employment nig Columbia

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“>. pre up iaper cent. at $2. 4 billion: 2] _ continued revenue i

 squeere will resiilt: i ina. deficit. of. $1.6. billion. *:

= “It Wasa. ‘foréeful follow-up to. Social. credit
eS ~soverthelming May 5 re-election’ victory. In ‘whieh;

ot Curtis: said, ‘the voters, Went for a tough; ‘yesiraint-
minded. government, vay

a

- $11.50 for long- erm chre. Ue , : ; ena removes tenure. for 250,000. public sector . oan
~ /-NDP« Finance Critic. Dave! ‘Stupich’. said the a ~ employees, leaving thera open to dismissal without’.
* government. is* reaching. inté- ‘the .: pockets’ fof. S cause when ‘ele Current. eaniesae

-- Consuiiers -and* small businesses to: ‘pay: for’'an |. : . z ae
‘ administration which’ offers fever services. a

: von the heels: of ‘Finance Minister Hugh. fe 'g
wae ‘Speech; Jegislation, was tabled’ allowing for.
im

" cent” ‘throdgh ‘attrition “and ie must | ‘take ane .
additional. Steps: y redi : BE

a -Aitiong Thursday’ 5 casualties weré ine. ‘office. ofthe.
Rentalsman, “which *- : oversees : -“tenantlandlord *-
‘relations, the’ Human: Rights ‘Cominjasion and. ‘the’ .
._ Aleohol and ‘Drug Commission. Joe

could. have: raised ydro: rates*by BS per: “cent next
year. “Tis ‘Feaction o the” “budget” ‘was, mixed, :
‘Bob: Morrow “of “the: Canadian . Federation : rot
Independent Business said the budget contained nd-
* major. shocks, .Tex. Enemark-of “the. B.C. Mining. 7 .
*.. “Association saidhe was neutral. because | the saving in-
y Property taxes was offset by the incréase in sales tax. _—
- | ‘Labor’ was unanimous in its conderpnation.... ..-
Norm Richards, president of the.B.C. Government
Employees Union, Said : the ‘budget . attacks ‘the.
ordinary worker in the public and private sector. "We
had hoped to see a budget concérned with ‘job
creation, rather than job’ elimination,” he said.

at rs rer as
‘as Curtis Increased the: retail sales fax, -to-sever per
cent from’six, raised hospital’ user:fees and abo
* rent’ controls. effective at infdnight: Thursday :

Plies 4 io. an ‘provincial government employees,
unicipa} and regional, district employees, teachers
(cd *- school - board . Staff, “university - and’, ‘college
profesor hospital. ‘workers, Mbrary employees an

i The budget. jeaives; British: Colitmbians: ‘with ihe
nO highest sales tax in western’ ‘Canada, compared with
‘ae corporation’ workers, ntl, Moths » ix percent in’ Manitoba and Saskatchewan’ and Zero
Ty’.the 1983-84: fisnal, year alone. ‘Brovineial: ‘eivil in Alberta. Elsewhere In i the country, the rate ranges
‘service jobs will be reduced by 6 800 through attrition ..., as high as 12 per cent in: Newfoundland,
--- and layoffs, . _ ‘On topof that, the tax will apply for the first time to:
There is a ‘simple. truth. that bears. repeating - —._.. . restaurant meals, starting at $718 person, and to ong-
government has grown too large,” said Curtis: © - distance telephone tolls.

“One program” that. survived ' the ‘knife o no one's 5 eee

: > aurprige was. the ‘Compensation Stabilization — es

; Program which regulates wage increases in the - ads
public sector. Under legislation tabled ‘Thursday, the , :
program was extended indefinitely and amended to ..-
- allow wage : cus of up to five per cent.. When it was
first unvelled by Premier Bill Bennett in Februaty, -

For the 44,000 civil servants directly employed by, "Finance Ministry officials’ estimated the ‘change Art Kube of the B.C, Federation of Labor said the and” 4 fet eet for Inerene ranging between cht
a the provincial Rovernment who survive layoffs, there “will draw an additional $210 a year from a fomily, of budget was’ insidious, ‘anti-people, anti-government , ; oo
‘may be wage cuts as much as five per cent. four. and anti-democratic. . -, Curtis said he was aware of consumer aversion to
E **Mhere'is no room-for wage boosts, warned Curtis, _ For thesick, hospital user fees will j jump to 6 from. Almost ' overshadowing the actual budget was a. an increase in sales tax, but he felt the increase was—
ve because. although the government's spending Plans a 4 for: an emergency visit and to $12. 754 day from

Piece of enabling {egislation, tabled with 26 others, = So marginal it would have little effect.

| Serving the
Progressive

‘North west

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- Foun July 6, 1983.

Established 1908 “= Volume 77 No..131 | *

an saloon
Scene brightens

'. OTTAWANCP) — There were 1,452,000 unemployed in
_ June, 41,000 fewer than in May, as the still-grim:
Mo ./ employment scene contisued to brighten slightly.

‘Waterland changes
BC Timber rules

1 ews i E

- | Herald Staft Writer ‘negotiating with the federal government

_/ Adjusted for seasonal variations, the jobless rate dipped "TERRACE — In au effort toi improveBC —_on a new reforestation policy.

on Comarca fom 12.4 per centa month earlier, Statistics “‘Timber’s financial position forest minister When he was -questioned -about ‘his
| Cana ay a

Tom Watetland announced in Terrace he - government's recent decision to eliminate 7
. Would clisinge the rales - “governing Tree the EBAP program, Waterland replied
yFarni Licenses, that how that decision was reached in -

In: the ‘short term. hé will permit BC between cabinet members. Waterland who.

|. Timber to cut logs éloser.to Terrace mills had said .on a previous trip to Terrace that —
‘T -thus allowing the‘company to process good: :; . he wanted to see EBAP a permanent part
» wood. that was off limits before and reduce __ ot the B.C. scene-'in both: good arid bad -
«~tranisportation costs:The last alorié: ‘should economic, times, aaid this fime EBAP-was

The figures indicate continued growth in employment |
‘since the beginning ‘of 1993, the agency ‘said, ~
However, spokesmen for opposition parties in the
*.. Commons found little. heartening news: in the statistics,
: saying the decreaue represents: no real change considering
...., the rate has hardly moved even though: the summer Apason , 3
“traditionally offers'the beat possibilities far Joba: ft

q a a. anybody: ‘trie’: to read: recovery: inte-thisrtiniscwe . “ -reduee ensts’ by 4 percent. . scheduled ta end this: September. anyway.
Le -drop,. he's whistling in the dark,” James’ McGrath, | That cutting will ‘pe allowed for about 1. 5 Lo
Progressive Conservative employment critic, said in an years when other unspecified changes . He stated his current announcements
interview from his St. John’s East, Nild., riding. may be made, affecting BC Timber would create up to 500

; McGrath ittacked the federal government for being too
r wrapped up in: its -six-and-five Tesiraint program to
. understand the cruel plight of Canada's jobless.
“The feds are tilally preoccupied with a gimmicky six-
and-five formula to fight inflation. Sure inflation is down,
but it’s coming, ‘down on the backs of the unemployed. ”
’ New Democrat Ray Skelly said "It looks like we've got a -

_ Further help will be given BC Timber by direct jobs and with spin-offs the number
the government taking over the could go as high as 1,200. This, he said,
maintenance of the Nass Road. That item would replace the jobs lost with the cut in.
will save the company up to $1 million, . - EBAP. Waterland did say he would like to of
Waterland says’ these changes may . see EBAP continue in some form in the .
‘allow the Pohle mill taadd a second shift of private sector. “In order to make that
workers.as well as get all the pulp mills on happen, the minister noted would require

' Watson Island reopened. : ; changes lo both federal and provincial
recovery for ‘business with nothing for people in. it.’ Waterland, tens minister since 1995, regulations.

. “This is avery bad sign because this is the pericd when - said “the truth of the matter is (this) is a None of Thursday's ‘announcements,
we should be getting a inaximum increase in the number of. " change in the thought p process, we are still given after a two-day tour of local TFL's
employed. learning.” means the government is opening up the’
“The real tragedy is going to be young people and the

student population,” he said, suggesting that the lack of
jobs coupled with rising tultion fees and cuts in provincial
grants will leave them without enough monéy to return to
school in the fall, .
Both Spokesmen calied for immediate job-creation :
‘measures aimed primarily at young people,

Statistics Canada reported that the improvement in
June’s rate was largely a result of increased numbers of .
people finding part-time work, Increased mployment in the
previous three months was in fulltime jobs, °

The minister said he was still West Skeena area to logging, companies.

- - . 8 - oo.
"Scouts enjoy jamboree
CALGARY (AP) The said Nickerson, a general stoves with provisions they
young, red-halred Danish practitioner. pick up twice daily al one of

scout hobbled into’ the field. . Seven physicians are on ‘several distribution centers.
hospital, a teddy. bear call at the hospital — five | Theidea is to provide food

tucked .. under — er general practitioners, a for scouts that:Is Canadian,
sinve'the ure Indeate eared eco in csplyment neckerchief and an ingen surgeon and an .eye-ear- although efforts are made to
However, unlike inereases i in the previous three- months, : toenail: accounting for her nose-throat 4 specialist, necommodate ; special
nathara. : hea limp. Nickerson said. There also rational requirements.
the improvement th ine was largely in eever ince work Our feathered friends cause work for B.C. Hydro food. been bothering me, is “a "gynecologist atthe’ That doesn't satisfy
marginally during the ast two months, increases in the size . ; ; . _ OS : _ ' sol thought [better comein camp for this, the first everyone. ,
of the labor force outpaced growth i in employment for this _ Herald Staff Writer ’ at this time these incidents increase. to have someone take a look oie Jamboree involving. aaa tated, Is not Swiss,"
group. | _ ‘TERRACE — Wednesday, July 610:46 — Thedown call was the third one they had at it,” said Charlotte Larsen girls, . froma Under Ser lteetlond
On the other hand, employment for persons aged 15 to 24 a.m. and people around the 4500 block of had on Wednesday and they expected of Copenhagen. ‘I don t Besides setting up the im ; 5 ; .
continued to brighten, with their unemployment rate Lakelse, Avenue are “startied by-a three to four more such calls before the want to miss anything.” « hospital, Canadian Forces’ ‘It all comes pia unny
declining hy 1.0 per cent to 20.1 per cent. : Lo horrendous POP! . ae day was done.’ For 15,600 scouts from 106 soldiers also staff a field packets. We 2 me ow
Ontario dnd Manitoba were the only provinces to enjoya | The power goes out, emergency lights . Sometimes the birds appear dead-but | countries attending the 15th’ kitchen and dining tent for . What to do with it.”
significant increase in employment; little change: was noted come on in office buildings, and.people —_ undamaged on the ‘outside but they are World Scout Jamboree’on use by ataff members. , _ Scouting has been co-
in the other provinces, > rush to. windows trying :to see what totally destroyed-“inside theit body. the fringes ofthe Rockies, The scouts ‘and their .educational in some
: happened. . : Other tinles there is not a feather left on |~ help is as close as the olive: Jeaders prepare and cook all European countries. for as
Figures also indicate that while the unemployment rate The birds are at it again. the bird after the electrocution takes green tent with thelarge red their own meals on outdoor long as 30 years, on
dropped marginally for job-hungry students, the picture is. } Three minutes later at 10:49a.m- B.C. ' place, ; cross on the side. . own nk 8s oe
worse. thari it was for the last couple of years, - =. Hydro truck puils up to a ‘pole with a — a “Even though most: . =_
sree unenepioyment | which Statistics Canada | transformer on it'one of the crew Picks ":" The repair job required to-restore. |’ ailments aré minor, the oo
measures during May through September, was 20.2 per cent up a dead raven. power to B.C. Hydre’s ctistomers is | scouts’ campground home | DE
‘in June, compared with 20.7 per cent in May. According to the B.C. Hydra crew really quite a simple procedure. The | for two weeks has a° full | ; INSIDE S/
The rate was 19 per cent in June, 1982, and 15.2percentin | chief the birds eat the insulation on a fuse is simply pushed back into place | military field hospital.
June, 1881. | line-and then peck the -hot wire witha long pole much like the ones that “ ” .
An estimated 736, onadetshat eV, compared underneath, They | only get: one peck, "used to he "ised for open old fashion tat dete, “ lights $1.23 U.S. = $1 Canadian ae
with 718,000 last year at the saine the crew said. - ‘school winddws. The transformer is :
While the apparent economic recovery has impteved the’ | Forsotie unknown reaton every year undamaged: thanks to the fuse. soaer aysta, sloren snack Local, world sports pages 485
job stene, there were still 149,000 fewet employed thisJune- | j _. a

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bie. petition rejected | tie Canadian Fores, | Classifieds a

commanding officer of the  [saiiisusmesmunion

than a year-ago. But the June iniemployiheht rate is down
from the record 12.8-per-cent-rate ‘in’ December sat tie
> record 1,658, 000 unemployed in ‘March:

- June figures da: not “inelaidie 82,000” people’ ‘Statistien a

; givea'up LYONS* (APP. — AD French appellate. ~ Riss and the appellate court’ ‘noted that camp hospital, sa {ts staff pa es _ :
Canada calls fey ey deat tao thn on fo fro court: today ‘ejected a petition to fees Nazi Barbie was “arnented on a legitimate expects to treat betwee 3,500 fT airman \.
paren sai they say 0 m: war’ criminal Klaus Barbie, the former warrant In Bollvia-and that he was ud 4,000 scoats before the . WHY BUY NEW? - ;
Gestapo chief.o Lyons awaiting - trial on -expelled, and not. extradited, from. th jamboree nds. «
The agency saldthat if discouraged workers were added chafges of trimiés against humanity, South American country ais As of Thursday corning, _ WHEN USEDWILL bo!
the ane anemnpioymen tate, it would rise to 18 per cent . The court upheld a June-10 decisjon by Barbie, 69, has.been idolated ina prison ¢09scouts hadcome through ©] . Doyou want parts to tix up your car but your budget -
rom 12.2 per cen Judge Christian Riss, the fives cell -shice his arrival France. No trial won't allow it? Beat the high cost of new parts with -
' The figures also do not include 432,000 who have. been i in weuietine who" has handléd. piped date has been set... " we aaialtted Only 7 were | quality used parts fram
_ the labor force but did not look for work in the last month for since Rarhie was brought to France from Barbie, known as the Butcher of Lyons ~~ “'They'l only be here for
avarléty of reagons, ranging from oe recall Bolivia mi February, for his war-time activities in this eastern . 94 tg 48 hours, If they need §, K. B. ‘AUTO S ALY AGE.
from’ an eniployer. . a _ ‘Barbie's, lawyer, Jacques Verges, ‘~ Freich city, has been accused of sending extended care, they'll be
That number is ‘also down from 493,000 in May. . argued. that his client had been’ ‘WMegally © thousands of Jews'to Nazi death camps taken off-site” to Foothills -§35-2333 or 635-9095
A Statisties Canada official satd the figure includes 67,08. arrested in Bolivia and therefore shouldbe ©. and of ‘torturing and killing French Hospital in Calgary, about |
people who are elther waiting for replies from potential set free, He also argued that no extradition resistance fighters during the Second ;

. in “a Lt "3690 Duhan (just off Hwy. 16 E) .
employers or wating for recalla froin former ‘emiployers. treaty exists between Franca and Bolivia. © World War. : Sokitometres fo the asl, ; — - /