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_ Letters to
_the Editor _
"Welders critical
The Minister ot Labour, . .
£ The Honorable Jack Heinrich ; Toe
f Parliament. Building .
Vietoria, B.C. - ee
f Dear Sir: _
E We wish to protest the terrible ignorance displayed here
in KitimatTerrace to the needs of the Welders, by people
{ under your Ministry.
‘The newly devised. Welder 1 Training ang Registration
| rok as prot bea the lives of about ma
! Welders in this Provintel* ea past five (5) years |
= have’ aitended” many Provincial Welding” Conimifttee
mestings. The point was, frequently made that, whenever
~ this program has been compiled and is ready to be im-
plemented, a majoc’ advertising campaign wili be .
«necessary to introduce it. ”
Of late the decision was made to send a panel touring the
"Province, holding public information meetings at major
- jocations, .In-a very small advertisement in the Vancouver
. Province,
ome others a. meeting- was advertised. for
“Kitimat on April 2}st, at,7:00 P.M. at the Legion Hall, There.
“was no advertising at all in the local press. No one, locally. -
. was informed of the planned meeting. When we found out,
‘by chance, about the Ad; in the “Province” I proceeded to
"inform all of the 150 Welders at Alcan, whose interests we
t; Without any other notification, in an even
7 smaller “Ad” in the advertising section of the “Kitimat
: advertiser" 24 hours. before the scheduled meeting in
* Kitlmat,.a change of Jocation-for the meeting to Terrace.
_ was
7 ‘The meeting in Kitimat’ was | granted tous on our special
. pequest to Danty O'Neil becawse'at present, 393 Welders
: are working in Kitimat. The result; of course was, that only
4 Welders from Kitimat showed up in Terrace and. ap- |
proximately mS to. 0. people altogether from Smithers,
" Kitwanga, Hareltod. and Tertace.
The: Canadian Association of Smelter and Allied Workers
Union Local No.1, is presently shgaged in negotiations for
“changes in the Welders Hierarchy at Alcan; comprising ©
| about 160 Welders. We have reason to suspect that Alcan is -
“nots interested 4o have .well informed Welders, ‘what jn-
' fluence does- -Alean's Trades Consultant Mr. Barber have in *..
> Barnaby?
a "For. the benefit of our. Welders at. Alcan as well as the
many: Construction -Welders, presently employed.at the .
- ; Ovelot site and. at Eurogan's- construction project, we.
‘demand that the: Apprenticeship branch sent a panel to
Kitimat Immediately for a Public Information Meeting on’
the Welder Training and ‘Registration Program.
~ an dosing would ke to inform you that-1 have: just
" -Pecsived: (todays rhail) my Official appointment to the
o a ‘Writers beware
-Ralisirs ‘Notes, aacas : fH
TAC. toe. Welding, which is: much ‘appreciated by our
- Union, In the same envelope, Notice of the Public Meeting
_In"Terrace, day after the mecting took place, :
. iy . ° : : : __ Respectfully.
cs {Klaus Mueller, Sr.
“ : * Welders Cétnmitiee Chairman, for
‘ Canadian Association of Smelter & Allied Workers
oo ‘Local No.1, Kitimat, B.C.
:, We’ recently” received. a. “letter | ‘trom: ‘an. “Original
- European who-bad a complaint about beer gardens and - - thatit will impose limitations on same guaranteed rights so
; the fact that no German music is heard at them. While this
iy interesting we are not printing the letter ‘because the.
‘author did.pot sign it. People who want letters printed .
should sign them with their real names.” Names will be
‘withbeld at the request of the writers, We .need the
‘signatures for legal reasons, even though there may be no 7
‘Jegal reason for it.“ We are holding the letter one week from
‘thle; date if the Original, European wants to drop: by. the
| Herald office and sign his. or, her letter. “In the future
tngers tog nol wae Hee Cine Seni wasibod Ie .
4000
oA@es Was first ,
The largoat single cause 1 of the
aystem, <
into the largest possible proportion of the population:
- Boal,
_ The biggest reason for this faihire, probably, is
society's distortion. of the concept of equality...
Generally, the line of reasoning goes something like
. this: if people are entitled to equal opportunity for
‘ education, then they all should start + echool at the
same age, study the same subject, wrile ihe same
dards, and graduate at the same time as their age
peers. The underlying assumption for this line of
‘equal patterns of ability, develop the same Interests,
_ Mot ttue.- But, in spite of this, education systems
| according to the strict confines of this way of
thinking.
The fact is, people mature at different apeeds and
_. bis individual rate of progress will-vary with others’
. at any given time. So, its ridiculous to treat children
as if they were equally ready to enter school at age
five or six. Some of them are ready at age fons
others not under seven or later. This is to:say, to
refuse a child admission to school when he is ready to
learn is to deprive him; similarly, to force school
upon.a’ child” who is not yet ready for. It bs to
discourage and humiliate him.: a
Consider these factors; once they are admitted to
to learn motor skills or games, others will not; some
still for reasonable periods of time, others will not,
For this reason, educators should not ignore. these
apparent differences. and insist on treating - the
children as if they are all of equal. Intelligence,
but ervel and thoughtless. Consequently, the pain
frustration, and disillusionment are experiences he
‘will carry for the rest of his life.
deep-rooted and life-long sense of failure and in-
. OTTAWA (ce) —
seeking changes in the . government's public’ service
‘restraint package while supporting the general program.
e June
giving indleations of ME ed it will ess When: legislation ©:
implementing the package oes before a Commons | com-
mittee. ;
. Tory John Gainble of the Toronto-area constituency. of
York North said Monday :.‘‘I prefer to think that our severe.
economic difficulties have made Canadians, who are
‘reasonable people, éonvinced thal they each have a part, to.
play i in the regeneration of our economy.”
-’. The Canadian Press erroneously reported Monday’ that. :
Gamble broke ranks. with this party, saying he will vote for
lhe wage restraint program. Actually he was supporting his
‘Party’s position: .
. Walter Baker, Ottawa-area MP who is Treasury Board
crilic for the Conaervatives, described the party's position
Friday ‘when debate on the wage’ restraint legislation
Started in the Commons.
_He said'the Tories support the idea of restraint, but feel
; there is an unevenness aboul the legislation under which
- public service salary increases, are limited to six per cent
- for one year and five per cent for. the next. ;
-yailure and Ancomnpetance has i be the ieee
in establishing this system its sists probably .
_ hoped ‘to put in place a: mechanism where: the :
: knowledge of the past could be transmitted fo the :
" preseint generation... And-in. go doing the stated ~
_, anethod and practice ot ‘operation has generally been: °.
” to try and force the greatest amount of knowledge’ ..
~ ehips. awarded, etc, .
” Unfortunately,, the intent ls falling far short of this.
| be is forced to re-establish himself with this younger ,
exams, be promoted ‘according to the same atan- .
" “Feagoning, of course, is that everyone is created with
and mature at exactly the same rate, which is simply
continue ta be designed, operated and controlled
"was low ‘during the’ first exposure - imagine the -
"_ gubject, is not the only way a student can lose in the
_ school some children will be ready to leara numbers .
concepts, others will not; some children will be ready .
children will be able to control their energy and sit
’ abilities and interests. Todo so is not only unjustified
and crippling: effects of the child's suffering, .
oa -. Pavlovian manipulation is that from age five or six
It seems the education system is inculcating’ av
C Conservatives want some chang
The Progressive. Conservatives: are -
peters in our children, ‘Inséhools, a as waa ;
: = ‘competition is encouraged, even ‘demande ye
“and winning. is everything. °.For' the student, his
: teachers, ‘and his; parents,’ school : performance - a
. becomes an everwhelming focus of attention for moet -
“ot. a students" preadult life.” In some.cases, thig-:+
“competition spills ayer even. to’ the school principals: a
‘who compete with edch.other ap to who will have the."
largest ‘number of. graduates, numbers, of scholar. :
- Sa, “failing a- grade would, obviously, be a yery ;
trauinatic event. Not only: because it shames: the .
student to hia family and friends, but because it is
socially disrupting when the student is left behind and
age group.
Sadly, although the failure may indicate academic |
underachievernent, he is sometimes more advanced =~
in other skills than his. classmates. His rate of ©
development, then, will be affected, retarded, when
he.is forced to re-identify.with younger students, This = -
whole process of replacing the student is, in itself, a -
tremendous ego-blow which the student may never
recover from.
- This ‘ego-destroying, confidence-shattering - exe.
perience is made worse by the fact that the student
must repeat all of the material to which he wasex-
posed in the previous year, If motivationand interest —
_ tedium and. the lethargy which must accompany a -
second presentation. So, even if a student's acadentic.
maturity catches up with his age-peers, he will never
recover the lost prestige or catch up in self-image. .
To make matters worse, failing a grade, or failing a
‘edueation eystem. The student has to be ‘average’.
Once again, this relates to the nation that “alll men
Before, children ‘who did not get predominantly C's
on their report..cards thought of themselves as
failures even.though they may have passed their —-
grades. These standards of expectation continued to | -
rise until the presen’ day, Nowadays, few children,
or their parents, ar: content with an average. per-
formance. Everyone wants to be superior and eyone
‘wants their children to perform ina superior manner,
~ ‘Thus, we havea situation where we set upa system
in which pre-adults can only gain insignificant soctal
- approval and self-esteem; then, no matter how well
everyone does; only small percentage will be given
approval ("A” grades). |The result of this cruel
‘our children develop life-long failure identitles and
deep-rooted feelings of incompetence.
“Tt niay be that asa resultof the speed with which the bill
was prepared the question of restraint was approached with
; ’ a certain’ sense of crudeness," said Baker.
a taithe party, has, been ccnin fae Aenean aunpert since, thes oft mentidged anuahberfof cibges Uieparty would dikes 4
Abudash Now. itis... inthe AeOBRATA ods <i en
~oh an oF dost
Disclosure of dalaries of heads of ain corporations: |
allowing some collective bargaining during the period when
Wages are limited; - application of restraints: to those
‘working for the government under contract, such -as
lawyers and other professionals; rectification of the
situation ‘under - which Canadian’ National--Railways is.
subject to restraints but CP Rail whose employees bargain.
. jointly with those of the Crown railway. are‘hol; ain end to
_ decentralization of governnient offices. .
Gamble praised the government. for introducing Com:
- mons and Senate pay restraints along with those for. the
public service. ‘
.. He said Canada's 5 econamic difficulties are the: creation of:
_ boliticians and bureaucrats. -
“Quite frankly, every member of the: House, as. do the «
mainisters, know thal the people who: have established the -
policies of this country and Who have led. us {0 financial ruin...
are the highly paid bureacrats who alviays look after their:
- awn best interests.”
- Canadian dollar gets t boost |
- Both Canada's dolar’ and the Toronto” Stock Market
continued to benefit Monday from hopes that.U.S, intereat ©
rates are at last poiéed to decline.
The Canadian dollar climbed a little more than a tenth dt
acent to 78.77 cents U.S on foreign exchange markets, while
the Toronto composité shot-up 23.21 to 1887.04. ~
Analysts expect the U.S. Federal Reserve Board to ease
panies siruggling to finance debts. |
- However, twa reports issued Monday suggest there is still :
; some way to go before there is much improvement in the ¢
Canadian economy. — -
“The Canedian- Imperial : Bank of Commerce said the
ecottomy isn’t likely to improve until. early next: ‘year,
basing its conclusion on a composite index of eight sectors.
of the. economy..that precede changes, . in the overall
; economy. \-
“Charter sanctions discrimination? _
. TORONTO (CP) — Guarantees to Indians and Inuit ja the
" «Charter. ‘of ‘Rights .sanetion: ‘a certain degree of
_ discriminatory. treatment”. of other Canadiahs, says: a
- eonfidential . document presented lo law officials across”
- Canada.
- The: “documents cays that the: rights and. fieedoms” en-~
- shrined for aboriginal peoples In the charter will have a
positive ‘effect in promoting nalives' special status.
-But “the operational effect . . . will actually be negative in
far as non-aboriginals' are concerned."
This discrimination could be most obvious in barring non-
nailves: from. living on Indian reserves, said Graham .
Gerlon, a federal government lawyer who wrote the paper
and is monitoring court decisions on the charter for the:
“Suilice“ Deparument.-
“the: general power of Parliament io pass enactments
_respesling iniliuns and lands Teserved for Indians . . . will
nol he affected hy any assertion of unequal treatment in’
violation af charter~ rights, from other: ¢ seclors of the
Population, " Ahe document Says. .
_
“Canadian economy made. any recovery in the second
quarter of the year, although the U.S. economy probably
did. | - 4 ee:
However, the leading indicators used to detect shifts in
the economy do-suggest that the slide into a deeper
-recession in Canada has slowed as a result of increased.
* demand for Canadian expor is: in the US. the federal :
interest rales following an unexpected decline in the
American money supply. This encouraged siock buyers, ..
Who. hope lower interest rates.will take. pressure off: com- .
agency: said. - - :
. nanother, development, sales of imported. cars in. Canada
dropped more than 18 per cent in June from the same month |
- in 1981, hurt by a campaign to. slow. the. entry of Japanese -
cars into the country through detailed’ customs chiecks.
_The Automobile Importers of Canada said. Monday that’.
~ its members’ total Junecar sales fell to 20,347 from 24,192 in
June, 1981, with Japanese importers suftering the biggest.
declines...
Imports made up about 26 per cent of thenew-car market
in June, compared with 33 per cent in May. The total -
_> Canadian. marke}, dropped 6.4 per cent In June and has.
And’ Statistics Caneda ‘said: ‘there is little hope t the ‘
fallen 20 per cent so far thig year. :
‘ However, it-also' says, “certaln manifest inequities . wad
contrary to the guarantee ‘of mobility rights” in the charler.
could still come under attack. ww gute yh
The charter says that rights guarantees ““ghall inal. be.
‘consirued ‘as to abrogate or derogale from any aboriginal,”
treaty or other.rights or freedoms: thal Pertaln ‘td, the
aboriginal. peoples of Canada." “ oo
The document is.among a: thick. stack of ‘confidential
papers for senior ; justice officials in Ottawa: and the
“provinces, except Quebec, who met: in Qtawa, for a con:
ference on the charter in February. ‘Quebec Premier Rene
_ Leveaque rejected the charler.
‘Officials. from. Oltawa, Ontario,
“Maiitioba, “British
Colunibla, Alberta and ‘Newfoundland assisted inp epariig,
> sections of the document, = ~- 2, 4
Some defence lawyers have attacked the document: for S,
attempting to emasculate the charter by finding arguments —
to: limit its impact in the criminal-justice system.
_ For example; the document ‘maintains that search and
seizure doesn't necessarily need lo he technically legal for
a acceptance by the courts..- Clas
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vlan simply an, dssessment.’
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“by FRANK:
' . by FRANK HOWARD os
* Now J inderitand why Premier Bennett came away from
a- recent meeting with Prime, Minister Trudegu: dn. a
relatively happy: mood. [ think the press called the monting
amicable, _
‘Now I understand why Premier Bennett felt that, the
. fécent Hodget I] of the feds was okay when everyone elve in
the country felt It was terrible, wee anti
The réagon is money, money into the provincial treasury.
: You see, this latest Liberal Party blunder, otherwise called
a budget, is making changes in the tax systern.. That will
mean more money to the feds and more tax monsy to. the
province, wh
The beautiful part, beautiful to Premier Bennett. that is,
*” of this tax-bite. arrangement ie that the feds take the. heat
for increasing laxes and the B.C, government gets, the .
benefit in tax transfer payments. -
It is estimated that there will be a tax windfall to the B.C.
government of some $80 ‘million as a result of the Liberal
_ budget. Now, abthe saying goes, that ain't hay, $60 million
- 1g. a great deal of money especially In these difficult times.
Dave Stupich, NDP MLA for Nanaiino, asked, Finance
Minister Curtis the other day if the B.C. government-would
pass this extra $40 million windfall along to the taxpayers of
B.C. In other words we'in the NDP wanied to know if you
ihe taxpayer will get a tax reduction to the extent of the $60
million, Curtis hedged in giving his answer. He didn’t say
yes, but indicated that there would likely be no Buch, jax’
reduction for us in. B.C. -
_ With respect tothe Liberal’s Budget ul it appears that the _ it
only supporter of It at the political level is Premier Ben-
nett. The federal Conservatives voted against it, The
federal NDP voted against it. . Your provincial NDE ‘is
likewise opposed to ft.
‘Bor all the fuss and furore that has emanated from ihe
‘B.C, government over the past couple of years against the
Liberal government in Ottawa it should never be forgotten
that Premier Bennett, in 1972, went-back ta Ottawa.and
~ urged the Liberals to follow a high interest rate policy. ‘The
- Liberals did just that and look at the mess wearein.. -.
This latest move on the part of Premier Bennett to en-
*"dorse the Liberal budget is just another part of the general
.” support he hag given the Liberals over the years on fiscal
_ and | monetary matters. . .
VIEWPOINT
by JIM EULTON, Won
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By JIMFULTON
> Bach year Canada needs 200,000 lew housing units te
keep pace with population growth and to replace older units
that fall into disuse or are destroyed. But this year, there
will be only 150,000 new-housing “starts,” according to
latest Statistics Canada estimates.
‘fhe consequences of this shortfall reach beyond tine
families that won't get this new housing. It ia generally °
accepted that each housing start represents two jobs fox. a
‘one-year period. Thus, this year's poor performance in :
housing construction means 100,000 jobs have been lost,
The reason for’ the decline is easy to determine, High
-interest rates have driven'up the price of ‘land and
--materials for affordable construction, At the same time,
“they have frightened off potential mortgages.
: Thus, ‘it is the fiscal policies of the federal Liberal ;
- government that are the cause of the housing crisis and the
subsequent loss of jobs, Given that fact, one might expect
that guilt —if not a sense ofa responsibility — would. lead the
: government to take action to compensate for the situation. _
~ No go.
response to the serious h problemi, It-allows for:a
_ grant to a few people still handing onto AHOP housing.. ,It
provides a way for people with very small equityin their
_ bomeés to keep their moathly payments relatively low. The
“way ‘they are to do this Is to. inerease their total in-
debtedness.
- On this program, New Democratie Party housing eritic
Ian Deans commented: “Rather than accept reaponsibility
for the impact of mortgage rates doubling, the minister has
simply decided to urge homeowners to aig: themselves
deeper into debt.”
Meanwhile, homeowners are staying away from this 30-
" galled Morigage Renewal Plan in droves, There have been
only about 400 inquiries about the plan since it was first
mentioned five. ‘months : ago.
The. other part of the housing bill creates low Interest :
~ mortgages for developers fo build rental housing.. Perhaps
~ 15,000 riew units, geared to low incomie families willbe bullt ,
-’ because of this program.
NDP Members of Parliament are i saying thal’s. fine but
clearly, like: the entire bill, like the entire po cy of the
. Liberais on ‘housing, tt ‘is ust not M enough: ye
Cals
HUM been
Severe chy. three Unie
, ausested ‘the amount of
jor aati: Newgate R ne
cuality’, pin nm
issues ant
fe:
picking when it comes to being critical of the tabdcea ;
industry," the a Aas concluded; pace fi H
Garfield--M in:
association: told @ i news Conference
foo tat
Last week the Liberal housing minister pushed through
parliament a bill which constitutes the government's only ;
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