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Recovery needed

VANCOUVER (CP) — The Social Credit and New
Democratic parties say créating a climate of confidence for
business is a Key Issue in the May 6 Britlsh Columbia

election campaign but their approach is as ‘different as 7

winter ‘and summer. -

However, Premier Bill Bennett and NDP Leader ‘Dave -
Barrett agree there [6 an urgent need to get the province's
fragile, resource-based economy humming again. -‘

When Bennett announced the election April 7, there were
196,000 looking for work in this province of 2.7 million.
Mines were closed, natural gas sales were slumping and the -
toreat industry reported 1982 pre-tax losses of $1 billion. -

Bennett wants “a strong and enduring mandate” #0
investors will know where they stand for the next few years
and projects now on the drawing boards will proceed under
a Socred government.

Barrett, making a low-key approach ta businessmen in.
what some call a atyle of pin-atriped socialism, says the -
NDP will go more alowly If returned to power, There won't:

be a rush to,reinstate heavy mineral royalties, a practice”

that drew heavy critictam when the party governed
between 1972-75.
Barrett has also promised to help save smal) businesses
from Hquidation and provide government marketing help.
Bennett, an advocate of private enterprise, says private
investment ls the key to recovery but has also announced
$800 million worth of public works, .
Barrett favors public projects for § job creation and would
borrow $500 million against future earnings of the B.C,
Petroleum Corp,, which: markets B.C. gas; to finance them;
He says the government is already borrowing to cover .
welfare payments and shouid be using that money to put
people to work, He would also establish a recovery, council
of business and labor representatives, :
Bennett has warned that the untons would get the upper’
hand under the NDP which would: dismantle the Social ..
Credit government's wage restraint program in the ‘public
rector. Barrett, however, continues to’ push Co-operation
rather than confrontation. He told businessmen in his
Vancouver East riding Saturday that if Industry makes
ae trade unions will show caution at the bargaining —
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While Bennett and Barrett: are. on the ‘huatings, four
Vancouver economists say B.C,’s economy. can be
improved by stabilleing resource revenues, eliminating -
legislation that impedes investment; making government &
pariner of major industries and diversifying the economy.
Prof. John Helliwell of the University of B.C., a member
_ of the federal task force on the economy, says there is an
urgent need to stabilize resource revenues ac the province
is not subject to the violent fluctuations of international
demand.
When in power, both the NDP and the Soctal Credit had
the general policy of spending as: much money ag was
coming in, ke sald, balancing the budget on a year-to-year
bauls, This policy exaggerated the peake and {roughs of the .
world cycle,

He suggests the creation of a fund, similar to the Heritage

Fund in Alberta, in which resource revenues would ba

banked, Only revenues earned by the fund would be spent.

‘Michael Walker of the business-related Fraser Institute
research group agrees that revenue stablization ia needed
but it shouldn't be attempted until the economy improves.
He would work on attracting more manufac

Provincial legislation Is littered . with industrial
impediments, he says, clting a machinery and equipment
he under which equipment ls subject. to a three-per-cent
levy. ' a
"“Bverybody is talking about jobs but here we have a tax
on the vehicle of job creation. This is the type of
environment we created and we wonder why we can't
attract manufacturing jobs,” 1

Walker would establish a task force to ferret out all
these things that I’ve just been stumbling over,” and -
suggest changes,

Walker would avoid special _pb-creation . “programs
because their economic value is temporary,

“They ara about as substantial as soap bubbles. And we
_ don’t want to build the recovery on a bed of soap bubbles.”
David Rice, a B.C. Federation of Labor economist,
agrees revenues should be stabilized and manufacturing |
encouraged, but his. preferred route to an improved

economy is through increased public participation In major

industries.

Joint ventures such as the NDP suggestion of government
investment in @ shut-down MacMillan. Bioedel mill on
Vancouver Island would stabilize communities, and, is the
long run, government revenues, he said.

Diversification, such as thestee! mill that hab been talked.
about for a decade, should also be pursued, said Rice. :

“That might not happen, but with all otr mining, ‘what!
_ about building a grinding mill, or a net: ‘making industry, to
supply local flehermen?"'

Rice said the Socreds don’t believe there's a place tor
government in enterprise but ‘we're heading for all kinds
of problems and costs down the line if jobs are not created."

Richard MeAlary, chief economist with the B.C. Central

. Credit Union, says diversification would be his priority, ‘put *
he would avold resource-related projects,
"Our resources are wonderful, but we have to treat them
like Alberta treats its oll resources — “one day they'll rur
out.

cn, ced
‘ Holder,; Iwould like to say that Iam a 20-year-old. fitat-

and unysed,’ The Insulting: ‘No reed Priva.
Property" sign continues to. see

In answer to the ‘Ibiyearold firat-time voter, ae Karen

voter, However, unlike Ms.\ Harder, ‘Lilke to think that iy.
‘political « depth arid that ‘of other £ first-time ‘ ers would be :

“To base: your whole political philosphy. on sich &'amall.

* yhatter shows an exttaotdinary shallowness, Not only that,
she misrepresented the facts. She claims thatshe wouldn't... -
, .wote for anyone who tried to get votes that way. ‘Who: was

_ she’ reférring ‘to?

“I wasn't ‘aware that ‘any: ‘of’. the.

“ unemployed ‘were running for office or that’ they were.

representing any political party. Does she know for a fact

* that the egg thrower was not'a frustrated, disiilusioned
’ Social... Credit eupporter who has’ had: enough | ‘of: a

government incapable of providing: fobs: BO" ‘people can

-” support thelr families,
One of the newspapers claimed: that the eg thrower w was :
a passerby ina car_and that some of the unemployed were

also spattered in the process, Could it have been a Social

Credit supporter who meant the egg for the demonstrators:

and hit the premier by mistake? If you weren't there Mé.:
Harder, please don’t judge. ~And please try to- understand’
the anger of the. unemployed who keep getting ‘told to

- Highten their belts while they watch the premier ier his

luxury buses with one of them, as one reporter on the radio:
put it, “enough booze on it tomakea small town ‘tpay.””” Not
only that but they listen to him telling everyone how many
jobs ‘he has created, That statement only. adds fuel to the
anger of the 40-per cent of unemployed in Terrace. ‘Please
Jook more to tha issues in this campaign rather than to one
emotional incident, an oe

|. Phillipa, minister: of induatry ‘and i
.  condéern they { felt for the ‘breakdown’ of our forest industry;

~ up witha: solution and the final commnittes that ag atrtick to.
= do the Job.” : :

tall business the deep’

‘Tom Waterland, minister of forests” who. ‘challenged -B.C.

"Timber, West; Fraser. Forest Products,’ ‘Eurocan and his’

own ministry of forestry to put their hedds together to come

. No: one~ ‘matt ‘alorie”

elec tion the socréds outlined a ae plan'of road upgrading .
_ and blacktopping: and I believe the first'of this work:is-now ©

underway in Thornhill, :The Socreds have always preceded
‘elections - with, ‘a. blacktopping: ‘program, figuring
blacktopping to be” a sure vote: catcher. But -if paving

contracts aren't signed in the next two weeks'dor't count

too strongly on getting” your road paved. And. it.is about.
time the Socreds did a bit of work in the riding? In the three

and a half years they were in’ office ‘the NDP. did more for .

the Terrace area than the Socreds. dig id thelr a0 years, as
Government.’
Under. W.A.C." Bennett . the fiighway. ‘from ° “the ‘enat

- gradually worked its way. west to link up withthe paved’
- poad from Rupert. Remember’ riding over. ‘that stretch not
too far east where the contractor dumped: the. coarse base

truly _ gravel on; in the apring, and let the car and truck traffic

To the Rditor, . Paes
It.ls.agad commnentary 0 on the moder poiltical process
. that election campaigns have ‘lost all elements of honest

" debate. It is the politics of Image instead of substarice and

the images portrayed. by the Social Gredit are, at. least,
questionable,

Clearly, the reasons that Bennett will not debiate Baireti a
- and that Monaghan will not debate Howard ‘is - -that the

Social Credit campaign simply cannot stand up to. such
scrutiny, Evidently, the Socreds are not comfortable with
their own propaganda. They claim the creation of jobs, yet
many of thelr claims are overstated, do not exiat or are the
result of federal government efforts, Bennett, athazingly,
even claimed that the Increased. numbers of unemployed.

_Jast month was-a. positive sign of recovery, Does someone |

“go removed from reality deserve to be Premier?
The Premier does not want health and education:
“cutbacks to become partof his campaign. He only wishes to

attack teachers and trade unionists, His understanding of.

the labor movement Is limited to useful ‘targets to-attack. It
in not working people who are undermining the delivery of
‘health and. education services; It i the. current
government's priorities, _
-Soclal Credit has badly mismanaged ouir economy, It ina a
confused, spent political farce that can only further damage
‘our woclety ifre-elected. All the-Premier can! offerctaai:
scare campaign devoid of honest-debate and real. politics‘:
that can withstand public scrutiny. Fortunately, we havea
positivealternative that will give us back open government
that respects the traditions of representative democracy, It.
will bea breath of iresh alr when Premelr. Barrett takes’’
office .
ane ; ; Yours truly;
mS ~Pauld ohnaton

To the. Editor, =:
" Mr, Howards statement. in the April 11 Daily. Heraid that
“he alone” 1s responsible for the resolution of the serious
problems we have faced in the forest industry of our area ls :

_ yet another example of his forte for taking credit tor other .

peoples efforts. :

How guilible does. he think the -people of. Skeena are
anyway’. Does hé actually think that just becausehe staged
one political meeting with BC ‘Timber and dropped:a few ;
pearls of wisdom into the ear of Mr. Montgomery, that we :

will believe that he “single: handedly” solved the problem?. i

What a crock!

- This development {e. ore of the most significant changes
inthe forest Industry of our area-in the past 20 years. Many ‘:
‘dedicated men worked many hours td bring it about. . The :-
Skeena Manpower Committee who impressed upon Don:

- limitless. stretch “of. road. forever,
"appreciated the ‘hardtop’ once it came, campliments of

pound the gravel down rather than put ona heavy machine
built to.d6 the tamiping. It seemed we: ‘travelled‘over that -
Of course’ we. truly

Flying Phil, . Under Bill Bennett, work. has progressed
slowly. up-grading ttié Kalum Lake road over the yeara, and
they have done alot of work on Highway 37, a lot of it in the
‘Attin riding, What else??

Ittook W.A.C. Bennett about tive years té tuild the bridge

* across the Kyaks River and they.were making better time
on the Exchamatkd bridgé when the NDP took over, Inthe:

short time the-NDP ‘were :in: office they: ilnished -the-
Exchamalks- bridge, built a major steel bridge. ver the

Kaalks River, | a major bridge over the Exlew River, a small. .
’ steel bridge. over the Shames, a medium ’aized steel bridge -

over the: Zimacord; a major steel bridge over the.Kalum,

the two-steel: bridges: ver the Skéena at Terrace, atid a.

major atee! bridge over the Skeend at Kitwanga, They | built

' about fourteen miles of Highway 16 west from the Kalum

River to. beyond Shames, ‘mostly “heavy : Tock: work.
Rockwork was done by both parties on Highway 16 farther
west, moat of It outside our riding. The NDP up-graded and
paved about four miles of the Kalum Lake road, starting at
Highway 16, they upgraded and paved about a Tolle. of
Krumm Road, also pushed. a road and power line Into the
Ski Hill. and did considerable work. onthe ski runa before
turning. this project over to the. reglodal.disirict, Not bad ,
for’ iheeb and a half: years, you must agree, But walt, « don't |

_ go away yel, ‘In that three and a half years the NDP, “yes, “"D

Barrett, madea grant of money which ‘enabled the town to
build the Ice Arena, a grant to help ‘with building the new
Curling-Rinks, a grant which helped with the Swimming
Pool in town, another grant which made it possible to build
what is considered the best theatre in the northwest, the
REM Lee Theatre: ;They also builta small apartment block .
off north Kalum,_- nothing luxureous, I'll admit, but’ priced.

, such that old. age pensioners‘and-other elderly people can
afford them. And as long as Barrett was Premier we didn't

_ have to worry about Skeenaview being phased rT
~ Well, that is about it.:And 1 think: you will have to agrée
that on that record the NDP do’ Warrant your ‘supporti oe
, _, maak yeu. Mr. Editor,
2 ’F. Frank

To the raitor, a a

With regards to’ Ms, Keamarden’s further 1 commie, I
understand that she wishes this further comment clarified |
and she agrées with the previous comments; I do feel that .
the core problem, the taking of the unborn child's life is
being clouded here by the ‘issue’, - Clearly, soclety is-
_ Killing {ts unborn children for the purposes of trying to solve
mod socio-economic problems,» ° ©
~ Pro-life societies cooperate with similar “ -publle and

Religion declining in Canada |

“OTAWA (CP) — Canada is becoming more bilingual and
multiracial but leas religious; according to 1961 census data:
released today. by Statlstics Canada.

The figures also show that Canadians became .
‘conalderably richer during the past decade, even when .

taking into account inflation. However, the data are already,
out of date, having been collected before the unemployment

rate began soariag, slicing huge chunks from the inconie of

many households.
Among the biggest changes in the national profile were
. those in‘the areas of religion and language.

~~ The number of persons claiming no religious atilation
increased during 10 years by a whopping 90 per cent,
reaching 1.8 million or more than, peven per cent of the.

poptilatio ,
British ‘Columbia had the higheat percentage of pernons,

snubbing churches — 21.8 per cent. Newfoundland, at one...

per cent, was the lowest, J i,

Buddhists recorded the largest 10-year increase of all.
; religious groups. Their numbers increased by 223 per cent.

to reach 51,995, probably because of heavy immigration,
from Asian countries,

’ Pentecostals showed “the biggest: increase among

Christian churches, swelling their numbers by 54 per cent io

‘The blagest losers among mainline churches were the
: Anglicans. Their ‘membership decreased byt three Per. cent
to 2.4 million,

-Brene and Engllah increased by 27-por dent in 10 years,

~ Reaching almost.3.7 million.

: The biggeat gains in bilingtalism occurred. ‘among :

* ‘english-Canedians outside Quebec. ‘The number of

76 per’ cent to 743,206.

Minister Jean-Jacques Blais credited governinent policies
_ for the increase in bilingualiem.
‘ “The dramatic Increase in the total number of persons

_ moat at home, 24.6 per cent spoke French and r
eo spoke other languages. -.-

working. Canadians are more sensitized to the feallty that

Canada is not just English or just French.” -

More than 53per cent of Engllsh-Quebecers claimed to be
bilingual, compared with 36.7 per cent In 1971, This increase

may. be at least partially attributable . to: unilingual ;

anglophones leaving the province.

‘The number of Canadians who spoke only French
increased to almoat four million from 3.9 nidllion but fell as.
a proportion of the popilatign to 16.6 per | cent from 148 per.
cent, .,

‘The number of persons using French at homa increased.

46 8.8. million from 5.5 million. Quebec, New Brunswick’ »

“Alberta and British Columbia showed increased. use of ©
French while the other provinces showed less wae:

” Forces assimilating French-Canadians into the majority

culture of mary provinces still appear strong. Combined -
with a decline of English in Queber, the picture of a country .

‘ Inereasingly polarized along linguistic lines emerges...

‘In Quebec, the number of persona speaking English most
often at home decreased by 8.9 per cent

In Ontario — the province with the langeat,, French-
Canadian. minority in absolute numbers — those speaking :
Engtish most at home increased by 11.8 per cent while ‘thoxe

- using French most decreased:by 5.5 per cent, .'"""

‘Natlonwide, 68.2 per cent of the population spolte. indian

“The most common “other” lenguage was tal, ce

. 364,578 persons claiming its use at homie... rl :
- ‘The ethnic languages experiencing the b at gains were
Indo-Pakistan!, by $11.4 per cent, and 8p by. 190.5 per

gent.
billrigual anglopbones in those nine peorinees jnereaved by

The new trends in ethnic language use further aatiph sales

_ the growing multi-racial character of the country caused by”
Addressing a news conference, Supply. and Services.

new patterns in immigration. © ee
“Thenumber of forelgn-born realdenti: increased during 10.

"years by.17.3 per cent to reach alniost 4 ‘Smillion, , or 16.1 per:
-; et of the population. |
able to speak both. French and English is clear evidence to: -
me that the Rovernment's oftictal Janguages pollety is :

‘Amorig the foreign-born, those from Europe deed to
66.9 per cent {rom 7.7 per cent. oe

‘ue aie

under the: meee but that making the deliberat

‘ante 's ‘lives.; We are not insensitive to the f
tes candi § a8 is, At made. to appear. Many, m

: singlehandediy’”: was.

- ‘responsible for the solution and certainly not Prank Howard
“who abe not: ‘attend: any cof the. meetings. “heb

le the number —
= moatly speaking French increased by 7.9. per_cent, -

tareteee sof School | Diatriet t 83,

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; eget cur etd
ue is pL wued. W:also feat.

‘anunborn baby’ 5 life (except where the life of the
immiediately atiatake) is putting the act back

Baise against ihe law. The rights and me ofa ealk an 7

Saas

Dear Sir; ong.
We recently had the privilege to host the Pee ies ie 1

' BC. Hockey Championship Tournament in Penticton.-"As

our guests wehad eight teams from throughout B.C.
_ including the Northwestern Zone Champions from Kitimat.
The tournament was held over six days. 1

In many areas, Minor Hockey organizations atiempl go
beyond simply teaching basic hockey skills. They promote
camaraderie, good sportemanship « ‘and provide learning
experiences for the young men in their charge,“

During the six days ‘of the tournament’ we -h - the
opportunity to observe the actlon and behavior of ‘these

teams both on and off the ice. Without any: ciate .

Killmat boys, both collectively. and individually,
model forall organizations to useasa standard,

Although your team didnot win the tournament, “they ,

represented your area very well, To the end of the‘iast

period of the last game they put everything they had into 4

‘their efforts.

“Unknown to our tournament com mittee, the referdes met
“and chose a most aportsmanlike team. Thelr choice! bya

clear margin was Kitimat; -

We would like to express our gratitude to Manager Ray
Parkes and Coach Brad Riley for making our job during the
tournament so much easier and more enjoyable, ‘Kitimat
.and ‘the Northwestern District can. be proud” ot the
representative they sent, -

co Yours truly,
. DW, Brown’
“President, Penta ton Minor Hockey Assoclation

Claudette Sandecki’s
Schools Slant. -

administrators (to my’ knowledge), even tholigh these two
people are the board’s only link to the educational system
they are elected to govern, That's why annual evaluations

. of senior administrators are crucial to the well being of the
Annual evaluations are crucial if .the

Bchool district,
trustees are to be accountable: to the electorate. in,
November. .

The auperintendent is the bridge between the board and

‘the classroom teachers, especially 40 since teachers. are

denied the rights of other citizens to contact thelr elected
trustees, District 88's policy 4,04 controls that: "Individual

. trustees should not be contacted directly by teaching ataft -

teachers should contact their principal,”. _ Thus schools

must entrust the superintendent to carry thelr messages to

the board; in turn the euperintendent is expected to deliver
tha board's Instructions to the: principals who act: as &
betweens to the teachers, ,

‘But the“snowflake” effect may interfere: the. message
may be transformed, diluted, or evaporated . before it
reaches its destination,

“Performance appraisal ls used as a toot. to assist’ in

delegating the carrying out of work and to control; the
Conduct of the work so that the planned results are:

obtained. Performance appraisal.can therefore:be -

regarded as, an administrative tool for planning - and

. controlling the assignment of work and how well or poorly it

is completed,” writes Thomas H. Patten, we ‘tn A
Manager's Gulde to Performance Appralaal.: |; -
Perhaps that explains at least partly why District: 68
avoids evaluating staff ~ the board has never set. any goals
or objectives (at least not in the 17 months I've been a

. trustee) so the board has no yardstick of. expectation

against which to evaluate its staff, Neither has the board

~ Job descriptions: for all its statf, and some ofttlie:job -

escriptions that do exist are too vague to serve aa a basis
fot performance evaluation, .

' District @8 doesn't even have a polity: regulating

. evaluation of school principals, a deficiency noted: by’ the’

Review Board, In October, 1982 the education continittee
toyed with proposing a policy-that principals would: be
evaluated every three years, in line with that of teachérs set

out by the School Act, The policy then went to th dpals
for their input. 7

evaluation has been tabled for adoption by the board: :’*

If a district is to be effective and growth oriented, a board
‘must evaltate - it must evaluate itself, . itd senor
administrators, its staff-and its programs and facilities.
The board must seek tangible evidence of the jab it la dolng.

’ A board has three tools to help them govern;. 1) set goals
‘and Sevelig potley 20 staff know what the board wants done! 2)

lop policy to guide staff in how the board wanis: things
aa 3) evaluate and assess, to be sure staif carried out'the
board’ 8 Wishes. If the board fails to use any one of the three
tools, the district’s education system will be lopsided, like

an airplane: minus a wheel. Presently District $8 is short
- two wheels =- goals. and evaluation, And the thre Wheel -

. policies -- ‘needs work.
A. commission ‘on ‘education into the Grea
ter Vittoria
" School District reported in. 1980, “The major’ purpdie of
“evaluation is improvement of results, not diselpline of the

-Individual."" And Dr. Victor Cottrell, speaking at BCSTA

leadership seminar,- said, “Assesement’ -and. o

4, n-going
"monitoring ofa person's performance is che of bad ‘finest
ways toasaist in the continued growth of thatp

‘Why, then, do some individuals ha’
‘performance evaluation? we pba siard

The-‘opinions. expressed in this colt are thse the
~ writer, and do not reflect the opinion of the board ot. be

Yet to this day no policy on principal |