_ : Hallowe’en is about the only major mark that the
ancient Irish Celts left on, the modern Western calen-
dar. In the cycle of seasons, it’s the mid-point between
the autumn equinox and mid-winter’s day. The Celts .
thought it wasa good time to commune with the _
‘spirits of the departed and set the record straight be-
tween the quick and the dead so everyone could rest
easy for another year. _ oe
That original intent has gotten somewhat bent out
of shape over the centuries. A midnight visit to the
local graveyard could land a person in the cross-bar
‘hotel for an evening, and the pressing considerations
of day-to-day life in a fast-paced high-tech world leave
- little time for encounters with disgruntled shades from
_ the Other Side. What we need to maintain any sort of
- significance for this annual nod to the occult are some
‘real 20th century spooks that don’t require crossroads,
full moons and incantations, specters that are right .
.there and accessible to take a look at in this post-
-Hallowe’en editorial, so... how about PCB’s? :
"These chemicals are part of the modern pantheon of
horrors that are much more nightmarish than those
- silly films people occasionally use to scare themselves
out of their wits — these things are real and they’re
seemingly everywhere. There was an uproar recently
when it was revealed that the federal government was
considering storage of PCB’s from Castlegar at the
Terrace airport; an Environment Canada inventory
-last year indicated there are several sites already being
‘used in this area. a .
_ There’s something wrong with the PCB scare
‘scenario, however. In reviewing the matter, one finds
that they were identified as a hazard to health and the
environment, production was outlawed, devices using
the chemical are being retired from service, the

material is: being :stored-in secure.areas,.and thes .y erste See aedes

owners are waiting for some means to become
available whereby the PCB’s can be destroyed com-
pletely. Well, what’s wrong with that? ;
~ Isn’t that. the way it’s supposed to work? If we’re
-having public acceptance problems dealing with these
- things — the Terrace airport apparently has an ideal
spot to put them — what’s going to happen when
other hazardous goods are taken out of service, as
numerous groups and individuals are urging? It’s easy
to clamor for action from the government, but the
hard part is talking to the spooks when they start
coming out of the ground in your back yard.

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VANCOUVER — Sheer stu-
pidity.
That's the only way to

~ describe the decision of out

premier and the minister of

highways to tell jokes with

racial or religious overtones the
day after religion was an issue
on the floor of the annual
Social Credit convention.

It doesn’t matter a damn
how ‘‘tame’’ or innocuous Bill

_ Vander Zalm’s.or Neil Vant's _
jokes last Saturday may or may

not have been.

But it matters a great deal to.
realize what obvious insensitiyi-
ty and lack of political
awareness those two evidenced

staunch defenders of Mr.
Vander Zalm and Mr. Vant
within Social Credit are saying
that the stories were told at a
“private”? caucus breakfast,
and therefore should not have
been reported? ce
Well, there were hundreds in
attendance at the posh Pan.
Pacific Hotel session, some of

whom left after Vant's tasteless .

display. It’s hardly surprising
that journalists were told of the
jokes soon afterward.

It makes one wonder how
much ionger the majority of
Socreds are going to let the far-
right element rule their party

and control their conventions. ~

~ [ had 30-year Socred'
members saying they were

The view from —
: Victoria —_—

by John Pifer

cet bewaed tee pa TE
some last-minute game playing
with the parliamentary rules
prevented open debate on the
“Christian principles”’ clause in
the constitution. _
Mr. Levy, who is Jewish, felt
betrayed — and rightly so —
when a morning decision to

- debate the matter was over- -

turned after lunch. —

The: perception left is that
this Social Credit Party of
Premier Vander Zalm is in-
tolerant of “him and his
kind”, as one of them put it.

Added. to all the other gaffes
and scandals surrounding this
leader and his friends, the
latest events will serve only-to
reaffirm in many people’s.
minds (and especially those
who once voted Socred) why
they want them out.

Vant may disappear in the |
imminent Cabinet shuffle, but
the attitudes he and. a few ,
others in the inner circle hold
about such issues will not.

Stupidity laced with bigotry
is very, very dangerous,

‘A quick word about the
anachronism that is the
women’s auxiliary to the Social
Credit Party. What a creaking,
old-fashioned, outmoded idea
an auxiliary is in this modern
day,

There are many men in and
out of Social Credit who
believe it is right thinking that

‘they have a women’s group to

ashamed and downright scared _help raise some constituency

at the way Michael Levy was
treated, for example.

The former by-election can-
didate for the party was booed
and jeered as he strode from
the convention floor in anger

funds, to run the socials and to

bake the cookies, while the:
men get on with the serious
business of governing and

_ stuff.

Well, based upon some con-

| and frustration on Friday, after -versations and observations =

here, it appears that there are

many women within Social

Credit — even some under 40

— who believe that, too. Little:

wonder that in a caucus of 43,

the Socreds have but three
“women.

_And until or unless the
Socreds realign or reform the
1950s’ concept of a separation
between what the men can do
and what the women can do
for the party, chances are that
vast percentage difference will
remain constant.

Let’s get one thing straight —

once and for all, dear readers, —

about this correspondent and
the premier,

Because of some letters from
and some discussions with
readers, I feel compelled to
point out a few facts of life
about the media, columnists
and commentators, as viewed
from this corner.

I hold no personal animosity

‘toward Bill Vander‘Zalm.
Period. In fact, I imagine he

could be an entertaining guy to.

‘have a beer with on his good
days. .
I do not think of him in
terms of like or hate, or wor-
ship or despise. But often I
reflect the views, opinions, and
comments of those who do, —
publicly and privately, because
that is my chosen profession.
And if he or any politician
‘acts ina manner which]
evaluate as wise, self-serving,
forward-looking, malicious, —
revolutionary, dangerous, pro-

- gressive, foolhardy, considerate

or downright stupid, I will
comment on those actions.
~ You, the reader, can then -

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