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_. The B.C. government’s new
labor legislation, Bill 19, has
been proclaimed as law, and its
provisions are now passing from
the realm of politics and postur- .
— ing into the fields and front lines
of labor negotiations and con-

tract language.
Regardless of the strongly

'- worded and passionate specula-

tions from both labor leaders
and government as to whether
the law will or will not work, the
actual effects of this rather
mysterious piece of legislation '

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~ What Bill 19 won’t do.

may not become apparent for
years,

The effect the legislation will
have on organized labor may re-
main uncertain for a long period
of time, but its effect on non-

union workers can be assessed

immediately, and that effect will
be zero, So
Union labor is a major ele-
ment in the B.C. workforce, but
in terms of numbers unorganiz-
ed workers are a far larger and
more easily exploited group. It
appears that despite a recently
announced crackdown on

Northwest logging contractors.

who use unethical employment
practices, the legal protection af-

forded forest workers and others

simply isn’t enough. a
An adequate number of con-
firmed reports ‘have surfaced

over past months to demonstrate _
' that loggers in this region need

by Frank Howard

It seems as if the federal
N.D.P. caucus is unable to han-
dle success, and thus the party is
not in the running for the seats
of government. Recent: public
Opinion polls, at one report, put
the N.D.P. ahead of both the
Liberals and the Conservatives.

Pretty heady stuff for a party
- which regularly gets between 15

percent and 20 percent of the
vote at election time. Heady
enough for some M.P.’s to look
foolish and for the total of them
to act like they don’t want to be
government.

Right at the peak of public
Opinion poll support we hear
one caucus member of the
N.D.P. saying that the party was
prepared to accept the outcome
of the free-trade talks which, in
itself, was directly contrary to
the earlier position of the party.
The next day we see that same
gentleman on a television news
cast saying that, ‘well, that is not
exactly what he meant’. What he
meant was, — and at that point I
gave up for it became clear that
he, and the party thereby, did
not know what it meant, -

legislative armor to defend
themselves -against employers
who fail to pay them, make

“suspect ‘‘contracting’’ ar-

rangements with workers, and
subject their staff to deplorable,
unsanitary and unsafe working
conditions. . ,

Tree. planters, another fun-
damental prop of the ‘region’s
economic foundation, pass twice
a year like phantoms through
the perimeter of Terrace’s col-
lective consciousness, and they
too are often victims of
unscrupulous and incompetent
employers. = °
- It is a genuinely. shameful

state of affairs that exists when |

the two groups of | skilled
workers who plant and harvest

the natural resources that the

community grows wealthy from
are treated in this manner.

\- ; continued on page 24

- Strain of success
showing in NDP

Now we have the - federal

oN .D.P,.caucus making itself the

target of ridicule and abuse by
proposing to pull our armed
forces out of Europe and out of
the NATO Alliance. There is
some merit in what they say in
this regard, but the tactic, if that

‘is what it is, réflects stupidity.

By that one headline-grabbing

policy statement the N.D.P. has —

shifted attention away from

‘Prime Minister Mulroney’s re-

cent troubles and focused it

upon themselves. .
Conservatives, Liberals, edi-

torial writers, and others who

have become disenchanted with

the two old-line parties will now
be able to remove their artillery
from moth balls and start shoot-
ing at the defenceless N.D.P.

Advancing your own cause by

attacking someone else is always
a favorite tactic and, in most in-
stances, effective. The N.D.P.
has offered the Conservatives a
chance to recover lost ground.
Conservatives can now attack
the N.D.P. for being careless or
subversive while Prime Minister
Mulroney can go. to cities like

continued on page 7

‘distribution, and consequently

=i] Liquor report
"| depressing — —
but realistic _

Hubert Beyer

Victoria Correspondent

The recently-completed liquor policy review is enough to turn the

most moderate consumer of alcoholic spirits into a bona fide.

schizophrenic.

_ Throughout the 70-page report, the authors paint such a depress"
ing picture of what drinking can lead to that you begin to wonder

whether the review wasn’t commissioned by Alcoholics
Anonymous. Not so. The review was conducted by three govern-
ment MLAs — John Jansen from Chilliwack, Jim Hewitt from

com paary-Siinilicameen and Larry Chalmers from Okanagan
' South.

_ According to the many submissions the committee received, the
cast to society of alcohol consumption, the report says, can be

measured in the following terms:

_ “Death and injury from impaired driving; violence and family
disruption; alcoholism, liver cirrhosis, fetal alcohol syndrome, and
other medical problems; industrial accidents and lost productivity;

criminal activity and the tendency to progress from early alcohol .
‘use to drug use.” . -_ ,

The City of Prince George estimated the cost of alcohol-related
damages at $2 billion a year province-wide, a figure that was also
suggested by other submissions. The government, on the other
hand, offers a conservative estimate of $366 million. Bad enough,
considering that’s 10 percent of the government's health ministry

udget,

Elsewhere in the report, there are references to the need for tight
control of accessibility to alcohol. Failure to keep the lid on alcohol
accessibility, -the report says,
couldn’t help but increase the misery caused by alcohol abuse.

Under. the heading ‘government dilemma: social costs versus
economic benefits’’ the report tries to tackle the problem of making
huge profits on the sale of something so potentially harmful.

**We note the public’s satisfaction linked with access to a product
associated with relaxation and conviviality. In addition, there
are significant economic benefits to the private and public sector
which may be measured in terms of jobs, investment, sales, profits
and tax revenues. Alcoholic beverages play an important role in
tourism, hospitality and retail industries,”’ the report says.

Fortunately, the committee didn’t stop at pointing out the pros
and cons of drinking. After pointing out the advantages. and
hazards of alcohol, the report goes on to make 99 recommendations

for changes in British Columbia’s liquor laws. Some are minor, —
‘others fairly wide-reaching. a |

For one thing, the report recommends against privatizing the li-

quor distribution system because it would in all likelihood increase

alcohol-related problems. _ .
The report recommends that new drivers and drivers convicted of
impaired driving be placed on a two-year probation period during

which they would only be allowed to drive with a blood-alcohol:

level of zero. Sounds reasonable. None of this one-drink-is-okay.

Some of the more than 400 presentations the committee received
during the public hearings in 16 communities complained about the
type of entertainment offered by some pubs and lounges, .and the
report responds by recommending legislative action to prohibit strip
shows and exotic dancing that goes beyond good taste. The ac-
tivities the report says should be banned include live sex, coer-
cion and violence, be it real or simulated. so

The report recommends the establishment of more wine shops,

the introduction of imported draft beer, an increase in the seating
capacity for cabarets to 350 from the current 225 and the introduc-

tion of a law that would make the possession of a knife in a licensed

establishment illegal. .

On the preventive side, the report recommends mandatory
alcohol education in primary and secondary schools and increased
funding for treatment, education and prevention programs.

There’s one recommendation that isn’t in keeping with the other-
wise cautious approach the committee took. The report says
beverage alcohol manufacturers should be. allowed to sponsor
professionally-sanctioned motor sports events.’ That’s strange,
especially considering another recommendation, according to which
no advertisement is to be associated with the driving of a vehicle,

On the whole though, it’s an excellent report. The majority of the
recommendations are well worth the government’s consideration
and eventual implementation. CO,

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