acts set new designs

a jANCOUVIER (cry _ ‘Some aip faralltsr‘o old Jandmarts
Aha 'now eport.shiny; poct-surgical facades, whil¢ others: style asthe people and province they were created for. - Urban Develdpment “Institute in. Vancouver. and:

“trendy ‘structures of cedar. and: glass moulded inta oa FOU judges, ‘chosen by the Architectural Institute, spent - Davies, vice-president of the B. Cc. Building Corp: 2 ft on.

“ticontipromnising West Coast terrain. .. oe day poring over the slides and plans f 90 entries. in. eae

last week in she first Annual design awards for Be commercial, ‘industrial, institutional and renovation.

Pigaeaeddir basedon Tatfonal tse of land, contribution ta’ ‘been me expecta 10 yeara-ago.
“the - surrounding pavironment, ' ‘overall design, - esthetic wa
‘ quality. and appropriate use of technology and materials,
The, papel comprised Peter Hemingway, president ‘ofthe

Alberta’ Asgociation of Architects; ‘Ned Pratt, Vancouv

The: winters and’ their ‘eréalord” “wete’ hovered: ‘this a
-wegheéod in Victoria. ‘by the’ sponoring ‘Archityotural “
Anstitute of B. c.. as a

Fogone common ink sthet al 1 yere deg bal

movant toward smaller informal’ buildings. Meo ea,

: wanigrent OF INDUSTRY AND |
SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

: ‘North ‘etist coal is very high profile ,.; we “very. -eontrover: .

: mating ae al ‘the entries i
houging category, reflect: the evol

~ years, a ‘aa “respectable, ‘rest of. the: agreement.

chitecture. *

‘ial © . these.days, Yet it4s only, one of many things that: ¥. month of hacesing tactics ~ taking in the: jSeonemie “Tf the. third-year iherease - ‘vineed thelr ‘walkouts and ~ “1 see architecture changin but: again’ it’s from the —
— ‘my’ ‘Ministry - of "Industry and. all Business. Develop. ; iy Ontario doctors game to. . climate in 1982," 0 7. - ig implemented, a further « other: tactics‘. forced: the: economic Boint of view.: ‘There’® 1 no question, in housing,
- ment is dolng fo help British Columbians get through this, Su.gndthis weekend with an Health’ Minister Larry ~three-per-cent increase: Is ‘government to iniprove i ita . that units are getting snialler, And as you goamaller you
. global recession, ~~ .| agreement on fee schettules Grossman dalled it’ fair’. effective Jan, 1, 1985, A offer. ws have to wotk harder dt making it Jook better: Efficiency

Bit it's north east coal which i is on ‘everyboily: 3 lips. - that opuld-.cost Ontario an... and affordable.” ‘ “dimilat formula ‘would -. But Grossman said it was - and floor pl s have dramatically improved.”

* Mich of the criticism is highly irresponsible In its lack of *- extra $1 billion by 1967." Ontario NDP leader’. Bob.” follow for the next wo years o the force of ‘the’ doc- The award-winning cliff-hanging West ‘Vancouver home
a respec}. for the facts, so], would like ip lake this space lo - And Ontario residents - Rae said’ the new fee. with the April 1 “increases tors‘argumenis, not their of the Mate family ig-an: ‘example, Small and cube-shaped
set the record straight.“ "" may have to wait until May schédule fs only a floor, not ~ negotiable. and ‘the Jan. 1 "punitive actiona, that led to its: four. levels extend down a. ‘igmetre reck {face to the
+. Notth east coal is a maisive project, . the Targest ex- ‘13 to‘find out wiiether they . a ceiling, because doctors _ figures increased to four per ca. sweetening of the fee . beach. Buill of stained cedar and sh tof it i, B.C.

__ Pot contract ever in this country’ latory. ‘The concept. aregoing tohaveto bear the . may stil bill patients above dent... schedule annaunced by the ° chic at ila mosticompact: on
7 ‘ound fora’ long time. I first-aino ne _ : .
terest in -the idea back in 1972 but, politics being: whal It: it: C@at “through increased the reee rates. Al increases: “ be: government on’April 1. Robert Sallkan, do-designer.of the hole with Pani
is, it was-not until 1976 that we were able to do anything. - Ontario Hospital Insurance” ._ a The ‘agretinent, _compouided. oy They “(assoclation, “White; called it "a very difficult lot.” -
about it. . Plan premiums.: re which” “covers doctors.” oe directors} were making ‘The previous owners had tried various schemes with ‘to
That's -when my boss, the Premier, gave ‘me.the Jobof ° - That's. ‘when . Ontario ‘practising under “the "Grossman said. the. vel- points; about how’ far‘ they success. Our solution. was tovbridge from the driveway to ~~
> Making north east coal happen.’ And then it took.another. > Treasurer: Frank: Miller. - Ontario Health’: Insurance ‘tlement will put the ‘average -had- ‘fallen’ behind. In. the the beach: We were happy'witlt the design. ‘and 80 were the
= five years ith Brveling negotiations Ai vttirough the | > ikely “wiII"'aniounce. his -Plan,-provides an increase _ doctor’s income at $122,000 1970s," he'sald, Y elients." .
-’ December efore we were able to award (he ~  deoision in. his ‘budget .. of Li per cent retroactive to in -1985, ‘compared ‘with ‘The *-doetors’. . wera
‘ rallway ‘tunnel ‘contracts ..and get’ north, east ‘coal’. ppesentation..-Miller has April 1, three per “cent -on. " $80,000 last year, demanding a ewes cin nest NeW cetmuges courthouse tnd edad
; "theres sanderway. ali is anigué in its seat : ee to any ‘Hiether the ten. v7 ba 8.75 per cent “to neeemernmesit wil have ‘ cover . loses incurred to emphasis and clean, strong structural lines, The complex
a ney w e. Taise p and three per --to. increase spending by at. inflation: durin fie early, , includ 2 pedes
. Neve er bette have So many, p layers heer inva ved many: th rough. -inereased. - cent January 1, 1984, | least $742 million during the- 19706. |: is J and four aan ataped waterfall, terraced trim mall a
There's: not one.-but- two: ‘Canadian: ‘rallways:. .the .. premiums or / General a “In thethird year, the April ext three years to cover: .. _ The first two yearsofthe . The Pacific Marine Training institute, resembling a giant’
; NR. and the BCR. Not one coal company, but, two, the - Revenues. > 7 Mingreage’can be negotiated . the deal. But if inflation is new package will cost the- white ship beached in North Vancouver was praised for its
. Japanese steel industry. seven. Separate companies in. - . Dr. Lionel Heese; ‘Ontario - at the request of the medicat around Ht per cent in the we vernment $35 million "elegance, pragmatic design and maritime theme...” ,
“ ed in the decision. And then there's the Japanese. Medical Association association but will not be | third, fourth bass years more than the April 1 deaf... Vancouver's Trafalgar Cooperative was another -panel
goverument and banking system...” ~ president, deseribed .tWe less than seven per-cent. If. of the’ agreeme ;

in Canada, oi the federal side.” ‘there's tlie National ‘agreement, which ins it i8* not ‘satisfied, the ment spending Will rise by 10 be: ratified on“Frida
MY y by what it. represented as for its-design. ° ~ .
Harbours Board. . . Ridley Island‘Terminals Inc... . the in eftect for’ at lenét two assoclation. can serap the about $1 billion by 1987, ."" the agsociation’s 280-- The old tenétient-atyle partieatt billing | in Kitallano

- federal: departments of Transport, Foreign Affairs.- :
Regional ‘Economic Expansion, ‘Finance .. “in. fact, - . ‘ae fs member council, Reese said was revamped by architect Franklin Allen: The 10 sultes

- almost the. whole federal government,

Here i in in British Columbia there's the provincial govern-. el | er vote for the pact, . ew stucco exteridr was Painted: in bright colors, |

oe a ee ee lose pensions» gies ieee!

services. And our deadline‘is, 1983.

It is a source af great personal. pride to me ‘that this ao “OTTAWA (cP) = ~ About. 60,000 elderly : . ‘Special cheques covering the Josses will, n

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massive. project is on schedule cand proceeding well | persons have temporarily lost monthly be Issued, ; ’
"within budget, _ pension supplements: because they did not == The full guaranteed i income supplement, ° ;
And. whatever, our critics may say: we are, nol: sub- ’ fill out an annual form required by: the, . is‘paid to elderly citizens with'no income 4.
sidizing north east coal by one single cent.- The critics Health Department.” ; . beyond governnient pensions benefits, Thé : :
shoul: get théin facts right. 7 About 1.3 million citizens quality for all benefit decreases by $1" per month with © ’
\ These are the factsr” 7 = — | : or part-of the maximum’ supplément -of every $2 of ofitside income) —! . ;
agit eet steel compbnies are png 4223.00. month, which is paid in addition - ‘Those with outside income of $467.78 a a:
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open up this new source of supply. Australia recently | the standard old age pension at ea are in 1 floune th the supe fement, OF, mores Bev McCabe’ & her or Satie Laurie io :
sighed a ney vs eaniriet with Japan vd supp nM metallurgical” 7 Ppp ealect dt, however -pensionera imiust ~ "Tziveryane,: “‘pegardless - “ot ‘acome, is” ‘
‘coal a er tonne ncontrast, the north east coal con-_- ’ : 7
tracts call, pr $87 per tonne ..”. with the price escalating’ . * fil“out a “statement -distributed ‘with entitled to receive the basie old age’ pen: 7 in vite her: clients: fre om her. pr evious _ ;
each year to keep up with inflation. ~ pension cheques. éach “December, ‘The . sion, = * ” Po ‘
. Oiir critics claim that the bulk of the construction:con- ~ form is @ declaration: of any income 9 2 £ da eee ~ galon Scissortrix to. the new location: '
_ tract, money is leaving the province. Again; thatis anout- ~ .recetved™~ from: PORTERS, bes, ides ighe 7 Aidibors. oe Loe ras commas teat io wah HO. 18 ros i
~ right falsehood. OF the contracts awarded to date, more. govern tit”! Mt nea “oes reansis BOT or pane Tem en bee Bt Asche! fe vite tet . are
» -than,60 per: cent of ihe money is being spent right here, "Phe: ‘department. Says some - eligible - vee mo
a Udon‘ mean here in Canada. mean’ right herein. pensioners neglect each year tofilloutthe  -f -, " a

And whien the project: managers do reach outside Bw, * form and a out hae tits etl thas ‘
., it's for a goad reason. . . to secure the unique coal: slack-" year about “6 per cent 0 One ay
ing” technology of Japan (and that with theassurance that’ _—¢liéibledid not return the forms on-time."

BO. er. cent of the contract will be fabricated.in Canada) The additional benefits were not. included .
~~ to sécure special rail-car dumpers from a British | when- April cheques were ihdiled. to
firm with acknowledged expertise (again with 93 percent. . The ‘department ‘advises that lost’, .
of that contract. going to B.C. workers), ~~ a benefits can be reclaimed if pensioners fill .§ © . -
'. Then ‘the critics charge that other B.C. mines will si "- out-a atatement any time during the next ‘eon s De
~. fer beeause. of the new, emphasis on-north east coal. “several months” and return it to the It’s SO ea Y¥..-

"" Agairi, the facts just don't bear them out. The reality is _
that our south east-coal fields are+i6w negotiating higher government. SE —
-- priced “contracts... . some up almost 25 per-cent from— Mbt! ne
ust year . ~ thanks to the precedent set by north east °::

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-o But ‘enough of ihe critics, What exactly is the north east.

_ ‘coal development dging for the people of- this province? ©

ve It's paying fora whole new northern transportation link:

rot ie oe : AY gh f me ash SS bo

_ ad: Swe RE Wd ie As Al
: ? a new and upgiaded:rail line-across the north of the PUBLIC INVOLVEM
-y province, leading to. a brand few, world . lass’ port at ; : NT .
-_ Prince Rupert. ae .
‘+ + It is’ giving. us’ ‘jobs 5,700 will be: employed this, . : iN LAND USE

summer.in construction alone. _ that's more than 10 per .

cent of .the province's construction work force. Then’ PL AN NING

- there's the permanent jobs... over 1,500 at the mines
_»- Alone. But they ate just the tip of the iceberg. Withallthe “oy. - _ — -
various, spinolf developtnents, it is estimated that: 10,000 a id 4 oa, So, . Sos
* “new jobs will be creatéd.as 4 result of this project oo Be, a
. And the jobs are right deross the province. Construe-
. tion and ‘service cgntracts are being awarded: on, the

Jower mainland, the Okanagan, 't the interior. and OF

oo “the: Ministry of Lands Parks’ and: Housing -
i, is_currently- conduct ing. a-nunber-.of -plan=-= _

 [eaurse:the:north. © oe ‘ning .studies..in. --conjunct ion. with ‘the
So that's what we’ re . gelting from north east: coal. “Jobs. . .
_« wark, at a time when it’s needed mostwAnd anew 7 “Ministry of. Forests. -. Phese_ ‘Studies, are.

oe to. determine. the most’ appropriate’ use -of >
—~Crown.' ‘land. As- part. of this~ “planning «=~
program, the government “wishes, to hear.
vena sores on. the: are NER

northern transportation. system, _there for the fullire use © - be
of: British— Columbi: n and_Canadian.exporters tothe."
bupming Pacifie Rim:market.’ And, to put it bluntly, thé +s
Japanese sleel industry. is: footing. the: bill: Al govern:

' -ment-inyéstments-will-be paid ‘in | full, in: returns ¢ onm-con- =
‘Tracts already’ sigtied.-_ oth

_ North East Coal-is not a ‘miracle. cure-for. the worl ae
Lor ‘British Columbia's. economic woes. As I said earlier,
GL is just one-of. many things your provincial, government we Pak
ix doing-lo help you through these difficult times, 370°
cet Bubit “is helping-- -2-thelping-a-lol=In-most- ‘every-come—— as
- “anunity ‘in British Columbia, Somebody -is -working. whi ~-= --
_ ‘would: be. unemployed were’ it ngt far. Notth East. Coal,
the ilesiourable Doli: peat “

ne soem,

ie, ‘the Shorthwest, “there:

‘are “three
“areas 3 currently snder reviews vO bebeale oe

BIG BONUS
PRIZES

govern-. — While the ‘agreement has favorite, although Beveridge aaidit was picked.as much for |

Ja. c. in ‘the past five years’. But ‘they are as diverse in| ; " gichiteed ‘and: ‘Gonsultant; Ian ‘Beveridge, director’ at the : 7 e . ¥

” > They are’ B.C.'s best: buildings? '15 blue-ribbon wintery ‘eategorics from single ‘and nll dveliing residential ba, Hemingway: said there were no real. surprises among the : ; al
ie . Submissions, although the ae * designs would wot have es

ent away .¥ from the + day gesture anda a :

-MALone time there une io. be pe ae 2 bit to regan ar. me

he expects ‘the council to were expanded in size, bay windows were installed and the ;