problems that develop at the site of the'1986 world's fair will be the fault , of Premier Bill Bennett, the head of. ' the B.C,-and Yukon Building Trades Council said Tuesday. . * Roy Gautier made the comment after. some 200 construction workers walked off the job at the site of Expo. 86, the transportationg and com- - Be specific Lee says , . VICTORIA (CP).— Unions should . be attacking specific sections of the _ provincial government's labor code amendments, instead of acting ‘ irresponsibly, B.C, Liberal Leader Art Lee said Tuesday. . _ Lee said his main objection-to the | proposed amendments involves - changes in union certification procedures which he called an attack on the trade union movement, However, he supports other sec- tiona of the bill, such as the outlawing of political strikes. oe Lee said instead of participating in walkouts, unions should be attacking specific elements of the labor code changes — those parts of the: bill . Which take away long-established union rights. Lee said demonstrations may _ attract a lot of attention, but they do not help the union cause. — The changes to the code were given _ approval in principle early Tuesday ‘ by the Social Credit majority. ‘provincial government amendments to the Labor Code and warned that the work stoppages may spread throughout British Columbia. The building trades’ desire to see the fair proceed went out the window ‘when the labor code changes. were introduced, said Gautier, adding that negotiations aver the use of non-union: labor at the Expo site are over. -Labor Minister Bob McClelland saidin Victoria that the dispute at the Expo. site was a private matter between the workers and the management of the world's fair, McClelland said it was up to the Labor Relations Board to determine if the walkout is illegal. “If management wants to appear before the labor board and askcfor a ruling, they have the opportunity to do that.”’ OPEN TO ALL ; ‘The Labor Code amendmerits, - given approval in principle early Tuesday following an evening sitting of the legislature, will allow the government to declare projects such as) Expo economic development projects and open to ail contractors and workers. : . ‘The amendments also restrict secondary picketing and make it easier to certify or decertify a union local. : The Social Credit government, through Expo chairman Jim Pat- tison, had been seeking assurances from the building trades’ council that ‘there will be no disruptions in site : Gautier: o : . = . . . - construction and that union and-non-": union workers will be permitted "to — work side-by-side. The goyernment is concerned that. the. building: trades will’ Invoke. 4 clause in their collective agreement _which permits council members to refuse to-work alongside fon-union workers or those not affiliated with the building trades council. Last month, Bennett announced after much agonizing that the fair, which runs from May to October in 1986, would proceed, But he warned that any disruptions to the building and operation of the fair would not be tolerated and said the government would bring in legislation to prevent any strike or lockout. . The fate of: the fair hung in the balance after the management elations- in the province. ” ; In a March 29 televised provin- cewide address, Bennett spoke specifically of problems at one construction site on the south shore of False Creek.in downtown Vancouver. Several confrontations belween unionized and ‘non-unionized . con- struction workers took place at that site, where a non-union contractor was constructing a luxury con-. dominium. . The building trades council was found:guilty of contempt of court for disobeying a B.C. Supreme Court order limiting pickets at the site and prohibiting them from impeding or intimidating employees of the non- union contractor. The council is to be sentenced June 15. - Job shortage sparks an idea VANCOUVER (CP) — University of British Columbia students, anxious about dismal summer job prospects and reduced financial aid from _ government, have set up their own _ job placement service to drum up employment. _ In its first week of service, Job Link, run by two university students, found jobs for 20 students in restaurant and clerical work. About 25) students have applied, but Ross Pink, the project co-ordinator, Is optimistic jobs can be found for many of them as well. “Werun a slightly different service than Canada Manpower does," Pink said in an interview. “Manpower mainly posts jobs available while we run through, applications... from .. * “students and try to link them up. with prospective employers we have:been canvassing.” a Job Link received about $10,000 in funding from a Canada Manpower Careers grant and the university's alma mater society, enough for Pink and fellow worker Simon Feshadri to hunt down possible jobs, sift through ' student applications and join up the two, ‘ Students are more desperate this year, Pink said, because not only are Victim ran onto knife, jury is told TORONTO (CP) — A Callanan jobs searee, but the provincial . government has cut down sub- stantlally on the amount of student aid, : WILL GET WORSE ; ; -“Last year may have been bad, but it looks like it's going to be even worse this year," he said, The Canadian ‘Federation of “Students has surveyed student ‘unemployment across the country and found British Columbia has one of the highest rates — about 93 per cent. ; ’ Consequently, students have much lower expectations about what they will be paid than in the past. "Two years ago, most students. expected to be paid between $5 and $6 an hour, This year, a lot are only asking for minimum wage — $3.65." we ‘British’ ' Coliinbia’s ‘brad! tional -!gumimer student employers — forest firms, mining and fishing — have been laying off people, leaving no room for students, so Job Link is focussing on other sectors in hunting down jobs. © “We've been encouraging students to apply for jobs in the computer field, office work, child care, gar- dening and home repair,” Pink said, _adding women having better luck — - said — the as Eth _ young hockey player from . Abbotsford, B.C., “ran ‘ onto the knife” that ended _ his career, a county court _ jury was told Tuesday during the final argument by a defence lawyer. , | Dianne Martin said Clay Nygaard, 21, didn't see the ’ knife Steven Callanan had drawn to protect himself on Yonge Street last year . after a dispute. Callanan, 24, who' has pleaded not guilty to . aggravated assault in the May 1993 stabbing, was not a “knife-wielding assailant (but a) frightened young man faced with a situation . ; he had never seen before,” _ Martin said. : In earlier testimony, Callanan said Nygaard —- in Toronto at the time with Abbotsford Flyers for a national fiockey cham- pionship — and a group of other players had charged _ at him and a friend. players had called them ‘faggots and goofs” and, when he retorted, they charged. a He said the knife was in his pocket because he had bought it the previous day for his job..a8 a roofer. Aiter the stabbing, he fled. However, ° Crown Attorney Peter Griffiths said in his final argument that ‘ toward Nygaard “like a man walking into a fight.” - Griffiths said Nygaard was: prepared.to fight but didn't expect to be stab- bed He. also ‘sald . that. although the hockey players had just. emerged: from a tavern frequented by homosexuals — which _ they said they went into by ‘mistake — they deny making remarks about homosexuals. Judge Hugh Locke is ta address the jury today. Callanan- walked. In Kitimat Kitamaat Village. There are only five days left to participate in the Tertace-Kitimat, fitness challenge!. there will be a community.walk today starting at 7 p.m. from each of the elementary schools, and from a selected spot in Cablecar and The walks will be about 30 minutes long and will ba led by the alderman. No events are planned for Thursday in Kitimat. In Terrace a free fitness class will be held today in the arena banquet room from 6 to 7 p.m., and a free aerobic dance session at the Uplands Elementary School from 7:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. ‘Thursday there will be a free fitness session for seniors at the Happy Gang Centre from 2 to 2:30 p.m. ; Free .1Sminute fitness classes will be held Thursday in the banquet room at the following mes; 3, 3:20, 5, 5:30, 8:30.and 9 p.m. Ted a Li ‘Physical . + Activity Week May 13-27, 1984 than men at tinaing jobs this sum- mer. ; Students feel particularly pressured this. summer, he said, because the B.C. goyernment has revised student aid, doing away with a grant of 25 per cent of any Joan it made available to ‘students previously. Pink is critical of the provincial government’s . Student Capital Venture Program, an attempt to provide job opportunities. ’ He said the program, under which . a student can borrow $2,000 — repayable at the end of the summer —to set up a business appeals to few students. “How can you expect a-student to go into business when small businesses.that have-been opsrating for years.ore. going bankrupt At a record rate?” _ Students fear that if their venture fails, they will be left in even poorer shape than if they had no summer job at all. : _ Despite the gloomy picture, Pink remains optimistic about Job Link. “We're not being pessimistic. Even if we find only a few jobs for students this summer, that's better than no “government . became concerned about labor- pean Aes oe It’s that time of year again wher ‘Fitness tests are belng conducted in local schools and Thornhill Primary School was no exception. Valerie Dalton gives her class of grade twos and threes last minute If- tres. e Canada ‘The Herald, Wetinesday, May 16, 1984, Page 3 structions and encouragement while Prin- cipal Jim Steele prepares to keep time. The children were competing In the 300-metre un, inspection detail a mystery VICTORIA (CP) — A licence for the 20-year-old Conmac Stages Lid. “bus which crashed on Mount Washington in. January was con- sidered on the basis of public need for a bus service, a coroner's inquest . was told Tuesday. . But Al Fitch, superintendent of the provincial motor carriers branch, said his branch relied on Conmac to do its own mechanical safety in- spections of its buses, The branch enforces orders made by the Motor Carrier Commission. A mechical inspection had been carried out on the ill-fated bus, Fitch testified, but added that he couldn’t say who it did, when it was done, or. what the results were. The inquest is looking into the deaths of Adam Kerr, 17, and Scott. Branson, 16, who died as a result of the Jan. 30 crash. The two were among a group of Saanich, B.C., high school students who were returning home from a day of skiing. Fitch also told the inquest jury that he could not recall seeing the in- spection report referred to in the ~Deetors charged: # Roe 8G FG * VANCOUVER (CP) — An investigation by. the Vancouver police nar- cotica- squad has led to' charges against seven local physicians. “The doctors, who are scheduled to appear in provincial court May 31, face a variety of charges involving so-calied street ficking drugs including ritalin-and talwin, which police say are heroin substitutes. ° - Dr. Robert Schulze faces four, counts, two of traf- unlawfully administering controlled drugs. ; The police investigation into prescribing practices is continuing. 1 company’s initial application for a licence for the bus in May 1980. He said that as far as he knew, no inspection reports were submitted in annual licence renewals, even when conditions of the licence were changed, as in May 1983 when the commission gave the bus company approval to expand charter service to include excursions to Mount Washington. PROBLEMS SERIOUS Testimony has revealed that the bus was overcrowded and that there were serious mechanical problems on the bus, including faulty breaks and extensive corrosion of the frame. Fiteh said his branch has the authority: to demand an inspection and take a defective vehicle off the road. Seven inspectors enforce thase regulations provincewide. ° But he said his authority is limited. He has no jurisdiction over a charter bus carrying a school group. 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