June 28th, 1976

had to become involved with respect to wages, etc. Alderman Laking
suggested that as this was not to be considered a 'make work! programme
but rather one in which the students would be carrying out regular
duties, he felt they should be entitled to Union wages, however, he also
pointed out that as the letter was so late in reaching Council, hiring
for several of the Recreation programmes in which students are utilized
has been completed. Mr. Toporchak advised that the delay had been caused
by late notification from Canada Manpower that the District had been
accepted te participate in the programme and further suggested that in
view of the recent "Proclamation" supporting "Hire a Student Week" he felt
the City was obligated to participate in the programme. Alderman Ranger
noted that in the Recreation Department's summer programmes, 16 local
high school students had been hired for this summer and this would
represent approximately 10% of the City's Outside labour force and
therefore the City was in fact supporting the youth of Port Coquitlam.
Alderman Thompson queried whether at the end of this 9 week training
programme, the students would be entitled to Unemployment Insurance
benefits as had occurred under the much criticized L.I.P. programmes and
Mr. Toporchak replied that the main objectives of the programme were: 1.
to give the student the opportunity to realize that he should perhaps
return to schools; 2. to give the student an opportunity to determine
what type of work he would like to continue in in the future; 3. to give
the give student some work experience so that when applying for a job in
the future he will have had some basic work experience behind him. His
Worship Mayor Campbell noted that a C.U.P.E. representative was in the
gallery and wished to address Council.

'C.U.P.E. rep- Moved by Alderman Laking:

. permission to
address Council

Seconded by Alderman Traboulay:

That Mrs. Margaret Cillis, President of Local 498, Canadian Union

of Public Employees, be allowed to address the Council at this time.
Carried.

Mrs. Cillis stated emphatically that at no time had the Union stood in
the way of anyone being employed by the City of Port Coquitlam and when
Grants have been available the Union has co-operated in hiring inexperienced
studenta for werk so long as the Union wage scale has been applicable
(the Gity being subsidized for such hirings according to the various

programmes) and no regular staff member is belng put out of work.