CE The family of

the '1990s° will’ continue’ ‘the
‘trend of the 80s — more one-
‘| parent households, fewer

“children, more families com-.
“posed: of children from
“ ¢arlier

domestic ar-
Tangements, ;
-:More. . and more

households will be minus a
. father and those households

* that do, will find the parents
having children later on.

‘The greatest trend will be

_ towar

families without

“fathers; says Statistics
~ Canada,
' "By the 2001, says the

federal. agency, only 47 per
cent of all households will be

_ considered traditional, that

is, having two parents and at
leaut one child, ;
- In 1986, for example, 55

per cent of families fit that
traditional model.

The 1990s will also see a
continuation of the country’s

falling birthrate.

Women, on average, had
1.66 children in 1987, the
latest year for which statistics
are available.

This is down from the 1.75
in 1980 and considerably
lower than the 2,17 children
per women it’s estimated
that’s needed to replace the
population,

Projections indicate the
figure will be arcund 1,7, or
even fall a bit,. in the next

ure social trends

decade.

One body, the Economic
Council of Canada, says the
continued downward trend
in population will be tied to
the cost of raising children. It
adds that the cost of inter-
rupting a woman's career to
have a child will form part of
the equation,

. Despite. this, Canada’s
population of approximately
26 million is growing, but
more slowly than before,

Yet the population. will ....
begin declining. by 2025,-
assuming the federal govern-.
ment doesn’t increase. he

rate of immigration: oe

In terms of. health, gitls
born in 1986 have a Life ex-
pectancy of 80° years on
averae, while boys born the
same year can expect to live
73 years.

-And since we're growing
alder and doing it more
rapidly, fewer younger peo-
ple will be paying taxes to

oc reef

phat? Ss “geen: as a”
troublesome’ point. consider-
ing that. medical advances
--mean ‘that people will live:
longer, bringing increased
costs in that area,

But,, the full impact of a
greying population won’t be -
felt for another 20. years.:-:
That's when retirement [.
becomes open to the baby Q
boom generation.

*

Into the 90s — some predictions

_ By JIM FULTON ,
As we enter the final decade
of the 20th century it is
breathtaking to review the
changes and to ponder the
future.

This century has brought
about enormous changes in how
we live, how we work, and how
we see ourselves.

These changes have benefited
most Canadians although the
1980's proved to be the decade
of major structural change in
Canada’s ecomony. The rich
have. become richer — a tiny 8

per cent of Canadians now can-
trol over 50 per cent of
Canada’s welath!

I predict that the 1990s will be
the decade of two major issues.
On the economic side it will be
the decade of tax revolt by the
working families of British Col-
umbia and Canada. Having to
work from January until July

“just to pay federal, provincial,
local and other taxes, is too
much,

I expect the 90s to be the
decade of the environment. The
desire for certainty of clear air
and water; for sure supplies of
food. and resources — will pro-
duce a groundswell of en-
vironmental protection
' unimaginable in the first 90
years of this century.

The introduction of vast new
forms of energy conservation
and efficiency which are just -
barely imaginable now will be
very much a part of our lives by
the year 2000.

I expect that the vast political
changes we have witnessed in
the Soviet Union and Eastern
Europe in recent months will
lead to an end of the Cold War
and the diversion of the over
one trillion dollars per year
spent on arms — to other social
and economic ends.

Jim Fulton ts the New
Democratic Party MP for
Skeena.

By JACK TALSTRA

At a moderate rate of growth
we should expect the population
of greater. Terrace to increase
two-fald to approximately
36,000.

Kitimat and Prince Rupert
will undoubtedly also increase
and the region encompassing
the three communities may well
be home to some 80-90,000 in-
habitants.

Terrace’s role in the region
will continue to be that of
facilitator for its sister city ports
and its links with Kitimat will
become more intertwined. :The
Terrace-Kitimat.» corridor ; will
experience more activity and the
Lakelse Lake region will
become an environmental and
tecreational protected zone.

The airport will have increas-
ed its size, surrounded by light
industrial and warehousing
complexes, Thornhill and Ter-
tace, one in spirit, will be one in
Teality.

The key to Terrace’s growth
will be its ability to promote its
transportation and communica-
tion links in all directions. The
east-west service corridor along
Highway 16 and the CNR will
allow Terrace to become the
marshalling, warehousing,
distribution centre for the port
of Prince Rupert, particularly
with our available, cheap,
developable flat land.

The Hwy 37 corridor will
allow Terrace to provide a
similar role for the port of
Kitimat, particularly as the
Telkwa by-pass route will be a
reality.

Terrace's population will be
more stable and somewhat older
than it is today, No longer will
‘pensioners’ retire to the
south. They will remain in Ter-
race with their extended
families, as, more and more, the
region will offer all the

TERRACE — What do you think the 1990s will bring?
That’s the question we asked of some northwest citzens. &
On this page you'll find their responses — they cover a
range of opinions and predictions from politics to education

amenities one could hope for,

including affordable housing.
Lakelse Lake may well become
a “‘retiree’s mecca”.

The future will see an ever in-
creasing awareness and em-
pathy by the white culture for
native problems and concerns.
Economic and social develop-
ment will take place only after
consultation, understanding,
and agreement has been achiev-
ed between the two cultures,

Each will learn from the other
and each will appreciate the
other, and in so doing, each will
enhance the quality of life that
both will strive to enjoy and
pass on to their children.

Jack Talstra is the mayor of

| Terrace and chairman of the

Kitimat-Stikine regional

district,

By WILFRED MCKENZIE
Political — Jean Chretien will
be the next leader of the Liberal
Party of Canada, and the next
Prime Minister of Canada.
A woman for the opposition
— she has a fifty/fifty chance.
Economy of the northwest
will shift from natural resource
extraction to tourist-oriented
economy. The native culture
will play a large role in this
development, especially with
the development of the historic
park at Kitselas Canyon.
Highways — the road to
Prince Rupert may be com-
pleted in the next decade.
Weather — the annual rain-
fall will increase by two per cent
per year due to the greenhouse
effect unless there are im-
provements in the environmen-
tal protection policies.
Fisheries — fish stocks in the
northwest will continue to
decline unless the international

and the economy fo the environment.

"agreements are designed t to con-
serve Canadian salmon.

Terrace will become the
gateway to the north and will
become a major service centre
which will double its population
in the next 10 years,

Wilfred McKenzie is band

manager at Kitselas and is on
the board of the Tsimshian
Tribal Council,

By SUE TROMBLEY

People dealing with educa-
tion know that many changes
have occurred in society, °

In-1966 when I was in grade
eight 1 was taught to type on an
Underwood manual typewriter
and Gestetners were used to:
make copies. Today in the
schools you find typewriters
with memories, computers with
mouses, fax machines,
photocopiers and calculators.
Parent-teacher interviews which
were upheard of in my day are
now common place, The thing
that has not kept up with
change, however is the cur-
Ticulum.

To help our students cope
with change the Year 2000
documents were prepared by the
Ministry of Education as a
result of a recent royal commis-
sion,

The basic idea in these
documents, theme teaching, is
not foreign to teachers especial-
ly those familiar with whole
language learning.

Theme teaching means that a
story about kites can incor-
porate science for wind; math
for measurement; social studies
when studying kites from
around the worid and reading.

Take this process of theme
teaching, apply it to the Yeer
2000 planned curriculum, add
teacher input and education,

e Population in 1980, 24
‘million; in 1988, 25.9
million,
. Immigration in 1980,
138,079; in 1988, 150,898.
* Birthrate in 1980, 15.5 per
-- 1,000: population; in 1987,
_« 14,4 per 1,000.
~~ # Marriage rate in 1980, 8 per
--],000 population; in 1987,
7.1 per.1,000. .
® Divorce, rate in 1970, 2.6

“-* 1986, 3.1 pér 1,000.
=e Average size of Canadian

“jn 1986, 3.1 people.
- «Percentage of Canadians

cent; in 1986, 10 per cent.

“per 1,000. population; in
families in 1981, -3.3- people;
oe living alone in 1981,.9 per -

-@ Percentage “of. women
- working | outside the homein -

jow we're
changing

1975, 41 per cent; in 1988, 53
per cent.

* Percentage of men in 1971
who will never marry, 10 per
cent; in 1985, 17 per cent.

¢ Percentage of women in
1971 who will never marry, 8
per cent; in 1985, 14 per cent.
« Percentage of - divorced
men in 197] expected to
remarry, 85 per cent} in 1985,
76 per cent. a

« Percentage: of. divorced
women in 1971 expected to
remarry, 79 per cent; i in 1985,
64 per cent. .

« Average duration of mar-
tlage before divorce in 1969,
15 years; in 1986, 9 years, .

® Number of two-income
families in 1967, 133. million;
dn: 1986, 34 million. :

and the results are students not
only with basic skills but who
also possess improved skills in
critical thinking and are able to
achieve independent thought
and reasoning.

If our students have these
skills they should enjoy a world
with high employment, solu-
tions to environmental concerns
and cures for diseases —- things
of which their parents can only
dream,

Sue Trombley is a teacher.

oa

By J.ROCKY GRAY

The synthetic animal will take
a beating, but the real furbearer
will be spared, The highway to
Price Rupert may be finished in
the late 90’s but the highway
that was first done will have
fallen apart because of age.

Our premier will lose the next
election, and become the new
ticket taker at Fantasy Gardens.

The Terrace airport will
become the only spot in the
world to test fighter pilots,
because if they can land here,
they can Land in a rowboat,

The area mountains will be
lowered so that rain clouds will
be able to pass through, without
stalling over the Terrace area
for seasons at a time.

The chairs in city council will
be filled with people other than
teachers, lawyers, or plumbers
and hopefully not store workers.
that are consumed by the Sun-
day shopping money.

Everything will become
digital and analogue will have
died.

USA’s west coast will become
New Japan or Japan West after
the next big quake or financial
merge.

Joe Clark will become a
Prime Minister again, not of
Canada but of South Africa.

Fishing along the B.C. coast
will take a new twist. All you
will need is fairly good eye sight
instead of tackle because the
fish will have the ability to glow
in the dark.

Super conductors will be in,
newsprint will suffer and the
owners of the mega polluters
will continue to live as the Un-
touchables, on Fantasy Island.

Some of my beliefs 1 hold
true, but most can be taken with
a pinch of salt.

J.Rocky Gray is a writer living
in Terrace.

By GAIL HARKER
Trying to determine what
might or might not happen in
1990 should be of little concern
tous. What is more important is

\s

iM OME A ot VS 1 AS

making sure everyone knows
the One who holds the future.

However 1990 is a significant
year, It introduces the final
decade of this century. Tc some
this might mean doom and
gloom. But to others it could
mean a new lease on life — a
sense of hope and peace being
aroused in one’s self.

Since coming to Terrace my
husband and I have sensed and
felt a continuous healthy
growth within this area. With its

, scenic surroundings and caring

people, Terrace possesses the
needed nutrients to maintain
this growth. We have so much
to be thankful for — let’s not
take this for granted.

Contrary to my initial state-
ment, I would like to make one
speculative comment: I pray
that we will see more growth in
1996 but more importantly
spiritual growth wil! abound as

well. . ;
As Paul wrote in Ephesians

3:16-19 (JBP) ‘...1 pray
that...Christ may actually live
in your hearts by your faith.
And I pray that you, firmly fix-
ed in love yourselves, may. be
able to grasp (with all Chris-
tians) how wide and deep and
long and high is the love of
Christ — and to know. :for
yourselves that. love 50 far
beyond our comprehension.

May you be filled through all
your being with God Himself!’’
Salvation Army A/Captain Gail
Harker is based in Terrace.

By TERRY ELKIW

When I think of the 1990s ]
think of the last decade of the
last century rather than rushing
ahead to the space-age-
sounding year of 2000,

E am curious what people 100
years ago feared or hoped for
from the century soon to begin.

Our ancestors undoubtedly
knew that they were on the
brink of tremendous change as
they could see their world
shrinking with accelerated
transportation and communica-
tion,

However, human nature be-
ing what it is, some things re-
main constant. French language
rights and native land claims are
as much “‘les causes celebres’’ in
Canada now as in 1890.

Those of us at or near mid-
life, or older, have witnessed in-
credible technological and
scientific leaps in our lifetimes
and may wonder at the rate of
advancement in the future.

The remaining decade of this
century may be the last chance
to make our mark. Some of us.
will be left behind in the 20th
century and some will move for-
ward, struggling to keep pace
with our children.

The 1990s will see
McDonald's in Moscow, British
rule end in F.ong Kong, and
democratic growth in countries
such as the USSR, East Ger-
many and Czechoslovakia,

Will the 90s see the end of
apartheid, cancer, human in-
justice or acid rain? Probably
not, but we could set the stan-
dards For the next century: ©

' Terry Elkiw is a volunteer with. =
the Terrace: Churches’: Food ws

Bank,