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EDITOR
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From squander to scrooge

‘Gordon F, Gibson
M.L.A.

The polarization of British Columbia politics has been
epitomized in the Department of Human Resources, Under
the N.D.P, that department was headed by the Honourable
Norman Levi, whose name is synonymous with his hundred
million dollar over-run. That was one hundred million
dollars of the taxpayers money which was spent without the
approval of the legislature, with seemingly little concern
for where that money was coming from in the first place
and in many cases, with little or no justification for the .
additional expenditures.

There are few who were convinced that the money was
going only to the neediest and rumours of welfare abuse
floated around every community in the province.

With our last election, however, it now seems that we
-have gone to the other extreme. Instead of seeing an over-
run of one hundred million doliars in the Department of
Human Resources, we are going to see a surplus of about
that amount. The first reaction of many sould be, ‘Great!
— Mr. Vander Zalm has just saved the taxpayers a lot of
money”. It’s when you stop and look at just how that
minister is building up this huge surplus that you realize
just how tragic the situation is.

An example of the manner in which Mr. Vander Zalm is
surplus-building for the government came to light last
week. Basically , what it boils down to is that this minister is
withholding approximately two and a half million dollars
per year from those people in receipt of the Handicapped
Persons Income Assistance.

The story goes back to January 1, 1976. That was just
after Mr. Vander Zalm took over his ministry and was also
the last date on which the maximum benefit payable, under
the Handicapped Persons Income Assistance was increased
to its present level of $265 per month. With the new govern-
‘ment, it was decided that no longer would the recipients of
this allowance get the quarterly cost of living increases that
.they had been accustomed to. As the year progressed, they
watched the purchasing power of that $265 decrease
steadily, as the cost of living rose. :
: That $265 does not come exclusively from the province.
‘Prior to October of 1976, the federa) government paid $110
‘and the provincial government paid $155 per month. In
‘October, it seemed that help has come. The federal
‘government increased its contribution from $110 to $132.50,
‘The natural thing would have been for the provincial
‘government to increase the total maximum allowance from
-$265 per month to $287.50 per month. But, they didn’t!

The net effect of the increased federal contribution was
that the province decreased their share from $155 to $132.50.
In other words, rather than passing the extra $22.50 on to
those who so desperately needed it, the minister simply
maintained his surplus at the expense of the handicapped.

When you multiply that by the fact that there are over ten
thousand recipients of the Handicapped Persons Income
Assistance in this province, you realize that the minister is
hoarding over two and a half million dollars per year.

No one knows for sure why the minister is taking such a
heartless attitude, but [ have heard that the reason goes as
ollows:

The government maintains a series of separate ‘‘ac-
counts” for receipt of various types of revenue and for
payment of various expenditures. The money received from
Ottawa, as their share of. payments to the handicapped,
goes into a different “account” from that out of which the
handicapped allowances are paid.

Therefore, if the government.passes on the extra money
received from Ottawa, they would be forced to show an
over-run from the account, out of which they pay the han-
dicapped allowances.

There is nothing that would strike more terror into the
heart of Mr. Vander Zalm than the thought of having an
over-run show up in his department. It would be as if the
Bhost of Norm Levi had come back to haunt him, with all the
negative public opinion that descended on Mr. Levi, when
he showed his hundred million dollar over-run in years gone

y.

Of course, Mr. Vander Zalm would nat incur a real over-
run, if he was to pass on the extra money from the federal
government, It is simply a case that because of the
province's bookkeeping methods, the over-run would show
up on paper only. At the same time, there would be another
“account” which would show extra government revenues
received from the federal government.

That's not a good enough reason for not being fair to the -

handicapped. ao

There is a nickname which so fittingly applies to the
Honourable William Vander Zalm — he’s the Tin Man. You.
willrecallin The Wizard of Oz, the Tin Man “wished he had
aheart’’, That doesn’t quite apply , because it’s not he that is
making that wish, but rather it is the rest of us, and
especially the handicapped in the province, who wish he had
a heart.

Transition into post-controls

A successful transition into the post-controls period will
depend on two key factors: continued restraint of govern-
‘ment monetary and fiscal policy, and increased business
‘productivity, E.A. Christenson, FCA, President of the
‘Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants told -the
Fredericton Board of Trade recently. Otherwise, renewed
inflation may be coupled with a lowered standard of living.
> When controls are removed, a strong and definite
program will be needed to ensure that government spen-
ding and public sector wage demands are not allowed to
refuel inflation. Government spending increases have been
held back in the past year and a half but, as the Auditor
General demonstrated, much remains to be done to im-
prove the efficiency and effectiveness of present spending
programs, CICA President Christenson said.
- Thelack of productivity stemming from the effects of the
anti-inflation program may damage our future standard of
living. “The controls on profit discourage efficiency,
‘discourage investment, decrease productivity and,
potentially, may increase unemployment,”’ Christenson
said.

- Profits have been reduced to the point where business
does not have sufficient retained earnings and cash flow,
which have traditionally financed about three-quarters of

business fixed capital investment in Canada. Under the
present tax structure, corporations are taxed on profit
figures which are, in large measure, made up’ of in-
flationary and illusory gains, Some companies have had to
Go into debt to pay taxes or replace inventories, “On the
whole, corporate liquidity has been reduced as current
liability, including short term debt, has been rising faster
than liquid assets,’’ Christenson said.

Improvement in Canada’s productivity and competitive
position in world trade is vital to stimulate a badly needed
alance of payments surplus. Over the past year and a half,
the country has amassed an enormous burden of interest
payments due foreign creditors. ‘‘Our foreign indebtedness,
is already relatively high among industrial nations,”

Christenson said. In 1977 the services deficit will probably:

reach almost $7 billion. .

Needed investment can be stimulated in the short run by
tax incentives, but the real bar to long run investment is the
uncertainty of the political and economic environment, “It
is not likely that any tax concessions or minor policy
changes can fully compensate business for this loss of
stability," Christenson said. In the interim, business must
learn to operate efficiently in an environment of greater
risk. .

Curing racial bigotry

- Comedian Will Rogers, loved by all, used to say he never
met a man he didn’t like.
This may be the key to curing racial bigotry among
teenagers in Canada.
A racial report financed by the Secretary of State found
bigotry in 64 percent of 255 students surveyed in seven!
Ontario centres, including students in eight schools in|
Toronto, where everyone of East Indian, or South Asian
color is called a ‘Paki’. They are targets of ‘“Paki-
bashing’’, a new sport in our high schools.

The study showed that the most overt bigotr
directed towards East Indians and te a lesser
Arabs. ;

The study on teenagers’ attitudes, written by Janet
Rosenstock and Dennis Adair, both free-lance writers
specializing in education, said East Indians particularly are
the target of ‘tthe most overt racism found in Canada

ay.”

Ram Singh, a member of the research staff of the
Presbyterian Church in Canada, says the immigrant child
suffers in the school system because of the ignorance of
other pupils and in some cases, the teachers.

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Walter Pitman, president of Ryerson Polytechnical In-
stitute has been appointed as a one-man task force to in-
vestigate racial attitudes in Toronto.

’ Mr. Pitman may find a clue in the teenagers’ attitudes
reported by Rosenstock and Adair.

In every school surveyed, except one, Arabs were as.

much the object of racial bigotry as Pakistanis. In that
school, where the bigotry toward them was almost non-
existent, there was an Arab on staff.

Will Rogers, in saying he never met a man he didn’t like,
was following in the footsteps of Jesus Christ who suggested
that loving God and loving our neighbour are the two great
commandments. When Jesus was asked to identify the
neighbour, he told a story about a Samaritan, to whom
prejudice was shown. Jesus thus changed ‘‘Samaritan”’ to
mean one who shows concern and care.

By following such an example we can help change racial
attitudes, Let us all tell stories about the “good” Pakistanis
and other non-whites. Jesus changed a national reputation
in his day, why can't we?

Hurey! we
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70 BE LATE!

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To Elvira Bryant:

I read with interest your
letters. from Masset from
time to time. We cannot say
that you are an unbeliever,
because you believe a lot of
things, things I do not
believe in, things that ap-
pear to me as superstitious
and unscientific. However I
can appreciate a lot of what
you are writing. Ishare your
concern for the brotherhood
of all man, for love, peace
and happiness. If you read
in “Readers Digest” what
people are doing to each
other in Cambodia for in-
stance, we just . wonder
where this world is heading.
So, I just love you for the
love you want to spread
around. You might not be
aware of it, but you
inherited this love from the
person and teachings of
Jesus. At the same time I
feel that you do not un-
derstand -fully the basic
unity which exist between
all true believers, regar-
dless of what denomination
they belong to. Especially
through charismatic
renewal these days we
beautifully exercise that
oneness. Catholics and
Protestants -are praying
together for peace in Ireland
and in the rest of the world.
Christianity is in essence
one religion. There are cults
like the Jehovah's Witnesses
and Mormons who take
distance from the historical
church of all times and all
places. They separate
themselyes by their (we
feel) false teachings and
practices. Now, you believe
strongly in the existence of

To Elvira Bryant

several gods. You try to
prove this again and again
with the help of several
books you are reading. You

int as proof to the name

ohim in the Bible. For
‘people who don’t know it,
this is a Hebrew word for in
the plural.

You borrow from the
books you are reading. I am
going to borrow some in-
ormation on the name
Elohim from a Jewish
writer, Lehman Strauss, in
the monthly. ‘Salvation’.

The first of God’s names
(God has several names) in
the order of their ap-
pearance in scripture is
Elohim, translated ‘God"
in the Authorized Version. It
reportedly occurs not less
than 2500 times in the Old
Testament and 32 times in
the first chapter of Genesis.
The name Elohim is derived
from two roots: El
signifying unlimited
strength, energy, might,
power. Alah, signifying to
swear, declare or make a
covenant. These roots, when
brought together in the
name Elohim, mean infinite
strength and absolute faith-
fulness. Thus we are in-
troduced to the God of the
Bible as the One with Whom
nothing is impossible and
who always keeps his word.
Elohim is the strong, faith-
ful One. We meet this name
of God at the very outset of
the Bible. ‘‘In the beginning
God (Elohim) created the
heaven and the earth", That
which follows makes no
attempt to solve scientific
problems, but.to set forth
the power and faithfulness

P.N.W.H.L. -

Editor:
Dear Sir:

After reading.an article in
the February 2 edition of the
Terrace Herald titled
“P.N.W.H.L. officiating at
low ebb” by Dave Hamilton,
I would like to make a few
comments and enlighten
Mr. Hamilton of a few facts.

First of all, how could you
play a game of hockey
without referees? These are
men and boys who donate a
lot of their time and money
to become referees, they
attend clinics, donate their
time to minor hockey and
help train the younger
referees.

. Yes, Mr. Hamilton, all
referees. attend one of the
many clinics held each year
throughout the district and
write their exams. Some of
the referees have attended
Referees School in Ontario
at their own expense and
many boys from this area
have gone to Referees
School at U.B.C. during
summer holidays. Anyone
can attend the local clinics
and it’s too bad a few more
.people cannot or will not

To the Sports Editor
Dear Sir:

I happened to receive your
paper of Wednesday,
January 26, 1977, which I
enjoyed very much. That is
quite a picture of that
hockey player by the name
of Barry Heil, sailing
through the air during a
game.

We could use such a man
here, right over the Mexican
border, as a student

‘enjoy

take the time to attend these
elinies and learn what
refereeing is all about. -

I don’t think anyone
should criticize anyone
doing a job unless they can
do the job better themselves

and Mr. Hamilton, I don’t.
see your name on the fist of '

ticketed referees, so I
suggest you do a little more
research on the subjects you
write of which you know
little or nothing about.

In the second part of the
article on the game played
that week you stated a
player received a ‘‘match
misconduct’’. Would you
believe there is no such
penalty in the rule book and

I’m sure no referee called it °

in that way.

Articles like these and
letters to
(without signatures) only
serve to make a tough job
tougher for the many people
who donate their time so the
many families who are
either players or fans can
e game of hockey.

- Sincerely,
Vyonne Griffin

Hockey photo

bullfighter in the
chalateadas. It pays good
wages, however the man
would have to carry his own
life and accident insurance.

If you could make his
address available to me I
would appreciate it.

Yours truly

W.M. Heinen

25 Roadrunner Mobile
Park ; .

2020 West 8rd Street

Yuma Ariz. 85364, U.S.A,

Resolutions sent by
truckers to Ottawa

Several resolutions passed at the recent Truck Loggers
Association Convention in Vancouver have been sent to Ottawa

for implementation.

The resolutions unanimously approved al the 34th con-

vention were: |

— Bearing in mind the destructive nature of inflation and
the tremendously inflated prices of logging machinery and
replacement parts, we recommend the taxation status of such
items should be amended to reflect their role as goods used In
actual production, and all sales taxes be removed on all
categories cf logging machinery. v

— Bearing in mind the urgent need of the Canadian Forest
Industry to compete with its competitors worldwide, and par-
ticularly in the United States, we recommend that the Federal
Government eliminate all tariffs and import duties currently
lavied against imported logging machinery which is used In the
production of exportable Canadian products, .

— Recognizing the enormous Impact of inflation on our.
logging machinery of all categories, we recommend that the .
Federal and Provincial Governments raise Capltal Cost
Allowances for machinery to levels which reflect current, fair
market value and that, thereafter,.a new schedule of
depreciation allowance be applied.

'
.

the’ Editor

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of Elohim. In creation we
see God’s might. In
providence we see his faith-
ulness. He upholds all
things by the word of his
power. There are billions of
stars, planets. _ and
lanetoids, many of them

ing thousands of times
larger than our earth and
moving at great speed. Yet
no two ever collide. Why?
Elohim who created them
also controls them. He is
creation's amazing ar-
chitect and builder. Indeed
“the heavens declare the
glory of God” (Elohim). 1
am told that there are six
trillion atoms in one ounce
of uranium.

Packing them in at a
billion a second, it, would
take a million years to put
them there. But how did
they get there, and who
prevents them from ex-

loding? Elohim, the strong,
aithful one. ;

Elohim, is 2 plural noun.
Within the Godhead there is
a plurality of persons. It is
an interesting observation
that He speaks of Himself as
“Us” (Genesis 1:26, 3:22,
11:7). This is all consistent
with the Christian view of
God. God is a Tri-unity,
there being three persons
within the one essential God-
head. In old Israel God was
seen as ‘‘seven spirits on the
throne”. Seven is a symbolic
humber to express the one-
ness of God. Seven means:
full, complete. The seven
lights on the Jewish
Menorah stands for God.
This doesn’t mean that God
has three heads or seven
heads, like the Jehovah's

Bantams

The _ Editor:

During the past several
weeks, the members of the
Terrace Bantam . ‘‘Reps”
Hockey Team have been
selling raffle tickets to
finance their trip to the B.C.
Winter Games in Dawson
Creek. Because of the
generosity of the Terrace
Co-op, the Terrace Herald,
Shoppers Drug Mart, Spee-
Dee Printers and the peaple
who purchased the tickets,
the boys were able to raise
$510 for their transportation
costs. The draw was held at
the arena on February 12
and the winners were:

(1) A.J. (Bud) MeColl -

$50.
(2) M. Cline

- Yukon
Mickey
(3) Jan MacKinnon - Wrist
watch

Playing hockey on a
“Rep” team is an expensive
undertaking. We play the
majority of our games in
either Kitimat, Prince

Witnesses let us believe.

God is so mighty and great,

he cannot be figured out.

There are also the names
Elohim El Shaddai
(Almighty God), Elohim El
Elyon (Most High God) and
Elohim E Olam
(Everlasting God). Dif-
ferent gods? No. In Latin we
have the word ‘“Pluralis
Majestatus’’. That is when a
king or queen says “we’’, in
this sense God speaks of
himself in the plural form.
Elohim is the loving, faithful
one, There have been
feverish attempts on the
part of men and nations to
annihilate the Jew and take
his land, but Elohim had
sworn, and he will do it, to
uphold his people. How
refreshing to know Elohim
in a personal way. God who
kept his promise with Noah,

Abraham, Isaac and Jacob —

is our strong, faithful
redeemer. With him all
things are possible (Mat-
thew 19:26, Mark 10:27,
Luke 18:27).

Every promise is af-
firmed by his will and
assured by his name -(2
Corinthians 1:20). The
certainty of their fulfillment
is wrapped up in the very
character of Elohim. Cir-
cumstances may prevent
man from carrying out his
promises, but Elohim,
never. Every promise that
God.ever made from the
beginning, relative to man’s
redemption, has found its
fulfillment in Jesus Christ,
the Son of God and the Son of
Man, the Jew.

Bill Homburg

grateful

Rupert or Smithers. Each
player pays $2.50 for the
Kitimat trip and $5.00 for
Rupert and Smithers. Meals
usually add another $5.00 to
the cost. We are indeed
fortunate that Twin River
Timber provides a
“crummy” for our. trips,

otherwise transportation:

costs would be much higher.
The drivers donate their
free time to drive over icy
roads to get us there and
back. Many others work to
arrange games plus the
referees and linesmen who
officiate the games. Then
there are the executives who
donate a lot of free time to
handle the many ad-
ministrative problems.

The main reason for. this
letter is to say thank you to
everyone. ‘

Terrace Bantam Heckey
Team ,

Ray Parfitt & Wayne
Gaunt ‘

Greg Paulson, Captain

R.C.M.P. on the beat

To the Editor:

I felt this letter was
necessary to make the
citizens of ‘Terrace, who
perhaps hadn’t been aware
alredy of the R.C.M.Police
constables walking the beat
in our downtown area. It
gives one a very real sense
of security to see them

checking shop doors, parked

cars and keeping tabs on the
youth of our city who use the
downtown areas as their
evening playground.

It’s about time the
criminal element, who in
some cases are

mischievious youth and
young adults with little else
to do, are dissuaded from
further crime by the very

presence of these con-
stables.

Perhaps they will instill in
the people of Terrace, of all
age groups, more civic pride
and more trust in our: law
enforcement. I hope this
program will leave the
police officers still in their
cars more time to patrol our
residential areas, that lately
seem plagued by break-ins.

It’s about time we met an
officer of the law on the
street with a friendly nod or
greeting instead of a feeling
of fear or reluctance. Thank
you Terrace R.C.M.P. for
gelting out of your cars and
becoming people again!

EMC.

Christmas seals °

Total contributions to the
1976 British Columbia
Christmas Seal Campaign
from the Terrace area total
$2,608. This compares to
$2,618 in 1975. Contributions
| throughout the
province total $595,560,
considerably up from the

1975 Christmas Seal
Campaign which reached
$509,000.

The Christmas Seal
Committee Chairman : for
this area is Mrs. Monica
Lessard of 863 Pine Street,
Terrace,

Ski Patrol

Mr. Jos K
Kitsumkalum Ski Hill on
ar Mr. Konst:

On Sunday, February 13,
my daughter fell on the
bunny hill and suffered a
“spiral fracture” of the left
tibia, — ,

Tam writing to express

st

“my gratitude for the ex-

cellent way the Ski Patrol

, handled the situation. The

two members of the Ski
Patrol were calm, assessed
the situation well, applied

proper technique and were -

not distracted by onlookers.

X-ray revealed that the limb —
was replaced. in near- .

perfect alignment,

Jo Jo will be wearing a

cast for about a month.
Gratefully.

oY
ot

Len Chin for Jo Jo,

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