rights.

‘TERRACE — When is a

funding increase not anin-
crease? When it’s a change
in accounting procedures,
_ The recent provincial
budget included a $5 mil-
lion increase in money for.
the Legal: Services Society,

the B.C. agency that pro-'

vides lawyers for people
who can’t afford legal
fees. Atlhough the an--
nouncement — by * Finance
Minister Mel Couvelier in-

dicated provincial funding -
provided to society will go

from $14 million to $19
million this year, the

Local schools | |
may be scene |

vices .
“than. allowed for in the so-
‘ciety’s

director of the Legal Ser-
vices. Society said in a re-
cent interview there will be

little, if. any, extra money:
available for legal aid in

1987,

Jack Olsen said the soci- .
_ ety normally experiences a

funding shortfall near the —

end of: the fiscal year
because demand for ‘ser-

budget. These
shortfalls, -he “said; are
covered by special spend-
ing warrants from the gov-
ernment, -

of further |
job action

TERRACE — Public
schools in Terrace .and

throughout B.C. may wit-:

ness instruction-only cam-

_paigns and even with-
drawal of
teachers as early as-May if. .
‘changes are not made to
‘provincial labor -regula-

services - by

tions.governing teachers.
Terrace District

Teachers’. Association

president - John. : Eades,

who recently. returned:
from the annual general :

meeting of the B.C.

Teachers’ Federation; said.
interview . that -

in). an
teachers will not. be. sat-
isfied with anything less
than being . granted full
collective bargaining
Acquiring . those
rights ‘would: involve. the

" abolition of. the Compen-

sation ‘Stabilization Pro-
gram and amendments to
both the Labour code and
the’ School Act.

'. “There is no question
teachers are angry and
frustrated -over the dis-

criminatory legislation

- that has essentially frozen
their salaries,”’

‘Eades
said. He.added that if no

“progress is apparent on a

In Court.

In Terrace Provincial .
_ Court on Monday, March -
9 Peter Abou was jailed a

total of 30 days for three

counts of theft.
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provincial level by April, a’
‘two-stage ‘‘extraordinary -
_strategy’’ may be imple-
mented. The first’ stage
_ would involve a province-

wide.: instruction-only
campaign ‘similar. to that

-. undertaken in-Terrace last -[
_ year, and the second stage —
_- would. be full withdrawal
- Of ‘services :- an illegal
‘strike. Eades. said the ac- |
“tion could-begin.as late as —
' September | or, as early as -

May.:

Eades said since 1982. -

the average B.C. teacher
thas lost between $11,000
and $14,000 per year in

wages due. to. restraint.

Teachers retiring during
that period, ‘he. said, will

‘experience a permanent
loss ‘of up ‘to $2,000 an-
-nually in pension benefits.
' The average demand —
‘placed on local school

boards throughout the
province, Eades said, will

‘amount to an eight per- -
‘cent grid ‘salary increase, 7
equal to:this-year's rise in —
~ the Consumer Price.Index |
plus one-fourth of the.
- calculated losses over the ~
past five years. Eades ack-.
“‘nowledged that’ if an

award of that size is to

is always greater _
‘the society has not yet: res)
ceived funding - figures
‘from the Law Founda-
tion, a non-profit organi-
zation that normally con-.

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This year’s 5 budget,
Olsen said, announced a
single funding amount for

‘the entire year in a lump

sum. ‘*We’re quite uncer-
tain if.there is any increase
at all,’ he said,’ <‘We’re

not going to be able to in-
crease our services, this is
just a change in. accoun- °

ting.””
Olsen pointed out that

‘become areality the Com- ,7aSi8

pensation Stabilization ¥

Board, which limits

awards to. local school .

districts’ ‘‘ability to pay’’,

-will-have to go. .

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tributes about. 15 percent
of the society's budget. .

Legal aid in the Terrace
area is presently being ad-..
ministered by Terrace

lawyer Gordon Cramp-
ton, but Crampton . in-

dicated late Jast. year he’s

ready to step out of the
position: after ten years of
assigning cases. A regional

degal aid office in Terrace -
‘was mentioned. as a possi-
‘bility recently, but Olsen

said although the Terrace
office may be established
at some future date, ‘there

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‘In a later interview

Crampton: said no pro- |

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director could possibly. be.
performed. by* someone ——
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‘but he added. that: para-..
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- variety of forms and‘don't: |.
always have appropriaté: |
skills in the required areas’
of expertise;such as’ “crime” “i

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tion of area director for le-

gal aid. -Crampton indi-

cated he will meet with
Legal Services Society re-

presentatives at the end of -
May to discuss the situa-’

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