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VICTORIA
REPORT
by FRANK

HOWARD
Skeena MLA

The speech from: the Throné which opened the legislature
_ on June-23 was’ basically no different than previous —

- Speeches. Iti isnot a Speech from the Throne — it is a speech

from’ the premier and the government, . It ‘is-a ‘political
‘statement and is self-serving, - :
‘fhe’ speech from the Throne forecasts what are’ thé

intentions of government in the session. That doesn’t mean...

that the forecasts will all come to be. Some may just be

there for window dressing. _.~ *,

T can never get terribly excited about the Throne speech
primarily because of what [ have just said. It is puffery and:

\ ‘political propaganda and should be recognized as such.

However we will new embark upon the Throne speech’

: debate. How long the debate will Jast is not-definite at the

~ time of writing this, but it cannot be longer than six days.
' The important statement will be the budget, for'it is‘the -
budget that has real meaning. Itis the budget which will dip |
into our pocketbooks, our purses, and aur bank accounts. It
is the budget which will show us how badly. the government .
has mismanaged ollr finances. If f'hid'! my ‘way me would .~
curtail the Throne speech debate and get to the ‘budget as

“quickly as possible,

. speech says: “‘.

finances have: been: mismanaged. but’ thoséhints were
couchéd in terms sufficient to: lay. the. blame on someone .
else, -
For example, in: ~diseussing the economy, the Throne -
it intensified as excessively high interest
rates caused a decline i in business investment and. housing | -
construction in the province. Mortgage rates. threatened . .
homeowners, interest. rates . plagued businesses and
employment declined severely.”

The self-serving part about this statement ds that it Was
Premier Bennett and his government who! advocated that
the federal government follow a high interest-rate policy.

AS soon as the speech from the Throne was ended and —
Lieutenant-Goyernor Bell-Irving: had gone I moved a~
motion to set up a legislative committee to study the ethics ©
of the banking industry. Needless to say, the government ° weapons technology, every. possible. future difficulty. in
; -:,, Which we hope will aid you in your service to the community
1 ication fall those who are content to talk about how . :
marfy bowls of rice could be purchased for the price of a

rejected the idéa'and it stands to reason why they would.
After all it was they who: helped: push the- federal -

» government into a high interestrate stance afew years ago,
. why wouldsthey n now. want an inquiry.

OTTAWA
VIEWPOINT

by JIM FULTON
Skeena me

Finance _ Minister Mare Lalonde in his recent budget
announcement proposes to eliminate the one hundred dollar
tax deduction for charitable donations.

Many charitable volunteer organizations expected this
change, and were given tounderstand that the deduction for
charitable purposes would be replaced by the ‘Give and.
Take’ proposal now in effect for political parties,

They were sadly misled by the federal government:
There is to be’ no alternative method of crediting.
organizations that play a‘ vital role‘in our Society and”
Provide services that save’ ‘the government millions of |
dollars each year.

This fact was. recently recognized in economist David.
Ross’ report ‘Some Financial and Economic Dimensions of
Registered Charities and Volunteer Acitivity”’..

Based on 1979-80 statistics, the economic contribution of
volunteer workers and registered charities amounted to the
equivalent of almost two per cent of Canada’s Bross .
national product.

Registered. charities employ. approximately 175,000.
people, almost twice the number _ directly. employed in:
forestry in Canada,

Genuine charitles_ represent a broad ‘eross-séetion of.
interest — from search and: rescue, help to the elderly; to
public information — and received a total revenue In 1980 of ©
6.8 billion dollars.

The proposed ‘elimination of the * $109 ‘deduetton ‘is
unacceptable without an alternative scheme for crediting -
charitable donations. If the federal government is unwilling :
to implement the ‘Give and\Take’ proposal, then-it must
retain the previous hundred dollar deduction. ~“. .

As. it stands now, those deductions ‘that. are riot.
discouraged will burden: volunteer organizations with
excessive ® resquests fer receipts. .

:* In-recent years, the’ Soviet Union hai deployed hundreds’.
oo of new - SS-20"° missiles, each ‘equipped * with . three’™
- nuclear warheads, capable of reaching all the great cities of :

Fitted without the: written |

. our /European—ailies in,.a vulnerable position, if 5 be

SET failure. *
There were hints inthe Throne speech i that be province's o

P ‘against the: territary..

Because. its ‘was sync hp
reply to all those who had expcessed their cancerns to me, 1

" gave.a! ‘public response When I apake last’ month ata dinner

‘in honor: of Vice-President. George, Bush. .”
Because this'whole quéston continues to weigh heavily
upon ‘the consciences ‘of: those in. government” and the

i: general. public, 1 haye now .decided ta- Address ‘myself

disirmament. ’ we
~” By way af. preamble, let me paint aut that our. + freedom’ to
discuss and arguet ismués Ls. what gives to our jemocracy. ite.
greatness and its strength; but that same freedom, can ‘algo.
make. us “appear: vulnerable in. the; cof.

totalitarianism. «:

however, | is that those in the West who are opposed to.new
“nuclear weapons have remained relatively silent about the
" installation of the SS-20s. In contrast, they are now taking
the atreets to oppose. the possible deploymient of American

Pershing Ii and cruise:missiles to protect Europe agairat

_ the Soviet nuclear. threat. >.

’ What Js particularly surprising. in Canada’ is to’ ‘he
protesters opposing the.possible testing of cruise missiles in
Canadian territory, but not opposing the fact-that simildr
missiles are already being tested in the Soviet Union, as
was ‘confirmed in December * “bys * General-Secretary
_Andropov.  ~

Because people in the tree world feel powerless to

. influence the leaders of the USSR; there is ‘a great

temptation to direct the whole force of their. anguish and

' their protests against the only decision-makers: who ‘are’

sensitive to public opinion; namely the. leaders of the
.. democratic: countries. Having convinced themselves that it:
is useless to denounce the SS-20s,
suppose, to forget about them, The strange. result of this
forgetfulness is that it somehow becomes. possible to
portray the Soviet Unior not as the aggressor, but-as the

. Innocent target.. This. represents. a curious amnesia: and.

reversal of roles, which the. Soviet leaders are quick. to
exploit for their own. purposes.

‘They hope, obviousl¥, that one sided information; and
_ one-sided protests, will lead to the unilaterial disarmament
" of the West. Indeed, there is a segment of public opinion ja
western Europe which has already adopted that policy...

’ During the first special session on disarmament at. the.
United Nations, I .praposed, in the name of. Canada,. a
strategy 0 of'suf' foéation. It was designed to smother, even in
the ‘laboratory, the. development of any. new. nucelar
weapons systems, Obviously;.miy proposal had to.apply: to.

bath sides or to ‘neither. There certainly was no suggestion

in that proposal that the: West should disarm. unilaterally,
Because our strategy-of suffocation was rejected by the

was no question of urging its acceptance by ‘the NATO
- countries alone, That is why we allied ourselves with the

two-track strategy of our NATO partners, Those two tracks .

_ are to seek to negotiate, the removal of the Soviet S5-208,
and at the same time, to. prepare for the deployment of new
-American missiles in Europe so as to pressure the Soviet:
Union toward serigug negotiations, and so as. not to. leave

negotiations;on intermediate range nuclear forces ended in

2 Having declared our support for the two-track strategy,
> Canada should bear its fair share of the burden which that

" polley. imposeg upon the NATO alliance.
It Is hardly fair to rely on the Americans to protect the -
West, but to refuse.to lend them a hand when the going gets

rough. In‘that. sense, the anti-Americanism of some -

“Canadians verges on hypocrisy, They're eager to take.
refuge under the American umbrella, but don't want to help.
‘hold it.

When wes sok toapply moral ‘principles | to this issue, it’s .
me trapped i in positions which are-either too’ —

easy ‘to bec
complex or’ too simple. The former can paralyze us. The.
latter can deceive us.

Into the trap of over-complication fall those ‘who insist :
"graduation.

that no-moral position is valid which doesnot take into

account every ,possiblé future breakthrough \in nuclear |,

actions of the other side. Into the trap of over-

detecti
simpli

issile, or who-condemn’ governments: for: spending

- anything at all on- defence, : “
1 donot deny that there is an element of truth and validity
inan unconditionally pacifist position. Isimply say that itis: .

‘Simplistic to ignore the real, coraplex and often immoral :
world to which our moral choices must. apply. The ‘Pope:

", ‘himself recognized this fact in a. méssage he sent last June...
" to the’ second~- United . Nations. special. session on -

disarmament. “In: current : conditions,” he . wrote;’,
“deterrence baséd.o on: balance, certainly’ not ‘as an end i i

most heavily indebted. companies anriounced it has reached -
an agreement in principle to refinance its huge debt.

In Washington, a report from the International Monetary :
Fund said Canada led the Weatern industrialized countries:’
in the rate of gtowth in factory output in the first quarter of »
the 3 year.

Meanwhile; Daon Development Corp the cash-strapped.
Vancouver firm. whose. fortunes’ féll as interest rates
" soared, Announced it has reached agreement in principle
"with its bankers on a debt restructuring plan... "

The International. Monetary Fund report said overall, .
industrial output in theadvanced coun 2,1 per cent:
after declining. throughout” 1982, However, the production: »
level at the end of the quarter. was still two per cent below’
that of d year earlier, ..

' Eleven of the 13. countries reviewed registered: an -
increase in factory output in the firat quarter this year, with...

‘Canada leading the way with a jump of 5.8 per cent over the: -
fourth quarter of 1982, —
Canada was followed by Finland with a 4.15 iper-cént gain.

- and Norway with a three-per-cent advance. U.S, factory,
output rose 2.2-per cent after dropping: since the third”:

_ quarter of 1981.

_- ‘The IMF report comes on nthe héels af other encouraging .
economic news from. Statistics Canada, which reported
recently that inflation increaséd in May at an annual rate of.
only 5.4 per cent — the lowest level in more than.a décade.-
‘In addition, the gross national product rose in’ the first
~ quarter by 1.8 per cent, the first time in nearly two yedra .
, “the economy has grown in d three-month period.

in Vancouver, Daon president Jack Poole said in a news

-feléase the debt-resteuctuting agreement. inust

- ratified A by the bankers and won't be ettectite: "tanetl

npossible to'send a personal —

“itself, but 98 6 a step toward a progréssive lisarmament,
, may. "still be Jug’ morally acceptable”. So

\Whent the choice is between steadfastness or weakness, ‘in

people find it easier, Toh aiter. numbers of misailes'b

: Kinsmen Club of Terrace

still be:

= Soviets are very. y heavily armed, In these circumstances, “7

"would be. almost suicidal for the. West to adopt.a‘policy of
“unilateral disarmament,’ ota policy of -suffocating ‘the

-' development of new means of defending ourselves agalnat: |.
oe the’ SovietSS-20s. That is-the kind of. herole-moral choice |
_ ” which an individual could make iri his personal life, but does. -

“" training. hag been made available
.~., pesidents of the conimunities in the.
"has ‘been conducted at Iskut, Telegraph Creek,. Dease Lake:

"total ‘of 124. people.
Terrace. Moat. of
"  foreat: service resourve officer from Dease Lake

" Bulldings Corporation conslsts-of two floors. ‘This includes .

- anyone have the right'to impose that choice upon a: whole :

nation, or Upon the community: of ‘free countries?

the'face of totalitarianism; history should have taught ‘ia.
that to refissp ta risk-one’s life in defence of liberty is to risk *

‘Losing, Itberty; without. any guarantee of saving one’s life.

That is\why. the Government of Canada has chosen, not -
without. guish or full awareness of the risk, to’ join our

" out thelr information at source prior to going to: press, ’

_ ensure e that factual’ 'intorgation is being presented. -
aot Yours truly,

GL Bowle, . ~

NATO partners In adopting a polley of strength in reaction: -

; to the Soviet'Union.

In supporting the twotrack | strategy of the Atlante |

to - anidnce, however, we shall insist that progress be made ‘

simultaneously on both tracks. Thig. combination of -
steadfastness of { purpose arid willingness tonegotiate seems

to be bearing-fruit, as witness the latest offer of General- - -

Secretary -Andropov to take into account the. ‘numbers of

; warheads as well as missiles.

wydeed, are we to think that this new-found flekibilly of
Mr. Andropov is a straightforward show of goodwill? Are

“we ta.believe seriously that, on two occasions since last

December, the Soviets would have contemplated publicly'a..
reduction af: ‘their nuclear forces if we had weakened In our
resolve? * oe,

~ To me, the aliswer ry clear. And it is absolutely easential
that the United States continue their efforts to negotiate the .

ch’side..”
0 our policy | will have
t collaborate’ ‘in testing —
missile;. it would: be,

" removalof the SS-20s in exchat e for the non-deployment af:
new American missiles in meet at least to negotiate

I hope that ‘my explanation
established that, were we toa
the guidance: system of the C
because’ of: our -solidarity . wi :
democracies, in a world which hag tui eda deat ear to our:

_ suggested strategy of suffocation.” -

: people. who have taken the courde,,

free. of charge, GS

and Lower Post. ‘The course was aljerad at Attin, but. there,

_ Was 1. positive response

Wel aie very aned with the pefernanee of the local

“The' recent wie, Fire” at Telegraph: Creek employed a-
Eighteen ‘of the people were from.
hem: were. fallers. The: fire. boss was.a:

~~ Ag Takut, Atlin and Lower Port were also in’ a high’ fi

: o@eur.:

district. ‘This. saa

hazard, some outalde assistance was brought la rather than
» Peduee the. local ablllly to respond quickly. should nevi fires: ise

The miltiple storey . offlee pullding ‘which ‘the Tarest’ rs

‘service shares with the ministry af highways ‘and -the B.C,-"

‘the basement...

The forest service ‘and. highways were previously, housed Ley
'- fa taller units which were inadequate for” f ninlatry a
- pequirements, however, ahifting was not réquired

I would like ta suggest, Mr. Editor, thatin: the Interest ofa...
' better informed public, reporters on your staff should. check

District Manager, oe

‘Gaeta Forest District.

Dear. Pareni:.. i, -
- Continued wapaits « af ehild ‘molesters and. rapists

; involving children rust make.all parents aware of how

That being said, however, I ‘would add that we s should not

" abandon hope for the ending of the nuclear arms race.:

‘All the people of the world, whether they be friends or -

enemies, value their oWn lives, and the'lives of those they ©

- love. lf the discovery of the terrible secrets of the atom
gives us the power to destroy the whole planet, there is a
'. still more powerful force which can save it - — our love for.

‘our children, and our-love of life...
“Therefore, I shall continue to believe that, our. strategy, of.

" Suffocatign is the beat. strategy.

‘The great powers of thie world refuse to acct it now. But

" Soviet Union, as evidenced by the continued deployment of - that will not stop us Erom repéating our proposal at every

/ the 88-208, a wedpon much superior to the SS-4 and 5, there - ; ‘opportunity, until the recognition. of ‘its. ‘teath frees us all.

from meral i] anguish and from fear... ~~.
" Prime Minister P, E. Trudeau _

Mr. A. Young, President:

want to express their gratitude to you also. The 1983 grad .
was certainly enhanced by: the Kinsmen’ 8 supervision and
taxi service, : :

TheGrad Committee Executive enjoyed working with the.
Kinsmen. I hope that the arrangements were satisfactory to.

‘ you.-Please let me know if your members seé changes the-:
~ grads could make which would facilitltate and i improve the

taxi service, aftergrad, and breakfast,

” Mr, Sturn and I intend to inform the parents of: 1984
‘graduates that ‘the aftergrad is one: of the non-school
‘activities. We hope that a group of parents will become

more involved in. the “community: ‘activities"” related. to

Thank you very much for your generous help. Please.
accept the enclosed donation from the: grad cominittee’

of Terrace. -_ a
; a Yours sincerely ;
a Robin Peterson (Miss)
Be Graduation Sporsor
7 Te the Editor, '

Twould like to make comment on an ‘article printed in the.
May 30, 1983, edition of the Terrace Herald. The article was.

', Captioned “Regional District Criticizes Forestry"...

| The Cassiar. Forest District. ‘places: great: ‘emphasis on

piling, local alpeople for fire * fighting. To this: end, Series 100°

: ot Further etbtaton volts pointed. ‘to the , gathering ““aebenture holdérs and shareholders also agree: :

_ Strength of, the economic recovery, while one of Canada’s ‘=~ Meetings with those two groups are tentatively scheduled

“ior Some time in the next two ‘inonths. |
. Daon lost $32.6 million in. the six-montit petiod ending

April 30, compared with a profit of $8.2 million’in the same’

*. period last year. Revenue for ‘the six-month period: was
$275.3 niillion, down from $433.8 million in the 1982 period.
“On the ‘brink of collapse, the company took action last

“August by suspending interest payments to holders of $80.6 °
‘million in debentures and withheld: sharehoiders’ dividends.
Ee The éove Saved the cash-starved company’ $20 million. -<

Debt at that time was estimated to be # billion.’

worst penton the real estate nd has taced since ‘the ;
. Second World: ‘War:::

“In -another.* ‘ business : - development. ‘Monday, Rogers.
’Cablesystems Ine. of Toronto sald ° ‘it. has - reached

‘Please ‘extend: ‘the® appreciation: of ‘the 1983 graduating’

- Class and the staff of Caledonia Senior Secondary. School for: .
-” your club's great contribution to our graduation ceremonies |
"and festivities. 1am sure the parents of the graduates would

easily this sort of threat can strike a ‘community. No. area

- seems immune. .

As parents, it is. our’ duty and responsibility to
communicate with our children so that they have ‘a
_ complete understanding and awareness of the possible
risk that do exist. While children should not be taught to be
afraid and suspicioua of people whe are unknown to them,
they should be instructed that there are ‘people in our
soclety who pose a real threat.

’ We need to'teach our children how to react if they ‘i are 7

approached by a person whose intentions appear
suspicious, They must learn that they have the right to say
“No” to an adult who attempts to treat them in a way they
know, or feel is wrong. -

Common examples of phrases used to lure the children

have been: “‘Help me find my lost puppy”, or “Your imather

- 1 illand I have come to take you home." All parents should

discuss the possiblity of such a statement being made to
thelr child, and should point out the dangers that can exist
should they be approached’ In such a manner, They should
never walk alohel..

We urgeyou totake the timeto discuss with your children

‘the necessity of being careful in their dealings with people

_ who are unknown to them, They should be made aware that

If politictans didn’t have toreceive public credit for their

dhere are people in our society who might seek to lure and

. deceive them, and .that, they have the. ‘right ‘not _

‘0 communicate with people of. whom they are suspicious. -

’ They should especially be warned | against hitch ning
under any, circumstances, oes

. Thank you for. sharing our concern.

woe . Citiiéins United for’

cna Safety and Justice

"Dan Hughes, Chairman.

P.O, Box 87004,

North Vancouver, B C. VIL ‘Pe

some

be a] drt tow! mage Tt

Schools Slant.

- personal share in whatever their elected bodies

. councils, and regional districts need to offer optimum use of .

accomplish, taxpayers would get: -better value for their tax
dollar.
“To get full value ‘for tax dollars, school: boards, city

all facilities through joint usage. After all, school and
community facilities are paid for by the same taxpayer.

laudette Sandecki’s $

The obvious stumbling block in achieving joint usage is
that each party {school board or city council, for instance) .

surrenders some control. Neither government body likes to

_ relinquish any-controt (or credit) orto share responsibility.

.

However, Dr. Eric Broom, a Professor at the University
of British Columbia’s School of Physical Education’ and
Recreation, feels that shared facilities will be essential in
the future, due to decreasing school-age population;

‘increasing adult population; less available public funds;
Jess construction of facilities; increased leisure time; and |
‘increased demand for recreation facilities and programs.

‘In order to achieve joint use of community property, each |

politician must make the first move — to talk, to listen; and

. to sharé. The scope‘of goverment needs to be broadened, ;

_according to Gerald Bruce. Optimism and a willingness to

: Change are esgential if politicians are to initiate this sharing

. alternate’ ‘ways to’
» Drive fluctuations
: inter-agency purchases of supplies ig cheaper. than ~

“! dollars,’ Explore

‘Process.

. “Tunnelvision” ‘is: a coitdition “among” newly elected

officials, according to Gerald Bruce, one speaker.at.the

January seminar “to Improve planning and management of

community facilities and programs.” The typical political
candidate starts out to solve everyone's problems, but after
she is elected tunnel-vision develops,.and he becomes blind
to any ei outside of his domain. -

. Mayor R.M. Latta, describing how Kamloor devel
Joint usage -of facilities, . ve oped
committee should be established to provide guidelines for

recommends ‘that a joint-use .

the use of facilities. Then a joint-use agreement must be.

developed; a forinal coritract is essential,
Latta.

‘Politicians are in a.
development of

political and co!

cut costs. Take advantage of seasonal
rather than’ purchasing once per year;

Individual purchased, Fisid creative ways to use taxpayers’.
additional revenue

* contracting’ out’ vacant space.

-. (swimming pool) facilities,

- agreement with United Artists Communications, Ine. to go. -
ahead with a previously announced proposal to split assets ©

. and liabilities of a jointly owned U. s. subsidiary; Rogers VA.

_ Gablesystems Inc. °

Rogers said the systemi itis seléeting centres on San

Antonio, Texas. Included with the San Antonio: group are.
other systems in Texas, ‘Arizona, Arkansas, California,
+ New Mexico, Oklahoma and Tennessee.”

‘The companies expect. the division. to be’ ‘completed,

subject to regulatory approval, Aiug. 31. Rogers will then be
sole owner, of systems serving ‘25,000 patie subscribes.

~ Te-election platforms,
"will be slow to arrive,

“ writer and do not reflect the
.. trastées of School Disitted 88

“According. to the keniiriar, sponsored jointly by th C.,
School Trustees’ Association and the ty Racrenting

"Association, joint use facllities are three {Imes as cost-

According to.

“position. to: encourage joint.
public facillties. The community must.
_ develop a philosophy of sharing and co-operation at a
immunity level. Involve staff in: finding,

potential, including -

éfficient for dry facilities and twice: as efficient for wet |

Joint use offers the public-a
vee a of facilities and more effeitive ullization of the

. Ferracé,
seminar, has a council and a board of school trustees who
believe in the principle of community use of community and

school facilities, yet no clear-cut guidelines and agreements

-have been achieved other than for the ude of schoo! grounds.

like 30 many communities. represented: at the 7

But sq long as Politicians tally individual score cards for .

The opinions’ expressed in
oplaton of the board of school

Joint-use of public-owned facilities

this eolumn are those of the