the reaction to a similar article pres-

By REG CLARKSON . . . retired social worker.

enting for debate such stereotypes as East Indians living 10 families to a house; or Jews as greedy and selfuhly controlling large amounts of money; or native Indians as lazy alcoholics. To publish these stereotypes for serious r e b u t t a l would be bigotry. The VancouverSun is an impcrtant, essential and powerful institution in Greater Vancouver, and therefore has a responsibility to work for the good of the community. In addition to its activities which inform, educate, entertain, and represent all citizens, it must protect rights and promote justice. With the publication of Selick's article The Sun didn't protect a group of helpless citizens; instead, it ridiculed them and wounded our community. Please heal this wound, give some pride back to welfare moth: ers, and increase the stature of The Sun; admit you made a mistake. 0 .

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JOIN THE F I G H T AGAINST POVERTY!!!

End Legislated Poverty wants governments)& to end poverty. We need your help to make this happen. We want poor people and others across B. C. to get involved. OUR GOAL

We want welfare rates increased to the poverty line. This is about $1000 a month for a single person. We want minimum wage increased to at least $7.50 an hour. We want to stop forced employment of single parents on welfare. OUR THEORY It will be hard to win these goals. It won't be enough to write one letter to the premier. It won't be enough to have one demonstration. It won't be enough to go on a talk show. We need to show governments and poor people and our allies are smart. Governments need to know that poor people are getting mad. Governments need to know that we'll vote. Governments need to know that we want them to end poverty. TURN THE PAGE TO SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO>>>>>>>>

WHAT YOU CAN DO STEP 1: On the next page is a letter to the Premier and Leader of the Opposition (Bill Vander Zalm and Mike Harcourt). Write down your thoughts on having to live on ridiculously low wages or welfare. Don't send the letter to Vander Zalm or Harcourt. Send it to ELP or give it to your local advocate. ELP wants to collect a bunch of letters. Later in the winter we will organize an event to present them to the political parties. We also want to make a book of them. If you write your address cleprly, we'll send you the booklet when its done. If you know someone who feels uncomforta.ble writing, ask if you can help them write down their thoughts.

STEP 2: Sign the letters to Vander Zalm and Harcourt. Fold on the lines and tape or staple. Put a stamp in the corner. and mail to them. STEP 3: Make sure you are registeredto vote in the provincial election. If you don't have a voters card, call 660-6848 to get on the list.

DEAR MR. PREMIER AND LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION, HERE I S WHAT I THINK ABOUT HAVING TO L I V E ON RIDICULOUSLY LOW WELFARE RATES OR WAGES:

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THANKS FOR WRITING THIS LETTER.

You are now part of a broad movement of low income people. We are fighting to get governments to end poverty. End Legislated Poverty plans to make a booklet out of all che stories we get. If you write a clear address on your message, we will send you a copy of the booklet when it is done. We also plan to take all the messages to the Premier and Leader of the Opposition later in the Winter. We want to use the messages to get higher welfare rates and wagcs. Please give the message to your local advo.cate or anti-poverty group. Or you can mail it to ELP. our address is #I04 2005 E. 43rd, Vancouver, B. C. V5P3W8.

DEAR MR. VANDER ZALM,

I am a person who tries to survive on low income. This is not easy. Decent jobs are not plentiful. Welfare rates are far below the poverty line.

I want you to raise the minimum wage to at least $7.50 an hour and to raise welfare rates to the poverty line. I am registered to vote. In the next provincial election I will vote for the Party and candidate who is committed to ending poverty and shows this with their actions.

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BILL VANDER ZALM PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS VICTORIA, B. C. V8V 1x4

DEAR MR. HARCOURT,

I am a person who tries to survive on low income. This is not easy. Decent jobs are not plentiful. Welfare rates are far below the poverty line. I want you to raise the minimum wage to at least $7.50 an hour and to raise welfare rates to the poverty line.

I am registered to vote. In the next provincial election I will vote for the Party and candidate who is committed to ending poverty and shows this with their actions.

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As a c i t i z e n c o n c e r n e d a b o u t t h e h a r m f u l e f f e c t s o f t h e p r o p o s e d Goods and S e r v i c e s T a x , t h e Prime ~ i n i s t e r ' s r e f u s a l t o l i s t e n t o Canad i a n s , and h i s " s t a c k i n g " o f t h e S e n a t e . I a m a s k i n g you and t h e e n t i r e S e n a t e t o do e v e r y t h i n g i n y o u r power t o d e f e a t t h e GST. I n my own words:

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oct. 7, describes the trial of Kate Fisher, a 30 year-old single mother from Victoria who strangled her 3 yr.old daughter. The psychiatrists disagreed about her mental state but said she had "psychiatric problems" for 9 years. 3 years ago a "combination of drugs'' was prescribed that seemed to keep her "hallucinations" .."under control" they said... but 6 days before she killed her daughter, a ate's family doctor suggested she stop taking the drugs until she got the results of a pregnancy test. This led to a situation in which she star--,I 11L^l1..-1.---'I&g&ill. IIa,.IUL~*IQLT Kate Fisher's testimony in court was that she saw the number 666 on the forehead of the family cat & then heard a voice saying her 3 year-old daughter was the child of Satan. She said she then drowned & strangled her own child! Now, everyone knows instinctively the bond between mother & child runs deep ...why she did it is a very important question..so important in fact that some people don't want to know the answer. The court system is only interested in establishing guilt (which she has already admitted) & fitting her punishmen; to the crime. Courtroom testimony & psychiatrists' reports shed no light on the real inner situation that seemed to cause this tragedy. Ultimately we are left with Kate Fisher's own words - "the " cat...the number 666...a voice At this point some people feel saddened - some think it's a "black joke" & everyone just assumes, one way or another, that Kate Fisher is crazy. We lock her up in an institution for awhile, re-prescribe drug therapy ,etc. That's the way society prefers to deal with embarrassing questions: sweep them under the rug. In fact, & ^

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ompanied by t h e number 1080. It t u r n s o u t t h a t t h e s e were, i n p r e - C h r i s t i a n t i m e s , t h e numbers o f he s u n (666) & t h e moon (1080) - & t h e y were used a c c o r d i n g t o a n t h r o p o l o g i s t s i n some unknown way by o u r a n c e s t o r s t o "magi c a l l y ' ' a c t e m p t t o "harmonize" o r somehow b a l a n c e t h e i n f l u e n c e s o f t h e s u n & moon ( s y m b o l i z i n g t h e l e f t & r i g h t s i d e s o f t h e b r a i n ) on t h e menca 1 s t a t e o f humans. (No k i d d i n g ! ) What happened t h e n ? Well, t o d a y we have 666, t h e s a c r e d s o l a r number o f t h e s e a n c i e n t people, o u r a n c e s t o r s , condemned a s a s i g n of e v i l by t h e most i n f l u e n c i a l r e l i g i o u s book of our times - t h e Bible. A c u r s e seems t o have been added t o Kate F i s h e r ' s mind, & t o t h e minds of she actually believes many p e o p l e t h e i evil" made h e r do i t . . o r was i t God who spoke t o h e r , t o warn h e r about h e r "evil" c W l d ? T h i s v e r y d e f i n i t e l y h a s something t o do w i t h t h e s u p r e s s e d & v i o l e n t madness o f o u r t i m e s . . . & a c h i l d i s dead..an i n n o c e n t c h i l d . Who w i l l b e p u n i s h e d f o r t h i s c r i m e ? C e r t a i n l y n o t t h e C h r i s t i a n Church! o n l y a madman would blame t h e c h u r c h ! S o c i e t y t h i n k s I ' m c r a z y anyway, s o I r e a l l y d o n ' t have a n y t h i n g t o l o s e , know some c h i n g s a b o u t t h i s but I s o c i e t y c h a t i t d o e s n ' t even know abo u t i t s e l f . . . & o b v i o u s l y , d o e s n ' t want t o know. TORA

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P i , p e r c e n t and n u m e r a t o r , d i v i d e n d , denominator, s u b t r a h e n d and... What's t h a t , B i l l y ? Balance cheque books? Don't be s i l l y . Fugue and rondo, t r e b l e c l e f , s c a l e , c h r o m a t i c , key of F, c h o r d s and rhythm Question, Pat? S i n g ? We d o n ' t have t i m e f o r THAT!

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omic s e c u r i c y f o r a l l , u s i n g The answer w i l l emerge a f v a n c e d cechnology co p r e s e r v e t h r o u g h t h o u g h t and a c c i o n . and e n r i c h t h e l a n d w h i l e makP e r h a p s a s c u d y o f a good copi n g s o c i a l f r u i c f u l n e s s more o g r a p h i c a l map m i g h t h e l p , un- abundanc. d e r t a k e n by p e o p l e engaged i n T h i s would r e q u i r e , i t seems. Canada's p r o d u c c i v e l i f e . Map c a k i n g up i s s u e s l o c a l l y , r e //900A (among o c h e r s ) , T h i r e y g i o n a l l y and n a t i o n a l l y o n a l l sevench E d i t i o n , 1987 - o r f r o n c s and i n a l l s p h e r e s and. issued lacer, i f available working from t h e i m e d i a c e co by Canada Depc. o f Energy, t h e g e n e r a l and remoce i n t i m e , Mines & R e s o u r c e s , and c i c l e d s u b - d i v i d i n g che map i n c o s e c P r i n c i p a l Mineral Areas o f tors o f n e g o c i a c i o n and commCanada. can h e l p . u n i c a t i o n , embracing a l r e a d y T h i s map i l l u s c r a c e s che community-conscious l o c a l orgl o c a c i o n n o t o n l y o f r e s o u r c e s a n i s a c i o n s and i n d i v i d u a l s from buc a l s o che d e g r e e o f induxche v a r i o u s i n t e r - r e l a c i n g t r i a l development and c h e i r s p h e r e s - F i r s c Nacion, l a b o u r , l o c a c i o n , i n c l u d i n g chose i n environment, c h u r c h , c u l c u r a l . f u l l produccion and those i n e t c . The s c a r c c a n b e made from e a r l i e r and p l a n n i n g s e a g e s . l o c a l commissions o f s t u d y , i n a s of 1987. v e s t i g a t i o n , a n a l y s i s and p l a n Looking o v e r c h i s map, one n i n g co r e s o l v e economic c r i s e s can v i s u a l i s e t h e s i g n i f i c a n c e a c t h a t l e v e l i n cerms o f new o f che problems r a i s e d by t h e a l l - C a n a d a b a s e d , Canada conactempc t o s e e Canada's f u t u r e trolled, Canada - s e r v i n g devi n s c r o n g , m a t e r i a l and g r a p h i c elopment w i c h a n open-door cerms: che F i r s t N a t i o n s ' n e e d s p o l i c y o f t r a d i n g i n c e r n a t i o n and demands, che u r g e n c need a l l y on a mutually b e n e f i c i a l f o r national unicy i n diveru n d e r s t a n d i n g and agreement i n s i c y , i n b a l a n c e and accomodache i n t e r e s t o f m a i n t a i n i n g c i o n of different o c c u p a t i o n s i n c e r n a l and international and i n c e r e s c s ; t h e need f o r p e a c e , good w i l l 6 p r o s p e r i t y . nacional unicy and i n c e r n a l As l o c a l problems r e a c h ouc peace; f o r democratice l e g a l f o r w i d e r involvemenc i n s e a r c h p r o c e d u r e s ; che e v i d e n c e a s i n of s o l u t i o n s , t h e s e commissions che Globe 6 Mail a d on Sepc.6 c a n form new connections on a n stressing chac "solution a c ever-broadening s c a l e t o r e a l che end o f a r i f l e i s n o s o l u i s e u l t i m a t e l y a nacion-wide c i o n a c a l l . ' ' Thac nacion-wide achievement o f f r u i c f u l econos u p p o r c o n c h e p a r t o f s i g n i f - mic developmenc a r i s i n g ouc o f i c a n c o r g a n i s a c i o n s and i n d i v domescic n e e d s and d i r e c t e d coi d u a l s a l r e a d y e x i s c s and is ward a s s u r i n g s e c u r i t y o f accf i n d i n g p u b l i c e x p r e s s i o n (and e s s t o t h e means of e a r n i n g a chac a d , a s anyone w i l l n o c e , s t a b l e and c o m f o r c a b l e l i v e l i by no means c o v e r s a l l potenhood t h r o u g h s o c i a l l y u s e f u l c i a 1 h e l p f u l o r g a n i s a c i o n s and and e c o l o g i c a l l y sound a c t i v i t y i n d i v i d u a l s ) i s a b h e r e n c co e i t h e r a s employer o r employed. the scraighc macerialiscic Urgenc i n d e e d is che need now view. Yet a l l l i e a c hand, f o r a c t i v e c o o p e r a t i o n a c che r e a d y co respond co che c a l l l o c a l l e v e l among working peoco j o i n t o g e t h e r i n a p p l y i n g p l e o f hand and b r a i n , i n t h e s t u d y and t h o u g h t t o b u i l d i n g f i e l d s b o t h o f p r o d u c c i o n and Canada's f u t u r e i n p e a c e , and s e r v i c e / p r o f e s s i o n a l populab a s e d on f u l l employment, and c i o n s , co s t r e n g c h e n s o u n d l y sovereign control of o u r b a s e d h i s t o r i c a l knowledge o f country. t h e potential i n p e o p l e and r e A l l chac is needed now is s o u r c e s o f che a r e a , and t h e t h e w i l l co u n i c e and c o m u n i - need and r e a d i n e s s f o r d e v e l o p c a r e t o a r r i v e a t a consensus menc t o overcome and b r i n g co plan f o r b u i l d i n g a greac fua n end p l a n e c l o s u r e s w i t h o u t t u r e f o r c h i s c o u n t r y o f econa l t e r n a t i v e sources of l i v e l i -

hood b e i n g i n p l a c e ; e c o l o g y damage a c che e x p e n s e o f t h e damagers, n o t t h e g e n e r a l publ i c ; c o m u n i c a c i o n s and c r a n s p o r c a c i o n n e g l e c c and a b u s e , p a i d f o r by c h o s e r e s p o n s i b l e f o r che n e g l e c c ; and a n a n a l y tical e s c i m a c e f o r economic d e v e l o p m e n t , b e a r i n g i n mind b a l a n c e d r e l a c i o n s h i p s wich c h e r e s t o f Canada and c h e world. We s c a r c w i c h whac l i e s most h e d i a c e l y a c hand. Urgenc i s t h e n e e d co l o o k a h e a d r e a l i s c i c a l l y and b e p r e p a r e d f o r continued s c r u g g l e , a d e q u a t e d e f e n s e a g a i n s c counc e r a c t i o n , and c l e a r , s c r o n g buc f l e x i b l e and a d a p t i v e p l a n n i n g f o r r i s i n g domescic economy and c h e march coward f u l l employment, p r e s e r v a c i o n of t h e f r u i c f u l n e s s of che e a r t h and s e a and a i r , and of s o c l a l i s e d l a b o u r power which, working cooperacively, can m i n i m i s e co che p o i n c o f ext i n c c i o n a l l pollution, i n c l u d i n g p o l i t i c a l corruption. Lec u s move f o r w a r d a s a united creacive people i n a f r u i c f u l world a c peace. U n i t y i n dynamic d i v e r s i c y : A t e n t a t i v e program o f a c t i o n mighc i n c t u d e 1) S c r e n g t h e n c h e s t r u g g l e o f a b o r i g i n a l people h e r e i n Canada and a r o u n d c h e w o r l d f o r peaceful, negotiated solu t i o n o f l a n d c l a i m s , and t h e r i g h t co sovereign self-determination i n f r i e n d l y associat i o n and j u s t i c e . 2) B u i l d and u n i f y t h e t r a d e u n i o n movemenc ( r u r a l and u r b a n ) . . i n c l u d i n g women workers on t h e b a s i s o f e q u a l i t y o f o p p o r t u n i t y and pay f o r work o f e q u a l v a l u e , wich r e c o g n i t i o n of t h e i r s p e c i f i c n e e d s as c h e r e p r o d u c e r s o f che e s s e n t i a l element i n a l l p r o d u c c i o n and s e r v i c e work l a b o u r power - t o meet and chrow b a c k c h e d r i v e from t h e e x t r e m e r i g h t co d e s c r o y chem, o r t o f o r c e chem i n c o i n t e g r a t i o n with anci-democratic. m u l t i n a t i o n a l and monopoly corporate bodies sponsoring m i l i t a r y / p o l i c e domination o f o u r economy and p o l i t i c s . We

Farnham, Quebec, o r f e l l i n t o The n e c e s s i t y i s f o r a c c e n t t h e hands o f t h e S u r e c e Quebec, on t h e p o s i t i v e . t h e s t r u g g l e f o r n a t i v e and The F i r s t N a t i o n s i n Canada a l l human r i g h t s i n Canada ent h i s summer have a l l C a n a d i a n s t e r e d a new p h a s e demanding evan o u t s t a n d i n g example of what en g r e a t e r and much w i d e r p a r t i c i p a t i o n o f che whole of t h e we i n Canada and a l l g e n u i n e Canadian p e o p l e , u n i t e d and t o human b e i n g s a r o u n c t h e world r e q u i r e f o r o u r c o l l e c t i v e s u r - g e t h e r pledged t o win and h o l d v i v a l and t h e s u r v i v a l o f t h e i n s e c u r i t y f o r a l l : - peace, planet i t s e l f . f u l l employment and t h i s o u r Recognition of t h e e a r t h a s homeland, Canada. t h e i n d i s p e n s a b l e homeland and To p r e s e r v e Canada from a r i g h t f u l h e r i t a g e o f e a c h and m i l i t a r y / p o l i c e take-over ( a s e v e r y one o f u s as o u r comnon a p p e a r s t o be t h e Mulroney govh e r i t a g e w i t h o u t which t o e r n m e n t ' s i n t e n t from i t s acp r e s s o u r f e e c upon and c u l c i t i o n s t h i s sumner h e r e and i n v a t e wich l o v i n g , c h e r i s h i n g Iraq) i t is urgent t h a t a hands and t h o u g h t s none of u s nation-wide d e f e n c e o r g a n i z a can move i n t o t h e 2 1 s t c e n t u r y t i o n and p e o p l e ' s watch be e s t w i t h any hope o f a l i f e w o r t h a b l i s h e d t o e n s u r e p u b l i c and f a i r t r i a l s f o r a l l now i n cusliving. tody, o r f u r t h e r a r r e s t e d i n Peace. f u l l employment and l a n d t o t h e p e o p l e is t h e e s s - c o n n e c t i o n wich t h e F i r s t Naence a s I understand i t , of t i o n s s t r u g g l e , and h e l d by t h e Canadian armed f o r c e s o r t h e what t h e Mohawk s t r u g g l e a t SQ. S a f e c u s t o d y , a c c e s s a t a l l Oka and e l s e w h e r e t h i s s u m e r t i m e s t o t h e i r chosen l e g a l was a l l a b o u t . I t is t h e c a l l c o u n s e l , and t h e c o m f o r t o f reo f t h e F i r s t N a t i o n s a l l acc e i v i n g messages o f s u p p o r t c r o s s t h i s country. from o u t s i d e must b e g u a r a n t e e d Peace, f u l l employment and t o them. land t o t h e people appears t o me t o be emerging a s t h e u n i F o r c e s a r e p r e s e n t and r e a d y co p r o v i d e s u c h s u p e r v i s i o n on versal appeal of the labour and d e m o c r a c i c p e o p l e o f a l l b e h a l f o f humanity and j u s t i c e Canada o f n a t i v e 6 n o n - n a t i v e a s t h e country-wide d i s p l a y o f origin alike, or, rather of s u p p o r t i n d i c a t e d , and which native o r i g i n not only d a t i n g comes f o r c e f u l l y t o p u b l i c a t t back t o t h e f i r s t on f o o t h e r e e n t i o n i n t h e Globe 6 Mail. . a but t o those f i r s t a r r i v a l s f u l l - p a g e ad on S e p t . 6 headed: h e r e from Europe and Asia. "A SOLUTION AT THE END OF A Peace, f u l l employment and RIFLE I S NO SOLUTION AT ALL". land t o che people a r e inherAddressed t o t h e Prime M i n i s t e r e n t i n t h e s l o g a n o f t h e l e a d - i t concluded: "WE WILL NEVER i n g p e a c e f o r c e s o f t h i s whole FORGET OKA" c o u n t r y which a r e coming coT h i s ad was s i g n e d by 49 majg e t h e r i n C o n f e r e n c e t h i s com- o r o r g a n i z a t i o n s c o n c e r n e d w i t h i n g November 2-4 h e r e i n Vanpeace and j u s t i c e , i n c l u d i n g c o u v e r a t t h e c a l l o f c h e o r g - c h u r c h , l a b o u r and community a n i z i n g group, END THE ARMS g r o u p s , and 150 l e a d i n g i n d i v f d u a l s i n v a r i o u s f i e l d s o f proRACE, t h e s l o g a n o f which i s : "End t h e Arms Race. Fund Human f e s s i o n , and was s p o n s o r e d by Need" and which t h i s y e a r a d d s t h e N a t i o n a l C o u n c i l on t h e "Save Our E a r t h " , a s i t j o i n e d S t a t u s of Women, Greenpeace Caw i t h E a r t h Day i n t h e a n n u a l nada and t h e Canada Peace A l l i a n c e . Here i s s t r i k i n g e v i d e n c e A p r i l 'Walk f o r P e a c e . ' With t h e t a k i n g i n c o c u s t o d y o f C a n a d i a n s ' d e s i r e f o r p e a c e , democracy and j u s t i c e u n d e r t h e a t Oka of o v e r 40 p e o p l e who came o u t o f t h e t r e a t m e n t cen- r u l e of law, and freedom from t r e unarmed t o be s e i z e d by f e a r , want and o p p r e s s i o n . t h e Canadian armed f o r c e s a t I t i s u r g e n t t h a t t h e Defence and P e o p l e ' s Watch he e s t a h -

l i s h e d Canada-vide w i t h o u t delay. a s the struggle continues i n t h e c o u r t s and o n e v e r y res e r v e t h r o u g h o u t Canada. Arre s t s have n o t been c o n f i n e d K O Quebec and f a i r and j u s t t r i a l s i n t h e f u l l respect of persons and a l l l e g a l r i g h t s rbust be assured t o everyone i n custody. T h i s u r g e n t , n o t s o l e l y on b e h a l f of t h o s e a r r e s t e d t h i s summer i n c o n n e c t i o n w i t h t h e s t r u g g l e of t h e F i r s t Nations f o r human r i g h t s and s o v e r e i g n t y a s n a t i o n s ; i t is v i t a l f o r t h e d e m o c r a t i c freedom of e v e r y Canadian, and o u r s e c u r i t y a s a sovereign s t a t e . Peace, f u l l employment and l a n d t o t h e p e o p l e now and i n the future require this. A s of t o d a y , t h e c o n c e p t of an a l t e r n a t i v e p a t h i n t o t h e f u t u r e needs t o be i n the making. A s of t o d a y , c o n s i d e r a t i o n of che o r g a n i s a t i o n of t h e economy o f Canada a s a whole, a s a n i n dependent and s o v e r e i g n p e o p l e s ' democracy n e e d s t o b e on che t a b l e f o r s t u d y and s o l u t i o n s . What a r e t h e r e s o u r c e s of t h i s l a n d now u n d e r o u r f e e t ? What i s i t s s t a c u s , i t s l e v e l of development, i t s r e s o u r c e s p o t e n t i a l - both already i n p r o d u c t i o n and c o n t e p p l a c e d f o r p r o d u c t i o n ? How i s product i o n b e i n g o r g a n i s e d and managed and t o whose b e n e f i t , and how j u s t l y f o r b o t h p e o p l e and t h e l a n d i t s e l f ? How w e l l a r e t h e s e r e s o u r c e s b e i n g administ e r e d and t h e f r u i t of l a b o u r s h a r e d ? What is t h e emerging economy of t h i s c o u n t r y g o i n g t o l o o k l i k e and f u n c t i o n ? To answer t h e s e q u e s t i o n s . t h e c o l l e c t i v e , benign cooperation and m u t u a l ogod w i l l o f a l l w i l l be r e q u i r e d F i r s t Nat i o n , French and E n g l i s h , l a b o u r and c h u r c h , and a l l t h e m u l t i p l e immigrant p o p u l a t i o n s t h a t t o g e t h e r make up t h i s l i t t l e m i n i a t u r e of t h e w o r l d ' s peoples. To answer t h e s e q u e s t i o n s o n r must t a k e more than a p a s s i n g g l a n c e a t Canadian r e a l i c y ; one must s t u d y and examine and ana l y s e i t , d e t a i l by d e t a i l .

need maximum o r g a n i s a t i o n o f t h e l a b o u r , p u b l i c a d v o c a c y and community s e r v i c e o r g a n i s a t i o n s ; we need t h e s e c u r i n g and advancement o f employment t o maximum c a p a c i t y now; we need t o l a y s c r e s s o n t h e h i g h e r employment c a p a c i t y of peace-time product i o n , and c o n s e q u e n t p r e s s u r e f o r c o n v e r s i o n now from wars u p p o r t i n g economic a c t i v i t y t o p e a c e - s u p p o r t i n g economy. 3) Forward c o a l i c i o n s o f a l l working p r o d u c t i v e a n d p u b l i c serivce forces i n their fight f o r economic and e c o l o g i c a l s e c u r i t y and p r o g r e s s i n o u r s t r u g g l e f o r s u r v i v a l , who a r e now t h r e a t e n e d by t h e a l l f r o n t s massive a g g r e s s i v e d r i v e from t h e r i g h c , headed by t h e mulroney government, f o r absolute multinational corporate1 m i l i t a r y / p o l i c e c o n t r o l o f Canada, a s p a r t of t h e i r d r i v e t o dominate t h e g l o b e . 4 ) Commence work now on d e v e l oping all-sided cooperation o f socio-economic, c r e a t i v e o r ganisacions to resolve t h e n e e d s o f c i v i l i s e d s o c i a l and e c o l o g i c a l s u r v i v a l and f u r t h e r development a t t h e l o c a l , regional, provincial, national l e v e l s i n favour of a strong, growing, self-sustaining domest i c economv b a s e d on ~ e a c e f u l relations i i t h a l l d i n a t i o n a l economies a n d w i t h

SLOGANS : Jim Green f o r b h y o r . B r i n g t h e F o r e s c Back i n t o t h e C i t y , and F e r t i l i t y t o t h e F i e l d s . L e t t h e F o r e s t s F l o u r i s h , a n d t h e C l e a r - C u t t e r s Die. People before P r o f i t e e r s ' Superprofits. F u l l Employment, Empty P r i s o n s . ;Jot Drug P u s h e r s ; Community B u i l d e r s . Construction, not destruction. Re-housing, b e f o r e D e m o l i t i o n . Make o u r C i t y a Happy Homeland, n o t a h o p e l e s s , h o m e l e s s h e l l - h o l e . P i s s on p o l l u t e r s - b o t h economic and p o l i t i c a l . U n i t y i n D i v e r s i t y W i l l Win. Outlaw War, Promote Peace. A S o l u t i o n a t t h e End o f a R i f l e i s No S o l u t i o n a t A l l . P r e v e n t i o n o f Crime i s c h e a p e r t h a n C o r r e c t i o n and R e c o n s t r u c t i o n . C o s t - b e n e f i t p o l i c y f o r whom? P r o f i t e e r s ? Or P e o p l e ? B i g B u s i n e s s Swallows S m a l l B u s i n e s s ; s t r e t c h e s b r e a d l i n e s ; m u l t i p l i e s h o m e l e s s n e s s : P u t It Under P e o p l e s ' D e m o c r a t i c C o n t r o l . C o o p e r a t i o n f o r Common Well-being, n o t k i l l e r c o r n p e t i t t o n f o r p r i v a t e advantage. The g l o b e : A l e v e l b u i l d i n g s i t e , n o t a l e v e l k i l l i n g ground. S i n k t h e money m a r k e t ; f l o a t t h e commodity m a r k e t .

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Once upon a tittle, we knew comfortably little about this world, bur the marvels of scienriJic in vesf igation have changed all that -1 HERE was a time when a man would get up in the morning, eat a hearty breakfast, say good-by to the wife and kids and drive to work to make , some money. But we learn new things every day, and they are mostly bad. Let us begin at the beginning. Orange juice is bad - too much sugar, and the citric acid gnaws at the stomach lining. Eggs contain cholesterol, which clogs the pipe leading to the heart. Bacon is even worse - animal fat1 Toast contains starch - very fattening. Butter has, cholesterol again, and marmalade contains sugar, which will rot the teeth right out' of your head.

Coffee can ruin your nerves and contribute to duodenal ulcers. The tannic acid in tea will convert your stomach into an old seal boot. Since water is full of chlorine and miilk contains traces of 'strontium 90, your best bet is to have a beer for breakfast. But be sure to eat the can1 Otherwise you contribute to pollution of the environment and you need the roughage anyway. You can take the car or bus to work, but not with an easy conscience. Remember air pollution and the cities strangled by freeways? Better walk. But wear a hat. Sunshine can cause skin cancer. The rules for breakfast apply to lunch with equal rigidity. Vegelables are sprayed with pesticides, fish contain mercury and fowl are full of lead pellets. It would be best to settle for a gin and tonic. The quinine in the tonic will protect you from malaria microbes in the gin. When you get home in the evening try some exercise, but choose carefully. logging damages the discs in the spine, walking breaks

down the arches and swimrriing damages the ears. Push-ups strain the heart. Since you can'r have any dirlrter, it's wise to take some Scotch whiskey aS the sun goes down. Then watch some TV, and if you have a color set be sure to sit up really close. Then the radiation will sterilize you, and whateve: y ~ u other r troubles may be, your sex problenis will be solved forever.

Report from the Legislature Legislative Buildings, Victoria, B.C., V8V 1x4 (604) 387-5571

Restraint A monch ago i n t h e i r n i g h t l y "news u p d a t e s , " B i l l Vanderzalm and h i s Soc r e d governmenc proclaimed t h a t B.C., u n l i k e t h e rest o f Canada, was "recession-proof " NOW, i n c h e i r q u e s t f o r a n e l e c t i o n i s s u e , t h e y ' v e changed t h e i r t u n e and s a y a r e c e s s i o n i s looming. They've a l s o turned t o a f a m i l i a r p o l i t i c a l caccic - cut public services with '1 restraint." Vanderzalm s a y s a r e c e s s i o n means l o s c j o b s , h u r t f a m i l i e s , and u n s t a b l e communities a c r o s s B . C . He s a y s h i s government w a n t s 5% c u t s i n government programs t o combat a " c h a o t i c s i t u a t i o n . I' I s c r o n g l y b e l i e v e i n government b e i n g f i s c a l l y r e s p o n s i b l e . But I ' v e goc s e r i o u s q u e s t i o n s a b o u t Vanderz a l m V s l a c e s t a t t e m p c t o win v o t e s . firs^, w h i l e che P r e m i e r c a l k s c u t backs, h i s finance m i n i s t e r says h e ' s r e a d y L O "prime t h e pump" by s p e n d i n g $20 b i l l i o n more on c a p i t a l p r o j e c t s . These guys s h o u l d t a l k t o e a c h o t h e r and g e t t h e i r s t o r i e s s t r a i g h t . Second, do we r e a l l y want a r b i t r a r y cuts i n v i t a l public services? I d o n ' t want c u t s co environrnencal prot e c t i o n and f 0 r e . s ~ management, c u t s rhac w i l l jeopardize t h e well-being o f B r i c i s h Columbians. L e t ' s gec o u r s p e n d i n g p r i o r i t i e s s t r a i g h t Rememb e r , l a s e y e a r Vanderzalm a s k e d f o r a c r o s s - t h e - b o a r d c u t s i n f e d e r a l prograins and Urian Mulroney t o o k him up on h i s o f f e r . Look what we l o s t che P o l a r 8 and much needed f u n d s f o r h o s p i r a l s and u n i v e r s i t i e s .

T h i r d , i f c h i s government r e a l l y wants t o show r e s t r a i n t , t h e y s h o u l d b e g i n by r e s t r a i n i n g t h e m s e l v e s . There a r e a whole h o s t of ways t o c u t o u t t h e i r extravagances: k S t a r t w i t h t h e i r taxpayer-funded n i g h t l y t e l e v i s i o n ads. B r i t i s h Columbians c o u l d s a v e a t l e a s t 10 m i l l i o n t a x d o l l a r s by c a n c e l l i n g t h e s e "news u p d a t e s " and o t h e r p o l i - -t i c a l propaganda t h a c do n o t h i n g more1 chan promote S o c i a l C r e d i t f o r r e election. Scop u s i n g governmenc j e t s as 2 political t a x i s e r v i c e and s t a r c u s i n g them a s chey were i n t e n d e d , a s a i r ambulances. We c o u l d s a v e $1.2 m i l l i o n , t h e amount t h e Medical Serv i c e s Commission now musC pay t o c h a r t e r a i r c r a f t f o r ambulances bec u a s e Socred ministers are a b u s i n g t h e jets. * Cut back t h e c u r r e n t government's 22-member c a b i n e t , t h e b i g g e s t i n B.C. h i s t o r y . We would s e e s i g n i f i c a n t s a v i n g s i f , f o r example, p a r k s was merged w i t h e n v i r o n m e n t , o r Crown Lands wich forestry. I t ' s t i m e we g o t B . C . ' s p r i o r i t i e s r i g h t . B r i t i s h Columbians a r e n ' t a s k i n g f o r more and more, y o u ' r e demanding b e t t e r and b e t t e r from your government. A t a t i m e when we need p o s i t i v e l e a d e r s h i p f o r t h e f u t u r e , Vanderzalm o f f e r s pessimism and a r e t u r n K O t h e f a i l u r e s o f t h e pasc. I n t h e coming m o n ~ h s , we c a n expecc more f e a r f u l and extreme r h e t o r i c a s h i s governmenc c o n t i n u e s d e s p e r a t e l y s e a r c h i n g f o r an e l e c t i o n i s s u e . 1 1

By H I K E HARCOURT

Vancouver4 Environment: The Next Three Years Public Forum on Environmental Issues in the Vancouver Civic Election Sunday, November 4,7 PM HeritageHall. 3 102 Mainstreet.Vancouver

Waste Management Air Quality 'TransportationAlternatives for Vancouver

Topics of Discussion : dp

Panelists Bill Rees, School of Community &Regional Planning, UBC Blair Redlin, Researcher, Canadian Union of Public Employees Lenore Herb, Society for Promoting Environmental Conservation

Ann Hillier,West Coast Environmental LawAssociation

Hear the Environmental Platform of Vancouver's Civic Political Parties Discussionto Follow -Questions tothe Candidates and Panelists

Decisions made during che nexc chree years by our municipal politicians will be cri~icalto sec~ingVancouver on che path towards environmental proceccion. * Will the necessary steps be taken cowards ensuring a heal~hyfucure for our city? * Will a responsible waste managemenE plan be puc in place, wich he primary goal of reducing Vancouver's wasce stream? * Will accion be taken to reduce dangerous automobile and indus~rialemissions? Will effeccive transporcacion alcernacives be put in place? * Will the recommendations found in the report of Vancouver's Task Force on Atmospheric Change be implemented?

Please attend the Forum, November 4, and don't forget to vote on November 17 r

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Canada World Youth

Jeunesse Canada Monde

Canada World Youth i s a development e d u c a t i o n program w h i c h o f f e r s young p e o p l e aged 1 7 t h r o u g h 2 0 a u n i q u e e x p e r i e n c e i n l e a r n i n g about development t h r o u z h exchanges w i t h d e v e l o p ing countrfe,. We a r e f u n d e d p r i m a r i l y t h r o u g h t h e Canadian I n t e r n a t i o n a l Development Agency (CIDA). P a r t i c i p a n t s l i v e and work f o r 6-7 months w i t h o t h e r young p e o p l e from a c r o s s Canada and from a d e v e l o p i n g c o u n t r y , d o i n g v o l u n t e e r work i n f i e l d s s u c h a s a g r i c u l t u r e , co-ops, and s o c i a l s e r v i c e s , w h i l e s t u d y i n g development i s s u e s and p r o m o t i n g cross-cultural understanding. All costs f o r t h e p a r t i c i p a n t s - food, l o d g i n g and t r a n s p o r t - a r e c o v e r e d by C . W . Y . We o f f e r young p e o p l e t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o e x p e r i e n c e f i r s t hand t h e r e a l i t i e s of l i f e i n a d e v e l o p i n g nat i o n , t o l e a r n about g l o b a l i s s u e s , and t o l e a r n more a b o u t t h e i r own country. P a r t i c i p a n t s have a chance t o l e a r n a second language, u s u a l l y French o r S p a n i s h . They a l s o d e r i v e work e x p e r i e n c e and a c h a n c e t o deve l o p group s k i l l s & c r o s s - c u l t u r a l s k i l l s . They e x p e r i e n c e t h e c h a l l e n g e of l i v i n g and working i n a new and u n u s u a l e n v i r o n m e n t , i n t h e company of p e e r s from a c r o s s Canada and t h e developing c o u n t r i e s . Canada World Youth i s now a c c e p t i n g a p p l i c a t i o n s f o r o u r 2 0 t h program y e a r , and I am w r i t i n g t o r e q u e s t your a s s i s t a n c e i n making t h i s oppo r t u n i t y a v a i l a b l e t o young p e o p l e . ( I n f o r m a t i o n & a p p l i c a t i o n forms a r e i n t h e N e w s l e t t e r o f f i c e and i n t h e L e a r n i n g C e n t r e .) Margaret J a s z c z e w s k i Administrative Supervisor

"When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist." - Dom Helder Camaro

Commemoration Wltenever I s e e a t r a v e l a d v e r t i s e m e n t o r tiear p e o p l e c h a t t i n g a b o u t t h e i r a r r aagemencs, memories o f o u r j o u r n e y s t r e a m i n c o my mind. I t . had been i n t h e e a r l y p a r e of autumn t h a t boch o u r p l a n s and I recall o u r baby had been c o n c e i v e d . s c u d y i n g cite ad o v e r and o v e r , m e n t a l l y c a l c u i a c i n g how much i c would c o s t us. I s i g h e d and j o t t e d down che f i g u r e . 'Only one o f u s w i l l be a b l e co g o , ' I mused. David h a s a b r i l l i a n t ahead o f him, and b e s i d e s wich a baby on t h e way I d o n ' t s e e how I c o u l d e v e r make t h e demanding journey t o S w i t z e r l a n d . ' An hour l a t e r David r e t u r n e d home from h i s p r a y e r s t u d i e s . A f t e r p o u r i n g some t e a f o r u s he s a t down a t t h e k i t c h e n t a b l e and, i n a g e n t l e v o i c e , asked m e , "Would you l i k e t o l i v e i n ~ w i t z e r l a n d ? " "l,ove, I ' v e j u s t gone o v e r o u r f i n a n c e s . I t would t a k e a l l of o u r l i f e s a v i n g s t o send even one of us." "Not n e c e s s a r i l y . Rabbi S t e i n h e a r d through t h e w e l l - n o u r i s h e d g r a p e v h e t h a t t h e r e ' s a vacancy i n a s m a l l v i l l a g e . H e has even o f f e r e d t o requesr: an advance on my s a l a r y i n o r d e r f o r u s t o go t o g e t h e r . O n c e i c comes chrough i r s h o u l d n ' t t a k e long t o o b t a i n our visas." 'I'wo m o n t l ~ s l a t e r o u r documents were a t hand. We s c i l l c o u l d n ' t b e l i e v e o u r good f o r ~ u n e . Our s p i r i t s c o n t i n u e d t o s o a r wirli t h e a r r i v a l o f clie g i f t s from my C a t ~ a d i a n pen f r i e n d , Hazel. She had s e n t u s some hand-made baby woollen baby c l o chirig and a well-worn s c h o o l c h i l d ' s copy of Phcbech, o u r f a v o r i t e E n g l i s h p l a y . How w e l l I remember t h e many e v e n i n g s we s p e n t r e a d i n g i t a l o u d w h i l e we r e l a x e d a f t e r o u r meal. I s t i l l r e c a l l w i t h a mixcure of f o n d n e s s and e m p t i n e s s t h e

enormous f e e l i n g David p u t i n t o h i s port r a y a l s of even such minor c h a r a c t e r s a s the porter: " l i e r e ' s a knocking indeed! I f a man were p o r t e r of h e l l g a t e , h e s h o u l d have o l d c u r n i n g t h e key. Knock, knock, knock. Who's t h e r e i' t h e name of Beelzebub? I l e r e ' s a f a r m e r who hanged h i m s e l f on t h ' e x p e c t a t i o n of p l e n t y . " 'Tile k e e p e r of t h e g a t e s o f h e l l , indeed. Who would e v e r have known t h e f o r e boding of e v e n t s t h a t accompanied t h i s play a c t i n g ? I n t h e f i r s t week of February t h e a r r angements were completed. On March 15ch, a p a l e b l u e t r u c k with yellow c u r t a i n s would t r a n s p o r t u s and two o t h e r young J e w i s h f a m i l i e s t o t h e H o t e l Poland. The Andersons, o u r n e x t door n e i g h b o r s , inv i t e d u s t o t h e i r home f o r a c e l e b r a t o r y d i n n e r . For once t h e i t t w i n d a u g h t e r s , Anya and Vanya, were u n u s u a l l y sombre. M r . Anderson j u s t laughed and p u t i t down co t h e ever-changing moods of t e e n a g e r s . He a g r e e d t h a t upon a r r i v a l a t o u r d e s t i n a t i o n we would send them a coded message a s t o our l o c a t i o n . A t midnight M r s . Anderson f i l l e d o u r g l a s s e s w i t h a p p l e c i d e r and we made a t o a s t t o e n l i g h t e n ment and peace. Then t h e y p r e s e n t e d u s w i t h a f a r e w e l l g i f t , a s m a l l brassbound t r u n k . Onwards t o o u r f i n a l d e s t i n a t i o n f reedom! A t noon o f March 3 r d o u r d a r k - h a i r e d d a u g h t e r was born p r e m a t u r e l y . Due t o cornp1ic:ations I was s t r o n g l y a d v i s e d n o t t o t r a v e l f o r s e v e r a l months under any c i r c u n t s t a n c e s . A f t e r much p l e a d i n g I f i n a l l y persuaded David t o make t h e p a s s a g e a l o n e a s Mrs. Anderson and t h e g i r l s had k i n d l y o f f e r e d t o c a r e f o r us. Twelve d a y s l a t e r t h e r e was a knock a t o u r d o o r . David showed h i s p a p e r s t o . t h e d r i v e r and was q u i c k l y whisked away. That was t h e l a s t time I e v e r saw my beloved. A y e a r l a t e r Davida and I were c e l e b r a t i n g h e r f i r s t b i r t h d a y w i t h a s m a l l cake. There was a low r a p p i n g knock a t t h e d o o r , a s i f t h e newcomer d i d n ' c wish t o d i s t u r b t h o s e w i t h i n . Anya and Vanya each h e l d o u t three battered yet s t i l l edible potatoes. I i n v l t e d them i n and began t o thank them for their gift.

" P l e a s e , a u n t i e , we have o n l y a few minu t e s . Don't t e l l anyone a b o u t t h i s , we beg of you," Vanya i m p l o r e d . "We work f o r t h e r e s i s t a n c e . While comiilg back I~ome some l a r g e boys t r i e d t o t a k e che p o t a t o e s from u s . We f o u g h t and s c r e a m ed s o much we were a f r a i d one of would come and s e e what was t h e m a t t e r . T h e e r a r c v e r y special p o t a t o e s , b u t o n e e v e n more s o , " Anya w h i s p e r e d . Anya t h r u s t one of chem a t me. "Would you l i k e u s t o f e t c h Mama?" Slowly I c u t i t open. I withdrew t h e t i n y s c r a p of c l o t h and r e a d t h e one-word message. 1 gave o u t a s t r a n g l e d moan and h o a r s e l y mouched "yes". 'l'he f r a g m e n t f e l l t o lie f l o o r w i t h i t s message g l a r i n g up a t us: "~uschwitz."

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--This f i c t i o n a l s t o r y , l o o s e l y b a s e d o n f a c t , i s d e d i c a t e d t o my g r a n d p a r e n t s , t h e l a t e M r . and Mrs. G. Molir and M r . W i l l i a m M o r r i s o n , and i n Honour o f my grandrnocher, Mrs. H a z e l M o r r i s o n , who lias i n s r i l l e d i n h e r f a m i l y t h e i m p o r t a n c e of Remembrance Day. B. E. klorrison

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JIM GREEN GORDON CAMPBELL and council candidates from COPE, NDP & NPA A HELPING HAND We gave a h e l p i n g hand t o g r a s s and i t t u r n e d i n t o c o r n . We gave a h e l p i n g hand L O f i r e and i t t u r n e d i n t o a r o c k e t . Hes i t a ~ i n g l y , Cau~iously, we g i v e a h e l p i n g hand t o p e o p l e . t o some people.

--Miroslav

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~n all-candidates meeting was organized by the Friends'of Stanley Park for Sunday afternoon at the West End Community Centre. The main topic was the

$40 million expansion of the zoo and the lie behind the question on ~ h e balloc asking for $500,000. Former NPA Park Comissionor Bennett spoke about how much of a con job this operation is. All speakers pleged themselves to asking people to vote "NO" on the zoo referendum. No NPA candidate spoke for he zoo for the simple reason that not one NPA candidate showed up. Some democracy! MEETINGS : NOV. lsc: Both Jim Green and Gord Campbell will debate on the Rafe Mair Show from llam - 12 noon on CKNW radio. All-candidates meeting at the Biltmore Hotel, 12th & Kingsway, at 7:30pm. The topic for discussion is taxes. NOV. 2nd:

All-candidates meeting at Robson Square Media Centre, at 6:30pm. Urbanarian - planning development.

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Public meeting at Heritage Hall, Main 6 15th, at 7:30pm. forum with the focus on Waste Management.

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NOV. 6th: All-candidates meeting at the Hastings Community Centre, 3096 E. Hastings, 7:OOpp. NOV. 7th: A meeting with members of ~ancouver's Arts community, at King Edward Campus on 12th Ave., from 5pm - 6:30pm. All-candidates. All-candidates meeting at King Edward Campus, organized by che Mt. Pleasant Neighbourhood House, at 7pm. The NPA and Campbell will have to show up at at least one of these meetings. JIM GREEN is gaining support by leaps and bounds. Expect the NPA & Campbell KO swamp TV and radio with glitzy ads saying as little as possible about the realities of homelessness, lack of affordable housing, public process...