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4 1976 will, in all probability, not be remembered as a year
‘of outstanding achievements for B.C.’s trade and com-
qreree. The demand and return for the products of our
dorests and mines have been very disappointing.
2 We have experienced, through a major part of the 70’s,
Rignificant political problems at all levels of our govern-
ent, The economic difficulties of the past several years,
Avhile perhaps not unprecedented, have certainly been of
‘great importance and vital concern to all of us. So much of
‘our own well-being depends upon the health of the

}rovince's economy. It is Impossible to feel comfortable”

“and satisfied with our achievements when most of our in-
‘flustry remains far from buoyant. t
*: The time has come for us ta take a good hard look at our
sition, our stature, our reputation and our ability to
“mprove our fortunes. We must concentrate on ways and
-Mmeans to restore our preeminent position and once again
‘establish an acceptable reputation for the output of our
‘community and province. ;
= Itwasn’t too many years that “Life in British Columbia is
Wonderful” was not just a catchy cliche, but a reality based
‘on a thriving economy. Our resources were in great demand
‘internationally. Though some were predictably more at-
‘ractive at times than others, it was generally believed that,
n balance, there would be an on-going thrust to our various
‘product penetrations of markets.
» The welfare of the economy of this province is necessarily
‘products and mining, account for an enormous percentage
f our gross trading income. While we must constantly look
Yor and find new industries and diversify existing ones, it is
Sin inescapable phenomenon that as go the markets for our,
products of forests and mines, 50 goes the welfare of our
people.

It is also a well established fact in this province, that in
rder to effectively develop resources and obtain the
ignificant investment required for successful exploitation
f them, foreign capital is required and substantial risk

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* The work ethic is something that has appealed to
generations of Canadians as an example of what is right. It
45 quite simple, if you don’t work, you really shouldn't eat.
Wations that have invested heavily in various forms of
elfare are often regarded as having a slightly rotten core.
xamples of thrift, frugality and hard work are held up asa
mnodel for human progress.
= The work ethic, that almost indefineable concept that the
fruits of a person's Jabour is what they are most generally
qudged by, is an honorable ethic and of itself requires no
‘real defense, But, an unrelieved welfare has proven to be
almost more destructive of people than the ills it was
designed to mitigate, so does blind devotion to the work
finte foster simple answers to the complexities of modern
ife.
= Instead of less welfare and more work, perhaps we need
fo define what work means. The mindless, soul-numbing
srudgery of the assembly line or garment factory is work
Sut it does little for the innate creativity that lies in each

4

4. For years women's magazines and books have helped
wvomen meet the changing demands of motherhood, They
sStill teach techniques of child care, They examine the needs
of children and of mothers. They oifer advice, sympathy,
‘humor, and counselling — they provide challenge and in-
‘spiration — for being a mother. '
Now look at men's magazines: sports, business, in-
svestment, seduction, hobbies — but nothing to help a man
*be a father to his son or daughter.
és So. where does a man learn to be a father today? The old
‘techniques just don't xpply. Once upon a time, a son worked
‘py his father’s side, sharing the. satisfactions and the
4rustrations, the successes and the failures of the field, the
‘barn, or the shop.
“ What model does a father follow today? Some fathers
thaose the army model, demanding discipline and

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~ Despite man’s ingenulty, nothing is more detrimental to

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‘bn a finite planet which simply camnot support infinite in-
‘treases in the human population.
= Now one researcher claims that previous forecasts of a
‘doubling of the world population by the end of the centur
smay never happen. Lester R. Brown, president of World-

Watch Institute, says a new survey indicates that falling
Dirthrates and rising death rates in some areas of the world
ppave caused a breaking in the global population growth.

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ve doubled by the year 2015, What has caused this new
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problem, and thousands have gone along with voluntary

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taking necessary on the part of investors and developers. It
is imperative that encouragement be extended to those who
are prepared to assist us in this program. We must gain
their confidence by Presenting viable opportunities
promising prospects and a friendly environment. We nee:
this outside aid. It isimpossible for us to ‘Go it Alone”.

Itis time that our attitude became positive. All of us need
to adjust our attitudes to one of confidence and optimism for
the future of British Colurnbia industry and hence, our own
welfare.

Business — must make every effort to encourage in-
vestment, develop markets, improve productivity and
shore up relations with all of those to whom it is responsible
and with whom it deals. Labour — must adopt a responsible
attitude in connection with wage demands, conditions of
work and work ethic. Governments — need to respect the
profit motive, recognize the benefits of greater efficiencies

the private sector and accept the cooperative roles of
business and Jabour in achieving a better way of life for all
those associated with the private sector. The Public —
needs to keep informed, to understand the objectives of
each party contributing to the success of our system. They

must be selective in their patronage to encourage efficient -

product development, reasonable pricing and suitable
quality and learn to understand and appreciate the reason
at benefits flow from our way of life. ;

A highly desirable objective for the balance of this decade
and for the years ahead, will be for us in B.C. to sell our
province and its potential, to create a better understanding
of the many good things we have to offer to, be optimistic
ourselves in furthering our development and in coping with
our problems, and to concentrate on bettering the image,

‘throughout our markets, for our products and for our in-

vestment opportunities. .
To coin a phrase — ‘The Vancouver Board of Trade is

Bullish on British Columbia’’. We must all be like the

thundering herd and stampede to the cause of establishing
the credibility and an acceptance of “Made in B.C." -~

A new look at work

human being’s personality. Is itso decadent for a person to
be allowed to dream a little or write a gentle sonnet or look
at the leaves just for the sheer uplifting of the soul? Yet tao
often work, whether it be for wages or for self-
aggrandizement, destroys that essential part of mankind’s
being, his soul.

Perhaps, rather than merely returning to the work ethic
as a solution to our ills we need to find a new ethic, an ethic
based on human relationships, on caring and sharing, on
living within a natural environment.

-We need to return perhaps to that ancient vision of

humanity that saw us as multidimensional beings, not
simply narrow economic creatures fated forever to work in
order to merely survive. Certainly work is part of that
multi-dimensional view, but it must never be the whole view
and that perhaps is the failure of technological man more
than any other.

Technological man has forgotten that he is a whole
creature.

about fathers’

obedience. Others choose to be pals, playing street hockey
or swapping teenage jokes, being just one of the boys,

Jesus described God primarily as Father — and father
doesn’t mean much any more, Who wants to be a disciple to
a Father-God preoccupied with sexual prowess, or con-
stantly chasing investment opportunities, or pursuing
popularity, or a God who's a frustrated sergeant-major?

For every mother, there’s a father. Fathers have roles
and responsibilities, just like mothers.

But how does a father fulfil what’s expected of him?

Fathers need help too.

It’s time our society took fatherhood seriously. Service
clubs, community and business meetings, church groups —
all should be discussing this subject.

Why not?

The will to survive

sterilization.

In the villages of Indonesia and South Korea, wives’ clubs
have been formed where young women exchange birth
control information. Across Asia and Latin America,
paramedics are being'trained to provide general health
services, including family planning advice. The Chinese
barefoot doctors are assisting China’s population control
programs, and this system is being copied by other coun-

ies,

Despite progress, humanity cannot afford to sit back and
relax. Overpopulation — leading often to malnutrition and
poor health among people in developing countries —
remains a barrier to genuine progress in a great many
lands. And each year, the global population increases by
almost three Canadas. According to United Nations fin-

dings, the world population will not stabilize until it reaches _
12 billion in the year 2045. That date is far off, and those of us:

who are alive today must ensure that population growth
continues to sow down — not by next century but in the
coming decades, We owe it to our children not to force them

to live on an overpopulated planet haunted by hunger and
disease. .

By BILL SMILEY

I WAS glad to hear, in his
end-of-year news conference,
that Prime Minister Trudeau
had no plans for keeping
Quebec within the Dominion
of Canada by force, should
separation of that provirice be
approved by its people in a
referendum,

I'm sure many another old
sweat of my vintage who is
still on the reserve list also
breathed a sigh of relief. One
ofthe many things we old vets
don’t need is a civil war, One
war in one lifetime is enough
for any man.

Most of us would have
trouble completing the des-
habille of a stripper in a
burlesque show, let along -
stripping a machine gun.

And I think we might have
a little trouble completing a
route march from, say, Kings-
ton to Cornwall, to repell an
invasion strike from La Belle
Province. Personally, | am
puffing like a grampus after

- scraping a bit of ice off my

windshield. 1 have to lie down
for five minutes after carrying
out the garbage.

Can any of you guys of my
vintage imagine being sent out
onanight patrol, probably on
skis, to take a few prisoners?,
What we’d probably have to
do isdump the skis, hailacab,
head fora bilingual bar across
the border, and bring back a
couple of go-go girls. Might
be fun at that, if they'd let us
use some common sense,
which, of course, the military
will never allow.

If the feds re-enlisted a
brigade or two of old kriegies
(prisoners:of-war) they'd
have their hands full. First of
all, the kriegies would steal,
just out of habit, everything
that was not nailed or bolted
down. Secondly, kriegies are

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letters tot

Kitimat

Dr. R.E.M. Lee
Chairman, College Council

Northwest Community -

College
Dear Sir: ;
_ As you know, the Labour

“Advisory Committee to the
Northwest. Communify. -
College is made Up oe
’ representatives of the three

Labour Councils in the
Pacific northwest.
Collectively, we represent
approximately 11,000
workers in the area served
by. the Northwest Com-
munity College.

Ina recent meeting of the
Labour Advisory Com-
mittee, we were unanimous
in deploring the proposed
Kitimat to Edmonton
pipeline. We agreed to
educate our members in the
inherent dangers, and to
appeal to: the College
Counci] as the highest
authority on community
education in the area, to
publicly oppose and con-
demn the proposed pipeline.

The oil is not for the
benefit of Canadians. The
real and spin-off jobs for
Canadians would be
minimal. The astronomical
environmental results of an
oil spill will be of extreme
danger to the Douglas
Channel and the entire
Pacific coast. An example of
our concern is the fact

Civil. .
war?

trained to escape and head
west. Stick two brigades of

them on the Quebec border

and in acouple of weeks, after
stealing atrain or two, they'd
wind up in Alberta,

Ancient naval persons
might be better off in a civil
war. They don't have to walk

‘to work. They could charge
up and down the Ottawa
River, firing broadsides of
bilingual propaganda into the
streets of Hull, .

Ex-airmen wonldn’t be ot
much use. Most of them are
so portly they wouldn't be
able to get through the escape
hatch if their aircraft were hit.
Perhaps they could be re-

organized as a special low- —

flying force, equipped with
snowmobiles, and sent out to
harass the enemy by driving
all over his farmers’ fields on
the snow, thus ruining his
crops for the next season.
Former paratroopers
wouldn't be of much use,

either. Most of them have

grown so heavy that they'd
plummet like bricks, and the
screams of arthritic agony
when they hit the ground
would destroy any element of
surprise.

Thinking it over, we must
conclude that a civil war in
Canada, using nothing but re-
servists, Would certainly be
comical, but not too danger-
ous. Most of the casualties
would be in the Legion halls,

pipeline

(completely glossed over
and avoided) that only 60
reent of the oil will come
‘om Alaska, The remaining
40 percent will come from
Indonesia and the Persian

Gulf. It is inconceivable to

us. thaf ’ the “American
companies: would
deliberately transport this
oil the entire length of the
continent before unloading
it unless it was too
dangerous to do so in their
own ports. This fact, the
recent number of oil spills
on the Atlantic coast, and
the known dangers af
navigating the Hecate
Strait, show that if the
pipeline were built, we
would be almost guaranteed
a@ major oil spill. The en-
closed area of the Douglas
Channel could not survive
such a disaster and our
entire west coast fishing
industry would be severely
dam . .

It is our opinion, and
should be. the opinion of
every concerned Canadian
that this. pipeline must be
stopped. We appeal to you
and your council to use your
influence to help us achieve
this aim. :

Sincerely,-
Barry English

Secretary
Labour Advisory Com-
mittee. :

Heritage Canada

Dear Editor:* .

We wish to call your at-
tention to Heritage Day,
February 21, 1977, Because
of the special position in
weekly newspapers in ac-
tivating community in-
terest, we are asking your
help to alert readers to the
growing desire to ap-
preciate and preserve our
Canadian heritage.

‘As you may know,
legislation is before
Parliament to make the
third Monday in February a
statutory holiday.
“Heritage Day” will be a
time to reflect on Canada's
heritage, and recognize the
people who contributed their

- Skills and talents to building

Children's

The Editor:
Dear Sir:

‘Please accept a very
warm and sincere thanks
for the coverage given to us
in your publication.
Christmas season is such a

happy time of the -year.

around Children’s Hospital
that we did want to share
some of the
readers,

joys with your -

this country. ;

To dramatize the idea of
heritage, All About Us and
‘Heritage .Canada, are
asking Canadians,
young people in particular,
to join ‘“The Great Canadian
Heritage Hunt" beginning
with their own community.
We will be sending in-
formation kits to the schools
by the end of this month
suggesting activities for
celebrating Heritage Day.
We would appreciate it if
you will print the enclosed
“Jetter to the Editor” to
inform people about this
project.

Sincerely Yours,

Betty Nickerson

National Coordinator

Hospital ..

The new years promises!
to be an exciting one for us
here at Children’s Hospital
and it is this wish we extend
to you and your staff. Ma
your new year be filled with
many exciting challenges,
good health and success.

Sincerely, ©

(Miss) Mary DesRoches,

Public Relations Officer

and .

| | Bill Smiley

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each night after the ‘‘fight-
ing’ was over.

And speaking of the Legion
halls, a civil war would cer-
tainly add a little spice to the

’ rather dreary dialogue that is

the norm. Instead of mon-
otonous mutterings about the
last bingo game or the next
shuffleboard tournament,
you'd hear stuff like this:

“Ja hear what Quebec
Cora said on the TV to-
night?” an

“Ya. She said the frogs
captured a whole battalion of
the Canadian Army today an
there wuzzen a man in it be-
low the rank of sergeant.
Eighty-five colonels, 150
majors an so on.”

. “Right. And 50 per cent of
the . officers was French-

_ Canadian.”

“Jt figures. But she's a
good lookin broad, right?’’

If it does come to civil war,
you can include me out. And —
that goes for all my old
friends, including a few Ger-
mans who fought on the other
side in WW II and are now
happy Canadians.

But that doesn't mean we
wouldn't make our contri-
bution, our sacrifices, ifneeds -
must.

My contribution would be

. toover-all strategy, which has

always been my strong point.

You should see me plotting to

get someone else to mow my
é

lawn, put on my storm win-
dows, shovel my walk. =
Hereby sorne. suggestions.
First, if the feds want a short,
swift victory. Muster. every
aircraft in the country, load
them with every scrap of .
paper in Ottawa, man them
with civil servants under the

command of Otto Lang, and
bomb. Not only the separ- -
atists, but the.entire’province ~
of Quebec, wauld be obliter-
ated for a generation. .

Analternativetothis would ~
be to build -a fence right: —
around the province, con- ~
structed of all the red tape in
Ottawa, It would take the
Quebecois 10 years to. cut
their way out, andthey’dhave -
forgotten referendums . and
such. ae

If these methods of an easy
solution are. not dramatic
enough for you, here’s my
final offer.

Muster all the politicians,
lawyers and Women’s Lib-
bersin therest of Canada. Fly
them to a remote section of
Newfoundland. Muster. all
the politicians, lawyers and
Anglophobes in Quebec. Fly
them to the same place. No
conventional weapons. for
either side, .

Then let them beat each
other to death with unveiled
innuendoes, deliberate mis-
information, absolute ambi-
guities, legal torts, trial bal-
loons, and shrill cries of
“French male chauvinist
pigs,” and ‘*Maudites
Anglais abortionistes.””

It would be lovely and
peaceful in the rest of the
country, And the bleeding,
battered winners could have —
Newfy, where the locals would '
hunt them down for sport, as
they did the Beothuk Indians.

© The Argyle Syndicate Ltd.

ditor

Porn removed from:
shelves

Dear Editor:

The example set by the
management of the Co-op
was followed this week by

the management of Shop-.

pers Drug Mart. All por-
hographic magazines were
taken off the racks and put
where they belong — in the
trash can. .
Embarrassed customers
and concerned mothers and
fathers have been avoiding

-will boycott these

been complaining that
religion was being crammed
through their throats. What

‘about the filthy literature of..

dirty-minded people who.
vant to make’ a fast buck? :
The war is on and we will not
rest till the other stores as
well, join civilization once
more. In the meantime we
laces
that don’t want to be known
as respectable.

these stores. Now they can -

happily go back shopping in

these places and even take

their children along.

Too long we citizens have
been tolerating the wishes of
asick minority. People have

We thank the
management of Shoppers.
Drug Mart for their courage
to have a mind of their own
and to act accordingly.

Bill Homburg.

Municipal office closure

The Editor,.

Terrace Herald.

The Mayor and Aldermen,
The District

Municipality of Terrace.

’ Dear Sirs and Madam:

At the regular meeting of
the.Council on January 10, it
was established that without
authorization of the Council,
the ‘municipal officers
closed the municipal office
on the regular business days
of Friday, December 24 and
Friday, December 31, 1976.

These persons slammed
the door in the faces of the
citizens, particularly those
who went to the municipal
building on the 3ist — the
final day of the year —

wishing to conduct their

‘ community

business and to meet.
various payment schedules.

The list comprises 22 names

and it is known there were

others who were similarly

inconvenienced.

The creditability of this’
and its.
municipal officers is at an
all time low. oo

The municipal officers of
the District of Terrace ought
to be:

a. Severely reprimanded,

b. Ordered to make a
public apology for acting in
this regard without the
authority of Council.

I shall await your earliest
reply,
Yours faithfully,

Gerry Duffus, .

Banker sees modest growth |
for 1977 Canadian economy —

The Canadian economy
should continue a modest
growth pattern during
1977, according to Row-
land C. Frazee, president
of the Canadian Bankers’
Association (CBA).

He suggests in a year-
end forecast that inflation
should moderate slightly
but that unemployment
levels will be a major prob-
lem facing the country.

Mr, Frazee, executive
vice-president and chief
general manager of The
Royal Bank of Canada,
predicts that gross na-
tional product should in-
crease by about four to 4.5
per cent during the year
compared ta five per cent
during 1976,

. “One of the brighter as-
pects is the outlook for
Canadian exports, espe-

cially those to the United .
States, which should be a
major source of economic _
strength for.the year,"
Mr, Frazee says. He also
adds that any further eco-
nomic sirength in other
foreign markets would be-
nefit Canadian exports.

At home, Mr, Frazee
says there are few signs of
strength in domestic de-
mand,

“Consumers are re-

sponding cautiously to the .
economic upturn, and
coupled with continuing
and moré stringent in-—
come guidelines in 1977,
“ appear reticent to. boost -
expenditures substantially
orto support a major in-
crease inimports... «~
; ‘Housing starts are es- -
timated at lower levels‘in
1977 than in 1976, *