December 1, 1990, carnegie newsletter

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b a t i o n Downtown East- 401 Main s t . . Vancouver, Lenis la ted Poverty

- I n t h e strunale for a s e n t i e n t peace,

Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha * National % 3 8 6 - - " Assoc. of Japanese Canadians * One Sky * Ontar io Coa l i t i on f o r Soc ia l J u s t i c e * Our Times * Ontar io Confederation of ~ s c u l t y 2 5 2 Q 6 2 2 3

r( 0 L. 0 % c r ( . Assocs. Ontar io Federat ion of Labour * . , ,, , , Ottawa Disarmament Coa l i t i on * Paren t s f o r : '* 2 2 A ,: ,; 2

F i r s t United Church * Fort Nelson Advocate h Anti Pov- e r t y Group Uni tar ian Church * Tenants Rights Coali- t i o n * N.W. Unemployment Action Centre * Vancouver Sts- t u s of Women * Federated Anti-Poverty Groups of B.C. BC Teachers Federation * Branching Out. Dawson Creek * Downtown Easta ide Womena Centre * BC Association o f Soc ia l Workers BClYukon Assoc. of Womens Centres Health, Housing 6 Soc ia l Se rv i ces Working Unit Division of Mission * Advocacy P r o j e c t , Nelson * Kamloops Unem- ployed Action Committee BC Coa l i t i on of People with D i s a b i l i t i e s * Child Poverty Action Committee S t . Margaret 's Anglican Church * Together Against Poverty, Victor ia * MacLean Park Tenants Assoc. * hssoc. f o r Be t t e r Communities. Nanaimo Surrey Child Poverty Com- mi t t ee * Burnaby Child Poverty Committee * Single Par- e n t s Organization f o r Responsible Economics * Coal i t ion Against "Free" Trade * All iance f o r Canadian Cinema. Televis ion h Radio A r t i s t s BC Prov inc i a l Council of Carpenters * CAIUAW Local 14 CAIUAW Local 20 Cana- dian Assoc. of I n d u s t r i a l . Mechanical h Al l i ed Workers * Canadian Assoc. of Smelter 6 Al l i ed Workers Cana- dian Auto Workers Local 2171 * Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Transpor t h General Workers Local 400 * Cana- dian Union of P o s t a l Workers, Vancouver Local Canadian Union of Publ ic Employees - Metro D i s t r i c t Council * Carpenters Union Local 452 * Cathol ics Against Free Trade Co l l ege - Ins t i t u t e Educators Assoc. * Cornunity Business and P ro fes s iona l s Asaoc. of Canada * Confeder- a t i on of Canadian Unions * Ecumenical Committee f o r Soc ia l Respons ib i l i t y * Federat ion of BC Wri ters * Grandview-Woodlands Area Council * Community Housing Forum of Vancouver Independent Canadian Transi t Union

ICTU Locals 1 h 2 * National Farmers Union Pac i f i c Group f o r Po l i cy Al t e rna t ives * Pulp. Paper and Wood- workers of Canada * Telecommunications Workers Union * Trade Union Peace Committee * Unemployed Teachers Action Centre United Fishermen h Al l i ed Workers Union * Uni- t ed Native Nations Valhal la Wilderness Socie ty * Van- couver h D i s t r i c t Labour Council * Vancouver 6 D i s t r i c t Publ ic Housing Tenants Assoc. Vancouver I n d u s t r i a l Wri ters Union * Wages f o r Housework * Western Canada Wilderness Committee * Womena Economic Agenda * Writers Union of Canada * National Action Committee on the Sta- t u s of Women * Greenpeace Canada Cansdian Peace Al l i - ance * Aboriginal Rights Coal i t ion of t h e National Churches * Anglican Church of Canada * Calko Foods Canadian Autoworkers Union Canadian Cathol ic Organi- za t ion f o r Development and Peace * Canadian ~ e d e r a t i o n of Students Canadian Labour Congress * Canadian Psper- workers Union * Canadian Tribune Co l l ec t ive * Press Gang * Canadian Union of Publ ic Employees Cape Bretoners in S o l i d a r i t y Confederation of Canadian Unions * S t e r l i n g *CUSO * OXFAM Canada * Douglas h McIntyre * Greek Cana-

P ro tec t ion of t h e Environment * Pro-Canada 5 -, 2 f 2 2 34 . dian Peace Organization Groundwood Books Indlgenous Network Regina Coa l i t i on f o r Peace h 4 ,, ,,: :: 5 0 3 ; Survival I n t e r n a t i o n a l INTER PARES * In t e rna t iona l Disarmament Regina Peace Council * TFN * J { $<: 2s: . ,z%q Defence h Aid Fund f o r Southern Afr ica * COPE Labour Native Brotherhood of t h e Calgsry Remand , . a ., ., . 2 . . W Council of Hetor Toronto h YorkiRegion Manitoba Peace Centre * Rural Dignity of Canada * Toronto 2 5 & c 2 BZe! Council Mushkegowuk T r i b a l Council Nat ional Anti- Disarmament Network * Veterans Against 3 " 2 % : > 0 '* c~ Poverty Organizat ion * Toronto Disarmament Network*

You a r e i n v i t e d t o a t t e n d t h e music video launch of I ' M NOT AFRAID OF ME ..................... with Barbara Bryons, a s p a r t of World AIDS Day. Barbara (Aleut Nation) i s o r i g i n a l l y from-Alask and is now res- i d i n g i n S e a t t l e . She is a musician/ songwri te r and ded ica t e s h e r f i r s t music video t o a l l people a f f e c t e d by AIDS. The agenda f o r World AIDS Day a t Carnegie, on Saturday, December 1: 10:OOam Opening Prayer (Elder) 10:40am Music Video Launch

I ' M NOT AFRAID OF ME 1 1 : O O t o Premiere of Video In te rv iew ll:30am I ' M NOT AFRAID OF ME 12 noon A t a l k by Barbara Bryons 1:OOpm CIRCLE OF WARRIORS v ideo 2:00 t o Closing (Drummers & Singers) 4:OOpm . SANTA'S COMING

lx :Christmas around Carnegie! ' The i s s u e of December 1 5 t h w i l l have a complete ca lendar of what t h e planning committee has i n mind, bu t a few th ings w i l l happen between now and then. Around the l o t h , t h e Learn- - -

I ine Centre w i l l hold a Crea t ive W r i t - 1 1 -.. " i ng workshop (check on t h e 3rd f l o o r

l for d e t a i l s ) . : THEODORE, t he h a r p i s t , w i l l f i r s t ,p lay on the l l t h , and t h e l l t h & 12th ; w i l l be when t r e e s a r e brought i n .

The 13th is t h e Volunteers ' Dinner ,and t h e 12th, 13 th & 14th w i l l be :decora t ing days !

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EDITORIAL A

Small Wonder

I n t h e a f te rmath . . . sounds l i k e a d i s a s t e r r e p o r t , but no - J i m Green d i d an exemplary job. Anyone read ing t h e " p o l i t i c a l analyses" t h a t r an rampant fo l lowing t h e Civ ic E lec t ion g e t s a l o t of numbers and percentages and comparisons and on and on and on.

The t r a d i t i o n a l b o r d e r l i n e between e a s t & w e s t seemed t o be c l e a r c u t w i th t h e "r ich" on t h e west and t h e rest of u s on t h e e a s t s i d e of t h e c i t y . J i m gathered suppor t i n every neighbourhood, from people who had never voted anyth ing but NPA s i n c e they were o ld enough t o vote .

There w e r e a few t h i n g s t h a t kept Jim from g e t t i n g t h e ma jo r i t y of vo tes , inc lud ing , a s usua l , t h e lower tu rnout of people who g ive l i t t l e more than v e r b a l suppor t , and a l i t t l e number t h a t t h e N.P. A. c and ida t e s d id on t h e morning of t h e e l e c t i o n .

I n S t ra thcona , between 10 & 1 2 on Saturday morning, every household and apartment i n t h e e n t i r e a r e a had a s i n g l e p i e c e of paper hand-delivered t h a t p r a i s ed t h e v i r t u e s of Campbell and h i s so-cal led " e f f o r t s " t o make Chinese-Canadians equa l s , whatever t h a t means. It was t h e same kind of NPA propaganda t h a t f looded mailboxes and TV s t a t i o n s and r a d i o f o r weeks be fo re t h e 17 th . It ended wi th a

f o r Campbell i f they wanted t o be a 3 . p a r t of t h e f u t u r e of Vancouver.

Thousands of e l d e r l y Chinese c i t i - zens went t o t h e p o l l s . The v o t e w a s almost e n t i r e l y uniform: COPE f o r aldermanic candida tes , Campbell f o r Mayor. COUNCIL: Campbell a s Mayor (NPA)

5 Aldermen (COPE) 5 Aldermen (NPA)

PARKS : 4 Commissioners (NPA) 2 Commissioners (COPE) 1 Commissioner (Civic NDP)

SCHOOL: 5 Trus tees (NPA) 2 Trus tees (COPE) 2 Trus tees (Civic NDP)

campbel l ' s acceptance speech was a s t r a n g e echo of t h e i s s u e s t h a t COPE had r a i s e d and campaigned on - neighbourhood involvement i n planning, a compat ible working r e l a t i o n s h i p would be developed between l o c a l i deas and deve lopers ' p l ans , making Council more open and a c c e s s i b l e t o people ...

P a r t of t h e d i f f i c u l t y i s t o t r y a full-blown campaign on i s s u e s t h a t have grown over t h e years . What must be c a r r i e d on now i s t o keep people a s informed as p o s s i b l e on each po l i cy & d e c i s i o n t h a t Campbell and t h e NPA t ake on each i s s u e . I t was f r u s t r a t - i n g t o have him run on a t t he mouth a t a l l - cand ida t e s ' meetings wi th p a t an- s w e r s t o pointed ques t ions and n o t have t h e d e t a i l s t o blow holes i n h i s r h e t o r i c . It w a s confusing enough t h a t on ly on b l a t a n t l i es could h i s under ly ing agenda be perceived.

I ' d c a l l on COPE t o keep every back- t r a c k i n g move by t h e NPA i n t h e pub l i c eye, e s p e c i a l l y on housing and t h e i r " a f f o r d a b i l i t y " schemes. More and more people w i l l be a f f e c t e d i n t h e next 3 yea r s w i th t h e e l imina t ion of t h e i r hoped f o r ' s a f e t y ' from being p a r t of any deve loper ' s nightmares.

Again, w e l l done Jim.

c l e a r demand t h a t people had t o v o t e By PAULR TAYLOR

The politics of Scam artists

IT DOESN'T 6lVE A

Mental p a t i e n t s & housing

Since Riverview c losed , many s i c k people have been l e f t t o manage alone.

I t ' s been proven t h a t much of men- t a l s ickness i s a chemical d i s o r d e r of t h e b ra in ; genes5are-a,-ficzbr--too. Some s i c k people must t ake medicine t o balance the chemical imbalance. I f they a r e homeless - abandoned - and not tak ing t h e i r medicat ion, some w i l l a c t out..sometimes t o t h e po in t of v io lence o r su i c ide .

These people need housing t h a t has some medical c a r e b u i l t i n . There is not enough of t h i s type of housing. There i s some but much more is needed.

These people a r e given t h e "hard t o house" l a b e l . They a r e o f t e n put i n small rooms over b a r s . . a l l t h a t most people on wel fare can a f fo rd . When the s t r e s s of the h o t e l g e t s t o them and they go o f f t h e i r medicine, they a c t o u t , a r e ev i c t ed , and f i n i s h up l i v i n g on the s t r e e t .

L e t ' s s top blaming people f o r being s ick. Shrinks, medical p ro fe s s iona l s and s o c i a l workers make a good l i v i n g o f f these s i c k people y e t t he problem of homelessness and mental s i ckness i s s t i l l wi th us..and growing .....

By SHEILA BAXTER

Ed i to r ,

Within l i v i n g memory, never has so much damage and havoc been wreaked upon our country by t r a n s n a t i o n a l cor- po ra t e e n t i t i e s and t h e i r p o l i t i c a l lackeys i n Ottawa.

Add it up: f r e e acces s t o our resources , fo re ign investments , and mar- k e t s handed over. I n r e t u r n , c l o s i n g f a c t o r i e s and manufacturing, induced unemployment, a t t a c k s on s o c i a l and h e a l t h c a r e programs and the poor; an inc reas ing b r a i n d r a i n under fo re ign ownership; t he ongoing "p r iva t i za t ion" of anything t h a t moves and makes pro- f i t s inc luding PetroCan and our na t - i o n a l a i r l i n e s and a i r p o r t s ; a cons t i - t u t i o n a l c r i s i s and h i a t u s ; an unman- agable " d e f i c i t " and leap-frogging n a t i o n a l debt wi th no r e a l i n t e n t t o b r ing i t t o manageable l e v e l s . Af te r a l l , indebtedness means p r o f i t s t o loan sharks and I don ' t suppose Wilson learned t o antagonize the t ransna t ion- a l banks while he worked on Wall S t .

We have a "made i n Canada" r eces s ion wi th more GST economic t a x woes on the agenda and more c u t s i n our l i v i n g s tandards . The indigenous peoples ( inc luding women and ch i ld ren ) a r e t r e a t e d t o t he bus iness end of army bayonets and f i repower over c e n t u r i e s o ld land gr ievances. F i n a l l y , bu t f a r from l e a s t , Canadian l i v e s a r e placed i n jeopardy without consul ta- t i o n wi th the e l e c t e d Members of Par- l iament . They w i l l be s a c r i f i c i e d t~

"defend" the holdings of i n t e r e s t s of Exxon, Texaco, Aramco, Dutch S h e l l e t a l , i n an " o i l war" t o subjugate t h e Arabic peoples. A s h o r t confab by Mulroney wi th Bush " the basher" d id t h a t t r i c k ! We could ask: W i l l t h i s dec i s ion inc rease o i l donat ions t o t he c o f f e r s of t h e Tory war c h e s t t o ea se the pain of t h e i r 15% disappear- i n g a c t i n t he p o l l s ?

Now our Rambo Warrior, " F i t and 5 .

Fighting" Joe Clark. a s s u r e s us t h a t w e w i l l need a s t i f f upper l i p t o s u f f e r t h e coming watery and sand graves f o r Canadian s e r v i c e people, and t o h e l l wi th t he U.N. Another Tory v i s i o n of our n a t i o n a l i n t e r e s t !

" ~ e s t a b i l i z a t i o n " i s a word coined about 1953, when t h e C . I . A . overthrew t h e e l e c t e d government of Mossadeh, who had n a t i o n a l i z e d I r a n i a n o i l . A s we know, t h e C I A has had a l o t of :

p r a c t i c e s ince . I

I n t h e 17701s, when t h e B r i t i s h bought Benedict Arnold f o r 6,000 pounds s t e r l i n g and a Commission, t h e Yankees c a l l e d i t "treason".

"Is i t n o t t i m e t o throw t h e bast- a r d s out?" a U.S. h o t l i n e hos t says of t h e U.S. e l e c t i o n s . For Canadians t h a t means t h e t r a n s n a t i o n a l corpor- a t e p o l i t i c a l pack i n Ottawa.

A s a s e n i o r c i t i z e n , f i f t h genera- +do:! t i o n Canadian and WW I1 ve te ran , I say (53

"Amen". . . . l e t ' s g e t on wi th t h a t job.

Ray Stevenson SHUT UP!

The Hey-Way '-Noqu' Healina Centre - an Outpatient Addictions Program for Families

HEY-WAY'-NOW' HEALING CENTRE t206 - 33 East Broadway Avenue

Vancouver, B.C. V5T 1V4

What d i d you t e l l t h a t man j u s t now? I t o l d him t o hurry. What r i g h t have you t o t e l l him t o hurry? I pay him t o hurry. How much do you pay him? - Four d o l l a r s a day. Where do you g e t t he money? I se l l products . Who makes t h e products? He does. How many products does he make i n a day? Ten d o l l a r s worth. Then i n s t e a d of paying him, he pays you 6 d o l l a r s a day t o s tand around and t e l l him t o hurry! Well, I own t h e machines. How d i d you ge t t h e machines? I so ld products & bought them. Who made t h e products? SHUT UP, he might hear you!

EAST

While I was l a y i n g i n bed t h i s mor- n i n g be ing comfy, i t occur red t o me t h a t t h e bad t h i n g s t h a t happen t o people a lmost always happen t o them w h i l e they a r e o u t o f bed.

While they are up and a b o u t , peop le g e t h i t by c a r s o r f a l l down s t a i r s o r m i s s buses o r g e t punched. People who a r e o u t o f bed sometimes g e t h i t by t r a i n s . When d i d you e v e r h e a r of someone g e t t i n g h i t by a t r a i n w h i l e they were be ing comfy i n bed? While I ' v e been i n bed, I haven ' t even had a t r a i n come c l o s e t o me, excep t when I was l i v i n g i n K i t s a l a n o and t h e t r a i n t h a t comes a c r o s s F a l s e Creek used t o go through t h e l i v i n g room underneath my bedroom, judging by i t s sound a t f o u r a .m. But i t never h i t me, I know t h a t much.

And who e v e r heard of be ing a t t a c k e d by a Great White Shark w h i l e they were l a y i n g i n bed minding t h e i r own bus i - n e s s ?

I f y o u ' r e i n bed, you a r e n ' ~ l i k e l y t o be c a r r i e d away by ava lanches , t r i p o v e r c u r b s o r g e t mugged o r r u n o u t of a i r i n t h e middle o f a hundred-foot d i v e . I f you a r e s t a y i n g tucked away, you a r e even a l o t s a f e r from be ing a r r e s t e d by t h e p o l i c e . 99 & 441100 p e r c e n t of t h e peop le who a r e a r r e s t e d a r e e i t h e r s t a n d i n g up a t t h e t i m e o r e l s e they a r e s i t t i n g on a c h a i r o r on a b a r s t o o l o r something. They a r e n ' t i n bed.

I t h i n k a f t e r I t u r n t h i s o v e r t o t h e E d i t o r of t h e N e w s l e t t e r , I ' l l go home and go t o bed and s t a y t h e r e because i t seems t o be t h e o n l y s a f e p lace . I f you d o n ' t g e t t o r e a d t h i s , y o u ' l l know i t was because t h e E d i t o r saw t h a t I was r i g h t and now h e ' s home i n bed too, be ing comfor table .

E r i c Er ickson

Bank of Montreal V i o l a t e s R i g h t s

I f you t r y t o open a chequing acc- oun t a t t h e Bank of Montreal t h e f i r s t q u e s t i o n you w i l l be asked is "Are you working?" I f your answer i s "no" you w i l l immediately be r e f - used a chequing account .

I have been t o l d by two s e p a r a t e c l e r k s t h a t t h i s bank h a s a n o f f i c i a l p o l i c y of r e f u s i n g chequing accounts t o unemployed people . I b e l i e v e t h i s p o l i c y i s u n c o n s t i t u t i o n a l .

To deny someone a chequing account s o l e l y on t h e b a s i s t h a t they a r e unemployed i s , I b e l i e v e , a v i o l a t i o n of t h e C h a r t e r o f R i g h t s and Freedoms.

There a r e many members of t h i s broad c a t e g o r y - U I C , w e l f a r e r e c i p - i e n t s , unemployed, d i s a b l e d peop le , s e n i o r s , s t u d e n t s - who have n e v e r bounced a cheque i n t h e i r l i v e s .

Maureen Riv ing ton

Count less peop le t h i n k Chris tmas is a s p e c i a l ho l iday . I t ' s c e l e b r a t e d throughout t h e world because on t h i s s p e c i a l day C h r i s t was born. What I f i n d s o f a s c i n a t i n g w i t h Chris tmas is t h e p r e p a r a t i o n t h a t everyone goes through t o make i t s p e c i a l f o r t h e i r f a m i l i e s .

When I l i v e d a t home w i t h my par- e n t s , we w e r e n ' t w e l l o f f . Usua l ly t h e younger k i d s would g e t a toy o r handkni t g loves and a h a t . Sometimes w e would go t o o u r community c e n t r e because S a n t a would come w i t h p r e s e n t s f o r e v e r y l i t t l e fis;L and boy. Some- how Dad would manage t o buy a t u r k e y (and a ham f o r t h o s e who c o u l d n ' t have t u r k e y ) , w i t h a l l t h e trimmings and homemade bread.

On Chris tmas Day t h e f i r s t ones up a r e u s u a l l y t h e c h i l d r e n , because - they a r e t o l d t h a t i f they d o n ' t go t o bed e a r l y S a n t a won'^ come w i t h t h e i r p r e s e n t s . Before t h e y go t o bed they l e a v e m i l k and cook ies f o r S a n t a and , f i r s t t h i n g i n t h e morning, they check t o s e e i f S a n t a drank t h e m i l k and had h i s treat. Then they run t o wake up Mom & Dad. Mom & Dad always s a y , "Give u s a few minu tes and w e ' l l be t h e r e . "

Sometimes t h e k i d s go t o t h e l i v i n g room and w a i t f o r t h e r e s t of t h e fami ly . But i f you are C a t h o l i c s you g e t d r e s s e d t o go t o church i f you d i d n ' t go t h e n i g h t be fore . Then, when you g e t home, you a r e a b l e t o open your p r e s e n t s and have b r e a k f a s t . You c a l l your f r i e n d s o r v i s i t them t o s h a r e what you g o t f o r Chris tmas.

Today, however, some f a m i l i e s a r e n ' t

.,You /ellows crrm't going 10 believe 'his. "

f o r t u n a t e enough t o have a tu rkey w i t h , a l l t h e trimmings, a t r e e w i t h a l l t h e d e c o r a t i o n s o r even a g i f t f o r t h e i r loved ones . It 's n o t because they d o n ' t want t o , i t ' s because they c a n ' t a f f o r d it . Some a r e on w e l f a r e un- f o r t u n a t e l y ; some d o n ' t even have a p l a c e t o l i ve . The i r home i s wherever they can f i n d * a p l a c e t o s l e e p .

I have asked k i d s , "What do you t h i n k Chris tmas i s a l l a b o u ~ ? " Most responded: "Our f a m i l i e s g e t t o g e t h e r , open g i f t s and l i s t e n t o Chris tmas musiC." I f e e l t h a t i t ' s v e r y im- p o r t a n t t h a t c h i l d r e n be reminded t h a t Chris tmas i s n o t on ly f o r r e c e i v i n g g i f t s b u t a l s o f o r g i v i n g g i f t s . . t o remind them j u s t what Christmas is - a l l about .

I have 3 wishes f o r t h i s Christmas. My f i r s t would be f o r homeless peop le t o have a p l a c e t o c e l e b r a t e t h e hol- i d a y , as w e l l a s f i n d i n g a p l a c e t o c a l l home.

The second one i s f o r a l l c h i l d r e n t o g e t t h a t one s p e c i a l g i f t they wished f o r , because i t ' s s o impor tan t e s p e c i a l l y on Chris tmas Day. They a r e s o l o o k i n g forward t o f i n d i n g t h a t one p r e s e n t under t h e t r e e .

My las t wish would be peace through- o u t t h e world.

Cy MARGARET PREVOST

Kids! Go t o t h e nex t page

t o make your wish -

Let . , . Santa , , know ,

your wishes too At this time of year, children

everywhere are starting to think about Christmas wish lists. Pre- sumably they've been good boys and girls all year and are now ready for the pay- back from the pole. The North Pole, that is. Santa City.

But what abou t you f o l k s o u t there over the age of lo? Surely you too have a wish list for the new year. We want you to think of The Vancouver Sun's Life pages as an inside track to the elves. (Our circulation depart- ment assures us that they're all subscribers.) .

Mail us your wish list. Before the 25th we'll publish a selection of your letters. If you wish your neighbor would cut his hedges so you could have your view of English Bay back; put it in writ- ing. Ifyou wish Santa could force Finance Minister Michael Wil- son to lower interest rates, tell us about it. If you wish Brian Mulroney . . . Well, enough said, you get our meaning. This is your wish list., :, ,.

Send it in to us at Christmas Wishes, Life section, Vancouver Sun, 2250 Granville, Vancouver V6H 3G2. Be sure to include your name, address and daytime telephone number.

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Love l i k e wate r and a i r we shape f o r l i f e

The f i r s t t i m e eve r I saw your f a c e I saw t h e sun r ise i n your eyes!

Dancing Queen on ly 1 7

Having t h e t i m e of he r l i f e

& l ove

Love t o Love t h r u l ove

The f a l l i s f a l l e n I want t o know Where is my d a r l i n g ?

I h i t a p a r r o t wi th my c a r r o t

I The p a r r o t s a i d I am dead.

Alber t Huang

I need a hero I need a hero ' t i1 t h e edge of t h e n i g h t H e ' s g o t t a be b i g He's go t ta be s t rong He's g o t t a be l a r g e r

than l i f e

A woman always has t h e s o f t touch a s he r l i p s meet w i th yours Spark l ing eyes , my love

May t h e r a y s & t h e wind s o a r & s i n g F u l f i l l your wings wi th E t e r n a l L i f e

& love .

Always a woman.

Miki

The people

GAME PLAY

I seen t h e l i g h t s For a h igher power.

Freedom is a l l w e s ee .

L e t ' s have a scheme t o our dream scene.

The move's on People g e t h ighe r , no t l i g h t e r .

We got a s o l u t i o n g e t i t t oge the r .

Don't dream f o r Freedom i s he re Higher Power TODAY.

Frank & Joe

Remember Expo? Remember a l l t h e ho t g l i t z f looding t h e media and, a f t e r i t was a l l over , t h e a c t u a l p r i c e was t a l l i e d up - e v i c t i o n s , homelessness, l o s t jobs, l o s s of m i l l i o n s ?

People without ves ted i n t e r e s t s i n t h i s scam organized and t r i e d t o show the pub l i c what was coming. The v ic - t i m s were mostly poor people, s e n i o r s and t h e minimum-wage workers. A few co rpo ra t i ons , no tab ly P a t t i s o n e t a l , made hundreds of m i l l i o n s of d o l l a r s .

The f i g h t a g a i n s t "free" t r a d e and the GST a r e based on the same p r inc i - p l e s a s t h e Expo f i g h t : each of t he se t h ings p u t s mega d o l l a r s i n t he pockets of r i c h people whi le t h e r e a l needs of people and c i t i e s a r e ignored o r given token crumbs.

Every v i c t o r y i n t h i s ongoing war needs t o be h igh l igh t ed , s o w e can l e a r n from one another and connect wi th good people. Witness t h e r ecen t v i c t o r y when t h e o rgan iza t ion "Bread Not Circuses" helped d e f e a t co rpo ra t e manipulat ion aimed a t g e t t i n g t he 1996 Olympic Games i n Toronto.

Under t h e head l ine Who wins Olympic Gold? t h e fo l lowing shows t h a t Vancou- v e r i s n ' t a lone i n being snowed by the behind-closed-doors crimes planned by co rpo ra t e o f f i c e r s and passed on t o t h e i r l ackeys , Campbell & t he XPA.

-? Since 1985, a group of businessmen

and t h e i r p o l i t i c a l f r i e n d s have been scheming t o b r i n g t h e 1996 Olympics t o Toronto. A t an est imated c o s t of more than $2.5 b i l l i o n , i t ' s t h e big- g e s t and most expensive p r o j e c t i n t h e h i s t o r y of our c i y t . we've been f looded wi th pro-Olympic propaganda. Here 's t h e r e a l s t o r y . ..

w i l l c o s t $2.52 b i l l i o n wi th a $90 m i l l i o n d e f i c i t - o t h e r s say t h e def- i c i t could run t o a b i l l i o n d o l l a r s . Corporat ions w i l l c o n t r i b u t e $245 m i l - l i o n , Broadcast r i g h t s $549 mi l l i on , and t i c k e t s a l e s $184 mi l l i on - t h a t l e aves more than $1.5 b i l l i o n t o come from pub l i c sources . Queen 's Park ( O n t a r i o l s government. A l l r e f e r ences t o i t i n t h i s a r e pre-NDP) has commit- t ed taxpayers t o cover any d e f i c i t . ENVIRONMENT - DELAYING SOLUTIONS !

C i t i z e n s f o r a Safe Environment was given c i t y funds t o study environmen- t a l i s s u e s and t h e Olynouc bud, The i r conclusion: Toronto should dump t h e Olympics and concen t r a t e on c lean ing our a i r and water. The Olympics w i l l do almost nothing t o improve our environment - and t h e y ' l l d i v e r t publ ic resources from proper s o l u t i o n s f o r a t l e a s t s i x years .

SOCIAL 1-@ACT- A BURDEN FOR WOMEN! .................................. Women Plan Toronto was given c i t y

funds t o s tudy s o c i a l i s sues . Their conclusion: t he Olympics w i l l c r e a t e I I r e a l s o c i a l and economic c o s t s and r i s k s f c r women". They say t h e O l y m - p i c s should be dropped. A city-sponsored s o c i a l impact assessment repor- t ed 45% of s o c i a l agenc ies surveyed s a i d t h e Olympics would p re sen t problems f o r t h e i r c l i e n t s . JOBS - WHAT JOBS? ----------------

The c i t y ' s economic a n a l y s t r e p o r t s " the employment expected t o be gener- a t ed by t h e Games w i l l be mostly tem- porary pos i t ions" , and most jobs w i l l be "lower income". Most cons t ruc t ion jobs w i l l be i n housing, which w i l l be b u i l t anyway (see below). Corporat ions o f f i c i a l l y sponsoring the Olympics have l a i d o f f more than 10,000 workers s i n c e September 1988. HOUSING - THERE'S NOTHING NEW! .............................

We won't g e t a s i n g l e new housing u n i t from t h e Olympics. Two sites a l - ready under development have been taken over. There 's almost no Olympic money f o r housing - only $75 m i l l i o n of the $1 b i l l i o n housing b i l l . Even with t he province ' s meagre comrnitt- ment of 1,000 a l l o c a t i o n s , t h e r e ' s no guarantee Olympic housing w i l l be a f fo rdab le t o most Torontonians

Gold f o r them, a debt f o r us! Olympic boos te rs promise t h e Games

w i l l b r i ng b i l l i o n s i n "economic rev- enue" - and they say everyone w i l l b e n e f i t . I t 's the o l d trickle-down theory; dump money a t the top of t h e economy and b e n e f i t s w i l l flow down. It won'c work. Toronto has had almost a decade of economic growth, and we ' re f ac ing a growing p o l a r i z a t i o n between r i c h and poor. Food bank l ine-ups have more than quadrupled, poverty is boom- ing , and even middle income e a r n e r s

a r e f e e l i n g t h e ,squeeze. The Olympics won't c o r r e c t t he in-

e q u i t i e s . Rich co rpo ra t i ons and indiv- i d u a l s w i l l con t inue t o prosper - and t h e r e s t of u s w i l l be l e f t t o pay t h e debt .

I n s t ead of chas ing a f t e r mega pro- j e c t s , Toronto should i n v e s t pub l i c d o l l a r s i n pub l i c needs. The people of Toronto (and Onat r io and Canada) w i l l pay most of t h e Olympic b i l l , but w e ' l l r e ce ive l i t t l e i n r e t u r n : some already-promised housing, a new s p o r t s stadium (do we REALLY need a n o t h e r ? ? ) , some s h o r t term jobs, and a huge f i n a n c i a l tab. STOP PLAYING GAMES WITH TORONTO!

BREAD NOT CIRCUSES Elec t ions can be a c i r c u s too. The

one on t h e 17 th wasn't a c rush ing de- f e a t f o r J i m Green and ~ 0 P E / c i v i c NDP. J i m go t 11,000 v o t e s less. P a t r i c i a Chauncey j u s t missed g e t t i n g on the School Board by 190 vo te s . There w e r e only 2 p o l l s unaccounted f o r when Pa t was i n t h e n i n t h spo t and v i c t o r y was being ce l eb ra t ed . An experienced eye saw t h a t one of them w a s i n t h e h e a r t of Shaughnessy, where s o c i a l "c lass" and money a r e t h e Holy Gra i l . P r a c t i c a l l y everyone who can v o t e does vote. .and the r e t u r n s u s u a l l y a r e 600-NPA, 23-COPE.

P a t r i c i a i s a v i t a l a c t i v i s t and l e a d e r i n g e t t i n g school lunch programs i n 14 schools i n Vancouver, no s imple f e a t cons ider ing t h e p o l i t i c a l s t u p i d i t y running most schools .

"Schools a r e no t run p o l i t i c a l l y ! " Were you born s t u p i d , o r do you have t o p r a c t i c e ? Schools a r e funded by taxes . Trus tees a r e e l e c t e d . Here is the f i n e d i s t i n c t i o n between po l i - t ics and common sense. I n e l e c t i o n s t he p e r s o n a l i t i e s of cand ida t e s f o r

t h e most p r e s t i g i o u s p o s i t i o n s a r e given t h e most ink , t he most coverage and t h e l onges t t i m e on r a d i o & TV. Unless you a r e a b l e t o e i t h e r g e t i n t h e pub l i c eye o r buy your way i n t o i t , you ' re s t u c k wi th being another name i n a long l i s t . People who know of t h e i n c r e d i b l e work can be counted on f o r suppor t . -. While t h e campaigning was going on here , P a t r i c i a went t o Edmonton f o r a conference on Child Poverty. There a s here , p r o v i n c i a l p o l i t i c s over- r i d e s common sense and k i d s go t o school hungry. The f e d e r a l money is being reduced t o zero over t h e next 14 yea r s ( B i l l C-69, now s t a l l e d i n t h e Sena te ) , t h e provinces a r e u s ing t h i s a s an excuse t o c u t s o c i a l programs ( inc luding educat ion and wel- f a r e ) and c i v i c governments pass t h e buck back t o t h e province who pass i t t o t he f e d s and k i d s go t o school hungry.

P a t r i c i a spoke i n Edmonton of t h e n e c e s s i t y of demanding t h e p o l i t i c a l w i l l t o end c h i l d poverty from those i n o f f i c e o r ask ing t o be e l ec t ed .

"Char i tab le responses a r e no t ade- quate . We need t o address t h e causes and examine t h e systems and p o l i c i e s t h a t main ta in poverty - t axa t ion , minimum wage, ch i ldca re , educa t ion - and educate people where t o s t a r t . "

1 I Chi ldren don ' t eve r recover from the s t igma of being poor which, i n our s o c i e t y , is equated wi th being a l o s e r , and many w i l l q u i t school as teenagers r a t h e r than be known a s I1 poor". I t 's no t s u r p r i s i n g t h a t 1 i n 6 Canadians is i l l i t e r a t e when 1 i n 6 Canadian c h i l d r e n l i v e s i n pov- e r t y , " she s a id .

Back i n Vancouver, w e ' l l have t o wai t u n t i l 1993 be fo re g e t t i n g a maj- o r i t y on the 3 d i v i s i o n s of c i v i c government - Council , Parks & Schools.

11. The Newslet ter has been a s wrong a s

much l o c a l media i n t h e coverage given t o c i v i c i s sues . It h i t home

whi le I was w r i t i n g t h e cover s t o r y f o r t h e November 15, 1990 i ssue . A l l t h e i s s u e s of a f fo rdab le housing, hon- e s t y i n government, waste management, a c i t y f o r execut ives & t o u r i s t s o r s home f o r i t s c i t i z e n s , and mega pro- jects looming l i k e thunderclouds on t h e hoi- izon. . .a l l t he se and more a r e being d i r e c t e d by t h e same corpora te agenda t h a t s t u c k us with "free" t r ade & t h e s t ack ing of t h e Senate; wi th t he GST w i l l y - n i l l y (so f a r ) ; wi th l o s s e s of jobs & companies moving away; wi th a f f o r d a b l e housing being to rn down and rep laced wi th luxury condos; wi th the b id f o r t h e Olympics i n Toronto; wi th Expo i n Vancouver and the Expo land s a l e f i a s c o ; w i th s i n g l e pa ren t s having t h e i r youngest c h i l d over 6 months o ld and forced t o look f o r work with no c h i l d c a r e even a v a i l a b l e , much less a f fo rdab le ; wi th r e a l i t i e s of poverty and the growing gap between r i c h and poor hidden and almost ignored by t h e media owned by t h e r i c h ; wi th Vancouver being so ld t o non-local i n t e r e s t s and c o s t s and l i v a b i l i t y moving away from each o t h e r j u s t l i k e t h e r i c h & poor.

From t h e g ra s s roo t s , we f i g h t t o make every i s s u e c r u c i a l , t o make each v i o l a t i o n of and i n d i f f e r e n c e t o simple common sense as well-known and publi- c i zed a s pos s ib l e . The NPA hung 02 by t h e s k i n of i t s t e e t h , r e a t i n i n g only a 1-vote ma jo r i t y . The socreds have a l r eady s t a r t e d l y i n g h y s t e r i c a l l y t o confuse a s much a s p o s s i b l e before c a l l i n g an e l e c t i o n next year. Mul- roney won't c a l l an e l e c t i o n u n t i l a t l e a s t 1992, i f he ' s no t sho t by then.

The whole i d e a t i o n is t o wake up! Action and involvement make the exper- i ence undeniable.

By PAULR TAYLOR

Another Warrior d i ed today H i s f i n a l b a t t l e l o s t

r- - c ---5

- H e l e f t no f i n a l words f o r us ONE COMMON BATTLEFIE~L~ - - _ _ .- But an image w a s revealed

2 . - " F - - - - r r inr f i g h t i n g t o t he end

To our people ' s most common enemy . .

Addict ions; FINAL cos t .

While many may have seen h i s p r i d e Very few understood h i s pa in O r j u s t how many times he t r i e d To break f r e e of those chains .

With t hose of us wi th whom he shared H i s s p i r i t deep wi th in He s t i l l s t ands i n our c i r c l e A s we remember him.

VL a w a L ~ ~ v &

On ONE COMMC IN BATTLEFIELD.

How many more l i k e him must d i e ? How much dea th can we ignore? The enemy's going t o k i l l u s a l l Unless w e s t o p the w a r . . . For P h i l l i p Bea r sh i r t , 32, Siks ika Nation.

Deceased October 10,1990 - -

In t h e S p i r i t of Crazy Horse D.B. Pawis and Brothers Calgary Native Brotherhoods

ANOTHER DAY I N HELL

The pa in i n s i d e is , oh s o r e a l , The f e e l i n g i s t h a t of co ld , co ld s t e e l . And t h a t of shee r emptiness.

Four wa l l s surround me, Concrete a l l around prevent ing m e To s e e t h e real world o u t s i d e t h i s p lace .

The boredom i n here i s almost t oo much f o r one man t o endure, Once i n a while t h e guard looks up t o see t h a t a l l is secure . I f e e l l i k e a trapped animal i n a cage Always being watched, observed, monitored makes m e f i l l wi th rage. They w a i t f o r me t o break down and snap They th ink I ' l l f a l l f o r t h e i r mental t r a p . But my s p i r i t is s t r o n g and won't be broken. Espec ia l ly by them.

I f e e l l i k e I ' m about t o f ade away, Like t h e f o r g o t t e n r e f u s e from yesterday. I wish I could run through f o r e s t and f i e l d once more, I would run, and run 'ti1 my whole body was s o r e , But I know I can ' t . I ' m trapped i n h e l l f o r what seems l i k e forever .

Only time, time t h a t goes by slowly w i l l t e l l How long I must endure t h i s tormenting h e l l . I can only wai t , wa i t and pray f o r t he f a i t h f u l day, I can r e t u r n t o t he r e a l world, The world of t he l i v i n g .

Editor:

An important conference on Native self-government in Toronto a couple of months ago received virtually no local news coverage despite having a very original concept of native self- government presented. Thomas Cour- chene, director of the School of Pol- icy Studies at Queen's University, presented a paper recommending that the self-government issue be resolved by creating an eleventh province - a native province. The land for this province would in-

clude all existing reserve land, in- cluding the northern territories. This would create a significant geo- graphic base even though the land will be spread out across Canada. If one includes Metis and Inuit and non-status natives in the population you would have roughly 5% of Canada; a significant people base. Natives would elect their own gov-

ernment; have their own legislature; 15- have direct representation in Parlia- ment and the Senate; attend with a voice and a vote at all First Mini- sters' Conferences; negotiate deals with other provinces; accept federal transfer payments to establish their own health, social service and education systems; form their own justice system and police force and have their own form of taxation. Quite simply, Natives would have their own form of government while remaining an integ- ral part of Canada. The more I read and ponder this

proposal the more excited I become. I think this could be a starting point to actually resolving many dif- ..

ferent and difficult issues - from poverty to self-government and economic opportunities. Best of all, dif- ficulties would be solved by native peoples themselves. I look forward to reading in up-

coming issues of the Carnegie News- letter what your readers think.

Darren Lowe

Re: Morse

~ ' m sorry if I've hurt you My silence was my time You said my silence was killing you So here's my version of the truth

In mourning, but not wearing black In evening I appealed to God "I've been known to make incredible comebackst'

- 3 I've graduated "cum laude .It

I have a grade six education But that's just a code Sach Khand is my destination When i'm the oldest of the old

Once again, I'm sorry "Purchased in 1986, rhis painring cost rhe If I've caused you any pain

,fuseurn 56 million, and rhe director his job." I'll try to make it up to you When I'm the sanest of the sane.

Elizabeth Thorpe

Oh, people of che f i r e Making war because of your d e s i r e Stop and look a t ~ h e l i t t l e c h i l d r e n - Weren'c you once l i k e them? Oh people of t h e f i r e Thinking your t a c t i c s w i l l t a k e you h igher

surement should not Try t o f e e l t h e presence of t h e wholly one exceed his hip mea- W i l l you ever be l i k e t h a t ?

People of t h e f i r e A woman's waist The more you b u i l d your f u n e r a l pyre

measurement should be less than 80 percent of her hip

The more it w i l l consume you

measurement. Stop! Scop! Stop! E l i zabe th Thorpe

"I was only kidding. Agnes. . . . I really do like them!" GUSIAFYH WTEW u s w

" T Y P ; ~ - d e f i m ChCs~mas and we haw to spend ;, awQy/mm home, *. ----- -

Greet ings from t h e Learning Centre!

1t 's pa r ty time! Our f i f t h annual Learning Centre Christmas bash w i l l be on December 14. We hope t o have i t a t t he Four S i s t e r s Co-op a n d ' l l know by Dec. 4th. All s tuden t s and t u t o r s a r e welcome; t i c k e t s and information a r e on ~ a r n e g i e ' s 3rd f l o o r .

Watch f o r c r e a t i v e w r i t i n g workshops i n e a r l y December. A r egu la r Crea t ive Wri t ing-ckass w i l l resume i n January.

I f you haven ' t dropped i n r e c e n t l y , you may no t know t h a t t he re is a job board, updated r egu la r ly . I t 's f o r community members and we can he lp you p o l i s h your resumes, cover let ters. . .

A s p a r t of our community ou t reach

y o u ' l l s e e i n f o t a b l e s he re and e l s e - where, de sc r ib ing t h e v a r i o u s programs o f f e r ed .

Students and t u t o r s have been meet- i n g each Fhrusday af ternoon. Some of t he i deas generated w i l l soon be pub- l i s h e d a s a "Tutor 's Su rv iva l Guide".

Thanks L O everyone f o r making 1990 an e x c i t i n g year . There ' s a l o t of t a l e n t and commitment and c a r i n g here . I f you o r a f r i e n d a r e i n t e r e s t e d but haven ' t go t t en involved y e t , 1991 is on t h e horizon..climb aboard!

Gra t i t ude and b e s t wishes, Lex, Claude, Mike, Col in , Kathie and

the rest of t he gang.

T H E CARmEGIE COHPUTER R O O H I S FOR

C A R W E G X E MEMBERS I ! 1

C l a s s e s a r e h e l d F o r C a r n e g i e M e m b e r s a n d V o l u n t e e r s , d u r i n g w h i c h t i m e t h e c o m p u t e r r o o m w i l l b e r e s e r v e d F o r t h e s t u d e n t s .

H o w e v e r , we e n c o u r a g e y o u t o a t t e n d t h e c l a s s e s a n d g a i n s o m e v a l u a b l e c o m p u t e r e x p e r i e n c e .

I CARNEGIE C O H P U T E R C L A S S E S

I Mo n d a y & F r 1 d a y : F o r V o l u n t e e r s O n l y ! ! I X o n d a y s From 1:00 PM t o 3:30 PM

F r i d a y s f r o m 10:OO AX t o 12:30 PX MEET I R E MACEIIE

T h i s s i m p l e i n t r o d u c t i o n t o t h e c o m p u t e r w i l l s h o w y o u how e a s y t h e y a r e t o u s e .

T u e s d a y & T h u r s d a y : F o r ALL X e m b e r s a n d V o l u n t e e r s 1 ! l

F r o m 11:30 AX t o 2:30 PX b o t h d a y s . COMPUTER LITERACY

& I IITRODUCTIOY TO n I c R o s o n WORD

T h i s c l a s s w i l l t e a c h y o u t h e b a s i c s O F u s i n g X i c r o s o f t W o r d , a n e a s y t o l e a r n w o r d p r o c e s s i n g p r o g r a m .

1 S at u r d e y C 1 a s s e s : F o r ALL m e m b e r s a n d V o l u n t e e r s ! l !

F r o m 12:OO PM t o 2:00 PM IITRODUCTIOM TO MS-DOS

DOS i s w h a t m a k e s t h e c o m p u t e r w o r k 1 T h i s c l a s s w i l l s h o w y o u how t o

MAKE DOS WORK FOR YOU!!!

F r o m 2:00 PX t o 3:30 P Y F I R S T CROICE

SPREADSHEETS AND DATABASES T h i s c l a s s w i l l i n t r o d u c e y o u t o t h e

c o n c e p t s o f s p r e a d s h e e t s a n d d a t a b a s e s , a n d t h e n we w i l l s h o w y o u how t o make

t h e m u s i n g F i r s t C h o i c e .

F r o m 4:00 PM t o 6:30 PX ADVANCED PROGRAHHIHG I N BASIC

T h i s c l a s s w i l l t e a c h y o u t h e BASIC P r o g r a m m i n g L a n g u a g e a n d t h e h e x a d e c i m a l a n d b i n a r y n u m b e r s y s t e m s .

*FOR XORE INFORHATION ON THESE OR OTHER COURSES,PLEASE TALK TO T H E P R O G R A M C O - O R D I N A T O R , O R O N E O F T H E V O L U N T E E R S I N T H E L E A R N I N G CENTER

Pulling the wool over your eyes is thew busmess.

Pover ty d i d n ' t van i sh w i t h t h e good guy i n Les Mise rab les g e t t i n g a p a t on t h e back o r a k i s s from h i s g i r l . That was t h e message t h a t Vanderzalm wanted h i s l o y a l zombies t o l e a v e with..when h e h e l d h i s l i t t l e "fund- raiser" charg ing 100 of t h e most zea- l o u s s o c r e d s $2,500 a p i e c e f o r d i n n e r and a show.

On t h e s e pages a r e t h e l a t e s t num- b e r s on pover ty i n Canada and i n B.C. Bear i n mind t h a t t h e s e f i g u r e s a r e o n l y c o r r e c t up t o 1987. .before t h e " f ree" t r a d e agreement and t h e reces - s i o n and then t h e GST and B i l l C-69 ( s o f a r ) . The percen tages o f c h i l d - r e n and young a d u l t s are g r o s s . To

Tellin you how they ! o it is ours.

anybody w i t h h a l f a b r a i n , i t ' s ob- v i o u s t h a t k i d s and t h e young are t h e " l e a d e r s o f tomorrow" ... but Vander- zalm & Mulroney 6 Campbell have each decided t o make t h e i r o p i n i o n s known: The good l i f e - a n educa t ion , oppor- t u n i t i e s , l e i s u r e , p l a y ... a r e f o r t h e r i c h , t h e well-to-do, and i f t h a t d o e s n ' t i n c l u d e you, i t ' s your f a u l t and t o o bad g e t l o s t c rawl under a rock and d i e j u s t s t o p whining ' c a u s e w e might make them f e e l g u i l t y - by reminding them t h a t t h e l i t t l e v o i c e they h e a r i n t h e i r heads is t h e con- s c i e n c e . Appealing t o t h e human s i d e - of t h e s e b l a n k s is about t h e same a s reason ing w i t h an open-mouthed shark .

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Average Incomer 1987 Households aged 15-24

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Employable People (excep t s i n g l e p a r e n t f a m i l i e s 6 f a m i l y members o v e r 60)

Family S i z e Suppor t S h e l t e r Max. T o t a l Max. Year ly Max. 1 Person $200 $300 Si500 $ 6,000 Couple 352 485 837 10,044 Couple, 1 c h i l d 423 560 983 11,796 Couple, two c h i l d r e n 494 600 1094 13,128 Couple, t h r e e c h i l d r e n 565 650 12 15 14,580

Unemployable Peop le , S i n g l e P a r e n t F a m i l i e s , Peop le iaged 60-64

Family S i z e 1 Person

Suppor t S h e l t e r Max. T o t a l Max. Year ly Max. $250 $300 $ 550 $ 6,600

Couple o r S i n g l e p a r e n t & c h i l d 402 485 88 7 10,644 Family o f 3 473 560 1033 12,396 Family o f 4 544 600 1144 13,728 Family of 5 6 15 650 1265. 15,180

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1. INTRODUCTION:

Th i s Commission has been asked t o "make recommenda- t i o n s t o t h e p r o v i n c i a l government f o r t he improvement o f h e a l t h and o u r h e a l t h c a r e system." Th i s is a laud- a b l e endeavor. However, t he t i t l e of t h e Commission is "The Royal Commission on Heal th Care and Costs." The word "cos ts" , by imp l i ca t ion - a t l e a s t t o u s - i n t h e ti- t l e o f any Commission, board o r committee 's mandate means t h a t t h i s Commission w i l l be l ook ing t o c u t c o s t s i n ou r h e a l t h c a r e system. We s t a t e t h i s , n o t i n a mood of cyni- c ism - f o r we hope o u r pre- s e n t a t i o n w i l l show t h a t we a r e s i n c e r e - b u t i n response t o impending l e g i s l a t i o n : t h e Fede ra l B i l l C-69. B i l l C-69 is now i n i ts

f i r s t reading. However, i f enacted , B i l l C-69 would ac- c e l e r a t e funding cu tbacks f o t medicare, s o c i a l s e r v i c e s anc pos t secondary educat ion . Fece ra l money pa id t o t h e p rcv inces f o r t h e s e programs w o ~ l d be reduced each yea r , from i t s 1989190 l e v e l of about $9 b i l l i o n t o zero by t h e yea r 2004. B i l l C-69 would a l s o , f o r

t h e f i r s t t ime, p l ace a l i m i t on f e d e r a l money f o r s o c i a l a s s i s t a n c e payments and soc- i a l s e r v i c e s i n t h e t h r e e ' r i c h ' provinces - Ontar io , A lbe r t a and B r i t i s h Columbia. I f f e d e r a l funding i s reduced t h e p rov inces w i l l bea r an inc reased f i n a n c i a l burden which, i n t u r n , could jeo- pa rd i ze t h e a v a i l a b i l i t y and q u a l i t y of t h e s e programs and l i m i t t h e h e l p a v a i l a b l e t o t hose most i n need. In t h e a r e a of h e a l t h c a r e , t h e in- s t i t u t i o n o f e x t r a - b i l l i n g o r h o s p i t a l user- fees (now pro- h i b i t e d under t h e Canada Heal th Act) a r e ve ry l i k e l y . Every y e a r , a lower propor- t i o n of ou r n a t i o n a l weal th goes t o medicare through nat - i o n a l funding. Every yea r t he

p rov inces have t o f i n d a l i t t l e more money t o make up t h e d i f f e r e n c e . It is w i t h t h e s e f a c t o r s i n

mind t h a t we p r e s e n t t h i s submiss ion t o t h i s Commission, f c r wi thou t f e d e r a l and pro- v i n c i a l commitment t o p re se r - v i n g and improving t h e h e a l t h c a r e sys tem - e s p e c i a l l y f o r t h e e l d e r l y , t hose l i v i n g below t h e pove r ty l i n e , and f o r t h o s e men, women and c h i l d r e n w i t h AIDS, d o l l a r s supposedly ' saved ' now w i l l on ly in- c r e a s e t h e burden on f u t u r e

gene ra t ions . The e r o s i o n of t h e u n i v e r s a l i t y of h e a l t h c a r e and t h e c u t t i n g back of h e a l t h c a r e funding discour- ages p r o a c t i v e i n i t i a t i v e s ( t h e ounce of p reven t ion ) . Heal th c a r e is a n investment. Keeping o u r n a t i o n h e a l t h y should be a p r i o r i t y . Main- t a i n i n g h e a l t h , e s p e c i a l l y i n t h e l a t e r y e a r s of l i f e and wi th an ag ing popu la t ion w i l l become one of t h e most c r u c i a l cha l l enges f a c i n g t h i s province .

2. WHAT DERA DOES:

Before g i v i n g o u r presenta- t i o n , a l l o w us t o e x p l a i n t he n a t u r e o f o u r organiza- t i o n , i ts g o a l s and succes- s e s , and o u r s t a n d i ~ g i n o u r community.

DERA (The Downtown E a s t s i d e Residents ' Assoc ia t ion ) was formed i n 1973. It was formed by r e s i d e n t s who were d i sgus t ed wi th t h e i n d i f f e r - ence , t h e y e a r s o f n e g l e c t and t h e e x p l o i t a t i o n which inc reased t h e i r pover ty and l a b e l l e d t h e i r community "Skid Road". Res iden t s organized i n o r d e r t o improve t h e i r neighbourhood and re- named i t " t h e Downtown East- s ide" .

Over t h e y e a r s t h e r e s i - d e n t s have fought l ong and hard f o r decent and a f fo rda - b l e housing, j obs , l i v e a b l e incomes, community and rec- r e a t i o n a l f a c i l i t i e s , oa rk space , s a f e r s t r e e t s (curb-

i n g t h e c a r r y i n g o f knives - e s p e c i a l l y i n b a r s - and t h e s a l e of a l c o h o l s u b s t i - t u t e s ) and community-based neighbourhood planning.

Membership i n DERA is open t o anyone who l i v e s w i t h i n t h e boundar ies o f t h e Down- town Eas t s ide . Monthly mem- b e r s h i p meet ings a r e h e l d and t h e s e meet ings provide a forum f o r d i s c u s s i o n on community i s s u e s and concerns. Approved p o l i c i e s a r e then c a r r i e d o u t by DERA's s t a f f .

Over one- th i rd o f o u r approximate ly 4500 members a r e Chinese-Canadian. Accor- d i n g l y , t h e meet ings a r e i n Engl ish and Cantonese. As w e l l , we p u b l i s h a monthly n e w s l e t t e r on t o p i c s of in- t e r e s t t o t h e community and upda te s on what is happening and might happen i n t h e i r neighbourhood.

Over t h e y e a r s , DERA has had many succes ses and we

t perform many f u n c t i o n s - a l l f o r t h e be t t e rmen t of t h e community. 3. THE TYPICAL RESIDENT OF

THE DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE:

To g i v e t h e Commission an i d e a of t h e demographics o f

t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e , we have added a p r o f i l e o f t h e average r e s i d e n t from o u r r e s i d e n t surveys .

The Downtown E a s t s i d e is popu la r ly r e f e r r e d t o a s "Skid Road", and o f t e n s e r v e s a s a catchment a r e a f o r many of t h e C i t y ' s s o c i a l problems. What is n o t widely known is t h a t t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e is

, one o f t h e most s t a b l e comm- u n i t i e s i n Vancouver, w i th a s t r o n g community i d e n t i t y , a v i b r a n t mix o f c u l t u r e s , ages and economic backgrounds and an e s t a b l i s h e d group o f r e s i - d e n t s who a r e committed t o ma in t a in ing and improving t h e comnunity. The t y p i c a l r e s i d e n t of t h e

Downtown E a s t s i d e is a Cauca- s i a n male who l i v e s a l o n e and is p o s s i b l y d i s a b l e d . He is 45 y e a r s o r o l d e r and a r e c i - p i e n t of s o c i a l a s s i s t a n c e , w i th a monthly income of l e s s than $580, t h i s be ing 66.15%

of t h e pover ty l i n e income. ~n average r e s f d e n t i n 1990: - 89% a r e males - 93% a r e l i ve -a lones - average age is 47 y e a r s - 46% were born i n B.C. - 49% from elsewhere i n Can. - 5% from o u t s i d e Canada - monthly income of $500 - monthly r e n t $300 o r l e s s .

The average r e s i d e n t has l i v e d i n t h e Downtown East- s i d e f o r 1 3 yea r s . Most l i v e i n a housekeeping o r s l e e p i n g room. have some s o r t of h e a l t h problem which makes i t d i f f i c u l t f o r them t o g e t around. The s l e e p i n g and housekeeping u n i t s i n which most of them l i v e a r e typi- c a l l y 100 squa re f e e t of l i v - i n g space w i t h i n which t h e r e is a bed, a d r e s s e r , a c h a i r and a s ink . A growing percen- t age of u n i t s have a ho t p l a t e and a f r i d g e . Rarely do such u n i t s c o n t a i n waeh- room f a c i l i t i e s o r a phone.

The above in fo rma t ion is ex- t r a c t e d from t h e r e s u l t s of ou r tow housing su rveys (1988 and 1990) done f o r Canada Mortgage and Housing Corpora- t i o n (CMHC). The 1990 survey has no t y e t r ece ived approval f o r p u b l i c a t i o n from CMHC, a l though we do a n t i c i p a t e ap- p rova l l a t e r t h i s month (Nov).

The l a t e s t s tudy found t h a t , wh i l e changes i n r e s i d e n t t ypes a r e occur r ing , t h e t r a - d i t i o n a l Downtown E a s t s i d e r e s i d e n t type , a s o u t l i n e d above, is remaining i n t h e neighbourhood. The t y p i c a l r e s i d e n t p r o f i l e has changed marg ina l ly due t o an i n f l u x of 'younger' people , i nc lu - d i n g women and c h i l d r e n , i n t o t h e a r e a . Th i s was caused by t h e city-wide r e n t a l c r i s i s of t h e p a s t two yea r s .

I n ou r 1988 s tudy t h e r e was a vacancy r a t e of between 13- 26% in t h e ' r e s i d e n t i a l ' ho- t e l s which form t h e ma jo r i ty of ou r housing s tock . I n our l a t e s t s tudy , t h e vacancy r a t e f l u c t u a t e s between 2 6 3%. Th i s ' s l a c k ' i n t h e vacancy r a t e was taken up by younger people , fo rced ou t of a f f o r d a b l e accomodation by r i s i n g costa. As we l l , an in-

c reas ing number o f d e - i n s t i - t u t i o n a l i z e d menta l p a t i e n t s have g r a v i t a t e d t o t h e a r e a , a l s o fo rced o u t by r e n t in- c r e a s e s i n t h e surrounding a reas .

U n t i l l a t e l y , r e l a t i v e l y l i t t l e was known about the h e a l t h s t a t u s and p a t t e r n s o f , h e a l t h s e r v i c e u t i l i z a - t i o n of a r e a r e s i d e n t s . Near- l y one h a l f o f t h e r e s i d e n t s quest ioned in o u r survey repor ted some form o f d i s a b i l i - ty. I n o u r 1988 su rvey , s e r i - ous d i s a b i l i t i e s were r epor t - ed by about 15% o f t h e people responding. We have a l s o id- e n t i f i e d subs tance abuse, v l i l e n c e and v i c e a s major prcblems i n t h e a r e a .

W i l e t h e average r e s i d e n t is a Caucasian male over 45, more f a m i l i e s a r e moving i n t o t h e a r e a , bo th o u t o f necess- i t y and by choice . While t h e r e s i d e n t s fought long and hard f o r a w a t e r f r o n t park i n t h e a r e a , r e c r e a t i o n a l f a c i l - i t i e s a r e s t i l l s e v e r e l y lacking. The Carnegie Commun- i t y Centre p rov ides recrea- t i o n a l f a c i l i t i e s , bu t i t s l i m i t e d space - even though i t i s expanding - r e s t r i c t s t he amount of s e r v i c e i t can provide.

4. HEALTH STUDY DONE - RESULTS DISTURBING:

I n J u l y of 1990, a "Prelirni- nary Study of S e l e c t e d Mor- b i d i t y and M o r t a l i t y Indica- to r s " i n the Downtown East- '

s i d e was done by D r . J an ).

Tol l e f son , a Resident i n Community Medicine a t t h e Un ive r s i ty o f B r i t i s h Colum- b ia . It must be noted t h a t t h i s is a p re l imina ry s tudy. but i t provides an i n d i c a t i o n of t h e h e a l t h and r e l a t e d problems we f a c e i n t h e Down- town Eas t s ide . This s tudy uses e i g h t de t e rminan t s o r i n d i c a t o r s of h e a l t h s t a t u s f o r assessment purposes. . . 1 ) Income and employment 2) Tubercu los i s 3) Human immunodeficiency

v i r u s 4) Alcohol withdrawal r equ i r -

i n g c a r e a t a de tox u n i t

5) chi ldren- in-care case loads 6) Mental h e a l t h case loads 7) aomicides and o t h e r

' c r imes a g a i n s t person ' 8) Mor ta l i t y , i nc lud ing pre-

mature l o s s of l i f e . The r e s u l t s of t h i s s tudy ,

whi le shocking, were n o t sur- p r i s i n g t o DERA. We had a l - ready sensed t h a t we had an i n c r e a s i n g number of s o c i a l problems and t h e a t t e n d a n t h e a l t h problems. We a t DERA e n t i r e l y concur wi th t h e recommendations of t he r e p o r t . We would a l s o encourage fu r - t h e r s t u d i e s . As is ev iden t from t h e s tudy f ind ings , t h e h e a l t h problems i n the Down- town E a s t s i d e a r e worse than i n any o t h e r a r e a of t h e C i ty of Vancouver.

5. IN-DEPTH DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE HEALTH STUDY NEEDED:

DERA r e c e n t l y appl!ed t o ' s e v e r a l sou rces f o r funding

t o do a more comprehensive survey of h e a l t h needs i n t h e Downtown Eas t s ide . The proposed o b j e c t i v e s a r e : 1 ) t o d e r i v e e s t i m a t e s of t h e burden of i l l n e s s i n t h i s popu la t ion ; 2) t o determine t h e p a t t e r n of h e a l t h s e r v i c e u t i l i z a t i o n .

Aside from t h e s tudy done by D r . Tol lefson, r e l a t i v e l y l i t t l e i s known about t h e h e a l t h s t a t u s and p a t t e r n s of h e a l t h s e r v i c e u t i l i z a t i o n of Downtown E a s t s i d e r e s i d - e n t s . Research elsewhere in- d i c a t e s t h a t r e l a t i v e depr iv- a t i o n , and t h i s is the case i n the Downtown Eas t s ide , c o r r e l a t e s s t r o n g l y and posi- t i v e l y t o both h ighe r r a t e s of m o r t a l i t y and poorer h e a l t h s t a t u s , and i t is thus a n t i c i p a t e d t h a t t h e s tudy w i l l uncover gene ra l ly poor h e a l t h s t a t u s .

Other popula t ions wi th simi- l a r c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s t o t h e Downtown Eas t s ide tend t o use fewer h e a l t h c a r e s e r v i c e s r e l a t i v e t o o v e r a l l l e v e l s o f need, and o f t e n do not seek c a r e u n t i l c o n d i t i o n s have become r e l a t i v e l y seve re . One i n t e r e s t i n g focus of ou r

proposed survey would be t o

compare the h e a l t h s t a t u s of s i n g l e l i ve -a lones , who comp- r i s e t h e ma jo r i ty of ou r pop- u l a t i o n , w i th those i n co- o p e r a t i v e and s o c i a l housing p r o j e c t s . We a r e c e r t a i n t h a t t h i s would po in t t o a s t r o n g c o r r e l a t i o n between proper housing and h e a l t h .

We would a l s o s tudy the h e a l t h exper ience of a sub- sample of a r e a r e s i d e n t s ; how they cope when ill, and who they t u r n t o f o r help. We would examine the suppor t

and moni tor ing systems, and how people l i v i n g w e l l below t h e poverty l i n e nour i sh themselves du r ing pe r iods of i l l n e s s , when they a r e con- f i n e d t o t h e i r rooms.

We would a l s o exp lo re t h e l e v e l o f substance abuse - e s p e c i a l l y a l c o h o l ( i n t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e we have n e a r l y 6,000 pub s e a t s , o r n e a r l y one f o r every two r e s i d e n t s ) . While t h e funds f o r t h i s

s tudy do n o t appear t o be forthcoming, e s p e c i a l l y i n t h e s h o r t term, we f e e l t h a t doing t h i s t ype of s tudy i s imperat ive . To d e a l e f f e c t - i v e l y wi th h e a l t h c a r e , we must be aware of t h e t o t a l i - t y of t h e problem. Chronic d i s e a s e and subs tance abuse r e q u i r e c o n s t a n t a t t e n t i o n i f we a r e t o d e a l e f f e c t i v e - l y wi th the cha l l enge of p rov id ing proper ca re , pre- v e n t a t i v e measures and bet - t e r a l l o c a t i o n of medical and s o c i a l s e r v i c e s .

6. HOW DERA APPROACHES HEALTH:

I n 1989 DERA was given a Sen io r s Heal th Independence Program g r a n t by Heal th 6 Welfare Canada. The pur- pose of t h i s g r a n t was t o enab le us t o improve t h e independence, s e l f esteem, and g e n e r a i h e a l t h of s en i - o r s (45 yea r s and o l d e r - our t y p i c a l r e s i d e n t ) . We view h e a l t h a s a t o t a l i t y , i n c l u d i n g phys ica l , mental , s o c i a l and communnl hea l th . This s u c c e s s f u l program is now i n i t s second year.

ALICE: Under t h e a e g i s of SHIP SHAPE, DERA re-

ce ived a s t a r t - u p g r a n t from t h e Vancouver Founda- t i o n t o i n i t i a t e a program c a l l e d A.L.I.C.E. (A Low Income Cooperat ive Enter- p r i s e ) . I n December 1990 we hope t o open ALICE, a low-cost g e n e r a l s t o r e f o r s e n i o r s and o t h e r r e s i d e n t s of t h e Downtown Eas t s ide . We w i l l be endeavoring t o keep t h e p r i c e of b a s i c f o o d s t u f f s and c l ean ing s u p p l i e s a s low a s posq ib le f o r people on f i x e d incomes.

N u t r i t i o n a l c o u n s e l l i n g 6 educa t ion a r e ano the r g o a l of t h i s p r o j e c t . Those on f i x e d incomes, e s p e c i a l l y when ill o r n e a r t h e end of t h e i r monthly a s s i s t a n c e money, tend t o e a t poor ly ( t h e t o a s t h t e a syndrorne). Proper d i e t i s important i n ma in ta in ing good hea l th , and a s most oi our r e s id - e n t s l i v e i n r e s i d e n t i a l h o t e l s , cooking and food s t o r a g e f a c i l i t i e s a r e o f t -

' en lacking. Corner convenience s t o r e s

tend t o have h i g h e r p r i c e s f o r canned goods and t o i l e t and c l e a n i n g s u p p l i e s . Bulk buying c o s t s av ings a r e

n e a r l y impossible f o r those on f i x e d incomes. We w i l l a l s o be look ing at a d e l i - ve ry s e r v i c e f o r s h u t - . L ~ G .

Hea l th c a r e does n o t , a s t h e say ing goes , ' s t o p a t t h e sk in ' . Environmental, s o c i a l and community f a c t o r s a r e a l s o important . These a r c t h e f a c t o r s upon which DERA has h i s t o r i c a l l y , and con t inues t o , c m c e n t c a t e . Housing: Over t h e p a s t s i x

y e a r s , DERA has sponsored t n e b u i l d i n g of n e a r l y 500 u n i t s of s o c i a l and coopera t ive hous Lr.2, thereby lodg ing approximate- l y 800 people. We a r e ex t r e - mely proud of t h i s accomp- l i s lunent ; good, a f f o r d a b l e housing is i n con!~ tan t da- mand in t h e Downtown East- s i d s . We have n e a r l y 3000 people on o u r a c t i v e housing w a i t i n g l ist , and of t h e s e

approximately 550 a r e c h i l d - ren. Th i s r e p r e s e n t s a s t a r - t l i n g 80% i n c r e a s e i n appli- . c a t i o n s from f a m i l i e s wi th c h i l d r e n s i n c e 1986.

Proper housin3 js a c r i t l - cal f a c t o r i n encouraging and s u s t a i n i n g good hea l th . When long-term r e s i d e n t s of r e s i d e n t i a l h o t e l s and o t h e r types o f s u x i ~ a n d a r d accomo- d a t i o n a r e f i n a l l y a l l o c a t e d decen t and a f f o r d a b l e housing , s e c u r i t y of t enure , and a s a y in t h e c a r e and maintenance o f t h e i r domic i l e , s e l f esteem, independence and h e a l t h (physicil l and emotional) improve not iceab- l y . Our housing s t a f f have r epor t ed l e s s subs tance abuse ( e s p e c i a l l y a l c o h o l ) , Lrlproved g e n e r a l appearance, more openness and a w i l l i n g - n e s s t o ccope ra t e amongst t hose f i n a l l y a l l o t t e d de- c e n t housing.

(Having s a i d t h e above, DERA ex tends an i n v i t a t i o n t o a l l o r p a r t of t h e Commission on Heal th Care t o v i s i t any of ou r housing developmaries. We a l s o i n v i t e you t o speak to a random sampling of t h e r e s i d e n t s in t h e s e develop- ments r ega rd ing t h e i r out- look on h e a l t h , h e a l t h re- l a t e d m a t t e r s , subs t ance abuse, vays of improving t h e h e a l t h of t h e community, o r any o t h e r t o p i c which you f e e l f a l l s w i t h i n your man- da te . )

7. DERA RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COMMISSION:

(The fo l lowing a r e not nec- e s s a r i l y in p r i o r i t y o rde r . )

A. HOUSING 1) An inc reased a l l o c a t i o n of a o c i a l housing u n i t s f o r t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e t o provide a l a r g e r s t o c k of a f f o r d a b l e housing f o r those

on f ixed incomes. Espec ia l ly needed a r e more long term c a r e f a c i l i t i e s f o r s e n i o r s . There is a backlog i n t h e p resen t system wi th long wa i t l i s t s i n r e f e r r i n g f a c i l i t i e s such a s i n t e r n e d i a t e c a r e and emergency housing.

I 2) The sponsorship of non- 1 p r o f i t groups t o o p e r a t e hot- ! e l s t o ensu re r e t e n t i o n , pro-

pe r c a r e and a d m i n i s t r a t i o n ' of a f f o r d a b l e r e s i d e n t i a l

u n i t s . 3) More co-operat ive housing f o r t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e , d e l i v e r e d through a modified 56.1 CMHC "type" program i n conjunct ion wi th s u b s i d i e s from BCHMC ( B r i t i s h Columbia Housing Management Corpora- t i o n ) and/or t h e C i ty of Van- couver. Th i s program must a l low a minimum t a r g e t of 50% low income members i n t h e co-operative. 4) Develop more a o o r i o r u a t e and f u l l y s t a f f e d housing and r e sources f o r H I V p o s i t i v e , drug add ic t ed , homeless sex- t r a d e workers.

B. MENTAL HEALTH: 1 ) Increased s e r v i c e s f o r people wi th menta l h e a l t h d i s o r d e r s i n t h e Downtown Eas t s ide , such a s ou t r each and one t o one l i f e - s k i l l s

' workers. 2) Proper housing f o r people wi th mental d i s o r d e r s . The Grea te r Vancouver Mental Heal th S e r v i c e e s t i m a t e s t h a t i n Vancouver and Richmond

- alone, t h e r e a r e ove r 200 I people wi th menta l d i s o r d e r s

on w a i t i n g lists f o r boarding homes. The S t r a thcona Commun- i t y Care Team, which t r e a t s many people w i t h menta l d i s - o r d e r s i n t h e Downtown East- s i d e , s t a t e s t h a t i t now t akes a s long a s f o u r months f o r t h e s e people t o g e t i n t o a boarding home, compared t o a w a i t of t h r e e weeks only two y e a r s ago. As a r e s u l t , many a r e fo rced t o t a k e inap- p r o p r i a t e and substandard housing i n t h e Downtown Eas t s ide , i f they can g e t i t , and expe r i ence d i f f i c u l t y i n s t a y i n g i n one place .

There a r e two emergency s h e l t e r s f o r people wi th men- t a l h e a l t h problems i n Van- couver - Tr iage and Lookout. They a r e bo th i n t h e Downtown Eas t s ide . Both a r e be ing fo r - ced t o t u r n away p rospec t ive c l i e n t s because of t h e press- u r e t o accomodate those who have no s h e l t e r a t a l l , bu t

don ' t n e c e s s a r i l y f i t t h e i r mandate. More s h e l t e r s a r e needed, b u t l o c a t i o n s i n o t h e r a r e a s of t h e c i t y should a l s o be considered. Locat ing more r e s i d e n t i a l f a c i l i t i e s i n t h e Downtown

E a s t s i d e f u r t h e r compl icates t h e a r e a ' s problems, c e r t a i n - l y does n o t a i d recovery and r e s u l t s i n many be ing v ic - t imized.

The l a c k of p rope r mental h e a l t h fo l low up, moni tor ing and proper accommodation re- s u l t s i n many people wi th menta l d i s o r d e r s becoming v i c t i m s of crime: a s s a u l t , robbery, s e x u a l abuse, e t c . Th i s causes them t o be a fu r - t h e r s t r a i n on t h e h e a l t h c a r e system, o f t e n r e q u i r i n g r e i n s t i t u t i a l i z a t i o n and/or h o s p i t a l i z a t i o n .

C. RECREATIONAL FACILITIES: 1) More p h y s i c a l r e c r e a t i o n a l f a c i l i t i e s a r e needed such a s a swimming p;ool, more gymna- sium space , ano the r community c e n t r e and more pa rk space.

D. ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE TREATMENT PROGRAMS:

1) More e x t e n s i v e community d i r e c t e d and c u l t u r a l l y app- r o p r i a t e a l c o h o l and drug t rea tment pzograms (e spec ia l - l y i n t h e Downtown Eas t s ide of Vancouver). Without t h e necessary f a c i l i t i e s t o pro- v i d e ' i n house' t r ea tmen t , t h e c y c l e s of dependency and abuse w i l l cont inue. Th i s dependency and abuse can cause p h y s i c a l d e t e r i o r a t i o n a s w e l l a s h ighe r r a t e s of crime, ' dys func t iona l ' fami- l i e s , family b reak up, more chi ldren- in-care , and a h o s t of o t h e r problems which, i f n o t d e a l t wi th , become chro- n i c and l e a d t o a f u r t h e r d r a i n on olr a l r e a d y over- taxed h e a l t h and s o c i a l s e r - v i c e s system. 2) Substance abuse educa t ion and awareness programs a r e needed.

F. OUTREACH PROGRAMS: 1 ) Inc reased ou t reach f o r t h e l o n e l y and ' shut- in ' a d u l t s and s e n i o r s .

- Because of i l l n e s s , a lco- , ho l /d rug abuse, phys ica l o r emot ional impairment, economic d e p r i v a t i o n , and/or l a c k of t r a d i t i o n a l s o c i a l t i e s - a g r e a t number of our r e s id - e n t s become 'd isconnected ' from a v a i l a b l e resources . According t o most s t u d i e s , t h e s e people become d i seased , p h y s i c a l l y and emot ional ly impaired, and g e n e r a l l y seek t rea tment most o f t e n when t h e i r s i t u a t i o n r eaches the ch ron ic s t a g e . Outreach and q u a s i - c l i n i c a l programs such a s more community h e a l t h workers (phys ica l 6 mental) and cornuni ty h e a l t h nu r ses , s e n i o r s ' programs such a s DERA's SUIP SHAPE and neighbourhood h e l p e r s programs a r e necessary i f we a r e t o i n t e r c e d e and promote proper

p h y s i c a l and menta l hea l th .

G. CHILDREN'S SERVICES: 1) S teps should be taken t o ensu re t h a t c h i l d r e n a r e s a f e from v e r b a l , phys ica l and sexua l abuse both i n s i d e and o u t s i d e t h e home. 2) That t h e r e be a f u r t h e r development of s e r v i c e s f o r t h e c h i l d r e n o f b a t t e r e d women. 3) That c h i l d r e n i n the school system be taught how t o deal w i t h v i o l e n c e and c o n f l i c t and t h a t neighbourhood programs be developed t o a s s i s t c h i l d r e n i n l ea rn - i n g s k i l l s r ega rd ing coping wi th t h e i r own v i o l e n t behaviour o r t h a t of o t h e r s . 4 ) That more s h o r t and long term chi ld-care and r e s p i t e - c a f e s e r v i c e s be provided t o f a m i l i e s i n the Down- town Eas t s i d e .

8. SPOUSAL ASSAULT SERVICES: 1) That funding f o r t r e a t - ment programs f o r t h e perpe- t r a t o r s of spouse a s s a u l t be provided, in which i s s u e s o f s o c i a l i z a t i o n and a t t i t u d e s t o power and c o n t r o l a r e d e a l t with. 2) That more t r a i n e d and s e n s i t i v e v i c t h suppor t I s e r v i c e s a r e needed f o r b a t t e r e d women.

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3) There is a need t o expand coord ina t ion of spouse a s s - a u l t s e r v i c e s a c r o s s the Province and communities should be encouraged to develop Spouse Assau l t Co- o r d i n a t i n g Committees.

I. WELFARE CHANGES : 1) That t h e minimum wage and we l fa re r a t e be r a i s e d t o t h e Fede ra l ly def ined pover ty l i n e ( a t l e a s t ) t o r e f l e c t t he a c t u a l c o s t of l i v i n g i n Vancouver. The long term sav ings r e s u l t i n g from such a move would more than pay f o r t h e short-term expense. 2) S e t up a system of r e n t reviews and remove t h e d iv i - s i o n of we l fa re money i n t o suppor t and s h e l t e r compon- e n t s s o t h a t l a n d l o r d s do no t au tomat i ca l ly r a i s e r e n t s , thereby f o r c i n g welfare r e c i p i e n t s t o u s e food money f o r housing charges. 3) Provide medical and dent- al coverage f o r a l l persons on w e l f a r e t o i n c r e a s e acc- e s s i b i l i t y t o h e a l t h care .

J. GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS: I) That t h e h e a l t h c a r e man- d a t e be broadened t o provide more h e a l t h promotion a c t i - v i t i e s (prevent ion and e a r l y i n t e r v e n t i o n ) . 2) The n a t u r e and des ign of s e r v i c e s must be mixed t o r e f l e c t t h e m u l t i p l e causes of poor h e a l t h . We need t o e s t a b l i s h a system of commun- i c a t i o n t o ensu re t h a t separ- a t i o n of j u r i s d i c t i o n s between P r o v i n c i a l M i n i s t r i e s does not con t inue t o thwar t e f f o r t s t o promote h o l i s t i c con t inua of s e r v i c e s . 3) That community h e a l t h co- o r d i n a t i o n committees be e s t - ab l i shed t o ensu re t h a t d e l i - very systems a r e guided by and r e f l e c t t h e needs of h e a l t h c a r e u s e r s , and t h a t they develop both s h o r t and long term s t r a t e g i e s . They should be backed by and in- c lude government r ep resen ta - t i v e s , and have enough power t o be a f o r c e f o r change. 4 ) It is necessa ry t o coord- i n a t e s e r v i c e s and r e sea rch i n a community t o determine

how they can des ign ' t h e i r own i n t e r v e n t i o n s . I n t h e absence of l o c a l l e a d e r s h i p o r re- sou rces t h e h e a l t h agenc ie s should a c t a s a c a t a l y s t f o r mot iva t ing community l e a d e r s , vo lun ta ry o r g a n i z a t i o n s and government s e r v i c e agenc ie s t o engage i n an in ter -agency approach t o h e a l t h promotion. 5) That e d u c a t i o n a l m a t e r i a l s be produced i n p l a i n language i . e . i n a c l e a r and conc i se manner t o ensu re t h a t t hose wi th l i t e r a c y problems can f u l l y understand them. 6 ) A l l programs must i nc lude an e v a l u a t i o n component t o ensu re t h a t they s e r v e a c t u a l community-identified needs. 7) That funding be provided f o r m u l t i c u l t u r a l s e r v i c e s t o be expanded and f o r t h e pro- v i s i o n of m u l t i c u l t u r a l in- t e r p r e t a t i o n programs f o r us- e r s of t h e h e a l t h c a r e system. 8) That governments and t h e i r depar tments s t o p t ak ing shor t - term and myopic views of problems and t h e i r p o s s i b l e s o l u t i o n s and work towards more comprehensive and long- term planning t h a t w i l l a f - f e c t t h e r o o t causes of t h e problems (no more p o l i t i c a l l y expedient s o l u t i o n s ) .

"Now let's see, where was I?"

The a t t a c k of t h e naked mole came as something of a s u r p r i s e Lucki ly, i t had no r e p r i s e But I was r e loca t ed i n t o a coven of witches And they r ipped open my s t i t c h e s The f rugs they forced me t o t ake only made th ings worse But they showed no remorse But I d i d my t ime And now it is t h e i r hands chat a r e covered i n grime. I f my f a t e should become t h e i r f a t e It mighc f i n a l l y decide t h e debace Over who is e v i l and who i s good But I doubt t h a t anything w i l l be understood U n t i l t h e end of t h e time That t h e punishment has f i t t e d che crime p rec i se ly . X l i z a b e r h Thorpe

Carnegie Character S p o t l i g h t

VIOLET BESTON

Viole t i s someone who p lays a t t he ~ a r n e g i e Cabaret every Tuesday n i g h t . Her piano p lay ing soothes t he s o u l and c a r e s s e s your l ove f o r music.

Born i n 1911, V io l e t has been playing t he piano s i n c e t h e age of s i x and remembers performing f o r people whose f a t h e r s , husbands and sons were o f f a t war i n France i n 1918.

During World War I1 she performed a t t h e Dugout and remembers being picked up a t l e a s t 3 n i g h t s a week i n a jeep and s e n t t o p lay a t d i f f e r e n t Regimental camps. Every Sunday a f t e r - noon she would go t o J e r r i c h o Hostess House t o perform.

A l l of t h i s was vo lun tee r and today s h e ' s a r egu la r performer a t t h e Cab- a r a e t . When asked what she l i k e s t h e most about Carnegie, she s ays , " the s o c i a l a b i l i t y . . y o u know, meeting people. There 's no s t igmatism and the abundance of t a l e n t among a l l t he young people is r e a l l y something. I t ' s l i k e l i v i n g over aga in t o perform. Three yea r s ago I was i n i n t e n s i v e care . 1 never thought I ' d p lay again."

By STEVE ROSE

Checking Your Shocks. Bounce your car up and down with your foot. If i t keeps on bouncing after you stop, you need new shocks.

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To My Darl ing Wife...

Do Not Worry

The emergence rises from t h e depths Uneasiness c rawls thrnugh space Darkness s h a t t e r e d by a c r y Do n o t worry, f o r I am h e r e Awake i n c a r e , I g ive up s l e e p I n a s i l e n t c r y , I pray I n t h e s i l e n c e of t h e n i g h t , my r a i n f a l l s Do n o t worry, f o r I am h e r e Do n o t worry, f o r I am love Do no t worry, f o r I love you.

Alan King

BITTERS

Out t h e r e i n t h e o t h e r l ands The cross-winds have blown s t rong ly ;

The t i d e ' s upon t h e beach The sur f keeps r o l l i n g on.

The c o r a l s a r e a reef t h a t many thought of fondly

And when the w a r w a s on t h e land Many were found gone.

Y e s , t h e r e i n t h a t faraway land Words spoken on winds t h a t blew golden,

Yes, t h e r e i n t h a t faraway land thoughts were W u g h t , I sooth

No one a c t s . . t h e y g v e known grown much more bolden.

And w e ask , were they t o w i l e away t h e i r time With_murder, plunder, genocide, crime. And l i e t o o t h e r s t h a t they niight r u l e Though they themselves l i e dying i n s t o o l .

$f t h i s i s t r u e , and many know who have l i v e d t h e r e ,

Why? we ask , f i n d they t o s t r u t i n b l i s s Stand they now t h e i r own d e s t r u c t i o n

and blood t o l e t With arms? Nay, only g r e a t armor

t h a t they themselves have s e t .

I cannot he lp but i n t h i s r e s t l e s s qu ie tnes s Ponder back on days of o t h e r nothingness Were they not too so i n c l i n e d t o remember then Their countrymen a l s o f e l l a s bowling p ins , Struck by the b a l l thrown by a master of t he game.

Out t he re i n o the r lands The cross-winds have blown s t rong ly

The t i d e ' s upon t h e beach The s u r f keeps r o l l i n g on.

The c o r a l s a r e a r ee f t h a t many thought of fondly

And when the w a r was on the land Many were found gone.

Yes t h e r e i n t h a t faraway land. .... John Thay

I Edi to r ,

I s n ' t i t funny the way our democra- t i c p rocess works? When I was vo t ing

/ on ~ a t u r d a y I took a second t o t h ink t h e system. I fourfd i t odd how

we g e t one day t o vo t e f o r municipal , p rov inc i a l and f e d e r a l candida tes running f o r o f f i c e . We ge t one day and they g e t 1,095 days (municipal) o r 1,460 days (prov. & f ed . )

P o l l s a r e u s u a l l y open f o r 12 hours. Mi l l ions of people g e t 1 2 hours t o go t o p o l l i n g p l aces f o r p r o v i n c i a l and f e d e r a l governments, who then g e t 35,040 hours of power t o dec ide our f a t e .

It takes t h e average person 5 min- u t e s t o vo te . .5 minutes compared t o t he 1,488,200 municipal o r 2,102,400 provlfed minutes w i th in t h e i r mandate.

. Of course t h e s o l u t i o n would be t o sho r t en government mandates. The log i - c a l argument is t h a t i t ' s too expensive

. t o change governments w i t h i n 1% o r 2 years . The bureaucracy would be in- de sc r ibab le ! Of f i ce s would be a zoo (not t h a t most a l r eady a r e n ' t ) ; employees a t a l l l e v e l s would be s c r anb l ing t o f i g u r e o u t who t h e i r boss is. So I guess we j u s t have t o l i v e wi th i t .

Campbell i s on h i s t h i r d mandate. We've voted on 3 of t h e 3,285 days of p u t t i n g up wi th him i n C i ty Hal l .

Vander Scam is i n t h e 1st mandate a t 1,460 days and Mulroney i s i n h i s 2nd term - 2,920 days of enduring him. We've had 2 days t o choose f e d e r a l l y .

I t ' s hard t o conclude t h e po in t of

\ t h i s l e t t e r but i n t h e long run v o t i n g z i s a r i p -o f f . Now i f t h e r e were r e f e r - pndums on any po l i cy a t any l e v e l of government . . ithen i t wouldn't be s o bad, eh?

Steve Rose J

( ~ d i t o r ' s no t e : The fol lowing appear- ed i n Business Week on A p r i l 24, 1948 i n an a r t i c l e t i t l e d "Economic Conse- quences of a Third World War". Less than 3 yea r s a f t e r t h e end of t h e second world war, Big Business s a i d . . )

MANPOWER CONTRGL . .

Manpower r egu la t i on would be t h e ove r r id ing problem of World War 111. W e cou ldn ' t f i g h t another war without d i c t a t i n g t o everyone where t o work, what t o do, what t o g e t pa id f o r i t . Reason 1: The supply of manpower would -------- be a l i m i t on product ion r i g h t from t h e s t a r t . So you could no t a f f o r d t o waste i t . You would have t o put workers where they a r e needed most, j u s t a s you would m a t e r i a l s .

more than meets

the eye. We never really had to be tough

about this in War,II. In 1939 we had the benefit of 9 million unemployed, plus a lot of people working short hours or in poor jobs. The picture:

1939 War I1 Today Armedforce 0.4 11.4 1.2 Labor force 54.1 52.6 59.8 Employment 45.2 51.8 57.1 Hours/week 37.7 45.2 40.0 - neason 2: You must have mobility ot -------- labor. Any ~ime you convert industry from peace to war, you have to move people from one place to another, from one job to another. If you have large numbers of job-

less, that's easy; they'll go to the jobs, on their own. But you don't have that today. If you and draw people to new jobs

with higher pay, that's easy too. But you couldn't do that again; as the chart shows on page 19, living stand- ards would have to go down - not up. The problem would be to find ways

to control people, the way you control materials. After all, you never have to worry about the morale of an ingot of steel; it never gets mad at you. War I1 ended before we had to get

at all tough. So-there are no f mil- iar techniques available. We wo 8 Id have to work these out with a combin- ation of fumbling and brilliant imag- ina t ion. But you can see a few features of a

labor control pattern: First of all, a national service

system would have to be tied in with the draft of soldiers. It would be more than just offering a choice of

"work or fight" ; the government waul$ decide who works, who fights.

1Y The decision would be based on indi- " i vidual usefulness to the war effort,'

not on how many children you have. s9' the decision couldn't be made by a board of your neighbors; it would have to be made by experts, bureaucrats. Q

Another thing we'd have to do, that was not done in War 11, is flatly to outlaw strikes, treat incitement to strike as treason. !&?hat s t r i k e s there ;ere fii W i i r II

grew out of job frictions, the ponde ousness of government strike-handlin machinery; the issues were essentia economic matters and were dealt with as such. A strike during a war with Russia

would be another breed of cat. Even if it were not Communist-started, the Reds would be attracted to it, keep it going, sharpen the bitterness - if they were allowed to. Such strikes, both in intent and in effect, would be sabotage. So we'd have to prevent them. Could you even get grudging coopera-

tion in all this from organized labor? Labor leaders would have to be assured in more than mere words that this isn't a plot to end free labor in America. Obviously, cooperation could be ob-

tained only by putting union leaders directly in charge of the program - giving them a responsibility and an authority in government never before approached in this country. hat's what Britain had to do last time.

Civil rights of all kinds would take an awful beating of course. In a war with Russia, we would have a real fifth column, as we didn't when we fought Germany and Japan. That means that, just as in the case

of strikes ........ P

Edi to r ,

Does t h e ques t ion not pose i t s e l f : What was US Big Business and government doing, l e s s than 3 yea r s a f t e r t he founding of t h e United Nations as a peace-keeping organisa t ion . . whlile the Sovie t Union l a y devas ta ted and not y e t i n possession of an atomic bomt while t h e USA, untouched t e r r i t o r i a l l y by war and now by f a r t h e w e a l t h i e s t & powerful country i n t h e world... What were they doing, pre-occupying them- se lves wi th t h e "economic" consequence2

of a t h i r d world war? The ques t ion s u r e l y a r i s e s : Were

Hiroshima and Nagasaki t h e concluding blows of t h e second world war o r t h e i n i t i a l blows of t he t h i r d . . . t h e sub- sequent "cold war" per iod being merely. t he per iod of prepara tory re-organis- i ng of t h e economy and s o c i a l psychol- ogy necessary f o r t he launching of t h e Third World War - f u l l s c a l e ?

(The p a r a l l e l s between then and now a r e b lun t as t r a n s n a t i o n a l corpora- t i o n s wage economic war. )

Today, i t seems t o me, we a r e a l l c a l l e d upon t o d i s t i n g u i s h between a benign market economy based on cons t r - u c t i v e a c t i v i t y , u n i v e r s a l i n n a t u r e and i n t e n t , and a malignant market ec- cnn~>7 based uu rc';hlcas c ~ q e + _ i - t _ i on f o r advantage and domination. Where does human we l f a re l i e ?

I a s k you. Bea t r i ce Ferneyhaugh

( w r i t t e n Nov.15)

self-determinat ion

I wonder why I l i k e M r . Green, ~ h o u g h t h e s i g h t of him 1 've never seen, Is i t because everywhere is GREEN, GREEN, GREEN.

A l l my f r i e n d s a r e claiming, That only see ing is be l i ev ing , No ma t t e r how loud they a r e y e l l i n g , I w i l l s u r e l y be ignor ing and vot ing.

(Dedicated t o Gre~chen of Carnegie Library , who always he lp me wi th my engl ish;)

Alber t k.m. Huong

VILLAGE MOTIF And t h e moment;^ co ld p e r s i s t e n c e

I do not know this day. has come suspends us l i kewi se above t h e b o t t -

too qu ick ly , l i k e f a l l r a i n on t h e omlessness w e d i scover ou r se lves t o morning of t h e saddes t r i t u a l , l i k e a be. There, i n t h e photographs perhaps f o r e t o l d message i n t h e impat ien t the s p i r i t t h a t could l i v e through

grey of sky. anything has f i n a l l y given i n . They At the akimbo inadvertancy of vis- a r e too c r i s p . No one can look a t

ion t h a t c a t a p u l t s us t o ou r se lves , p i c t u r e s of v i l l a g e such and such af-

there is a moment of boards and r a i n , ter the has had its way and s t i l l

fad ing l i g h t among t h e weeds beyond t a l k of t h a t s p i r i t .

a doo r l e s s , t i l t e d r e c t a n g l e only t h e The person a lone i n t h e shack one

wind could have intended. J u s t i n s i d e n i g h t a t t he edge of t h e c i t y , t he

t h e doorway, t o one s i d e , someone - o n e l i n g e r i n g i n a doorway long a f t e r

squa t s , nameless wi th t h i c k c o n t ~ m p l a - t h e l a s t p o s s i b l e excuse f o r doing s o t i o n of d i sabuse and f a t i g u e . has gone, t h e one dreaming some s e c r e t

There is no reason to be at such a connect ion behind t h e broken windows

p lace , un l e s s i t is t o have t h e l a s t of a draughty bus l e f t t o r u s t , what

pa l e l i g h t i n one ' s eyes , 'to look ac- a r e they t h a t I f e e l t h a t I must ad-

r o s s t he waste p l ace towards mount- d r e s s them?

a i n s , dark impera t ives beyond t h e fo r - Maybe t h e r e was a s w i f t shadow i n

e s t , and t o momentarily be r e f l e c t e d t he pe r iphe r i e s . Maybe f i r e s w i l l

l i g h t sh ive r ing i n t h e wind l i k e an once more s i g n i f y something o t h e r than

o l d f i n g e r , holocaust . I do n o t know why I t a l k a l l t h e t i m e , why I do any of t he se t h ings I do, bu t t h e r e is something sadder than t h e p a c i f i c i f I s top .

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Ask yourse l f i f t h e Vanderzalm govern- dence of t h e j u s t i c e system i n B.C.

;merit has accepted i t s r e s p o n s i b i l i t y a s On Nov.23 came a 2nd r e p o r t , t h i s one

guardian of t h e pub l i c t r u s t . Two r e c e n t Auditor-General George M o r f i t t ' s inves t -

r e p o r t s t e l l t he s t o r y i g a t i o n i n t o t h e p r i v a t i z a t i o n of compu-

On Nov.21, t he Ombudsman's r e p o r t on ter s e r v i c e s i n t h e Attorney-General 's

the j u s t i c e system was r e l ea sed . It c r i - Minis t ry . Mor f i t t found t h a t t h e owners

t i c i z e d t h e e n t i r e handl ing of t h e B i l l of Syscom Consul t ing were i n c o n f l i c t -

Reid a f f a i r . Y e t i n s t e a d of a c t i n g t o o f - i n t e r e s t , working f o r both t he mini-

-ensure BC'S j u s t i c e system w i l l be f a i r s t r y and t h e i r own company. He c i t e d t h e

and without i n t e r f e r e n c e , t he Vanderzalm Attorney-General 's Minis t ry f o r break-

government t r i e d t o s h i f t a l l blame onto i n g i t s own gu ide l ines and p o l i c i e s by

the man who exposed t h e scanda l , S iho ta . awarding c o n t r a c t s t o Syscom and o t h e r s

The f a c t s a r e c l e a r : When B i l l Reid wi th n e i t h e r open bidding nor r e q u e s t s

t r i e d t o g ive pub l i c money t o h i s f r i e n d f o r compet i t ive quotes .

i t was Moe Sihota who d id h i s job and Once aga in , t h e Vanderzalm government

blew t h e w h i s t l e on him. When Bud Smith was caught i n a s i t u a t i o n of c o n f l i c t i n

t r i e d t o tamper wi th j u s t i c e , Moe blew spending t h e taxpayers ' money. And t h e i r

the w h i s t l e again. And now, t h e govern- response? No apology o r pena l ty . I n s t ead A-G Russ F ra se r pronounced t h e m a t t e r ment tries t o charge t h e guy who blew ,,

the w h i s t l e wi th d i s t u r b i n g t h e peace. c l e a r e d up." Back t o bus iness a s usua l .

Jack Reynolds and B i l l Vanderzalm re- This behaviour i s t o t a l l y unacceptable .

f u se t o accept t h e r e was a problem. But Can We trust a govt* that as a criminal lawyer in the case put i t : an almost pa tho log ica l i n a b i l i t y t o ad-

I I I ~ all officials in public off ice in m i t when t h e y ' r e wrong? What i s most ap-

the province conducted themselves a s M r . pall ing is their 'Orrect the

Reid did..,we should shortly be at the s i t u a t i o n s u n t i l pub l i c exposure, Only

,level of publ ic moral i ty t ha t exis ted in the people can pass judgement On a

the Capone e r a i n Chicago." govt. t h a t c a n ' t t e l l r i g h t from wrong. !

i ~ p x m ~ m e o t f ET

Let's Eliminate ECONOMIC &

Racial. Discrimmation in Canada

E.B.S.

This is e test, i t i s only a t e s t . . . . The p l ane to id chimp s o c i e t y t h e dominant chimp g e t s t h e p r e t t i e s t g i r l s no t t h e dumb tough types , but t h e chimps t h a t use t h e i r b r a in s .

Fa l l en King, dreaming of power Open your f i e r c e charge, cause panic i n t he group, t hose days are gone Your days a r e gone soon Canada a t W A R , a r e you ready Food i s munitions, I ' l l s t a r v e f o r PEACE POM Thots f o r co f f ee , Flexi-hours bu t does i t r e f l e c t - t h e World o r mir ror i t ? I f e l l i n t o t he yellow between t h e Red and Green Stop and Go - somewhere inbetween a t t h e end of my~lrope - I saw i t a l l A Republican s t y l e government H I P P I E S a media c r e a t i o n a genera t ion i n time - BE MORE K I N D MORE HUMAN K I N D S l idance on the s t r e e t s above Hermanodad f o r s a l e , a f i r e s a l e Communist types must be from t h e Gov't a lmost got passed by one of your (our) Prime Minis te r The Ruble devalued, go t i n t o a depress ion Vote f o r fun, I vo te f o r everyone Proper ty Owners and rentalsmen a l l ! ! ! Peace Park and Grandview-Woodlands Stone masonry - Ache Bha ~ h e y ' r e robbing my room, aga in , a s I speak t h e y ' r e robbing my room, my mind, i n my s l e e p No fun anymore, no t allowed - c a n ' t a f f o r d ! ! !

Taum

Hymn Sang

Yes, bu t does i t rhyme? No go

What is dominant? What i s subdominant? P e r f e c t f i f t h does i t s a l l y f o r t h ?

No go No, don ' t go I c r i z d f o r him No, don ' t go I sang a hymn No, don' t go I wrote f o r H i m Yo, don ' t go I whispered t imid ly h d he spoke t h e t r u t h lnd he gave up h i s youth lnd he always d i d r i g h t Ind he never d i d f i g h t Ind he forgave m e Ind Although he d i d forsake me I s t i l l b e l i e v e i n hymn.

E l i zabe th Thorpe

J U S ~ a note to fellow East Enders who will be spending the iwnter out- doors such as I have been - layered clothing and a small plastic tarp al- ow maximum heat...

~t is truly agonizing, after all these latiest years of rhetorical reform and consciousness, to see it being used to fuel the fires of those in power.. to see them take another giant step in crushing the seeming ant hill of human rights and justice that has emerged, is emerging, trying to gain emergence. It is hard to say what will come in

the future. I thought with all my heart Jim Green would get in.. the win might keep us from starting World War III..or possibly just one really posi- tive reform would happen that could open the flood gates to human reality. Unfortunately, Armeggedon..dark

years..whatever..these are bad fore- casts of a general nature for a poli-

tical climate that is none too giving. So as Christmas comes and I start

to gather all the money P can get, from selling everything I own (about $ 4 0 0 ) , I think I will go see Mexico before something really bad happens. Perhaps instead of starving and bearing the cold here, I will find peace farming the toxic lands of Mexico, Central America ... that have long been dumpsites for U.S. industry. I will survive, somewhere, perhaps

not here, for George Bush or Gordon Campbell or anyone else cannot kill the spirit. Spirit lives wherever there is life and, as much as some people try to control it, they will find themselves caught in their own traps. This will bring them to the point of restitution and exposure will not stop at mere government policy- makers. They, the owners & controllers of the big machine, owe us big!!!

... Earth, Solar System, Milky Way.

grows by Heidi Modro

MONTREAL(CUP)-- Thirty two Quebec women and children were murdered this year by their spouses, common-law partners, boyfriends or fathers.

Social workers are calling the recent rash of murders in Montreal-there have been 20 over the past three months-an epidemic. Most ofthe women killed were either attempting to leave their partner or had just recently broken uo the re-

abusive pnrtners will be increasingly a t risk, Harper added.

"The legal system is simply not keeping up with all of the women whosimply nolonger want to put up with men's abuse," Harper said. "And as long as the legal system doesn't change, the problem will just worsen because men will feel it's their right to beat and kill their wives." .

Women are discriminated against at every level of the legal system starting from the police

battering are ever reported to the police, according to the Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women.

An-d even when charges are laid-which occurs in slightly more than 50 per cent of the cases-first time ofTenders will get an average $200 fine. Only repeat offenders are likely to be impris- onedand they can very easily have their terms shortened with good behaviour.

'I had a client who came in to see me one

lationshi;. year after her ' ~ f this manv "I had a client who came in to see me one husband had

I members of any year after her husband had broken her broken he r other identifiable ribs," Schirm

I C I I I ~ U ~ group had ribs," Schirm said. "He was fined $200. She said. wm been murdered in got a call from him recentlv where he said fined $200.

I this shorts wan of he's thinking of breaking ger hbs again She got a call 1 time, you'd have from him re-

had the out since it only cost him $200 last time." cently where inthestreets,"said he said he's Mona Forrest, the director of right up to the highest levels of thinkingofbreakingherribsagain Montreal's Women'sCentre."But the court system, said a family since i t only cost him $200 last because they were women, people lawyer who specializes in repre- time.' treat their lives as expendable." senting battered women. Schirm said that public opin-

There is no explanation why 'Women a r e simply not ion has been building up over the the murder toll has been so high treated equally in front ofthelaw," years to call for tougher sanctions over such a short period of time. said Montreal ,lawyer Sylvie for wife batterers. But reforms But many people blame the jus- Schirm. 'A lot of judges are re- are slow in coming. ticesystem, which theysayleaves luctant to listen to all the details S. In 1986, Quebec's justice women vulnerablein front oftheir of cases of violence. They're just minister ordered a crackdown on s+uses. not interested, unless the violence the violence, He sent out the order

Women are increasingly un- is of such an extraordinarily high' that police officersaniving at the willing to put up with spousal degreethattheyjust cannotignore ' scene of family violence had to violence, said Elizabeth Harper, it.'. charge the perpetrator. treesurer of the province's asso- According to Montreal police Schirm said the recent rash ciation of centres for battered statistics, there were 5,359 reports of killings has increclsed aware- yomen. - - . , . I . - . , of conjugal violence in 1989. ness of the ,problem of conjugal

I Andaslong asthe justice sya- - But the statistics'oirly reveal violence; but that'it hdqcorne at a tern does not drastically change, a frnctionofthereal number. Only ' high firice,' . ' - ";' j , : women who decide to leave their ten per cent of all cases of wife 'I'm wonied that all this sen-

s~t izat~on to the ~s sue will just die down," Schirm said. 'How much longer will it have to go on before judges wake up?" .

Judges and crown prosecutors should be required to undergo special training to help them understand the problem, Forrest said.

"The majority of male judges are ill-equipped to deal with cases of wife battery," she said. *Many ofthem will identify with themale perpetrat~rs~rather than with the victim."

Schirm believes .that many women break down in front of the court system and are not able to testify against their abusive partners because they are not pre- pared for the trial.

"The man is often better pre- pared to face the court than the woman is. He has been advised by his lawyer and told how to answer questions,"she said.'On the other hand, the woman who is standing infrontofa man who has hurt her has received no preparation."

Legal aid should cover the cost of preparing a woman to tes- 7

tify, andcrown prosecutors should f be specialized in this area of law, Schirm said. 1

Counsellina ? Are vou serious?

Family 'Maintenance ~nfokement Program Fight

I n October '89, Federated Anti- Poverty Groups (FAPG) and women on we l f a r e s t a r t e d t o t ake t he government t o c o u r t , charging t h a t t h e FMEP d i s c r i m i n a t e s a g a i n s t women on wel fa re .

S ince then, t h e Minis t ry of Soa i a l Se rv i ce s and Housing (MSSH) has ex- empted both p l a i n t i f f s from t h e program because of v i o l e n t ex-spouses. Now t h e c o u r t s ays t h a t because t h e women are no longer a f f e c t e d by t h e program, they can no longer be plain- t i f f s .

"The c o u r t i s a l s o saying t h a t FAPG has no scanding because we a r e no t d i r e c t l y a f f e c t e d by t h e l e g i s l a t i o n , ' W e a rgue t h a t our members a r e a f f e c t e d by i t , " expla ined Gus Long of FAPG.

End Leg i s l a t ed Poverty says t h a t i f women a r e being pressured by MSSH t o s i g n maintenance enforcement papers , they should say: "NO. I don' t want t o s i g n anyth ing u n t i l I t a l k t o a lawyer" and then go t o t h e l o c a l l e g a l a i d o f f i c e . If lawyers need more i n f o on t h e FMEProgram, c a l l Daryl Larson o r Mark Benton a t (604) 687-1831.

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