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MARCH 15, 1992. --

WATCH OUT! The News i s a Loose Cannon;

A s t o r y i n t h e Vancouver Sun says a 60 year-old f ede ra l cour t judge was charged with commiting an indecent a c t when he was seen wearing a black bra, pan t i e s G nylons by members of a g i r l ' s vo l leybal l team, a t a HolidayInn i n S t . Johnqs , Newfoundland. He resigned h i s job f o r "medical reasonstf , was given an absolu te discharge i n cour t , G s t a r t e d c o l l e c t i n g h i s 98,000 dol la r -a - y e a r pension. Not bad.

In Waterloo, Ontario, t h e Sun says some 20 year-old co l lege s tudent is t ry ing t o ge t women t o walk around i n t he s t r e e t s with t h e i r b r e a s t s exposed,

I t ' s a p r o t e s t , she says, aga ins t t h e u n f a i r p r a c t i c e of d i scr imina t - ion aga ins t women. She described t h i s as: "Lots G l o t s of women, with many shapes, s i z e s G co l - ours of b reas t s , a l l po in t ing i n d i f f e r e n t d i r e c t i o n s . In t e rna t - iona l Women 's Week is supporting he r ; of course, she might j u s t be some kind of nut case,even i f she does go t o un ive r s i t y , but tGe newspaper t akes h e r se r ious- l y E apparent ly so do feminis t s .

Women's groups a r e j u s t i f i a b l y concerned about sex crimes, rape 6 so on. I f they achieve t h e i r ob jec t ive of having a l a rge num- ber of women walking around

showing t h e i r b reas t s , 1 wonder what t h a t would do t o sex crime s t a t i s t i c s ?

Of course these women a re sane, l eve l - headed people, a r e n ' t they? They even have un ive rs i ty degrees. Theref s nothing l i k e a l i t t l e academic p o l i t i c a l l y corr - ec t b u l l s h i t t o f l y some dangerously in- sane idea i n t o t h e law books - a woman' s equal r i g h t t o k i l l f o r her country, f o r example, o r he r s r igh t to-show hbr b reas t s t o sex-starved males.

I f we're so concerned about equal r i g h t s , why don' t we have some p o l i t i c a l - l y correct pacl pf whiners & complainers supporting the r i g h t of f e d e r a l judges t o appear i n publ ic wearing women's under- wear? I t would make j u s t as much sense a s women's r i g h t s t o show t h e i r t i t s on dowr~iown s t reei 9.

In Toronto, t h e newspaper says the United Church i s t ry ing t o ge t i t s d i rec - t o r s t o accept homosexuals - t h e i r p o l i t - i c a l l y cor rec t jargon says the church should "affirm t h e v a l i d i t y of same-gend- e r covenants a s an authent ic expression of inter-personal Chr is t ian committment . " ... same-gender covenants? Sounds almost b i b l i c a l . No question they should accept consenting adu l t sex. I s n f t t h a t a r i g h t o r law i n t h e Charter of Freedoms o r something? On skid row we have no t roub le accepting such th ings - i n f a c t , the judge could probably wear women's under- wear i n t h e hallway of any o ld h o t e l i n t h i s neighbourhood & hardly be not iced.

A German cour t has declared t h e l a w s . agains t marijuana unconst i tu t ional . The judges ru led t h a t laws agains t smoking marijuana & hashish "infringe on t h e f r e e development of t h e personali ty". . . so t h e news i s not a l l bad.

I wonder i f an NDP government would l ega l i ze marijuana? I know one th ing - t h a t o ld curmudgeon Harry Rankin would be agains t it. He closed rock clubs on Gran- v i l l e because the k ids were smoking it. Old Harry l i k e s t o f u s s & f i g h t i n f r o n t

of the TV cameras, but when Strathcona & DB r es iden t s wanted t o ban explosive & tox- i c chemicals from being shipped through the neighbourhood Old Harry defused the pro- t e s t by saying 'don ' t worry, t r u s t us - your p o l i t i c i a n s a r e taking ca re of your socie ty , W a t a p i l e of crap! ,

. . . & people should ge t jobs & support the economy of t h i s wonderful nation, should- n ' t they? Take f o r example the shining p a t r i o t i c sense of duty displayed by the l i t t l e o ld lady who was working i n a North Vancouver infra-red night t a r g e t t i n g equ- ipment p lan t during the Gulf war. The own- e r s had picked up a Pentagon contract & during the recession were promoted on TV a s a successful example of p r o f i t a b l e em- ployment. The l i t t l e o ld lady intervidwed oii the asseii&lY l i ne w a 5 able& how she f e l t about her work. She smiled a sweet granny smile 6 s a i d she "hoped it would save l i v e s . It

Is t h i s a form of insan i ty? Not a t a l l . This i s an example of the kind of respons- i b l e employment t h a t could ge t bums l i k e you o f f welfare.

Actually, t h i s ind ica tes . tha t the ment- a l l y ill could cease complaining about t h e i r d i s a b i l i t y & seek p r o f i t a b l e employ- ment supplying f u t u r e wars with accurate Canadian gunsights. What a wonderful opp- o r tun i ty . The o i l companys could continue messing up the world & t h i s would c r e a t e enviro-jobs f o r those on welfare. I f a welfare r e c i p i e n t refused t o clean o i l o f f the beachs, the government could consider him o r her a s scum of the ea r th . The un- g r a t e f u l wretch would d e f i n i t e l y incur Mikey's wrath, & Moe would not be amused.

P h i l l i p , the English pr ince , is coming here t o have a look a t our logged f o r e s t s . The paper says you can jo in the d ivine presence i n the ballroom of the Hotel Van- couver f o r j u s t 50 d o l l a r s . The pr ince is going t o hand out Achievement Awards t o young people, i t says. I s t h i s a form of insan i ty? - c e r t a i n l y not! H i s Highness does t h i s s o r t of th ing a l l t h e time, .& you can be t he won't h i tchhike i n sack- c l o t h 6 ashes t o the s i t e of loca l devast- a t ion. It would be decidely undignified & dangerous t o the royal presence.

TORA

To ~ t t o r n e y General Colin Gabelmann: \ CRAB-Water For Life Society s t rongly '

supports independent, ou ts ide inves t i - ga t ions of i nc iden t s involving pol ice .

From newspaper accounts i t ' s c l e a r t h a t t he death of a young Native man, Frank Bel l , could have been avoided.

Statements i n t he media by lawyer Phi l Rankin -"And t h e r e ' s obviously a c l a s s b i a s . I f they pul led me over o r someone i n a business s u i t F, I grabbed my Walkman, they wouldnl t shoot me1'- a r e t rue .

The po l i ce i nves t iga t ing the po l i ce cons i s t en t ly f i n d them not g u i l t y .

During t h e p a s t summer I had a con- versa t ion with an ac t ing d i r e c t o r of a Vancouver Native group F, she expressed concern about a l l eged sexual a s s a u l t o f young Native women by pol ice o f f i c - e r s . These women were " s t r e e t workersf1 G it was only d e a l t with by a p r i v a t e conversation between the ac t ing d i r ec - t o r and the pol ice .

Because of t h e important r o l e of t he po l i ce , i t ' s necessary for both t h e publ ic 6 t h e po l i ce t o have no doubt a s t o p o l i c e conduct.

Under t h e present system how can t h e Downtown Easts ide community have any confidence i n what now passes f o r in- ves t iga t ion? Further , how many Native ---- aye i i i ullir"r~ r l n w i i ' n Vanc~?~-?ver s po l i ce dept . ? The NativelPol ice l i a i s - on i s made up of a few white o f t i c e r s . We need an independent body t o inves-

t i g a t e a l leged po l i ce misconduot.

Don Larson

, NOT SEAL UP

I Time for seniorstd re-apply for benefits

BY PAUL CHAPMAN

Seniors receiving additional pension benefits must re-apply by March 31 in order to get the benefits included in their April cheques.

Those seniors who get the Guaranteed Income Supple- ment, the Spouse's Allowance,

' or the Widowed Spouse's Al- dowance must make the applica- tion each year because they are based on the previous year's in- come.

If !he app!i&.~ns are recP!xj- ed late, they will still be pro- cessed and adjustments made, but to ensure no reductions in , paymefits for April, applica-

tions must be in before the deadline.

Anyone who got the benefits last year should have received their re-application forms in early January. "Those seniors ...,

?who have not got their applica- 'dons can call us at 666-3040," said Doug Runchey of the In- come Security Program. "They can also come into one of out walk-in centres, but we suggest

..they call first.

Editor - MacLeang s

Through our work with t h e d isab led community, t h e BC Coal i t ion of People with D i s a b i l i t i e s i d e n t i f i e d t h e need f o r a spec ia l ized advocacy network f o r people with mental hea l th d i s a b i l i t i e s .

Many people with mental h e a l t h d isa- b i l i t i e s face unique problems and a r e o f t en unaware of t h e i r s o c i a l G l e g a l r i gh t s . Mental hea l th consumers may not rece ive a l l t h e b e n e f i t s they a r e e n t i t l e d t o from t h e M i n i s t r y nf Soci- a l Services .

To address t h i s need, t h e BCCPD dev- eloped a one-year t r a i n i n g p ro j ec t - the Mental Health Empowerment Advocate Project . This pro jec t was coordinated by the Coa l i t i on ' s Advocacy Access team which is funded by t h e Law Found- a t i on of BC.

These people w i l l advocate on behalf of ind iv idua ls with a mental h e a l t h d i s a b i l i t y who need a s s i s t ance 6 pro- vide d i r e c t a s s i s t ance i n obta in ing bene f i t s ava i lab le through MSS. Areas addressed include: * Income ass i s tance r i g h t s * Applying f o r GAIN f o r Handicapped * What t o do when you're turned down * Extra money f o r unaffordable i tems * Medical G denta l b e n e f i t s * Housing resources G o t h e r supports

f o r independent l i v i n g Should members of the p ro j ec t team be unable t o provide what you need, they w i l l r e f e r you t o appropriate I sources. #204-456 W. Broadway; 872-1224.

Re: --- M s . Amiel's column, 24/2 /92

Perhaps i t ' s time f o r M s . Amiel t o q u i t the otherwise respons ib le pages of MacLeanls t o j o in he r s o u l - s i s t e r , Alessandro Mussolini.

Inc identa l ly , he r (uncha rac t e r i s t i c ) h y s t e r i c a l , hyperbolic, even v i t r i o l i c a t t a c k s on t h e Rae administrat ion, a s i n comparing it t o Albania (???), must have been cu l led from t h e o ld , s t a l e , thoroughly d i sc red i t ed Socred rhe to r i c t h a t i n t e l l i g e n t vo te r s i n B.C. d i s - carded eons ago - and f i n a l l y overcame l a s t Octnber.

Come on, MacLeanls, a s we a l l know by now, Amiel has a ves ted i n t e r e s t i n preserving and promoting t h e r i c h and , pr iv i leged pos i t i on i n t h i s country ( i f not every o t h e r ) , and you, a s Canada's na t iona l newsmagazine, should f i n d a more f a i r and r ep resen ta t ive voice f o r t h a t page. May I nominate our own M s . K i m Bolan (of t h e Vancou- ve r Sun and one-time Morningside (CBC)

(a l so of t he Van.Sun). Thanks f o r an otherwise f i n e publ ica t ion .

I correspondent) and M r . Robert S a r t i A

~ Sincere ly , ~ Sam Wayne Reimer i

i Spring poetry is fron the Learning Centre's English 11 class! -

Spring i s the season I l i k e - t h e most I look a t t h e calendar +

Today i s February 19 The spring semester s t a r t e d a l ready The spring i s coming soon I look a t t he temperature gauge The temperature g e t s h igher every day My blood fol lows t h e temperature I lobk a t t h e ou t s ide through t h e windows of my bedroom There i s no snow There i s no r a i n Flowers and b u t t e r f l i e s i n s t ead of them Nothing can compare t o spr ing

Wince Lam

MAKING THINGS HAPPEN

LEGAL SERVICES SOCIETY of B.C.

Legal Aid Update ---------------- Over t h e p a s t year Legal Serv ices , has

experienced an i n c r e a s e i n a p p l i c a n t s o f almost 30%. A t t h e same t ime we have been unable t o i n c r e a s e ou r s t a f f i n g . This is c r e a t i n g a number of problems f o r us. We hope t o address them, both; by ensur ing t h a t we a r e organized a s wel l a s we can, and by working wi th community agencies t o ensure t h a t t h o s e c l i e n t s we sha re i n com- mon a r e b e s t served.

One of t h e ways t h a t we have at tempted t o meet i nc reas ing c l i e n t demand i s P ~ J r e - organiz ing o u r own se rv i ce s . We hope t o have a brochure pu t t o g e t h e r i n t h e immed- i a t e f u t u r e t ha t -you can use a s a guide t o ou r s e r v i c e s . In t h e i n t e r im , t h i s l e t t e r provides a s h o r t o u t l i n e o f t h e work we're c u r r e n t l y doing. We a r e a l s o ask ing your he lp i n d i r e c t i n g c l i e n t s t o u s i n a mann-- e r t h a t a l lows u s t o s e r v e t h e b e s t we can

The Legal Se rv i ce s Soc i e ty has a s t a t u - t o r y mandate t o ensu re t h a t lawyers a r e provided t o people who cannot a f f o r d a lawyer 6 a r e f a c i n g a l e g a l problem t h a t t h r e a t e n s t h e i r h e a l t h , s a f e t y , l i b e r t y o r l i ve l ihood . Unfor tuna te ly we do no t have t h e r e sou rces t o cover a l l who have this type o f problem G cannot a f f o r d a lawyer. In t h e ca se s o f c r imina l problems where thnnn ; r o -..,-.orfi,.ohln nn#.rnon+ -C ' " 4 1 r...-rr Ad u r rudu. *uvru p r v d y r r b u s J u l r ,

f ami ly problems where t h e r e is an urgent m a t t e r a t i s s u e , & immigration problems where someone may be depowted, we a r e ab l e t o make r e f e r r a l s d i r e c t l y t o p r i v a t e law- ye r s . In a l l o t h e r l e g a l ma t t e r s we r e l y on vo lun tee r lawyers o r o u r s t a f f lawyers

p a r a l e g a l s . To do t h i s work we have org- anized o u r lawyers & p a r a l e g a l s i n t o f o u r groups : Group 1 d e a l s w i th s h e l t e r i s s u e s . These inc lude l and lo rd / t enan t problems, fo rec lo - su re s , p u b l i c housing 8 co-op housing ev i - c t i o n s . In a d d i t i o n t h e Group handles some c e r t i f i c a t i o n 6 l i c e n s i n g i s s u e s r e l a t e d t o l i ve l ihood . P e t e r Merry i s t h e s t a f f lawyer i n t h i s Group. I f you have ques t ion about t h e s e i s s u e s he is t h e person you should con tac t .

Group 2 d e a l s wi th income s e c u r i t y . Rod 5 , Holloway i s t h e s t a f f lawyer superv is ing . I t d e a l s wi th GAIN ma t t e r s , o ld age pens- ion claims, UIC 6 t h e .Canada.;Densfon..I-'lan. In a d d i t i on , t h i s Group handles immigrat - ion problems 6 contempt proceedings.

Group 3 provides he lp t o c l i e n t s who need a s s i s t a n c e with d i s a b i l i t y bene f i t pro- grams. This working Group handles Workers' Compensation c la ims , GAIN f o r t h e Handi- capped c la ims , CPP d i s a b i l i t y c la ims , c r i - minal i n j u r y compensation mat te rs 6 a l l o t h e r d i s a b i l i t y b e n e f i t s . The Group may a l s o become involved i n Mental Heal th Act ma t t e r s 6 P a t i e n t Property Act ma t t e r s . Warren Standerwick is t h e s t a f f lawyer who supe rv i se s t h i s working Group. Group 4 handles p r o bono r e f e r r a l s t o vol - u n t e e r lawyers. The lawyer' i n t h e Group, Tony Davies, may a l s o provide a s s i s t a n c e i n bankruptcy ma t t e r s . Our pro bono pro- gram i s designed t o p l ace cases with law- ye r s who vo lun tee r t h e i r s e rv i ce s . C l i e n t s who have s e r i o u s l e g a l problems we a r e o therwise unable t o he lp a r e r e f e r r e d t o lawyers i n p r i v a t e p r a c t i c e who agree t o t a k e t h e ca se on with t h e Legal Se rv i ce s Soc i e ty paying disbursements .

I f your c l i e n t has a l e g a l problem t h a t we can h e l p with, you must send them t o apply f o r l e g a l a id . In most cases t h i s means t hey would come t o ou r o f f i c e a t 191 Alexander. We a l s o ope ra t e clih'ics a t MOS- A I C & Success. I f you wish information on t h e s e c l i n i c s , contac t Norma Coburn of ou r nee; 0,. Wl.L.L~",

One o f o u r b igges t problems i s t h e f a c t t h a t most o f ou r c l i e n t s come i n dur ing t h e a f te rnoon. With your he lp we hope t p remedy t h i s . P lease make s u r e t h a t when people a r e d i r e c t e d t o ou r o f f i c e they a r e asked t o come i n t h e morning. We a r e open a t 9: 00 am Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Fr i - day. By coming i n t h e morning people save themselves time & ensure t h a t we have more time t o g i v e proper i n t e rv i ews t o a l l .

MARK BENTON, Vancouver D i r ec to r

Legal Se rv i ce s Soc i e ty .

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Legal Murder - Bang you ' r e dead.

Reaching f o r w a l l e t , l i g h t e r , c i g papers , tobacco, busfare . . .ma ybe t h should ban pockets i n pan t s o r jack- c t s - it could be deadly t o your h e a l t h . I f you have a record t h e r e ' s a bounty on your head a t a l l t imes.

who i s speaking f o r t h e v ic t im? I t ' s no t a doc to r o r lawyer 's son k i l l e d wi th a r ad io i n h i s hand. I f I murder somebody I want t h e r i g h t t o i n v e s t i g a t e myself. Natura l ly 1'11 f i n d myself innocent on any of t h e s e grounds: I f ea red f o r my l i f e ; he provoked me; he wanted t o commit s u i c i d e so I was kind enough t o k i l l him.

Brian Wagget

Edi tor , Po l i ce S t a t e

This i s / a l e t t e r i n response t o t h e r e - cent s l ay ing o f a young n a t i v e verson i n downtown Vancouver. Frank B e l l ' s murder i s test imony t o t h e p o l i c e s t a t e we l i v e i n , p a r t of t h e genocidal p r a c t i c e s

, t h a t a r e a r e a l i t y f o r so many of us . Not long a f t e r , Bell was sho t we:.saw B i l l

t I

Marshall come ou t wi th a s ta tement defend- ing t h e k i l l e r s wi th t h e excuse t h a t Van- d

couver C i ty Po l i ce a r e nervous while o u t on t h e s t r e e t . I f everybody t h a t was nerv- ous sho t someone, how many people would be l e f t i n t h e world?

I suggest t h a t Mr. Marshall would have t o j u s t i f y h i s dea th squads i n b e t t e r ways,

here to protect the general I my Own I have seen that t h e Vancouver C i ty Po l i ce seem t o t h i n k

Own the streets, that have the r i g h t t o v i o l a t e anyone who i s innocent ly walking down t h e s t r e e t . These a r e t h e kind of t h ings You might expect '0 hear about from a f a r away, war-torn c o u n t r y , . no t from a s t r e e t i n Vancouver. I remind you of a segment from Your p r ide and joy - t h e Canadian National Anthem: "True North s t rong and FREE ?If

I look forward t o t h e day when I can walk down t h e s t r e e t and not be i n f e a r of having t o be harassed and now s h o t ' - b ~ / c o ~ s I guess I better not carry my ever dea- d l y Walkman any more, a l i f e - s a v i n g prec; au t ion? My concern i s t h a t a l though t r a d i -

no f a i t h in a police force that protects us by shooting us.

I call on everyone to stand up and con- 1 demn t h i s merciless act of l ega l i zed mur.- e r and violence against our society. Any- one who has ever spent time in t h e down- town a r e a knows t h a t t h e p o l i c e a r e def in- i t e l y over - reac t ing . I suppor t t h e a l l e g a - t i o n s against them, trigger-happy. can any !

one feel safe and secure with a bunch of 1 t r iggerchappy cops running around? I know for sure that I do not.

I demand a public inquiry into the I

use of excessive force and unnecess- j a r y u se of f i r ea rms . . . i n s h o r t , l e g a l i z e d i v io l ence .

t i o n a l i n s t i t u t i o n s l i k e t h e p o l i c e a r e David Thyer

Letters John Kennedy - CBC Regional D i r ec to r

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On Thursday, March 5 t h , dur ing t h e l a t e evening news, r e p o r t e r Al lan Edwards furn- i shed a r e p o r t i n which, I f e e l , a r a c i s t s ta tement was a i r e d .

M r . Edwards was provid ing an extended r epo r t on t h e p o l i c e k i l l i n g of a Nat ive youth, Frank B e l l , t h a t had happened dur- i n g t h e prev ious day. I n t h i s r e p o r t , M r . Edwards s t a t e s t h & "He (Be l l ) was l i k e many young Nat ive people who d r i f t i n t o t h e c i t y . H e became a two-bit c r imina l . " Edwards f u r t h e r e l abo ra t ed on hh i s s t a t e - ment by s ay ing t h a t t h i s person had recen- t l y been charged o r accused of s t e a l i n g q u a t t e r s from a park ing meter.

A s a Nat ive person, I have many problems understanding why t h i s s ta tement was a l l - owed t o be a i r e d . It h u r t s me p h y s i c a l l y & emot iona l ly t o h e a r something l i k e t h a t , e s p e c i a l l y when i t is t r a n s m i t t e d over t h e n a t i o n a l a i rwaves by d federa l ly - funded , pub l i c ly suppor ted b roadcas t i ng system. I a sk you, would t h i s s ta tement have been allowed i f t h e r a c e i n ques t i on w a s Jewish o r Black o r White? I b e l i e v e t h a t t h i s s ta tement and its

al lowance ove r t h e CBC airwaves is a c l a s - s i c example of i n s t i t u t i o n a l racism. Some- one has allowed a statement tn h~ hrnnd- c a s t whicb, I b e l i e v e , 20 t o 30,000 have heard and taken f o r f a c t . These i n s i d i o u s remarks have a way of l b i n g below t h e su r - f a c e & reappear ing when l e a s t expected. W i l l t h i s be t h e s t a t emen t t h a t a l lows someone t o ; t r i k e a ' ~ a t i v e youth ' a l l t h e more h a r d e r due t o t h e f a c t t h a t they f e e l j u s t i f i e d by t h e vene rab l e i n s t i t u t i o n of t h e Canadian Broadcas t ing Company (CBC) r epo r t t h a t "many a r e two-bit c r imina l s " and, t h e r e f o r e , g e t what they deserve?

One of t h e problems w i t h t h i s form of s u b t l e i n s t i t u t i o n a l racism is t h a t one i s never l e f t w i th t h e f e e l i n g t h a t i t ' s over and done wi th . With up f ron t , d i r e c t racism t h e r e a r e ways of combatt ing o r f l e e i n g from i t . For t h o s e young Nat ive people who come i n t o t h e urban c e n t r e s , 50r whatever

- reasonq, many a r e be ing pa in t ed wi th t h c 7 . brush o f c r i m i n a l i t y . Never, i n h i s s t a t e - ment, d i d M r . Edwards r e v e a l what t h e word "many" meant. Was.that r e f e r r i n g t o one Native person , t e n o r a thousand? I f we cannot r e c e i v e an answer t o t h i s ques t i on from h i s s t a t emen t , might we j u s t assume t h a t a s i z a b l e popula t ion of B r i t i s h Col- umbian CBC-TV viewers a l s o have been l e d t o b e l i e v e t h a t t h e r e i s an invas ion of young Nat ive c r imina l s ? The l i m i t s of t h e pub l i c imagina t ion have been opened up and t h e r e i s no one t e l l i n g them t o be reason- ab l e . For t h o s e young Nat ive people who' r e coming t o t h e c i t i e s i n hope of a f r e s h s t a r t , t h e ' w e l l ha s been poisoned' & they can ha rd ly expect an open arms welcome a f t e r such a r e p o r t . W i l l employers jump t o t h e oppo r tun i ty of h i r i n g "two-bit c r i - minals" o r w i l l c a r i n g l and lo rds rush t o open t h e i r doors f o r them?

One fami ly i s i n mourning &,,it i i s : ha rd ly a t ime when they need t o be i n s u l t e d o r do b a t t l e w i th t h e media over t h e r e p u t a t i o n of a l o s t loved one. I do ag ree t h a t you do have t h e j o u r n a l i s t i c l i c e n c e t o a i r whatever v e r i f i a b l e in format ion t h a t be- comes a v a i l a b l e , bu t where a r e t hose e th - i c s l e a d i n g t h e CBC a t t imes l i k e t h e s e ? I a sk you why a r e n ' t t h e records of t hose p o l i c e o f f i c e r s who d id t h e k i l l i n g open t t r p u b l i c view a s a r e t h e c r imina l & o t h e r r eco rds of t h e r e c e n t l y deceased Frank Be l l ?

P o l i c e o f f i c e r s have been known t o a l s o hvr..,l, +I.,. 1 ..*. n,...I....-.. . .L-3 - - *-- -- - 7 YLLUL- LL.L I ~ W . I =&ttapa LLLCIL ~ G L D U L L C I L Eei- ords would a l s o show i f they were previou- s l y accused of misusing t h e i r f i r ea rms o r i f they had been accused of p o l i c e b r u t a l - i t y i n t h e p a s t . A s a c i t i z e n ' s persona l record i s waved i n f r o n t of t h e p u b l i c , s o should t h e r eco rds of t h e two o f f i c e r s in- volved. Unbiased r epo r t i ng & changes i n Qhe Rights t o Pr ivacy laws would guaran tee t h i s .

I f e e l t h a t t h e CBC i n t h e pa s t h a s , a t moments, provided e x c e l l e n t coverage of t h e r e a l i t i e s t h a t Nat ive people i n Canada f ace . However, t h e r epo r t of t h i s i nc iden t has l e f t me f e e l i n g oppressed. This ma t t e r needs t o be c l e a r e d up b e f o r e I can f e e l towards t h e CNC a s I once d id .

Matthew Cross

Listen Up 6 R I A N From an academic po in t of view, t h e

methods used by Mulroney E h i s cohor t s t o d i f u s e t h e cha l lenge t o h i s co rpo ra t e c o n s t i t u t i o n a r e + a n t i s t i c .

A l o t o f people want a Soc i a l Cha r t e r t h a t s p e l l s ou t o rd ina ry p e o p l e ' s r i g h t s ... d i r e c t l y opposed t o t h e lteconomic uni - on" 6 l lp roper ty r i g h t s t ' t h a t t r a n s n a t i o n - a l s want. I f t h i s was 50 y e a r s from now i n a P o l i t i c a l H i s to ry course a t some u n i v e r s i t y it could be read about o r de- bated 2 thcc g~ f ~ r l ~ i x h after class.

The Tor i e s a r e d iv id ing people i n t o a s many s p e c i a l i n t e r e s t groups a s p o s s i b l e by eliminaLing t h e Co-op Housing program and te rmina t ing t h e Court Challenges Pro- gram. The l a t t e r was s e t up t o provide l e g a l a s s i s t a n c e t o disadvantaged people i n demanding t h e i r r i g h t s under t h e law.

The e n t i r e program c o s t $2.8 mi l l i on . They a r e a I s o moving t o e l i m i n a t e t h e many b e n e f i t programs f o r people wi th k i d s , us ing t h e same t h i n g t h a t we're j u s t f i n d i n g ou t t hey d i d wi th t h e GST, no t g iv ing t h e t a x refund of $100 p l u s t h e GST r e b a t e b u t r ep l ac ing t h e former with t h e l a t t e r .

The fo l lowing memo has come - Dear Fr iends ,

By now you have probably heard t h e shocking news t h a t t h e government announ- ced t h e a b o l i t i o n o f t h e Court Challenges Program i n t h e budget. I t was c u t f o r p o l i t i c a l reasons , no t f i n a n c i a l ones.

Here a r e t h e p o i n t s we a r e making 6 we urge you t o make them too : - Equal i ty r i g h t s a r e important t o us! - Equa l i t y r i g h t s i n t h e Cha r t e r without

access t o t h e use o f them a r e meaning- l e s s .

- The Court Challenges Program has provi - ded t h e only access t o t h e u se o f t h o s e r i g h t s by disadvantaged groups!

- Without t h i s Program, o u r e q u a l i t y r i g h t s a r e j u s t words on paper ,noth ing more.

- The government must immediately r e i n - s t a t e t h e Court Challenges Program i n i t s c u r r e n t form.

The paper goes on t o sugges t a c t i o n s t h a t can be t aken 6 l e t t e r s t h a t can b e s e n t t o MPs E va r ious m i n i s t e r s .

The bottom l i n e o f t h i s i s t h a t t h e same t h i n g was t r i e d l a s t yea r when Tory c u t s inc luded funding f o r a l l women's c e n t r e s ac ros s t h e country. I n t e n s i v e a c t i o n s E demonstrat ions g o t t h e money back, bu t it d r a i n s energy from a l l when t h e agenda o f t h e t r a n s n a t i o n a l s i s t o e l imina t e any e f f e c t i v e cha l lenge t o t h e power t hey want t o i n c r e a s e f o r themselv.

Mulroney p l a n s t o ram through h i s Con- s t i t u t i o n a l changes while having t h e sup- n n r t of less thz~ 115% nf t h e people - ie r - - -

b e f o r e t h e next e l e c t i o n . Then he can j u s t shrug h i s shoulders 6 smi l e when people vo t e him ou t . The law w i l l have a l r eady been passed & it ' ll b e h e l l t o change. Think about it.

BY PAULR TAYLOR

Nineteenth of February. 2:20 i n t he afternoon The clouds a r e so c l e a r and t h e sun is high Children i n t h e park a r e playing and laughing The s t r e e t s a r e budy with people walking You can see i n t h e i r smiles t h a t i t ' s

spr ing again

Oh! My f a v o u r i t e season i s here. 'I can smell t h e f r e s h a i r

Beaut iful f lowers have s t a r t e d t o bloom

People a r e planning what p l a n t s they should grow

And I ' m happy because i t ' s spr ing again

Winter seems so long, I almost cannot wai t

But now I ' m happy, because i t ' s spr ing again -

Maria Gui la las 1

I think the dog wants to go out.,

Spring i s coming q u i e t l y Spring i s l i k e something which is a l i v e Spring smells l i k e f r e s h a i r

I know i t ' s spr ing because sunl ight i s shining Spring i s coming n a t u r a l l y Spring i s l i k e p l a n t s which a r e growing Spring smells l i k e f r e s h vegetables

I know i t ' s spr ing because t h e new year i s coming Spring is coming happily Spring is l i k e a new-born baby who i s smiling Spring smells l i k e baby powder Spring br ings happiness but not sadness i

Oh spr ing , you 're my b e s t f r i e n d of Being with win ter was sad and dreary How much I wanted my h a i r t o grow A Spring, you always leap happi ly a f t e r winter marches away

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When winter was here , I had t o spend two hundred on warm c lo thes

E l l i s Cheune /

Spring, now t h a t you're here, I am going t o t h e d e n t i s t t o g e t my t e e t h c l e so t h a t I can smile even more f o r t he next season t o come

Theresa Moosuk

Govcrnmcnt An Accomplice In Crime?

You've heard t h e t a l k of more crime i n t h e s t r e e t s . I t ' s t r u e , and t h e r e appears t o be no end t o i t . I t doesn ' t have t o be t h a t way, however, and t h a t ' s ano the r t r u t h worth repea t ing . I t doesn ' t have t o be t h a t way.

I t is a simple t r u t h t h a t t h e r e is a d i r e c t r e l a t i o n s h i p between poverty, unem- ployment, e x p l o i t a t i v e pa r t - t ime employ- ment a t low wages, t h e lack of good s o c i a l programs, and s t r e e t crime. E l l i o t Curr ie , i n h i s e x c e l l e n t book "confronting Crime" (Pantheon Books, 1985), makes t h i s connec- t i o n very c l e a r , and t h i s a r t i c l e w i l l f o l l ow h i s main ideas .

So what 's t h i s go t t o do wi th govern- rneni-? Grivernmenr makes t h e rules i h a i gu ide u s i n ou r l i v i n g toge the r . These r u l e s can bu i ld a j u s t , c a r ing s o c i e t y , or a v i o l e n t , p r eda to ry s o c i e t y . L e t ' s look a t a few examples.

A ca r ing government can pas s laws t h a t would he lp a l l people who s o d e s i r e , esp- e c i a l l y young people, f i n d t h e t r a i n i n g & decent jobs t h a t would inc lude them i n a s ecu re community l i f e . This would mean a commitment t o f u l l employment, permanent pub l i c o r p r i v a t e job c r e a t i o n i n l o c a l communitie; a t decent wages, e s p e c i a l l y i n a r e a s o f p re s s ing s o c i a l need l i k e p u b l i c s a f e t y , c h i l d care , f ami ly suppor t , and t h e environment. A government t h a t r e f u s e s t o accept t h i s r e s p o n s i b i l i t y , and al lows i t s c i t i z e n s t o d r i f t i n t o a l i e n a t i o n and despa i r , becomes an accomplice i n crime.

In Canada t h e o f f i c i a l unemployment r a t e f o r youth i s 16%, bu t when you l e a r n t h a t S t a t i s t i c s Canad'a w i l l count you a s emplo- yed i f you work one hour o f pa id work a wcek, you know t h a t t h e r e a l unemployment r a t e i s much higher: When you add t o t h i s t h e f a c t t h a t much of t h e employment ava i - l a b l e t o youth i s poor ly pa id , pa r t - t ime work, you a r e looking a t a h ige -d i sa s t e r .

Rigid, narrow people involved i n t h e p u r s u i t o f l a r g e q u a n t i t i e s o f money, t e l l u s t h a t t h c market must dec ide about em- ployment ques t ions . However, t h e Dutch c r i m i n o l i g i s t , Willem Bonger, warned us 70 yea r s ago t h a t a single-minded emphasis on market va lues breeds crime because it "weakens t h e s o c i a l i n s t i n c t s o f people .

A ca r ing government would encourage pol - i c i e s of economic development and income d i s t r i b u t i o n t h a t would dec rease t h e gap between t h e r i c h and poor. Tax reform, de- cen t minimum wage and decent income f o r t hose o u t s i d e t h e pa id l abour f o r c e would he lp t o reach t h i s goa l . A government t h a t r e f u s e s t o accept i t s r e s p o n s i b i l i t y t o work towards a more e q u i t a b l e s o c i e t y be- comes an accomplice i n crime. In Canada t h e gap between r i c h and poor i s inc reas - ing , and t h e middle c l a s s i s sh r ink ing with a ma jo r i t y of it becoming poorer .

A ca r ing government va lues i t s people f o r what t hey can c o n t r i b u t e t o t h e q u a l i - t y of l i f e , n o t f o r how r i c h t hey a r e . A c a r i n g government encourages co-operat ion where t h e winning o f one depends on t h e wiiiiiii~g ~f a::. A car izg gGVCTiir ; ,CZt Cc-

courages e q u a l i t y , and a l i b e r t y t h a t l e a d s t o f e l l owsh ip i n community. A gov- ernment t h a t d i spa rages t h e s e va lues and encourages p reda to ry and manipula t ive be- haviour i n t h e s e r v i c e of immediate ga in , becomes an accomplice i n crime.

By SANDY CAMERON

THE SCHOLAR

THE SOPHISTICATE '

THE SHUTTLECOCK

ST. PATRICK'S DAY I TUESDAYMAR. 17th. EVENING SESSION

' GIVING AWAY THE GREEN !'

1 MARCH MADNESS CONTINUES ! 1 WALKMAN SUNDAYS I

NINTENDO TUESDAYS I GOOD NEIGHBOUR MONDAYS & THURSDAYS I WACKY WEDNESDAYS I MICROWAVE FRIDAYS I V.C.R. SATURDAYS I

The poor boy who wanted t o be a p r i n c e

Once upon a time t h e r e was a dragon who s tayed not t oo f a r from Mars. He wanted t o s t e a l t h e King's daughter . She was a p r inces s .

Every time t h e poor boy saw t h e dragon he t r i e d t o s c a r e i t away, but it d i d not work. One day t h e p r inces s was s t o l e n . The poor boy heard screaming. He jumped and ran t o one of t h e townspeople and took h i s sword. He went up t o dragon mountain, up t o t h e dragon i t s e l f , and s a i d , "Give me t h e p r inces s o r you w i l l d i e ! " But t h e dragon d i d n ' t l i s t e n so t h e poor boy l e f t , t h ink ing of how he could save t h e p r inces s .

He went t o h i s f a v o u r i t e p l ace t o t h i n k it over . If he saved t h e p r i n c e s s he 'd I. ------ --.I --- u b L u l t t L z y~ .Lib= a ~ u U U L ~y : i s ~ . . U L di.

l e a s t become a r i c h boy i n s t e a d o f a poor one. So he went back up t o dragon mount- a in t o save -the p r inces s .

Coming t o t h e dragon i t s e l f , he s a i d again, "Let t h e p r inces s go o r I ' l l k i l l you." The poor boy d i d n ' t k i l l t h e dragon and almost k i l l e d t h e p r inces s .

He f i n a l l y saved h e r and brought h e r back t o h e r parent3! c a s t l e .

The King and Queen s a i d , "Thank you" t o t h e poor boy &..he s a i d , "You' r e welcome"

The poor boy l e f t and t h e King E Queen thought o f how they could reward t h e boy. So they agreed t h e poor boy should marry the p r inces s . The nex t day t h e King g e t s t h e poor boy t o come i n and a sks him i f he wants t o marry t h e p r inces s , and t h e boy s a i d , "Yes." The poor boy l e f t and t h e King c a l l e d i n h i s daughter and asked he r t he same th ing . She s a i d "Yes ."

The King c a l l e d h i s s e rvan t and t o l d him t o g e t t h e c a r r i a g e ready. He t o l d h i s servant what was going on but t h e se rvan t d i d n ' t say anything.

A week l a t e r everything was ready. The poor boy had expensive s t u f f on.

The wedding was i n t h e af te rnoon so t h e poor boy walked around u n t i l it was 12 o' c lock. When it was 12 o ' c lock they go t married.

Then 3 months l a t e r a f t e r t hey had go t - t e n married they had s i x k ids . And they l i v e d happi ly eve r a f t e r .

(Atex is under 12!) By ALEX SCOW

Knee-Jerk P o l i t i c s :

I t ' s easy t o use t h e language automatic- a l l y & say th ings without th inking . Auto- matic language is owned E opera ted by t h e p a r t o f you t h a t i s c o n t r o l l e d by soc i e ty . r.n ~ V I I C I I i i ~ i l ~ g s dl t: LUU ~ u ~ ~ ~ ~ i i c a t s d t u f i g u i e out E t ime i s always speeding up, t h e way s o c i e t y wants it t o be, most people j u s t babble t h e convenient , conventional phras- es . Because thought fu l t r u t h - t e l l i n g i s r a r e , we compound ou r ignorance by r e in - fo rc ing each o t h e r s ' brainwash wi th s log- ans, buzz-words, c l i c h e s , jargon E lang- uage p a t t e r n s t h a t on ly f i t i n t o o t h e r language p a t t e r n s , bu t do not c l e a r l y & t hough t fu l ly communicate ideas .

There a r e many examples of this, but t h e one s t a r i n g me i n t h e b f a c e a t t h e mo- ment is an anonymous quote from Pg.7 o f t h e l a s t Newslet ter - it says :

" I f people t h i n k Granv i l l e S t r e e t is a b l i g h t on t h e c i t y now, w a i t u n t i l you g e t 1,500 homeless people l i v i n g on t h e s t r e e t .I1

. . . a r e homeless people a "b l igh t " o r d i s - ease?. . . i s Granv i l l e S t r e e t deseased, - s i c k E dying because people 'hang o u t on t h e s t r e e t a l o t , do i l l e g a l drugs E gen- e r a l l y seek excitement i n t h e midst of a boring, unimaginat ive bus ines s world c a l l - ed Downtown?

When t h e c i t y f a t h e r s decided t o b u i l d Granvi l le Mall, t hey adve r t i zed it every- where ps a "people place". When it a c t u a l - l y turned i n t o one, t h e people who made it a "people p l acew weren' t good enough f o r them - they were t h e people who hang ou t on downtown s t r e e t s i n every major c i t y i n North America - t h e ord inary i n - h a b i t a n t s of harsh urban environments evcrywhere.

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p o l i t i c i a n s k business leaders c rea te transient environments, then despise the people f o r being t r a n s i e n t . If they l i v e on the s t r e e t out of choice o r necess i ty , they a r e a "bl ight t t . , . . ... i n f a c t these a ~ e d h e sons E daughters of the great nat ion of Canada, who a r e on the run from twis ted, hypocr i t ica l laws E a t t i t u d e ~ . . . s o n s E daughters who have no- where t o go but down the tubes i n t o drug c u l t s 6 underground criminal covens - in t h i s they f ind an a l t e r n a t i v e - they find sa fe ty E companionship among those who a r e s imi la r ly d i sa f fec ted .

I ' ve heard t h a t even J i m Green, fo r a l l h i s well- intentioned concern f o r the poor hates the term " s t r e e t people" - he says i t ' s the same a s "skid road" - an image he a l so hates . J i m i s the only ttcommunity organizer" o f f i c i a l l y sanctioned E paid

I by City Hall. H i s job is t o f i n d jobs f o r the homeless, E general ly hides away the "blight" t h a t is an embarassment t o midd- l e -c lass p o l i t i c i a n s & businessmen.

J i m wants " s t r e e t people" off the s t r e e t s . He does h i s work in a kindly,

)benevolent, co-operative .fashion; unl ike the cops, who th rea ten 6 bust a s many

) I t s t ree t peopleff a s they can. Under Jim's author i ty , DERA c rea tes the

impression t h a t t h e only worthwhile poor people a r e r e t i r e d union members & s ing le mother familys; Social housing i s design- ed f o r them, & under a federal agreement, 2/3 of a l l soc ia l housing i s rented a t merket !hall-IP nn1y 1/3 i s ~ y h s i a i ~ ~ r l f ~ r low incomes. Of t h a t 1/3, only those who can ad jus t t o conventional apartment l i v . ing a r e t o l e r a t e d , the r e s t a r e known as lthard-to-housett G have j u s t a s few options a s they have always had.

Under t h e t h r e a t of "1,500 homeless peo- p le l i v i n g on t h e s t r e e t , " J i m can get hi5 funding & c r e a t e t h e impression he i s moving homeless s t r e e t people i n t o afford- able housing.

" I f people th ink Granvil le S t r e e t i s a b l igh t on t h e c i t y now.. . I 1 those people should ge t t h e i r heads screwed on s t ra ight & s t a r t t o see how t h e i r blindness & s e l f - serving hypocracy runs t h e i r own sons & daughters i n t o an e a r l y death i n the damp, cold, concrete dawn.

TOM

Chemical Lobotomies

The poverty p r o f i t e e r s , t o get a perma- nent flow of cash from the gov t t , need many chemically dependent people. Once they have someone chemically dependent, they feed t h a t dependency. The empire bui lders get the gov' t t o fund them f o r room & board. What l i t t l e e l s e i s l e f t they dole out a few d o l l a r s everyday l i k e the person dependent on them i s a l i t t l e ch i ld .

Many of the so-called psych ia t r i c p a t i - en t s could funct ion a l o t b e t t e r i f they were weaned o f f the mind a l t e r i n g drugs they a r e forced t o take on a d a i l y bas i s .

I f one is dependent upon others f o r food, c lothing 6 s h e l t e r , then add chemi- ca l dependency upon use less drugs, it is not su rpr i s ing they act l i k e dependent

chi ldren. A l l power t o control i s in the hands of soc ia l workers, head shrinkers 6 others who, f o r a f a t paycheque, a re qu i te wi l l ing t o des t roy a person's individual i - ty . Few of these "c l ients" manage t o escape t h i s web - t h i s k i l l i n g of the mind.

y BRIAN WAGGET

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THE NIGHT

The coo l b r e e z e o f t h e n i g h t Cools t h e h e a t o f t h e hot day The n i g h t is when t h i n g s a r e calm and se rene , You s e e i n t h e n i g h t t h e s t a r s and milky *way i n t h e galaxy, The n i g h t b r i n g s people o f t h e s t r e e t going from one p l a c e t o ano ther , The sidewalk o f t h e s t r e e t h e a r s t h e buzzing o f n o i s e and t r a f f i c i n t h e n i g h t , The n i g h t b r i n g s peace and calmness f o r ,

some peace, For o t h e r s it b r i n g s t e r r o r and

d e s t r u c t i o n and dea th , But t h e n i g h t f a d e s away; and t h e morning sun sets fo r a new day ....

Barry Saunders

In the l a s t i s sue , I described how one George A. t o l d how, whhnc~he, was inebr ia ted a man & woman walked through a closed door & had a conversation with him; how George's kartner-in-drinking regained con sciousness long enough t o hear the woman and mentioned it t h e following day.

I a l s o t o l d how it had turned out two years l a t e r t h a t t h e r e were two, a male E female, l i v i n g i n the same house as I was i n Abbotsford. I had been driven t o t h e conCLusion t h a t they were l i v i n g the re about 24 hours ahead of me. I t was very puzzling.

One morning when I had a day o f f from my job, I thought of George's experience and wondered i f I could ge t the two i n my house t o come & v i s i t me i n the present . I wrote an i n v i t a t i o n f o r them t o do so, l e f t i t i n the typewri ter & went about my a f f a i r s , q u i t e f o r g e t t i n g it.

Along toward midnight it came i n t o my head t h a t I should walk downtown & have a couple of beers before the bars closed.

A s I was taking a place a t an empty t ab le , a couple nearby spoke t o me. "We haye a l l t h i s beer," the w g m c sa id , i ~ d - i ca t ing a t a b l e f i l l e d with f u l l g lasses , "and we ' l l never f i n i s h it by c los ing time. Why don ' t you s i t with us & help?"

Free beer! I was glad of t h a t & glad of the company. , I wasn't a l l t h a t enthused about the man, who was Caucasian, but I r e a l l y l iked t h e woman. So much so t h a t when the bar closed I sa id I ' d ge t a s ix - pack & a t a x i & they could come t o my place & have a beer on me.

A t my place we had one b o t t l e of beer each, a l o t of conversation & then I made a pot of t ea . I t was very pleasant but I s t i l l d i d n ' t t a l k t o the man because, a l - though he was with t h i s Native woman, he seemed t o have r a c i s t a t t i t u d e s which I don' t go along with.

Anyway, about 2 a.m. they sa id they had t o go so I turned the porch l i g h t on and saw them out the f ron t door.

With them gone, I squatted i n f ron t of the TV t o see i f I could f i n d a worth- while l a t e show. I was thus occupied when the re was a knock a t the door. I opened it & it was t h e man & woman again. "Can we use your bathroom before we go?" "Of course.11 I l e t them i n & went back

t o the TV while they went through t o the bathroom. Its door was v i s i b l e from where I was & I was a l i t t l e surprised t o see them go i n together .

Af ter ahwile I began t o wonder 'What's taking them so long?' There hadn' t been a sound from the bathroom s ince they went in . Some more time passed & I became even more curious.

I went i n t o t h e kitchen & looked under the bathroom door. A l l I could see was t h a t t h e l i g h t was s t i l l on. Final ly , I knocked & 'said, "Is everything a l r igh t?"

Not a sound. I knocked & spoke again; s t i l l nothing. A t l a s t I l o s t patience & opened the door. There was no one there .

The bathroom window was painted shut. I had never been able t o open it & i t ' s i n t h a t s t a t e s t i l l . To ge t t b the back door o r e i t h e r of the two kitchen win9ws had t o t ake them through my l i n e of s igh t . To make a long s t o r y shor t they could not have l e f t the. house by~any . normal means. cii,.eupp~se A L L . . LHUJ , L V I I J . F ~ L ~ F ~ U ---r ,--, A CIA ,r+,, t . ~ l I ? ~ t

them out the f r o n t door. "This donkey

s t i l l doesn' t r e a l i z e we're the ones from h i s tomorrow who he invi ted t o v i s i t him." "We'll have t o go back i n & go back t o tom- orrow from the bathroom. Maybe then h e ' l l smart en up. ' I

After I saw t h a t the bathroom was empty, I d id smarten up by rea l i z ing they were the two I had inv i t ed t h a t morning. But it was too l a t e then. How I could have improved my understanding of r e a l i t y i f I would've rea l i zed & spent time asking questions.

That 's my problem. I simply don ' t under- stand r e a l i t y . But ne i the r , so i t appears, does anyone e l s e .

By ERIC ERICKSON

I IF YOU OPEN' YOUR M I N D

I f you open your mind y o u ' l l know That b l ind r e l ig ions have not t o do with t r u t h That f i n e decis ions have got t o do with s l e u t h That corporat ions have picked your choice i n t h e vot ing booth That c i v i l i z a t i o n has kicked your voice thus revoking couth

I f you open your mind y o u ' l l know The mass academia only revea ls what they want you t o s ee The masked media only appeal t o how they want you t o be The l a s t g rea t men f a l s e l y scandaled u n t i l they concede The c ra s s fake men greedi ly scramble f o r b r ibes received

I f you open your mind y o u ' l l know I f t h e r e ' s a criminal shor tage ,c rea te more laws If t h e r e ' s a chemical s t o r a g e , r e l a t e i t s flaws I f t h e r e ' s an ecological poor age , in s t iga t e pauses - m

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I f you open your mind you ' l l know Our committees have so ld out ,welre now traded f o r f r e e Our compdiiies have pul led o u t , t h e y t r e now t r a i fos s , and f l e e Our economy g e t s no b a i l out , rank country a s Third World Our enemies,get t h e h e l l o u t , i t t s bankruptcy they 've heard

What season i s i t ? I smell f ragrance coming out from t h e g e a u t i f u l f lowers

I see b u t t e r f l i e s f l y i n g around I hear b i r d s s inging The sun smiles i n t h e sky The grass grows rap id ly Squ i r r e l s a r e dancing i n t h e f i e l d I f e e l I ' m melting i n t h e na tu ra l What i s i t ? Oh, i t ' s wonderful spr ing

J i m Cheng

What i s t h e symbol of spr ing I don ' t know Yellow, pink, red t u l i p s a r e blooming and charming, Lovely d a f f o d i l s a r e laughing and dancing Very warm fee l ings occupy my mind and l e t me jump i n t o t h e sunshine Ch i l l and winds hide themselves somewhere Everything i s f r e s h Everything i s f i n e !

Anita Lo

Spring is here t h e snowballs a r e gone g ra s s and p l a n t s shrubs a r e sprout ing n ight and day t h e sun is high f r o s t and i c e a r e gone f o r rhis ..an- ..-+ : 7

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next A1 Ian Ronaldson

J.La Riviere

WEALTH

Dizzy s t r e e t whirlwinds a r e guiding my journey down t o Strathcona ' s

4 garden of t r e a s u r e s , t o share my ques t ions with p i p e f u l l s of so lace , wishing well dreams, and blueberry sk i e s .

Garry Gust

brain power i s t o t u r n out products f o r a fu tu re market" - now t h a t ' s something I

? wasn't aware o f . - I thought the goal of brain power was t o c r e a t e more evolved s t a t e s of sonsciousness, clean up the mess, s t r a igh ten out the e th ics - s t u f f l i k e t h a t . . . I a c t u a l l y believed bra in power was supposed t o do t h a t .

But no - I have it on t h e highest auth- o r i t y (CBC-TV News Venture. Special Busi- ness Report - a study of the Asian market i n which my e lec ted representa t ives - Trade Commisioners 6 so on -appear & say supportive th ings with l e g i s l a t i v e auth- o r i t y ) . a b r igh t young business-suited Canadian with t h e Tokyo a i r p o r t i n the background, he r cu te l ips t i cked mouth smiling around p e r f e c t t ee th . Talking r e a l l y f a s t . Suddenly my e a r tunes i n t o what she ' s saying. .!'and inevi tably , the goal of bra in power is t o c rea te new pro- ducts f o r a f u t u r e market ."

I t e l l you, it was l i k e a r e l i g i o u s ex- perience hearing those words, & I asked myself why I hadn' t thought of it before . . .what a r eve la t ion !

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i n modern techno-talk. How could I deny it - t h e r e was t h e

earnest face of my Prime Minister , Brian, favour i te son of Baie Como, beseeching me t o consider the se r ious economic needs of Canada's business community. I almost puked. Well, not r e a l l y , I j u s t s o r t of got my eyebal ls shorted out when I r e a l - ized the enormous import of the lesson I was receiving i n t h e p i x i l s (TV photons) passing before me i n my own l i v i n g room. I thought I might be happier a s an a l l i - ga tor i n a snake p i t , but no, we're c i v i - l i zed now - & t h e goal of bra in power i s t o tu rn ou t products f o r a f u t u r e market.

i . .how could I have missed i t ?

1 MY whole l i f e search - ended i n f a i l u r e .

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Television i s such a g rea t education. They could j u s t c lose down the schools 6 have those l i t t l e suckers glued t o the tube 24 hours a dzy.

CRABTREE' S CORNER

- it educates me t o my ignorance. Now I- understand.

These autlloritys who write the history of,our g rea t nation have assured me t h a t t h e i r word is law. My chi ldren a r e i m -

C r a b t r e e Corner w i l l b e running a "Nobody' s P e r f e c t v t group on Tuesdays from 5:30 t o 8:30, s t a r t i n g n e x t month on A p r i l 21. T h i s is a P a r e n t s Supp- o r t group f o r moms wi th a f r e e d inner , t r a n s p o r t a t i o n , c h i l d c a r e and p a r e n t books. I t w i l l r u n every Tuesday u n t i l June 9; p r e - r e g i s t r a t i o n i s a must. Call Rain o r MaryEllen a t 689-2808.

Last n ight I learned something new from pressed, & so am I. my te lev i s ion s e t . I t s a id "The goal of TORA

The n e x t f a m i l y d i n n e r i s March 24 a t 5:30. Call Rain t o p r e - r e g i s t e r .

Drop by f o r f r e e soup E bmrlock on Tuesday, Wednesday & Fr iday a t noon E check o u r p o s t i n g s f o r ongoing groups.

S i n g i e Mothersi Support Group Thurs- days from 11 :30-1:OO. Lunch provided. Come E r e l a x wi th o t h e r s i n g l e moms.

Education

Education s t a r t s a t home. Parents t h ink they know everything abput t h i s . R e a l i t y is t h a t p a r e n t s ( adu l t s ) a r e a f r u s t r a t e d r e s u l t of a brainwashed soc i e ty . Pa ren t s know only what t h e i r own pa ren t s taught them, which i s only what t h e church E gov- ernment al low them t o know. "Work, pray & d i e . " Pa ren t s punish t h e i r c h i l d r e n s i n c e ch i ld ren do not see t h e i r way o f l i f e a s t h e i r pa ren t s do So, t h e p a r e n t s break t h e true s p i r i t o f t h e i r c h i l d l i k e t h e i r par - k n t s d i d f o r them and t u r n ch i ld ren i n t o s o c i a l robots . Children have no a b i l i t y t o be robo t i c , so t hey g e t punished, confused f r igh tened , f r u s t r a t e d and f i n a l l y broken down t o unnatura l soci a1 h e h a v i o i ~ r .

church and government's educa t iona l be- haviour comes from a rcha i c t r i b a l c h i e f - t a n ' s who f o r c e people t o do chores t h a t t h e c h i e f t a n s themselves wouldn't touch. Such c h i e f t a n s were f o r c i b l y imposing t h e i r narrow p o i n t s o f view on t h e weaker members o f t h e i r t r i b e . So a r e t h e church and government.

The r e a l educat ion i s i n , your own su rv i - va l i n s t i n c t s and your own loving d e s i r e t o expand, sha re and see .

Free Loving, Sharing, understanding, ca- r i n g and playing a r e t h e r e a l educat ion of Li fe . Free Loving and p lay ing al low you t o l e a r n wi th an open mind.

I f we a r e i n an environment of f r e e lov- ing and p lay ing , it enables u s t o t h i n k c l e a r l y and sha re our thoughts with a l l .

Doing so we l e a r n e a s i e r . Learning i s t o look a t what i s and f r e e -

l y chppse what we could comfortably l i v e with, without fo rc ing i t i n any way on o the r s . In a f r e e loving way we could sha re everyone's c u l t u r e without having t o choose one because of o u r co lour .

We could p l ay toge the r 6 our p l ay would make a comfortable l i v i n g f o r everyone i n a lov ing and f r e e environment.

Today's s o c i e t y makes you work, makes you f r u s t r a t e d , makes you s i c k and dead. I t de s t roys environment, freedom, Love and Life. L e t ' s go back t o a c h i l d ' s l i f e of Love and p l ay so we can r e t u r n t o t h ink ing i n a re laxed , loving way.

By CLAUDE MAURICE

Many a r t i c l e s have appeared i n t h i s n e w s l e t t e r 4 o t h e r j ou rna l s which p re sen t t h e poor a s downtrodden, h e l p l e s s v ic t ims who make no f i n a n c i a l c o n t r i b u t i o n t o t h e economic system. Supposedly t hey a r e a d ra in .

I would l i k e t o po in t ou t t h a t wel fare r e c i p i e n t s E t h e working poor do indeed make a v i t a l con t r ibu t ion , a worthwhile con t r ibu t ion t h a t no o t h e r group i n s o c i - e t y i s making these days i n any apprec i - ab l e degree.

The poor r e g u l a r l y g i v e t h e economic system a t r a n s f u s i o n of cash. They have no c r e d i t cards , no de fe r r ed payment p lans , no RRSPs, no p l a s t i c money. Thei r cheques a r e cashed E spent , t o landlords, , s t o r e owners, pub owners & t h e l i k e - monied people. And they pay cash on t h e spot a t r e g u l a r i n t e r v a l s . The economy needs t hese t r a n s u f s i o n s despe ra t e ly .

The Budget was r e c e n t l y passed down, l e g i s l a t i n g a decrease i n i n t e r e s t payab- l e on investments l i k e term d e p o s i t s e t c . I t seems t h e government wants more of t h e genera l popula t ion t o do what t h e poor pave been doing a l l a long - spend not save (o r a s some would say, hoard) .

Those well o f f now w i l l f i n d t h e i r f i n - anc i a l c ircumstances cons ide rab ly reduced and w i l l be motivated t o spend r a t h e r than save. The poor n e e d n P t worry though, a s I suspecf massive t r a n s f u s i o n s a r e requi red . Bv .JOANNF HAMEN

- 1 I know i t ' s spr ing because

R W O ~ ~ ~ O ~ S have I hear t he b i r d s s inging outs ide my window I t looks l i k e spring

humble I see t h e cherry t r e e s dressed i n pink outs ide my backyard

beginnings: ~t pmells l i k e spring The a i r i s so f r e sh G clean over the mountains

I t f e e l s l i k e spr ing The g i r l s a r e dressed i n sho r t s

Carol Yan Af ter t h e Conference with

Minister Responsible f o r t h e S t a tus of Women, (by Maureen McGregor)

e fou r seasons Madam Minister , C la i ro l l ed h a i r B~~ l i k e spring fi,ost paving your can Everybody knows Spring i s a wonderful time such a yellow br ick road? I hope t h a t Spring l a s t s longer t h i s year Can anything g e t through I t i s a wonderful time i n my l i f e t h a t blonde bar r icade? Most people l i k e the branches bearing snow Maybe, a f t e r you've kneecapped us This season reminds me t h a t I miss my country by c u t t i n g o f f funding, I t goes by very f a s t we ' l l be brought so low We have t o wait u n t i l next year we1 11 ca tch a, glimpse (CI Tran Thuan of your bedrock, r e a l i z e you d id have a I 0

Life Before Brian - - perhaps a l i n e ind ica t ing where something exploded o r you su f f e red a f lood. Then we'd know t h a t a t l e a s t once you were human. Meanwhile, you 're no Dorothy, only the Wicked Witch, and Brian 's no wizard a t anything but plummy-voiced p l a t i t u d e s , and a tornado of a Free Trade dea l sucking up jobs and whir l ing them t o t h e S ta t e s .

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Too bad The b r igh t spr ing approaches every year it wasn't t h e whole Tory pa I t br ings us unaccountable happiness t h a t was snatched up and du I t makes u s a c t i v e

Unfairly, it cannot s t a y long with us.

When it goes away, we have a h e a r t sad mind Supposing we could keep it longer

Haward 0r Oxford. ~ u r l i v e s would be br ight a s spr ing Oh how wonderful it i s I love it forever

Sheng lung Liao

I f t h i s doesn ' t s i g n i f y an advanced Dear Mayor Campbell and Council:

A s you know, t h e NPA's r e j e c t i o n o f a modest g ran t t o DERA has s e r i o u s l y a f f ec - t e d DERA's a b i l i t y t o do community devel- opment i n t h e downtown south. This dec is - ion i s abso lu t e ly i r r e spons ib l e & a matt- e r I t h ink should concern everyone, And cons ider ing t h e inappropr ia teness o f r e - marks by some NPA members aga ins t DERA, s e r i o u s ques t ions a r i s e .

"Non Pa r t i s an Association" members of counci l say DERA i s p o l i t i c a l l y p a r t i s a n 6 should not r ece ive t h e $56,700 g r a n t it needs t o do important community develop- ment work i n downtown south - work o f v i t a l importance i f t h e c i t y ' s redevelop- ment nrnnncalc fnr the area a r e t n br ing r*-r----- --- t h e des i r ed r e s u l t s .

But it is g l a r i n g l y apparent t h a t coun- c i l l o r s a r e so determined t o p o l i t i c a l l y b u l l y DERA t h a t t hey even r e j e c t e d t h e unanimous recommendations submit ted by both t h e C i ty Manager & t h e Di rec to r of Socia l Planning; namely, t h a t o f a l l ' t h e f e a s i b l e a l t e r n a t i v e s f o r achieving e f f - e c t i v e community prepara t ion & involve- ment of l o c a l r e s i d e n t s , DERA i s c l e a r l y b e s t ab l e t o perform t h i s funct ion and should be cont rac ted f o r same.

I am s u r e t h a t most fair-minded people r e a l i z e t h a t above a l l it u s u a l l y t akes hard work & dedicated e f f o r t t o make even t h e s l i g h t e s t improvements i n t h e l i v e s of people who a r e o f t e n pushed a s i d e by mainstream soc ie ty . And i f , on occasion, he lpe r s such a s DEW f i n d it necessary t o y e l l 6 scream a t p o l i t i c i a n s i n o rde r t o make a poin t , t hey should not be condemn- ed f o r it. But t h i s c e r t a i n l y h a s n ' t been t h e case f o r DERA.

Former council member Warnet Kennedy ad mi t ted r e c e n t l y t h a t i n h i s day DERA was a " d i r t y wordt1 among h i s co l leagues . Last year , speaking aga ins t t he DEW appl ica- t ion, council member Gordon P r i ce made no bones about h i s f e a r s : "to what p o l i t i c a l end i s t h e downtown south being used (by DERA) . . . i t s ch ie f r e p r e s e n t a t i v e may be f i g h t i n g u s a t t h e next e l e c t i o n ... we've got t o b e l l t he c a t on t h i s one."

case of p o l i t i c a l paranoia , I don ' t know what does. Why should NPA p o l i t i c a l ca r - e e r s be t h e sub jec t o f debate i n C i ty H a l l ' s chamber? And why a t t h e expense o f l e g i t i m a t e needs of excep t iona l ly t roub l - ed communities? Talk about ' t h e pot c a l l - ing the k e t t l e black ' .

A s campaigners f o r e l e c t e d o f f i c e we may understandably at tempt t o i d e n t i f y whomever we pe rce ive a s p o l i t i c a l oppon- e n t s , bu t once i n o f f i c e we a r e duty- bound t o se rve without p re jud ice , d i s c r i - mination o r malice, F one ' s p o l i t i c a l persuasion should be no exception.

Prudence 6 f a i r n e s s d i c t a t e t h a t you should now recons ide r t h e advice given by \rnv.-~ n m F o r r ; n n r r l r+rrCC t- annnnrrn +Lo ,VUI y*VIudd.LV*.UI d CUI I U y y A V Y " b1I"

DERA g r a n t a p p l i c a t i o n on i t s mer i t . F a i l u r e t o do so w i l l s u r e l y h u r t hund- reds of people counting on t h e e f f o r t s of DERA t o he lp improve t h e i r l i v e s & l i v i n g condi t ions . And you know a s wel l a s I how c r i t i c a l t h i s w i l l be i n t h e o v e r a l l pro- ce s s of success fu l ly redeveloping down- town south.

Did you know t h a t a l o c a l TV s t a t i o n conducted a r ecen t t e l e v o t e p o l l on t h i s mat te r 6 received 1500 c a l l s wi th in an hour? And t h a t 1300 o f them s a i d I1yesH - g ive DERA t h e $56,700?

Thank you f o r your a t t e n t i o n , & again I urge you & council t o pu t t h e needs of t he community before p o l i t i c s & gran t DERA t h i s small reques t . I am conf ident t h e people o f Vancouver w i l l b e p leased with t h i s dec is ion .

Emery Barnes MLA

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Needle Exchange vans - on t h e s t r e e t Mon-Sat even in ,gs . N.A. meets every Monday n i g h t at 223 Main S t r e e t .

SOCIETY

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Away from Economic Terrorism G Toward a Sent ient Peace

Armed s t rugg le - war E i t s horrors - is r e l a t i v e l y unknown i n Canada. I t i s a major p a r t of news from a l l over the world though, 6 can only be ignored a t our c o l l e c t i v e p e r i l . Even i n the U.S. the re a r e few, i f any, although t h e m i l i - t a r y might of our neighbour surpasses t h a t of any o the r nation on Earth.

How then have thousands of people i n these two countr ies come t o the convict- ion t h a t one o r both a r e being systemati- c a l l y destroyed?

Behind every armed fo rce is a fundamen- t a l w i l l t o acquire, t o take from, t o p r o f i t on a sca le equal t o o r g r e a t e r than the sca le of resource4 F, fvnd ing maintaining sa id armed force . Consider Ottawa/Washington. . Bay Street/Wall S t r e e t the force of banks & t r ansna t iona l corpor a t i o n s armed t o t h e t e e t h & deadly s e r i - ous. The power wielded has i t s base i n t h e mental d isease of greed.

In Canada the weapons used have been the "freef! t r ade agreement, i n t e r e s t r a t e s , obscene taxes on t h e shrinking middle c l a s s burgeoning poor while maj- o r banks G over 110,000 corporat ions pay no income taxes a t a l l . These same banks ( E t h e i r bes t customers, t h e t ransnat ion- a l ~ ) wage continuous war agains t the hopes E asp i ra t ions of mi l l ions of people through economic ter ror ism - t h e s t r u c t u r . a1 adjustment programs of the In ternat ion. a1 Monetary Fund 6 the WorXd Bank, t h e successive campaigns of fore ign incursion i n t o the economies of poor countr ies , pay. ing i n mud E misery while ex t rac t ing gold E more greed.

In Canada the f e a r of poverty is used a s a form of p o l i t i c a l con t ro l . The rhy- thmic r h e t o r i c used t o s e l l s f f ree" t r ade , paid f o r ( the $54 mil l ion cos t of the Mulroney/Tory publ ic r e l a t i o n s scam) from corporate p e t t y cash, has u s now i n t h e posi t ion of many Third World nat ions . Buzz-words l i k e "competitiveness" E the of t - repeated "no a l t e rna t ive" a r e used t o d u l l our f u t u r e & even our expectat ions f o r our chi ldren. The next s t age i n t h i s corporate agenda is t o expand f l f reef l t r ade t o Mexico, desp i t e i t s e l e c t o r a l fraud, the murder of over 100 people who were l eaders i n opposit ion & a Eecord of human r i g h t s 1 abuses s t i l l growing. The Business Council on National Issues , a subsidiary of the T r i l a t e r a l Commission? hal~ullc~s aLoui i i ~ e def ic i r ; 4 the debt 6 cu t t ing s o c i a l programs while i t s t r ans - na t iona l members c lose p l a n t s , ru in the l i v e s & plans of hundreds of thousands of people, decimate communities & f e e l no re- s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r consequences ... then imme- d i a t e l y bui ld new p lan t s i n countr ies where the pure enjoyment of paying s l a v e wages ($5 a DAY) amid non-enforcement of po l lu t ion con t ro l s is theirs v ir tua l ly tax free .

I f t h i s sounds l i k e a r h e t o r i c a l r a n t then please s top reading. I f your inner rage keeps you here, ask how dogmatic o r rhe to r i ca l it i s t o speak of r a i n f o r e s t s being destroyed f o r lumber E f u t u r e graz- ing land f o r Big Macs on the hoof, of arm- i e s f igh t ing f o r control of o i l , o r j u s t why one group wants what another group has? The causes of war a r e o f t en penned by the v i c t o r s i n the aftermath, but we a r e i n a c r u c i a l period of p lanetary survival now.

What is cur ren t ly "peace1' doesn' t deser- ve t h a t l abe l when ch i ld ren go t o school hungry. .when alcohol & drug abuse a r e ram- pant,when homocide & crime th rea ten u s a l l .

P.R.Sarkar sa id : llCapitalism makes humans beggars; communism makes t h e beggar a beast Only a , p e o p l e l s agenda w i l l t ake us through t h i s ; only funding f o r people ' s needs through r a t i o n a l d i s t r i b u t i o n of wealth r a t h e r than the cur ren t flow i n t o corporate coffers w i l l help us r e a l i s e a sen t i en t : peace.

By PAULR TAYLOR

"We make or break human I life, every day of the year "They are still killing our chil-

as probably no other force dren, not with bullets but on earth has ever done in with policies that raise in- the past or will ever do fant mortality and cause again." hunger." Statement by Davison Uudhoo, Carlos Cortes,

an economist, in an open Nicaragua Public Employee resignation letter to Lhe I.M.F.

I For further information call I I CTF on C.A. at 875-9218 I

7 pm. Labat t Ha l l , SFU Harbour Centre

Keynote Speakers: (by donat ion)

JOE GUNN and JEAN SWANSON (Music * Cent ra l American Musicians)

SFU Harbour Centre

9:00 - 9:30 Regis t ra t ion 9:30 - 10:OO In t roduc t ion

in-nn 1 - a- - I L : ~ t j o r k s h o ~ s I: Continental S t r a t eg i e s /~nv i ronmen t

11: Women t o Women Global S t r a t e g i e s 111: Refugees/Displaced People(Hemisphere)

I V : De-mystifying S t r u c t u r a l Adjustment & Economic I s sues - beginner 's primer.

i 12 :00 - 1 :00 Lunch (on your own)

I 1:00 - 1:15 Spontaneous ~ k i t s l e n e r ~ i z e r s 1:15 - 3:15 Workshops 3:15 - 4:00 Wrap-up & Networking

: Friday by donation & Saturday $10 o r what you can a f fo rd .

The World

5. DOD's Untold Scandal. A Justice Department in- vestigation into possible fraud and bribery in securing defense contracts could equal or exceed the publica- tion of the Pentagon Papers in its scope but we may never know. Search warrants and affidavits that con- tain transcripts of wiretapped conversations of employ- ees with a major defense contractor have now been sealed by court order. 6. No lraqi Threat to Saudi Arabia. Satellite photos, of Iraq and Kuwait on September 1 1,1990, revealed no evidence of a massive lraqi army threat to Saudi Arabia as cited by president George Bush that sameday in his efforts to rally public support for the Gulf War. 7. FOlA is an Oxymoron. The erosion, and possible obsolescence, of the Freedom of Information Act over the past ten years coincides with a new and particularly hostile attitude toward the public's right to know which has characterized the Reagan-Bush administrations. 8. Corporate America's Anti-environmental Campaign. Recent corporate anti-environmental in- novations include multi-million dollar law suits, the harassment and surveillanceof activists, the infiltration of environmental groups by "agent provocateurs," and the creation of dummy ecology groups to locate whis- tleblowers. 10. The Bush Family's Conflicts of Interest. In recent history, no president has had the blatant but unexplored familial conflicts of interest comparable to that of George Bush. These include his brother, Presoott, a financia[ mflcg!!r;! $r,r!!h :;!!uen:Ia! c=n:ads h &pafi, South Korea, and the Philippines; his sons: Neil, a former director of Silverado Savings and Loan whose business failure cost taxpayers about $1 billion; Jeb, a Miami real estate developer with questionable ties to a drug trafficker; and George W., a director and consult- ant to Harken Energy Corporation which has a lucrative oil production agreement with Bahrain, a tiny island ofl the coast of Saudi Arabia.

* Everybody i s i t ch ing t o do a media t r i p on t h e fabled Carnegie renovations ...

Sun s t a r Bob S a r t i had a photographer & - the whole schmear r a r i n l t o go but got blown o u t t a the water when Diane MacK sweetly s a i d "I t 's not f in i shed yet you curkey!" Bob sobbed, but held o f f from gnashing t e e t h & rending garments - "The

'END OF THIS MONTH!". . .de ja vu.. . * Carnegie Association got a cas ino l i c -

ence f o r f o r April 24-25 a t Mandarin up the s t r e e t . Plans f o r revenue include leas ing a van f o r the kids using Oppen- heimer Park t h i s summer t o take o u t - t r i p s .

* The Pool Room & Seniors Lounge a r e i n operation on the lane l e v e l & p l a n t s

on the 2nd f l o o r concession - and us too - have. more n a t n r a l ~ l i g h t . . ,windows!

* Bruce Jackson, departed 2nd f l program- mer, had t r i e d holing up i n a suburb

of t h a t monstrous megalopolis - Winlaw - but cabin f e v e r had him back here t o help Bob S. put out a pot of glop. . "ch i l i " (? )

* Eleanor Kelly i s leaving the Library (Carnegie's a t l e a s t ) due t o some as in-

ine po l i cy . tha t sounds l i k e the one t h a t got the youth cop ro ta ted

* Our d i rec to r , Diane, p issed o f f a t not being named t o any royal commission on

anything, s t a r t e d her own: The Carnegie Royal Commission on SmokingiNon-smoking . Chairperson i s the t o t a l l y innocent Lisa, with t h e , c i t y l s by-law as the monkey-on- our-back. Anyone could be cornered!

MEETING 7:00pm Carnegie Community Centre

Theatre Sunday, March 22nd, 1992

FOCUS: Violence Against Women Working The Streets

Organized by the Carnegie Centre Community Relations Conrittee