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O I I August 1 3 t h , we l e a r n e d t h a t V,irlderzalm had s e n t i n v i t a t i o n s t o 100 wealt t iy s o c r e d s , a s k i n g f o r ~ l l e i r s u p p o r t . The e v e n t , p r i c e d a t ,L,500 f o r what i s l i s t e d unde r "Your Evening T i c k e t I n c l u d e s " , was 1 ) l m d l y r e f e r r e d t o i n media r e p o r t s < i b "a S o c i a l C r e d i t F u n d r a i s e r " .

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bnd L e g i s l a t e d Pove r ty s u p p o r t e r s c ouldri ' t b e l i e v e i t . Vanderzalm was u5irig Les M i s e r a b l e s , a bu rn ing ex- 1)cJsure o f how t h e r i c h t r e a t t h e l )oor , s a y i n g o n l y t h a t " ( i t ) is a [ ) l a y ttlat i l l u s t r a t e s t h e courage & o e r s c v c r a n c e o f man a g a i n s t a l l odds"

EI,P was a g a i n o u t s i d e t h e Queen I , l i zahc t t i T h e a t r e on August 2 4 t h , Iland ing o u t i n f o r m a t i o n s t a t i n g t h a t IJoverty was a l i v e and w e l l , h e r e and I I O W . "We a r e d e m o n s t r a t i n g because 1 : i l l Vanderzalm is u s i n g a p e r f o r - rn'lnce o f Les M i s e r a b l e s , a t a t i c k e t c o s t o f $2500 e a c h , f o r a p e r s o n a l r e - e l e c t i o n f u n d r a i s e r . $2500 is [lie same amount o f money a w e l f a r e ~ ~ r o t l i e r g e t s t o f e e d 2 c h i l d r e n f o r f i v e months, I' s a i d a spokespe r son . 75Z of t h e money s p e n t on p o l i t i -

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V i c t o r tiugo w a s a member o f govern- writ i n Prance who worked a l l h i s l i f e t o end l e g i s l a t e d p o v e r t y . I t t o o k him twenty y e a r s t o w r i t e t h e 1)lay " k s Mise rab le s" , u s i n g h i s ex- 1 )c r i ences w i t h t h e s u f f e r i n g and degradation of t h e poor t o i n s t i g a t e s o c i a l change. I n V i c t o r Iiugo: A - lumultuous L i f e , h e i s quo ted as S ~ I - ~ ing i n P a r l i a m e n t :

" W e who s i t i n t h i s chamber b e a r a s p e c i a l r e s p o n s i b i l i t y t o r i d t h i s l a n d o f p o v e r t y ... I ' m o n e o f t h o s e who t h i n k s t h a t p o v e r t y can and must be d e s t r o y e d . " (Pg.153)

Koneen Marcoux, a n ELP member, s a i d , "Using t h e p l a y Les M i s e r a b l e s i s a n obscene d i s p l a y o f c a l l o u s n e s s towards t h e poor i n B r i t i s l l Columbia. It is i r o n i c t h a t i n B.C. 215,959 peop le s u f f e r on w e l f a r e r a t e s t h a t are 40-60% below t h e p o v e r t y Line w h i l e o u r r i c h p remie r r e n t s limou- s i n e s , s u p p l i e s cliampaigne, and g i v e s away p r i z e s t o h i s r i c h f r i e n d s .'I

"Vic tor IIugo", Dayle from t h e Down- town I l epos i t P r o j e c t , made a b r i e f s t a t e m e n t a b o u t why h e r e f u s e d t o p a r t i c i p a t e i n t h e Vanderzalm's Gala Evening and j o i n e d End 1 , e g i s l a t c d P o v e r t y ' s p r o t e s t .

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p a i n , i n c o n t i n e n c e and demen t i a , 1,ewis ended h i s l i f e . " He had AIDS and w a s w i t h e r i n g away; p a r t i a l p a r a l y s i s from a s t r o k e , growing tumours a f f e c t i n g v i s i o n and h i s a b i l i t y t o t h i n k .

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

AlDS vaccine is and h e l p e d found t h e Vancouver Chap- ter o f ACT-UP. He'd r a i s e d i n t e r - n a t i o n a l awareness of t h e d e v a s t a t i n g 'practicallv there' n a t u r e o f l i f e o f AIDS' s u f f e r e r s by a d m i t t i n g h e ' d h e l p e d e i g h t p e o p l e commit s u i c i d e - p e o p l e d y i n g o f AIDS.

" I f you a r e n o t t e r m i n a l l y ill and' you k i l l y o u r s e l f , t h a t is s u i c i d e . "

" I f you are t e r m i n a l l y ill and you a r e l o o k i n g f o r release from t h e p a i n and t a k e your l i f e , t h a t i s n o t s u i - c i d e . That i s e u t h a n a s i a . " D. Lewis

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David Lewis ended h i s l i f e Aug. 24, and i t was a l s o on t h a t f a t e f u l F r i d a y ~ ( y - ~ p (AIDS C o a l i t i o n To Unleash Power) took t h e message i n t h e d e a t h 'jf David Lewis t o t h e S t r e e t s .

They'd l e a r n e d o f Vander Z a l m ' s Gala and End L e g i s l a t e d P o v e r t y ' s news release prompted a c a l l t o ELP'S o f f - i c e . ACT-UP planned t o g e t a r r e s t e d . T h e i r f i g h t i n v o l v e s g e t t i n g govern- ment f u n d i n g f o r e x p e r i m e n t a l d r u g s b u t t h e Soc reds r e f u s e . Looking back i t seems obv ious t h a t David Lewis s a w August 2 4 t h a s t h e b e s t day t o d i e . When h e c a l l s on p e o p l e "noted f o r community d o n a t i o n s and i n t e r e s t " t o spend $2,500 e a c h t o pay f o r h i s re- e l e c t i o n , Vander Z a l m s p i t s on p e o p l e d y i n g o f a d i s e a s e t h a t h i s government r e f u s e s t o i n c l u d e i n i t s l i s t o f ones e n t i t l e d t o m e d i c a t i o n under t h e p r o v i n c e ' s med ica l p l a n .

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cine may be just a few ycirrs sway, a researcher says.

"Out of a feeling of total' despair hvo or three ycilrs ago, there is a feeling that a vaccine is prilctici~lly there ," siiid Michael Se la , chairman of Israel's Weizmann fnstitu te.

But Dr. .Ionas Salk, the father of the polio vaccine, cilutio~led t h a t t h e AlDS v i r u s h a s "extraordinary intelligence" iind said the polio virus was "si~n- ple" by coniparison.

Thirty Dutch AlDS victin~s have begun testing a drug that researchers in Kenya say can eliminate most symptonis of the disease within four weeks.

The drug Kemron, whose basic ingredient is alpha inter- , feron, was developed by the Kenya Medical lnstitutc with compa~~ics in the U.S. and Jiipnn.

When your f rame o f r e f e r e n c e i s s e t and bounded w i t h d o l l a r s i g n s , t h i s i s your answer. ACT-UP exploded.

They were o u t r a g e d o v e r t h e s o c r e d a t t i t u d e o f p i n c h i n g p e n n i e s w h i l e peop le a r e d y i n g h o r r i b l e d e a t h s . With c h a n t s o f "AIDS d e a t h s e v e r y hour Blood on t h e hands o f t h o s e i n power" acd mock-up tombstones , t h e ACT-UP d e m o n s t r a t o r s s p i t on t h e s o c r e d s as t h e y f i l e d from t h e i r c h a r t e r e d b u s e s i n t o t h e l 'heat r e .

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ACT-UP may b e p a t t i n g t h c ~ m s e l v e s on t h e b a r k , b ~ i t t h e media showed %aim's f r o z e n s m i l e , s p o k e of a " s o c r e d fund- r a i s e r " , showed h o r r i f i e d t h e a t r e - g o c r a and t h e s t o r y o f ' t h i s is what " f r e e e n t e r p r i s e " h a s t o p u t up w i t h . '

The r e a l i t y o f p o v e r t y , t h e r e a l i t y o f h o p e I e s s n c , s s o f p o o r p e o p l e and AIIIS v i c t i m s a l i k e i s o f l i t t l e c o n c e r n t o Vant l~r ; . a l r~r ant1 ,i1 1 f a i t h f u l s o c r e d s .

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Have y o u b e e n h i t o r a l m o s t h i t a t t h e c o r n e r o f Main & H a s t i n g s ? Is t h e r e a n y t h i n g t h a t t o t a l l y f r u s t r a t e s you o r makes y o u a f r a i d when y o u a t t e m p t t o c r o s s a t t h i s c o r n e r ? Anyone who h a s a t r u e s t o r y a b o u t t r a f f i c - r e l a t e d i n - c i d e n t s a t Main & H a s t i n g s , p l e a s e s u b m i t y o u r s t o r y t o P a u l T a y l o r i n t h e C a r n e g i e N e w s l e t t e r o f f i c e . A l l s t o r i e s may b e u s e d t o a t t e m p t s o l v i n g t h e p r o b l e m s p e d e s t r i a n s f a c e o n t h i s c o r n e r . I f r e q u e s t e d , names w i l l n o t b e u s e d .

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t h e f e s t i v a l o r g a n i z e r s move i t to psuedonym Tsawassen. A number of s e n i o r s had

commited themselves t o doing volun- t e e r work a t t h e f e s t i v a l . A t r i p had been planned, people had jobs t h a t t h e y ' d s igned up t o do and i t was even e a s i e r w i t h bus a c c e s s to t h e a r e a .

T~~ i s s u e s ago, t h e r e w a s a n a r t i - According t o George Nicholas , t h e c.e r e p o r t i ~ l g on t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e Volunteer Co-ordinators t h e r e have Sen io r s day-long workshop. The i n f o r - expressed amazement o v e r t h e hard- mation on which i t was based w a s one working v o l u n t e e r s from Carnegie. On page stlor-. J a c k Chalmers, long-t ime each day of t h e e v e n t , t h e Carnegie r e s i d e n t , brought i n t h e miss ing Page S e n i o r s d i d t h e i r s h i f t s , then a t aIld i t had t h e fo l lowing on i t : l e a s t one more s h i f t a t t h e salne job Notes from t h e Housing Group - - o r elsewhere. .sometimes a f e w had

(;oal: form a ownt town E a s t s i d e Sen- ended t h e day a f t e r working up to 12 hours !

i o r s P lann ing Group. ~ d e a s / S t e p s : A s George s a i d , they met l o t s of

- fo rm a committee from t h e community wonderful people and everyone seemed

i n c l u d i n g t h o s e a l r e a d y invo lved ; t o have had a g r e a t t ime.

- involve s t u d e n t s , a r c h i t e c t s , ~ l a n n - AS t h e CO-ordinators have r e l a y e d , they want a s many Carnegie Volun tee r s

e r s , e t c . ; - seniors participation, reps from var- p o s s i b l e f o r n e x t y e a r ' s f e s t i v a l .

ious (senior = 45+ yrs) This r e q u e s t came w i t h i n 24 hours of t h e end of t h i s - i n v i t e s i m i l a r p lann ing groups t o

speak abou t t h e i r p r o c e s s , e t c . (COM- ,'

a have-not c h i l d upon a curb I'ASS(Chil1iwack) 6. North Shore P l a n - G r . ) in clothes of f i l t h and rags - seek fund ing from SIP & New Horizon c u r s i n g a t t h e passe r sby - t ake t h i s g o a l and s u g g e s t i o n s back blowing paper bags t o our i n d i v i d u a l groups ; h i s dreams a r e l i k e t h e paper bags - g e t suppor t from o t h e r s e n i o r ' s they grow and then explode hous i ng groups ; - f o L L O W up meet ing i n September. submi t t ed by a p a t r o n 6 v o l u n t e e r

E d i t o r : Quiz Mas t e r : I ' m s o r r y , y o u ' r e wrong ------ as w e l l . Tn t h e p a s t e i g l r t y e a r s t l ~ c ,

If rt ' 5 t i m e f o r a n o t h e r e p i s o d e o f t i le e x c i t i r l g q u i z ~ 1 1 0 ~ ~ The S o c i a l C r e d i t Envi ronment .

'l'l~e q u e s t i o n f o r c o n t e s t a n t /I1 is :

MacMillan B l o d e l was f i n e d l a s t a u t - umn f o r u s i n g p e s t i c i d e s t o o c l o s e t o t h e Mamin R i v e r on Graham I s l a n d i n t h e Queen C h a r l o t t e s . [low much?

( : o n t e s t a n t number 1: "I know Environment M i n i s t e r John

Reynolds h a s been t a l k i n g a b o u t c r a - c k i n g down on p o l l u t e r s . It must b e , s a y $50,0O0. I '

Quiz Master: I'm s o r r y , y o u ' r e n o t --- even c l o s e . 'I'he BC government f i n e d MacBlo $100 f o r t h a t i n f r a c t i o n .

'l'l~e q u e s t i o n f o r c o n t e s t a n t /I2 i s :

The 1982 BC Waste Management Act r e - q u i r e s a l l p o l l u t e r s t o r e p o r t any s p i l l e d c h e n ~ i c a l s o r p o l l u t a n t s t o t l ~ e M i n i s t r y o f E i~v i ronmen t " i n acc - o r d a n c e w i t h t h e r e g u l a t i o n s " . What has been t h e r e s u l t o v e r e i g l ~ t y e a r s ? C o n t c s x t - number 2 :

"Well 1 presume many, many r e p o r t -

government h a s y e t t o come up w i t h any r e g u l a t i o n s s o t h e r e is y e t t o be any l e g a l r e q u i r e m e n t t o r e p o r t any s p i l l s ."

~f y o u ' r e l i k e me, y o u ' r e t i r e d o f t h e many s h o r t c o m i n g s o f S o c i a l C r e - d i t when i t comes t o t h e e n v i r o n m e n t . Our e n v i r o n m e n t a l l aws must e n s u r e t h a t t h e f i n e s l e v i e d r e f l e c t t h e c o s t o f t h e damage done t o t h e en- v i ronmen t and a l s o serve as a d e t e r - r e n t t o o t h e r f i r m s . L a s t y e a r , i n a community newspaper column, Mike H a r c o u r t emphas ized " b r i n g i n g B r i t - i s h Columbians t o g e t h e r t o a c h i e v e a b a l a n c e between t h e economy and t h e envi ronment . " P e t e r M c A l l i s t e r , c h a i r p e r s o n o f t h e S i e r r a C lub , h a s emphas ized t h a t "Our f o r e s t s c a n ' t a f f o r d c o n s e n s u s - t h e y need l e g i s - l a t i o n w i t h t e e t h . "

I a g r e e w i t h M r . M c A l l i s t e r . I n t h e 1988-9 f i s c a l y e a r t h e amount o f l a n d logged i n o u r p r o v i n c e e q u a l l e d 675 S t a n l e y P a r k s . I s n ' t i t a b o u t t i m e t o p u l l t h e p l u g and c a n c e l t l i e game show, "'I'he S o c i a l C r e d i t Env i r -

i n g s and many, many f i n e s ." ormen t " ?

H i P a u l ( f rorv Id i I 1 i a n & George) Herman 1 . i t s k y ,/ 1 was j u s t s i t t i n g a t o u r k i t c h e n t a b l e a f t e r r e a d i n g o u r

N e w s l e t t e r and as I w a s l o o k i n g o u t o u r l i v i n g room window t h o u g l ~ t s o f my Aunt & my c h i l d h o o d e n t e r e d my mind.

When I was s m a l l T had a g r e e n p l a i d d r e s s t h a t 1 r e a l l y l i k e d , b u t my Aunt s a i d s h e w o u l d n ' t wear g r e e n o r b l u e o r have i t i n h e r house .

'I'his s lwcked me and I a s k e d h e r why, ' c a u s e 1 was s o sma l l . 'I'his was h e r answer : "'['he g r e e n s o f t h e t rec.s & g r a s s e s , a l s o t h e b l u e s o f t l ~ e s k y , c a n n e v e r be m a t c l ~ e d by man," and a s I l ooked o u t t h e window i t came back t o m e and I a g r e e , i t ' s t r u e . ' I l lere a r e s o many b l u e s & g r e e n s o n tlie i ~ o r i z o n n e a r o u r p l a c e t h a t i t amazes me e v e r y t i m e I look a t t l~em.

When we d r i v e i n t o Kamloops, s e e i n g d e e r , f o x , groundhogs & r a b b i t s 6 cows g r a z i n g eve rywhere i t seems t11at w e were t o o busy t o r e a l l y t a k e t i m e o u t o t l o o k a t n a t u r e . Our f e e t scem t o Il,ive l e d u s t o I,oj:an I,nke i f f o r not lr i r ig c.lse b u t t o t a k e t i ~ n e and smc>l 1 t l1c2 r o s e s . 1 t ' s wort11 i t , ,, , , l i , . ,

I k a r Fo lks ,

A l e t t e r t o t h e e d i t o r came from kierman L i t s k y , who's ho t t o t r o t t o g e t i n t o p o l i t i c s . He 's t h e L i b e r a l nolnonee f o r t h e r i d i n g t h a t Emery

I Barnes is MLA f o r . : L i t s k y cha l l enged bo th Barnes and I Bruce Stracl ian, t h e soc red m i n i s t e r ( r e s p o n s i b l e f o r youth , t o a "debate" ! on t h e c u r r e n t s i t u a t i o n : Youth and 1 s o c i a l s e r v i c e s ; Youth and t h e c o u r t s ( and Youth and a n y t h i n g else.

Barnes, NDP, d e c l i n e d , s a y i n g t h a t I whi le lie could see t h a t L i t s k y was , t r y i n g t o b u i l d a p o l i t i c a l c a r e e r ,

I ''I d o n ' t s e e t h e m e r i t i n d i s c u s s i n g h i s phi losophy and mine u n l e s s we a r e

, i n a c o n t e s t . " L i t s k y then wro te a g a i n , s a y i n g how

1 mif fed lie was abou t Barnes ' s a y i n g no and proceeded t o l i s t a l l t h e f a i l - i n g s o f he c u r r e n t s i t u a t i o n under

\ (and g e t t i n g worse) t h e s o c r e d s .

In p r a c t i c a l l y eve ry s e n t e n c e L i t s k y - i m p l i e s t h a t Barnes i s do ing n o t h i n g

t o change any th ing . No doubt t h i s would c o n s t i t u t e t h e e n t i r e t o n e of

' any "debate"; t h e s o c r e d s a r e a lmos t excused f o r t h e i r God-pounding pro- grams o f p r i v a t i z a t i o n ... a p o l i t e

I "I'revention and c o u n s e l l i n g is n o t I t h e p r o f e s s i o n a l purview of t h e S o c i a l I C r e d i t government." ' It seems t o m e t h a t i f L i t s k y had I genuine commitment t o youth he would

work towards improving t h e sys tems & ( a t t i t u d e s o f peop le , r a t h e r than a t t -

ack ing Emery Barnes f o r n o t producing t h e m i r a c l e s t h a t L i t s k y seems t o

' t h i n k he , p e r s o n a l l y , can p u l l o f f .

By PAULK TAYLOR

FRIENDSHIP FESTIVAL

SUNDAY, SEPT~M&R 2 OPPENHEIMER PARK

(WWELL AND JACKSON SIREEIS)

LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC 4 NATIVE DRUMMING AND DANCING 4

FOLKLORIC DANCING ARTS AND CRAn DISPLAYS 4

TRADITIONAL FOOD. &

' I l ~ e l a ~ ~ d s t11at t h e s e c o r p o r a t i o n s now sl t on i s N n t l v e l a n d . ' I ' l ~ i s i s wltat tile

f c t l e r a I and p rov lnc i a l gove rnmen t s must a c k ~ ~ o w l e t l g e - n o t i n t e n y e a r s - N O W .

I r e s l ' e c t t l ~ e noti-nat i v e c o t ~ ~ n ~ u n i t y ; t l ~ e y s l ~ o u l d a l s o r e s p e c t u s and r e a l i z e o u r p o i n t : IJe a r e n o t a f t e r y o u r b u s i - n e s s e s , I~wnes , money, p r o p e r t y t h a t you

bly c l ~ o ~ l g t ~ t s o11 t h e recclllt c r i s l s i n OKA ((llcliec., i n e a r l y J u l y , 1990:

J k i t l g a N a t i v e I ~ d i a n , of Nlsglra a n c e s - I 1 y , a ~ w ~ i ~ l ~ e t o f t l ~ e K i l l e r w l ~ a l e C l a n . .

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[II)! L O t l ~ e Mcecl~ l a k e a c c o r d I n t h e Elar~ i -

Itc:fore ~ l ~ e w l ~ i t e s e t t l e r s same t o t i l l s r e r r i Lory ( o u r a n c e s t o r s l l v e d o f f t l i l s

.,I (. r c , t ~ j v c t l from tlre p r o v i ~ ~ c l a 1 and f e d - . I l / : O V ~ ~ ~ I I I I I ~ - I I L S L O N a t i v e I t rdian r e s c r v -

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' A ' ~ ~ - ~ / ~ f i ~ c ~ ~ ~ , > ~ f i g e t t i r ~ g o u r p o i n t a c r o s s t o t i l e non -na t iye 8P1Flr; YOUR h'€CYUABMS. &~wr/r* f i + ~ ~ ~ n u n u n i t y . 1 am g l a d t h a t t h e f irst na- COXTA/MK P . ~ O Y / D C ~ / S N ~ M , & M ~ uwm.73 L lol ls o f B.C. have n o t u s e d ' v i o l e n c e s o

, f a r i n o u r own s t r u g g l e s . Why slrould any government , e s p e c i a l l y

C a l m l a ' s , condone t h e u s e o f t h e Canadian Arn~ed F o r c e s a g a i n s t t h e f i r s t n a t i o n s ? I t ' s beyo ld my wonder. I t would be a com- p l e t e embarrassment i n t h e e y e s o f p e o p l e everywhere . In o u r n a t i o n a l an them i t s a y s we a r e " s t r o n g and f r e e " . I t s h o u l d a1 s o s a y "our Irome Nat Lve I.andl'.

W e must be u n i t e d . D a r r y l W a t t s

E d i t o r :

'Tllc Mohawks a r e n o t o u r enemy. Wlty i s . t l ~ ~ aEil1y i n Oka? Our t r u e enemy h a s and w l l l a l w a y s be p o v e r t y , d i s e a s e . i u j u s - t I c e and unequal o p p o r t u t ~ l t y . 'I'l~e Mol~awks are t a k i n g a s t a n d f o r w l ~ a t 1s r i g l ~ t f u l l y t h e i r s . Over and o v e r a g a i u l n d l a n l a n d h a s been used w1 t l ~ o u t r e c o g t ~ i t i o ~ ~ . I.atld c l a i m s ]lave I)een o u t s t a ~ ~ d i t ~ g f o r a s l o n g a s 300 y e a r s . I n d i a n s have shown e x t r e m e p a t i e n c e ant1 c o n s i t l c r a t i o n regarding corn- p e n s a t i o n t o no a v a i l . A 1 1 lrr1111an be l n g s a r e s e r l o u s l y a f f e c t e d by d i s e n f r a ~ l c l ~ Lsc- n l e l l t . ' ranks aud a r t i l l e r y a r e noL needed.

A t r u e sltow o f governlnent s t r e u g ~ h wi l l be when t h e y r e c o g t ~ i z e 1 n d i a n c l a i m s a s l e g i tinra te and b ind 1 t ~ g .

I s t h e r e s u c h a mone ta ry and s i r n ~ e g i c . a d v a n t a g e 111 I I O L l ~ e a r i t ~ g t l ~ e Plulr~whs'! Has 1 t p a i d o f f 111 t h e p a s t ? (:an t l ~ e govern- men t h e a r and a c t on tlrc, rema r h s of Bl sh- op 'l'u Tu wlwn l ~ e was i n (:gt~ada'( 'Tlw grew- I n g number o f c o ~ ~ f r o n t a t lol ls a r e b e i ~ ~ g s p u r r e d by goverlllnent c ~ t s t o Nnt i v e n1c.d [ a and cotnmr~nl r a t i o n s .

I r e p e a t : 'I'he Plol~awks arcx n o t 1l1e enemy.

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L want t o t l~n l lk you a l l f o r sup- p o r t i n g t l ie p e t i t i o n I was c i r c u l a - t i n g . I t w i l l now be handed o v e r t o J a c k Chalmers, who w i l l p r e s e n t i t t o C i t y Hall a t t h e n e x t S p e c i a l C:olnuritteel s m e e t i n g i n September .

J u s t l a s t week 1 w a s a l m o s t h i t once a g a i n a t t h i s c o r n e r . I c a l l e d C i t y H a l l and t a l k e d w i t h Bob i n C i t y E n g i n e e r i n g . lle t o l d me o v e r t h e phone t h a t t h i s i n t e r s e c t i o n w i l l b e improved by t h e end of Aug. ( i t w a s s a i d once b e f o r e t h a t i t ' d be done by t h e end o f J u l y ) .

'The improvement w i l l b e a r r o w s p o i n t i n g i n t h e d i r e c t i o n t h a t t h e d r i v e r wan t s t o t u r n , as w e l l as b e t t e r p e d e s t r i a n s i g n s . T h i s i s a l l f i n e f o r tile d r i v e r s , b u t what i s needed i s a L i g l ~ t f o r p e d e s t r i a n s .

A s o f r i g h t now, August 25 , no work is b e i n g done a t t h i s c o r n e r .

By MAKGARET PKEVOST

Iley '['om S iddon! ( M i n i s t e r o f I n d i a n A f f a i r s ) I t ' s ~ i o t s o much t h a t Na- t i v e s have s o b e r e d up; f a c t i s t h e y a r e t i r e d o f b e i n g pushed a r o u n d .

1Je iiave found o u r v o i c e and t h e whole c o u n t r y is s t a r t i n g t o h e a r . W c no longcbr w i 11 s i t i n s i l e n c e . We've known f o r a long t ime t h a t a v o i c c i s a powcxrful t o o l when you know how t o u s e i t !

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To S t e v e Rose. . '4 Your l e t t e r of apo logy was v e r y

4 ( n i c e , and I a p p r e c i a t e i t , b u t t h e r e i s a good l e s s o n t o l e a r n from t h i s . You know a l o t o f p e o p l e who have n e v e r v e n t u r e d down i n t h e s lums seem t o t h i n k t h a t t h i s i s t h e las t s t o p . They go by i n t h e i r b i g c a r s , t h e y have t h e i r new homes, good j o b s , and t h e y s a y , "Look a t them bums, t h e y n e v e r amount t o no th ing . ' ' But t h a t is where t h e y 're wrong.

A t some t i m e i n l i f e we have been somebody b u t t h e t w i s t o f a b o t t l e c a p o r t h e h i g h o f a s u b s t a n c e p u t u s where we a r e and i t ' s no o n e ' s f a u l t ' b u t o u r own. We know t h i s , b u t I wou ldn ' t g i v e up t h i s l i f e and go back t o d r e s s b e t t e r t h a n t h e J o n e s e s n e x t doo r , o r have a b i g g e r c a r o r a b i g g e r house t h a n t h e n e x t d o o r n e i g h b o u r . The s i m p l e r e a s o n - down on t h e s k i d s you d r e s s t h e way you want t o and no- body r i d i c u l e s you.

I n o t h e r words , t h e i n s u r a n c e o r f i n a n c i a l d e p a r t m e n t d o n ' t own any- t h i n g w e own, n o t l i k e t h e u p p e r c l a s s p e o p l e . E v e r y t h i n g t h e y own t h e y d o n ' t own. . the banks o r f i n a n c e d o .

w e ' r e b e t t e r o f f w i t h a w e l f a r e cheque once a month, b e l i e v e me. 1t 's c a l l e d p r i d e and t h e r e is l o t s o f i t down h e r e .

Yours t r u l y , Blacky

PS: ~ o n ' t th row s t o n e s a t someone i n a g l a s s house . You might b u s t one o f vo t l r owl1 w i n r l c m s .

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Thousands of Vancorlucr resillcrlts have lost tlrrir lrorrzcs ,-. We Need Action Now

, and the greed continues ...

What can we do?

Wc can turn our iticw, into reality by gcttini; O I I ~ to volv for n nc>\v cily , l i d provinci,~l ~ovcrmcnt that will put ~woplc, planning ;;ml nciglll)o~~~.l~c)t)~ls bcftz~. bottom-line prolit. If the NI'A-nr~d SoCml Crcdit admini~tr~1tions rc,frw to cl inn~y Illcir plicic:s, tllcn i t is u p to us to ch;inl;c the politic-i,ins.

Let's get together and work to make Vancouver a place where rue can all live:

a city in which affordable housing is a right not a privilege

"My f~rs t reaction was just absolute di\belief that in international Literacy Year

wc would be closing anything down, that we would abandon learners:' says Joyce, tormer head of the centre, said as'she sat at an empty desk, surrounded by boxes packed with books that were used by more I han 100 Downtown Eastside residents who wanted to learn to read and write.

The centre, which served a community with one of B.C!s highest illiteracy rates,

"It's been a tune of Intense plannlng and sorting out how the nioney's conl~ng; we want to lay the groundwork for a solid, long-lastmg plan!'

~ u t ~t's too late for Learnmg Front. Some of the students have gone to the th~rd-floor

t Carneg~e Community

I l a r d ~ Joyce m d the tutors and learners e says many were not ready Irom Mam Street's storefront l~teracy cen- rrc, I t d r n ~ n g Front. AS for the tutors, many o f whom were

1 he prov~nc~al government recently turn- former literacy learners, some have had to td down renewed funding f ~ r the two-year- return to volunteer tutoring, some have old project, ~n an actlon Joyce calls a "slap found jobs through the school board, and ~n the face to learners? Learning Front of- some are unemployed. llclally cloces down this week. "Here the real magic was not just the

literacy aspect:' Joyce says. "People in the community that had been unemployed for a long time had work:' she s a ~ d . "We created the hope of breaklng the cycle and

ve the community in order

11 down L e m W Frontvs ut even whlk packing her I1 had people dropping in on the busy street asking

(more than 40 per cent, according to 4tdtl)tlc~ Canada), had hoped the provln- cldl Wvernment would act on the l~teracy s i g n on t h e window report 1t comm~rs~oned last year rn time to s a y s L e a r n i n g F r o n t f o r rent ~ v e Lf-arnlng t4ront. Among other recom- photoby Janet Smith and you hand me a b u t t o n ~ ~ l ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ l ~ ~ ~ ~ the Provincial Llteracy Ad- (left) and student Margaret say they're upset the prwlnclal government has cut for literacy day and I say \ I \ O ~ Y ('ommlttee report suggests the fun- Off funding lo lhe ilterao/ Centre. Learnlng Front offlclally m w s out this week, leaW St iCk it CllW of commun~ty-based l~teracy tralnlng Ing many learners and tutors with nowhere to go in lnternatlonal ~ l t e ~ a c ~ year

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IN APPRECIATION

August 15, 1986 the first issue of the Carnegie Newsletter was printed. Beginning in January, 1987, the Down- town Eastside ~esidents' Association responded to a request from the new editor to support the paper and began to place a %-page 'ad' in every one. This support has amounted to over

$2,100, adding up the $25 DERA has paid for each %-page of "Need Help?" Thank you, one and all.

Respectfully, PAULR TAYLOR

The "Long Shot"

I thought I'd stumble to the track,

Christopher WHO?

Our aboriginal peoples of Canada were the first to inhabit this land. On the 12th of October, 1492, on a

commission from the government of Spain, one Christopher Columbus (an Italian citizen) invaded what are now the Bahamas and proclaimed his 11 discovery".

How can he "discover" what has been inhabited for thousands of years by aboriginal people? For the record, International Law,

the Constitution of Canada (sec35-61) and the Supreme Court of Canada all affirm that: "The existing aborigin- al and treaty rights of the Aborigin- al Peoples of Canada are hereby rec- ognized and affirmed." Native Peoples have had to learn

to play the invaders' games about owning land and buying or selling resources. To Native Peoples, 1492 was just

the year in which sea pirates began to cheat and rob and kill them.

Wilfrid & Paul

With my last Twenty, and give her a crack, Three, Five and Seven were the "chalk1', With those kind of odds I'd sooner take a walk. # Nine, 50-1, looked like he wanted to run, Fifty-nine races ago he had won.

The Track was slick and wet, I had a feeling an upset was set, "There They GO" the announcer bellered And like a shot, the herd of nags thundered, Through the mud and soup they went, Hooves and whips flaying without relent.

Down the back stretch they flashed, My hopes of a Win were nearly dashed Down the home stretch they lashed, My hopes of a Win were dashed.

The rider on Number Nine had taken a splash.

A. Milton

'I'tiese "random t h ~ g l i t s " w e r e s u b m i t t e d by a woman. I n tile l a r g e r c o n t e x t of (lurnan r e l a t i o n s h i p s , ' h e ' 6 ' s h e ' a r e i n t e r c h a n g e a b l e .

- I I V d i d a n d s a i d v e r y l i t t l e by a c c i d e n t - t h e 1 ies w e r e d e s i g n e d t o s u b j u g a t e , t o h u m i l i a t e t h r o u g h d e c e p t i o n , t o

d e s t r o y t h e d i g n i t y w h i c h would a l l o w o n e t o d i s t i n g u i s l i b e t w e e n f a l s e i l o o d a n d r e a l i t y .

- when n o t c r u s h i n g t h r o u g h d e c e p t i o n o r c r u e l t y h e would b i n d t h r o u g h i l o r i d d e c l a r a t i o n s o f u n d y i n g l o v e .

- he knew t11at however many t i m e s h e was c a u g h t l y i n g , i t was p a r t o f t h e power h e r e l i s h e d .

- i n t h e t e n s i o n o f t h e women i n h i s l i f e , lie f o u n d t h e e x c i t e m e n t o f t h e s e x u a l game.

- he t o r m e n t e d h e r a t t h e same t i m e t h a t h e was p r o u d o f h e r i n t e l l i g e n c e , t a l e n t s a n d s t r e n g t h .

- h c f o u n d a n o t h e r way t o d i m i n i s h a n d h u m i l i a t e h e r . - h i s Mother had been a h a v e n o f u n c o n d i t i o n a l l o v e a n d a c c e p t a n c e . When s11c

d i e d i t d i e d wit11 h e r , l e a v i n g him o s c i l l a t i n g b e t w e e n s e l f - a d u l a t i o n a n d s e l f - d i s g u s t .

- t h e s e w e r e n o t t h e words o f a l o v e r , a b a n d o n i n g h i m s e l f t o t l l c c h i l d - l i k e n a t u r e o f i n t i m a c y a n d p a s s i o n , b u t o f a h i g h l y m a n i p u l a t i v e man, e x p e r t a t h i s m a n i p u l a t i o n s .

- i t was v e r y h a r d t o a d a p t t o t h e w o r l d o f m a s k s , s u s p i c i o n s a n d b u r i e d f e e l i n g s .

- p u l l e d tile r u g o u t f r o m u n d e r h i s t r i c k s o f s e d u c i t o n a n d c o n t r o l - he d i s c o v e r e d t h e dam h o l d i n g b a c k h e r h u m i l i a t i o n - h i s m o r a l w o r t h l e s s n e s s - m a i n t a i n t h e d i s t a n c e n e c e s s a r y t o s u r v i v e t h e r e l a t i o n s h i p - h e l o v e d t h e c h a l l e n g e o f h e r i n d e p e n d e n c e a n d s o u g h t t o d e s t r o y i t . - he was s i m p l y f u r i o u s t h a t s h e would r a t h e r b e a l o n e t h a n w i t h him. - showed h i s t r u e c o l o u r s by d e s t r o y i n g what h e c l a i m e d t o l o v e . - m a g n e t i z e d by h e r s e l f - s u f f i c i e n c y , h e c o u l d n o t w a i t t o p u t a n end t o i t .

I - s u f f e r i n g s o n e h a s i n f l i c t e d o n o t h e r s b e g i n t o i n f l i c t o n o n e s e l f e q u a l l y . I

I - h i s n e e d f o r t o t a l c o n t r o l t h r o u g h c o n s t a n t m a n i p u l a t i o n . I - m a s t e r l y a t i n f l i c t i n g p a i n

- we l o v e p e o p l e f o r what t h e y a r c , n o t f o r what t h e y d o . - [ l a v i n g s e e n t h e d e s t r u c t i o n h e w r o u g h t a r o u n d him, s h e was d e t e r m i n e d t o

s h i e l d h e r s e l f . She n e v e r embraced him w i t h h e r w h o l e b e i r l g . '~'oo mis- t r u s t f u l t o a l l o w h e r s e l f t o b e v u l n e r a b l e .

- h e was t h e p e r f e c t t r a p - s e t t e r . - i t t o o k m e a l o n g t i m e to r e a l i z e what a consummate l i a r t ~ e w a s . - he r a r e l y c a u s e d h u r t by a c c i d e n t o r o v e r s i g h t . - t h e v i t a l c u r r e n t was m i s s i n g - i t began w i t h h e r h e a l t l ~ . I L was tlre I)r,-

g i n n i n g o f my r e s e n t m e n t , a n d my d e e p d i s e n c h a n t m e n t . ~t was my body (lay- i n g t h e p r i c e , b e f o r e my mind knew why.

- i f tle c o u l d h u m i l i a t e h e r , h e would l o s e h i s r e s p e c t f o r (ler.

- Ile was s o a c u t e l y a w a r e of t h e b a l a n c e o f power i n a r e l a t i o n s h i p , - he p r a c t i s e d c o n q u e s t a n d s e d u c t i o n w i t h o u t r e s p i t e , i n t o x i c a t e d wit11 ti i s

c a p e r i n g s a n d c a s u a l a f f a i r s a n d , a b o v e a l l , w i t h p r o o f o f h i s v i r i l i t y . - b e c a u s e lie was n o t h a p p y , h e was c h a s i n g a r o u n d more and more. - L f e l t a s t l w u g h 1 had been p o i s o n e d , a n d t l ~ e l i f e was d r a i n i n g from mc..

- h e r f e e l i n g s o f b e t r a y a l would f i l l h e r whole b e i n g , l e a v i n g h e r wre tc l led . - i t w a s t h e l o s s of i nnocence and t h e end o f t r u s t . Not a day pas sed t h a t I

d i d n o t d i s c o v e r a n o t h e r c o r p s e i n a n o t h e r c l o s e t . I f e l t a s though I was s i n k i n g d e e p e r and d e e p e r i n t o a s l i m y pond.

- t h e a f f a i r s , t h e l i e s and u n n e c e s s a r y m y s t e r i e s . - I had s e e n c l e a r l y h i s p a t t e r n o f t e l l i n g t h a t e v e r y t h i n g wrong i n h i s l i f c

was on a c c o u n t o f someone e l s e . - s h e had g r a d u a l l y l e a r n e d t o s h u t o f f a p a r t o f h e r s e l f , and what he s a i d

and d i d no l o n g e r h u r t as much. - t h e r e w a s a c r i p p l i n g t h a t t o o k p l a c e , t o s t o p t h e p a i n o f t h e b e t r a y a l . - t h e ways i n which he had d i s f i g u r e d and v i o l a t e d t h e i r l o v e , h i s b e t r a y a l

o f what t h e y had t o g e t h e r , and h i s r e f u s a l t o admi t t h e t r u t h a b o u t t h e o t h e r women i n h i s l i f e .

- i f s h e w a s g o i n g toc s u r v i v e , s h e had t o I e a v e . - h i s a n g e r t h a t I had removed myse l f from t h e s c e n e b e f o r e he was through

w i t h me. - a n a b s u r d l i t t l e man, f l a b b y and p a t h e t i c . - he s t i l l b e l i e v e d t h a t a combina t ion o f j e a l o u s y , f e a r o f l i f e w i t h o u t liim

and h i s c o n f e s s i o n o f h i s need f o r h e r would b r i n g h e r back. - f a n t a s y p r o t e s t a t i o n s o f e t e r n a l l o v e . - he w a s a d d i c t e d t o peop le b e i n g a d d i c t e d t o him. - r evenge t h r o u g h m e n t a l c o n t r o l o f my f r i e n d s , f a m i l y and a c q u a i n t a n c e s .

d e s t r u c t i v e t h i n g is s e l f - b l a m e , keep- i n g t h e h u r t i n s i d e . A r e l e a s e l i k e t h i s may b e a s t e p t owards h e a l i n g ;

I RnYlmoum CowW Woc3msday A ~ w s l 15 l r M

' [ rout I.ake Pa rk F e s t i v a l _-.

:;I ~ l l l e 4 , 000 p e o p l e came t o t h e 1 1 otlt I,ake Pa rk i n e a s t s i d e Vancouver I , I : , L S a t u r d a y t o j o i n i n an even ini:

, , I t ~ s t i v i t y a t t h e Second Annual of " 1 1 Lunl i n a r e s : An Evening L a n t e r n Pro- , , i . 'I'lle wea the r was j u s t gor - 8 , . l J u s ; i t c o u l d n ' t have been more

c o-o1)erat i v e . : lost o f t h o s e t h e r e were l o c a l

c i c i z e n s , f rorn tile n e i g h b o u r l ~ o o d s , I I . None the l e s s I d i d manage t o l irltl, among t h e happy crowd, some v i :; i t o r s t o o u r f a i r c i t y . 'I'here was , 1 1 1 , h e r icnn f a m i l y from 'I'exns, and a ; : I I J L I I ) o f young peop le from (Juebec .

1 1 1 ~ : f c s t i v a l was o r g a n i z e d and i)rc::;e~ited by t h e Pub1 i c Dream S o c i e t y - n lo(:al t a l e n t group - w i t 1 1 a s s i s - t . l r r c : e from a number o f government 111.l1,lrtments and a g e n c i e s a t a l l 3 1 c,ve l s , and o t h e r c u l t u r a l g roups :11rd i n d i v i d u a l a r t i s t s .

I'l~e aim o f t h e f e s t i v a l was t o ,;L;l;;e "a community c e l e b r a t i o n which { l : ; t a s t l ic l a n g u a g e s of l a n d s c a p e , poe t - r y and mu tua l u n d e r s t a n d i n g t o t r a n s - I orln 'I'rout Lake i n t o a dream land- : ,< : ;~ Iw , I f SO s t a t e d i n t h e l e a f l e t . I n

~ d d i t i o n , t i le main theme was t o c e l e - / , r a t e t h e s p i r i t o f Mother Na tu re , ( r : ; I 'aula ' I 'ardine e x p l a i n e d ( P r c s i d c n t 0 1 h l ~ l i c Dream and a r t i s t i c d i r e c t o r 0 1 t h c f e s t i v a l ) .

.ludged by t h e l e v e l o f en t l ius iasm 1 1 1 tile p e o p l e a t t h e p a r k , t h e f e s t - i v ; ~ l was a r e sound ing s u c c e s s and i t s

;I i 111 a c l ~ i e v c d . C e r t a i n l y t h e l and - : ; ( : ; I I I~ of 'I 'rout Lake Pa rk was gene r - O ~ I S ~ y arid a r t f u l l y u t i l i z e d t o pro- v idc a l i v e l y background t o what lili;:llt u n r e s e r v e d l y be termed a sym- 1)11(1ny o f j oyous c e l e b r a t i o n . I ' e r for - I I I ; ~ I I ( ~ ~ S were a r r a n g e d t o be hel .d, i n :;c(luelice, a t l o c a t i o n s a round t h e l ) : ~ r k , t h e r e b y a c t i v e l y e n c o u r a g i n g tile p e o p l e t o r e l i s h i t s p h y s i c a l c-nvi roriment t o t h e u tmos t . Moreover ,

t i le l a n t e r n p r o c e s s i o n , l e d by t h e l i v e l y drum music and b e a t s o f t h e group BC Ba tacada . went a round t h e l a k e i n a comple t e c i r c l e .

h d a l l t h e p e r f o r m i n g a r t i s t s t o - g e t h e r b rough t a b o u t a t h o r o u g l ~ l y enhoyab le e v e n i n g which l a s t e d a lmos t t o m i d n i g l ~ t when f i r e w o r k s were s e t o f f t o add a f i n i s h i n g t o u c h t o t i le f e s t i v a l .

B e s i d e s BC Ba tacada , t h e l o c a l g roups w l ~ i c h per formed a t t h e f e s t i v - al were K a t a r i Ta iko , Cymbali , t h e Balkan S i n g e r s , C a p e i r o , two N a t i v e g roups - Arrows t o l4'reedom & S p i r i t Song - and members o f t h e P u b l i c Uream S o c i c t y i t s e l f . l n d i v i d u a l a r t i s t s i n c l u d e d Michae l O ' ~ e i l , t h e (XX i s h ) S c o t t i s h p i p e r , and t i a ro ld Gen t .

M s . J a r d i n e s t a t e d t h a t s h e was p a r t i c u l a r l y happy i n s e e i n g t h e two N a t i v e g roups t a k i n g p a r t a t t h e f e s t i v a l . I n l i g h t o f t h e t h i n g s ( u n s e t t l e d l a n d c l a i m s , re- p e a t e d broken p r o m i s e s , imposed p o v e r t y and ongo ing r a c i s m a g a i n s t t h e N a t i v e P e o p l e s ) happen ing i n o u r c o u n t r y . " I w a s happy t o g e t N a t i v e p e o p l e i nvo lved , " s h e s a i d . More- o v e r , s11e f e l t t h a t i t ' s i m p o r t a n t ( f o r o u r c o u n t r y ) t o i ~ l i t i a t c t h e P r o c e s s o f h e a l i n g ( t i l e wounds caused by t h e s e i n j u s t i c e s ) .

L e t ' s Impe t h a t h e r c o n c e r n s a r e s h a r e d by more and more p e o p l e i n o u r s o c i e t y , s o t h a t o u r governments w i l l he t o l d i n no u n c e r t a i n t e rms t o c l e a n up t h e i r a c t s i n t h i s r e s p e c t , t h e r e b y making a l l o u r N a t i v e bro- t h e r s and s i s t e r s F u l l and e q u a l mcm- b e r s i n o u r s o c i e t y t l l rougllout t h e c o u n t r y .

I n t11e moantime, l e t ' s s e e more o f ~ ' e o p l e - o r i e n t e d f e s t i v a l s , wi t l w u t t h e c r e e p i n g rommerc i a l i sm a s s e e n a t nkmy o t h e r s , l i k e " ~ l l u m i n a r e s " , i n o u r communi t ies . I , f o r o n e , an] c e r t a i n l y l o o k i n g fo rward t o t h e n c x t one i n ' 9 I .

Waiting for the drums to start, not doing the usual avid dance that seems to be expected in this town, I watched a woman with black hair and charcoal grey eyes enter the park. She was neither obtrusive about it nor hesitant, but possessed the quiet sureness of long invisibility. Far from being upset by my attention to her somewhat uneven approach, she almost seemed to smile. She sat down beside me,aad looked straight ahead, aware of my presence in the periph- eries of her vision. I do not know this town and, as a

new-comer, am still buoyed by the novelty of this place. For three weeks the depths of these lives eva- ded me and I felt adrift, unconnected Suppose a woman had been bound, her

keet curled to difficult traditions. En sandals on a hot day she sits be- side you and waits for the sounds to commence, for the spiritual commerce of those famous rhythms. Her right hand is draped casually over crossed knees, and you notice an absence there. Two of the fingers of her right hand have been cut off at the lmuckle..messily..viciously. Someone recognizes her and calls

out in an unidentifiable dialect. You are horrified by her response. It is not what she says - that is inde- cipherable to you - but it is the sound of her voice; pinched, squashed as if steel bands inside her chest were wrapped tightly around her lungs and turning her words into wheezy coughs. And yet she is smiling some- how. Her face, you finally notice, is quite attractive. By her look, '

she is in her mid-thirties. By her voice she is an old woman.

In a city plagued by rituals, the great rituals of addiction and the flimsy government-sponsored festivals of art and lanterns and sexual pre- ference et al, something convulsive reasserts its precedence, returns us to our hidden waters. In the elementary human register, a

spot of desire or will, raised like a fist in the immense plain of indiff- erence, signals to us, like a beacon across oceans.

&I ocean may swallow us - better a wet death than an arid one - and future generations may ask ritual to stand for us when we are subsumed in the absolute machinery of history. But anything less than an intimate response to the sirens, those epit- omes of resignation to the bodily truth of being human, anything but conscious submersion in the particu- lar and peculiar, those very things that cannot be replaced by ritual but merely alluded to in general terms, is ugly and boring and stupid and useless. Yet, in the midst of the shallow

theatre that passes for real cele- bration in this society, one can hold a small particle of will against the nearly overwhelming, like a lantern in the cool dark.

_ . By DAN PEENY

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ESL L l tency This ccurso i; for st\!dr;nts who aro interested in increasing tiheir vocab!!lary through conversations which relate lo s1:rviving in a Canadian context. Mon & Wcd 10:30 - 12:00 Classes begin Septomtjer 1 O... ...... 14 weeks

Grammar and Compcrlt ion Students aro involved in a whole lanquncre - approach which integrates reading, writing and conversation in a meaningful context. Through discussion and reading students will learn spellin( grammar and writing. Mon & Wed 12:30 - 2:30 Classes begin September i 0 ......... 14 weeks

Creative Writing Students are invited to bring their stories, poems and ideas which are shared through a variety of creative, fun exercises. Students will learn to devoiop thoir own writing and produce an anthology of the collected writings of the group. Mon & Wed 3:00 - 5 0 0

.......... Classes bcgin September 10 14 weeks

Adult Academic Upgradlng (GED) This courses prepares students in five areas:Matt Literature, Social Studies, Writing and Sclenco. Students are encouraged to design and plan their own learnlng program with the teacher. Tues 81 Thu 3:00 - 7:00 Classes begin September 11 ......... 14 weeks

Math and Science Studerits are able to upgrade their sltills in a variety of areas that review the fundamentals of Math and .xlence. '

Conlputer Llteracy In a co-op21ativo :.fatting stuhnts 1eai.n computer sltills. Emphasis is on word processing f r : resumes and studont writirq. Tues R Thu 12:30 - 2:30 Classos begin Septembor 1 1 ......... 14 woolts

SOCRED SOAP OPERA C A N ' T BE REWRITTEN"

It seems more and more c e r t a i n t h a t B r i t i s h Columbia i s heading i n t o a f a l l p rovinc ia l e l e c t i o n - a l l t h e s igns a r e beginning t o show. Not t h e l e a s t of which i s the attempt by Socia l Credi t t o g loss over t h e i r scandals of the pas t four years. Every Vander Zalm government scandal - from t h e premier 's im- pos i t i on of h i s abor t ion views t o t h e Knight S t r e e t Pub l i e s t o Bud Smith's tampering with j u s t i c e - w i l l now be subjected t o the premier 's unique in t e r - p r e t a t i o n ( i .e . avoid t h e t r u t h and never admit you're wrong).

One of t he more notab le p layers i n t h i s ogvernment's r e v i s i o n i s t e f f o r t s i s Pa t r i ck Kinsel la , a longtime p o l l s t e r and campaign worker f o r both t h e Socreds here i n BC and the Mulroney Tories i n Ottawa. According t o M r . Kinse l la , t he s t r i n g of Socred scandals i s not going t o j u r t t he Vander Zalm government i n the next e l ec t ion .

Frankly, M r Kinse l la , I have no i n t e r ~ s t i n t he impact of these scandals on the premier and h i s government. . I ' m coricekned with how they've hu r t B r i t i s h

' Columbians throughout t he province. Af te r a l l , i t ' s the publ ic which over and over has had t o pay the p r i ce f o r t h e Socreds' abuse of publ ic o f f i c e o r t h e i r mishandling of publ ic money,

In t he l a s t few months alone, you and I have learned the t r u t h about: * t he B i l l Reid l o t t e r y scandal. Lot tery money t h a t should have been used f o r the publ ic good was ins tead funnel led t o h i s campaign manager and f r iend .

- COST TO THE PUBLIC - $277,000. * Carol Gran's a i r - t a x i s e rv i ce f o r Socred cabinet minis te rs . The Emergency Health Services Commission reported t h a t BC taxpayers had t o s h e l l out more than a mi l l i on d o l l a r s t o c h a r t e r emergency a i r ambulance planes l a s t year , because government j e t s were being used t o f l y Socred min i s t e r s around BC.

- COST TO BRITISH COLUMBIANS - $1,200,000, * t h e Vander Zalm government's use of publ ic money t o d i s t r i b u t e 3700 copies of an i n s u l t i n g Real Women newsle t te r t h a t discr iminated aga ins t women, homo- sexuals and AIDS pa t i en t s .

- COST TO B.C. TAXPAYERS - unknown. * t h e Expo land losses . According t o t he Auditor General, t he Vander Salm government l o s t over $100 mi l l i on i n s e l l i n g the land, plus up t o $60 mi l l i on i n cleaning up t h e s i t e f o r i b s new owners.

- COST TO YOU AND ME - $162,000,000. Socred scandals a t publ ic expense. hat's what we've seen f o r four years . Mil l ions i n publ ic money t h a t could have been used t o p ro t ec t our environ-

ment o r bu i ld more hosp i t a l s was ins tead wasted by a government more concerned with helping t h e i r f r i e n d s than serv ing t h e publ ic i n t e r e s t .

And B r i t i s h Columbians, who have paid the p r i c e f o r t h i s Socred waste, a r e not going t o fo rge t t h e Vander Zalm soap opera of the l a s t four years - no matter how much M r . Kinse l la and o the r Socreds want t o r ewr i t e t h e p l o t .

By M I U HARCQURT

Rejuvenat ion: C a r n e g i e ' s Br idge Club

Something .-

Imst a l a d y Lost a home

Got a room

Got ta g e t i t t o g e t h e r o r I don' t

got a home

Wanna be wanna he

She ' s g o t a problem Shc ' s go t no home

So maybe l a d y We d o n ' t need no home

Okay Frank J o e

On Sunday, August 26th , a meet ing was h e l d a t 2:15pm i n t h e T h e a t r e t o

*A d i s c u s s t h e fo rmat ion of a new + v Bridge Club.

Funding and t h e awarding of p r i z e s were on the agenda, p l u s t h e e l e c t i o n of a n i n t e r i m e x e c u t i v e .

A* The e x e c u t i v e o f f i c e r s e l e c t e d a r e * A

a s fo l lows : P r e s i d e n t - Ter ry +* Vice-Pres - Rick Colburn T r e a s u r e r - Paul H a r r i s

*+ S e c r e t a r y - Penny V 4 Any in fo rmat ion a s t o t h e form o f

Br idge t o be played o r any o t h e r 4 v q u e s t i o n s r e g a r d i n g t h e c l u b , s e e one of t h e above o f f i c e r s o r Donalda

+* Viaud on t h e 3rd f l o o r . A 4

May t h e t r i c k s be w i t h you!

A Labour Day Weekend i n Toronto

F l o s s cones a t t h e Canadian N a t i o n a l E x h i b i t i o n a r e l i k e sweet p a s t e l w i r e , a s a d o c i l e Cow swings h e r t a i l a g a i n s t t h e f l i e s i n a c l o s e d Hay b in .

Weather i s steamy, s i z z l i n g , s t i f f l i n g a s b a r e c h e s t e d men Bark t o guess your Age.

Tours a r e a r ranged f o r t h e n u t r i t i o n P a v i l l i o n s ; e v e r y t h i n g from packaged s t e a k t o Sage.

Table Tennis p l a y e r s , young & o l d a r e i n a tournament now, numbered o l d s h i r t s , f u l l o f Sweat from t h e i r brows.

They t a l k of t h e r e c e p t i o n f o r t h e winner Even tua l , a t t h e s u i t e i n t h e Royal York h o t e l .

I n t h e c i t y , they a s k f o r t h e new Season i n b u s i n e s s and i n s c h o o l ;

While they Concern themselves w i t h how Toron to ' s Maple Leaf hockey team w i l l Fare w i t h t h e new y e a r ' s Rule.

Roger

Editor:

SO(REDS T O NE6OTlATE NATrVE LAN0 CLAIMS. &OOK ... YN'VE 607 r%LW MEDITERRANEAN AND w w f i c t p - m o ~ W S BALTIC. A 'GET OUT OF

. ~ I L FREE* CARD ... AND WE MILK BOWLE!

Bill Vander ~alm's latest pronoun- cements on the fiscal effectiveness of the federal government handing over control for environmental pro- tection, native affairs, agriculture, forestry, parks and fisheries begs a response. It will indeed save us money if each province, rather than the federal government, had responsi- bility for these matters. On the oth- er hand, think of the money which would be saved, and how we would all benefit, if the federal government took control over various matters under provincial government control. If education came under the federal

government we could finally achieve a national curriculum from coast to coast. A student in the Fogo Islands of Newfoundland would follow through the same basic curriculum in grade three as a student in Dawson Creek. If health care came under the federal government we would end the current system whereby dental care is inclu- ded in the basic medical plan of Ont- ario while in our Province we must pay an extra $5 every time we see a chiropractor.

Lastly, if natural resources came under federal jurisdiction Canada would finally achieve a national pol- icy in natural resources. Canada could then integrate the management, production and environmental protec- tion of our natural resources. With the "free" trade deal, the unif ica- tion of Europe in 1992 and the poss- ible of an Asian "free trade" market in the late 1990s we could start from a strong position. On the interna- tional scene one strong Canadian hand is much more beneficial to the forest or fishery or mining sector than ten week provincial hands. I agree with Bill Vander Zalm.

Let's shift the jurisdiction of some government departments. His proposal would further divide Canada. My pro- posal would strengthen Canada and also finally get one of our worst Cabinet Ministers, Dave Parker, Bc's Minister of Crown Lands, on UIC. That in itself would be a worthy accom- plishment.

Darren Lowe

N e w s l e t t e r

B i l l V a n d e r a p o l o g i z e t o

Zalrn l ~ a s re- t h e p e o p l e o

I : . ( , . t o r t h e a c t i o n s o f I r i s d i s g r a c e d 1 or ine r A t t o r n e y C e n e r d l , Uud S m i t h .

l d ~ y c a n ' t t l ~ e P r e m i e r a d m i t Bud ' l ~ r ~ l t l ~ was w r o n g t o m e d d l e i n t h e p r o - <,et u t i o n o f h i s f r i e n d arid S o c r e d c o l l e n g u e B i l l R e i d ? Does t h e P r e m i e r I I O L a p p r e c i a t e t h e u n i q u e r o l e o f t h e - BILL VANDER ZALM . ' i c t o r n c y G e n e r a l - a r o l e t h a t re- guarded on Smith's future c l t l i res h im t o b e i n d e p e n d e n t a n d irn- ' f J Although the taping question 17 I h e s P r e m i e r V a n d e r Zalm .stbrious, he said, "It does not str~ke. I I O L bc.1 i e v e t h a t o u r j u d i c i a l s y s t e m i ~ t the fountlAons of the admnis- I W I ~ , L b e f rec o f p o l i t i c a l i i ~ t e r f e r - fl ( 111 e!

I t a t h e r t l m n c r i t i z e S m i t h , t h e P r e m i e r t l w s e t o f o c u s o n t h e way t l ~ e %

c , r l ~ e h w e r e r e l e a s e d a n d t h e i r consc,- r l l l c n t ia l e f f e c t on S m i t h ' s f a m i l y . 1 1 1 50 d o i n g V a n d e r Zalm c o n v e n i e n t l y i ; ; l ~ o r e s two f a c t s . F i r s t , c o n t r a r y t o

1 1 i 5 as5et-t i o n s , t h e t a p e s w e r e t u r n e d r o v e r t o t h e R.C.M.P. I n f a c t , 1 con-

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LA( t e d t h e I k p u t y A t t o r n e y G e n e r a l I)c.fore r i s i n g i n t h e L e g i s l a t u r e . ! k c o n d , t h e P r e m i e r i g n o r e s tlie f a c t tlr.it t11e New L k m o c r a t s d i d n o t re- IcJ,l:,e a n y o f t h e t a p e s d e a l i n g wi tli S r r ~ i t l r ' s a p p a r e n t i n v o l v e m e n t wi t11 a

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triition of justice in the way that iilltyptions of coverup (in the Reid affair) and obstruction of justice (ir~volvirrg Smith) do."

Ihat nleans, he said, it's proba- bly I)ettcr to get on with the Owen inquiry rather than have it delayed, IIIOI-(! roonths or even years while1 k ~ i d CiISc'S involving the t ; i p i~q 111akc t11c:ir wily through the courts.

f'rtwlicr [{ill Virnder Zalm wiis ~ 1 1 i r r d ~ d i~bout his plar~s for Smith.

h.;ktbtl wliother Smith would tw t)rtrught t) i i~k to cal)inet, he siiid: " 0 1 1 , I c~io't make a r ~ y comrnc.nts 00 w h l it is cal)i~~et-wise. 'rliat's solncAtl~iug a prcniior keeps c-lose to lllc vosf."

r c t l ) o r t e r . 'I 'hat m a t e r ia l was r e l e a s e d I)y a11 u n i d e n t i f i e d s o u r c e t l \ r o u g l ~ ~ l r e m e d i a .

Worse s t i l l , V a n d e r %aJm f a i l s t o r c t c o g n i z e t h a t a l l MLAs h a v e a d u t y t o r e p o r t a n y w r o n g d o i n g by t l w ,\t t o r n e y ( ; e n e r a 1 t o t h e L e g i s l a t u r e . l l ~ e l a w s o f P a r l i a m e n t demand t l ~ a t a n A t t o r n e y G e n e r a l n o t t a m p e r wi t11 t l ~ e ~ ~ t l r r r i n i s t r a t i o n o f j u s t i c e . 1 c a n un- tlers t a n d why t h e P r e m i e r w o u l d p r e f e r n o t t o h e a r o f a w r o n g d o i n g b y o n e o f Iris r n i n i s t e r s , b u t s u r e l y t l ~ e p u b l i c : s l l o u l d b e i n f o r m e d o f s u c l l i r n p r o p r i - e t i c a s .

I h d S m i t h n o t o n l y v i o l a t e d t h e e t h i c a l s t a n d a r d s we demand o f o u r A t t o r n e y G e n e r a l , h e d i d s o m e t h i n g rnuch w o r s e by v i o l a t i n g t h e p u b l i c 's t r u s t i n a n i m p a r t i a l J u d i c i a l s y s t e m . I t ' s h i g h time t h e I ' r e m i e r p u b l i c l y s ta tes t t ~ a t s u c l ~ a c t i o n s a re u n a c c - e p t a b l e , a n d d e m o ~ i s t r a t e s f o r o I l ce tlr'it h e i s a b l e t o d i s t i r l g u i s h be - tweerl rig11 t a n d w r o n g .

Moe S i l m t a , MI 4

SHEILA BAXTER END LEGISLATED POVERTY

hen you p u l l t h e s t a t s toge ther on homelessness, and t h e corpora te agenda t o homelessness. but f i r s t

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA you have t o have t h e grass roots . My form of a c t i o n would be, l i k e w e do

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

~hoto: Stephen Wlsenthal

I ' m represen t ing End Legis la ted ' Poverty i n Vancouver. I am a writer

around poverty i s s u e s and have worked many years as an advocate. ' I ' v e seen these same quest ions ask- ed over and over f o r many years and 1've seen very l i t t l e a c t i o n done.

A l l my l i f e , t h e r e have been aca- demics analyzing s o c i a l s i t u a t i o n s . I came from Montreal t o Vancouver 10 years ago. I n t h e poor people 's movement we had t h e same kind of workshops a s we're having today, and i t ' s always been analyzing t h e pol i - t i c a l temperature, analyzing what's happening i n Quebec, analyzing corp- o r a t e agendas, d i scuss ing i t , making papers on i t , making r e so lu t ions on i t , but I haven't seen a l o t of pro- gress . It' s discouraging.

1 ' m interviewing homeless people r i g h t now f o r my new book. So I go i n t o t h e community and I t a l k t o homeless people, but I don ' t t a l k a t them, and I l i s t e n t o them. I l i s t e n t o what they have t o say, 'cause they ' re t h e people t h a t a r e homeless, and then I w r i t e what they s a i d , no t what I t h ink what they mean. That ' s a c t ion.

i n End Legis la ted Poverty, given t h a t we want everybody t o read our mater- i a l , number one we p r i n t i t l a rge , 'cause many people can ' t a f fo rd g lasses . Second is , you w r i t e i t i n simple English so t h a t you can edu- c a t e a l o t of people. So we put out a l o t of ma te r i a l about t h e GST and f r e e t r ade i n very simple English 'cause the a c t i o n i s t o reach the people i n t he food banks and i n w e l - f a r e o f f i c e s . Because they have a r i g h t t o know what ' s happening. That 's a c t i on .

We want everybody f o know. Demys- t i f y p o l i t i c s . Demystify t he corDor-

I What would you do I 11 your clolhes caught on Bre?

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Public Meeting DAVID ORCHARD, the national c h a m a n of C~tizens Concerned About Free Trade (CCAFTI, a grass-roots nat~onal non-partisan organisation founded in 1985, has been one of the most effective opponents of the Canada1U.S. Free Trade Agreement ever smce negotlatlons began.

FREE TRADE A N D THE MEECH LAKE AFTERMATH:

What is Really Happening to Canada?

Speaker: DAVID ORCHARD

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

Place: Maritime Labour Centre 1880 Triumph Street 13 blocks north o f East Hastings at V~c tor~a Drive)

I n 198; and 1988 CCAFT sponsored publtc i n fo rmat~on meetings across Canada f rom Vancouver to Halifax, where David Orchard ex~ la lned the actual content of the F.T.A. in terms theordinary~anadiancouldunderstand.0rchard also debated, in public meetmgs and on radio and television, many high profile proponents of the deal, such as federal Free Trade negotiator

Gordon Ritchie, federal Minister of lnternat~onal Trade John Crosbie, Saskatchewan Mintster of Trade Bob Andrew, and Toronto economist and free trade prornoter,John Crispo.The predict~ons Orchard made then are coming true one atter the other.

Oav~d Orchard has recently returned from four months of study in Quebec. Don't mlss h ~ s first niajor speech in Vancouver since October '88. He will talk about the government plans to mvolve Canada in a U.S.-Mexico Free Trade Aareement,the connect~ons betweenFreeTrade, ~ e e c h Lake and the GST, and what we can do to have the Free Trade Agreement cancelled.

All welcome Full question and answer period Admission free Sign language interpretation provided

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I f yo18 ngrce n t i t h u s t h n t Cntrndn's s u r v i v a l a s a n a t i o n shou ld b c a t t h e t o p o f t h i s c o u n t r y ' s p o l i t i c a l agcnda, ynu c n n d o the fo l l oming :

l r t the Liltem1 or NDPcandidate you voted for, and the Liberal and NDP lcndcrship cnndidatn in the running know you suppr t the idrnofan elrctoralcoalition,and you want them to do likewise. (Send us a cqty of your letter, and lhe reply you receive). If you belong to rithcr party, use your influence toget the idea across to your felloru ~tnrty ntrtnhcrs and fo thedecision-mnking bodies of yourprty . The prrwuc n11ist contintre before, duriqy and after the lendership con- ~~rnt ions .

( k t throrpnimtion you belong to to support a resolution infamur of nn rlcrtornl ctxllition and hnue it j~rwardcd lo the two opposition pnrfics.

Rnisr the issrie of "free trade'' whererwr you can: on open line radio and trlruision shows, in letters to newspapers, in public meetings, andsoon. Pointorit what theF.T.A. i.sduingloourcountry,andthat there is a solution: the Agrcenren! must be terminated and it can be done throrrgh the t-lectoral coalilion. Don't allow the "free tradr" iwrr lo be buricd, as is fheintcnf of fhis county'spowers-that-bets uirll ns the by and-lar~qepm-free lrnde media.

Educate yourself about what is i n the Agrecmenl and how it is aflecting Canada. CCAFTisstartinga ngulnr newspaper, TRUE NORTH: THE VOICE OF CANADIAN INDEPENDENCE. which will keep Canadians infinnedand alnted. It isauailabkfor a $20 subscription for ten issues. W c also haw a h o k , FREE TRADE: THE FULL STORY, which contains David Orchard's speech on what is behind the Free Tmdc Agreemmt and what is in 1hedwl.allin languqethatn ~ r s o n c a n u n d m t a n d . Orchnrd's 2-hour speech isalsoavoilableon uidmandaudiotap, ($25 forthe vidmtupeand 512fora set of fhreeaudio cassettes. Add $2.50 for mailing).

Lasl. but definitely not lmsl: give a donntion to CCAFT to male it p s i b l e for our work to continue. Our only source offundirg is from our members and supporters. SEND A C H E Q U E 0 7 MONEY ORDER TODAY. If meryonc who is able w u l d g ~ v c A DOLLAR A DAY TOFIGHTFREE TRADE, wecouldaccom- plish our goal of building an independent country laster ard better.