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MEd PHILLIPS from page four 4

However, I think the heart

. A of the problem lies in the

lack of perspective which all
British Columbians have for

athe position this province

faces.

| - We all agree that British

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Columbia is a beautiful
place: in which to live. We
know that the Lower
Mainland is often thought of
as the Southern California of

resources and the op-
portunity for success for
anyone willing to ‘work.
However, whether it be
through reckless wage
settlements, or reckless
spending by governments

y with a mythical bottomless

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treasury; many . British
Columbians seem to have

: _ forgotten that for

everything they take from
they must

Lotus Land — but not a
Lotus Land at any price.
- “Rising  Expectations’’

: are everyone’s right — but

not without a corresponding
amount of hard work and
increasing productivity.

Indeed, a sustainable in-
crease on our standard of

living. will not come about
without higher productivity.
‘And, most important of
all, more jobs in- British
Columbia cannot be created
unless more buyers are
found for our products. .
To achieve a solution to

= the problem I have outlined

tonight, British Columbians
must gain a better per-
spective of this province’s
position in the international
marketplace.

They must realize that

competition for the products
we sell is fierce, and. if our
costs are too high, our

products will not sell.

~" As a first step in turning
this situation around, em-
ployers and employees must
realize that without

% cooperation and recognition

of common = concerns,
British Columbia's position
will worsen. a

It is true that steak has
increased in cost by 129
percent. between. 1965 and

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1975 but it is also true that
wages in the forest —

mining — manufacturing — -

construction — trade and.
service industries have also
increased 129 percent. So if
he can’t afford steak ‘today
it's because he’s spending it
on something else.

Ten years ago a loaf of

bread cost 20 cents. In 1975 it

was 37 cents. Surely an
increase of 85 percent for a

loaf. of bread is justified
when labour costs ‘are up 129.

work days lost to strikes..
‘The adversary system
which pervades labour
management relations in
this province must come to

an end. If it doesn’t, both |

sides will be the losers.

We all have a respon-
sibility in meeting this
challenge. -

If the methods of
bargaining are wrong they
will have to be. changed.

Workers “,must . ask
themselves the question is it
better to work for the
present wage than not to
work at.all?

Is a vote to strike worth it
if the consequence will be to
strike yourself out of a job?

Has anybody stopped to

assess the affects of last

year's work stoppage in the
lumber ‘industry? Do we
realize ‘that one. of the
reasons for the slow
economic activity today in
British Columbia is . the
aftermath of: last year’s
strike?: The business that

cannot expand because of -

cash losses during the
strike, the worker who can’t
afford the new car, the new
T.V., the addition to his
home, that trip, etc.,
because of lost wages last
year. .

No, I am afraid we forget
because we are too happy to
see it ended.

I have to ask some of the
workers in this province if
they really want to strike
when in many cases they
are paid more than: their
counterparts in the State of
Washington...

When on top of that. they

‘have Medicare.

Maybe it’s time for
management to sit ‘down

again with the workers and
bargain face to face instead
of through third parties.
“With every great
challenge there

fhe opportunity we have
in solving our problems is:
the opportunity of providing
economic stability. .

If we solve our problems
the future is bright. oo
You wanted. me to

forecast. I will.
— We will recognize the

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re Ce tus Land. We have fine ““Canada is the second only © — We will weigh the.
re ; | climate, boundless joy in the.-number of alternatives. ied e

"— We will find the. right
solation. =. ts

And British Columbia will

once again move forward. -

Economic

janitors —

Premier Bil] Bennett told. .
a Terrace press.conference

yesterday thét he and his |

povernment now look at the
future with confident op-
timism after nine months of
acting as ‘‘economic
janitors”. os

The premier said that he
took over the government

facing chaos in not only all -

government, ‘departments
but.in the crown cor-

porations as well. He said

that although Finance
Minister. Evan Wolfe has

been subjected to a good . -

deal of: criticism, .‘ his
courage and effectiveness in
bringing fiscal tidiness. in

the government will have ©

him recognized as one of.the
top finance ministers in the
nation. ° oO

He said this success _

should prove to be the .
rallying point around which

all peop! can unite tomake a

British. Columbia again
number one in Canada...

Labour

code |

Premier Billi Bennett told « -

is as”
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the media during a press
conference on Thursday"
' that it was the responsibility
of government to make the —
labour code work. He said |
.that: the lengthy labour
breakdowns over the past = ==.
three years indicate thatthe <<: 0.)
present code is not able to’ ©... .:
cope with current problems.

He said that all legislation - —
needs updating from time to.
. 4] time and the labour code is’.
 fY no exception. He said that.it . -
‘| was the responsibility of the
7 government to find ways © 2. *
and “means through —
N legislation to assure that
f collective agreements :
N arrive ata ‘swift mutual ~..
agreement. The premier —
said that the period of the =.
past involving Jong.labour.. — ~

f disputes with close downs. A
over silly issues must end.. .°.

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