Cheers for
telephone. |
employees:

An open letter to:
“Mr. R.W.. Homeniuk,
Cliairman, . -
Telephone Employees? .
- Community Fund, -
3236 Kalum Street; - .
Terrace, B. Cc. V8G 2NS

Dear Mr. Homeniuk: .
At the meeting:of the Terrace
Support Group, B.C. Friends of
, . Schizophrenics, on February
21st, we received a cheque of
: $434.00, your second donation
ad to our cause within a period of
7 - less than one year. We are deep-
ly touched by. your generosity
and your compassion for the
_ plight of schizophrenics. .On
behalf. of the mothers and
fathers in our support group,
and on behalf of all schizo-
val phrenia sufferers, I want to ex-
oq press my warmest thanks to you

and all members of the Terrace -

and . District. Telephone
Employees’ Community Fund.
og _ We can assure you that your
td donations are doing a world of
ay good. You may be instrumental
in the discovery of a cure for this

dreaded. brain disease, a bio-

chemical imbalance, that strikes

one percent. of .the world’s

_ population and reduces healthy,

oe intelligent young people to
hay hopeless, unproductive in-
Fy dividuals. on welfare..In most
~ cases, they remain a burden and
_. a heartache to their families for
- all their lives, or they end their

misery by suicide...

So. far, little progress has bee’
_ made in the research of schizo-
phrenia, and that is not surpris-
ing, since our government
spends only a pitiful amount of
.. money on it, According to the

latest info from our head office,

the figures are still the same as

they were about two years ago,

_ famely $4.00 (four) research
. . dollars. per year per schizo-
,  phrenia patient. compared to

9, 600 (three ihiousaind) research
dollars per year per AIDS pa-.
‘tient. We have worked hard over
the past few years.in. presenting.
the needs © of schizophrenics to.
the government. Last summer
we were.active’on the Mental.
~ Health: -Advisory Council, who’

. submitted ‘a Teport to- Victoria

on the service needs ‘for long-.:
ow. term, mental health clients in the
wea Northwest. .

- The greatest news we had in a

os iong time is that at the Universi-

ty of British Columbia, i a special -

‘Chair has now been established |
-for research into. schizophrenia.
"This just thrills our hearts, and

we feel it brings us one step-
closer to the fulfillment of our
fondest hope, i.e., that one day
soona cure will be found for this
horrible. disease, or at. least
medication that enables our lov-
ed ones to pick up the pieces of
their shattered lives and start liv-
ing’ productively. and happily.
The discovery of insulin made
this possible for diabetics, Why
shouldn’t it happen for schizo-
phrenics? We feel now that all
that’s needed. is money. We are
using your donations to support
the funding of. this research
chair at UBC, We have. also
begun to get informative pam-
phiets printed in. the various
ethnic languages. of our com-
munity, as we found there i is a
great need in non-English speak-
ing families to just: understand
what has happened to their.
schizophrenics. We have rented
videos on "schizophrenia for:
community education. Work is
being done towards achieving
better housing for our-patients. |
On behalf of our group, I

- want to thank you again for the

wonderful encouragement that
we received through your: con-
cern and financial support. You
can see that we have not been
idle, and we will continue our
fight against this enemy of our
youth, the illness of schizo-
phrenia, with renewed hope and -
‘Strength. . 7
a . Elly Kardamylakis
for: Terrace Support Group of
B.C. Friends of Schizophrenics.

_ provinces; :
dorsed.-a resolution Tequesting

Meech L
petition —
drive on-

To ‘the Editor; oo.

In 1919; the Federated
‘Women’s Institutes of Canada,
with ‘delegates : from all eight
-unanimously: en-

Prime Minister ‘Borden to ap-
point a woman to the Senate. In
1921; the Montreal Women’s
Club requested that Judge Emily
Murphy, be appointed to. the
Senate as-soon as there was a
vacancy. Prime Minister Meig-

hen refused. Again in 1922,

Emily Murphy applied. and. was
ignored,

Her attention was then drawn
‘to Section 60 of the Supreme

Court Act which stated that any

five people could demand the .
Supreme Court of Canada to.

make “a tuling on a constitu-
tional point arising from the in-

terpretation of the B.N.A. Act.
And so Emily Murphy and four ©
" co-appellants requested a ruling -
on the question, “Does the word -

Persons in Section ‘24° of the
B.N.A. - Act, -1867,: include
female persons?” --

The : first: decision was

negative!: Thanks to Judge Mur-.

phy’s perséeverence, ‘on October
18, 1929 (10 years after the
original resultion); an ‘appeal to
the Judicial Committee of the
Privy Council resulted in a
reversal of this decision, thereby

entitling women -to be sum-.

moned to the Canadian Senate.
In 1981, intense pressure from
women’s groups across Canada,

resulted in the equality clause.

being included in the Canadian
Charter > Rights and

‘guaranteed: ‘equally. male: and:
female persons.’ - :
~~ Now.. the’ ‘proposed .. -Meéch :
rs Accord, ‘an ainendment to
a\the!-Constitution .of- Canada,’
- threatens this specific legal pro-
_.., tection of equality rights in the ..
ne om following ways:

Judge Emily Murphy. of Bd. ce
monton, Alberta (1868-1933) re-".
-ceives credit for the fact that to-
‘day ‘women are recognized. as
‘persons’? in the eyes of the law.

@ The distinct society clause af-

fects the entire interpretation of:
‘the Canadian Charter of Rights
- and Freedoms, and once a prece-
dent is set in.Quebec courts. it - BEE,
Emily | ‘Murphy a ‘household
namel” -

can be used in other. provinces

Judging from our history (¢g.,
the Persons Case) and inherent

sexism in the judicial system, the

Meech Lake Accord must not be
ratified in’ its present form. = —
Equality. Sights’ must be pro- a
tected in writing and not: left to. -

the. .interpretation ‘of an in-
dividual or to the whims: of. a
social climate. _-

@ The shift of power from. the

federal government to the pro- 7
vincial: governments implied in
the Meech Lake Accord also af-

fects groups lobbying to im-
prove the status of women. This
trend is apparent in the fact that
provinces would have the tight

‘to opt out. of cost-shared pro-

grams and receive funding for
“compatible” programs. In a

‘province which does not value
‘social’ programs,

standards
would be greatly lowered.

.@ Immigration becomes’ more
of a provincial responsibility -
under the-present proposal, and
-Supreme . Court : judges and:
Senators would be chosen from —
provincial lists. It is.more effec-.
tive for'special interest. groups to -

loébby as:a national body to the
federal government, and the
federal government. is more ac-

countable to the electorate .

without this shift of power to the
provinces. —

@ The Meech Lake: Accord i ig-
nores the Territories, and. the
distinct. society clause referring

to French Canada neglects —

native people and multicultural-
ism ‘in Canada. The amending

poe

- collected . on.a petition to sup: ~
‘port ‘those. politicians-who.are =
‘steadfastly Tesisting the signing’ ~
of. ‘the Accord. Premier Frank:
~ "McKenna (N.B,) and. Liberal: - re
‘leader Sharon Carstairs (Man.)° 2.
‘need our encouragement. For)” .°

“Signatures. are ‘presently being: . aie a

more information, . please . call ;
the Women’s. Centre at? .9 9.
638-0228. And let’s make Judge,

a

--Mary'Bowering oa
on behalf‘of the, ©.)
“Terrace Women’s. 08.
~ Resource. Centre. Re eke

Famine |
“succeeds: oo
for. college
‘students —

To ‘the Editor;

On behalf of the wack

‘Community . College: ‘Students’

Association, I- would. like. ‘to:
thank all those: who contributed -
to our World Vision 30. Hour

_ Famine and made it the great —

success that it was: McDonald’s,
Northern Drugs, Terrace Co-op, ©
Carmen’s Kitchen, Don Ander-
son,. NWCC: President, Peter
Crompton--and his. “NWCC
Maintenance staff and - an
especially big thanks'to Skeena -
Broadcasters and this terrific
hewspaper for the outstanding ”
coverage of our event... . -
A very special thanks. to Mr.

Owen: Greaves from. ‘‘Night
Moves”? radio ‘show who was a .
great sport and fasted with the
rest of us (30). I-received several -

- positive comments about his live-

broadcast Friday night, March
10 from our very own NWCC
campus. Way to go, Owen!
Kimberly Cordeiro,
Student Activities Co-ord.
NWCC Students” Association.

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