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4 Terrace Review — Wednesday. October 9, 1991

CAMPAIGN 791 __

No user fees, more commitment to schools, Gies

The NDP supports the Year 2000 |

HEALTH CARE, |
EDUCATION _

by Michael Kelly

Skeena NDP candidate Helmut
Giesbrecht says that if his party
wins the Oct. 17 election all user
fees for health care would be abol-
ished and the government would
commit the resources required to
make critical changes in education.

"It’s no secret that health care is
sacred to the NDP," Giesbrecht
said in an interview Monday on
health care and education, noting
that party founder Tommy Douglas
created the universal health care
system that has distinguished
Canada as a model for such pol-
icies. "We don’t want a duplication
of the U.S. system here."

In addition to eliminating the
charges currently levied for ser-

vices like hospital emergency room
use and ambulance calls, the NDP
would abolish all forms of extra
billing for health services and

introduce a plan for the govern-:

ment to cover the cost of transpor-
tation for people in remote areas
who need to travel for special
medical care.

The Social Credit government
suggested in their 1991 budget that
a scheme to cover such transporta-
tion was in the works, but so far.
the policy hasn’t been put into
effect and no details are available
on the plan.

Giesbrecht suggested that a sys-
tem that covers all such costs
would make it simpler to keep
track of what the health care sys-
tem is actually costing British
Columbians and make it easier to
break down the costs on a regional
basis. The financial justification for

-Jocating a CT scanner in Mills

Memorial Hospital, would have

‘referring — t i
Health’s refusal to provide the.

been obvious, he said. "The
bureaucracy scems to want to
operate with some magical formula
involving population," he said,
to the Ministry of

diagnostic machine because the
area’s population wouldn’t justify
it.

Other basic funding matters need
to be addressed, he believes. "The
most disturbing thing about this
summer. [bed closures at Mills
Memorial Hospital] was that the
bureaucrats had designated Terrace
a rural area. Nobody got it right,
we had ‘to mobilize the entire
community. It was blatantly
wrong, and then Parker took credit
when the situation got straightened
out," he said.

New Democrats, Giesbrecht says,
will make decisions and create
policies by involving the commun-
ities affected and consulting health
professionals to a greater degree
than the present government has.

curriculum - and instruction
changes, Giesbrecht says, but. is
critical of the government’s lack of
commitment to the changes.
Although Social Credit has been
claiming that expenditures on
education are higher than ever, it
still ranks seventh in Canada on
education spending as a part of the
total budget and post-secondary
education spending is
proportionately lower now than it
was in the early 1980's.

"Education is much more
demanding now than it has ever
been. What worked 20 years ago
doesn’t work now. Education is
being individualized for students,
for people with special needs,
there are demands for equal oppor-
‘tunity. Resources are strained, and
the people who provide services
are being dumped on."

Giesbrecht believes there should
be a return to greater local auton-
omy in schvol operations, but he

PUBLIC NOTICE is given to the electors of School District

No. 88 (Terrace) that | require the presence of said
B electors in the places herein designated, on Monday,
October 28, 1991 between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and

12:00 noon, to elect:

Trustee (two) — for a two year term (1992/93 calendar §
years) to represent the Terrace area and environs;

‘

A pre-recorded All Candidates
Forum was scheduled for broadcast
on CFTK’s Skeena Journal last
night at 7 p.m. Under the direction
of moderator Roger Millions, TK’s

These were the candidates’
responses to the remaining ques-
tions: on health care, small busi-
ness and some party-specific
views.

Trustee (one) — for a two year term (1992/93 calendar
years) to represent the reserves of Gitwangak,
Kitwancool and Kitsegukla.

At the SCHOOL BOARD OFFICE, 3211 Kenney Street, |
Terrace, B.C. for the electors of the Terrace and Terrace
rural voting area.

B At the SCHOOL BOARD OFFICE, 3211 Kenney Street,
Terrace, B.C. for the electors of the Gitwangak, |
j Kitwancool and Kitsegukla reserves.

The mode of nomination of candidates shall be as follows:

Candidates shall be nominated in writing by two duly
qualified electors of the Assessment District. The
nomination paper shall be delivered to the returning
officer, or designate, at any time between the date of this
B notice and noon of the day of nomination. The nomination
paper shail state the name, residence and occupation of
the person nominated in such a manner as to sufficiently
identify such candidate. The nomination paper shall be
signed by the candidate.

In the event of a poll being necessary, advance polls and J
regular polls will be held at the following places, dates and
times:

City of Terrace and Terrace Rural Areas:

— Advance Poll, Friday, November 08, 1991, Terrace &
District School Board Office, 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

— Advance Poll, Friday, November 15, 1991, Mills
Memorial Hospital, 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

~ Regular Poll, Saturday, November 16, 1991, Terrace,

Rosswood, Usk, Thornhill, Lakesle Lake, Cedarvale, New
Remo, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Reserves of Gliwangak, Kitwancool and Kitsegukla

~ Advance Poll, Friday, November 08, 1991, Kitwanga
Elementary/Secondary School, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. -

— Regular Poll, Saturday, November 16, 1991, at
Gitwangak, Kitwancool and Kitsegukla, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00
p.m.

Every person is hereby required to take notice and govern
himself accordingly.

GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AT TERRACE, B.C.
this 4th day of Octuner, 1991

(Mrs.) Elaine Johnson
Returning Officer
School District No. 88 (Terrace)
3211 Kenney Street,
Terrace, B.C., V8G 3E9

Tara Nelson asked Skeena riding
candidates five questions and each © Question: What’s in the future of
was given 90 seconds for their Aealth care in the Skeena Riding
response, «> ms ae

The Terrace Review sat in on the
taping of the show and last week
presented the candidates’ answers
to the first two questions: Is -the
Major Project Review Process
working, and does it have a future
if there is a change in government?
And what is the future of forestry
in the Skeena region?

Skeena Liberal candidate Juanita
Hatton said yesterday she is being
kept busy by her election cam-

PUBLIC NOTICE.

as required by the Election Act, Section 67(4)

Notice is hereby given to the citizens of the Skeena Electoral
District that certain persons have been appointed, each to act
as an Official Agent for the duly nominated Candidate appoint-
ing them, at the Provincial Election now pending. The names of
the Candidates and their respective Official Agents are as fol-
ows:

’ Official Agent
Fred Hislop,
4741 Loen Avenue

~ Terrace, B.C.
Retired

Andre Klingner,

3703 Kalum Street,
_ Terrace, B.C.

Psychologist

Jaunita Hatton
5004 Lantear Drive
Terrace, 8.C.,
Retired

Candidate
PARKER, Dave

GIESBRECHT, Helmut
HATTON, Juanita

DATED: . . -
October 4, 1981.

Returning Oificer,
SKEENA ELECTORAL
DISTRICT

brecht says

adds that there will still have to be
some redistribution . of local tax
revenues through Victoria to keep
tax-poor jurisdictions on par with
ihe’ wealthier communities. The
removal of industrial machinery
from the tax base in the early
1980's transferred a great deal of
the tax burden onto home owners,

‘but the NDP at this point has not

formulated a local property tax
policy, he said. "We need a com-
mission to examine the issue.
Tampering with ‘taxation could
create real difficulties. One of the
keys things is that we’ won't act
without consultation."

Collective bargaining should stay
on a local level, he says, because
school boards and teachers have
the mutual interest in common of
delivering quality education in
their schools,

The system has to do much more
for students, Giesbrecht says. "We
need more creative approaches —
we’re focusing on mass-produced
results in standardized exams."

| Candidates’ views broadcast

over the next five years? More
funding? Supportive housing?
Helmet Giesbrecht: In the short
term, the New Democrats are
committed to proper funding of
health care so we can remove the
long waiting list for major surgery.

— Continued next page

Hatton urges voters
to study candidates

paign, with numerous people call-
ing her for her views on local
issues.

"I’ve heard a lot of violent lan-
guage, stuff I wouldn’t want to
repeat, directed against both the

NDP and the Socreds," she said.

Much of what she is hearing is
concern about the escalating cost
of living, including utility charges
and the GST. "It must be awfully
tough on people who are hard up.
I don’t know how poor people are
surviving,” she remarked. ,

Hatton urges all eligible voters to
be certain they are registered and
fo get out and vote on election
day, She also urges voters to
become familiar with both the
issues and the candidates in
Skeena. "If you vote, know what
you’re doing," she said, adding
that voting is one of the few exer-
cises of absolute freedom available
to people. "No one knows what
you’re doing, and no one can tell
you how to vote."

Hatton was scheduled to address
students at Caledonia Senior Sec-
ondary School this morning, and
she will be taking part in an all-
candidates’ forum at Northwest
Community College starting at 7
p.m. tonight. She is also scheduled
for an interview with Northern
Native Broadcasting this week.

Hatton acknowledges that her
chances of being elected are
remote, but she adds, "If I do get
elected I'll do a good job, as good
as | can manage." .

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