Page 4, The Herald, Tuesday, April 14, 1931 Hea beKEIMAT daily herald General Office - 635-6157 Published by Circulation . 635-6357 Sterling Publishers Publisher — Garry Husak Editor — Pete Nadeau CLASS. ADS. - TERRACE - 635-4000 CIRCULATION - TERRACE - 635-6357 . Published every weekday at WI0 Kalum Street. Terrace, B.C. Authorized as second class mail. Registration number 1201. Postage paid in cash, relurn’ postage guaranteed. — NOTICE OF COPYRIGHT The Her aid retains full, complete and sole copyright! in any advertisement produced and.or any editorial or photographic content published in fhe - Heraid. Reproduction is not permitted without fhe wriffen \ permission of the Publisher. To the Editor: As you are probably aware, although Children’s Hospital is located in Vancouver, it plays an tnique role in providing specialized treatment and research for infants, children: and teenagers from all over the province. This year, 1961, is a special year for us, a8 our long awaited move to the new hospita] takes place at the end of the year. ‘But, many British Columbians don't imow our story and we are seeking your help in making sure that they learn more about Children's Hospital. ” In April and May, we are planning a province-wide public awareness campaign and we are asking you and your neighbours to become “Friends of Children's Hospital.” As a member of this special support group to the hospital you will be kept developments taking place in the hospital and will receive a membership card, and specially designed decals and stickers. Membership in the Friends of Children’s Hospital is $10 and a Life member $200. As a part of our Public - Awareness campaign,, we have produced an excellent audio-visual presentation of slides, i6mmt film or video tape. It is our wish to have this viewed by groups and organizations | community. May we ask for your in- terest and support in helping us promote- aur province-wide, ‘Friends of Children's Hospital’ campaign? Write to us if in your you would like to see the. new ‘Care for Kids” production. , Sincrely Vivian M. Tepoorten Director, “Public Relations up-to-date on exciting : To the Editor: . 1 would like to correct a recent beadiine in the ‘Terrace-Kitimat Daily Herald and the information Golden Rule Employment Agency. The headline “McCarthy Breaks Golden Rule” is totally inaccurate and certainly unfair to Mrs. McCarthy. In the. first place, our Ministry did not cut off - funding to The Golden Rule because we were not funding The Golden Rule, and have not done so for - the past five years. Funding received from the Provincial Secretary's Office was terminated and Mrs. Hatton was advised of this by letter from The Honourable Evan M. Wolfe a January 29th, 1981, ’ that funding would end March Sist, 1991. , It thus appears that Mrs. Hatton was given two months’ notice of termination of funding by the Provincial Secretary, and therefore was not caught “completely unaware...” without notice. + 1 should note that our legislative mandate is to assist ‘persons eligible for Income Assistance to Individual Opportunity Plan, which is an expansion of our original PREP Program, now in existence for * several years. It would therefore be inappropriate for our Ministry to fund employment agencies with a different focus than that of our own mandate. information printed in } your paper, Thank you. Yours truly, Regional Manager Editors Nete: We are also printing two other letters which further explain: the. position of the Golden Rule. [In the letter from Evan Wolfe Mrs. ‘Hatton was advised that the Treasury Board had transferred responsibility for her operational grant to the Ministry of Human Resources. In the letter from Human Resources Minister Grace McCarthy, - Golden Rule ; a | ~ questions raised: wes rejected oa the griande of ‘alias ot a presented in the article itself, concerning The . involve themselves, with our Ministry, in an - I trust this helps to clarify for the public the faring the traneitan perio. . : Yours very truly, : Evan M. Wolfe _ Dear Mrs. Hattea, Marg Greening . dated March 19, Mrs. Hatton’s grant application services’ not on the. grounds being .- “inappropriate” because of its Afferent focus" ee \ Mrs. Greening maintains. ‘We will let our readers. decide who broke’ the. Golden . Rule. -. Dear Mrs. Hation:' , Treasury Board has directed that responsibility for payment of the operationgl grant to The Golden Rule be transferred to the Ministry of Burman Resources effective April 1, HBL. Thisizinkeeping with the Board's policy of baving Ministries with ~ yr epics r contin iag b period, together with supporting material shonid be forwarded to that Ministry tt even an the period ending March 31, 1981 and we would be. , cay ton Pleased tn er iy sista or mavice. Thank you for your lear of February 13, 1981 concerning funding ‘for the Golden Hule Employment Agency of Terrace, T must advise you that thie Ministry will not be funding your Agency 'as the services it provides duplicate -those already available under my Minisiry’s Individug! Opportunity Plan program. L appreciate your desire to help the unemployed in Testace, You may wish to continue ander other acspices aid, if oo, I wish you mcceas in your endeavours. me, Sincerely, la “OTTAWA VIEWPOINT. "by JIM FULTON “SKEENA M.-P. | ‘discretion throughout and . provisions for environmental protection... Law "at the debt load carried by Canadian consumers were divided up equally among us, every man, woman and child in the country would owe about $1,500. Fae ee oe kan tik dle BEALS tothe "1 tne of about shoulders than pos eee yea thet rch become too much to bear, there are several remedies, the most extreme of which is personal bankruptcy. ‘The days are past when debtors were thrown into malodorous dungeons. This is a society where credit spending is encouraged to the point that sales people look fuspiciously at cash. Insuch a society there are bound to be people who get in over their heads. John Procter is an Official Receiver for the Superin- lendent of Bankruptcy here in B.C. His job is to handle bankruptcy proceedings under the Bankruptcy Act. He reports that personal bankruptcy is on the increase in Canada. "Just as we’ve become more civilized in our forms of punishment,” he says, “we've done the same with the Bankruptcy Act. There's nothing criminal about 2 alle inde8: Aly of“eorne, | bankruptcy. In our society we encourage credit spending so , come and-visit thelrvarea:::aroty asariol ? - Conservatives - 9, NDP -2). we cannot punish it as.a crime.” . Though the common image of a bankrupt may be that of a - frivolous spender who makes a kind of rake's progress through fancy stereo equipment or high-slake gambling ~ tables, many people go bankrupt through no fault of thelr according to Peggy Hales, a B.C. lawyer experienced in the insolvency area, ‘‘A significant number of people are just triggered into bankruptcy by some unfortunate event such as an illness or perhaps a long strike."’ . Personal bankruptcy proceedings mean a rélease fram overwhelming debt for the bankrupt person. What happens is that you sign over your belongings to a licensed trustee. This trustee then arranges for the orderly distribution of these assets to your creditors inlieuof payment. Eventually you are discharged fram your debts - you no — loager owe anything except for certain kinds of debis which we'll look at in more detail in the next article in this series. Both Procter and Hales stress that people in debt should explore other remedies before starting bankruptcy proceedings. Procter says, “Bankruptcy is a last resort - it is not a free ride. A lot of people have found it to be a very traumatic experience." “There are many othef alternativ Hales says, ' ‘each as Debtor's Assistance, a debt counselling service provided by the provincial government, It’s a good place to begin. -If you don't find success there - and your’ creditors are still hassling you - try the Orderly Payment of Debts program . offered by the Frovinelal Ministry of Corporate and Con- sumer Affairs.”’. . The Orderly Payment of Debts program gives beleaguered debtors some breathing space. It sete up a court-authorized plan under which the debtor agrees to make reduced monthly payments to a clerk of the court. The clerk then distributes this money among creditors. The advantage of the program, Procter says, is that the debtor is free from harassment by creditors during the repayment period. “If the debtor Is gainfully employed,” Hales saya, “and. there appeara to be an ability to meet payments at a reduced rate of interest over an extended period of time - tay from three to five years - we cerjainly recommend that you set up an appointment with the Orderly Payment of Debts program. ‘You can find It in your local telephone Even before resorting to these steps, Procter recom- ments talking toyour creditors: ‘If you've boen off work for a couple of weeks because you've sprained your back, and you know It's just going to be temporary, the best advice is to talk to your creditors. They're not going to jump down your throat." “If you've had good dealings with them they're going to beunderttanding, That's the first step,” he says. Next: Bankruptcy - How You Go About It. Ai IS ELECTION MEANS N Council looks to family ties _ Wes seat jeople think of a family, they think of mother, ‘tather, ‘sister, brother, grandparent, aunt, uncle, nephew, . Riece and cousin, To the B.C. Council for the Family, this collection of people ts, téo often, a family in name only. “A family, in the best sense of the word, is a group of people who care far each other, and spend enough time together to demonstrate that caring,” says John Friesen, president of the B,C. Council for the Family. “‘Itseems that today, many families just don’t know how to do‘ this anymore, and so families are breaking downat an alarming rate. In trying lo promote a positive approach to family living, the council has designated May as Family Month.” Dr, Friesen is a member of the Department of Coun- selling Psychology at the University of British Columbia. (Family Month can be a tine for tamilies to get ip touch mee ' with each other, do things as a family, and earn how tocare: for each other,” be says. Activities to celebrate Family Month are being planned in There than 100 communities around the province, ranging ‘from picnics and parades, to special religious services and discussion groups on family life. This year will be the fifth in which the provincial | government has proclaimed May as Family Month. The - theme for 1961 is “Family Power for'Social Change." At its annual meeting last Séptember, ‘the counell beard Ivan Cumming, director of the United Church's - ‘orem Contre, Lotroduce the idea that families have real power in society. . “We have slogans Hike ‘the family that prays together stays together’ which gives a clear image that the role of the family is to stay together,” says Dr. Cumming. . “Supposing we had a slogan that said “The family that together will likely change soriety. FA we did ths we weed gltspes ¢ gat of aur poctal structure that is‘designed no. so much to be protected as it ts t be enabled, so that the basic human needs obvious in that.small powerful unit - the family - get supported and encouraged in the wider spheres of economics. Dr. Cumming adds that societion based on the family xd familial advocates, aod it lp this wiek thai the Council Family ts promoting during Family Month. - MaDe. Friesen says, "It ls my hope that, fn the coming . yeat, the council will begin to outline a new relationship between the family and society. Families must be en- couraged to take back their prime responsibilities which, in . many instances, have shified to other inatiiqtions and. professionals; and secondly, families must delineate, from ' The Liberal Party hasonce again shown thelr contempt of Parilament and have disregarded: the effects their legisiation will have on the pecple of Canada. Bill C-48, the Oil and Gas Act, Is presently before the Parliamentary Committee on National Resources. Members from all parties 4d ere studying the bill, questioning witnesses and- will soon be proposing amendments to “the legislation. The bill, which. wilt Implement the government's so-called National Energy. ; Program is a massive power grab by the Tsar ‘of energy, Marc Lalonde. There Is ministerial inadequate There. is no mandatory requirement for environmental studies to take place and the legislation does not provide a compensation fund for damage caused by oll spills from drilling rigs.. The legislation’s Impact on the north will be devastating. There is nothing In the dill that recognizes the very Important land claims negotiations that are In progress or are about to | start. There Is no environmental protection for. the delicate ecology of the north.: On March. 19. 1961, representatives of the Metis Association of the Northwest Territories, : the Dene Nation, the Council for Yukon indians and the Governments’ of the Northwest - Territories and the Yukon passed an’ unanimous resolution condemning Bill C-48. ‘This was an historic moment in liself because It . ‘was the first time these major groups had come . together on one issue. On March 27, the Dene, Metis, and Yukon Indians appeared befare the Committee studying C-48 and made an excellent presentation on-the effects the bill will have . _ north of 60. During the meeting a motion was moved by the NDP to have the committer travel north of 60 to hear the concerns of the “people. The motion passed unanimously. It was hoped that the committee would travel north and meet with government, native and _other groups to discués the legisiation. Other groups on the west and east coasts have also expressed an Interest in having the committer “Bag Mowevery ats: thessnext ameating :of thes . committee, the liberals, inia: cynical. moves. packed the ‘committee and passed a motion rescinding the NDP motion to travel. In the committee, the membership Is based ‘on the. party numbers in the House (Liberals - 12, What makes the Liberal move so bad Is that they have had poor . attendance at the committee, had voted. in - favour of travel to the north and then on March 31 sent a full complement of members to simply reverse the travel motion. All of the goodwilil that was expressed while the native groups - were present went out the Liberal trap-door. The NDP will be pushing for further witnesses to be heard and will be preparing ' substantial amendments to the legislation. “Come-onl You must admit he’s - ‘pushy’ for six months old.’’ De ime e Ne Eats Me WoeueR Ine Ina THe BQ. VICTOR IN J MAD AT THE SocReDds. Rp! WHAT RO, VICTORYE TM / FOR CALLING THe BH.