from Strathcona Community Garde On this land the NPA Councillors wanted to build a plant where all

IT WORKS !

People got involved..you and me \ and all of us together; starting here

at Carnegie with the Community Rela- tions committee and the news that the City of Vancouver (specifically Gordon Campbell acting as the Mayor) was going to put a garbage transfer plant near Main & Terminal. Before anyone knew much about it the City Coubcil (specifically campbell's NPA cohorts) was all ready to swap some land slated for low-cost housing in exchange for a parcel about 600 feet --

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garbage picked up n o r t h of 16 th Ave. would be t rucked (up t o 35 t r u c k s an hour), dumped on t h e f l o o r and gone over by workers t o skim whatever could be reso ld / recyc led . A t b e s t , 20% of t h i s mountain would be f i t f o r s a l e and the rest - 80% of t h e smelly m e s s l e f t - would be t rucked t o Burns Bog l a n d f i l l .

A s an i n t e g r a l p a r t of t h i s whole scam, t h e Ci ty would pay co rpo ra t i ons t o pick up t h e garbage, t h e p r i v a t e company could s e l l anyth ing i t got ou t of t h e mess and pocket t h e p r o f i t and then t h e City would pay aga in t o have t h e rest hauled ou t t o t h e dump.

S t a r t i n g here , w e c i r c u l a t e d i n f o t o community groups i n t h e f o u r neighbourhoods surrounding t h e s i t e , asked t h a t they t ake a s tand and send de l ega t ions t o Council. L e a f l e t s were p r in t ed and taken door-to-door, t o c e n t r e s and campuses, c a l l i n g f o r stoppage of t h i s s t u p i d p lan and source s epa ra t i on of t r a s h - t o a l low f o r maximum, pub l i c p a r t i c i p a t i o n i n recyc l ing - and demanded pub l i c hear ings a l l over t h e c i t y .

The NPA, wi th t h e no t ab l e except ion of Alderman Johnathan Baker, re fused t o s t o p but d id ag ree t o one pub l i c meeting " to inform t h e publ ic ."

Alds. Libby Davies, Bruce Er icksen , and Harry Rankin spearheaded t h e condemnation of t he p o l i t i c a l agenda of t he NPA. A t t he pub l i c meeting EVERY SPEAKER was dead a g a i n s t t h i s i l l - t hough t plan. On every a s p e c t , from l o c a t i o n t o r a t s t o p r a c t i c a l recyc l ing t h e NPA was damned. Sup- p o r t had even come from t h e C i t y ' s Engineering Dept., which p o l i t e l y s a i d t h e t h ing was dumb.

There were s o many speakers who d i d n ' t g e t a chance, a f t e r 3 hours , t o say t h e i r p i e c e t h a t w e demanded another mee t ing . . t h i s t i m e i n S t ra - thcona. Lo and behold, almost h a l f of t h e audience was from t h e Chinese community and t h e NPA, cont inu ing i ts d i s p l a y of wisdom, had f a i l e d t o a r range f o r any kind of t r a n s l a t i o n .

A member of t h e audience performed i n t h i s capac i ty and aga in , EVERY SPEAKER was dead a g a i n s t t h i s s e l l - out of r e s p o n s i b i l i t y . Even though t h e Engineer was under o r d e r s t o end t h e whole "publ ic hear ing" tedium t h e members of t h e audience f i n a l l y voted unanimously t o end t h e meeting and demanded y e t another one - t h i s t i m e t o be i n t h e West End.

Okay, you may wonder why a l l t h i s is being rehashed? Well, Campbell has been forced t o recognise t h e p o l i t i c a l c o s t s of ramming t h i s p l a n t through a g a i n s t , t h e wishes of EVERY- ONE who knows even a l i t t l e about it. On Sunday, March 25th, he came o u t and s a i d t h a t he w i l l "urge" o t h e r members of Counsil ( s p e c i f i c a l l y t h e ones wi th t h e half-wit NPA l o g i c who t r i e d t o whitewash t h i s scam) t o seek a l t e r n a t e means of d e a l i n g wi th t h e garbage i s s u e . Wanna b e t they a l l of a sudden ' d i s cove r ' source s e p a r a t i o n ? !

By PAULR TAYLOR

PS: I f "scam" s t i c k s i n your mind.. . when seven e l e c t e d o f f i c i a l s a l l

t r y t h e i r mouth on s e l l i n g something so obso l e t e , so obviously shown by example ( i n t h e U.S. t h i s kind of t h i n g was exposed i n a book c a l l e d Di r ty Business) a s having no th ing t o do wi th changing s o c i e t y ' s d i r e c t i o n . True l eade r sh ip makes t h e r i g h t dec- i s i o n s a t t h e r i g h t t i m e , no t a f t e r being raked over t h e c o a l s f o r being s tup id .

Who would w r i t e abou t w e l f a r e workers? Who would even c a r e Who would e x p r e s s t h e u n d e r s t a n d i n g

t h e Compassion For t h e i r j o b s , t h e i r s t a r e s

Who would t a k e t h e t ime I t o be c u r i o u s abou t t h e i r minds? Who would wonder how they manage, .,- .I < how t h e y h a n d l e s o many c a s e l o a d s ? t -. And when t h e y c o n s u l t t h e i r S u p e r v i s o r ! . do they do what they a r e t o l d ?

I wonder i f t h e y t a k e t h e t ime i i // >>//q\.. /-*-

t o c a r e abou t a c l i e n t ? 1

o r do t h e y o r i d e themse lves on b e i n g I wonder if they think?

s t r o n g and p l a y i n g t h e r o l e of t o b i d you a f o n d e s t f a r e w e l l , e v i l t y r a n t . o r when t h e y t u r n t h e i r h e e l s s o f a s t

I I wonder do t h e y s m i l e and m u t t e r and r e a l l y mean i t when t h e y g r e e t you " ~ ' d wished you 'd go t o h e l l . "

I o r i s i t j u s t a f ancy f r o n t There a r e t h e few and f a r between

t o f i n d o u t how t o t r e a t you. So-Keeq and s o i n t e n t I

They s i t a c r o s s t h e i r c l u t t e r e d d e s k Who s i n c e r e l y g i v e a damn and a s k u s t o ho ld on, abou t your means, abou t your r e n t s . w i t h phones a - r i n g i n g and

I t h e y ' r e j u s t g r i n n i n g The ones t h a t are s i n c e r e t o watch u s w a i t s o long . t h e o n e s u n s e l f i s h t o o

Do you f e e l t h e y t r e a t u s who are g e n u i n e l y concerned

w i t h even a n ounce of r e s p e c t ? abou t we l l -be ing , abou t s t r i f e and You.

o r a r e t h e i r r e a s o n s s o h i g h up I admire t h e o n e s who've worked s o h a r d , they f o r g e t t h a t you e x i s t . t o g e t themse lves t o where they a r e

' ! 1 o l s a s ! y o u ' r e t h e one t o demand They need n o t e x p e c t t h e l i t t l e peop le and t o p e r s i s t . t o t e l l them, remind them of who they a r e .

"oh pardon u s f o r b e i n g h e r e and r u i n i n g your day , SO remember when you s e e ME

But we j u s t came t o g e t some h e l p and f i g u r e I ' m no good

i f you t h i n k t h a t ' s O.K.?" That I am t h e pe r son I am t h e human

Some s i t i n judgement I am t h e One a s i f t h e y ' r e Queen and o t h e r s a s King Tut who unders tood

i Then when you a s k them f o r some h e l p they s a y , "get y o u r s e l f o u t of t h a t r u t . I ' How life isn' t a l w a y s as i t shou ld be

"So l e t me t e l l you something Bub! HOW d i f f i c u l t t h i n g s a r e .

While you s i t s o s e l f - i n d u l g e d Tha t , i f t h e t a b l e s had been t u r n e d E

I f i t w a s n ' t f o r peop le l i k e u s You'd be t h e One I saw.

you wouldn ' t have t h i s job." a w e l f a r e r e c i p i e n t

E d i t o r , RE: I s s u e of March 15, 1930.

Your c h o i c e of " c l i e n t " a s i n "ex- p s y c h i a t r i c c l i e n t t t i s i n a c c u r a t e .

According t o lawyer B i l l T r o t t , P a t i e n t Advocate o n - s i t e a t Ri'ver- view - "More than 80% of admiss ions t o ... Riverview a r e i n v o l u n t a r y ... h a l f ... have no l e g a l b a s i s f o r de- ta inment under t h e C h a r t e r o f Righ t s . "

I n l i g h t of t h e above, i t would be more a c c u r a t e t o r e p l a c e t h e word " c l i e n t " w i t h "inmate" a s i n "ex- p s y c h i a t r i c inmate. "

S h e i l a Carson

How a r e You?

Do you t h i n k t h o s e words a r e n i c e t o u s e when meet ing o r g r e e t i n g ?

Suppose your f r i e n d i s n o t f e e l i n g w e l l and you a s k him 'how a r e you' upon g r e e t i n g him. Maybe h e d o e s n ' t want o t h e r s t o know how he a c t u a l l y f e e l s and i f h e l i e s and s a y s he i s f e e l i n g good he w i l l f e e l bad f o r l y i n g .

So why a s k ? Are you ready t o h e l p him o r h e r i f t h e y need h e l p ? Are you ready t o g i v e them what t h e y need t o f e e l b e t t e r ?

The q u e s t i o n "How a r e you?" is s i m - i l a r t o pushing t h e T o t a l key on a c a s h r e g i s t e r . You a r e a s k i n g a per- son f o r t h e t o t a l o f t h e i r t h o u g h t s and f e e l i n g s .

Don't be a s k i n g such o f one a n o t h e r anc! beware of o t h e r euphonic q u e r i e s .

P a t r i c k G. Rochon

LEARNERS ' CONFERENCE a t Carnegie ; F r i d a y , A p r i l 6 . C a l l t h e Learn- i n g Cent re f o r i n f o r m a t i o n . -__e-+ .laylrl*. r l ~ ~ ~ ~ - . ~ * a p ~ p y u u r . - . ~ * a p ~ p y u u r *

I n Memory o f GEORGE CHIEF

Monday I went t o t h e h o s p i t a l t o t u t o r George C h i e f , a Carnegie member who was on d i a l y s i s ; h i s k idney d i d n o t f u n c t i o n . I was shocked when t h e y s a i d he had d i e d on Sa tu rday . H e was a r e a l n i c e man. I r e a l l y l i k e d him, he had s o many i n t e r e s t i n g s t o r i e s . We had planned t o w r i t e them. I was r e a l l y u p s e t when t h e n u r s e s a i d he chose t o d i e .

S h e i l a Bax te r , Tutor Learning Cent re .

. 0 CANADA!

Canadians come home, look down. . .and t h e y \ s e e a doormat marked: Get Lost ! \ Anyway, h e r e ' s more i n f o r m a t i o n : RE: That Quebec may s e p a r a t e , and t h a t Canada be "Engl ish Only !" "French Only !" RE: That c e r t a i n peop le would like B.C. t o s e p a r a t e RE: That we shou ld t i g h t e n o u r b e l t s ,

even i f we cannot a f f o r d one. RE: That we shou ld Free Canada & Trade Mulroney I n t h i s c a s e may we t i g h t e n o u r b e l t s , open o u r e y e s & o u r e a r s & open o u r h e a r t s ... even i f we cannot a f f o r d one? - e 1 We Canadians w i l l always be Canadian The Big & t h e Smal l ; t h e Rich & t h e Poor; The French & t h e E n g l i s h I What .would we do w i t h o u t Canada? Whether we are e n g l i s h o r f r e n c h , I f we ' re n o t Canada, We'll a lways be Canadian.

Some of you w i l l remember Jones Lake, o u t n e a r Miss ion. I f you were around t h e r e up t o abou t 30 y e a r s ago you may even have s e e n t h i s s i g n - it a c t u a l l y s t o o d t a l l a t t h e e n t r a n c e t o a p r i v a t e l o g g i n g road t h a t came down from t h e camp back i n t h e boonies . According t o Ter ry Terhune, t h e company was dead s e r i o u s on f r y i n g your b u t t i f one o f t h e i r t r u c k s d i d n ' t cream you f i r s t !

PRIVATE L O G G I N G R O A 3 , I NO TRESPASSING. L o g y ~ N Y Trucks Canno t

STOP, SURVIVORS WILLBE ]

(Weep Not)

Weep n o t f o r me when I ' m gone; do n o t f r i t t e r and c r y u n c a r i n g t e a r s on t h e mound t h a t I now c l a i m f o r mine own. Th is world I thought I loved has tu rned i n t o a cau ldron of l a v a whose t h i r s t cannot be quenched. Only Human Compassion w i l l s n u f f o u t t h e Holocost . So c a r r y on, and d o n ' t t a r r y a t my grave . Save your t e a r s f o r a r a i n y day so t h a t they w i l l b lend a s one . . Crocod i le t e a r s of d e c e i t and d i s g u s t , go away..away.. f a r , f a r away and l e t me r e s t i n peace.

A l b e r t Mi l ton

Vote 'NO' on April 7 Meech Lake . . the d e f i c i t . . t h e budget . . $1 .8 m i l l i o n f o r ONE p a i n t i n g as women's c e n t r e s l o s e $1.6 m i l l i o n i n fund ing and c l o s e a l l o v e r t h e c o u n t r y . . N a t i v e fund ing c u t . . . and, amongst a l l t h i s , t h e r e i s a l i t t l e t h i n g c a l l e d The Goods and S e r v i c e s Tax o r GST f o r s h o r t .

Mulroney s o l d t h e "Free" Trade Ag- reement w i t h money, money and more money poured i n t o t h e most mass ive a d v e r t i s i n g con-game i n r e c e n t memory. He's s a i d t h a t he p l a n s t o s e l l t h e GST t h e same way, b u t peop le have had a y e a r t o s e e t h e e f f e c t s of " f ree" t r a d e : ENERGY: U.S. g e t s v i r t u a l l y t o t a l con- t r o l of Canadian n a t u r a l gas . WATER: Free t r a d e / t @ m i n g on t h e t a p ? SOCIAL PROGRAMS: Clawback of p e n s i o n s , f a m i l y a l lowances s i g n a l end of uni- v e r s a l i t y .

FISH: Canada s u r r e n d e r s p r o c e s s i n g 7

r i g h t s ; f i s h d e l i v e r e d d i r e c t l y t o U.S. p l a n t s . Can. p l a n t s s h u t down. U . I . : Cuts t o U I i n c r e a s e p o v e r t y , -- d r i v e down wages. WHEAT: US f a r m e r s s a y Can. wheat un- f a i r l y s u b s i d i z e d . CWB endangered. PORK: American p r o t e c t i o n i s m l o c k s o u t Can. pork , d e p r e s s i n g p r i c e s . D A I R Y : Supply management i n p e r i l . JOBS: Over 70,000 j o b s shipped t o US -- and Mexico. MONEY: High d o l l a r h u r t s e x p o r t s , j o b s and inves tment . Canada's bal - ance o f payments h i t s r ecord d e f i c i t . Regional development money c u t . SOVEREIGNTY: NATO and American p l a n e s p r a c t i c e o v e r Canadian s o i l . DEREGULATION: S e a t s sa1es ;givc way t o i s i n g p r i c e s , monopolies. PRIVATIZATION: Government s e l l s o f f p u b l i c p r o p e r t y t o f r i e n d s ! FREE TRADE: Canadian s o c i a l programs, communities and s o v e r e i g n t y s a c r i f - i c e d t o t h e c o n t i n e n t a l marke tp lace . TAXATION: GST makes consumers pay b u s i n e s s t o a d a p t t o F ree Trade.

Most o f u s d o n ' t have enough money t o pay income t a x e s ; we g e t a $100 I I r e b a t e " and t h i n k ' n o t bad! ' Think a g a i n . I f t h e GST goes i n t o e f f e c t e v e r y buck we spend - on e v e r y t h i c g e x c e p t r e n t and food - w i l l go up by 7%. Landlords and g r o c e r s w i l l i n c r e a s e p r i c e s t o cover t h e i r e x t r a t a x e s . Corpora t ions and r i c h people g e t o f f a lmos t f r e e .

On A p r i l 7 t h , Sa tu rday , t h e r e w i l l be i n f o and a b a l l o t box on t h e 1st f l o o r of Carnegie . Take a minute and f i l l o u t a b a l l o t . Vote NO on t h e G ' r .

By PhULR TAYLOR

C A M P A I G N FOR FAIR TAXES Canadian Labour Congress pro-Canada Network Cuolirion Quibecoise conhe la TPS *Public Social Respansability Unit of Le An lican Church of Canada *Cana 3 ian Centre for Policy Alternatives *Canadian Conference of Teamsters *Canadian Council of Churches (Justice and Peace Commission) *Canadian Day Care Advocacy hsociation *Canadian Federation of Students *Canadian Teachers Federation *Centmle de l'enseignment du Quebec *Coalition of Provincial Organizations for he Handicapped

Confbd6ration des syndica is nctionaux *Confederation of Canadian Unions *Cooperative Housing Foundation *Council of Canadians *Ecumenical Coalition for Economic Justice *iediration der Associations cwperatiws d'economie familiale *ftkkration des havai//eurs et truvailleuses du Quebec *hideration nationah des associations & consommaburs du Quibec *National Action Committee on the Status of Women *Notional Anti-Poverty Association *National Fanners Uniqn *National Federation d Nurses Unions *National Pensioners and Senior Ctizens Federation *Oxfam Canada *Rum1 Dignity of Canada *Solidanti papulaire Quebec

CAMPAIGN FOR FAIR TAXES TARGETS B I G BUSINESS; CORPORATE TAX FIGURES SPARK ACTIONS ACROSS C A N B A .

The na t ionwide CAMPAIGN FOR FAIR TAXES w i l l t a k e on b i g b u s i n e s s i n t h e f i g h t a g a i n s t t h e GST i n t h e coming weeks. It w i l l expose some of t h e p r o f i t a b l e c o r p o r a t i o n s t h a t pay no income t a x w i t h t h e h e l p of f i g u r e s r e l e a s e d March 1 5 t h by t h e Pro-Canada Network.

The Pro-Canada Network i n v i t e d ec- onomist Duncan Cameron t o a n a l y s e and i n t e r p r e t t a x i n f o r m a t i o n on p r o f i t - a b l e Canadian c o r p o r a t i o n s . Cameron i s P r e s i d e n t o f t h e Canadian Cen t re f o r P o l i c y A l t e r n a t i v e s .

he GST d e b a t e i s l e a d i n g peop le t o look c r i t i c a l l y a t how revenues a r e r a i s e d i n t h i s c o u n t r y . The gov- ernment w i l l l i k e l y be s o r r y i t e v e r mentioned taxes once Canadians g e t a l o o k a t how b i g b u s i n e s s g e t s o u t of paying them," he s a i d .

The Pro-Canada Network r e l e a s e d a l is t of f o u r t e e n well-known companies a l l w i t h p r o f i t s o v e r $10 m i l l i o n t h a t pay no t a x e s . It a l s o r e l e a s e d f i g u r e s f o r seven companies t h a t r e - ce ived m i l l i o n s of d o l l a r s worth of t a x c r e d i t s .

The Pro-Canada Network is making t h e c o r p o r a t e t a x f i g u r e s and Camer- o n ' s a n a l y s i s of them a v a i l a b l e t o t h e community-based c o a l i t i o n s o f s t u d e n t s , s e n i o r s , women, f a r m e r s , n u r s e s , church groups and t r a d e u n i o n i s t s p a r t i c i p a t i n g i n t h e CAMPAIGN FOR FAIR TAXES.

11 The government c a n ' t g e t away w i t h s a y i n g t h e r e a r e no a l t e r n a t i v e s t o t h e GST when b i g b u s i n e s s is n o t paying i t s f a i r s h a r e , " s a i d Tony Cla rke , Cha i rpe r son of t h e Pro-Cana- da Network. "Armed w i t h t h e s e l a t e s t c o r p o r a t e t a x f i g u r e s , com- munity-based a c t i v i s t s a c r o s s Canada w i l l expose t h e u n f a i r n e s s of t h e GST."

I n 1958 t h e c o r p o r a t e t a x r a t e was reduced from 36% t o 28%. More than 60,000 c o r p o r a t i o n s p a i d no t a x e s a t a l l . They i n c l u d e :

CORPORATION

Algoma S t e e l Bramalea Brascade Brascan Confedera t ion L i f e Insurance Edper E n t e r p r i s e s F l e t c h e r Cha l lenge Finance M a r i t i m e L i f e North Canadian O i l s Ocelot I n d u s t r i e s PWA Standard T r u s t c o T r i d e l Xerox Canada

PROFITS

$80 m i l l i o n $33 m i l l i o n $64 m i l l i o n

$263 m i l l i o n $62 m i l l i o n $52 m i l l i o n $24 m i l l i o n $34 m i l l i o n $30 m i l l i o n

$432 m i l l i o n $30 m i l l i o n $13 m i l l i o n $72 m i l l i o n $74 m i l l i o n

TAX PAID

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DONATION TO TORIES

8,750 12,625.08 n / a 50.362.92 11,186.52

4 n / a 30,000 n / a 5 ,000 n / a n / a 15,363.30 29,441.06 11,558.59

While c o n t r i b u t i n g n o t h i n g t o f e d e r a l t a x , 1988 t a x c r e d i t s went t o :

PROFITS TAX CREDIT TAX P A I D

C e n t r a l Guaranty T r u s t c o $75 m i l l i o n $2.86 m i l l i o n 0 Goodyear Canada $ 1 1 m i l l i o n $1.4 m i l l i o n 0 Hemlo Gold Mines $43 m i l l i o n $2.73 m i l l i o n 0 Magna I n t e r n a t i o n a l $ 1 9 m i l l i o n $8.2 m i l l i o n 0 MICC Inves tments $72 m i l l i o n $29.97 m i l l i o n 0 Power Corpora t ion $214 m i l l i o n $2.12 m i l l i o n 0 Ranger O i l $15 m i l l i o n $4.07 m i l l i o n 0

DONATION - TOR.

30,934.44 n / a n / a 2,983.40 n / a 72,143.40 36,000

The Goods and Services Tax

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C I V I L D I S O B E D I E N C E

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CAMPAIGN FOR FAIR TAXES WE NEED TO STOP THE GOODS AND SERVICES TAX

WE NEED FAIR TAXES I N A PEOPLE-FIRST ECONOMY

I n January 1991, t h e f e d e r a l government i n t e n d s t o remove t h e o l d 13.5% Manufacturers S a l e s Tax (MST) t h a t a p p l i e d t o c e r t a i n manufactured goods and r e p l a c e i t w i t h a 7% t a x on v i r t u a l l y a l l goods - and f o r t h e f i r s t t i m e e v e r i n Canada on s e r v i c e s a s w e l l - excep t b a s i c e s s e n t i a l s such as g r o c e r i e s , medical c a r e and r e n t . Almost e v e r y t h i n g from h a i r c u t s t o f u n e r a l s , from c h i l d r e n ' s c l o t h i n g t o home h e a t w i l l be t axed a t 7% i n a d d i t i o n t o whatever p r o v i n c i a l sales t a x a l r e a d y e x i s t s .

The GST i s t h e l a t e s t s t e p i n Conserva t ive Finance M i n i s t e r Michael ~ i l s o n ' s t a x reform package, which i n t h e last t h r e e y e a r s h a s s e e n p e r s o n a l income t a x i n c r e a s e d t o 46.3' p e r c e n t o f government revenue, w h i l e c o r p o r a t e t a x e s now ac- count f o r a mere 11.2 p e r c e n t . The GST s h i f t s even more o f t h e t a x burden on- t o t h e i n d i v i d u a l by t a x i n g consumer d o l l a r s s p e n t - d o l l a r s t h a t have a l r e a d y been taxed when t h e y were e a r n e d . Bus inesses meanwhile e i t h e r do n b t pay t h i s t a x a t a l l o r i f t h e y do w i l l g e t t h e e n t i r e amount r e b a t e d from t h e govern- ment i n t h e form o f t a x c r e d i t s .

I n d i v i d u a l consumers w i l l pay t h e e n t i r e GST. T h i s t a x is i n e f f i c i e n t , in- f l a t i o n a r y , u n f a i r and r e g r e s s i v e . It w i l l e r o d e s e r v i c e s , r a i s e p r i c e s and c o s t j o b s . It w i l l n o t h e l p t h e economy and i t w i l l harm working peop le .

WHAT THE GST WILL DO

The GST w i l l immediately c a u s e a jump i n i n f l a t i o n . E s t i m a t e s v a r y from be- tween 2.5% t o 5%, bu t i f t h e e x p e r i e n c e i n B r i t a i n i s a n example, i t w i l l r i s e a good d e a l more t h a n t h a t . I n one y e a r , f o r i n s t a n c e , i n f l a t i o n i n t h e United Kingdom jumped from 8% t o 20%.

The i n f l a t i o n a r y s p i r a l w i l l d r i v e up i n t e r e s t r a t e s and i n c r e a s e t h e d e f i c - i t , f o r c i n g t h e government t o i n c r e a s e o t h e r t a x e s o r t h e GST i t s e l f .

Jobs w i l l be l o s t . E s t i m a t e s run between 72,000 t o 100,000, mos t ly i n t h e s e r v i c e s e c t o r .

Small b u s i n e s s e s w i l l go under because of d r a m a t i c a l l y i n c r e a s e d a c c o u n t i n g c o s t s , cash f low problems and l o s s of customers .

Working people need a f a i r t a x sys tem where everybody - Corpora t ions and Canadians - pay t h e i r s h a r e .

We must oppose t h e GST and f i g h t f o r r e a l t a x reform where people come f i r s t . We must have a sys tem t h a t t a x e s on t h e a b i l i t y t o pay through a p r o g r e s s i v e income t a x sys tem, which a p p l i e s e q u i t a b l y t o c o r p o r a t i o n s a s w e l l a s o r d i n a r y Canadians.

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I, (having j u s t a r r i v e d i n town, j o b l e s s , a l i t t l e worse f o r wear b u t n e v e r t h e l e s s determined t o make t h e b e s t of i t ) asked a S o c i a l Worker where a good, a f f o r d a b l e p l a c e t o d i n e was.

"Oh, t h e 44 Club p u t s o u t v e r y rea- sonab le meals a t a n a f f o r d a b l e p r i c e , " s h e s a y s m a t t e r - o f - f a c t l y , "and I have it on good a u t h o r i t y t h a t t h e food t h e r e is second t o none," s h e q u i p s . "of c o u r s e i f you can s ing. ."she adds and a t t h a t p o i n t I c o n g e n i a l l y i n t e r - r u p t e d . "I have been known t o a good impersonat ion o f 'Maimie' by A 1 J o l s o n when I ' m i n t h e P a r t y Way," I s a y , somewhat g l a d t o be making s m a l l t a l k w i t h a n e l e v a t e d Person o f A u t h o r i t y .

"What I meant, s i r , was your o n l y o t h e r o p t i o n a t t h i s t i m e is t h e Sal- v a t i o n Army!" souping s a r c a s t i c a l l y .

"Well I never!" I huf f as I a c c e p t t h e meal voucher f o r t h e 44 Club and head o u t i n t o t h e s t r e e t .

A f t e r g e t t i n g a round a b o u t , con- f l i c t i n g r e p o r t on d i r e c t i o n s t o t h e 44 Club, by t h r e e c a p r i c i o u s o l d Char- a c t e r s ( i l l u m i n a t e d i n d i v i d u a l s whose on ly c l a i m t o f r e e e x p r e s s i o n seems t o be whose t u r n i t is t o t a k e t h e n e x t p u l l on t h e b o t t l e ) , I f i n d t h e p l a c e .

'Wow!'I t h i n k , amid h o p e f u l E c s t a t i c Rumblings from my stomach, ' j u s t look a t t h i s l ine -up! ' The food h e r e must indeed be SECOND-TO-NONE i n t h i s c i t y . Why, t h e r e must be 150 people l i n e d up j u s t dy ing f o r t h e chance t o p a r t a k e of t h e E x o t i c D e l i g h t s s e r v e d h e r e .

The p a t r o n s seem an odd bunch though . . t h e way t h e y ' r e d r e s s e h and a c t .

Oh w e l l , I t h i n k ( t h e o p t i m i s t i n me comes t o t h e r e s c u e a g a i n ) , t h e food is probably s o good and t h e p l a c e s o popula r ( j u d g i n g by t h e l ine -up) t h a t i n o r d e r t o s a v e t ime t h e y a l l neglec- t e d t o go home, wash up and change a f t e r work s o t h a t they wouldn ' t have t o wa i t t o o long.

A f t e r w a i t i n g i n t h e s lowly moving l ine -up f o r one s o l i d hour , I began t o be a l i t t l e s u s p i c i o u s of some of t h e r e s t a u r a n t ' s p a t r o n s ... e s p e c i a l l y t h e c h a r a c t e r behind me who l o o k s and s m e l l s as i f he j u s t g o t o f f one of t h e f i s h i n g b o a t s as he coughs r i g h t down my neck f o r t h e s i x t h t ime s i n c e we've been i n t h e l ine -up .

I s lowly gaze around t h e f o y e r w i t h a c r i t i c a l eye . The guy two persons up from me keeps b r e a k i n g o u t of l i n e and do ing back f l i p s , a d v e r s e l y an- noying t h e guy i n t h e whee lcha i r who is t r y i n g t o s e l l what l o o k l i k e h i s on ly p a i r of shoes .

Maybe t h i s p l a c e i s n ' t r e a l l y a s a f f o r d a b l e a s my S o c i a l Worker t h i n k s . Oh w e l l , I seem t o be covered anyway and t h i s i s no t i m e t o be t u r n i n g around now.

' c a f e t e r i a s t y l e , ' I muse as I d e f t l y p i c k up a t r a y and start l o a d i n g i t down. I t ' s about t i m e t o o , what w i t h a l l t h e People Saving P l a c e s i n t h e l i n e f o r t h e i r f r i e n d s . I

By t h e t ime I g e t t o t h e C a s h i e r , 1've accumulated one p i e c e o f cake , a 1 bowl of pudding, two d i n n e r buns, a s a l a d w i t h French d r e s s i n g , one p l a t e of two Cold Smokies ( t h a t had been s i t t i n g f o r some t i m e f o r want of someone t o p i c k i t up) , one p l a t e o f a s m a l l s l i c e o f meat l o a f , $ scoop of p o t a t o e s and a t ab lespoon of veg- i e s , one j u i c e , one c o f f e e , one s e r - v i e t t e and a bowl o f hang-over soup.

The Cash ie r t e l l s me t h a t I a m o n l y a l lowed one beverage one d e s s e r t one d i n n e r bun and one meal and promptly t a k e s t h e E x t r a s o f f my p l a t e .

"Here! Here!" I p r o t e s t u s i n g my b e s t a u t h o r a t i v e v o i c e . "Tha t ' s n o t t h e way t o t r e a t a P a t r o n who comes a l l t h e way from t h e I n t e r i o r j u s t t o t a s t e your good f a r e . 1 t ' s a wonder t h a t you have any P a t r o n s a t a l l t h e way y o u ' r e going on abou t i t! This i s indeed embar rass ing , madame, and I s t r o n g l y p r o t e s t !"

A l l of a sudden I ' m met w i t h two very l a r g e gentlemen who q u i c k l y con- v i n c e me t h a t my b e s t r e c o u r s e a t t h e moment is t o ''Shut t h e fuck up" and f i n d myself a p l a c e t o s i t down; oth- e r w i s e I w i l l be unceremoniously t o s s e d o u t on my ' ~ i c k e n s ' .

"Imagine t h a t ! " I fume t o t h e in tox- i c a t e d gentleman s e a t e d a c r o s s from me. "Business must be s o good t h a t they can gang up on t h e i r p a t r o n s and rob back t h e food from o n e ' s p l a t e . " I n answer I am met w i t h a v e r y loud "belch." " ~ h e y ' r e n o t t h e o n l y succ- e s s f u l r e s t a u r a n t i n town," I mumble. 'I Next t ime I ' m go ing t o t r y t h e one around t h e c o r n e r on Powel l S t r e e t

y where I saw a n o t h e r l ine-up." S i n c e a p p e t i z e r s a r e n o t anywhere

i n s i g h t i n t h i s p l a c e , I p a r t a k e of t h e half-bowl o f s l i g h t l y w i l t e d s a l a d . The P o r t i o n Pack o f French Dress ing touches i t o f f n i c e l y and I h u r r i e d l y gobble it down. . a s one i s wont t o do i n t h e s e t imes of hunger. The soup h a s a unique s u s p i c i o u s t a s t e of c u r r y and j u s t a h i n t of oregano. I mention t h i s t o t h e i l l u m i n a t e d p a t r o n a c r o s s from me and he c a c k l e s g l e e f u l l y . "Not s u r p r i s i n g , " he s a y s between chews. "Yesterday they had c u r r i e d beef and way l a s t week w e had s p a g e t t i . "

Although I s u s p e c t h e ' s jok ing , I fo rego t h e r e s t o f t h e Exper ience.

The meat l o a f is swimming i n brown r i c h g ravy ; i t ' s s k i l l f u l l y b roche ted by a s m a l l clump of crawly-flower on one s i d e and a n i b b l e scoop of r i c e w i t h gravy on t h e o t h e r (ve ry c o s t e f f i c i e n t ) . I t 's n o t t o o bad a t a l l but I s u s p e c t t h e gravy g i v e s i t t h e t a s t e . It seems t o be a m i x t u r e o f ground meats r a t h e r t h a n ground beef but n o n e t h e l e s s food f o r a t h a n k f u l stomach.

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I l o o k over a t my Dinner Companion and f i n d i t hard t o t e l l j u s t what he o rdered a s , d u e t o h i s i l luminacy , h i s food is s c a t t e r e d and mixed up a l l o v e r t h e t a b l e and t r a y . He s u r e seems t o be e n j o y i n g i t though, and I c h a l k up a n o t h e r P l u s f o r t h e p l a c e .

My pudding, f o r want of a b e t t e r d e s c r i p t i o n , i s s u r p r i s i n g l y t a s t y . It l o o k s l i k e hunks of bread wi th r a i s i n s , cinnamon and probably an egg and a l i t t l e mi lk t o b ind . I d o n ' t know what t h e yel low s t u f f on top i s though, but t h e o l d c a p r i c i o u s Char- a c t e r a c r o s s from me, whom I ' m begin- n ing t o en joy , t e l l s me lie saw some yel low s t u f f l i k e t h a t once way back i n ' 43 a t a S a l l y Ann l ine -up .

A t t h a t moment I chose t o l e a v e . This C a f e t e r i a i s a very hard p l a c e

t o rate, as t h e C i t y F a t h e r s c la im i t i s t h e o n l y one o f i t ' s kind i n town. So, s i n c e i t ' s recommended by both o u r i l l u s t r i o u s S o c i a l S e r v i c e s ( I wonder i f t h e y e v e r eat h e r e ) and our Good C i t y F a t h e r s whom, I am t o l d , make t i m e l y P e r i o d i c a l I n s p e c t i o n s of t h e p l a c e a f t e r they g i v e them t h r e e o r f o u r days n o t i c e . I w i l l assume t h a t they know what ' s b e s t f o r u s . . . and g i v e i t a Five-Star r a t i n g f o r 11 second-to- one" e s t a b l i s h m e n t s .

1 w i l l n o t mention t h e two l a r g e f e l l o w s who manage t o occupy t h e desk i n t h e f o y e r ; o r how t h e y ' r e s o busy e i t h e r r e a d i n g pocket books o r cha t - t i n g up t h e i r acqua in tances t h a t they d o n ' t seem t o s e e a l l t h e many people b u t t i n g i n t o l i n e ... ... o r t h e f a c t t h a t a c l e a n t a b l e i s hard t o f i n d h e r e . I w i l l s ay though t h a t I s h a l l be g l a d t o r e t u r n and be o b e d i e n t l y t h a n k f u l f o r t h e t h r e e meals a day 1 ' m a l lowed.

By W.G. FERGUSON

A MONTH I S A MONTH I S A MONTH

Five weeks between Wel fa re Wednesdays Ten more days t o go: "Can you s p a r e s i x t y - f i v e c e n t s ? " No. Put on t h e s h a b b i e s t c l o t h e s ; Make them know you - are one of them.

Nine more days t o go: You c a n ' t t a k e a walk a t n i g h t now; T h e r e ' s t o o many d e s p e r a t e c h a r a c t e r s o u t t h e r e .

Eight more days t o go: A nervous young man sells a gram of hash, which i s r e a l l y a s m a l l hunk of w o o d - f i l l e r , t o a n o l d e r man who hands o v e r $15 .OO and walks away.

Seven more days t o go: A young man was s t a b b e d i n t h e stomach last n i g h t .

S i x more days t o go: baby s i t ters a r e promised money by s i n g l e moms who ' l l have p l e n t y o f c a s h by morning i f t h e y g e t t h r u t h e dangerous n i g h t .

F ive more days t o go: Lysol , a f t e r s h a v e , bay rum; a n y t h i n g goes down h e r e .

Four more t o go: Coffee t i c k e t s ! - t h e Carnegie - must go - be w i t h peop le . 1 t 's Sa turday Night!

Three more: The a d d i c t i o n s o f food and tobacco do b a t t l e t o see who w i l l be bought s t o l e n , o r b ~ d - No! You c a n ' t t u r n i n t o a bum.

Two : S a r d i n e s and d r y smoke - t h e paupers f e a s t . But w a i t !

One day: tuesday - t h e Carneg ie - f r e e Volun tee r d i n n e r ! Oops: d i d I p u t i n 15 h o u r s ?

Welfare Wednesday - The m a i l box- The u t t e r l e t down.

Garry Gust

Conversat ion a t Carneg ie

One morning I heard a man t e l l o f a f a n t a s t i c c e l e b r a t i o n on a n a r t i - f i c i a l l a k e i n a n c i e n t Egypt. Peop le surrounded t h e l a k e and d r i f t e d i n t o t h e wa te r on s m a l l b o a t s w i t h can- d l e s . The g l a s s y w a t e r r e f l e c t e d t h e c o n s t e l l a i t o n s .

I s a i d , "Maybe Stonehenge was an i c e r i n k . " Without d i s c i p l i n e minds can s e e I n u i t , C e l t s , Druids on bone s k a t e s . Unmechanically minds can e n v i s i o n t h e p r a c t i c a l i t y o f u s i n g an i c e s u r f a c e f o r moving s u c h b i g b l o c k s o f s t o n e . S u r e l y smoothed

i c e is a n a r t i f i c i a l l a k e ; t h e l a k e is s o l i d though i t may n o t r e f l e c t t h e heavenly l i g h t s as b r i l l i a n t l y bu t i t c a n , g i v e n c a r e , be a c c u r a t e .

The d i f f e r e n c e between a l l c u l - t u r e s o f t h e world i s o n l y s u p e r f i c - i a l . D i s c i p l i n e s u p p r e s s e s n o t o n l y t h e s u r f a c e but t h e d e p t h o f mind i n t o d u l l conformi ty . A l l c u l t u r e s grow from mind. We a r e d e s t i n e d t o s l a v e r y , t o mean ing less m a l i c e and p r e j u d i c e u n l e s s we g e t o u t o f t h i s groove. H a b i t s and h a t r e d f l o u r i s h as mind s l e e p s .

By JOHN HUSSY

THE THROW =AWAY SOCIETY People d r i v e by. Walking q u i t e

s lowly s o a s n o t t o go t o o q u i c k l y f o r him, we made o u r way a l o n g t h e s idewalk . The s t i n k of c a r exhaus t is o n l y a few f e e t away, t h e i r

l i g h t s c l e a r as t h e y speed by. "What ' s your name?" "Mark," was h i s r e p l y ; a s h o r t , aged

Na t ive man, h i s walk v a r y i n g i n p i t c h i n t h e c o l d midn igh t a i r , h i s l e g a p p a r e n t l y h i n d e r i n g h i s p r o g r e s s . Walking a t t imes a few f e e t ahead I would s t o p t o l e t him c a t c h up.

We had walked f o r twenty minu tes n o t go ing more than s i x c i t y b l o c k s o r s o . It was one o f t h e t i m e s I ' d s topped t o w a i t f o r t h e man. I t u r n e d i n t ime t o s e e t h e way he t u r n e d i n c i r c l e s on t h e s p o t - a s i f a l l o f a sudden he w a s l o s t . He went round abou t t h r e e t i m e s , looked up a t t h e sky, t h e n went o v e r on h i s f a c e o n t o t h e roafway. .hal f on h a l f o f f t h e s idewalk! I p u t my bag and knapsack down t r y i n g t o move him, hoping he wasn ' t h u r t t o o bad ly . .pe rhaps he need n o t be l i f t e d .

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I than h i s s i z e i n d i c a t e d .

People s t i l l d r i v i n g by. I g o t bo th a r m s around him; he was s t i f f a s a board w i t h some blood on h i s f a c e . I l i f t e d him s ideways o n t o t h e s idewalk .

"Mark! Mark!." H e l a y t h e r e s l i g h - t l y c o n v u l s i n g , s t i l l q u i t e s t i f f . For some r e a s o n , pe rhaps t o h a l f - guard him, I l e a n e d o v e r him w i t h my l e f t l e g and f o o t s t i l l t o u c h i n g him and s t a r t e d waving bo th arms, t r y i n g t o f l a g down p a s s i n g a u t o s f o r a s s i - s t a n c e a s it w a s t o o f a r t o any

I o t h e r a i d . No one would s t o p . They I

would d r i v e around w i t h o u t h a r d l y s lowing. i

I t u r n e d my a t t e n t i o n t o Mark. He seemed t o be aware enough t o speak , t o my r e l i e f . I t r i e d t o f a l g c a r s i n more e a r n e s t , a c t u a l l y walking o u t i n t h e l a n e and p o i n t i n g a t t h e pe r son and o b j e c t s on t h e s idewalk . m e woman passenger seemed t o r e a c t q u i c k l y , t a l k i n g t o t h e d r i v e r who braked t h e c a r a b i t b u t then drove away. I r e t u r n e d t o Mark.

BY now, he r e a l i z e d t h a t peop le weren ' t s t o p p i n g . I f e l t bad ly , ask- i n g t h e i n j u r e d man i f he could wa lk , even t h i n k i n g o f l e a v i n g my bag and c a r r y i n g him. No, he c o u l d n ' t walk and s t i l l l a y i n h i s p l a c e on t h e c o l d c o n c r e t e . Somewhat angered a t t h e peop le who wouldn ' t s t o p , I walked o u t i n t o t h e l a n e w i t h my arms and hands o u t i n f r o n t a s i f t o s t o p c a r s . I managed t o t r a p one i n my l a n e . The v e h i c l e s topped about twenty f e e t b e f o r e i t go t t o me. I could s e e t h e t u r n s i g n s 1 on, a s i f t o p u l l i n t o t h e o t h e r l a n e and d r i v e away, b u t I moved q u i c k l y up t o t h e c a r . I c o u l d s e e t h e l a d y was per- t u r b e d , n o t s u r e what t o do. By now I was b e s i d e h e r window w i t h t r a f f i c go ing by and a n o t h e r v e h i c l e behind h e r . She r o l l e d h e r window down a h a l f - i n c h . I g o t a few words o u t , moving my body c l o s e r s o as t o be heard c l e a r l y . She r o l l e d t h e window c l o s e d t i g h t . I g e s t u r e d t o t h e s i d e - walk and mimicked speech. She r o l l e d h e r window a h a l f - i n c h .

" W i l l you c a l l a n ambulance?" "Yes, okay." She d rove by l o o k i n g towards Mark.

She w a s s t i l l i n s i g h t when a p o l i c e c r u i s e r h a p p i l y j e r k e d t o a s t o p a t t h e c u r b .

Ahh. A s s i s t a n c e , r a d i o & l i g h t s . Y o u ' l l have a n ambulance soon, Mark.

We a t t e n d e d t o t h e Na t ive , t h e o f f i - c e r g e t t i n g a p l a s t i c - c o a t e d p i l l o w and b l a n k e t f o r t h e t r e a t m e n t and com- f o r t of t h e p a t i e n t . Dabbing t h e b i t o f blood t h a t had pooled i n t h e c o r n e r o f h i s e y e , I saw a bump t h e s i z e o f a q u a i l egg above t h e l e f t brow. We wai ted f o r t h e ambulance.

The peop le d rove by on March 11, ' 9 0 a t 12:20 a.m. I suppose t h e y w i l l l ook f o r i t i n t h e newspaper o r t h e news. Such a t h i n g a f t e r r e a d i n g o f peop le d r i v i n g around an i n j u r e d and dy ing woman on a busy Vancouver c r o s s - walk made m e shudder . The 64 yea r -o ld woman d i e d abou t 6 a . m . on March 6 .

A f t e r c a l l i n g two h o s p i t a l s abou t Mark, I l e a r n e d t h a t h e , w a s r e l e a s e d t h e next day.

People d r i v e by.

A t r u e s t o r y . I was t h e r e By MIKE BOHNERT

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My L i t Spr ing B u t t e r f l y \ You c a p t u r e d my eye , l i k e a l i t t l e 1

1 b u t t e r f l y -- You smi led , w i t h s i n c e r - i t y . You took a snapsho t of me, o f f guard . You i n t r o d u c e d me t o something b e a u t i f u l .

With your camera You c a p t u r e d t h e g r e a t beauty of t h e s e a s h o r e , t h e p a r k s , t h e s t r e a m s and r i v e r s and t h e ga rdens . I en joy t h e ocean , t h e r e a l aquarium, and I l o v e h i k i n g and can- oe i n g .

You a r e S p r i n g -- I ' v e a lways looked forward t o be ing w i t h you. 1t 's n i c e t o c a t c h a b u t t e r f l y ; Spr ing , you have come t o g r e e t u s .

I r e a l i z e t h a t t h e b u t t e r f l y h a s t o be s e t f r e e , come f a l l and w i n t e r -- I have come t o ho ld t h i s f r i e n d s h i p ve ry s p e c i a l .

Miki

Z e l t i c H o s p i t a l i t y

J u s t f o r t h e now me l a d , l a y y e s e l f down Cross t h e s e a , ye s a y ye have done from a l a n d of l o n g days n ' l o n g n i g h t s

ye s a y ye come From a peop le of b u r n i n g blood ye say ye a r e

Yet, y e r s k i n i s n ' t sun drenched Y e t t h e s e a sa l t ye s m e l l n o t Yet burn ing t o touch ye are n o t

Yea, t r a v e l wary y e are yea , ye have a s a i l o r ' s c u f f Yea, a f o u l temper I s e e ye have

F i r b o l g ye a r e n o t I s e e C e l t of no k i n ye l o o k I s e e Yea, two hands t a l l e r t h a n me men ye a r e Yea, a t r u e Vicking ye a r e

Fer I s e e and s a w ye had wenches and s l a v e s by t h e c o r d f u l l Och Mahorn l a i r s a f e ye a r e h e r e i n m e domain Mind y e r w i t t s a b o u t , f e r once ye are begone s h a l l we e ' e r meet a ' a i n Sure a s me name McFiannan y e ' l l s u r ' l y f e l l t h e k i s s o f m e sword

B BO

i nve r se p ropor t i ona l s t r a t i g r a p h y a s o c i o l o g i s t ' s term too S o r o r i t y , Diamond and Gold A gir l ' s b e s t f r i e n d , but a l l t h a t g l i t t e r s a i n t gold Shaved d i e , no d i c e

t o an e t e r n a l world of tomorrows P ros t en t an t women sha r ing common views of c r i s e s and f e a r and food l i t t l e t r i a n g l e cheeses and bananas

Wri t ing s o q u i e t l y Love i n s p i r e s t h e music (Too loud) i t i s t h e conse rva t ives who a r e wrecking t h e country now (GST) i n j u r e d workers hobble a long c r ipp l ed by s o c i e t y ' s i n d i f f e r e n c e pushed and shoved by h u r r i e d crowds shunted, r a i l roaded l o t s of y e l l i n g going on shout drunken abuse h u r l h u r t cu r se s and swear, b u l l i e d and beaten We know why Poverty i s t h e crime Corruption is t h e c lub Jobs, jobs , jobs comic books and a b o t t l e of pop a pink and a green f o r t h e b lues

James Jennings

When t h e poor b e g i n t o s p e a k ... May I s u g g e s t M r . M i n i s t e r ;

A. That we need a t t i t u d e changes of b o t h a d m i n i s t r a t i v e and s o c i a l worker s t a f f ;

B. That we g e t more and b e t t e r in- fo rmat ion o f o u r r i g h t s i n a w e l f a r e sys tem;

C. That we s e e a d e c r e a s e o f defen- s i v e n e s s , growing o u t of l i m i t e d a c c e s s t o o p p o r t u n i t i e s , and tokenismhelp .

D. We c o u l d b e n e f i t by b e t t e r , mean- i n g f u l s p e c i a l r e s o u r c e s and back up s e r v i c e s . . s u c h a s a r e a l emer- gency program.

May I a l s o s u g g e s t , s i r , t h a t your good o f f i c e s a s s i g n u s s o c i a l work- ers who can s e e w i t h o u r e y e s , h e a r w i t h o u r e a r s and f e e l w i t h o u r f e e l i n g s .

It h a s been s a i d b e f o r e , s i r , t h a t t h e problems o f p o v e r t y can n o t be r e s o l v e d a s i f they were i s o l a t e d from t h e wider economic, s o c i a l and p o l i t i c a l p a t t e r n s of t h e n a t i o n . I a l s o t h i n k t h a t because of o u r pov- e r t y , a l o t o f m i d d l e - c l a s s j o b s e x i s t . I would l i k e t o s e e a major- i t y of t h e s e peop le s t a n d up and b e counted on a c r i t i c a l i s s u e t h a t a f f e c t s t h e poor . I f they a r e n o t w i l l i n g t o pu t t h e i r j o b s on t h e l i n e f o r t h e impover ished t h e n t h e r e w i l l a lways be p o v e r t y .

H i s t o r y w i l l t e l l you, s i r , t h a t when an impoverished peop le l e a r n s how t o b reak th rough t h e i r own apa- thy and l e a r n s t o speak t h e words t h a t they must , t h e i r v o i c e w i l l n o t be g e n t l e .

Can you blame u s f o r t h a t ? Would you have expec ted a n y t h i n g

d i f f e r e n t ?

Kegards, W . G . FERGUSON

Burn a Crop f o

Now t h a t we have THE WORKERS under o u r thumb we can s t a r t w i t h t h e l a y - o f f s .

F i r s t w e ' l l have rumours So t h a t t h e RATS Can do t h e i r own t h i n g . E x p l o i t i n g t h e s i n s o f t h e i r b r o t h e r s and burn ing themse lves .

Then heavy c o m p e t i t i o n For t h e i r m i n d l e s s j o b s and each winner g e t s a paycu t T h e y ' l l unders tand .

I wonder what happens t o t h e l o s e r s We never s e e them l e a v e They would make u s f e e l out-numbered We d o n ' t need t h a t s t r e s s .

~ h e y ' r e a l l t o t a l l y a l o n e and t h e sys tem is a g a i n s t them because ~ h e y ' r e unemployed.

The sys tem i s u n f a i r We a l l know t h a t But sometimes, I c a n ' t h e l p t h i n k i n g t h a t maybe t h e r e is a God.

Greg

THE ANATOMY OF A HIT AND MISS WELFARE RECIPIENT

( a two-sided s t o r y ) By W.G. FERGUSON

The d i f f e r e n c e between b e i n g a wel- f a r e r e c i p i e n t and be ing i n j a C l i s t h e f a c t t h a t t h e Warden d o e s n ' t send me t r a i p s i n g a l l o v e r t h e c i t y - on seemingly e n d l e s s m i s s i o n s . The purposes f o r t h i s , I s t r o n g l y sus - p e c t , a r e j u s t as c o n f u s i n g t o t h e s o c i a l workers a s t h e y a r e t o me.

I have a n "uneducated" hunch t h a t mis lead ing m i s s i o n s of endyrance and sa tmina a r e aimed more w i t h a view t o p l e a s i n g t h e middle c l a s s than they a r e t o a i d i n g t h e r e c i p i e n t . ere's a n example:

During your f i r s t i n t e r v i e w you a r e c l a s s i f i e d , r e a d t h e Rio t Act and judged - seems t o happen t h e minute you walk th rough t h e door . With o r w i t h o u t t h i s judgement i t seems t h a t t h e s o c i a l worker wants t o see you "dance-a-l ick", bu t t h i s be ing 1990 ( s h e o r he must n o t o f f e n d your r i g h t s ) you won't be asked t o ' dance ' a s such.

I n s t e a d you a r e s imply t o l d t o walk 12 l o n g c i t y b l o c k s down t h e s t r e e t t o t h e U . I . C . o f f i c e . Th i s t a k e s some do ing because you a r e on c r u t c h e s and want t o be a b l e t o g e t a w e l f a r e cheque i s s u e d and cashed b e f o r e t h e banks c l o s e .

You have damn n e a r bus ted your o t h e r l e g g e t t i n g t o t h e U . I . o f f i c e wa i t ed whi le f i f t y o r s o peop le a r e p rocessed and then a r e g iven t h e proof i n w r i t i n g t h a t you cannot c o l l e c t U . I . because you have n o t worked s i n c e 1947 when they t r i e d t o g e t you t o pay p r o p e r t y t a x .

Then i t ' s back down t o S o c i a l Ser- 1 v i c e s , a n o t h e r hour i n t h e l ine -up

and then t o t h e w a i t i n g a r e a f o r a n o t h e r ?5 hour o r s o . She c a l l s you

i n and judges you f i t f o r work, having p r e c a r i o u s l y capered t h e $ m i l e t w i c e i n a 3 hour t ime span.

Now comes more q u e s t i o n s . . a n d t h i s t ime s h e has h e r hand on tlle pllo~le a s i f s h e ' s s u s p i c i o u s as h e l l . Mean- w h i l e t h e t ime is t i c k i n g by and a f t e r a n o t h e r b a r r a g e of what w i l l happen t o you i f you a r e caught cliea- t i n g s h e t e l l s you t o p i c k up a cheque a t 3 : 30 pm.

You a lmos t pan ic ! "3:30 pm. why t h a t ' s way a f t e r lunch , " you h i n t .

1 1 Can you s i n g ? " s h e snaps r a t h e r

l o u d l y . F l a t t e r e d , you answer, "Why yes ma'am, I can do a good imperson- a t i o n of Ma'amee by A 1 J o l s o n when 1 g e t loosened up some!?? Course I d o n ' t have any b l a c k f a c e t o put on," I c h o r t l e b u t . ..

"You have a d r i n k i n g problem!" s h e exc la ims .

1 1 No ma'am," I s a r c a s t i c a l l y snap

back. " I ' v e never t aken a d r i n k t h a t d i d n ' t d e s e r v e t o be drunk. And I might add, I have no problem d r i n k i n g . "

"Well, s i n c e you can s i n g , I ' m send- i n g you down t o t h e S a l l y Ann f o r lunch b u t I ' m go ing t o g i v e you a voucher i n s t e a d of a cheque. Th i s way you might g e t more food i n your stom- a c h t h a n a l c o h o l , and your A 1 J o l s o n might end up sounding more l i k e Don IIo. Good day, sir ."

T h a t ' s when I l o s t my c o o l . A f t e r a l l i t was Fr iday and a l l t h e guys would be a t t h e pub do ing what they do b e s t w h i l e I . . w h i l e I . . . What t h e Dickens! ! ! ?

"You ought t o s e e your face!" I ex- p lode . "I t ' s enough t o pu t t h e run on t h e whole F i f t h F l e e t . You a i n t gonna t r e a t me l i k e no mug," I say (us ing my b e s t ' C a g n e y l . . " I ' l l phone t h e Cops!" I s w i t c h t o Gleason: " ' d i s t ime i t ' s gonna be da moon, A l i c e , ' d i s t ime i t ' s gonna be d a moon. A l l 2 m i l l i o n s q u a r e m i l e s o f i t! And y o u ' r e gonna be t h e r e ... ALLLLL o v e r the re !" Some t ime l a t e r ...

The d i f f e r e n c e between being i n j a i l and being a w e l f a r e r e c i p i e n t i s t h e f a c t t h a t a w e l f a r e r e c i p i e n t , who is i n c l i n e d and determined, can s t i l l manage t o s e l l a food voucher s o t h a t h e can buy a b o t t l e now and then . The s t u f f they make i n j a i l i s s o awful t h a t "Every t ime you t a k e a d r i n k , you can f e e l t h e Devi l b i t e your ass !"

Hey! You guys c a n ' t keep me i n he re ! I know my r i g h t s ! There ' s a law a g a i n s t what y o u ' r e doing t o me! I g o t a S o c i a l Worker who can k i c k your a s s any day! Lemme out!!!

By W.G. FERGUSON 0

P o e t s from t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e

P o e t s from Carneg ie Cen t re and t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e w i l l be r e a d i n g t h e i r work l i v e on Co-op Radio on a s p e c i a l program c a l l e d "Poetry i s My Bomb." Th is program w i l l be broad- c a s t Tuesday, A p r i l 3 r d from 1 p.m. t o 2 p.m. and is p a r t o f t h e Co-op Radio S p r i n g Membership d r i v e .

The Radio Access f o r L i t e r a c y Pro- j e c t c o n t i n u e s . T h i s month we w i l l be do ing v a r i o u s workshops on i n t e r - v iewing, sound o p e r a t i n g , announcing and t u t o r i n g . If you a r e i n t e r e s t e d i n f i n d i n g o u t more p l e a s e c o n t a c t Brenda o r Helene a t 684-8494.

Dance Without Music

The e a r t h a l l around u s l i k e a t h r e a d through a maze, we dance w i t h o u t music till w e s tumble on dea th .

With t h e p a s t a l l around u s l i k e t h e c o l o u r s i n w h i t e , we add w h i t e t o w h i t e canvas and c a l l i t Canadian.

The sky a l l around u s . l i k e a c o n t e x t f o r meaning, we work, l u s t and p a r t y down t o an e x a c t s c i e n c e .

Our s e l v e s a l l around us l i k e shadows and echoes , w e draw-up a se l f - image t h a t c l i n g s l i k e a noose .

And myself a l l around me l i k e t h i s t en- foo t - square room? I j u s t m i s s s e e i n g t h e poet w i t h t h e changeable name...

S tephen Be lk in

A NOTE TO ALL CARNEGIE PATRONS

Dear f r i e n d s ,

It a p p e a r s t h a t r e n o v a t i o n s w i l l be- g i n i n l a te May - Though w e ' r e d i s - appo in ted w i t h t h e s l i g h t d e l a y , we a r e p l e a s e d w i t h t h e c a u s e (which was maintenance t o t h e e x i s t i n g v e n t i l a - t i o n sys tem p r i o r t o add ing on add i - t i o n a l d u c t i n g and v e n t s and f a n s and m o t o r s ) . H e r e ' s t o f r e s h a i r i n t h e New Year.

The remaining months of 1990 w i l l be a c h a l l e n g e t o u s a l l . Some groups w i l l be t e m p o r a r i l y d i s p l a c e d ; some s p a c e s w i l l d i s a p p e a r and new ones w i l l appear . C o n s t r u c t i o n w i l l b r i n g n o i s e and d u s t and inconven ience . We hope t h a t t h e b u i l d i n g w i l l a lways b e open, though, o b v i o u s l y , p a r t s w i l l be c l o s e d f o r v a r i o u s l e n g t h s of t i m e .

I f we e v e r needed t o hang t o g e t h e r as a Carneg ie f a m i l y , 1990 is t h e y e a r . I t ' s go ing t o be tough, b u t w e ' l l make i t and 1991 w i l l see u s

- e n j o y i n g o u r upgraded, r enova ted down- town e a s t s i d e l iv ingroom.

Thank you f o r your p a t i e n c e and your co-opera t ion i n t h e months t o come.

S i n c e r e l y ,

Muggs S i g u r g e i r s o n & Diane MacKenzie P r e s i d e n t D i r e c t o r C .C .C .A . Carneg ie Cen t re

Leave a message a t t h e Learning Cen t re o r w i t h P a u l Tay lo r a t t h e N e w s l e t t e r 665-2289. You can be a s s u r e d o f c o n f i d e n t i a l i t y .

S h e i l a Bax te r

The F r i d a y Night P o e t r y group on t h e 3 rd f l o o r h a s fun . An a v e r a g e of 10 peop le come w i t h d i f f e r e n t s t y l e s and l o t s o f t a l e n t . Thanks t o t h o s e who came and c o n t r i b u t e d .

S p r i n g is h e r e and t h e o u t s i d e beckons , s o w e ' l l s t o p f o r awhi le . Anyone i n t e r e s t e d i n hav ing some more workshops, p l e a s e l e a v e a mess- age a t t h e Learn ing Cen t re .

S h e i l a Bax te r

Are you homeless? Have you been homeless ?

I a m c o l l e c t i n g s t o r i e s of home- l e s s n e s s f o r a n upcoming book. The f i r s t book w a s c a l l e d No Way To Live Poor Women S ~ e a k Out.

11 Onions''

I l o v e t o e a t Onions It t e n d s t o douse my inf lamed bunions . I l o v e t o snap g a r l i c I t ' s tangy z i p a c t s a s a t o n i c . I l o v e h o t s a u c e i n my soup Only t r o u b l e i s i t burns my hoop. O y s t e r s I d e a r l y c h e r i s h , Not t o o much, n o t t o o l a v i s h , But I s t i l l l o v e o n i o n s . I t q u e l l s my Burning Bunions.

A l b e r t Milton

March 21, 1990.

Open Letter to Dr. Strangeway (President of U.B.C.)

With the UES Engineering Depart- ment's long history of sexism, it is not surprising that they have now begun to dabble in racism. Sadly though, it is often those

who ridicule native social problems who are, at the same time, fierce opponents of Native people's att- empts to solve their own problems through land claim settlements and Native self-government. As a representative of the Down-

town Eastside Women's Centre, which is largely utilised by Native women I would like to know specifically what action your administration in- tends to take in response to the Engineering Newsletter's racist dontent. I would appreciate recei- ving a letter from you in this re- gard. Your letter will be printed in the Carnegie Centre Community Newsletter, a newspaper which serves a large native population.

Maureen Rivington Social Action Cmtt.

(Ms. Rivington called UBC's admini- stration office on Monday, Mar. 26, to ask again for a response from Dr. Strangeway. She was told that, be- cause of the enormous amount of mail a meeting of the President and the Vice-Deans of various departments was planned to draft a letter to send to all people who had written. In the meantime, there has been no further action on the matter of sus- pending the students responsible. A radio interview with one of these had him stating he "wasn't too wor- ried" about further action on being suspended from UBC. When telling Ms. Rivington of actions that the University had taken, nothing was mentioned about this either. Are we to assume that Strangeway is backing off..or worse, chuckling to himself?)

CARNEGIE NEWSLETTER REVIEW COMMITTEE NEEDS A REVIEW

As a poet, I was delighted and honored to read some poems for Inter- national Women's Day at Carnegie. Many women told me that they really liked my work. After the reading, Paul Taylor ask-

ed me to submit 3 poems in particular to the newsletter. He asked for 3 in

THE $3rinciplee of particular. He obviously tllou,t the poems were suitable for the newslet- ter. He is, after all, the editor. I unwittingly assumed that my poems

would be printed verbatim; word for word how the poems were written, un- less there were typos. When I read the newsletter, I found that the con- tent of 2 of my poems had been in- tentionally changed. Not mere typos. Entire chunks were taken out and re- placed by someone else's words. I was horrified. Editors of news-

letters do not edit poetry. Do cura-

SUBJECTIVE ALLOYS By G a r r g Gust

Y O U MUST L E A V E A N D FIND A MORE

Y E A H , Y O U ' V E G O T T O Z E R O I D O N ' T BELIEVE IT! YOU T W O A C T U A L L Y

r eques ted by t h e e d i t o r must be approved by t h e committee. This means t h a t t h e review committee has t h e power t o accep t , reject, a l t e r , change, and m u t i l a t e peoples ' sub- missions. The committee seems t o have a vague r o l e and i t seems t o be t o prevent cont roversy . The committee t o l d t h e e d i t o r t h a t t h e poems had t o be changed. Why?

Apparently, one poem was "denigra- t o ry t o churches." I had t o laugh. The t e x t t h a t they f i n d "denigratory" is, without ques t i on , c r i t i c a l of t h e Ca tho l i c chu rch ' s hypocrisy about , and den ig ra t i on o f , women. The

t o r s of a r t shows add p a i n t t o pain- 1 t i n g s ? O r r e s c u l p t s c u l p t u r e s ? I

th ink no t . It is no t t h e i r job.

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Unless o therwise reques ted , ed i - t o r s e i t h e r wholly accept o r reject poems verbat im. Poe t ry i s not nego- t i a b l e . The r a i s o n d ' e t r e of poe t ry is t h e uncensored vo ice . Like a pa in t ing o r a s c u l p t u r e , i t I S t h e expression of t h e a r t i s t .

So why d i d t h e Carnegie Newslet ter e d i t my work? I had t o a s k Paul : What happened?

Paul t o l d m e t h a t t h e n e w s l e t t e r has a review committee. All submis- s ions t o t h e n e w s l e t t e r , even those

Catholic Church relies on the deni- gration of women for its very exis- tence. According to the committee, the

second poem "portrayed women as vic- tims." As a feminist, with a fairly clear analysis, I was stunned. The poem compared the brutalisation of the earth, vis-a-vis clearcut prac- tices, to the brutalisation of women. In a culture where "man has dominion over allthings," and woman is seen as nature and therefore part of that 11 dominion," my comparison is entirely accurate. The poem is quite clearly a plea to stop the brutlaisation of I I nature. " I was deeply offended by the changes

to my work. I would rather that the poems were not printed at all. What can be done?

1) There should be an editorial box in every newsletter. It should explain that submissions will be reviewed by a review committee and the mandate of that committee. You owe this to your editor, as well as the readers and writers. Paul is left holding your dirty bag. People don't know that he is not solely responsible for decision making. 2) I am not disputing that there should be a review committee. But, the review committee must be accountable to the public and have a clear mzhdate. Censorship is not arbitrary; it is, by definition, very selective. However, 'censor' is also defined in the dic- tionary as "a person who tells others how they ought to behave" and "a per- son who likes to find fault. " If the committee has no mandate, you

better make one. Either that or call yourselves what you appear to be, i.e. "the woolly minded gee this might off- end someone" committee, or "in defense of the status quo" or "arbitrary slash n' gash" committee. 3) Lay committees and journalistic

newsletter editors do not and cannot I edit poetry. Just exactly where do they get their poetic license from? If

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you don't like the poem, don't print it. But have sound reasoning and a i clear mandate as the premise for doing S O .

Who are you protecting by butchering poems? Surely the public can, and will let you know if they find it "offen- sive." Or is that what you're afraid of?

At the very least, every effort must be made to notify the writer about such blatant changes before the works go to print. I would have pulled my poems without hesitation. The issue of censorship is neither

particular to this newsletter nor my poetry. Surely the committee real- ises what a ball of fire they are playing with. Censorship must be dealt with ethically. For myself, I want an apology, to

be printed in the newsletter, for the committee's unwarranted and unjusti- fiable censorship of my poems. I want my two poems reprinted in their orig- inal, and only, forms - the ones that they were submitted in. A reviewacorn- mittee should make itself accountable to the writer, not the other way a- round. I think the "review committee" will

be surprised as to how little a res- ponse my poems will incur. You have created controversy where there was none. Isn't that what you are trying to avoid? This letter is written in good

faith. I hope that it will prod an internal review of the review commit- tee. Be public, accountable, and have a clear mandate.

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