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newsSchool closures oneway to cuthydrobills says educationministerCHERYL ROSSIStaff writer

TheVancouver SchoolBoard shouldconsider closing schools if it cantsave enoughmoney by conservingenergy, Education Minister PeterFassbender told the CourierWednesday.Im sure that one of the things that [the

VSB] is continuing to do is look at additionalsavings, he said. But I also know if theyvegot schools that are under capacity, closinga school will have a signicant savings on anumber of fronts including energy costs andso on. So Im sure that while they may notwant to look at those kinds of initiatives, Ithink they have to look at everything.Hiscommentcameinresponsetocomplaints

by VSB chairperson Patti Bacchus that cash-strappedVancouver public schools cant affordB.C.HydroratehikesannouncedTuesday.Bac-chus noted the Vancouver School BoardmadeB.C.HydrosTop10 list forelectricity conserva-tion in theprovince in2010and2011.Power Smart is not a program that be-

gins and ends, Fassbender said in responseto this observation.Bacchus found Fassbenders Power Smart

saving suggestions a bit disingenuous.He knows the kind of nancial pressure

were under, she said. He knows thatwere$28 million [short] and counting and heknows what his governments own nance

committee report has recommended andacknowledged, and that is that these kindof cost pressures accumulate and have cre-ated a real challenge for school districts.(The VSB estimated a budget shortfall of

$24.3 million last December but the short-fall was reduced to $7.9 million.)The school board considered closing ve el-

ementary schools in 2010. Staff projected clos-ing all ve would save $1.4 million in facility,utility andofce and custodial stafng costs.Bacchus said closing schools in a city with

a growing population, where additional res-idential density is proposed, doesnt makesense over the long term.She said the board is trying to nd other

uses for underused spaces. What we heardemphatically is that [nearby communities] de-pendonthoseschools,Bacchussaid. Manyofthose families dont have cars, they live in pov-erty, they rely on public housing, they rely onthe childcare that is available there.Wewouldbe compounding the challenges of the peoplewho are most at risk in this city if we were to

take away their neighbourhood school.For signicant cost savings, teachers, ad-

ministrators and school support staff wouldhave to lose their jobs, Bacchus said.She said the district pays approximately $3

million annually to B.C. Hydro. Increases havebeenroughlyestimatedatanadditional$50,000to $75,000 this year, $300,000 for 2014-2015and $450,000 for 2014-2016. Weve alreadybudgeted for this year and allocated ourmoneyin addition tohaving to absorb the support staff[wage] increases,Bacchus said.The all-party Select Standing Committee

on Finance and Government Services recom-mended in a report released Nov. 14 that theprovincial government: Develop a compre-hensive capital plan for educational facilitiesthat takes into account increased mainte-nance and aging school facility upgrades; andcontinue the seismic upgrading program.Bacchus wants the government to imple-

ment this recommendation and to increasefunding to the 2014 public schools budgetto prevent staff, service and resource cuts.In every sector of our economy, everyone

has basically said if you give us moremoneythats going to help us manage our way for-ward, Fassbender said.He said the government would consider

the reports recommendationswhile also fo-cusing on balancing the provincial budget.

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Sir Richard McBride Annex was one of ve schools proposed for closure in 2010.

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newsChildpoverty increases inB.C.

MIKEHOWELLStaff writer

The number of chil-dren living in pov-erty in B.C. in 2011could have lledRogersArenamore thaneighttimes, according to a reportreleased Tuesday by a childandyouthadvocacy coalition.With 153,000 children

living in poverty whichequates roughly to one in vechildren in B.C. the FirstCall coalition reiterated itscall for the provincial govern-ment to adopt a comprehen-sive plan to reduce poverty.When you look at the

numbers, its stunning, saidLorraine Copas, executive di-rector of the Social Planningand Research Council of B.C.,at a press conferenceTuesday.The 77,000 poor children

living in Metro Vancouver,combined with 76,000 oth-ers residing outside of theregion, means B.C. contin-

ues to have the highest childpoverty rate in Canada.Copas said 34,000 more

children were living in pover-ty in 2011 than in 2010,when119,000 were counted. B.C.schild poverty rate in 2011was18.6 per cent while the na-tional ratewas13.3per cent.First Call used a common

Statistics Canada measure-ment to establish the pov-

erty rate. The coalitions cal-culations also found that: B.C. had the worst pover-

ty rateofanyprovince for chil-dren living in single motherfamilies49.8per cent. B.C. had the worst pov-

erty rate in Canada for chil-dren living in two-parentfamilies 14 per cent. B.C.s poverty rate for

children under six years oldat 20.7 per cent is eight per-centage points higher thanthe Canadian average.Ted Bruce, executive di-

rector of population healthfor Vancouver CoastalHealth, said the failure toaddress child poverty is aprescription for a child to bemore prone to health prob-lems and a shorter lifespan.The health impacts are

huge, he said, noting there isa myth that poverty is strictlyattached to substance abuseandmental health problems.Bruce pointed out the

working poor dont have

control over their lives thewaymiddle-classandwealthypeople do. That nancial in-equality leads to lowereduca-tion, poorer quality food andinadequate housing.Those at the bottom are

twiceas likely tohaveaseriousillness and die prematurelythan thoseat the top,hesaid.First Call made 16 recom-

mendations to governmentit believes would help reducethechildpoverty rate to sevenper cent, or less, by 2020.The recommendations in-

clude adopting a $10 a daychild care plan, increasing andindexing the minimum wage,welfare rates and federal childtaxbenets,payinglivingwag-es, enhancing employmentinsurancebenets andeligibil-ity, increasingaffordablehous-ing options for families andimproving the affordability ofpost-secondaryeducation.Children and Family De-

velopment Minister Stepha-nie Cadieux acknowledgedin an email to the Courierthat families continue tostruggle economically.Thats why, Cadieux wrote,

the provincial governmentcontinues to focus on grow-ing theeconomy,creating jobsandprovidingsupportswherethey aremost needed.She said B.C.s single digit

unemployment rates acrossevery region in the provinceare a positive sign that gov-ernment is on track for con-tinued economic growth.That growth allows gov-

ernment to continue pro-viding targeted supports tolow-income families, saidCadieux, adding that gov-ernment has raised themini-mumwageand invested$3.6billion over the past decadein affordable housing.ShesaidtheB.C.EarlyYears

strategy makes childcaremore affordable and acces-sible for families.Additionally,over the next three years, thegovernment will open 2,000morechildcarespaces,addingto the existing100,000.But there will always

be more to do, she said.Thats why we will contin-ue to focus on growing theeconomy, creating jobs andproviding supports that tar-get the effects of poverty onlow-income families.

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newsCasaMiaproject revised

The Southlands Community Asso-ciation remains concerned abouta proposal for a care facility onthe Casa Mia property in south-west Vancouver even though plans havebeen revised and scaled back.Casa Mia, at 1920 Southwest Marine Dr.,

is designated a Heritage A building. The20,700-square-foot mansion was built forGeorgeReifel, a liquormagnate and rumrun-ner during the Prohibition era who openedthe Commodore Ballroom.The Care Group, which owns and operates

sevenfacilities includingPointGreyPrivateHos-pital, wants the site rezoned from single-familyresidential tocomprehensivedevelopment.The Urban Design Panel and the Vancouver

HeritageCommission rejected an earlier propos-al.Citystaffadvisedtheapplicanttomakechang-es and address issues of scale, form, parking andoperations, explained Kent Munro, the City ofVancouvers assistantdirectorofplanning.The Care Groups latest proposal is being

showcased at a Dec. 4 open house.The Spanish Revival-style heritage home

would be saved and a two-storey additionwould be built. The community care facilitywould house 62 beds. An earlier proposalfeatured plans for a 92-bed facility.The building height for the addition is low-

er than envisioned in the earlier proposal.Parking spaces have dropped from 23 to 16.It is quite signicant [the revision]. Its

reduced in scale by about a third in terms ofnumber of beds The height of the proposedadditionhasbeenbroughtdown.Theaddition,if its approved,would be signicantly lower inheight than even the existing Casa Mia build-

ing. So were encouraged by the number ofchanges that theyvemade,Munro said.The mansion is not protected from demo-

lition, so theres an appetite to work withthe applicant to try and conserve it. The cityalso sees the need for health care facilitiesthat allow seniors to age in place.Obviously, its a difcult issue. Weve got a

really well known and loved heritage buildingthat is not protected right now and weve seenin other areas of the city property owners com-ing in and wanting to demolish old buildings,Munrosaid.Sothingslikethisareunderthreat.This is an opportunity, if it can bedone in a sen-sitive manner, to a achieve a number of goals to address needs for seniors in communities,whichwithanagingpopulationis incrediblyim-portant, and tosaveaheritagebuilding.Joe McDermid, a spokesman for the

Southlands Community Association, seesroom for improvement.Were still not happy with it. Its still a pri-

vate care facility thats been plunked down inthemiddleofaresidentialneighbourhood.Thefact that theyve reduced it to 62 beds downfrom 92 doesnt really make a lot of differenceto thestructureorhowitsgoing toaffectanytothe concerns thatwehadoriginally, he said.Is it better? Sure, its better. But its still

an arbitrary number [of beds] that the cityand the developer have settled on, probablyfrom an economic viability standpoint. Butbasically most of the objections that wereoriginally in place are still in place.McDermid said residents would prefer some-

thingsimilartoCanuckHousewhereyouvegotaresidential-appearingstructure thatts inwiththe community that wouldnt have the level ofin-and-out trafc that this facilitywouldhave.Theopenhouse is from5 to8p.m.,Dec. 4, at

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Mayor Gregor Robertsons so-called telephone town hallmeeting Tuesday night had upto 10,000 listeners tune in tothe70-minutequestion-and-answerprogram,according to themayors political party.Stepan Vdovine, executive director of Vision

Vancouver, said the party counted the numberof listeners via technology operated by Stra-tegic Communications Inc., a consulting rmheavily involved inpreviousVision campaigns.It was a good night for us, said Vdovine,

whosepartypromotedandpaidfortheeventrunoutofVisionsofcesatSeventhandBurrard.Vdovine said the party relied on a list of

its members and supporters to call in to theprogram but also used a city phone book torandomly call residents.Participants had the choice to listen in or

press a number on the phone that wouldtake them to a phone bank of volunteers,who placed the questions in a queue.Vdovine said the mayor, who sat with

host Marcella Munro, chose the questionsbased on topic. Vdovine said he didnt knowwhether any of the 19 callers who posedquestions were Vision supporters.None of the questioners criticized themay-

or, although Sandra in theWest End askedRobertson what he will do to change or cor-rect the perception that he and his ruling Vi-

sion council arent listening to residents.Idofeelsomesensitivityaroundthisbecause

Idofeel thatweve tried tokeeppeopleengagedand involved every step of the way as we try tomake the best decisions at city hall and westill nd people are saying were not listening,Robertsonsaid.Butpolitics isalsoaboutleader-ship, setting those priorities andmaking a clearcall. Sometimes people arent happy with thatandtheycancrankuptherhetoric fromthere.Robertsontookquestionsonmanyoftheissues

heiswellversedonandhaspubliclyattemptedtoadvancesincehewaselectedmayor in2008.Those issues include improving transit

and promoting a subway from the Commer-cial Drive transit hub to the University ofB.C., getting more services for mentally illpeople, building affordable housing, ques-tioning Kinder Morgans oil pipeline pro-posal and strengthening Vancouvers tech-nology and innovation economy.Apollconductedduringtheprogramreturned

a result of 30 per cent of listeners identifying af-fordablehousingastheirtoppriority.Theychosefrom a list that included homelessness, rapidtransit on Broadway, public safety, arts and cul-ture, theeconomyandagreencity.Another poll found that Robertson and his

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from a counter it allows clients some choiceand some dignity, said Morgan, who nowhas her sights set on a much larger event.Each year AIDS Vancouver hosts a one-

day, holiday grocery event for more than800 clients and their families. In some cases,the food they receive on that day will be theclosest these individuals and their familiesand children will have to a holiday dinner.Morgan is spreading the word that dona-tions are much needed.At the top of her wish list is peanut but-

ter, real cheese, canned ham, granola bars,candy, newor gently used toys and blankets,fresh milk and eggs, and juice. Other much-needed items include tinned protein, suchas tuna or salmon, produce, pasta, cannedsauces and chili, and good quality bread.Morgan became aware of the services of-

fered by AIDS Vancouver after her fatherwas diagnosed with HIV in 1996. Her fatherpassed away in 2007, but Morgan said dur-ing that time staff and volunteers fromAIDSVancouver provided constant support.At one time my mom and dad and my

brother and I were living in a single roomwith two beds, so I know how important aprogram like this can be, said Morgan.Downtown resident Joe (JP) Smith

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turned upside down. But then two yearsago I found out I had also tested positivefor HIV, Smith said during an interview atthe AIDS Vancouver ofce Wednesday. Atrst I was in complete denial but then I real-ized the doctor who told me was an expertin HIV and AIDS and had to be right. Thatswhen I got angry.Smith said after that initial denial the rst

thing he didwas turn to AIDS Vancouver forsupport.I met a lot of people here but then there

was a time when I had a reaction to my HepC medication and I lost three days, saidSmith. Thats when someone grabbed meand said, Somethings wrong. They tookcare of me for three days and thats when Irealized that they were my friends and thatthey cared.Smith, today a volunteer for the organiza-

tion, is also a client of the grocery program.Its great the way they let people shop

with a basket, said Smith. That means alot.To donate to Holiday Grocery 2013 call

Morgan at 604-696-4678 or email at [email protected]. There are alsotickets left for AIDS Vancouvers Red Rib-bon Reception at the Museum of VancouverNov. 30, the night before World AIDS Day.The event includes a reception, silent auc-tion and the Red Ribbon Awards.

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Last Tuesday evening during a tele-phone town hall Vancouver MayorGregor Robertson was asked aboutsaving the Hollywood Theatre. Hereis what he said about the 77-year-old artdeco structure on West Broadway: Wereworking on a solution to keep the Holly-wood intact. We have to make sure we dontlose some of our great heritage sites that thecommunity values.The key word here is intact. It means

untouched and it is certainly a long wayfrom what we heard about the developerslatest proposal during a council committeemeeting Nov. 6. Themeeting was to consid-er a motion proposing a moratorium on development going ahead on thesite. Themotion, galling for the Visionmajority to be sure, was introducedby Green Party Coun. Adriane Carr.The citys heritage staff reported that after two years of discussion with

owner Dino Bonnis, there was a plan to save the buildings faade. Butthe interior of the 650-seat movie theatre would be gutted, another oorwould be added and it would all be opened as a health club.Throughout themeetingVisioncouncillorsHeatherDeal,AndreaReimerand

Geoff Meggs spent time attempting to shift the blame for their dilemma awayfrom themselves. They pointed to provincial legislation requiring compensationfor developers should their rights be curtailed; the developers need to supporttheir families; and the community in this case the recently assembled SavetheHollywoodCoalitionfornotblowing thewhistleon this issuesooner.This is the third time in recentmonthswehavewatched this council scram-

ble in the face of threats to heritage structures that the community values.Last summer itwas theWaldorfHotel onEastHastings.By the timeVisiongot

itsact ingear thevaluedculturalcomponentshaddecampedtootherpartsof thecity leavingonly thebuilding.Thentherewas theRidgeTheatreandthebowlingalley on Arbutus north of 16th. Vision simply threw up its hands. The buildinghousing thosevaluedcommunityvenueshas sincebeenreduced to rubble.Now the Hollywood and we are no closer to having effective tools to

preserve some of our great heritage sites.There have been a number of factors at play that have left council so

frequently feckless in matters of heritage conservation.The heritage registry, an assessment and listing of valued structures,

hasnt been updated since it was created in 1986. The Waldorf, for ex-ample, was not on the register.The tools available to staff to protect heritage sites are quite limited.One tool, a densitybank,designed to rewarddevelopers for restoringher-

itage buildings by giving them extra density, has proven ineffective becausedevelopers have found they cant sell that density to recover their costs.There has also been a dramatic acceleration of development in the past

several years putting pressure on potential heritage sites.And there is one more point. Heritage assessments are based on the

building itself. There is no measure that reects the community value orthe social value of a building.Nextweek a council committeewill consider a staff report they asked for six

monthsago titled HeritageActionPlanUpdate. Itwill propose several Quickstart Actions including regulatory changes, process improvements, proactiveoutreach to senior levelsofgovernmentandupdates to theCitysHeritageReg-ister.Wedonot knowwhether thatwill help save theHollywood.As for long term-solutions, theywill have towait for a report backnext year.Meanwhile the coalition spokesperson Mel Lehan says people are trip-

ping over themselves in a rush to come forward with money and propos-als to buy the building from Bonnis. Bonnis bought the theatre in 2011from the Farleigh family, which built it and owned and operated it fromthe very beginning. He paid a reported $2.85 million.Lehan says the proposals all include keeping the theatre as a multi-use

cultural space, possibly run by a non-prot society. But they also includeadding a second oor to house for-prot enterprises.Lehan and his crew have yet to speak with Bonnis. Given Robertsons

pledge, you would think Vision has an interest in helping that happen.Although Bonnis last reported saying he has no interest in selling.

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COURIER BLOG THE BOOMER BEAT: White Spot Cookbook a walk down memory lane, Nov. 22Nancy Daniels: Sandra, great post! My mom grew up in Canada before marrying and moving toHawaii. Each year we returned to Vancouver to visit family and we ALWAYS made at least one visit(often multiple visits) to a White Spot to have the Fish & Chips! Happy childhood memories!Jeremy Twigg: A star-studded event indeed!

COURIER BLOG VAN MAN: Outstanding Inline, Nov. 24Lydon: So stoked this video has become popular. He is a brilliant skater and this is an awesome edit.Best of all, this is just the tip of the iceberg, there are plenty of even sicker blading edits out therefor people to see who dont really know rollerblading.

COURIER COLUMN: BC Hydros $35 opt-out fee extortion by energy monopoly, Nov. 20EnergyGreen: : Geoff Olson the columnist should replace his tinfoil hat with a better model. Heforgot to mention that the sky will fall down.

COURIER BLOG VAN MAN: Blue-eyed Jack Daniels, Nov. 22Gustavius: Maybe the JD marketing nerds will take your idea and run with it. Theres plenty ofhistory between musicians and Jack Daniels. Im surprised that Wild Turkey hasnt tried a similarthing with Hunter Thompson. I can almost see the Steadman illustrated bottle now... Oh look thereare two bottles now. Mmm, brain-damage.

COURIER STORY: Vancouver shops fight back against Black Friday, Nov. 22Mass Abedi: All year everything is overpriced, but for Black Friday normal price level, now thats thereality in Vancouver. Way too overpriced and unnecessarily expensive. Therefore, Black Friday U.S. isdefinitely a must because they offer really heavy discounts and dont make fun of the customer.

SMARTMETERSARENOTASTUPIDIDEATo the editor:Re: BC Hydros $35 opt-out

fee extortion by energy monopo-ly, Nov. 22.I had to roll my eyes when I

read Geoff Olsons repetitionof tendentious and misleadingobservations on the subject ofsmart meters. It just seems asif common sense is lacking andemotions run wild. Lets look atthe objections logically.

1. Smart meters have notreduced electricity consump-tion in other jurisdictions. Butwhy should they be expectedto? Would we expect a simi-lar water meter to save waterconsumption? What smartmeters will save are multi-mil-lions of dollars in meter readingcosts. I dont know BC Hydrospay rates for meter readers.Lets assume a union wage of$35 -40, plus pension, CPP, EI,WorkSafe premiums, vacation,statutory holidays, special leave,a 35-hour work week, time al-lowance for non-meter readingresponsibilities. With this payrate and overhead, I would bevery surprised if the loaded costrate worked was much less than$60 per hour.2. Time-of-day billing. All

the objectors Ive heard fromfear that smart meters are

a sneaky way of increasingrevenue by charging more forpeak hour electricity usage. ButBC Hydro doesnt need to go tothe expense when in the pasttheyve always raised rates with-out such subterfuge. The mainpurpose of time-of-day billingis to shift demand from peakto off-peak periods by mak-ing off peak use cheaper thanpeak use. Surely were all awarethat we see the equivalent oftime-of-day billing all the time.Just look at cheap off-seasonholidays, red-eye ight fares,cheaper hotel rooms at week-ends, and, in some provinces,the institution of happy hour.Do we complain about these?

3. Privacy concerns. Dopeople really believe that con-sumer-level smart products willtell the grid where and when youshower, re up your computer,turn on your coffee pot, etc.?Are manufacturers in Asia goingto be commissioned to do thatby BC Hydro? I think they haveenough on their plate withoutsetting up a whole new busi-ness marketing intelligence ofdoubtful value. Id like someoneto explain how this could becommercially viable

4. Radio frequency eld ex-posure. All I can say to peoplewho fear this is that they shouldgive up mobile phones andtelevision which generate far

stronger radio elds.And for the record neither

I, members of my family norfriends work directly or indi-rectly for BC Hydro.James Pammenter,Vancouver

BARBERSTORYCUTTHEMUSTARDTo the editor:Re: Music part of barbers

charms, Nov. 22.Thank you so much for the

great article on Chris thebarber! I am so proud of beinga neighbour of his business atMacKenzie Heights.We are kind of a new kid on

the block in this very friendlycommunity. When [my business]SpiRe Wellness rst openedtwo doors down of Chris barbershop three years ago, he wasone of the very rst people inthe neighbourhood whommadeus so welcomed there and hasbeen very supportive ever since.We are very honoured to be in

such a cozy and warm com-munity with such great history,heritage and memories. MacK-enzie Heights is a wonderfularea to be in.Thank you again for a great

feature.Danny Lau,Vancouver

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AnabsurdNovemberto forever remember

For those who take their humourblack, this November turned outto be Trovember as in treasuretrove. The misadventures of To-ronto mayor Rob Ford and the implodingDeath Star of Toronto city hall momen-tarily blocked out other news transmis-sions while bestowing The Farce on latenight comics. As of months end, the chiefexports of Greater Toronto are said to bejokes and puns.In between Fords collisions with council-

lors and theEnglish language, therewas Jus-tin Trudeaus confession of admiration forRed Chinas dictatorship suggesting the Liberal leader has all the gravitasof a Spongebob Squarepants lunchbox. But this faux pas had nothing on thefederal follies in the Senate, what with Duffy and company running aroundslamming doors and orating like characters in a bedroom farce.Its been ages since the cultural coalface has promised somany gems at

least not since themid-80s,when aB.C. premier chose to live in a plastic cas-tle in a biblical theme park in Richmond called FantasyGardenWorld.Its been an embarrassment of riches accent on embarrassment but

Im not one to look a line of prize stallions in the mouth. JP Morgans epicTwitter fail; Gordon Wilsons about-face on liquid natural gas; B.C. Ferriesscal shell games; B.C.Hydros strong-arming on rates and smartmeters, theDuffy/Wright/Harper clusterfund: Trovember kept disgorging foolishnesslike a circus car full of clowns.As an editorial cartoonist, Ive never hadmorematerial at one time, but by

mid-month the creative possibilities were outpacing my editorial opportuni-ties. Andas the swill and swinery rose toAnimal Farmpitch,my satiric enthu-siasmwas temperedwith dark thoughts about the fate of our nation.Luckily, the hijinx from Hogtown saved me from a funk. The Daily Show

host Jon Stewart pleaded to the bumptious mayor to get help, saying hethought of him as a long-term investment. The late-night oracleswelcomedFords ready-madeabsurdismbut serious journalistswithnotepads andmi-crophones had a spot of trouble. Nothing in J-school prepared them for thatinfamous press conference, which ended with Mayoralty Dumpty insistinghe had plenty of something gender-specic to eat at home. The gobsmackednewsunits struggled to parse the bleeped quote without waking the gnomesat the CRTC.Ford has two tribes of apologists, from opposite sides of the political spec-

trum. On the left, there are those who insist the man deserves our empathybecause of his supposed multiple addictions. Really? Certainly every livinghuman being is a work in progress, but the label-and-sticker heir is a pub-lic gure. If his misdeeds warrant it, he is entirely worthy of being laughedno, shamedoutof ofce.Whenaguy serially lies, doesharddrugs in thecompany of gangmembers, is charged with assault, threatens to kill his wifeand parades around in a drunken stupour at public events, he is in trouble.When a guy does the above while holding elected ofce, his constituents arein trouble.Meanwhile on the right, 25 per cent of Torontonians continue to support

their stripped-of-powers mayor, according to polls. Back in 2010, Ford lever-aged exurb disdain for the wealthy, inner city demographic into a mayoraltywin. So whats a little crack? It seems many in Ford Nation interpreted theirleaders substance abuse as further evidence of his commonman touch.The larger context hasmostly gone unremarked in themainstreammedia,

startingwith theoptics of apoliticianwhocouldhave set himself up for black-mail by criminal networks accessing the crack-smoking video. Andwhat doesit say when a signicant fraction of voters in Canadas biggest city have em-braced civic leadershipworthy of a failed statemegaslum?Its completely absurd, like everything else this month, but imagine the ul-

timate absurdity: Fordexiting themayors ofce, doinga tearful tell-all beforeDr. Phil or Dr. Drew and, with the help of his trainer (a guy convicted of traf-cking steroids), reinventing himself as reformed, ripped representative ofthe little guy, before slouching towards 24SussexDrive for all the populismhe can eat.The Canadian in me homesick for a nation thats gone missing con-

soles himself that this is impossible, while the caricaturist inmewishes everymonthwas Trovember.

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newsMakeyour choice for 2013Newsmaker of theYearBARRY LINKEditor

Home le s sne s s ,the bicycle andsocial media.The lead-up tothe 2010 Winter Olympics.Civic dissent.All have been past choices

for the Vancouver CouriersNewsmaker of the Year.Were preparing tomake ourselection for 2013, and onceagain the Courier wants tohear from you about yourchoice.Weve identied ve top

candidates for Newsmaker.These are the stories and is-sues that most affected Van-couver this year.They are: The Vancouver Park

Boards controversial year. The pushback by resi-

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the Musqueam over disput-ed property. The surprise results of

the provincial election. Drug policy, from In-

sites 10th anniversary tomarijuana activism.Well be explaining these

choices in this and the nexttwo issues before announc-ing our Newsmaker of theYear Dec. 11. ReporterSandra Thomas kicks itoff on page 13 with a lookback at the Vancouver ParkBoards contentious year inoffice.How can you participate?

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The Vancouver ParkBoard is a key con-tender for the Cou-riers 2013 News-maker of the Year.Inanunprecedentedmove,

Hastings,RileyPark-Hillcrest,Killarney, Kensington, Ker-risdale and Sunset commu-nity centre associations ledthree separate complaintsagainst theparkboard inB.C.SupremeCourt, twoofwhichare still to be heard.The associations were not

alone in takingtheparkboardto court in 2013. Faster thanyou can say, Youve beenserved, the B.C. SupremeCourt recently halted con-struction of a 12-foot wide,pavedbikepaththroughHad-den Beach Park, approved bythe park boardOct. 7.On Nov. 4, resident Me-

gan Carvell Davis led a caseagainst both the city andpark board arguing the bikeviolates the conditions underwhich the land was donated

85 years ago by land specu-lator Harvey Hadden.The following is a brief

timeline of some of themostnewsworthy moves by theboard in 2013. Feb. 4: A nine-hour

meeting at the West EndCommunity Centre regard-ing the proposed operat-ing agreement between thepark board and the cityscommunity centre associa-tions continued until 3:30a.m., despite numerous callsfor it to be adjourned. Afterthe park board approved thenew agreement, police werecalled because the remain-ing members of the initiallylarge crowd demanded theresignation of the VisionVancouver commissioners. June 14: Killarney Com-

munity Centre Associationpresident Ainslie Kwancomplained the universalOneCard was announced to

the press before it was ap-proved by the associations. July 10: A negotiator

hired to help the associationswith theproposedagreementwas let go by the park board. Aug. 20: The six associa-

tions launched their rst law-suit accusing the park boardof breaching numerous sec-tions of the current joint op-erating agreement.Aug.29:Theparkboardan-

nounced it will take control ofthe six community centres andissued themevictionnotices. Oct. 7: Vision park board

commissionersapproveda12-foot wide bike path throughKits andHaddenBeachparks. Oct. 20: Residents and

park users held a rally toprotest the bike path. Oct. 22: The six commu-

nity centres successfully re-quested an injunction againstthe park board to stop the ter-mination of their joint-oper-

ating agreements until theirlawsuit is fully heard. Nov. 8: The Supreme

Court of B.C. halts construc-tion of the bike path until ahearing can be held to de-termine its legality.To participate in our News-

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Continued from page 1The standoff was the climax of a culmination

of incidents in which Pehlivanians mental healthdeteriorated since returning to Vancouver in2009 from Afghanistan.Twodays prior to the standoff, he got into a heat-

ed disputewith his father after he smashedholes inhis bedroomwalls and set re to hismattress.Police werent notied.Last year, Pehlivanian jumped from the third

oor of a downtown hotel and suffered seriousinjuries. He has talked to his father and aunt nu-merous times about committing suicide.So what happened to Mike Pehlivanian?He was, as his father described, a normal per-

son before hewent overseas. He had a steady jobat a government liquor store and played hockeywith friends.Nowhe is in a treatment centre inBurnabywhich

caters to people suffering from mental illness andaddictions. Throughhis lawyer Patti Stark, Pehliva-nianwrote in an email that he voluntarilymoved into the centrebecause therearenomilitaryhospitalsand hewanted long-term care.

I want to feel healthy and I am working on iteach day, he wrote this month. I have the scarsthat forever remindme of my suicidal path. I havememories of pride,memories of death andmemo-ries of how it was before my injuries. Its hard onme. Almost everyday, I break down in tears.Pehlivanian learned earlier this month that

he wont be going to jail for the incident at hisfathers house because Crown counsel decided itwasnt in the public interest to prosecute him.Pehlivanians troubles began after a roadside

bomb exploded under his armoured vehiclewhile on a security patrol in the Panjwaii districtin Kandahar province.The blast on Sept. 7, 2008 killed his sergeant,

Prescott Shipway, and left Pehlivanian with a se-rious brain injury that his father believes set offhis erratic behaviour and drug addiction.He has been diagnosed with Post Traumatic

StressDisorder, or PTSD, and carries extremeguiltabout the loss of Shipway, whom he idolized.Research suggests Pehlivanian is not alone in

his struggle: A 2011 Parliamentary report notedan estimated 4,000 veterans were enrolled in re-habilitation programs, with half suffering froma service-related psychiatric disability and morethan 70 per cent with mental health needs.The same report said up to 35,000 soldiers

were expected to be discharged over the next veyears and that an estimate of 2,750 will sufferfrom a severe form of PTSD.Another 6,500 will be diagnosed with a men-

tal health problem, according to the report thatwarned how the increase in mental health caseswill test services for veterans.Despite the considerable effortsmade over the

past 10 years, in particular the establishment of anetwork of specialized external clinics, as well asa group of afliated professionals to whom vet-erans can be referred to as required, the depart-ment is having trouble meeting the demand,the report said. Under the most optimistic sce-narios, these needs will double over the next veyears. Furthermore, because health services areinvolved, coordination with provincial resourceswill be crucial to prepare health professionals todeal with this specic problem. Veterans Affairscapacity to meet the growing demand for ser-vices over the coming years will be a major chal-lenge for the Government of Canada.WhatPehlivanians fatherhas learned is that gov-

ernment isnt equipped to deal with his son, whomhe has refused to visit in the treatment centre.He is worried that, as a father, he will break

down and agree to have his son move back in thehouse. Its better, he said, that they stay apart forthe time being.Everybody wants to blame government for

this, Krikor said. But I dont think governmentknows how to deal with my son. I dont thinkanybody knows.

THE FAILURE of government to treat Pehliva-nian when he returned from Afghanistan wasacknowledged by his case worker at Veterans Af-fairs Canada.After the standoff, Helen Benes met with po-

lice to provide background about Pehlivaniansmental state. Benes told police hewas extremelyviolent when he returned to Canada as he didnot receive adequate resources.In court documents, police summarized the in-

formation provided by Benes, who outlined howPehlivanian transformed from that normal per-son his father once knew.She noted the PTSD diagnosis along with ma-

jor depressive disorders, adjustment disorderand he commonly suffers from psychosis.She also provided these details: He has auditory and visual hallucinations

that aremanaged throughmedications, althoughhe does not consistently take his medications. He is unpredictable and cannot control his

impulses. He has a history of drug use which includes

cocaine, crack cocaine and heroin. His hallucinations are exacerbated by his use

of illegal drugs. He tried to quit drugs with Veterans Affairs

placing him in a rehabilitation program severaltimes on the Sunshine Coast. He has remorse about surviving the bomb

blast and tried to kill himself several times sincethe attack.The documents indicate that at one point Pe-

hlivanian started to stabilizewith several setbacksalong theway.VeteransAffairs helpedPehlivanianrelocate to Powell River, where he lived last year.But he became unhappy and his father agreed to

let himmove inhishouse in January. Sixmonths lat-er, the standoff with police occurred an incidentPehlivaniandiscussed inhis email to theCourier.There were no active res, he said. I asked

my aunt to phone the police for help but theytreated me as a threat because of being an ex-soldier. Instead, they cordoned off the area andcame in with ries. It became so unreal to theway it should have played out. I tried to be as co-operative as I could to not get shot.The day he was injured in Afghanistan, Pe-

hlivanian was riding in the back of an armouredvehicle commonly referred to as a LAV3. He wasthinking about the end of his tour. Suddenly, thevehicle launched 30 feet in the air, returned to theground upside down and rolled several times.It was shocking. I am still in shock today. My

helmet was on but it took a hard hit upside downon themetal oor. And the concussionwasbig. Thehole in the roadwas huge like 150metres. Therewere gunshots. I lost my rie. I lost my sergeant.Seven of uswere crawling out a small hole.Pehlivanian took shrapnel to the face through

his gums. He broke his nose, suffered a head in-jury. He could not smile for months upon his re-turn to Canada.

HISREHABILITATION began at the IntegratedPersonnel Support Centre at the Jericho garrisonin Vancouver, one of several across the countryfor Canadian Forces personnel.Pehlivanian said staff at the centre was sup-

posed to nd my problem and then return himto Shilo, Man. to re-join the 2nd Battalion ofPrincess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry.They did not meet their mandate, he said.

I got worse and worse. All they really did wasBand-Aid efforts like paying for blackout blindsto help me sleep. I was so sleep deprived becauseof the trauma.He resided in aplacewhere an improvised explo-

sive device cannon was going off every night andI thought it was the Taliban. He said he was pre-scribed six medications, which impaired his judg-ment. To this day, he is triggered all the time.

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Mike Pehlivanian served in Afghanistan with the 2nd Battalion of PrincessPatricias Canadian Light Infantry. His tour began in January 2008 and ended inSeptember of that same year when he was seriously injured in a bomb blast.

NumberofPTSDcasesAFGHANISTANVETERANSMENTALHEALTH ISSUES LED TO

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In the infantry, we are drilled and yelledat while we eat, walk, march, jog, run, in aclassroomeverywhere tomake the per-fect soldier for Afghanistan. We are trainedto hear and see what normal people dont.They forever imprinted thesememories.Pehlivanian said he experienced ghting

almost every day of his tour, which began inJanuary 2008 and ended nine months laterwhen the bomb exploded.Life lostmeaning tohimafterhewas injured.The pride of being a good soldier and go-

ing into war for my country starts to slowlygo awaywith each day, month and year thatpasses from when I left my battalion. Ourfriends and family go away.Before he joined themilitary, Pehlivanian

worked at Canada Post and numerous gov-ernment liquor stores in Vancouver, includ-ing branches on Main Street, Cambie Streetand at Kingsgate Mall.Outside of work, he played hockey and

helped his father maintain his house.But he wanted more out of life. He joined

themilitary in 2005 to ght for Canada andthe human race in Afghanistan and fulll a

desire to be more physically and mentallychallenged.He was posted to the 2nd Battalion of

Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantryand was trained in seven specialities. In Af-ghanistan, he was a LAV3 driver, communi-cations specialist, machine gunner, rocketlauncher, rieman and was used in manyvital roles in Afghanistan for our country.

WHEN HE RETURNED to Vancouver,one of the medical professionals he reliedon to understand his situation was Dr. GregPassey, a psychiatrist and former soldier.Pehlivanian described him as a good manwho advocates for veterans.Passey works out of the B.C. Operational

Stress Injury Clinic on Broadway. The clinicis one of 10 across Canada funded by Vet-erans Affairs to offer assessment and treat-ment services to serving Canadian Forcesmembers and veterans, as well as RCMP of-cers past and present.Passey served 22 years as a medical of-

cer in Canada, Norway, the United Statesand Rwanda. He has a patient list of 80 peo-

ple at the clinic, including Pehlivanian andother Afghanistan veterans. He wouldntdiscuss Pehlivanians case for privacyreasons.While counselling and treatment are

available for veterans suffering from amen-tal health issue, Passey said there is a lack ofresources devoted to overseeing a soldierstransition from the battleeld.Hes blunt in his assessment of Veterans

Affairs commitment to ensuring veteransof battle zones are being trained to re-inte-grate into Canadian society.How much time has our government

spent on training them to be civiliansagain? he said from his ofce. He held uphis right hand and cupped it tomake a smallcircle. Zero. There isnt a program thatdoes that, and thats a problem.The New Veterans Charter, which was in-

troduced in 2006, aimed to provide veteranswith the help they need, for as long as theyneed it, according to information postedon the website of Veterans Affairs.The charter promised rehabilitation pro-

grams to stabilize physical and psychiatricconditions. Thosewho aremost injured getthe most help, the charter added.Passeys reading of the charter is that it

is used to determine whether a soldier hasa medical diagnosis related to military ser-vice that entitles that soldier to nancialcompensation, treatment or education.Thats all the charter is about, he said,

adding that long-term help for veteranssuffering from severe mental health issuesis not consistent across the country. It de-pends on where the veteran wishes to settleas to whether or not they have access toprograms. A lot of the veterans with men-tal health issues, particularly PTSD, dontwant to be in the big cities. They typicallywill go off into either small towns or evenisolate out in the bush and farmland. So itsdifcult for them to obtain consistent, long-term treatment.Pehlivanians father agreed with Passeys

assessment of the charter, saying themoneyhis son received from Veterans Affairs wentto drug dealers. Pehlivanian said himselfthat Veterans Affairs is set up mostly to -nancially reimburse us.Passey pointed to the Veterans Transition

Program at the University of B.C. as provid-ing some pieces to the puzzle of re-inte-grating soldiers to civilian life.But the reality is, if youve got severe PTSD

or some sort of other condition, then theytypicallywont put you through theprogram,Passey said. So its got its limitations.Passey recently testied at the coroners

inquest into the death of veteran Greg Mat-ters, who served as a peacekeeper in Bosniaand was diagnosed with PTSD.RCMP shot and killed Matters at a rural

farmnear PrinceGeorge in September 2012.Police responded to the farm over allega-tions that Matters assaulted his brother.Passey said Veterans Affairs didnt begin

to provide services for Matters until Passeydiagnosed the veteranwith PTSD after a jailvisit in early 2012. Matters was in jail for al-legedly uttering threats.His research has shown that allowing

mental health issues for veterans to festeronly makes life more difcult for the personand those trying to help.Unfortunately, the longer you wait, the

harder it is to treat and the more negativeeffect it has on your life. Often, individu-als can lose their job, they can lose theirfriends, their family, their marriage.The chances of a veteran with PTSD com-

mitting suicide is also greater than a veteranwithout the diagnosis, said Passey, point-ing to research published in the Journal ofClinical Psychiatry that showed 19 per centof veterans in the United States with PTSDhad killed themselves.Veterans Affairs Canada doesnt track

suicides.Passey said it would be a helpful statistic

to give context to the type of suffering veter-ans endure when they return from duty. Hespoke to a peacekeeper who served in Sara-jevo who knew of 12 soldiers from his tourwho committed suicide.So thats just him and hes aware of 12,

he said. Theres 12 people who probablydied as a result of their military service andtheres no recognition at all for those peo-ple. Theyre what I like to call the unknownfallen.The Courier made repeated requests over

ve dayswith Veterans Affairs to speakwith arepresentative to answer questions related tothis story. The department failed to respond.

THIS MONTH marked Pehlivanians fthRemembrance Day since the bomb blast.Four years ago, he thought it important to

spendNov. 11 in Saskatchewanwith the par-ents of his fallen sergeant, Prescott Shipway.It was nice because you dont want your

son forgotten, said Susan Shipway by tele-phone from Saskatoon, recalling the visit byPehlivanian and a fellow soldier. I think heidolized my son, the way he talked abouthim. He has a lot of guilt, saying he shouldhave died instead of Prescott.Shipway said she knew during the visit

that Pehlivanian wasnt well, often lost inhis thoughts. She was saddened to hear ofhis struggles.I hope that he can get xed because hes

a nice boy and I hope it works out for him,she said.Prescott Shipway and Terry Street, an-

other member of the 2nd Battalion killedin Afghanistan, were on Pehlivanians mindthis Remembrance Day.So was the rest of his platoon.In addition, he said in his email a few

days before Remembrance Day, all the sol-diers, their families and friends that sufferfrom their traumatic experiences in the-atres like Afghanistan. You need a big heartfor this. I accept it like a mission.To his father, who doesnt know when he

will next see his son, Pehlivanian had thisto say: Thanks for ghting for me. I couldhave been another unknown soldier. But,most importantly, Im sorry for the way itturned out. However, be happy that I amalive. I could have died in Afghanistanmanytimes, almost every day.

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photoDan Toulgoet

Krikor Pehlivanian holds a photograph with images of his son, Mike Pehlivanian, who wasinjured in a bomb blast in Afghanistan in September 2008. He suffered a serious braininjury and now resides in a treatment centre for people suffering frommental health andaddiction issues.

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