soy nedislative Librar ‘k : . arliment Buildings B.C, VICTORIA (cP) — - British Columbia’s . “new human: rights code, which came in With © “sparked massive uproara ‘when it was, «presented to the legislature last summer as | fa of a flood of program-cutting legislation. The outrage was 80 great the government ~ ee ' was forced-to let:the legislation die on the : torder. paper, ‘promising’'to consult ‘with: before bringing ‘ in ‘¢ community ‘Broups “ another hill. 4 a roar, has been approved by the provincial ~ +; legislature after only a whimper. of protest; 2 “The first version of the new.code, which is ° ‘expected’ to become! ‘law’ on: Thursday; | predecessor. But organizers’ of a " yecent _ _Brotest here were only able muster 75 people “who melted ‘away li the drizzle after a two- ‘ day vigil, instead of the massive crowds that were hoped to say for four,days.. Protests by four federal cabinet ministers, human rights advocacy groups and-the New - Democratic Party failed to sway the Social Credit government, which has used ‘its - majority to get’ the bill through the ‘Jégislature. “A-last-ditch effort by the B.C. Human ’ Rights Coalition failed this week when Lt.- ‘Gov. Bob ‘Rogers said it would not be ap- ‘the’ catch-all “provision ‘legislation passed bya elear majority of the legislature. : Opposition : ‘pentredd on: -thie elimination of discrimination: iwwithout “reasonable cause.” Human rights. adyorates sald the clause was used by a wide: ‘range ‘of people not - specifically mentloned i in the code, auich as Colin homosexuals... New ‘Democra “labof.. crite Gabelmann. ‘said: ‘there: are " major. om- missions in the the bhutan rights act, and the “way to catch thet js,to liave such a clause. ~” However, Labor Minister Bob McClelland prohibiting - aL fY an Ric ights | c ode : too ‘wide a nel, ‘and we wanted to'zero in more. specifically. ‘onthe areas in most, need af: - and refer cases it cannot solve to the protection.’ “He said more than 90 per cent of human rights complaints deal with employment so “we wanted to make certain that those areas were covered, and that the council and people involved would spend most of their “time dealing with the area where there was the most abuse,” The legislation ‘officially elioinates the three-member Human Rights Commission and the 19-member human rights branch of the Labor Ministry, replacing them with a five-member human rights council that: will receive, investigate and adjudicate disputes, minister of Labor. The minister vill then either appoint someone to conduct the hearing or dismiss the dispute. OUTLAWED BY CODE ‘ . The new code outlaws discrimination in publications including advertising, public facilities, purchase of property, rental of property, employment practices and em- ployment and by unions and associations on the basis of race, color, ancestry, place of origin, political belief, religion, marital _ x The’ new code is little changed from its ’ " Serving the: Progressive 7 North west certain, babies Wednesday, May 16, 08 “More militant ‘nurses, “says” director : “TORONTO (CP) — Nurses will “Mmely become, more militant in protecting thembelves after the way . they have been treated by the royal ‘commission | investigating 36 “mysterious baby deaths at the ar oe: Hospital for Sick Children, an Ottawa’ nursing director says. “Dr. Marion McGee, the’ last wit- ness to appear before the com- mission in its first phase, said. ‘Tuesday the commission has put some nurses In a “‘no-win" situation because their actions have been put . under intense public ‘scrutiny. * She sald nurses are likely to beeome more "self-interested" and pay strict attention to their actions because of the commission, headed ’ by Mr. Justice Samuel Grange. McGee, director of the. School of Nursing at the University of Ottawa, was called as a witness at the request of the Registered Nurses ‘Association of Ontario. [twas ‘the asSociation, dnd its ' Jawyers~ who took -Grange--to' the Ontario Court of’ Appeal , and won a "ruling. that. prohibits’ him ’ from riaming anyone .who might have given the babies overdoses of the . heart drug digoxin. “Grange and “the association, through lawyer. Francis Kiteley, continued to clash Tuesday as the fudge refused to allow the lawyer t to question McGee about - professional propriety of some nurses on the cardiac ward where — the. unexplained. deaths occurred. " Kitely protested that: the question was being asked on behalf of 42,000 registered nurses in Ontario. But Grange replied: “I don’t see, : . how 42,000nurses are affected by the “Actions of certain nurses. Ifa nurse ‘fs arrested for drunk driving does Ahat, become a concern for all nur- ‘bes?” Kitely replied: “We! re not talking about drunk driving."! : “No,” Grange said, “we're talking ‘about something much worse,” Kitely did succeed in- asking ‘McGee about oneof the major issues ‘before the commission: Why some nurses nay. be unable, to remember aid the cir- cumstances under which they died. my propriate for him to refuse Royal assent to sald’ the clause was stopped beeause it “cast ° status, physical or mental disability or sex: * 1 a It's National Police “Week RCMP have a display in the mali explaining how the police and the community can work together to prevent crime. , The theme of 25 cents and Terrace ., police week Is quailty of life, _ Terry Pakenhan, centre, and Constable Phil Noonan, right, discuss the role of the police with Terrace resident Alvin Purdy. Established 1908 Constable Natives plan Terrace museum a by! RALPH RESCHKE Herald Staff Writer TERRACE— The Kermode Friendship Society is waiting for a reply from Terrace municipal council to a request for a $5,000 contribution towards a feasibility study for a native Indian museum to. be built in Terrace. . Viola Thomas, one of the Kermode Friendship Society directors says the money.is needed to make up the 25 per cent of the cost the society must bear in order to have a study funded by the National Museum ° assistance program. ‘The second phase of the Thornhill soccer -tleld Is under way. 1 Here a grader donated to the project by Ron King Is levelling gut the fleid. Dave Dams also supplied a front-end loader for work on the fleld. Raridy Cowans, project co-ordinator would like to thank those who donated equipment. The field will be. ready for action next summer. WHY BUY NEW? WHEN USEDWILL Dor Doyou want parts to fix up your car but your budget — won't allow it? Beat the high cost of new parts with quality used parts fram ; _ $.K.B. AUTO SALVAGE f 635-2333 or 635-9095 « _ 3490 Duhai (lustétt Hwy. te) “The program will pay for wp to75 per cent of the cost of having a study conducted, as long as the sponsoring organization can pay the remaining 25 per cent,” she said. < - To date, the Society has received three bids, for consulting work ranging from - $18,000 to. $42,000 Thomas says the directors . are waiting to see how much-the group will have to raise locally before choosing one of the bids, we Council has forwarded the request to the finance committee, which will make a’ recommendation for -the next council meeting. - Bob Hallsor, clerk-administrator said the. finance committee ‘must decide what will be best for the city and the .Kermode Friendship Society. Three alternatives were raised at the Monday eyening meeting. One dealt with the con- tribution of a cash grant, another would see the society receive some property In liew of cash, or the municipality would provide work assistance with the museum con- struction, should it go beyond the planning stage. The Kermode Friendship’ Society hopes the grant will be a. non- repayable contribution because benefits from the museum: will -be returned to the comimaanalty in, ‘the form of tourist dollars and property taxes. The group hopes to raise its share of the $10,000 through its monthly © bingo and Thomas says that should | council decide not to contribute, the | society will just work harder to raise the money themselves. ; She said the deadline for sub- ’ missions for the feasibility study is June i, and from that point, the ‘Natlonal Museum committee will decide whether or not to make the grant available. About $785,000 to one million tourists visit the Yellowhead region each year and the museum would also attract area residents. _ Friendship societies were started in the 1950s in Winnipeg to provide services for off-reserve natives — because many natives were moving from reserves into urban areas. Many lacked education and... couldn't cope with urban life. The societies were started to help in- troduce the natives to a new lifestyle. Says Viola Thomas, “The museum will not only preserve our native culture and history, but it will also help educate the non-native as to. what our native Indian heritage is, and hopefully dispel any prejudice that exists.” Mulroney will talk peace with Reagan OTTAWA (CP) — Prime Minister . Trudéau’s peace initiative stopped “dead as a doornail” in Washington — and. Conservative Leader - Brian : Mulroney says he intends to: find out why.when | he meets. President Reagan “next month. . “PH be: ‘discussing it’ President Reagan next: month. . .why the peace initiative didn’t go very far,’ Mulroney said today en route to the weekly meeting of Conservative MPs and senators.. His comments came afler lear- ning Trudeau has renewed tils peace initiallve by sending letters lo Reagan and Soviet Leader Kon- stantin Chernenko, ; An aide to the prime minister sald the letters, sent last week, detail two of Trudeau's proposals té control with nuclear arms, outlined in a general manner during the prime minister's three-month - international peace mission which ended last February. The two specific points are restricting the mobility of in- tercontinentai ballistic missiles and betler techniques for monitoring production -and deployment of nuclear weapons. Mulroney said he was not in- formed of Trudeau's latest move, “I was unaware until I read it this morning that he’s busy writing letters again.” MAKES INQUIRIES _ When asked. why the peace mission’ met resistance in Washington, Mulroney speculated it was due to a poor relationship between Canada and the United Btates, Fie weaken age igh mee ae ee be et oe OE Volume 78 No.96 Canada, U.S. fishing talks | WASHINGTON (CP) — Canadian and U.S. politicians blamed each other’s. countries Tuesday for the six-month impasse in negotiations for a West Coast salmon treaty but both sides said they hope the talks will be resumed... ; Canadian MPs and U. 5. senators met in camera for 214 hours to discuss what they could do to end the impasse that has existed since November when = government negotiators broke off talks.on a 1982 draft treaty that took 20 years’ to work out. Alaska Senalor Frank Murkoswki blamed Canadian negotiators for the impasse, telling reporters the Canadians. ‘have. ‘not. been responsive to open up: the lines ‘of communication” . while US. negoti tors. “have * ‘kept . the ‘door that ‘the Americans are responsible for the unrayelling of the draft agreement that was initialled’ - by both _governments, the Republican senator said all he could say is ‘indeed, we haven't reached an agreement” but the two sides should not give up. Two Canadian MPs, Liberal John - Reid and Conservative John Fraser, told reporters they will recommend to cabinet and government officials thal negotiations be —resiimed because depletion of salmon’ stocks has reached a critical point. ‘They used | diplomatic language to describe the outcome of the discussion but. a third MP, New Democrat Jim Fulton blamed the treaty trouble on ‘‘the political shenanigans and jiggery piggery, i of) Alaska, . ket about otis o of. Canadian. diploma coming, Thonestly believe, from the US. side.” Fulton agreed with Reid and Fraser that the. MPs .should recommend .-. resumption of negotiations but he doubted a treaty will be reached this year, adding: “It's important that the negotiators get back together to do one very simple thing — not to negotiate a treaty but to come together with an agreed statement of fact." He said there are differences _ between the politicians from each country, and evidently — the _ negotiators, over, just what has and has not been agreed upon. In the meantime, some salmon. species “are going the way of the buffalo.”. The’. ‘treaty .‘ proposals’ cover management of stocks that would ’ affect commercial and’ sport fishing British.: -Coluimbia, -~ Washington: and. ‘Oregon. - The negoflations - ‘apparently bogged © _, down in the fall over fishing rights von the Fraser River-and many other points: of contention appear to be outstanding. Without the agreement, Alaska can fish heavily in stocks of salmon returning to rivers in northern British Columbia to spawn while Canadians can do the same thing to stocks from Washington, Oregon and other northwest states. The trealy' is supposed to guarantee a-catch based on a - weighted proportion of fish retur- ning toe each countries and require both countries to recognize the other’s conservation and fish replenishment efforts, especially in the case of chinook salmon reared in Canadian waters. Polar bear scare on walk to Pole EDMONTON (CP) —- David Hempleman-Adams_ survived a brush with a polar bear and a plunge into icy Arctic waters during his solo trek ‘to the magnetic North Pole, says a member of a support team for the British adventurer. Hempleman-Adams, 27, a native of SBristol,. England, was _ recuperating at a base camp in Resolute Bay in the Northwest Territories Tuesday, a day after ending 8 gruelling 22-day walk across the arctic icecap. Bruce Jonasson, base manager for Bradley Air Services at Resolute Bay, said Hempleman-Adams covered the 400-kilometre journey alone, dragging a. plastic sled of supplies behind him, and received air-support only once before being plucked from the ice. . Jonasson said five days. after leaving Resolute Bay Hempleman-. Adams “had a run-in’’ with a 200- kilogram polar bear at the western end of Cornwallis Island and was forced to shoot the animal. He’ said poor radio conditions made voice contact impossible so the shaken explorer pushed an emergency. button on a satellite locater, sending his Bradley Air support team into action. “We flew out there," Jonasgon said in a telephone interview. “He did it because of the Jegal im- plications of having to shoot a bear, bul we didn’t know that. . .he was fairly excitable that day.” Jonasson sald Hempleman-Adanis ran into difficulty again near the northeast corner of Bathurst Island. FALLS THROUGH “There’s open water there and thin ice year round. One day he feli through twice, with skis on and everything. That spooked him pretty bad.” On each occasion the adventurer had to stop lo dry clothing and gear, Jonasson said weather conditions deteriorated 4s Hetnpleman-Adama eg mn ‘worked his way around the northern tip of -Bathurst Island, making ‘navigation difficult. The adventurer was forced ta rely on readings made with a camera light meter, which indicated the brightest point in the sky where the sun was and, when matched with the time of day, allowed Hempleman- Adams to estimate direction. Jonasson said skies cleared slightly last week.and Hempleman- Adams made a-:‘‘four-day all-out dash to the magnetic pole zone.” The magnetic North Pole is an indefinite point, drifting in a 100- kilometre elipse across ice-covered Bathurst Island about = 1,600 kilometres from the geographic North Pole. Hempleman-Adams, scheduled to return to Britain Thursday, falled in a bid last year to become the first man to walk alone to the geographic North Pole when a rib injury forced him to aborl the attempt after 38 days on the ice. Lunch with Queen One of the first items on the agenda for Canada’s new Governor General, Jeante Sauve, will be lunch with Queen Ellzabeth at Buckingham Palace next month. Sauve, 62, said Tuesday in a telegram to the Queen that she and her family are “greatly looking forward” to the visit. “Asp your representative in Canada, I wish to express my loyally. and devollon, and my determination to serve you and the people of Canada to the ut- most of my capacity," added Sauve, Canada's 23rd Governor General. eee tree OE \e