PROVIDED | _ YOU DON'T MIND -TOSLEEP INA UPRIGHT POSITION. . | Baar eae MAKE IT FOR HIS. JULY SCHEDULED AEE pu CaN HA E HIS BED. . , A4 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, March 10, 1999 T ESTABLISHED APRIL 27, 1988 PUBLISHER: ROD LINK ADDRESS: 3210 Clinton Street Terrace, B.C. « V8G 5R2 TELEPHONE: (250) 638-7283 » FAX: (250) 638-8432 EMAIL: standard@kermode.net IT USED to be that as northerners reached retire- ment age, they moved south to warmer weather and to health and recreation services more suited to older people. : But that changed beginning a decade ago and the trend is now for seniors to stay where they’re closer to family, friends and familiar surround- ings. This, combined with a general greying of the population, will mean that more and more of the north’s population will be in that 55 year and older category. And that’s a good thing for the north. It’s a sign the north, once known as the preserve for younger people working in the resource industry, is maturing. © Services are being set up to cater to older people. Witness the growth in accommodation options. Twin River Estates comes to mind as do rowhouses and apartments where outdoor Maintenance is minimal. ‘The long planned Heritage House development beside Terraceview Lodge will add to the senior housing mix. Northern health and recreation options for seniors are increasing and will continue to grow to meet the demand. Consider it a form of eco- nomic development for the different kinds of jobs it will provide. Just as important is the money seniors will spend as they stay in the north. While the level of economic activity won’t reach that of tradi- tional retirement areas in the south, this kind of diversification will help create a more stable eco- nomic environment. . To adapt that adage a bit, the north may be get- ting older, but it is also getting better. — ae ae The next one WITH TOTAL Recall looming, a budget deficit that’s going to be much higher than forecast and the fast ferry fiasco, things are looking mighty grim for Premier Glen Clark. So much so, in fact, that there are mutterings the premier’s leadership is in trouble. This is not unusual ‘in the world of politics for political parties are about one thing — attaining and keep- ing power. If the leader has to be dumped to keep power, that’s what’s going to happen. But the problem facing the NDP is who might have sufficient stature to replace Mr. Clark. Forget Gordon Wilson. Of all the political parties, the NDP doesn’t like newcomers, espe- cially ones such as Mr. Wilson who changes af- filiations like other people change socks. So step forward Ujjal Dosanjh. The attorney- general is smart and articulate and has a reputa- tion as a moderate. He’s tough on crime. Re- member Gustafson Lake? There was no hesita--|- tion on Mr. Dosanjh’s part in sending in the RCMP and asking for army assistance. . Best of all, if you are an NDP strategist, is that Mr. Dosanjh’s cabinet portfolio means he carries none of that awful economic development dis- aster baggage weighing down other possible leadership candidates. 1998 WINNER PUBLISHER/EDITOR: Rod Link ADVERTISING MANAGER: Brian Lindenbach PRODUCTION MANAGER: Edouard Credgeur NEWS Jeff Nagel « NEWS/SPORTS: Christiana Wiens NEWS/COMMUNITY: Alex Hamilton CCNA BETTER NEWSPAPERS OFFICE MANAGER: Sheila Sandover-Sly COMFETITION CIRCULATION MANAGER: Karen Brunette : ADVERTISING CONSULTANTS: Sam Bedford, Bunnic Cote TELEMARKETER: Tabatha Orange AD ASSISTANT: Kelly Jean COMPOSING: Susan Credgeur AD ASSISTANT/TYPESETTING: Julie Davidson SUBSCRIPTION RATES BY MAIL: $57.30 per year; Seniors $50.75; Out of Province $64.39 Outside of Canada (6 months) $158.25 (ALL PRICES INCLUDE GST) MEMBER OF B.C. AND YUKON COMMUITY NEWISAAPERS ASSOCIATION. 7 AND ; comet Reetare B.C. PRESS COUNCIL G@cna Shwawhee Serving the Terrace and Thomhill ara. Published on Wednosday of aach week at 3210 Clinton Street, Terraca, British Columbia, VAG 5R2. , Stories, photographs, Mustations, designs and lypestyles In the Terrace Standard ara tha property of tha copyright holders, including Cariboo Press (1969) Lid., ite illustration repro services and advertising Renroduction in whore oF in pat, without wrtlen permission, is specifiealy prohibited. Authorized as second-class mal pending the Post Cffica Department, fot payment of postage in cash. Special thanks to all our contributors and correspondents for thelr time and talents _ VICTORIA - Before Canada’s legal community and feminist forces round up Justice John McClung and banish him to whatever inhos- pitable place they can find, I would like to put in a word or two on behalf of the outspo- ken Alberta judge. To refresh your memory, let me briefly fill you in on the background: In February 1998, McClung acquitted an Edmonton man of sexual assault’ charges, saying the 17-year-old victim was not lost on her way home from the nunnery.” The ruling was recently overturned by Supreme Court of Canada Justice Claire L'Heureux Dube, who indi- - cated that, McClung’s attitude | , towards sexual assault crimes ‘was ‘more reflective of the 1950s, McClung fired back by writing a letter to. The National Post, launching an unprecedented attack on L'Heureux Dube, suggesting that her decisions might well be responsible for the high rate of male suicide in Que- bec. McClung said he had no idea that many years ago, L’Heureux Dube’s husband had committed suicide, and there is no reason to disbe- lieve him. There is every reason, An open letter to: Madame Lucienne Robil- lard, a Minister of Immigration. ~ Dear Minister: For two weeks a BCTV News reporter has tried to reach you for answers about Honduran “refugees” selling crack cocaine on Vancouver ° streets. Why haven’t you returned the reporter's calls? We all await your defence of this immigration fiasco, BCTY has been investigat- ing the flood of Honduran “refugees” to Vancouver specifically to deal drugs. They arrive without docu- ments; we don’t even finger- print them. Yet within two weeks of: arriving . they’re given a social insurance num- ber and a B.C. identification card which entitles them to free heaith care and $500 per month. Within two weeks of arriv- WE GOT TWO me HOURS! fers FROM THE CAPITAL. HUBERT BEYER however, to ask just what the sexual assault in question entailed. The word rape no longer appears in a sexual assault charge. So, here, for the record, is what happened: The man was 22 atthe time | - of the offence. He met the girl at a mall and offered her a job. The two went to his trailer to discuss the job. He asked her to massage. his neck, which she did, and he offered to massage her neck in return, His hands strayed and he begah touching her breasts. She said no, and he stopped. Later, he massaged her feet and, again, his hands strayed, this time to her thighs. She said no again, and he stopped again. At one paint, he exposed himself, but again she said no, and again he stopped, offering Lax laws make THROUGH BIFOCALS. CLAUDETTE SANDECKI ing, some of these refugees are arrested for trafficking, After cursory court appear- ance, they’re back on the Streets, selling, inside of 24 hours, Ordered to appear in court later, few. do. They melt into the crowd and go on dealing drugs, addicting our young folk and using them to do the riskiest trafficking. . Dube Judge's ruling was right one | her $100 dollars not to talk about the incident. I just wanted to mention what actually transpired to point out that, at no time, did he try to force intercourse. And there certainly was no rape, True, we have. different standards today than 30 or 40 years ago, because of today’s standards had been applied then, three-quarters of the male population would have been in jail. L’Heureux Dube is consid- ered the feminist judge on the ‘Supreme Court, Nothing wrong with that. On the other hand, it was the feminist movement that started the. so-called sexual . liberation of. women which ‘has led to today’s every- thing ’s-all-right-as-long-as- you-wear-a-condom pop cul- ture. It was the feminist move- ment, with which L’Hevreux empathizes, _that changed the rules of sex, leav- ing most men somewhat bewildered ta this day. I was an early supporter of feminism, but got off the wagon when the agenda changed from equal pay for equal work and recognition of women’s role in society to sexual liberation, which has brought the majorily of women nothing but misery. There’s a most remarkable young woman by the name of Wendy Shalit. She’s 23 years old and has taken on the fem- inist establishment, not froma fundamentialist-religious but an intellectual standpoint. This young New York woman with a B. A, in philos- . ophy has just published her first book, A Return to Mad- esty: Discovering the Lost Virtue. Her message for women and girls is to embrace sexual madesty if they want to find happiness, By seeking sexual gratifi- . cation instead of true love, . she says, women have been ‘ false to their own nature and | have helped men become ' crude and inconsiderate : ., towards women. Hear, hear. _ |" In his own clumsy way,, ' Justice McClung seems to have come to the same con- © clusion. His choice of words ° perhaps leaves somewhat to ° be desired, but then, in all | probability, so did that of his — famous grandmother, Nelly McClung, one of Canada’s mast famous Suffragettes. But as judgments go, his, in my humble opinion, is a lot more just than that of L’Heureux Dube’s. Beyer can be reached at —- Tel: (250) 920-9300; e-mail: hubert@coolcom.com; web:http://Awww.coolcom.c om/hubertbeyer Us A patsy In a recent street sweep, of 60 “refugees” arrested, only three were legitimate refugees; the others were ille- gal aliens. “Refugees” who arrive with lengthy criminal records, and despite more Vancouver arrests, still manage to remain and sell drugs in this country for up to two years before Immigration gets around to deporting them. Now I know deporting ille- gal aliens hurts you mare than it hurts them. I remember hearing you say, “What would the rest of the world think of Canada?” Well, you ought to » know what the rest of the world thinks of us, That we’re wimps. Patsies, Gutless. And when an RCMP offi- cer spoke up on BCTV about Canada’s lax laws, gentle judges, and never-ending deportation hearings — each one of which costs us $2400 — what did your department do? 99-43 \ OKAY. Tragic uP! Rush to strengthen the laws? At least fingerprint “refugees” and check them against American and Interpol records? . Nooo. Your department filed a complaint against the RCMP officer! That should plug the influx of aliens. In the U.S., Honduran “refugees” are fingerprinted, checked, and those found to be illegat aliens are deported within seven days. Asaresull, Seattle has cleared its streets of Honduran “refugees,” Why isn’t Canada as swift to oust bagus refugees? According to BCTV’s report, 80 Honduran “refugees” are lying low in Seattle, biding their time until’ Vancouver cops tire of street raids. With our current laws and your government’s backbone, we haven’t a hope of keeping them out. ial ‘ ~ Pye meme WELL , THAT WAS SUMMER: