Anyone who thinks this is an. inactive community
should check out the public agenda, around here for
the next two weeks.

This weekend Northern Native Broadcasting i is
celebrating the opening of its satellite distribution - _
system with a two- day blowout in ‘Terrace, featuring a
live concert July 21 in the arena, opening ceremonies —
the following afternoon with more. music at the band _

shell, and a banquet and dance that night i in the arena. -

July 27 and 28 will be the grand opening of the ex- |
tended care wing at the Terraceview Lodge: Health
minister Peter Dueck will make an appearance.

The following weekend Riverboat Days begins, run- _

ning for five days. When that ends, the reunion of
Skeenaview employees begins.

Summer may be the sultry seasun, but it certainly
isn’t slow in the northwest.

The health care field has provided one of the more
interesting venues for labor disputes that we’ve seen in
recent years. First the B.C. Nurses’ Union went on
. strike for the first time in their history. Following
that; talks between the Hospital Employees’ Union
and the beleaguered Health Labor Relations Associa-
tion broke down, and they went out.

The HEU settled, then it came about that the Inter-
national Union of Operating Engineers was taking a
strike vote. The BCNU. bargaining committee came
away from the table with a tentative deal that they
weren't nuts about but recommended as the best they
could get’

_ Last week the BCNU rank and file voted the ten-
tative agreement down by. 65 percent. As of yesterday
the bargaining committee was still sequestered in their
Burnaby office, putting what spokesman.Gerry Miller
called ‘the finishing touches’’ on a new negotiating
strategy, the nature of which he declined to reveal.
Mills Memorial Hospital administrator Shirley Bentley
said there are presently 60 patients in the facility, a
load she described as unusually heavy for summer.
The nurses are working to rule and exercising a ban
on overtime.

The Health Sciences Association contract talks are
tied to whatever the nurses get, so they’re in limbo,
too..

The bright side to this situation is that the medical

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VICTORIA — Over the past
few months of attempting to
rehabilitate his reputation and
credibility, Premier Bill Vander
Zalm sought opinion and ad-
vice from:a number of
quarters, including from some
of my colleagues in the
Legislative Press Gallery.

I know of at least six jour-
nalists/columnists who were

"The view from
_ Victoria —_—

by John Pifer:

turned i in his Socred member-

__ ship and will run in the
Cariboo as an independent, the

supporters of the late Alex
Fraser now can vote against
Vander Zalm without going to

the NDP. And yes, it would be

a vote against the. Premier, not
against the government.

@ To realize that sooner or
later, even some of his few re-

victions, but he has not been
wise in not integrating. them
with caution, into his oath to
serve ail of the people.

@ To remember, during his
Royal procession around the
province next month to re-sell
his charisma, that his biggest
obstacle to overcome is the
distrust in which he is held. It
has been created by his special- .

summoned to take tea with the
- Premier to discuss his current
standing in the media and with
the public. Others from in-

favors-for-friends antics, and

‘his dogmatic righteousness

over abortion, AIDS, condoms _
and ‘“‘knowing”’ what's right

maining loyalists in Cabinet
and caucus will want answers
to why the government con-

_ tinues to be battered and bash-

people at least seem to know how to run a hospital
better than they can run a set of contract negotiations.

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dustry, commerce and politics
were also feted, some lavishly,
to allow BVZ and Co. to pick
their brains.

Now, obviously the invita-
tion for ME to participate in a
cozy tea ceremony either went
astray in the internal mail, or 1
was out when the phone call
came! So, as a public service, I
thought it best to detail here
some of the things I would
have raised in such a session -
with the man, or The Boss as. .

his loyalists call him. Naturally,

this expert advice would have
been warmly received, right?
Right.

Anyway, this humble scribe
would have advised Bill Vander

.zZalm:

@ To be wary of those who
say all he needs is one by-
election win in the Cariboo ‘‘to

‘turn things around”, and that

it will be an easy one to win.
The disillusionment and dis;
satisfaction within the Social

‘Credit Party runs as deeply

now as it did in June of 1988
when the “‘safe’’ Socred seat of
Boundary Similkameen was
won hatids-down by the NDP.
And now that a strong party

supporter, one Reg Cullis, has

ed in the polls and by the
media, despite a booming
economy and some innovative
and welcome programs and
policies. Would it be too crass
to suggest he look in ‘the mirror
for the answer?
e To understand why those _
MLAs whom he knows, or
believes, are ‘‘apainst” him,
are taking no direct action..

yet, They are not gutless, but .
are merely trying to be astute,

_ cautious politicians. They know

full well that if they were to’

" cross the floor to sit as in- |

dependents, or to voice fully
and publicly their concerns
over the Premiier’s leadership,
they could kiss goodbye any
local projects for which they
have been given approval from

highways, or municipal affairs,

or regional development
ministries.

@ To learn to respect the fact

that those who hald opinions

‘ on matters of morality which

are different from his own
firmly-held convictions, are not
“evil”, n nor are they deservittg
of some form of punishment.
by him from his position of
power. Vander Zalm may be

admired for. having strong cOn~ |

for you and me. Life is mostly
grey areas, not black and
white, Dear Bill.

You’re welcome, Mr.
Premier.

Well, some sanity and
political savvy have been,
brought into play with regard”
to proposed legislation dealing =
with the Medical Services Plan,
and capping of doctors’ fees,
etc, |
_ The health ministry, with

‘Cabinet's blessings, was -

prepared to roll out the new

law on Wednesday, but it met
with such opposition within the
Socred caucus that it has been .

shelved, and will not be in-. . |

troduced before this session
ends after all.
The government MLA’s were |
concerned, and rightly so, that.
they would take another .
bashing for bringing in legisla-
tion in the midst of supposedly-"
sincere negotiations with the

 province’s doctors... and legis-

lation that was fashioned,
without any input from the
medical profession.

Surely it must make the

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