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November 26, 1990
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Volume 53, No. 41

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As the Bush administration moves
ominously closer to war in the Persian Gulf,
the demand is mounting across the country

Delta teachers rally for contract | ===

from the region.
The increasing pressure for a negotiated

EAR rally Nov. 29, 12 noon
Canada Harbour Place

settlement, from peace activists and opposi-
tion leaders in both the U.S. and Canada,
comes in the wake of the U.S. decision to
beef up its military contingent to 380,000
troops and U.S. Secretary of State James

see EMERGENCY page 12

COPE wins
five seats
on council

The long weeks of hard campaigning and
the tension-filled election night are past.
And in Vancouver, the Committee of Pro-
gressive Electors is still a minority on city ;
council. |
But what a minority.
Cheers erupted and continued for
minutes at the COPE rally the night of Nov.
17, when it became apparent that the 22-
year-old civic alliance had five aldermanic
spots on the 11-seat city council.
And while a progressive majority on the
‘nine-member school board was snatched
away with the last few poll returns, there are
four unity slate trustees. And two COPE
members and one Civic New Democrat on
the seven-seat parks board.
““We’re poised to take control of all three
levels of civic government in 1993,” pre-

Harry Rankin |
page 2

dicts Bruce Yorke, returned to council after
a four-year hiatus caused by right-wing vic-
tories in the last two civic elections.
“If we’re reasonable about how we
proceed, we’ll have strong left unity for the
next election.” 1

Elected to city council were the incum-
bents — Bruce Eriksen, Libby Davies and
Harry Rankin—along with Yorke and parks

ommissi Pat Wilson.
Leaders of the Delta Teachers Association, including (m) president Alice McQuade, head march to school board offices : eae: t gate
in Ladner after a spirited rally (bottom photo) Thursday over failure to reach a Collective agreement with the district. COPE’s Ruth Herman and Gary Onstad

Teachers, who have staged several study sessions, want improvements in working conditions. Story page 3. join Civic NDPers Anne Beer, an incum-
. . see UNITY page 3