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The f o l l o w i n g a r t i c l e i s t h e k i n d o f t h i n g Vanderzalm and h i s s u p p o r t e r s would u s e t o f e e l j u s t i f i e d i n s a y i n g "be p a t i e n t " . ."a v a c c i n e i s p r a c t i c a l l y t ! l c r e l ' . .when ~ o d a 'ys AIDS s u f f e r e r s w i l l b e d e a d " i n a few y e a r s " .

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TORONTO - An AIDS vilecine may be just a few ycirrs sway, a researcher says. "Out of a feeling of total' despair hvo or three ycilrs ago, there is a feeling that a vaccine is prilctici~lly t h e r e , " siiid Michael S e l a , chairman of Israel's Weizmann fnstitu te. But Dr. .Ionas Salk, the father of the polio vaccine, cilutio~led t h a t t h e AlDS v i r u s h a s "extraordinary intelligence" iind said the polio virus was "si~nple" by coniparison. Thirty Dutch AlDS victin~s have begun testing a drug that researchers in Kenya say can eliminate most symptonis of the disease within four weeks. The drug Kemron, whose basic ingredient is alpha inter- , feron, was developed by the Kenya Medical lnstitutc with compa~~ics in the U.S. and Jiipnn. When y o u r f r a m e o f r e f e r e n c e i s s e t and bounded w i t h d o l l a r s i g n s , t h i s i s y o u r a n s w e r . ACT-UP e x p l o d e d . They w e r e o u t r a g e d o v e r t h e s o c r e d a t t i t u d e of pinching pennies while people a r e dying h o r r i b l e deaths. With c h a n t s o f "AIDS d e a t h s e v e r y h o u r Blood o n t h e h a n d s o f t h o s e i n power" acd mock-up t o m b s t o n e s , t h e ACT-UP d e m o n s t r a t o r s s p i t o n t h e s o c r e d s as t h e y f i l e d from t h e i r c h a r t e r e d b u s e s i n t o t h e l'heat r e .

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I l a r d ~Joyce m d the tutors and learners Irom Mam Street's storefront l~teracycenrrc, I t d r n ~ n gFront. 1 he prov~nc~al government recently turntd down renewed funding f ~the r two-yearold project, ~nan actlon Joyce calls a "slap ~nthe face to learners? Learning Front ofllclally cloces down this week. "My f ~ r s treaction was just absolute di\belief that in international Literacy Year wc would be closing anything down, that we would abandon learners:' says Joyce, tormer head of the centre, said as'she sat at an empty desk, surrounded by boxes packed with books that were used by more I han 100 Downtown Eastside residents who wanted to learn to read and write. The centre, which served a community with one of B.C!s highest illiteracy rates, (more than 40 per cent, according to 4tdtl)tlc~Canada), had hoped the provlncldl Wvernment would act on the l~teracy report 1t c o m m ~ r s ~ o n elast d year rn time to ~ v Lf-arnlng e t4ront.Among other recomphotoby Janet Smith ~ ~ the Provincial l Llteracy~ Ad~ ~ student Margaret ~ ~ l prwlnclal ~government has ~ cut (left)and say they're upset the \ I \ O ~ Y('ommlttee report suggests the fun- Off fundinglo lhe ilterao/ Centre. LearnlngFront offlclallym w s out this week, leaW CllW o f commun~ty-basedl~teracytralnlng Ing many learners and tutors with nowhere to go in lnternatlonal ~ l t e ~ year ac~ Joyce says several o f t h e students have llhc Learning Front through college funds. She says a system of funding literacy I here is currently n o funding for literacy "01 gone to other centres for help. For project-to-project prevents a cohesive c.cntres outside of the school and college many,. lrarnirlg Front WasancccssarY first strateev for the nrohlem. t

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IN APPRECIATION

Christopher WHO?

August 15, 1986 the first issue of the Carnegie Newsletter was printed. Beginning in January, 1987, the Downtown Eastside ~esidents'Association responded to a request from the new editor to support the paper and began to place a %-page 'ad' in every one. This support has amounted to over $2,100, adding up the $25 DERA has paid for each %-page of "Need Help?" Thank you, one and all. Respectfully, PAULR TAYLOR

Our aboriginal peoples of Canada were the first to inhabit this land. On the 12th of October, 1492, on a commission from the government of Spain, one Christopher Columbus (an Italian citizen) invaded what are now the Bahamas and proclaimed his 11discovery". How can he "discover" what has been inhabited for thousands of years by aboriginal people? For the record, International Law, the Constitution of Canada (sec35-61) and the Supreme Court of Canada all affirm that: "The existing aboriginal and treaty rights of the Aboriginal Peoples of Canada are hereby recognized and affirmed." Native Peoples have had to learn to play the invaders' games about owning land and buying or selling resources. To Native Peoples, 1492 was just the year in which sea pirates began to cheat and rob and kill them. Wilfrid & Paul

The "Long Shot"

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SOCRED SOAP OPERA C A N ' T BE REWRITTEN" It seems more and more c e r t a i n t h a t B r i t i s h Columbia i s heading i n t o a f a l l p r o v i n c i a l e l e c t i o n - a l l t h e s i g n s a r e beginning t o show. Not t h e l e a s t of which i s t h e attempt by S o c i a l C r e d i t t o g l o s s over t h e i r scandals of t h e p a s t f o u r years. Every Vander Zalm government scandal - from t h e premier's imp o s i t i o n of h i s a b o r t i o n views t o t h e Knight S t r e e t Pub l i e s t o Bud Smith's w i l l now be s u b j e c t e d t o t h e premier's unique i n t e r tampering with j u s t i c e p r e t a t i o n ( i . e . avoid t h e t r u t h and never admit you're wrong). One of t h e more n o t a b l e p l a y e r s i n t h i s ogvernment's r e v i s i o n i s t e f f o r t s i s P a t r i c k K i n s e l l a , a longtime p o l l s t e r and campaign worker f o r both t h e Socreds here i n BC and t h e Mulroney T o r i e s i n Ottawa. According t o M r . K i n s e l l a , t h e s t r i n g of Socred scandals i s n o t going t o j u r t t h e Vander Zalm government i n t h e next e l e c t i o n . Frankly, M r K i n s e l l a , I have no i n t e r ~ s ti n t h e impact of t h e s e scandals on t h e premier and h i s government. . I ' m coricekned with how they've h u r t B r i t i s h Columbians throughout t h e province. A f t e r a l l , i t ' s t h e p u b l i c which over and over has had t o pay t h e p r i c e f o r t h e Socreds' abuse of p u b l i c o f f i c e o r t h e i r mishandling of p u b l i c money, I n t h e l a s t few months alone, you and I have learned t h e t r u t h about: t h e B i l l Reid l o t t e r y scandal. L o t t e r y money t h a t should have been used f o r t h e p u b l i c good was i n s t e a d f u n n e l l e d t o h i s campaign manager and f r i e n d . - COST TO THE PUBLIC - $277,000. Carol Gran's a i r - t a x i s e r v i c e f o r Socred c a b i n e t m i n i s t e r s . The Emergency Health S e r v i c e s Commission r e p o r t e d t h a t BC taxpayers had t o s h e l l out more than a m i l l i o n d o l l a r s t o c h a r t e r emergency a i r ambulance planes l a s t y e a r , because government j e t s were being used t o f l y Socred m i n i s t e r s around BC. - COST TO BRITISH COLUMBIANS $1,200,000, t h e Vander Zalm government's u s e of p u b l i c money t o d i s t r i b u t e 3700 c o p i e s of an i n s u l t i n g Real Women n e w s l e t t e r t h a t d i s c r i m i n a t e d a g a i n s t women, homos e x u a l s and AIDS p a t i e n t s . COST TO B.C. TAXPAYERS unknown. t h e Expo land l o s s e s . According t o t h e Auditor General, t h e Vander Salm government l o s t over $100 m i l l i o n i n s e l l i n g t h e land, p l u s up t o $60 m i l l i o n i n c l e a n i n g up t h e s i t e f o r i b s new owners. - COST TO YOU AND ME $162,000,000. Socred scandals a t p u b l i c expense. hat's what we've seen f o r f o u r y e a r s . M i l l i o n s i n p u b l i c money t h a t could have been used t o p r o t e c t our environment o r b u i l d more h o s p i t a l s was i n s t e a d wasted by a government more concerned with helping t h e i r f r i e n d s than s e r v i n g t h e p u b l i c i n t e r e s t . And B r i t i s h Columbians, who have paid t h e p r i c e f o r t h i s Socred waste, a r e no n o t going t o f o r g e t t h e Vander Zalm soap opera of t h e l a s t f o u r y e a r s matter how much M r . K i n s e l l a and o t h e r Socreds want t o r e w r i t e t h e p l o t .

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On Sunday, August 2 6 t h , a m e e t i n g was h e l d a t 2:15pm i n t h e T h e a t r e t o d i s c u s s t h e f o r m a t i o n of a new B r i d g e Club. Funding and t h e a w a r d i n g o f p r i z e s were on t h e a g e n d a , p l u s t h e e l e c t i o n of an i n t e r i m executive. The e x e c u t i v e o f f i c e r s e l e c t e d a r e a s follows: President - Terry Vice-Pres - Rick Colburn Treasurer - Paul H a r r i s S e c r e t a r y - Penny Any i n f o r m a t i o n a s t o t h e form o f B r i d g e t o be p l a y e d o r a n y o t h e r questions regarding the club, see one o f t h e above o f f i c e r s o r Donalda Viaud on t h e 3 r d f l o o r . May t h e t r i c k s be w i t h you!

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Editor: Bill Vander ~alm's latest pronouncements on the fiscal effectiveness of the federal government handing over control for environmental protection, native affairs, agriculture, forestry, parks and fisheries begs a response. It will indeed save us money if each province, rather than the federal government, had responsibility for these matters. On the other hand, think of the money which would be saved, and how we would all benefit, if the federal government took control over various matters under provincial government control. If education came under the federal government we could finally achieve a national curriculum from coast to coast. A student in the Fogo Islands of Newfoundland would follow through the same basic curriculum in grade three as a student in Dawson Creek. If health care came under the federal government we would end the current system whereby dental care is included in the basic medical plan of Ontario while in our Province we must pay an extra $5 every time we see a chiropractor.

Lastly, if natural resources came under federal jurisdiction Canada would finally achieve a national policy in natural resources. Canada could then integrate the management, production and environmental protection of our natural resources. With the "free" trade deal, the unification of Europe in 1992 and the possible of an Asian "free trade" market in the late 1990s we could start from a strong position. On the international scene one strong Canadian hand is much more beneficial to the forest or fishery or mining sector than ten week provincial hands. I agree with Bill Vander Zalm. Let's shift the jurisdiction of some government departments. His proposal would further divide Canada. My proposal would strengthen Canada and also finally get one of our worst Cabinet Ministers, Dave Parker, Bc's Minister of Crown Lands, on UIC. That in itself would be a worthy accomplishment. Darren Lowe

Newsletter B i l l V a n d e r Zalrn l ~ a sreapologize t o the people o I:.(,. t o r t h e a c t i o n s o f Iris d i s g r a c e d 1 o r i n e r A t t o r n e y C e n e r d l , Uud S m i t h . l d ~ yc a n ' t t l ~ eP r e m i e r a d m i t Bud ' l ~ rt~ll ~ was wrong t o m e d d l e i n t h e p r o <,etu t i o n o f h i s f r i e n d arid S o c r e d c o l l e n g u e B i l l R e i d ? Does t h e P r e m i e r IIOL a p p r e c i a t e t h e unique r o l e o f t h e . ' i c t o r n c y G e n e r a l - a r o l e t h a t rec l t l i res h i m t o b e i n d e p e n d e n t a n d irnI h e s P r e m i e r Vander Zalm I I O L bc.1 i e v e t h a t o u r j u d i c i a l system I W I ~ , L b e f rec o f p o l i t i c a l ii~terfer(

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BILL VANDER ZALM guarded on Smith's future Although the taping question 17 .stbrious,he said, "It does not str~ke. i ~ tthe fountlAons of the admnistriition of justice in the way that iilltyptions of coverup (in the Reid affair) and obstruction of justice (ir~volvirrgSmith) do." Ihat nleans, he said, it's probably I)ettcr to get on with the Owen inquiry rather than have it delayed, IIIOI-(! roonths or even years while1 k ~ i dCiISc'S involving t h e t ; i p i ~ q 111akct11c:ir wily through the courts.

Itather tlmn c r i t i z e Smith, t h e P r e m i e r t l w s e t o f o c u s o n t h e way t l ~ e% c , r l ~ e hw e r e r e l e a s e d a n d t h e i r consc,rlllc n t i a l e f f e c t on S m i t h ' s f a m i l y . 111 50 d o i n g Vander Zalm c o n v e n i e n t l y i ; ; l ~ o r e stwo f a c t s . F i r s t , c o n t r a r y t o 1 1 i 5 as5et-t i o n s , t h e t a p e s w e r e t u r n e d r f'rtwlicr [{ill Virnder Zalm wiis o v e r t o t h e R.C.M.P. I n f a c t , 1 con-k ~ 1 1 i r r d i~~db o u his t plar~sfor Smith. LA( t e d t h e I k p u t y A t t o r n e y G e n e r a l h.;ktbtl wliother Smith would tw I)c.fore r i s i n g i n t h e L e g i s l a t u r e . t)rtrught t)ii~kto cal)inet, he siiid: ! k c o n d , t h e P r e m i e r i g n o r e s tlie f a c t " 0 1 1 , I c~io'tmake a r ~ ycomrnc.nts tlr.it t11e New L k m o c r a t s d i d n o t re00 w h l it is cal)i~~et-wise. 'rliat's / IcJ,l:,e a n y o f t h e t a p e s d e a l i n g wi tli a prcniior keeps c-lose solncAtl~iug to lllc vosf." S r r ~ i t l r ' sa p p a r e n t i n v o l v e m e n t wit11 a r c t l ) o r t e r . 'I'hat m a t e r i a l w a s r e l e a s e d I)y a11 u n i d e n t i f i e d s o u r c e t l \ r o u g l ~ ~ l r em e d i a . Ihd Smith n o t o n l y v i o l a t e d t h e Worse s t i l l , V a n d e r %aJm f a i l s t o e t h i c a l s t a n d a r d s we d e m a n d o f o u r r c t c o g n i z e t h a t a l l MLAs h a v e a d u t y Attorney General, he d i d something t o r e p o r t a n y w r o n g d o i n g by t l w rnuch w o r s e b y v i o l a t i n g t h e p u b l i c 's ,\t t o r n e y ( ; e n e r a 1 t o t h e L e g i s l a t u r e t r u s t i n an impartial J u d i c i a l system. l l ~ e l a w s o f P a r l i a m e n t demand t l ~ a ta n I t ' s h i g h time t h e I ' r e m i e r p u b l i c l y A t t o r n e y G e n e r a l n o t t a m p e r wit11 t l ~ e s t a t e s t t ~ a ts u c l ~a c t i o n s a r e u n a c c ~ ~ t l r r r i n i s t r a t i oon f j u s t i c e . 1 c a n une p t a b l e , a n d d e m o ~ i s t r a t e sf o r o I l c e tlers t a n d why t h e P r e m i e r w o u l d p r e f e r tlr'it h e i s a b l e t o d i s t i r l g u i s h benot t o h e a r o f a wrongdoing by one o f tweerl rig11 t a n d w r o n g . Iris r n i n i s t e r s , b u t s u r e l y t l ~ ep u b l i c : sllould b e i n f o rme d o f sucll irnpropr iMoe S i l m t a , MI 4 eticas.

hen you p u l l t h e s t a t s t o g e t h e r on homelessness, and t h e c o r p o r a t e agenda t o homelessness. but f i r s t you have t o have t h e g r a s s r o o t s . My form of a c t i o n would be, l i k e w e do i n End L e g i s l a t e d Poverty, given t h a t w e want everybody t o read our materi a l , number one we p r i n t i t l a r g e , 'cause many people c a n ' t a f f o r d g l a s s e s . Second i s , you w r i t e i t i n simple English s o t h a t you can educ a t e a l o t of people. So we put o u t a l o t of m a t e r i a l about t h e GST and f r e e t r a d e i n very simple English 'cause t h e a c t i o n i s t o reach t h e people i n t h e food banks and i n w e l f a r e o f f i c e s . Because they have a r i g h t t o know what ' s happening. That's a c t i o n . W e want everybody f o know. Demyst i f y p o l i t i c s . Demystify t h e corDor-

SHEILA BAXTER END LEGISLATED POVERTY VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA

"We want everybody to know Demystify politics, Demystzfy the corporate agenda. That would be an action."

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I ' m r e p r e s e n t i n g End L e g i s l a t e d I am a writer around poverty i s s u e s and have worked many y e a r s as a n advocate. I ' v e seen t h e s e same q u e s t i o n s asked over and over f o r many y e a r s and 1've seen v e r y l i t t l e a c t i o n done. A l l my l i f e , t h e r e have been academics analyzing s o c i a l s i t u a t i o n s . I came from Montreal t o Vancouver 10 y e a r s ago. I n t h e poor p e o p l e ' s movement we had t h e same kind of workshops a s we're having today, and i t ' s always been a n a l y z i n g t h e p o l i t i c a l temperature, a n a l y z i n g what's happening i n Quebec, a n a l y z i n g corpo r a t e agendas, d i s c u s s i n g i t , making papers on i t , making r e s o l u t i o n s on i t , but I haven't seen a l o t of prog r e s s . It' s discouraging. 1 ' m i n t e r v i e w i n g homeless people r i g h t now f o r my new book. So I go i n t o t h e community and I t a l k t o homeless people, but I d o n ' t t a l k a t them, and I l i s t e n t o them. I l i s t e n t o what they have t o say, 'cause t h e y ' r e t h e people t h a t a r e homeless, and then I w r i t e what they s a i d , n o t what I t h i n k what they mean. T h a t ' s a c t ion.

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FREE TRADE A N D THE MEECH LAKE AFTERMATH: What is Really Happening to Canada? Speaker:

DAVID ORCHARD

Time: Saturday, September 8/90 7:30 pm

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DAVID ORCHARD, the national c h a m a n of C~tizensConcerned About Free Trade (CCAFTI, a grass-roots nat~onalnon-partisan organisation founded i n 1985, has been one of the most effective opponents of the Canada1U.S. Free Trade Agreement ever smce negotlatlons began. I n 198; and 1988 CCAFT sponsored publtc i n f o r m a t ~ o nmeetings across Canada from Vancouver to Halifax, where David Orchard e x ~ l a l n e the d actual content of the F.T.A. in terms theordinary~anadiancouldunderstand.0rchard also debated, in public meetmgs and on radio and television, many high profile proponents of the deal, such as federal Free Trade negotiator Gordon Ritchie, federal Minister of lnternat~onal Trade John Crosbie, Saskatchewan Mintster of Trade Bob Andrew, and Toronto economist and free trade prornoter,John Crispo.The predict~ons Orchard made then are coming true one atter the other. Oav~dOrchard has recently returned from four months of study in Quebec. Don't mlss h ~ s first niajor speech in Vancouver since October '88. He will talk about the government plans to mvolve Canada in a U.S.-Mexico Free Trade Aareement,the connect~onsbetweenFreeTrade, ~ e e c Lake h and the GST, and what we can do to have the Free Trade Agreement cancelled.

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I f yo18 ngrce n t i t h u s t h n t Cntrndn's s u r v i v a l a s a n a t i o n s h o u l d b c a t t h e t o p o f t h i s c o u n t r y ' s p o l i t i c a l agcnda, y n u c n n d o the f o l l o m i n g : l r t the Liltem1 or NDPcandidate you voted for, and the Liberal and NDP lcndcrship cnndidatn in the running know you s u p p r t the idrnofan elrctoralcoalition,and you want them to do likewise. (Send us a cqty of your letter, and lhe reply you receive). If you belong to rithcr party, use your influence toget the idea across to your felloru ~tnrtyntrtnhcrs and fo thedecision-mnking bodies of yourprty. The prrwuc n11istcontintre before, duriqy and after the lendership con~~rntions. ( k t throrpnimtion you belong to to support a resolution infamur of nn rlcrtornl ctxllition and hnue it j~rwardcdlo the two opposition pnrfics. Rnisr the issrie of "free trade'' whererwr you can: on open line radio and trlruision shows, in letters to newspapers, in public meetings, andsoon. Pointorit what theF.T.A. i.sduingloourcountry,andthat there is a solution: the Agrcenren! must be terminated and it can be done throrrgh the t-lectoral coalilion. Don't allow the "free tradr" iwrr lo be buricd, as is fheintcnf of fhis county'spowers-that-bets uirll ns the by and-lar~qepm-freelrnde media.

Educate yourself about what is i n the Agrecmenl and how it is aflecting Canada. CCAFTisstartinga ngulnr newspaper, TRUE NORTH: THE VOICE OF C A N A D I A N INDEPENDENCE. which will keep Canadians infinnedand alnted. It isauailabkfor a $20 subscription for ten issues. W c also haw a h o k , FREE TRADE: THE FULL STORY, which contains David Orchard's speech on what is behind the Free Tmdc Agreemmt and what is in 1hedwl.allin languqethatn ~ r s o n c a n u n d m t a n dOrchnrd's . 2-hour speech isalsoavoilableon uidmandaudiotap, ($25forthe vidmtupeand 512fora set of fhreeaudio cassettes. Add $2.50 for mailing). Lasl. but definitely not lmsl: give a donntion to CCAFT to male it p s i b l e for our work to continue. Our only source offundirg is from our members and supporters. SEND A C H E Q U E 0 7 M O N E Y O R D E R TODAY. If meryonc who is able w u l d g ~ v c A DOLLAR A DAY TOFIGHTFREE TRADE, wecouldaccomplish our goal of building an independent country laster ard better.