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THIS ME5SAGE 1s A COURTESY OF THE GOV- ERNMENT OF CANADA 10 THE NATION. Canadad THEY SAID IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN.

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ELECTION SPECIAL

Over t h e p a s t two y e a r s , o u r c i t y h a s ignored t h e housing c r i s i s a s we a r e pushed o u t of o u r communities t o make way f o r h i g h c o s t condominiums.

Wednesday, November 7 t h , was a t u r n i n g p o i n t f o r peop le o r g a n i z i n g t h e i r own housing. On t h a t day , i n P r o v i n c i a l Cour t , t h e "owner" of sev- e r a l houses on Frances S t r e e t used t h e l e g a l sys tem t o c o n t i n u e h i s at- tempts t o empty t h e houses of a community of people. They and t h e media r e f e r t o themselves as s q u a t t e r s .

The condominium deve loper had sough t an i n j u n c t i o n t o p h y s i c a l l y remove o v e r 30 peop le from houses t h a t h e has t i t l e to . .houses t h a t he wants t o demolish. More t o t h e p o i n t , houses t h a t have been l i v e d i n f o r 13 months by up t o 100 people i n one of t h e t i g h e s t and best-working communities i n t h e c i t y .

The deve loper had boarded up t h e s e p e r f e c t l y l i v a b l e s p a c e s over a y e a r ago, b u t one of t h e houses had a l e a s e t h a t d i d n ' t e x p i r e u n t i l about 6 months ago. People d e s p e r a t e f o r housing, and l o o k i n g a t over 800 o t h e r s u n i t s i n t h e c i t y t h a t a r e - complete ly boarded up, moved i n t o t h e vacan t houses. They took c a r e of them, hooked up and p a i d f o r u t i l i - t i e s , and l i v e d t h e r e . The d e v e l o p e r h a s t r i e d u n s u c c e s s f u l l y t o persuade the Frances S t r e e t s q u a t t e r s t o l e a v e .

From h i s narrow v iewpoin t , and t h a t of t h e owners of t h e o t h e r 800 un- used apar tments i n Vancouver - t h e s e ~ e o p l e have no " r i g h t " t o occupy pro-

p e r t y they don' t "ownf' No d e m o l i t i o n pe rmi t h a s been i s s u e d . If t h e squa t - t e r s h a d n ' t s t a r t e d u s i n g t h i s l i v i n g s: . .;?, t h e houses would have s a t em- LE f o r over a y e a r w h i l e o v e r 100

peop le would have had t o l i v e i n worse su r round ings .

I n t h e i r own words: " W e a r e t h e Frances S t . S q u a t t e r s .

We have h e l d o f f condominium deve l - o p e r s from Grandview Woodlands. The c o u r t d e c i s i o n d e f i n e s whether o r n o t a l l homeless people have a r i g h t t o u s e vacan t housing.

"We have made u s e of houses t h a t would o t h e r w i s e b e f i r e t r a p s o r h o l e s i n t h e ground ... and can s a y t h a t o u r houses a r e b e t t e r k e p t than many r e n t e d p l a c e s i n Vanoucver.

I I We a r e homeless people . We a r e women t i r e d of p u t t i n g a l l o u r money i n t o u n s a f e and unhea l thy w e l f a r e h o t e l s . W e a r e p o l i t i c a l a c t i v i s t s

t i r e d of l i v i n g i n a s o c i e t y where we work a t j o b s we h a t e t o pay f o r food and r e n t t h a t o n l y b e n e f i t t h e r i c h .

"We aa poor peop le have o rgan ized t o f i g h t t h e hous ing c r i s i s head on - because t h e b a s i s of t h e hous ing c r i s i s i s whether you choose human r i g h t s o r p r o p e r t y r i g h t s a s your p r i o r i t y . .

"There a r e thousands of homeless i n Vancouver- There a r e many more thousands who s h e l l o u t more than h a l f t h e i r paycheques f o r greedy l a n d l o r d s , and deve lopers . "

The S q u a t t e r s A l l i a n c e of Vancouver E a s t (SAVE) made a n e l o q u e n t , empnds- ioned de fence on t h e 7 th . The judge l i s t e n e d . They wanted t o be al lowed t o s t a y u n t i l t h e d e m o l i t i o n pe rmi t w a s a c t u a l l y approved; t h e deve loper wanted them o u t t h a t day. The Big Business mindset p r e v a i l e d w i t h t h e judge g i v i n g t h e S q u a t t e r s u n t i l the 23rd of November t o move o u t .

"THERE I S NO JUSTICE." (Dave B O W -

i e r ) ."We w i l l defend o u r homes."(SAVE

To Newsle t t e r Readers;

The Nov. 1 e d i c i o n of che Carnegie Newsletter pub l i shed my l e t c e r i n which I gave f a c t s and f i g u r e s i l l u s - c r a t i n g how I a s a r y p i c a l G A I N r e c i - p i e n t would be f i n a n c i a l l y a f f e c t e d by t h e GST, should i c be implernenced. I poinced o u t t h a t , a s a low-income person , I would be Less hurc by t h e GST than would che higher-income Mid- d l e C lass . I poinced ouc t h a c f o r ocher r e a s o n s , t h e wealchy favour e l - i:minariad,uf Jrhe:~grescurr:Federal~.Sales 'L 'a&~anc?, implementat l ion of t h e GST.

The E d i t o r pub l i shed h i s rebuttal. I would have b e l i e v e d t h a t most

r e a d e r s would have recognized c h a t h i s remarks were irrelevant and inconse- q u e n t i a l i n r e f e r e n c e K O my l e t t e r , s i n c e t h e y f a i l e d t o a d d r e s s che p o i n t s I made, and I would have l e t t h e m a t t e r r e s t t h e r e .

However, t h e Edicor chose t o i n c l u d e i n h i s r e b u t c a l a sp i t e fu l ly -worded inaccuracy and fol lowed i c w i t h a per- s o n a l a t c a c k v e r g i n g on che l i b e l l o u s .

H i s i naccuracy : "87% of Canadians wanc FAIR t a x e s buc you ( speak ing co me) s a y y o u ' r e okay. . secure i n s u b s i - d i z e d housing w i t h a pension."

M r . E d i t o r , I am one of t h e 87% who wanc FAIR caxes. And I am NOT okay. A s I made v e r y c l e a r i n my l e t t e r , I am on p r o v i n c i a l G A I N and no one on GAIN i s okay. We a r e a l l d e s p e r a t e l y poor and d e s p e r a t e l y i n s e c u r e . I know of a t l e a s c one man of my age (60) co whom t h e MSSH s e n t a l e c t e r r e q u i r i n g t h a t he e i t h e r submit a s a t i s f a c t o r y Job-search r e p o r t o r e l s e be c u t o f f .

". . . s e c u r e i n s u b s i d i z e d housing. . " Subsidized housing means I l i v e i n decen t q u a r t e r s but a l l of t h e poor should have decen t housing. True, my r e n t is low but t h a t o n l y means t h a t my w e l f a r e cheque is t h a t much smaller. And i f t h e w e l f a r e cheque srropped s o I c o u l d n ' t pay my r e n t , I ' d b e ouc on

the s t r e e t l i k e anyone e l s e . Where is t h e s e c u r i t y i n t h a ~ ? 3 .

NOW l e t ' s g e t on co t h e l i b e l l o u s b i t . . . You s a i d : "Maybe 1 ' m misrraken bu t I thought advancing y e a r s imparced some wisdom. "

During those advancing y e a r s , M r . E d i t o r , I have seen o t h e r c a s e s where persons who pe rce ived che irr- e levance and consequent weakness of t h e i r own arguments have tu rned t o i n s u l t and i n v e c t i v e .

I have s t i l l a n o t h e r bone ro p i c k w i t h you, M r . E d i t o r .

My l e t t e r took up a l l but ch ree l i n e s of che f i r s t i n s i d e page of t h e N e w s l e t ~ e r . I n chose t h r e e remaining l i n e s , d i r e c c l y below my s i g n a t u r e , you caused co have prinrred: "I h a t e v i o l e n c e . I chink a l l t h e v i o l e n t people should be caken ouc and sho t . "

Whecher o r n o t i c was your in ten- t i o n , M r . Edicor , many r e a d e r s w i l l have raken char unsavoury d e c l a r a t i o n as a p a r t of my l e t t e r , a Pos t S c r i p c , a n e x p r e s s i o n of my own f e e l i n g s . Why d i d you choose t o pu t thac t h e r e , M r . E d i r o r , o r choosing s o , why d i d n ' t you pu t a r u l e , a l i n e between my s i g n a r u r e and t h a t joke?

I am going t o have a copy o f t h i s l e t t e r . I f t h e E d i t o r p r i n t s i t wi thour d e l e t i o n , I w i l l be s a t i s f i e d . I f n o t , I w i l l t a k e t h e m a t t e r up w i t h t h e Board and seek a c l e a s c a pub l i shed apology from t h e Edicor .

E r i c Er ickson

E r i c ,

Another assumption I have i s t h a t one would l e a r n t h e f a c t s b e f o r e re- a c t i n g a s you do. A l l t h a t was l e f t out of t h e 1 s t l e t t e r was t h e phone number of t h e f e d e r a l propaganda. Jean responded. .next page.

Dear Newsle t t e r Readers,

I want t o respond t o E r i c E r i c k s o n ' s l e t t e r about t h e GST. F i r s t , i t is r e a l l y good t h a t M r . Er ickson took t h e t i m e t o t h i n k about t h e impact of t h e GST and t o t r y t o c a l c u l a t e what im- p a c t i t would have on him. Too o f t e n w e j u s t buy what t h e media t e l l s u s wi thou t t h i n k i n g .

But t h e GST is q u i t e compl icated. I n t h e s h o r t run , even w i t h t h e t a x

6% c r e d i t , most poor people w i l l l o s e .

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SHRINKS IN THB RAIN

1. Rent: Your l a n d l o r d won't b e RE- QUIRED t o i n c r e a s e your r e n t by

7%. However, your l a n d l o r d ' s c o s t s w i l l go up because of t h e GST. ~ e ' l l have t o pay n i r e t i g e t t h e plumbing f i x e d , p a i n t , e t c . (Mind you, i n t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e t h i s d o e s n ' t happen too much.) A l l t h e s e c o s t s w i l l be a good excuse t o r a i s e your r e n t .

2. Businessmen who have t o pay t h e Federa l S a l e s Tax t h a t is be ing

a b o l i s h e d w i l l NOT be r e q u i r e d t o reduce t h e i r p r i c e s t o p a s s on t h e sav ings . They w i l l on ly do t h i s i f they a r e f e e l i n g l i k e n i c e guys. Does t h i s seem l i k e l y ?

3. M r . Er ickson f o r g o t one t h i n g when he made h i s c a l c u l a t i o n s

about how much he'd have t o pay. Poor people a l r e a d y g e t a t a x c r e d i t of $100, r i g h t ? So t h e $190 t h a t we ' r e going t o g e t i s on ly $90 more, no t $190 more. M r . Er ickson c a l c u l a t e s t h a t h e ' l l have t o pay $137.40 i n GST and w i l l g e t $190 back, l e a v i n g him ahead by $52.60. Under t h e o l d system, he 'd g e t $100 back wi thou t pay- i n g t h e e x t r a $137.40. So w i t h t h e new system, he pays a n e x t r a $137.40 and g e t s back o n l y $90 more. That l e a v e s him $47.40 WORSE o f f . O r i t could be a t a d l e s s worse o f f i f he bought manufactured i t ems t h a t in- c luded t h e f e d e r a l s a l e s t a x . Accord- i n g t o a s t u d y by t h e N a t i o n a l Coun- c i l of Welfare, a s i n g l e person who l i v e s on l e s s than $12,500 a y e a r w i l l have t o pay an average o f $13 a y e a r more i n t a x than they r e c e i v e i n t h e c r e d i t . Th i s i s i n t h e f i r s t yea r . The amount i n c r e a s e s s t e a d i l y a f t e r t h a t .

4. A l l r e s t a u r a n t purchases w i l l be t axed w i t h t h e GST. Th i s means

a cup of c o f f e e a t t h e Len i ty . It w i l l be r e a l l y bad f o r people who d o n ' t have cooking f a c i l i t i e s .

5. The GST w i l l i n c r e a s e t a x e s f p r some middle c l a s s peop le s o much

t h a t it w i l l push them below t h e pover ty l i n e .

6. Rich peop le and c o r p o r a t i o n s l i k e t h e GST because it t a k e s t a x e s

o f f them and p u t s t a x e s on poor and middle income people.

7. The wors t t h i n g about t h e GST t a x c r e d i t i s t h a t i t i s n o t f u l l y

t i e d t o i n f l a t i o n . That means t h a t each y e a r , whi le t h e c o s t of l i v i n g goes up, t h e c r e d i t s t a y s t h e same. A s a r e s u l t , t h e t a x c r e d i t w i l l cov-

~ e r l e s s and l e s s of t h e money t h a t

I you have t o spend on t h e GST. The GST t a x c r e d i t w i l l b e l i k e an umbre l l a

t h a t s h r i n k s i n t h e r a i n . I f t h e 5 ' government t r u l y wanted t o p r o t e c t poor people from t h e ravages of t h i s t a x , they would have i n c r e a s e d t h e c r e d i t and t i e d i t t o i n f l a t i o n . 8. End L e g i s l a t e d Pover ty h a s w r i t -

t e n t o Vander Zalm demanding t h a t he n o t c o n f i s c a t e t h e GST t a x c r e d i t from people on w e l f a r e . Needless t o say , no r e p l y y e t .

So l e t ' s keep up t h e f i g h t a g a i n s t t h i s u n f a i r t ax .

S i n c e r e l y , Jean Swanson

W H E R E I S JUSTICE? --

People a l l over t h e world go on S t r i k e u n t i l they g e t a f a i r s e t t l e m e n t .

Na t ives p u t up a road b lock i n hope of g e t t i n g a f a i r s e t t l e m e n t on l a n d c la ims . I n Oka i t had been going on f o r months bu t our so -ca l l ed government s e n t i n t r o o p s & guns.

I n B.C. t h e p o l i c e a r e s e n t t o Duf- f y Lake t o b reak up t h e blockade. The Na t ives s a i d t h e r e would be no vio- l e n c e , but I s e e t h e RCMP h a u l i n g o u r peop le away and was h o r r i f i e d t o s e e one of t h e p o l i c e s t r i k e a p r o t e s t o r . I f t h i s i s n o t v i o l e n c e , I c e r t a i n l y d o n ' t want t o s e e such people i n law enforcement i f they choose t o get v i o l e n t .

I must say t h a t i f a c i t i z e n h i t s a p o l i c e o f f i c e r , he / she i s thrown i n j a i l f a s t e r than I can shake a l e g . 5 u t , r e v e r s e t h e o r d e r -'.a p o l i c e o f f i c e r h i ~ t i n g a c i t i z e n - and no- t h i n g i s done. J u s t where is j u s t i c e ?

By MARGARET PREVOST

ALONE

S q u a t t i n g on a mountain s i d e Over look ing Kamloops Watching t h e d i r t y sky D i r t y i n g deeper w i t h t h e Every day "Kush Hour. " Fee l ing l o n e r now With a f a r t h e r meaning tha- a l o n e e v e r b e f o r e had wind w i f f s of p o f f u t e d pulp m i l l s m e l l s c h i l l co ld t o t h e bone and s h i v e r S i x p a r t i e s r a n i n t h e l a s t e l e c t i o n A l l men go t e l e c t e d n o t one woman i n t h e whole town Male domination s u b s t i t u t e s f o r democracy e l e c t women e q u a l l y t o each posc f a l l s on deaf e a r s of supper , blooming ex l e ,ga l c o l o n i a l i s t s The promise of freedom s c o f f e d a t and r i d i c u l e d and chased from t h e town. s o much s o t h a t most people now by-pass t h e town s i g h i n g t h e p r i c e s a r e too h igh and g l a d t o go.

Cold winds a r e a b l e s s i n g i n d e s i g n too bad t h e s t e n c h of p o l l u t i o n r u i n s i t a l l .

W e need a r e v o l u t i o n i n t h i s coun t ry and soon.

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The w i n t e r ' s a lmost h e r e a g a i n With c loudy s k i e s and l o t s of r a i n Upon t h e m o u n t a h s snow is l a y i n g The w e a t h e r ' s c o l d i s what I ' m s a y i n g

The t ime t o read and l a y abed For t h o s e who have a buck ahead To read and s t u d y through t h e n i g h t s And p repare f o r summer's d e l i g h t s To keep a budget i s a chore To make your d o l l a r buy you more It i s a t r i a l t o make i t l a s t U n t i l w i n t e r h a s come and passed Make p l a n s f o r summer i n t h e sun And work and p l a y and j u s t have fun here's more t o l i f e than j u s t t h e s t r e e t s The highway beckons you and g r e e t s The coun t ry w i t h t h e smal l town's g r e a t s Oh should I e v e r l i v e s o long For me, my c o u n t r y ' s p u l l i s s t r o n g .

Don Hodgson

Environmental Crisis

Environmental p o l l u t i o n i s one of t h e most s e r i o u s problems f a c i n g hum- a n i t y today. I t ' s a term t h a t r e f e r s t o a l l t h e ways people p o l l u t e t h e i r surroundings . Most of t h e g a s e s and p a r t i c l e s t h a t people pu t i n t o t h e a i r come from combustion p r o c e s s e s . The f u r n a c e s i n f a c t o r i e s , homes and o f f - i c e b u i l d i n g s ; t h e eng ines i n c a r s , a i r p l a n e s and o t h e r motor v e h i c l e s a r e t h e c h i e f s o u r c e s of p o l l u t i o n .

Nearly everyone c a u s e s environmental p o l l u t i o n i n some way. For example, people r u i n n a t u r a l beauty by s c a t t e r - i n g junk and l i t t e r on t h e l a n d and i n t h e water . People d i r t y t h e a i r w i t h gases and smoke, po i son t h e wa te r w i t h chemicals and damage t h e s o i l w i t h t o o many f e r t i l i z e r s and p e s t i c i d e s .

A i r , wa te r and s o i l , a l l harmed by

want. Too much f e r t i l i z e r o r p e s t i - 7 . c i d e can r u i n t h e s o i l , bu t f e r t i l i - z e r and p e s t i c i d e s a r e important a i d s t o t h e growing of c rops . People would have t o s t o p u s i n g many t h i n g s t h a t b e n e f i t them t o g r e a t l y reduce p o l l u t i o n .

P o l l u t i o n can be g r a d u a l l y reduced i n s e v e r a l ways. S c i e n t i s t s and eng- i n e e r s can work t o f i n d ways t o l e s s e n t h e amount of p o l l u t i o n t h a t such t h i n g s a s c a r s and f a c t o r i e s cause . Governments can pass and e n f o r c e laws t h a t r e q u i r e b u s i n e s s e s and i n d i v i d u a l s t o s t o p , o r c u t down on, c e r t a i n p o l l u - t i n g a c t i v i t i e s . Perhaps most import- a n t l y , i n d i v i d u a l s and groups of peop le can work t o persuade t h e i r r ep resen ta - t i v e s i n government t o t a k e a c t i o n to- ward reduc ing p o l l u t i o n .

By BILL TREMBLEY

p o l l u t i o n , a r e necessa ry t o t h e su r - v i v a l of a l l l i v i n g t h i n g s . Badly p o l l u t e d a i r can c a u s e i l l n e s s and even dea th . P o l l u t e d wa te r k i l l s f i s h and o t h e r marine l i f e . The p o l l u t i o n of s o i l reduces t h e amount of l a n d a v a i l a b l e f o r growing food.

Everyone wants t o reduce p o l l u t i o n . The problem i s compl icated because much p o l l u t i o n is caused by t h i n g s t h a t b e n e f i t people . The exhaus t from automobi les c a i s e s a l a r g e pe rcen tage of a l l a i r p o l l u t i o n b u t c a r s p rov ide t r a n s p o r t a t i o n ixro m i l l i o n s of people . F a c t o r i e s d i s c h a r g e much of t h e m a t - e r i a l t h a t p o l l u t e s a i r and wa te r , however, f a c t o r i e s supp ly j o b s f o r people and produce goods t h a t people

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call/Write Coffee Companies - Tell Them You aren't buying . . . until they stop using Salvadoran Coffee!

Nestle Enterprises - Nescafe, MJB, Hills Bros., Taster's Choice

Consumer Affairs, 1185 Eglinton Ave.East, Don Mills, Ont. M3C 3C7

General Foods - Maxwell House, Sanka Consumer Centre, Box 1200,

Don Mills, Ont. M3C 355

Proctor & Gamble - Folgers U.S. distributor: 5th & Sycamore Streets, ~incinnatti, OH 45202

NO SALVADORAN COFFEE USED HERE: Bridgehead Coffee, CRS Co-operative, Vancouver

Edwards Coffee (Lucerne Foods) Nabob Coffee

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Edwards blend does not u t i l i z e Salvadoran beans .aid Conpany military and economic aid. representative.

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EL SALVADOR SUPPORT COALITION

Coffee sales in the North American market furnish the largest source of currency for El Salvador, second to US military and economic aid.

lJHY BOYCOTT? Over 70,000 civilians have been

murdered by death squads linked to the El Salvador government & military. Despite the appearance of democracy, El Salvador is a military dic~ator- ship which harshly represses human rights. The rich coffee growers of El Salvador form the backbone of the ruling ARENA party. Funding is pro- vided by U.S. military and economic "AID" and money from Nor ~h American coffee sales. For 1989, lit, non-

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governmental Human Rights Commission (CDHES) reports that government military and police forces assassinated over 3,700 civilians - students, pea- sants, human rights workers, religi- ous and trade union activists.

GOALS OF THE BOYCOTT Our goal is to ensure that El Sal-

vador coffee barons, government and military officials are aware that they do not act in secret, that Can- adians know of and condemn their bru- tality. Second, we want to change

t h e f o r e i g n p o l i c y of Lhe Canadian and U.S. governments t o ensure t h a t a l l a i d t o E l Salvador is t i e d t o a demonstrable commitment t o human r i g h t s .

ORIGINS OF THE BOYCOTT The Canadian boyco t t was developed

i n response t o a U.S. boyco t t organ- i z e d by t h e 60,000-member group Neighbour- to-Neighbor .

They c a l l e d t h e boyco t t immediately fo l lowing t h e November, 1989 b r u t a l murder of 6 J e s u i t p r i e s t s , t h e i r Salvadoran housekeeper and h e r daugh- t e r . P r e s i d e n t C r i s t i a n i admi t t ed t h a t members of government armed f o r c e s were t h e murderers , bu t j u s t - i c e i n E l Salvador i s owned by t h e same o f f i c i a l s t h a t have al lowed t h e d e a t h squads t o o p e r a t e w i t h impunity.

THE BOYCOTT I S WORKING

Salvadoran c o f f e e beans a r e n o t a v a i l a b l e on t h e \ Jes t Coast of Canada o r t h e U.S. s i n c e t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l Longshoremen's and W a r e h o ~ s e m e n ' ~ Union endorsed t h e boyco t t . Th i s Feb- r u a r y t h e f r e i g h t e r Ciudad de Buena- v e n t u r a c a r r i e d c o f f e e c o n t a i n e r s from San Franc i sco , t o Vancouver BC, t o S e a t t l e , Los Angeles and back t o E l Salvador because dockworkers up & down t h e c o a s t r e f u s e d t o touch i t .

Speaking t o t h e Canadian ILWU Con- v e n t i o n r e c e n t l y , C u r t i s McClain, ILWU I n t e r n a t i o n a l o f f i c e r from San Franc i sco , s a i d t h a t union r e p s from E l Salvador convinced him t h e c o f f e e boyco t t was a weapon t h a ~ would pu t t h e most p r e s s u r e on c o f f e e p lan ta - t i o n owners. He s a i d t h e ILWU under- s t a n d s " c l e a r l y t h a t a n i n j u r y t o one i s a n i n j u r y t o a l l , and t h a t type of u n i t y i s going t o h e l p b r i n g about b e t t e r c o n d i t i o n s f o r peop le i n f a r - away p o r t s . I '

The Return of Welfare Righ t s

I a m a v o l u n t e e r at Carnegie Cen t re ; s o f a r I enjoy t h i s r o l e . I have a l - ways wanted t o h e l p o t h e r s because a l o t of people have helped me..so p a r t o f i t is payilrg - b a c k what v,tds @en.

What I d o n ' t l i k e is when people abuse t h e v o l u n t e e r s . I ' m ~ a l k i n g about t h e abuse t h e k i t c h e n v o l u n t e e r s and s t a f f g e t when s e r v i n g d i n n e r . Some Carnegie p a t r o n s , who come LO

have d i n n e r on t h e second f l o o r , have t o remember t h a t i t ' s no t a r e s t a u r - a n t - i t ' s a concess ion run by volun- t e e r s . (Most v o l u n t e e r s g e t c o f f e e t i c k e t s f o r v o l u n t e e r i n g . ) That does n o t g i v e you t h e r i g h t t o y e l l a t them. Each v o l u n t e e r has t h e i r way o f s e r v i n g , be i t from r i g h t t o l e f t o r v i c e v e r s a . I haven ' t been e a t i n g h e r e l a t e l y because of what I h e a r whi le I ' m h e r e . . t h e same people always demanding t h a t they g e t t h e i r s f i r s t and abusing t h e v o l u n t e e r s .

You a l s o have t o remember, when you a r e l e a v i n g , t o p l e a s e t ake your d i s h e s and put them i n t h e g ray t r a y s . Furthermore, remember t h a t on week- ends and w e l f a r e chequeday i t ' s hard t o g e t enough v o l u n t e e r s s o your meal w i l l t ake l o n g e r t o be s e r v e d , e s p e c i a l l y t h e d inner . Have p a t i e n c e and some r e s p e c t f o r people , both your f e l l o w d i n e r s and the people s e r v i n g c he meal.

Thanks f o r he lp ing o u t and have a n i c e day.

By MARGARET PKEVO.;T

Th i s ext remely impor tan t program w i l l s t a r t on November 20 th a t 4:00 n e a r t h e photocopying room on t h e 3rd f l o o r . Problems w i t h MSSH have in - c reased by l e a p s and bounds and we a l s o d e a l w i t h t h e homeless on a d a i l y b a s i s .

Ra l ly Agains t Pover ty i s des igned f o r low income people . P l e a s e f e e l -

f r e e t o come w i t h any problems con- c e r n i n g housing, U I C , I C B C , w e l f a r e r i g h t s and a p p e a l s , c h i l d apprehen- s i o n o r any o t h e r suppor t you need.

We w i l l s t a r t t h e meet ings w i t h a round t a b l e d i s c u s s i o n s o everyone h a s a chance t o t a k e p a r t . The f i r s t s e s s i o n w i l l f ocus on a p p e a l s and t r i b u n a l s . . t o h e l p people l e a r n and know t h e i r r i g h t s .

P l e a s e v o t e a g a i n s t t h e S t a n l e y Pk. referendum on November 17 . Nancy Chevario made such i r r e s p o n s i b l e s t a t e m e n t s which amounted t o black- m a i l i n t h e Vanvouver Sun on Nov. 8.

The e n t i r e zoo should be c l o s e d down. I f we want t o v i s i t a zoo we can go t o C i t y Ha l l . Many c i t i z e n s i n o u r c i t y a r e angry about t h e r a p e and d e s t r u c i t o n of S t a n l e y Park. It should be renamed Park ing Lot Park.

There would be $40 m i l l i o n s p e n t on t h e zoo expansion d u r i n g t h e n e x t f i v e y e a r s . The p r i o r i t i e s a r e a l l wrong, a s t h i s money could p rov ide a g r e a t d e a l o f a f f o r d a b l e housing and feed t h e hungry c h i l d r e n i n o u r c i t y . I wish I could wave a magic wand and t u r n a l l t h e poor people i n t o o t t e r s s o we would have decen t a f f o r d a b l e housing.

The Park Board c a n d i d a t e s should be aware of the f a c t t h a t a g r e a t number of Downtown E a s t s i d e r s a r e con- t i n u o u s l y moni tor ing S t a n l e y Park.

By IRENE SCHMIDT

BRIEF TO 11iE ROYAL COMNISSION ON HEALTH CAKE f KON

End L e g i s l a t e d P o v e r t y -

End L e g i s l a t e d Pover ty i s a c o a l i t i o n o f o v e r 20 B.C. groups t h a t want g o v t s . t o r e d u c e and end p o v e r t y . We a r e 5 y e a r s o l d . Our major accomplishments have been t o o r g a n i z e t h e campaign t h a t s topped a $50 w e l f a r e c u t b a c k t o s i n g l e p a r e n t s a s w e l l a s t h e campaign t h a t r e s u l t e d i n t h e Vancouver, Sur rey and V i c t o r i a s c h o o l food programs. T h i s y e a r o u r p r i o r i t i e s a r e

1. Campaigning f o r h i g h e r w e l f a r e r a t e s and wages;

2. Campaigning t o s t o p f o r c e d employment o f s i n g l e p a r e n t s on w e l f a r e .

We d e c i d e d t o make a pre- s e n t a t i o n t o t h i s Commission because we r e p r e s e n t t h e people who g e t s i c k t h e most and d i e t h e e a r l i e s t - poor people . And we a r e s c a r e d .

F i r s t we want t o d e a l w i t h t h e p o l i t i c a l c o n t e x t of t h i s Commission and i t s recommendations. Then we w i l l a d d r e s s t h e r e c o m e n - d a t i o n s we would l i k e t o s e e you make.

TttE POLITICAL CONTEXT

We b e l i e v e t h a t o u r Cana- d i a n m e d i c a l sys tem i s i n g r a v e danger . T h i s is obvi- o u s l y n o t because t h e v a s t m a j o r i t y o f Canadians sup- p o r t t h e program. It i s be- c a u s e powerfu l f o r c e s i n t h i s c o u n t r y a r e s l o w l y but s u r e l y s n e a k i n g through laws and budgets , and t r a d e d e a l s t h a t w i l l u l t i m a t e l y d e s t r o y medicare. They a r e n ' t say- i n g , we want t o d e s t r o y med- i c a r e . They s a y , we have t o c u t t h e d e f i c i t , we have t o become c o m p e t i t i v e , we have t o t r e a t U.S. f i r m s a s Can- a d i a n ones . They u s e t h i s

' r h e t o r i c t o d i s g u i s e what i s r e a l l y happening: t h e des- t r u c t i o n o f medicare .

B i l l C-69, t h e F e d e r a l b i l l t o c law back o l d a g e p e n s i o n s and f a m i l y a l low- ances , w i l l a l s o c u t f e d e r a l funds p a i d t o p r o v i n c e s f o r h e a l t h and e d u c a t i o n from

about $9 b i l l i o n f o r t h e 1989-1990 y e a r t o z e r o by about t h e y e a r 2004. See t h e graph p u b l i s h e d by t h e Canadian Counci l on S o c i a l Development.

The e l i m i n a t i o n o f f e d e r a l funding w i l l t u r n t h e Canada Heal th Act i n t o a w o r t h l e s s bunch o f paper . The Canada H e a l t h Act g u a r a n t e e s t h e f i v e p r i n c i p l e s of medicare : u n i v e r s a l i t y , p o r t a b i l i t y , comprehens iveness , a c c e s s i - b i l i t y and p u b l i c adminis - t r a c i o n . Remember s e v e r a l y e a r s ago when B.C. h o s p i t - a l s under t h e S o c r e d s c h a r - ged $8 a day f o r admission?

T h i s was c o n t r a r y t o t h e Can- a d a H e a l t h Act because it re- s t r i c t e d u n i v e r s a l i t y . So t h e t h e Feds w i t h h e l d payments t o B.C. u n t i l t h e y s t o p p e d t h i s p r a c t i c e . Imagine t h e same s i t u a t i o n i n 2004. With t h e F e d e r a l government making no payments t o t h e p r o v i n c e f o r medica l c a r e , no n a t i o n a l s t a n d a r d f o r u n i v e r s a l i t y w i l l be i n p l a c e . P e o p l e w i t h no money c o u l d be d e n i e d en- t r a n c e t o h o s p i t a l s , a s t h e y a r e i n t h e U.S. I n a d d i t i o n , p r o v i n c e s w i l l u s e t h e e ro- s i o n o f f e d e r a l f u n d i n g a s an excuse t o c u t even more pro- v i n c i a l h e a l t h e x p e n d i t u r e s .

Our p r o v i n c i a l government, i n c l u d i n g B i l l Vander Zalm & P e t e r Dueck, have a l r e a d y c a l l e d f o r a two t i e r h e a l t h sys tem i n B.C. They a r e con- t r i b u t i n g t o t h e demand f o r t h i s sys tem by under funding t h e e x i s t i n g s y s t e m . . s o t h e r e a r e l o n g l i n e u p s f o r h e a r t bypass s u r g e r y and o t h e r hos- p i t a l c a r e . Al ready i n B.C. p r i v a t i z a t i o n of food s e r - v i c e s , some management ser- v i c e s , housekeeping s e r v i c e s , n u r s i n g homes and c l i n i c s h a s happened.

E n t e r t h e f r e e t r d d e d e a l . T h i s d e a l g i v e s US p r o f i t c a r e companies involved i n b l o o d banks , h o s p i t a l s , h e a l t h c l i - n i c s , l a b s , n u r s i n g homes, homes f o r t h e m e n t a l l v & nhv-

s i c a l l y d i s a b l e d , t h e RIGllT t o b i d on Canadian h e a l t h c a r e c o n t r a c t s . These companies v a l u e money. We v a l u e c a r i n g f o r p e o p l e .

Behind t h e s e f o r c e s t h a t can d e s t r o y o u r h e a l t h c a r e sys tem a r e t h e powerfu l v o i - c e s of t h e c o r p o r a t e lobby groups who c o n t i n u a l l y c a l l f o r p r i v a t i z a t i o n and s l a s h - i n g s o c i a l spending . The Bus iness Counci l on N a t i o n a l I s s u e s , r e p r e s e n t i n g execu- t i v e s from 150 mega corpora- t i o n s s a y s , "The B u s i n e s s Counci l s u p p o r t s t h e govern- m e n t ' s p l a n t o l i m i t t r a n s - f e r s t o t h e p r o v i n c e s under B i l l C-69."

Corpora te lobby groups s u c h a s t h e F r a s e r I n s t i t u t e c a l l f o r p r i v a t i z a t i o n o f h e a l t h s e r v i c e s .

WllAr WE WANT

I n t h i s c o n t e x t , i t i s ex- t remely i m p o r t a n t t h a t t h e Royal Commission r e a f f i r m t h e g u i d i n g p r i n c i p l e s of t h e Canada H e a l t h Act: u n i v e r s a l - i t y , p o r t a b i l i t y , comprehen- s i v e n e s s , a c c e s s i b i l i t y and p u b l i c a d m i n i s t r a t i o n . You s h o u l d s p e c i f i c a l l y i d e n t i f y f o r c e s t h a t w i l l undermine t h e s e p r i n c i p l e s - f o r c e s o f p r i v a t i z a t i o n , under funding , and s l a s h i n g of f e d e r a l con- t r i b u t i o n s t o h e a l t h c a r e .

Your recommendations s h o u l d i n c l u d e proper f u n d i n g f o r a comprehensive h e a l t h c a r e system. We d o n ' t buy t h e i d e a , when c o r p o r a t e t a x e s a r e g e t - t i n g lower and lower , when t h e GST is t r a n s f e r r i n g t a x e s away from c o r p o r a t i o n s and t h e weal thy , when Canada h a s one o f t h e l o w e s t r a t e s of w e a l t h tax- a t i o n i n t h e world, t h a t Cana- d i a n s c a n n o t a f f o r d t o fund a h e a l t h sys tem p r o p e r l y .

Governments should s t o p pro- f i t i z i n g t h e h e a l t h c a r e system. H e a l t h needs n u s t b e met by a sys tem t h a t c o n s i d e r s human b e i n g s , n o t t h e bottom l i n e , a s f i r s t p r i o r i t y .

The f r e e t r a d e d e a l s h o u l d be r e p e a l e d . Tha t d e a l , p l u s pro- v i n c i a l p r e m i e r s l i k e o u r s who want a two t i e r sys tem and who b e l i e v e i n p r i v a t i z a t i o n , w i l l i n e v i t a b l y r e s u l t i n US-style p r o f i t c o r p o r a t i o n s c o n t r o l l - i n g B.C.'s h e a l t h c a r e .

The p r e c e d i n g recommendations must be implemented j u s t t o p r e s e r v e w h a t ' s l e f t of o u r h e a l t h c a r e system. Here a r e some recommendations n e c e s s a r y t o improve i t : * The b e s t way t o improve

h e a l t h i n BC would b e t o end pover ty . By now you have prob- a b l y h e a r d l o t s a b o u t t h e re- l a t i o n s h i p between p o v e r t y and h e a l t h . Here is some of t h e d a t a we have seen . Dr. John B l a t h e r w i c k , ~ a n c o u v e r ' s Medi- c a l H e a l t h O f f i c e r s a y s t h a t p o v e r t y is t h e b e s t i n d i c a t o r o f poor h e a l t h .

The O n t a r i o Medical Associa- t i o n , i n t h e i r b r i e f t o t h e O n t a r i o S o c i a l A s s i s t a n c e Re- view Committee on J a n . 9 , 1987, s a i d t h a t ending income d i s p a r - i t y would i n c r e a s e l i f e expec t - ancy more t h a n t h e p r e v e n t i o n o f a l l c a n c e r d e a t h s i n Canada.

The Toronto Department o f P u b l i c Heal th , i n i t s p u b l i c a - t i o n THE UNEQUAL SOCIETY (Nov. 1985) , s a y s t h a t p e o p l e i n t h e l o w e s t income group i n Canada can e x p e c t :

- an i n f a n t m o r t a l i t y r a t e 1 . 9 5 t i m e s h i g h e r f o r males 1.86 x h i g h e r f o r f e m a l e s

- a n o v e r a l l m o r t a l i t y r a t e 1.48 t i m e s h i g h e r f o r males 1.22 x h i g h e r f o r females

- t o l i v e 14 more y e a r s w i t h a d i s a b i l i t y f o r males 7.6 more y e a r s w i t h a d i s a b i l - i t y f o r f e m a l e s

I n a government p u b l i c a t i o n , ACHIEVING HEALTH FOR ALL, t h e Government of Canada r e c o g n i z e s t h a t " p e o p l e ' s h e a l t h remains d i r e c t l y r e l a t e d t o t h e i r economic s t a t u s . "

"Men i n Bangladesh, one of t h e w o r l d ' s p o o r e s t c o u n t r i e s , have a b e t t e r chance t h a n (poor ) men i n Harlem of l i v i n g p a s t t h e a g e o f 40 ..." (Globe 6 Mai l ) .

Where End L e g i s l a t e d Pover ty d i f f e r s from o t h e r groups i n

responding t o t h e s e f a c t s i s th i s . .We t h i n k t h e answer t o t h e problem is n o t t o keep e n d l e s s l y c r e a t i n g p o v e r t y and t h e n t r y t o s o l v e t h e problems i t c a u s e s o r t r e a t t h e i l l n e s s e s i t c a u s e s , b u t t o end p o v e r t y . It is s o l o g i c a l .

Plore poor p e o p l e g e t can- c e r t h a n o t h e r people . We know how t o end p o v e r t y . We d o n ' t know how t o end c a n c e r . More poor p e o p l e g e t h e a r t d i s e a s e t h a n o t h e r s . We know how t o end p o v e r t y . We can only t r e a t h e a r t d i s e a s e . We d o n ' t need e x p e n s i v e r e s e a r c h t o end p o v e r t y . l i k e we do f o r c a n c e r p r e v e n t i o n and t r e a t m e n t . We know e x a c t l y how we can end p o v e r t y . Can- ada is probably t h e r i c h e s t c o u n t r y i n t h e world when you c o n s i d e r o u r i n c r e d i b l e l a n d n a s s , o u r r e s o u r c e s , o u r farms, o u r s m a l l p o p u l a t i o n . How can we s c r e w t h i n g s up s o Sad t h a t even i n t h i s r i c h zount ry , p e o p l e a r e d y i n g of 3over ty .

H e r e ' s what we need t o end p o v e r t y . We hope you w i l l h e l p u s c r e a t e t h e p o l i t i c a l w i l l f o r t h e s e changes . Can- ada h a s one of t h e l o w e s t r a t e s o f w e a l t h t a x a t i o n i n t h e world. As a r e s u l t , t h e r i c h e s t 10% o f Canadians own o v e r h a l f o f t h e w e a l t h i n Canada (51 .3%) . Governments should p a s s laws and budgets t h a t r e d i s t r i b u t e t h i s w e a l t h more e q u i t a b l y . Minimum wage should be i n c r e a s e d t o a t l e a s t $7.50 a n hour . T h i s i s what i t would be today i f i t was a t t h e same p e r c e n t a g e of t h e p o v e r t y l i n e a s i t was i n 1975. Wel fa re r a t e s s h o u l d be i n c r e a s e d t o t h e p o v e r t y l i n e . J o b s t h a t pay d e c e n t wages should be c r e a t e d by t h e pub- l i c s e c t o r i f t h e p r i v a t e s e c t o r r e f u s e s t o do i t . We need r e n t c o n t r o l and p u b l i c and n o n - p r o f i t hous ing . Gov- ernment p o l i c i e s t h a t i n - c r e a s e p o v e r t y s h o u l d c e a s e . These i n c l u d e t h e GST, U I c u t s , f r e e t r a d e , p r i v a t i z a - t i o n , c u t s t o s o c i a l spending and income programs.

i Government p o l i c i e s s h o u l d I

be accompanied by a p o v e r t y impact s t u d y , l i k e envi ron- menta l impac t s t u d i e s . I f p o l i c i e s i n c r e a s e p o v e r t y , t h e y s h o u l d be sc rapped .

3 u r Board a l s o wanted t h e s e p o i n t s made:

1. R i g h t now t h e Canada H e a l t h A c t ' s p r o v i s i o n s

f o r u n i v e r s a l i t y a r e b e i n g v i d l a t e d f o r poor p e o p l e . We a l r e a d y have a two t i e r sys - tem of m e n t a l h e a l t h . Poor people who need c o u n s e l l i n g

a r e p u t on l o n g w a i t lists, o r a r e r e f e r r e d t o s e l f - h e l p groups which, though t h e y can be good, d o n ' t r e p l a c e p r o f e s s i o n a l h e l p when i t i s needed.

2 . Poor p e o p l e have fewer t e e t h t h a n o t h e r people .

We c a n ' t a f f o r d d e n t a l c a r e . We d o n ' t g e t o u r t e e t h f i l l - e d , we g e t them p u l l e d . Go- i n g t o a d e n t i s t means tak- i n g food o u t o f t h e mouths of o u r k i d s . T h i s l i s t r u e f o r t e n s of thousands of so- c a l l e d employables on wel- f a r e a s w e l l a s f o r t h e working poor. D e n t a l and m e n t a l h e a l t h c a r e s h o u l d be f r e e l i k e o t h e r p a r t s of t h e h e a l t h c a r e system. It is a myth t h a t p e o p l e on w e l f a r e have t h e i r h e a l t h needs met by t h e system.

3. P r e s c r i p t i o n d r u g s a r e t o o e x p e n s i v e f o r poor

people t o a f f o r d . L ike o t h e r p a r t s o f t h e h e a l t h c a r e system, t h e y should be f r e e . 4. H e a l t h c a r e i n s u r a n c e

s h o u l d be f r e e l i k e i t is i n most p r o v i n c e s . Prob- a b l y hundreds of thousands of people i n B.C. have no h e a l t h i n s u r a n c e . Employable p e o p l e on w e l f a r e d o n ' t g e t h e a l t h i n s u r a n c e f r e e .

5. A d v e r t i s i n g o f booze and c i g a r e t t e s should s t o p .

It is bad enough t h a t t h e s e a r e a d d i c t i v e d r u g s .

We have been t o l d by Rick P o l l a y , a UBC e x p e r t i n c i g - a r e t t e a d v e r t i s i n g , t h a t I

t h i s a d v e r t i s i n g i s t a r g e t t - 1 ed t o people i n low-income communit ies . I

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Likewise b e e r a d v e r t i s i n g is t a r g e t t e d a t low income working men. It i s a c r i m e hat o u r government p e r m i t s companies t o make p r o f i t s by push ing t h e s e a d d i c t i v e d r u g s and t a r g e t t i n g them t o people a l r e a d y a t r i s k .

6. People who work i n t h e h e a l t h c a r e sys tem should

have d e c e n t pay and working c o n d i t i o n s . I f h e a l t h c a r e is p r i v a t i z e d , wages of wor- k e r s w i l l f a l l and t h e y t o o w i l l be poor , g e t s i c k more and c o n t r i b u t e t o t h e dem- a n d s on t h e sys tem.

7. Governments s h o u l d fund s c h o o l food programs. I n

Vancouver, where a gppd program is i n p l a c e , c h i l d r e n , p a r e n t s , t e a c h e r s , adminis- t r a t o r s and t h e School Board a r e v e r y happy w i t h t h e re - s u l t s . The programs e n s u r e t h a t a l l c h i l d r e n g e t a t l e a s t one n u t r i t i o u s meal p e r d a y , and t h a t t h e y can a l l s i t t o g e t h e r a s e q u a l s and e a t i t .

Those a r e o u r recommenda- t i o n s . We hope you w i l l ag- r e e w i t h u s and become a s t r o n g f o r c e f o r p r e s e r v i n g o u r h e a l t h c a r e sys tem and e n d i n g pover ty . I f o u r h e a l t h c a r e sys tem c o n t i n u e s i n i t s p r e s e n t d i r e c t i o n , we and o u r c h i l d r e n and o u r f a m i l i e s w i l l be t h e o n e s who won' t be a b l e t o g e t i n t o h o g p i t a l s when we a r e s i c k o r i n j u r e d . We a r e a l r e a d y t h e o n e s who g e t s i c k more and d i e s o o n e r . we need s t r o n g recommenda- t i o n s t o keep t h i s s i t u a t i o n from g e t t i n g worse.

By JEAN SWANSON

T'VE GOT Ad

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lgle mother w i t h t h r e e c h i -

l d r e n : l adys was h e r e f o r a l i t e r a c y con- e rence . Her f a r e had been pa id .

She t o l d me she l i v e s i n Council Housing ( s o c i a l hous ing) . Her r e n t i s 3 r i a n

126 pounds, about h a l f of h e r income. Thatcher , ~ n g l a n d ' s Prime M i n i s t e r ,

wants t o s e l l p u b l i c housing. Gladys would have t o make mortgage payments )f 400 pounds a month, p l u s t a x e s on top of t h a t . She d o e s n ' t even make t h i s much money i n a month.

Another c o s t added t o everyone is t h e p o l l t a x - a n o t h e r 475 pounds a yea r . (GST?) I f h e r apar tment i s s o l d she w i l l have t o pay market r e n t and w i l l become homeless. M i l l i o n s of d o l l a r s a r e be ing s p e n t i n England

B i l l t o keep people i n rooming houses and no th ing i s be ing s p e n t on p u b l i c housing s h e s a i d . Also t h e p o l l t a x c o s t s more i f you l i v e i n a poor a r e a

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where t h e r e a r e more s o c i a l s e r v i c e s . Poor people pay more. R p ~ j Thatcher , Bush, Mulroney..Vanderzalm & Campbell have t h i n k i n g d i s o r d e r s . They must come from d y s f u n c t i o n a l

By SHEILA BAXTER

Gordie

JUST ANOTHER .DAY

Woke up today S a i d t o s y s e l f I ' m n o t r i c h enough f o r a poke Walked down H a s t i n g s S t . M e t a f r i e n d Hey I g o t a t o k e Buddy gave me Some n e r d s t o s e l l S o ' s I c o u l d make some Ploola, Dough, Hoke.

WOW! Now I g o t enough money f o r a poke. J u s t a n o t h e r day down h e r e o n H a s t i n g s S t . , I n B e a u t i f u l B.C.

Frank J o e

P.S. : I f you want t o g e t o f f you r t r i p , c o n t a c t you r n e a r e s t A.A. or N.A. mee t ing . - a f r i e n d

NIANCOUVER , I INDIAN CENTER'S

The Bottom

How do you know when y o u ' r e a t t h e bot tom: When you d o n ' t f e e l good abou t y o u r s e l f You f e e l you have l o s t your goodness Everyone l o v e s j u s t a l i t t l e b i t d i f f e r e n t and we must f i r s t l o v e o u r s e l v e s . W e must be good t o o u r s e l v e s i n o r d e r t o be good t o e a c h o t h e r S o c i e t y h a s broken down o u t o f f r u s t r a t i o r P e o p l e knock e a c h o t h e r down Now we a r e a l l f a l l e n p e o p l e . W e have t o b u i l d each o t h e r up , a n a l y s e where w e each a r e i n o u r deve lopment . Some of u s have t o l a y a new f o u n d a t i o n The war of words is o v e r Now we must b u i l d a new a t t i t u d e We must l e a r n t o l i f t e a c h o t h e r B u i l d i n g b l o c k s of hope Courage t o a c c e p t abuse from o t h e r s and t u r n i t around t o l o v i n g t h o u g h t s .

5:i Mon. D e c . 17. 1990 I 1:OOam - 2:Oopm $d

--'J1607 E a s t Hastings J ?

NATIONAL A D D I C T I O N S

AWARENESS WEEK

C e l e b r a t e K e e p T h e C i r c l e S t rong

N o v e m b e r 18 - 24

T h e C i r c l e is Growing!

B e t t y J a q u e l i n e Rober t son

to spend $400,000. 1 5 -

on campaign, partv savs The Non-Partisan Association

plans to spend more than four times as much money as either of the other two parties in the Vancouver civic election campaign - but NPA strat- egists still insist times are tough for their political fund raisers.

The NPA cleared $100,000 on just one fund-raising dinner in October, a $125-a-head affair for 1,400 people at the Vancouver Trade and Con- vention Centre. The take from that d inner alone is more than the amounts that either the Committee of Progressive Electors or the Civic New Democrats plans to spend for their respective campaigns.

Orficially, the NPA is budgeting !$400,000 for its campaign up to election day Nov. 17, but it won't open its

. I)ooks or say precisely how the money will be spent.

1Jnder B.C. law, civic parties don't have to disclose any of their finan- cial rec~rds, and there are no limits on campaign spending.

COPE, which has budgeted $89,445 for its campaign, has made its books and list of contributors available to public scruitiny, and challenges the NPA to do the same.

The Civic NDP is also budgeting about $90,000. NDP officials gave some details on how the money \iould he spent, but have not opened their books.

NPA president J. Paul Shason said his group has the most money coming in because of three factors. "We have the largest membership base. the largest number of donors and the largest number of fresh

dedicated candidates," Shason said.

Rut COPE treasurer Bruce Yorke has a different explanation.

"It's the developers," Yorke said. "There's an obvious difference in wealth between their supporters and ours."

NPA's fatter budget will allow it to wage a television and billboard media blitz - far beyond the means of either of the other parties.

One billboard can cost $800, and NPA is planning to use up to 50. At a total of $40,000, that's almost as much as either COPE or the NDP have in their entire advertising budgets.

One 30-second TV ad in prime time costs as much as $5,000, not counting cost of production, which can run $6,000 to $10,000. NPA will be running dozens of ads in the final two weeks.

Thousands of dollars more will be spent by individual NPA candidates, who got off to a quick start with a series of TV spots in August. The spots cost the hopefuls an estimated $2,000 each for production and air- time.

COPE will concentrate on produc- ing a brochure to be mailed to every household in Vancouver. Cost for prmting and postage: $19,000. -.

a The biggest single source o f income for COPE is from affiliates of the Vancouver and District Labor Council - up to $40,000.

The NDP, which is not running a mayoral candidate, will probably get about $35,000 from the unions.

"All the money is not in yet," said labor council secretary-treasurer John Fitzpatridk. "The unions have to hold meetings and get.approva1 from their memberships."

Based on past contributions, F8z- patrick is expecting about $12,000 from the provincial Council of Car. pouters; $30.000 from various locals and the national of the Canadian Union of Public Employees; $15,000 from the Vancouver Municipal arid Regional Employees Union; and smaller amounts from the hospital workers, marineworkers, longshore workers and bakers, among others.

The Civic NDP plans td divide its $90,000 budget equally between advertising and office expenses, Like COPE, the Civic NDP plans td concentrate on printed material --] brochures, lawn signs, community newspaperes.

"We simply can't airord to go near TV add our radio will be minimal," said campaign manager Gerry Scott.

Shason says the NPA is lowerin d its sights from previous campaigns! In 1988, he said, the NPA spent closs to $500,000.

"Please don't ask me to give yod details," he said. "It's part of out3 campaign strategy% We-will-use all the media possible."

Told that COPE had opened its books, he replied: "That's wonderful for them."

The two annual Gordon Campbell fund-raising dinners since the last election have brought in about $200,000 in profit, he said. .

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Who goes to the Campbell dinner?

Shason says three or four companies bought entire tables - cost for each, $1,500 - but the audience1 was mainly a cross-section of the community, both individuals and businesses.

At last year's dinner, Victor Li of Concord Pacific and developer Nat Bosa each had full tables. Also pres-

ent were developers Michael CeUer, Andre Molnar, Jack Poole and Howard Addison; real estate agent Andrea Eng; Brian Calder, then president of the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver and former NPA president; and Peter Thomas, co-founder of the Century 21 real eslate lirm.

Shason said while this year's dinner was very successful, other donations and the take from smaller fund raisers are less than what he had hoped for.

"People start counting their pen- nies when the media starts talking recession," he said. "We are hoping to raise and spend $400,000. But right now, we're quite a bit shy of. that. We will only spend what we1 raise."

He said NPA has received two o three $500 cheques. 1

"By and large, it's in the $5 to $50, range. Unfortunately, too many in the $5 to $15 range."

Another big source of donations is' Srom the candidates themselves. Aldermanic candidates are required to donate $5,000 each and school and park board candidates $1,000, for a total of $67,000.

Individual NPA candidates can! also mount individual campaigns - from $500 to be spent by incumbent Ald. Gordon Price to at least $15,000 by new face Tung Chan.

Chan, a bank mapager, grossed $25,000 at a fund-raising dinner last month. About 500 people attended, paying $50 n head.

University of B.C. political scien- tist Paul Tennant said NPA has tra- ditionally depended on big donations from a few corporations, ,including the old B.C. Electric back tn the 1950s.

' ~ u t he says the party has beell "modernized" by Canipbell and his, circle, and the fund-raising ellbrt is more widespread.

"I'm sure he would rather depend on more, but smaller, donations," said Tennant.

Campbell is not spending anythi og extra on his own campagn, sad 111s comnlmunications assisla~lt Nur~el Honey.

Campbell was asked at a recent public meeting how much linancial help he was getting from d e ~ e - Jopers. t ' His reply: "I'm not able to tell you. I don't know where my contributions come tkom."

Scru~tiny ofthe cancelied cht$ies of COPE contributors shoued most to be in the $5 to $50 range. Several from party slalwarts were higher, including one for $1,000 f r o m l d . Harry Rankin. --

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The first 70 cheques receiigd by I COPE in the current campaign averaged $98 each.

One income item not listedp dm- . . ated staff Srom unions like the

VMHEU. Yorke expected COPE to benefit by about $5,000 to $6,000 frsgl this item.

ARE YOU ON THE CITY VOTERS L I S T ?

C a l l 873-7681 t o s e e i f you a r e . If n o t , you can s t i l l v o t e by t a k i n g some I D w i t h your name and a d d r e s s on i t t o your p o l l i n g s t a t i o n . * Be a Canadian c i t i z e n * Be 19 y e a r s o l d o r o l d e r .

Been l i v i n g i n Vancouver 3 rnonclrs

WHERE DO YOU VOTE?

C a l l 873-7011 f o r t h e a d d r e s s o f y o u r p o l l i n g s t a t i o n .

PLACE AN 'x' IN ONE (1 ) DOX O N L Y .

F l a s h Backs. . . . ----------- S i x t e e n y e a r s ago, on November 13,

1974, t h e r e was a motor v e h i c l e a c c i - d e n t i n I g n e s , O n t a r i o t h a t invo lved 2 c a r s and f i v e people .

I n o u r c a r t h e woman s i t t i n g i n t h e p a s s e n g e r ' s s e a t w a s h u r t badly . She had f i v e broken r i b s , a broken c o l l a r bone and p e l v i s . As f o r t h e pe r son l a y i n g i n t h e back, t h e impact severed h e r s p i n e , l e f t a b i g lump on h e r head and f r a c t u r e d h e r jaw. She was unaware of t h i s u n t i l s h e g o t t o t h e h o s p i t a l and a t t empted t o g e t o u t of t h e g e r n i e b u t was u n a b l e t o move. The d r i v e r of t h e c a r walked i n t o t h e emergency room w i t h b r u i s e d r i b s and a b l a c k eye.

I heard from t h e o t h e r g e r n i e a per- s o n y e l l i n g "Honey, what happened t o my f o o t ? " H e r husband w a s t r y i n g t o calm h e r down. \ h e n t h e c a r s c rashed i t had mangled h e r f o o t s o bad t h a t i t had t o be amputated.

The gr im p a r t of t h i s s t o r y is n o t t h e f a c t t h a t i t w a s snowing h e a v i l y , making t h e r o a d s v e r y s l u s h y . I t was what happened b e f o r e t h e c r a s h . Both

a d u l t s smoked mar i juana , which I be- l i e v e was t h e r e a l cause . I knew i t was i l l e g a l s o , b e f o r e I passed o u t , I remember s a y i n g "what about t h e g r a s s ? ' ' To t h i s day , I s t i l l do n o t f o r g i v e Dave and Bev f o r what h a s happened t o me.

Although t imes have been rough, I have managed t o over look my d i s a b i l i t y and c a r r y on w i t h l i f e . It took a long t o a c c e p t t h e s e wheels , which a r e my l e g s t o d a y . When I go c r u i s i n g peop le a r e always s a y i n g "Slow down Marg!" ( E s p e c i a l l y Wayne, who I m e t about a month ago . )

I ' m comfor tab le a t t h e speed I go. I t ' s my pace . I f I want t o t a l k , I ' l l p u t i t i n low g e a r s o we can walk to- g e t h e r and t a l k .

Today I l i v e i n Vancouver, which I c a l l my home. I do v o l u n t e e r work i n t h e community a s w e l l a s where I l i v e . I wouldn ' t do i t i f I d i d n ' t l i k e i t .

I heard t h i s s a y i n g on t h e boobtube: " I f you g o t t a l i v e h e r e , you might a s w e l l be t h e Nayor."

GO ALL THE WAY J I M GREEN! ! !

By MARGARET PREVOST

. . The p 1 ; l n n i n P in Vancouver

* Demoli t ion of a f f o r d a b l e f a m i l y hous ing A new ERA * Loss of r e n c a l hous ing * D e s t r u c t i o n of h e r i t a g e s t r e e t s c a p e s o r s i t e s

Loss of c i t y v iews * Nei~hbourhood impact of t r a n s i t r o u t e s

i n Vancouver I - f: Spot r e z o n i n g s c a u s i n g neighbourhood d i s r u p t i o n and * Secondary s u i t e review f o r c e d on RS1 neighbourhoods * Mega houses * Loss of l a n d s c a p i n g , t r e e s and g reen s p a c e * Vacant r e s i d e n t i a l b u i l d i n g s

participatory 1

$c Unplanned redevelopment * R e s i d e n t i a l r e a l e s c a t e s p e c u l a ~ i o n Neighbourhood !

These a r e some of t h e i s s u e s which have soarked neighbourhood a c t i o n over t h e p a s t f o u r y e a r s . They a l l p o i n t t o one i s g n i f i c a n t problem: t h e C i t y of Vancouver i s changing r a p i d l y w i t h no l e a d e r s h i p and v i s i o n .

The NPA have r e s o r t e d t o adhoc p lan- n i n g and p o l i t i c a l l y mot iva ted t r e n d growth. They have put che C i t y ' s r e - s o u r c e s i n t o t h e mega p r o j e c t s l i k e t h e Concord P a c i f i c and Marathon 's Coal Harbour developments, and i n t o t h e s u i t e program, and they have ig - nored t h e problems f a c i n g t h e neighbourhoods. Consequent ly , t h e r e i s un- p receden ted t u r m o i l and a n x i e t y about t h e f u t u r e i n many once s t a b l e Vancou- v e r neighbourhoods.

Tenants and low and fixed income homeowners have been a f f e c t e d most s e r i o u s l y by t h e hous ing c r i s i s , which has become a c i t y wide problem. Re- zoning p u b l i c h e a r i n g s from Grandview Woodlands t o Ki t s iPano have s e e n hun- d r e d s of c i t i z e n s l e f t w i t h no a l t e r - n a t i v e b u t t o e x p r e s s t h e i r f r u s t r a - t i o n a t a C i t y Counci l t h a t shows no l e a d e r s h i p o r d i r e c t i o n towards resp- o n s i b l e , planned development.

The p u b l i c p r o c e s s h a s f a l l e n a p a r t . It i s r e f l e c t e d i n an absurd committee system ac C i t y H a l l which f u n n e l s mosc c i v i c b u s i n e s s i n t o two "mega-commni- t t e e s " t h a t can no t cope wich the p lann ing c r i s i s f a c i n g Vanc .o ,~ \ i c~~ - .

Vancouver i s a t a c r i t i c a l p o i n t . As we w i l l be e l e c t i n g a new Cicy COU- n c i l f o r t h e nexc c h r e e y e a r s , now is t h e cime t o e n s u r e t h a t t h e p l a n n i n g o f o u r Cicy i s ma-e che number one p r i o r i c y . It i s cime co e n s u r e t h a c t h e peop le of Vancouver have a d i r e c t v o i c e i n t h a t p l a n n i n g p r o c e s s .

P a r t 11.. . The B a s i c s :

* A l l p l a n n i n g d e c i s i o n s must be determined i n t h e p u b l i c i n c e r e s t .

* T::e p:blGc must b e i n c l u d e d i n a p r o c e s s c h a t e s t a b l i s h e s d e f i n e d r o l e s f o r r e s i d e n t s , d e v e l o p e r s , p l a n n i n g p r o f e s s i o n a l s and C i t y Counci l .

* There must be a s t r a t e g i c , c i t y wide p l a n t h a t s e t s o u t g u i d e l i n e s and o b j e c t i v e s f o r e q u i t a b l e growth, t r a n - s i t , g reen s p a c e , a f f o r d a b l e hous ing and neighbourhood p l a n n i n g .

* The f o l l o w i n g p r o p o s a l s a r e i d e a s t h a c a COPE m a j o r i c y on Vancouver C i t y Counci l would deve lop w i t h che neighbourhoods. COPE w i l l p r o v i d e l e a d e r - s h i p bu p ropos ing a new approach t o p l a n n i n g i n Vancouver, b u t w i l l be r e s p o n s i v e t o o t h e r v iews and cons t - r u c t i v e p r o p o s a l s from t h e neighbour- 11nnds.

The Process:

1. Neighbourhood Planning Boards

COPE proposes the establishment of elected, neighbourhood planning boards with a mandate to develop and propose neighbourhood plans and bylaws to City Council. The City would refer to the neigh-

bourhood planning board significant applications for conditional uses and zoning changes within the area for I review and a recommendation. Neighbourhood boards will be asked

to set the short term and long term planning objectives, and to examine options to increase the supply of affordable housing. Each neighbourhood board would have

a storefront office and the services of community development workers accountable to tHe local boards. Neighbourhood boards will be repre- -

1 sented on a newly mandated Vancouver Planning Commission.

2. The Vancouver Planning Commission

COPE proposes a newly mandated Van- couver Planning Commission. Constituted of neighbourhood plann-

ing board representatives, a minority of "at large" representatives, including members of the development indus- try. the Vancouver Planning Commission will be mandated to consider and form- ulate city wide objectives on matters such as equitable growth, housing, transit and neighbourhood stabilization. The Vancouver Planning Commission

will be represented on a new Standing Committee of City Council on Planning and Development.

3. The Standing Committee of Council on Plannine and Develovment

The Planning and Development Commi- ttee will consider and make recommendations to City Council on all planning and development matters, including: * proposals submitted by neighbourhood planning boards

* proposals submitted by the Vancouver Planning Commission

* proposals submitted by independent groups and individuals

All meetings will be held in public and delegations will be heard.

4. A New Strategic Plan for Vancouver

As a result of a process~involving a wide range of public involvement, the deliberations of neighbourhood planning boards, the Vancouver Planning Commission, the Standing Committee on Planning and Development and City Coun-

cil, a city wide strategic plan to guide the growth and development of Vancouver will be developed and submitted to the electorate.

JIM GREEN for MAYOR

Libby Davies Bruce Eriksen Harry Rnr~kin

Pat Chauncey Sue Dahlin Ruth Herman

Patricia Wilson Bruce Yorke

COPE proposes that this committee be comprised of members of Council, and representatives of the Community Plan- ning Commission.

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"There i s no Gordon Campbell t o account f o r t h e e x a g g e r a ~ i o n s and m i s t r u t h s i n mosL of t h e NPA s h i t , and s e e Campbell s h i f t g e a r s and a t t a c k COPE. H e & he NPA count on d o u b l e t a l k t o con- f u s e and s c a r e peop le - people who l l a v e n ' ~ yet t r a c e d our s o c i a l problems t o t h e r i c h e l i t e and t h e i r mouthpiece - Mulroney & Vander Zalm & Campbe 11.

POLITICS? The way t h e game seems t o work i s f o r t h e peop le w i t h t h b i g g e s t v e s t e d i n t e r e s t t o do and s a y

, a n y t h i n g t o g e t e l e c t e d . T h i s g i v e s a l l h o l d e r s o f p u b l i c o f f i c e a bad name and makes government a joke . Ev- e r y law, p o l i c y o r d e c i s i o n seems t o be i n f avour of " b u s i n e s s a s usua l . ' ' fl

VANCOUVER C I V I C ELECTION - t h i s Sa tu rday , November 1 7 t h . The N.P.A. (NON P a r t i s a n A s s o c i a t i o n / ~ o n P u b l i c A c c o u n t a b i l i t y / ~ o P r i n c i p l e s A t a l l ) c a n d i d a t e s a r e keep ing t h i s p i c t u r e Th i s i s going t o b e long and invo l - of government a l i v e and w e l l w i t h ved. 1'11 t r y t o l i s t what h a s been l i e s ( " the Downtomi E a s t s i d e app lauds happening on t h e 3 l e v e l s of p o l i t i c s t h e NPA's a f f o r d a b l e hous ing pol icy") i n Vancouver, B .C . & Canada. Sources and s c a r e t a c t i c s ( " i f you d o n ' t v o t e of r e f e r e n c e i n c l u d e t h e Pro-Canada f o r t h e zoo money, w e ' l l s h u t down Network, Maude Barlow, Jean Swanson, t h e k i d ' s t r a i n " ) i l l u s i o n ("Commun- o t h e r s who have s a i d o r w r i t t e n s t u f f i t y News" papers , made t o look l i k e t h a t h e l p s . I f you want more i n f o , a c t u a l newspapers b u t a c t u a l l y p a i d w r i t e t o t h e Pro-Canada Network a t & g r o s s l y d i s t o r t e d propaganda a d s ) 251 L a u r i e r West, #904, Ottawa KlP5J6 and f l o o d i n g t h e media w i t h i r r e l e - and End L e g i s l a t e d Pover ty ( Jean) i s v a n t l e x p e n s i v e con j o b s aimed r i g h t a t 211-4.56 W. Broadway, Van. V 5 Y 1 R 3 . a t peop le who d o n ' t know. DERA i s a t 9 E.Hast ings , Carnegie is

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has been s a y i n g l a t e l y t h a t i t ' s " too e a r l y t o t e l l " how f r e e t r a d e i s a f f e c t i n g t h e Canadian economy.

U n f o r t u n a t e l y , i t ' s no t too e a r l y ,

S o c i a l Programs "We a r e going t o m a i n t a i n a l l o f our

s o c i a l programs. "

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i t ' s t o o e a s y t o t e l l . What i s hap- Th i s withdraws f e d e r a l money from pening t o Canada is a l l too c l e a r . s o c i a l programs. It a l l o w s Ottawa t o

With Br ian Mulroney a s t h e i r p u b l i c w h i t t l e i t s c o n t r i b u t i o n f o r h e a l t h r e l a t i o n s o f f i c e r , t h e b i g corpora - c a r e , e d u c a t i o n , w e l f a r e and s o c i a l t i o n s have taken f i r m c o n t r o l o f t h e s e r v i c e s down t o z e r o by 2004. government of Canada. Big corpora- - -

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Newspapers, r a d i o and TV s t a t i o n s ARE b i g c o r p o r a t i o n s . Southam News and Thompson, between them, own 90% of Canadian newspapers. They a r e members of c o r p o r a t e lobby groups . They h e l p d e c i d e which i s s u e s Canad-- s 2 -

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10 new f a c t o r i e s open up h e r e , t h e The Canada A s s i s t a n c e P lan (CAP) i s c o r p o r a t e media c h a i n s w i l l f l a u n t t h e a n agreement between t h e f e d e r a l gov- p i c t u r e s of t h e s e 10 everywhere and , ernment and t h e p rov inces where each e s p e c i a l l y b e f o r e t h e next e l e c t i o n , pays f o r h a l f of t h e c o s t s . It i s t h e s t a t e t h a t f r e e t r a d e has b e n e f i t t e d fund ing s a f e t y n e t , t h e o n l y n a t i o n a l t h e whole world. program t h a t e x p l i c i t l y h e l p s f i g h t

The c o r p o r a t e agenda s t a n d s f o r min- pover ty . CAP-funded s e r v i c e s i n c l u d e : I imum government " i n t e r f e r e n c e " i n the * s i n g l e - p a r e n t f a m i l i e s

economy and maximum freedom f o r m u l t i - f: m e n t a l l y & p h y s i c a l l y d i s a b l e d n a t i o n a l c o r p o r a t i o n s . I t means t h a t 9: t h e aged Canadians g e t t o watch a s " f r e e " t r a d e k k i d s i n c a r e , o r who need p r o t e c t i o n d i s m a n t l e s our i n d u s t r i e s and s u r r e n - because of abuse o r n e g l e c t d e r s o u r f o r e s t s , f i s h , m i n e s , energy ;k t h e unemployed and wa te r t o U.S. i n t e r e s t s . f: f a m i l i e s and i n d i v i d u a l s i n c r i s i s

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When B i l l C-69 was passed by t h e Tory m a j o r i t y i n t h e House o f Commons, the government of BC took t h e f e d s t o c o u r t and won. They argued t h a t t h e province had a "reasonable e x p e c t a t i o n " t h a t CAP funding would c o n t i n u e a s agreed to. The f e d s a r e a p p e a l i n g t o t h e Supreme Court . The c o r p o r a t e p r e s s - u r e is extreme. They want t h i s b i l l t o become law a . s . a . p. I f i t does - Children - c u t t i n g t r a n s f e r s of money --------

t o t h e p rov inces w i l l make them f r e e z e w e l f a r e r a t e s & t h e minimum wage and then cutback on s c h o o l s , t e a c h e r s ' pay, food programs, counsel- l i n g f o r abused k i d s . It w i l l make t h e home l i f e of thousands of k i d s a h o r r o r of pover ty wi th few i f any op- p o r t u n i t i e s a s p a r e n t s f i n d t h e cruc- i a l s e r v i c e s becoming pay-as-you-go. Child Care - The g r e a t Ch i ld Care Pro- ----------

gram t a l k e d about b e f o r e t h e e l e c t i o n was she lved almost a t once a f t e r t h e . v o t e was counted. Now p a r e n t s have even l e s s hope under t h e double weight of no j o b s and be ing fo rced t o t a k e any work a t any wage and no a f f o r d a b l e / a v a i l a b l e c h i l d c a r e . B i l l C-69 w i l l fked abuse , n e g l e c t and hunger f o r o u r k i d s . I t ' s t h i s k ind of c a l l o u s t r ea tment of c h i l d r e n t h a t h a s more people choosing n o t t o have k i d s ; immigration quo tas a r e r a i s e d t o keep t h e popu la t ion growing and subconscious rac ism develops . People a s k themselves why t h e y , who were born h e r e , a r e v i c t i m s of government / c o r p o r a t e i n d i f f e r e n c e whi le f o r e i g n e r s ( s i c (same i n c o n t e x t ) ) con t inue t o a r r i v e .

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s u r v i v e on inadequa te a s s i s t a n c e . B i l l C-69 f u r t h e r reduces o u r chances of s e e i n g w e l f a r e r a t e s r i s e t o cover r e a l l i v i n g c o s t s . With l e s s and l e s s CAP money, p rov inces w i l l s t a r t w i t h r e s t r i c t i o n s on t h e number of people who can g e t w e l f a r e , t h e l e n g t h of t ime they can g e t b e n e f i t s , and t h e type of b e n e f i t s they can r e c e i v e . Provinces w i l l no t be t o o i n t e r e s t e d i n f i n d i n g long-term s o l u t i o n s t o g i v e people t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o t r a i n f o r and g e t decent-paying jobs . They w i l l i n s t e a d i n c r e a s e t h e p r e s s u r e on people t o t a k e any job a t any wage wi thou t l i c e n s e d c h i l d c a r e and o t h e r s u p p o r t s ... keeping them i n pover ty .

B i l l C-69 goes d i r e c t l y a g a i n s t t h e b a s i c premise of CAP:

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and t h e p reven t ion and removal of t h e causes of pover ty and dependence p u b l i c a s s i s t a n c e . " ..-

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f i n g e r a t Ottawa w h i l e , l i k e h e r e i n BC r i g h t now (and A l b e r t a , Saskatchewan, Manitoba, . . .) , h i g h e r educa t ion means h i g h e r t u i t i o n f e e s , more s t u d e n t s p e r t e a c h e r , c u t s i n programs and inadequa te g r a n t s and s t u d e n t l o a n s . Soon, u n l e s s you a r e a gen ius r e c r u i t e d by a c o r p o r a t i o n , on ly s t u d e n t s w i t h weal thy p a r e n t s w i l l be a b l e t o a f f o r d c o l l e g e and u n i v e r s i t y .

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t a n c e and c h i l d w e l f a r e s e r v i c e s i n a l l p rov inces . With a s many a s 60% of o f f - r e s e r v e Na t ives r e l y i n g on p u b l i c a i d , a l a r g e number of Na t ive c h i l d - ren " i n ca re" , h i g h unemployment and many s ing le -pa ren t f a m i l i e s headed by women, any cutback i n c r u c i a l s e r v i c e w i l l be d i s a s t r o u s . Cu t t ing back on educa t ion money w i l l s e v e r e l y r e s t r i c t N a t i v e s ' a c c e s s t o h i g h e r l e a r n i n g a s many o f f - r e s e r v e Nat ives a r e n ' t e l i b - i b l e f o r g r a n t s . Provinces w i l l c u t funding f o r post-secondary programs, Na t ive p e o p l e s 1 o n e remaining source , and even fewer Na t ives w i l l be a b l e t o g e t a c o l l e g e o r u n i v e r s i t y degree .

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j chance of s t a y i n g o u t of pover ty . B i l l C-69 is an a t t a c k on t h e qual-

i t y of Canada's h i g h e r e d u c a t i o n and s t u d e n t s ' a c c e s s t o i t . Corpora t ions want t o c o n t r o l t h i s a c c e s s , bo th f o r t h e enormous p r o f i t p o t e n t i a l of p r i v a t i z e d t r a i n i n g and t o make anyone wanting a h i g h e r educa t ion g e t it from them and spend y e a r s paying i t o f f

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- Medicare - ' K i l l i n g i t s o f t l y ' is how -------- o u r h e a l t h c a r e sys tem is

be ing d e s t r o y e d . A s soon a s Mulroney got e l e c t e d , h e changed t h e r u l e s and "block-f unded" Medicare. Th i s i s t ran- s f e r r i n g money t o t h e p rov inces on t h e b a s i s of p o p u l a t i o n , r a t h e r than on a c t u a l use o r need. He a l s o made c u t s a t 2% per y e a r . I t d o e s n ' t seem l i k e much u n t i l you r e a l i s e t h a t i n 5 y e a r s i t ' s been c u t by 10% and i n 15 y e a r s by 30%. H i s c o r p o r a t e bosses want h e a l t h c a r e p r i v a t i s e d l i k e it is i n t h e U.S. - pay-as-you-go.

Every y e a r a lower p r o p o r a t i o n of our t a x e s go t o Medicare. B i l l C-69 w i l l f r e e z e f e d e r a l h e a l t h c a r e con- t r i b u t i o n s , l e a d i n g t o even l o n g e r w a i t i n g l i s t s f o r s u r g e r y , fewer and fewer s p e c i a l i s t s i n needed a r e a s , men/women/children w i t h AIDS, and no new d o l l a r s f o r new, l i f e - s a v i n g medical t e c h n i q u e s . By t h e t u r n of t h e c e n t u r y t h e f e d e r a l government w i l l be ou t of h e a l t h c a r e and p r i v - a t e b u s i n e s s w i l l be i n t o t a l c o n t r o l .

f o r e 1986 t h e f e d e r a l s h a r e was open- ended and would pay f o r a f i x e d num- b e r of new houses and apar tments f o r s o c i a l housing. Now, however, t h e r e is a f i x e d l i m i t t o f e d e r a l money. Un- l e s s p rov inces a r e w i l l i n g t o pay more t h a n t h e y agreed t o , t h e number of new s u b s i d i z e d apar tments & houses w i l l d rop even more.

Rents r i s e f a s t e r than w e l f a r e payments f o r r e n t s s o people have t o u s e food money t o keep a roof over t h e i r heads . The lock of pover ty t ight .ens a s 60-70% of t h e f i x e d income goes t o cover t h e c o s t of housing.

A s w e l f a r e payments f a i l t o keep up w i t h c o s t of l i v i n g , governments must p rov ide more money f o r households l i v - ing i n s o c i a l housing. The money f o r people a l r e a d y i n housing must be taken from t h e money t h a t was supposed t o go f o r new housing. Say h e l l o t o s l e e p i n g under b r i d g e s , i n pa rks , i n a l l e y s , even i n dumpsters. S e n i o r s - Older Canadians a r e proud -------

of t h e s o c i a l programs they he lped s e t up, and which h e l p p r o t e c t those who a r e poor, d i s a b l e d o r o l d a g a i n s t m a l n u t r i t i o n , ill h e a l t h , poor housing and s o c i a l i s o l a t i o n . S ince

t h e takeover by t h e Conservat ives and t h e i r c o r p o r a t e p u p p e t t e e r s , f e d e r a l p a r t i c i p a t i o n h a s been s t e a d i l y eroded and even abo l i shed i n many a r e a s . B i l l C-69 makes t h i s s t r a n g u l a t i o n f a s t e r .

Unemployment Insurance

Mulroney s a i d ( b e f o r e t h e e l e c t i o n ) t h a t t h e r e would be no changes. The b i l l passed t h e Sena te about a month ago t h a t chopped over $1.5 b i l l i o n i n b e n e f i t s by l eng then ing e n t r y r e q u i r e - ments, c u t t i n g t h e d u r a t i o n of t ime you can g e t U I and i n c r e a s i n g penal- t i e s t o so -ca l l ed " q u i t t e r s " . . even i f you q u i t because of r o t t e n working c o n d i t i o n s o r poor s a f e t y o r pay. 150,000 people w i l l be c u t o f f and an- o t h e r 600,000 w i l l s e e b e n e f i t s reduced by up t o 13 weeks.

Th i s i s p a r t of t h e founda t ion of I

t h e c o r p o r a t e agenda. To t h a t mindset s h u t t i n g p l a n t s and t a k i n g o p e r a t i o n s t o Mexico, l a y i n g o f f workers due t o no t making '*enough" money, paying low wages f o r sweatshop working condi- t i o n s and s o on a r e NOT t h e cause of unemployment. Unemployment i n s u r a n c e is t h e cause of unemployment. I t makes workers i n f l e x i b l e , meaning i f you, t h e c o r p o r a t e e x e c u t i v e , c a n ' t g e t people t o agree t o work f o r n e x t t o no th ing amid dangerous ( o r j u s t bad) c o n d i t i o n s , you, t h e management have t o f o r c e them by making it almost i m - p o s s i b l e f o r them t o g e t w e l f a r e and c u t t i n g U I t o t h e bone.

Jobs! J o b s ! J o b s !

... have gone s o u t h , s o u t h , s o u t h . The f i r s t exodus was t o t h e s o u t h e r n U.S. where l abour is cheap (minimum wages a r e low o r n o n - e x i s t e n t ) . The new t r e n d is f u r t h e r sou th t o Mexico where workers g e t about $4 a day.

Most 3rd World s t a t e s have an e l i t e i n power..power gained through m i l i - t a r y means. Th i s is pa id f o r - t h e weapons and t r a i n i n g - w i t h massive l o a n s t aken o u t by governments ( s i c ) from t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l Monetary Fund and t h e World Bank. M u l t i n a t i o n a l s back t h i s w i t h s u p p l i e s and economic a i d through t h e i r h o s t governments & then comes t h e IMF's " r e s t r u c t u r i n g " of t h e 3rd world s t a t e ' s economy. Land i s s e t a s i d e f o r growing cash crops f o r e x p o r t , s o c i a l programs a r e w i s h f u l t h i n k i n g , pay and un ions a r e v i r t u a l l y i n v i s i b l e , and t h e deb t i s e t e r n a l . Even when a p r o g r e s s i v e l ead- e r s h i p sometimes g e t s i n t o o f f i c e , l i k e Sa lvadore Al lende i n C h i l e , Big . Business e i t h e r c o r r u p t s t h e new o r d e r o r k i l l s t h e l e a d e r s . S e r i o u s l y .

The s o c i a l consc ience of Canada's c o r p o r a t i o n s , many of which a r e now s u b s i d i a r i e s of American companies, h a s al lowed over 121,000 j o b s t o be l o s t t o " b e t t e r b u s i n e s s c o n d i t i o n s " i n o t h e r l a n d s .

S e n i o r s - Pensions a r e s e c u r i t y ; now t h e y w i l l be clawed back

w i t h imposed and i n c r e a s i n g income t a x e s , Another r ip -o f f happens i f a s e n i o r is t a l k e d i n t o s t a r t i n g w i t h Old Age S e c u r i t y b e n e f i t s when 60 in - s t e a d of w a i t i n g u n t i l r each ing 65. The r a t e s a r e lower and i t l o c k s t h e pens ioner i n t o t h a t r a t e . Family a l l - owances a r e s u b j e c t t o t h e same claw- back.

I

We say NO to the GST.. .YES to Fair Taxes!

I s o o d s & S e r v i c e s Tax (GST)

his scam i s t h e d i r e c t r e s u l t of t h e g reed of t h e m u l t i n a t i o n a l s . i When they poured m i l l i o n s i n t o s e l l i n g

' " f ree" t r a d e w i t h media s a t u r a t i o n ' days b e f o r e t h e f e d e r a l e l e c t i o n , one

pseudo-public "voice" (The Canadian A l l i a n c e f o r Trade and Job Opportuni- t i e s ) answered i t s own q u e s t i o n of "Won't Canadian b u s i n e s s lobby t o reduce spending on s o c i a l and o t h e r programs?" w i t h a s imple "Not a t a l l . "

Bare ly a month a f t e r t h e Tory win , t h e Canadian Manufac tu re r ' s Associa- t i o n c a l l e d f o r a Royal Commission on s o c i a l spending. They want t o f i n d ways t o c u t U I and o t h e r payments. (Oh my !) Five days l a t e r ( 2 days a f t e r X- mas) bo th t h e Canadian Chamber of Com-

- merce and t h e powerful Bus iness Coun- c i l on N a t i o n a l I s s u e s j o i n e d i n , c a l l - i n g f o r $4 b i l l i o n t o b e c u t from U I p e r y e a r . Then t h e banks go t i n t o i t .

The Royal Bank s a i d t h a t c u t s i n s o c i a l programs were n e c e s s a r y i n or- d e r t o p r e s e r v e them!

The Bank of Canada r e l e a s e d a s t u d y blaming unemployment i n s u r a n c e f o r unemployment, and c a l l e d f o r p o l i c i e s t o keep unemployment h i g h i n o r d e r t o f i g h t i n • ’ l a t i on . The Bank a rgues t h a t when unemployment f a l l s , workers can demand and g e t h i g h e r wages. Higher wages s u b t r a c t from c o r p o r a t e p r o f i t s and add t o c o r p o r a t e c o s t s . S t r i p p i n g t h e ~ a n k ' s Newspeak down t o what it r e a l l y means is f a s c i n a t i n g and app- a l l i n g . The Bank j u s t i f i e s h i g h unemployment on t h e grounds t h a t it keeps workers ' wages down. Apparent ly t h e Bank d o e s n ' t even n o t i c e t h a t workers w i t h low wages a r e poor . (Banks pay women 57% of what t h e y pay men f o r t h e same work.)

Each and e v e r y c o r p o r a t e lobby group,

r i g h t a f t e r t h e e l e c t i o n , j o i n e d i n w i t h b lood-curdl ing screams about t h e d e f i c i t . "It h a s t o b e brought under c o n t r o l . . i t l s caused by ' m i s d i r e c t e d ' s o c i a l spending." "Misdirected" i s a m a t t e r of o p i n i o n , s o l e t ' s l ook a t t h e f a c t s and f i g u r e s :

Taxes! I n d i v i d u a l s . Corpora t ions . ------------

I n 1950, t h e t o t a l income t a x c o l l - e c t e d f rom c o r p o r a t i o n s e q u a l l e d t h a t c o l l e c t e d from i n d i v i d u a l s . I t was 501 50 and t h e c o r p o r a t i o n s were doing j u s t f i n e , thank you v e r y much. I n '89 i n d i v i d u a l s pa id 88.1% of e l l income t a x w h i l e c o r p o r a t i o n s pa id 11.9%. A t f i r s t t h i s change was g r a d u a l b u t w i t h Mulroney i t ' s taken l e a p s and bounds t o t h e p r e s e n t s t a t e . More and more money h a s been t aken from i n d i v i d u a l s ' pocke t s and more and more h a s been added t o t h e c o r p o r a t e bottom l i n e . The l a s t c u t i n c o r p o r a t e t a x changed t h e r a t e from 36% t o 28%, t i e i n g i t w i t h t h e U.S. f o r t h e lowest c o r p o r a t e t a x rate i n t h e i n d u s t r i a l i z e d wor ld .

(Germany's r a t e is 56%. I n France it i s 42%. Denmark, 50%. A u s t r a l i a , 39%. Even Margaret Tha tche r cha rges B r i t i s h c o r p o r a t i o n s 35%. I n Japan, c o r p o r a t e t a x e s make up 22.9% of a l l t a x e s . I n Canada, t h a t f i g u r e i s a%.)

Germany & Japan do a l l r i g h t i n t h e g l o b a l economy and t h e i r c o s t s a r e a s h i g h a s o u r s . They a r e n ' t al lowed t o have armed f o r c e s though. The U.S. & Canada ( a s a poor 2nd cous in ) made sev- e r a l q u i e t d e a l s w h i l e t h e F ree Trade Agreement was t h e c e n t r e of p u b l i c a t - t e n t i o n . Before r ead ing on, remember f o r a moment t h a t "mul t ina t iona l " per- t a i n s t o do ing b u s i n e s s i n more t h a n one c o u n t r y . They go a l l ove r t h e world demanding lower wages, lower t a x e s and more s u b s i d i e s . Okay.. .

Defence/Arms Product ion - Canada and ....................... t h e US have

a long h i s t o r y of defence product ion- s h a r i n g . These q u i e t d e a l s a r e paving t h e way f o r a d r a s t i c change i n a r r a n - gements. They c a l l f o r e x t r a o r d i n a r y measures t o encourage t h e growth of a domestic defence i n d u s t r y a s a s o u r c e of h i s h technology and s p e c i a l i z e d job c r e a t i o n . The f i r s t r e a c t i o n t o t h i s , by like-minded c o r p o r a t i o n s , has been irom f o r e i g n ( s i c ) arms' manufacturers i n s e t t i n g up shop i n Canada. I n June 1987 , a leaked t a s k f o r c e r e p o r t from s e n i o r o f f i c i a l s of n a t i o n a l de fence , e x t e r n a l a f f a i r s and i n t e r n a t i o n a l t r a d e revea led t h e t r u e s t o r y : * That Canada & t h e U.S. c r e a t e a

"common defence econon~ic market" ; * Grea te r c o n t i n e n t a l ( n a t i o n a l i s

f o r smal l minds, I guess) i n t e g r a - t i o n of defence product ion and t h e ex- pans ion of our " e x i s t i n g co-operat i v e foundat ion" t o "make j o i n t i n d u s t r i a l p lanning (p ro f i t s ) by n a t i o n a l defence and t h e Pentagon" ( t h e boogie Congress- m i l i t a r y - i n d u s t r i a l complex t h a t haun- t e d Vietnam war p r o t e s t o r s ) ; * "The o r i e n t a t i o n of d e c i s i o n makers

i n bo th c o u n t r i e s must be con t in - e n t a l r a t h e r than s t a t e - c e n t r i c . " (True t o every red-blooded c o r p o r a t e c o f f e r . ) It went on t o recommend in -

co rpora t i n g a m i l i t a r y p e r s p e c t i v e when c o n s i d e r i n g i n d u s t r i a l p lann ing .

Now t h i s seems t o have wandered f a r away from t h e GST, b u t t h e l i e about it be ing " n e u t r a l " i n making more money f o r t h e government was p a r t l y t o h i d e where a l l t h e e x t r a $5.5 b i l l i o n a y e a r t h a t t h e GST w i l l make i s going t o go. The Defence White Paper c a l l e d f o r a s h a r p i n c r e a s e i n Canada's p a r t - i c i p a t i o n i n North America 's defence . I n t h e news r e c e n t l y t h e r e was much to-do about c u t s i n m i l i t a r y spending. What 's a c t u a l l y happening i s t h a t t h e Canadian Armed Forces a r e moving t o t h e drum of t h e U.S. w i t h huge i n c r e a - s e s i n r e s e a r c h & development spending ..and defence " s t u d i e s " a r e t h e means of s t i m u l a t i n g r e g i o n a l development i n t h e f u t u r e .

(Maude Barlow d i d t h e r e s e a r c h on t h i s p a r t and, a s t h e y s a y , t h e f u t u r e is now... when Mulroney used t h e Oka - c r i s i s t o punish Nat ive Peoples f o r k i l l i n g t h e Meech Lake Accord, he a l s o got a n o t h e r gold s t a r on h i s c o r p o r a t e . r e p o r t ca rd f o r showing t h e rednecks ( s i c ) t h a t t h e army is b o t h worthy of and eager t o g e t s t a t e - o f - t h e - a r t weapons systems and technology. The deployment of t r o o p s t o t h e P e r s i a n Gulf is s e r v i n g t h e same goa l . )

A t t h i s s t a g e , t h e two t r a c k s - defence product ion and t h e f r e e t r a d e / GST - come t o g e t h e r . Th i s happens i n two ways. F i r s t , Canada must supply a p r o p o r t i o n of our energy from now on t o t h e U.S., much of which w i l l f u e l t h e i r m i l i t a r y economy.

Second, under t h e agreement, only 2 a r e a s a r e exempt from t h e upcoming n e g o t i a t i o n s ( a g a i n , s i c ) on what con-

CANADA STATES

STRONGLY OPPOSE 24% OPPOSE 36% SUPPORT 33%

4% 19% 58%

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s t i t u t e s a subs idy - t h e s e a r c h f o r new energy s u p p l i e s and defence spending . A s a r e s u l t , Canada w i l l b e f o r - ced t o r e l y on mega-proj e c t development and de fence spending a s t h e on ly means t o d i s t r i b u t e r e g i o n a l e q q a l i t y . In s h o r t , u n l e s s i t ' s a bomb o r gun f a c t o r y , o r makes m i l i t a r y wares , o r is a massive s t r ip -mine o r t a r sands kind o f p r o j e c t , new development w i l l go t o t h e lowest p r i v a t e b idder . . and t h a t w i l l be an American company w i t h l i t t l e concern f o r Canada's n a t u r a l r e s o u r c e s o t h e r f o r t h e i r money making p o t e n t i a l .

With t h i s b ind ing c o l l a b o r a t i o n ( subse rv ience) and U. S . m i l i t a r y ob- s e s s i o n , how much of our f o r e i g n pol- i c y w i l l b e o u r s t o make? I f you a r e a s t a n d a r d model of t h e c o r p o r a t e Max Headroom, Na t iona l q u e s t i o n s a r e j u s t a p a i n i n t h e b u t t , even i f you come o u t of t h e American mold. A c a s e l i n p o i n t i s t h e renewed t e s t i n g of t h e Cru i se M i s s i l e . Did we r e a l l y have a cho ice? Maybe a more c r u c i a l q u e s t i o n : Why i s Canada moving i n t h i s d i r e c t i o n now, when t h e S o v i e t Union i s o f f e r i n g new o p p o r t u n i t i e s f o r peace and s i g n i - f i c a n t arms c o n t r o l t a l k s have j u s t f i n i s h e d ?

The most c y n i c a l answer i s t h a t t h e Business Council on N a t i o n a l I s s u e s , composed of 150 of t h e most powerful , in f l u e n t i a l c o r p o r a t i o n s i n North Am- e r i c a , h a s a Task Force on Foreign P o l i c y . The major r e p o r t from t h i s "sub-committee", of c o u r s e , c a l l s f o r more defence spending. The member c o r p o r a t i o n s i n c l u d e t h e b i g g e s t de fence c o n t r a c t o r s on t h e c o n t i n e n t , t h e i r g r e a t e s t s o u r c e of p r o f i t by

- i s government c o n t r a c t s f o r new m i l t a r y hardware and systems.

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much o i l each member could produce but Saddam needed t o i n c r e a s e h i s income. So h e invaded Kuwait on t h e pre- t e x t of r ecover ing " s to len" o i l and a l l k i n d s of mean ' n n a s t y t h i n g s t h e scumbuckets i n charge t h e r e had done. T h i s h a s had t h e minor s i d e e f f e c t of i n c r e a s i n g t h e v a l u e of h i s and o t h e r Arab o i l r e s e r v e s . I n s t e a d of be ing worth a p a l t r y $2.4 t r i l l i o n , t h e worth of Middle Eas t o i l h a s doubled! (and i t a i n ' t chicken f e e d ) . With t h e Saud i s doubl ing t h e i r product ion whi le t h e m i l i t a r y p o s t u r i n g i s going on , they a r e making a t i d y e x t r a prof i t of $50 m i l l i o n a day.

When t h e U.S. s igned new c o n t r a c t s w i t h Saudi Arabia f o r 10 AWAC s ~ y - p l a n e s , t h e p r i c e wasn ' t $.55 b i l l i o n ( t h e s e t h i n g s c o s t $110 m i l l i o n each) but $5.5 b i l l i o n . The seeming m i s - placement of t h e decimal p o i n t h e r e j u s t goes t a show ya? how much a l l t h e suppor t hardware & sof tware c o s t s when you have t o g e t t h e whole shebang t o make t h e main i tem u s e f u l .

So t h e s e c o r p o r a t i o n s c a l l f o r c u t s i n s o c i a l programs t o reduce t h e def- i c i t whi le making s u r e t h a t t h e r e ' l l be a massive i n c r e a s e i n m i l i t a r y spending. .and t h i s k ind of hypocr icy doesn ' t b o t h e r them a t a l l - they a r e now t h e ones on t h e we l fa re do le . "Brother , can you s p a r e a b i l l i o n ? "

Witness t h e P e r s i a n Gulf r i g h t now. Hussein was having a h a r d t ime paying off h i s f o r e i g n d e b t , brought on by

1 t h e I r a n - I r a q war and m i l i t a r y goods. j OPEC had t h i s agreement, l i m i t i n g how I

Banks, insurance companies, and trust companies ...

They're robbing the country blind.

OKAY! Fac t s and f i g u r e s on t a x e s . . . - - Between 1984 & 1988 Mulroney & Wilson: * Reduced t h e c o r p o r a t e r a t e from

36% t o 28% - a g i f t of $7 b i l l i o n a y e a r t o t h e w e a l t h i e s t c o r p o r a t i o n s . * Reduced t h e t a x r a t e f o r t h e weal-

t h i e s t Canadians from 43% t o 29%, g iv ing them a bonus of $600 m i l l i o n . * Reduced t h e number of a u d i t s done

on l a r g e c o r p o r a t i o n s ' t a x r e t u r n s . In 1973, a u d i t s were c a r r i e d o u t on 7.3% of c o r p o r a t i o n s . The Mulroney government has reduced t h i s t o 1.8%, even though each d o l l a r s p e n t on such a u d i t s n e t s t h e government $17 back. * Changed pe r sona l income t a x r a t e s ,

r a i s i n g t a x e s f o r low income e a r n e r s by 44% and middle income e a r n e r s by 10% and lower ing t h e t a x on t h e weal- thy by 6%. ( I F you p a i d t a x e s . . ) L a s t yea r you pa id f e d e r a l income t a x a t the r a t e of 17%, 26% o r 29%, depend- i n g on how much you earned.

Do you want t o know t h e r a t e t h a t banks p a i d ? S i t down f o r t h i s .

2.48 p e r c e n t . T h a t ' s r i g h t . From 1980 t i 1987 t h e seven l a r g e s t Cana- d i a n banks made p r o f i t s of 7.64 b i l - l i o n d o l l a r s and paid an average o f 2.48% i n t a x e s .

L i f e Insurance companies had a good t ime too. They made $3.08 b i l - l i o n from 1980 t o 1984 and pa id 4.3%.

And t r u s t companies? They made pro- f i t s of $775 m i l l i o n and pa id income t a x of 7.6%.

I n 1986 & '87 t h e s e 3 s e c t o r s of

Canada's f i n a n c i a l i n d u s t r y made pro- f i t s of $54,818,000,000.00 and pa id a t a x r a t e of 11.2%. I f they had pa id t h e 1984 c o r p o r a t e t a x r a t e of 36%, t h e government would have c o l l e c t e d an a d d i t i o n a l $13.6 b i l l i o n .

I n s t e a d of f a i r t a x e s , Mulroney is now mouthing t h e c o r p o r a t e l i n e , say- i n g t h e r e ' s no a l t e r n a t i v e b u t t o make t h e people u s i n g a l l t h e s o c i a l s e r v i c e s pay f o r them. The p r e s i d e n t of B e l l Telephone d o e s n ' t need t o u s e a food bank! The most b a s i c taboo i s t o s t a t e t h a t s o c i a l programs a r e made necessa ry by t h e b u s i n e s s prac- t i c e s of a l l t h e s e m u l t i n a t i o n a l s .

Lust Wealth, Fewer Jobs Most of us l e a r n e v e r y t h i n g we need

t o know i n k i n d e r g a r t e n . ."Don1 t h i t . " "Clean up your own mess. ""Play f a i r . " And when somebody t o l d u s t o do one . of t h e s e b a s i c t h i n g s , we might have argued b u t w e knew what was r i g h t and a lmost always p a r t e d f r i e n d s . I f s o ,

many peop le , i n f e c t e d w i t h the menta l d i s e a s e c a l l e d greed, h a d n ' t welded t h e i r consc iences shu t . .weren ' t s t o n e c o l d dead . . the fo l lowing l i s t of won- d e r s & t h i n g s t o do would have been done i n t h e f i r s t p l a c e -

* Put t h e c o r p o r a t e t a x r a t e back t o i t ' s 1986 l e v e l t o r a i s e

$7 b i l l i o n * C o l l e c t a r easonab le p o r t i o n of t h e

$40 b i l l i o n i n "de fe r red" income t a x t h a t l a r g e c o r p o r a t i o n s have been al lowed t o accumulate t o r a i s e

$6 b i l l i o n * Apply a Net Wealth Tax of 3% on t h e

w e a l t h i e s t 20% of Canadians ( a s sev- e r a l European c o u n t r i e s do) t o r a i s e '

k $3 b i l l i o n :

* Bring back t h e 34% t a x r a t e on income over $70,000 t o r a i s e

$.6 b i l l i o n

* Res to re t h e t a x on l a r g e e s t a t e s and i n h e r i t a n c e s t o r a i s e

$1 b i l l i o n * Res to re t h e c a p i t a l g a i n s t a x t o

t h e 1984 l e v e l t o r a i s e $1 b i l l i o n

* El imina te t a x b reaks f o r c o r p o r a t e

mergers & r e a l e s t a t e deve lopers $1 b i l l i o n

* Clamp down on t a x c h e a t e r s by in- c r e a s i n g a u d i t s of b i g c o r p o r a t i o n s

$3 b i l l i o n Together t h i s adds up t o $23 b i l l i o n $2 b i l l i o n more than t h e GST r a i s e s .

WHAT WILL OUR SOCIETY LOOK LIKE I F T X CORPORATIONS GET THEIR WAY?

I t ' s n o t j u s t a r e c e n t phenomenom R o c k f e l l e r was ( i s? ) t h e main man. H e t h a t b i g b u s i n e s s i s working hand-in- got free trade going again after the hand t o c o n t r o l governments. Naming U.S. l o s t t h e i r last a t t empt t o make t h e c a r t e l s , t o my knowledge, began t h e d e a l w i t h Canada i n 1948. with t h e B i l d e r b e r g meet ings i n t h e The main i d e a is t o spread f r e e t r a d e fi-rst p a r t t h i s century. L e t ' s throughout t h e whole world. F ree t r a d e worry about t h e i r p r e c u r s o r s , t h e t a k e s away t h e power of e l e c t e d gov- Masonic Lodge and t h e P r i e u r de Sion; ernments t o make c e r t a i n laws t h a t o b s c u r i t y is j u s t t h a t . would c r e a t e jobs , r e q u i r e investment

The Bi lderberg meet ings s t a r t e d w i t h and keep prof i t s i n t h e h o s t country the emerging businessmen t h a t had o f f - ..in t h i s case, canada, i c e s i n ~ n g l a n d / E u r o p e and t h e U.S. F ree t r a d e l e t s c o r p o r a t i o n s move a f t e r World War I ( a l a winner-take- a l l o v e r t h e world demanding lower a l l ) . They helped e n g i n e e r t h e s t o c k wages, lower t a x e s and more s u b s i d i e s . market c r a s h i n 1929 b u t they l o s t con- I n s t e a d of i n c r e a s i n g wages and b e t t e r - ~ r o l of who e x a c t l y g o t r i c h . (John F. i n g l i v i n g s ~ a n d a r d s i n o t h e r c o u n t r i e s Kennedy's f a t h e r was one. ) l i k e Mexico, t h e " f r e e t r ade" w i l l

~ e t ' s jump ahead t o t h e e a r l y 70 ' s mean degrad ing Canadian s t a n d a r d s t o and t h e T r i l a t e r a l Commission. This compete w i t h p l a c e s l i k e Mexico. group i s composed of about 200 of t h e Corpora t ions keep g e t t i n g b igger and heads of t r u l y g i g a n t i c c o r p o r a t i o n s b igger . They a r e g e t t i n g more and more in the US/Canada, Europe & They control of jobs , wages, inves tment , engineered t h e e l e c t i o n of Jimmy C a r t e r the environment and all the th ings a s P r e s i d e n t of t h e United S t a t e s . people need t o have a decent l i f e .

Governments a r e doing what corpora- t i o n s want. They a r e n o t doing what the people want and need. (C los ing & p r i v a t i z i n g Pos t o f f i c e s f o r example).

T h i r t y y e a r s from now Canada might look l i k e t h i s . . . a handfu l of mega c o r p o r a t i o n s would c o n t r o l most of t h e economy. Wages w i l l be v e r y low f o r a t l e a s t h a l f t h e people , who w i l l be l i v i n g i n pover ty . Old a g e pens ions w i l l be too low t o l i v e on. We'll have a two t i e r h e a l t h s y s t e m . . r i c h people w i l l be a b l e t o g e t decen t ca re . .poor people won't. There w i l l be v e r y few middle income people. Hundreds of thousands of jobs w i l l have gone t o Mexico. Unemployment i n s u r a n c e w i l l be v i r t u a l l y gone. Poor and middle income people w i l l pay v i r t u a l l y a l l t h e t axes . People w i l l no t be a b l e t o own homes u n l e s s they i n h e r i t money. With h a l f t h e people i n p c v e r t y , v i o l e n c e and d rug abuse w i l l skyrocke t . More and more money w i l l be s p e n t on P o l i c e who w j l l keep t h e poor from g e t t i n g , even demanding, t h e i r s h a r e . I n o t h e r words, Canada w i l l be l i k e a l o t of so-cal led t h i r d world c o u n t r i e s .

A l l of t h i s t o h e r e shows t h e p l a n s of r i c h , powerful peop le . . a r e l a t i v e l y s m a l l number of 'em. But , t o t h e heads of government i n B.C. r i g h t now, t h e same agenda governs t h e i r d e c i s i o n s .

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B i l l Bennet t dropped o u t . The l a s t t i m e h e was h e a r d of when he got s loppy and w a s charged w i t h i n s i d e r t r a d - i n g on t h e s t o c k exchange.

B i l l Vanderzalm, a long w i t h a l l t h e o t h e r hopefu l s f o r B e n n e t t ' s j o b , was in te rv iewed b e f o r e t h e l e a d e r s h i p con- ven t ion by a group of Howe S t r e e t Businessmen ( c a p i t a l 'B') t o s e e i f he was f i t t o be t h e i r mouthpiece. I

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t aken i n s t r i d e a s t h e Socreds have been i g n o r i n g educa t ion f o r about 10 y e a r s . Each y e a r government suppor t l e s s e n s and s c h o o l s a r e t o l d t o g e t t h e i r own s o u r c e s v i a re- ferendums. T h i s t r a n s l a t e s d i r e c t l y i n t o t h e wel l -off a r e a s hav ing high- q u a l i t y programs. .chi ldren of weal thy p a r e n t s g e t t i n g t h e b e s t a v a i l a b l e . . s p e c i a l program money must b e begged f o r eve ry 2 o r 3 y e a r s . . t e a c h e r ' s sal- a r i e s have been behind i n f l a t i o n f o r over a decade and p u b l i c s c h o o l i n g i s f a s t becoming unsure of any k ind of s t a b i l i t y . The p lan unfo ld ing seems t o b e t o p i t p a r e n t s a g a i n s t t e a c h e r s , a s i n c r e d i b l e a s t h a t sounds , a s t h e b l e a k p i c t u r e forming h a s s t u d e n t s ' needs and o p p o r t u n i t i e s v e r s u s t e a - c h e r s ' needs . T h i s a l lows t h e Socreds t o p o i n t t h e f i n g e r / p a s s t h e buck t o O t t a w a and f ragments o rgan ized e f f - o r t s t o b r i n g f a i r n e s s t o e d u c a t i o n .

two t i e r h e a l t h sys tem obvious . What e o t h e r reason is t h e r e f o r r e f u s i n g t o

pay f o r such e s s e n t i a l s a s adequa te nurs ing s t a f f s a t medical f a c i l i t i e s , t o keep a l l t h e beds i n h o s p i t a l s open, t o e n s u r e t h a t emergency response is funded and s u p p l i e d w i t h good equip- ment and enough t r a i n e d s t a f f t o do what i s r e q u i r e d ? The d e s i r e d g o a l h e r e seems t o b e p r i v a t i z i n g a s much of t h e h e a l t h c a r e s e r v i c e s a s p o s s i b l e . . t o copy t h e U.S. and make i t pay-as- you-go. T h i s is complete ly i n l i n e w i t h

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vanderzalm brought i n B i l l s 19 & 20. workers and t e a c h e r s had been g a i n i n g r i g h t s long den ied by c o r p o r a t e b o s s e s and t h e ext reme p r e s s u r e was on t h e moment B i l l y ag reed t o run. D i c t a t e d l e g i s l a t i o n a l t e r e d hard-won r i g h t s and changed t h e r u l e s t o be t o t a l l y i n

I f avour of t h e b u s i n e s s end of t h i n g s . A new bureaucracy was c r e a t e d t o h a l t

' t h e a c t i v i t i e s of un ions t o r each a 1 t r u e c o l l e c t i v e agreement. A b o y c o t t

t h e f e d e r a l Tory agenda of k i l l i n g Med- i c a r e by t h e t u r n of t h e c e n t u r y . S o c i a l Services/HoQsing/Funding - ...............................

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S c o r e s of s o c i a l workers have q u i t i n f r u s t r a t e d d i s g u s t a s t h e c r u c i a l s e r v i c e s a r e c u t back o r e l i m i n a t e d . Wel fa re r a t e s , i n c r e a s i n g a t about 113 t h e r a t e of i n f l a t i o n , l e a v e r e c i p i e n t s w i t h incomes 50% below t h e pover ty l i n e and w e l l o v e r 112 of t h a t going t o s h e l t e r . According t o Clod Richmond, when h e was t h e m i n i s t e r , " W e ( soc red) a r e p h i l o s o p h i c a l l y opposed t o s o c i a l housing." Richmond l e f t t h e m i n i s t r y f o r s o c i a l s e r v i c e s & housing i n a h u r r y a f t e r t h e o u t r a g e h i t t h e head- l i n e s o v e r h i s 'work o r s t a r v e ' l e t t e r t o 49,000 people . He'd a l s o c u t many s i n g l e p a r e n t s by $50 a month a f t e r de- c i d i n g t h e y were a l l "employable" when t h e youngest c h i l d was over 6 months o f age . S i n c e t h e wea l thy can a f f o r d t h e b e s t c h i l d c a r e , a s o c i a l program pro- v i d i n g t h i s e s s e n t i a l s e r v i c e was n o t a concern .

Funding i s t h e c o r e i s s u e of a l l t h e d i f f i c u l t i e s . Without p roper and f a i r s o c i a l programs, t h e l i v e s of hundreds of thousands o f peop le - s i n g l e a d u l t s & f a m i l i e s & c h i l d r e n - a r e l i m i t e d t o s u r v i v i n g . O p p o r t u n i t i e s f o r edu- c a t i o n , decent j o b s , a f f o r d a b l e hous ing , adequa te h e a l t h c a r e a r e b e i n g channeled r e m o r s e l e s s l y t o t h o s e who can pay-as-

of t h i s new s t o n e w a l l i n g scam and much media on how un ions were now a t f a u l t f o r demanding t h e i r f a i r s h a r e .

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of t h e Vanderzalm government. User f e e s have been h iked 784 t i m e s , i n c l u d i n g 229 brand new f e e s . Medicare f e e s a r e up 48% f o r f a m i l i e s ; extended c a r e f o r s e n i o r s is up 27%; v o r p o r a t i o n s were given $2 b i l l i o n i n t a x b reaks . Scandal - T h i s may look s t r a n g e i n t h e -------

con tex t of t h e w r i t i n g , b u t n i n e c a b i n e t m i n i s t e r s were s o s loppy i n running t h e i r scams t h a t they had t o r e s i g n . Vanderzalm l i e d about h i s i n t e r e s t i n a theme park , b u t was on ly caught a f t e r s e l l i n g i t . The Onta r io v i c t o r y f o r t h e NDP is a t r u e i n s p i r a - t i o n f o r us and s e v e r a l of t h e o rgan i - z e r s of t h e "Down w i t h t h e Pover ty Premier" campaign t h e r e a r e coming t o B .C . when Vanderzalm can no l o n g e r keep postponing an e l e c t i o n .

Now we ge t down t o t h e g r a s s r o o t s . Here i n Vancouver t h e c o r p o r a t e agenda is be ing implemented i n a l l a r e a s . I n t h e l a s t two y e a r s t h e housing s i t u a - t i o n h a s reached c r i s i s p r o p o r t i o n s . Well over a thousand u n i t s of d e c e n t , a f f o r d a b l e hous ing have been demolished w i t h no th ing t o r e p l a c e them. Over 800 u n i t s a r e s i t t i n g empty r i g h t now a s

t h e owners /developers w a i t f o r t h e i r "most p r o f i t " day. The f a c t t h a t t h e vacancy r a t e is 0% makes t h i s c a l l o u s and c r i m i n a l t o most peop le , b u t n o t t o Gordon Campbell and t h e NPA.

Campbell h a s been l i e i n g through h i s t e e t h a t p u b l i c meet ings and d u r i n g deba tes w i t h J i m Green. H e a c t u a l l y p o i n t s t o a r ecord t h a t i s good on ly i n h i s head, s a y i n g how g r e a t every- t h i n g i s , whi le people who have had r e n t h i k e s of up t o 150% o r have been e v i c t e d by greed-driven s p e c u l a t o r s a r e s i t t i n g r i g h t i n f r o n t of him.

Campbell is a f a i r r e p r e s e n t a t i v e of t h e Vancouver v e r s i o n of c o r p o r a t e p o l i c y . S ta tements l i k e " I ' m 100% i n favour of p r o p e r t y r igh t s ! " Peop le . . human r ights . .come i n 2nd a t b e s t .

THEY "The NPA is f o r a f f o r d a b l e housing."

Af f o r d a b l e h a s a s l i g h t l y d i f f e r e n t meaning i f you g e t $500-$900 a month and r e n t s , i n t h e "a f fo rdab le" NPA s e n s e s t a r t a t $600 f o r a b a c h e l o r .

1 " I ' m i n favour of l i m i t s on t h e 'amounts s p e n t on campaigns." A f t e r each e l e c t i o n ( ' 8 6 & '88) a motion t o

make t h i s law was d e f e a t e d by t h e NPA. 1 Big c o r p o r a t i o n s a r e h i s backers . , 1 They pumped o v e r $1.5 m i l l i o n i n t o

t h e '88 campaign and t h e megaprojects given t h e go-ahead s i n c e have been worth b i l l i o n s t o t h e owners/develop- e r s . . t o t h e c o r p o r a t i o n s i n charge (of t h e NPA & Campbell).

Campbell was t h e bagman/campaign manager f o r Vander Zalm, f o r god 's s a k e , i n 1984. Vanderzalm i s one of t h e most d e s p i c a b l e j o k e s e v e r t o h o l d

[ o f f i c e i n t h i s p rov ince and Campbell , t r i e d n i g h t & day f o r months t o g e t i him e l e c t e d a s Mayor of Vancouver.

Campbell w a s an e x e c u t i v e f o r Marathon ' Real ty , CPR's r e a l e s t a t e c a r p o r a t i o n ,

and Marathon happened t o g e t NPA approva l f o r a $1.2 b i l l i o n mass of h igh- r i s e s and o f f i c e towers a long Coal Harbour. C r i e s of o u t r a g e a t t h e elim- i n a t i o n of most of t h e c i t y ' s views of t h e mountains, t h e extremely dense popula t ion planned and t h e s t r a i n on surrounding neighbourhoods were i r r e l -

S evant t o Campbell & t h e NPA. I mean, i t ' s Da Boss T a l k i n ' !

J u s t t o show t h a t everyone is "on- s i d e " , Campbell 's b r o t h e r wrote t h e Superman s t o r y about b i l l i o n a i r e dev- e l o p e r Nat Bosa, on r e c o r d s a y i n g t h a t " these bums on w e l f a r e s h o u l d n ' t g e t t o l i v e i n good apar tments . .'I

Campbell 's vis,ion of Vancouver i s t h a t it become ( q u i c k l y ) an e x e c u t i v e c i t y . I t h i n k he means t h a t normal people w i l l have t o l i v e somewhere e l s e o r accep t paying 90% of t h e i r income on r e n t .

The "execu t ive c i t y " is a c o r p o r a t e i d e a l where on ly c o r p o r a t i o n s and t h e i r t o p e x e c u t i v e s have t h e l a n d & t h e j o b s & t h e b u s i n e s s e s & t h e food s t o r e s & t h e wages ... hothe workers by t h e you-know-what.

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~ a n c o u v e r ' s h i s t o r y . J i m Green and t h e C 0 ~ E / C i v i c NDP cand ida tes a r e human. They a r e n ' t t a l k i n g o u t bf t h e s i d e o f t h e i r mouths. . they have been i n t h e b a t t l e s f o r f a i r t r ea tment and making l a n d l o r d s obey t h e law.

J i m and DERA have won a number of b a t t l e s w i t h deve lopers on by-law enforcement and making many h o t e l s and rooming houses l i v a b l e .

Now we a r e on t h e b r i n k of e i t h e r making Vancouver a People F i r s t cdfim- u n i t y of neighbourhoods o r being tu rned over i n one complete package t o t h e c o r p o r a t i o n s . . a s t h e i r Canadian b a s e f o r t h e nex t decade.

I f t h e NPA g e t s i n because of b h e i r l i e i n g & s c a r e t a c t i c s & brainwashing t h e n our homes w i l l be unrecognizable i n 3 y e a r s . I f t h e y ' r e no t j u s t demo- l i s h e d , t h e y ' l l c e r t a i n l y be t o o ex- pens ive t o l i v e i n . A s t h e megapro- j e c t s g a i n momentum, t h e c o s t of l i v - ing i n Vancouver w i l l j u s t be t o o high.

I f you have never voted b e f o r e t h e n make t h i s t h e f i r s t t ime. It is no l o n g e r okay t o s a y t h a t you f e e l some- how s u p e r i o r because you won't d i r t y your l i f e w i t h v o t i n g o r p o l i t i c s . I t ' s j u s t t h a t a t t i t u d e t h a t h e l p s excuses l i k e ~ u l r o n e ~ / ~ a n d e r z a l m / Campbell g e t i n t o p u b l i c o f f i c e i n t h e f i r s t p l a c e . They count on most of

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have done n o t t o v o t e . We can win Van- - couver ; i f we l o s e it t o t h e corpor- because t h e y r e l y on peop le n o t want- a t e w e l f a r e bums t h e r e w i l l be no i n g o r c a r i n g enough t o s a y no.

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