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((i[2E;YiF& These q u e s t i o n s , followed by a s h o r t s i l e n c e , a r e designed t o e i t h e r g e t a s p e c i f i c answer or to turn t h e one asked i n t o a b a b b l i n g booby w i t h d i a r h e a o f t h e mouth. So, i f what f o l l o w s s t a r t s t o go from t h e l a t t e r and becomes t h e l a t t e r , j u s t f o l l o w your g u t r e a c t i o n s .

McCarthy, t h e e d i t o r of;. $ p a r e Change, was scheduled t o show up a t t h e Communi t y R e l a t i o n s committee. There were a few S h e i l a , Tora, Bharb, A l i c i a , people L o r e l i i , J e f f , Donald E me - w i t h a few q u e s t i o n s . Like who h e t h i n k s h e i s t o p a s s judgement on poor p e o p l e , what kind of r e s p o n s e i s h e p l a n n i n g t o t h e p e o p l e who c o n t r i b u t e d i n good f a i t h t o t h e 1st e d i t i o n o f $ p a r e Change, o n l y t o f i n d he had surrounded a r t i c l e s w i t h r a n t s & warnings about h e l p i n g p e o p l e i n need G a f u l l - p a g e p o s t e r on t h e back f o r s t o r e owners t o p u t i n t h e i r windows ( h i s i d e a l I guess) t e l l i n g p e o p l e n o t t o g i v e anyt h i n g t o p a n h a n d l e r s e x c e p t a copy o f h i s p a p e r & t e l l them t o go s e l l it. And o f c o u r s e h e ' s backed by DEEDS. * Ian MacRae, J e f f Sommers 6 Jimmy Wu gave a r e p o r t on some o f t h e i r work i n t h e Strathcona/Downtown E a s t s i d e C o a l i t i o n . Funny t h i n g t h e y found i s t h a t housi n g i s t h e number one i s s u e throughout t h e c i t y b u t r e a c h e s prime s t a t u s i n o u r neighbourhood. Another p o i n t t h a t D E W has & i s a d d r e s s i n g is t h e n o n - e x i s t e n c e 'of t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e a s a community

i n the e y e s o f t h e C i t y ' s Planning Dept. Having p u b l i c meetings 6 t a l k i n g i n d i v i d u a l l y w i t h hundreds o f r e s i d e n t s , J e f f 6 Jimmy & Ian c a l l e d f o r and g o t s u p p o r t f o r demanding t h a t t h e C i t y h e l p form a Planning Committee f o r t h i s neighbourhood s p e c i f i c a l l y . One s t a t - i n t h e l a s t 10 y e a r s t h e r e h a s been a n e t l o s s of 2000 u n i t s o f housing i n t h e D.E. a l o n e . New b u i l d i n g s & condos a r e n o t meant f o r t h e people a l r e a d y l i v i n g h e r e E t h i s r e q u i r e s o u r i n p u t & by-laws t o d e a l with.

For t h e a f f i c i a n a d o s o f Carnegie s t a f f and ( c a n ' t r e s i s t ) t h e sometime l a c k t h e r e o f , t h e f o l l o w i n g memo, stamped TOP SECRET, was l e a k e d t o t h e p r e s s . No money changed hands, h o n e s t . I t ' s from someone named MacKenzie, which may be a bogus ID scam, b u t h e r e it i s : T h e G r a n v i l l e S t r e e t p r o j e c t i s hangi n g o v e r my head & Council e x p e c t s a J a n u a r y r e p o r t w i t h d e t a i l s of where & what a mini Carnegie s h o u l d be, how i t ' d be funded, e t c . T h e r e f o r e , I ' v e g o t t o g e t o f f my f a t a s s & g e t t h e work done. E f f e c t i v e t h e d a t e o f Donald's r e t u r n from v a c a t i o n he became t h e Acting Direct o r & I became Ms. G r a n v i l l e . I hope t o open a s t o r e f r o n t o f f i c e a t 1075 Granv. a s soon a s p o s s i b l e i n September A s you may know, t h e Kitchen Programmer and A s s i s t a n t Programmer p o s i t i o n s have been r e c l a s s i f i e d . C a t r i o n a now r e p o r t s d i r e c t l y t o t h e Programmer Co-ordinator. Dan T e t r a u l t w i l l c o n t i n u e a s Acting Programmer Co-ordinator w h i l e Donald i s Acting Director. J e r r y S e n t i n o w i l l c o n t i n u e a s Acting S e c u r i t y S u p e r v i s o r while Dan i s covering f o r Donald. Marty w i l l c o n t i n u e a s Acting A s s i s t a n t Kitchen Programmer

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Does t h i s a l l sound v e r y c o m p l i c a t e d ? ( I t sounds l i k e t h e r e ' s a l o t o f a c t i n g g o i n g on!) T h e r e ' s more. Bruce J a c k s o n w i l l r e t u r n ( i s t h i s a promise o r a t h r e a t ? ) f o r a t l e a s t two months a s R e c r e a t i o n Programmer. He w i l l b e r e s p o n s i b l e f o r Oppenheimer Park, a l l a c t i v i t i e s i n t h e gymnasium, 6 t h e d e v e l o p ment of a C a r n e g i e r e c r e a t i o n program. ( I s t h i s s u f f i c i e n t warning?) "MacKenzie" f i n i s h e s by s a y i n g , "Once I ' m s e t t l e d on G r a n v i l l e I ' l l b e e x t e n d i n g i n v i t a t i o n s . I n t h e meantime I ' l l b e wande r i n g around C a r n e g i e b u t Donald . . * T h e r e ' s going t o b e a b y - e l e c t i o n on September 19 f o r t h e v a c a n t s e a t on C i t y cohorts a r e C o u n c i l . Campbell & h i s running a p e r s o n whose e n t i r e p l a t f o r m i n t h e l a s t e l e c t i o n c o n s i s t e d of s a y i n g "I'm a woman. I ' (which i s c e r t a i n l y d i f f e r e n t

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Dear Madams & S i r s , The q u e s t i o n a r i s e s i n my mind: What a r e t h e d o c t o r s i n BC up t o ? What h a s happened t o t h e i r H i p p o c r a t i c Oath..or does i t no l o n g e r hold i n t h i s p r o f e s s i o n ? And does it imply, a s i t does i n my u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f i t , t h a t d o c t o r s a r e committed t o s e r v i n g p e o p l e i n need of t h e i r a i d , r e g a r d l e s s o f who t h e a p p l i c a n t f o r h e l p i s - f r i e n d o r f o e , r i c h o r poor, local o r foreigh? A s t h e message comes through t o me, t h e BC d o c t o r s a r e o u t r a g e d because o u r g o v ' t h a s c a l ~ p e dt h e i r income through a p p l i c a t i o n of u s e r f e e s - h a s , i n s h o r t , e i t h e r l i m i t e d t h e i r a n t i c i p a t e d income f o r t h e i m m e d i a t e , f u t u r e , o r undercut i t i n some way; and t h i s g o v ' t h a s , a s it a p p e a r s t o me, somehow j e o p a r d i s e d t h e pension a r r a n gements made d u r i n g t h e p r e v i o u s socred g o v ' t ? I f I am wrong i n t h i s , p l e a s e c o r r e c t me. But, i n sum, t h e i s s u e a p p e a r s t o be one o f income. A t a time when hundreds of thousands o f Canadians, i n c l u d i n g t h o s e i n BC, a r e n o t o n l y having t h e i r f i n a n c i a l r e s o u r c e s "capped" b u t c u t back o r e l i m i n a t e d a l t o g e t h e r through p l a n t c l o s u r e s and/or comp. any f i n a n c i a l " r e s t r a i n t " p o l i c i e s , it seems t o me s i n g u l a r that t h e d o c t o r s a r e s o u p s e t about r e s t r a i n t s on themselves.

The Hippocratic oath

'if I fulfil thiioath and do not violate it, may it be granted to me to enjoy life and art, being honored with fame among all men for all time to come; if I transgress it and swear falsely. may the opposite of all this be my l o t

A s a group, t h e medical p e r s o n n e l a t thc l e v e l of p r a c t i s i n g d o c t o r s has t h e h i g h e s t ( o r among t h e h i g h e s t ) p e r s o n a l d i s p o s a b l e incomes. Nobldy, and c e r t a i n l y n o t me, d e n i e s t h e demands made on t h e s e r v i c e s of d o c t o r s , n o r t h e e f f e c t i v e r e s p o n s e

,f d o c t o r s on t h e whole t o t h o s e demands,@. 3ut t h e p u b l i c ' s u n d e r s t a n d i n g i s t h a t ) e r s o n s choosing t h e medical p r o f e s s i o n a s L c a r e e r do s o a t t h e i r own c h o i c e , E t a k e :he H i p p o c r a t i c Oath. They t h u s a c c e p t t h e : o n d i t i o n s of t h e i r c a l l i n g , a s does every me a c c e p t i n g s p e c i f i c employment. In t h e p r e s e n t i n s t a n c e I ' d expect t h e I o c t o r s , i f t h e y a r e d i s s a t i s f i e d with t h e remuneration t h e g o v ' t i s prepared t o pror i d e f o r t h e i r c o - o p e r a t i o n i n medicare, :o j o i n w i t h o t h e r p e o p l e p r o v i d i n g prodl c t s & / o r s e r v i c e s t o t h e p u b l i c i n deman-

d i n g c u r t a i l m e n t o f u n j u s t - t a x e s , such a s s a l e s t a x a t t h e r e t a i l l e v e l , &/or t h a t t h o s e n o t paying t h e i r j u s t s h a r e o f t a x a t i o n b e r e q u i r e d t o do s o . . r e t r o a c t i v e l y a s w e l l a s c u r r e n t l y . There i s s u f f i c i e n t evidence o f t a x e v a s i o n o r l a c k o f e f f e c t i v e t a x a t i o n on t h e p a r t of c o r p o r a t e bodi e s t o make it unnecessary f o r me t o go i n t o d e t a i l on t h i s . In s h o r t , I ask why a r e d o c t o r s n o t ready t o shoulder t h e i r share of " r e s t r a i n t " , o r b e t t e r s t i l l , why do t h e y n o t j o i n w i t h o t h e r v i c t i m s o f l o p - s i d e d 6 damaging d i s t r i b u t i o n o f p u r c h a s i n g power i n a d r i v e t o r e c t i f y t h e p r e s e n t system, & i n t r o d u c e a g r e a t e r ekenebt i f f a u r b e s s & justice t o all? B e a t r i c e Ferneyhough PS: I t ' s n o t a b l e t h a t t h e r i c h - who oppo s e medicare anyway - being f i n a n c i a l l y I a b l e t o s h o u l d e r medical c o s t s c o n t i n u e t o g e t services: it i s only those already v i c t i m i s e d by t h e c u r r e n t economic system who a r e b e i n g p e n a l i s e d by d o c t o r s s t r i k i n g . I s t h i s f a i r ? I s i t even d e c e n t ?

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Once t h e r e was a p o o r man Who had a r e a l l y good l i n e "1 may n o t have a penny But I have good f r i e n d s . " Once t h e r e was a r i c h man Who had a r e a l l y good l i n e " I have l o t s of d o l l a r s and 1 buy my f r i e n d s . "

SIGHT-SEEING ON A BUS Whenever I r i d e a bus f o r a day I s e e many t y p e s o f f a c e s from v a r i o u s r a c e s Some seem q u i t e vacant While o t h e r s a r e r e a l hype From d i f f e r e n t p l a c e s While r i d i n g on a l o c a l bus I see censor-type f a c e s From a l l a g e s T h e i r e x p r e s s i o n s seem t o s a y "Wonder where y o u ' r e going?" As t h e i r moods change Whatever day I'm r i d i n g a bus I see granite-like faces And when t h e y disembark, t h e y c u s s These t y p e s a r e d i f f i c u l t t o a c c e p t So I j u s t g r i n and b e a r i t . And t r y t o h o l d o n t o my own s m i l e Whether I'm on an e a r l y o r l a t e bus I s e e s e v e r a l s a d , angry o r worried look That you'd o n l y r e a d about i n books I n some way, I wish I could h e l p These seemingly l b s t s o u l s If o n l y t h e i r d e s t i n i e s had r e a l g o a l s T h e r e l l l always be a few p l e a s a n t days To s e e a genuine s m i l e o r two While r i d i n g on a c i t y bus

Once t h e r e was a working man Who had a r e a l l y good l i n e "1 have a few d o l l a r s , b u t I'm f a r t o o busy f o r f r i e n d s . " Once t h e r e was a Native man Who had a r e a l l y good l i n e "The r i c h e s o f my hands I w i l l s h a r e wibh my b r o t h e r s . " once thelle ,was a b l a c k man Who had a r e a l l y good l i n e " I f it a i n ' t from t h e h e a r t with r e s p e c t and l o v e it a i n ' t good e n u f f . " Once t h e r e was a yellow man Who had a r e a l l y good l i n e "Where I come from we have r e s p e c t f o r t h e o l d ways." Once t h e r e was a s p i r i t u a l man Who had a r e a l l y good l i n e "Throw away your l i n e s and f o l l o w me . I 1 Dreamweaver , A NEW SEASON

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Knowledge Network (475 W . Georgia) Dear Folks,

A man named J i m Bach s e n t a d e s c r i p t i o n of a 'documentary' he proposed t o do i n t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e . I t ' s working t i t l e was Welfare Wednesday. He wanted t h e appr o v a l / s u p p o r t o f t h e Carnegie Community Centre ~ s s o c i a t i o n ( a c t u a l i y he wanted- t h e approval of t h e D i r e c t o r o f Carnegie.. he knew nothing of t h e a s s o c i a t i o n ) . He used t h e name of t h e Knowledge Network & t h e Open Learning something i n t h e proposal. This l e t t e r i n your hand 8 t h e enclosed Carnegie N e w s l e t t e r s a r e s e n t t o you t o keep a promise t o r e a d e r s 5 r e s i d e n t s . The almost unanimous response t o Bach has been n e g a t i v e . The i s s u e o f August 1, 1992 cont a i n s a f i r s t response Bach t h e n came t o t h e Community R e l a t i o n s Committee meeting on J u l y 30, t o g e t t h e approval t h a t every one r e f u s e d t o g i v e i n d i v i d u a l l y i n l i e u of ( i . e . b e f o r e ) t h e scheduled meeting. The i s s u e , Bach's f i r s t l e t t e r & h i s s e c ond l e t t e r ' a p o l o g i s i n g ' f o r t h e f i r s t , & h i s . proposed approach t o t h e a r e a / p e o p l e / s t e r e o t y p e s , was d i s c u s s e d . The Committee voted unanimously t o r e j e c t h i s p r o p o s a l . The N e w s l e t t e r f o r August 15 has w r i t t e n responses, r e q u e s t e d i n t h e August 1 i s s u e t o Bach & t h i s whole venue of b i a s e d , s t e r e o t y p i c a l media. A s promised, a l l r e s p o n s e s a r e coming t o t h e Knowledge Network. The N e w s l e t t e r i s s u e s of J u l y 15, August 1 8 August 15 a r e a l l enclosed t o g i v e a l o n g e r view of peop l e h e r e , t o show t h a t o u r r e s p o n s e t o Bach & o t h e r s o f h i s i l k i s n o t an i s o l a t ed,~knee-jerk reaction. A l l newsletters a r e produced from s t a r t t o f i n i s h (except f o r t h e a c t u a l p r i n t i n g ) by v o l u n t e e r s . I have been t h e e d i t o r on a v o l u n t a r y b a s i s f o r 5% y e a r s . . t h e p a p e r ' s 6 t h a n n i v e r s a r y was August 15. For y e a r s hundreds of i n d i v i d u a l s & ovel a dozen g r o u p s / o r g a n i s a t i o n s have done i n c r e d i b l e community work t o change t h e n a t u r e of o u r community, t o r e f u t e t h e l a z y , v i c i o u s monicker "skid row" & e s t a b l i s h t h e neighbourhood a s t h e Downtown E a s t s i d f T h i s s t u f f comes t o you n o t a s a p o l i t e package of i n t e r e s t i n g i n f o r m a t i o n , b u t a!

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v e h i c l e f o r t h e s t r o n g emotion c o n t a i n e d h e r e i n . Bach used t h e name of t h e Know edge Network a s though h i s p r o j e c t had ,' he t a c i t (maybe even t h e f u l l & e n t h u s i a , t i c ) s u p p o r t of your editors/managers/ rhatever you c a l l t h e b r a s s t h e r e . I f t h i s ;upport was g i v e n even b e f o r e t h e video ras produced, t h a t ' s d i s t u r b i n g . Most peo) l e have a v e r y p o s i t i v e opinion o f t h e Cnowledge Network & t h e s t u f f you a i r . If : h i s k i n d of garbage i s now going t o be Teatured, you a r e s h o o t i n g y o u r s e l v e s i n :he f o o t ' A response would be a p p r e c i a t e d . The ext r a copies of t h e Newsletter a r e f o r t h e )pen Learning something t h a t Bach a l s o Listed i n h i s p r o p o s a l . I f you know what 3 r who t h i s i s , p l e a s e forward what you can t o them. Thank you f o r your time. r

R e s p e c t f u l l y submitted, PaulR T a y l o r , E d i t o r .

To Whom i t may concern. Recently I was r e a d i n g i n t h e newspaper t h a t Mexico C i t y i s having such s e v e r e p o l l u t i o n problems t h a t t h e y a r e c o n s i d e r ing i n s t a l l i n g g i a n t f a n s t o blow t h e smog up 6 o v e r t h e mountains. A more e f f i c i e n t way o f s o l v i n g t h i s problem would be t o i n s t a l l a high volume vacuum pump a t t h e o u t l e t o f t h e storm sewer system, t h e poll u t e d a i r could be drawn from t h e s t r e e t s i n t o t h e storm sewer system, t h e n t o a f i l t e r i n g system o r piped r i g h t o u t . The GVRD (Vancouver 8 d i s t r i c t ) i s now on a six-month campaign t o s o l i c i t suggest i o n s from t h e p u b l i c f o r environmental c l e a n - u p . . .but a f t e r w r i t i n g f o r 3 months f o r an acknowledgement of j u s t r e c e i v i n g t h i s submission, I can o n l y assume it i s t h e same a s s u b m i t t i n g any s u g g e s t i o n t o any l e v e l of t h e Canadian g o v ' t - you may a s well throw it i n t h e t r a s h c a n . Gordon Birkby

Editor, Our humourous d o l l a r c o i n was t h e r e s u l t of a g o v l t c o m p e t i t i o n gone awry. When t h e g o v l t planned t o r e p l a c e p a p e r d o l l a r s with coins & held a competition, s e v e r a l d e s i g n s were r e j e c t e d . The number of s e l e c t i o n s w h i t t l e d down t o two. The chosen d e s i g n was s e n t by c o u r i e r t o t h e mint, b u t it f a i l e d t o a r r i v e on t i m e , i f a t a l l . The mint was on a s c h e d u l e s o t h e y c a s t t h e second c h o i c e . Had t h e g o v ' t b u t known it would b r i n g s m i l e s t o Canadian f a c e s , 6 a new term t h a t has won o u r h e a r t s , t h e y may have chosen d i f f e r e n t l y . We have i n h e r i t e d "Looney Bins" a s c o i n banks 6 "Looney" t c mean d o l l a r s . I doubt we w i l l s t o p u s i n g t h e term when t h e b i r d p i c t u r e i s r e p l a c ed by a new, more ' d i g n i f i e d ' d e s i g n , which i s i n t h e works. Dora Sanders

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Most o f t h e g e n e r o s i t y i n t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e i s n o t r i c h people g i v i n g t o pool people - most of i t (probably 90%) i s t h e poor s h a r i n g what l i t t l e t h e y have with each o t h e r . Meanwhile, a l l around them an i n c r e d i b l y wealthy s o c i e t y i s wheeling & dealing i n millions & b i l l i o n s with t a x breaks 6 w r i t e - o f f s galore. When t h e r i c h o r middle-income b r a c k e t s donate t o established c h a r i t y s , they give , t o maintain p o l i t i c a l & bureaucratic s t r u ctures. In Somalia, when western c o u n t r y s donatf food & medicine i t ' s picked up a t t h e a i r I p o r t by s o l d i e r s who s t o r e i t i n h e a v i l y ( guarded warehouses w h i l e t h e i r desk-monk1 eys a r r a n g e t r a d e - o f f s f o r weapons & m i l i I t a r y equipment. I n Canada, d o n a t i o n s t o o r g a n i z e d c h a r i t y a r e used t o pay r e n t , s a l a r i e s , a d v e r t i s i n g budgets, maintenance c o s t s & expenst a c c o u n t s b e f o r e any of it t r i c k l e s (oozes: o u t t o t h e p e o p l e . What's t h e d i f f e r e n c e between f i n a n c i a l a i d t o T h i r d World count r i e s & c h a r i t y d o n a t i o n s t o low income neighbourhoods? Very l i t t l e . T h e r e ' s r e a l l y no need f o r a l l t h e s e desk j o b s when we have a technology t h a t , f a x e s i n f o r m a t i o n & economic c r e d i t arounc t h e g l o b e i n t h e wink o f an eye & s t o r e s accurate accountability i n i n s t a n t access databanks. When we have c o n t a i n e r t r u c k s & t r a i n s capable of shipping perishable goods t o a l l p a r t s of e v e r y c o n t i n e n t & c a r g o p l a n e s t h a t can f l y t o n s of s u p p l y s anywhere i n t h e world, t h e h o l d i n g compan I y s t h a t c o n t r o l world markets have no excuse whatever when it comes t o a f a i r & necessary d i s t r i b u t i o n of products. We know, of c o u r s e , t h a t t h e y o n l y p l a y a boardllgame w i t h t h e E a r t h ' s r e s o u r c e s which h a s no r e l a t i o n s h i p t o r e a l need. i t ' s o n l y p u b l i c r e l a t i o n s & media conven i e n c e t h a t make it appear o t h e r w i s e . People a r e n o t s t u p i d - t h e y know t h e y ' r e b e i n g scammed by power sucks i n smart suits. Here & everywhere e l s e , t h e image of c h a r i t y , benevolence & g e n e r o s i t y i s noth i n g b u t a puppet show a r r a n g e d f o r p e r s o n a 1 g a i n . The poor, & t h o s e i n need of a s s i s t a n c e a r e always c o n f r o n t e d w i t h c l e v e r

y worded r u l e s t h a t s i d e t r a c k ti s i p h o n k s lff a s much a s p o s s i b l e i h t o bank lackounts ~f o f f i c i a l j o b ~ h o l d i n gc a r e e r f r e a k s . When t h e p a r a s i t e s o f c o r p o r a t e i n f r a s r u c t u r e hold t h e i r annual award d i n n e r s & iedia e v e n t < t h e y shake hands & s m i l e 4 w i s e themselves enormously, b u t back i n he o f f i c e 6 c o r p o r a t e bedrooms t h e y ' r e n i f i n g & s h a f t i n g t h e i r "colleagues" l i k e ou wouldn't b e l i e v e . Every one o f them, i g h t down t o t h e l o w l i e s t shmuck i n t h e ailr room i s shuckin' & j i v i n ' f o r a h e a v i r s l i c e of economic a c t i o n . ..We d o n ' t need any of them! An e f f i c i e n t f a i r d i s t r i b u t i o n of world r e s o u r c e s o u l d e a s i l y be managed by computer banks i n t e r n a t i o n a l networks of s h i p p e r s , r e c i v e r s & d i s t r i b u t o r s . One small group o f imple-minded a c c o u n t a n t s with i d e a l i s t i c , o t i v a t i o n s could run t h e whole t h i n g from s i n g l e f l o o r of t h e U . N . b u i l d i n g . A l l he r e s t o f t h e unused o f f i c e s could be o n v e r t e d i n t o l i v i n g space & f r e e c l i n i c s . e could s o l v e most o f t h e w o r l d ' s probems o v e r n i g h t & g e t t o work on t h e r e a l ough s t u f f f i r s t t h i n g i n t h e morning. - Where t h e r e ' s a w i l l t h e r e ' s a way. Uno r t u n a t e l y , t h e f a c t s a r e - t h e r e is abo l u t e l y no w i l l t o do t h i s among t h o s e ho have t h e power t o move mountains. h e r e i s , i n s t e a d , o n l y t h e w i l l t o grow i c h & look good - t h e r e s t o f us can go o h e l l , & someitmes I t h i n k ..e a r e a l r e a y there. TORA

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Hot! Hot i n t h e h o t e l room.. Cold. Feet i n t h e sand a t t h e beach. Crab beach. Seashore, on t h e o t h e r s i d e o f t h e t r a c k s . Dogs on t h e Seach, Dog d i g s up a rock. "Go f e t c h ! " I n e r v o u s l y s a i d a s I swam ashore. Too c o l d t o s a y i t . Dead. Dead c r a b s l i t t e r t h e s h o r e l i n e , a l l k i n d s of s i z e s , mainly q u i t e s m a l l . One r e d claw entwined with seaweed. C r u i s e s h i p l e a v e s a t u r m o i l o u s wake o f waves and d e a d l y undertow. Canned a s p i r i n s and t o i l e t paper swirls up t o t h e s u r f a c e . Diesel f u e l fumes descend a l t h o u g h c l o s e t o t h e s h o r e a windy b r e e z e q u i c k l y t a k e s c a r e of t h e s e . Ball p l a y i n g allowed. Golfing t o o ! Botchy b a l l and f r i s b e e s and one b l u e rubber b a l l f o r t h e dog. Margaret wheels bye s m i l i n g now wave on my b i k e soon enough t o brave t r a f f i c , t r a c k s and f i r e t r u c k s . taum Danbye

We have been l e d t o worry about an economy & p r e s e r v e it a s i s . I t i s n o t wise t o p r o t e c t an economic system t h a t i s d e s t r u c 1 t i v e t o humanity and n a t u r e . We have been l e d t o f e a r major changes t o t h e economy. I t i s n o t wise t o f e a r maj o r changes t h a t n i g h t b e n e f i t humanity & nature. We have been l e d t o b e l i e v e t h a t wealth and p o s s e s s i o n s g i v e s e c u r i t y . I t i s n o t wise t o b e l i e v e t h a t l i f e s t y l e s o f greed d o n ' t harm humanity and n a t u r e . Peaches

T h i s shows you t h e importance of keeping s t o c k s up. Be s u r e t o have always i n s t o r e a goodly s u p p l y - 3 months' worth, s a y of f l o u r , s u g a r , t e a , and b o t t l e d d r i n k i n g water. And l e a r n t o d r y your f r u i t & veget a b l e s . T h i s way i n t h e e v e n t of d i s a s t e r - n o t t h e n a t u r a l k i n d , b u t t h e human, I mean, t h e human c a t a s t r o p h e o f neighbour u p r a i s e d a g a i n s t neighbour you should not need t o r a c e o u t between v o l l e y s i n a d a i l y l a y i n g - i n of p r o v i s i o n s . Let t h i s b e a l e s s o n t o you t o guard your c h i l d r e n w i t h d i l l i g e n c e , knowing now how small b o d i e s a c c e p t t h e a s s a s i n ' s b u l l e t a s an i d e a l t a r g e t , g i v e n t h e e x t e n t of t h e damage i n f l i c t e d . - ~ ep r e p a r e d w i t h b l a n k e t s , games, comic books, i n c a s e you need t o keep t h e young concealed ( a l t h o u g h t h e y could have committed no harm; even though t h e people who t h r e a t e n them were f r i e n d s , f o r m e r l y ) . Also keep c a n d l e s , matches, m e d i c i n e s ' a n d l i n e n s on hand. T h i s l e t s you s e e , t h e n , t h a t t h e r e well may be many more o u t s i d e t h e w a l l s t h a n a r e i n . And o f t e n t h o s e d i s c o v e r e d and confined a s ' a f f l i c t e d 1 have d e p l e t e d themselves. While t h e t r u e madmen, f o r whom t h e f e v e r of madness can o n l y be r e l i e v e d i n t h e anguish o f t h e i r n e a r e s t countrymen - l o c a l t y r a n n i e s - and whose f a m i l y name n i g h t a s e a s i l y b e I r i s h , Khmer, a s S e r b i a n , a r e r a r e l y s t o p p e d , ' i n time. Anonymous -

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A s I l a y dying t h e thought came t o me s o c l e a r l y : What c r i m i n a l i d i o c y , what t o t a l bankruptcy contemporary s o c i e t y i s i n . - Those a r e s t r o n g words! - A s I l a y dying t h e impact & c l a r i t y were very strong, very sharp. - But you weren't dying - you a r e s t i l l here, t a l k i n g . - I am dying - being k i l l e d minute by minu t e , hour by hour by contemporary s o c i e t y which, on t h e c o n t r a r y , should be prolonging my l i f e . . i f it were n o t c r i m i n a l l y i d i o t i c . . i f i t were n o t t o t a l l y bankrupt. - HOW can you s a y t h a t ? Look what medicine is doing, look what g r e a t c i t i e s - l i k e Vancouver - a r e demonstrating: huge b u i l d i n g s , more & more highways, automobiles everywhere, huge t r a i n - s i z e d e l i v e r y vans r o a r i n g along e v e r y s t r e e t & highway, banks everywhere, h o s p i t a l s everywhere, mental i n s t i t u t i o n s a l l around, p o l i c e f o r c e s growing, armies f i g h t i n g on a l l sides. s o much going on. - P r e c i s e l y . I s n o t t h a t proof o f c r i m i n a l o f bankruptcy? idiocy? - I d o n ' t g e t you. People come h e r e from a l l o v e r t h e world because o f o u r wealth here - f o r a b e t t e r , f r e e r l i f e . - P r e c i s e l y . Because t h e i r own homelands have been wrecked i n o r d e r f o r t h e s e "world c l a s s c i t i e s " i n t h e west & n o r t h t o a r i s e - h i g h r i s e o f f i c e b u i l d i n g s , huge convention c e n t r e s , l u x u r y h o t e l s , condos, massive t r a d i n g c e n t r e s & t r a d e e x h i b i t ion h a l l s . .BUT- .But what? - BUT t h e o t h e r s i d e o f t h e p i c t u r e ! Those' atworld c l a s s c i t i e s " a r e r o t t i n g a t t h e c o r e - e v e r y one o f them - everywhere. A t t h e c o r e a r e people l i k e me d y i n g from l a c k of employment, induced by t h i s s o c i a l o r d e r ; people m e n t a l l y unbalanced, due t o t h e f r u s t r a t i o n s o f t h i s o r d e r of s o c i e t y ; people i n v a l i d e d o u t , due t o t h e l a b o u r c o n d i t i o n s imposed by t h i s s o c i e t y ; people madly s e e k i n g escape from u n r e s o v l a b i e l i v i n g problems, t a k i n g t o d r u g s & a l c o h o l people s l e e p i n g i n t h e s t r e e t s because homes a r e n o t being b u i l t & homes i n t h e way of new h i g h r i s e s a r e being 'bombed'

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f o r c i n g people i n t o t h e s t r e e t ; d i s e a s e s never- be?ore known a r e appearing f o r which medical s c i e n c e has no answers induced by a s p e c t s o f t h e p r e s e n t s o c i a l k . o r d e r , which r e j e c t s f u l l employment & an o p p o r t u n i t y f o r everyone w i l l i n g & a b l e t o work t o g e t a c c e s s t o t h e means o f making a living.. - Yes, y o u ' r e r i g h t . I o f t e n ask myself 'How can any i n d i v i d u a l o r group have t h e r i g h t t o e x c l u d e anybody from t h e r i g h t of a c c e s s t o making a l i v i n g . And y e t governments, a l r e a d y e l e c t e d t o s e r v e t h e whole community, do n o t s t o p employers from denying t h o s e who a l o n e can o p e r a t e t h e prod u c t i v e c a p a c i t y , because of t h e i r s k i l l , a c c e s s t o t h e p l a n t s & machines t h a t produce; & n o t o n l y t h a t , do n o t s t o p p l a n t s from b e i n g moved i n t o o t h e r a r e a s o u t of t h e c o u n t r y o f t h e i r o r i g i n (where t h e y were b u i l t by t h e l a b o u r of t h e people who a r e being f i r e d ) . - True; governments a r e e l e c t e d t o p r o t e c t t h e welfare & i n t e r e s t s of a l l t h e c i t i zens. But we l i v e i n a h i g h l y c o m p e t i t i v e world - we have t o b e world c l a s s - t o compete.

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o f t h i s s o c i a l o r d e r on my l i f e , I could s e e it a l l v e r y c l e a r l y . People from a l l around t h e world a r e f l o c k i n g t o t h e s e b i g c i t i e s because t h e y have been s t a r v e d out o f t h e i r homelands by t h e v e r y c o r p o r a t i o n s ,who a r e now c l o s i n g down & moving p l a n t s from a r e a s where t h e i r p o l i c i e s & p r a c t i c e s d i s r u p t e d & d e s t r o y e d t r a d i t i o n a l ways of l i f e . The s o - c a l l e d "competitivenessll of

contemporary s o c i e t y i s s i m a l , c o r p o r a t e , i n t e r n a t i o n a i p o l i c y being c a r r i e d o u t q u i t e d e l i b e r a t e l y by means of t h e d e v i o u s methods o f hidden, p r i v a t e , s e c r e t double e n t r y bookkeeping, which jugg l e s a l l e g e d l y 'sound1 f i g u r e s around t o conceal world-wide d e l i b e r a t e d e v a s t a t i o n of p e o p l e & n a t u r a l r e s o u r c e s . T h i s i s c a l l e d " p r e s e r v i n g c a s h flow". - T h a t ' s q u i t e a mouthful. Come a g a i n ? - We h e r e i n America a r e now e x p e r i e n c i n g t h e f u l l impact o f c a p i t a l i s t , i m p e r i a l i s t p o l i c i e s : o u r t r a d i t i o n a l way of l i f e , from t h a t o f Native p e o p l e s of t h e l o n g e s t standing (the Indians & I n u i t ) t o t h a t of t h e people o f European o r i g i n o f l o n g e s t s t a n d i n g , t o t h a t o f t h e most r e c e n t immigr a n t s who have t a k e n o u t c i t i z e n s h i p - i n s h o r t t h e e n t i r e Canadian t r a d i t i o n a l way of l i f e - i s being d i s r u p t e d & r e n t t o p i e c e s by a g g r e s s i v e , i n t r u s i v e & r a d i c a l l y e x p l o i t a t i v e American m u l t i n a t i o n a l c o r p o r a t e c a p i t a l i s t g r e e d & r u t h l e s s n e s s , and t h i s with t h e e a g e r c o - o p e r a t i o n o f t h e Mulroney gang i n Ottawa. We a r e being reduced s y s t e m a t i c a l l y t o a backward c o l o n i a l a s s e t & s o u r c e f o r raw materials. I d i o c y & bankruptcy a r e t h e o n l y terms f o r "doing i n " people, "doing i n " n a t u r a l r e s o u r c e s , "doing i n " l i f e i t s e l f : what f o r CASH ASSETS my l o v e - s o n o u r i s h i n g , s o s o o t h i n g t o t h e body, s o h e l p f u l i n keeping o u t t h e c o l d dontcha know?

lrn i n t h e e x e r c i s e o f p e o p l e ' s r e a l a s s s ; doing t h i s s t a n d s t h e c u r r e n t s o c i a l , d e r on i t s head r e s u l t i n g i n t r u e s o c i a l sti ice f o r a l l . Needed i s t h e w i l l t o t r y lut, r i g h t h e r e i n BC? HOW? By backing e v e r y p o s i t i v e , d e m o c r a t i c a c t i o n o f t h e NDP g o v l t t h a t p u t s c o n t r o I multinationals & corporate exploitation n o t j u s t i n words but i n a c t i o n . The - a n s i t i o n from t h e c u r r e n t o r d e r t o a j u s f r e e s o c i e t y i s n o t an academic dream, ~t we have t o s t a r t w i t h what we have & . t h who we a r e . Hmrn. Well, 1'11 t h i n k about i t . You may have something t h e r e .

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So s a y t h e bourgeois t o t h e b a r d s Strong i n t h e i r s t o c k s and bonds They know t h e p o e t s can n o t l i v e Without t h e i r pence and pounds. But s t i l l t h e b o u r g e o i s h e a r t h a t v o i c e S i l v e r and s t r o n g and c l e a r Singing a song t h e y d a r e n o r know And y e t t h e y needs must h e a ~ . What a r e t h e What a r e t h e They s i n g o f Of youth t o o

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But p o e t s t o o s i n g o u t i n p r i d e Of b a t t l e s won a g a i n s t d i s t r e s s They t e l l t h e t a l e s o f unions b u i l t Co-ops and c r e c h e s , e a s i n g s t r e s s . Of neighbourhoods t h a t h o l d t h e i r own When r i c h men p l a n t o t e a r them down. These songs & t a l e s t h e bourgeois h e a r Despite t h e i r w i l l t o block t h e i r e a r And keep t h e f i g h t i n g words t h a t f l y From winging f a r throughout t h e sky. Proclaiming l a b o u r ' s And f l o u r i s h well i n The f a r m e r s t i l l t h e The seamen s a i l , and

w i l l t o live town, and where s o i l , and where fishers strive.

"Come o u t , come out!" - That c r y i s v a i n ! The p e o p l e s ' p o e t s s t i l l remain The v o i c e of men - and women t o o Strong w i l l e d t o make t h e world a-new In l i n e with n a t u r e ' s f i n e d e s i g n That growth promotes, and l i f e s u s t a i n s ; That moves t h e sun and b r i n g s t h e r a i n , Where laws, r a t i f i e d , w i l l d e f i n e A happy l i f e f o r a l l who work And s h a r e t h e good t h a t hand and b r a i n Bring i n t o being, and a t t a i n ( f o r a l l who do n o t s h i r k ) Peace and good w i l l ' and s e t t l e d ways That move t o love; t h a t g i v e what s t a y s "Come o u t , come out" t h e bourgeois c r y Hearing t h e p o e t s r a v e "Come out and s t a n d h e r e by our s i d e And s i n g t h e Laws we gave." The p e o p l e s ' p o e t s h e a r t h a t v o i c e And answer i n t h e i r p r i d e "The p e o p l e s ' p o e t s s t i l l a r e we By t h e i r laws we a b i d e . " We s i n g o f wealth f o r a l l t o s h a r e We s i n g of owrk, of homes s e c u r e And b u i l d a land of wealth and c h e e r We b u i l d a l a n d o f freedom - h e r e . Bea Ferneyhough

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There a r e two Vancouvers, j u s t a s t h e r e a r e two of e v e r y North American c i t y . The f i r s t Vancouver i s made up of t h e r i c h E t h e Middle C l a s s . The o t h e r Vancouver i s made up of a hodge-podge of groups such a3 t h o s e on w e l f a r e , p e t t y c r i m i n a l s , s h o r t term u n s k i l l e d workers, drug a d d i c t s & exconvicts. In t h e p a s t , most women had a l l t h e appearance of being c i t i z e n s of Vancouver I , b u t because of t h e i r gender were n e v e r t h e l e s s denied f u l l membership i n t h a t s o c i e t y . The Feminist movement s e e k s t o change that. S i m i l a r l y , t h e gay l i b e r a t i o n movement s t r i v e s t o g a i n a p l a c e f o r a s many gays a s p o s s i b l e i n Vanoouver I . Almost a l l p r o p e r t y & almost e v e r y t h i n g o f v a l u e i s owned by t h e c i t i z e n s of Vancouver I. They & t h e i r c o u n t e r p a r t s a c r o s s Canada a l s o own t h e v a r i o u s governments, l a b o u r unions, churches, p o l i c e f o r c e s , c o u r t s , j a i l s & armed f o r c e s . A l l o f t h e s e i n s t i t u t i o n s e x i s t t o a i d , comfort & c a r r y o u t t h e wishes o f Vancouver I . I once came t o t h e r e s c u e of sommlwomen who were being h a r r a s s e d by a man on Granv i l l e S t r e e t . The women took o f f i n a cab l e a v i n g me holding t h i s man down on t h e sidewalk. The p o l i c e happened along, sepa r a t e d u s & quizzed us. When t h e y l e a r n e d t h a t I had a job, while t h e o t h e r man was on welfare, one policeman s a i d t o me, "That's what i t ' s a l l about, i s n ' t it?" They a r r e s t e d him & hauled him away b u t s e n t me on my merry way. The p o i n t i s t h a t t h e y took me f o r a c i t i z e n o f Vancouver I because I had a job. The f a c t t h a t he was on w e l f a r e made him p a r t o f Vanxouver I 1 6 t h e r e f o r e he had t o be i n t h e wrong..I was unquestionably i n t h e r i g h t . The primary hob of t h e p o l i c e i s t o prot e c t t h e well-being & p o s s e s s i o n s of t h o s e who own almost e v e r y t h i n g from t h o s e who own almost nothing. Criminal c o u r t s & j a i l have t h e same primary purpose. The c i t i z e n s of Vancouver I e v a l u a t e themselves by c o n t r a s t i n g themselves with t h o s e of Vancouver 11. The a l c o h o l i c i n Shaughnessy s i p s h i s Scotch & muses: "If I was r e a l l y , s e r i o u s l y an a l c o h o l i c , I ' d be down on Skid Row d r i n k i n g Lysol.I1 The unemployed union member i s r e s p e c t a b l e on

Unemployment Insurance but c r i n g e s a t t h e thought of i t running o u t & t h e n e c e s s i t y of applying f o r w e l f a r e because he, l i k e h i s a s s o c i a t e s , a c c e p t s t h a t S o c i a l Assist a n c e means an a u t o m a t i c l o s s o f members h i p i n Vancouver I & hence, j u s t a s automatic, r e c l a s s i f i c a t i o n i n t o Vancouver 11. The suburban housewife r e j o i c e s a s she drops a can i n t o t h e Food Bank c o l l e c t i o n box because t h a t a c t s o w e l l emphasizes t h e wide g u l f t h a t s e p a r a t e s h e r from t h o s e who s t a n d i n Food Bank l i n e s . The CCF p o l i t i c a l p a r t y was o r i g i n a l l y a c h i l d o f t h e co-op movement. The main bene f i c i a r i e s of t h e co-op movement, had i t f l o u r i s h e d , would have been t h e p o o r . . i t s s u c c e s s would have been t o t h e d e t r i m e n t o f t h e r i c h . T h e r e f o r e , t h e CCF n e v e r r e a l l y g o t anywhere u n t i l it dumped t h e co-op ideq & a t t a c h e d i t s e l f , a s t h e NDP, t o organized l a b o u r . Thus it became a Vancouver I t y p e o f p a r t y . Only t h e n d i d it begin t o succeed i n e l e c t i o n s . Vancouver 1 c i t i z e n s & t h e i r p e e r s e l s e where do n o t p r o v i d e w e l f a r e because t h e y d o n ' t want t h e poor t o go t o bed hungry. They don' t do it o u t o f l o v e . They approve such programs. because t h e y keep t h e c i t i z ens of Vancouver I1 d o c i l e & submissive & out of t h e way. That i s what Vancouver I t y p e s want because t h e y a r e t e r r i b l y aware of one f a c t - t h a t t h o s e . o f Vancouver 11, who own n o t h i n g , hold a s h o s t a g e a l l of t h e p r o p e r i t e s & p o s s e s s i o n s owned by those who own e v e r y t h i n g . The g r e a t e s t f e a r of Vancouver I c i t i z e n s i s t h a t t h o s e of Vancouver I 1 w i l l r e a l i z e t h a t f a c t and get together t o t r a s h o r take possession of it a l l . The r i o t s i n Los Angeles & Taronto undoubtedly s e n t c h i l l s down t h e s p i n e s of many members of t h e owning c l a s s e s & t h e i r a s p i r a n t s because t h o s e r i o t s q u i c k l y t u r ned i n t o o r g i e s o f l o o t i n g & burning. .more so t h a n r i o t s o f t h e p a s t . One wonders i f t h e handwriting i s on t h e wall s i n c e t h o s e e v e n t s . W i l l t h o s e who own n o t h i n g t a k e c o l l e c t i v e a c t i o n on f u t ure o c c a s i o n s t o so a c t a g a i n s t t h o s e who own e v e r y t h i n g ? Time w i l l t e l l . By ERIC ERICKSON

SALTY SAM.'S HAVING A PARTY S a l t y sam's p a r t y e y e s i r i s wide open, j e s t j o k e s pecks ( t h e i r a l l Stoopid ( i d ) ) "You f u c k i n g p e r v e r t " s h o u t s o u t t a t h e s t r e e t she s a y s , "Yah, your always a v a i l a b l e ! " But GOD i s a f i s h , He wants Y 0 U 3 g i r l s thought t h e y could He's having a p a r t y ( I s why where s o . . . 1 No! ~ b !I ' s h o u t s o u t t a t h e s t r e e t . . . .

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Joan Smallwood i s a s n a i l : Sandy Cameron, i n t h e l a s t i s s u e , campl a i n s o f being l a b e l l e d a "consumer", & blames t h i s l a n g u a g e - a t t i t u d e on "big busi n e s s "...he's r i g h t o f c o u r s e - b u t t h e n we s e e Joan Smallwood i n t h e same i s s u e r e f e r r i n g t o t h o s e on w e l f a r e a s "consume r s " of s o c i a l s e r v i c e f . I s o u r NDP , w t t t h e same a s *'big b u s i ness"-? Not q u i t e , b u t t h e y ' r e g e t t i n g t h e r e . In f a c t Ms. Smallwood ( I h e s i t a t e t o c a l l h e r ftThe Honourable) u s e s o u t r a g e o u s l y s a n i t i z e d b u s i n e s s language - t h e kind of s t e r i l i z e d , de-humanizing word i m a g e s governments have d e l i b e r a t e l y used f o r decades t o t u r n people o f f . I t h i n k t h e y do it on purpose. I f an i n d i v i d u a l i n p u b l i c o f f i c e knows t h e y must make a show of r e s p o n s i b i l i t y m b u t a t t h e same time d e t e s t s t h e philosophys of t h o s e t h e y must communicate with, t h e s o l u t i o n t o t h e i r dilemma i s e a s i l y found by s a y i n g t h e r i g h t t h i n g s i n t h e wrong language. This i s a method used by businessmen 4 governments t o hold people o f f a t a r m ' s l e n g t h , while covering t h e i r a s s a t t h e same time. Here a r e same of Ms. Smallwood's p h r a s e s t a k e n o u t o f c o n t e x t : "Ongoing d i a l o g u e , vested i n t e r e s t , professionals i n the f i e l d , s p e c i a l i n t e r e s t advocacy, consume r s of o u r s e r v i c e s , members o f t h e t a x paying p u b l i c , e s t a b l i s h an a d v i s o r y counc i l , "support o f my c o l l e a g u e s , ~ p p r o a c h my c o l l e a g u e , p o s i t i o n p a p e r s on t h e admin i s t r a t i o n , reviewing f u r t h e r o p t i o n s , i n put t o date," e t c . Ms. Smallwood s a y s , "1 a l s o b e l i e v e peop l e need t o be empowered s o t h a t t h e y can view themselves a s consumers of o u r s e r v i c e s . " . . . i t t s j u s t p o s s i b l e t h a t Joan Small wood, t h e human b e i n g , h a s been w r i t i n g & speaking t h i s way f o r s o long t h a t she c o u l d n ' t do otherwisem even i f h e r p o l i t i c a l c a r e e r depended o n , i t . I t h i n k t h i s i s a f a r g r e a t e r * t r a g e d y t h a n j u s t being on welfare. TOR A

Glen Clark is a s h a r k : Everyone h a s h e a r d by now o f t h e t r a g i c i c c i d e n t i n Nanaimo where a f e r r y p u l l e d %way from t h e dock w h i l e c a r s were s t i l l Loading. I t k i l l e d a mother 4 h e r daughter 5 s e r i o u s l y i n j u r e d 4 o t h e r members of t h e Family. V i s i b l y d i s t u r b e d w i t n e s s e s appeared on t h e v i d e o , demanding j u s t i c e . A f t e r t h e BC F e r r y C o r p o r a t i o n ' s lawyers lad p r e v e n t e d t h e p o l i c e from q u e s t i o n i n g the crew members r e s p o n s i b l e , 5 o t h e r i n z i d e n t s o f u n s a f e docking p r a c t i c e s were iredged up t o b e i n v e s t i g a t e d simultaneous l x with t h i s case. This conveniently turned t h e f o c u s of t h e s i t u a t i o n away from t h e t e r r i b l e crime committed by negl i g e n t s t a f f & i n s t e a d made t h e i s s u e a g e n e r a l ' o n e o f p u b l i c s a f e t y - i . e . How can we improve y o u r f e r r y s e r v i c e ? I n s t e a d o f punishment f o r c r i m i n a l negligence, t h e i s s u e i s being turned i n t o a p u b l i c r e l a t i o n s b i d by BC F e r r i e s . - For me, t h e f i n a l c o n f i r m a t i o n o f t h i s came when I w i t n e s s e d t h e Attorney General Glen C l a r k * on t e l e v i s i o n , s a y i n g h e would n o t defend t h e F e r r y c o r p o r a t i o n "i f they were wmng " . . . t h a t ' s what h e s a i d . (*Glen C l a r k i s t h e Finance M i n i s t e r ; C o l i n Gableman i s A t t o r n e y General - Ed.) Now everyone knows w i t h o u t a doubt t h a t t h e b o a t p u l l e d away w h i l e t h e c a r s were s t i l l loading! No one denys t h i s - a l s o , no one can deny t h a t h t e s e d e a t h s & i n j u r i e s were a d i r e c t r e s u l t o f t h i s f a c t . But C l a r k s a y s ' I . . . i f t h e y were wrong"! ..how wrong can t h e y g e t , Glen?. .We know you always choose your words c a r e f u l l y when a p p e a r i n g on camera, & t h a t you a l ways comb your h a i r & s h i n e your shoes & take g r e a t pains t o appear t o be a f a i r & j u s t Attorney General - b u t t h i s i s r i d i c u l o u s . I t h i n k t h e c a p t a i n & crew should be h e l d under w a t e r f o r 15 m i n u t e s themse l v e s , j u s t t o s e e how t h e y l i k e i t . TOM

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invade t h e c i t y from t h e d i s t a n t h i l l s , seemed poised t o r e p o s s e s s us. I t was o n l y w i s h f u l t h i n k i n g , however. This s t e r i l e , blood-mad & empty hungering i s o u r i n h e r i t a n c e . I remember t h e witch & I l o v e t h e witch, b u t we w i l l no l o n g e r accomplish t h e s i m p l e s t l o v e i n t h i s p l a c e . The s a c r i f i c e s t h a t a r e n e c e s s a r y , which a r e not s a c r i f i c e s of o t h e r s b u t of o u r obscene p r i v i l e g e , a r e everywhere made more & more u n l i k e l y , more & more convulsive; l e s s & l e s s do t h e y appear t o make sense o r even t o be o t h e r t h a n f u t i l e , f o r no c o n t e x t remains f o r them. Where community i s , r e a l community, t h e r e p o s s i b l y one can ask t h e r i g h t q u e s t i o n s & a c t upon t h i s kr3wledge. Empty towers, v i b r a t i n g columns of nameless, i n t e r c h a n g e a b l e a i l . 1 wonder i f a n y t h i n g can e v e r be imposs i b l e a g a i n : i f perhaps t h e unbound & consequently unfrustrated & disinherited s e l f can, i n i t s freedom, choose e x i l e from t h o s e p r e c a r i o u s , deadly towers... t h e n t h e h o r r o r may n o t be o u r f i n a l , choking d e c l a r a t i o n . By DANIEL FEENEY

The o l d i n v i s i b l e v e r t i c a l s , motion onl y a p p a r e n t when it o c c u r s sidewaus- s e l f a s some kind of tower without l e v e l s , without f l o o r s . Boundaries v i s i b l e , b u t t h e v i b r a t i n g column o f a i r i s i m p a t i e n t and unnamed, f i n g e r l e s s . Luminescient t r e e s o f d a r k t h i r t y p o l e s l i k e s t r i p p e d s u p p o r t s f o r some huge b u i l d i n g , some f o r g o t t e n , decayed i n s t i t u t i o n - only t h e w h i t e s l e f t , symbols o f a new, cleanerm s p a r s e r method of exchange. And a n o t h e r l i g h t begins t o s p i l l ; w h i t e r , warmer, f u l l of sound, t r a f f i c moving i n & around. In a l l t h e s e r e s i d e n c e s t h e variegated breakfast smells r i s e 6 f a l l . Soon, t h e r e w i l l come t h e h a r s h , c l e a n o d o r s of c l e a n s e r s , & r a d i o n o i s e . I remember one morning i n t h e bookstore where I worked, l i s t e n i n g t o t h e r a d i o news, wondering when t h e snow would come, December 7, 1989. A c o l d e r wind came down t h e nervous s t r e e t . A l l t h a t l o s t n a t u r a l medicine, a l l t h e f o r g o t t e n n e c e s s i t i e s of t h e g r e e n & v i b r a n t world, which it h a s t a k e n s o many c e n t u r i e s t o bury, seemed s e t t o

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Nature does have a c e r t a i n c a p a c i t y f o r r e p a i r i n g i t s e l f from t h e damage caused by humanity. Unfortunately, humanity's appeti t e f o r r e s o u r c e s along with a s e l f - d e t e r mined, presumed adequate program t o r e p a i r t h e environment i s not adequate enough. N a t u r e ' s a b i l i t y t o r e p a i r and r e p l e n i s h i s being sever8~yccurtai~ed's~y:~humanit;$!s i n a b i l i t y o t extract resources of necessit y without d i s t u r b i n g t h e n a t u r a l o r d e r . To p r e v e n t t h e c r i p p l i n g o f n a t u r e , a c e r t a i n b a l a n c e must be achieved. One of the.\most important purposes o f n a t i v e s e l f gobernment i s t o t e a c h and promote t h e changes needed t o b r i n g about lthe balance between n a t u r e and humanity. The n a t i v e p e o p l e s b e l i e v e t h a t t h e indu s t r i a l revolution has created p o s i t i v e & b e n e f i c i a l t e c h n o l o g i e s and t h e s e achieve-

ments should be and can be progressed upon without s e v e r e l y d a m ~ i n gn a t u r e . For t o o many y e a r s t h e advances of i n d u s t r i a l i z a t i o n have n o t been v e r y c i v i l . Many e n v i r onmental problems were over-1;oked and now everybody and e v e r y t h i n g on t h e p l a n e t s u f f e r s because of t h e s h o r t - s i g h t e d n e s s . Native self-government i s ? p o s i t i v e s t e p toward h e l p i n g t h e i r peoples. Who i s going t o h e l p t h e r e s t of s o c i e t y ? Perhaps t h e n e x t s t e p t o t a k e should be t o welcome and allow t h e n a t i v e peoples t o a p p l y t h e i r a b i l i t i e s t o prove t h a t prope r l y maintained i n d u s t r y and n a t u r e can c o - e x i s t . But would t h e y go f o r i t ? I f we a r e f o r t u n a t e , t h e window of oppo r t u n i t y might openfbr t h e r e s t of us t o l e a r n something from t h e wisdom of t h e n a t i v e peoples. By PETER BALDASSI

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t o t h e Promised Land." Nearly 5000 y r s 11 you l a t e r , Roosevelt s a i d , "Lay down your shov e l s , s i t on your a s s e s , l i g h t up a Camel,

t h i s i s t h e Promised Land." Now Bush i s s t e a l i n g your s h o v e l s , kicki n g your a s s e s , r a i s i n g t h e p r i c e of your Camels 6 mortgaging t h e Promised Land. I f you a r e one o f t h e f o r t u n a t e people who h a s any money l e f t a f t e r paying t a x e s , we w i l l e x p e c t a generous d o n a t i o n a s a c o n t r i b u t i o n t o t h i s worthwhile p r e j e c t . I .M.Dunn, S e c r e t a r y . P . S. : I t i s s a i d t h a t P r e s i d e n t Bush i s con-

s i d e r i n g changing t h e Republican P a r t y emblem from an e l e p h a n t t o a condom. I t s t a n d s f o r i n f l a t i o n , p r o t e c t s a bunch of p r i c k s , h a l t s production & gives a f a l s e s e n s e of s e c u r i t y w h i l e one i s b e i n g

'Dear Folks' seems kind o f corny; maybe it w i l l g e t you t o r e a d t h i s through. Free Trade i s a s o r d i d t a l e o f what " t h e f i x i s onv & "the p r o s p e c t s f o r peace a r e awful" mean. T h i s a r t i c l e appeared i n 5 p a r t s i n a weekly p a p e r c a l l e d The Georgi a n i n S t e p h e n v i l l e , Nfld. A s a North Ame r i c a n Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) may become law, it i s important t h a t bkainwashing & l i e s & c o r p o r a t e media propaganda n o t b e allowed t o b u l l s h i t people a s it d i d i n 1988.

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The Independent, a s e l f - d e s c r i b e d journa l f o r t h o u g h t f u l Canadians, p u b l i s h e d an i n t e r v i e w with David Orchard, chairman of C i t i z e n s Concerned About Free Trade(CCAFT. I t was f i r s t p r i n t e d i n 1989 a f t e r t h e Free Trade Agreement between Canada 6 t h e US became law. The Independent r e c e n t l y p r i n t e d a second i n t e r v i e w w i t h Orchard, who i s a farmer i n Saskatchewan. Orchard p a i n t s a s c a r y p i c t u r e of Canada which he d e s c r i b e s a s an underdeveloped colony w i t h v a s t p o t e n t i a l t o become a g r e a t & independent n a t i o n , b u t h a s no o r g m i s e d , , l e a d e r s h i p t o accomplish t h a t . The U.S. h a s always h e l d a concept o f Manifest Destiny - t h a t i t was t h e American d e s t i n y t o c o n t r o l a l l of North Ameri c a . The o n l y c o u n t r y t h a t has invaded Canada m i l i t a r i l y i s t h e US, p r o p e l l e d by i t s Manifest Destiny i d e a . I t invaded dur i n g t h e American Revolution i n 1775 , c a p t u r i n g Montreal & being d e f e a t e d i n Quebec C i t y . I t invaded i n t h e War o f 1812 & was stopped by an a l l i a n c e of Canadians & Aboriginal p e o p l e . In 1870, American Feni a n s invaded & were stopped by Louis R i e l and h i s Metis army. M i l i t a r y o p t i o n s were c l e a r l y n o t work4

ing, s o t h e Americans began a t t e m p t i n g t o invade economically, through f r e e t r a d e d e a l s . Canada had i t s f i r s t f r e e t r a d e e l e c t i o n i n 1891, s a y s Orchard. The Ameri c a n Senate passed a b i l l f o r commercial union w i t h Canada & p r e s s u r e d t h e L i b e r a l P a r t y t o adopt a p o l i c y o f " f u l l & u n r e s t r i c t e d r e c i p r o c i t y . l American money flowed i n t o Canada t o s u p p o r t t h e L i b e r a l s during t h e e l e c t i o n , but t h e p e r s o n a l i t y of Canada's 1st prime m i n i s t e r , S i r John A. MacDonald, succeeded i n d e f e a t i n g t h e d e a l 6 winning t h e e l e c t i o n . In 1911 t h e Americans a g a i n n e g o t i a t e d a d e a l w i t h t h e L i b e r a l P a r t y t o support a f r e e t r a d e agreement. Under p r e s s u r e from Canadian c i t i z e n s ' groups & b u s i n e s s l e a d e r s , t h e C o n s e r v a t i v e s under Robert Borden opposed t h e d e a l & won t h e e l e c t i o n . In 1891, f r e e t r a d e was d e f e a t e d by a margin o f 4% o f t h e v o t e . In 1911 it was d e f e a t e d by t h r e e p e r c e n t . Around 1985 t h e US again approached Canada about a f r e e t r a d e d e a l . (The T r i l a t e r a l Commission was & i s t h e e n g i n e e r i n g f o r c e - Ed.) A p o p u l a r misconception[says Orchard) . i s t h a t t h e Canadian g o v ' t approached .the US. Not t r u e , b u t t h e Americans knew i t would f a i l i f Canadians knew it was an American p r o p o s a l . So then-Ame r i c a n ambassador t o Canada Paul Robinson pushed Canadian b i g b u s i n e s s o r g a n i z a t i o n (many Canadian i n name o n l y ) t o support f r e e trade. Around t h e same time, t h e Toronto S t a r p u b l i s h e d a s e c r e t g o v ' t document o u t l i n ing s t r a t e g y t o promote f r e e t r a d e . The

govlt believed the higher p r o f i l e the i s s ue a t t a i n e d , t h e l e s s l i k e l y i t ' d be approved by t h e p u b l i c . S t r a t e g y , t h e r e f o r e , was t o avoid e d u c a t i n g t h e p u b l i c about the deal & j u s t t r y t o s e l l the idea t h a t it was a good i n i t i a t i v e . I t a l s o c a l l e d f o r Prime M i n i s t e r Brian m l r o n e y t o avoid mentioning job l o s s e s , t o d i s c r e d i t o p p o s i t i o n MPs who r a i s e d concerns about t h e d e a l , & t o i s o l a t e groups opposed t o t h e t a l k s . "Benign n e g l e c t from t h e m a j o r i t y o f Cana d i a n s may b e t h e r e a l i s t i c outcome of a well-executed communications program." When t h e Mulroney g o v ' t f i n a l l y succumbed t o p u b l i c p r e s s u r e & h e l d an e l e c t i o n i n t h e f a l l of 1988, it was b a s i c a l l y a r e f erendum on t h e Free Trade Agreement (FTA). I n t h a t e l e c t i o n , s a y s Orchard, t h e d e a l was d e f e a t e d by Canadians. Some 55% voted f o r p a r t i e s opposed t o t h e d e a l , w h i l e 43% voted f o r t h e T o r i e s & f r e e t r a d e . The 12% margin was t h e l a r g e s t e v e r Canad i a n v o t e a g a i n s t f r e e t r a d e . When t h e NDP 4 t h e L i b e r a l s gave up t h e f i g h t a g a i n s t f r e e t r a d e because t h e T o r i e s had won a m a j o r i t y of s e a t s i n t h e House o f Commons, t h e y b e t r a y e d t h e m a j o r i t y of Canadians who had voted f o r them t o oppose t h e d e a l . 4

Free Trade ( P a r t 2) : The Deal David Orchard & CCAFT f e l t Mulroneyls government was p u r p o s e l y keeping Canadians i n t h e dark about f r e e t r a d e b e f o r e t h e 1988 e l e c t i o n . So it ~ r o d u c e dFree Trade: The Full S t o r y t o irkorm Canadians about t h e dangers of t h e d e a l . hat 43% o f v o t e r s i n t h e '88 e l e c t i o n voted Tory seems t o i n d i c a t e t h a t a t l e a s t 43% o f t h e v o t e r s d i d n ' t r e a d t h i s book. With t h e d e a l t h e US i s going ahead w i t h , i t s s e l f - p r o c l a i m e d d e s t i n y without t h e mess of war & i t h a s powerful a l l i e s withi n Canada, i n c l u d i n g o u r p o l i t i c a l l e a d e r s . 1 A s Orchard s a y s : "Canada a g r e e s t o a one1' way s h a r i n g o f energy w i t h t h e US. A l l forms of energy a r e i n c l u d e d i n t h e d e a l o i l , g a s , uranuim, e l e c t r i c a l energy, c o a l & water. Canada agreed t o n e v e r charge t h e US more f o r energy t h a n i t c h a r g e s Canadians ( a r t . 9 0 3 & 904). In a r t . 904 we a l s o agreed t h a f , i n t h e e v e n t of a s h o r t a g e we must s h a r e o u r energy w i t h t h e US i n t h e

same p r o p o r t i o n it was t a k i n g b e f o r e , even if we d o n ' t have enough t o supply Canada. The US d o e s n ' t a g r e e t o s h a r e i t s energy. Energy was t h e one t h i n g Canada had t o compete with t h e US with, sa-ls Orchard. The S t a t e s has c l i m a t e & a b i g g e r populati o n , b u t energy could have be :n used t o make Canada a major i n d u s t r i a l competitor. Not anymore. The agreement a l s o e l i m i n a t e s r e g u l a t i o n s t h a t s t a t e d Canadian companies c o u l d n ' t s e l l energy t o t h e US f o r s u b s t a n t i a l l y l e s s than what t h e Americans would have p a i d from domestic s o u r c e s . While t h a t sounds l i k e it c r e a t e d a f r e e & f a i r marke t , t h e r e a l i t y i s t h a t t h e Canadian compa n i e s a r e s u b s i d i a r i e s of American p a r e n t c o r p o r a t i o n s & t h e y can now s e l l Canada's e n e r g y t o themselves f o r a s l i t t l e a s t h e y want. In Chapter 17 we g i v e away o u r banks s a y s Orchard. Before Free Trade none of o u r f e d e r a l l y l i c e n c e d banks o r f i n a n c i a l i n s t i t u t i o n s , i n c l u d i n g t h e 5 major banks, could be more t h a n 25% foreign-ownei; f o r e i g n I banks o p e r a t i n g i n Canada could n o t c o n t r o l more t h a n 16% of domestic banking a s s e t s i n Canada. NOW American banks (under a r t . 1703) can t a k e o v e r 100% of Canadian banks. Canada changed 12 of i t s banking laws under t h e agreement. "Once we l o s e c o n t r o l o f o u r banks, t h i s w i l l b e t h e n a i l i n t h e c o f f i n f o r Canada because once o u r banks a r e f o r e i g n c o n t r o l l e d t h e y w i l l owe t h e i r a l l e g i a n c e n o t t o t h e Canadian g o v l t b u t t o t h e g o v l t i n Washington," w r i t e s Orchard. Canada i s a l r e a d y t h e most f o r e i g n domin a t e d of any of t h e i n d u s t r i a l i s e d countr i e s i n t h e world, most of it American owned. A r t i c l e 1602 p r e v e n t s u s from s c r e e n i n g any new American investment, from i n s i s t i n g t h a t Americans u s e any l o c a l resources, i n d u s t r i e s o r labour, o r from f a v o u r i n g Canadian companies i n any way through g o v ' t c o n t r a c t s , g r a n t s o r taxation policies. A s i m i l a r arrangement e x i s t s i n t h e s e r v i c e i n d u s t r y s e c t o r a s a whole, which a c c o u n t s f o r 70% o f t h e j o b s i n t h e count r y & i n c l u d e s e v e r y t h i n g a p a r t from p r i mary & secondary i n d u s t r y . The l i s t of

A s e r v i c e s included i n t h e FTA (over 100 pages o f t h e document) c o v e r s a n y t h i n g you can t h i n k of i n , t o name a few, t h e food, beverage, drug, t o b a c c o , banking, tourism, r e a l e s t a t e , e n t e r t a i n m e n t , i n s urance, h e a l t h & s o c i a l s e r v i c e s , p r i n t ing & publishing, agriculture, construction 6 b u i l d i n g t r a d e s i n d u s t r i e s . . (Orchard n o t e s t h a t t h e r e ' s a c u r i o u s exemption from t h e l i s t - t h e lawyers d r a f t i n g it removed themselves from t h e final text. ) The d e a l f o r c e s i n d i v i d u a l p r o v i n c e s i n Canada t o t r e a t American c o r p o r a t i o n s a s i f t h e y come from t h a t p r o v i n c e , while s t i l l allowing d i s c r i m i n a t i o n a g a i n s t o t h e r Canadian p r o v i n c e s . One of Mulroney's b i g s e l l i n g p o i n t s o f f r e e t r a d e was t h a t i t ' d exempt Canada from US f a i r t r a d i n g laws & g i v e Canada s e c u r e a c c e s s t o American markets. Well, s a y s Orchard, t h a t d i d n ' t happen. Under t h e FTA - t h e US r e t a i n e d a l l i t s t r a d e law a g a i n s t Canada & r e s e r v e s t h e r i g h t t o make them t o u g h e r i f t h e y s o choose. So t h e US g e t s t h e r i g h t t o a c t a g a i n s t any Canadian imports any time it wants. What does Canada g e t ? The r i g h t t o a p p e a l t o a panel any t r a d e r u l i n g t h e S t a t e s may make. But t h e p a n e l h a s no power t o e n f o r c e any of i t s r u l i n g s & can o n l y r u l e on whether t h e S t a t e s h a s broken any of i t s own laws. " I f t h e Americans a r e going t o i g n o r e World Court r u l i n g s a t The Hague (when it r u l e d a g a i n s t t h e US mining of h a r b o u r s i n Nicaragua) I d o n ' t know what makes Mr. Mulroney t h i n k t h e Americans a r e going t o l i s t e n t o a t o o t h l e s s p a n e l with two Cana d i a n s s i t t i n g on i t , t e l l i n g them what t o do about t h e i r t r a d e law."

Free .Trade ( P a r t 3 ) :

The a f t e r m a t h

Free Trade .Ias s o l d t o Canadians ( a l though 55% opted n o t t o buy) on promises of i n c r e a s e d p r o s p e r i t y . Mulroney promised i t ' d b r i n g new w e a l t h & new jobs. In actual f a c t jobs a r e vanishing a t t h e r a t e o f 2,000 a day, s a y s Orchard. In March ' 9 1 0 r c h a r G a i d Canada had l o s t 290,000 f a c t o r y j o b s - c l o s e t o 15% of t h e manufacturing s e c t o r . I n a r e c e n t con v e r s a t i o n Orchard s a i d i t ' s now 500,000

jobs..about 20% of t h e manufacturing s e c t o r . These l o s s e s a r e permanent, he s a y s , & not a r e s u l t of t h e r e c e s s i o n . Free t r a d e w i l l b r i n g more investment t o Canada which w i l l make t h e country grow.. was a n o t h e r promise. In f a c t , American branch p l a n t s a r e p u l l i n g o u t of Canada & Canadian investment i s going s o u t h t o buy o r b u i l d p l a n t s i n t h e S t a t e s . Some 96% of new American investment s i n c e f r e e t r a d e a r e t a k e o v e r s of e x i s t i n g Canadian compani e s . I n 1989, t h e f i r s t y e a r of t h e d e a l , t a k e o v e r s o f Canadian companies were up 400%, mostly by American c o r p o r a t i o n s . Personal & b u s i n e s s b a n k r u p t c i e s a l s o i n c r e a s e d sharp19 i n t h e f i r s t 2 FTA-years. Canadians were a l s o promised s e c u r e , unr e s t r i c t e d a c c e s s t o American markets. Ins t e a d , s a y s Orchard, we have f a c e d more t r a d e harassment t h a n b e f o r e . S t e e l , durum wheat, f i s h , l o b s t e r s , pork, softwood, kce cream, r a s p b e r r i e s , y o g u r t , b e e r , p o t a t o e s & o t h e r e x p o r t s have f a c e d t r a d e a c t i o n s 6 b o r d e r harassment. We were supposed t o g e t cheaper s e r v i c e s 6 goods. However, p r i c e s i n '89 r o s e more t h a n a t any time i n the p r e v i o u s 4 y e a r s . On t o p of i t t h e GST h a s added 7% (more i n Nfld, s i n c e t h e p r o v . g o v t t t a x e s t h e GST) t o almost e v e r y t r a n s a c t i o n i n Canada.

---The GST comes from f r e e t r a d e , s a y s Orcha r d , p a r t l y a s a means t o r e p l a c e t h e $7 b i l l i o n l o s t t o t h e g o v ' t i n t a r i f f revenu e s (removed under f r e e t r a d e ) , & p a r t l y a s a r e s u l t of Canada removing t h e Manufa c t u r r s ' S a l e s Tax t o b r i n g c o r p o r a t e t a x i n l i n e with t h a t i n t h e US. Any cheaper goods a r e being bought i n t h e S t a t e s through c r o s s - b o r d e r shopping. Free Trade was supposed t o i n c r e a s e t r a d e , making Canada & Canadians r i c h e r . When t h e n e g o t i a t i o n s began, Canada s o l d $ 2 0 b i l l i o n more i n goods t h a n we bought. That s u r p l u s has dropped t o almost z e r o , while t h e d e f -

icit i n s e r v i c e s has i n c r e a s e d a l l o v e r . A g r i c u l t u r e i s a n o t h e r sad s t o r y f o r Canada. We produce 5 times more wheat t h a n we can consume, y e t we have begun t o import American wheat t o make o u r b r e a d . Why? Because US wheat i s c l o s e r t o c e n t r a l Canada f l o u r m i l l s , which w i l l buy t h e s h e a p e r US wheat while Canadian wheat goes wasted f o r lack of markets, s a y s Orchard. Canada i s f a c i n g t h e s y s t e m a t i c d e s t r u c t ion o f i t s a b i l i t y t o be s e l f - s u f f i c i e n t i n food, a phenomenon seen i n o t h e r USdominated c o u n t r i e s . A s examples, Orchard c i t e s I r a n ( a major wheat p r o d u c e r t h a t be gan t o import American wheat under t h e Shah's regime) 4 Vietnam (which began impo r t i n g American r i c e d u r i n g t h e Vietnam War d e s p i t e being t h e r i c e b a s k e t o f t h e world). T h e FTA h a s g i v e n t h e US t h e kind of c o n t r o l o v e r t h e Canadian economy i t was only a b l e t o s e c u r e i n o t h e r c o u n t r i e s by m i l i t a r y i n t e r v e n t i o n , " w r i t e s Orchard. I t has a l s o a f f e c t e d our foreign policy, he m a i n t a i n s , a l t h o u g h Mulroney promised i t wouldn't. Orchard f i n d s i t odd t h a t Canada j o i n e d t h e O r g a n i z a t i o n of American L S t a t e s ( a body we had always avoided because o f i t s domination by t h e US) i n t h e same y e a r t h a t f r e e t r a d e began. Then we s u p p o r t e d t h e American i n v a s i o n of Panama, a l t h o u g h it was a v i o l a t i o n of i n t e r n a t i o n a l law. Then we t u r n e d around & supported t h e American-led war a g a i n s t I r a q , sending Canadian warships 6 a i r c r a f t

t o t h e P e r s i a n Gulf t o o p e r a t e under d i r e c t American command. Perhaps more d i s t u r b i n g , t h e announcement of o u r involvement i n t h e Gulf was made by t h e American S e c r e t a r y o f S t a t e 2 hours b e f o r e Mulroney s t a t e d t h e f a c t . ' "The growing US c o n t r o l o f Canadian f o r eign p o l i c y stems d i r e c t l y from American ( c o n t r o l of o u r economy, w r i t e s Orchard.

F r e e Trade ( P a r t 4) : Mexico In 1990, Mexican p r e s i d e n t C a r l o s S a l i n a s announced Mexico would be n e g o t i a t i n g a f r e e t r a d e agreement with t h e United S t a t e s . Like Mulroney, S a l i n a s r e p e a t e d l y s a i d b e f o r e Mexico's 1988 e l e c t i o n t h a t he was a g a i n s t f r e e t r a d e w i t h them. (He l o s t t h e e l e c t i o n , had h i s s o l d i e r s s e i z e b a l l o t boxes, murder opponents, 6 d e c l a r ed h i m s e l f t h e winner - Ed.) Mexico, l i k e Canada, h a s a .-enuous r e l a t i o n s h i p with t h e S t a t e s . Last y e a r R a f a e l Mondragon, A Mexican s o c i a l j u s t i c e advocate, v i s i t e d Nfld t o s p r e a d t h e work o f Mexican o p p o s i t i o n t o f r e e t r a d e w i t h t h e US. He t a l k e d about Mexico's h i s t o r i c a l r e l a t i o n s h i p with t h e S t a t e s . The US h a s t a k e n o v e r 50% o f Mexi c o ' s t e r r i t o r y (including California & Texas) o v e r t h e l a s t 2 c e n t u r i e s . The S t a t e s has a l s o intervened m i l i t a r i l y i n Mexico o v e r 400 t i m e s . Free Trade w i t h Mexico would complete t h e US'S Manifest Destiny o f c o n t r o l o v e r North America. The b i g a p p e a l t o them o f g e t t i n g Mexico i n t o a North American f r e e t r a d e zone i s i t s cheap l a b o u r . Mexico h a s 20 m i l l i o n people unemployed o r under employed. Liam Grayer o f CCAFT p u t s i t t h i s way: "(The Mexican g o v ' t ) p r o p o s t s t o t u r n . Mexico i n t o a ' f r e e market' sweat shop, s e l l i n g Mexico's people a s n e a r s l a v e l a bour t o American & Canadian companies. Mexico's p l a c e i n t h e American empire w i l l be a s s u p p l i e r o f cheap l a b o u r , complementing Canada's r o l e a s r e s o u r c e cow" Mulroney c o n t i n u e s h i s r o l e a s America's flunky. In March 1990 he went t o Mexico p r a i s i n g t h e e f f e c t of f r e e t r a d e on Cana d a ' s economy, s a y i n g it h a s c r e a t e d o v e r 200,000 jobs. S t a t i s t i c s ~ r o v i d e dby t h e CCAFT & Me1 H u r t i g i n hi; book he- Betrayal of Canada about how many . -jobs have been l o s t would i n d i c a t e Mulroney i s l y i n g . I know t h i s comes a s a shock [ s i c ) b u t we must f a c e reality. Free Trade h a s been bad f o r Canada, and t h e i n c l u s i o n of Mexico would make it worse. "A f r e e t r a d e agreement w i t h Mexic o would f i n i s h o f f whatever secondary

manufacturing i n d u s t r i e s t h a t were a b l e t o s u r v i v e t h e FTA." (Orchard) I t seems l i k e a r e a s o n a b l e c o n c l u s i o n . Orchard p o i n t s o u t t h a t b u s i n e s s e s w i l l have a c h o i c e of s e t t i n g up i n Canada and paying $8 t o $15 a n hour, p l u s v a c a t i o n pay, s o c i a l & h e a l t h b e n e f i t s & education t a x e s - o r s e t t i n g up i n Mexico & paying 604 an h o u r with v i r t u a l l y no b e n e f i t s o r union p r o t e c t i o n . Tough d e c i s i o n t o make f o r a business. But t h i s i s n ' t j u s t about p r o t e c t i n g t h e a l r e a d y ravaged Canadian manufacturing i n d u s t r y . I t i s , more i m p o r t a n t l y , about p r o t e c t i n g q u a l i t y of l i f e & human r i g h t s i n Mexico. F a r a e l Mondragon h a s worked a s a s o c i a l a c t i v i s t i n Mexico f o r o v e r 20 y e a r s , l a r g e l y on behalf of Mexico's e x p l o i t e d I n d i an p o p u l a t i o n i n a c l i m a t e o f i n c r e a s i n g i n c a r c e r a t i o n , t o r t u r e & a s s a s i n a t i o n . He has seen f r i e n d s k i l l e d f o r t h e i r p o l i t i c a1 a c t i v i t i e s & been imprisoned h i m s e l f . He c o n t i n u e s t o speak o u t because h i s mes sage i s important. So d o n ' t d i s m i s s him a a paranoid crank. Mexico has had a small f o r e t a s t e o f f r e e t r a d e with t h e US through i t s maquila f a c t o r i e s . The American-owned f a c t o r i e s pay between 40 6 604 an hour t o Mexican worke r s who produce i n d i v i d u a l p a r t s o f l a r g e p r o d u c t s . The p a r t s a r e t h e n shipped t o t h e S t a t e s where t h e y a r e assembled & so11 a s an American product a t American p r i c e s The f a c t o r i e s a r e n o t s u b j e c t t o e n v i r o n mental r e s t r i c t i o n s & g e t away with p o l l u t i n g t h a t wouldn't be allowed i n t h e US o: Canada. The Mexican g b v ' t has a n e a t , but i l l e g a p r a c t i c e of f i r i n g u n i o n i s e d employees whc ask f o r h i g h e r wages, t h e n re-open t h e f a c t o r y t h e n e x t day with new employees. This does not apply t o t h e maquila f a c t o r . i e s , however, s i n c e t h e workers i n them . a r e n o t unionized. A f r e e t r a d e d e a l w i l l h u r t t h e environment, endanger Mexico's s o v r e i g n t y & i n c r e a s e human r i g h t s abuses t h e r e . Free Trade ( P a r t 5) : I t seems obvious t h a t f r e e t r a d e with thc S t a t e s h a s had, t o u n d e r s t a t e , a harmful

: f f e c t on Canada's economy. But what we, Canadians, have t o come t o terms w i t h is t h a t t h e Free Trade Agreement e s s e n t i a l l y p r o c l a i m s t h e demise of Canada a s an independent c o u n t r y ; an independence we i a v e o n l y had a t e n t a t i v e hold on s i n c e the 1920s when lowering o f t a r i f f s began t o erode o u r manufacturing i n d u s t r y . But f r e e t r a d e i s i n l i n e w i t h t h e i n t e r n a t i o n a l s p i r i t o f t h e t i m e . Look a t Europe, knocking down i t s n a t i o n a l b a r r i e r s t o a l l o w f o r more e f f i c i e n t economic i n t e r a c t i o n . Look a t Mexico ( o r i t s g o v ' t ) c l a mouring t o become a p a r t o f a North American f r e e t r a d e z o n e . ( & C e n t r a l America & South America - t h e t r a n s n a t i o n a l c o r p s . ) The argument t h a t Canada should f r e e t r a d e because most o t h e r c o u n t r i e s a r e doing it i g n o r e s t h e r e a l q u e s t i o n of who b e n e f i t s ? From t h e evidence i t ' d seem i n Canada l a r g e c o r p o r a t i o n s , a l r e a d y mostly American owned, a r e t h e o n l y ones b e n e f i t t i n g i from f r e e t r a d e . I s u s p e c t t h e same r e s u l t s w i l l come from :a l i b e r a l i s e d t r a d e around t h e world. The economic e l i t e s i n each c o u n t r y w i l l benef i t enormously & t h e y ' l l t r y t o convince 1 everyone e l s e t h a t we a l l b e n e f i t . Because communism proved i n e f f e c t u a l economically, t h e Cold War h a s ended. The US i s promoting a new world of peace & s e c u r , i t y . That peace & s e c u r i t y , however, w i l l ' apply mostly t o e n s u r e an e f f i c i e n t i n t e r n a t i o n a l economy, w h i l e economic w a r f a r e i s waged a g a i n s t t h e v a s t m a j o r i t y of t h e worldi s p o p u l a t i o n . Perhaps t h i s g i v e s a more r e a l p i c t u r e of t h e new world o r d e r . S t a t i s t i c s i n d i c a t e t h a t under t h e c o n s e r v a t i v e regimes o f Reagan & Bush o v e r t h e p a s t 10 y e a r s , lowe r & middle c l a s s Americans've l o s t l a r g e p e r c e n t a g e s o f t h e i r r e a l income. In con- , t r a s t , t h e r e a l incomes of t h e r i c h e s t 1%

of Americans have i n c r e a s e d by some a s t ronomical amount. So f r e e t r a d e may b r i n g us cheaper b e e r . That' s g r e a t . I t w i l l a l s o b r i n g u s (we have a l r e a d y seen t h e b e g i n n i n g s ) l o u s y medicare, & u n l i v a b l e unemployment r a t e s & welfare assistance. What's t o be done? The f i r s t t h i n g ' d be t o end t h e FTA. The d e a l h a s a c l a u s e I

whereby e i t h e r t h e US o r Canada can g e t of it w i t h s i x months n o t i c e . NOW can t h a t be accomplished? By d e f e a t i n g t h e Tory g o v ' t c u r r e n t l y i n power. For t h e C i t i z e n s Concerned About F r e e Trade t h a t means c o n v i n c i n g t h e L i b e r a l s 6 t h e NDP t o form a c o a l i t i o n i n t h e n e x t e l e c t i o n whereby t h e y d o n ' t run c a n d i d a t e s a g a i n s t each o t h e r , t o avoid s p l i t t i n g t h e v o t e a s t h e y d i d l a s t t i m e . (No one i s s o s t u p i d a s t o a s k Reform - Ed.) Remember t h a t 55% o f Canadian v o t e r s I voted a g a i n s t f r e e t r a d e i n t h e '88 e l e c t i o n , b u t because t h e o p p o s i t i o n p a r t i e s s p l i t t h e v o t e t h e T o r i e s ended up w i t h a huge m a j o r i t y o f s e a t s i n t h e House o f 1 Commons. They took t h a t a s a mandate t o go ahead w i t h f r e e t r a d e , & n e i t h e r t h e ' NDP n o r t h e L i b e r a l s s d i d much about it. A c o a l i t i o n seems u n l i k e l y F f r e e t r a d e s l i p s from t h e p o l i t i c a l agenda i n l i g h t of Quebec & t h e C o n s t i t u t i o n .

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*** Big b u s i n e s s h a s - p u t enough money i n t o t h e Liberal Party t o ensure t h a t e i t h e r they o r the Tories w i l l continue f r e e trade. Chretien F t h e p a r t y leaders ( a t Alymer, Quebec) a g r e e d t o buy i n t o t h e c o r p o r a t e agenda, making t h e o f f i c i a l p l a t f o r m one o f " r e n e g o t i a t i o n " like s a y i n g y o u ' r e g o i n g t o change a f l a t on a c a r g o i n g 90 m i l e s an h o u r o v e r a c l i f f . The Reform P a r t y i s more b i g b u s i n e s s o r i e n t e d t h a n t h e T o r i e s . Under i t s s k i n o f p u b l i c r e l a t i o n s & image & speeches i s a r e a l d a n g e r t o b a s i c j u s t i c e & freedom f o r most Canadians. They r e s p r e s e n t t h e l u n a t i c f r i n g e elements of s o c i e t y . The NDP h a s an o f f i c i a l p o l i c y o f abroga t i n g t h e FTA. The T o r i e s d o n ' t g i v e a s h i t about who h a s been h u r t ; t h e y ' r e gung-ho f o r t h e NAFTA!l& a r e q u i t e w i l l i n g t o be mouthpieces f o r t h e i r c o r p o r a t e b o s s e s . P a s s i n g t h e FTA was j u s t t h e i r first s t e p i n a c o r p o r a t e b l u e p r i n t f o r changing Canada from an independent count r y t o a colony of US t r a n s n a t i o n a l s . One food e f f e c t of a l l t h i s i s profound

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Maude Barlow (Chair of the Council of Canadians) and Tony Clarke (Chair of the Action Canada Network)

talk about ... The record of Canada-U.S. Free Trade: Hundreds of thousands of jobs lost Economic and political a1ternatives to NAFTA An election strategy to oppose NAFTA